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REYNOLDS  HISTOgSCAL 
GEN.EALOGY  COLLECTION 


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ALLEN  COUNTY  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 


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NEW-ENGLAND 


HISTORICAL  AND  GENEALOGICAL 


REGISTER 


1895 


Volume  XLIX       part  1 


January    thru  April 


BOSTON 

PUBLISHED    BY    THE    SOCIETY 

1895 


Digitized  by  the  Internet  Archive 
in  2012 


http://archive.org/details/newenglandhistorv49p1wate 


X  715287 


ISoitor. 
JOHN  WARD  DEAN,  A.M., 

18  Somerset  Street,  Boston. 


puBTfefjmrj  Committee. 

ALBERT  HARRISON  IIOYT,  A.M.,       V/ILLARD  SPENCER  ALLEN,  A.M. 
FRANK  ELIOT  BRAD1SII,  A.B.,  GEORGE  BROWN  KNAPP,  A.M., 

JOHN  AVART)  DEAN,  A.M. 


INDEX  OF  SUBJECTS. 


Adams,  Query,  457 

Adams  Gary,  Standish,  Query,  342 

Additions  and  Corrections,  451 

AgeS  Persons  in  Deertield,  Note,  339 

Allen,  Query,  343 

Ames,  Frederick  Lothrop,  273 

Ancestry  of  Gov.  William  Stone  of  Maryland, 314 

Archives  of  Harvard  University,  35 

Alkins,  Query,  457 

Attwood,  Query,  212 

Autographs,  see  Illustrations. 

Autographs  in  a  Family  Bible,  Query,  311 

Avery,  Note,  453 

Baker,  Query,  74 

Baptisms  in  the  Second  Church  in  Pembroke, 

Mass.,  1748-1803,  28<i,  420 
Barnes— Barns,  Query,  77,  345 
Barns  Family  Reunion,  458 
Barnum,  Query,  343 
Baxter,  Query,  344 
Belknap,  <">S 

Query,  213 
Boll,  lion.  Charles  Henry,  9 
Bingham  Genealogy,  333 

Biographical  Sketches  (see  also  Necrology)  — 
Eurwaker,  John  Parsons,  479 
lloadlev,  Harriet  Louisa,  230 
Howe. 'Ellas,  480 
Pond,  Nathan  Gillette,  104 
Preseott,  Benjamin  Franklin,  230 
Shapleigli,  James  Bartlett,  104 
Births  in  Medvvav,  Mass.,  1714-1741,  280,  414 
Blackmer,  Query",  214 
Boltwood,  Robert,  Query,  214 
fliook  Notices — 

Adams's  Descendants  of  James  and  Wil- 
liam Adams,  •.':!!,  304 
American  Historical  Register,  98 
Ancestry   and    Descendants   of  Gershom 

'Morehouse,  474 
Andrews's  History  of  the  Hamlin  Family, 

231 
Arnold's  Narragansett  Records,  229 
Arnold's  Vital   Records  of  Rhode  Island, 

1030-1850,  473 
Bailey's  Photo-Ancestral  Record,  90 
Bailey— Bayley  Second  Family  Gathering, 

232 
Balch  Leaflets,  474 
Barber's  British  Family  Names,  94 
Bellas's   History  of  Delaware  Society  of 

the  Cincinnati,  472 
BiographicalSkelclicsofCitizens  of  Broome 

Co.,  N.  Y.,97 
Biographical  Sketches  of  Citizens  of  Co- 
lumbia Co.,  N.  V.,  07 
Bradlee's   Recollections?  of  a   Ministry  of 

Forty  Years,  &>2 
Bradley's  Bradley  Family  of  Fairfield,  with 
Notes   of  Collateral    Ancestors  on   the 
Female  Side,  99 
Brown's  Bedford  Old  Families,  99 
Brown's  Flag  of  the  Minute  Men,  April  19, 

1775,  470 
Brown's  <  >M  New  England  Life.     Legends 

of  Old  Bedford,  227 
Brown's  Nhepurd  Family,  100 
Browning's  Americans  of  Royal  Descent, 
227 


Book  Notices— 

Bulloch's  Genealogy  of  the  Families  of  Bel- 
linger and  De  Veaux,  304 

Bulloch's  History  and  Genealogy  of  the 
Stewart,  Elliott  and  Dunwody  Families, 
304 

Burt's  Early  Days  in  New  England  or  Life 
and  Times  of  Henry  Burt  of  Springfield,99 

Chamberlin's  Chamberlin  Descent,  474 

Chief  Justice  Little,  474 

Clark's  Oliver  Cromwell,  471 

Concord,  Mass.  Births,  Marriages  and 
Deaths,  1035-1850,  228 

Concord,  N.  II.,  Town  Records,  471 

Continuous  Family  Genealogy,  withCharts, 
etc.,  303 

Crafts's  Crafts  Family,  99 

Cushing's  Indexed  Genealogical  Register, 
409 

Cushing's  Sketch  of  Chauncy-IIall  School, 
472 

Davidson's  Genealogical  Charts,  231 

Deacon's  Family  of  Meres  and  Some  Early 
English  Newspapers,  474 

Deacon's  Sketch  of  the  Deacon  Family,  474 

Densmore's  llartwell  Family,  303 

Descendants  of  William  Bailey  of  New- 
port, R.  I.,  474 

Descendants  of  James  Young,  99 

Dorr's  Record  of  Lineage  of  Dorr  and  Other 
Families,  408 

Dover,  N.  II.,  Historical  Society's  Collec- 
tions, 471 

Dow's  History  of  Hampton,  N.  II.,  2.20 

Drake's  Making  oft  he  Ohio  Valley  States,95> 

Earle's  Diary  of  Anna  Green  Winslow,  a 
Boston  .school  Girl  of  1771,  90 

Early  Records  of  I'rovidence,  R.I.,  Fourth 
Report,  302,  409 

Egleston's  Life  of  Major  General  John 
Paterson,  301 

Estes's  History  of  Ilolden,  90 

Family  Records  of  James  and  Sarah  Gibbs 
of  Bristol,  Mass.,  99 

Fitzpen  als.  Phippen,  301 

Ford's  British  Officers  Serving  in  America, 
1754-1774,  408 

Garlick's  History  of  the  Trubee  Family,  99 

Genealogical  Account  of  the  Macraes,  303 

Gibbon  Commemoration  Proceedings, 1794- 
1894,  473 

Gould's  Family  of  Zaccheus  Gould  of  Tops- 
held,  Mass.,  303 

Haines's  Fssex  Family  of  Haynes,  474 

Harvard  Commencement  Days,  407 

Dawes's  Edward  II awes  and  Some  of  His 
Descendant,  303 

Hawkes's  Essex  Farms,  470 

liawkes's  Rambles  along  Saugus  River,  470 

Hawkes's  Why  the  Old  Town  House  was 
Built,  470 

Hayden's  Dade  of  Virginia,  99 

Haydcn's  Fowke,  99 

Hayden's  llooe—  Barnes  of  Virginia  and 
Maryland,  99 

Hayden's  Major  John  Garrett,  a  Forgotten 
lieroof  Wyoming,  171 

Hey  wood's  Judge  John  Speed  and  Family, 
471 

Hill's  Dedham  Town  Records,  471 


dV 


Index  of  Subjects. 


u5ook  Notices — 

J I  ill's  Early  Records  of  Dedham,  Muss., 

1059-4073,  97 
nfctory  of  Florence,  Mass.,  300 
History   of   Jllinois    Society    of   Colonial 

Wars,  473 
Hitchcock's  Hitchcock  Genealogy,  90 
llondloy's  1'ublic  Records  of  Connecticut, 
with  Journal  of  Council  of  Safety,  1770- 
1778,  228 
Hooker,  474 

Howells's  Life  in  Ohio  from  1813-1810,  230 
Inscriptions    from    the   Old   Cemetery    In 

Grovelaud,  Mass.,  3(52 
Items  of  Ancestry,  303 
Kelton's  Family  Items,  231 
Kelton's  Sprague  Family  Items,  100 
King's  Odell  Pedigree,  99 
Lee's  Lee  of  Virginia,  406 
Letter  from  Rebecca,  Boylston  to  Edward 

Boylston,  408 
Literary  Works  of  Benjamin  Tompson,407 
Love's    Fast  and    Thanksgiving   Days  of 

New  England,  229 
Lower  Noi  folk  County,  Va.,  Antiquary,  108 
Ludlam's  Sketch  of  the  Ludlam  Family,  231 
Mckinstry's  Bailey- Bay  ley  Association,232 
Macrae's  Genealogy  of  theAchnagart  Fam- 
ily, founded  by  Fonaclian  Dim,  303 
Magazine  of  Daughters  of  the  Revolution, 
Maine  Historical  Magazine,  98  [98 

Maine  Historical  Society's  Collections  and 

Proceedings,  231 
Maitby-Morehouse  Family  Record,  303 
Mann's  Record  of  the  English  Manns,  231 
Marsh  Genealogy,  303 
Martin's  Grasshopper  in  Lombard  Street, 93 
Massacre  of  Wyoming,  Acts  of  Congress 
for  the  Defence  of  the  Wyoming  Valley, 
Penn.,  1770-1778,  229 
JUehetabel  Chandler  Coit,  Her  Book,  1714, 

232 
Michael    Wigglesworth   and    his   Day  of 

Doom,  407 
Military  and  Naval  Annals  of  Danvers, 

Mass.,  470 
Montague's  Peter  Montague  and  his  De- 
scendants, 231 
Morris's   Ancestors   and    Descendants   of 
Stephen  Lincoln  of  Oakham,  Mass.,  231 
Moynahan's  Historic  Danvers,  470 
Muskett's  Sutl'olk  Manorial  Families,  229 
Notes    upon    the    Ancestry    of    Ebenezer 

Greenongh,  303 
•Opening  of  the  New  Haven  Colony  His- 
torical Society's  Building,  95 
Parker's  Gleanings  from  Parker  Rccords,99 
Farsons's  Larsons  Genealogy,  100 
Patterson'*  Lincoln  County  Probate  Rec- 
ords, 98 
Pennsylvania  Register  of  Society  of  Sons 

of  the  Revolution,  472 
Perkiomen  Region,  Past  and  Present,  408 
Pickford's  Needhaiu  Branch  of  the  Tolman 

Family,  100 
Plcrson's  Descendants  of  Stephen  Picrson, 

303 
Porter's  Capt.  John  Thomas  of  Braintree, 

31  ass.,  301 
Prime's  Bowdoin  Family,  with  Notices  of 

Porlngi  ,  Lynde,  Newgate,  Living,  99 
Prime's    Descent   of  John    Nelson,    with 
Notes  on  Taller  and  Stoughton  Families, 
lot) 
.Prime's  Temple  Family,  99 
Proceedings   of  Fitchburg  Historical  So- 
ciety, 171 
Proceedings  of  the  Massachusetts  Society 

of  Colonial  Wars,  173 
.Provost's  Notes  o(  the  Provost  Family,  474 
Fublicat  Ions  of  the  Rhode  Island  Historical 

Society,  97,  231 
Published    Records    of  Midway    Church, 
Georgia,  302 


Book  Notices- 
Putnam  Leaflets,  474 

Putnam's  History  of  the  Putnam  Family, 
471 

Raum's  Tour  Around  the  World,  303 

Record  of  the  Descendants  of  Allen  Breed, 
303 

Reed's  Bath  and  Environs,  Sagadahock 
Co.,  Me.,  95 

Register  of  the  District  of  Columbia  So- 
ciety  of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  472 

Register  of  the  General  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars,  473 

Register  of  the  Massachusetts  Society  of 
the  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  472 

Register  of  the  Iowa  Society  of  the  Sons 
of  the  Revolution,  472 

Register  of  Pedigrees  of  the  New  York 
Genealogical  Society,  409 

Register  ot  the  Pennsylvania  Society  of 
Sons  of  the  Revolution,  472 

Report  on  Canadian  Archives,  300 

Report  of  Lawrence  Academy,  Groton, 
Mass.,  301 

Report  of  Massachusetts  Commissioners  on 
New  Hampshire  and  Vermont  Bounda- 
ries, 301 

Representative  Men  of  Connecticut,  1861- 
1894,  230 

Rice's  Dictionary  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  and 
Vicinity,  471 

Ripley's  Ancestors  of  Lieutenant  Thomas 
Tracy  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  303 

Roe's  Historic  Records  of  an  Old  Family, 
100 

Roe's  Rose  Neighborhood  Sketches,  98 

Savage's  Family  of  John  Savage,  100 

Sliepard's  Ralph  Shepard  Puritan,  99 

Southern  Historical  Society  Papers,  230 

Standish's  Standishes  of  America,  231 

Suffolk  Deeds,  Liber  VIE,  220 

Sumner  Genealogy  Additions  and  Correc- 
tions, 232 

Supplement  No.  2  to  the  Genealogy  of  the 
Family  of  Gamaliel  Gerould,  232 

Tributes  to  the  Memory  of  Robert  C.  Wm- 
throp  by  Massachusetts  Historical  So- 
cietv,  405 

Tuttle's  Ancestral  Chart,  409 

Twenty-fifth  Anniversary  of  the  New  York 
Genealogical  Society,  407 

Van  Hoosear's  Inscriptions  from  Oldest 
Cemetery  in  Norwalk,  Connecticut,  408 

Varney's  Story  of  Patriots'  Day,  Lexing- 
ton and  Concord,  April  19,  1775,  470  . 

Virginia  Magazine  of -History  and  Biogra- 
phy, 231 

Walker's  Old  Hartford  Burying  Ground, 
472 

Watertown  Records,  97 

Webster's   One   Branch   of  the    Webster 
Family,  474 
■    Weston  Town  Records,  471 

West's  Pierce  Family  Record,  99 

Wheelwright's  A  Frontier  Family,  474 

William  and  Mary  College  Quarterly,  231 

Williams's  Needed  Corrections  in  the  Pedi- 
gree of  the  Cotton  Family,  304 

Winthrop's  Reminiscences  of  Foreign 
Travel,  405 

Withers'*  Chronicles  of  Border  Warfare, 

Year  Book  of  Illinois  Society  of  Sons  of 

the  Revolution,  172 
Year  Book  of  Iowa  Society  of  Sons  of  the 

Revolution,  472 
Zieber's  Heraldry  in  America,  230 
British  Ollicers  Serving  in  America,  1754-1774, 

47,  100,  292 
Browning,  Query,  157 
Bryent,  Walter,  Query,  213 


Captain  Thomas   Hobby's  Com 
Connecticut  Iteglmont,  Note,  7 
Cury,  Note,  342 


Company,  Second 


Index  of  Subjects. 


Chandler,  Hon.  John,  Sketch  of,  141 

Chalmers,  Query,  213 

Chanr.Ing,  Perkins,  Wainwright,  Query,  344 

Chase,  Query,  74;  Reply,  458 

Chief  Justice  of  the  United  States,  275 

Guilds  Family,  Query,  209 

Church,  Query,  76 

Chipp,  dipt.  Roger,  215 

Cluy,  Query,  77 

Cotcord-Colliu,  Query,  213 

Collins  Family  Reunion,  458 

Contributions  to  a  'Trumbull  Genealogy,  148, 

322-,  417 
Contributors  and  contributions  to  Volume 
XL  IX.— 
Alden,  Mrs.  Charles  L. 

Snow  Genealogy,  71,  202,  451 
Avery,  Mrs.  Klroy  M. 

Baptisms  in  the  Second  Church  at  Pem- 
broke, Mass.,  1748-180.J,  28(5,  426 
Baker,  Daniel  \V. 

The  (irasshojiper  in  Boston,  24 
Hunks,  Charles  Edward. 

Diary  of  Rev.  William   Homes  of  Chil- 
mark,   Martha's    Vineyard,    1080-174(5, 
413 
Bingham,  Capt.  Theodore  A. 
Bingham  Genealogy,  333 
Brown,  William  Garrott. 

Archives  of  Harvard  University,  35 
Byington,  Ezra  lloyt. 

Necrology  of  New- England  Historic  Gen- 
ealogical Society,  81,  210,  340,  401 
Codman,  Arthur  Amory. 

Belknap,  08 
Cornwall,  Edward  E.,  M.D. 

Family  of  William  Cornwall,  30 
Dean,  John  Ward. 

Sketch  of  Hon.  John  Chandler,  141 
Doggett,  Samuel  B. 

Letter  of  Rev.  James  Noyes,  1604,  285 
Felton,  E.  C. 

English  Ancestors  of  John  Bent  of  Sud- 
bury, 05 
Ford,  Worthington  Chauncey. 

British  Olllcers  Serving  in  America,  1751- 

1771,  47,  100,  202 
Letters  of  Elbridge  Gerry,  430 
Gordon,  George  A. 

Colonel  Job  Gushing,  113 
Old  York  County  (Me.)  Records,  40 
United   States    Pensioners,    Essex   Co., 
.Mass.,  310 
Haines,  A.  M. 

Material  Kelating  to  the  Essex  Family  of 
II ay nes,  :t01 
Hill,  EOwurd  B.  • 

Muster  Roll  of  Capt.  King's  Company, 
Aug.  1,  1775,  200 
Hill,  Edwin  A. 

Saybiook  Branch  of  the  Family  of  Dep. 
Gov.  William  Jones,  310 
Hills,  WiliiamS. 

Rose  (l)unster)  Hills,  140 
Humphrey,  Otis  M. 

Descendants  of  Robert  Dennis  of  Ports- 
mouth, R.  I.,  441 
Jameson,  Rev.  E.  O.  [444 

Births  in  Medway,  Mass.,  1714-1744,  280, 
King,  Marquis  F. 

Shawe,  69 
Kingman,  Bradford. 

Cen.  Edward  Augustus  Wild,  405 
Lea,  J.  Henry. 

Con!  ribut ions  to  a  Trumbull  Genealogy, 
148,  322,  417 
l'hillimore,  W.  1'.  W. 

More  Notes  on  the  English  Gartields,  104, 
300,  410 
Porter,  Joseph  W.  U™ 

(apt   John  Thomas  of  Braintree,  Mass.* 
J'rcscolt,  Benjamin  F. 

Portraits  in  New  Hampshire  of  Public 
.Men  and  Others,  177 


Contributors  and  contributions — 
Raven,  Rev.  John  .J. 

Families  in  Fressin^field, England, Wish- 
ing to  Emigrate  to  America,  337 
Richardson,  Hon.  William  A. 

Chief  Justice  of  tin-  United  States,  275 
Harvard  University  Presidents,  and  the 
Election  of  Messrs.  Quincy  and  El  iot,5'J 
Rylands,  J.  Paul. 

Deeds  of  the   Mather    Family   of  AVest 
Leigh,  Lancashire,  1009-1632,  20 
Shifter,  Rev.  Edmund  F. 

Memoir  of  Hon. Charles  II.  Bell,  LL.D.,9 
Stebbins,  Oliver  B. 

Inscriptions  at  Longmeadow,  Mass.,  335 
Stone,  Elliot. 

Ancestrv  of  Gov.  William  Stone  of  Mary- 
land, 314 
Swan,  Robert  Thaxter. 

Some  Dorchester  Matters,  153 
Titus,  Anson. 

The  Town  History,  191 
Trask,  William  Blake. 

Letters  of  Col.  Thomas  Westhrook  and 
Others,  183 
Waters,  Henry  F. 

Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England,  105, 
237,  300,  481 
White,  Hon.  George. 

Probate  Courts  of  Massachusetts,  60 
Willeox,  E.  S. 

Capt.  William  Meaoham  at  Hunker  Hill, 

203 
Willson,  Rev.  Edmund  B. 

Sketch  of  Frederick  Lothrop  Ames,  273 
Cotton  Family,  Needed  Correction  in  Pedigree, 

180 
Cratfleld  Parish  Documents,  215 
Gushing,  Col.  Job,  143 
Gushing,  Ezekiel  Dodge,  Reply,  77 

Daniel,  Query,  341 

Date  of  (ieorge  Haggle's  Birth,  Reply,  345 

Deeds  of  York  County,  Maine,  Note,  200 

Dependence  Walker,  Query,  345 

Derby,  Hobart,  Sumner,  Query,  340 

Descendants  of  Benjamin  Clarke  and  Miriam 

Kilby,  Note,  208 
Descendants  of  Robert  Dennis  of  Portsmouth, 

R.  I.,  441 
Descendants  of  Robert  Derrick,  Query,  344 
Diary  of  Anna  Green  Winslow,  Note,  340 
Diary  of  Rev.  William   Homes  of  Chilmark, 

Martha's  Vineyard,  10.80-1740,  413 
Dickinson,  Query,  77 
Draper,  Query,  341     " 

Early  Boston  Bookbinder,  Note,  210 

Early  Insurance  of  Animals  against  Lightning, 

Note,  330 
Elwell,  Query,  213 
English  Ancestors  of  John  Bent,  65 
Errata,  230,  451,  510 
Everett,  Note,  453 
Exact  Dates  Wanted,  Query,  345 

Families  in  FressingReld,  England,  Wishing 

to  Emigrate  to  America,  337 
Family  of  William  Cornwall,  30 
Family  Reunions,  458 
Fountain,  Query,  74 
Fulford,  John,  Query,  342;     Reply,  458 

Gannett,  Note,  340  ' 

Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England,  105,  237, 

300,  4>1 
Genealogies— 

Belknap,  68 

Bent,  05 

Bingham,  333 

Gary,  401 

Com  wall,  39 

Cotton,  180 

Dennis,  441 


VI 


Index  of  Subjects 


Genealogies— 

Garfield,  194,  300,  419 
Haynes,  301 

j onos,  310 

Mather,  29 

Phippen,  245 

Shawe,  (>4 

Snow,  71,  202, 101 

Stom1, :;  1 1 

Thomas,  172 

Trumbull,  148,  322,417 
Genealogies  in  L'rcparation*T- 

Asldcy,  340 

Bangs,  78 

Remis,  459 

Bond,  340 

Carpenter,  459 

Chase,  215 

Clcveland-CIeuveland,  78 

Drake, 459 

Edwards,  340 

Egglestoii,  215 

Everett,  215 

Hartwrll,  210 

Hazard,  340 

Herrick,  346 

Hills,  210 

Hodges,  459 

Jones,  210 

Kelsey,  459 

Kimball,  210 

Livingston,  78 

Mason,  78 

Minot,  310 

Morgan,  459 

Munsoh,  78 

Preston,  310 

Prince,  459 

Sayres,  210 

Street,  78 
Gillman  Family,  Note,  215 
Grant,  Roger,  Note,  210 
Grasshopper  in  Boston,  24 
Green,  Query,  77 
Grecnlcnf  Family,  210 
Guild,  Query,  210 

Harvard   University,  College   Presidents  and 
the  Election  of  Messrs.  Quincy  and  Eliot,  59 
liawes,  Query,  211 
Haynes,  Material  Kelatingto  the  Essex  Family 

of,  304 
Healev,  Query,  214 
1 1  ills,  "Hose  (Duuster),  140 
llisroiioal  Intelligence,  73,  208,  338,  4:>S 
Historical  Societies,  Proceedings  oi— 

Maine,  80,  218,  318,  400 

Methuen,  3  is 

NeW'England    Historic   Genealogical,   78, 
210,  347 

Old  Colony,  79,  217,  400 

Rhode  Island,  60,  210,  348,  400 

Utah,  348 

Illustrations- 
Arms  of  Purges  impaling  l'hippen,  242 
Arms  of  Fitzpen  alias  Phippen,  245 
Arms  of  Phippeii  impaling  Pye,  215 

Autograph: 
George  l'hippen.,  245 

Grave  of  (Jen.  Kdward  A.  Wild,  115 

Inscriptions: 
Gravestone  of  Gov.  John  Haynes  of  Hart- 

ford,  Conn.,  309 
Gravestones  at  Longmeadow,  335 
Monument  in  Ooggeshall  Church,  Essex, 

Eng.,  308 
Tablets  in  Co'pford Church,  Essex,  Eng.,309 

Portraits: 
Ames,  Frederick  L.,  273 
Pell,  Charles  Henry,  9 
Chandler,  John,  141 
Wild,  Fdwurd  A.,  1C5 


Tubular  Pedigrees  : 

Cary,  401 

Fitzpen  als.  l'hippen,  245 

Gartleld,  449 

Haynes,  308 

Stone,  314 
Inscriptions  in   the   Burial-Ground   at   Long, 
meadow,  Mass.,  335 

Jerauld,  James,  Query,  76 

Jones,  Note,  453 

Jones,  Query,  343 

Jones.William.Saybrook  Branch  of  the  Family 

of,  310 
Joy,  Note,  73 

Kent,  Query,  70 

King,  Muster  Boll  of  Company  of  Capt.  John, 

1775,  200 
K.iOwles,  Parentage  of  Mary  and  Suzanna, 

Query,  75 

Li.mb,  Query,  450 

Larmon  and  Town  send,  Query,  456 

Lattimer,  Query,  212 

Le  Courtois,  J.  B.,  Note,  340 

Lee,  Ralph,  Query,  212 

Letter  of  Rev.  James  Noyes,  1094,  285 

Letters— 

dishing,  Job,  143 

Gerry,  Elbridge,  430-441 

Noyes,  James,  285 

Russell  of  Killowen,  279 

Thomas,  John,  172 

Westbrook,  Thomas,  183 

Whitmore,  William  H.,  205 
Letters  of  Elhridge  Gerry,  430 
Letters  of  Col.  Thomas  Westbrook  and  Others, 

183 
Lilly,  Samuel,  Query,  457 
Locke,  Query,  311 

Malt  by,  Query,  74 

Mather  Family  of  Lancashire,  Some  Deeds  of, 
29 

Maverick,  John,  214,  458 

Mayiiower  Descendants,  Society  of,  340 

Meacbam, Captain  William  at  Hunker  Hill,  203 

Memoirs- 
Ames,  Frederick  Lothrop,  9 
Bell,  Charles  Henrv,  141 
Chandler,  John,  273 
Wild,  Edward  Augustus, .105 

Moore,  Query.  457 

More  Notes  on  the  English  Garflelds.194,300,449 

Morse,  Note,  153 

Murray,  Query,  75 

Muster  Rolls, "183-190,  200,  207 

Necrology  of  the  New-England  Historic  Gen- 
ealogical Society— 
Aldrich,  Peleg  Emory,  350 
Allen,  Frederick  Donne,  225 
Atherton,  Samuel,  353 
Baldwin,  Charles  Candee,  222 
Bridge,  Samuel  James,  83 
Burnett,  Joseph,  85 
Butler,  Peter,  402 
Chipman,  Richard  Manning,  92 
Coburn,  Ethan  Nelson,  92 
Collin,  William  Edward,  351 
Converse,  James  When  toil,  88 
Cornell,  William  Mason,  353 
Curtis,  Daniel  Bates,  357 
Eastman,  Edmund  'fucker,  358 
Edwards,  Try  on,  353 
Foster,  Dudley,  353 
Froudt,  .lames  Anthony,  82 
Gookin,  Samuel  Henry,  350 
Hill,  Hamilton  Andrews,  319 
Hincks,  Edward  Window,  87 
Horsford,  Fben  Norton,, S5 
Houghton,  William  Stevens,  357 
Jones,  Charles  Colc,ock,  89 


Index  of  Subjects. 


vn 


Necrology— 

Kimball,  Henry  Colman,  224 

Kimball,  Mains.'Slfl 

Means,  William  Gordon,  358 

Miner,  Alonzo  Ames,  464 

Neill,  Edward  Dnllield.yi 

Patch,  Ira  Joseph,  354 

Toole,  William  Frederick,  89 

Prendergast,  John  Patrick,  352 

Proctor,  Thomas  Kmel'Son,  402 

Reynolds,  GHndall,  222 

Russell,  Samuel  Hammond,  403 

Salhsbury,  William  Noel,  362 

Sallonstall.,  Lcverelt,  351 

Sticknev,  Matthew  Adams,  224 

Stone,  Kben  Francis,  220 

Timelier,  Peter,  221 

Thurston,  Ariel  Slundish,  90 

Weld,  Francis  Minot,  83 

Weston,  David  Brainard,  84 

Whittemore,  Bernard  Bemis.,  91 

Willso.n,  Edmund  Burke,  4(51 

Winthrop,  Robert  Charles,  81 
Newton,  Query,  341 
Notes  and  Queries,  73,  208,  338,  453 

Obituary  Notices,  see  Necrology  and  Biograph- 
ical Sketches. 
Odell,  Query,  213 
Old  York  County  (Me.)  Records,  46 

Parke,  Query,  455 

Paul,  Query,  455 

Perry,  Query,  74 

l'ixley,  Query,  77 

Portraits,  see  Illustrations. 

Portraits  in  New  Hampshire  of  Public  Men 

and  Others,  177 
Prentiss,  Query,  457 
Prize  Essay  on  the  Development  of  Religious 

Liberty,  345 
Probate  Courts  in  Massachusetts,  69 

Queries,  73,  210,  340,  455 

Ransom,  Catherine,  Query,  77 

Ravencl,  Daniel,  Memoir  of,  297 

Recent  Publication*,  102,  233,  305,  476 

Re). lies,  77,211,315,458 

Reunions- 
Barns,  i.'.s 
Collins,  158 

Rhodes,  Query,  213 

Rice  and  Wilcox,  Query,  457 

Richards,  Humphrey  of  Boston,  Query,  455 

Roe,  Query,  457 

Sadler  and  Crittenden,  Query,  157 

Seven  Success  I  ve(  J  en  era!  ions  of  Harvard  Grad- 
uates, Saltonstall,  455 

Shawe,  0i 

Shepard,  Query,  76 

Silsby,  Query,  455 

Smith,  Henry,  Query,  344 

Snow  Genealogy,  71,  202,  451 

Snow,  Query,  73 

Society  of  Mayflower  Descendants,  Note,  310 

Some  Dorchester  Matters,  153 

Soule,  Sisson,  Bills,  Manchester,  Query,  343 

Stone,  Ancestry  of  Gov.  William  of  Mary- 
land, 314 

Tabular  Pedigrees,  see  Illustrations. 

Taylor  and  Wright,  Query,  211 

The  Town  History,  lyi    , 

Thomas,  Gapt.  John  of  Braintree,  172 

Thompson,  Query,  455 

Town    History    In    Preparation,   Manchester, 

Mass.,  459 
Trumbull,  Query,  .158 

United  States  Pensioners,  Essex  Co.,  Mass.,  316 

Vlekcry,  George,  Query,  450 


Waters's  Genealogical  Gleanings  In  England, 
105,  237,  309,  481— 
Aldwyn,  John  (1081),  488 
Alvey,  Richard  (1039),  391 
Andrews,  Benjamin  (10«7),4S8 
Axtell,  Ellyn  (1003),  260 
Bannister,  Francis  (1625),  398 
Baskerville,  Catherine  (1070),  494 

Simon  (1641),  494 
Batten,  Edward  (1638),  250 
Beawe,  Pose  (1579),  392 
Bell,  Susan  (1672),  482 
Bennett,  Elisha  (1727),  504 

Richard  (1002),  404 
Bevys,  Nicholas  (1613),  491 
Llackaler,  Philip  (1708),  483 
Blick,  William  (1724  ,  133 
Roadman,  (iiles  (1004),  49(3 
Bordman,  Andrewe  (1017),  497 
Borrodale,  John  (1007),  487 
Brent,  Edward  (1025),  510 
Brickenden,  Mary  (1088),  124 
Browne,  Helena  (1010),  497 

Moses  (1688),  262 
Buckland,  Matthew  (1559),,  393 

.    Richard  (1558),  393 
Bull,  Jonathan  (1728),  513 
Burges,  Joseph  (1072),  505 
Thomas  (1023),  240 
(1020),  241 
Burrell,  William  (1648),  501 
Cabot,  Barbara  (1777),  502 
Capen,  James  (1028),  489 
Carey,  Walter  (1023),  399 
Carter,  James  (1027),  204 
Carteret,  George  (1079),  369 
Gary,  Alice  (1000),  399 

Christopher  (1026),  397 
Richard  (1085),  400 
William  (16r.4),  400 
Carye,  Richard  (1509),  390 
William  (1572),  390 
(1572),  397 
Catcher,  John  (1631),  243 

William  (1628),  242 
Chaplen,  Moses  (1009),  394 

William  (1577),  258 
Chaplin,  Kdmond  (1641), 258 
Thomas,  (1055),  259 
Ghoppyne,  John  (1017),  108 
Clarke,  Raphe  (1010),  390 
Cole,  Anne  (1660),  fill 
John  (1072),  512 
Roger  (1628),  129 
Waller  (1053),  490 
Conuers,  John  (1054),  374 
Cooke,  Samuel  (1042),  259 
Cooper,  Mary  (1700),  385 
Coquell,  Mary  (10  U),  137 
Cox,  Thomas  (1711).  375 
Coxe,  Nicholas  ( 17(0),  514 
Croft,  Ralph  (1050),  371 
Cutt,  Richard  (1682),  131 
Davenaunte,  John  (1590),  4S5 
Deane,  Anne  (1024),  382 
Rachell  (1627),  383 
William  (1585),  381 
Delawne,  Gideon  (1058),  238 
(1059),  237 
Drury,  Anthony  (1010),  105 
Egerton,  Sarah  (1024),  381 
Faneuil,  Andrew  (1738),  515 

Benjamin  (1767),  515 
Fisher,  Thomas  (1013),  378 
Fitzpen  ah.  Phippen,  George  (1051),  244 
Gohle,  William  (1508),  205 
Gooding,  Margaret  (1023),  209 
Gould,  John  (1002),  200 
(1010),  207 
Judith  (ln;.o),207 
Nathan  (1011),  207 
Thomas  (lf)5H),207 
Griffin,  David  (1079),  190 
Eliza  (1689),  190 
Joan  (1001),  495 


Index  of  Subjects 


Wators'a  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  Enghir.d- 
Gtmtng,  VAcvlv  (Kill),  25s 
tiimlon,  Anno  (1081),  112 

lJramnton  (iOoo),  \oh 
(1(5(59),  110 
John  (1023),  lot! 
(1079),  111 
Hackham,  Agnes  (1608),  133 
Hall,  William  (150ii),  487 
Halsted,  Abraluuii  (1051),  131 
lltuuor,  It-iphe  (1C15),  ^00 
Irnmort',  Susan  (1010), 218 
Harrison,  Nicholas  (1(513),  485 
Man,  Ann.'  f  1(555),  51 1 

Hickman,  William  (1672),  512 
Jlil!,  James  (1621),  495 
Roger  (16(57),  100 
Hit-chins,  Samuel  (1(579),  137 
Hobson,  Henry  (103(5),  390 
Hollinshed,  John  (loio),509 
Hunlock,  Denham  (1(177),  388 
Hunlocke,  Christopher  (1003),  392 
Francis  (1070),  389 
Henry  (101.'),  391 
Martha  (1090),  389 
Irish,  Zacharie  (1072),  205 
Jackson,  .Samuel  (1(540),  2(53 
(1002),  387 
Johnson,  Robert  (1025),  370 
Jordaine,  Joane  (1640),  404 
John  (1628),  402 
Jourdaine,  John  (1620),  402 
Jurdain,  Elizabeth  (1033),  403 

Ignatius  (1010),  103 
Jurdaine,  Elizabeth  (1040),  494 

John  (1588),  401 
Jnrdan,  Jolin  (1501),  491 
King,  Peter  (1058),  509 
Lee,  Martha  (1725),  203 

Philip  (1054),  37(5 
Lewis,  John  (1727),  504 
Lloyd,  James  (1084),  503 

William  (1075),  503 
Locke,  Joan  (1041),  12(5 
Lowe,  John  (1708),  404 
Mudockes,  Richard  (1000),  482 
Man,  Thomas  (1025),  480 
Marsh,  (irace  (1007),  371 
John  (1027),  370 
Mercer,  Daniel  (1002),  238 
Michell,  Willi  a  nj  (1(5(53),  301 
Middleton,  Philip  (1050),  272 
Robert  (1027),  270 
Thomas  (1072),  271 
Mildmav,  Amy  (1070),  111 
Miles,  Elinor  (1504),  482 
Nauhton,  Robert  (1035),  508 
Kelson,  Pnschall  (1728),  513 
Nothwuv,  Sarah  (1041),  257 
Newton,  John  (1047),  384 
Niohnlls,  Matthias  (1(531),  251 
Nicholson,  William  (1710),  403 
Norciosse,  Nathaniel  (1002),  3s'5 
Nowell,  Christopher  (1057),  372 

John  (1(538),  384 
Noves,  Anne  (1(558),  2(51 
Osboldston,  Edward  (1019),  387 
(1001),  388 

George  (1045),  387 
Overton,  Olive  (1510),  481 
Owen,  Robert  (1015),  252 
Palmer,  Edward  (1024),  134 
Parker,  Calthorpe  (1618),  107 

Mercy  (1030),  107 
Pemberton,  Paid  (1025),  248 

William  (1500),  248 
Pickeringe,  Edward  (1023),  300 
Pierce,  Mark  (1050),  500 
Pitt,  Mary  (1034),  255 
Thomas  (10  >7),  257 
William  (1004),  252 
(1024),  253 
(1031),  254 
(1047),  257 


Watcrs's  Goncaloglcal  Gleanings  In  England- 

I'ittes,  William  (1502),  251 
I'layne,  Apollo  (1002),  l<»51 
Pordago,  Robert  (1012),  374 
Pountes,  John  (1021),  510 
Priuulx,  John  (1008),  23S 
Priest,  Thomas  (1598),  "00 
l'urefay,  John  (1570),  507 
Rand,  Margaret  (1625),  382 
Ravment,  George  (1051),  136 
Re'vell,  Michael  (1050),  388 
Rich,  Elias  (1710),  506 
Roberts,  Anne  (1672),  210 
.John  (1005),  230 
Martin  (1598),  239 
Robins,  John  (1027),  373 
Rockwell,  Honor  (1037),  270 
Scott,  George  (1018),  501 

John  (1710),  483 
Sedloy,  John  (1532),  113 
(1581),  120 
Murtvn  (1609),  121 
Nicholas  (1571),  120 
William  (1571),  120 
Severy,  Edward  (1004),  387 
.      Sheppard,  Thomas  (1709),  505 
(1710),  500 
Shurt,  George  (1658),  135 
Slaughter,  Elizabeth  (104)),  250 
Smith,  George  (1728),  513 
Henry  (1053),  400 
Thomas  (1051),  136 
Snelling,  Francis  (1055),  499 
Thomas  (1012),  400 
Sprague,  Edward  (1014),  204 
Steevens,  Henry  (1012),  200 
Stevenson,  James,  (1728),  506 
Stolion,  June  (1047),  247 
Stolyon,  Thomas  (1680),  247 
Sturman,  Richard  (1072),  512     * 
Sybada,  Kempo  (1050),  135 
Syms,  Randal  (1500),  485 
Taylor,  John  (1000),  120 

Thomas  (1058),  126 
William  (1050),  506 
Thomas,  Sarah  (1711),  404 
Thomson,  George  (1090)  271 

Maurice  (1070),  271 
Thompson,  Rowland  (1002),  401 

Samuel  (1008),  305 
Tindall,  Anne  (1020),  380 

Umphrey,  (Kill),  379 
Tomlins,  Richard  (1037),  373 
Trafford,  Ann  (1788),  499 

Elizabeth  (1788),  499 
Humphrey  (1779) ,'498 
Thomas  (1784),  498 
Traherne,  William  (1658),  220 
Trothewev,  John  (1020),  242 
Trethwv,  Robert  (102!),  240 
Tvce,  William  (1019),  272 
Tyndall,  John  (1530),  377 
(1010),  379 
Thomas  (15S 0,378 
Welde,  Edii.ond(10(is),  40(5 
Wells,  Joan  (1581),  205 
Wharton,  Richard  (1713),  514 
White  als.  Wampcrs.  John  (1079),  130 
Whithead,  William  (1023),  372 
Whittingham,  John  (1010),  383 
Willoughby,  William  (1051),  122 
(1058),  123 
Woodbury,  John  (1072),  249 
Woodward,  Hezekiah  (1075),  373 
Wyld,  Daniel  (1070),  394 
Wheeler  and  Baxter,  Query,  344 
Wheelock,  Query,  211 
Wild,  Edward  Augustus,  400 
Williams,  Query,  212 

Family,  Reply,  214 


• 


Index  of  Subjects, 


IX 


Wills,  Administrations  and  Abstracts- 
See  also  Waters's  Gleanings 
Arrowsmyth,  Richard  (1508),  30 
Bent,  Edith  (1601),  G7 
John  (15*8),  07 
Kobert  (1881),  67 
Dnvies,  William  (1035),  410 
Gaffeeld,  Roger  (1031),  l'00 
Garefield,  ThomaH  (1001),  201 
Garleedc,  Edward  (1580)  300 
(iarfeeld,  Hemic  (1582),  800 
(iari'efld,  Aqtiila  (1005),  201 
Garfield,  Robert  (1507),  801 
William  (1584),  800 
(hV.Ki),  800 
(1(5 Is),  803 
EHzabet.il  (1571),  199 
Geyfeld,  Hubert  f  1568),  100 
Golding,  John  (1407),  417 
GradiVId  Thomas  (1557),  199 
Ilaynes,  Ile/ekiah  (Hi08),  804 
John  (1070),  807 
(1002),  800 
Kinge,  William  (1055),  -li»4 
Massye,  .lames  (1010),  81 
Mather,  Geoffrey  (150S),  80 
(1000),  80 
(1015),  81 
(1017),  31 
(1018),  32 
Sorocolde,  James  (1(520),  32 
(1032),  33 
R anile  (1(532),  33 
Southwood,  Barbara  (1007),  422 
Thntmbnll,  James  (1070),  423 
Tlirmnblc,  Itlchard  (10(50),  124 
Townscnd,  James  (1080),  422 
Tremble,  Johane  (1054),  420 
Trombell,  Maria  (1010),  424 

William  (1500),  423 
Trumbull,  Francis  (103b),  420 
Henry  (1001),  421 
Mary  (1004),  423 
Samuel  (1050),  421 
(1608),  423 
Trumbell,  Thomas  (1702),  423 
Tnmible,  Anthony  (1074),  830 
Beatrice  (1035),  327 
Christopher  (1061),  82S 
Edward  (1010),  423 
(1037),:;-'; 


Wills,  Administrations  und  Abstracts 
Trumble,  George  (1881),  320 
(1606),  329 
James  (1695),  423 
J ob n  (1625),  327 
(1028),  11!) 
(1687),  828 
(1664),  IL'1 
(1691),  422 
Leonard  (1645),  328 
Margaret  (1585),  326 
Hubert  (1614),  423 
Thomas  (1672),  330 
(1690),  331 
Trumbull,  Alexander  ( 1680),  424 
Andrew  (1«78).  331 
Elizabeth  (1681),  331 

Emanuel  (160.",),  410 
George  (1089),  422 
Johan  (1570),  418 
Mark  (1677),  330 
Mary  (1681),  331 
Matthew  (1008),  123 
Kobert  (1677),  830 
Thomas  (1557),  417 

(1560),  417 
William  (1035),  420 

(1678),  422 

Turnball,  Kalphe  (1657),  421 
Turnbull,  George  (1649),  424 
John  (1673),  422 
.    (1690),  422 
Patrick  (1605),  423 
Richard  (1503)  ,410 
Hoberti  (1608),  124 
Tliouiiia  ( 1503),  331 
Turnebull,  Elizabeth  (1581),  331 
lleughe  (1566),  417 
John  (1608),  331 
Katherine  (1058)  421 
Thomas  (1681;,  423 
W'ilfray  (1657),  421 
WatmOUgh,  Kobert  (1620),  32 
Whitman,  Samuel  (1750),  174 
Wood,  Josin.ll,  Query,  76 

York  Count v  (Me.)  Deeds,  Note,  200 
Young,  Hev.  Nathan,  Query,  :!42 


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NEW-ENGLAND 

HISTORICAL  AND    GENEALOGICAL 
REGISTER. 


JANUARY,  1895. 


MEMOIR  OF  THE  HON.  CHARLES  H.  BELL,  LL.D. 

By  the  Rev.  Edmund  F.  Slafter,  D.I). 

Charles  Henry  Bell  was  born  in  Chester,  New  Hampshire, 
on  the  eighteenth  day  of  November,  1823,  and  died  in  Exeter  in 
the  same  State  on  the  eleventh  day  of  November,  1893.  The  emi- 
grant ancestor  of  the  family,  John  Bell,  who  was  born  in  Ireland 
in  1679,  but  of  Scotch  descent,  settled  in  Londonderry,  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  1720.  He  was  one  of  the  original  grantees  of  London- 
derry, and  an  active  and  foremost  citizen  in  the  affairs  of  the  town. 
His  son  John,  of  the  second  generation  in  this  country,  held  many 
local  offices,  was  a  delegate  to  the  first  constitutional  convention  of 
the  State,  a  Representative  and  a  Senator  in  the  legislature  for 
several  years,  an  officer  of  the  church  to  which  he  belonged,  a 
devout  Christian,  of  good  judgment  and  sterling  integrity.  John, 
of  the  third  generation,  the  father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was 
a  prosperous  and  successful  man  of  business,  first  in  Derry,  New 
Hampshire,  and  subsequently  in  Chester  in  the  same  State.  He 
was  early  a  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  of  the  Senate, 
of  the  Governor's  Council  for  several  years,  sheriff  of  the  county, 
and  was  Governor  of  the  State  in  1828. 

Charles  Henry  Bell  in  his  early  youth  had  the  best  opportunities 
for  education  which  New  England  at  that  time  afforded.  At  the 
age  of  twelve  years  he  was  entered  as  a  student  of  Pembroke 
Academy.  Here  he  remained  two  years.  In  1837  he  became  a 
member  of  Phillips  Academy,  in  Exeter,  but  the  next  year  he  re- 
turned to  Pembroke  where  he  completed  his  preparation  for  college. 

He  entered  Dartmouth  College  in  1838,  then  not  fifteen  years 
of  age.  His  brother  had  entered  in  1837,  which  furnished  a  reason 
for  placing  the  younger  brother  in  college  at  that  early  age.  The 
health  of  the  elder  became  delicate,  and  after  the  expiration  of  the 
autumn  term  of  1838,  the  two  young  men  were  withdrawn,  and 
their  connection  with  the  College  severed  for  the  time  being.  During 
the  next  two  years  Charles  Henry  remained,  for  the  most  part,  at 
vol.  xlix.  2  > 


10  Charles  Henry  Bell.  [Jan. 

his  home  in  Chester,  devoting  enough  time  to  study  to  keep  his 
preparations  for  college  fresh  in  mind,  while  the  residue  he  gave  to 
such  desultory  reading  and  writing  as  suited  his  inclinations  and 
taste.  Some  months,  however,  of  this  period,  probably  in  the  last 
part  of  18,'W  and  early  part  of  1840,  he  devoted  to  the  study  of 
civil  engineering,  under  the  direction  of  James  Ilayward,  Esq., 
whose  office  was  in  Joy's  Building  in  Boston. 

In  1840  he  re-entered  Dartmouth  College,  joining  the  freshman 
class,  then  past  sixteen  years  of  age.  He  was  a  faithful  and  con- 
scientious student,  acquitting  himself  honorably  in  all  departments, 
always  ranking  among  the  best  third  of  his  class  ;  but  he  did  not 
aspire  to  high  attainment  in  exact  scholarship,  as  ambitious  young 
men  often  do.  Impelled  by  an  extraordinary  love  of  knowledge, 
he  was,  during  these  years,  an  insatiate  reader,  and  made  himself 
familiar  with  the  whole  circle  of  English  classics  and  with  the  best 
writers  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic. 

A\  nile  an  undergraduate  he  became  deeply  interested  in  military 
affairs,  both  in  the  science  and  in  the  manual  of  the  soldier.  The 
students  of  Dartmouth  at  that  time  were  required  by  law  to  muster 
annually,  as  a  part  of  the  militia  of  the  State.  They  were,  how- 
ever, permitted  to  form  a  company  by  themselves,  which  was  called 
the  Dartmouth  Phalanx.  This  company  was  made  up  of  picked 
men  from  the  whole  college,  and  they  were  naturally  men  who  had 
a  taste,  if  not  for  military  science,  at  least  for  military  drill.  The 
uniform  of  the  officers  was  a  black  dress-coat,  white  vest,  and  white 
pantaloons.  The  coat  was  trimmed  with  gold  lace,  the  skirt  being 
lined  with  white  satin.  The  hat  was  a  common  beaver,  bearing  a 
cockade .  The  three  officers  wore  at  the  side  a  highly  decorated  sword. 
The  dress  of  the  men  was  likewise  a  black  dress-coat  and  white  pan- 
taloons, with  knapsack,  canteen,  cartridge  box  and  bayonet  sheath, 
of  approved  pattern  and  make.  While  this  uniform  was  sober  and 
modest,  it  was  nevertheless  dignified  and  effective,  and  in  all  respects 
appropriate  to  a  company  of  scholars.  Under  the  discipline  of- a 
daily  morning  and  evening  drill,  the  Phalanx  attained  an  excellence 
unknown  outside  of  a  military  school.  It  became  the  pride  of  the 
college  and  the  pride  of  the  State.  Mr.  Bell  was  appointed  captain 
of  this  company  on  the  22d  of  April,  1843,  and  retired  from  office  on 
the  18th  of  April,  1844,  a  short  time  before  his  graduation  from  the 
college.  His  natural  taste  for  military  knowledge  was  cultivated  and 
developed  by  the  constant  exercise  of  the  company  in  the  manual,  and 
by  the  reading  of  treatises  of  a  far  wider  scope  than  the  exigencies 
of  the  case  required.  These  studies,  elementary  indeed,  became  a  not 
unimportant  branch  of  his  education,  and  were  valuable  to  him  in 
many  ways,  practically  so  when  in  after  years,  in  Exeter,  he  was 
commander  of  the  Sullivan  Guards,  and  still  later,  when  as  Gover- 
nor, he  held  an  official  relation  to  all  the  military  organizations  of 
the  State. 


• 


1895.]  Charles  Henry  Bell.  1 1 

On  leaving  college  Mr.  Bell  immediately  began  the  study  of  law 
in  the  office  of  the  Hon.  James  Bell  of  Exeter,  who  was,  perhaps, 
the  most  eminent  lawyer  at  that  time  at  the  New  Hampshire  bar. 
He  could  not  have  chosen  a  better  preceptor.  Learned,  dignified 
and  judicious,  careful  and  systematic,  his  office  furnished  a  school 
of  patient  investigation,  thoroughness  and  the  best  practical  work. 
After  two  years  the  Hon.  James  Bell  removed  from  Exeter,  and 
Mr.  Bell-  completed  his  studies  under  the  direction  of  the  Hon. 
Samuel  Dana  Bell,  an  able  lawyer,  and  subsequently  Chief  Justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New  Hampshire. 

He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1847,  and  began  the  practice  of 
his  profession  in  Chester,  the  place  of  his  birth,  and  where  his 
mother  after  the  death  of  his  father  continued  to  reside.  This 
beautiful  town  had  many  attractions  in  itself,  and  many  dear  asso- 
ciations, but  it  offered  little  encouragement  to  the  aspirations  of  a 
young  lawyer. 

In  184lJ  Mr.  Bell  entered  into  a  partnership  with  Nathaniel  Wells 
of  Somersworth,  who  for  some  years  had  been  conducting  an  im- 
portant law  business  in  the  village  of  Great  Falls  in  that  town. 
Here  Mr.  Bell  practically  began  his  career  as  a  lawyer.  Mr.  AYells 
was  distinguished  as  a  counsellor,  for  his  office  practice  and  his  able 
and  thorough  preparation  of  cases  for  argument,  but  he  rarely 
presented  his  own  cases  in  court.  In  this  new  relation,  Mr.  Bell 
found  an  ample  field  for  obtaining  facility  and  skill,  which  only 
come  of  experience,  in  presenting  to  courts  and  juries  questions  of 
fact  or  of  law.  This  department  of  his  profession  he  here  culti- 
vated with  assiduity  and  success. 

In  1854  Mr.  Hell  removed  to  Exeter,  where  he  found  a  larger 
field  ami  a  more  satisfactory  clientage.  It  not  only  furnished  a 
wider  scope  for  legal  knowledge  and  talent,  but  it  was  the  centre 
of  a  cultivated  and  refined  society.  The  seat  of  Phillips  Academy, 
unsurpassed  by  any  other  institution  of  the  same  class  in  New 
England,  amply  equipped  with  instructors  of  the  best  scholarship 
and  varied  learning,  it  had  long  before  attracted  other  residents  of 
congenial  tastes  and  scholarly  habits.  Here  Mr.  Bell  was  happy 
to  make  his  home,  and  here  he  passed  the  remaining  years  of  his 
life. 

In  1856  he  was  appointed  solicitor  of  Rockingham  county. 
This  office  he  continued  to  discharge  for  the  period  of  ten  years, 
and  at  the  same  time  he  conducted  an  important  civil  business  both 
in  his  office  and  in  the  courts.  As  a  lawyer  and  an  advocate,  Mr. 
Bell  had  a  profound  distaste  for  the  vulgar  hectoring  and  black- 
guardism in  which  members  of  the  profession,  even  of  distinction, 
sometimes  indulge.  He  placed  himself  outside  and  above  this  by 
a  manner  eminently  his  own.  A*  all  times  his  conduct  to  witnesses, 
to  the  jury,  to  the  court  and  to  the  opposing  counsel  was  serious, 
courteous,  respectful  and  dignified.     From  this  bearing  and  courtesy 


12  Charles  Henry  Bell.  [Jan. 

to  all  in  the  court  room,  no  personalities  or  ill  manners  could  tempt 
him  for  a  moment  to  depart.  This  method  came  not  as  the  result 
of  studied  art  and  self-discipline*  but  as  the  natural  offspring  of  a 
high  sense  of  propriety  and  an  innate  sense  of  justice.  lie  re- 
garded every  trial  before  the  courts,  in  which  he  was  engaged, 
simply  as  a  legal  investigation,  whose  function  was  to  draw  out  and 
establish  justice  between  man  and  man  as  interpreted  by  law  and 
evidence.  lie  wanted  no  more,  he  sought  for  no  less.  His  method 
was  a  great  power  with  juries  and  with  courts.  He  possessed  their 
confidence,  and  this  confidence  he  never  misled  or  betrayed.  He 
was  justly  regarded  by  his  compeers  as  an  able  lawyer  and  a  skilful 
advocate. 

A  few  sentences  from  the  sketch  of  Mr.  Bell  contained  in'  the 
"Bench  and  Bar,"  contributed  by  Judge  Jeremiah  Smith,  LL.D., 
now  Story  professor  in  the  Harvard  Law  School,  and  for  some  years 
on  the  bench  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New  Hampshire,  will  convey 
his  estimate  of  him  both  as  an  advocate  and  a  lawyer : 

His  arguments  were  generally  brief  but  clear.  He  did  not  waste  his  own 
time  or  the  time  of  the  court.  Almost  never  did  he  utter  a  superfluous 
sentence,  and  seldom  an  unnecessary  word.  "  Clearness  of  statement,"  it 
has  been  well  said,  "is  the  great  power  at  the  bar."  Mr.  Bell  possessed 
this  faculty  in  a  remarkable  degree.  His  oral  arguments  had  the  crystal- 
like clearness  which  was  so  marked  a  characteristic  of  the  written  opinions 
of  his  cousin,  the  late  Chief  Justice  Samuel  D.  Bell.  It  is  safe  to  say  he 
never  sat  down  without  making  all  his  points  fully  understood.  One  great 
charm  of  Mr.  Bell's  speeches  consisted  in  his  admirable  command  of  lan- 
guage.    He  always  used  the  right  word  in  the  right  place His 

experience  with  juries  proves  that  courtesy  and  fairness  are  not  insuperable 
obstacles  to  success,  and  that  a  man  of  ability  and  integrity  can  obtain 
verdicts  without  resorting  to  any  small  artifices  or  objectionable  methods. 
He  did  not  fawn  upon  jurors  or  flatter  them.  He  did  not  introduce  irre- 
levant topics  for  the  sake  of  exciting  sympathy  for  his  client,  or  prejudice 
against  his  opponent.      Hut  his  straightforward  method  of  trying  a  case  was 

more  effective  than  the  flank  movements  which  are  sometimes  adopted 

It  was  probably  the  general  opinion  of  Mr.  Bell's  friends  that,  though  he 
was  successful  at  the  bar,  yet  the  more  appropriate  place  for  him  was  the 
bench,  where  two  near  kinsmen  had  served  with  distinction.  He  certainly 
possessed  marked  qualifications  for  that  position;  a  competent  knowledge  of 
law,    practical   experience,    tact,   sound  sense,    a  dignified  presence  and  a 

power  of  controlling  men Had  he  remained  in  active  practice,  he 

must  ere  long  have  been  tendered  a  judgeship. 

To  these  statements  of  Judge  Smith,  we  are  tempted  to  add  the 
following  brief  sentence  from  a  private  note  of  Judge  Charles  Doe, 
LL.D.,  the  present  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New 
Hampshire  : 

A  mind  more  capable  of  grasping,  mastering  and  presenting  legal  ques- 
tions, quickly,  clearly  and  thoroughly,  I  have  never  known. 


. 


1895.]  ,  Charles  Henry  Bell  13 

In  dealing  with  legal  principles  and  their  practical  application, 
Mr.  Bell  took  great  pleasure,  but  the  conflict  and  wrangling  of  the 
court-room  were  alien  to  his  nature  and  foreign  to  his  tastes.  After 
twenty-one  year's  experience,  in  1868,  lie  retired  from  active  prac- 
tice at  the  bar,  and  devoted  himself  to  more  congenial  pursuits. 
After  this  period,  however,  he  was  often  appointed  a  referee,  whose 
duties  he  personally  enjoyed,  and  winch  he  discharged  with  unusual 
satisfaction  to  all  parties.  His  findings,  we  have  been  informed  on 
good  authority,  were  without  an  exception  approved  by  the  courts, 
and,  we  think,  no  appeal  from  Ins  decisions  was  ever  made  on  points 
of  law,  or  if  made  was  not  sustained. 

In  1858,  1859,  1860,  1872  and  1873,  Mr.  Bell  represented 
Exeter  in  the  legislature  of  the  State.  He  was  a  State  Senator  in 
1863  and  186-1.  He  was  Speaker  of  the  House  in  1860,  and 
President  of  the  Senate  in  1864.  In  his  first  year  in  the  House  he 
was  made  chairman  of  the  judiciary  committee,  a  very  unusual  honor 
to  a  young  member.  In  the  later  years  of  his  membership  he  was 
the  acknowledged  leader  of  the  House,  and  one  of  the  most  useful 
and  influential  of  its  members. 

In  1879,  by  the  appointment  of  the  governor,  lie  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  United  States  Senate,  to  fill  a  vacancy  until  an  election 
in  the  following  June. 

He  was  governor  of  New  Hampshire  for  a  term  of  two  years  from 
June,  1881  to  June,  1883.  In  his  political  affinities,  Governor 
Bell  was  a  republican  from  the  organization  of  that  party.  He  was, 
however,  never  a  politician  in  the  modern  vulgar  sense  of  the  word. 
He  sought  no  political  advancement.  The  office  sought  him,  not 
he  the  office,  lie  was,  however,  thoroughly  loyal  to  his  principles 
and  to  his  party.  When  it  called  him  to  a  public  service  and 
pledged  him  its  support,  and  he  had  accepted  its  pledges,  he  occu- 
pied a  new  relation.  If  lie  had  any  personal  ambition,  it  was  closely 
bound  up  with  the  success  of  the  party.  He  stated  publicly  and 
privately,  frankly,  clearly  and  fully  the  principles  and  spirit  that 
would  animate,  shape  and  control  his  administration.  This  frank- 
ness was  doubtless  a  potent  cause  of  his  popularity.  He  adminis- 
tered the  trusts  committed  to  him  under  the  dictates  of  a  deliberate 
and  well  informed  judgment.  His  administration  bore  the  test  of 
time  and  experience.  His  wisdom  was  justified  by  events.  The 
citizens  trusted  him  and  were  never  deceived.  When  he  was  nomi- 
nated for  governor  of  the  State  by  the  republican  party  of  New 
Hampshire,  it  was  by  acclamation.  There  was  no  dissenting  voice. 
His  election,  subsequeutly,  we  are  informed,  was  by  the  largest 
number  of  votes  ever  cast  for  a  governor  in  the  State  of  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  discharged  the  duties  of  the  office  with  dignity,  im- 
partiality and  wisdom,  and  we  may  add  with  the  approbation  and 
satisfaction  of  all  parties  within  his  jurisdiction. 

In  1889  Mr.  Bell  completed  his  public  service  in  the  interest  of 
vol.  xlix.  2* 


14  Charles  Henry  Bell.  [Jan. 

the  State  by  presiding  over  a  convention,  called  to  revise  its  Con- 
stitution and  adapt  it  to  the  expanding  growth  of  the  State  in 
population  and  wealth.  It  was  an  important  and  influential  posi- 
tion to  occupy,  and  he  was  highly  gratified  to  be  honored  in  being 
called  to  preside  over  a  political  body  of  such  distinction  and  dignity. 
It  was  a  courteous  testimony  of  confidence  and  respect  from  his 
fellow  citizens,  and  a  pleasant  rounding  off  and  completion  of  his 
political  career. 

Mr.  Bell  took  an  active  personal  interest  in  education  in  all  its 
stages,  branches  and  instrumentalities ;  in  schools,  lyceums  and 
libraries.  While  he  was  governor  of  the  State,  he  was  a  trustee, 
ex-officio,  of  Dartmouth  College,  and  was  a  constant  and  punctual 
attendant  upon  the  deliberations  of  the  Board. 

He  was  an  active  member,  from  the  start,  of  the  board  of  trus-, 
tees  of  the  seminary,  established  in  Exeter  by  the  munificent  legacy 
of  William  Robinson,  a  native  of  Exeter,  but  at  the  time  of  his 
death  a  citizen  of  Augusta,  Georgia.  The  endowment  was  about 
$250,000,  and  by  the  provisions  of  the  will,  established  a  school 
for  girls  only,  thus  supplementing  the  interests  of  education  in 
Exeter  by  furnishing  for  girls  what  Dr.  John  Phillips  had  done 
for  boys  in  the  later  years  of  the  preceding  century.  During  the 
period  between  the  signing  of  the  will  and  its  execution,  a  great 
depression  of  values  had  taken  place,  and  it  was  found  that  Mr. 
Robinson's  family  was  not  as  generously  provided  for  as  the  testator 
had  intended.  Mr.  Bell,  and  another  ir?mbcr  of  a  committee 
appointed  by  the  town,  visited  Mrs.  Robinson  in  Georgia,  and  after 
a  thorough  investigation  made  an  adjustment  which  was  entirely 
satisfactory.  A  plan  for  the  organization  of  the  school  was  elabor- 
ated with  much  care,  suitable  action  was  taken  by  the  legislature, 
and  in  1867  the  school  was  put  into  operation.  In  all  this  Mr. 
Bell  took  an  active  and  leading  part.  On  the  fourth  day  of  July, 
1808,  he  laid  the  corner-stone  of  the  school  building  of  the  semi- 
nary, with  elaborate  Masonic  ceremonies,  on  which  occasion  he  de- 
livered a  discourse  in  which  after  a  rapid  glance  at  the  educational 
interests  of  the  town  from  the  beginning  down  to  the  present  time, 
he  closed  with  a  graceful  and  eloquent  peroration  on  the  breadth 
and  extent  of  this  noble  endowment.  Mr.  Bell  served  on  the  board 
of  trustees  of  the  Robinson  Seminary  for  the  period  of  ten  years, 
when  he  resigned. 

Jn  187!)  he  was  made  a  trustee  of  Phillips  Exeter  Academy, 
which  office  he  continued  to  hold,  and  was  president  of  the  Board 
at  the  time  of  his  death.  The  high  character  of  this  school,  the 
large  number  of  its  scholars  and  the  distinguished  ability  required 
in  its  teachers,  and  the  consequent  and  imperative  importance  of 
keeping  every  part  of  the  institution  in  a  sound  and  healthy  condi- 
tion, made  the  responsibilities  of  the  trustees,  especially  of  those 
resident  in  the  town,  constant,  and  often  delicate  and  perplexing. 


1895.]  Charles  Henry  Bell.  15 

Mr.  Bell's  eminently  judicial  mind,  his  calm  and  even  temper,  his 
wise  forethought,  his  care  to  know  thoroughly  every  question  that 
required  deliberation,  made  him  during  all  these  years  a  useful  and 
influential  trustee  of  the  Academy.  From  the  meetings  of  the 
Board,  sometimes  held  in  Exeter  and  sometimes  in  Boston,  he  was 
rarely,  if  ever,  absent. 

Since  his  death,  Mr.  Charles  Marseilles  of  Exeter  has  presented 
to  the  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  Academy  Gallery  a  crayon  portrait 
of  Governor  Bell  executed  by  the  distinguished  artist,  William 
Kurtz  of  New  York. 

Mr.  Bell  wrote  and  delivered  numerous  discourses  on  education 
in  its  various  relations  to  human  progress,  which  remain  in  manu- 
script. Among  others  a  discourse  on  "the  comparative  advantages 
of  the  Lyceum  at  Athens  in  ancient  Greece  and  the  Lyceums  of 
our  own  country  "  ;  one  on  "  the  changes  in  the  methods  of  instruc- 
tion in  the  last  half  century  in  our  New  England  schools"  ;  and  an- 
other on  "the  high  aims  and  lofty  purposes  that  ought  to  animate 
and  control  the  scholar."  The  treatment  of  these  and  kindred  sub- 
jects occupied  such  hours  as  he  could  spare  from  the  duties  of  an 
exacting  profession. 

After  his  retirement  from  the  bar  in  18G8  Mr.  Bell  had  ample 
leisure  for  such  occupations  and  pursuits  as  were  most  agreeable  to 
his  inclinations  and  tastes.  He  did  not  announce  to  others,  or 
even  propose  to  himself,  a  literary  career.  He  simply  did  in  the 
field  of  literature  whatever  seemed  to  have  obvious  claims  upon  his 
attention.  In  nearly  every  undertaking  there  was  some  plain  personal 
;r  other  adequate  reason  for  its  performance  by  him  rather  than  by  any 
one  else.  He  engaged  in  no  work  that  was  trivial  or  unimportant ; 
neither  did  he  wait  for  some  great  subject  to  present  itself,  in  the 
treatment  of  which  he  might  anticipate  personal  distinction  and 
fame.  He  plainly  acted  on  the  excellent  maxim,  "a  wise  man  will 
do  always  and  thoroughly  the  duty  that  lies  nearest  to  him." 

Mr.  Bell's  first  literary  venture  was  the  Life  of  William  M. 
Richardson,  LL.D.,  late  Chief  Justice  of  the  Superior  Court  in 
New  Hampshire.  This  little  twelvemo  volume  of  90  pages  was 
published  in  March,  1839,  only  four,  months  after  the  author  had 
completed  fifteen  years  of  his  age.  While  it  contains  the  marks  of 
a  youthful  hand,  it  nevertheless  contains  a  clear  and  systematic 
compendium  of  the  life  and  career  of  its  distinguished  subject.  It 
remained  for  more  than  half  a  century  a  valuable  memorial  of  a  man 
of  singular  merit,  of  judicial  ability  and  learning,  and  has  not  even 
now  been  superseded,  unless  by  the  more  compact  and  mature  con- 
tribution by  the  same  author,  in  his  "Bench  and  Bar"  of  New 
Hampshire. 

On  the  10th  of  June,  18G9,  Mr,  Bell,  by  invitation,  delivered  an 
oration  in  Deny,  New  Hampshire,  at  the  150th  Anniversary  of  the 
Settlement  of  Old  Nutfield,  comprising  the  towns  of  Londonderry, 


16  Charles  Henry  Bell.  [Jan. 

Deny,  Windham,  and  parts  of  Manchester,  Hudson  and  Salem. 
The  subject  of  this  discourse  is  the  character  of  the  early  settlers  of 
Londonderry  and  the  influence  of  the  settlement  upon  the  com- 
munity. It  is  not,  therefore,  an  historical  sketch,  hut  an  illustration 
of  these  two  themes  hy  a  general  statement  of  the  history  of  the 
colonists,  the  trials  and  difficulties  through  which  they  passed,  the 
dangers  of  a  frontier  settlement  in  the  depths  of  a  primeval  forest, 
the  education  of  their  children  and  the  maintenance  of  their  religious 
institutions  ;  their  hardy  and  robust  physiques,  their  intellectual 
strength  and  vigor,  their  stern,  unbending  religious  principle,  the 
great  achievements  of  many  of  their  descendants,  their  prudence, 
their  industry,  their  sound  judgment  and  self-reliance  ;  all  these 
points  are  discussed  with  great  fullness,  but  nevertheless  without 
any  invidious  distinction  or  eulogy  of  individuals,  with  the  single 
exception  of  a  few  resolute  and  brave  men,  who,  in  the  wars  of  the 
country,  covered  themselves  and  their  names  with  glory  by  their 
noble  and  heroic  conduct. 

Mr.  Bell  published  in  .1871  an  octavo  volume  of  seventy-three 
pages,  entitled  tf  Men  and  Things  of  Exeter,  New  Hampshire." 
This  historical  brochure  was  replete  with  interest  to  the  dweller  in 
Exeter.  It  described  the  early  settlement  of  the  town  ;  recounted 
many  striking  colonial  events ;  the  stirring  occurrences  of  the  revo- 
lution ;  the  outbreak  of  the  popular  feelings  at  different  times  and 
their  causes  ;  the  visit  of  the  celebrated  English  evangelist,  White- 
field,  in  1770,  and  that  of  Washington  in  1789  ;  the  religious  es- 
tablishments of  the  town  from  the  be<nnnin£,  and  the  character  and 
influence  of  their  various  ministers  down  to  the  present  time. 

The  same  year,  on  the  18th  of  March,  1871,  Mr.  Bell  delivered 
a  discourse  in  Boston,  on  the  invitation  of  the  New-England 
Historic;  Genealogical  Society,  at  the  dedication  of  the  Society's 
House.  It  was  published  by  the  Society  with  the  proceedings  on 
the  occasion. 

The  discourse  recites  compactly  and  clearly  the  growth  in  this 
country  of  historical  sentiment  and  interest  during  the  last  gen- 
eration ;  it  points  to  the  patronage  of  the  government,  its  publi- 
cation of  certain  historical  works  at  the  public  cost  and  its  sanction 
by  the  people.  It  informs  us  that  new  workers  are  constantly  coming 
into  the  field,  historical  libraries  are  multiplying,  and  memorials  of 
the  past  are  brought  together  to  illustrate  its  history.  We  are  re- 
minded of  the  unexampled  riches  and  extent  of  the  field  and  the 
prolific  sources  of  historical  material.  Dangers  are  pointed  out. 
Hasty  and  superficial  work  is  deprecated.  Faithful  and  conscien- 
tious work  is  already  everywhere  recognized  and  appreciated,  and 
a  brilliant  career  in  the  future  is  predicted  for  the  able,  broad- 
minded  and  accomplished  historian. 

In  1873  Mr.  Bell  delivered  an  address  before  the  New  Hampshire 
Historical   Society,  being  the   semi-centennial  anniversary  of  the 


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1895.]  Charles  Henry  Bell.  17 

founding  of  the  Society  and  the  250th  anniversary  of  the  settle- 
ment of  New  Hampshire.  In  this  discourse  is  sketched  an  outline 
of  New  Hampshire's  early  colonial  history,  a  brief  mention  of  its 
organization  as  a  State,  the  birth  of  the  Historical  Society,  its  dis- 
tinguished early  members  and  workers,  its  special  labors  and 
achievements  in  the  past,  and  the  broad  and  inviting  domain  that 
stretches  out  for  its  occupation  and  cultivation  in  the  future. 

Mr.  Bell ';  published  a  pamphlet  entitled  "Exeter  in  177G. 
Sketches  of  an  old  New  Hampshire  town  as  it  was  a  hundred  years 
ago.  Prepared  for  the  Ladies'  Centennial  Levee  held  in  Exeter, 
February  22,  1876."  The  title  of  this  paper  explains  its  purpose. 
The  limits  of  the  little  village  as  it  was  in  1776  are  defined ;  the  old 
houses,  public  and  private,  are  described;  the  methods  of  business, 
the  customs  and  habits  of  the  people  are  pictured  with  the  personal 
character  of  the  prominent  men,  enlivened  by  numerous  illustrative 
incidents  and  anecdotes. 

The  same  year  an  important  volume  was  issued,  entitled  "John 
Wheelwright,  his  writings,  including  his  fast  day  sermon,  1637, 
and  his  Mercurius  Americanus,  1645,  with  a  paper  upon  the 
genuineness  of  the  Indian  Deed  of  1629,  and  a  Memoir."  This 
volume,  published  by  the  Prince  Society  in  1876,  is  one  of  the 
series  of  its  valuable  historical  publications.  It  is  a  small  quarto  of 
253  pages.  The  memoir  by  Mr.  Bell  is  the  first  complete  biography 
of  the  Kev.  John  Wheelwright  ever  published.  It  was  carefully 
prepared,  largely  from  old  manuscript  records,  after  the  most 
thorough  researches,  and  is  an  important  contribution  to  New 
England  history.  The  paper  on  the  Indian  deed  of  1629  presents 
clearly  and  fully  the  arguments  for  and  against  the  genuineness  of 
the  document.  At  the  time  of  the  publication  of  this  volume  in 
1876,  no  evidence  had  been  produced  proving  that  Wheelwright  was 
not  in  this  country  in  1629  ;  and  if  he  were  here,  there  was  a  strong 
probability  that  the  deed  was  genuine.  Subsequently,  records  were 
found  establishing  the  fact  that  he  was  in  England  at  the  time  of 
the  alleged  execution  of  the  deed.  This  rendered  it  nearly  certain 
that  the  instrument  was  a  fabrication.  Mr.  Bell  made  this  known 
in  a  letter  published  in  the  New-England  Historical  and  Genea- 
logical Register  for  July,  1891.  A  careful  examination  of  Mr. 
Bell's  treatment  of  the  subject  will  show  how  completely  he  was 
able  to  see  all  sides  of  a  difficult  and  controverted  subject. 

In  the  month  of  July,  1876,  Mr.  Bell,  accompanied  by  his 
family,  made  a  voyage  to  Europe,  where  he  passed  a  year,  returning 
in  July,  1877.  His  travels  extended  to  England,  Ireland,  Scot- 
land, France,  Germany,  Austria,  Switzerland  and  Italy,  passing 
several  weeks  in  the  great  cities  and  central  points  of  interest  in 
each  of  these  countries.  In  this  period  he  not  only  visited  the  many 
objects  and  places  of  antiquarian  and  historic  interest  and  fame  which 
Tell  in  his  way,  but  he  made  a  survey,  more  or  less  satisfactory, 


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of  the  finest  existing  works  of  art,  in  painting,  sculpture  and 
architecture. 

In  the  scries  of  Memorial  Biographies  published  by  the  New- 
England   His toris** Genealogical   Society,  Mr.  Bell  contributed  in 

1880  a  memoir  of  Daniel  Webster.  An  outline  of  Mr.  Webster's 
whole  life  is  compressed,  in  this  paper,  into  twenty  pages.  Jt  pre- 
sents, of  course,  only  the  prominent  and  striking  incidents  of  his 
extraordinary  career.  Its  brevity  is  characteristic  of  the  author's 
method,  and  illustrates  his  style,  at  once  concise  and  comprehensive. 
One  great  event  passes  so  easily  and  naturally  into  another  that 
this  brief  summary  has  the  appearance  of  a  complete  and  finished 
whole.     We  have  seen  no  better  epitome  of  Mr.  Webster's  life. 

The  same  year,  Mr.  Bell  delivered  a  discourse  before  the  Alumni 
Association  of  Dartmouth  College,  in  memory  of  the  Hon.  Ira 
Perley,  LL.D.,  late  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court 
of  New  Hampshire.  This  was  one  of  a  series  of  discourses  de- 
livered at  the  request  of  the  alumni  in  honor  of  graduates  of  that 
institution  who  were  distinguished  injudicial  stations.  The  writers 
were  limited  as  to  time,  and  this,  as  was  the  brief  paper  on  Mr. 
Webster,  is  an  illustration  of  succinctness  and  completeness  com- 
bined, and  is  a  finely  drawn  outline  of  the  character  and  career  of 
that  remarkable  scholar  and  jurist,  who  in  ability  is  ranked  by  Mr. 
Bell   "with  our  Marshalls,  our  Parsonses  and  our  Kents." 

In  1881,  at  the  anniversary  of  the  New  Hampshire  Alpha  of  the 
Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  at  Dartmouth  College,  Mr.  Bell  delivered 
an  oration  which  was  published  by  the  Society.  The  subject  was, 
"The  A\rorship  of  Success."  He  pointed  out  that  in  this  country 
the  avenues  to  success  are  open  to  all,  and  that  the  struggle  for  it 
is  excessive  and  undiscriminating.  The  means  of  attaining  it  arc 
often  unworthy  and  debasing.  They  cloud  the  moral  vision,  warp 
the  judgment  and  obliterate  the  distinction  between  right  and 
wrong.  There  is  a  noble  and  an  ignoble  ambition.  The  passion  for 
wealth,  fame  and  power  should  be  limited,  and  subordinated  to  a 
high  moral  purpose.  Honest  labor  is  dignified  and  noble.  "It  is 
not  the  sphere  of  one's  work,  but  the  work  one  does  in  his  sphere, 
that  determines  his  rank  as  a  benefactor  of  the  world."  The  edu- 
cated class  can  do  much  to  free  society  from  ignorant  pretention  and 
unworthy  ambitions,  from  the  moral  obliquity  that  blindly  worships 
unworthy  success. 

Mr.  Bell  published  in  1883  an  octavo  volume  of  somewhat  more 
than  a  hundred  pages,  entitled  "Phillips  Exeter  Academy  in  New 
Hampshire." 

It  contains  a  complete  outline  of  the  history  of  the  Academy  from 
the  beginning,  a  full  memoir  of  Dr.  John  Phillips,  the  founder,  the 
design  of  the  Academy  as  indicated  by  its  charter,  some  account  of 
its  distinguished  preceptors,  and  mucn  detail  relating  to  the  changes, 
progress  and  growth  of  the  institution.      The  volume  contains  a 


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1805.]  Charles  Henry  Bell.  19 

complete  and  authentic  list  of  the  trustees  and  teachers  from  1781 
to  1883. 

In  1885  Mr.  Bell  wrote  a  memoir  of  the  late  Dr.  John  Taylor 
Gilman  of  Portland,  Maine,  which  was  privately  printed. 

It  was  intended  to  put  upon  record  the  estimate,  both  public  and 
private,  of  the  character  and  career  of  this  distinguished  physician, 
for  the  gratification  of  his  family  and  friends.  The  story  of  his  life, 
domestic  and  professional,  in  this  pamphlet  of  thirty-six  pages,  is 
gracefully  told. 

Mr.  Bell  delivered  an  address  in  Exeter,  June  7,  1888,  on  the 
two  hundred  and  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  settlement  of  the  town, 
entitled  "Exeter  Quarter- Millennial."  The  period  treated  by  this 
discourse  is  divided  into  five  sections,  each  covering  fifty  years. 
While  it  is  the  principal  aim  of  the  address  to  show  how  Exeter 
discharged  its  duties  as  a  town,  how  it  met  its  obligations  to  the 
State  of  .New  Hampshire  and  to  the  general  government,  at  the 
same  time  it  gives  much  information  of  a  local  character,  such  as 
its  contributions  in  men  and  money  and  influence  in  the  several 
wars  through  which  the  country  has  passed,  and  the  distinguished 
citizens  who  took  part  in  these  numerous  conflicts.  It  is  a  purely 
historical  document,  and  was  well  adapted  to  the  very  interesting 
occasion  for  which  it  was  prepared. 

The  same  year,  1888,  Mr.  Bell  published  "The  History  of  the 
Town  of  Exeter,  New  Hampshire."  It  is  an  octavo  volume  of  more 
than  550  pages.  The  subject  of  the  work  is  treated  topically  and 
not  chronologically.  The  character  and  career  of  the  Rev.  John 
Wheelwright,  the  founder  of  the  town,  the  Exeter  combination  and 
the  allotment  of  lands,  are  fully  delineated.  The  religious  societies, 
the  Indian  and  French  wars,  the  revolution  and  other  wars,  schools 
and  academies,  the  press,  manufactures,  burial  places,  ornamental 
trees,  old  houses,  prominent  families,  lawyers  and  medical  men  ; 
all  these  are  treated  as  distinct  and  separate  subjects,  a  method  un- 
usual, but  which  oilers  nevertheless  some  important  advantages. 
The  gathering  together  of  the  material  of  this  large  volume,  the 
organizing  and  marshalling  its  scattered  fragments  into  form  for 
the  reader,  was  the  patient  work  of  many  years,  and  it  must  remain 
an  indestructible  monument  to  Mr.  Bell's  loyalty  and  devotion  to  the 
interests  of  the  town,  where  he  passed  so  many  happy  and  useful 
years. 

At  the  anniversary  of  the  Bunker  Hill  Monument  Association 
on  the  17th  of  June,  1891,  Mr.  Bell,  by  invitation  of  the  Associa- 
tion, delivered  a  discourse  on  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  in  which 
he  points  out  the  particular  part  performed  by  the  New  Hampshire 
troops.  The  history  of  the  whole  battle  is  outlined  with  great 
clearness,  but  the  part  taken  by  the  New  Hampshire  regiments  is 
described  with  rare  distinctness  and  fulness,  and  on  evidence  which 
admits  of  no  contradiction.     New  Hampshire' had  waited  too  long 


20  Charles  Henry  Bell.  [Jan. 

for  a  writer  competent  to  perform  this  valuable  service.  To  his 
graphic  description  of  the  action,  Mr.  Bell  gives  brief  memoirs  of 
the  prominent  New  Hampshire  men  who  were  engaged  in  this  re- 
nowned conflict. 

The  last  work  published  by  Mr.  Bell  is  the  "Bench  and  Bar  of 
New  Hampshire."  It  is  an  octavo  volume  of  795  pages,  and  bears 
the  imprint  of  1894.  It  contains  memoirs  of  eighty  judges  of  the 
highest  courts  of  the  Province  and  State,  and  memoirs  of  seven 
hundred  and  ninety-one  lawyers,  who  had  practised  their  profession 
in  New  Hampshire.  In  addition  to  these  the  volume  contains  the 
names  of  seven  hundred  and  eleven  lawyers  now  living,  who  have  at 
some  period  been  in  practice  within  the  limits  of  the  State.  The 
work  had  just  reached  its  completion,  and  was  nearly  through  the 
press,  when  the  author  was  suddenly  summoned  away  by  death. 
An  index  was  added  by  the  publisher,  and  a  few  other  accessories 
by  Mrs.  Bell.  In  a  literary  point  of  view,  in  the  extent  and  com- 
pleteness of  the  work,  tins  is  the  magnum  opus  of  all  the  author's 
publications,  'flic  collection  of  the  material  for  even  brief  sketches 
of  eight  hundred  and  seventy-one  judges  and  lawyers  could  not  but 
occupy  the  vigilant  thought  and  assiduous  labor  of  years.  Each  of 
the  sketches  is  complete  in  itself,  and  is  greater  or  less  in  extent 
according  to  the  material  accessible  and  the  prominence  and  im- 
portance of  the  subject.  There  are  certain  characteristics  or  lines 
in  the  career  of  men  in  the  same  profession  which  are  similar,  and 
sometimes  seem  to  be  almost  identical.  The  reader  of  these  sketches 
will,  we  think,  be  surprised  nevertheless  to  see  how  widely  one 
sketch  differs  from  another.  The  skill  and  ingenuity  of  the  author 
have  caused  the  narratives  to  spring  up  and  take  shape  from  those 
elements  which  are  personal  and  peculiar,  and  consequently  each 
narrative  is  different  from  all  others,  and  has  a  coloring,  freshness 
and  individuality  of  its  own.  Many  of  the  sketches  are  illustrated 
and  enlivened  by  anecdotes  and  incidents  characteristic  of  the  men 
and  of  the  times.  We  think  it  no  exaggeration  to  say  that  this 
volume  is  the  richest  and  most  valuable  contribution  to  the  history 
of  New  Hampshire  which  has  been  made  in  the  present  century. 
In  the  preface  the  author  says,  "The  preparation  of  this  work  has 
been  to  me  a  labor  of  love,  and  I  now  offer  it  in  partial  satisfaction 
of  the  debt  I  owe  to  a  noble  profession." 

Subsequently  to  1868,  after  his  retirement  from  the  bar,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  preparation  for  the  press  of  the  numerous  publications  to 
which  we  have  referred,  Mr.  Bell  gave  much  of  his  leisure  to  vari- 
ous historical  and  atiquarian  studies.  The  early  colonial  history  of 
New  England,  and  of  New  Hampshire  in  particular,  always  claimed 
an  en&rossinj;  interest.  He  made  himself  familiar  with  its  outlines 
and  its  important  details.  He  appreciated  the  value  and  importance 
of  getting  at  the  heart  and  core  of  history,  and  to  do  this  he  not 
only  studied  from  original  sources  the  habits,  customs,  education 


1895.]  '         Charles  Henry  Bell.  21 

and  religion  of  the  people,  but  the  motives  and  springs  of  aetion 
which  animated  and  controlled  their  rulers.     With  the  governors 
and  lesser  magistrates,  the  leading  men  in  all  grades  of  civil   and 
military  affairs,  their  power  and  method  of  using  it,   he  became  in- 
timately acquainted,      lie  carried  the  same  method  into  the  study 
of  the  American  revolution  and  the  history  of  the  United  States. 
Coordinate  to  these  studies,  or  as  a  supplemennt  to  them,   he  made 
collections  of  autograph  letters  and  engraved  portraits,   sometimes 
adding  an  engraved  representation  of  the  home  of  the  subject,   or  a 
brief  sketch  of  his  life  in  print.      Each  one  of  them   was  an  object 
lesson  in  history.     Around  them  clustered  by  a  law  of  association 
the  incidents  and  events  of  a  whole  career,  or  a  whole  life.      They 
were  gathered  into  groups  in  order  to  illustrate  some  period  or  great 
event  in  history.     Mr.  Hell  made  a  large  number  of  these  illustra- 
tive collections.     One  group  included  the  distinguished  characters 
who  played  an  active  and  important  part  in  the  period  immediately 
preceding  the  American  revolution;   another  included  Washington 
and  those  most  closely  associated  with  him  ;  a  third,  the  distinguished 
men  in  any  way  connected  with  General  Burgoyne  and  his  cam- 
paign ;   in  like  manner  those  who  figured  in  the  siege  of  Boston 
and  in  the  capture  of  Yorktown.      Several  other  groups  were  formed 
not  less  interesting  and  important.     Besides  these,  Mr.   Bell  took 
great  pleasure,  as  a  pastime  and  an  historical  study,   in  illustrating 
in  the  same  way  his  History  of  Exeter,   his   Life  of  John  Wheel- 
wright,  Sparks's   Life  of  Washington,*  Belknap's  History  of  New 
Hampshire,  and  several  other  smaller  works.      This  combination  of 
study  and  amusement  not  only  absorbed  agreeably   many  leisure 
hours,  hut  it  served  to  daguerreotype  upon  the  mind  men  and  events 
in  a  way  never  to   be  effaced.      Of  those  whose  autograph   letters 
and  portraits  he  deemed  worthy  of  preservation,   he  obtained   from 
all   accessible  sources   a   distinct   and   full  knowledge.      There   was 
scarcely  a  general  or  regiment  a  1  officer  in   the   Revolutionary  war, 
of  whose  value  ami  importance  in  the  service  he  had  not  arrived  at 
an  accurate  and  distinct  opinion. 

In  these  studies,  in  which  taste  and  pleasure  and  intellectual  profit 
were  so  happily  combined,  Mrs.  Bell  was  always  a  sympathizing 
co-worker,  and  did  herself  much  interesting  and  valuable  coordinate 
work. 

Mr,  Bell  made  a  collection,  to  which  he  gave  his  attention  for 
many  years,  of  books  and  pamphlets  printed  in  Exeter.  He  ob- 
tained two  hundred  and  ten  titles  of  these  imprints  alone,  mostly 
published  before  1840.  This  collection  he  bequeathed  to  the  town 
library,  in  which  he  had  always  taken  an  active  interest.  At  the 
time  of  bis  death  he  was  chairman  of  a  committee  appointed  by  the 
town  for  the  erection  of  a  library  building.  In  this  building,  since 
completed,  we  learn  that  a  special  book-case  has  been  set  apart  for 
vol.  xlix.  3 


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22  Charles  Henry  Bell.  [Jan. 

the  safe-keeping  of  the  Exeter  imprints,  and  as  a  memorial  of  the 
giver. 

lie  also  made  a  similar  and  much  larger  collection,  which  lie  pre- 
sented to  the  New  Hampshire  Historical  Society.  It  contains 
eleven  hundred  and  five  volumes  and  about  one  thousand  pamph- 
lets. It  was  made  on  a  definite  and  systematic  plan.  It  comprises 
three  classes  :  first,  publications  printed  in  New  Hampshire  ;  second, 
those  by  New  Hampshire  authors  but  printed  elsewhere  ;  third,  such 
other  publications  as  are  in  some  special  manner  connected  with 
the  interests  or  history  of  New  Hampshire.  This  collection,  thus 
brought  together,  is  unique,  and  its  importance  and  historical  value, 
particularly  as  a  bibliography  of  New  Hampshire,  can  hardly  be 
over-estimated.  AVe  learn  that  it  is  very  properly  kept  in  a  separate 
apartment  of  the  library,  exclusively  appropriated  to  its  use,  on 
which  is  inscribed  the  Bell  Alcove. 

For  many  years  he  was  assiduous  in  collecting  an  historical  lib- 
rary for  his  personal  use.  No  description  of  it  can  be  attempted 
in  these  pages.  It  will  suffice  to  say  that  the  collection  constitutes 
not  only  a  very  complete  working  historical  library,  but  is  likewise 
rich  in  rare  and  valuable  Americana. 

Mr.  Bell  gave  some  attention  to  numismatics,  especially  to 
American  medals  and  coins.  Of  the  colonial  and  United  States 
coins  and  paper  money  he  made  a  valuable  collection. 

Besides  his  other  occupations  he  was  a  voluminous  contributor 
to  the  journals  of  the  day  on  many  important  and  interesting  sub- 
jects. Some  of  these  papers  might  well  have  been  noticed  in  these 
pages  did  space  allow.* 

For  twenty-five  years,  with  the  exception  of  one  year  abroad, 
Mr.  Bell  passed  his  summers  at  the  seashore  in  his  cottage  at  Little 
Boar's  Head.  He  took  a  leading  interest  in  the  local  affairs  of  the 
place,  and  was  president  of  its  "Village  Improvement  Society" 
from  its  organization.  His  commanding  and  dignified  presence 
will  not  soon  be  forgotten  by  those  who  resort  to  that  quiet  and 
attractive  shore. 

In  social  life  Mr.  Bell  was  somewhat  reticent,  especially  in  mat- 
ters relating  to  himself,  modest,  and  even  diffident.  There  was  a 
subtle  magnetism  in  some  way  connected  with  his  personality  which 
drew  others  to  him  as  by  an  invisible  cord.  He  rarely  indulged  in 
what  is  commonly  called  "  small  talk,"  but  was  courteous  and 
cordial,  a  ready  listener  and  an  unusually  good  conversationist. 
lie  did  not  expand  and  adorn  his  subject  with  figures  of  speech,  or 
the  flowers  of  rhetoric,  but  gave  the  pith  and  core  of  the  subject  in 

*  The  following  are  some  of  them  :  Remarks  before  the  New  Hampshire  Historical  So- 
ciety on  the  presentation  of  the  Webster  papers  by  the  Hon.  Peter  Harvey.  The  vindica- 
tion of  Gen.  John  Sullivan.  Remarks  at  a  meeting  of  the  citizens  of  Exeter,  April  19,  1865, 
on  Abraham  Lincoln.  A  sketch  of  the  life  of  the  late  Commodore  John  Codings  Long. 
Biographical  notice  of  the  Hon.  Samuel  D.  Bell. 


1805.]  ••  .  Charles  Henry  Bell.  23 


hand  in  clear,"  direct  and  graceful  language.  lie  charmed  his 
hearers  by  showing  them  the  richness  of  pure,  simple,  unadorned 
truth.  In  private  circles  and  with  his  most  intimate  friends  lie 
often  indulged  in  a  playful  humor,  and  occasional  flashes  of  wit, 
but  this  propensity,  dangerous  when  given  a  free  rein,  was  always 
under  restraint,  and  rarely  appeared  in  his  intercourse  with  general 
society,  or  indeed  in  any  of  his  published  writings. 

The  attractions  of  home  were  dear  to  him.  Within  its  precincts 
centred  his  supreme  happiness.  It  was  to  him  all  that  the  poets 
have  made  it : 

"The  abode 
Of  love,  of  joy,  of  peace  and  comfort,  where, 
Supporting  and  supported,  polish'd  friends 
And  dear  relations  mingle  into  bliss." 

Dartmouth  College  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Laws  in  1881. 

Mr.  Bell  was  a  member  of  many  Historical  Associations.  The 
New  Hampshire  Historical  Society  was  nearest  his  heart,  and  to  it 
he  devoted  his  best  thought  and  unwearied  labor.  He  became  a 
member  in  1853,  thus  giving  to.it  the  active  service  of  forty  years. 
He  was  president  of  the  Society  nineteen  years,  from  June,  18(38, 
till  his  resignation  in  1887.  Not  only  did  he  enrich  it  by  the  large 
gift  of  selected  volumes,  to  which  we  have  already  referred,  but  he 
attracted  gifts  to  it  from  many  sources  by  his  discreet  and  wise 
suggestions,  and  by  the  confidence  in  its  purpose  and  administration 
which  he  everywhere  inspired.  He  was  a  vice-president  of  the 
Prince  Society,  and  was  a  member  of  its  Council  twenty-one  years. 
He  edited  one  of  its  publications,  and  was  always  an  active  and  in- 
fluential member  of  its  Council.  To  the  iSTew-England  Historic 
Genealogical  Society,  of  which  he  was  a  member  twenty-three  years, 
he  contributed  from  time  to  time  valuable  historical  papers.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society,  also  of  the  Royal 
Historical  Society  of  Great  Britain,  and  a  corresponding  member 
of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society  and  of  many  others. 

Mr.  Bell  married,  on  the  6th  of  May,  1847,  Sarah  Almira  Gil- 
man,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Gilman  of  Exeter.  She  died  August 
22,  1850,  leaving  two  daughters;  Helen,  the  wife  of  Professor 
Harold  North  Fowler,  Ph.D.,  of  the  Western  Reserve  University, 
Cleveland,  Ohio  ;  and  Persis,  the  wife  of  Ilollis  Russell  Bailey,  Esq., 
of  the  Boston  bar.  lie  married  2d,  June  3,  18G7,  Mary  Elizabeth 
Gilman,  daughter  of  Harrison  Gray  of  Boston  and  widow  of  Joseph 
Taylor  Gilman  of  Exeter.  She  survives  him,  as  do  likewise  three 
step-children,  Daniel,  Col.  Edward  Harrison,  and  Mary  Long  Gil- 
man, all  residing  in  Exeter. 


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24  The  Grasshopper  in  Bostan.  [Jan. 


THE  GRASSHOPPER  IN  BOSTON. 

By  Daniel  W.  Baker,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  Mass. 

Under  the  head  of  book  notices  in  this  number  of  the  Register 
some  reference  is  made  to  a  banking  institution  in  London,  of  an- 
cient origin  and  known  by  title,  even  to  this  day,  as  "The  Sign  of 
the  Grasshopper,"  or  more  briefly,  "The  Grasshopper."  An  allusion 
is  there  made  to  another  and  doubtless  more  familiar  figure  of  a  grass- 
hopper in  London,  the  weather-vane  of  the  Royal  Exchange  Building. 
These  two  have  a  common  origin  in  the  armorial  crest  of  the  Gresh- 
am  family.  Our  own  city  of  Boston  has  likewise  had  two  grasshop- 
pers of  fame.  One  yet  remains,  that  in  use  as  a  weather-vane  on 
the  cupola  of  Faneuil  Hall.  The  other  was  a  vane  upon  the  sum- 
mer house  of  Peter  FaneuiPs  garden.  His  estate  fronted  on  Tre- 
mont  street,  opposite  to  the  King's  Ohapel  burial  ground,  and  sloped 
upward  nearly  to  the  present  Somerset  street,  much  more  steeply 
than  the  existing  land  surface  would  indicate.  The  summer  house 
was  at  the  height  of  the  land.  It  stood,  with  the  vane  above  its 
roof,  till  somewhat  later  than  1830.  All  who  have  inquired  into  the 
matter  have  agreed  that  these  two  vanes  were  imitations  of  that  on  the 
London  Exchange.  Which  of  the  two  was  earlier  there  seems  to 
be  no  means  of  determining,  so  that,  genealogically  speaking, 
whether  the  London  grasshopper  is  the  father  or  grandfather  of  that 
we  now  have  is  unknown.  As  to  the  Faneuil  Hall  grasshopper 
there  is  a  clear  historical  record.  Peter  Faneuil  bestowed  the  hall 
upon  the  town  of  Boston  in  1712.  It  was  finished  in  September  of 
that  year.  There  is  an  authentic  record  that  the  vane  was  completed 
May  25,  1712,  and  the  other  record  being  equally  authentic,  it  is 
certain  that  the  vane  was  put  into  place  during  that  summer.  It  is 
made  of  sheet  copper,  hollow  within  and  gilded  on  the  outside.  Its 
length,  including  the  projecting  horns  or  antennce,  is  four  feet  and 
one  inch,  and  its  depth,  where  the  rod  or  staff  on  which  it  turns 
passes  through,  is  nine  inches.  Five  years  ago  there  was  occasion 
for  repairing  and  regilding  it,  and  at  that  time  was  found  within  it  a 
paper,  bearing  a  quaintly  written  inscription,  giving  with  other  facts 
the  date  of  May  25  as  above.  Peter  Faneuil  lived  several  months 
after  the  completion  of  the  building,  so  that  it  is  quite  certain  that 
the  grasshopper  was  made  and  put  up  with  his  cognizance  and  ap- 
proval, as  well  as  at  his  cost. 

Mention  has  not  been  made,  in  the  various  popular  accounts  of 
the  gift  of  this  hall,  of  a  circumstance  of  peculiar  interest.  That 
Faneuil's  project  might  take  effect  there  had  to  be  concurrence  and 
consent  on  the  part  of  the  town.  The  first  practical  step  in  the  af- 
fair had,  therefore,  to  be  the  drawing  up  of  a  town-meeting  warrant, 


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1895.]  The  Grasshopper  in  Boston.  25 

by  the  selectmen,  calling  the  citizens  together.     The  selectmen  did 
so,  and  dated  their  document,  propitiously,  July  4,  1740.* 

What  meaning  had  the  grasshopper,  as  a  emblem,  to  Peter 
Faneuil?  Succeeding  generations  have  known  the  hall  as  the  Cra- 
dle of  Liberty.  But  Faneuil's  act  antedates  American  Inde- 
pendence, and  his  weather-vane  can  signify  nothing  of  that.  Of 
what,  then,  is  it  emblematical?  The  purpose  of  this  article  is  to 
supply  some  data  for  a  more  specific  answer  to  this  question  than 
appears  now  to  be  available  in  print. 

The  father  of  Peter  Faneuil  was  Benjamin,  who,  with  two  brothers, 
Andrew  and  John,  came  to  this  country  soon  after  the  time  of  the 
flight  of  the  Huguenots  from  France.  It  is  not  known  whether 
they  came  in  the  same  ship.  Andrew,  at  any  rate,  made  his  abid- 
ing place  for  some  time  in  Holland,  where,  in  the  city  of  Amsterdam, 
he  was  married.  It  is  recorded  of  others  of  the  Huguenots  who 
escaped  from  France  by  the  way  of  the  Low.  Countries,  and  who 
came  hither,  that  they  passed  through  London,  and  it  is  likely  that 
Andrew  Faneuil  did  so.  The  three  brothers  were  in  Boston  in 
1691,  when  they  were  admitted  as  freemen  in  the  colony.  Ben- 
jamin Faneuil  soon  removed  to  the  Huguenot  settlement  of  New 
Kochelle,  N.Y.,  and  there  his  son  Peter  was  born  June  20,  1700. 
The  father  died  in  1718,  and  a  few  years  later  Peter  is  found  in 
Boston  in  mercantile   employment  with  his   uncle,  Andrew. 

The  latter  carried  on  a  large  export  and  import  trade  with  West 
Indian  and  European  ports,  and  at  his  decease,  in  1737,  was  the 
richest  merchant  in  Boston.  Peter  succeeded  to  the  business  and 
conducted  it,  apparently,  on  same  scale,  reaping  in  like  manner 
large  profits.  His  coil'ers  were  further  swollen  in  his  being  made 
his  uncle's  residuary  legatee.  This  residue  was  bequeathed  in  these 
words  : 

"All  tho  rest  of  my  estate,  both  leal  and  personal,  whatsoever  and 
wheresoever  'tis,  In  New  England,  Great  Britain,  France,  Holland  or  any 
other  part  of  the  world." 

A  very  considerable  part  of  such  of  this  estate  as  was-  in  Great 
Britain  was  "in  public  funds,  such  as  the  bank  of  England."  Dur- 
ring  his  career  of  forty-six  years  as  a  Boston  merchant  Andrew 
Faneuil  visited  London  at  least  once,  in  1715.  It  is  not  known  that 
Peter  Faneuil  was  ever  in  that  city.  This  commerce,  spread  out  over 
almost  half  the  world,  must  have  pivoted  on  London  as  its  financial 
centre.  That  city,  then  seat  of  empire  as  well  asmart  of  exchange 
for  all  the  British  Colonies,  must  have  been  the  subject  of  daily 
thought  and  familiar  conversation  on  the  part  of  both  the  Faneuils. 
To  them,  doubtless,  its  commerce  eclipsed  its-  politics,  and  thus  in 
their  mental  vision  it  may  have  been  beheld  as  an  aggregation  of 
the  shipping  and  merchandise    of  all  seas  and  all  lands,,  the  recep- 

*  The  warrant  is  printed  in  full  in  the  Rbg-ister,  vol.  30,  p.  368- 
VOL.  XLIX.  3* 


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26  The  Grasshopper  in  Boston.  [Jan. 

taclo  of  the  coined  money  of  all  realms,  with  the  Royal  Exchange 
for  its  centre,  and  the  golden  grasshopper  presiding  over  the  ever 
busy  s   ene. 

The  Faneuil  estate  on  Tremont  street  has  been  mentioned  by 
several  writers  of  local  history.  More  particulars  are  given  by 
Miss  Eliza  S.  M.  Qirincy  than  by  any  other.  She  describes  the 
mansion  as  of  brick,  painted  white.  In  the  rear  of  it  was  a  paved 
Court.  Thence  above,  to  the  highest  level,  the  hillside  was  terraced. 
The  terraces  were  supported  by  massy  walls  of  hewn  granite  and 
were  ascended  by  flights  of  stone  steps.  The  summer-house  in  the 
upper  garden  commanded  a  view  inferior  only  to  that  of  Beacon 
Hill.  On  the  summer  house  glittered  a  vane,  similar  to  that  on 
Faneuil  Hall.*  The  registry  shows  that  the  deed  by  which  the  land 
was  granted  to  Andrew  Faneuil,  in  17 10,  conveyed  also  a  stone  house. 
As  he  built  the  spacious  brick  mansion  it  is  easy  to  suppose  that  the 
surplusage  of  stone  on  the  premises  went  to  make  the  terrace  walls 
and  steps.  That  he  built  a  summer-house  and  put  on  it  a  grasshop- 
per vane,  or  that  the  succeeding  owner,  Peter  Faneuil,  did  so,  every- 
body has  omitted  to  state.  That  the  hillside  was  made  by  Andrew 
Faneuil  to  be  a  sumptuous  garden  is  declared  by  Mr.  L.  M.  Sargent, 
who  wrote  extensively  on  the  Faneuil  family,  having  had  access  to 
various  private  records  and  papers. f  He  says  that  Andrew  Faneuil 
erected  there  the  first  hot-house  built  in  New  England.  He  calls 
the  estate  "Faneuil's  seven-acre  Eden."  Under  the  circumstances 
there  seems  to  be  almost  a  warrant  to  infer  a  summer  house.  Mr. 
Sargent  must  have  got  his  "seven-acre"  dimension  in  some  familiar 
talk  with  Faneuil's  descendants  ;  for  Mr.  Bowditch,  the  "Gleaner", 
describes  in  his  writings  the  whole  eastern  slope  of  the  hill,  with  the 
characteristic  fidelity  of  a  conveyancer,  and  does  not  find  so  much 
as  an  acre  of  land  for  either  Andrew  or  Peter  Faneuil.  His  dimen- 
sions in  each  case  are,  140  feet,  front;  120  feet,  rear;  321  feet, 
south  side  ;  328  feet,  north  side.  lie  states  also  that'  the  south 
boundary  line  began  at  a  point  76  feet  distant  from  Beacon  street.  J 
Making  a  little  allowance  for  a  probable  widening  of  Beacon  street, 
which  in  the  early  deeds  was  called  "the  lane  leading  to  the  Alms- 
house," this  starting  point  seems  to  be  indicated,  at  present,  as  the 
point  whore  the  great  dry-goods  store  now  on  the  corner  ceases  to 
have  a,  stone  front  and  takes  on  a  brick  front.  Granting. that  Tre- 
mont street  has  not  been  widened  here,  and  being  guided  by  the 
party-line  between  the  owners  of  the  stone  part  and  those  of  the 
brick  part  of  the  dry-goods  store,  one  may  say  that  the  Faneuil  es- 
tate must  have  included  the  Suffolk  Savings  Bank  premises  of  to-day 
and  the  store  premises  next  north  of  it,  and  must  have  so  extended 
westward  that  the  southwest  corner  of  it  projected  slightly  into  what 
is  now  Somerset  street,  and  the  northwest  corner  into  the  roadway 

*  Memoir  of  the  Life  of  Eliza  S.  M.  Quincy,  part  II.,  p.  88. 
f  Dealings  with  the  Dead,  p.  495,  et  seq. 
X  Boston  ltcc.  Coin.    Fifth  Report,  p.  07. 


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1895.]  The  Grasshopper  in  Boston.  27 

running  from  Pemberton  square  proper  into  Somerset  street.  The 
summer  house,  if  centrally  placed,  was  within  the  area  now  occupied 
by  the  northerly  part  of  the  Congregational  Building. 

Mr.  Sargent  uses  the  word  "summer-house,"  and  says  that  he 
remembers  the  building  and  the  vane  upon  it.  The  word  was  un- 
doubtedly the  family  name,  the  household  word,  for  the  structure. 
The  more  precise  statement  of  a  late  writer  of  the  best  authority  is 
that  it  was  a  brick  tower,  three  stories  high,  with  a  balcony  for  out- 
look at  the  topmost  story,  and  he  says  also  that  above  the  roof  was 
a  grasshopper  vane.  He  adds  that  the  tower  was  built  by  Lieut.  Gov. 
William  Phillips,  who  owned  the  place  from  1791  to  about  1834. 
There  is  still  room  for  conjecture  that  Mr.  Phillips  found  the  grass- 
hopper upon  an  antecedent  summer-house,  of  humbler  proportions, 
and  that  wishing  to  climb  higher  and  behold  the  whole  horizon  (ex- 
cepting what  the  new  State  House  might  cut  off)-,  built  the  tower  and 
restored  the  grasshopper  of  that  former  summer-house.  If,  as  in 
case  of  the  Faneuil  Hall  insect,  "Shein  Drowne  made  itt,"  slight  re- 
pairs beyond  regilding  would  have  been  necessary.  In  the  position 
indicated  the  out-look  of  the  tower  would  have  been  at  a  height 
corresponding  nearly  to  the  sky  line  of  the  new  Court  House  as 
seen  from  Pemberton  square. 

As  a  figure  in  the  Gresham  armorial  bearings,  the  grasshopper  is 
not  strictly  an  emblem.  It  is  called  a  canting  crest,  that  is  one 
having  an  allusion,  one  suggestive,  in  a  remote  or  fanciful  way. 
Experts  in  England  have  disagreed  in  discussing  this  particular 
crest.      One  remarks  of  the  Poyal  Exchange  grasshopper  : 

"This  gilded  emblem  is  nothing  more  than  a  rebus  of  the  name  of  the 
founder,  Sir  Thomas  Gresham;  in  German  Grass-helm — in  its  diminutive — 
means  grasshopper." 

This  allusion  might  seem  direct  enough  if  the  definition  were  good  ; 
but  in  the  diminutive  form,  which  is  grasheimchen,  it  means 
fiehl-cricket,  a  different  insect.  Another,  having  premised  that 
"crests  of  this  order  have  a  sort  of  punning  reference  to  the  name," 
makes  his  interpretation  through  the  Anglo  Saxon  words,  grces  and 
hcifft,  which,  in  modern  form,  are  grass  and  home.  Thus,  the  allu- 
sion is  to  that  which  has  its  home  or  dwelling-place  in  the  grass  ;  or, 
conversely,  the  figure  of  the  dweller  suggests  the  home. 

The  Gresham  arms,  as  stated  in  the  connection  already  referred 
to,  were  originally  granted  to  Sir  Richard  Gresham,  and  were  in- 
herited by  his  son,  Sir  Thomas.  The  career  of  the  latter  repeated 
in  some  respects  that  of  his  father,  but  on  a  much  grander  scale. 
Sir  Thomas  was  also  a  Mercer,  ana,  the  golden  sign  on  Lombard 
street  being  witness,  a  goldsmith  and  banker.  He  did  great  deeds 
in  the  Low  Countries,  both  commercial  and  financial.  He  was 
distinctly  a  royal  agent  there,  a  service  nearly  equivalent  to  that  of 
ambassador.  He  served  Henry  there,  as  also  had  his  father,  and  he 
served  also  Edward,  Mary  and  Elizabeth.     He  gained  great  favor 


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28  The  Grasshopper*  in  Boston.  [J 


an. 


from  three  of  them,  but  was  somehow  ill-treated  by  Mary.  At  the 
age  of  62  he  wrote  to  Elizabeth,  hinting  at  a  recall,  and  saying  "I 
doo  waxe  olde."  He  might  have  said,  though  it  would  have  been 
unbefitting  in  that  connection,  "I  do  wax  rich."  Prosperity  had 
attended  him  and  vast  wealth  was  in  his  hands.  Soon  after  his 
return  to  London,  in  1564,  he  built  his  spacious  mansion  in  Bishops- 
gate  street.  Two  years  later,  the  city  having  taken  a  tract  by 
eminent  domain  for  the  purpose,  he  erected  at  his  own  cost,  and 
gave  to  the  city,  the  original  London  Exchange,  a  building  of 
great  dignity  and  renown.  It  must  have  been  with  the  sanction, 
and  perhaps  at  the  prompting  of  the  city  authorities — and  the  act 
had  virtually  the  sanction  of  the  Queen — but  upon  the  central  tower, 
and  at  each  of  the  four  corners  of  the  building,  was  swung,  as  a 
weather-vane,  the  gilded  figure  of  a  grasshopper.  On  the  day  of 
the  formal  opening  Queen  Elizabeth  and  suite  dined  with  Sir  Tho- 
mas at  Bishopsgate  street,  thereafter  going  to  the  new  building, 
entering  it  in  state,  and  causing  it  to  be  proclaimed  by  herald  and 
trumpet,  the  Royal  Exchange,  "  and  so  to  be  called  from  thence- 
forth, and  not  otherwise."  That  building  was  destroyed  in  the 
great  London  fire,  but  another  was  placed  on  its  site  of  greater 
magnitude  and  height,  and  at  this  day  a  grasshopper  vane  of  gilded 
copper,  eleven  feet  in  length,  is  displayed  at  the  top  of  its  lofty 
tower. 

Sir  Thomas  Gresham's  chief  title  to  fame  has  been  defined  by  a 
competent  London  writer,  Walter  Bcsant,  who  says  : 

"When  Queen  Elizabeth  ascended  the  throne  the  commerical  centre  of  the 
world  was  Antwerp:  when  she  died  it  was  London.  This  transfer  had 
been  effected  by  the  wisdom  and  foresight  of  one  man,  taking  advantage 
of  the  times  and  their  changes — Sir  Thomas  Gresham.  The  religious  wars 
of  the  Netherlands  brought  immense  losses  to  Antwerp.  Gresham  desired 
to  make  these  losses  London's  gains.  He  built  the  Royal  Exchange.  The 
possession  of  the  Exchange  was  followed  immediately  by  sueh  a  develop- 
ment of  enterprise  as  had  been  unknown  before  in  the  history  of  the  city. 
Next  he  peisuaded  the  citizens  to  take  up  the  Queen's  loans  themselves, 
so  that  the  interest  should  remain  in  the  country.  Before  the  reign  of 
Elizabeth  it  was  next  to  impossible  for  the  city  to  raise  a  loan  of  £10,- 
000.  Before  she  died  the  city  was  advancing  to  the  Queen  loans  of  £60,- 
000." 

Besides  what  has  already  been  hinted  as  to  a  probable  explanation 
of  Eaneuirs  fondness  for  the  grasshopper  it  may  be  assumed  that  he 
knew  something  of  Sir  Thomas  Gresham  and  of  the  beginnings  of 
London's  great  commerical  prosperity,  and  it  may  even  be  that  he 
had  Gresham's  example  in  mind  when  he  erected  and  gave  to  his 
townsmen  a  great  public  building  in  the  busy  centre  of  traffic.  In 
any  view,  it  seems  safe  to  say  that  the  golden  grasshopper,  poised 
aloft  in  the  metropolis  of  New  England,  symbolized  to  him  what 
its  foregoer  in  the  metropolis  of  Old  England  did  and  does*  the  com- 
mercial enterprise  and  opulence  of  its  citizens. 


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1895.]  Deeds  of  the  Mather  Family.  29 


SOME   DEEDS   OF   THE   MATHER  FAMILY  OF  WEST 
LEIGH,  LANCASHIRE,  1609  to  1G32. 

By  J.  Paul  Rylands,  Esq.,  F.S.A.,  of  Birkenhead,  England. 

By  the  kindness  of  Mr.  J.  P.  Earwaker,  M.A.,  F.S.A.,  I  have 
had  an  opportunity  of  examining  a  bundle  of  fifteen  old  documents 
relating  to  the  Mathers  of  West  Leigh,  which  belong  to  Mr.  W. 
Ecroyd,  of  Lomeshaye,  Nelson,  Lancashire  ;  and  I  have  made  the 
following  abstracts  of  them.  The  seals  appended  to  the  deeds  are 
of  very  little  interest,  being  (with  the  exception  of  that  to  the 
bond  of  3  February,  1617,  which  displays  the  arms  of  the  Lan- 
cashire family  of  Byrom  of  Byrom  Hall,  differenced  by  a  crescent) 
merely  fanciful  figures  of  birds  and  quadrupeds. 

The  signatures  of  Geoffrey  Mather,  Symond  Mather,  and  Geoffrey 
Mather  junior,  are  in  the  style  of  handwriting  used  by  fairly  educa- 
ted persons  in  the  seventeenth  century;  those  of  Sorocolds, 
Alexander  Radclift'e  and  William  Crompton  suggest  a  higher  stand- 
ard of  education.  The  tracings  of  the  Mather  signatures,  which  I 
send,*  may  be  of  service  hereafter  for  purposes  of  identification 
when  more  is  known  of  the  early  history  of  the  family. 

Symond  Mather,  of  West  Leigh,  yeoman,  Avhose  will  is  printed 
in  t\m  REGISTER  under  date  1588,  was  the  father  of  Geoffrey 
Mather  the  elder  and  Robert  Mather  of  Ncwstead,  co.  Notts.,  who 
are  named  in  the  deeds.  Robert  returned  to  West  Leigh  and  died 
in  1617  ;   his  will  is  also  printed  in  the  Register. 

Geoffrey  Mather,  the  elder,  married  at  Leigh  Church,  12  Decem- 
ber, 1591,  Anne  Parr,  and  their  children,  Symond  (who  was  buried 
at  Leigh  28  September,  1617),  Geoffrey,  Ellen,  Robert,  John  and 
James,  are  all  named  in  the  deeds,  they  were  baptized  at  Leigh 
Church,  and  the  records  of  these  baptisms  will  be  found  in  "The 
Registers  of  the  Parish  of  Leigh,  Lancashire,  1558-1625,  edited 
by  J.  II.  Stanning,  M.A.,  Vicar,  1882,"  together  with  the  mar- 
riages of  Margaret  Partington,  Jane  Liptrott,  and  Ann  Monne  or 
Man,  the  sisters  of  Geoffrey  Mather  the  elder.  The  marriage"  of 
another  sister  to  James  Ilaughton  of  Arbury  in  Winwick  parish  is 
not  recorded  in  the  Leigh  registers. 

The  property  owned  by  Geoffrey  Mather  passed  at  last  to  the 
Sorocold  family.  One  of  the  Sorocolds  is  mentioned  in  Roger 
Lowe's  Diary: — "March  1672-3.  7  friday  night  died  Capt.  [John] 
Sorrowcold  an  old  cannibell  that  hath  orcthrowne  many  families  but 
he  hath  now  arrived  at  his  one  [own]  place,  abundance  of  gold  and 
silver  is  found  under  his  liandes."      ("Local  Gleanings   relating  to 

*  Tlicy  arc  preserved  by  the  New-England  Historic  Genealogical  Society. — Editou.  - 


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30  Deeds  of  the  Mather  Family.  [Jan. 

Lancashire  and  Cheshire,"  Vol.  I.,  pp.  191,  215,  Vol.  II.,  p.  31, 
where  some  notiees  of  the  Sorocolds  will  be  found.)  There  is  an 
interesting  remnant  of  the  feudal  system  in  the  lease  of  7  July, 
1G32. 

I  have  added  some  genealogical  memoranda  of  Gilbert  Mather 
of  the  Soak  in  Hampshire,  who  was  born  in  Lancashire  in  1522, 
which  were  communicated  to  "  Notes  and  Queries  "  ;  and  an  abstract 
of  a  AVrit  dated  1417,  from  the  Eisley  Charters,  which  mentions 
Mathew  and  Richard  Mather  of  Culcheth  in  Winwick  parish,  the 
name  being  written  "le  Madour." 

I  have  not  met  with  any  armorial  seal  of  the  Mathers  bearing  the 
arms  attributed  to  them  ;  but  in  1706  Abraham  Mather  and  Richard 
Mather  witnessed  a  deed  to  which  the  parties  were  Kichard  Clough 
of  Kenyon,  in  the  parish  of  AVinwick,  Chapman,  of  the  one  part, 
and  Thomas,  Viscount  Fauconberg  of  the  other  part,  and  Clough 
used  an  oval  seal  bearing  the  letters  A.  M.  above  a  heater  shaped 
shield  displaying  a  chevron  between  three  pairs  of  compasses, 
which  was  evidently  Abraham  Mather's  seal.  The  arms  of  the 
Carpenters'  Company  of  London,  granted  6  Edw.  VI.,  A.D.  1552, 
were  Argent,  a  chevron  engrailed  between  three  pairs  of  com- 
'passes  tSable,  and  it  is  probable  that  this  coat  is  intended  to  be 
represented  on  Abraham  Mather's  seal. 

Abstracts  of  Deeds  relating  to  Geoffrey  Mather  of  West  Leigh,  co.  Lancaster, 

yeoman. 

20  December  41  Eliz.  1598.  .Counterpart  of  a  Lease  (not  executed)  by 
GefTrayo  Mather  and  Richard  Arrowstnyth,  of  Westleigh,  co  Lane,  yeomen, 
to  Roberto  Grenehalghe,  of  Lawton  [Lowton]  co.  Lane,  yeoman,  of  12  acres 
of  land  in  West  Leigh,  called  "  the  furthest  eyes,  the  old  medowe,  the  little 
dam,  and  the  ferdell  crofte,"  6  closes;  and  liberty  during  the  term  for 
Robert  Grenehalgh  to  drive  cattle  through  "  the  mean©  eyse  novve  in  the 
holdinge  ol*  Gefleray  Strange  and  Thomas  Gorlus  leading  towards  Lawton 
Common,"  as  also  through  other  ground  of  the  said  Geoffrey  Mather 
"leading  towards  Westleigh  mylne  or  leigh."  Term  10  years  from  25 
Dec1'  1508.  Consideration  £55  fine  and  10s.  Gd.  per  annum.  There  is  a 
recital  of  an  Indenture  dated  2  Sept.  20  Eliz.  whereby  James  Scaresbrecke 
of  Down  Holland,  co.  Lane,  gent.,  and  Anne  his  wife,  demised  the  premises 
to  Symond  Mather  deceased  [who  died  1588]  father  of  the  said  Geoffrey 
for  GO  years  if  the  said  Anne  Scaresbrecke  should  so  long  live.  There  is 
also  a  recital  of  an  Indenture  dated  10  March  2G  Eliz.  whereby  Symond 
Mather  assigned  the  premises  to  the  said  Richard  Arrowsmyth,  apparently 
as  a  trustee  for  Symond. 

28  April  16-00.  Bond  from  Geffrey  Mather  of  West  Leigh,  yeoman,  and 
Robert  Mather  of  Newsteede,  co.  Nottingham,  yeoman,  to  James  Sorow- 
colde  of  Newton  in  Makerfield,  co  Lane.,  in  £80,  conditioned  for  the 
performance  of  covenants  in  an  Indenture  of  even  date.  Witnesses  to 
Gell'ivy  Mather's  signature:  Jhon  Assheton,  'I  nomas  Thelwall,  Richard 
Grundy,  and  Roger  Jameson.  Witnesses  to  Robert  Mather's  signature : 
Rich:  Vrmstonn,  John  Thomasson,  Ja:  Sorocoulde  Junr,  1  die  Martii  1G10. 


1895.]  Deeds  of  the  Mather  Family.  31 

2  April  1615.  Demise  from  James  Massye  of  Hindley,  co.  Lane,  gent, 
to  Geoffrey  Mather  of  Weastley,  yeoman,  for  400  years,  at  a  peppercorn 
rent,  of  lands  called  Geoffrey  Mather's  house  in  West  Leigh,  being  9  closes 
called  "  the  furmoste  eyes,  hough,  nevve  meadowe,  tvvoe  marled  earthes, 
Ilampsone  meadowe,  the  entrye,  the  greate  dame  meadow,  and  the  fardyle 
crofte,"  21  acres  3  roods,  theretofore  demised  to  James  Sorocoulde  for 
400  years  (2  other  closes  called  Jeppe  greasse  and  crofte  by  Greenes,  2 J 
acres,  theretofore  sold  to  Richard  Arrowsmith  and  his  heirs  excepted). 
Witnesses:   Christofer  Stanynoghte,  Christofer  Strange. 

12  April,  1 615.  Deed  Poll  by  which  Geoffrey  Mather  of  West  Leigh 
assigns   to   Thomas   Parr   of    P[en]kett,  co.   Lane,  yeoman   and    Gerrard 

Johnson  of .  co.  Lane,  innkeeper,  for  the  maintenance  of  Anne  wife 

of  the  said  Geoffrey  and  his  children  Ellen  Mather,  Robert  Mather,  John 
Mather,  and  James.  Mather,  certain  lands  which  James  Massye  of  Hindley 
had  leased  to  the  said  Geoffrey,  called  Geoffrey  Mather's  house  in  West 
Leigh  with  fields  called  "  the  furmost  eyes,  hough,  new  meadow,  the  entrye, 
the  great  dam  meadow,  and  the  fardyle  croft,  21  acres  3  roods,  theretofore 
let  to  James  Sorocould,  two  parcels  called  Jeppe  grease  and  Croft  by 
Greenes  (2-i  acres)  theretofore  sold  to  Richard  Arrowsmyth  and  his  heirs 
excepted.  Witnesses:  Henry  Byrora,  Richard  Arrowsmith's  mark,  Roger 
Ranicar's  mark,  Henry  Raynolds. 

30  May  1615.  Deed  Poll,  in  latin,  by  which  James  Massie  of  Hindley, 
co.  Lane,  Esq.  for  good  causes  and  in  performance  of  the  confidence  reposed 
in  him  by  Geoffrey  Mather  of  Westleigh,  yeoman,  grants  to  Simon  Mather, 
son  and  heir  apparent  of  the  said  Geoffrey,  and  his  heirs,  a  messuage  in 
West  Leigh  in  the  occupation  of  Geoffrey  and  all  those  closes  &c  thereto- 
fore assured  to  James  Sorocoulde  of  Pynnington,  gent,  and  Richard  Arrowe- 
smith  of  West  Leigh,  husbandman.  Ralph  Southworth  and  Henry  Byrora 
of  Westleigh,  gents,  are  appointed  the  attorneys  to  deliver  seizin  to  Simon 
Mather.  Witnesses:  John  Pattin(?),  William  Blackburne,  Henry  Asheton, 
Ja:  Sorocoulde,  Ja:  Sorocoulde  Jun1*,  Robert  Whittell.  This  is  a  copy  at- 
tested by  Ja:  Sorocoulde  and  Ja:  Sorocoulde  Junr. 

10  January  1615[-1  6.].  Demise,  byway  of mortgage,  by  Geoffrey  Mather 
of  West  Leigh,  yeoman,  and  Symon  Mather  of  West  Leigh,  yeoman,  son 
and  heir  of  the  said  Geoffrey,  to  James  Sorocould  of  Brockhurst  in  Pynning- 
ton [in  the  parish  of  Leigh]  co:  Lane,  yeoman,  of  the  old  meadow,  the 
damm,  the  little  damm  meadow,  the  lower  barn  heys,  the  two  widdows  field 
and  the  foure  acre,  in  all  18  acres  of  land  in  West  Leigh,  for  400  years; 
consideration  £357.  Witnesses:  Rich.  Vrmstonn,  Rich.  Man,  Robt. 
AVatmoughe,  Henry  Moese,  Thomas  Boydell,  Ja:  Sorocoulde  Junr,  George 
Sorocoulde,  John  Sorocoulde,  Gouthr  Kirfote. 

10  January  1815-1  6.  Demise,  by  way  of  mortgage,  by  Geoffrey  Mather  of 
West  Leigh  yeoman,  and  Symon  Mather  of  West  Leigh  yeoman  his  son 
and  heir  apparent  to  James  Sorocoulde  of  Brockhurst  in  Pynington,  co. 
Lane,  yeoman,  of  2  closes  in  West  Leigh  called  "the  Ilealey  Eyes  and 
the  lytic  cowe  hey"  6  acres,  for  3  years,  to  secure  £30,  to  be  repaid  at  the 
rate  of  £10  a  year.  A  provision  consol'dates  with  this  a  demise  by  way  of 
mortgage  of  even  date.  Witnesses:  Rich:  Urmstonn,  Robert  Watmoughe, 
Henry  Moese,  Thomas  Boydell,  Ja:  Sorocoulde  Junr,  Rich  Man. 

3  February  1617[-18].  Bond  from  Geoffrey  Mather  of  West  Leigh, 
yeoman,  son  of  Geoffrey  Mather,  of  West  Leigh,  yeoman,  to  James  Soro- 
coulde, of  Brockhurst  in  Pennington,  yeoman,  in  £70,  for  the  performance 
by  Geoffrey  Mather  the  father  of  covenants  in  an  Indenture  dated   10  Jan. 


32  Deeds  of  the  Mather  Family,  [Jan. 

1  Gl 5 [—16].     Witnesses:  Robert  Watmoughe,  Gowther  Kirfoote,  Thomas 

Curies,  Ja:  Sorocoulde,  Junr. 

1  May  1618.  Demise,  by  way  of  mortgage,  by  Geoffrey  Mather  the 
elder,  of  Weasley,  yeoman,  and  Geoffrey  Mather  the  younger,  his  son  and 
heir  apparent,  to  James  Soroconlde,  of  Brockhurst  in  Pynington,  yeoman, 
of  Higher  Barne  Hey  in  West  Leigh,  3  acres,  for  400  years;  consideration 
£50:  5:  C.  Witnesses:  Richard  Vrmstonn,  Nycholas  Lythgo,  George  Soro- 
coulde. 

1  May  1618.  Bond  from  Geoffrey  Mather  the  elder  and  Geoffrey 
Mather  the  younger,  to  James  Sorocoulde,  in  £80,  for  the  performance  of 
covenants  in  an  Indenture  of  even  date.  Witnesses:  Rich:  Vrmstonn, 
Nycholas  Lythgo,  George  Soroconlde. 

20  March  1620[21].  Defeazance  of  lands  in  West  Leigh,  between 
James  Sorocolde,  of  Brockhurst  in  Pynnington,  gent.,  Rauffe  Sorocolde,  of 
Newton  in  Makerfield,  co.  Lane,  gent.,  and  Robert  Watmough,  of  Lawton 
[Lowton]  co.  Lane,  yeoman,  of  the  one  part,  and  Geoffrey  Mather,  of 
Westleigh,  gent.,  and  Geoffrey  Mather  his  son  and  heir  apparent  of  the 
other  part.  Reciting  an  Indenture  of  bargain  and  sale  of  even  date  to 
Ralph  Sorocoulde  and  Robert  Watmough  and  their  heirs  [as  trustees]  by 
the  appointment  of  James  Sorocoulde,  of  "the  oulde  medowe,  the  dam,  the 
litle  dam  medowe,  the  twoe  barne  heyes,  the  twoe  widowes  fields,  the  foure 
acre,  a  parcel  of  land  lying  upon  the  north  side  of  the  great  cowe  hey,  and 
one  parcel  in  the  west  end  of  the  Henley  Eyes  (one  little  parcel  of  land 
and  one  usual  way  leading  from  the  dwelling  of  the  said  Geoffrey  to  Strange 
Common  excepted).  And  reciting  that  the  lands  were  formerly  granted  to 
James  Sorocold  his  executors  &c  by  lease  for  a  great  number  of  years,  it 
was  agreed  that  if  the  said  Geoffrey  Mather  or  his  heirs  should  pay  to 
James  Sorocoulde  either  £24:  I  :  6  for  each  acre,  or  a  certain  specified  sum 
for  each  field  (amounting  in  the  whole  to  £466:  3:  2)  that  as  such  pay- 
ments were  made  such  parts  of  the  premises  should  be  reconveyed  by  James 
Soroconlde,  Rauffe  Sorocoulde  and  Robert  Watmough  to  Geoffrey  Mather 
&c.  Witnesses  ••  Alexander  Radclyffe,  Rich:  Vrmstonn,  Richard  Grundy, 
W"  Crompton. 

20  March  1620[-21].  The  Counterpart,  witnessed  by  Henry  Byrora, 
Alexander  Radclyffe,  Wm.  Crompton. 

15  June  1621.  Deed  of  feoffment,  between  Geoffrey  Mather;  of  West- 
leigh, gent.,  and  Geoffrey  Mather  his  son  and  heir  apparent  of  the  one  part, 
and  Richard  Urmeston,  of  Pynington,  gent.,  and  William  Crompton,  of 
Bedford  [in  the  parish  of  Leigh]  co.  Lane,  yeoman,  of  the  other  part,  of 
lands  in  West  Leigh,  to  the  use  of  Geoffrey  Mather  the  elder  for  life,  and 
after  his  death  as  to  one  half  to  the  use  of  Anne  his  wife  for  her  life,  and 
as  to  the  other  half  and  the  reversion  of  the  former  half  to  the  use  of  Geof- 
frey Mather  the  son,  his  heirs  and  assigns.  Power  of  Geoffrey  the  father 
to  grant  by  deed  or  will  an  annuity  of  40  shillings,  charged  on  the  lands, 
for  any  future  wife  or  wives  of  his  (one  Alice  Swan  of  Pynnington  only 
excepted)  for  her  or  their  life  or  lives.  Witnesses:  linger  Ranicker's 
mark,  Richard  Grundy,  Christopher  Strang,  Richard  Man's  mark.  Mem- 
orandum endorsed  that  on  16  June  1621  possession  was  given  to  Richard 
Urmeston  and  William  Crompton  in  the  presence  of  the  same  witnesses. 

4  March  1  624-5.  Deed  of  feoffment,  between  Geoffrey  Mather,  of  West 
Leigh,  yeoman,  Geoffrey  Mather,  of  West  Leigh,  yeoman,  his  son  and  heir 
apparent,  and  Ann  Mather,  wife  of  Geoffrey  the  father,  of  the  one  part, 
and  George  Sorocold,  of  Brockhurst,  yeoman,  of  the  other  part,  of  lands  in 


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1895.]  \       Deeds  of  the  Mather  Family.  33 

West  Leigh;  consideration  £112.  Alexander  Radclyffe  and  William 
Crompton  appointed  attorneys  to  deliver  seizin.  Witnesses  to  the  signa- 
tures of  Geoffrey  Mather  the  father  and  Geoffrey  Mather  the  son  :  Alex: 
Radcliffe,  Thomas  Corles  son  of  James,  Robert  Tickle,  William  Tickle, 
Ja:  Sorocolde.  Witnesses  to  the  signature  (mark)  of  Anne  Mather  :  Henry 
Byrom,  Alex  :  Radcliffe,  Roberte  Watmoughe,  Ja :  Sorocolde,  Win  :  Cromp- 
ton, Jo:  Sorocolde,  Thomas  fforbor.  Memorandum  endorsed  that  on  30 
April  16*25  seizin  of  the  lands  was  given  by  Alexander  Radcliffe  and  Wil- 
liam Crompton  to  George  Sorocold  in  the  presence  of  Henry  Byrom,  Ja: 
Sorocolde,  Robert  Watmoughe,  Geffrey  Mather  [the  elder]  Thomas  ffor- 
bor, Jo:  Sorocolde.  Memorandum  endorsed  that  on  7  July  1632,  seizin  of 
a  close  of  land,  parcel  of  the  within  mentioned  lands  was  delivered  by 
Alexander  Radcliffe  and  William  Crompton  to  George  Sorocold  in  the 
presence  of:  Richard  Grundy,  Robert  Watmoughe,  Geffrey  Mather  [the 
elder]  Christopher  Strange  Junior's  mark,  Jeffrey  Mather  [the  younger]. 

7  July  1632.  Counterpart  of  a  Lease,  by  George  Sorocolde,  of  Ashtoh 
in  Makerfield,  co.  Lane,  yeoman,  to  Geoffrey  Mather,  of  West  Leigh,  yeo- 
man, for  the  lives  of  Geoffrey  Mather  the  elder,  Geoffrey  Mather  the 
younger,  and  James  Mather  another  son  of  Geoffrey  the  elder,  of  a  mes- 
suage in  West  Leigh,  and  the  little  cow  hey,  the  higher  barn  hey,  land 
situate  at  the  east  end  of  the  Henley  eyes,  land  at  south  east  corner  of  the 
great  cow  hey,  2  closes  called  Pingotts,  the  rood  land  situate  in  a  meadow 
called  Hart's  meadow;  in  all  15  acres  1  rood  large  measure;  rent  22s. 
10£d.  per  annum.  There  is  a  covenant  by  Geoffrey  Mather  during  the 
term  that  he  his  executors  or  assigns  will  "  beare  carry  and  showe  one 
muskett  peece  wth  the  furniture  thereunto  belonging  when  &  as  often  as 
the  sd  George  Sorocoulde  his  heirs  or  assigns  shall  be  comanded  to  showe 
a  muskett  with  the  furniture  thereof  as  aforesaid  for  such  landes  as  the  said 
Geffrey  Mather  the  father  &  Geffrey  Mather  the  Sonne  have  sould  unto 
James  SoiocOuld  the  late  father  of  the  said  George  and  unto  him  the  said 
George,  hee  the  said  George  Sorocold  his  heirs  &  assignes  upon  his  and 
their  costs  &  chardges  fynding  &  provyding  from  tyine  to  tyme  the  said 
muskett  peece  &  furniture  aforesaid  during  the  said  terme."  Witnesses  : 
Henry  Byrom,  Richard  Grundy,  Alex :  Radcliffe,  Roberte  Watmoughe, 
Wm.  Crompton,  Jeffrey  Mather  Junr. 

Extracts  from  the  Parish  Registers  of  Leigh,  in  the  County  of  Lancaster. 

The  Rev.  J.  II.  Stanning,  M.A.,  Vicar  of  Leigh,  has  kindly  sent  for 
publication  the  following  extracts  relating  to  the  Mather  family,  in  contin- 
uation of  the  Mather  entries  in  his  "  Registers  of  the  Parish  of  Leigh,  Lan- 
cashire, from  February  1558  to  March  1625,"  printed  iu  1882. 

Marriages. 
1627  May  15.     John  Mather  &  Ellen  Cowdall. 
1627-8  February  11.     John  Mather  &  Katherine  Partington. 
1632  November  10.     Jeffrey  Mather  &  Ellen  Arrosmyth.  f 
1637  August  1.     James  Mather  &  Elizabeth  Strange. 
1638-9  January  27.     Symond  Mather  &  Margaret  Flightwood. 
1630  July  3.     John  Mather  &  Margaret  Smith. 
1 630-10*  February  8.     Richard  Grundie  &  Ellin  Mather. 

Jiurials. 

1625  April  7.     John  Mather  de  Atherton. 

1626  May  13.     John  Mather  de  Bedford. 

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34  Deeds  of  the  Mather  Family.  [Jan. 

1626-7  Jan*  12.     ux[or]  William  Liptrott  de  Westleigh. 
1630  April  10  [20?].     John  Mather  de  Astley. 

"      October  10.     Jeffrey  Mather  al[ia]s  Collier. 
1031  June  24.     James  Mather  de  Pinington. 
1  638  October  1  6  [?]     James  Mann  of  Tilesley. 
1639  March  29.     Jefferie  Mather  of  Westley. 
1644  July  25.     James  Mather  of  Tildsley. 
1665  April  22.      Gentkin  Mather  de  Abram. 
1GGG  May  12.     Abram  Mather  de  Radclife  parish. 

"      ]\lay  20.     A  da[ughter]  of  Henry  Mather  de  Pinington. 
16GG-7  March  20.     Margery  Mather,  widdow  de  Tildsley. 
1GG8  July  11.     Simon  Mather  de  Lowton. 
Sep.  20.     John  Mather  of  Westleigh. 
1671-2  March  10.      Richard  son  of  Richard  Mather  of  Shakerley. 

Gilbert  Mather  of  Soak,  Hampshire. 

The  following  genealogical  memoranda  were  communicated  to  Notes  Sf 
Queries  (8th  S.lV.  October  14,  1893)  by  Mr  W.  D.  Macray.  They  occur 
in  the  calendar  prefixed  to  a  Roman  Breviary,  printed  at  Lyons  in  1556, 
now  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  and  have  been  inserted  by  one  Gilbert 
Mather.  The  writer's  own  name,  Gilbert  Mather,  occurs  in  several  parts 
of  the  volume,  which,  in  15G6,  was  possessed  by  one  Ambrose  Barnabye. 

Jan.  13.  1544.     I  was  maryed  at  Eastoue 

Jan.  20.  1561.     Gilbertus  Mather  films  meus  natus  fait. 

Feb.  9.  1551.     Nafea  fuit  Alicia  filia  mea  apud  Chilbolton. 

Feb.  26.  1542.     I  cam[e]  fyrst  to  Winchester. 

March  19.  1547.     Natus  fuit  Thomas  Mather  filius  meus 

March  26.  1548.     Sepultus  fuit  predictus  Thomas. 

April  5.  1539.     I  cam[e]  fyrst  to  Chippen[ham] 

April  15.  1554.     Natus  fuit  Henricus  filius  meus. 

April  17.  [or  19]  1546.     Natus  fuit  Thomas  Mather  senior  filius  mens. 

June  3.  1553.     1  toke  possessyone  of  my  howse  in  the  Soke  [Hampshire]. 

June  15.  1522.     I  was  borne  at  Weryngtone  in  Lancashere 

July  6.  15G8.     Natus  fuit  Gilbertus  Mather  filius  meus 

July  10.  1539.     I  was  bounde  prentise  in  Norwiche. 

Sept.  20.  1553.  I  cam[e]  into  my  howse  in  tht,  Soke  fyrst'  to  dwell 
after  I  had  bowght  the  same. 

Sept.  27.  1549.     I  cam[e]  to  Chilboltone  [Hampshire]  to  dwell. 

Oct.  3.  1545.     I  was  sworne  tenanto  at  Chilboltone. 

Nov.  12.  1549.     Nata  fuit  Elizabeth  filia  mea  apud  Chilboltone. 

Dec.  15.  1546.  I  cam[e]  into  the  Soke  to  dwell  there,  being  tenante  to 
Richard  llarrold. 

From  the  Rishy  (co.  Lancaster)  Charters. 
16  August,  5  Henry  V.  (A.D.  1417)  Writ  to  the  Sheriff  of  Lancashire 
commanding  him  to  attach  James  son  of  Ric.  de  Radcliff  of  Radcliff  to  answer 
Nicholas  de  Risley  of  Risley,  wherefore  he  with  Ric.  de  Radclyf  of  Radclyf, 
Armiger,  Oliver  de  Entwissel  of  Bury,  Gentilmau,  John  de  Rothwell  of 
Radclyf,  yoman,  John  Atkinson  of  Pilkington,  yoman,  Thomas  Acson  of 
Pilkington,  yoman,  Wm.  le  Walker  of  Radclyf,  yoman,  Mathew  le  Madour 
of  Culcheth,  husbandman,  Jit'c.  le  Madour  of  Culcheth,  husbandman,  and 
Roger  de  llertleghes  of  Culcheth,  by  force  and  arms  broke  the  close  of  the 
said  Nicholas  at  Risley  and  him  took  and  imprisoned  at  Radclyf  and  took 
away  four  cows  and  other  enormities  then  did. 


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THE  ARCHIVES  OF  HARVARD  UNIVERSITY. 

By  William  Gahkott  Buown,  of  Cambridge,  Muss. 

Ont  the  fifth  floor  of  Gore  IIjiII,  at  the  east  end,  are  four  iron 
cases  that  are  rarely  opened  even  for  those  permitted  to  pass  the 
sign  "  Not  open  to  Visitors  "  on  the  doors  of  the  wing  of  the  Library 
commonly  known  as  the  "stack."  Within  these  cases  are  shelves 
heavily  laden  with  bound  volumes  and  bundled  papers,  most  of 
which  arc  yellow  and  time  worn.  The  signs  of  age  are  not  decep- 
tive, for  the  Archives  of  Harvard  College  include  some  of  the  old- 
est— and  crabbedest — manuscripts  to  be  found  anywhere  in  America. 
The  gradual  accumulation  of  two  centuries  and  a  half  of  collegiate 
history,  these  records  must  possess  a  peculiar  interest  not  merely 
for  antiquaries  but  for  educated  Americans  and  students  of  Ameri- 
can history  in  general. 

Practically  all  of  the  Archives  proper,  which  are  not  to  be  con- 
founded with  the  much  larger  collection  of  matter,  chiefly  printed, 
relating  to  the  University  and  known  as  the  rr  H.  U.  Collection," 
are  in  manuscript.  For  this  reason,  as  well  as  from  the  more  or 
less  confidential  nature  of  some  of  the  information  they  contain, 
access  to  them  cannot  be  freely  given.  Indeed,  it  is  in  his  capacity 
of  Archivist,  and  not  as  Librarian,  that  the  head  of  the  Library  cares 
for  them.  Nevertheless,  it  is  in  accordance  with  the  entire  policy 
of  the  University  that  those  who  are  legitimately  interested  in  the 
records  should  know  what  they  are  and  what  information  they  con- 
tain. Some  account  of  them  inay  be  found  in  the  appendix  to  the 
first  volume  of  Quincy's  History  of  Harvard  University ;'  in  Sib- 
ley's Harvard  Graduates,  and  his  contributions  to  the  Proceedings 
of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society ;  in  various  papers  by  Mr. 
Andrew  McF.  Davis,  particularly  No.  27  of  the  Bibliographical 
Contributions  of  the  Harvard  Library;  and  elsewhere.  They  have 
been  intelligently  used  by  these  and  other  students  of  the  early 
history  of  the  College,  and  Quincy  gives  copious  extracts  from  the 
more  important  volumes.  But  no  comprehensive  account  of  them 
has  been  written,  and  in  fact  no  shelf  list  of  the  collection  was  ever 
made  until  1892,  when  they  were  removed' from  the  ground  floor  of 
the  Library,  where  they  had  been  left  for  years  in  much  confusion, 
and  arranged  in  the  iron  cases  which  now  contain  them. 

Here  they  are  roughly  classified  in  three  groups,  according  as 
they  relate  chiefly  to  the  affairs  of  the  Corporation,  the  Overseers, 
or  the  immediate  government  of  the  University  and  its  various 
departments.     To  some  of  the  matter,  however,  even  this  rough 


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classification  will  not  apply.  In  the  earlier  books  of  record,  in 
fact,  entries  may  be  found  side  by  side  relating  to  each  or  all  of 
these  bodies  ;  and  there  are  some  papers,  of  a  more  or  less  personal 
character,  not  clearly  relating  to  either. 

The  "  College  Books "  stand  at  the  head  of  the  Corporation 
papers.  They  are  the  manuscript  records  of  the  President  and 
Fellows  from  the  Charter  of  1650  down  to  the  present  time,  includ- 
ing, in  the  earlier  volumes,  various  miscellaneous  entries  concerning 
the  other  departments  of  the  College  system  both  before  and  after 
the  creation  of  the  Corporation.  Quincy  believed—  and  has  so 
stated  in  his  History — that  College  Book  No.  I.  was  in  reality  Nos. 
I.  and  II.  together,  and  when  the  volume  was  re-bound  in  his  day 
it  was  so  denominated  on  the  cover.  But  an  index  compiled  by 
President  Wadsworth  contains  various  references  to  No.  II.,  none  of 
which  apply  to  any  volume  now  in  the  Archives  ;  it  seems  certain, 
therefore,  that  No.  II.  has  been  lost.  The  pagination  of  No.  I.  is 
confused,  and  its  miscellaneous  and  unsystematic  entries  show  that 
it  was  used  as  a  memorandum  bock  of  college  affairs  in  general  rather 
than  as  a  record  of  any  particular  governing  body.  The  entries  in 
No.  111.,  which  is  in  part  a  transcript  of  No.  I.,  have  also  this  miscel- 
laneous character.  The  later  volumes,  however,  except  one,  which 
is  devoted  to  the  Hollis  benefactions,  are  in  the  main  regular  records 
of  Corporation  meetings  and  votes.  The  eleven  volumes  covering 
the  period  from  the  beginning  down  to  1847  are  in  the  Archives; 
the  others  are  still  in  the  Treasurer's  office  in  Boston.  Probably 
no  other  non-political  corporate  body  in  America  could  exhibit 
written  records  extending  over  sp  many  years.  For  this  reason, 
and  because  of  the  intrinsic  importance  of  the  matter  itself,  it  is 
rather  surprising  that  none  of  these  books  has  been  printed.  Of 
Nos.  I.  and  II.  careful  transcripts  have  been  made  by  Mr.  Davis, 
which  are  being  indexed,  and  there  are  rough  indices  of  the  later 
volumes  also. 

Closely  supplementing  the  College  Books  are  three  other  bound 
series — the  Treasurers'  Books,  the  Stewards'  Account  Books,  and 
the  Harvard  College  Papers.  Of  the  Treasurers'  Books,  properly 
so-called,  there  are  but  two  in  the  Archives,  covering  the  period 
ll)()D-17i;3.  Both  of  these  were  found  among  John  Hancock's 
effects  long  after  his  death,  one  (the  oldest)  having  lain  for  years 
in  his  carriage-house  ;  it  was  in  so  ruinous  a  state  when  discovered 
(hat  it  could  not  he  restored,  and  much  of  it  is  either  lost  or  entirely 
illegible.  The  Stewards'  Books,  though  much  more  numerous,  do 
not  form  a  perfect  series.  The  first  volume  begins  with  1G50,  and 
the  material  they  contain  for  the  new  school  of  economic  history 
has  been  pronounced  "priceless"  by  one  who  is  perhaps  the  lead- 
ing exponent  in  Amcriea  of  that  department  of  Inquiry,  1  am 
inclined  to  think  that  Mr.  Weeden,  for  example,  might  have 
enriched  his  volumes  on   the  economic  history  of  New   Fngland  by 


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data  obtained  from  this  source  ;  and  any  American  who  undertakes 
a  work  similar  to  Thorold  .Rogers's  study  of  the  history  of  prices  in 
England  should  find  here  valuable  information  and  material. 

The  Harvard  College  Papers,  bound  in  two  series,  the  first  of 
eleven  volumes,  folio,  the  second  of  thirty  volumes,  quarto,  occupy 
only  a  little  less  than  one-fourth  of  all  the  space  in  the  iron  eases, 
and  cover  the  whole  period  of  the  College's  history.  Until  two 
years  ago  quite  a  number  of  papers  which  belong  to  this  series  were 
loose  and  disarranged.  Out  of  these,  four  supplementary  volumes 
have  been  made,  and  the  loose  papers  still  remaining  have  been 
arranged  in  bundles,  each  bundle  being  placed  beside  the  bound 
volume  which  it  supplements — a  plan  that  has  been  adopted  with 
unbound  documents  in  the  other  departments  of  the  Archives  also. 
No  general  description  will  apply  to  the  "H.  C.  Papers."  Most 
of  them  relate  to  the  financial  affairs  of  the  corporation  ;  but  many, 
especially  in  the  earlier  volumes,  are  of  much  wider  interest.  Of 
those  bearing  dates  earlier  than  1805  a  calendar  with  notes,  ex- 
planatory and  historical,  has  been  made  and  carefully  indexed,  so 
that  the  information  they  contain  can  be  readily  reached.  A  col- 
lector of  autographs  would  find  the  series  of  interest  as  exhibiting 
the  handwritings  of  various  colonial  worthies  from  the  Mathers  to 
Washington  and  Hancock. 

Three  other  series — the  Letters  to  the  Treasurer  (1829-1868), 
in  fourteen  volumes,  the  College  Letter  Books,  being  the  letter 
books  of  the  various  Presidents  from  1846  to  1868,  in  six  volumes, 
and  the  Letters  to  the  President  (1846-1867),  unbound,  in  twelve 
large  bundles — are  placed  among  the  Corporation  papers,  though 
many,  perhaps  most,  of  the  letters  in  the  second  and  third  series 
relate  to  the  immediate  government.  There  are  also  several  shelves 
full  of  miscellaneous  volumes  and  papers  relating  to  corporation 
affairs.  The  most  notable  of  these,  perhaps,  are  the  Donation 
Books,  in  two  volumes,  the  three  volumes  of  Ilollis  letters  and 
papers,  and  those  pertaining  to  other  early  benefactors.  Here  are 
books  made  up  of  papers  concerning  the  Charlestown  Ferry,  the 
receipts  from  which  were  among  the  first  sources  of  revenue  to  the 
infant  college  ;  concerning  the  foundation  of  early  professorships  ; 
concerning  the  lands  and  other  properties  of  the  Corporation  in 
colonial  times.  In  fact,  here  is  all  the  necessary  material,  taken 
together  with  the  several  series  of  records  I  have  mentioned,  for  the 
most  voluminous  history  of  the  President  and  Fellows  of  Harvard 
College.  Perhaps  the  abundance  of  this  material  is  the  circum- 
stance that  has  led  Quincy  and  Peiice  in  their  books  to  dwell  at  so 
great  length  on  the  business  side  of  the  University's  career. 

The  matter  relating  to  the  Overseers  is  much  less  voluminous, 

though  the  development  of  the  system  of  reports  to  that  body  has 

caused  a  rapid  increase  in  recent  years.     As  I  have  mentioned,  the 

earliest  records  of  the  Overseers  are  to  be  found  in  the  first  and  third  of 

vol',  xl ix.  4* 


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the  College  Books.  The  separate  series  known  as  the  Records  of 
the  Overseers  begins  with  the  year  1707,  and  the  eleven  volumes  in 
the  Archives  cover  the  period  1707-1882.  The  Reports  begin  in 
1761,  and  the  bound  volumes  number  thirty-seven.  j\lany  of  the 
later  reports  are  printed,  and  they  cover  a  wide  range  of  educa- 
tional topics.  The  printed  Presidents'  and  Treasurers'  Reports 
make  a  separate  series  for  which  at  present  there  is  not  room  enough 
in  the  iron  cases. 

The  records  and  papers  of  the  immediate  government  of  the 
University  would  probably  possess,  in  the  eyes  of  the  public,  more 
importance  than  those  of  either  the  Overseers  or  the  Corporation. 
Unfortunately,  we  have  no  Faculty  Records,  properly  so-called, 
for  the  period  before  1725,  though  certain  acts  of  the  President 
and  Tutors  are  given  in  the  earlier  College  Books.  There  are, 
moreover,  three  old  volumes — Tutor  Henry  Flynt's  Diary  (1707- 
1747),  President  Leverett's  Book  (1707-1723),  and  President 
Wadsworth's  Book  (1724-1736) — which  serve  as  a  sort  of  intro- 
duction to  the  Records  themselves.  Of  these  there  are  two  series. 
One,  made  up  of  original  books  of  entry,  covers  the  period  1772- 
1874,  and  is  in  thirty-four  volumes  of  various  sizes.  The  other,  of 
which  sixteen  volumes  have  been  placed  in  the  Archives,  covers  the 
period  1725-l8b'5,  most  of  the  volumes,  perhaps  all,  being  trans- 
cripts. The  Reports  of  Faculty  doings  in  the  colonial  period  are 
lews  lull  than  might  be  desired;  but  much  valuable  and  curious 
information  is  contained  in  the  books  as  they  stand. 

Three  other  series  belong  to  the  papers  of  the  immediate  govern- 
ment;  the  Parietal  Records  (1828-1887),  in  twelve  volumes;  the 
Exhibition  and  Commencement  Parts  (1828-94),  of  which  there 
are  forty-three  volumes  and  enough  papers  still  unbound  to  make 
eight  or  ten  more;  and  the  Bowdoin  Prize  Dissertations  (1808- 
18!> 4),  of  which  there  are  twenty-one  volumes  and  matter  enough 
still  unbound  to  make  half  a  dozen  more.  Nothing  in  the  Archives 
except  the  earliest  College  Books  surpasses  in  general  interest  these 
prize  papers.  The  number  of  dissertations  by  men  who  afterwards 
attained  eminence  is  remarkable.  To  the  first  volume  John  G. 
Palfrey  and  Jared  Sparks  were  contributors.  Later  papers  are  by 
George  Bancroft,  Emerson,  Benjamin  R.  Curtis  the  jurist,  Charles 
Sumner, -George  TieknOr  Curtis,  E.  R.  Hoar,  Richard  Henry  Dana, 
Edward  E.  Hale,  James  0.  Carter,  Phillips  Brooks,  and  others 
scarcely  less  well  known  in  later  life.  The  character  of  the  subjects 
discussed  by  these  men  in  their  etudent  days,  and  the  convictions 
then  expressed,  are  sometimes  in  consonance,  sometimes  in  striking 
contrast  with  the  trend  of  their  various  careers  in  manhood.  In 
one  paper,  by  a  youth  who  became  renowned  as  an  orator,  1  find 
a  passage  which,  a  score  of  years  afterwards,  was  introduced  bodily 
into  a  famous  oration.  One  essayist,  who  became  an  important 
historical  writer,  discusses  with  ardor  the  career  of  a  devotee  of 


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natural  science  ;  another  historian  of  still  greater  celebrity  devotes 
himself  to  a  demonstration  of  the  necessity  of  a  revealed  religion 
with  such  an  earnestness  as  might  well  have  heen  taken  to  indicate 
for  him  a  life  of  preaching;  while  a  third,  whom  the  whole  country 
was  destined  to  acknowledge  as  a  preacher  of  foremost  rank,  if  not  as 
the  first  of  all  American  divines,  studies  with  interest  and  intelligent 
sympathy  the  methods  of  an  ancient  historian.  The  Commence- 
ment and  Exhibition  Parts  are  briefer,  and  as  a  rule  less  serious 
productions  ;  but  they,  too,  might  have  furnished  material  for  certain 
biographies,  and  may  well  be  investigated  by  biographers  who  are 
yet  to  write. 

Altogether,  the  Archives  are  worth  studying  by  workers  in  more 
than  one  field.  To  New  England  genealogists  and  antiquaries 
they  have  already  proved  invaluable.  It  is  much  to  be  desired  that 
some  of  the  more  important  books  and  papers  should  be  printed, 
or  that  at  least  some  index  or  calendar  of  their  contents  should  be 
given  to  the  public. 


FAMILY  OF  WILLIAM  CORNWALL. 

Contributed  by  Edward  E.  Cornwall,  M.D.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

William  Cornwall  came  to  Massachusetts  about  1634.     He  and  his 

first  wife,  Joan   ,     were  members,  in   1635,   of   Rev.  John  Eliot's 

church  at  Roxbury.  In  1636  he  went  with  the  "Great  Removal"  to 
Connecticut,  and  in  1637  was  one  of  the  thirty-seven  soldiers  from  Hartford 
in  the  expedition  against  the  Pequod  Indians.  In  1G38  lie  was  at  Say- 
brook.  In  1639  he  was  back  in  Hartford  and  had  a  house  lot  of  eight 
acres  there,  "  No.  54,  west  of  South  St.,  south  from  the  Lane  "  (near  the 
north  end  of  the  present  Village  St.).  In  the  earliest  record  of  his  land  at 
Hartford,  dated  February,  1639,  he  is  spoken  of  as  "William  Corn  well. 
Sergeant  at  Arms."  He  lived  in  Hartford  till  1651 ;  was  a  member  of  the 
church    there,  and    probably    all    his    children  by  his  second   wife,   Mary 

■ ,  were  born  there;  but  he  did  not  reside  all  of  that  period   in  the 

village,  for  a  document  dated  1648  speaks  of  him  as  "  at  present  resident  in 
Ilocanum,  in  the  bounds  of  Hartford."  In  1  (15 L  he  removed  with  the  first 
settlers  to  Middletown.  His  house  lot  there  was  "  neare  ye  landing  place 
by  ye  springe"  (present  corner  of  Main  and  Washington  Streets).  His 
lands  at  Middletown  on  both  sides  of  the  Connecticut  River  were  first  re- 
corded February  30,  1657, — total  amount  903  acres.  He  was  repre- 
sentative from  Middletown  in  1654,  '57,  '64  and  '05.  In  1664  he  was 
constable  at  Middletown.  In  1066  he  received  a  grant  of  land  in  East 
Hartford  for  his  services  in  the  Pequod  war — (knowledge  of  this  fact  has 
been  traditionary  in  the  family).     His  town  privileges,  right  of  common, 


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etc.,  in  Hartford,  lie  held  by  the  "courtise  of  the  town."  In  16G7  the 
General  .Court  at  Hartford  "  freed  William  Cornwell's  head  from  the  pay- 
ing of  rates."  July  10,  1GG8,  he  joined  the  recently  organized  church  at 
Middletown.  In  1  670  he  was  assessed  at  Middletown  on  £100,  which  was 
one  of  the  largest  assessments  on  the  list  of  fifty-two  householders.  April 
2,  1G74,  he  made  his  will,  in  which  he  speaks  of  himself  as  "being  well 
stricken  in  years  (though,  through  mercy,  in  as  perfect  use  of  my  under- 
standing as  ordinarily  men  are  of  my  years),  expecting  my  change  to  be 

very   near "     He  divides   his   property   among   his   eight  children, 

John,  William,  Samuel,  Jacob,  Thomas,  Sarah,  Hester  Willcox  and  Eliza- 
beth Hall,  and  makes  careful  provision  for  his  "loving  wife,  Mary  Corn- 
wall," both  during  her  widowhood  and  in  the  possible  event  of  her  marrying 
again  and  being  in  need.  He  requests  his  "loving  brothers  and  friends 
Deac.  Stocking  and  to  Deac.  Hall"  to  oversee  and  execute  the  will,  to 
which  he  signs  his  name.  He  died  at  Middletown,  February  21,  1G78. 
Estate  £281. 

From  what  part  of  England  William  Cornwall  came  is  not  known. 
There  are  some  reasons  for  supposing  it  to  be  Hertfordshire.  There  are 
also  reasons,  by  no  means  conclusive,  for  thinking  him  a  brother  of  Thomas 
Cornwall  who  came  to  Massachusetts  about  the  same  time,  was  with  him  in 
Hartford  in  1639,  and  afterwards  went  to  Long  Island  and  Rhode  Island. 

The  name  in  early  documents  is  variously  written  Cornwell,  Cornwall, 
Cornell,  Cornel,  Cornil,  Cornol,  Corniel  and  Cornwayle. 

1.  Sergeant  William1  Cornwall,  married  1st,  Joan   ;  married 

2d,  1639,  Mary ;  lived  in   Roxbury,  Hartford  and  Middle- 
town. 

Sgt.  John,2  b.  April  1640;  cl.  Nov.  2,  1707. 
William',  b.  June  2-1,  1041;  d.  June  15,  1691. 
Samuel,  b.  Sept.  1C42;  d.  Dec.  G,  1728. 
Jacob,  b.  Sept.  1646;  d.  April  18,  1708. 
Sarah,  b.  Oct.  1647:  in.  Oct.  16,  1675,  Daniel  Hubbard. 
Thomas,  b.  Sept.  1648;  d.  1702. 

Ester,  b.   1G50;  cl.  May  2,  1733;  m.   1st,  1671   (as  4th  wife),  John 
Willcox,  Jr.;  in.  2d,  1678,  John  Stow.  « 

Aiil.    E.LiZAUKTii,  b.  1651 ;  in.  Capt.  John  Hall  of  Middletown. 

2.  Sgt.  John3  Cornwall  (Sgt.  William1),  married  June  8,  1GG5,  Martha, 

daughter  of  Deacon  Paul  Peck  of  Hartford.      Lived  in  Middletown. 
Left  a  will.     Estate  £317. 

Mary,3  b.  Nov.  20,  1666. 

Martha,  b.  Aug.  30,  1669;  m.  1692,  Richard  Hubbard. 

John,  b.  Aug.  13,  1671. 

William,  b.  Aug.  17,  1673. 

Paul,  b.  June  6,  1G75. 

Hannah,  b.  Sept.  5,  1677. 

Capt.  Joseph,  b.  Oct.  5,  1679;  d.  Feb.  3,  1742. 

Thankful,  b.  March  1,  1682. 

Thankful,  b.  July  26,  1685;  d.  June  1,  1758;  m.  Jona.  Sleed. 

Benjamin,  b.  Dec.  23,  1688;  d.  May  20,  1754. 

William2  Cornwall  (Sgt.  William1),  married  November  30,  1670, 
Mary2  Bull  (  William1).  She  died  November  25,  1717.  Lived  in 
Middletown.      Left  a  nuncupative  will.     Estate  £415. 

12.   i.        William,?  b.  Sept.  13,  1671;  d.  July  16,  1747. 
ii.       Jacoh,  b.  July  9,  1673. 


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iii.  Experience,  b.  April  14,  1682;  m.  Arthur  Bevin. 

iv.  Abigail,  bapt.  Feb.  9,  1689;  cl.  young. 

v.  Ebenezer,  b.  1G89;  prob.  cl.  young. 

vi.  ELIEZUR,  b.  Feb.  1G92;   postll.  d.  young. 

4.  Samuel3   Cornwall    (Sgt.  William1),   married    January    15,   1GG7, 

Rebecca3    Bull   (  William1).     Lived   in   Middletown.      Left   a   will. 

Estate  £G00. 

Mary,3  b.  Oct.  28,  1GG7;  d.  Sept.  28,  1GG9. 

ReRecca,  b.  Dec.  2G,  1G70. 

William,  b.  Jan.  22,  1G70;  d.  Dec.  25,  1704. 

Elizabeth,  bapt.  Dec.  4,  1G75. 

Mary,  bapt.  Dee.  G,  1G77. 

Samuel,  bapt.  July  1G,  1G79;  d.  1730. 

Ebenezer,  d.  1751.     Mentioned  in  his  father's  will. 

5.  Jacob2  Cornwall   (SgL  William1),  married  June  18,   1G78,  Mary8 

White  (Capt.  Nathaniel,2  Elder  John1).     Lived  in  Middletown,  and 
inherited  his  father's  house.      Estate  £406. 

i.  Mary,3  b.  Nov.  2,  1G79;  m.  May  30,  1718,  Francis  Whitmore. 

ii.  Jacob,  b.  Aug.  9,  1681;  d.  Aug.  9,  1681. 

1G.   iii.  Jacob,  b.  Oct.  1,  1G82. 

iv.  Nathaniel,  b.  Aug.  30,  1G84. 

v.  Giles,  b.  Aug.  14,  1686. 

vi.  Daniel,  b.  Dec.  22,  1G88. 

vii.  Isaac,  b.  Sept.  18,  1G90 ;  m.  July  29,  1714,  Mary  Burliss  of  Hartford. 

17.  viii.  Capt.  Wait,  b.  July  21,  1G92. 

ix.  Elizabeth,  b.  July  21,  1G97;  m.  1st,  June  8,  1714,  Jacob  Dowd;  m. 
2d,  March  24,  1724,  Ebenezer  Wetmore. 

18.  x.       Timothy,  b.  Aug.  23,  1700;  d.  1732. 

6.  Thomas2  Cornwall  (Sgt.  William1),  married,  1672,  Sarah  Clarke. 

Lived  in  Middletown.     Estate  £185. 

i.  Thomas,3  b.  Dec.  27,  1G73. 

ii.  Hannah,  b.  Feb.  27,  1G7G. 

iii.  Daniel,  b.  Aug.  8,  1G77. 

iv.  Jonathan,  b.  Dec.  19,  1G79;  d.  1705? 

v.  Abraham,  b.  Sept.  4,  1682;  went  in  Canada  Expedition,  1707. 

vi.  Steven,  b.  July  G,  1685;  d.  1722,  leaving  two  young  children. 

vii.  David,  b.  Sept.  1687;  d.  Jan.  20,  1725. 

vill.  Ann,  in.  Aug.  9,  1721,  John  Pertleld. 

ix.  Sarah,  in.  1720,  Samuel  Bowdon, 

x.  Silence,  m.  Nov.  20,  1721,  Moses  Bowden. 

7.  John0  Cornwall  (S(jt.  Johii?  Sgt.  William1),  married  1st,  September 

15,  1G05,  Elizabeth'  Hinsdale.     She  died  May  23,  1699.     He  mar- 
ried 2d,  Mary  Hilton.     Lived  in  Middletown. 

i.        Elizabeth,4  b.  Aug.  21,  1G9G. 

ii.       Mary,  b.  Aug.  25,  1700;  m.  (?)  Sept.  24,  1718,  David  Dowd. 

iii.      Miriam,  b.  Sept.  27,  1702. 

iv.  John,  b.  April  7,  1705  ;  m.  Dec.  27, 1727,  Mary  Foster.  Had  Abijah,* 
I).  Dec.  21,  1735;  Thomas,  b.  April  13,  17-10;  Samuel,  b.  Sept.  14, 
1742;  Hannah,  b.  March  10,  1745;  John,  b.  April  23,  174G;  Sarah; 
Mary,  and  four  who  d.  young. 

v.       Eunice,  b.  Nov.  30,  1709;  m.  Nov.  10,  1726,  Daniel  Robertson. 

vi.      Desike,  b.  March  16,  1711. 

vii.     Hannah,  b.  Nov.  13,  1715. 

8.  William3  Cornwall  (Sgt.  John,2  Sgt.  William1),  married  December, 

169:9,  Martha  Thompson  of   Wethersiield.     Lived  in  Middletown 
and,  perhaps,  elsewhere. 


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42  Family  of  William  Cornwall.  [Jan. 

I.  Martha,4  b.  Aug.  13,  1705. 

ii.  Ann,  b.  Jan.  26,  1708. 

iii.  Mary,  b.  June,  1712. 

iv.  Sybil,  b.  Nov.  11,  1716;  d.  Aug.  20,  1727. 

9.  Paul8  Cornwall  (Sgl.  John,2  Sgt.  William1),  married  September  4, 
1701,  Susannah  Bowdeii  of  New  Haven.  Lived  in  Middletown  and 
New  Haven. 

i.  Hannah,4  b.  Aug.  23,  1702. 

ii.  John,  b.  Oct.  5,  1701:  d.  1706. 

iii.  Sarah,  b.  May  5,  1707;  m.  Oct.  18,  1726,  Theophrastus  Jones. 

iv.  John,  b.  Jan.  26,  1709. 

v.  Susannah,  b.  July  20,1712:  d.  young. 

vi.  Susannah,  b.  Jan.  20,  1714;  m.  Isaac  Matthews. 

vii.  Paul,  b.  Nov.  15,  1715. 

viii.  Benjamin,  b.  Dec.  26,  1717. 

10.  Capt.  Joseph8  Cornwall  (Sgt.  John,2  Sgt.  William1),  married  1st, 
April  20,  1710,  Abigail  Harris.  She  died  May  13,  1723.  He  mar- 
ried 2d,  April  7,  1726,  widow  Elizabeth  Lewis  Hall.  Lived  in 
Middletown. 

i.  Joseph,4  b.  April  7,  1711;  m.  1st,  Abigail  Cande  and  had  Joseph,* 
b.  Oct.  7,  1738,  who  m.  1760,  Phebe  Stow  and  had  Joseph,*  b.  Jan. 
8,  1761,  who  removed  to  New  York  State. 

ii.       Abigail,  b.  Oct.  13,  1712. 

iii.      Daniel,  b.  April  11,  1714. 

iv.      Elizabeth,  b.  March  7,  1716. 

v.       Lieut.  Nathaniel,  b.  Oct.  6,  1718:  d.  1775;  m.  Mary  Cornwall. 

11  .Benjamin3  Cornwall  (Sgt.  John,2  Sgt.  William1),  married  1st,  May 
12,  1712,  Hannah  Merry.  She  died  December  14,  1732.  He  mar- 
ried  2d,  Mary  Ward.  She  died  February  19,  1740,  aged  43.  He 
married  3d,  Hannah  Willcox.  Lived  in  Middletown.  Estate 
£0,000. 

i.  Benjamin,4  b.  April,  1713;  d.  Nor.  24,  1724. 

ii.  Asiibell,  b.  May  6,  1715;  cl.  Feb.  6,  1729. 

iii.  Rachel,  b.  Sept.  27,  1717. 

iv.  Elijah,  b.  1720. 

v.  Cornelius,  b.  July  15,  1722 :  m.  Dec.  18,  1745,  Abigail  Cornwall. 

Ii).    vi.  Hknjamin,  b.  Fob.  16,  1736;  d   Aug.  1807. 

vii.  Hannah,  b.  Feb.  16,  1736. 

viii.  Mine-well,  b.  Aug.  11,  1738. 

12.  William8  Cornwall  (  William,2  Sgt.  William1),  married  1691,  Ester3 

Ward  (John,3  Andrew1).  She  died  July  13,  1734,  aged  65.  He 
removed  to  East  Middletown  (back  of  Wangunk  Meadow)  about 
1703. 

20.   i.        William,4  b.  Oct.  20,  1692  :  d.  1755. 
ii.       Mary,  b.  Nov.  21,  1694. 
iii.      Ebenezek,  bapt.  1697. 

iv.      Axdukw,  b.  June  2,  1700;  m.  1st,  1725,  Elizabeth  Ravage,  and  had 
Andrew,*  b.  1735,  who  in.  1756,  Lydia  Abbe  and  had  Andrew,6  b. 
1759. 
v.       John,  b.  April  9,  1703. 
vi.      Samuel,  b.  May  31,  1706. 
vii.     ESTER,  b.  Oct.  10,  1708. 
viii.  Jacob,  b.  Jan.  23,  1712. 

13.  William8    Cornwall    (Samuel,1    Sgt.    William1),   married    Hester 

.     Lived  in  Middletown.     Estate  .£100. 


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i.        Jemima,4  bapt.  Feb.  4,  1700. 

ii.       Lois,  bapt.  Feb.  8,  1701 ;  in.  March  15,  1725,  Daniel  Collins. 

14.  Samuel3   Cornwall    (Samuel,2  Sgt.    William1),   married   April    13, 

1711,  Phebe4  Hall  (Samuel,3  Richard2  John1).     Lived  in   Middle- 
town. 

i.  Samuel,4  b.  Feb.  27,  1714. 

ii.  Phebe,  b.  Oct.  5,  1717. 

iii.  George,  b.  Oct.  1719. 

iv.  Elisha,  bapt.  Oct.  18,  1721;  m.  Feb.  28,  1745,  Ann  Johnson. 

v.  Mary,  b.  Sept.  1721. 

vi.  Ester,  b.  Aug.  28,  1726. 

vii.  Ebenezer,  b.  Oct.  20,  1729. 

15.  Ebenezer3  Cornwall  (Samuel,2  Sgt.  William1),  married  April  26, 

1715,  Abigail  Clark  of  New  Haven.     Lived  in  Middletown. 

i.        Ester,4  b.  Feb.  20,  1716;  d.  young. 

ii.       Ehenezer,  b.  Dec.  27,  1718;  d.  Feb.  3,  1727. 

1G.    Jacob3  Cornwall  (Jacob,2  Sgt.  William1),  married  March  20,  1711, 
Edith  Whitmore.     Lived  in  Middletown. 

i.  Jacob,4  b.  Aug.  25,  1712;  d.  at  sea  Oct.  20,  1726. 

ii.  Daniel,  b.  June  24,  1711  ;  in.  1744, Carry  s  of  Durham. 

iii.  Margaret,  b.  April  12,  1716;  d.  young. 

iv.  Edith,  b.  Oct.  1717. 

v.  Hannah,  b.  July  5,  1719. 

vi.  Isaac,  b.  Sept.  1722;  killed  by  lightning,  1734. 

vii.  Ruth,  b.  Feb.  1,  1725. 

viii.  Mary,  b.  Sept.  18,  1726. 

ix.  Nathaniel,  b.  .July  12,  1729;  killed  by  lightning,  1731. 

x.  Francis,  b.  Nov.  1731. 

xl.  Jam ms,  b.  Aug.  18,  1735. 

17.  Capt.  Wait8  Cornwall  (Jacob2  Sgt.  William1),  married  April  24, 

1717,  Mary  Todd.     Lived  in  Middletown. 

i.  Millie,4  b.  July  9,  1717. 

ii.  Mary,  b.  July  17,  1719. 

iii.  Mercy,  b.  July  17,  1719. 

iv.  Timothy,  b.  Jan.  21,   1722;  m.  Dec.  3,  1747,  Martha  "Brown.     Had 
Nov.  Wait,*  b.  1750,  who  grad.  Yale  Col.  1782,  and  d.  in  Ohio  1S16. 

v.  Abigail,  l>.  July  2,  1725. 

vi.  Susan,  b.  May  3,  1729. 

vii.  Mabel,  b.  Nov.  29,  1730. 

viii.  Sarah,  b.  Aug.  23,  1733. 

18.  Timothy3    Cornwall    (Jacob,2    Sgt.    William1),  married    1st,   1726, 

Rebecca2   Welles    (Capt.   James1);   married    2d,    March    20,  1728, 
Susannah  Hamlin.     Lived  in  Middletown. 

i.        Timothy,4  b.  Oct.  30,  1727;  d.  young. 
ii.       Kerecca,  b.  March  18,  1730. 
iii.      Timothy,  b.  Dec.  25,  1731. 

19.  Benjamin4  Cornwall  (Benjamin.2  Sgt.  John,2  Sgt.  William1)  married 

1758,  Hannah  Williams.     Lived  in  Middletown  and  Farmington. 

i.  Benjamtn,*  b.  Nov.  12,  1759;  d.  1835;  m.  Ester  Carrington. 

ii.  Caleh,  b.  July  30,  1762;  d.  1809;  in.  Hannah  Johnson, 

iii.  Olive,  b.  Feb.  28,  1764;  d.  1849;  m.  Josiah  Barnes, 

iv.  Mindwell,  b.  April  22,  1768;  d.  18-18;  m.  Daniel  Olvord. 

v.  Nancy,  b.  April"12,  1772;  d.  1843;  m.  Isaac  Richards. 


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vi.      Titus,  b.  Sept.  29,  1774;  d.  1813;  m.  Jlebecca  Porter. 

21.  vii.     Calvin,  b.  Aug.  2(5,  1778;  d.  Sept.  3,  18G2. 

20.  William4    Cornwall    (William,8  William,2  Sgt.  William1),  married 

April  2,  1725,  Ester,  daughter  of  Lieut.  Nathaniel8  Savage  (John1) 
and  Ester'2  Ranny  (Thomas1).     Lived  in  East  Middletown. 

i.        John,*  b.  Dec.  18,  1725.     Removed  to  Granville,  Mass. 

22.  ii.        William,  b.  May  4,  1727;  d.  May,  1750. 
iii.      Estkr,  b.  Aug  G,  172!). 

iv.      Bazkkl,  b.  April  2,  1730. 

v.       Nathaniel,  b.  April  2,  1730;  d.  1750.     Served  in  first  French  war. 

vi.      Samuel,  bapt.  Feb.  4,  1733. 

21.  Calvin*  Cornwall  (Benjamin*  Benjamin*  Sgt.  John,2  Sgt.  William1)* 

married  Anna  Beckwith.     Lived  in  Burlington,  Conn. 

i.  Almiron,6  b.  April  10,  1812;  m.  Martha  Lewis.  Lives  in  Joliet, 
III.  Had  Horace,'1  b.  July  6,  1840,  cl.  young;  Anna,  b.  Oct.  20, 
1848;  Isabella,  b.  Dec  23,  1853. 

ii.  Horace,  b.  May  9,  1818;  ra.  Jan.  1,  1847,  Lucy  Ann  Deming.  She 
d.  July  12,  1883.  Lives  in  Hartford.  Lawyer.  Representative 
in  Connecticut  Legislature.  U.  S.  District  Attorney.  Had  Hor- 
ace D.,1  b.  Nov.  25,  1847,  d.  March,  1848  ;  William  D.  and  Kate  D., 
b.  Sept.  5,  1850;  Horace  D.,  b.  June  23,  1858,  cl.  June  9,  18G7. 

22.  William*   Cornwall  (William,4  William,8  William,2  Sgt.  William1), 

married  June  27,  1749,  Sarah*  Shepherd  (John,4  Edward,8  Sgt. 
John?  Edward1}.     Lived  in  East  Middletown. 

23.  i.        Nathaniel,6  b.  April  2,  1750;  d.  1823. 

23.  Nathaniel6  Cornwall  (William,6  William,4  William,3  William2  Sgt. 

williapi1 ),,marrled  1st,  November  5,  1772,  Jerusha,  daughter  of  Asa5 
Foote  (Nathaniel4  Nathaniel,3  Nathaniel,9  Nathaniel1)  and  Jerusha4 
CiwUiv  (Ezra*  Thomas,'2  Bev.  Thomas1);  married  2d,  1798,  Anna 
Domini;.  Lived  in  Chatham,  now  Portland,  Conn.  Established 
just  before  the  Revolutionary  wai*  a  mill  for  dying  and  dressing 
cloth  and  carding  wool.  Justice  of  the  Peace.  Parish  clerk  thirty- 
four  years. 

i.  Asa,7  b.  Sept.  17,  1773;  d.  June  3,  1775. 

ii.  .Ikkushv,    b.  July   1,   177G;    in.   1st,  Wm.  Lord;   m.  2d,  Cheevcrs 

Urainerd. 

iii.  Anna,  b.  March  13,  1778. 

iv.  Sarah,  b.  Feb.  13,  1780;  m.  Ebenezer  Hale  of  Glastonbury. 

24.  v.  ReV.  Asa,  b.  April  3,  1782;  d.  1832. 
vi.  Ezra,  b.  Oct.  20,  1787. 

25.  vii.  Major  David,  b.  June  15,  1790;  d.  1874. 
viii.  Amelia,  b.  Dec.  24,  1799. 

ix.      George,  b.  April  10,  1800;  cl.  1824,  leaving  an  infant  daughter. 
x.       Sophia-  b.  March  24,  1801. 

24.  Rev.    Asa7    Cornwall    (Nathaniel,4    William,6    William,4    William8 

William*  Sgt.  William1),  married  December  I,  1805,  Anna,  daugh- 
ter of  Solmon4  Ellsworth  (John*  John*  Josiah1)  and  Mary  Mosely. 
Her  grandmother,  Anna  (Edwards)  Ellsworth,  was  daughter  of 
Rev.  Timothy  Edwards.  Episcopal  clergyman  in  Granby  and 
Cheshire,  Conn.     Vice  principal  of  Cheshire  Academy. 

i.         Anna  Edwards,8  b.  Nov.  4,  180G;  d.  Nov.  2,  1808. 
ii.       Anna   Edwakds,    b.   Oct.    10,   1810;    in.   Solomon  E.  Alden.     Had 
Elsie  Ann,9  b.  JD.ec.  21,  1850. 


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26.  iii.      Kev.  Nathaniel  Ellsworth,  b.  Feb.  6,  1812;  d.  1881. 

iv.      JERUSHA  EOOTE,  I).  Oct.  13,  1813;  d.  May  15,  1892. 

v.      Frederick  William,  b.  May  19,  1810;  d.  young. 

vi.      Mary  Mosely,  b.  March  8,  1818. 

vii.  Frederick  William,  b.  Sept.  22,  1822;  d.  1804;  m.  1844,  Elizabeth 
Prescott.  Gnul.  Trinity  Coll.,  Hartford,  1842.  Had  Charles  F.,* 
b.  Nov.  1,  1848,  who  m.  1878,  Elizabeth  Kearny,  and  had  Elizabeth 
Foute,10  b.  1879. 

25.  Major  David7  Cornwall  (Nathaniel?  William?  William,4  William? 
William?  Sgt.  William1),  married  January  3,  1815,  Maria  O.,  daugh- 
ter of  Capt.  Oliver2  Attwood  (  Capt.  Elijah1)  and  Dorothy6  Chapman 
(Col.  Jahez?  Jabez?  Capt.  John?  Capt.  Robert1).  Lived  in  Port- 
land, Conn.  UN  Hill  owner  and  farmer.  Major  in  militia.  Probate 
judge.      Parish  clerk  forty-three  years. 

27.   i.  Dr.  Nathaniel  Oliver,8  b.  May  31,  1816. 

ii.  Maria  Attwood,  b.  Feb.  7,  1818. 

iii.  Julia  Ann,  b.  May  9,  1819;  m.  David  S.  Stocking, 

iv.  Elizabeth  Foote,  b.  Feb.  1,  1821. 

v.  William  Ezra,  b.  April  11,  1824;  m.  Caroline  Porter  of  Boston, 

and  had  Caroline,  William  E.  and  Frank. 

vi.  Richard  Loud,  b.  June  24,  1828. 

20.  Rev.  Nathan i kl  Ellsworth8  Cornwall,  D.D.  (lieu.  Asa? 
Nathaniel?  William?  William?  William?  William?  Sgt.  William1), 
married  November  12,  1834,  Susan  P.,  daughter  of  Daniel8  Bedinger 
(Henry?  Adam1)  and  Sarah,  daughter  of  Col.  Robert2  Rutherford 
(Hugh1)  and  Mary,  widow  of  Lord  Howe,  who  was  killed  at  Ticon- 
deroga  1758.  Graduate  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  1831.  Graduate 
General  Theological  Seminary,  New  York  city,  1834.  Episcopal 
clergyman  in  Fairfield,  Conn.,  nineteen  years,  and  in  New  York 
City.  Published  articles  on  religious  and  musical  subjects.  D.D. 
from  Trinity  College. 

i.        Anna  Bkdingkr,9  b.  Dec.  28,  1C35. 

ii.       Sarah  Jkru&ha,  b.  Oct.  2,  1837.     Published  volume  of  poems. 

iii.      Edwin  Kuthisrford,    b.    Aug.    15,    1839;    m.   Elizabeth  Corlear. 

Dentist  in  Liverpool,  England, 
iv.      Rev.  Nathaniel  Ellsworth,  Jr.,  b.  Aug.  5,  1842;  m.  1882,  widow 

Kli/.ii  (Meeker)  ('adv.     Grad,  Columbia  College,  18G2.     Episcopal 

clergyman  In  (Mevehind,  Ohio. 
v.        Prof.   Hknky   Hk.dinhkk,  1).  July  20,  1814;  ra.  July  3,   1875,  Mary 

Hall  Porter.     Gnul.  Columbia  Coll.,  1864.     Grad.  Royal  School  of 

Mines,  Freiburg,  Germany,  1809.     Prof,  of  chemistry  at  Princeton 

College,  N.  J.  ^since    1873.     Had    JTenru    Ellsworth,10  b.    1876,    d. 

young;  Marian,  b.  1880;  Donald  liiu'./u-rford,  b.  1882,  d.  young; 

Ellsworth  Bedinger,  b.  Oct.  21,  1881. 

27.  Dr.  Nathaniel  Oliver8  Cornwall  (Major  David?  Nathaniel? 
William?  William?  William?  William?  Sgt.  William1),  married  18 GO, 
Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Hrackett  M,7  West  (Rev.  Joel?  Capt.  Samuel? 
Nathan?  Samuel?  Samuel?  Francis1)  and  Mary  A.8  Stocking  (Syl- 
vester? Eben?  Steven?  Steven?  George?  Deacon  Samuel?  George1). 
Graduate  Trinity  College,  Ilartfard,  1839.  Graduate  College  of 
Phys.  and  Surg.,  New  York  City,  1846.  Dentist  twenty-two  years 
in  Brazil  and  Buenos  Aires. 

i.         Julia  A.,9  b.  1861;  d.  young, 
ii.        Kloisk  M.,  b.  June  9,  1862. 

iii.      Dr.  Edward  E.,  b.  July  2,  1866.     Grad.  Wes.  Univ.,  Middletown, 
Ct.,  1887.      Gi'ad.  Coll.  Phys.  and  Surg.,  New  York  City,  1890. 
'■     Physician  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

VOL.    XLIX.  5  * 


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OLD  YORK  COUNTY  (ME.)  RECORDS. 

Copied  by  Geo.  A.  Gordon,  A.M.,  of  Somcrvillc,  Mass. 

Pro vy nee  of  Mayne 
By  Vertue  of  An  Act  made  by  his  Excellency  ye  Governo1"  and  Councill 
Marriages  recorded  in  ye  sd  Provynce 

By  Samuell  Wheel wrigh  Esqr  one  of  his  Majti8  Gustices  of  the 
Peace  were  married 
Gilbert  Endicott  and  Hannah  Gouge  were  married  Aprill  28th  1686 
Richard  Blanchett  and  Elizabeth  Hussey  were  married  12th  July  1686 
Samuel  Littlefield  and  Mary  Coale  were  married  4th  December  1686 

By  Mr  Jn°  Emerson  minist1- 

Jno  Leigaton  of  Kittery  were  married  to  Honoe  Langly  of  Portsme  13th 
June  1686 

John  Nason  of  Barwick  were  married  to  Bridgett  Weymouth  of  the  same 
Towne  October  7th  1687 

William  Sanders  and  Sarah  Wittum  w^re  married  in  December  1687 

By  Me  Burroughs  minist1- 
Michaell  Webber  and  Deborah  Bedford  married  August  14th  1686 
Jeremiah  Jordan  and  Deborah  Bickford  married  March  10th  1686-7 
John  Osborn  and  Lidia  Rogers  married  Nov*11  1687 
Daniel  Libhy  Sc  Mary  Ashton  married  23  ifeb1'  1687 

By  Sylvanus  Davis  Esq0  Justice  of  the  peace  married 
Benjamin    Leatherby   of   North   Yarmouth   and   Deborah   Ingersall   of 

ffalmouth  married  y1'  lsL  December  1686 

Moses    Downing   and    Sarah    Samson    of    Scarborough    were    married 

December  ye  23  1686 

By  John  Wincoll  Esq  Justice  of  y°  Peace 
James  Goodiii  married  to  Sarah  Tomson  y°  9"1  of  December  1686 
Zachary  Emery  married  to  Elizabeth  Goodin  9th  December  1686 
John  flbsse  married  to  Sarah  Goffe  ye  25th  January  1686 

By  Mr  Benjamin  Woodbridge  minister  were  married  as  followeth 
Richard  Arther  to  Mary  West  both  of  Portsm0  married  July  16  1688 
John  Thurston  and  Hannah  Carey  both  of   Kittery   were   married    15 
August  1688 

Nathaniel  Keene  and  Sarah  Greene  both  of  Kittery  married  2d  Novem- 
ber 1688 

Benjamin  Berry  and  Elizabeth  Withero  both  of  Kittery  married  27th 
November  1688 

Samuel  Willis  Esqr  of  Hartford  &  Mrs  Mary  Love  of  Barwick  married 
28th  December  1688 

By  Mr  Martin  Minister 

Anthony  Cowes  and  Darkes  Wooden  were  married  the  5°  September 
1688 


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1895.] 


British  Officers  serving  in  America, 


47 


BRITISH  OFFICERS  SERVING  IN  AMERICA,  1754-1774. 

Contributed  by  Wokthington  Chauncey  Ford,  Esq.,  of  Washington,  D.  C. 
[Continued  from  Vol.  48,  page  436.] 

Duto  of  Commission. 

17  January,  1757. 
5  August,  1762. 
30  December,  1755. 

8  July,  1760. 
27  December,  1770. 
12  January,  1757. 

1  February,  1757. 
14  February,  1760. 

22  April,  1762. 

9  October,  1767. 

16  November,  1772. 

2  December,  1760. 

1  June,  1759. 

18  May,  1761. 
25  March,  1762. 
14  January,  1757. 

20  September,  1758. 
14  January,  1757. 

17  October,  1759. 
14  January,  1757. 

2  February,  1757. 

19  January,  1757. 
17  October,  1759. 
27  January,  1757. 

13  January,  1757. 

23  July,  1757. 

14  November,  1763. 

14  November,  1763. 

21  January,  1757. 
30  May,  1759. 
29  April,  1760. 

24  February,  1761. 

29  January,  1756. 

24  July,  1762. 

25  December,  1770. 
4  January,  1757. 

15  September,  1758. 
18  May,  1757. 
27  December,  1755. 
3  December,  1756. 


Name. 

mink. 

.Regiment 

McDonald,  Alexander 

Lieut. 

77 

Capt.    Lt. 

77 

McDonald,  Allan 

Captain 

59 

McDonald,  Angus 

Ensign 

60 

Lieut. 

60 

McDonald,  Donald 

Captain 

78 

McDonald,  Donald 

Lieut. 

77 

McDonald,  Donald 

Ensign 

60 

McDonald,  Donald 

Ensign 

95 

McDonald,  Donald 

Ensign 

60 

McDonald,  Donald 

Lieut. 

26 

McDonald,  Humphrey 

Ensign 

77 

McDonald,  James 

Ensign 

60 

Lieut. 

60 

McDonald,  James 

Captain 

42 

McDonald,  John 

Ensign 

77 

Lieut. 

77 

McDonald,  Ronald 

Lieut. 

78 

Captain 

78 

McDonald,  William 

Captain 

77 

McDonell,  Alexander 

Lieut. 

78 

McDonell,  Charles 

Lieut. 

78 

Capt.   Lt. 

78 

McDonell,  Hector 

Lieut. 

78 

McDonell,  John 

Captain 

78 

McDonell,  John 

Lieut. 

78 

Ensign* 

15 

Qr.  Mr. 

15 

McDonell,  William 

Lieut. 

78 

McDougal,  George 

Lieut. 

60 

McDougal,  John 

Lieut. 

60 

McDougal,  John 

Ensign 

60 

McDuifio,  James 

Ensign 

42 

Mcintosh,  Alexander 

Lieut. 

42 

Captain 

42 

Captain 

42 

Mcintosh,  Alexander 

Capt.   Lt. 

77 

Captain 

77 

Mcintosh,  Alexander 

Ensign 

60 

Mcintosh,  George 

Ensign 

62 

Lieut. 

60 

*  With  rank  as  lieutenant. 


. 

. 

. 

48 


British  Officers  serving  in  America. 


[Jan. 


Mcintosh,  James 

Mdlntosh,  John 

Mcintosh,  Lachlan 

Mcintosh,  William 
Mcintosh,  William 
Mcintosh,  William 
McKay,  Francis 

McKay,  Samuel 

McKemptie,  David 

McKenzie,  Alexander 
McKenzie,  Alexander 
McKenzie,  Alexander 
McKenzie,  Chas.  Barrington 


McK 


cjvcnzic, 


David 


McKenzie,  Hugh 
McKenzie,  James 
McKenzie,  John 
McKenzie,  Roderick 
McKenzie,  Roderick 
McKenzie  William 
M'Kinen,  Robert 
M'Kinnon,  James 
M'Kinnon,  John 
M'Kinnon,  John 
McKinnon,  Robert 


McKinnon,  Ronald 


MeLaughlan,  John 
McLean,  Alexander 

McLean,  Allan 
McLean,  Sir  Allan,  Bt. 
McLean,  Allen 
McLean,  Charles 
McLean,  Donald 
McLean,  Francis 
McLean,  John 
McLean,  Neil 


McLean,  Neil 
McLean,  William 
McLean,  William 


Ensign 

42 

Lieut, 

42 

Ensign 

42 

Lieut. 

42 

Ensign 

So.  Ca. 

Lieut. 

So.  Ca. 

Ensign 

42 

Ensign 

43 

Lieut. 

27 

Ensign 

62 

Lieut. 

60 

Ensign 

62 

Lieut. 

60 

Lieut. 

58 

Adj't 

58 

Lieut. 

77 

Captain 

77 

Ensign 

77 

Ensign 

9 

Ensign 

60 

Lieut. 

60 

Captain 

77 

Surgeon 

62 

Ensign 

77 

Captain 

77 

Lieut. 

77 

Lieut. 

77 

Lieut. 

1 

Ensign 

1 

Lieut. 

77 

Ensign 

47 

Capt.  Lt. 

35 

Captain 

35 

Ensign 

77 

Lieut. 

77 

Ensign 

77 

Lieut. 

42 

Adj't 

42 

Lieut. 

62 

Captain 

77 

Captain 

N.  Y. 

Ensign 

43 

Surgeon 

77 

Captain 

42 

Surgeon 

78 

Ensign 

42 

Lieut. 

42 

1st  Lieut. 

21 

Ensign 

47 

Lieut. 

47 

Ensign 

77 

Lieut. 

77 

Ensign 

42 

15  December,  1756. 
25  July,  1758. 

4  December,  1759. 

15  May,  1762. 

25  December,  1756. 
11  January,  1761. 
19  July,  1758. 
3  May,  1760. 

25  December,  1765. 
31  December,  1755. 
7  December,  1756. 
30  December,  1755. 

6  December,  1756. 
11  February,  1756. 

11  February,  1756. 

7  January,  1757. 
14  January,  1757. 
22  April,  1757. 
30  October,  1762. 
29  April,  1760. 

26  April,  1762. 

6  January,  1757. 

2  February,  1756. 

19  September,  1758. 

17  January,  1757. 

5  February,  1757. 

3  February,  1757. 
25  December,  1756. 

20  September,  1760. 

16  September,  1758. 
24  February,  1762. 

14  April,  1759. 

27  July,  1760. 

16  January,  1757. 

21  September,  1758. 
21  July,  1757. 

16  July,  1758. 

7  October,  1758. 

8  January,  1756. 
16  July,  1757. 

16  January,  1759, 

15  February,  1762. 

16  April,  1762. 
15  July,  1758. 

12  January,  1757. 
15  September,  1758. 
11  February,  1762. 
19  January,  1771. 

1  August,  1759. 

2  August,  1762. 
10  January,  1757. 

18  September,  1758. 


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49 


McLellan,  Alexander 
McLeod,  Alexander 

McLeod,  Allan 
McLeod,  Donald 
McLeod,  Norman 

McLeod,  Norman 
McLeroth,  Robert 
McLure,  William 

McManns,  James 
McMartin,  Cosmo 
McMine,  William 
McMullin,  Allan 
McMyne,  William 
McNab,  Archibald 

McNabb,  John 
McNeil,  John 
McNeill,  Donald 

McNeill,  Rory 
McNeir,  Alexander 
McPherson,  Colin 
McPherson,  Hugh 
McPherson,  James 
McPherson,  John 
McPherson,  John 
McPherson,  Luchlan 

McPherson,  Malcolm 
McPherson,  Phineas 
McPherson,  Robert 
McPherson,  Robert 
McPherson,  William 
McQueen,  James 
McQueen,  Somerville 
McVicar,  Archibald 
McVicar,  Duncan 

Meadows,  Thomas 
Meara,  Jeremiah 

Melliquette,  John 
Menzies,  Alexander 
Menzies,  Charles 

Menzies,  Robert 
Menzies,  Robert 

Menzies,  Thomas 
Mercer,  Daniel 

VOL.  XLIX. 


• 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Captain 

Ensign 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Capt.   Lt. 

Ensign 

Captain 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Surgeon 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Captain 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Qr.  Mr. 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Captain 

Ensign 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Ensign 

Chaplain 

Ensign 

Ensign 

Ensign 

Captain 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Qr.  Mr. 

Ensign 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Ensign 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Ensign 


34 

78 
78 
44 
47 
80 
80 
78 
64 
60 
60 

1 
77 
58 
48 
58 
42 
42 
77 
42 
78 
78 
78 
95 
42 
42 
77 
78 
78 
78 
78 
7h 
42 
78 
60 
16 
78 
48 
77 
55 
55 
60 
29 
29 
29 
77 
42 
42 
42 
78 
78 
N.  Y. 

8 


28  August,  1763. 
11  January,  1757. 
4  September,  1759. 

4  May,  1760. 

27  December,  1757. 

4  October,  1760. 
24  July,  1760. 

I  January,  1766. 

II  May,  1757. 
16  June,  1760. 

29  December,  1756. 
26  January,  1757. 

30  April,  1760. 

7  November,  1755. 

29  July,  1758. 
13  June,  1761. 
29  January,  1757. 

16  December,  1752. 
20  July,  1757. 

17  October,  1759. 
20  January,  1757. 

28  June,  1762. 
13  October,  1761. 
26  January,  1756. 

31  July,  1757. 

5  January,  1757. 

5  October,  1760. 
22  April,  1759. 
9  July,  1760. 

4  September,  1759. 
1  June,  1759. 

12  January,  1757. 

22  April,  1760. 
4  March,  1769. 

29  April,  1760. 

6  June,  1757. 

7  January,  1758. 

13  June,  1759. 

15  December,  1759. 

16  January,  1765. 

1  January,  1760. 

2  August,  1769. 

13  February,  1762. 

18  September,  1758. 

28  July,  1758. 

8  October,  1761. 
2  August,  1757. 

15  September,  1758. 

23  August,  1760. 

2  December,  1759. 

29  November,  1771. 


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50 


British  Officers  serving  in  America. 


[Jan, 


Mercer,  John 
Mercer,  Monsieur 
Mercier,  Peter 
Mercier,  Thomas 
Meredith,  Hugh 
Meredith,  John 
Meredith,  Thomas 

Meriweather,  Richard 
Mestral,  Lewis  de 

Metham,  G.  Montgomery 
Meyer,  Elias 

Milbank,  Alcomb 
Miller,  Francis 
Miller,  Henry 
Miller,  James 
Miller,  Richard 
Millett,  Mathew 
Millett,  Thomas 
Milligen,  George 

Mills,  Andrew- 
Mills,  David 
Mills,  John 
Mills,  Thomas 
Mills,  Thomas 
Milne,  Alexander 
Milward,  Edward 
Milward,  Robert 
Milward,  Solomon 
Minchin,  Paul 
Minnett,  James 

Mirrie,  Robert 
Mime,  Robert 
Mitchell,  John 

Mitchell,  Thomas 

Mitchel,  William 

Mitchelson,  James 
Molesworth,  Pons 
Molesworth,  Robert 
Molesworth,  St.  George 

Mompesson,  John 
Moncrief.  George 
MoncriefF,  Patrick 


Captain  47 

Ensign  43 

Lieut.  So.  Ca. 

Lieut.  47 

Lieut.  80 

Lieut.  52 

Ensign  62 

Lieut.  60 

Ensign  45 

Lieut.  60 

Lieut.  60 

Ensign  10 

Lieut.  62 

Capt.   Lt.  60 

Captain  28 

Ensign  45 

Ensign  65 

Chaplain  59 

Lieut.  N.  Y. 

Ensign  64 

Ensign  22 


Surgeon 

So.  Ca. 

Ensign 

So.  Ca. 

Lieut. 

29 

Lieut. 

42 

Lieut. 

N.  Y. 

Ensign 

15 

Lieut. 

47 

Ensign 

So.  Ca. 

Ensign 

17 

Major 

-59 

Captain 

69 

Lieut. 

29 

Lieut. 

55 

Capt.   Lt. 

55 

Captain 

1 

Major 

77 

Lieut. 

45 

Capt.   Lt. 

45 

Lieut. 

15 

Qr.  M'. 

15 

Apothy  Mate  Br. 

Surgeon 

60 

Captain 

28 

Captain 

29 

Lieut. 

43 

Ensign 

52 

Lieut. 

52 

Lieut. 

8 

Lt.  Col. 

26 

Ensign 

16 

Ensign 

26 

Lieut. 

26 

10  December,  1756. 
25  February,  1757. 

25  April,  1747. 

I  July,  1755. 

16  July,  1758. 

13  February,  1762. 

6  January,  1756. 

13  December,  1756. 
27  September,  1762. 
31  March,  1760. 

13  September,  1766. 

17  July,  1771. 

23  January,  1756. 
27  April,  1762. 

8  March,  1757. 

14  December,  1762. 

16  April,  1771. 

15  January,  1756. 

17  December,  1751. 
13  April,  1768. 

11  March,  1759. 

22  January,  1755. 

26  November,  1760. 

7  December,  1764. 

19  July,  1757. 

25  February,  1748-9. 

26  April,  1759. 

II  May,  1760. 
3  July,  1758. 
25  April,  1766. 
21  March,  1765. 

9  March,  1763. 

3  May,  1765. 

31  December,  1755. 
31  January,  1761. 

25  June,  1747. 

23  March,  1761. 

1  June,  1750. 

7  April,  1761. 

26  September,  1757. 
31  October,  1762. 

1755. 

20  April,  1759. 
9  April,  1756. 
23  April,  1766. 

2  February,  1757. 

4  March,  1760. 

25  February,  1767. 
9  December,  1767. 

18  December,  1755. 

8  April,  1767. 

21  February,  1769. 
2  March,  1770. 


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1805.] 


British  Officers  serving  in  America. 


51 


Moncriir'e,  Thomas 
Moncrieife,  Thomas 

Money,  Thomas 
Money peiiny,  Joseph 

Money  penny,  Alexander 

Monin, 

Monins,  John 

Monington,  Richard 
Monkton,  Hon.  Robert 


Monro,  Alexander 
Monro,  George 
Monro,  George 

Monro,  Plarry 

Monro,  Henry 
Monro,  Henry 
Monro,  James 

Monroe,  John 
Monsell,  William 

Montgomery,  Alexander 
Montgomery,  Alexander 
Montgomery,  Alexander 
Montgomery,  Archibald 
Montgomery,  George 
Montgomery,  Hugh 
Montgomery,  Hugh 
Montgomery,  James 
Montgomery,  John 

Montgomery,  Richard 


Montresor,  James  (or  John) 
Monypenny,  Alexander 
Moore,  Charles 

Moore,  Henry 
Moore,  John  Henry 
Moore,  James 
Moore,  Patrick 
Moore,  Hon.  Robert 
Moore,  William 


Lieut. 

1 

Captain 

55 

Captain 

59 

Ensign 

G9 

En  sign 

15 

Lieut. 

15 

Major 

22 

Ensign 

GO 

Ensign 

60 

Lieut. 

GO 

Surgeon 

G9 

Col.  Com4 

GO 

Colonel 

17 

Maj.  Gen. 

Ensign 

77 

Captain 

77 

Ensign 

77 

Lieut. 

77 

Ensign 

78 

Lieut. 

78 

Chaplain 

77 

Lieut. 

77 

Ensign 

62 

Lieut. 

60 

Ensign 

22 

Lieut. 

29 

Captain 

29 

Captain 

43 

Qr.  Mr. 

77 

Ensign 

1 

Lt.  Col. 

.77 

Ensign 

15 

Lieut. 

77 

Captain 

78 

Chaplain 

10 

Ensign 

29 

Ensign 

10 

Ensign 

17 

Lieut. 

17 

Adj*.  _ 

17 

Captain 

17 

Lieut. 

48 

Captain 

54 

Captain  Lt. 

59 

Captain 

59 

Lieut. 

48 

Ensign 

16 

Chaplain 

17 

Ensign 

69 

Captain 

59 

Adj't 

27 

Ensign 

27 

Lieut. 

27 

28  December,  175G. 

14  February,  1760. 
2  March,  1768. 

8  December,  1767. 

6  October,   1757. 

29  April,  17G0. 

17  September,  17G0. 
2G  July,  1758. 
29  April,  17G0. 
25  August,  1762. 

19  October,  1763. 

20  December,  1757. 

24  October,  1759. 

20  February,  1761. 

21  September,  1758. 

15  January,  1757. 

20  January,  1757. 
2  June,  1762. 

23  July,  1757. 

12  December,  1759. 

12  January,  1757. 

7  February,  1757. 
2  January,  1756. 

9  December,  1756. 

25  February,  1761. 

13  February,  1762. 
13  September,  1769. 

21  September,  1756, 
12  January,  1757. 
11  May,  1759. 

4  January,  1757. 

29  July/1758. 

21  July,  1757. 

2  June,  1762. 

30  July,  1762. 

26  May,  17G2. 

22  April,  17G7. 

21  September,  1756. 

10  July,  1758. 

15  May,  1760. 
4  May,  1762. 
4  July,  1755. 

22  February,  1757. 
28  January,  1763. 
28  May,  1770. 

1 1  February,  1756. 
4  February,  1769. 

16  February,  1756. 
28  February,  1766. 

3  May,  1759. 

21  September,  1756. 
25  December,  1757. 
7  March,  1762. 


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British  Officers  serving  in  America, 


[J  an, 


Moore,  William 

Moore,  

Morgan,  John 
Morgan-. 


Morris,  Apollos 
Morfis,  Arthur 
Morris,  Charles 
Morris,  John 

Morris,   Roger 
Morris,   Roger 
Morrice,  Sla  Long* 
Morris,  Thomas 


Morris,  Withrington 

Morris,  

Mostyn,  Roger 
Motte,  Isaac 

Mountain,  George 
Moyle,  T.  Coppinger 
Muir,  Grainger 
Mukins,  Francis 


Muller,  Jacob 
Muller,  John  K. 
Munro,  George 
Minister,  D. 
Minister,  Herbert 
M unlock,  Robert 
Murison,  James 

Murray,  Alexander 
Murray,  Alexander 

Murray,  Alexander 
Murray,  Henry 

Murray,  Hon.  James 


Murray,  James 
Murray,  James 
Murray,  James 
Murray,  Lord  John 

Murray,  John 
Murray,  John 
Murray,  Patrick 
Murray,  Patrick 


Surgeon 

1G 

Lieut. 

77 

Chaplain 

34 

lMt  Lieut. 

94 

Captain 

27 

Lieut.  Col. 

17 

Ensign 

17 

Lieut. 

47 

Major 

35 

Lieut.  Col. 

47 

Captain 

N.  Y 

Lieut. 

17 

Capt.  Lt. 

17 

Captain 

17 

Captain 

55 

Br. 

Ensign 

05 

Ensign 

GO 

Lieut. 

GO 

Lieut. 

47 

Ensign 

28 

1st  Lieut. 

94 

Lieut. 

15 

Adf  m 

15 

Captain 

15 

Lieut. 

G8 

Ensign 

GO 

Lieut. 

GO 

Captain 

G2 

Major 

GO 

Surgeon 

48 

Lieut. 

59 

Adj'. 

59 

Major 

45 

Lt.  Col. 

55 

Lt.  Col. 

■18 

Captain 

14 

Ensign 

15 

Lieut. 

15 

Lieut.  Col. 

15 

Col.  Com1 

60 

Maj.  Gen. 

Captain  Lt. 

55 

Captain 

42 

Lieut. 

78 

Colonel 

42 

Lt.  Gen'l 

Lieut. 

78 

Lieut. 

42 

Ensign 

42 

Lieut. 

GO 

23  April,  1757. 
1G  August,  17G2. 

March,  1757. 
21  July,  17G0. 
3  September,  1761. 
21  September,  1756. 
16  September,  1762. 
10  December,  175G. 
16  February,  1758. 
19  May,  1760. 
7  November,  1751. 

10  December,  1755. 

29  July,  1759. 
21  August,  1761. 

25  December,  1755. 

1755. 

30  June,  1768. 

19  December,  1756. 
15  April,  1759. 

9  December,  1756. 
21  March,   1766. 

7  March,  1760. 
30  March,  1756. 
29  August,  1756. 
2  May,  1762. 

19  February,  1756. 

11  October,  1766. 

26  July,  1761. 

29  December,  1755. 

20  July,  1758. 

28  August,  1753. 

10  October,  1758. 
6  February,  1764. 

1  October,  1755. 
25  February,  1760. 
20  March,  1761, 

2  August,  17  GO. 

29  April,  1760. 
2  May,  17  62. 

5  January,  1750-1. 

24  October,  1759. 
10  July,  1762. 

29  August,  1756. 

20  July,  1757. 

15  September,  1758. 

25  April,  1745. 

21  January,  1758. 

6  February,  1757. 
18  July,  1758. 

9  March,  1761. 

26  December,  1770. 


*  Staats  Long  Morris,  brother  to  Gouverneur  Morris. 


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British  Officers  serving  in  America. 


53 


Murray,  Thomas 

Colonel 

46 

23  June,  1743. 

Lt.  Gen. 

19  January,  1758. 

Murray,  Thomas 

Ensign 

10 

23  October,  1771. 

Murray,  William 

Captain 

42 

18  July,  1758. 

Musgrave,  Thomas 

Captain 

64 

20  August,  1759. 

Myddleton,  Thomas 

1st  Lieut. 

40 

27  June,  1755. 

Nairne,  Henry 

Capt.   Lt. 

64 

2  March,  1768. 

Captain 

64 

12  July,  1770. 

Nairne,  John 

Lieut. 

78 

16  July,  1757. 

Captain 

78 

24  April,  1761. 

Napier,  James 

DirectorHosp.  Br. 

1755. 

Napier,  John 

Captain 

95 

18  February,  1760. 

Napier,  William 

Ensign 

14 

1  December,  1763, 

Lieut. 

14 

16  September,  1771, 

Nartloo,  Francis 

Ensign 

55 

2  May,  1760. 

Nash,  Thomas 

Lieut. 

22 

16  November,  1763. 

Neale,  William 

Adj;t 

22 

21  April,  1758. 

Ensign 

22 

20  November,  1758. 

Lieut. 

22 

18  April,  1761. 

Needham,  Georgo 

Capt. 

46 

29  November,  1749. 

Need  ham,  George 

Ensign 

27 

15  December,  1762, 

Needham,  William 

Lieut. 

45 

26  June,  1755. 

Needham,  William 

Q;.  w. 

22 

17  September,  1760. 

Neilson,  Andrew           ^_ 

Lieut. 

52 

3  April,  1759. 

Capt.  Lt. 

52 

27  April,  1768. 

Neilson,  Richard 

Lieut. 

22 

22  March,  1763, 

Nerdberg[orNordberg]  Joh 

n  Lieut. 

60 

28  July,  1758. 

Lieut. 

60 

29  March,  1766. 

Nesbitt,  Alexander 

Lieut. 

31 

22  April,  1757. 

1 

Capt.   Lt. 

31 

24  November,  1769. 

Captain 

31 

12  July,  1770. 

Ness,  John 

Lieut. 

14 

*   17  May,  1762. 

Lieut. 

14 

26  December,  1770. 

Netterville,  John 

Ensign 

62 

25  January,  1756. 

Lieut. 

60 

23  August,  1758, 

Netterville,  Nicholas 

Lieut. 

27 

21  September,  1756. 

Nevin,  Hugh 

Lieut. 

45 

19  March,   1758. 

Newburgh,  Robert 

Chaplain 

18 

18  November,  1772. 

Newland,  Edmund 

Ensign 

80 

28  June,  1758. 

1 

Lieut. 

80 

8  September,  1761. 

Newland,  Trevor 

Lieut. 

1 

30  December,  1756. 

Newton,  Hibbert 

l8t  Lieut. 

40 

15  October,  1754. 

Newton,  Phillips 

1st  Lieut. 

40 

29  July,  1751. 

Newton,  Phillips 

Capt.  Lt. 

48 

8  April,  1762. 

Nicholson,  Arthur 

Surgeon 

60 

25  December,  1756. 

Nicholson,  Henry 

Lieut. 

15 

11  January,  1758. 

Nicholson,  Richard 

Ensign 

47 

10  December,  1758. 

Lieut. 

47 

1  February,  1759. 

Nicholson,  William 

Ensign 

48 

20  July,  1758. 

Noble,  Jerome 

Lieut. 

28 

22  January,  1755. 

Qr.  M'. 

28 

9  March,  1757. 

Noel,  Hon.  Bennet 

Colonel 

43 

12  April,  1762. 

Lt.  Gen. 

18  December,  1760. 

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54 


British  Officers  serving  in  America. 


[elan, 


Nott,  Robert 

Ensign 

GO 

Nugent,,   Richard 

Lieut. 

15 

Nugent,   Richard 

Captain 

N.  Y 

Nugent,    Richard 

Lieut. 

31 

Nugent,  Walter 

Ensign 

43 

Lieut. 

43 

Nunn,  John 

Ensign 

95 

Lieut. 

95 

Nuttall,  John 

Captain 

58 

Nutterville,  N.  S. 

Ensign 

27 

O'Brien,  Edward 

Captain 

52 

O'Connor,  Edward 

Lieut. 

31 

Ogilvie,  Francis 

Major 

->      9 

Ogilvie,  John 

Chaplain 

60 

Ogilvie,  William 

Lieut. 

N.  Y. 

Captain 

N.  Y. 

Ogle,  William 

Captain 

34 

Major 

34 

0'IIara,  Brabazon 

Captain 

14 

Oliphant,  David 

Surgeon 

So.  Ca. 

Ore  in,  James 

Chaplain 

N.  Y. 

Orme,  Robert 

Captain 

Br. 

Orme,  William 

Ensign 

58 

Lieut. 

58 

Ormsby,  Arthur 

Captain 

22 

Ormsby,  Arthur 

2tl  Lieut. 

dO 

Lieut. 

40 

A'lj1. 

40 

Ormsby,  Eubulo 

Lieut. 

35 

Ormsby,  .lames 

Ensign 

-45 

Lieut. 

45 

Adjt. 

45 

Lieut. 

45 

Ormsby,  John 

Captain 

35 

Off,  David 

Surgeon 

27 

Osborne,  Charles 

Lieut. 

4G 

Osborne,  Charles 

Capt.   Lt. 

80 

Osborne,  Charles 

Capt.  Lt. 

44 

Osborne,  Thomas 

Captain 

46 

Oswald,  Thomas 

Captain 

62 

Otter,  George 

Ensign 

60 

Lieut. 

60 

Otway,  Charles 

Colonel 
Lt.  Gen. 
General 

35 

Ouchterlony,  David 

Lieut. 

62 

Captain 

60 

Oughton,  Ja:  Adolphus 

Colonel 
Maj.  Gen. 

55 

Colonel 

31 

Ourry,  Lewis 

Lieut. 

62 

Capt.   Lt. 

60 

Captain 

60 

16  June,  1760. 

21  September,  1757. 
15  July,  1762. 

15  June,  1764. 

27  April,  1756. 
13  March,  1760. 
5  March,  1760. 
26  June,  1762. 

26  December,  1755. 

25  October,  1762. 

22  May,  1765. 

26  May,  1772. 

4  August,  1762. 

1  September,  1756. 
12  February,  1750-1, 

16  April,  1757. 

28  February,  1759. 

23  November,  1768. 

27  March,  1765. 
8  June,  1747. 
25  June,  1751. 

1755. 

28  August,  1756. 

18  October,  1760. 

5  July,  1758. 
30  June,  1755. 

29  February,  1760. 

30  September,  1761. 
21  January,  1758. 
30  November,  1756. 
8  February,  1761. 
29  April,  1761. 

19  March,  1764. 

24  February,  1756. 

17  September,  1760. 

2  February,  1757. 
12  February,  1759. 
16  August,  1760. 
21  July,  1758. 

25  December,  1755. 

3  February,  1756. 

25  July,  1758. 

26  July,  1717. 

28  May,  1745. 
8  March,  1761. 

7  February,  1756. 
15  April,  1759. 
20  July,  1759. 
15  August,  1761. 
20  August,  1762. 
14  January,  1756. 

29  August,  1759. 
12  December,  1760. 


• 


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British  Officers  serving  in  America. 


55 


Outerbridge,  Walter 
Owen,  Charles 


Owen,  John 
Owen,  Thomas 

Packenham,  Robert 

Palmer,  Francis 
Palmer,   Hugh 
Pampillone,  James 

Panier, 

Panmure,  William,  Earl  of 


Papon,  Stephen 

Par,  George 
Parke,  Andrew 
Parker,  Edward 
Parker,  George 
Parker,  Hugh 
Parker,  John 
Parker,  John 

Parker,  Nicholas 
Parker,  William 
Parker,  William 

Parry,  Powell 
Parsons,  Lawrence 


Partridge,  Thomas 
Paschal,  George 

Paste,  Theophilus 

Paterson,  John 
Paterson,  Marcus 
Paterson,  Peter 
Paterson,  Peter 
Paterson,  Walter 

Paterson,  William 

Pateshall,  Robert 

Patten,  John 


Lieut. 
Ensign 
Qr.  M\ 

Lieut. 
Colonel 
Maj.  Gen. 
2d  Lieut. 
1st  Lieut. 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Chaplain 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Colonel 

Lt.  Gen. 

General 

Lieut. 

Captain 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Qr.  Mr. 

1st  Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Capt.   Lt. 

Captain 

Captain 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Captain 

AdjH. 

Qr.  Mr. 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Capt.   Lt. 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Ensign 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Mf. 

1st  Lieut. 

Capt.    Lt.' 

Captain 

Ensign 

Lieut. 


So.  Ca. 

59 
59 
59 
59 

94 
94 

64 
G4 
52 
14 
^9 
GO 
21 


22 
22 
15 

8 
35 
40 
27 
80 
GO 
27 
27 
95 
27 
27 
65 
10 
10 
10 
94 
17 
17 
15 
15 
15 
18 
80 
26 
80 
80 
69 
69 
40 
40 
40 
48 
48 


26  September,  1754. 
30  July,  1762. 

23  April,  1765. 

13  September,  1769. 

27  November,  1760. 

10  July,  1762. 

11  January,  1760. 
2  January,  1762. 

16  May,  1766. 

13  December,  1770. 
25  December,  1770. 

17  December,  1756. 
27  May,- 1758. 

25  February,  1756. 

29  April',  1752. 

24  January,  1758. 

30  April,  1770. 

27  April,  1756. 
1  July,  1762. 

4  May,  1761. 

13  April,  1767. 
30  October,  1761. 

28  June,  1755. 

15  September,  1764. 

25  December,  1757. 

12  February,  1759. 
17  September,  1760. 
15  September,  1764. 
7' March,  1760. 

21  October,  1761. 

28  September,  1762. 

14  November,  1771. 

13  February,  1765. 
4  December,  1769. 

13  February,  1762. 
21  September,  1756. 

25  May,  1759. 

1  October,  1755. 

26  September,  1760. 
4  May,  1761. 

1  October,  1766. 

3  December,  1759. 
26  September,  1760. 

29  December,  1757. 

4  October,  1760. 
25  June,  1 761. 

5  November,  1766. 

25  February,  1748-9. 
7  April,  1761. 

30  September,  1  761. 
29  April,  1760. 

26  April,  1762. 


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British  Officers  serving  in  America. 


[Jan. 


Patterson,  James 
Pattinson,  Mathew 
Paulett,  Charles 
Pauli,  Christopher 

Pavey,  Lewis 
Pawfett,  William 
Payne,  Benjamin  Charles 
Payne,  lien:  Charnock 

Pears,  Edward 
Peach,  Joseph 
Peebles,  John 
Peister,  Ar.  Schuyler  de 
Pemberton,  William 
Penier,  Peter 
Pennington,  George 
Perchard,   Philip 
Percival,  Joshua 
Perkins,  William 
Peters,  James 
Petrie,  George 


Pettigrew,  James 

Pexton,  John 

Peyton,  Henry 
Peyton,  Yelverton 
Piister,  Francis 


Phibbs,  William 
Philips,  John 
Phillips,  Erasmus  John 
Phillips,  John 
Phillips,  John 
Phillips,  Ralph 


Phillips,  Thomas 
Phillips,  William  Fred, 
Philpot,  William 


Phyn,   George 


Picketing,  Sir  Edward,  Hart. 
Pictet,  Marcus 
Piers,  Newsham 


Capt.  Lt. 

69 

Lieut. 

47 

Chaplain 

55 

Ensign 

60 

Lieut. 

60 

Lieut. 

N.  Y. 

Captain 

59 

Lieut. 

^7 

Captain 

28 

Captain 

18 

Lieut. 

95 

Lieut. 

47 

Ensign 

42 

Captain 

8 

Surgeon 

21 

Lieut. 

60 

Lieut. 

44 

1st  Lieut. 

94 

Lieut. 

48 

Lieut. 

18 

Surgeon 

N.  Y. 

2d  Lieut. 

21 

lat  Lieut. 

21 

Adj't 

21 

Ensign 

10 

Lieut. 

10 

Ensign 

65 

Lieut. 

Cu) 

Ensign 

60 

Captain 

9 

Ensign 

60 

Lieut. 

60 

Lieut. 

60 

Lieut. 

28 

l8t  Lieut. 

Rangers 

Lieut. 

45 

2d  Lieut. 

94 

Lieut. 

46 

Ensign 

62 

Lieut. 

60 

Capt.   Lt. 

60 

Captain 

52 

Lieut. 

35 

Ensign 

46 

Lieut. 

46 

Ensign 

44 

Lieut. 

44 

1"  Lieut. 

21 

Adj't 

21 

Captain 

21 

Knsign 

46 

Ensign 

60 

Lieut. 

62 

29  October,  1762. 
12  August,  1750. 
15  January,  1756. 
8  February,  1761. 
28  December,  1770. 
31  August,  1747. 
28  June,  1771. 

30  October,  1762. 

27  January,  1764. 
8  August,  1771. 

7  March,  1760. 

28  June,  1755. 
23  August,  1763. 

23  November,  1768. 
3  June,- 1771. 

8  March,  1757. 

6  November,  1755. 

7  March,  1760. 
1  July,  1755. 

1  January,  1766. 

17  November,  1760. 
6  May,  1763. 

6  October,  1769. 
28  August,  1771. 

24  July,  1766. 
28  June,  1771. 

28  February,  1766. 

8  May,  1771. 

25  March,  1757. 
13  June,  1765. 

15  September,  1758. 

18  September,  1760. 

9  October,  1767. 

22  November,  1756. 

25  September,  1761. 

1  October,  1755. 

29  September,  1761. 

2  October,  1766. 

29  December,  1755. 
5  December,  1756. 
12  December,  1760. 
28  December,  1755. 

16  May,  1757. 

2  February,  1757. 
12  February,  1759. 
24  July,  17*58. 
18  May,  1759. 

26  February,  1766. 
18  June,  1768. 

28  August,  1771. 

26  October,  1763. 

27  December,  1770. 
5  January,  1756. 


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British  Officer's  serving  in  America. 


57 


Pigott,  John 
Pi'lott,  Henry 


Pinckney,  Thomas 

Pinhorwe,  John 

Pitcher,  James 
Pittnmn,  Philip 
Pitman,  Philip 
PJace,  William  de  la 
Platers,  John 
Piatt,  Lime 

Pluckenett, 

Poe,  John 
Pole,  Mundy 
Poison,  John 

Pomeroy,  John 
Pooley,  Shuldham 
Portis,  Charles 

Porter,  Frederick 
Potts,  Alexander 
Potts,  William 


Powell,  IT.  Watson 
Powell,  Thomas 
Power,  Nicholas 
Pownall,  Edward 
Poyuton,  B  re  re  ton 

Prescott,   Robert 
Prescott,   Robert 

Prescott,  William 

Preston,  Achilles 

Preston,  Charles 

Preston,  John 
Preston,  Thomas 
Preston,  William 
Preston,  William 
Prevost,  Augustine 


VOL.    XLIX. 


Lieut. 

59 

Lieut. 

31 

Adj't 

31 

Capt.    Lt. 

31 

Captain 

31 

Ensign 

GO' 

Lieut. 

GO 

Lieut. 

45 

Corny  of  Must.  Br. 

Ensign 

48 

Ensign 

15 

Captain 

2G 

Lieut. 

65 

Qr.  MV 

60 

Chaplain 

52 

Ensign 

26 

Captain 

10 

Lieut. 

GO 

q\  u\ 

GO 

Colonel 

64 

Lieut. 

48 

Ensign 

35 

Lieut. 

35 

Captain 

62 

Surgeon 

42 

Ensign 

62 

Lieut. 

GO 

Adj't 

GO 

Lieut. 

8 

Qr.  Mr. 

8 

Capt.    Lt. 

8 

Captain 

di 

Ensign 

31 

Ensign 

60 

Captain 

34 

Ensign 

G2 

Lieut. 

GO 

Captain 

15 

Major 

95 

Major 

27 

Lieut. 

15 

Captain 

15 

Ensign 

44 

Lieut. 

44 

Captain 

26 

Major 

26 

Chaplain 

26 

Captain 

21) 

Lieut. 

44 

lHl  Lieut. 

22 

Ensign 

60 

Lieut. 

60 

Lieut. 

60 

Lt.  Col. 

60 

25  December,  1770. 

18  July,  1764. 

13  February,  176C. 

23  September,  1772. 

12  December,  1756. 
2^-April,  1760. 

20  May,  1752. 
1755. 

13  July,  1760. 
28  July,  1762. 
18  April,  1766. 

25  December,  1770. 

27  July,  1761. 

10  October,  1768. 
13  February,  1762. 
13  February,  1762. 
5  May,  1757. 
10  June,  1760. 
10  October,  1766. 

24  April,  1762. 

1  December,  1756. 

25  September,  1759. 

28  December,  1755. 
10  April,  1764. 

10  January,  1756. 
10  May,  1757. 

15  November,  1765. 

13  April,  1768. 
12  October,   1771. 

2  September,  1756. 

29  July,  1765. 

14  September,  1760. 
10  August,  1764. 

25  December,  1755. 

30  November,  1756. 
22  January,  1755. 

22  March,*  1761. 
24  July,  1762. 

30  September,  1757. 

2  May,  1762. 
14  May,  1757. 

8  August,  1758. 
12  May,  1759. 

7  September,  1768. 

23  February,  1741-2. 

[1766]. 
4  November,  1755. 

9  March,  1764. 

24  July,  1758. 
6  May,  1761. 

10  May,  1764. 

3  November,  1769. 


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\tish  Officers  serving  in  America. 


[Jan. 


Prevost,  Augustine 


Provost,  James 

Prevost,  Marcus 
Price,  Arthur 

Price,  George 

Price,  Herbert 
Price,  Joseph 
Price,  Stephen 

Price,  William 
Prideaux,  Edmund 
Prideaux,  John 
Prideaux,  Sir  John  Wilmot 
Prince,  Joseph 
Pringle,  Royle 
Pringle,  Francis 
Pringle,  Henry 

Pringle,  James 
Pringle,  Robert 

Pringle, 

Proby,  Thomas 
Pryce,  David 
Pulleine,  Henry 
Purcell,  Toby 
Rainsford,  Andrew 

Ralfe,  James 

Ramsay,  Hon.  Malcolm 


Ramsay,  William 

Randall,  Thomas 
Rattray,  George 
Ratzer,  Bernard 
Ray,  Joseph 

Raymond,  William 
Rea,  Daniel 
Rend,  James 
Rend,  William 
Reed,  John 
Reid,  Alexander 
Reid,  John 


Major 

C2 

Lieut.  Col. 

GO 

Lieut.  Col. 

CO 

Lieut. 

GO 

Col.  Com* 

G2 

Maj.  Gen. 

Captain 

62 

Lieut. 

47 

Captain 

47 

Ensign 

GO 

Lieut. 

GO 

2d  Lieut. 

94 

Lieut. 

95 

2d  Lieut. 

94 

1st  Lieut. 

94 

Ensign 

46 

Ensign 

18 

Colonel 

55 

Ensign 

18 

Captain 

62 

Ensign 

27 

Lieut. 

62 

Capt.   Lt. 

27 

Captain 

27 

Lieut.  Col. 

59 

Ensign 

14 

Ensign 

27 

Major 

55 

Ensign 

44 

Major 

16 

Lieut. 

43 

Lieut. 

9 

Capt.  Lt. 

9 

Ensign 

62 

Lieut. 

60 

1st  Lieut. 

21 

Capt.   Lt. 

21 

Captain 

21 

Ensign 

60 

Lieut. 

60 

Ensign 

52 

Ensign 

42 

Lieut. 

62 

Lieut. 

62 

Qr.  Mr. 

60 

Ensign 

18 

Captain 

21 

Ensign 

59 

Ensign 

95 

Lieut.  Col. 

34 

Captain 

42 

Captain 

42 

Major 

42 

9  January,  1756. 

20  March,   1761. 

13  December,  1765. 

25  June,  1771. 
28  October,  1761. 

3  June,  1762. 

17  January,  1756. 

26  June,  1754. 

27  May,  1760. 

18  May,  1761. 

4  October,  1770. 

21  Julv,  1760. 
7  March,  1760. 
12  January,  1760. 
2  January,  1762. 
26  July,  1758. 

12  January,  1770. 

20  October,  1758. 
23  December,  1767. 
16  January,  1756. 
23  October,  1761. 
31  December,  1755. 
2  February,  1757. 

21  July,  1758. 
21  March,  1765. 
26  December,  1770. 
G  September,  1762. 
21  December,  1755. 
1  July,  1763. 

15  June,  1764. 
9  April,  1756. 

1  September,  1756. 
25  March,  1765. 

24  January,  1756. 

25  May,  1757. 

16  January,  1765. 

6  October,  17G9. 

25  December,  1770. 

7  December,  1756. 

26  July,  1758. 

3  June,  1771. 

19  July,  1757. 

20  February,  1756. 

4  February,  1756. 
18  August,  1756. 

11  September,  1765. 

2  January,  1765. 
28  January,  1763. 
25  November,  1760. 
7  January,  1762. 

21  July,  "l 758. 

3  June,  1752. 

1  August,  1759. 


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1805.]  Harvard  University.  59 


HARVARD  UNIVERSITY. 

College   Presidents  and  the  Election  of  Messrs.  Quincy  and 

Eliot. 
By  the  Hon.  Wm.  A.  Richardson  (II.  U.  1843),  LL.D.,  Chief-Justice  Court  of  Claims. 

[The  following  article  from  "  The  University  Magazine"  for 
December,  1891,  is  republished  as  a  valuable  contribution  to 
history,  and  an  Interesting  and  appropriate  tribute  to  President 
Eliot  in  addition  to  the  exercises  at  Harvard  Commencement  last 
.June  in  commemoration  of  his  successful  administration  of  the 
presidency  during  more  than  twenty-five  years.] 

When  I  contemplate  the  vast  changes  that  have  taken  place  in  all 
brandies  <>f  the  University,  in  the  undergraduate  department  and  in  the 
professional  schools,  as  well  as  the  growth  developed  during  the  past  twenty 
years  or  so,  considered  with  reference  to  their  origin,  the  wisdom  of  their 
conception,  the  energy  of  their  execution  and  the  grand  success  which  has 
attended  them,  I  am  more  impressed  than  ever  with  what  I  have  long  since 
observed  :   that  a  university  in  this  country  is  just  what  its  president  makes  it. 

All  the  professors  and  instructors  combined,  however  learned,  cannot 
advance  the  prosperity  of  a  college  as  an  able  President,  adapted  to  the 
times,  may  do  by  his  genius,  energy  and  inspiration;  so  great  is  his  in- 
fluence on  the  affairs  of  the  institution. 

Prof.  Bryce,  in  his  recently  published  work,  "The  American  Common- 
wealth," says:  "A  visitor  from  Europe  is  struck  by  the  prominence  of  the 
president  in  an  American  university  or  college,  and  the  almost  monarchial 
position  which  he  sometimes  occupies  towards  the  professors  as  well  as 
towards  the  students.  Far  more  authority  seems  to  be  vested  in  him,  far 
more  to  turn  upon  his  individual  talents  and  "character  than  in  the  univer- 
sities of  Europe.  Neither  the  German  Pro-Rector,  nor  the  Vice-Chancellor 
in  Oxford  or  Cambridge,  nor  the  Principal  in  a  Scottish  university,  nor  the 
Provost  of  Trinity  College  in  Dublin,  nor  the  head  in  one  of  the  colleges 
in  Oxford  or  Cambridge  is  anything  like  so  important  a  personage  in  re- 
spect to  his  ollice,  whatever  influence  his  individual  gifts  may  give  him,  as 
an  American  college  President." 

Institutions  are  not  exceptions  to  the  natural  law  of  growth  and  decay 
which  pervades  the  entire  universe.  A  college  that  is  not  progressing  is 
more  or  less  rapidly  running  behind,  as  though  touched  by  a  withering 
hand.  The  genius  of  a  President  may  infuse  such  life  into  it  as  to  cause 
its  prosperity  to  continue  for  several  years  after  his  retirement,  as  wheels 
set  in  motion  by  an  active  power  continue  to  roll  on  after  the  power  is  re- 
moved, but  a  time  comes  when  the  stored  force  becomes  exhausted  and  the 
wheels  must  stop  unless  the  power  be  renewed. 

Other  colleges  than  Harvard  have  furnished  marked  instances  of  the  in- 
fluence of  the  strong  individuality  and  genius  of  some  of  their  Presidents. 
Union  College  came  into  prominence  under  the  long  term  of  Rev.  Dr.  Nott, 
the  distinguished,  popular  and  beloved  President  of  that,  institution,  which 
he  raised  from  a  feeble  condition  to  the', front  rank  of  the  colleges  of  his 
time.  Williams  College  had  new  life  and  vigor  infused  into  it  by  Dr. 
Hopkins,  who  greatly  increased  the  number  of  students  by  his  magnetic 
attraction,  endeared  himself  to  a  large  body  of  men  educated  under  his  in- 


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fluence,  and  left  the  college  flourishing  and  in  the  highest  state  of  prosperity. 
The  College  of  New  Jersey  (popularly  known  as  Princeton),  advanced 
under  the  inspiration  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  McCosh,  whose  strong  mind  and  will 
have  left  their  impression  upon  all  its  aifairs. 

In  early,  as  well  as  in  recent  years.  Harvard  has  been  controlled  to  a 
large  extent  by  Presidents,  who,  exactly  suited  to  the  times,  successfully 
carried  the  college  through  dilliculties  and  dangers  which  disturbed  its  use- 
fulness  and  sometimes  even  threatened  its  very  existence.  John  Leverett 
was  president  from  1707  to  1724,  a  period  when  party  strife  raged  with 
great  bitterness  among  the  friends  of  the  institution,  and  with  such  ability, 
discretion  and  skill  did  he  pilot  the  college  amidst  all  its  troubles,  that  Mr. 
Quincy,  in  his  History  of  Harvard,  was  led  to  express  his  views  of  the  in- 
fluence of  the  heads  of  colleges  in  these  general  terms,  but  with  special 
reference  to  President  Leverett:  "Institutions  among  the  tumults  of 
party  discord,  like  ships  among  the  strife  of  warring  elements,  are  often 
urged  onward  with  accelerated  force  by  the  tempest,  which  at  first  retarded 
their  progress,  and  even  threatened  their  destruction.  Success  in  both 
cast's  depends  on  the  firmness  and  skill  of  the  pilot." 

Hut,  modern  instances  are  the  special  subject  of  this  article.  I  remember 
many  years  ago,  that  after  Mr.  Quincy  had  left  the  Presidency  and  was 
living  in  dignified  retirement  in  Boston,  he  attended  a  commencement  din- 
ner, at  which,  of  course,  he  was  called  out  among  the  first  speakers. 

Rising  from  his  seat,  he  began  by  stating  that,  as  he  was  expecting  to  be 
called  upon  for  an  extemporaneous  speech;  he  had  prepared  himself  for  it  by 
writing  out  what  he  had  to  say.  at  the  same  time  producing  a  fully  written 
document,  which  lie  proceeded  to  read.  II is  memory  had  for  some  years 
been  gradually  failing,  and  he  feared  to  trust  himself  to  make  an  extern- 
poraueoiis  Speech  in  any  other  way. 

lie  went  on  and  told  the  alumni  present  the  circumstances  leading  to  his 
election  as  President  of  the  college,  and  they  were,  as  I  now  remember 
them,  substantially  as  follows:  Judge  Story  and  Mr.  Bowditch,  the  great 
mathematician,  both  of  the  corporation,  of  which  they  were  a  committee 
for  that  purpose,  came  to  his  house  and  said  they  wanted  him  to  take  the 
Presidency  of  Harvard  College,  then  recently  vacated  by  the  resignation  of 
the  Rev.  Dr.  iCirklaud.  Said  he,  "  X  should  not  have  been  more  astonished 
had  I  been  called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  Old  South  Church,  for  up  to  that 
time  the  heads  of  institutions  of  learning  had  always  been  selected  from  the 
clergy,  who  had  come  to  regard  them  as  the  prizes  of  their  profession 
alone."  The  committee  explained  to  him  why  they  wanted  him  to  under- 
take the  duties  of  the  office.  Under  the  administration  of  Dr.  Kirkland, 
a  godly  and  easy-going  man,  the  discipline  of  the  college  had  fallen  into  a 
low  state,  and  the  finances  were  in  a  loose  and  disordered  condition,  both  of 
which  they  were  sure  he  could  improve.  He  still  hesitated  and  raised 
objections,  but  all  were  overcome,  and  he  was  made  President  of  the  college 
in  January,  1821). 

Mr.  Quincy  had  great  experience  in  affairs.  He  had  held  many  offices, 
the  most  recent  being  that  of  Mayor  of  Boston,  which  he  had  held  for  six 
successive  terms,  the  last,  of  which  had  expired  the  December  previous, 
when  he  declined  re-election.  As  mayor,  ho  had  displayed  great  ability  and 
force;  of  character*,  which  marked  him  as  the  man  for  the  occasion  to  improve 
the  condition  of  the  University.  His  administration  was  a  success  for  the 
time.,  and  under  the  circumstances.  Abolishing  the  "Med-Fac  Society" 
and  the  "  Engine  Club,"  nurseries  of  insubordination,  lie  introduced  a 
severe  and  stern  method  of  discipline,  adapted   to   the   then   existing  order 


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of  things,  but  wholly  different  from  the  self-reliant  system  and  the  refined 
standard  which  prevail  to-day.  The  finances,  too,  were  put  in  a  healthy 
condition. 

On  the  whole,  the  college  is  greatly  indebted  to  Mr.  Quiney  for  what  he 
did,  and  he  must  be  considered  as  one  of  its  great  Presidents. 

The  election  of  John  Leverett,  in  1707,  might  seem  to  be  an  exception 
to  Mr.  Quincy's  statement  that  none  but  clergymen  had  previously  been 
elected  Presidents.  It  is  true  that  Mr.  Leverett  was  also  a  judge,  but  he 
had  studied  theology,  was  a  theologian  identified  with  the  clergy,  and  it  was 
upon  him,  in  1GD2,  that  the  college  first  conferred  the  degree  of  bachelor 
of  Divinity.  In  early  colonial  times,  when  there  were  few  or  no  lawyers, 
exclusively  educated  as  such,  it  was  not  uncommon  for  clergymen  to  be 
appointed  judges.* 

It  was  a  well  known  fact  that  Rev.  Cotton  Mather  all  his  life  labored 
under  a  burning  ambition  to  become  President  of  the  college,  which  would 
place  him  at  the  head  of  the  clergy,  and  so  make  him  the  most  influential 
person  in  public  affairs  in  those  days  when  the  clergy  ruled  the  colony.  In 
1724,  the  corporation  and  overseers  elected  as  President  Rev.  Joseph 
Sewall,  who,  however,  declined  the  appointment.  The  day  after  this 
election  Cotton  Mather  made  this  remarkable  entry  in  his  diary :  "I  am 
informed  that  yesterday  the  six  men  who  call  themselves  the  Corporation 
of  the  College,  met,  and,  contrary  to  the  epidemical  expectation  of  the 
country,  chose  a  modest  young  man,  of  whose  piety  (and  little  else)  every 
one  gives  a  laudable  character.  I  always  foretold  these  two  things  of  the 
Corporation :  First,  that  if  it  were  possible  for  them  to  steer  clear  of  me 
they  will  do  so;  secondly,  that  if  it  were  possible  for  them  to  act  foolishly 
they  will  do  so. 

"  The  perpetual  envy  with  which  my  essays  to  serve  the  kingdom  of  God 
are  treated  among  them,  and  the  dread  that  Satan  has  of  my  beating  up  his 
quarters  at  the  college,  led  me  into  the  former  sentiment;  the  marvellous  in- 
discretion with  which  the  affairs  of  the  college  are  managed  led  me  into  the 
latter." 

Cotton  Mather  was,  withal,  something  of  a  demagogue,  between  whom 
and  the  corporation  there  could  be  little  sentiment  in  common.  At  all 
periods  of  time  the  corporation  has  had  upon  its  board  men,  the  wisest, 
most  broad-minded  and  most  liberal  to  be  found  in  the  community,  and 
such  men  could  have  no  sympathy  with  Rev.  Cotton  Mather.  He  never 
obtained  the  object  of  his  ambition,  and  died  without  having  been  President 
of  Harvard  College. 

In  September,  1868,  the  office  of  President  became  vacant  by  the  resig- 
nation of  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  Thomas  Hill,  (my  beloved  classmate  and  friend): 
the  corporation  had  the  responsibility  cast  upon  it  of  finding  a  suitable 
successor.  Two  members  of  the  Board  were  and  long  had  been  connected 
with  the  Merrimac  Manufacturing  Company,  whose  works  were  at  Lowell 
«*  — lion.  .John  A.  Lowell  and  lion.  Francis  15.  Crowninshield,  the  former  as 

one  of  the  directors  and  the  latter  as  treasurer.  In  the  practical  organi- 
zation of  the  Massachusetts  manufacturing  companies  the  treasurer  is  the 
general  manager  upon  whose  skill  and  judgment  the  success  of  the  corpora- 
tion depends,  as  much  as  does  that  of  a  college  upon  its  President.      He  is 

*  The  Court  of  Oyer  and  Terminer,  organized  in  1692  l>y  the  Governor  of  Massachusetts 

without  authority  of  law,  to  try  persons  accused  of  witchcraft  was  composed  of  two  elergy- 

fc  men,  two  physicians,  and  three  merchants,  with  a  merchant  for  Special  Attorney.  General. 

Nathaniel  Sa'ltonstall,  first  named  as  one  of  the  Judges,  then  a  distinguished  military  man 

*v  and  afterwards  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  "  refused  to  proceed  in  the  trials  in 

which  i he  court  was  engaged,"  and  a  merchant  was  appointed  in  his  place. 

VOL.  XL1X.  G*  * 


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62  Harvard  University.  [.Tan. 

a  well  paid  officer,  while  the  directors,  of  wliom  the  president  is  little  more 
than  a  figure-head,  serve  without  compensation,  and  usually  give  little 
attention  to  the  business  except  when  called  together  by  the  treasurer  for 
consultation  in  relation  to  important  movements  and  extensive  changes. 
Messrs.  Lowell  and  Crowninshield  were  able  and  astute  men  who  had  the 
interests  of  the  college  deeply  at  heart. 

Three  years  and  a  half  before  that  time  it  had  become  necessary  to 
appoint  a  new  superintendent  (locally  called  agent)  of  the  mills  at  Lowell. 
This  position  is  one  of  great  difficulty}  requiring  not  only  thorough  know- 
ledge of  business,  but  capacity  to  manage  a  great  body  of  operatives,  keep 
them  satisfied  and  contented,  and  obtain  the  greatest  product  from  their 
intelligent  labor.  In  importance  he  is  second  only  to  the  treasurer,  to 
whom  he  is  adjutant  and  assistant.  It  is  not  easy  to  determine  upon  which 
of  the  two  the  success  of  the  corporation  more  largely  depends.  It  is  im- 
portant to  the  treasurer  that  he  should  have  an  able  and  skillful  superin- 
tendent, and  a  new  appointment  is  always  a  matter  of  anxiety  to  him,  of 
solicitude  to  the  directors  and  of  interest  to  the  stockholders. 

By  some  means,  while  Mr.  Eliot  was  tutor  and  assistant  professor  at 
Harvard,  the  treasurer  and  directors  had  formed  a  high  opinion  of  his 
executive  ability  and  his  skill  in  the  general  management  of  affairs.  The 
superintendency  was  offered  him  at  a  salary  of  $5,000  a  year  and  the  use 
of  a  house.  This  was  a  large  compensation  for  the  times,  two-thirds  more, 
in  money,  than  the  then  established  salary  of  the  President  of  Harvard. 
The  offer  was  a  tempting  one  to  a  young  man  thirty-one  years  of  age,  and 
of  limited  means.  Mr.  Eliot  was  in  Rome  when  the  offer  was  received. 
After  a  week's  reflection  he  decided  to  stick  to  education  as  the  business  of 
which  he  knew  the  most  and  for  which  he  thought  himself  best  fitted,  and 
the  appointment  was  declined.  A  few  weeks  later  he  was  invited  to  a 
professorship  in  the  then  newly  established  Institute  of  Technology,  to  be 
opened  in  Boston,  October  1,  180,3,  with  a  much  smaller  salary;  and  that 
offer  being  in  the  line  of  his  studies  and  his  ambition,  it  was  accepted. 
Thus  the  Merrimac  Manufacturing  Company  missed  a  valuable  superin- 
tendent who  might  have  increased  the  dividends  of  the  stockholders,  and 
there  was  reserved  to  the  college  one  who  was  destined  to  become  its 
President  with  a  long  and  brilliant  administration. 

It  was  natural  that  Mr.  Crowninshie'd  and  Mr.  Lowell,  who  had  become 
impressed  in  1805  with  Mr.  Eliot's  capacity  and  capabilities,  should  in  the 
winter  of  1868-9  bring  him  before  the  corporation  of  the  college  as  a 
suitable  person  for  President.  To  the  four  other  members  of  that  body 
Mr.  Eliot  was  well  known,  and  I  apprehend  it  was  an  easy  matter  to  obtaiu 
their  unanimous  vote  for  his  election.  He  was  also  somewhat  known  to 
the  Overseers,  being  himself  a  member  of  the  Board,  to  which  he  had  been 
elected  by  the  alumni  on  Commencement  Day,  1868,  under  the  then  newly 
adopted  system  of  election. 

In  February  and  March,  1869,  while  the  presidential  vacancy  still  re- 
mained Unfilled,  there  appeared  in  the  Atlantic  Monthly  two  articles  on 
"The  New  Education,"  which  were  kr.own  to  have  been  written  by  Mr. 
Eliot.  These  articles  were  so  full  of  deep  thought  and  progressive  ideas 
that  they  made  a  decided  impression  on  the  Overseers  and  friends  of  the 
college  and  unmistakably  marked  their  author  as  the  man  for  President.  I 
have i  always  though!  that  those  articles  contributed  largely,  if  not  to  his 
nomination,  at  least  to  his  ultimate  confirmation  by  the  Board  of  Overseers. 

lie  was  elected  by  the  corporation  March  P2,  and  nominated  to  the 
Overseers  March  18,  1869.     Many  of  the  Board  doubted  the  expediency  of 


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trusting  so  great  responsibilities  to  so  young  a  man.  Ilia  age  was  much 
below  that  of  any  former  President,  except  the  first,  Henry  Dunster,  who 
held  the  office  in  the  day  of  small  tilings  for  the  college,  during  whose  whole 
fourteen  years  of  service  there  were  graduated  but  seventy-four  persons. 

The  nomination,  on  the  day  of  its  presentation,  was  referred  to  a  com- 
mittee of  four,  who  made  their  report  April  7,  unanimously  recommending 
that  the  election  be  confirmed.  Still  a  majority  of  the  Board  hesitated. 
The  matter  was  put  over  to  an  adjourned  meeting,  April  21.  On  that 
day  it  was  voted  kk  that  the  communication  from  the  corporation  in  refer- 
^  ene'e  to  the  election  of  Mr.  Eliot  as  President  of  the  University  be  referred 

back  to  the  corporation." 

Subsequently,  May  19,  the  corporation  replied  that  "  they  remain 
unanimously  of  the  opinion  that  their  action  in  electing  Mr.  Eliot  is  adapted 
to  promote  the  best  interests  of  the  University."  In  the  meantime  a 
majority  of  the  corporation  had  evidently  come  to  the  consciousness  of  the 
fact  that  youth  is  an  objection  to  which  time  is  constantly  applying  a 
remedy,  while  age  is  always  advancing  with  increasing  infirmities  and  disa- 
bilities. Old  men  will  go  on  very  well  in  the  beaten  track  they  have 
travelled  for  years,  but  for  enterprise  and  vigorous  action  young  men  of 
ambition  and  elements  of  growth  are  much  better. 

An  informal  vote  was  taken  at  that  meeting  and  resulted  fifteen  in   the 
affirmative  and  nine  in  the  negative.     On  a  formal  ballot,   which  imme- 
diately followed,  the  nomination  wp,s  confirmed   by  a   vote   of   sixteen   to 
mr  eight,  and  Mr.  Eliot  was  declared  elected. 

The  wisdom  of  the  choice  has  been  proved  by  more  than  twenty  years  of 
successful  administration,  during  which  the  college  has  prospered  as  it  never 
prospered  before, 
d  What  I  have  written  in  relation   to   Mr.   Eliot  is  drawn   from   personal 

knowledge.  About  the  time  he  was  offered  the  position  of  superintendent 
of  the  Merrimack  Mills  I  was  one  of  the  directors  of  the  company,  of  whom 
I  am  the  last  survivor,  and  the  offer  is  now  known  only  to  himself  and  to 
me.  When  he  was  chosen  President  of  the  college  I\vas  one  of  the  Board 
of  Overseers,  serving  the  last  year  of  my  first  term  by  election  of  the  Leg- 
islature, under  the  old  but  not  the  oldest  system.  Having  been  re-elected 
by  the  alumni  under  the  new  system,  I  continued  to  serve  on  the  Board  for 
six  years  thereafter  while  he  was  preparing  the  ground,  planting  the  seed 
and  developing  of  his  ideas,  the  steady  growth  of  which  I  have  ever  since 
watched  with  deep  interest  and  with  great  pride  for  my  Alma  Mater. 

Mr.  Eliot,  with  becoming  modesty,  attributes  much  of  the  success  of  the 
college  during  his  administration  to  the  circumstances  of  the  times  and  the 
development  of  the  nation  in  wealth,  self-reliance  and  intelligence.  It  is 
no  doubt  true  that  the  condition  of  affairs  has  been  favorable  for  his  work, 
but  that  detracts  nothing  from  the  credit  due  to  him,  nor  lessens  the  true 
estimate  of  his  ability.  Me  may  be  regarded  as  the  fortunate  man  who, 
j^J  taking  the  college  at  the  flood-tide  of  affairs,  has  led  it  on  to  fortune,  while 

in  other  less  skillful  hands  it  might  have  been  "bound  in  shallows  and  in 
miseries."  The  success  of  real  ability  is  often  attributed  to  good  luck,  but 
the  difference  between  the  lucky  and  the  unlucky  man  is  that  the  former 
takes  advantage  of  opportunities  and  makes  the  most  of  them,  while  the 
latter  lets  them  pass  by  unobserved  and  unused. 

Success  always  springs  from  the  contact  of  favorable  circumstances  with 
faculty,  as  does  the  spark  from  the  sudden  contact  of  a  flint  with  the  steel. 
Talent  works  in  rich  and  fertile  fields,  while  dullness  is  doomed  to  scratch 
in  barren  places. 


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G4  Shawe.  [Jan. 

It  was  my  intention  in  this  article  to  point  out  the  growth  of  the  Univer- 
sity in  all  its  departments,  giving  in  detail  the  numerous  changes,  additions 
and  improvements  iniroduced  during  the  past  twenty  years,  and  I  collected 
much  material  for  that  purpose.  But  the  quantity  proved  so  great  that  I 
have  not  found  time  to  spare  from  my  official  and  public  duties  to  properly 
digest  and  arrange  the  same,  and  have,  therefore,  concluded  to  lay  it  aside 
for  the  present,  and  to  publish  the  article  as  it  is. 


SHAWE. 

Communicated  by  Hon.  M.  F.  King,  of  Portland,  Maine. 

Mr.  J.  IIorsfall  Turner,  of  Idel,  Bradford,  Eng.,  contributes 
the  following  extracts  from  the  Halifax,  York,  Register  of  baptisms 
of  persons  by  the  name  Shawe. 

James  filius  Anthony  do  Ovenden  Dec.  6  1590 
Anthony  filius  Anthony  de  Ovenden  July  16  1592 
Joseph  filius  Anthony  de  Ovenden  July  25  1593 
Anthony  filius  Anthony  de  Ovenden  July  6  1595 
Mark  filius  Anthony  de  Ovenden  March  12  1597 
John  filius  Anthony  de  Ovenden  March  16  1599 
Susannah  filia  Henry  de  Ovenden  March  1587 
Joshua  lilius  Henry  de  Ovenden  June  G  1591 
Ruth  filia  Henry  de  Ovenden  May  29  1595 
Grace  filia  Henry  de  Ovenden  March  16  1599 
Ruth  filia  John  de  Ovenden  March  9  1588 
Benjamin  lilius  John  de  Ovenden  February  1585 
Susan  lilia  Cuthbert  de  Ovenden  November  1586 
Martha  lilia  Thomas  de  Overden  September  9  1599 
Mary  lilia  Gabriel  de  Halifax  Oetober  28  1599 
Richard  lilius  Richard  de  Midgley  December  1594 
Mary  lilia  Richard  de  Wailey  1588 

John  lilius  Uichard  de  War  ley  Aug  26  1599 
Richard  lilius  Richard  de  Warley  December  1  1601 
John  lilius  Thomas  de  Hipperholme  August  1586 
Klfan  lilius  Thomas  de  Hipperholme  May  2  1588 
William  lilius  Edward  de  Hipperholme  March  1587 
Edward  lilius  Edward  do  Hipperholme  January  30  1596 
Sarah  lilia  Thomas  de  Northouram  April  9  1592 
Joseph  lilius  Thomas  de  Northouram  June  13  1596 
Mary  lilia  Thomas  de  Northouram  August  8  1596 
Jonas  lilius  Thomas  de  Northouram  June  5  1597 

He  also  notes  the  burial  of  children  of  Abraham  Shawe,  Martha 
born  1023,  on  March  31,  1G25,  and  John  born  1628,  on  April  12, 
1621). 

The  wile  of  Abraham  Shawe  was  Briggit,  daughter  of  Henry 
Best  of  Ovenden,  baptized  April  9,  151)2.  She  had  sister  Mary, 
bapt.  Aug.  1-1,  1586,  and  brother  John,   bapt.  March  10,  1587. 


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1805.]  English  Ancestors  of  John  Bent.  65 


THE  ENGLISH  ANCESTORS  OF  JOHN  BENT,  OF 

SUDBURY. 

By  E.  C.  Felton,  Esq.,  of  Steelton,  Pennsylvania. 

John  Bknt,  the  first  of  the  surname  in  New  England,  settled  in 
Sudbury*  and  shared  in  the  first  and  seeond  divisions  of  hind  there 
in  1631)  and  1640.*  He  is  said  to  have  been  one  of  Maj.  Simon 
Wiitard's  troopers  in  the  fruitless  expedition  against  Ninigret  in 
October,  1654. f  His  name  appears  in  1656  as  one  of  the  peti- 
tioners to  the  General  Court  for  a  grant  of  the  land  which  subse- 
quently formed  the  town  of  Marlborough.  J  He  died  in  Sudbury, 
27  September,  1672,  and  seems  to  have  been  a  prosperous  and 
public-spirited  man.  His  descendants  settled  during  the  seventeenth 
century  in  Marlborough,  Framingham  and  Milton.  The  following 
details  in  regard  to  his  English  ancestors  will  certainly  be  of  interest 
to  his  numerous  descendants  in  America. 

The  difficulty  which  exists  in  establishing  the  English  homes  of 
many  of  the  early  emigrants  to  New  England  does  not  confront  us 
in  the  case  of  John  Bent.  His  name  occurs  on  the  list  of  passengers 
sailing  in  the  ship  Confidence  from  Southampton,  24  April,  1638, 
now  on  file  in  the  Public  Record  Office  in  London.  §  The  record 
is  as  follows  : — 

35.  John  Bent  of  Penton  in  the  County  of  South'  Husbandman. 
MaVt'Ko;  his  wife;  Robert,  Will  him,  Peter,  John  and  Aim  their  children; 
ull  uiuVcr  yo  ago  of  xij  yeures.J] 

There  is  further  mention  of  him  in  Lctchford's  JVote  Booh.9^ 
"John  Bent  of  Sudbury  in  New  England  late  of  Waybill  in  the 
County  of  Southampton  husbandman  makes  a  letter  of  Attorney 
unto  his  brother-in-law  Will111  Baker  of  New  Sarum  in  the  County 
of  Wilti's  1  Mummer  to  receive  &  recover  of  and  from  Will"1  Cole  of 
Waybill  aforesaid  husbandman  the  summe  of  twenty  pounds  of  law- 
ful money  of  England  wch  he  owes  him  by  bond  now  in  the  hands 
of  my  sayd  Attorney."** 

On  this  side  of  the  Atlantic  the  files  of  the  Middlesex  County 
Courtff  and  of  the  Salem  Court||  give  clear  evidence  as  to  the 
English  home  of  John's  mother  Agnes. 

*  Harry's  History  of  Framingham. 

f  Ibid.  This  may  have  been  John's  son  John,  who  at  tho  time  of  the  expedition  was 
nineteen.  The  father  was  fifty-eight,  and  it  hardly  seems  probable  that  he  was  one  of  the 
expedition. 

X  Hudson's  History  of  Marlborough. 

$  State  Papers,  Colonial,  vol.  ix.,  No.  99. 

j|  The  agos  given  in  the  shipping  list  are  incorrect.  John  was  forty-two  instead  of  thirty  - 
five,  mi'd  his  eldest  son  thirteen  at  the  date  of  their  emigration. 

II   Pago  -2'Xi  o!' the  printed  nliil..n. 

**  In  ihe  shipping  list  John  Bout  is  mentioned  as  being  of  Penton,  while  Letrhlord  makes 
him  of  Waybill.     Waybill  is  the  nnmo  of  a  parish  in  which  the  hamlet  of  Penton  or  Pen- 
nington Grafton  is  situated. 
\  ft  Harry's  History  of  Framingham, 

%X  Putnam's  Monthly  Historical  Magazine,  April— May,  1891. 


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66  English  Ancestors  of  John  Bent.  [Jan. 

The  dwelling  place  of  the  emigrant  in  England  being  thus  con- 
clusively established,  an  examination  of  the  Parish  Registers  at 
Waybill  and  of  the  Bent  wills  in  the  Registry  at  Winchester  give 
very  lull  and  satisfactory  information  as  to  at  least  three  generations 
of  the  family  to  which  John  Bent  belonged.  The  Registers  of  the 
Parish  of  Waybill  as  now  existing  begin  in  1564./  The  following 
are  the  entries  which  are  of  interest : 


1564.     Edith  Bent  daughter  of  John  Bent  was  baptized  16.  September. 
15G6.      Edward  Bent  was  buried  19.  May. 

Robert  Bent  son  of  John  was  baptized  29.  September. 
1568.     David  Bent  son  of  John  Bent  was  baptized  13.  October. 
1570.     Joan  Bent  daughter  of  John  Bent  was  baptized  23.  November. 

John  Bent  was  buried  3.  December. 
1572.     Maria  Bent  was  baptized.  13.  January. 
1574.     Anna  Bent  widow  was  buried  15.  July. 

Joan  Bent  daughter  of  John  Bent  was  baptized  12.  November. 
1577.     Richard  Bent  son  of  John  Bent  was  baptized  5.  February. 
1579.     Alice  Bent  daughter  of  John  Bent  was  baptized  7.  June. 
1582.     Agnes  Bent  daughter  of  John  Bent  was  baptized  27.  February. 
158  1.      Henry  Bent  and  Thomasen  Gowers  were  married  5.  October. 
1585.     John  Bent  was  baptized  19.  September  and  was  buried  26.  Sep- 
tember. 
15*7.     John  Bent  was  buried  12.  July. 

1588.  Joan  Bent  widow  was  buried  7.  September. 

1589.  Robert  Bent  and  Agnes  Gosling  were  married  13.  October. 

1590.  Margery  Bent  daughter  of  Robert  Bent  was  baptized  28.  March. 

1591.  Maria  Bent  daughter  of  John  Bent  was  buried  30.  January. 

1592.  Richard  Bent  son  of  Robert  Bent  was  baptized  7.  May. 
1596.     John  Bent  son  of  Robert  Bent  was  baptized  20.  November. 
1598:     Maria  Bent  daughter  of  Robert  Bent  was  baptized  24.  September. 
1599.     Maria  Bent  daughter  of  Robert  Bent  was  buried  2.  February. 

Dennis  Bent  daughter  of  Robert  Bent  was  baptized  10.  December. 
1602.      Peter  Bent  was  buried  18.  May. 

Agnes  Bent  daughter  of  Robert  Bent  was  baptized  16.  July. 
1624.*  Robert  the  son  of  John  Bent  bapt.  Jan.  10. 
1626.      William  Baker  and  Dennis  Bent  married  May  the  eighth. 

William  Bent  the  son  of  John  Bent  was  baptized  the  24  of  Oc- 
tober. 

1629.  Peter  the  son  of  John  Bent  was  baptized  the  14  day  of  April. 

1630.  Richard   Barnes  and  Ann  Bent   Were  married  the   11th  day   of 

April. 
Richard  son  of  Richard  Barnes  was  baptized  the  20th  of  February. 

1631.  Robert  Bout  was  buried  the  29  day  of -July. 

1635.     John  the  sou  of  John  Bent  was  baptized  the  24th  of  Jan. 

The  three  wills  following,  which  are  given  in  abstract  only,  will 
be  found  to  supplement  and  render  clearer  the  entries  on  the  Parish 

Registers. 

*  'I  lie  Register  is  evidently  defective  for  1GI&,  1620,  1(521  and  1G22,  as  thorc  are  but  three 
entries  in  the  lour  years. 


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1895.]  English  Ancestors  of  John  Bent.  G7 

John  Bent  of  Penton  Grafton  in  the  parish  of  Waybill,  10.  June  1588. 
Proved  1H.  Sept.  1588.  To  the  parish  church  at  Wayhill  twelve  pence. 
To  the  poor  man's  box  six  shillings  eight  pence.  My  son  Robert  Bent. 
David  Bent  my  son.  Richard  Bent  my  son.  Edith  Bent  my  daughter. 
Marie  Bent  my  daughter.  Joan  Bent  my  daughter.  Alice  Bent  my 
daughter.  Agnes  Bent  my  daughter.  My  son  David  aforesaid.  My 
wife  Edith  Bent  executrix.  Overseers  my  loving  friends  John  Grace 
and  Richard  Cole.     Witnesses  Walter  Waight,  Robert  Man-field,  Henry  Fan. 

Inventory  £13.  0.  6.  Consistory  Court  of  Winton. 

Edith  Bent  of  Calne  in  the  county  of  Wilts  widow,  15.  June  1G01. 
Proved  30.  Sept.  1601.  To  the  parish  church  at  Calne  four  pence.  To 
the  pool'  man's  box  there  four  pence.  My  son  Richard  Bent.  My  cousin 
Richard  Bent  son  of  Robert  Bent.  My  son  in  law  John  Williams  wheat 
at  Waybill.  My  daughter  Ann  Street.  My  daughter  Joan  Nash.*  My 
son  David  Bent  executor.  Overseers  Robert  Tarrant  of  Clanlield  and 
Richard  Cole  of  Pennington  Grafton.  Before  Philip  Roche  vicar  there, 
Richard  Fowler  clerk.  Henry  Pears,  Nicholas  Gawen,  Richard  Pester 
with  others.  Consistory  Court  of  Winton. 

The  inventory,  dated  19  June,  1601,  describes  the  testatrix  as  of 
Penton  Grafton. 

Robert  Bent  of  Penton  Grafton  in  the  parish  of  Wayhill.  (No  date  and 
no  Probate  Act.)  To  the  church  a  noole.  To  the  poor  ten  groats.  My 
son  Robert  Bent.  My  son  John  Bent.  His  son  Robert.  William  the  son 
of  said  John  Bent.  Peter  son  of  said  John  Bent.  A^nes  daughter  of  said 
John  Bent.  William  Baker  my  son  in  law.  My  daughter  Dennis  his 
wife.  Elizabeth  Baker  daughter  of  said  William.  Obadiah  son  of  said 
William  Baker.  Their  mother  my  daughter  Dennis.  My  daughter  Agnes 
Barnes.  Her  son  young  Richard  Barnes.  My  daughter  Jane  wife  of 
Robert  Plimpton.  Robert  Plimpton  their  son.  Thomas  Plimpton  their 
son.  William  Plimpton  their  son.  Jane  Plimpton  their  "daughter.  Eliza- 
beth Plimpton  daughter  of  said  Robert  five  pounds.  My  aunt  Drew.  My 
sister  Agnes  Street.  Joan  Noyes  my  sister  wife  of  William  Noyes.  Rest 
of  goods  to  wife  (not  mentioned  by  name)  whom  I  make  "executor."  My 
son  William  Baker  and  his  wife.  My  daughter  Jane.  The  live  pounds 
given  to  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Plimpton.  Neighbors  Peter  Noyes  and 
Henry  Tuncks  overseers.  Agnes  Bent  daughter  of  Richard  Bent.  Mary 
Bent  daughter  of  Richard  Bent.  Witnesses  George  Tarrant  Minister  of 
Wayhill,  Peter  Noyes,  Henry  Tuncks.  Consistory  Court  of  Winton. 

Inventory  dated  *30.  Aug.  1:63>1.     Amount  £107.  1.  2. 

There  are  other  Bent  wills  in  the  Registry  at  Winchester  which 
have  not  been  examined.  That  of  Edward  Pent,  dated  1558,  may 
be  the  will  of  the  father  of  John,  the  grandfather  of  the  emigrant 
John.  The  data  given  above  will,  however,  make  it  easy  lor  any 
one  interested  to  construct  a  reasonably  complete  genealogy  of  the 
English  forefathers  of  John  Pent  for  the  two  generations  preceding 
his  coming  to  New  England,  besides  establishing  relationships  with 
several  families  which  emigrated  at  about  the  same  time  as  he.'f' 

*  rrokibly  a  mistake  of  copyist  for  Noyes.    See  Will  of  Robert. 

t  A  genealogy  <>f  tlVo  early  geireVaiioiiB  of  the  New  England  family  of  Rent,  by  Allen  II. 
Bent,  Esq.,  is  printed  in  the  Rkgistku  for  July,  1894,  page  !2S8. — Editoe. 


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G8  BeUcnap.  [Jan, 


BELKNAP. 

By  Akthur  Amort  Cobman,  Esq. 

Tins  name  appears  to  have  been  originally  Bealhnap.  Jamie- 
son  defines  Beale  or  Beal,  "a  passage  between  hills;  a  narrow 
pass."  Knap  is  a  low  hill  or  knoll.  There  is,  perhaps,  somewhere 
in  England,  in  the  immediate  vieinity  of  a  "narrow  pass,"  a  little 
hill  which  bears,  or  which  once  bore,  the  name  of  the  Bealhnap,  and 
which  gave  rise  to  this  surname.  "The  Book  of  Dignities  "mentions 
"1374  Robt.  de  Bealknap,  aft.  Sir  R."  In  Rymer's  Fcedera,  vol. 
vi.,  p.  (523,  is  found  the  name  of  Robertus  Bealknap,  one  of  the 
King's  "dilectes  ei  ftdeles"  under  date  of  A.  I).  13(59,  An.  43. 
E.  3.  In  the  same 'work,  vol.  x.,  p.  204,  A.  D.  1422,  An.  10. 
II.  f>,  mention  is  made  of  Johane  Bealknap,  as  the  first-mentioned 
of  four  "  I  )amoiselles  de  nostre  Trcschcre  Compaigne  " — evidently 
maids  of  honor  to  the  Queen.  Tn  the  same  volume,  p.  3N7,  ap- 
pears the  name  of  (Irisell  Bealknap.  Tlie.se  ladies  were  probably 
daughters  of  Sir  Robert,  generally  spoken  of  as  Sir  Robert  Belknap 
— the  only  man  of  the  name,  of  his  generation,  of  whom  I  find 
record.  Hume  says,  "Sir  Robert  Bclknappe,  Chief  Justice  of  the 
Common  Pleas,"  was  one  of  the  Judges  appealed  to  by  Charles  II. 
to  decide  as  to  his  right  of  restoration  to  the  crown,  and  who  be- 
cause they  decided  in  the  King's  favor  were  declared  guilty  of  high 
treason  by  the  House  of  Peers,  "after  a  very  short  interval,  without 
hearing  a  witness,  without  examining  a  fact,  or  deliberating  on  one 
point  of  law."  Sir  Robert  Bealknap,  Bclknappe,  or  Belknap,  was 
the  first  of  four  generations  of  knights,  his  son  Hamon  or  Hamond, 
grandson  Henry,  and  great-grandson  Edward,  having  each  been 
knighted.  The  blood  of  the  first  three  of  these  flows  in  the  veins  of 
some  of  the  best  families  of  England,  but  unfortunately  for  the  in- 
terest of  the  American  Bclknaps,  they  are,  apparently,  not  descended 
from  Sir  Robert,  for  I  find  mention  of  only  his  son  Sir  Hamon  ; — 
it  is  however,  possible,  of  course,  that  Sir  Hamon  may  have  had 
brothers.  Sir  Hamon  had  three  sons,  but  only  one  of  them  left  an 
heir.  "Sir  Hamon  Belknap  left  three  sons,  John,  William  and 
Henry,  each  of  whom  successively  inherited  this  manor.  The  lat- 
ter, on  the  death  of  his  brothers,  s.p.,  becoming  possessed  of  it, 
resided  at  Bcccles  in  Sussex.  He  died  in  (he  third  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Henry  VII.  leaving  a  son  Kdward  and  four  daughters, 
lie' Whs  succeeded  in  this  manor  by  Edward,  his  son,  who  became 
a  great  warrior  and  a  man  of  much  public  action,  and  was  of  the 
privy-council  both  to  King  Henry  VII.  and  VI 1 1,  lie  resided  at 
Weston  in  Warwickshire,  and  was  afterwards  knighted,  and  died  in 
the  12th  year  of  that  reign,  without  issue  ;  on  which  his  four  sisters 
*  became  his  co-heirs."      (//asled's  ULst  of  Kent.') 


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1895.]  .Probate  Courts  of  Massachusetts.  69 

There  are  numerous  references  to  the  name  of  Belknap  in  the  two 
histories  of  Kent,  PInlipott's  and  Hasted's,  and  occasionally  in  Home 
of  (lie  oilier  County  [Iistories^  but  they  almost  all  refer  to  this 
knightly  line  who  held  a  great  number  of  manors.  The  only  other 
Belknaps  of  whom  I  find  mention  in  England  are  the  following:  — 
Philip  Belknap,  Mayor  of  Canterbury,  died  14,57,  leaving,  appa- 
rently, no  son.  Symon  Belknap  "of  Knole,  in  Kent,"  is  mentioned 
in  the  Visitations  of  Essex,  but  Hasted  has  no  mention  of  him. 
In  Bloinefiekl's  Norfolk,  in  the  account  of  the  church  of  Wmeham, 
is  mentioned  the  following  inscription  on  one  of  the  upper  or  cleres- 
tory windows,  in  old  English  lettering:  — 

"Orate  pro  anima  Willielmi  Attehill. 

Pray  for  the  soul  of  John  Belknap,  Gen." 

At  Somerset  House  is  the  Will  (dated  1599)  of  Josias  Belknappe 
"of  Sebridgwth  eo.  of  Harford" — Sawbridgeworth,  Hertfordshire. 
He  mentions  his  brother,  Bennett  Belknappe,  but  no  wife  or  child. 


PROBATE  COURTS  OF  MASSACHUSETTS. 

By  Hon.  George  White,  A.M.,  LL.B.,  Judge  of  Probate  and  Insolvency  for  Norfolk 

County. 

Tin-:  article  on  the  "Probate  Forms  of  Massachusetts,"  in  the 
Rkuisteu  for  duly,  1894,  reminds  me  of  another  important  change 
in  relation  to  the  Probate  Courts  effected  by  legislation  emanating 
from  the  same  source. 

Before  1859  the  Judges  of  Probate  were  fixtures  in  their  respec- 
tive counties  ;  as  no  provision  of  law  existed  for  transacting  official 
business  in  their  absences.  In  earlier  days  when  the  business  was 
small  and  the  times  lor  holding  court,  fixed  by  the  Judges  them- 
selves, were  few  and  far  between,  the  inconvenience  was  little  felt  ; 
and  several  judges  continued  in  office  for  more  than  thirty  years 
without  absence  from  their  duties  by  reason  of  illness  or  otherwise 
to  any  troublesome  extent. 

But  when  the  business  was  enormously  enlarged  by  the  great  in- 
crease in  population  and  wealth,  and  by  additional  jurisdiction  from 
time  to  time  conferred  by  the  Legislature,  the  inconvenience  became 
real  and  serious.  This  was  much  intensified  when,  in  1858,  the 
Legislature  united  the  offices  of  Judge  of  Insolvene.y  (established 
in  1856)  and  Judge  of  Probate,  providing  for  one  judge  in  each 
county  to  be  ex-officio  Judge  of  the  Probate  Court  and  Court  of 
Insolvency. 
*  The  Revised  Statutes  of  1836.  contained  a  provision   (Ch.    83, 

l  915)  that  when  a  Judge  of  Probate  was  interested  in  any  case,  the 

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70  Probate  Courts  of  Massachusetts.  [Jan. 

same  should  be  transferred  to  the  most  ancient  adjoining  county, 
except  in  Nantucket  and  Dukes  County  when  it  should  be  trans- 
ferred to  Barnstable  County.  The  Act' of  1856,  Ch.  284,  establish- 
ing Courts  of  Insolvency,  with  one  judge  in  each  county,  contained 
the  following  provision  : 

Sec.  5.  If  any  of  said  judges  shall,  from  sickness,  absence  or  other 
cause,  be  unable  to  perform  the  duties  required  of  him,  in  any  case  arising 
within  1 1 Is  jurisdiction,  or  shall  be  interested  in  any  such  case,  the  duties 
required  of  him  shall,  if  such  case  shall  arise  in  the  county  of  Dukes 
County  or  Nantucket,  be  performed  by  the  judge  of  the  insolvency  court 
of  Barnstable  County;  and  if  such  case  shall  arise  in  any  other  county  than 
DukeS  County  or  Nantucket,  such  duties  shall  be  performed  by  the  judge  of 
the  insolvency  court  of  that  adjoining  county  having  the  least  number  of 
inhabitants  according  to  the  next  preceding  decennial  census.  (Acts  and 
Resolves  of  Mass.,  1856,  Chap.  2Si,  Sec.  o.) 

But  this  did  not  meet  the  difficulty,  even  for  the  courts  of  insol- 
vency, to  which  alone  it  applied.  The  Judge  must  still  be  present 
to  attend  to  his  Probate  business. 

When  he  was  unable,  by  reason  of  sickness,  absence  or  other 
cause,  to  perform  his  insolvency  business,  or  was  interested,  the 
only  judge  who  could  take  bis  place  in  the  Court  of  Insolvency  was 
the  judge  of  that  adjoining  county  having  the  least  number  of 
inhabitants,  or  in  Dukes  county  or  Nantucket  by  the  judge  of 
Barnstable  County. 

A  plan  was  devised  by  William  A.  Richardson,  last  Judge  of 
Probate,  and  the  first  Judge  of  Probate  and  Insolvency  for  the 
county  of  Middlesex,  by  which  the  judges  might  interchange  services 
and  perform  each  other's  duties,  according  to  their  mutual  conveni- 
ences and  arrangements,  thus  making  the  Probate  Court  and  the 
Court  of  Insolvency,  to  a  greater  extent,  impersonal  courts,  one  of 
the  most  important  distinguishing  features  of  courts  of  record. 

This  released  the  judges  from  being  kept  for  life  to  their  re- 
spective counties  and  enabled  them  to  take  vacations,  with  journeys, 
for  health  or  recreation,  to  Europe  or  elsewhere,  and  provided  for 
cases  of  long  continued  illness  without  worry  and  annoyance  to 
themselves,  and  without  disarranging  or  disturbing  the  business 
of  the  people.  During  the  more  than  twenty-five  years  since  that 
provisiou  was  enacted  few  of  the  judges  have  not  felt  and  appre- 
ciated its  great  benefits. 

It  required  considerable  effort  to  secure  the  passage  of  an  act  to 
make  the  change.  Judge  Richardson  drafted  a  Bill  for  carrying 
the  plan  into  effect,  and  his  friend  and  class-mate,  Hon.  John  W. 
Bacon,  then  a  senator  from  Middlesex  county,  introduced  it  into 
the  Senate,  where  it  passed  exactly  as  drafted  with  the  omission  of 
an  immaterial  repeal  section.  "When  the  Bill  reached  the  House  of 
X  Representatives  some  opposition;  was  encountered.      The  allowing  of 


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judges,  vvlio  had  always  been  regarded  as  holding  personal  courts 
in  their  own  names,  to  interchange  services  and  perform  each  other's 
duties  at  pleasure,  seeined  so  novel  that  many  representatives  at,  first 
Could  not  agree  to  it.  The  Committee  of  Probate  and  Chancery 
reported  it  in  a  new  draft,  which  was  nothing  more  than  the  exact 
provisions  of  the  fifth  section  of  the  act  of  1856,  establishing  the 
courts  of  Insolvency  above  quoted,  limiting  the  holding  of  courts  in 
any  county  in  the  case  of  absence,  &c,  to  tin;  judge  of  that  county 
having  the  least  number  of  inhabitants.  The  new  draft  was  re- 
jected by  the  Senate  and  its  own  Bill  adhered  to.  On  return  to 
the  House  the  doubting  members  having  been  induced  by  further 
consideration  and  explanation  to  withdraw  their  opposition,  the  Bill 
passed  and  became  a  law.  This  legistation  was  combined  in  the 
General  Statutes  with  the  pre-existing  provisions  on  the  same  sub- 
ject, as  it  now  stands  in  the  Public  Statutes,  Chapter  158,  Sees. 
3  and   1. 

While  the  Bill  was  in  preparation  and  during  its  passage,  Judge 
Richardson  was  earnest  in  devising  the  plan  and  zealous  in  securing 
its  adoption  by  the  Legislature.  To  Judge  Richardson  the  people 
of  Massachusetts  are  greatly  indebted  for  its  Probate  system — for  the 
simplicity  and  efficiency  of  its  forms  ami  proceedings,  and  for  the 
enlarged  jurisdiction  of  these  Probate  Courts  which  now  have 
exclusive  original  jurisdiction  in  almost  all  questions  arising  in  the 
settlement  of  estates. 

For  the  past  twenty  years  Judge  Richardson  has  been  a  Judge 
of  the  Court  of  Claims,  and  has  done  much  to  extend  the  jurisdic- 
tion and  increase  the  usefulness  of  the  distinguished  Court,  and  is 
at  present  its  Chief  Justice. 


THE  SNOW  GENEALOGY. 

By  Mrs.  Chakles  L.  Alden,  of  Troy,  N.  Y. 
[Continued  from  vol.  xliil.,  page  190.] 

15.  Thomas3  Snow  (Mark?  Nicliolac1),  son  of  Mark  and  Jane  (Prence) 
Snow,  horn  in  Easfcham,  August  G,  1668,  and  died  after  1732,  for 
in  that  year  his  son  Thomas  Snow,  Jr.,  is  spoken  of.  lie  married 
first,  Hannah  Sears,  daughter  or  Lieut.  Silas  and  Anna  Seal's;  she 
was  horn  in  Eastham,  Decetnher,  1G72,  and  died  before  September 
30,  170G,  when  he  married  his  second  wife,  Lydia  (Sears)  Ilamblin. 
She  was  daughter  of  Paul  and  Deborah  (Willard)  Sears.  She  was 
born  in  Yarmouth,  October  24,  1GGG,  and  married  first,  Eleazur 
Ilamblin,  son  of  James  Ilamblin,  2d,  of  Harwich,  born  April  12, 
1GG8.     They  had  one  child  Elisha,  born  January  26,  1G97-8,  mar- 


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v. 

50. 

vi. 

51. 

vii. 

52. 

viii 

ix. 

Trie  Snoiv  Genealor/i/,  [Jan. 

ried  Elizabeth  Mayo.  Lydia  outlived  her  husband  Thomas  Snow, 
and  died  early  in  the  year  1748.  We  find  no  will  or  settlement  of 
estate,  and  we  can  not  give  many  particulars  in  regard  to  the  first 
wife's  children.  kk  Hannah  Snow,  wife  of  Thomas  Snow,  admitted 
to  Harwich  Church  June  1"),  1701,"  and  her  son  Khenezer  was  the 
first  child  baptized,  March  ;}0,  1701.  "  Lydia  Snow  was  admitted 
to  the  Church  July  7,  1707."     Children,  by  the  first  wife: 

Elizabeth,4-!),  in  Eastham,  Oct.  25-0,  1G03.     Perhaps  married  her 

cousin  Josiali3  Snow  (Joseph,2  Nicholas1),  Oct.  20,  1719. 
Mary,  b.  in  Harwich,  May  1(5,  1696; 
Josiah,  b.  in  Harwich,  Jan.  27,  1699. 
Ebenbzku,  b.  in  Harwich,  Feb.  14,  1700. 
Hannah,  b.  in  Harwich,  March  21,  1702-3. 

By  second  wife : 

Lydia,  b.  in  Harwich,  July  24,  1707. 

Thomas,  b.  in  Harwich,  June  15,  1709. 

Aabon,  b.  in  Harwich,  Feb.  15,  1710-11. 

Ruth,  b.  in  Harwich,  Feb.  23,  1712-13;  d.  July  15,  1717. 

Harwich  was  incorporated  1694;  began  to  be  settled  by  settlers 
from  Plymouth  and  Eastham  as  early  as  1G47.  I  would  like  further 
particulars  in  regard  to  this  family. 

1G.  Lt.  Prence8  Snow  (Mirk,2  Nicholas1),  son  of  Mark  and  Jane 
(Pre nee)  Snow,  born  in  Eastham,  May  22,  1G74;  died  in  Harwich, 
July   7,    1712.      He   was   selectman    thirteen    years.      lie   married 

Hannah  ,  ''whose  father  gave  her  land  in  Mansfield,  Conn." 

Lt.  Pieiice  Snow,  in  his  will,  speaks  of  kt  Beloved  wife  Hannah  & 
she  is  to  have  the  laud  her  father  gave  her  in  Mansfield,  Conn. 
His  daughter  Mary  Burgess  to  have  half  the  lot  I  bought  of  brother 
INieholas  Snow.  To  granddaughter  Hannah  JSnow,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Snow,  dee'd.  To  grandson  Mark  Snow — son  of  son  Jabez 
—  my  gun.  To  grandson  Prence  Snow  *  *  *  he  to  pay  to  grand- 
daughter Mary  Snow  &c.  To  son  Jabez.  To  son  Jonathan." 
Samuel  Snow,  his  son,  died  in  1730,  and  his  father  was  made 
guardian  of  his  daughter  Hannah,  which  guardianship  after  the 
death  of  Prence  Snow,  Sen.,  was  transferred  to  his  son  Jabez.  lie 
was  lieutenant,  in  militia.  He  contributed  £G  towards  building  the 
church  at  Harwich.     They  had,  all  born  at  Harwich: 

Jabez,4  b.  Nov.  7,  1699. 

Hannah,  b.  Nov.  29,  1701;  probably  d.  uum.  before  1742. 

Samuel,  b.  Dec.  16,  1703. 

Mehcy,  b.  Nov.  18,  1705;  d.  June  29,  1736.  Published  in  Harwich, 
July  16,  1735,  to  Benjamin  Sears,  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Mayo) 
Sears.  He  was  b.  in  Harwich,  Mass.,  June  16,  1706,  m.  in  1731, 
1st,  Lydia  Ryder  of  Yarmouth,  who  d.  1733-4  ;  m.  2d,  Mercy  Snow, 
who  d.  in  31st  year  of  her  age.  See  gravestone  in  Brewster.  She 
had  son  lleman*  Sears,  b.  Harwich,  June  18,  1736,  bapt.  June  20 
and  d.  Aug.  15,  1737.  Benjamin  Sears  in.  3d,  Abigail  (Burgess) 
Sears. 

Prence,  b.  Oct.  15,  1703  (certainly  a  mistake,  probably  1707). 

Jonathan,  )  ,     ^       22    1709     ])avid  probably  d.  uum.  before  1742. 
David,         f  .   '  l  J 

Mary,  b.  Sept.  10,  1712. 

For  all  Scars  items  I  am  indebted  to  Sears  Gen.,  S.  P.  May. 


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ii. 

54. 

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iv 

55. 

v. 

56. 

vi. 

57. 

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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

Notes. 

Oapt.  Tiios.  Hobby's  Company  No.  6  cf  the  Second  Regiment  of  Connec- 
ticut.— 


» 

Sei 

ved 

Entered  Service. 

Discharged. 

weeks. 

duys. 

Sums  due. 

Apr.  10,  1761 

Elisha  Tor ry            Dec.  7,  1701 

34 

4 

17  5     8   1 

"     12,  17G1 

Abel  Sherwood        Sept.  28,  1701 

24 

2 

12  5   10   1 

"     11,  17(11 

Andrew  Sherwood  Sept.  2!),  1701 

24 

4 

12  5     8   1 

"       8,  17G1 

Nemiab  Sherwood  Dee.  7,  1701 

34 

G 

17  8     G  i 

The  above  Abel  Sherwood,  b.  Dee.  20,  1720,  son  of  David  (Isaac,  Thomas) 
and  Sarah  (Meeker)  Sherwood,  died  in  the  army  between  April  15  and  Novem- 
ber, 1701,  leaving  issue  Elijah,  Abel,  Hannah,  Jernsha  and  Polly,  and  a  widow 
Hannah,  who  before  Feb.  12,  1702,  married  the  above  Elisha  Terry,  by  whom 
she  had  Chloe,  Milla,  John,  Amy  and  Anna. 

The  above  company  was  mustered  at  llorseneck,  in  May,  1701,  and  consisted 
of  100  effective  men.' 

The  above  Elisha  Terry  served  in  Bcardsley's  Company  from  Jan.  7,  1777  to 
April  5,  1781;  and  residence  was  North  1  airfield,  lie  Mas  paid  Jan.  1,  1781  to 
April  5,  1,781.  lie  was  considered  too  old  for  active  Service,  and  so  was  placed 
on  guard  duty.  William  A.  E.  Thomas. 

Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Ct. 


Joy. — P.  A.  True  of  Salisbury,  Mass.,  has  found  among  the  papers  of  the 
late  Samuel  Blaisdell  Joy,  a  power  ol*  attorney  executed,  May  27,  1740,  before 
Caleb  Gushing,  Jr.,  J.  P.,  by  which  Samuel  Joy  of  Salisbury,  yeoman,  consti- 
tutes his  son  Benjamin  Joy,  also  of  Salisbury,  to  be  his  true  and  lawful  attorney 
to  take  possession  of  tin;  lands  in  Ilingham,  Mass.,  "which  were  granted  or 
laid  out  to  my  Grandfather  Mr.  Thomas  .Joy  late  of  said  Ilingham,  Dec'd." 
The  executor  of  this  paper  was  doubtless  Samuel,3  son  of  that  Samuel2  of  Bos- 
ton whose  widow  Ann  (Pitts)  married  Benjamin  Eastman  of  Salisbury  in  1078, 
when  Samuel,3  her  only  child  by  the  first  marriage,  was  .but  seven  years  old. 
This  Samuel3  was  the  ancestor  of  the  Joys  of  Salisbury  and  Amesbnry,  and 
also  of  the  Joys  of  Southeastern  New  Hampshire  (Durham,  Newmarket,  Ports- 
month,  New  Durham  and  Madbury).  James  Uiciiabd  Joy. 

I'lninndd,  N.  J. 


Queries. 

Sxow,  &c—  Who  were  the  parents  of  Sarah  Smith  who  married,  15  Dec.  1090, 
Joseph3  Snow  (Joseph,2  Nicholas1)?  He  died  in  1704-5.  Did  she  marry  again? 
('an  any  one  give  the  births  and  deaths  and  marriages  of  their  children?  Ben- 
jamin3 Snow  (Joseph,2  Nicholas1),  born  1G73,  married  Thankful  Borcman,  June 
10',  1700.  Who  were  her  parents?  When  and  where  was  she  born  and  where 
did  she  die?  They  had  Elizabeth,  Thomas,  James,  Seth,  Benjamin,  Betty  Match, 
Mary  Pepper,  Susannah  Smith,  llebecca  Snow,  Jane  Snow,  Thankful  Pitts. 
When  were  they  born  and  whom  did  they  marry,  and  what  families  did  they 
have?  Sarah  Snow3  (Joseph,2  Nicholas1),  born  1077,  married  10'J'J,  Benjamin 
Young,  and  had  Thankful  1700,  John  1702,  Daniel  1704.  Were  there  any  more? 
1  would  like  further  particulars  whom  they  married,  ami  their  families.  Ruth' 
Snow3  (Joseph,2  Nicholas1),  born  1070,  married  James  Brown  1701,  and  had 
Joseph.  Jesse,  Zilpha,  lluth,  Jane,  James,  George,  Rebecca,  Benjamin.  All 
these  in  Kiisthnm.  I  would  like  dates  and  further  particulars  as  above.  Who 
were  the  parents  of  James  Brown?  Stephen3  Snow  (Joseph,2  Nicholas1),  mar- 
ried 1705,  Margaret  Elkins,  and  had  Margaret,  Stephen,  Lyclia,  Sarah,  Elkins, 
Jane,  Robert,  John,  Mercy,  Ruth.  When  were  these  born,  whom  did  they 
marry  and  what  families  did  they  have?  Lydia  Snow3  (Joseph,2  Nicholas1) 
VQL.  XL IX.  7* 


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married  1714,  "  James  L'mkhorncw  "  (afterwards  called  Lincoln),  and  had  James 
1710,  Lydia  1718.  Were  there  any  others  and  what  Avas  their  history?  James3 
Snow  (Joseph,2  Nicholas1),  executor  of  his  father's  will  1717.  Is  there  nothing 
more  of  him?  Jane3  or  Mary3  Snow  (Joseph,2  Nicholas1)  married  a  Hamilton 
and  had  at  least  Rebecca  before  1717.  Who  was  he,  who  were  his  parents  and 
what  family  did  they  have? 

Who  were  the  parents  of  Tryphena  Austin?  Married  Eliphalet  Spencer  of 
Suflield,  Ct.,  and  lived  in  Great  Barrington,  Mass.;  parents,  among  others,  of 
the  prominent 'lawyer,  Hon.  Joshua  Austin  Spencer.  Family  tradition  says 
Tryphena  was  daughter  of  Joshua  Austin.  If  so,  who  was  her  mother  and  their 
parents? 

Who  were  the  parents  of  Benjamin  Clough?  Served  in  Revolutionary  war, 
tradition  says  from  Hampshire  Co.,  Mass.  He  had  a  son  Setli  and  a  son  Reuben 
married  Docia  Parks  of  "  a  Massachusetts  family."  They  went  to  New  York 
State  and  settled  first  in  Homer.  He  was  a  member  of  the  "  Washington  Be- 
nevolent Society."     I  would  like  to  know  more  of  this  Society. 

Who  were  the  parents  of  Hannah  Beckwith  who  married  George  Chappell 
near  1744.  They  had  a  daughter  Ruth,  married  Simeon  Taylor.  What  was  the 
attitude  of  this  Chappell  family  towards  the  Revolution,  friendly  or  otherwise? 

Just  where  is  Joseph2  Alden  (John1)  buried?  Will  no  one  try  and  find  it  and 
copy  the  inscription?  How  many  daughters  had  he,  and  who  were  they?  He 
mentions  none  of  them  in  his  will,  but  this  was  not  unusual.  Nicholas  Snowr, 
Mark  Snow  and  others  only  speak  of  their  sons,  but  Mitchell,  in  his  History  of 
Bridge-water,  gives  hi  in  two.  I  am  inclined  to  think  Sarah  who  married  Joseph 
Grossman,  and  possibly  Mercy  who  married  John  Burrill  of  Weymouth  and 
Abington,  were  his  daughters,  though  Mercy  may  belong  to  David.  When 
Jonathan2  Alden  (John1)  died  he  left  no  will,  but  his  estate  was  divided  into  seven 
parts,  Two  parts  to  John,  eldest  sor  ;  and  three  sons  and  three  daughters  are 
spoken  of.  I  have  just  found  a  deed  acknowledging  that  they  had  received 
their  share  Of  their  lather's  estate,  to  John  from  Andrew,  Jonathan,  Sarah  wife 
of  Thomas  Southworth,  and  Elizabeth  wife  of  Edmund  Chandler.  Where  was 
the  third  daughter?  Was  she  dead?  The  descendants  of  this  Sarah  have  sup- 
posed her  daughter  of  David.  See  Supplement  Alden  Memorial.  Who  was 
this  Edmund  Chandler?  Mrs.  Charles  L.  Alden. 

■1  Gale  Place,  Troy,  X.  Y. 


Mai/ihy,  Perry,  Fountain,  Ciiask  and  Bakkr. — 

1.  Joseph  Maltby  was  born  about  1300,  in  Leeds,  England;  m.  June  9,  1830, 
by  Noah  Levings,  in  the  old  Sands  St.  Church,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  to  Betsey  Gold- 
smith Chase  (b.  Oct.  1805,  in  Danbury,  Ct.),  dan.  of  Obadiah  and  Amy  or  Ru- 
hamah  (Terry)  Chase.  Mr.  Wm.  Hirst  of  Leeds  was  the  witness.  This  Joseph, 
about  1S32,  went  to  Baltimore,  Md.,  and  then  started  to  visit  his  brother  Wil- 
liam in  Tennessee.  Any  information  regarding  this  Joseph  and  his  ancestors 
will  be  thankfully  received.  Also  any  information  as  to  when  and  where  he 
died  will  be  thankfully  received. 

2.  Can  any  one  tell  me  who  was  the  first  husband  of  Ruhamah  or  Amy 
Perry,  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Hannah  (Fountain)  Perry?  She  had  a  daughter  by 
this  marriage  named  Harriet,  who  was  adopted  by  her  second  husband,  Obadiah 
Chase.  Ruhamah  d.  April  13,  1802,  in  New  York  City,  aged  88  yrs.  0  mos.  25 
days,  and  she  is  buried  in  Greenwood  Cemetery,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  with  her 
daughter  Mrs.  Betsey  Goldsmith  Maltby,  who  died  Oct.  10,  1870,  in  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y. 

3.  The  following  entries  appear  on  the  Church  Records  of  Fairfield,  Ct.  : 
Hannah, Fountain  bap.  May,  29,  10i)8 

Samuel  son  to  Aaron  Fountain  bap.  May,  20,  1008. 

Aaron  &  Moses  sons  to  Aaron  Fountain  bap.  June  5,  1098. 

Hannah  dau.  to  Aaron  Fountain  bap.  June  5,  1098. 

Aaron  Fountain  bap.  May,  20,  1700 

Aaron  Fountain  bap.  May,  2,  1702 

Hannah  Fountain  wife  of  Aaron  Fountain  admitted  into  full  communion  May, 
20,  1098 

This  was  during  the  ministry  of  Joseph  Webb. 

Can  any  one  state  if  the  above  Aaron  was  the  same  person,  or  the  son  of  the 
person,  who  was  in  New  London  in  1083? 


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On  the  Fairfteld  Land  Records  there  is  further  mention  of  a  John  and  a  Wil- 
liam as  sons  of  Aaron. 

Any  information  concerning  what  became  of  the  above  family  will  be  thank- 
fully received. 

4.  Francis  Baker,  b.  1G11 ;  m.  1(511,  Isabel,  dan.  of  William  Twining.  Was 
she  the  daughter  of  William  and  Annie  (Doaue)  Twining,  or  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  (Deanc)  Twining? 

5.  Page  521,  Voi.  II.  Bolton's  Westchester,  1848,  says  that  Isaac  Chase  m. 
Mary4  Holmes,  dan.  of  Jonathan3  (Jonathan,2  David1  of  Bedford,  1710)  and 
Dorothy  Holmes.  Can  any  one  tell  me  if  this  Isaac  was  the  son  of  Isaac  Chase, 
and  if  he  had  Obadiah,  Hannah,  Isaac,  Phebe,  Mary,  Sarah  and  John? 

0.     Can  any  one  tell  me  "who  the  following  married  and  where  they  were  born? 
Isaac*  Chase,  b.  March  28,  1714. 
Isaac" Chase,  b,  Oct.  20,  1750. 

The  line  of  the  above  runs  William,1  William,2  John,3  Isaac,4  Isaac,*  Isaac,6 
Obadiah   who  was  dead  July  1,  1811). 

7.  Elizabeth  ,  in.  between  1720-1720,  Aaron  Fountain.     Can  any  one 

tell  me  who  she  was? 

8.  Can  any  one  state  who  the  following  married?  They  were  the  issue  of 
Elisha  and  Hannah  (Fountain)  Perry:  Milla  or  Millicent,  John,  Chloe,  Ann. 
They  lived  somewhere  near  Danbury,  Conn.  Ann  m.  1st,  Nov.  20,  17%,  Lieut. 
James,5  son  of  James4  and  Mary  (Norton)  Lockwood.  The  name  of  her  second 
husband  is  especially  desired.  William  A.  E.  Thomas. 

Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Ct. 


Murray. — Information  of  any  kind  regarding  the  following  persons  is  desired. 

Joseph  Murray  married  Hannah  Pattison,  April  10,  1724.  Children:  Eliza- 
beth, b.  Jan.  24,  1725;  James,  b.  May  19,  1727;  John,  b.  July  2,  1729;  Mary,  b. 
Oct.  2,  1731;  Elisha,  b.  March  19,  1734;  Hannah,  b.  July  27,  1730;  Ruba,  b. 
March  12,  1739;  Parthena,  b.  June  7,  1H1 ;  Joseph,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1744,  d. 
Jan.  18,  1815;  Philemon,  b.  Aug.  2,  1740;  Eunice,  b.  July  10,  1749. 

Joseph  Murray,  Jr.  married  Isabella  Burntt.  Children:  Andrew,  b.  Ancr.  8, 
1770,  d.  March  18,  1853;  Lucy,  b.  Feb.  8,  1772;  John  N.,  b.  Nov.  5,  1773;  Sally, 
b.  May  28,  1775;  Harriet,  b.  Dec.  2,  1770;  Anna,  b.  May  19,  1778;  Betsy,  b. 
May  IK,  1780. 

Andrew  Murray,  son  of  Joseph,  Jr.,  married  Polly  Bartlctt,  daughter  of 
Iclmbod  Uurliett  and  A/.uba  Norton.     They  married  and  lived  in  Addison,  Vt. 

120  Jvftilemon  X(.,  Drvokti/n,  A'.  Y.  Ahcuihald  Murray,  M.D. 


Parkntagk  ov  Mary  and  Suzanna  Knowles.  Information  wanted. — The 
former,  b.  In  1705,  d.  August  11,  1792,  and  is  buried  at  Brooklyn,  Conn.  She 
married  Francois  Crestir  Le  Roy,  a  "  French  gentleman,"  about  1780,  and  had 
issue:  Mary  Frances-Loquare-2dly  Consolye;  Suzannah  Knowles-Metz ;  Har- 
riet-Donnelly ;  Francis  Cu-sar,  d.s.j).,  and  his  twin  sister  Terese  Mary  Charlotte- 

de  lloule.     Monsieur  Le  Roy  married  2dly,  Eunice,  daughter  of Monlton 

of ,  Mass.  or  Stafford,  Conn.,  by  whom  there  were  seven  daughters  and 

three  sons,  some  of  whom  were  born  at  Sawpitts,  Ct. ,  now  East  Chester,  N.  Y., 
and  others  in  New  York  City. 

A  grand-daughter,  Caescrine  Metz,  married  a  cousin,  Charles  Monlton,  banker 
of  New  York  and  Paris,  and  their  daughter  Helen  is  the  wife  of  Count  Paul  von 
Ilatzfeld,  German  Embassador  at  the  British  Court,  by  whom  there  are  Helen- 
to  Prince  Maximillian  llohenlohe-Oehringcn ;  Mary-to  his  brother  Prince  Fred- 
crick;  and  Herman,  unmarried. 

Suzanna  Knowles,  b.  17434,  d.  at  Bristol,  Ct.,  May  10,  1842;  m.  Vine,  son  of 
Paul  Holt,6  and  his  wife  Sarah  Welch,  b.  Feb.  20,  1770,  at  Hampton,— moved  to 
Bristol,  Conn.,  and  died  while  temporarily  absent  at  Willington,  Ct.,  April  9, 
1828.  As  their  eldest  child,  Josiah,  and  their  second,  Mary  Scovill,  were  bap- 
tized at  Brooklyn,  Conn.,  in  1790  and  in  1797  respectively,  and  their  youngest, 
Ziba,  at  Bristol,  Ct.  in  1800,  it  Is  probable  that  they  were  married  at  or  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  former  place,  but  imperfect  records  fail  to  disclose  such  as  a  fact. 

It  is  surmised  that  Suzanna  and  Mary  were  children  of  Captain  Charles 
Knowles,  who  served  during  the  Revolutionary  war.  He  entered  service  as 
quartermaster  of  the  Second  Connecticut  (Spencer's)  regiment,  May  9th,  and 
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served  until  Dec.  10,  1775.  The  regiment  was  raised  at  or  from  the  vicinity  of 
Micl'dleto.wn,  Connecticut,  but  Captain  Knowles's  place  of  birth  or  residence  was 
not  recorded  on  the  regimental  muster  rolls.  Subsequently  he  served  in  Knox's 
and  Crane's  regiments  of  Continental  Artillery  (Massachusetts),  from  Sept. 
1770  to  1781,  and  later  was  transferred  to  the  Corps  of  Artillery,  and  continued 

in  service  until  Nov.  3,  1783.     (Died  ,  179G),  but  all  efforts  to  discover 

where  he  was  born,  where  died,  or  where  buried,  have  been  fruitless  so  far. 

Any  information  to  throw  light  on  these  points  will  prove  invaluable  towards 
perfecting  the  pedigrees  of  the  descendants  of  the  Knowles-Le  Roy  and  Moul- 
ton-Le  Roy  marriages,  and  will  be  gratefully  acknowledged  by 

5S  Cedar  Street,  'Chicago,  III.  B.  J.  D.  Irwin,  U.  S.  A. 


Kent. — In  Dwight's  Genealogy  the  statement  is  made  that  "  Col.  Elihti  Kent, 
born  Dec.  15;  1757,  went  with  his  father  [Major  Elilm  Kent]  into  the  revolutionary 
army  and  was  captured  on  Long  Island  by  the  enemy,  and  confined  for  a  long 
time  as  a  prisoner  of  war  in  the  old  Sugar  House  in  New  York,  where  he  suf- 
fered greatly.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Sullield  and  kept  a  public  house.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Filch  of  Lebanon,  Conn." 

The  above  statement  as  to  the  birth  and  marriage  of  Col.  Elilm  Kent  is  en- 
tirely accurate.  In  the  "  Recorde  of  Connecticut  men  in  the  war  of  the  Revo- 
lution," however,  no  mention  of  Col.  Kent's  service  is  made,  though  the  service 
of  his  father,  Major  LTihu  Kent,  is  recorded.  Can  anyone  give  the  authority 
for  the  statement  in  Dwight?  (Miss)  Emma  C.  King. 

"  The  Kingdom,"  Acuta,  Ohio. 


Josi.vu  Wood. — Information  concerning  the  relatives  of  Josiah  Wood  who 
went  to  Dorchester,  New  Brunswick,  about  17!)0  to  1800.  His  father's  name 
was  Josiah  Wood,  and  his  mother's  maiden  name  was  Ruth  Thompson.  He 
had  a  brother  Charles,  a  sister  Eunice  who  married  a  clergyman,  and  two  other 
sisters  names  not  known.  His  mother,  Ruth  Thompson,  was  a  daughter  of 
Robert  Thompson.  Robert  Thompson  had  a  grant  of  lands  in  Nova  Scotia,  and 
his  family  (so  far  as  known)  consisted  of  a  son  Robert  and  three  daughters, 
Desire,  Ruth  and  Martha.  Martha  married  Eaton  Murray.  The  families  are 
believed  to  have  lived  in  Connecticut,  probably  in  New  Haven  or  neighborhood. 

Sackville,  New  Brunswick,  Canada.  Josiah  Wood. 

James  Jerauld,  a  Huguenot  physician,  came  to  this  country  and  Anally  set- 
tled in  Mi'diield,  Mass.,  the  town  reeords  of  which  give  the  names  and  birth 
date  of  all  his  known  children  but  one.  When  did  he  arrive  in  America? 
Where  did  he  first  settle,  ami  where  and  when  was  his  first  child  James  born? 
His  wife  was  Martha  Dupee.  When  and  where  (.lid  he  marry  her?  Address 
Rev.  S.  L.  Geiiould,  Holds,  N.  H. 


Siiepaud. — Proof  wanted  of  the  covrectness  of  Savage's  statement,  that 
Thomas  Shepard  of  Maiden,  Avho  married,  Nov.  19,  1G5S,  Hannah  Ensign  of 
Scituate,  was  probably,  or  Wyinan's  positively,  son  of  Ralph  Shepard  of  Wey- 
mouth, &.c,  who  died  Sept.  11,  1093,  aged  90,  and  is  buried  in  Maiden. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Lucius  M.  Boltwood. 


Nkw  ton. — Information  is  desired  concerning  the  ancestry  and  military  record 
of  John  Newton  Whom  tradition  locates  in  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Ellington,  Conn,  or 
Stafford  Springs,  Conn.  His  wife  was  Ruth  Bradley;  one  of  his  daughters  was 
Hannah,  who  married  for  her  second  husband,  Oct.  13,  1810,  John  Bowker  King 
of  Sullield,  Conn.     Hannah  (Newton)  King  died  Aug.  8,  1872. 

"  The  Kingdom,"  Xenia,  Ohio.  (Miss)  Emma  C.  King. 


CnuiUUi.-  Can  any  one  give  me  the  date  and  place  of  birth,  parentage  and 
marriage  of  Simeon  Church  who  died  in  Chester,  Conn.,  Oct.  7,  1702,  in  81th 
year;  ;ind  of  Jonathan  and  Samuel  Church,  early  settlers  of  Granville,  Mass.? 

tlmnd  Rapids,  Midi.  Lucius  M.  Boltwood. 


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Ghkkn. — Who  can  give  roe  the  birth  place,  parentage,  early  residence  and 
birth  of  children  of  Timothy  Green,  born  Aug.  '.),  1723,  who  married  Eunice 
KllsworUi,  born  March  21),  1717,  and  died  in  Amherst,  Mass.,  Nov.  1,  17!)(>,  a. 
73?  It  is  only  known  that  he  had  a  son  Timothy,  born  .Ian.  4,  1718,  who  died 
in  Amherst,  Mass.1,  Sept.  7,  1821*  a.  73.  Lucius  M.  Boltwood. 

Grand  Jiapids,  Micji. 


DICKINSON. — Wanted,  the  date  and  place  of  birth  and  parentage  of  Esther 
Fowler,  who  married,  Jan.  15,  1701,  Nathan  Dickinson  of  Amherst,  Mass.,  and 
there  died  March  1."),  1803,  a.  G3.  Lucius  M.  Boltwood. 

Grand  Itapids,  Mich. 


Pjxlky. — Information  wanted  of  descendants  from  Isaac  Pixley,  who  died 
at  Great  Harrington,  Mass.,  about  1791,  leaving  several  children.  His  house  at 
Great  Harrington  was  burned  in  1788.  E.  Hooker. 

289  Gates  Ave.    Brooklyn,  if.  Y. 


Barnes. — Correspondence  is  solicited  from  the  descendants  of  Timothy  Barnes 
or  JJams}  who  Avas  born  iu  1741,  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  died  in  1825,  at  Litch- 
field, in  the  same  state.     His  wife's  name  was  Eunice  Munson. 

Shej)ield,  Pa.  Bykon  Barnes  Horton. 


Richauoson-Clark. — Asa  Richardson  and  his  wife  Lucy  Clark  lived  at  Nor- 
wich, Conn.,  about  the  time  of  the  Revolution,  and  later  (perhaps  about  1800) 
moved  to  Vermont,  and  settled  at  Montpelier  with  their  children.  Asa  Richard- 
son had  been  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution  in  a  Connecticut  regiment.  I  should 
be  glad  to  learn  who  were  the  parents,  etc.,  of  the  above-named. 

SO  Washington  Square,  New  York,  iV.  Y.  S.  Sherwood. 


Clay. — Information  is  desired  of  the  parentage  and  birthplace  of  Captain 
James  Clay  who  married  at  Rehoboth,  Mass.,  i)  February,  1744,  Lydia  Walker, 
and  represented  that  town  in  the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts,  17G3-17G1). 
He  was  later  of  Putney,  Vermont,  where  he  died  3  August,  1798. 

Too  Walnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  J.  Granville  Leach. 


Catiiaimne  Ransom.  —Can  anyone  supply  the  ancestry  of  Catharine  Ransom 
who  married  in  1735  Samuel  Lord,  born  1705,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Lee) 
Lord  of  Lyme,  Conn.  GEORGE  E.  Maltjjy. 

Xcw  1  la ccn,  Conn. 


Replies. 

bit.  Ezkiciel  Dodge  Gushing. — In  looking  over  an  article  by  Ebenezer  Aldeu 
upon  Dr.  Lzekiel  Dodge  Gushing,  that  appears  on  page  180  of  the  Register  for 
April,  18-17,  I  find  it  stated  that  John  Cushing,  born  in  1(527,  son  of  Mathew, 
married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Jacob.  I  am  very  sure  that  this  is  an 
error,  as  by  my  record  of  the  Cushings  I  find  that  John  Cushing  married  Sarah, 
a  daughter  of  Mathew  Hawke,  and  that  it  was  his  brother  Mathew  who  mar- 
ried Sarah,  a  daughter  of  Nicholas  Jacob. 

Thinking  this  error  might  perhaps  mislead  parties  who  read  the  article,  and 
were  in  search  of  some  genealogical  fact,  I  have  taken  the  liberty  to  correct  the 
error.  L.  B.  Cushing. 

Xeioburyport,  Mass. 


Historical  Intelligence. 

Genealogies  in  Preparation. — Persons  of  the  several  names  are  advised  to 

furnish  the  compilers  of  these  genealogies  with  records  of  their  own  families 

and  other  information  which  they  think  may  be  useful.     We  would  suggest  that 

all  facts  of  interest  illustrating  family  history  or  character  be  communicated, 


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78  /Societies  and  their  Proceedings.  [Jan. 

especially  service  under  the  U.  S.  Government,  the  holding  of  other  offices, 
graduation  from  college  or  professional  schools,  occupation,  with  places  and 
dales  of  births,  marriages,  residence  and  death.  When  there  are  more  than  one 
christian  name  they  should  all  be  given  in  full  if  possible.  No  initials  should 
be  used  when  the1  full  names  are  known. 

Bangs, —  The  History  and  Genealogy  of  the  Bangs  Family  is  being  compiled 
by  Dean  Dudley,  Esq.,  of  Montrose,  Middlesex  County,  Mass.  This  notice  has 
been  published  in  the  IIegisteii  before,  as  Mr.  Dudley  is  a  family  historian  of 
long  experience,  and  has  been  gathering  material  for  the  Bangs  family  book 
ever  since  1849. 

lie  inserted  a  tabular  pedigree  in  the  Register,  vol.  viii.,  page  309,  and  an- 
other genealogical  article  of  the  Bangses  in  vol.  x.,  pp.  157-9.  This  work  will 
be  well  illustrated  and  bound  in  one  volume. 

Jinnies. — The  descendants  of  Timothy  Barnes,  or  Barns,  of  Connecticut  are 
requested  to  correspond  with  Byron  Barnes  Ilorton,  Sheffield,  Pa. 

Cleveland  of  Cleaveiand.— Edmund  J.  Cleveland,  Hartford,  Ct.,  has  now  ready 
for  the  press  a  genealogy  of  this  family.  The  work  is  the  result  of  years  of 
labor,  and  a  large  outlay  of  money.  It  will  be  printed,  when  enough  sub- 
scribers to  defray  the  expense  are  obtained,  in  two  volumes,  illustrated  with 
portraits,  and  the  edition  will  be  limited  to  six  hundred  copies.  The  work 
will  make  about  2000  pages,  printed  on  line  paper,  large  octavo,  and  will  be 
handsomely  bound  in  cloth,  gilt  top,  and  will  be  furnished  to  subscribers 
at  $15  a  set.  Subscriptions  should  be  addressed  to  Edmund  J.  Cleveland,  43 
Beacon  St.,  Hartford,  Ct. 

Livingston. — The  Rev.  William  Farrand  Livingston,  187  State  Street,  Augusta, 
Maine,  is  preparing  a  history  and  genealogy  of  the  Livingston  family  in  America. 
Any  information  relating  to  the  ancestry  of  the  family  and  descendants,  both 
living  and  dead,  will  be  gratefully  received.  Correspondence  is  solicited  from 
all  persons  interested,  and  those  able  to  furnish  material  are  requested  to  for- 
ward names,  dates  and  other  facts  to  Mr.  Livingston  for  incorporation  in  the 
volume. 

Mason. — A  genealogy  of  the  descendants  of  Major  John  Mason,  first  deputy 
governor  of  Connecticut,  is  in  preparation.  Communication  from  members  of 
the  family  is  desired.  L.  B.  Mason,  00  Lexington  Ave.,  New  York  City. 

Munson. — The  Munson  Record,  a  family  history,  was  begun  in  1882,  and  since 
then,  excepting  about  two  years,  it  has  been  the  one  employment  of  the  his- 
torian, Kt'v.  Myron  A.  Munson.  A  prospectus  has  been  issued  by  the  Committee 
on  Publication,  of  which  Richard  II.  Greene  of  New  York  is  chairman,  for 
publishing  the  work  by  subscription.  It  is  estimated  that  the  work  will  make 
about  1250  pages.  The  work  will  be  handsomely  printed  and  illustrated.  It 
will  make  two  volumes,  and  the  subscription  price  will  be  $10  in  cloth,  or  §9 
in  paper.  Subscriptions  received  by  the  treasurer,  .Tared  II.  Munson,  secretary 
of  the  committee,  No.  GO  Broadway,  New  York  City,  who  will  send  applicants 
a  detailed  circular. 

Street; — Mrs.  Mary  A.  Street,  Exeter,  N.  II.,  corresponding  secretary  of  the 
Street  Family  Association  of  England  and  America,  has  compiled  for  the  asso- 
ciation a  genealogy  of  this  family  which  is  ready  to  put  into  the  printer's  hands. 
The  book  will  make  500  pages,  including  the  index.  Mrs.  Street  will  send  cir- 
culars to  applicants. 


SOCIETIES    AND    THEIR    PROCEEDINGS. 
Neav-England  Historic  Genealogical  Society. 

Boston,  Massachusetts,  Wednesday,  October  3,  1S04. — A  stated  meeting  was 
held  this  afternoon  at  three  o'clock,  in  the  hall  of  the  Boston  University,  12 
Somerset  sireet.  In  the  absence  of  President  Claflin,  Hon.  Peleg  Emory  Aldrich, 
LL.D.,  was  chosen  president  pro  tern. 


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Edwin  D.  Meact,  editor  of  the  New  England  Magazine,  read  a  paper  on  •'  New 
England  and  the  English  Commonwealth."  Remarks  were  made  by  Rev.  Anson 
Titus.  Seven  resident  and  one  corresponding  members  were  elected.  Reports 
of  the  Council  were  read  by  the  secretary,  Geo.  A.  Gordon. 

John  Ward  Dean,  the  librarian-,  reported  that  0 I  volumes  and  84  pamphlets 
had  been  presented  to  the  Society  since  the  last  meeting. 

Rev!  K.  11.  Byliigtpn,  D.D.,  the  historiographer,  reported  the  deaths  of  four- 
teen members,  namely,  ira  J.  Patch,  of  Salem,  who  died  June  7 ;  Charles  A. 
Greene',  M.D.,  of  Arlington,  who  died  June  15,  aged  70;  Rev.  John  Cordner, 
D.D.,  of  Boston,  died  .June  22,  aged  78;  David  Eulsifer,  A.M.,  died  at  Augusta, 
Me.', 'Aug.  '.',  iv.  02;  Joseph  Burnett,  of  Southboro',  died  Atfg:.  11,  aged  74; 
Matthew  A.  Stickuey,  of  Salem,  died  Aug,  12,  aged  89;  James  VV.  Converse,  of 
Boston,  who  died  Aug.  2(5,  aged  86;  Willhim  Edward  Collin,  of  Boston,  who 
died  Aug.  27,  aged  82;  Daniel  Kavenel,  of  Charleston,  S.  C,  who  died  Sept.  4, 
aged  GO;  Elisha  C.  Leonard,  of  New  Bedford,  who  died  Sept.  7,  aged  75;  lion. 
Ariel  S.  Thurston,  of  Elinira,  N.  Y.,  who  died  Sept.  23,  aged  84;  Samuel  II. 
(iookin,  of  Boston,  who  died  Sept.  23,  aged  74;  Frederick  D.  Allen,  of  Boston, 
who  died  Sept.  28,  aged  86:  Rev.  Grindall  Reynolds,  D.D.,  of  Concord,  who 
died  Sept.  30,  aged  72. 

November  7. — A  stated  meeting  was  held  at  12  Somerset  street,  at  3  o'clock, 
P.M.     'The  Rev.  Edmund  F.  Shifter,  D.I).,  was  chosen  to  preside. 

William  R.  Thayer,  A.M.,  editor  of  the  Harvard  Graduates  Magazine,  read  a 
paper  on  "'John  Harvard  and  the  Founding  of  Harvard  College."  Remarks 
from  Rev.  10.  II.  Hyington,  \).\).,  followed. 

The  report  of  the  Council  was  read  by  the  secretary. 

Eight  resident  members  were  elected. 

The  librarian  reported  the  receipt  of  20  volumes  and  21  pamphlets  as  donations. 

The  historiographer  reported  the  death  of  three  members,  namely,  James 
Anthony  Kroude,  LL.D.,  of  England,  who  died  Oct.  20,  aged  76  ;  Peter  Thacher, 
A.M.,  of  Newton,  who  died  Oct.  21,  aged  84 ;  Samuel  II.  Russell,  of  Boston, 
who  died  Oct.  24,  aged  71. 

X)e.cemher  o. — A  stated  meeting  was  held  at  three  o'clock  this  afternoon.  Col. 
Ebt-n  I1'.  Stone  was  chosen  president  -pro  tem. 

Clnii'les  S.  Ensign,  LL.B.,  read  a  paper  on  "  Jonathan  Gilbert,  the  grandfather 
of  Gov.  Jonathan  Belcher."     Remarks  were  made  by  George  Ivuhn  Clarke,  LL.B. 

Il<>n.  Alexander  II.  Rice,  LL.D.,  offered  resolutions  on  the  death  of  lion. 
Robert  ('.  NYinthrop,  which  he  introduced  with  some  remarks,  which  are 
puMLhed  in  full  in  the  Huston  Transcript,  Dec.  7.  The  resolutions  were  unani- 
mously adapted  by  a  rising  vote. 

Ten  resident  members  were  elected. 

A  nominating  committee,  consisting  of  George  S.  Mann,  Ihornas  Weston, 
A.M.,  Aaron  Sargent,  Warren  1>.  Ellis  and  Charles  E.  Mason  were  elected  by 
ballot.  Au»ttn  .1.  Coolldge  and  Henry  E.  Woods  were  appointed  a  committee 
to  audit  the  treasurer's  account. 

William  S.  Stevens,  M.D.,  the  corresponding  secretary,  made  his  report. 

The  librarian  reported  that  II  volumes  and -57  pamphlets  had  been  presented 
during  the  last  month. 

The  historiographer  reported  the  death  of  one  member,  lion.  Robert  C.  Win- 
tliroj),  LL.D.,  of  Boston,  who  died  Nov.  16,  aged  85. 

Old  Colony  Historical  Society. 

Taunton,  Mass.,  Tuesday,  July  31,  1804.-—  A  quarterly  meeting  was  held  in 
Historical  Hall  this  evening,  the  president,  Rev.  S.  Hopkins  Emery,  D.D.,  in 
the  cluii r. 

Fourteen  members  were  elected. 

Mr.  Edward  W.  Porter,  the  historiographer,  reported  the  deaths  of  three 
members,  namely,  Henry  Hay  lies,  who  died  at  Maiden,  Dec.  15,  1803,  aged  71  ; 
Capt.  William  Mason  Hale  of  Taunton,  who  died  July  2,  1801,  in  his  72d  year; 
and  Alfred  Wood  Raid  of  Dightou,  died  July  2:5,  1894,  in  his  72d  year. 

Capt.  John  W.  D.  Hall,  tin;  librarian,  reported  the  quarterly  donations. 

Friday,  Oct.  25. — A  quarterly  meeting  was  held  this  evening,  President  Emery 
in  the  chair. 

The  president  made  a  brief  address. 


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The  historiographer  read  memorials  of  Horatio  Leonard  Cushman,  who  died 
Sept.  12,  and  of  Messrs.  Mason  and  Paul,  whose  deaths  were  reported  in  July. 
The  secretary  read  a  notice  of  Mr.  Baylies;  Leonard  15.  Ellis  read  a  biographi- 
cal sketch  of  Elisha  Clarke  Leonard  of  New  Bedford,  who  died  Sept.  7,  in  his 
75th  year;  and  the  president  read  notices  of  Mrs.  Delight  Carpenter  Reed,  who 
died  May  11,  in  her  66th  year,  and  Mrs.  Eleanor  Sherbourne,  who  died  June  10, 
in  her  78th  year. 

Resolutions  were  passed  on  the  deaths  of  Messrs.  Leonard  and  Cushman,  two 
of  the  trustees  of  the  Society. 

Ten  members  were  elected,  and  a  nominating  committee  was  appointed. 

The  librarian  made  his  report  of  donations  received  during  the  last  quarter. 

Maine  Historical  Society. 

Portland,  Thursday,  September  6,  1894. — This  Society  enjoyed  its  annual 
Field  Day  excursion  by  a  trip  to  Pemaquid,  by  invitation  of  the  Lincoln  County 
Historical  Society. 

The  morning  train  from  Portland  brought  a  large  number  of  members  of  the 
Society,  and  additions  to  the  party  were  made  at  Wiscasset  and  Newcastle.  At 
the  latter  place  carriages  were  in  waiting,  and  soon  after  ten  o'clock  the  long 
procession  started  for  Pemaquid.  After  a  ride  of  fifteen  miles  the  party  reached 
Pemaquid  at  about  noon.  At  the  Jamestown  Hotel  a  most  excellent  dinner  was 
provided  by  the  Lincoln  County  Historical  Society.  After  dinner  an  oppor- 
tunity was  given  for  inspecting  the  old  ruins  which  are  now  the  property  of 
the  Pemaquid  Monument  Association.  Much  work  has  been  done  by  way  of 
excavation  to  show  the  method  of  construction.  At  the  old  fort  a  platform  had 
been  built  on  the  top  of  the  great  rock  in  the  centre  of  the  corner  bastion. 
Here  President  John  M.  Glidden  of  the  Lincoln  County  Society,  in  a  brief 
speech  introduced  President  James  P.  Baxter  of  the  State  Society.  Mr.  Baxter 
thanked  the  Lincoln  County  Society  for  its  hospitality.  He  read  a  letter  from 
Hon.  James  W.  Bradbury  of  Augusta,  regretting  his  absence  on  the  occasion. 
Speeches  were  made  by  Hon.  Rufus  K.  Sewall,  secretary,  and  Hon.  Henry  In- 
galls,  president  of  the  Pemaquid  Monument  Association;  and  by  llev.  E.  C. 
Whitteniore,  representing  the  Lincoln  County  society. 

The  party  returned  to  Newcastle,  where  a  meeting  for  the  reading  of  papers 
was  held  the  next  day,  Sept  7th,  in  the  Congregational  Church.  In  the  absence 
of  President  Baxter,  (Jen.  John  Marshall  Brown  presided.     . 

Rev.  Dr.  Henry  S.  Barrage,  editor  of  2 ion's  Advocate,  Portland,  read  a  paper 
on  "The  First  Mention  of  Pemaquid  in  History  " ;  and  Rev.  Henry  O.  Thayer 
one  on  "  The  Facts  Definitely  Known  concerning  Pemaquid  p$ior  to  1G25." 

Hiiode  Island  Historical  Society. 

Providence,  Tuesday,  October  2,  1894. — A  quarterly  meeting  was  held  this 
evening,  the  president,  lion.  Horatio  Rogers,  in  the  chair. 

Ten  members  were  elected. 

The  action  of  the  library  committee  in  securing  copies  of  Rhode  Island  manu- 
scripts in  the  Archives  division  of  the  U.  S.  Department  of  State  at  Washing- 
ton, was  rtpp.ro ted j 

The  president  of  the  Society,  Judge  Rogers,  commended  the  publication  com- 
mittee for  printing  copies  of  two  manuscripts  having  a  direct  bearing  on  the 
question  why  Rhode  Island  took  no  part  in  the  Constitutional  Convention  of 
1787. 

The  librarian  announced  the  gift  to  the  Society  of  a  remarkable  collection  of 
New  York  and  Boston  newspapers. 

October  30. — A  stated  meeting  was  held  this  evening,  President  Rogers  in  the 
chair. 

Thomas  II.  Murray,  editor  of  the  Lawrence  Sun-Ameiican,  read  a  paper  en- 
titled "  Some  Early  Irish  Members  of  the  Society  of  Friends  in  Rhode  Island." 

November  VS. — A  stated  meeting  was  held  this  evening. 

Rev.  Oliver  Dyer  read  a  paper  on  "The  Presidential  Career  of  Andrew 
Jackson." 


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NECROLOGY  OF  THE  NEW-ENGLAND  HISTORIC 
,  GENEALOGICAL  SOCIETY. 

Prepared  by  the  Historiographer,  Rev.  Ez'HA  Hoy t  Byingtqn,  D.D.,  of  Newton,  Mass. 

Tuk  sketches  of  deceased  members  prepared  for  the  Register  are  of 
necessity  brief,  because  the  space  that  can  he  appropriated  is  quite  limited. 
All  the  materials  for  more  extended  memoirs  which  can  be  gathered  are 
preserved  in  the  archives  of  the  Society,  and  they  will  be  available  for  use 
in  preparing  the  "  Memorial  Biographies,"  of  which  four  volumes  have 
been  issued  and  a  fifth  volume  is  in  press.  The  income  from  the  Towne 
Memorial  Fund  is  devoted  to  the  publication  of  these  volumes. 

Robert  Charles  Wintiirop,  A.M.,  LL.D.,  of  Boston,  a. Life  Member  of  this 
Society,  was  born  in  Boston,  May  12,  1809,  and  died  in  Boston,  November  10, 
1S!M.  He  was  a  descendant  in  the  sixth  generation  from  the  great  Puritan 
Leader,  Governor  John  Winthrop,  the  true  founder  of  the  Colony  of  Massachu- 
setts Hay.  The  family  of  Winthrop  was  an  ancient  and  honored  family  in 
England.  Groton  manor,  near  Lavenham,  came  into  the  possession  of  Adam 
"Winthrop,  the  second  of  the  name,  in  1518.  This  manor  descended  to  Governor 
.John  Winthrop,  who  is  said  to  have  had  an  income,  when  lie  left  England, 
equivalent  in  our  day  to  between  three  and  four  thousand  pounds  per  annum. 
His  son,  commonly  called  "John  Winthrop  the  younger,"  was  one  of  the  most 
accomplished  scholars  of  his  time,  and  for  nearly  twenty  years  Governor  of 
Connecticut.  His  son,  Chief  Justice  Whithrop,  is  spoken  of  by  Judge  Sewall 
in  his  diary  as  "  the  great  stay  anil  ornament  of  the  Council,  a  very  pious,  pru- 
dent, courageous  New  England  man."  His  son  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Royal  Society,  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College  of  1700.  and  died  near  London  in 
1717.  .John  S.  Winthrop,  of  the  next  generation,  was  an  excellent  business  man, 
who  -Was  graduated  from  Yale  College  1737,  and  died  in  New  London  177(>. 
Lieut.  Governor  Thomas  Lindall  Winthrop  was  born  in  New  London,  March  6, 
174*0.,  graduated  from  Harvard  College  in  1780,  and  died  in  Boston,  Feb.  21,  1811. 
lie  Was  for  six  years  Lieutenant  (Jovernor  of  Massachusetts,  and  for  many  years 
President  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society.  I  do  not  know  that  we  have 
bad  in  New  England  so  remarkable  a  family  history — such  a'suceession  of  men 
of  great  ability,  for  half  ;i  dozen  generations — graduates  of  Harvard  or  of  Yale; 
n  succession  which  shows  us  in  the  sixth  generation  one  of  the  most  eminent 
and  accomplished  men  of  his  time — the  eloquent  orator,  the  statesman  of  broad 
and  comprehensive  views,  the  philanthropist,  the  man  of  letters. 

Mr  Winthrop  entered  the  Boston  Latin  School  in  1818,  and  was  graduated 
at  Harvard  College  in  1828,.  He  studied  law  in  the  otllcool  Daniel  Webster,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  ls;U.  In  is;'»4  he  was  chosen  a  representative  to  the 
General  Court,  and  four  years  later  was  elected  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives. He  was  a  mem  her  of  Congress  for  ten  years  from  1810,  and  in 
18 Is  'J  was  Speaker.  He  was  defeated  as  a  candidate  for  Speaker  in  1850,  by 
two  votes,  after  more  than  sixty  ballotings.  The  same  year  he  was  appointed 
a  senator  by  Gov.  Davis  to  succeed  Daniel  Webster,  lie  was  an  unsuccessful 
candidate  for  Governor  of  Massachusetts  in  1851,  and  in  1851  he  was  chosen 
one  of  the  Presidential  Electors.  This  was  the  last  political  otlice  which  he 
held. 

lie  published  '/The  Life  and  Letters  of  John  Winthrop,"  in  two  volumes, 
and  three  large  volumes  of  speeches  and  addresses.  These  are  one  hundred 
and  eighty  in  number,  covering  the  period  from  1835  to  1871).  Among  the  most 
notable  of  his  public  addresses  was  the  oration  on  the  laying  of  the  corner-stone 
of  the  National  Washington  Monument  in  1818;  on  the  Life  and  Services  of 
James  Uowdoin  in  1811);  the  Obligations  and  Responsibilities  of  Educated  Men, 
before  the  re-union  of  Harvard  University  in  1S52,  and  the  oration  at  Yorktown 
on  the  onedmndredth  anniversary  of  the  Surrender  of  Lord  Cornwallis.  The 
oration  on  the  completion  of  the  Washington  monument.  A  recent  privately 
printed  volume  of  reminiscences.  In  1815  he  made  his  great  speech  in  Congress 
against  the  Annexation  of  Texas,  and  in  1850  he  delivered  his  last  important 
speech  in  the  Senate  in  opposition  to  the  fugitive-slave  law. 

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Mr.  Winthrop  was  President  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society  for 
thirty  years:  President  of  the  Peabody  Education  Fund;  a  member  of  the 
American  Antiquarian  Society,  The  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  and  a  large 
number  of  other  societies. 

He  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  Bowdoin  College,  and  from 
Harvard  University',  and  at  a  later  date  from  the  University  of  Cambridge. 

Mr.  Winthrop  was  thrice  married.  Two  sons  and  a  daughter  by  ins  first 
marriage  survive  him. 

At  the  meeting  of  tins  Society  Dec.  5,  1894,  the  Hon.  Alexander  II.  Rice,  LL.D., 
made  some  remarks  on  Mr.  Winthrop's  character,  and  offered  the  following 
resolution,"  which  was  passed  : — 

Resolved,  That  the  New-England  Historic,  Genealogical  Society  desires  to 
place  upon  its  records  its  high  appreciation  of  and  testimony  to  the  exalted 
character,  intellectual  endowments  and  disinterested  usefulness  of  its  recent 
member,  the  Honorable  Robert  Charles  Winthrop,  whose  long  connection  with 
this  society  was  one  of  honor  and  usefulness;  and  to  express  its  mournful 
sympathy  not  only  with  his  surviving  relatives,  but  with  the  people  of  Massa- 
chusetts and  of  the  whole  country,  in  the  loss  of  a  citizen  universally  beloved 
and  renowned. 

James  Anthony  Froude,  M.A.,  LL.D.,  of  London,  was  born  in  Darlington* 
Devonshire,  England,  April  23,  1818,  and  died  October  20,  1891. 

Like  most  other  distinguished  literary  men  in  England,  of  this  generation,  Mr. 
Fronde  was  very  much  interested  in  this  country.  He  made  two  visits  to  the 
United  States,  the  one  most  remembered  in  1872,  when  he  made  an  extended 
lecturing  tour.  He  was  a  membor  of  a  number  of  societies  in  America.  He 
was  elected  a  corresponding  member  of  this  Society,  December  1,  1886,  and  an 
honorary  member  October  1,  1890. 

Mr.  Froude  was  the  son  of  a  clergyman,  Archdeacon  Froude,  of  Totnes,  and 
was  educated  at  the  Westminster  School,  and  at  Oxford,  where  he  took  his 
bachelor's  degree  in  1840,  and  won  the  Chancellor's  English  prize  essay  in  1842, 
the  subject  being  "  The  Influence  of  the  Science  of  Political  Economy  on  the 
Moral  and  Social  Welfare  of  the  Nation."  He  was  elected  to  a  Fellowship  in 
1812,  and  was  ordained  a  deacon  in  the  Established  Church  in  1844.  lie  was  at 
that  time  interested  in  the  tractarian  movement'  at  Oxford  under  Newman,  and 
•the  other  great  leaders,  and  he  contributed  to  its  literature  in  his  "Lives  of 
ithe  Saints."  Hut  there  came  a  sudden  change  after  a  few  years,  and  in  1848  he 
published  "Nemesis  of  Faith,"  a  book  which  made  a  stir, «'tud  lost  its  author 
the  Fellowship,  and  a  valuable  position  as  an  educator,  and  brought  him  the 
condemnation  of  the  Church.  He  had  little  interest  in  clerical  work  at  any  time, 
but  continued  "in  orders"  until  1872,  when  the  passage  of  the  Clerical  Disa- 
bilities Act  gave  him  the  occasion  for  a  formal  renunciation  of  the  ministry. 

For  the  larger  part  of  his  life  Mr.  Froude.  was  devoted  to  literature.  Few 
men  of  his  time  were  more  fully  equipped  than  he,  and  he  was  able  to  work  with 
great  rapidity.  He  produced  a  large  number  of  books,  some  of  them  of  the 
first  rank.  He  made  his  mark  first  as  a  writer  for  Eraser's  Magazine,  and  his 
brilliant  articles  were  collected  in  the  volumes  entitled  "  Short  Studies  on  Great 
Subjects,"  which  were  eagerly  read  by  thoughtful  young  men  twenty-five  years 
ago.  His  Magnum  Opus,  the  "  History  of  England  from  the  fall  of  Cardinal 
Wolsey  to  the  defeat  of  the  Spanish  Armada,  a  work  in  twelve  volumes, 
•occupied  him  about  fifteen  years,  to  the  year  1870.  These  volumes  are  especi- 
ally valuable  for  the  minute  information  which  they  give  of  the  condition  of 
the  English  people  of  that  period,  and  for  the  abundant  use.  -which  he  made  of 
original  documents  from  the  English  Archives.  They  are  among  the  most  de- 
lightful histories  in  our  language,  although  they  have  not  led  the  readers  of 
history  to  adopt  his  views  in  respect  to  Queen  Elizabeth,  or  to  reverse  their 
own  judgments  concerning  Henry  VIII.  A  recent  critic  has  said  that  "Mr. 
F^roude's  portrait  of  the  King  represented  him  as  an  exemplary  gentleman  who 
had  six  very  bad  wives." 

Of  his  later  historical  works  I  should  mention  his  "  Divorce  of  Catharine  of 
Arra^on,"  the  "Spanish  Story  of  the  Armada,"  "  Becket,"  "Caesar,"  "The 
English  in  Ireland  in  the  Eighteenth  Century,"  and  "The  Life  of  Erasmus," 
published  just  before  his  death.  He  was  also  the  author  of  several  volumes  of 
a  different  character,  such  as  "  Oceanica,"  a  narrative  of  his  voyage  to  Austra- 
lia;  the  "  English  in  the  West  Indies,"  "  John  Bunyan,"  "Lord  Beaconsficld," 


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"  Reminiscences  of  Thomas  Carlyle,"  "The  First  Forty  years  of  the  Life  of 
Thomas  Carlyle,"  and  "  Carlyle's  Life  in  London." 

Mr.  Fronde  deserves  to  rank  among  the  foremost  of  the  great  English  his- 
torians of  this  century,  Maeanlay,  Stnbbs,  Freeman,  and  Green,  all  of  whom  I 
believe  have  now  passed  away.  His  period  of  authorship  extended  over  ilfty 
years,  and  the  number  of  his  volumes  was  not  much  short  of  sixty.  He  wrote 
too  rapidly  to  do  the  best  work.  He  was  industrious  and  enterprising  in  his 
researches,  but  he  lacked  the  judicial  mind  so  essential  to  a  historian.  He  was 
constitutionally  a  partizan,  and  his  views  of  the  events  of  history  were  apt  to 
be  colored  by  his  personal  prejudices. 

He  was  made  the  rector  of  St.  Andrew's  in  1809;  and  he  was  appointed  by 
Lord  Salisbury  Begins  Professor  of  Modern  History  at  Oxford  in  1892,  after 
the  death  of  Prof.  E.  H.  Freeman,  who  had  succeeded  Prof.  Stnbbs.  Lord 
Bosebery  will  not  find  it  an  easy  task  to  select  a  man  worthy  to  succeed,  in  that 
chair,  three  such  historians  as  Stubbs,  Freeman  and  Fronde. 

Francis  Minot  Weld,  A.M.,  M.D.,  of  Jamaica  Plain,  was  born  in  Dalton, 
New  Hampshire,  January  17,  1840,  and  died  at  Jamaica  Plain,  Massachusetts, 
December  31,  1893.  He  was  elected  a  resident  member  of  this  Society,  Novem- 
ber G,  1889,  the  second  of  the  same  name  on  our  roll. 

Dr.  Weld  traced  his  family  line  through  four  generations.  His  father  was 
Thomas  Swan  Weld,  of  Dalton,  N.  II.  His  grandfather  was  William  Gordon 
Weld.  His  great-grand-father  was  Eleazer  Weld.  And  his  ancestor  of  the 
next  generation  was  John  Weld.  His  parents  removed  from  New  Hampshire 
to  Jamaica  Plain  while  he  was  a  boy.  He  was  prepared  for  college  at  the  Eliot 
School,  and  entered  at  Harvard  College  in  185G.  He  was  graduated  with  high 
rank  in  18G0.  He  entered  the  Medical  School  and  pursued  his  studies  there 
about  two  years,  when  he  entered  the  service  of  the  United  States  as  a 
surgeon.  He  served  at  the  Naval  Hospital,  Chelsea,  and  at  the  Port  Hospital, 
Grafton,  West  Virginia.  In  January,  18G3,  he  was  assigned  to  the  monitor 
Nantucket.  In  December  he  was  ordered  uo  the  frigate  Wabash.  He  thought  it 
best,  however,  to  resign  his  commission,  and  take  time  to  complete  his  medical 
studies.  He  was  graduated  in  March,  18G4,  and  was  soon  after  commissioned 
as  a  surgeon.  He  served  in  General  Grant's  campaigns  of  that  year.  He  was 
with  General  Terry's  corps  at  Fort  Fisher,  and  then  joined  General  Sherman's 
army  near  Raleigh.  He  was  at  different  times  brigade  and  diyision  surgeon, 
and  had  charge  of  various  held  and  port  hospitals. 

When  he  was  mustered  out  of  service,  September  21,  1865,  he  returned  to 
Jamaica  Plain  and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession.  A  year  later  he  en- 
gaged In  business  in  New  York.  After  a  time  he  returned  to  the  practice  of 
medicine,  and  was  attending  and  consulting  physician  in  various  hospitals  and 
dispensaries. 

In  1872  (April  11)  he  married  Fanny  Elizabeth  Bartholomew,  who  survives 
him.     They  had  three  children,  two  sons  and  a  daughter. 

He  retired  from  practice  in  18S7  and  made  his  home  in  Jamaica  Plain.  He 
was  a  member  of  a  number  of  organizations,  to  which  he  gave  much  of  his 
time.  flu  was  especially  active  in  the  formation  of  the  New  York  Harvard 
Club,  and  served  as  Its  president.  From  1882  to  1889  he  was  an  overseer  of 
Harvard  College.     He  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  in  1871. 

Samukl  Jamics  Bhidgk,  A.M.,  of  Boston,  a  resident  member  of  this  Society, 
was  born  in  Boston,  June  1,  1809,  and  died  at  the  Norfolk  House,  Koxbury, 
November  G,  1893. 

Like  so  many  other  eminent  men  of  Boston,  Mr.  Bridge  was  descended  from 
a  Puritan  ancestry.  John  Bridge,  the  first  of  the  name  in  New  England,  came 
with  the  Hraintree  Company,  and  was  assigned  to  Cambridge  in  1G32.  lie  was 
born  in  Essex  County,  England,  about  the  year  1578.  He  was  a  near  kinsman 
of  a  distinguished  non-conformist  divine  of  Norwich,  who  was  an  author,  and 
a  prominent  member  of  the  Westminster  Assembly.  He  became  a  leading  man 
in  Cambridge, — was  the  first  deacon  of  the  church,  organized  in  1635;  and  was 
for  twelve  years  one  of  the  "Townsmen,"  as  the  selectmen  were  then  called. 
In  1G37  he  represented  the  town  in  the  legislature,  and  was  a  member  of  that 
body  four  successive  years.  He  was  frequently  employed  in  the  settlement  of 
estates,  and  in  determining  the  boundaries  of  towns.  The  subject  of  this  sketch 
presented  to  the  City  of  Cambridge  a  bronze  statue  of  his  ancestor,  the  old 


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Puritan,  Avhic-h  stands  in  that  part  of  Cambridge  Common  near  the  junction  of 
North  Avenue  and  Waterhonse  Street,  looking  toward  the  College;  grounds.  It 
is  believed  that  this  "was  the  lirst  statue  of  a  Puritan  pioneer  erected  in  New 
England. 

Tine  live  generations  between  John  Bridge  and  Samuel  James  Bridge  included 
a  large  number  of  eminent  men.  Matthew  of  the  second  generation  lived  in 
Lexington,  and  was  a  large  landholder  there,  and  an  active  and  public-spirited 
citizen.  His  son  "was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  Avar,  and  was  prominent  in  the 
church  and  in  his  native  town.  One  of  them  was  a  pioneer-in  the  settlement 
of  Dresden,  Maine.  The  Bridge  Genealogy  includes  in  its  direct  and  collateral 
branches,  "eminent  lawyers,  clergymen,  physicians,  an  attorney  general  of  the 
United  States,  judges  of\the  highest  courts,  foreign  ministers,  a  member  of  the 
cabinet,  and  a  president  of  the  United  States. 

Samuel  James  Bridge  was  the  son  of  Samuel  Bridge,  who  was  born  in  Dres- 
den, Maine,  November  14,  1778.  He  lived  in  Boston  for  many  years,  and  was 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Shaw,  Baker  &  Bridge.  Later  in  life  he  removed  to 
his  native  town  of  Dresden,  Maine.  His  son  Samuel  James  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools,  and  was  sent  at  the  age  of  twelve  to  Wiscasset,  Maine,  and 
placed  under  the  tuition  of  Lev.  Dr.  Packard.  He  completed  his  preparation 
for  college  in  the  Latin  School  in  Boston,  but  the  lack  of  money  prevented  him 
from  entering.  He  became  a.  business  man  in  Boston,  and  accumulated  a  large 
fortune,  which  he  used  in  promoting  various  important  public  enterprises.  In 
IS  11  he  Avas  appointed  Principal  Appraiser  in  the  Custom  House  in  Boston. 
After  twelve  years'  service  there  he  Avas  made  Appraiser  General  of  the  Pacific 
Coast,  and  continued  to  serve  seven  and  a  half  years.  His  Avork  consisted  of 
t',-e  supervision  of  all  the  customs  on  the  Pacilic  Coast,  including  California, 
Oregon  and  Washington. 

Lie  retired  from  business  a  number  of  years  ago,  and  spent  his  summers  at 
the  old  home  in  Dresden,  Maine,  lie  travelled  extensively  in  all  parts  of  the 
world. 

He  Avas  never  married.  Harvard  College  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts  in  1880. 

David  Bkainahd  Weston,  of  CharlestoAvn,  Massachusetts,  wa-v  born  in  Lon- 
donderry, Vermont,  May  29,  1815,  and  died  in  Boston,' Dec.  22,  1893.  He  Avas 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  at  LaAvreuce  Academy,  Grc/ton.  His  father 
died  when  he  was  very  young,  and  he  Avas  left,  more  than  most  young  men,  to 
make  his  own  way  in  tin;  world.  He  became  a  useful  and  prosperous  citizen 
of  CluirlestoAvn,  and  Avas  elected  to  positions  of  responsibility  and  of  honor 
from  year  to  year,  until  Oharlestown  became  a  part  of  Boston.  lie  married 
Lucy  Hutchinson,  daughter  of  Dr.  Ilczekiah  and  Lucy  Hutchinson,  May  30, 
1853.     They  had  one  son,  Rev.  Henry  C.  Weston. 

lie  Avas  elected  a  resident  member  of  this  Society,  April  5,  1882. 

Low  \ni>  Dukfikld  Neill,  A.B.,  D.D.,  of  Minneapolis,  a  corresponding  mem- 
ber of  this  Society,  elected  February  7,  1877,  Avas  born  in  Philadelphia,  August 
9,  1823,  and  died  in  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  September  2(5,  1893.  lie  Avas  the 
son  of  Dr.  Henry  Neill  and  Maria  Diiffielcl.  His  grandfather,  also  a  physician, 
Avas  Dr.  John  Neill,  Avhose  father,  John  Neill,  an  Irish  laAvyer,  settled  in  LeAvis 
County,  Delaware,  in  1739. 

lie  entered  upon  his  college  course  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  but  Avas 
graduated  at  Amherst  College  in  1842.  He  Avas  a  student  at  Andover  Theological 
Seminary  one  year,  and  completed  his  theological  studies  under  Lev.  Albert 
Barnes  and  Lev.  Dr.  Thomas  Brainard  of  Philadelphia,  lie  was  ordained  in 
Illinois,  April  20,  1818,  and  organized  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  St.  Paul, 
Minnesota,  in  1849,  and  remained  its  pastor  till  IS;").").  In  later  years  he  left  the 
Presbyterian  Church  and  was  connected  with  the  Reformed  Episcopal  Church. 

The  most  important  work  of  his  life  A"  as  done  in  connection  with  schools  and 
colleges,  and  with  historical  literature.  He  took  the  lead  in  establishing  schools 
in  St.  Paul,  and  in  1853  founded  the  Baldwin  School,  and  later  the  College  of 
St.  t'aul,  of  which  he  was  president.  Me  was  chancellor  of  the  University  of 
Minnesota,  1858-G1.  During  the  War  he  served  as  chaplain  of  a  Minnesota 
Regiment,  and  in  1864  he  became  one  of  President  Lincoln's  private  secretaries. 
In  IH(!9  he  Avas  appointed  consul  to  Dublin,  Ireland.  He  resigned  this  position 
after  two  years,  and  returned  to  his  adopted  State.     lie  founded  Macalister  Col- 


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lege  and  was  its  president  from  1872  to  1884.  Later  ho  served  the  same  college 
as  professor  of  History,  Literature  and  Political  Economy.  lie  was  an  enter- 
prising and  successful  president  and  professor. 

lie  became  known  as  an  author  early  in  life.  In  1858  he  published  a  "  History 
of  Minnesota."  In  1867  he  published  "  Threads  of  Maryland  Colonial  History." 
The  next  year  he  brought  out  "  Virginia  Vetusta";  and  in  1871  "  English  Col- 
onization of  America";  in  1870  "  Founders  of  Maryland";  in  1885  "  Virginia 
Under  James  the  First";  and  the  next  year  "  Virginia  Carolorum."  He  was  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Minnesota  Historical  Society,  and  made  many  contri- 
butions to  its  publications. 

Lafayette  College  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  in 
18(H). 

Dr.  Neill  married  Nancy  Hall,  of  Snow  Hill,  Maryland,  October  4,  1847,  who 
survives  him. 

Joskimi  Buknktt,  Esq.,  a  life  member,  elected  June  7,  187G,  was  born  in 
Southborough,  Massachusetts,  November  11,  1820.  lie  was  one  of  five  chil- 
dren of  Charles  and  Keziah  (Pond)  Burnett,  and  passed  the  iirst  few  years  of  his 
life  in  the  old  homestead  near  Southville.  lie  received  his  early  education  in 
the  district  schools  of  his  native  town  and  afterwards  attended  the  English  and 
Latin  School,  at  Worcester,  where  he  lived  for  two  years  after  he  was  fifteen. 

In  1837,  he  moved  to  Boston  and  was  associated  as  clerk  and  as  partner  with 
Theodore  Metcalf  on  Tremont  street.  He  left  this  business  in  1854  and  estab- 
lished the  well  known  firm  of  manufacturing  chemists,  Joseph  Burnett  &  Co., 
at  27  Central  Street. 

In  1818,  he  married  Josephine,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Ruth  (Torrey)  Cutter 
of  Boston,  by  whom  he  had  twelve  children:  1.  Edward,  Harvard  '71;  Repre- 
sentative in  Congress  1880-88;  married  Mabel,  daughter  and  only  child  of  Hon. 
James  Russell  Lowell.  2.  Harry,  Harvard  '73,  and  3.  Robert  Manton,  assoc- 
iated in  business  with  their  father.  The  latter  married  Margaret  Hall.  4.  Rev. 
Waldo,  Oxford  Univ.,  B.A.  1878;  rector  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  Southborough. 
5.  Josephine,  wife  of  Charles  A.  Kidder.  6.  Esther,  wife  of  George  Peabody 
Gardner.  7.  Ruth,  a  sister  in  the  Convent  of  the  Sacred  Heart,  Albany.  8. 
Charles  Cutter,  with  the  N.  Y.,  N.  II.  &  H.  R.  R. ;  married  Ethel  Raymond 
Mason.  0.  Richard  Torrey,  died  1807.  10.  John  Torrey,  assistanbpost-master 
of  Huston.  11.  Louisa,  wife  of  Charles  F.  Choate,  Jr.  12.  Elinor,  at  home; 
unmarried.  ' 

In  Is.'jO,  he  built  "  Deerfoot,"  on  the  extensive  lands  of  Deerfoot  Farm  which 
lie  then  owned,  and  on  which  lie  kept  one  of  the  finest  herds  of  Jersey  cows  in 
tills  country.  He  was  a  pioneer  in  high-bred  stock  and  was  among  the  first 
Importers  from  the  Channel  Islands. 

In  1862,  he  built  ami  gave  to  the  parish  the  stone  Church  of  St.  Mark's,  in  the 
centre  of  the  village  of  Southborough.  An  ardent  churchman,  he  soon  after- 
wards founded  and  gave  St.  Mark's  School,  a  school  for  boys  under  Church 
manuuement.  Mr.  Burnett  was  during  his  life  vestryman  of  St.  Paul's,  Ilopkin- 
ton ;  St.  John's,  Fram Ingham;  Holy  Trinity,  Marlborough;  and  was  a  member 
of  the  original  corporation  of  the  Church  of  the  Advent,  Boston. 

In  1878  and  1870,  he  was  president  of  the  Boston  Druggists'  Association.. 
He  was  appointed  prison  commissioner  by  Governor  Rice,  and  was  chairman 
of  that  body  which  built  the  Reformatory  Prison  for  Women  at  Sherborn.  It 
Would  be  Impossible*  in  so  short  a  notice,  to  speak  of  the  many  offices  he  has 
held. 

He  died  from  the  effects  of  a  carriage  accident  on  Saturday,  August  11,  1894, 
and  was  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  the  church  he  built,  on  Wednesday,  August 
15th,  when  the  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  and  many  distinguished  clergy  and  laity 
were  present.  Mr.  Burnett's  life  was  one  constant  effort  to  do  good  and  to 
benefit  his  felloAvmen.  He  will  long  be  remembered  as  a  sincere  and  devout 
churchman,  a  strictly  honorable  man  of  business,  a,  liberal  promoter  of  high- 
class  education,  a  most  generous  friend  of  the  poor  and  oppressed  whom  he 
never  failed  to  help  with  counsel  and  money.  It  has  been  written  of  him  that 
he  leaves  behind  him  a  record  without  a  blot. 

liij  lim.  Waldo  Burnett,  A.M.,  of  /Southborough,  Mass. 

Professor  Eijen  Norton  IIorsfokd,  A.M.,  M.D.,  was  born  July  27,  1818,  at 
Moscow  in  Western  New  York.      His  father,  Jerediah  Horsford,  came  from 
Vermont  to  Moscow  as  a  missionary  to  the  Seneca  Indians.     This  early  asso-- 
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ciation  of  the  son  with  the  red  men  doubtless  had  much  to  do  with  his  later 
interest  in  the  study  of  the  Indian  dialects.  II is  mother,  before  her  marriage 
Charity  Maria  Norton  of  Goshen,  Connecticut,  traced  her  descent  from  John 
Mason,  the  famous  captain  in  the  Pequot  war.  Her  father,  Ebenezer  Norton, 
and  her  grandfather,  Colonel  Ebenezer  Norton,  served  in  the  War  of  the  Revo- 
lution. Both  parents  of  Professor  Horslord  were  persons  of  strong  character 
and  generous  spirit,  and  exerted  decided  influence  for  good  in  the  young  com- 
munity where  they  had  made  their  home.  The  mother  especially  seems  to  have 
had  much  literary  taste  and  fondness  for  books.  The  son  inherited  these  ten- 
dencies, and  was  known  among  his  playmates  as  a  marvel  of  general  information. 
It  was  his  favorite  amusement  to  collect  the  fossils  which  abounded  on  his 
father's  farm.  He  was 'sent  to  the  best  schools,  and  at  the  age  of  nineteen 
graduated  as  a  civil  engineer  from  the  Rensselaer  Institute  of  Troy,  New  York. 
He  was  then  employed  on  the  Geological  Survey  of  the  State  of  New  York,  and 
from  1840  to  1844  was  Professor  of  Mathematics  and  the  Natural  Sciences  in 
the  Albany  Female  Academy.  One  of  the  most  highly  valued  of  the  tokens  of 
success  which  from  time  to  time  came  to  him,  was  a  gold  medal,  received  in 
1841,  from  the  Young  Men's  Association  of  Albany,  for  a  prize  essay  on  "  The 
Mechanical  Powers."  In  December,  18+4,  he  went  to  Germany  to  study  chem- 
istry, and  spent  two  years  at  Giessen  under  Baron  Liebig.  On  returning  to 
America  he  was  elected  to  the  Rum  ford  Professorship  of  the  Application  of 
Science  to  the  Useful  Arts,  in  Harvard  University,  lie  filled  this  position  with 
enthusiasm  and  success  for  sixteen  years.  His  investigations  in  chemistry  led 
to  inventions,  which  proved  to  be  of  large  use  and  of  great  commercial  value, 
and  in  18(>3  he  retired  from  the  Rum  ford  Professorship  and  gave  his  attention 
to  manufactures  based  upon  these  inventions.  In  1847  lie  was  elected  a  Resi- 
dent Fellow  of  the  American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences.  His  election  as  a 
Resident  Member  of  the  New-England  Historic  Genealogical  Society  was  in 
1800.  In  1873,  he  was  United  States  Commissioner  to  the  Vienna  Exhibition. 
In  187G,  he  served  as  a  juror  at  the  Centennial  Exhibition  at  Philadelphia.  He 
was  twice  appointed  an  Examiner  of  the  United  States  Mint.  He  was  one  of 
the  board  of  malingers  of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution.  He  visited  Norway  in 
1880,  and  was  at  Carlsbad  in  181)0.  After  leaving  the  Rum  ford  Professorship 
he  continued  to  reside  in  Cambridge  until  his  death,  January  1,  181)3. 

Professor  Horsford  married  in  1847,  Mary  L'llonimedieu  Gardiner,  daughter 
of  Hon.  Samuel  Smith  Gardiner  of  Shelter  Island,  New  York.,  Four  daughters 
were  born  of  this  marriage,  Lilian,  Mary  Katharine,  Gertrude  Hubbard,  who 
married  Andrew  Fiske,  Esq.  of  Boston,  and  Mary  Gardiner,  who  married  the 
late  Judge  Benjamin  R.  Curtis,  and  herself  died  in  181)3.  Mrs.  Mary  L'H.  Hors- 
ford died  in  1855.  In  1857  Professor  Horsford  married  her  sister,  Phoebe  Day- 
ton Gardiner,  who  survives  him.  The  only  child  of  this  marriage  is  a  daughter, 
Cornelia.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Gardiner,  his  large  estate  at  Shelter  Island 
came  into  the  possession  of  Professor  Horsford,  and  he  usually  spent  his  sum- 
mers there,  in  the  old  manor-house.  He  interested  himself  in  studying  the  an- 
tiquities of  the  island,  and  erected  a  monument  to  the  Quakers  who  found 
shelter  there  from  Puritan  persecution.  In  the  comparative  leisure  of  his  later 
years,  he  became  deeply  interested  in  endeavoring  to  trace  the  routes  of  the 
Northmen,  who  early  visited  this  continent.  With  unwearied  zeal  and  patience 
he  studied  the  sagas,  pored  over  the  ancient  charts,  explored  the  coast  of  New 
England,  and  at  length  became  assured  that  he  found  in  Cambridge  the  location 
of  the  house  built  by  Leif  Ericson,  and  that  at  Watertown  on  the  Charles  River 
he  discovered  the  long  lost  Norumbega,  the  settlement  of  the  Icelandic  voyagers 
who  after  Leif  Ericson  visited  V inland.  Here  he  erected  a  substantial  stone 
tower  to  mark  the  spot.  The  results  cf  his  researches  in  this  direction  were 
embodied  in  a  series  of  monographs,  richly  illustrated  with  copies  of  ancient 
charts  and  maps.  In  181)  1,  the  Scandinavian  societies  of  North  America,  in 
testimony  of  their  appreciation  of  Professor  Ilors ford's  efforts  to  demonstrate 
the  discovery  and  colonization  of  America  by  the  Northmen,  presented  him  in 
their  annual  assembly,  an  engrossed  address,  framed  in  wood  from  Norway, 
elaborately  carved  by  a  Norwegian  lady.  In  181)2  the  King  of  Denmark  created 
him  a  Knight  Commander  of  the  third  grade  of  the  Order  of  Dannebrog.  In 
the  same  spirit  the  Scandinavian  societies  of  Boston  united  in  a  special  memorial 
service  for  Professor  Horsford  a  few  weeks  after  his  decease. 

His  publications  include  the  following  volumes  : — "  Discovery  of  America  by 
Northmen,"  with  illustrations  and  maps;  "Discovery  of  the  Ancient  City  of 


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Norumbcga,"  with  map  and  phototypes;  "  The  Problem  of  the  Northmen,"  with 
phototypes  and  maps;  "  The  Defenses  of  Norumbega,"  with  100  maps  and  20 
heliotypes;  "The  Landfall  of  Leif  Erikson  " ;  "  Leif's  House  in  Vinelaud," 
published  since  his  decease.  Two  other  volumes  are  yet  to  be  published  under 
the  care  of  Miss  Cornelia  Horsford.  Besides  these  volumes  he  published  a 
large  number  of  pamphlets,  and  printed  articles  in  the  scientific  periodicals. 
When  the  Cochituate  water  was  introduced  in  Boston,  he  prepared  a  paper  con- 
taining the  results  of  an  exhaustive  investigation  into  the  best  material  for 
water-pipes,  and  when  he  refused  to  receive  pecuniary  compensation  was  pre- 
sented by  the  city  with  a  handsome  service  of  plate. 

lie  made  generous  use  of  the  wealth  which  came  to  him  as  the  fruit  of  his 
Chemical  inventions.  Wellesley  College  was,  so  far  as  is  known,  the  object  of 
his  largest  benefactions.  He  was,  from  the  beginning,  president  of  its  Board 
of  Visitors.  He  established  there,  by  a  large  endowment,  the  system  already 
known  at  Harvard  University,  by  which  the  leading  professors,  without  loss  of 
salary,  are  to  have  every  seventh  year  as  a  period  of  rest  and  European  travel. 
lie  enlarged  and  endowed  the  library,  provided  a  fund  for  scientific  apparatus, 
and  in  many  other  ways  studied  to  promote  the  attractiveness  and  elllciency  of 
the  institution. 

Professor  Horsford  was  a  cheerful,  cordial,  genial  man.  His  high  sense  of 
honor,  his  large-hearted  and  generous  public  spirit,  his  unquestioned  honesty  of 
purpose, — these  are  among  the  characteristics  which  impressed  those  who  knew 
him.  He  was  an  enthusiastic  teacher,  an  ingenious  and  persistent  investigator, 
a  devout  Christian,  a  man  who  sought  to  make  life  brighter  to  his  fellow  men. 

Jhj  Jiev.  George  M.  Adams,  D.D.,  of  Anburndale,  Mass. 

General  Edward  Winslow  Hincks  was  born  in  Bucksport,  Maine,  May  30, 
1830.  His  father  was  Elisha  Hincks.  His  mother  was,  before  her  marriage, 
Elizabeth  Hopkins  Wcntworth. 

lie  could  trace  his  descent  through  the  Winslows  to  the  Mayflower.  He  re- 
ceived a  common  school  education  in  his  native  town,  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen 
went  to  Bangor,  where  from  1845  to  1849  he  was  an  apprentice  in  a  printing 
office.  He  then  went  to  Boston,  and  was  in  the  printing  and  publishing  busi- 
ness until  18")(i,  when  he  was  appointed  to  a  position  in*  the  office  of  the  Secretary 
of  the  Commonwealth,  and  prepared  for  publication  the  State  Census  of  1855. 
He  was  a  representative  from  Boston  in  the  Legislature  of  1855,  and  was  also 
a  member  of  the  City  Council  from  Ward  3.  In  1850  he  rem6ved  to  Lynn,  still 
retaining  his  position  in  the  Secretary's  otllce,  and  studying  law  with  the  en- 
couragement and  assistance  of  Hon.  Anson  Rurlingame.  In  1859  he  was  ap- 
pointed adjutant  of  the  Eighth  Regiment  of  Massachusetts  militia. 

In  Dcecmber,  18G0,  when  Major  Anderson  was  holding  Fort  Moultrie  and 
expecting  attack  by  the  forces  of  South  Carolina,  Mr.  Hincks  offered  his  services 
for  the  defence  of  the  Fort  in  a  letter  which  brought  grateful  acknowledgment 
from  Major  Anderson.  On  this  ground  Gen.  Hincks  has  been  spoken  of  as  the 
lh>t  volunteer  of  the  war.  April  15th,  1861,  on  receipt  of  the  news  of  the  capture 
of  Fort  Sumter  and  of  President  Lincoln's  call  for  troops,  Mr.  Hincks  hastened 
to  Boston  ami  urged  the  Governor  to  accept  the  Eighth  Regiment  as  part  of  the 
Massachusetts  quota  of  1,500  men  called  for  by  the  President.  Gov.  Andrew 
accepted  the  proposal,  and  Mr.  Hincks  rode  the  same  evening  to  Lynn,  Salem, 
Beverly  and  Marblehead,  and  sent  messages  to  Newburyport  and  Gloucester, 
notifying  the  men  to  rendezvous  in  Boston.  The  next  morning,  April  10th,  he 
inarched  into  Eaneuil  Hall  with  the  three  companies  from  Marblehead.  On  the 
17th  he  was  commissioned  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Eighth  Regiment,  and  on 
the  18th  left  with  the  regiment  for  Washington.  Three  days  later  a  detachment 
from  his  regiment,  under  his  command,  boarded  the  frigate  Constitution,  lying 
aground  at  Annapolis,  lightened  her  of  her  guns,  floated  her  and  worked  her  to 
sea.  The  next  day,  with  a  picked  detachment  from  his  regiment,  he  took  pos- 
session of  the  rolling  stock  of  the  Baltimore  ami  Washington  Railroad.  The 
engines  had  been  disabled  and  the  tracks  torn  up,  but  the  skilled  mechanics  of 
his  command  soon  put  the  engines  and  road  in  running  order.  For  these  ser- 
vices Col.  Hincks  and  his  regiment  received  the  thanks  of  Congress.  April  20th 
he  reached  Washington,  and  was  the  same  day  appointed  second  lieutenant  of 
cavalry  in  the  regular  army,  that  being  the  only  grade  in  which  an  officer  could 
enter  the  regular  service  at  that  time. 

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of  Ball's  Bluff,  the  siege  of  Yorktown,  the  battles  of  West  Point,  Fair  Oaks, 
Oak  Grove,  J 'each  Orchard,  White  Oak  Swamp,  Chantilly,  South  Mountain, 
Antlctam,  and  the  assault  on  Petersburg*  June  15,  18G4.  lie  was  wounded  at 
White  Oak. -Swamp,  and  at  Antietam  was  carried  off  the  held,  supposed  to  be 
mortally  wounded.  After  this  battle  he  was  brevetted  colonel  in  the  regular 
army,  and  after  the  assault  on  Petersburg  he  received  the  brevet  of  brigadier- 
general  in  the  regular  army.  After  the  close  of  the  war,  retaining  his  position 
in  the  army,  he  held  important  commands  until  December,  1870,  when  he  was 
retired  from  active  service  for  disability  resulting  from  his  wounds.  In  18GG, 
his  home  was  changed  from  Lynn  to  Cambridge,  Mass.  From  1870  to  1880,  he 
held  the  position  of  governor  of  the  Soldiers'  Homes,  llrst  at  Hampton,  Vir- 
ginia, and  then  at  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin.  After  his  return  to  Cambridge  he 
was  repeatedly  chosen  on  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of  the  city.  He  was  twice 
married,  and  had  two  children,  but  neither  wife  nor  child  survives  him.  A 
very  lovely  and  brilliant  daughter,  Bessie  Hincks,  a  student  at  the  Harvard  An- 
nex, now  Raclcliffe  College,  died  in  1885,  at  the  age  of  twenty.  Gen.  Hincks 
left  by  will  to  Radcliffe  College  a  library  fund  in  memory  of  his  daughter. 

The  only  near  relative  that  survives  him  is  an  older  brother,  Capt.  Elisha 
Hincks,  who  as  well  as  Gen.  Hincks  was  dangerously  wounded  at  Antietam, 
and  who  faithfully  nursed  the  General  iu  the  last  months  of  his  life. 

General  Hincks  died  Feb.  14,  l<s;)4,  after  a  long  and  painful  illness,  resulting 
from  the  wounds  received  in  battle.  He  was  elected  a  resident  member  of  this 
Society,  Jan.  3,  1872. 

By  liev.  George  M.  Adams,  D.D.^  of  Auburndale,  3Iass. 

James  Wiieaton  Converse  was  born  in  Thompson,  Connecticut,  Jan.  11, 
1808.  When  he  was  six  years  old  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Woodstock, 
Conn.,  and  two  years  later  to  Dover,  Mass.,  and  from  there  to  Needham,  Mass. 
At  the  age  of  thirteen  he  came  to  Boston,  a  slender  lad,  but  full  of  energy  and 
ambition.  His  uncles,  Joseph  and  Benjamin  Converse,  gave  him  employment, 
and  seven  years  later  assisted  him  to  commence  business  for  himself  in  the 
Boylston  Market.  In  1832,  he  entered  into  partnership  with  William  Ilardwick 
in  the  boot,  shoe  and  leather  business.  In  1833,  he  joined  Isaac  Field  to 
conduct  a  hide  and  leather  business  at  43  and  45  Broad  St.,  under  the  Arm 
name  of  Field  &  Converse.  Five  years  later  Isaac  Field  retired,  and  his  brother 
John  Field  took  his  place.  For  nearly  forty  years  the  firm  of  Field  &  Converse 
was  widely  known  and  honored  in  this  country  and  abroad.  In  1870  Mr.  Con- 
verse retired  from  the  business  to  give  attention  to  his  growing  railroad,  bank- 
ing, real  estate  and  other  interests. 

He  was  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Mechanics  Bank  of  Boston,  from  its 
organization  in  183G,  and  its  president  from  1847  to  188G.  In  1870  he  was  ap- 
pointed receiver  of  the  old  Hartford  and  Erie  Railroad,  now  the  New  York  and 
New  England,  and  piloted  that  corporation  through  a  perilous  time.  He  was 
at  a  later  day  president  of  the  Boston  Rubber  Shoe  Company,  of  the  Colorado 
Smelting  Company,  and  of  the  Boston  Land  Company.  He  had  large  invest- 
ments at  the  West,  especially  in  and  around  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan. 

Mr.  Converse  married  in  1833,  Emeline  Coolidge,  daughter  of  Nathan  Coolidge 
of  Boston.  She  died  a  few  years  before  her  husband.  They  had  three  children, 
James  \V .  Converse,  Jr.,  who  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  24th  Massachusetts  Regi- 
ment in  the  late  war,  and  who  died  in  187G ;  Costello  Coolidge  Converse;  and 
Emma  Maria  Converse.  At  the  age  of  thirteen,  Mr.  Converse  joined  the  Charles 
Street  Baptist  Church  in  Boston.  He  wras  one  of  the  original  members  of  the 
Federal  Street  Church,  and  in  1837  became  one  of  its  deacons,  an  office  which 
he  held  also  in  other  churches  with  which  he  was  afterwards  connected.  At 
the  time  of  his  death  he  was  senior  deacon  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Bos- 
son.  He  was  chosen  a  resident  member  of  the  New-England  Historic  Genea- 
ological  Society,  June  1,  1870. 

Dea.  Converse  was  liberal  in  his  gifts  to  the  needy  and  to  educational  and  be- 
nevolent institutions.  It  has  been  said  that  in  the  latter  part  of  his  life  he  gave 
away  not  less  than  lifty  thousand  dollars  a  year.  But  more  than  this, — he  gave 
his  time,  his  effort,  his  sympathy  in  large  pleasure.  He  died  at  Swampscott, 
Aug-  2G,  1894.  He  leaves  behind  an  honored  name,  a  fragrant  memory,  and  a 
noble  example. 

By  Jiw.  George  M.  Adams,  JJ.D.,  of  Aiiburudale,  Mass. 


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Colonel  Charles  Colcock  Jones,  Jit.,  LL.l).,  was  born  in  Savannah, 
Georgia,  Oct.  20,  1831,  and  died  at  his  home,  Montrose,  near  Augusta,  Georgia, 
July  11),  185)8.  fie  was  the  son  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Coleoek  Jones,  I). I).,  a 
distinguished  writer  and  minister  of  the  Southern  Presbyterian  Church.  His 
great-grandfather,  Major  John  Jones,  served  in  the  revolutionary  army,  and 
lost  his  life  at  the  siege  of  Savannah  in  1775).  Me  graduated  at  Princeton  Col- 
lege in  1852,  and  at  the  law  school  of  Harvard  University  in  1855.  Returning 
to  Savannah,  he  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession,  and  soon  became  a 
leader  at  the  bar.  Me  enjoyed  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens 
to  a  degree  amounting  to  positive  affection,  resulting  in  his  elevation  to  the 
mayoralty  in  '18(50.  At  the  end  of  his  term  in  1861,  the  state  of  the  country  was 
such  that  he  preferred  to  serve  his  section  of  the  dissolved  Union  in  a  military 
capacity,  and  declining  a  second  nomination  as  mayor,  he  entered  the  service  of 
the  Confederate  States  as  an  officer  of  the  Chatham  Artillery.  During  the  whole 
of  the  war  he  was  connected  with  the  ordnance  department  of  the  service, 
holding  at  the  close  of  hostilities  the  ollice  of  Chief  of  Artillery  for  the  military 
district  of  (Georgia  and  the  third  military  district  of  South  Carolina,  with  the 
rank  of  colonel.  Mis  knowledge  of  what  took  place  in  the  section  of  country 
over  iyhich  his  command  extended,  is  well  displayed  in  his  excellent  account  of 
the  siege  of  Savannah  in  December,  1864,  and  other  writings  of  his  which  re- 
late to  that  period  of  our  country's  history.. 

After  the  war  Col.  Jones  removed  to  New  York,  and  was  engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  there  until  1877,  when  he  returned  to  Georgia,  and  was  in 
legal  practice  at  Augusta  (ill  the  end  of  his  life.  His  career  as  a  writer  on 
arcTuuo logical  and  historical  subjects  began  in  the  year  1850,  when  he  delivered 
the  address  at  the  twentieth  anniversary  of  the  Georgia  Historical  Society,  of 
wliieh  he  was  then  a  member,  and  which  he  subsequently  served  as  correspond- 
ing secretary  for  several  years.  His  subject  on  that  occasion  was  "  The  Indian 
Remains  in  Southern  Georgia."  From  that  time  until  his  death  he  was  pretty 
constantly  engaged  in  literary  work  of  some  sort.  A  list  of  his  very  numerous 
published  works  may  be  found  in  the  annual  reports  of  the  American  Historical 
Association,.  1880-185)3.  The  most  important  of  them  are:  "History  of  Geor- 
gia"; "Dead  Towns  of  Georgia";  "  Antiquities  of  the  Southern  Indians"; 
"  Myths  from  the  Georgia  ("oast";  "Life  of  Commodore  Josiah  Tatnall  " ; 
"  Historical  Sketch  of  the  Chatham  Artillery";  "  Ancient  Tumuli  ou  the  Savan- 
nah River";  "Siege  of  Savannah  in  1770";  "  Siege  of  Savannah  in  December, 
Is''.!";  "  Historical  Sketch  of  Toino-chi-ehl  " ;  "Biographical  Sketches  of  the 
Delegatei  from  Georgia  to  the  Continental  Congress."  Two  volumes  of  his 
History  of  Georgia,  were  published  in  1883,  bringing  the  narrative  down  to  the 
erection  of  Georgia  into  an  independent  State.  Me  had  collected  the  materials 
for  two  other  volumes  which  would  "deal  with  Georgia  as  a  Commonwealth." 
Besides  the  reputation  which  he  acquired  as  a  lawyer  and  a  man  of  letters, 
Colonel  Jones  \vus  known  as  an  indefatigable  collector  of  autographs.,  and  of 
objects  of  interest  in  the  Held  of  arclucology.  He  was  a  useful  member  of 
many  of  the  historical  and  scientific  societies  in  this  country  and  in  Europe. 
His  connection  with  the  New-England- Historic  Genealogical  Society,  as  a  cor- 
responding member,  dated  from  April  4,  1883.  Me  was  married  twice:  in  No- 
vember, lSfiS,  to  Miss  Ruth  Berrien  Whitehead,  who  after  a  short  period  of 
married  life,  died  leaving  a  daughter;  and  in  October,  18G3,  to  her  cousin,  Miss 
Eva  Berrien  Eve,  by  whom  lie  had  a  son. 

As  has  been  well  said  of  him,  "  lie  was  a  gallant  soldier,  a  line  jurist,  an  able 
writer  and  a  brilliant  scholar." 

Abridged  by  Iiev.  George,  M.  Adams,  D.t>.,  of  Aubnrndaie,  Mass.,  from  a  sketch 
furnished  by  William  Harden,  Esq.,  of  Savannah,  (fa. 

William  Frederick  Poole,  LL.D.,  a  corresponding  member,  elected  Feb.  1, 
188-j.  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  December  21,  1821,  the  son  of  Ward  and  Eliza 
(Wilder)  Poole,  being  descended  from  John  Poole,  who  in  1G35  was  the  leading 
proprietor  of  Reading  in  the  same  state.  Ward  Poole  had  one  daughter  and  six 
sons,  of  whom  William  was  the  second,  the  third  being  Henry  Ward  Poole 
(A.M.  Vale),  who  was  for  many  years  professor  in  the  National  College  of 
Mines  in  the  City  of  Mexico,  and  was  a  recognized  authority  on  the  physical 
properties  of  musical  sounds. 

William  attended  the  common  schools  of  Danvers,  to  which  town  the  portion 
of  Salem  in  which  he  was  born  was  soon  afterwards  set  off,  and  prepared  for 


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college  at  Leicester  Academy.  He  entered  Yale  College  in  1842,  but  his  studies 
being  intermitted  for  three  years,  while  he  taught  school  to  earn  money  for 
their  completion,  he  graduated  in  1849,  President  Timothy  Dwigllt  being  a 
classmate. 

His  life  work  was  determined,  perhaps  not  consciously,  while  he  was  only  a 
sophomore  in  college,  by  his  becoming  assistant  librarian  and  then  librarian  of 
his  society,  the  Brothers  in  Unity.  Developing  in  his  work  as  a  student,  the 
disposition,  so  characteristic  of  his  literary  work  in  later  years,  to  e:  plore  new 
territory,  his  attention  was  soon  called  to  the  great  amount  of  valuable  material 
contained  in  the  bound  sets  of  reviews,  with  which  the  Brothers'  library  was 
well  furnished,  and  to  the  need  of  some  key  to  their  contents.  Without  thought 
of  its  publication  he  commenced  an  index  to  these  periodicals,  and  working  with 
his  customary  diligence  soon  completed  it.  A  demand  immediately  arose  for 
its  publication,  and  the  first  edition  appeared  in  1848,  while  he  was  a  junior. 
The  work  attracted  much  attention  in  Europe  as  well  as  in  this  country,  and 
Mr.  Boole  was  soon  induced  to  begin  the  preparation  of  a  much  enlarged  edition. 
In  1851  he  became  assistant  librarian  (under  Charles  Folsom)  of  the  Boston 
Athcmeum,  and  in  1853  librarian  of  the  Mercantile  Library  of  Boston.  In  the 
same  year  the  second  edition  of  his  Index  was  published,  a  large  octavo  of  520 
pages.  In  1855  he  was  recalled  to  the  A  then  scum  as  librarian,  where  he  re- 
mained until  18G8.  Engaging  for  some  months  in  special  work  as  a  library 
expert,  he  assisted  in  the  organization  of  several  libraries,  and  in  18G9  became 
librarian  of  the  Cincinnati  Public  Library,  which  he  left  in  1873  to  undertake 
the  building  up  of  the  Chicago  Public  Library.  His  work  in  that  position  was 
a  marked  success,  and  led  to  his  being  appointed  in  1887  to  take  charge  of  the 
ucav  Newberry  Library  in  Chicago.  The  selection  and  purchase  of  this  line 
library  and  the  planning  of  the  building  gave  full  scope  to  his  ripened  powers, 
and  was  a  fitting  crown  to  his  life  work.  He  was  quite  suddenly  called  away 
just  after  he  had  superintended  the  removal  of  the  books  to  the  new  building. 
The  third  edition  of  his  Index  was  published  in  1882,  with  the  collaboration 
of  many  other  librarians,  a  truly  monumental  work  of  nearly  1500  pages,  fol- 
lowed since  by  two  "  five-year"  supplements. 

He  was  one  of  the  founders,  and  for  two  years  president,  of  the  American 
Library  Association,  and  a  constant  contributor  to  its  organ,  the  Library  Jour- 
nal, and  was  looked  to  as  a  leading  authority  on  all  library  matters,  lie  did 
more  than  any  one  else  to  revolutionize  library  architecture  in  the  interest  of 
convenient  arrangement,  wholesomeness  for  the  occupants,  and  good  light. 
But  with  all  this  work  in  his  chosen  profession,  Dr.  Poole  combined  a  constant 
succession  of  literary  labors.  He  had  a  keen  relish  for  the  study  of  obscure 
and  controverted  points  in  American  history,  and  became  a  pioneer  in  the  held 
of  exact  and  scientific  historiography.  In  Ford's  Bibliography  of  members  of 
the  American  Historical  Association,  of  vvhich  Dr.  Poole  was  president  in  1887, 
will  be  found  a  list  of  his  writings;  it  is  worth  while  now  merely  to  recall  some 
of  the  subjects  elucidated  by  them  : — The  Popham  Colony  in  Maine;  Witchcraft 
and  the  Mathers;  Early  Anti-Slavery  Opinions;  The  Ordinance  of  1787,  and 
the  Early  History  of  the  West  and  Northwest;  The  Kentucky  and  Virginia 
Resolutions.  His  last  work  in  this  line  was  a  trenchant  review  in  The  Dial,  of 
Adams's  Massachusetts ;  its  Historians  and  its  History. 

He  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Lawrs  from  the  Northwestern  University, 
and  was  a  member  of  its  Corporation  at  the  time  of  his  death.  In  1893  he  de- 
livered an  able  address  before  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  in  that  institution  on 
The  University  Library  and  the  University  Curriculum. 

Dr.  Poole  was  of  commanding  stature  and  line  presence.  His  health  was  per- 
fect, and  he  was  thus  able  to  accomplish  the  onerous  tasks  that  fell  to  his  lot 
without  friction  or  any  sense  of  being  burdened,  lie  was  always  happy  in  his 
work,  and  his  sunny  temperament  and  disposition  won  him  the  esteem  and  af- 
fection of  all  who  wrere  associated  with  him.  Morally  and  spiritually  he  was 
akin,  as  he  was  by  descent,  to  the  Puritans  whom  he  loved  to  defend  against 
their  detractors,  and  his  character,  unsullied  by  any  breath  of  reproach  or  sus- 
picion, won  him  the  sobriquet  of  "  the  good  Doctor,"  which  attached  to  him  in 
Ins  last  years. 

By  IP.  I.  Fletcher,  A.M.,  Librarian  of  Amherst  College. 

Hon.  Aiuel  Standish  Tiiukston,  who  became  a  member  of  the  New-England 
Historic  Genealogical  Society  June  3,  1868,  died  Sept  23,  1894,  in  West  Brad- 
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Tic  was  the  only  son  of  Stephen  and  Philomelia  (Parish)  Thurston,  and  was 
born  June  11,  18i0,  in  Goffstowrt,  N.  H.  Mr.  Thurston  prepared  for  College 
In  the  Kimball  Union  Academy,  Meriden,  N.  11.  He  was  admitted  in  1828  to  the 
freshman  class  of  Amherst  College,  but  left  at  the  end  of  one  year  and  entered 
upon  the  study  of  law,  being  engaged,  meanwhile  In  teaching  school,  lie  en- 
tered upon  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  183(5,  and  settled  in  Elmira,  N.  Y. 
lie  soon  won  a  local  reputation  and  had  a  wide  and  lucrative  business  as  a  partner 
of  the  law  firm  Wisner  &  Thurston.  In  1850  he  was  appointed  Judge  and 
Surrogate  of  Chemung  County.  He  retired  from  this  position  af  >r  live  years, 
and  in  1859  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Morgan  State  Assessor  a..d  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Equalization.  He  served  as  a  Supervisor  of  the  erection  of  the 
County  buildings,  and  for'a  long  period  as  one  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the 
New  York  Reformatory.  At  the  suggestion  of  Mr.  Brockway,  the  Superin- 
tendent, he  drew  the  Act  providing  for  indeterminate  sentences  to  that  institu- 
tion, which  has  become  known  as  the  "  Elmira  system."  Later,  Judge  Thurston 
was  senior  partner  of  the  law  firms  of  Thurston,  Hart  &  Benn,  and  also  of 
Thurston,  Hart  &  McGuire,  which  had  the  largest  practice  of  any  in  the  county. 
After  retiring  from  these  partnerships  he  still  had  his  law-office  and  continued 
to  practise  his  profession. 

At  the  age  of  eighty-four  years  he  was  vigorous  in  body,  his  mind  clear  and 
alert,  his  hand  carried  a  steady  pen,  and  he  retained  all  his  faculties  unim- 
paired. His  death  was  occasioned  instantly  by  a  fall,  while  on  a  visit  to  his 
grand-daughter,  in  West  Braddock,  Pa. 

Judge  Thurston  in  general  appearance  was  tall,  well  built,  and  of  commanding 
presence.  His  carriage  was  erect,  his  stop  elastic,  his  greeting  hearty,  and  his 
mind  a  store-house  of  ready  information.  He  was  respected  for  his  sterling 
integrity,  honored  for  his  kindness,  and  beloved  for  his  gentleness  and  kindly 
deeds.  Mr.  Thurston  married  first,  Sepi,.  8,  183G,  Miss  Julia  Clark  Hart,  who 
died  April  17,  1844;  by  this  marriage  there  were  three  children.  He  married 
second,  May  7,  1846,  Miss  Cornelia  Sophia  Hull,  who  died  June  27,  18G5;  by 
this  marriage  there  were  live  children. 

Judge  Thurston  married  third,  April  12,  18G7,  Mrs.  Georgiana  Gibson  nee 
Converse,  who  with  live  of  his  eight  children  survive  him. 

By  Jitv.  E,  0.  Jameson,  Boston,  J\faas.  & 

Bkknauh  Bkmis  WniTTKMonE,  A.B.,  was  a  son  of  Bernard  and  Jane  (Holmes) 
Whltteinore,  and  was  born  at  Boston,  May  15,  1817,  his  grandfather  being 
Nathaniel  Whittemore,  a  Revolutionary  soldier.  His  boyhood  days  were  spent 
at  lVterboro',  N.  II.,  where  his  parents  removed  in  his  infancy.  His  college 
preparatory  education  was  at  Phillips  Exeter  Academy,  and  he  graduated  from 
Harvard  College  in  ls;i:>.  Mr.  Whittemore  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the 
Hillsboto' Count v  bar  in  1842.  After  practising  law  a  short  time  at  1'almer, 
Mih>  ,  and  Afnher.sti  he  removed  to  Nashua,  New  Hampshire,  and  here  his  real 
life  >vork  wast  taken  up. 

With  his  brother  P.  1'.  Whltteinore,  he  purchased  the  Weekly  Gazette,  and 
assumed  the  editorial  charge  Nov.  2(5,  184(1.  For  nearly  forty-three  years  he 
was  the  editor  of  that  paper.  Sept.  1,  1872,  a  daily  edition  was  first  put  out, 
which  he  and  his  brother  continued  to  publish  in  connection  with  the  weekly 
until  July  1,  188'J.  Mr.  Whltlemorc  then  retired  frem  the  active  duties  of  a 
newspaper  man,  after  being  continuously  at  the  helm  for  over  forty  years.  He 
was  an  able,  fluent,  graceful,  forcible  writer,  whose  liberal  education  had  been 
continually  added  to  by  constant  study.  His  fund  of  general  information  was 
marvellous,  and  on  all  subjects  he  was  a  writer  of  ability.  An  uncompromising 
democrat,  he  advocated  the  cause  of  that  party  with  no  uncertain  pen,  and  did 
yeoman  service  for  it  for  over  two-score  years. 

At  the  incorporation  of  the  City  of  Nashua  in  1853,  he  was  the  first  democratic 
candidate  for  mayor,  and  although  his  party  was  not  victorious,  he  received  a 
highly  complimentary  vote.  In  1852-53  he  was  a  member  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire senate.  He  was  an  alderman  of  the  city  in  1800,  and  city  treasurer  in 
1MI1.  He  was  a  trustee  of  the  public  library, from  the  day  of  its  formation  to 
his  death,  and  for  many  years  was  a  constant  attendant  at  the  Unitarian  church. 
Quite  recently  he  published  a  genealogy  of  the  Whittemore  family.  He  never 
married.  He  died  March  5,  1893,  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  of  heart  failure,  at  the 
house  of  Judge  Nathaniel  Holmes,  where  he  was  on  a  visit. 

Mr.  Whittemore,  when  at  Exeter  Academy,  as  he  wrote,  laid  down  one  rule 


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for  himself:  to  work  "diligently  but  not  vehemently,"  or  as  Goethe  has  it, 
"  Ohne  I  Inst,  ohne  Itnst"' ;  and  this  rule  he  apparently  kept  through  life. 

lie  was  a  quiet,  unassuming  man,  who  did  not  care  for  public  office,  but 
pursued  the  even  tenor  of  his  way  through  all  the  vicissitudes  of  a  country 
editor's  life.  As  a  lawyer  lu;  was  one  of  the  best  informed  in  the  bar  of  the 
count)'  where  he  practised,  as  at  his  death  he  was,  if  not  the  oldest,  next  to  the 
oldest  member  in  the  county. 

Ills  opinion  was  much  sought  for,  and  always  showed  the  result  of  careful, 
conservative  judgment.  To  his  friends  he  was  a  genial  man,  whose  rare  fund 
of  information  was  being  continually  drawn  upon.  Fie  was  a  gentleman  of  the 
old  school,  and  did  noble  service  for  the  up-building  of  Nashua. 

For  much  of  the  material  in  this  sketch  1  am  indebted  to  an  article  in  the 
Nashua  Gazette.  .^r* 

He  was  elected  a  corresponding  member  of  this  Society,  November  1,  18o4. 

By  Caleb  W.  Loring,  A.M.,  of  Boston. 

Rev.  Riciiakd  Manning  Ciiipman,  a  corresponding  member  of  this  Society, 
elected  in  October,  1848,  died  in  Devon,  Pa.,  Aug.  15,  1893.  lie  was  born  in 
Salem,  Mass.,  Jan.  12,  1806,  son  of  Richard  Manning  and  Elizabeth  (Gray) 
Chipman.  Thomas  Cliipman  of  Dorchester,  England,  about  1567-1623,  was  an- 
cestor of  the  American  family.  His  son  John1  came  early  to  this  country,  and 
died  April  7,  1708,  aged  94.  The  line  continues  through  Dea.  Samuel,2  Rev. 
John,3  born  in  Barnstable,  II.  G.  1711,  and  pastor  in  North  Beverly  sixty  years, 
till  his  death  March  23,  1775,  aged  84;  Capt.  Samuel,4  of  Beverly,  1726-61 ; 
John,5  born  in  Ipswich  1740,  and  died  1819  :  Dea.  Richard  Manning,6  born  1786; 
Richard  Manning.7  Fuller  and  interesting  details  of  this  Chipman  line  may  be 
found  in  a  record  furnished  by  our  associate  member  to  the  l^ssex  Institute  (Col- 
lections, Vol.  11,  page  283). 

Throughout  life  his  interest  and  skill  in  genealogical  studies  was  unabated. 
His  mind  was  alert  and  keen,  his  memory  was  a  rich  store-house,  and  he  did 
honor  to  his  membership,  which  he  highly  prized  in  our  Society.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  Kimball  Union  Academy,  Dartmouth  College  (1832),  and  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary.  Pastor  at  Ilarwinton,  Ct.,  1S35-9;  Athol,  Mass.,  1839- 
51;  Guilford,  Ct.,  18o2-8 ;  acting  pastor,  Wojeottville,  1859-01;  MUldle  Haddam, 
1861-3;  Hyde  Park,  Mass.,  1864-6;  East  Granby,  Ct.,  1866-70;  Lisbon,  1871-9; 
without  charge,  Hyde  Park,  Mass.,  1879-83;  Philadelphia,  with  his  son  Richard 
Harrison  Chipman  after'. 

lie  married,  June  1,  1835,  Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  Frederick  and  Elizabeth 
(Bunnell)  Harrison,  of  Itoxbury,  Ct.,  who  died  March  28,  1893. 

Besides  the  Chipman  article  above  alluded  to,  he  published  (1)  A  Discourse 
on  Ecclesiastical  Prosperity,  1839;  (2)  On  Free  Discussion,  1839  ;  (3)  On  the 
Maintenance  of  Moral  Purity,  1841;  (4)  Memoir  of  EU  Thorp,  1842:  and  (5) 
History  of  Ilarwinton,  Ct.,  18(H). 

By  lie  v.  lluiry  A.  lla.ren,  I). I).,  of  Auburndale,  Mass. 

Ethan  Nelson  Cobukx,  son  of  Lemuel  and  Hannah  (Post)  Coburn,  was  born 
at  Fairlee,  Vt.,  13  April,  1821,  and  married,  23  April,  1845,  Iluldah  Ellen  Bruce. 
They  had  six  children. 

Mr.  Coburn  was  an  undertaker  at  Charlestown,  Mass.,  and  long  prominent  as 
a  citizen.  For  many  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  overseers  of  the 
poor,  and,  in  1873,  was  a  member  and  chairman  of  the  Common  Council — that 
being  the  last  separate  city  government  of  Charlestown.  lie  was  one  of  the 
committee  which  edited  and  printed  the  two  volumes  of  the  late  Thomas  B. 
Wyman,  on  "  The  Genealogies  and  Estates  of  Charlestown."  Mr.  Coburn  de- 
voted much  attention  to  the  collection  of  genealogical  and  historical  works,  and 
was  profound  in  his  knowledge  of  published  Americana.  His  library  was  well 
selected  and  became  valuable,  lie  was  a  great  reader,  fluent  in  conversation 
and  widely  conversant  with  Charlestown  history,  in  which  he  manifested  an 
abiding  interest.  His  numerous  critical  and  careful  articles  on  that  subject 
made  his  opinion  authoritative. 

Mr.  Coburn  was  in  feeble  health  for  the  last  year  or  two  of  his  life;  gave  up 
business  and  retired  to  the  home  of  his  boyhood,  now  West  Fairlee,  Vt.  The 
hoped-for  improvement  in  health  was  not  realized,  and  he  returned  to  Charles- 
town, where  he  died  13.  July,  1893. 

Mr.  .Coburn  became  a  resident  member  of  the  New-England  Historic  Genealo- 
gical Society,  1  February,  1871,  and  life  member  the  same  year. 

By  Geo.  A.  Gordon,  A.M.,  of  Somerville,  Mass. 


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BOOK  NOTICES. 

[The  Editor  requests  persons  sending  books  for  notice  to  state,  for  the  information  of 
readers,  the  price  of  each  book,  with  the  amount  to  be  added  for  postage  when  sent  by 
mail.] 

The,  Grasshopper  in  Lombard  Street.  By  John  Biddulpii  Martin.  London: 
The  Leadenhall  Press,  Ltd. :  Simpkin,  Marshall,  Hamilton,  Kent  &  Co.,  Ltd. 
New  York:   Scribner  &  Welford.     1892.     Crown  4to. 

This  is  a  book  of  history,  not  of  entomology.  Tt.  deals  with  the  grasshopper 
as  an,  emblem,  or,  more  preeisely,  as  a  golden  image  and  business  sign.  As  a 
history  it  sets  forth  the  experiences  during  three  hundred  and  fifty  years  or 
more  of  one  of  the  principal  banking  houses  in  London,  known  to  fame,  and 
for  a  long  period  to  sight,  by  its  projecting  sign  on  Lombard  street,  the  figure 
of  a  grasshopper.  Other  banking  houses  in  the  neighborhood  were  in  like 
manner  made  manifest  by  signs,  as  the  "Plough,"  the  "  Unicorn,"  the  "  Three 
Squirrels,"  the  "  Marigold,"  etc.  The  sign  of  the  "  Grasshopper"  disappeared 
during  a  reconstruction  of  the  bank  building  in  1794;  though  the  Indication  of 
the  cut  on  page  230  of  the  book  is  that  a  copy  of  it  yet  exists  within  the  build- 
ing, martially  arrayed  upon  a  metallic  framework  with  six  guns  and  eight  pistols 
of  the  time  of  the  Georges.  These  weapons  are  supposed  to  have  been  procured 
to  put  tin;  bank  in  a  state  of  defence  against  a  city  riot  or  like  peril.  The  author 
does  not  \\x  the  date  when  the  "  Grasshopper"  as  an  institution  had  its  begin- 
ning, but  it  may  be  referred  to  the  year  1C37,  when  Sir  llichard  Gresham  was 
knighted  by  Henry  VIII.  and  was  granted  a  coat  of  arms,  the  crest  of  which  is 
a  grasshopper  in  gold.  Gresham  was  one  of  the  Company  of  Mercers  and  seems 
to  have  ranked  as  a  goldsmith,  in  the  financial  meaning  of  that  word.  At  any 
rate,  he  is  recorded  in  the  king's  cash  book  as  having  been  paid  £100  for  "a 
eheyne  of  flyne  golde,"  a  purchase  incident  to  the  fourth  wedding  of  Henry  VIII. 
That  he  was  what  would  now  be  called  a  financier  there  is  no  doubt.  He  was 
an  accredited  agent  of  the  English  government  in  the  Low  Countries,  and  was 
frequently  employed  there  in  its  money  transactions.  In  that$  experience  he 
saw  the  advantage  of  a  bourse  or  money  exchange,  and  projected  such  an  in- 
stitution for  London.  It  was  not  established,  however,  in  that  reign.  That 
Sir  liichard  had  an  office  in  Lombard  street  may  be  regarded  certain,  for  that 
W&n  the  sjtreet  where  the  goldsmiths  congregated;  and  as  that  was  not  an  age 
of  lettered  signs;  and  as  the  title  or  style  of  the  bank,  the  "  Sign  of  the  Grass- 
hopper," Is  of  immemorial  date,  its  beginning  must  be  held  to  be  coeval  with 
the  famous  Henry.  That  Sir  Richard  was  a  resident  in  London  subsequently 
to  Ids  stay  In  Flanders  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  he  was  Lord  Mayor  in  1537, 
which  was  two  years  before  the  sale  of  the  chain  of  fine  gold. 

It  was,  however,  during  the  lifetime  of  his  son,  Sir  Thomas  Gresham,  that 
the  grasshopper  as  an  emblem  or  image  rose  to  fame  above  all  contemporary 
Images  of  like  quality.  The  bank  premises  have  always  been  the  spot  now 
numbered  68  of  Lombard  street,  and  it  is  of  record  that  Sir  Thomas  had  his 
shop  or  office  there  In  a  building  which  was  also  his  residence  until  his  accu- 
mulated wealth  enabled  him  to  erect  a  dwelling  house  on  Bishopsgate  street, 
spacious  enough  and  grand  enough  for  the  entertainment  of  royalty  itself. 

The  great  fire  of  1666  destroyed  so  many  records  public  and  private,  includ- 
ing those  of  the  Grasshopper,  that  its  fortunes  cannot  be  distinctly  traced  dur- 
ing a  period  of  nearly  one  hundred  years  after  the  decease  of  Sir  Thomas 
Gresham.  But  our  author  has,  with  indefatigable  zeal,  gathered  information 
from  remote  sources,  largely  family  histories,  by  which  the  succession  of 
partnerships,  or  at  least  prominent  members  thereof,  is  traced.  As  to  these 
persons  and  their  transactions  he  makes  up  a  curious  and  entertaining  narrative, 
with  abundant  allusion  to  current  events  of  their  lifetimes.  Throughout  the 
author  has  touched  here  and  there  upon  collateral  themes,  giving  evidence,  both 
In  this  and  in  his  immediate  task,  of  painstaking  in  his  search  and  of  fidelity  to 
the  facts.  Within  its  field,  which  is  given  a  proper  amplitude,  the  book  thus 
becomes  a  valuable  one  for  reference,  being  furnished  with  a  good  index.  To 
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this  end  it  may  well  be  kept  in  mind  by  any  engaged  in  studying  phases  of  Lon- 
don life  from  the  period  indicated  down  to  comparatively  recent  times.  It  is 
handsomely  bound  and  printed  and  contains  thirty-seven  illustrations,  com- 
prising portraits,  views,  etc.,  pertinent  to  the  subject.  There  are  also  plans  of 
the  Lombard  street  vicinity,  showing  among  other  things  that  the  Grasshopper 
site  is  two  hundred  and  forty-three  feet  distant  from  the  entrance  to  the  Royal 
Exchange  on  Cornhill.  As  an  appendix  is  reproduced  in  antique  type,  with  title 
page  in  facsimile,  a  rare  pamphlet  of  the  year  1G7G,  entitled  "The  Mystery  of 
the  New-fashioned  Goldsmiths  or  Bankers,"  etc.,  which  might  have  had  given 
it  an  alternative  title,  "A  Counterblast  against  usury,  coin-clipping  and  all 
sorts  of  nigging  in  money  transactions." 

In  the  multiplicity  of  his  allusions  the  author  does  not  omit  to  inform  Lon- 
don readers,  for  whom  the  book  was  especially  written,  of  our  grasshopper. 
He  says  :  "  Visitors  to  Boston  (U.S.A.),  may  notice  a  grasshopper,  serving  as 
a  vane,  on  the  summit  of  Faneuil  Mall,  the  cradle  of  liberty  venerated  by  all 
Americans,  and  one  of  the  oldest  buildings  in  that  city";  and  he  names  our 
Sexton  of  the  Old  School  as  his  authority  in  saying  that  the  Boston  grasshopper 
is  an  imitation,  "  a  plagiarism,"  of  that  of  the  London  Exchange.  This  refer- 
ence has  seemed  to  make  opportune  for  this  number  of  the  Register  some 
remarks  upon  the  Boston  grasshopper,  which  appear  on  an  earlier  page. 

By  Daniel  W.  Baker,  Esq.,  of  Boston. 

British  Family  Names:  Their  Origin  end  Meaning,  with  Lists  of  Scandinavian, 
Frisian,  Anglo-Saxon  and  Norman  Names.  By  Henry  Barber,  M.D.,  Author 
of  "  IP  urn  ess  and  Cartmel  Notes,"  "  The  Cistercian  Abbey  of  Maulbronn," 
"Some  Queer  Names,"  "The  Shrine  of  St.  Boniface  at  Eulda,"  "Popular 
Amusements  in  Germany,'*  etc.  London  :  Elliot  Stock,  G2  Paternoster  Row, 
E.  C.     1894.     1  Vol.     8vo.  pp.  235. 

This  interesting  and  valuable  volume  will  be  found  to  contain  much  useful 
information  for  those  curious  in  the  origin  of  family  names,  difficult  of  easy 
attainment  elsewhere.  The  introductory  essays  to  each  list  of  British,  Old 
Norse  Personal,  Frisian,  Family  and  Personal,  names  are  uncommonly  learned 
and  intelligent.  Beside  these  are  lists  of  the  names  from  the  i>omesday  Book 
of  Edward  the  Confessor,  including  landholders,  tenants  in  chief  and  under- 
tenants, and  the  Roll  of  Battell  Abbey.  These  occupy  a  third  of  the  well  printed 
volume,  and  deserve  the  unqualified  approbation  of  the  scholar  in  nomenclature. 
The  remainder  of  the  volume  is  devoted  to  an  alphabetical  list  of  British  sur- 
names, of  which  more  than  eight  thousand  are  cited,  a  remarkable  monument 
of  industry  and  careful  investigation.  The  identity  of  names  with  geographical 
location  is  full  and  comprehensive;  but  we  do  not  find  the  sources  of  origin  or 
meaning  of  surnames  equally  satisfactory.  To  be  sure  a  conception  of  such, 
to  be  adequate,  would  require  its  author  to  be  familiar  with  the  usages,  cus- 
toms, habits  and  thoughts,  as  well  as  all  the  dialects,  from  the  Euskarian  to  the 
Norman,  appropriate  to  the  various  tribes  and  peoples  that  have  left  their 
impress  on  the  names  that  have  come  down  to  the  present.  We  do  not  under- 
stand Dr.  Barber  to  profess  any  such  encyclopaedic  knowledge.  The  reader 
must  not,  therefore,  be  surprised  to  And  a  general  lack  of  occupative  deriva- 
tions, and  of  names  individualized  from  some  personal  peculiarity,  disposition, 
manners  or  appearance.  Our  author  seems  satisfied  with  an  apparent  locative 
derivation,  when  it  is  notorious  that  the  reverse  may  be  true,  the  location  re- 
ceiving its  proprietor's  name  or  title.  So  of  the  Scandinavian  mythology,  a 
prolific  source  of  Danish  and  Norse  names.  Many  of  the  cited  surnames  are  of 
Keltic  or  Cymric  derivation,  rather  than  of  locality.  Agglutination,  transposi- 
tion, and  other  phonetic  mutations  have  obscured  the  history  of  a  vast  number 
of  names;  and,  in  this  respect,  the  British,  probably  from  the  great  variety  of 
races  entering  into  their  national  composition,  have  been  conspicuous.  The 
honorable,  resounding,  proud  names  of  one  century  have  been  clipped  and  de- 
graded in  descent,  till  the  arch-angel  becomes  Muggins ;  and  the  Taillefer,  de- 
rived from  the  prowess  and  strength  of  arm,  which  could  drive  the  battle  ax 
through  a  bar  of  iron,  becomes  that  of  a  dozen  negroes,  pressing  tobacco  in  a 
Virginia  factory.  The  influence  of  custom  or  fashion  has  shown  itself  more  in 
the  baptismal  than  in  the  surname.  The  latter  often  survives,  while  the  other 
perishes.    Arthur,  Owen,  Alan,  survive  from  the  Cymric;  Edward,  Edwin,  Al- 


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fred,  from  the  Saxon ;  Harry  and  Ralph  from  the  Scandinavian;  but  they  are 
almost  the  sole  representatives  of  the  iEthelreds  and  TKlf wards,  the  Olafs  and 
Erics,  the  Merlins  and  Ofhis  of  the  times  before  the  conquest.  As  foreigners 
have  been  absorbed  into  the  English  race,  their  names  have  served  to  swell  the 
vocabulary.  In  America,  we  have  added  a  few  from  the  Indian  and  the  negro, 
races,  and  may,  hereafter,  from  the  Asiatics  of  late  immigration. 
By  Geo.  A.  Goi'don,  Esq.,  of  Somerville,  Mass. 

Proceedings  at  the.  Public  Opening,  September  28,  1803,  of  the  Nexo  Haven  Colony 
Historical  Society  Building,  erected  by  Henry  F.  English  as  a  Memorial  of 
James  E.  and  Caroline  F.  English.  Published  by  the  Society.  Tress  of 
Tuttle,  Morehouse  &  Taylor.     New  Haven,  Conn.     8vo.  pp.  Dl. 

This  book  contains  the  addresses  delivered  upon  this  occasion  by  Mr.  Simeon 
E.  Baldwin,  the  President  of  the  Society;  by  Mr.  Horace  Day,  the  first 
.  Secretary  of  the  Society;  and  by  Mr.  Thomas  H.  Trowbridge,  Secretary  of 
the  Society,  All  of  these  addresses  are  marked  by  careful  thought  and  re- 
search, and  contain  many  important  facts  in  regard  to  the  history  of  this 
early  settled  section  of  New  England,  from  the  time  (1G43)  when  the  articles  of 
confederation  were  entered  into  by  which  the  Colony  of  New  Haven  joined  on 
equal  terms  with  the  colonies  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  Plymouth,  and  Connecti- 
cut, in  constituting  the  first  American  Union  (the  "United  Colonies  of  New 
England"),  down  to  the  present.  But  the  history  of  the  New  Haven  Colony 
goes  even  farther  back  than  the  year  1643.  Mr.  Horace  Day  stated  in  his  ad- 
dress that  "  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  prior  to  its  union  with  Connecticut, 
New  Haven  had  an  independent  civil  and  political  organization  (although  with- 
out a  charter)  and  was  the  solitary  instance  of  an  absolutely  independent  state 
on  the  American  continent."  Mr.  Simeon  E.  Baldwin,  in  his  address,  rightly 
lays  much  stress  upon  the  great  importance  of  the  work  our  various  historical 
societies  are  doing.  I  believe  it  is  hardly  possible  to  over-estimate  the  far- 
reaching  effect  of  the  thorough  work  that  has  been  done  and  is  being  done  by 
them  ;  in  gathering  arid  preserving  a  wealth  of  material  for  the  historians  of 
our  own  times  and  of  the  future;  and  in  implanting  and  stimulating  in  the 
minds  of  its  members  (and  through  them  of  the  great  multitude  of  our  read- 
ing, thinking  people)  interest  in  and  love  for  American  and  English  history. 
And  surely  it  will  be  admitted  by  all  thoughtful  people  that 'historical  studies 
have  a  very  Important  place  in  the  mental  development  of  man. 

jly  Jlt'O.  Daniel  Bollins,  of  Woodsvilie,  N.  21. 


Etibory  of  Jiaih  and  Environs,  Sagadahock  County,  Maine,  1607-1894.  With 
Illuntratintii.  Hy  Taukku  McColm  Rkkd.  Portland,  Me.:  Lakeside  Press, 
Trlntera.     1MH.     hvo.  pp.  $2G.     Trice  $5.     Sold  by  the  author,  Hath,  Me. 

The  render  will  derive  from  these  pages  much  interesting  information  about 
n  locality  of  peculiar  historic  Interest.  The  early  voyagers  who  visited  these 
shores  are  noticed,  and  a  good  account  of  the  settlement  of  Bath  and  its  vicinity 
is  given.  The  book  is  partleularly  full  in  biography,  and  portraits  of  many  rep- 
resentative men  of  the  place  illustrate  the  work.  Other  engravings  give  views 
of  buildings,  ancient  and  modern.  Shipbuilding  is  the  principal  industry  of  the 
place  at  the  present  time,  and  due  attention  is  paid  to  it  here. 

The  Jfaking  of  the  Ohio  Valley  States.  By  Samukl  Adams  Drake.  With  many 
Illustrations  and  Maps.  New  York:  Charles  Scribuer's  Sons.  181)4.  1vol. 
It!  mo.;  pp.  2GD.     Price,  $1.50. 

The  story  of  the  white  man's  occupancy  beyond  the  Alleghanies  is  told  by 
Mr.  Drake  in  three  epochs,  viz.  :  the  conquest,  the  advance,  the  progress.  Each 
epoch  is  subdivided  into  interesting  descriptions  of  the  natural  features  of  the 
country,  thrilling  relations  of  the  deeds  of  the  pioneers,  the  permanent  grasp 
of  the  armies,  the  resistance  of  the  Indians,  the  struggle  between  the  rivals; 
all  tending  to  the  rise  and  growth  of  the  Great  West!"  It  is  the  white  man's 
story.  The  red  man  is  seen,  precisely  as  the  natural  features  of  the  land  are 
seen ;  and  serve  to  add  variety  to  the  illustration.     The  cuts  of  scenery,  por- 


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traits,  buildings,  curiosities  and  the  maps  arc  excellent.     We  know  of  no  work 
which  so  happily  tells  this  history  within  moderate  compass  as  this  modest 
volume.     Authorities  are  quoted  and  references  given  for  those  who  desire  to 
extend  reading  or  study. 
By  George  A.  Gordon,  A.M.,  of  Somerville,  3Iass. 

Diary  of  Anna  Green  Winslow,  a  Boston  School  Girl  of  1771.  By  Alice  Mouse 
Eaule.  Boston  and  New  York:  Houghton,  Mifiiin  &  Co.  12mo.  pp.  121. 
Trice  $1.25. 

Mrs.  Earle  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  the  editor  of  this  work,  is  the  author  of  "  The 
Sabbath  in  Puritan  New  England,"  and  "  Customs  and  Fashions  in  Old  New 
England,"  noticed  in  previous  volumes  of  the  Register.  The  "  Boston  school- 
girl" who  kept  this  diary  was  a  daughter  of  Joshua  Winslow  of  Marshfleld 
and  his  wife  Anna,  daughter  of  Joseph  Green  of  Boston.  Her  father  was  a 
descendant  of  John  Winslow  of  the  Mayflower,  and  her  mother  traced  her  an- 
cestry to  Percival  Green,  concerning  whom  and  his  descendants  the  Hon.  Samuel 
A.  Green,  M.D.,  contributed  an  article  to  the  Register  for  April,  18(51,  which 
was  reprinted  with  additions.  The  diary  extends  from  Nov.  1771,  to  May,  1772. 
It  gives  us  glimpses  of  life  in  Boston  just  previous  to  the  opening  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary Avar.  The  editor  has  done  her  work  thoroughly.  In  her  "  Forewords  " 
she  has  given  much  matter  relating  to  the  diarist  and  her  relatives.  Her  "  Notes  " 
at  the  end  of  the  volume  are  filled  with  interesting  facts  concerning  people  men- 
tioned in  the  diary.  The  engravings  Which  embellish  the  volume  truly  illustrate 
it.  They  are  a  portrait  of  Miss  Winslow  from  a  miniature  now  owned  by  Miss 
Elizabeth  C.  Treat  of  Niagara  Falls ;  a  fac-simile  of  a  portion  of  the  original 
diary,  with  her  signature;  a  Wedding  Party  in  Boston  in  175G  from  tapestry 
now  owned  by  the  American  Antiquarian  Society;  and  portraits  of  General 
Joshua  Winslow,  Ebenezer  Storer  and  Hannah  Green  Storer,  the  first  from  a 
miniature,  and  the  others  from  portraits  painted  by  Copley.  There  is  also  an 
engraving  of  a  cut-paper  picture  executed  by  Mrs.  Sarah  Winslow  Deming, 
aunt  of  the  diarist. 

The  book  is  a  valuable  contribution  to  the  personal  and  public  history  of 
provincial  Massachusetts. 

The  History  of  Holden,  Massachusetts,  1684-1894.  By  DaYid  Foster  Estes. 
Published  by  the  Town.  Worcester,  Mass. :  Press  of  C.  F.  Lawrence  &  Co. 
1894.     8vo.  pp.  X.+447.     Price  $3.50. 

On  the  30th  of  November,  1840,  the  town  of  Holden  celebrated  its  One  Hun- 
dredth Anniversary.  Samuel  C.  Damon,  a  native  of  the  town  and  a  member  of 
Andover  Theological  Seminary,  afterwards  the  Rev.  Samuel  C.  Damon,  D.D., 
of  Honolulu  (see  Registkr,  vol.  39,  pp.  398),  was  invited  to  deliver  an  histori- 
cal address,  which  he  did.  The  address  was  embodied  in  a  History  of  Holden 
by  him,  published  in  1841  in  a  volume  of  154  pages.  Dr.  Damon's  history  has 
been  incorporated  in  this  volume. 

The  present  book  does  credit  to  the  author,  Mr.  Estes,  and  to  the  town  of 
Holden,  at  whose  charge  it  has  been  published.  The  history  of  the  town  for 
over  two  hundred  years  is  here  narrated  in  an  interesting  manner.  The  volume 
is  embellished  with  forty-two  portraits  and  eight  views,  and  contains  also  a  plan 
of  the  town.     It  is  well  indexed. 

No  town  can  spend  money  to  better  advantage  than  in  preserving  its  annals 
in  print. 

Record  of  my  Ancestors.  Bailey's  Photo-Ancestral  Record  (with  Supplement). 
Designed  and  Published  by  the  Rev.  Frederick  W.  Bailey,  B.D.  New 
Haven,  Conn.,  and  Worcester,  Mass.  Second  Edition.  Enlarged  and  Im- 
proved.    4to.  (10  in.  by  12£  in.). 

In  our  number  for  July  last  we  noticed  two  recently  published  books  for  re- 
cording the  ancestors  of  an  individual.  We  then  referred  to  other  books  for 
this  purpose,  and  among  them  named  the  first  edition  of  the  book  before  us. 
Rev.  Mr.  Bailey  has  made  some  improvements  on  his  book  which  will  render  it 
more  useful.  Besides  the  blanks  for  recording  one's  ancestors,  provision  is 
made  for  preserving  photographs  and  for  miscellaneous  notes. 


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Biographical  Review.     This  volume  contains  Biographical  Sketches  of  Leading 
Citizens  af  Columbia  County,  New  York.     Boston  :  Biographical  Review  Com- 
pany.    1804.     Quarto,  pp.  003.     Turkey  moroceo,  gilt  edges.     Price  $15. 
Biographical  Review.     This  volume  contains  Biographical   Sketches  of  Leading 
Citizens  of  Broome  County,  New  York.     Boston  :   Biographical  Review  Com- 
pany.    181)4.     Quarto,  pp.  837.     Turkey  morocco,  gilt  edges.     Price  $15. 
This  series  of  volumes,  of  winch  the  titles  of  two  volumes  are  given  above,  is 
preserving  much  biography  of  the  State  of  New  York.     The  volumes  are  hand- 
somely printed  on  line  white  paper,  and  are  illustrated  with  portraits  engraved 
in  a  high  style  of  the  art.     The  biographies  are  carefully  written,  and  the  de- 
tails are  fully  given.      The  following  extract  from  the  preface  to  the  first 
volume  will  apply  to  both:  "  The  subjects  Df  these  brief  biographies  have  been 
selected  from  the  world's  busy  workers — tillers  of  the  soil,  merchants,  manu- 
facturers, tradesmen,  journalists,  members  of  the  learned  professions,  civil  en- 
gineers, and  so  forth,  representative  men  and  women  of  the  country,  useful 
and  honored  in  their  day  and  generation."     We  trust  that  the  enterprise  will  be 
liberally  patronized. 

Watertown  Records,  comprising  the  First  and  Second  Books  of  Town  Proceedings, 

with  the  Lands,  Grants  and  Possessions;  also  the  Proprietors'  Book,  and  the 

First  Book  and  Supplement  of  Births,  Deaths  and  Marriages.     Prepared  for 

Publication  by  The  Historical  Society.     Watertown,  Mass.:  Press  of  Fred 

G.  Barker.     IBM.    8vo.  pp.  vi.+lUl+li)9-f81. 
The.  Farly  Records  of  Dedham,  Massachusetts,  J 659-1 673,  being  Vol.  IV.  of  the 

Printed  Records  of  the  'Town.     Edited  by  the  Town  Clerk,  ])on  Gleason  Hill. 

Dedham,  Mass.:   Printed  at  the  office  of  the  Dedham  Transcript.    1804.    8vo. 

pp.  x. +304. 

We  are  glad  to  see  the  Early  Records  of  the  Ancient  Town  of  Watertown  in 
print  in  the  volume  before  us.  They  have  been  printed  at  the  expense  of  the 
town,  and  under  the  direction  of  a  committee  of  the  Watertown  Historical  So- 
ciety. The  committee  in  an  Introduction  give  a  history  of  the  publication  and 
the  services  rendered  by  those  who  have  aided  in  the  work;  and  a  description 
of  the  written  records  now  preserved  by  the  town.  x 

The  volume  before  us  contains:  1,  Record  of  Town  Proceedings ;  2,  Lands, 
I  Grants  and  Possessions,  including  the  Proprietors'  Book;  3,  Rec6rds  of  Births, 

Deaths  and  Marriages.  Each  of  these  parts  is  separately  paged  with  separate 
Indexes*  Kac-sliniles  of  some  of  the  entries  are  given.  Maps  of  portions  of 
the  town  have  been  added  from  the  Massachusetts  Archives.  The  committee 
state  that  It  has  been  their  aim  to  "procure  a  copy  verbatim  et  literatim  of  the 
original  records.  Nothing  has  been  taken  for  granted.  All  doubtful  passages 
have  been  placed  In  brackets,  and  editorial  comments  or  additions  have  been 
enclosed  In  parentheses,  an  it li  reference  to  authorities  where  necessary."  Much 
pains  has  evidently  been  taken  to  reproduce  the  original  record  faithfully.  The 
committee  deserve  credit  for  this.  We  hope  editors  of  records  of  other  towns 
will  follow  their  example. 

Tlie  fourth  volume  of  the  Dedham  Records  Is  also  before  us.  The  previous 
volumes  have  all  been  noticed  by  us.  Tho  same  care  has  been  bestowed  by  Mr. 
Hill  on  this  volume  as  he  bestowed  on  them. 

Publications  of  the  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society.     New  Series.     "Vol.  II.   No. 

3.     October,  1804.     Providence,  R.  1. :   Published  quarterly  by  the  Society.. 

Price  §1  a  year.     Single  copies  50  cents. 

With  this  number,  the  secretary  of  the  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society,  Amos 
Perry,  LL.D.,  takes  the  editorship  of  this  serial.  He  shows  that  he  has  admir- 
able qualifications  for  the  position.  We  have  in  this  number  some  valuable 
Rhode  Island  manuscripts  from  the  National  Archives.  They  are  literal  copies 
of  the  originals  preserved  at  Washington.  Then  follow  communications  from 
William  D.  Ely,  on  "Roger  Williams's  Key,  Beanesvs.  Barnes";  from  Virginia 
Baker,  "  Glimpses  of  Ancient  Sowams";  from  Henry  F.  Richards,  "The  Great 
Gale  of  Sept.  23,  1815,"  by  Mr.  Lardner;  and  from  John  0.  Austin's  "Genea- 
logical Notes"  on  several  families.  The  number  concludes  with  Genealogical 
Notes  and  Cullings. 

The  matter  here  printed  is  of  especial  interest  to  Rhode  Island  people,  and' 
the  citizens  of  that  State  and  natives  of  it  residing  in  other  parts  of  the  Union 
should  see  that  the  periodical  is  liberally  supported. 
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Lincoln  County  Probate  Records.  Compiled  by  William  D.  Patterson.  Port- 
land :  Maine  Ilistorienl  Soeiety.  8vo.  Published  in  monthly  parts  of  1G 
pages  each,  on  the  15th  of  every  month,  commencing  Nov.  15,  1893.  Price 
25cts.  a  part.  Twenty  parts  will  make  a  volume,  and  a  title,  preface  and 
index  will  be  furnished. 

Eigfet  numbers  of  this  serial  were  noticed  by  us  in  July,  1894.  Thirteen  num- 
bers have  now  been  issued,  and  are  before  us.  They  form  a  valuable  addition 
to  the  local  and  family  history  of  Maine.  Mr.  Patterson  of  Wiscasset,  the 
editor  of  this  wrork,  made  a  statement  a  year  or  two  ago  to  the  Maine  Genealo- 
gical Society,  relative  to  the  probate  records  of  Lincoln  County.  There  are 
about  150  wills  on  the  records  of  the  county  before  the  division.  The  records 
up  to  the  incorporation  of  Kennebec  County  in  1799,  are  in  eight  volumes. 
There  are  many  records  of  intestates,  and  some  records  of  partitions  of  real 
estate.  There  are  some  wills  that  were  not  recorded  as  they  were  not  allowed. 
There  are  some  papers  of  the  records  missing,  as  it  is  probable  that  in  early 
times  the  registers  of  probate  kept  their  records  in  their  own  houses.  Mr. 
Patterson  is  doing  a  good  service  in  preserving  in  print  the  records  now  in  the 
Lincoln  County  office,  and  we  hope  the  missing  records  may  be  recovered  and 
placed  in  their  rightful  depository. 

The  publication  is  deserving  of  a  libcrnl  patronage.  It  contains  matter  of 
interest  to  others  besides  the  citizens  Of  Maine. 

The.  American  Historical  Register ;  a  Monthly  Gazette  of  the  Patriotic  Hereditary 
Societies  of  the  United  States  of  America.     Philadelphia:  The  Historical  Pub- 
lishing Company,  120  South  Gth  St.     8vo.     Price  $3  a  year. 
This  magazine  was  commenced  in  September  last,  and  the  fourth  or  December 
number  has  reached  us.    The  editor-in-chief  is  Charles  H.  Browning,  the  author 
of  "  Americans  of  Royal  Descent."    There  are  a  number  of  associate  editors  in 
different  parts  of  the  country.     Much  interesting  matter  is  contained  in  these 
monthly  issues.     They  are  illustrated  with  many  fine  engravings,  some  of  which 
are  in  colors. 

Magazine  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Revolution.  New  York  City:  Published  quar- 
terly at  64  Madison  Avenue.  8vo.,  price  $1  a  year,  single  copies  30  cts.  Vol. 
II.     January  to  October,  1891. 

The  first  volume  of  this  magazine  was  noticed  by  us  in  July  last.  The  second 
is  now  completed.  It  contains  a  similar  variety  of  matter  relating  to  the  order 
and  interesting  to  its  members.    It  is  well  printed,  and  illustrated  by  engravings. 

The  Maine  Historical  Magazine.  Edited  by  Joseph  W.  Porter.  Bangor,  Me. : 
C.  11.  Glass  &  Co.,  Printers.  Vol.  IX.,  Nos.  7,  8  and  9,  July,  August  and 
September,  1894.     Price  $2  a  year. 

Hon.  Mr.  Porter's  Historical  Magazine  has  been  noticed  before  by  us,  and 
our  readers  know  that  it  is  tilled  with  valuable  historical  matter  relative  to 
Maine.  "We  notice  the  announcement  in  this  number,  that  though  the  work  has 
been  published  at  a  loss,  if  "  its  friends  will  kindly  interest  themselves  by  pro- 
curing new  subscribers  it  will  be  continued,"  otherwise  it  will  not  be  published 
after  the  end  of  1891.  We  trust  that  those  who  appreciate  the  work  will  exert 
themselves  in  its  behalf,  so  that  so  useful  a  work  may  be  continued. 

Rose  Neighborhood  Sketches,  Wayne  County,  New  York,  with  Glimpses  of  the 
Adjacent  Towns,  Butler,  Wolcott,  Huron,  Sodus,  Lyons  and  Savannah.  By 
Alfred  S.  Roe.  Published  by  the  Author,  Worcester,  Mass.  Royal  8vo. 
pp.  xvi. -f  441.     Price  $3. 

Mr.  Roc,  the  author  of  this  work,  a  native  of  Rose,  says  in  his  Preface,  "  This 
volume  represents  summer  vacation  work  for  eight  years.  Born  of  ancestors 
who  were  among  the  very  first  to  redeem  Rose  soil  from  the  wilderness,  I  can- 
not remember  the  time  When  the  story  of  early  adventure  and  hardship  was  not 
heard.  Grandparents  and  great-grandparents  tilled  my  childish  ears  with 
aneedote  and  incident,  so  that  when  they  had  passed  on  it  seemed  fitting  to  give 
the  narrative  more  permanent  form  than  that  of  mere  legend  and  tradition. 
This  was  the  prompting  to  write  for  the  Clyde  Times  in  188<J,t  he  lirsl  of  the 


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series,  taking  my  native  district  No.  7.  When  that  was  ended,  friends  and 
relatives  in  the  adjoining  districts  said,  'Yon  must  tell  the  story  of  Nos.  5  and 
G.'    Accordingly  they  followed  in  successive  issues  of  the  Times." 

From  these  extracts  and  the  title  page;  the  reader  "will  have  a  good  idea  of 
the  contents  of  the  book.  The  author  has  made  a  valuable  and  readable  volume. 
It  is  well  printed,  illustrated  by  engravings,  and  is  well  indexed. 

llie  Crafts  Family.  A  Genealogical  and  Biographical  History  of  the  Descendants 
of  Griffin  and  Alice  Crafts  of  Roxbury,  Mass.,  1630-1890.  Compiled  by 
James  M.  Crafts  and  William  1<\  Grafts.  Northampton,  Mass.:  Gazette 
Printing  Company,  1893.  8vo.  pp.  803.  To  be  had  of  William  F.  Crafts, 
1079  Tremont  St.,  Boston.     Price  $7.50. 

Early  Days  in  New  England.  Life  and  Times  of  Henry  Burt  of  Springfield  and 
Some  of  his  Descendants,  Genealogical  and  Biographical  Mention  of  James  and 
Bichard  Burt  of  Taunton  and  Thomas  Burt,  M.B.,  of  England.  By  Henry 
M.  Hurt  and  Silas  W.  Burt.  Springfield,  Mass. :  Clark  W.  Bryan  Co., 
Printers.     Trice  $3.50.     To  be  had  of  Henry  M.  Burt,  Springfield,  Mass. 

Tlie  Genealogy  of  the  Hitchcock  Family  who  were  descended  from  Matthias  Hitch- 
cock of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and  Luke  Hitchcock  of  Wethersfield,  Conn.  Com- 
piled and  published  by  Mrs.  Edward  Hitchcock,  Sr.  Arranged  for  the 
Tress  by  Rev.  D.wight  W.  Marsh,  D.D.,  Amherst,  Mass. :  Tress  of  Carpenter 
&  Morehouse.     1'894.     8vo.  pp.  vii-f  555.     Trice  $5. 

A  Genealogical  Account  of  the  Descendants  of  James  Young,  Merchant  Burgess  of 
Aberdeen,  and  Rachel  Cruickshank  his  Wife,  1697-1893.  With  Notes  as  to 
Many  of  the  Families  with  which  they  are  connected.  Aberdeen  :  Printed  at 
the  University  Tress.  1894.  lloyal  ^vo.  gilt  top,  pp.  204.  125  copies,  pri- 
vately printed. 

1275-1894.  History  of  the  Trubee  Family.  By  Harriet  Trubee  Garlick. 
Bridgeport,  Conn.  :  Printed  by  Marigold  Printing  Company.  1894.  Limited 
Edition.  Trice,  $5.  To  be  obtained  of  S.  M.  Garlick,  M.D.,  31G  State  St., 
Bridgeport,  Conn. 

Ralph  Shrpard,  l^tritan.  By  Ralph  Hamilton  Siiepard.  Triufbd  for  Trivate 
Circulation.     Dedham,  Mass. :     1893.     Royal  8vo.  pp.  50. 

Gleanings  fmm  Barker  liecords,  A.D.  1271-1893.  By  AVilliam  Thornton 
1'aickku,  M.D.,  Groveland,  Mass.  Haverhill,  Mass. :  Tress  of  Chase  Bro- 
thers.    )S!U.     WideSvo.  pp.  51. 

Family  Notes  respecting  the  Bradley  Family  of  Fairfield  and  our  Descent  there- 
from;  \rith  Notes  of  Collaterid  Ancestors  on  the  Female  Side.  For  the  use  of 
viy  Children.  Written  in  August,  1883.  By  Joseph  T.  Bradley.  Edited 
ami  published  by  his  son,  Charles  Bradley.  Newark,  N.  J.:  Amzi  Tear- 
son  vt  Co.-,  Printers;     IHiM.     Royal  8vo.  pp.  09. 

The  Peine  Family  Record.  1687-1893.  A  New  Edition.  With  Appendix. 
By  E.  W.  West.    New  York:    Bradctreet  Press.     1894.     Sm.  8vo.  pp.  97. 

Genealogy  of  Bedford  Old  Families,  xoith  Biographical  Notes.  By  Abram  En- 
glish Brown.     Bedford : 'Published  by  the  Author.    1892.    Royal  8vo.  pp.  52. 

Family  Record  of  James  and  Sarah  Gibbs  of  Bristol,  Mass. 

Bedigree  of  Odel.  United  States  and  Canada.  1639-1894.  Six  Lines  of  De- 
scent. Traced  by  Rufus  KinCx,  Esq.,  of  Yonkers,  N.  Y.  1894.  Tabular 
Pedigree,  25  inches  by  3G  in. 

Hooe-Barnes  of  Virginia  and  Maryland.  (From  *'  Virginia  Genealogies").  By 
Rev.  Horace  Edwin  Hayden,  M. A.     Wilkes-Barrc.     8vo.  pp.  4. 

Dade  of  Virginia.  (From  "  Virginia  Genealogies.")  By  Rev.  Horace  Edwin 
Haydkn,  M.A.     Wilkes-Barrc.     8vo.  pp.  3. 

Fov-ke.  (From  •»  Virginia  Genealogies,")  By  Rev.  Horace  Edwin  Hayden, 
M.A.     Wilkcs-Barre.     8vo.  pp.  4. 

Some  Account  of  the  Temple  Family.  By  Temple  Prime,  Huntington,  N.  Y. 
Second  Edition.     New  York.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  111. 

Some  Account  of  the  Bowdoin  Family.  With  Notices  of  Portage,  Lynde,  New- 
gate, Erving.  By  Temple  Prime.  Second  Edition.  New  York.  1894.  8vo. 
pp.  32. 


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Descent  of  John  Nelson  and  of  his  Children,  with  Notes  on  the  Families  of  Taller 

and  StOu/j/Uon.     By  Temple  Prime.      Second  Edition.     New  York.     181)4. 

8vo.  pp.  (.SI. 
Family  of  John  Savage  of  Middletown,  Conn.,  1652.    By  James  Francis  Sav- 

agk.     Boston:   David  Clapp  &  Son,  Printers.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  2G. 
Hie  Needham  Branch  of  the  Tolman  Family.     By  Anna  Maria  (Tolman)  Pick- 

ford.     Dedham,  Mass.     1804.     8vo.  pp  29. 
History  of  the  Shepard  Family.     By  Chester  Brown.     Montpelier :  Printed  by 

the  A  runs  and  Patriot  Co.     1894.     8vo.  pp.   10.      Published  by  the  Author, 

East  Hard  wick,  Vt.     Price  15cts. 
Genealogy  of  Lewis  B.  Parsons.     Oblong  8vo.  8  leaves. 
Sprayue  Family  Items.     By  Dwigiit  H.  Kelton,  LL.D.,  of  Montpelier,  Vt. 

Oct.  20,  1894.     8vo.  pp.  6.     100  copies  printed. 
Historic  Records  of  an  Old  Family.     1890. 

We  continue  in  this  number  our  quarterly  notices  of  works  relating  to  gene- 
alogy recently  received. 

The  Crafts  Family,  the  first  on  our  list,  is  an  excellent  specimen  of  books  of 
this  kind.  It  is  carefully  compiled,  well  arranged,  handsomely  printed  on  fine 
paper,  well  indexed,  and  well  bound.  "  It  has  forty-one  full  page  illustrations. 
It  contains  the  family  records  of  over  eleven  hundred  families  of  the  name  of 
Crafts,  and  of  probably  as  many  more  bearing  other  names."  Particular  atten- 
tion seems  to  have  been  paid  to  biography,  the  details  of  which  are  very  full. 
The  hook  contains  a  Journal  of  the  Siege  of  Louisburg  from  April  24th  to  Sept. 
5th,  1745,  by  Benjamin  Craft;  A  Journal  of  the  Siege  of  Boston,  from  June  15th 
to  Nov.  16th,  1775,  by  Lieut.  Benjamin  Crafts;  and  a  Journal  of  Burgoyne's  Sur- 
render, kept  from  Sept.  9th  to  December  2d,  1777,  by  Major  Eleazer  Craft. 
Much  other  matter  of  historic  interest  appears  in  this  book,  making  it  of  value 
to  others  besides  those  of  the  name. 

The  next  volume,  on  the  Life  and  Times  of  Henry  Burt  of  Springfield,  and 
some  of  his  Descendants,  is  an  ably  compiled  work,  and  contains  much  matter 
that  will  interest  all  New  Englandcrs.  To  those  of  the  name  or  blood  it  is  in- 
valuable. The  book  is  illustrated  with  portraits,  maps  and  autqgraphs.  It  is 
well  indexed.  Much  labor  has  evidently  been  spent  in  compiling  the  book, 
which  makes  over  six  hundred  pages.     It  is  well  printed  and  bound. 

The  Hitchcock  Family,  by  Mrs.  Hitchcock,  is  another  work  of  a  high  order  of 
excellence.  Matthias  Hitchcock,  the  emigrant  ancestor,  came  from  England  at 
the  age  of  twenty-five,  in  the  spring  of  1G35,  in  the  Susan  and  Ellen  (Register, 
xiv.,  309),  and  settled  in  "Watertown,  Mass.  A  few  years  later  he  removed  to 
New  Haven  Colony,  where  he  died  Nov.  16,  1GG9.  Mrs.  Hitchcock  has  suc- 
ceeded in  gathering  a  very  satisfactory  record  of  his  descendants,  and  those  of 
Luke  Hitchcock  of  YVetherslleld,  Ct.  "The  aim  of  this  book"  she  says  in  the 
Introduction,  "  has  been  to  preserve  the  records  of  a  portion  of  the  Hitchcock 
family,  as  far  as  they  could  be  secured  from  town  and  church  records,  records 
of  Probate  Courts  and  Registries  of  Deeds,  and  from  family  records,"  a  large 
number  of  which  have  been  personally  examined.  In  arranging  the  work  she 
has  been  aided  by  Rev.  Dr.  Marsh  of  Amherst.  The  book  is  well  printed,  and 
has  a  very  full  index.  It  is  handsomely  bound,  and  illustrated  by  many  fine 
portraits. 

The  next  book,  the  Descendants  of  James  Young  of  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  is 
by  Lieut. -Col.  William  Johnston,  Brigade  Surgeon  of  the  Army  Medical  Staff 
Of  Newton  Dee,  Murlie,  Aberdeenshire.  In  18(11,  the  late  Mr.  Alexander  Johns- 
ton printed  at  Aberdeen  for  private  circulation,  250  copies  of  "A  Short  Memoir 
of  James  Young,  Merchant  Burgess  of  Aberdeen  and  Itachel  Cruickshank  his 
spouse,  and  of  their  descendants,"  &c.,  in  which  the  descendants  were  brought 
down  to  18(50.  The  work  before  us  has  also  been  printed  for  private  circula- 
tion. Lieut. -Col.  Johnston  informs  us  in  his  Preface,  that  it  is  "  an  attempt  to 
bring  the  account  down  to  the  end  of  1893."  The  book  gives  much  genealogical 
and  biographical  matter  relating  to  many  distinguished  Scottish  families  and 
individuals.     The  book  Is  handsomely  printed  on  laid  paper,  and  is  well  Indexed. 

The  Trubec  Family,  by  Mrs.  (larllck,  Is  a  book  that  in  every  way  reflects 
credit  on  the  author.      It  makes  a  very  handsome  volume,  and  Is  evidently  a 


1805.]  Booh  Notices,  101 

work  on  which  much  labor  lias  been  expended  to  make  it  accurate  and  full. 
'•Bfcnlizing the  fact,"  the  author  says  in  her  introduction,  "that  unless  the 
members  of  a  family  arc  suftlciently  interested  in  their  past  record  to  preserve 
it  in  writing,  it  will  be  forgotten  and  lost  by  the  passing  away  of  generation 
after  generation,  I  have  written  for  the  beneiit  of  ourselves  and  descendants 
a  history  of  our  family,  commencing  with  our  Hebrew  ancestor,  Andris  Trubee 
of  Holland."  The  volume  is  embellished  by  many  line  portraits  and  other  en- 
gravings. 

The  next  volume,  "  Kalph  Shepard,  Puritan,"  by  the  late  Mr.  Shepard  of  New 
Haven,  N.  Y.,  is  an  elegantly  printed  book,  the  edition  of  which  is  limited  to 
fifty  numbered  and  signed  copies.  The  author's  dedication  is  "  To  my  Father, 
Sidney  Shepard,  Esquire,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Kalph  Shepard,  in  the  sixth 
generation,  1  lovingly  inscribe  this  Book."  The  book  contains  all  that  could  be 
gathered  relative  to  the  author's  emigrant  ancestor  who  came  to  New  England 
in  1035.  lie  died  Aug.  20,  1G93,  aged  90.  An  engraving  of  his  gravestone  at 
Maiden  is  given.  Besides  the  account  of  Ralph  Shepard,  two  generations  of  his 
descendants  are  found  here.  The  book  is  a  worthy  memorial  of  a  worthy 
ancestor. 

Dr.  Parker's  Gleanings  from  Parker  Records  contains  gleanings  concerning 
various  persons  of  the  name  in  England  and  America,  many  of  whom  have  won 
distinction.  The  book  is  printed  in  an  elegant  manner,  and  is  illustrated  with 
tine  engravings. 

The  Family  Notes  by  the  late  Hon.  Joseph  P.  Bradley,  a  Justice  of  the  United 
States  Supreme  Court,  are  devoted  to  the  descendants  of  Francis  Bradley,  who 
settled  in  Fairlield,  Conn.,  in  1GG0.  They  were  written  for  the  benefit  of  his 
children,  and  have  been  edited  aud  published  by  his  son.  Much  historical  as 
well  as  genealogical  matter  is  here  preserved.  The  book  makes  a  handsome 
Volume.     It  shows  great  research. 

The  Peirce  Family  Record  is  by  Edward  W.  West,  Esq.,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. , 
who  in  18G4  published  a  thin  pamphlet  under  the  same  title,  and  in  18G9  issued 
several  pages  of  additions  and  corrections.  These  were  noticed  in  the  Register 
for  October,  1«72.  The  present  work  is  much  enlarged  and  improved.  It  has 
an  Appendix  containing  accounts  of  some  related  families,  namely:  Hardy, 
Grafton,  Gardener,  Dawes,  Lathrop,  Coulis,  Russell,  Haswell,  Gray,  Chipman, 
Blanchard,  Holland,  May,  West,  Wyman,  Cobia,  etc.  The  book  is  well  pre- 
pared, ami  makes  a  handsome  volume. 

Mr.  Hmwn's  book  on  the  Old  Families  of  Bedford,  Massachusetts,  is  a  work 
of  much  merit,  and  is  commended  to  those  who  trace  their  ancestry  to  that 
town.     It  is  illustrated  by  engravings. 

The  Gibhs  Family  Record  is  a  handsome  pamphlet  from  the  University  Press. 
It  gives  the  descendants  of  James  Gibbs  of  Bristol,  Massachusetts  Bay,  who  is 
mipp.ised  to  be  from  Bristol,  lCngland.     The  biographies  are  full  ami  precise. 

The  Odell  pedigree  is  by  Mr.  King  of  Yonkers,  N.  Y,,  who  has  contributed 
many  articles  to  the  Hkc.istku.  lie  finds  the  name  spelled  Wadehelle,  Wadhull, 
de  Wahid,  Wodhull,  Woodhull,  Wodell,  Odell,  Odill,  Odle,  etc.  The  emigrant 
ancestor  of  the  family  here  recorded  was  William  Odell,  an  early  settler  of  Con- 
cord, Mass.,  who,  Mr.  King  thinks,  came  with  Rev.  Peter  Bulkeley,  or  about 
that  time.     The  pedigree  is  carefully  compiled. 

The  next  three  works,  Hooe-Barues,  Dade  and  Fowke,  are  by  the  careful 
genealogist,  Rev.  Mr.  Hayden  of  Wilkcs-Barre,  Pa.,  whose  "  Virginia  Genealo- 
gies "  were  noticed  by  us  in  January,  1892. 

The  next  three  works  are  by  Lieut.  Temple  Prime,  U.  S.  A.,  Huntington, 
N.  Y.  They  are  second  editions  of  works  previously  published.  They  all  re- 
late to  families  of  high  repute  in  New  England  history.  The  works  are  care- 
fully compiled,  and  printed  in  a  handsome  manner.  They  are  illustrated  by 
engravings.  The  Nelson  book  contains  a  portrait  by  Smibert  of  the  hero  of 
Samuei  Adams  Drake's  novel,  "  Captain  Nelson."  (See  Register,  vol.  33,  p. 
2G1.) 

The  Family  of  John  Savage  is  a  reprint  from  the  Register  for  July  last,  with 
very  large  additions.  One  of  the  appended  articles  gives  a  list  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary soldiers  of  the  family,  their  rank  and  service.  The  two  brothers, 
Savage,  of  Lowell,  who  compile  this  monograph  on  their  family  history  in 


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America,  have  devoted  a  large  amount  of  diligent  and  intelligent  research  to  Its 
accomplishment.  We  understand  that  its  distribution  is  to  be  private,  but  we 
apprehend  that  genealogists  desiring  copies  could  likely  be  accommodated  by 
early  application. 

The  Needham  Branch  of  the  Tolman  Family,  by  Mrs.  Pickford,  gives  a  line 
of  the  Tolman  family  not  carried  out  in  the  article  on  the  Tolmans  in  the  Reg- 
ister for  July,  18G0.     It  makes  a  handsome  pamphlet. 

Mr.  Brown's  "History  of  the  Shepard  Family"  furnishes  details  of  a  Ver- 
mont family  of  this  name,  of  which  little  has  previously  been  preserved  in 
print.     The  author  deserves  credit  for  his  work. 

The  Parsons  Genealogy  is  by  Gen.  Lewis  B.  Parsons  of  Flora,  Clay  county, 
Illinois,  who  traces  his  ancestry  to  Joseph  Parsons  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  re- 
lating to  whom  and  his  descendants  an  article  will  be  found  in  the  REGISTEB  for 
July,  1847.  Appended  is  an  article  giving  the  author's  ancestry  in  his  maternal 
line — Hoar. 

The  Sprague  pamphlet  gives  the  ancestry  from  that  family  of  the  author, 
Dwight  II.  Kelton,  LL.D.,  of  Montpelier,  Vt.,  captain  in  the  United  States 
Army.     He  is  the  author  of  "  Annals  of  Fort  Mackenac,"  etc. 

The  "  Historic  Records  of  an  Old  Family"  is  by  Rear  Adm.  Francis  Ashbury 
Roe,  U.  S.  N.  The  "  Old  Family"  is  that  of  Roe,  which  the  author  traces  to 
Scandinavia  at  an  early  date.  Much  interesting  matter  is  preserved  in  this 
pamphlet. 


RECENT   PUBLICATIONS, 

Presented  to  the  New-England  Historici  Genealogical  Society  from  August  1, 

to  December  1,  1891.  ^ 

1.  Ptiblications  written  or  edited  by  Members  of  the  Society. 

Corporations  in  the  Days  of  the  Colony.  By  Andrew  McFarland  Davis.  Re- 
printed from  the  Publications  of  the  Colonial  Society  of  Massachusetts.  Cambridge. 
1894,     8vo.pp.34. 

The  Inaugural  Addresses  of  the  Mayors  of  Boston.  Vol  I.,  1822-1851.  Published 
by  the  City  Registrar.     Boston.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  415. 

Record  of  the  Soldiers,  Sailors  and  Marines  who  served  the  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  and  Previous  Wars,  Buried  in  the  City  of  Ports- 
mouth, N.  II.,  and  the  Neighboring  Towns  of  Greenland,  Newcastle,  Newington  and 
Rye.     By  Joseph  Foster.     Portsmouth,  N.  H.     1893.     8vo.  pp.  76. 

Remarks  on  some  rare  German  Prints  of  New  York  and  Quebec,  and  on  Contri- 
butions in  the  year  1781  by  the  Churches  of  Massachusetts  to  the  Distressed  Inhabi- 
tants of  South  Carolina  and  Georgia.  By  Samuel  A.  Green,  M.D.  [Boston,  1894.] 
8vo.  pp.  7. 

Jonathan  Holman,  a  Revolutionary  Colonel.  By  John  C.  Crane.  Worcester. 
1894.     8vo.  pp.  19. 

The  Crafts  Family.  By  James  M.  and  William  F.  Crafts.  Northampton.  1893. 
8vo.  pp.  803. 

The  Early  Records  of  the  Town  of  Dedham.  1659-1673.  Edited  by  Don  Gleason 
Hill.     Dedham.     1891.     8vo.  pp.  x.-f304. 

The  Public  Records  of  the  State  of  Connecticut.  From  October,  1776,  to  February, 
1778,  inclusive.     By  Charles  J.  Hoadly,  LL.D.     Hartford.      1891.     8vo.  pp.  iv.-f  653. 

Maps  of  the  Street-lines  of  Boston,  made  for  the  Selectmen  in  1819  and  1820.  By 
John  Groves  Hales.     Published  by  the  City  Registrar.     Boston.     1894. 

Report  of  the  Class  Secretary  of  the  Class  of  1875,  Bowdoin  College.  [By  Myles 
Standish,  M.D.]     Boston.     1894.     12mo.  pp.  43. 

The  Present  Status  of  Pre-Columbian  Discovery  of  America  by  Norsemen.  By 
Hon.  James  Phinney  Baxter.     Washington.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  10. 

Rev.  Jacob  Green  of  Hanover,  N.  J.,  as  an  Author,  Statesman  and  Putriot.  By 
liev.  Joseph  F.  Tuttle,  D.D.     Crawfordsville,  Ind.     [1894.]     8vo.  pp.  55. 


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1895.]  Recent  Publications.  103 

IT.     Other  Publications. 

Catalogue  of  Westminster  College.     Fulton,  Missouri.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  44. 

The  Story  of  the  City  Hull  Commission,  including  the  Exercises  at  the  Laying  of 
the  Comer  Stones  and  the  Dedication  of  the  City  Hull  and  Memorial  Hall.  Edited 
by  Prentiss  Webster.     Lowell.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  233. 

Minutes  of  the  General  Association  of  the  Congregational  and  Presbyterian  Churches 
of  New  Hampshire.     Vol.  VI.     Concord.     1894.     8vo. 

Third  Report  of  the  Record  Commissioners  relative  to  the  Early  Town  Records. 
Providence.     1893.     4to.  pp.  8. 

Proceedings  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Peaboay  Education  Fund.  Cambridge.  1894. 
8vo.  pp.  62. 

The  First  Houses  of  Pound  Brook.     By  Rev.  T.  E.  Davis.     Bound  Brook,  N.  J. 

1893.  4 to.  pp.  35. 
Third   Annual   Report  of  the  Trustees  of  Public  Reservations.     Boston.     1893. 

8vo.  pp.  63. 

Transactions  of  the  Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society,  1893.     Part  II.     Boston. 

1894.  8vb, 
The  Struggle  for  Freedom  in  Kansas.     By  Thomas  Ewing.     Reprinted  from  the 

Cosmopolitan  Magazine,     1894.     4to. 

Historical  Society  Newbergh  Bay  and  the  Highlands.  Newbergh,  N.  Y.  1894. 
4to.  pp.  60. 

Proceedings  of  the  Nova  Scotian  Institute  of  Science,  Session  of  1892-3.  Halifax, 
N.  S.     1893.     8vo. 

Proceeeings  and  Collections  of  the  Nebraska  State  Historical  Society.  Lincoln, 
Neb.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  64. 

The  Honorable  Elijah  Leonard.     A  Memoir.     London,  Ont.     8vo.  pp.  51. 

The  History  of  Holdcn,  Mass.,  1684-1894.  By  David  Foster  Estes.  Worcester. 
1894.     8vo.  pp.  X.+446. 

Souvenir  of  Charlestown  and  Bunker  Hill  Monument.  Charlestown.  1894.  4to. 
pp.  86. 

The  Unveiling  of  the  Columbus  Statue,  New  York,  May,  1894.  New  York.  1894. 
4to.  pp.  30. 

Celebration  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-fifth  Anniversary  of  St.  Andrew's 
Royal  Arch  Chapter,  1769-1894.     Boston.     1891.     8vo.  pp.  145. 

Indianland  and  Wonderland.     By  Olin  D.  Wheeler.     8vo.  pp.  105. 

Letters  from  Alaska.     By  Horace  Briggs,  Ph.D.     Buffalo.     1889.  '  12mo.  pp.  87. 

Twentv-seventh  Annual  Report  of  the  Peabody  Institute  of  the  Citv  of  Baltimore. 
Baltimore,     1891.     8vo.  pp.  .01. 

Thirtieth  Report  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Boston  City  Hospital.  Boston.  1894. 
8vo.  pp.  167. 

Constitution  and  Records  of  the  Claim  Association  of  Johnson  County,  Iowa.  By 
Benjamin  F.  Shambaugh,  A.M.     Iowa  City.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  196. 

Proceedings  and  Transactions  of  the  Royal  Society  of  Canada.  Vol.  XI.  Ottawa. 
18'J4.     4 to.  pp.  153. 

The  Medical  Register  of  New  York,  New  Jersey  and  Connecticut.  John  Shrady, 
M.D.,  Editor.     Vol.  XXXII.     New  York.     1894.     16mo.  pp.  clxxi.-f  261. 

A  Partial  Catalogue  of  the  Publications  of  the  Essex  Institute.  Salem.  1894. 
16 mo.  pp.  28. 

Town  Histories  and  Genealogies  in  the  Library  of  the  Essex  Institute.  Salem. 
1893.     pp.  30. 

Acts  and  Resolves  of  Massachusetts,  1894.     Boston.     1891.     8vo.  pp.  1094. 

The  Fones  Record.    Vol.1.     By  James  N.  Arnold.    Providence.    18!)4.    8vo.pp.  199. 

Centennial  Celebration  of  the  Incorporation  of  Pittsburg.     8vo.  pp.  50. 

Specimen  Pages  of  a  Pythian  History  of  New  Hampshire.  By  Charles  B.  Spofford. 
Manchester,  N.  H.      1894.     8yo.pp.ll, 

The  Revolutionary  Soldiers  of  Claremont,  N.  IF.  By  Charles  B.  Spofford.  Clare- 
mont.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  20. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  as  it  is.     1894. 

General  Joseph  Martin  and  the  War  of  the  Revolution  in  the  West.  By  Prof. 
Stephen  H.  Weeks.      Washington.      1804.     8vo.  pp.  71. 

The  Archives  of  Harvard  College.     By  Justin  Winsor.     Worcester.     8vo.  ppx  4. 

Watertown  Records.  Comprising  the  First  and  Second  Books  of  Town  Proceed- 
ings, with  the  Land  Grants  and  Possessions;  also  the  Proprietors'  Book  and  the  First 
Book  and  Supplement  of  Births,  Deaths  and  Marriages.  Watertown,  Mass.  1894. 
8vo.  pp.  vi.-f-161  -}- 199-J-81. 


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The  Enrly  Records  of  the  Town  of  Providence.  Vol.  VI.  Providence.  1894. 
4to.  pp.  vi.4-328. 

Hillsborough.  Address  at  Hillsborough  Bridge  on  the  Field  Day  of  the  New 
Hampshire  Historical  Society,  October  3,  1893.  By  Amos  Hadley,  Ph.D.  Concord. 
1894.     8vo.  pp.  17. 


DEATHS. 


Nathan  Gillette  Pond,  Esq.,  born  in 
New  York,  May  31,  1832:  married  in 
Milford,  Conn.,  November  11,  1856; 
died  in  Milford,  Conn.,  July  29,  1894. 
Third  in  descent  from  Charles  Pond, 
of  Revolutionary  fame.  Seventh  in 
descent  from  Theophilus  Eaton,  first 
Governor  of  New  Haven  Colony.  Sixth 
in  descent  from  Sir  Charles  Hobby, 
Colonel  of  Massachusetts  regiment  un- 
der General  Nicholson,  in  the  Port 
Royal  Expedition,  1710,  was  knighted 
July  9,  1705,  "for  good  service  done 
the  Crown  in  New  England."  Sixth  in 
descent  from  Capt.  John  Miles,  who 
served  under  Major  Robert  Treat  in  the 
great  swam])  light.  He  was  the  son  of 
Charles  Hobby  and  Martha  Gillette 
Pond.  At  the  age  of  21  he  went  into 
business  in  New  York  city;  but  a 
varied  success  led  him  to  a  country  life, 
and  for  years  he  was  a  breeder  of  thor- 
oughbred cattle — short  horns  and  Jer- 
seys— whose  pedigrees  he  searched  as 
carefully  as  he  did  in  later  years  those 
of  his  fellow-men.  He  conceived  the 
idea  of  the  "Memorial  Bridge"  built 
in  Milford,  Conn.,  over  the  Wepownge, 
at  the  place  where  the  settlers  first 
crossed  on  their  entry  into  the  land  of 
their  new  homes.  The  bridge  was  dedi- 
cated in  18S9,  on  the  250th  anniversary 
of  the  settlement  of  the  town,  and  is  a 
fitting  monument  to  one  who  labored 
so  long  and  faithfully  to  accomplish  it. 
The  "Taylor  Library"  now  being 
built  is  largely  due  to  Mr.  Pond's  efforts 
in  behalf  of  Milford.  The  ancestral 
tablets  he  prepared  are  marvels  of  com- 
pleteness, and  are  invaluable  to  their 
fortunate  possessors.  His  books,  "The 
Old  Tombstones  of  Milford"  and  "Ye 
Story  of  ye  Memorial,"  are  of  great  in- 
terest to  antiquarians  as  well  as  to 
descendants  of  the  settlers  of  New 
Haven  colony. 

Mr.  Pond  married  in  1856  Sophia  M. 
Mooney  (of  Revolutionary  and  colonial 
ancestry  in  New  Hampshire),  by  whom 
he  had  eight  children.  Owing  to  his  \ 
peculiar  belief  regarding  life  and  death;, 
no  clergyman  was  in  official  attendance 
at  his  funeral,  although  many  of  that 


profession,  warm  and  lifelong  friends, 
were  present.  In  accordance  with  an 
oft- repeated  request,  the  exercises  were 
conducted  by  the  Hon.  George  M.  Gunn, 
a  neighbor,  friend,  and  a  fellow  society 
man. 

Mr.  Pond  was  a  charter  member  of 
both  New  York  and  Connecticut  Socie- 
ties of  Colonial  Wars ;  and  has  been 
greatly  instrumental  in  reviving  the 
Connecticut  "  Society  of  Cincinnati." 
In  regard  to  Mr.  Pond's  connection 
Avith  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati,  I 
quote  trom  a  letter  received  since  writ- 
ing the  above : 

"  Mr.  Pond  wns  associated  with  Gen. 
D wight  Morris,  Hon.  A.  W.  Merwin, 
Rev.  A.  N.  Lewis,  and  others,  in  re- 
viving the  disbanded  Society  of  the 
Cincinnati  in  Connecticut  from  the 
initiatory  movement  in  1888  to  its 
restoration  by  the  General  Society  in 
1893.  He  was  indefatigable  in  laboring 
for  the  desired  result.  His  genealogical 
skill  rendered  his  feervices  peculiarly 
valuable.  The  Society  could  have 
spared  any  of  its  members  better  than 
Mr.  Pond.  He  was  treasurer  of  the 
Society,  and  a  member  of  the  executive 
committee  of  the  General  Society.  Mr. 
Pond  will  be  succeeded  by  his  eldest 
son,  Charles  Hobby  Pond,  of  New  York 
city." 

James  Bartlett  Shapleigii,  Esq.,  one  of 
the  best  known  citizens  of  Somers worth, 
N.  H.,  died  in  that  city  August  2,  1894. 
He  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  Alexan- 
der Shapleigh  the  emigrant  ancestor, 
who  came  to  this  country  from  Devon- 
shire, England,  in  1635,  and  settled  in 
Kittery,  and  son  of  Samuel  Shapleigh, 
one  of  the  earliest  settlers  in  Lebanon, 
Me.  He  was  born  in  that  town  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1805,  and  was  consequently 
at  the  time  of  his  death  89  years,  5 
months  and  14  days  of  age.  Mr.  Shap- 
leigh retained  his  mental  and  physical 
powers  unimpaired  to  near  the  close  of 
life  ;  and  during  his  long  and  active  life 
he  never  had  occasion  to  require  the 
services  of  a  physician  until  within  a 
few  days  of  his  death. 


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GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

By  Henky  F.  Waters,  A.M. 
[Continued  from  Vol.  xlviii.,  page  51G.] 

Apollo  Playne  of  Preston,  Suffolk,  gentleman,  4  September  1 601, 
proved  20  November  16*02.     My  son  William  Plaine,  married  to  a  daughter 

of    Robert  of   Koughaunam,    Suffolk,    Esq.       Mr.    Thomas    Willis 

minister  of  Preston.  Margaret  my  wife  and  William  my  son  to  be  execu- 
tors.  To  the  pool*  of  Lavenham  forty  shillings  so  that,  they  trouble  me  not 
at  the  day  of  my  burial.  My  executors  to  pay  Amye  Dickens,  at  her  full 
age  of  one  and  twenty  years,  a  hundred  pounds  and  to  the  rest  of  the 
children  of  my  daughter  Dickens,  namely,  George,  Margaret  and  Bryant, 
a  hundred  pounds  to  be  evenly  or  equally  distributed  amongst  them  at  their 
full  age;  and  if  they  die  before  they  come  to  those  years  then  I  will  my 
daughter,  their  mother,  shall  have  their  portion,  over  living;  but  if  she  die, 
my  executors.  I  give  my  son  Dickens  his  debts  due  at  my  death,  so  he 
claim  no  other.  Ilollinshead's  Dictionaries,  which  I  paid  forty  shillings  for, 
I  bequeath  to  my  cousin  John  Gurdon  Esq.,  praying  him  my  son  may  have 
"  Chawcer  and  Maister  Lamberte's  Perambulacoii  of  Kent,"  making  him 
overseer  of  my  will.  Montague,  74. 

Anthony  Diiury  of  Besthorpe,  Norfolk,  Esq.  20  June  1G1G,  proved   9 
November  1G1G.     My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  South  Aisle  of  the  parish 
chureh  of  Besthorpe  and  my  grave  to  be  covered  with  the  marble  stone  at 
my  porch  door,  with  a  superscription1  in  brass  and  two  escutchions  of  brass 
with  my  arms  and  my  two  wives'  arms  engraven  thereon.  >   To  my  wife 
Anne  (among  other  things)   the  ambling  gelding  which  I  bought  of  one 
Buckeuham   and   the    household    stuff   of  mine    remaining   in    my   son    Sir 
Anthony  Drury 's  house  in  Besthorpe.     Sundry  hangings  &c.  in  my  parlor  at 
my  manor  of  Cufson's  to  my  said  son  Sir  Anthony.     Sundry  household  stuff 
in  my  houses  at  Weston,  Norfolk,  to  my  son  William.     My  daughter  Bur- 
inan  and  my  grandchild  Anne  Burma!)  (at  eighteen).      My  daughter  Ivooke- 
wood.      My  grandchild    Bridget    KooUewood   (at  eighteen).     Other  of  her 
children.     My  eldest  son's  daughters,  vV  Anne,  Bridget,  Elizabeth,  Susan 
and  Dorothy,  at  twenty  or  marriage.     My  daughter   Elizabeth    Ilarborne 
and  her  children.     My  son  Pleasant's  children,  viz1  Thomas,  William,  Anne 
and  Dorothy,  at  eighteen.     To  my  grandchild  William  Drury  my  chain  of 
gold,  to  be  delivered  to  him  at  his   full  age  of  one  and   twenty  years,  and 
after  my  decease  the  said  chain  to  be  delivered  to  Dame  Bridgett  Drury 
my  daughter  to  have  the  custody  and  use  thereof.     To  my  said  daughter 
my  gold  ring  with  my  arms  thereupon.      To  my  grandchild  Anthony  Drury 
all  my  lands  in   Lynge  which   I   bought  of  Mr.    Dennye.      My  grandchild 
Robert   Drury.      My  sister  Chamberlaine.     My  loving  cousin   Mr.  Arch- 
deacon Stokes.     To  wife  Anne,  for  life,  all  that  chief  messuage  &c.  wherein 
my  eldest  son  lately  dwelt,  called  Gyles,  whereof  by  deed  indented  dated  18 
August  1-1  KHz/:   I  did  eufeoffe  Nicholas   Garnois  and   William    Brampton 
Esquires  and  Thomas  Brampton  gen1  to  certain   uses  &e.      Provisions  for 
deseent  of  real  estate.     Son  Sir  Anthony  Drury  to   be  executor  and  if  ho 
shall  not,  within  three  months  next  after  my  decease,  lawfully  prove  this 

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my  last  will  and  testament  according  to  the  due  course  of  the  Ecclesiastical 
laws  of  this  Realm  then  all  my  gifts  and  devises  of  goods  &c.  to  him  shall 
cease  ami  be  utterly  void  and  I  give  the  same  to  my  son  William  whom  I 
make  executor  in  his  place.  And  lastly  I  do  desire  my  loving  brother 
Nicholas  Garneis  Esq.  and  my  loving  sons  in  law  William  Ilarborne  Esq. 
and  Mr.  Doctor  Burman  to  be  supervisors.  And  I  do  give  and  bequeath 
unto  my  loving  cousin  John  Gulden  Esq.,  according  to  a  loving  and  kind 
agreement  between  him  and  me,  if  he  be  living  at  the  time  of  my  decease, 
one  gelding  or  colt  or  else  forty  shillings  in  lieu  thereof,  desiring  him  to 
take  my  small  remembrance  in  good  part.  And  unto  my  said  brother 
Garneis  and  my  sons  William  Ilarborne  and  Doctor  Burman  and  to  my  son 
William  Drury  and  to  my  son  Rookewood  and  to  my  grandchild  William 
Drury  and  to  my  loving  kinsman  and  godson  Mr.  Thomas  Drury  and  to  my 
loving  cousin  Thomas  Brampton  Esq.  I  give,  to  each  of  them,  a  mourning 
gown.  And  to  the  rest  of  my  friends  or  kin  that  my  executor  shall  please 
to  bestow  cloaks  upon  I  will  that  my  nephew  Raphe  Chamberlain  and  my 
brother  Constable  shall  have  each  of  them  one.  And  so  an  end  of  this  my 
last  will  and  testament  &c. 

Ro:  Constable  and  William  Rookewood  two  of  the  witnesses.     Proved 
by  Sir  Anthony  Drury,  knight.  Cope,  100. 

John  Cumxw  of  Assington,  Suffolk,  Esq.  G  December  1G21,  proved  10 
October  1623.  In  former  will  had  made  my  son  Brampton  (Guidon)  ex- 
ecutor. I  have,  upon  very  just  occasions  which  I  have  imparted  unto  some 
of  our  indifferent  friends,  changed  my  purpose  therein.  To  my  grandchild 
John  G union,  eldest  son  of  my  said  son  Brampton  Gurdon  by  his  first  wife, 
all  my  lease  or  farm  lands,  advowsons,  tythes  &c.  in  Assington,  parcel  of 
the  late  Priory  of  Hatfield  Peverell,  Essex,  which  I  did  purchase  of  Thomas 
Winterflood  gei^,  lands  which  I  did  purchase  of  Sir  Edwin  Riche,  knight, 
the  messutige  or  farm  house  wherein  one  Thomas  French  doth  now  inhabit, 
called  Garland's,  and  lands  belonging  &c,  which  I  did  lately  purchase  of 
Sir  William  Waldgrave,  knight,  the  elder,  situate  in  Assington,  lands  which 
I  bought  of  the  children  of  Edward  llamond,  now  in  the  occupation  of  John 
ITamond  fand  a  lot  of  other  lands  &c.  described)  ;  and  my  will,  intent  and 
desire  is,  which  I  would  earnestly  entreat  my  son  Brampton  Gurdon,  even 
as  he  would  have  the  love  and  favor  of  Almighty  God,  that  he  would  per- 
mit and  suffer  all  those  manors,  lands  and  tenements  &c.  to  go,  remain  and 
be  in  such  manner  and  form  and  to  such  person  or  persons  &c.  and  for  such 
uses  as  are  expressed  &c.  in  certain  indentures  tripartite  made  between  me 
the  said  John  Gurdon  and  Amye  my  wife  on  the  first  part,  Elizabeth 
Barret,  widow,  Sir  Drue  Drurye,  knight,  and  others  of  the  second  part  and 
the  said  Brampton  Gurdon  my  son  on  the  third  part,  bearing  date  2  Feb- 
ruary 3 Q  Eliz:  Reference  to  an  instrument  bearing  date  25  June  1  (>0G, 
made  by  the  said  Brampton  Gurdon  upon  or  a  little  before  his  intermarriage 
with  a  second  wife  &c.  To  my  grandchild  Robert  Gurdon,  brother  unto 
my  said  grandchild  John  Gurdon  of  the  whole  blood,  messuages  &c.  in 
Letton,  Cranworth  and  Shipdam  &c,  in  Norfolk,  with  remainder  to  Edward 
Guidon,  whole  brother  unto  the  said  Robert.  Sundry  lands  ,&c.  to  said 
grandson  Edward  Gurdon.  To  my  cousin  William  Playne  of  Lavenham, 
Suffolk,  sen',  thirty  pounds  and  to  his  mother  Margaret  Playne,  widow, 
forty  shillings  to  make  her  a  ring.  To  my  grandchild  Brampton  whom  my 
said  son  had  by  his  second  wife,  Muriell  the  daughter  of  Martin  Sydley 
Esq.  deceased,  certain  household   stuff  at    Letton,  at   his   age   of   four   and 


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twenty  or  day  of  marriage.  To  the  said  Muriell,  the  now  wife  of  my  said  son, 
twenty  pounds  to  buy  her  a  gown.  To  the  rest  of  my  son  Brampton  Guidon's 
children  hy  the  said  Muriell  (.excepting  Edmund)  twenty  pounds  apiece  at 
their  several  ages  of  twenty  years.  Certain  household  stuff  conveyed  to  Wen- 
ham.  Gifts  to  James  Springet  and  to  Alice  his  wife,  before  Alice  Somerland, 
my  late  servants.  Other  servants.  I  make  the  aforenamed  John  Gurdon 
my  grandchild  sole  executor  and  give  and  bequeath  unto  hi  in  the  overplus 
of  my  money  &c.,  and  I  nominate  and  appoint  Sir  Henry  Mildmaye,  knight, 
to  be  supervisor,  to  whom  ten  pounds  in  money  and  my  best  gelding  or 
horse,  at  his  own  choice.  Also  I  do  appoint  as  a  thing  by  me  especially  de- 
sired that  my  said  grandchild  John  Gurdon  will  make  some  especial  monu- 
ment or  remembrance  in  Assington  Church,  not  only  of  myself  but  of  my 
father,  mother  and  wife,  being  his  grandmother,  such  as  he  in  his  discretion 
shall  think  meet  and  fit  for  our  estate,  condition  and  calling  as  we  lived  in 
this  world.  I  give  unto  Kdmunde  Gurdon  my  grandchild  the  copyhold  in 
Mil  ford,  to  be  surrendered  to  his  use,  and  ten  pounds  also  for  to  pay  his 
line  ami  charges  of  court. 

John  Appleton  one  of  the  witnesses.  Proved  by  John  Gurdon  the 
grandson.  Swann,  d\h 

Sir  Calthorpe  Parker  of  Erwarton,  Suffolk,  knight,  31  August  1 G 1 8 , 
proved  2G  January  1 G 18.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Dame  Mercye,  my  now 
wife,  my  capital  messuage  or  manor  house  of  my  manor  of  Erwarton,  with 
the  orchards,  gardens,  mills,  dovehouses  &c.  to  have  and  to  hold  until  my 
eldest  son  shall  accomplish  his  full  age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  The 
manor  of  Gaynes  and  other  estate  to  be  in  the  charge  of  the  executors,  a 
portion  of  the  rent  to  be  employed  for  the  benefit  of  the  younger  children. 
The  three  hundred  pounds  paid  to  Sir  Stephen  Soame  to  be  employed  for 
me  in  the  East  Indian  Company  I  give,  with  the  profits  arising  of  the  said 
Adventure,  unto  my  daughter  Anne  Parker,  to  be  paid  at  her  day  of  mar- 
riage or  age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  Other  bequests  to  daughters  Anne 
and  Mary  Parker.     To  my  sister  Dame  Katherine  Cornwallis  fifty  pounds. 

I  do  name  and  appoint  my  assured  loving  brothers  in  law  Nathaniel 
Barnardislon  Esquire,  Thomas  Soame  of  London    Esquire  and   my   trusty 

!aud  assured  friends,  William  Cage  of  Ipswich,  Suffolk,  gentlemen,  and  John 
GuBelpy  of  Huruham  Thorpe,  Norfolk,  yeoman,  my  true  and  lawful  execu- 
tors. I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  Dame  Mercye  my  wife  my  capital  and 
new  built  messuage  in  Great  Wenha'u:,  Suffolk,  and  lands,  meadows,  pas- 
tures and  fennes  in  said  town  of  Great  Wenhara  or  Capell  to  have  and  to 
hold  during  her  natural  life.  And  after  her  decease  I  give  them  to  Stephen 
Parker  my  second  son  and  to  his  heirs  forever.  Parker,  1. 

I 

Damk  Mercie  Parker  of  Great  Wenham,  Suffolk,  widow,  2  July  1G3G, 
proved  9  December  1G3G.  To  Henry  Parker  my  second  sou  those  lands, 
messuages  &c.  which  I  bought  of  Richard  Daye,  situate  in  Capell  or 
elsewhere  in  said  county.  To  my  son  Nathaniel  Parker  that  hundred 
pounds  which  is  in  the  hands  of  my  cousin  Henry  Austin,  and  forty  pounds 
more  to  buy  him  a  chamber.  1  give  to  my  son  Thomas  Parker  and  his 
heirs  all  those  lands,  which  I  bought  of  James  Hopkins  late  minister  of 
Great  Wenham,  situate  and  lying  in  Capel  <&m.  1  give  to  my  daughter 
Saltinstall  and  my  daughter  Gurdon  my  pair  of  gold  bracelets,  viz1  to  each 
of  them  one  bracelet.  1  give  to  my  said  two  daughters  all  my  childbed  linen 
to  be  equally  divided  betwixt  them.     Also  I  give  six  silver  plate  trenchers  to 


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my  daughter  Sultenstall.  And  my  meaning  is  tliey  shall  afterwards  go  to 
such  children  as  she  shall  appoint  or  think  fit.  A  similar  bequest  to  daugh- 
ter Gurdon.  To  tny  son,  Sir  Philip,  a  dozen  silver  plate  trenchers.  The 
rest  of  tny  plate  &c.  to  my  three  younger  sons.  To  my  daughter  Parker 
my  coach  and  my  red  and  green  quilt.  All  my  other  household  stuff  to 
my  son  Sir  Philip.  To  John  Saltenstall  my  grandchild  fifty  pounds  to  be 
employed  to  his  use,  and  that,  with  the  profits  arising,  to  he  paid  him  at  his 
age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  To  my  hrothers  Sir  William,  Sir  Stephen 
and  Mr.  Thomas  Somes,  Sir  John  Wentworthe,  Mr.  John  Gurdon  my  son 
in  law,  my  sister  Wentworlh  and  my  sister  Barnardiston,  to  each  of  them  a 
ring  of  the  value  of  ten  pounds.  I  gWe  to  Sir  Richard  Saltinstall  a  ring  of 
the  value  of  forty  pounds.  To  the  poor  of  Great  Wenham  forty  shillings. 
To  the  poor  of  Thurrington  forty  shillings,  To  the  poor  of  Weekes  in 
Essex  forty  shillings.  Certain  servants  and  others.  All  the  rest  of  my 
lands  &c.  to  be  equally  divided  amongst  my  three  younger  sons,  Henry, 
Nathaniel  and  Thomas,  whom  I  constitute  &c.  executors. 

Proved  by  Henry  Parker,  power  reserved  to  grant  letters  to  Nathaniel 
and  Thomas  Parker  the  other  executors  named.  Pile,  12'3. 

John  Ciiopfyne  fifth  son  of  Francis  Choppyne  of  Coddenham,  Suffolk, 
gentf'  deceased,  will  made  17  December  1G44,  proved  8  January  1647.  My 
cousin  Judith  Choppyne.  My  cousin  John  Southwell  Esq.  My  dear  and 
loving  mother  Mrs.  Dorothy  Dove.  Richard  Tallemach  of  Coddenham, 
yeoman.  My  beloved  nephew  William  Harrison,  the  son  and  only  son  of 
my  late  dear  and  loving  sister,  and  my  only  sister,  Dorothy  Choppyne,  the 
wife  of  William  Harrison  gen1.  My  beloved  niece  and  god  daughter  Anne 
Choppyne,  second  daughter  of  my  late  dear  brother  Tellemache  Choppyne 
gen1  deceased.  My  beloved  niece  Frances  Choppyne,  eldest' daughter  of 
my  said  brother.  My  beloved  nephew  John  Choppyne,  t\\e  youngest  son 
of  my  said  brother,  unto  whom  the  Lady  Susan  Crane,  in  performance  of 
my  cousin  Sir  Robert  Crane's  promise,  hath  given  the  sum  of  ten  pounds 
per  annum,  issuing  out  of  the  farm  where  I  now  dwell,  for  thirteen  years, 
whereof  there  is  two  years  passed.  My  beloved  nephew  Robert  Choppyne, 
eldest  son  and  heir  of  my  said  brother.  All  these  nephews  and  nieces  at 
one  and  twenty  or  days  of  marriage.  Now  my  humble  bequest  is  that  my 
loving  friends  and  kinsmen  John  Gurdon  Esq.,  one  of  the  members  of  the 
House  of  Commons,  Francis  Paeon  Esq.,  Counsellor  at  Law,  and  Matthias 
Candler  als  Gillet,  minister  of  God's  word  at  Coddenham  aforesaid,  will 
take  care  of  the  tuition  and  education  of  my  said  brother  Tallemach  Chop- 
pyne his  four  children  and  guardians  for  my  said  nephew  Robert  Choppyne 
during  his  and  their  minorities,  of  whose  tender  care  1  have  had  experience 
and  am  fully  persuaded  that  they  will  to  the  uttermost  of  their  endeavors 
give  my  said  brother's  four  children  both  pious,  religious  and  virtuous  edu- 
cation, which  will  be  more  precious  in  God\s  eye  than  anything  I  can  leave 
them.  And  I  appoint  my  said  loving  kinsman  John  Gurdon  Esq.,  Francis 
Bacon  Esq.  and  Matthias  Candler  als  Gillet,  clerk,  to  be  my  executors. 

Essex,  11. 

P>ijampton  Gurdon  of  Assington,  Suffolk,  Esq.,  19  October  1647,  with 
a  codicil  dated  1  February  1648,  proved  16  .May  1650.  My  copyhold  lands 
and  tenements  &c.  in  Great  Wenham,  East  Bergholt,  Roydon  &c.  in  the 
Co.  of  Suffolk  I  bequeath  to  my  eldest  sou  John  Gurdon  &e.  My  copy- 
hold lands  and  tenements  holden  of  the  manor  of  Shipdam  and  lying  or 

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being  in  Shipdam  and  Letton,  or  in  towns  near  adjoining,  in  the  Co.  of 
Norfolk.,  1  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  Brampton  Gurdon  &c.  I  give 
and  bequeath  unto  Merriell  my  dearly  beloved  wife  my  best  coaeh  and  five 
horses,  with  all  the  harness  and  furniture  belonging  unto  it,  and  all  my 
plate  marked  with  Sidleye's  and  Knevitt's  eoats,  or  either  of  them,  one 
deep  silver  bason,  one  silver  sugar  box,  a  silver  chaffing  dish,  three  great 
and  three  lesser  silver  drinking  bowls,  two  broad  silver  bowls,  a  silver  foot 
with  a  screw,  six  silver  plates  with  Gurdon's  and  Sidlye's  eoats,  six  silver 
saucers,  a  candle  cup  with  a  cover,  a  little  silver  tankard,  four  silver  por- 
ringers, four  trencher  salts,  fifteen  silver  spoons  and  the  bell  salt.  To  said 
wife  (a  lot  of  furniture  and  household  stuff,  including)  a  livery  cupboard 
with  a  drawer,  a  high  Turkey  wrought  chair  and  a  little  Turkey  wrought 
chair,  high  stools  and  high  chairs  &c.,  napkins  and  linen  marked  B.  G.  M. 
and  G.  and  M.  G.,  the  chaffer  bought  whilst  I  lived  at  Greeneford,  one 
barrell  churn  &c.  As  for  the  pewter  my  will  is  that  all  the  pewter  stamped 
or  marked  with  Bannotl's  (Barrett's?)  and  Litton's  arms  do  go  to  my 
executor,  my  son  John  Gurdon,  and  the  residue  of  the  pewter  bo  equally 
divided  betwixt  my  said  son  and  my  wife.  To  my  son  Brampton  Gurdon 
all  the  furniture  and  household  stuff  in  his  chamber  and  also  one  hundred 
pounds  in  lieu  of  a  gift  given  unto  him  by  mother  Sedley  (and  also  certain 
armor).  To  James  Gurdon,  the  son  of  my  son  Robert,  one  hundred  pounds 
to  be  disposed  of  for  his  best  advantage  by  binding  him  out  apprentice,  or 
otherwise.  To  my  daughter  Mildm^.y  one  little  gilt  bowl  and  twenty 
pounds  in  money.     My  sou  John's  wife.     My  son  Hill  and  his  wife. 

Item,  I  give  to  my  son  Saltonstall  fifty  pounds,  and  to  his  wife  fifty 
pounds,  to  be  paid  within  twelve  months  after  my  decease.  My  son  ^Robert's 
wife.  My  son  Brampton's  wife.  My  nephews  Nathaniel  and  Francis 
Bacon.  Mr.  Walker  my  minister,  Mr.  Pechy,  Mr.  Newcomers,  Mr.  Ray- 
men  t.  To  Mr.  Rogers  of  Ipswich  in  New  England  five  pounds  aud  to  Mr. 
Stansby  of  Ipswich  in  this  County  two  pounds.  Mr.  Edes.  The  poor  of 
Assington,  of  Dedham,  of  Newton,  of  Sudbury  and  of  Boxford.  Certain 
servants.  My  son  John  to  be  sole  executor  and  my  loving  nephews  Na- 
thauirl  and  Francis  Bacon  to  be  supervisors,  to  each  of  whom  I  give  live 
pounds. 

Id  the  codicil  he  mentioned  others.  To  my  loving  brother  Martin  Sed- 
ley Esq.  forty  shilling  to  buy  him  a  ring.  Mr.  Smith  of  Dedham.  The 
poor  of  Stoke  by  Nayland,  of  Bures  St.  Mary  and  of  Naylaud.  Mr.  Eaton 
now  living  with  me.  Isaac  Cooke  my  servant.  Susan  Hudson  my  servant. 
Edmund  Jesupp  aud  An  Rayment,  both  servants  unto  my  son  Brampton 
Gurdon.  Reference  to  the  marriage  of  Brampton  Gurdon,  my  eldest  son 
by  Merriell  my  now  wife,  with  Mary,  his  now  wife.  Pembroke,  08. 

Kogkh  Hill  of  Poundisford,  Somerset,  Esq.,  Sergeant  at  Law,  G  March 
1664,  proved  26  April  1067.  My  body  to  be  buried  and  laid  up  till  the 
day  of  refreshment  come,  iu  or  near  the  grave  or  place  where  the  corpse 
or  body  of  her  that  in  her  life  time  was  the  constant  delight  of  my  eyes, 
my  late  most  honored  and  dear  wife  Mrs  Abigail  Hill,  daughter  of  Bramp- 
ton Gurden  Esq.  deceased,  then  of  Assington  Hall  in  the  County  of  Suf- 
folk, was  laid  up  and  interred,  it  being  in  the  Church  of  the  Inner  Temple, 
London,  close  under  the  Must  window  on  the  South  side  of  the  said  church, 
under  the  monuments  of  Coke  and  Littleton,  in  which  place  was  buried 
Gurdon  and  Meriel,  my  son  and  daughter  which  I  had  by  my  said  wife,  as 
also  Jane  my  eldest  daughter  which  I  had  by  my  first  and  dearly  beloved 
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wife  Mrs  Kathefine  Hill,  daughter  of  Giles  Grene  of  Cross  Castle  in  the 
County  of  Dorset  Esq.  deceased.  And  my  will  is  that  my  burial  be  in  as 
private  a  manner  as  may  be  without  any  vain  pomp  or  ceremony  at  all  and 
that  blacks  or  mournings  be  given  to  none  but  to  her  that  is  the  desire  of 
my  soul,  my  now  most  honored  and  dear  wife,  Mrs  Abigail  Hill  (daughter 
of  Thomas  Barnes  deceased,  of  Alboro  Hatch  in  the  County  of  Dorset* 
Esq.  and  sister  and  coheir  of  James  Barnes  iKsq.  deceased)  and  to  mine  and 
her  children  and  servants  that  shall  be  in  covenant  and  abiding  and  menial 
servants  with  me  at  the  time  of  my  death.  My  late  honored  father  Wil- 
liam Mill  Esq.  deceased.  My  son  William.  My  son  Roger.  My  cousin 
Chaplein  of  Taunton.  My  friend  and  kinsman  Sir  Walter  Yonge  of  Colly- 
ton,  Devon,  Baronet,  my  brothers  in  law  Brampton  Gurdon  of  Letton, 
Norfolk,  Esq.  and  Edward  Keighley  of  Alboro-hatch,  Essex,  gen1,  and 
William  Chaplein  of  Taunton,  Somerset,  gen*  &c.  My  brother  in  law 
.John  Gurdon  of  Assington,  Suffolk,  Esq.  My  brother  Richard  Saltonstall 
Esq.  My  good  brothers  Mr  John  Hill  of  Taunton,  gen1,  and  Mr  Richard 
Royle  of  London  gen*.  My  good  sisters  Mrs  Anne  Butler,  Mrs  Jane  Royle 
and IMrs  Jane  Hill,  wife  of  said  brother  Mr  John  Hill.  My  kinswoman 
Mrs  Mary  Gully,  sister  to  my  cousin  William  Chaplein  aforesaid.  My 
son  Roger  Hill.     His  mother  in  law  my  wife.  Carr,  44 

Brampton  Gurdon  the  elder  of  Letton,  Norfolk,  genfc,  10  February  15 
Charles  II,  A.D.  10G2,  with  a  codicil  bearing  date  21  February  1G62, 
proved  10  February  10G9,  To  my  wife  Mrs  Mary  Gurdon  all  those  my 
two  messuages  &c.  in  Letton,  Cranworth  and  Shipdham,  to  have  and  to 
hold  for  life,  and  after  her  decease  I  give  one  to  my  son  Thonias  Gurdon, 
for  life,  reserving  unto  my  son  Brampton  Gurdon  &c.  free  liberty  of  in- 
gress, egress,  &c.  into  and  from  my  grove  lying  within  the  "said  premises. 
To  my  said  son  Thomas  ono  thousand  pounds.  One  hundred  pounds  to 
wife  Mary  (and  use  of  certain  household  stuff  during  her' widowhood).  To 
my  brother  John  Gurdon  Esq.  and  Anne  his  wife,  to  my  sister  the  Lady 
Mi  Id  may,  to  my  brother  Mr.  Sergeant  Hill  and  Abigail  his  wife,  to  my 
brother  Richard  Saltonstall  Esq.  and  Meriell  his  wife,  to  my  sister  Mrs 
Joyce  Gurdon,  to  my  nephew  Mr.  Roger  Hill  and  to  my  niece  Mrs  Meryell 
Moseley  forty  shillings  to  each  of  them  to  buy  rings.  To  the  poor  of  Let- 
ton  forty  shillings,  of  Cranworth  forty  shillings,  of  Southberch  twenty  shil- 
lings and  of  Shipdham  three  pounds.  To  all  my  servants  living  with  me 
at  the  time  of  my  death  (except  Anne  Foulsham  and  Francis  Stanham) 
twenty  shillings  apiece,  and  to  the  said  Anne  and  Francis  forty  shillings 
apiece.  The  rest  of  my  goods  &c.  to  my  son  Brampton  Gurdon  whom  I 
make  executor  &c. 

(Codicil)  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Gurdon  ten  pounds.  To  my 
brother  William  Skeffington  Esq.,  my  sister  SkefFmgton,  my  brother  Ger- 
vase  Pigott  Esq.,  my  nephew  Mr.  John  Thornhagh,  my  niece  Mrs  Jane 
Thomhage  and  Mrs  Margaret  Goodwyne,  to  each  of  them  forty  shillings 
to  buy  rings.  To  Mr  Marke  Lewes,  Mr.  Martyn  and  M1'3  Martyn  twenty 
shillings  apiece,  and  to  Mr.  Thomas  Walker  of  Assington  and  Mr  Stephen 
Poole  of  Southbergh  five  pounds  apiece,  and  to  the  scholar  that  shall  live 

*  For  Dorset  we  should  read  Essex.  Thomas  Barnes  of  Aldborough  Hatch  in  Burking, 
Essex,  by  his  second  wife,  Isabella,  daughter  of  James  Harvey,  Esq.,  had,  among  other 
issue,  Abigail,  a  sister  and  coheir  of  James  Barnes,  who  was  married  four  times.  Her  third 
husband  was  (his  Roger  Hill  of  Bounds  ford,  Somerset,  and  her  fourth  husband  Col.  George 
Thompson,  brother  of  ltobert  and  of  Maurice  Thompson,  whoso  will,  as  also  that  of  his 
brother  Maurice,  I  have  ready  for  publication.  H.  F.  Wateks. 


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with  mo  in  my  house  at  the  time  of  my  death  forty  shillings.  Item,  I  give 
unto  my  dear  sister  Mrs  Meriell  Saltonstall  ten  pounds.  Penn,  21. 

Dame  Amy  Mildmay  of  Graces  in  Little  Baddow,  Essex,  widow,  18 
5.  ZMuy    1669,  proved  28  January  1670.      To  be  buried   in    Little   Baddow 

chancel  and  laid  in  my  sister's  grave.  To  my  beloved  daughter  in  law 
.Mary  Mildmay,  my  son  Henry's  wife,  six1  pounds  in  gold.  To  my  grand- 
daughter Amy  Mildmay,  my  son  Henry's  eldest  daughter,  one  hundred 
pounds.  To  Anno  Mildmay,  my  son's  seeond  daughter,  five  pounds.  To 
|  Mary  Mildmay,  my  son's  third  daughter,  iivo  pounds.     To  Lucy  and  Eliz- 

beth  Mildmay,  my  son's  fourth  and  fifth  daughters,  five  pounds  apiece,  and 
all  my  plate  to  he  equally  divided  between  them.  To  Fra:  Mildmay,  my 
Soil's  bixtli  daughter,  twenty  mark  in  money.  To  Robert  Mildmay  of 
Tei  iing,  my  son  in  law,  ten  pounds,  to  buy  him  mourning,  and  to  his  wife  a 
ring  of  twenty  shillings.  To  my  grandson  Robert  Mildmay  and  his  sister 
Amy  Mildmay  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  the  said  Amy,  over  and  above  the 
said  ten  pounds,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds,  to  be  paid  her  at  her  age 
of  three  and  twenty  years  or  day  of  marriage  or  six  months  after. 

Item,  I  give  to  my  brother  Jo:  Gurdon  of  Ason  in  the  County  of  Suffolk 
Esquire  the  sum  of  twenty  mark  in  money  and  to  his  wife  ten  pounds.  I 
give  to  his  four  sons,  Philip,  Nathaniel,  Brampton  and  Barrett,  to  each  of 
them  a  ring  of  twenty  shillings.  To  his  three  daughters,  Judith  Gould, 
Anne  Gurdon  and  Amy  Forth,  to  each  of  them  a  ring  of  twenty  shillings. 
Item,  T  give  to  my  sister  Saltonstall  a  ring  of  twenty  shillings.  I  give  to 
my  sister  Joyce  Gurdon  six  pounds  and  to  her  son  James  Gurdon  and  John 
Gurdon  the  sum  of  ten  pounds.  To  my  niece  Fisher  a  ris>g  of  twenty 
shillings  and  to  my  niece  Leeds  a  ring  of  twenty  shillings.  To  my  sister 
in  law,  my  brother  Hampton's  wife,  a  ring  of  twenty  shillings.  To  my 
daughter  Wallopp  five  pounds.  To  my  son  Harlackendon  a  ring  of  twenty 
shillings  and  to  his  wife  a  ring  of  twenty  shillings.  To  my  cousin  Reymond 
o(  Ipswich  forty  shillings  and  to  her  daughter  Russell  forty  shillings.  To 
my  man  Robert  Ilugerford  six  pounds.  To  my  two  maids  Elizabeth  Rey- 
mond and  Anne  Meade  three  pounds  apiece  and  all  my  cloathes  (&c.). 
To  the  poor  of  Little  Baddow  four  pounds.  Lands,  tenements  &c.  in  Bul- 
mer,  Essex,  Lavenham,  Preston  or  Brentely  Suffolk  to  my  son  Henry 
Mildmay  and  Ins  heirs  forever.  The  residue  of  my  goods  to  my  son  Henry 
whom  1  make  and  appoint  my  sole  executor  &c. 

I  desire  my  son  Henry  to  pay  to  the  parties  here  under  named  the  several 
sums  of  money  that  I  give.  To  my  cousin  Lane,  Mr  Walker,  Mr.  Gilson, 
Mr  Wragg,  Mr  Willis,  Mr  Crow,  Mr  Clarke,  Mr  Reeve,  Mr  Folkes,  Mr 
Oakes,  Mr  Benson,  Mr  Hollock,  Mr  Harrison,  Mr  Hicks,  Joane  Baker  aud 
Alieo  Bowno  (sums  ranging  from  ono  to  ten  pounds  apiece).        Duke,  G. 

U  John   Gurdon  of  Assington,  Suffolk,  Esq.  25   Juno   1677,  proved   4 

October  1G79.  To  my  dear  and  loving  wife  Anno  Gurdon,  for  and  during 
the  term  of  her  natural  life,  my  mansion  house  wherein  I  now  dwell,  com- 
monly called  Assington  Hall,  with  all  the  outhouses,  bams,  stables,  orchards, 
yards  and  gardens  belonging  to  the  same,  together  with  the  park  and  warren, 
with  the  deer  and  coneys;  also  the  Priory  ground  late  in  the-  occupation  of 
Abraham  Hay  ward,  with  all  the-  tithes  which  1  have  now  let  to  William 
Firmin  of  Assington.  J  also  give  her,  for  term  of  her  natural  life,  the  free 
disposition  of  the  Vicaridgo  of  Assington  so  often  as  it  shall  bo  void  (and 
certain  farms  in  Assington  and  Stoke  next  Nayland).     All   which  said 


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farms  were  settled  upon  my  said  wife  at  her  marriage  with  me,  with  three 
other  farms  in  Great  Cogshall  in  Essex  and  other  towns  thereto  adjacent, 
which  I  do  further  confirm  to  her  by  this  my  will  and  do  give  them  to  her 
for  and  during  the  term  of  her  natural  life.  To  my  son  Nathaniel  Guidon 
the  farm  in  which  the  widow  Sach  now  liveth  and  holdeth  of  me,  lying  and 
being  in  Great  Cogshall  and  towns  adjacent,  after  my  wife's  decease.  I 
give  him  one  hundred  pounds  and  to  his  daughter  Anne  Gurdou,  my  grand- 
child, one  hundred  pounds,  to  be  paid  unto  him  for  the  use  of  his  said 
daughter  and  paid  to  her  by  him  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years.  To  my  son 
Brampton  Gurdon  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  son  Barrett  Gurdon  oue 
bundled  pounds.  To  my  son  in  law  Mr.  John  Gould,  merchant,  and  his 
wife  my  daughter,  to  each  of  them  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  my  son  in  law 
Mr.  John  Jollife  and  his  wife  my  daughter  ten  pounds  apiece  and  to  my 
son  in  law  Dr.  Thomas  Jacomb  and  his  wife  my  daughter  ten  pounds 
apiece.  To  my  eldest  son  Robert  Gurdon  ten  pounds,  to  my  son  Philip 
Gurdon  ten  pounds,  to  my  son  Nathaniel  Gurdon  and  to  his  wife  ten  pounds 
apiece,  to  my  sou  Brampton  Gurdon  ten  pounds  and  to  my  son  Barret 
Gurdon  ten  pounds.  To  my  four  grandchildren,  the  children  of  my  son 
Nathaniel,  of  Woodham  in  Essex,  viz1  John,  Elizabeth,  Amy  and  Judith, 
twenty  pounds  apiece,  to  be  paid  within  two  years  after  my  decease  to  their 
father  for  their  use  and  benefit.  To  my  sister  Joyce  Gurdon  of  London, 
widow,  and  to  my  sister  Gurdon  of  Letton,  in  Norfolk,  and  to  my  brother 
and  sister  Saltonstall  forty  shillings  apiece.  To  my  brother  Robert  Gurdon's 
two  sons,  James  and  John,  and  to  their  sister  Anne  Gurdon  forty  shillings 
apiece.  To  Mr.  Walker,  Mr.  Samuel  Cradocke  and  to  Mr  Ashwell  forty 
shillings  apiece  and  to  Mr.  Ilinde  three  pounds.  To  the  poor  of  Aldington, 
Nayland  juxta  Stoake  and  Bewers  St.  Mary  and  to  the  poor  of  Cornard. 
To  Amy  Hall  who  served  my  wife  twenty  years  the  sum  of  ten  pounds. 
Bequests  to  other  servants..  My  wife  Anne  Gurdon  and  my  son  Philip 
Gurdon  to  be  my  executors. 

Francis  Quarlos  one  of  the  witnesses-  King,  129. 

Annk  Gurdon  of  Assington  23  August  1  G80,  proved  16  July  1G81.  I 
desire  that  my  body  may  have  a  private  and  decent  burial.  1  give  to  my 
son  Robert  Gurdon  my  great  seal  gold  ring  which  was  both  his  grand- 
father's and  his  father's.  I  give  to  my  said  sou  Robert  all  my  stock  of  deer 
and  conies  that  shall  be  in  the  warren  park  at  the  time  of  my  death.  I 
give,  more,  to  my  said  son  Robert  teii  pounds.  I  give  to  my  son  in  law 
Dr.  Thomas  Jacomb  and  my  daughter  his  wife  ten  pounds  apiece.  I  give 
to  my  daughter  Gould  ten  pounds.  I  give  to  my  daughter  JollifF  teu 
pounds.  J  give  to  my  son  Philip  and  his  wife  ten  pounds  apiece.  I  give 
to  my  son  Nathaniel  and  his  wife  ten  pounds  apiece.  I  give  to  my  sou 
Brampton  ten  pounds.  I  give  to  my  son  Barret  ten  pounds.  Certain 
household  stuff  to  Brampton  and  to  Barret.  To  my  dear  brother  Mr. 
Henry  Parker  forty  shillings  and  to  my  nephew  Mr.  Henry  Parker,  his 
son,  forty  shillings.  To  my  dear  brother  Mr.  Nathaniel  Parker  forty  shil- 
lings. To  Ann  Gurdon,  my  son  Nathaniel's  eldest  daughter,  thirty  and  to 
her  (his?)  daughter  Eliza:  twenty  pounds,  to  be  paid  to  them  at  the  age  of 
twenty  years.  If  either  of  them  die  before  that  age,  unmarried,  her  part 
shall  go  to  the  other.  To  Mr.  Thomas  Walker  of  Nayland  forty  shillings 
and  to  his  wife  twenty  shillings.  Sundry  small  legacies  to  others  named. 
The  remainder  of  my  estate  to  be  laid  out  in  land  or  otherwise  improved 
for  the  best  advantage  of  my  son  Nathaniel's  children,   Ann,   Elizabeth, 


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John,  Amy,  Jtirteth  and  Robert,  to  be  paid  to  them  when  they  attain  to  the 
ug.<  of  twenty  years.  I  do  now  declare  my  son  Philip  Gnrdon  and  my 
daughter  Mrs  Anne  Jollifl'e  to  be  my  executors.  Reference  to  a  deed  made 
to  nephew  I\Ir.  Henry  Parker  and  Mr.  Thomas  Walker  of  Nayland. 
Proved  by  both  executors.  North,  107. 

John'  Skdlky  of  Sonthflete,  Kent,  Esq.  "  oon  of  the  Kinges  Auditours 
in  His  Kxehequer  and  Citezein  and  Stacioner  of  the  Citie  of  London  and 
lute  Wardeyn  of  the  CJnvite  of  Stacioners,"  23  February  1530,  proved  15 
November  1&&2.  M  I  beqiietlre  my  soule  to  almighty  god  to  onr  blissed 
Lady  and  to  all  the  company  of  hevyn.  And  my  body  to  be  buried  in  the 
(.'liuivl f  Southtlete  in  the  Trinitie  Cliapell  in  the  tombe  where  as  Eliza- 
beth my  late  wife  lyeth  buried  Also  I  woll  that  there  be  as  moche  money 
dalt<-  and  gevvn  to  as  many  pour  people  at  the  day  of  my  buriall,  to  euery 
pour  man  and  woman  ij'1  and  a  halpcnye  loffe  and  to  euery  childe  a  penny 
and  a  halpeny  lolTe,  as  woll  come  and  receyve  it  in  the  wey  ofalmes.  Also 
I  woll  that  there  be  like  dole  dalt  and  gevyn  to  as  many  por  people  and  chil- 
dern  at  my  monethes  mynde  twelve  monthes  mynde  and  twoo  yeres  mynde 
in  likewise  as  it  is  at  my  buriall  as  woll  come  and  receyve  it  in  the  wey  of 
alines.  Also  I  woll  that  there  be  a  Dyner  kept  the  said  day  of  my  buriall 
for  all  the  Preestes  and  Clerkes  and  for  all  other  people  that  will  not  take 
the  said  alines.  Also  1  will  that  myn  executours  haue  as  maney  masses  as 
they  can  haue  preestes  at  the  day  of  my  buriall  wl  Deprofundis  at  euery 
masse  at  the  Lavatory  for  my  soule  and  for  the  soules  of  Elizabeth  my  wife 
my  father  my  mother  graunsers  and  graundams  brothers  and  susters  and  all 
our  Childeru  my  frendes  soules  and  for  the  soules  of  them  that  1  haue  fared 
the  better  by  and  all  xpen  soules.  Also  1  will  that  there  be  at  eury  ordre 
of  the  fyve  orders  of  the  frer.es  in  London  a  Trentall  of  masses  saide  in  all 
hast  possible  after  my  deeeas  wl  Deprofundis  at  eury  masse  at  the  Lavatory 
to  pray  for  the  soules  aforsaid  And  myn  executours  to  paye  to  every  ordre 
of  th  i  said  \'y\o  orders  of  the  ffreres  xs  for  the  said  Trentalles.  Also  I  woll 
that  there  be  made  by  myn  executours  at  euery  ordre  of  the  said  fyve 
orders  of  the  freres  in  Loudon  a  Chauntrye  foreuer  to  say  masse  euery  day 
foreuer  for  twoo  pence  euery  day  for  masse  Sin  for  euery  ordre  by  yere 
iij"  xiiij1  And  to  geve  them  money  for  the  said  Chauntries  after  xxli  yeres 
purrha>o  that  is  to-  say  to  eury  ordre  lxjli  iijs  iiii(1  And  in  like  wise  to  haue 
at  euery  ordre  of  the  said  freres  an  obite  ami  a  Trentall  of  masses  eury 
yere  foreuer  for  x9  a  yere  for  euery  crdre  And  to  geve  them  money  for 
the  said  obites  and  trentalles  after  xx"  yeres  purchase  that  is  to  say  to  euery 
order  x11  to  pray  for  the  soules  aforesaid.  And  myn  executours  to  take 
sewertie  of  them  if  it  be  not  doon  then  to  distreyn  for  a  penaltie  in  suche 
bowsing  as  is  in  their  monastery  for  eury  weke  that  it  is  not  kept.  Also  I 
woll  that  as  many  prestes  monkes  (freres  and  chanons  that  woll  come  as 
may  save  masse  euery  day  during  oon  hole  yere  next  after  the  day  of  my 
decesse  at  the  awter  in  the  said  Trinitie  Chapel  1  where  as  my  said  wife  is 
buried  And  also  where  as  I  by  the  grace  of  god  shall  bo  buried  to  say  masse 
oon  after  another  and  eury  preest  to  haue  iiij'1  as  many  as  woll  come  and  say 
masse  with  Deprofundis  at  euery  masse  at  the  lavatory  and  after  masse  at 
our  Tomhe  Deprofundis  never  to  be  denyed  to  sey  masse  at  that  oon  awter 
and  at  noon  other  awter  during  the  said  yere  to  pray  for  the  soules  aforsaid." 
Kefereneo  made  to  \%  loudes  and  tenementes  at  lvye  that  was  myn  the  whicho 
Was  oxchaunged  with  .John  May  no  for  certeyn  loudes  and  Tenementes  in 
London."     "  Also  1  woll  and  ordeyu  that  the  Annuitie  of  foure  pouudes 


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114  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England.  [Jan. 

that  T  haue  grant] ted  to  the  Priour  and  Covont  of  Rochestre  and  to  tlieir 
sucoessours  for  a  Chauntrie  to  sey  masse  every  day  foreuer  And  an  obite 
euery  yere  foreuer  in  their  monastery  of  the  profiles  issues  and  Revenues 
of  all  my  londes  and  tenementes  in  London  I  woll  that  it  be  truely  paide 
foreuer  daily  wekelye  monthly  and  yerely  foreuer  according  to  the  tenor 
of  twoo  indentures  therof  made  whereof  oon  is  under  their  Couent  Seall  in 
my  keping  And  thother  is  undre  my  Seall  in  their  own  keping  And  that  the 
said  Priour  and  Covent  haue  full  power  and  auctoritie  to  do  all  thiuges  to 
the  teno1  of  the  said  indenture.  And  if  the  said  Prior  and  Covent  or  their 
Successours  at  any  tyme  hereafter  doo  seasse  and  sey  not  the  said  diuine 
seruice  as  it  is  conteyned  in  the  said  indentures  by  the  space  of  a  weke  then 
I  woll  that  it  shall  be  lefull  unto  myn  heires  executours  and  assignes  as 
often  and  at  eu'y  tyme  as  the  said  diuine  seruice  doo  ceasse  and  is  not  saide 
by  the  space  of  a  weke  to  entre  into  the  ruauo's  of  ffrendisbury  and  Wold- 
ham  And  to  distresse  for  vjs  viij'1  in  the  name  of  a  peyn  for  euery  weke 
that  the  said  diuine  seruice  doo  ceasse  and  is  not  saide  according  to  the  said 
indentures.  Also  I  will  that  there  be  an  obite  kept  of  xs  by  the  yere 
foreuer  in  the  Abbey  of  Langdon  besides  Dover  where  as  my  mother  lyeth 
buried  with  dirige  and  tenne  masses  that  is  to  sey  Dirige  of  the  evyu  by 
note  and  the  next  day  after  mass  of  Requiem  by  note  And  the  residue  of 
the  masses  to  be  saide  w'  the  Abbott  and  Chanons  of  the  said  Abbey  and 
wr  other  prestes  the  Abbot  to  haue  for  his  labour  eury  yere  xij'1  eu'y  Chanon 
preest  vj'1  eu'y  Chanon  Novys  iiij'1  And  to  eu'y  other  preest  that  saith  dirige 
and  masse  vj'1  and  to  eury  Childe  that  helpith  the  preest  to  masse  a  penny 
And  for  Ryuging  of  belles  after  the  custume  of  other  obites  And  the  said 
'  obite  to  be  doon  by  the  ouersight  of  the  parson  of  Ryngwolde  for^he  tyme 
being  and  to  sey  dirige  and  masse  hauing  for  his  labour  euery  yere  xijd. 
And  the  residue  of  the  money  of  the  said  xs  yf  any  then  be  left  a  to  be  dalte 
and  gevyn  to  pour  people  to  pray  for  the  soules  aforsaid.  And  the  said 
obite  to  be  kept  at  the  Day  that  my  other  obittes  is  kept."  '  Provisions  in 
case  of  "delawte  of  payment."  Ten  marks  more  out  of  the  revenues  &c. 
of  lands  &q.  in  London  and  elsewhere  to  make  another  "Chauntrie"  in 
Trinity  Chapel  in  the  church  of  Southfleet  &c.,  "an  honest  preest  to  say 
masse  euery  day  with  Deprofundis  at  the  Lavatory  and  after  masse  Depro- 
fundis  at  our  tombe.  And  the  said  preest  shall  say  Placebo  and  Dirige 
euery  Munday  Wenysday  and  lFriday  in  the  yere  foreuer  for  the  soules 
aforsaid  And  to  say  masse  euery  day  in  the  weke  foreuer  as  it  is  con- 
teyned in  the  Indentures  made  bitvvene  the  Priour  and  Covent  of  Rochestre 
and  me  in  eury  condicion  yf  it  can  be  lawfully  doon  And  that  the  said 
Chauntrie  of  Southflete  to  be  surely  made  with  Induction  and  wl  Institucion 
and  a  patron  to  geve  it  when  it  is  voide  "  &c.  "  Also  I  woll  that  thre  tapers 
aboute  the  lampe  before  the  blissed  Trinitie  be  founde  foreuer  in  the  trinitie 
Chapell  at  Southflete.  Also  I  woll  that  the  Churche  of  Southflete  haue 
tenne  mrces  to  repaire  the  said  Churche.  Also  I  geve  to  the  church  of 
Southllete  xxx8  for  my  tithes  and  offeringes  forgotten.  Also  I  will  that 
sir  Robert  Carter  shalbe  my  Chauntrie  preest  and  begynne  my  Chauntrye 
at  Southflete  "  &c.  during  his  life,  uorelIes  another  honest  preest  during  his 
life,  and  so  oon  after  another."  u  Also  I  woll  that  there  be  gevyn  to 
twelve  pour  men  and  woman  at  Southflete  and  Northfiete  euery  Sonday 
foreuer  xij'1  And  that  eury  of  them  to  say  a  pater  nostor  a  ave  maria  and 
a  ('rede  euery  Sonday  Coroner  at  my  Tombo  in  the  said  Trinitie  Chapell 
to  pray  for  the  soules  aforesaid."  Directions  to  make  and  found  a  similar 
chauntry  and  obite  in  the  parish  church  of  Navestock,  Essex.     "  Also  1  geve 


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189!>i]  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England,  115 

to  the  church  of  Navestoke  a  torehe  and  in  redy  money  xl8  to  repaire  the 
said  Churche.  Also  I  vvolle  that  tlie  Annuitie  of  xliiiis  by  yere  owt  of  all 
my  Louden  and  tenementes  in  Horton  be  truely  paide  to  the  Priores  and 
Coven t  of  Dertfort  for  an  obiie  euery  yere  forever  and  a  masse  to  be  said 
euery  Sonday  and  Ilolydaies  in  the  yere  foreuir  to  pray  for  the  soules 
aforesaid." 

11  Also  I  will  that  William  Sedley  myn  eldest  sonne  haue  Immediatly 
after  that  oon  yere  is  fynysshed  and  ended  next  after  my  deceas  all  my  hede 
tenement  to  dwell  in  with  all  the  londes  wl  thappurtennces  in  Southflete 
that  I  bought  of  Thomas  Bayne  late  Maister  Cressell  londes  and  Lundisshe 
londes  as  .John  Mathewe  and  William  Vmf'rey  late  had  to  ferine  for  terme 
of  his  lyfo  and  to  the  heires  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten  And  for  defaute  of 
such.-  heires  to  Remayn  to  Martyn  Sedley  my  congest  sonne  for  terme  of 
his  lyfe  and  to  the  heires  of  his  body  laufully  begotten.  And  for  defaute 
of  suelie  heires  Then  I  wille  that  all  the  Revenues  Issues  and  Profites  of 
all  the  said  londes  and  tenementes  be  equally  devided  bitwene  the  thre 
Abbeys  and  Monasteries  of  Rochestte  Dertford  and  the  Abbey  of  our 
blissed  Lady  of  grace  beside  the  Towr  of  Loudon  And  the  Churche  of 
Southflete  for  the  terme  of  fourscore  and  nyntene  yeres  seying  thre  masses 
in  eii' y  <>f  the  said  Abbeys  and  in  the  said  Churche  of  Southflete  eury  Day 
in  the  Weke  every  yere  during  the  said  yeres  over  and  aboue  the  said 
masses  for  my  said  Chauntries  and  obites  for  the  soules  aforsaid  with 
Deprofundis  at  the  Lavatory  and  after  masse.  And  after  the  said  four- 
score and  nyntene  yeres  ended  and  expired  the  said  londes  and  tenementes 
to  be  solde  by  the  Priour  and  Couent  of  Rochestre  then  being  And  by  the 
Priores  and  Couent  of  Dertforde  then  being  And  by  the  Abbot  and 
Couent  of  the  said  Abbey  of  grace  then  being  And  the  money  thereof 
comyng  to  be  bestowed  spent  and  dal'te  in  masses  deades  and  \%  charitable 
dedes  in  their  owne  Abbeys  and  Monasteries  and  in  the  said  Churche  of 
Southtlete,  evynly  to  be  devided  in  masses  and  in  diriges,  and  in  other  places 
as  it  shall  seine  best  the  said  Prior  and  Covent  Priores  and  Couent  Abbot 
and  Couent  for  the  tymo  being  for  the  soules  aforsaid  and  all  xpen  soules. 
Also  I  will  that  all  my  londes  and  tenementes  that  I  bought  late  of  Willnl 
Swan  and  of  Joane  Hunt  sett  lying  and  being  at  a  place  called  the  llooke  in 
Southflete  as  Henry  Godfrey  hath  nowe  to  ferine  holely  after  that  oon  yere 
is  fynysshed  and  ended  next  after  .'■my  deeeese  shall  remayn  to  Marty n 
Sedley  my  yongest  sonne  for  terme  of  his  lyfe,  and  to  the  heires  of  his  body 
laufully  begotten"  (then  follow  provisions  for  entailing  the  remainder  first 
on  William  Sedley  and  his  heirs  and  lastly  on  the  said  three  abbeys  and  the 
Church  of  Southflete  for  masses  &e. )  "  Also  I  woll  that  all  my  londes  and 
tenementes  that  I  haue  in  Dertford  shall  remayn  to  Dorothye  Sedley  my 
dougliter  being  a  Nonne  in  Dertford  Abbey  during  hir  lyfe  soo  that  the 
Rej)acions  be  kept  to  array  hir  with  the  Revenues  and  profites  of  it  to  pray 
for  the  soules  aforesaid  And  after  hir  deceas  to  remayn  as  other  my  forsaid 
londes  doo  and  shal  Remayne  after  that  my  said  Channtries  and  obites  be 
fynysshed." 

Dorothy,  the  daughter,  to  have  also  twenty  shillings  sterling  a  year  of 
annuity  during  her  life  out  of  all  the  lands  &cM  except  the  two  tenements 
given  to  the  two  sons,  and  William  also  to  have,  out  of  the  same  lands  &c., 
twenty  pounds  sterling  a  year  untill  the  Will  be  performed.  "  And  then 
the  said  Will m  Sedley  shalhaue  all  my  londes  and  tenementes  unbeqneathed 
pfourmyng  this  my  will  for  terme  of  his  lyfe  and  to  the  heires  of  his  body 
laufully  begotten     And  so  after  to  remayn  as  it  is  declared  in  this  my  wille. 


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Also  I  woll  that  all   the   money   that   I   leve   in    my   Coffers   and   all    the 
Renames    Issues   and   Proiites  of  all  my  Londes  and  tenementes  manor8 
quyte  Rentes  and    Rent  chargis   not  gevyn    nor    willed    nor    beqnethed    in 
Oxney   Rekisborn   Stapill   Asshe  or  any  other  place  parisshe  or  parishes 
Avithin  the  Countie  of  Kent,  the  Rent  charge  of   William   Swan   gentilman 
within  the  said  Countie,  And  also  of  all  my  Ma  no1"  londes  and  Tenementes 
Qnyte  Rentes  Rent  charges  in  Navestoke  Lough  ton  South  bemeflete  Thun- 
dersley  frbbbyng  and  Corryngham  or  in  any  other  place  wlin  the   Countie 
of  JMidd  and  elleswhere  in  Englonde  to  perfourme  and  fynysshe  all  the  said 
buriall  monethis  mynde  tvvelve-monthes  mynde  and  twoo  yeres  mynde  doles 
masses  Chauntres  obittes  and  all  other  thinges  and  bequestes  aforeiehersed 
and  here  after  rehersed  and  to  pay  Immediatly  after  my  deceas  all  such 
money  to  the  gsones  undre  written  as  hereafter  folovveth  that  is  to  say  to 
William  Sedley  ray  sonne  fourty  poundes  to  fulfill  my   will   truely  Martyn 
Sedley  my  sonne  fourty  poundes  to  see  my  wille  truely  pfourmed  James 
Sedley  my  brother  tenne  poundes  Elizabeth  Sedley  my  doughter  five  mfces 
John  Sedley  William  and  Robert  the  sonnes  of   William   my   sonne   tenne 
poundes     And  I  woll  that  the  said  sonnes  of  Willm   my  sonne  shalhaue  a 
Annuitie  of  tenne  mrees  sterlinges  by  yere  when  any  of  them  cometh  to  the 
age  of  twenty  yeres  during  their  lyves  and  the  lenger  lyver  out  of  all   my 
londes  and  tenementes,  except  the  twoo  tenementes  that  I  haue  gevyn  to 
my  twoo  sonnes,  ffraunces  Sedley  tenne  poundes  and  all  my  wifes  apparell 
Dorothy  Sedley  my  doughter  a  Nonno  tenne  mrees  to  pray  for  me."      (Then 
follow  sundry  bequests  to  a  lot  of  servants  and  others.)      Sir  Robert  Carter 
to  be  ou'seer  of  this  my  wille  to  see  it  truely  pfourmed  and  to  pray  for  me, 
xls     Deff  Sir  Robert  nowe  my  prest  xs  to  pray  for  me,"  "  Heni^y   Godfrey 
of  Southflete  my  ifermo1'  to   be  ouerseer  of  this  my  wille  to  see  it  truely 
pfo'med  And  to  pray  for  me  fyve  mi'ces     And  I  wolle  that  t*ie  said  Uenry 
shalhaue  my  housing  and  londes  that  he  now  dwell ith  in   to  ferme  for  xi 
yeres  as  he  had   it   of  me  to  ferme  before  according  to  Tndentures  therof 
made.     The  wife  of  said  Godfrey  to  pray  for  me  xiijs  iiij'1."     "  Also  I  will 
that  William  Axton  late  my  flermour  at  Mailing  haue  xxx8  to  pray  for  me 
And  in  reeompens  of  the  distresse  that  was   taken   from   him  and   solde." 
"Also  I  will  that  there  be  an  yerely  obite  foreuer  of  iij*  iiij'1  of  the  Issues 
and  proiites  of  all  my  londes  in    London    kept   yerely    in    the    Churche   of 
Qiisto.n   beside    Dover  where  James   Sedley    my    graunsir   and  Joane   my 
grandam  lyeth  buried  to  pray  for  the  soules  and  all  the  soules  aforesaid 
The  said  obite  to  be  kept  wl  Dirige  and  thre  masses,  every  preest  to  haue 
vjd  for  dirige  and  masse  the  parishe   Clerk   ij'1   for   Rynging  of  belles  after 
the  olde  cnstume     And  the  Residue  of  the  money  to  be  in  bred  and  drynke 
amonge  the  people  at  the  said  obite,  And  for  defawte  of  payment  it  shalbe 
lefnll  unto  the  (Jurat  and  Church  Wardeyns  of  Guston  for  the  tyme  being 
to  distresse  in  and  upon  all  my  londes  and  tentes  in   London  and  upon  all 
my  londes  in  Oxney  beside  Dover  for  the  terme  of  fourscore  and  xix  yeres 
yf  they  doo  kepe  truely  the  said  obite  in   manner  aforsaid.     Also  I   woll 
that  the  curate  of  Gnston  doo  pray  in  the  Pnlpitt  eu'y   sonday   in   the  yere 
foreuer  for  the  soules  of  me  and  my  wife  my   father  mother   Graunsir  and 
grandam  by  name  and  for  all  our  Childern  and  see  my  obite  there   truely 
kept,  And  to  haue  euery  yere  for  his  labour  viij'1     Also  I  geve  unto  Guston 
Chnich  towarde  the  Repaeions  therof  xxviH  viij'1       Also  J  will  there  be  an 
yerely  obite  foreuer  of  iijH  iiij'1  of  the  profites  of  all   my   londes  in    London 
kept  yerely  in  the  cliirch  of  Westeclyif  beside  Lover  where  Robert  Sedley 
my  father  lyeth  buried     The  said  obite  to  be  kept  with   Dirige  and  thre 


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masses"  (then  follow  instructions  similar  to  those  given  about  the  obite  in 
the  Church  at  Guston).  Provisions  for  keeping  the  Chauntry  and  obite 
in  the  Abbey  of  Graces  near  the  Tower  of  London.  "  Also  I  woll  that 
myn  executours  doo  close  and  amend  wl  wynscott  the  Chapel  of  saint  Anne 
in  the  said  Abbey  for  the  said  Chauntrye  there  to  be  kept  foreuer  after  the 
teno1'  of  the  said  indentures.  Also  I  woll  that  all  my  yerely  Qhaun  tries 
obittes  and  masses  afore  rehersed  to  be  begynne  and  saide  immediately 
after  my  deceas  and  so  to  contynne  foreuer  and  to  be  trnely  paide.  Also 
I  woll  that  all  my  evidences  and  bokes  shalbe  putt  in  a  great  Chest,  And 
I  woll  that  the  said  Chest  shall  stands  wfin  the  said  Abbey  of  Dertford  in 
our  lady  Chapell  next  the  hennery  orolles  where  it  shall  please  my  lady 
Pnoi'es  best  and  my  sonne  William  to  liaue  the  keyes  of  the  said  Chest  in 
keping  and  free  goyng  and  comyng  therto  untill  this  my  will  be  ])founned." 
Bequests  made  to  the  churehes  of  Oxney,  Northflete.  Meaphiim  and  Mor- 
ton. Prayers  to  be  made  for  self  and  wife  every  Sunday  forever.  kk  Also 
I  geve  unto  Milton  Churehe  next  gravesende  a  Torche  price  vB  And  the 
preest  to  pray  for  me  and  my  wife  in  the  pulpitt  as  it  is  abouesaid."  Simi- 
lar bequests  to  the  churehes  at  Gravesend,  Asshe  next  Dartford,  Brasted, 
Bekeshorno,  Sfapill  and  Loughtou.  "Also  I  geve  to  the  parishe  of  Al- 
halowes  the  lille  in  Loudon  toward  the  Repacious  of  the  Churehe  there  xls. 
Also  1  woll  when  all  thinges  aforesaid  and  hereafter  rehersed  is  fynysshed 
and  ended,  Then  I  woll  that  all  my  Londes  and  tenementes  wl  thapp'teniices 
in  Thundersley  Loughtou  Southbemefiete  Corringham  and  ffobbyng  in  the 
Countie  of  Essex  shall  remayn  to  Martyn  Sedley  my  yongest  sonne  for 
terme  of  his  ly.fe  and  to  the  heires  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten  And  for 
the  defawte  of  the  heires  of  the  said  Martyn  of  his  body  laufully  ^begotten, 
then  I  woll  the  said  Londes  ami  tenementes  Ivemayn  to  Willfii  Sedley 
myn  eldest,  sonne  for  terme  of  his  lyfe  and  to  the  heires  of  h:.s  body  lau- 
fully begotten,  And  for  the  defawte  of  suche  heires  Then  I  woll  that  all 
the  l\encnues  Issues  and  prolites  of  the  said  Londes  and*  tenementes  be 
equally  devided  bitwene  the  said  thre  Abbeys  Dertford  Rochester  and  the 
Abhey  of  Towre  Hill  And  the  said  Churehe  of  Southtlete  for  the  terme  of 
fourscore  and  nyntene  yeres  for  the  maynteynyng  and  keping  of  the  said 
thre  masses  in  euery  of  the  said  thre  Abbeys  and  in  the  said  Churehe  of 
Southtlete  euery  day  in  the  weke  euery  yere  during  the  said  fourscore  and 
nyntene  yeres  over  and  aboue  the  said  masses  for  my  said  Chauntries  and 
obittes  to  pray  for  the  soules  uforsaid  and  after  that  the  said  foil rescore  and 
nyntene  yeres  is  ended,  Then  1  woll'yf  the  said  londes  and  tenementes  can 
be  mortised  to  the  said  Abbeys  and  to  the  said  Church  of  Southtlete  eury 
oon  their  owne  parte,  then  to  mortise  it,  And  to  sey  three  masses  euery  day 
in  the  yere  foreuer  in  euery  of  the  said  Abbeys  and  in  the  said  Churehe  of 
Southtlete,  oner  and  abone  the  said  masses  for  my  forsaid  Chauntries  and 
obittes.  And  yf  the  said  Londes  and  tentes  cannot  be  mortised  as  it  is 
aforsaid  Then  1  woll  that  it  be  solde  by  the  said  Frio1"  and  Couent,  Priores 
and  Couent,  and  Abbot  &  Couent  or  by  their  Successours,  And  the  money 
thereof  to  be  bestowed  spent  and  dalte  in  almes  and  Charitable  dedes  and 
in  masses  and  diriges  in  their  owne  Abbeys  and  in  the  said  Church  of 
Southtlete  evynly  to  be  devided  in  foure  partes  to  pray  for  the  soules  afor- 
said and  all  xpen  soules."  My  brother  James  Sedley  to  have  ten  marks  a 
year  during  his  life.  u  Also  I  woll  that  my  doughter  Dorothe  Sedley  Initio 
my  pott  of  siluer  with  the  kever  that  is  wl  Uynges  in  the  topp  of  the  kever, 
my  doughter  Elizabeth  Sedley  to  liaue  my  gilte  goblet,  John  Sedley  to 
haue  my  grettist  siluer  pott,  ffrauuees  Sedley  to  haue  the  litell  pott  of  siluer 

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118  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England.  [Jan. 

with  the  kever,  My  sonne  William  Sedley  to  bane  oon  of  the  grettist  Cup- 
pis  of  silucr  w'  a  kever,  My  sonne  Martyn  Sedley  to  hane  the  secunde  Cupp 
of  sillier  Without  a  kever  after  the  first  yew,  is  ended  next  after  my  deceas. 
Also  I  wille  that  all  the  residue;  of  my  sillier  plate  and  all  my  hoiiseholdo 
stuffe  ;uid  bedding,  And  all  myn  apparell  And  all  my  Corne  and  Catall  be 
equally  devided  bitwene  my  twoo  sonnes  at  thende  of  the  yere  next  after  my 
deeesse."  "  I  woll  to  Thomas  Ilurton  'dough  tor  that  hath  maried  oon  Wil- 
liam Olyff  and  to  a  nother  doughter  of  the  said  Thomas  Ilurton  that  the 
said  Willm  Olyff  can  tell  whom  she  hath  maried  and  where  she  dwellith 
haue  eche  of  them  fyve  mrees,  And  if  they  be  decessed  then  to  their  heires 
and  ehildern."  Certain  bequests  for  the  improving  of  highways.  "  Also 
I  woll  that  if  any  psone  woll  swere  upon  a  boke  that  I  doo  owe  him  any 
money  and  myn  executours  doth  thinke  his  owthe  not  trewe,  then  the  said 
psone  to  bringe  lauf'ull  witnesse  before  my  Lordes  the  twoo  chief  Juges  or 
before  any  other  twoo  Juges  to  prove  the  said  d.-tt,  And  then  myn  executOra 
w'out  any  furt.her  delay  to  paye  asmoche  money  as  the  said  twoo  chief 
Juges  or  other  ij  Juges  shall  awarde  after  their  conscience."  Conditional 
provision  for  a  chauntry  in  the  Abbey  of  Dertford. 

"Also  1  make  and  ordeyn  myn  executours  of  this  my  last  wille  and  tes- 
tament William  Sedley  my  eldest  sonne  Martyn  Sedley  my  yongest  sonne 
and  my  Lady  Priores  of  l)erlfor<l  for  the  tyme  being,  oon  after  another 
successy vely  to  peifourme  and  fulfill  this  my  wille  in  euery  condicion,  And 
]  woll  that  noon  of  myn  executours  shall  medill  with  the  perl'ourmaunce 
and  fulfilling  of  this  my  said  will  and  testament  but  oonly  the  said  William 
Sedley  my  sonne  to  medill  during  his  lyf,  And  after  his  deceas  none  but 
oonly  the  said  Martyn  Sedley  my  sonne  to  medill  during  his  h'fe,  And 
alter  his  deeesse  my  Lady  Priores  of  Hertford  for  the  tyme  being,  And 
al'ler  hi r  deeoas  the  next  Priores  oon  after  a  nother  sueeessivo'y  to  medill 
till  this  my  will  and  testament  be  pl'o'med  in  eu'y  condieOn  And  I  make 
and  ordeyn  the  Priour  of  Rochester,  the  Abbot  of  Towre  IT  die,  sir  Robert 
Carter  and  Henry  Godfrey  my  Ouerseers  of  this  my  last  wille  and  testa- 
ment to  see  it  truely  perfourmed  and  fulfilled  in  euery  condicion,  And  yf  by 
Lerned  councell  that  this  my  wille  be  made  shorter  for  great  ease  to  the 
Eedcrs  and  the  executours  of  it,  soo  that  the  entent  and  the  trewe  meanyng 
of  this  my  last,  wille  be  not  elmunged  I  am  content,  but  that  then  tent  herein 
nowe  written  shall  always  be  as  it  is  nowe  written."  Thower,  20.     • 

William  Sedley,  son  of  John  Sedley  of  Southflete,  Kent,  Esq.,  28 
November  1553,  proved  4-  December  1555.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the 
Church  of  Southflete  whereas  my  father,  my  mother  and  my  wife  are  buried 
and  "  withe  suche  service  as  shalbe  used  to  be  doon  in  the  churche  for  deade 
i'olkes,  And  like  service  to  be  doon  to  the  Laude  of  god  at  my  monethes 
mynde,  two  yeres  minde  and  thre  yeres  minde,  for  my  sowle,  my  frendes 
and  all  xpen  sowles.  And  1  will  that  there  be  given  and  delte  in  the 
parishe  churche  wheare  I  shall  be  buried,  at  the  daie  of  my  burial!,  of  my 
monthes  minde,  of  my  yeres  minde,  two  yeres  minde  and  thre  yeres  minde, 
by  myne  heires  or  executors,  to  euerie  poor  marine  a  penny  lofe  of  breade, 
to  euerie  poore  woman  a  penny  lofe  and  to  euerie  poore  childe  a  halfe 
penny  lofe  of  breade,  at  euerie  of  the  said  Daies  to  as  many  poore  folkes  as 
will  cum  and  receiue  hit  in  the  waie  of  alines  to  praie  for  the  saide  sowles. 
And  L  will  that  there  be  made  and  kepte  by  myne  heires  and  executors  a 
dinner  at  the  daie  of  my  buriall  and  at  the  daie  of  my  monethes  minde,  for 
all  suche  personnes  as  do  not  receiue  the  saide  Almes  and  will  cum  to  din- 


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ner,  to  praie  for  my  sowle,  my  frendes  and  all  xpen  sowles.  Also  T  will 
that,  there  bo  a  Sermon  made  by  a  well  learned  mantle  of  the  woorde  of 
god  in  the  churehe  wheare  I  shalbe  buried  the  daie  of  my  burial!  and 
moiithes  minde."  Sundry  bequests  to  the  poor  of  various  parishes.  "  Also 
J  will  that  John  my  sonne,  or  my  sister  or  either  of  them,  do  giue,  within 
thre  yeres  nexte  after  my  decease,  to  poore  maidens  marriages,  And  to 
other  poore  fol.kes  their  denocioii  after  tlieire  discretion,  untill  the  somine 
of  five  poundes  be  fully  gi\*efi  to  praie  lor  tin;  saide  sowles.  Also  I  will 
that  (he  saide  John  my  sonne  shall  geU'e  within  the  saide  thre  yeres  to  tenne 
Stud'ientes  of  Diuinitie  in  the  Vniversitees  lackinge  exhibition,  who  me  my 
saide  sonne  shall  thinke  to  be  godliq,  xs  apece,  to  praie  for  my  sowle,  and 
all  the  said  sowles."  Provisions  to  carry  out,  if  possible,  the  pious  bequests 
made  by  his  father  in  his  last  will  and  testament.  To  Master  William* 
Wombwell,  my  godson,  thirteen  shillings  four  pence.  To  Mistress  [Cath- 
erine, my  god  daughter,  forty  shillings.  To  Sister  Elizabeth  Cressener 
forty  shillings.-  To  my  cousin  Androwe  Hawes  twenty  shillings.  To  my 
cousin  Androwe  Cooke,  her*  niece,  to  her  marriage,  forty  shillings.  To- 
my  cousin  Thomas  I>etenham,  of  the  money  he  owetli  me  for  his  annuity, 
twenty  shillings.  To  his  brother  and  three  sisters  twenty  six  shillings  eight 
pence.  (To  others,  named,  various  sums,  among  whom  a  S'uster  Efllyn 
and  a  Suster  Mary  Benham).  To  John  Sedley  my  son,  to  see  my  will 
performed;  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Anne,  my  son's  wife, 
one  hundred  shillings.  To  Robert  Sedley,  my  son,  to  see  my  will  per- 
formed, one  hundred  marks.  To  Nicholas,  my  son,  to  see  my  will  performed, 
one  hundred  marks.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth,  she  to  marry  at  her 
pleasure  by  the  counsel  of  her  aunt,  my  sister,  and  of  John  my  son,  her 
brother,  and  to  have  meat,  drink  and  lodging  till  she  be  married  or 
else  be  found  in  a  good  service,  three  hundred  marks.  To 'my  brother- 
Martin,  to  see  my  will  performed,  fifty  marks.  To  ray  sister  Dorothy,  to, 
see  my  will  performed,  twenty  pounds.  To  my  nephew  Marten,  my 
brother's  son,  live  marks.  To  sundry  churches  for  repairs.  To  the  amend- 
ment of  highways.  To  my  sister  Dorothy  Sedley  an  annuity  of  ten  pounds 
a  year  during  her  life.  To  John  Sedley,  my  eldest  son,  Robert  Sedley,. 
my  second  son,  Nicholas  Sedley,  my  youngest  son,  my  sister  Dorothy,  my 
daughter  Hyde  and  my  daughter  Elizabeth  (sundry  pieces  of  silver  plate). 
I  give  to  my  brother  Mai  ten  Sedley  my  manor  of  Morley  Hall  in  the 
County  of  Norfolk  (being  of  the  yearly  value  of  fifteen  pounds  clear  above 
the  charges)  wherein  my  brother  dwelleth,  late  bought,  of  Sir  Harry  r.uk^.r, 
knight,  to  have  and  to  hold  freely  during  his  natural  life,  and  after  his  de- 
cease to  remain  to  my  nephew  Martin  Sedley,  his  son,  and  to  his  heirs  of 
ltis  body  lawfully  begotten,  upon  condition  that  my  said  kk  Npvy  "  and  his 
heirs  &c'.  shall  yearly  pay  or  cause  to  be  paid,  at  the  Feasts  of  the  Annun- 
ciation of  our  blessed  Lady  and  of  St. .Michael  the  Archangel,  live  pounds 
of  good  money  to  my  son  and  heir  John  Swdloy  and  to  his  heirs  &c.,  and, 
for  lack  of  such,  to  my  right  heirs  &c.  I  give  to  Elizabeth  Sedley,  my 
daughter,  all  my  lands  i&c.  in  Erensbury  &c.  in  Kent.  To  my  son  Thomas 
Hide  and  to  Frances  Hyde  his  wife,  my  daughter,  during  their  natural 
lives  and  the  longer  liver  of  them,  an  annuity  of  live  pounds  a  year  that  [ 
have  out  of  his  manor  of  Willesthorne,  Herts,  and  after  their  decease  the 
said  annuity  to  remain  to  George  Hyde  their  son  &c.  remainder  to  the 
right  heirs  of  the  said  Frances  for  ever.     To  my  sister  Dorothy  Sedley 

[*  Tills  phrase  ("her  niece")  makes  me  suspect  that  the  names  I  have  written  Androwe 
were  meant  to  bo  Androwe,  which  would  lie  another  rending  tor  Audrey.         II.  F.  \\\] 


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120  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England*  [Jan. 

my  tenement  at  the  church  in  Southflete  that  Hull  now  dwelloth  in,  to  have 
and  (o  hold  &g.  during  her  life,  the  remainder  to  John  Sedley  and  his  heirs, 
lie  keeping  it  in  re|>;i.ir  during  ray  sister's  life.  Reference made  to  testator's 
property!  which  seems  to  liave  included  dwelling  houses,  inns,  dye-houses, 
brew-houses,  farms  &e.  (in  numerous  parishes  in  Kent)  and  in  Merifelde 
and  Fletchinge,  Sussex,  and  Navestocke,  Loughton  and  Wisden,  Essex, 
also  in  Staunford,  Coringham,  Fobbinge,  Thundersley,  Berasflete  and  Had- 
ley  in  Essex.  My  cousin  Thomas  Bretenham  of  Pluckley  (Kent).  Lands 
in  Tottenham,  Middlesex,  which  I  late  bought  of  my  brother  Martin  Sedley. 
I  make  and  ordain  John  Sedley,  my  son,  Dorothy  Sedley,  my  sister, 
Robert  and  Nicholas  Sedley,  my  sons,  to  be  my  executors  &e.  and  Martin 
Sedley,  my  brother,  and  Thomas  Hyde,  ray  son,  and  Frances  his  wife,  my 
daughter,  and  Elizabeth  Sedley,  my  daughter,  and  John  Hudson  of  South- 
fleet  to  be  my  overseers.  More,  37. 

Nicholas  Sedley  of  the  Charterhouse,  Middlesex,  Esquire,  14  May 

1574,  proved  1  February  1574.  To  be  buried  in  the  parish  church  of  St. 
Pulcres.  I  give  and  bequeath  all  ray  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments 
being  and  lying  in  Mepsham,  Kent,  to  Jane  my  wife,  for  term  of  her  life, 
remainder  to  the  heirs  of  my  body,  then  to  Robert  Sedley,  my  brother,  and 
his  heirs.  Lands  in  Surrey,  Herts  and  Hampshire.  My  daughter  Susan 
to  be  in  the  custody  and  under  the  government  of  my  wife  until  her 
full  age  of  twenty  one  or  marriage.  My  godson  William  Sedley.  My 
brother  John  Sedley.  My  sister  Elizabeth  Culpeper.  My  coifsin  George 
Hyde.  My  cbusiii  Martin  Sedley.  My  godson  Nicholas  Hyde.  My  wife 
Jane  to  be  executrix.  William  Sedley  Esq.  father  unto  me  the  said  Nicho- 
las. Pyckering,  5. 

John  Sedley  of  Southflete,  Kent,  Esq.,  eldest  son  of  William  Sedley 
late  of  Southflete  deceased  Esq.,  1)(J  March  1581,  proved  23  August  1581. 
To  be  buried  in  the  church  of  Southflete  "in  the  chappell  there  where- 
as ray  graundfather  and  my  graunumother  my  flather  and  my  mother  lye 
buried  layinge  there  a  stone  upon  me  makinge  mencion  by  gravinge  in 
brasse  thereuppon  that  my  bodye  is  there  buried."  To  my  wife  Anne  Sed- 
ley all  those  my  lands  and  tenements  &<*.  in  Kent  mentioned  in  a  pair  of 
Indentures  made  between  me  and  my  said  wife's  natural  brethren  Richard 
Colepepyr  and  John  Colepepyr.  My  eldest  son  William  Sedley.  Lands 
that  were  his  grandfather's  or  great-grandfather's,  in  London,  Essex  or 
elsewhere.  My  second  son  John  Sedley  and  my  youngest  son  Richard 
Sedley,  Elizabeth  and  Dorothy  Sedley,  my  two  daughters.  My  natural 
brother  Robert  Sedley.  The  heirs  of  the  body  of  my  natural  brother 
Nicholas  Sedleye  deceased.  My  sister  Elizabeth  Cole  pep  ir.  The  heirs  of 
the  body  of  ray  sister  Frances  Hide  deceased.  I  will  and  give  unto  Mr. 
John  Tufton  ray  sou  in  law,  to  make  him  a  ring  with,  twenty  shillings. 
Also  I  give  unto  Anne,  Elizabeth  and  Margaret  Tufton,  ray  said  son  Tufcon's 
daughters,  to  every  of  them  when  they  shall  accomplish  the  age  of  sixteen 
years  forty  shillings  to  buy  them  some  Jewell,  six  pounds.  To  my  brother 
Robert  twenty  shillings  to  make  him  a  rine  and  I  will  that  a  bill  of  four- 
score  pounds  or  thereabouts  which  he  ovveth  me  be  unto  him  delivered.  To 
ray  brothers  in  law  M1.  Thomas  Colepepyr  and  Mr.  John  Colepepir  twenty 
shillings  each  (for  rings).  To  my  natural  sister  Elizabeth  Colepepir,  wife 
of  the  said  Mr,  John  Colepepir,  to  make  her  a  ring,  ten  shillings.  To  my 
brother  in  law  Mr.  Richard  Colepepir,  to  make  him  a  ring,  forty  shillings. 


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Also  I  give  unto  my  "cosigne"  Mr.  Martin  Sedley,  to  make  him  a  ring, 
twenty  shillings.  To  my  brother  John  Colepipir's  son,  my  godson,  twenty 
shillings.     I  make  my  wife  Anne  and  my  eldest  son  William  my  executors. 

Proved  by  the  oath  of  Anne  Sedley,  relict  and  executrix,  power  reserved 
for  William  Sedley,  the  other  executor  named  &c. 

Commission  issued  20  April  1G38  to  Sir  John  Sedley,  Baronet,  grandson 
of  the  said  John  Sedley  deceased,  to  administer  the  goods  left  unadminis- 
tered  by  Anne  Sedley  the  relict  &c,  now  also  deceased.  Darcy,  31. 

Martyn  Sedley  of  Morley,  Norfolk,  gen1.,  12  May  1G08,  proved  5 
March  1009.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  the  church  of  St.  Peter's  in  Morley. 
I  have  already  conveyed  and  assured  my  manor  of  Morley  Hall  (and  other 
lands  &.c.)  in  the  said  County  unto  my  son  Martyn  Sedley  and  to  his  heirs 
male  «&.c,  unto  whom  I  do  hereby  give  and  bequeath  all  my  deeds,  charters, 
evidences,  iTeoffments,  escripts  and  muniments,  court  books,  court  rolls, 
Accoiupts,  Indentures  of  P>argaius  and  Sales  and  all  other  my  writings 
whatsoever  that  do  belong  or  do  appertain  unto  all  the  said  manors  and  to 
every  of  them.  Certain  lands  in  Shimpling  and  Dickleborowe,  Norfolk,  un- 
to Robert  Sedley  my  son  and  to  his  heirs  forever,  and  all  deeds  &c.  belong- 
ing to  the  same.  1  have  by  my  deed  indented  long  since  granted  unto 
Raffe  Sedley  my  son,  now  Sir  Raffe  Sedley,  knight,  one  annuity  or  yearly 
rent  of  twenty  pounds,  to  be  issuing  and  going  out  of  my  manor  of  Some- 
hall  and  BurfFord  Hall,  otherwise  Flynt  hall,  Norfolk,  &c.  I  do  ^hereby 
utterly  make  void,  frustrate  and  to  be  of  none  effect  the  said  deed  and  grant 
of  twenty  pounds  by  year  &c.  (as  in  the  condition  or  proviso  in  the  said 
deed  expressed).  Certain  servants  named.  The  poor  of  Wemondham, 
Uingham  &c.  The  residue  of  my  goods  &c.  to  my  wife  Abigail,  whom  I 
appoint  executrix.  Wingfield,  22. 

Seutcntia  proconfirmacione  was  declared  28  June  1610  in  a'cause  between 
Abigail  Sedley,  the  relict  and  executrix  of  the  above  will,  on  the  one  part 
and  Sir  Raphe  Sedley,  knight,  Martin  Sedley,  Robert  Sedley,  Ann  Smith 
ah  Sedley  and  Meriale  Gurdon  ah  Sedley,  sons  and  daughters  of  the  de- 
ceased. Wingfield,  53. 

[ l  have  given  a  large  space  to  my  collection  of  'wills  illustrating  the  pedigree 
of  the  Saltonstalls  and  one  or  two  of  the  families  into  which  they  intermarried, 
It  being  the  accumulated  gatherings  of  nearly  a  dozen  years'  gleaning  auiorig  the 
wills  stored  in  Somerset  House.  And  I  have  quoted  largely  from  the  "will  of 
John  Sedley  (1530-^1532)  for  the  reason  that  it  is  a  very  good  specimen  of  the 
■will  of  a  pious  gentleman  of  that  period,  and  it  may  interest  the  many  "good 
Bostonians"  and  others  of  New  England  and  New  York  and  elsewhere  in  the 
United  States  who  can  claim  a  descent  from  him  to  learn  -what  pains  he  took 
for  the  Welfare  of  his  soul,  his  father's  and  mother's  souls,  the  souls  of  his 
grandfather  and  grandmother  and  all  Christian  souls,  by  founding  charities, 
establishing  obites  and  directing  the  saying  and  singing  of  masses  and  diriges. 
It  was  his  great-granddaughter,  Muriel  Sedley,  who  became  the  second  wife  of 
Brampton  Gurdon  of  Assington,  Suffolk,  Esq.,  and  the  mother  of  Muriel  Sal- 
tonstall. 

In  llarleian  MS.  4030  (page  512)  is  <*iven  a  pedigree  of  Saltonstall  of  llunt- 
wieke  (bearing  Arg:  abend  Gules  between  2  eaglets  displayed  Sable)  beginning. 
With  Gilbert  Saltonstall  who  purchased  Uookes  in  Ilipperhohue  and  other  lands 
and  had  issue  Samuel  and  Richard.  'The  younger  was.  afterwards  knighted,, 
served  the  oilleeol'  the  Sherlit'of  London  A.J).  1588  and  wjis  Lord  Mayor  of  that 
city  in  l.v.»7.  1 1  is  elder  brother,  Samuel,  son  and  heir  of  Gilbert,  married  three 
wives  :  First,  Anne,  daughter  of  Mr.  John  llamsden  of  Lougley  ;  second,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Mr.  Thomas  Ogden;  and  third,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Armine  of 
Hull,  widow.  By  the  last  wife  he  had  no  issue.  The  issue  by  the  other  two 
wives  is  given.     Ills  eldest  sou  and  heir  (by  his  llrst  wife)  was  our  Sir  Kichard 

VOL.  XLIX.  11* 


122  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England.  [Jan. 

Saltonstall,  the  friend  of  Winthrop  and  one  of  the  founders  of  Massachusetts 
Bay  Colony.  He  is  described  as  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  Treasurer  for  Lame 
Soldiers  in  the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire  the  first  year  of  the  Reign  of  King 
Charles  t tie  First,  We  are  told  that  he  married  Grace,  daughter  of  Robert 
Kayo  of  Woodsome  Esq.,  and  had  issue  several  children,  sons  and  daughters. 
After  her  death  he  sold  his  lands  and  went  with  his  children  into  New  England 
where  ho  lived  and  (as  was  said)  married  the  daughter  of  the  Lord  Delaware 
and  in  the  troublesome  times  came  into  England  and  resided  at  London.  In  the 
same  MS.  is  given  a  pedigree  of  Eamsden  of  Longley  near  Ilotherslield  (Ilud- 
derstleld?)  in  which  Anne  Saltonstall  is  shown  to  be  the  daughter  of  John,  son 
of  Robert  Ramsden.  The  arms  are  described  as  Argent,  on  a  chevron  Sable  3 
rams'  heads  couped  of  the  First.  ■'• 

See  also  Hunter's  Collection  in  Additidnal  MS.  24,458  (205).  In  Harleian  MS. 
475i>  (not  noticed  in  Sims)  may  be  found  a  pedigree  of  Knyvett  (fo.  5)  and  one  of 
Sedley  (fo.  42).  Harl.  MS.  0071  (Candler's)  gives  Parker,  Gurdon  and  Saltonstall 
connection  (179).  Harl.  MS.  820!)  (224,  226-7)  gives  Gurdon.  See  also  Add. 
MS.  12,471.  See  Signet  Office  Doc.quct  for  note  of  Pardons  granted  to  John 
and  Brampton  Gurdon  (Vol.  13,  August,  16-60). 

From  the  late  Col.  Chester's  extracts  from  the  P.  11.  of  St.  Leonard's,  Shore- 
ditch  (through  the  kindness  of  Dr.  Marshall)  I  gathered  the  following: 

Mar:  1G17  June  18  Richard  Saltonstall  Esq.  and  Elizabeth  Bassano 
(11  ox  ton). 

Sir  Richard  Saltonstall,  the  Lord  Mayor  of  London,  was  a  member  of  the 
Skinners  Companv  and  a  Merchant  Adventurer.  He  was  admitted  to  Freedom 
18  December  5(1>  Edw.  VI  (1551).  John  Saltonstall,  son  of  Edward  Saltonstall 
of  Staines,  Middlesex,,  yeoman,  was  apprenticed  to  him  Xinas  15(5*1-  for  eight 
years,  liichard,  son  of  Richard,  Saltonstall  was  sworn  31  May  1580  by  patri- 
mony of  his  said  father  and  paid  for  his  admission.  Under  date  November  20, 
1509,  I  found  this  :  "  M(l.  that  whereas  at  the  Request  of  the  Right  honourable 
Sr.  Richard  Saltonskall  late  Lord  Maior,  on  the  behalfe  of  the  Lady  Maioresse, 
by  order  of  the  Court  of  Aldr'en  the  XXVL  of  October  1598,  yl  was  ordered  that 
John  Held  shoulde  be  admitted  into  tne  freedome  and  liberties  of  the  City  of 
Loudon  by  redemption  in  this  Companie  of  Skinners  as  p'  Copie  of  record  under 
the  Tow  he  Clerkes  hands  appeareth  Theire  Wols.  prnte  at  this  Courte  according 
to  auncicnt  cnstome  in  that  behalfe  have  admitted  the  said  John  Held  a  free 
brother  of  this  Companie  of  Skynners  by  redempeon  and  the  said  John  paied 
for  his  admission  .  .  .  .  .  iij8  iiij(1  And  then  the  said  John  Hclde  did 
promise  my  M's.  the  Wardens  a  hoggeshcd  of  the  strongest  bere  whensoeuer 
they  wold  demaund  it."  IIicnhy  F.  Watkks.] 

Klizaukth  Grave,  Juno  IS,  1587  [ante  vol.  48,  page  499). — 

[1  have  no  doubt  that  the  above  widow,  Elizabeth  Crave,  was  that  unnamed 
wife  of  Richard  Grave  referred  to  in  the  will  of  John  Elyott  of  Stortford  par- 
sonage (1557)  of  which  I  gave  an  abstract  in  Register  for  July  18i)4  (p.  390), 
and  .John  Elyott,  her  eldest  son  (likewise  referred  to)  was,  we  may  infer,  her 
son  by  a  previous  marriage.  If  this  is  a  correct  inference  we  are  still  left  in 
the  dark  as  to  the  name  of  her  former  husband  and  his  exact  relationship  to 
the  rest  of  the  Eliot  family.  IIeniiy  F.  Waters.] 

William  Willoughby,  Portsmouth,  1  August  1650,  signed  and  sealed 
28  November  1650,  proved  6  May  1651.  My  wife  Elizabeth  to  be  execu- 
trix. To  my  eldest  son  Francis  Willoughby  two  hundred  pounds,  to  be 
paid  him  within  twelve  months  after  my  death.  If  my  foresaid  wife  should 
at  any  time  after  my  death  be  married  again  to  another  then  I  do  hereby 
give  to  my  said  son  Francis  three  hundred  pounds  more  of  my  lawful 
moneys.  And  I  give  him  half  of  my  movable  goods  whatsoever  and  half 
my  plate;  which  said  moneys  and  goods  lie  shall  receive  at  or  about  the 
time  when  my  wife  Elizabeth  shall  be  married  to  another  or  any  time  after 
when  he  shall  appoint.  I  do  give  and  bequeath  unto  each  of  the  three 
eldest  children  of  my  son  Francis  that  are  now  remaining  alive  fifty  pounds 


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apiece,  which  for  all  three  amounteth  to  an  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  to 
remain  in  (lie  hands  of  Klizabeth  my  foresaid  wife,  except  she  marry  her- 
self to  another,  which  if  she  doth  then  it  shall  he  forthwith,  at  or  about  the 
time  of  her  marriage,  made  over  to  my  son  Francis,  to  be  by  him  paid  unto 
the  male  children  when  they  shall  come  to  the  age  of  twenty  years  and  to 
the  female  children  either  at  the  day  of  marriage  or  at  eighteen  years  of 
age.  To  my  sou  William  ten  pounds  for  his  portion  and  no  more  till  it 
shall  please' God  to  give  him  grace,  or  till  he  be  civilized,  betaking  himself 
to  some  lawful  calling  to  live  in  the  world  as  a  man  should  do,  which  if  he 
do  and  after  one  year's  experience  thereof  there  shall  be  testimony  brought 
concerning  the  truth  of  the  same  under  four  godly  men's  hands,  1  no  hereby 
give  and  bequeath  unto  him  one  hundred  pounds  besides  the  ten  pounds 
foremen tibued.  Another  bequest  of  a  hundred  pounds  in  case  he  live  for 
another  twelve  months  a  reformed  and  civilized  life,  testimony  being  had  to 
that  effect.  Provision  made  for  his  children  in  case  of  his  remaining  "  iu 
his  present  deboisht  and  wicked  condition,  not  reformed "  &c.  To  my 
cousin  Lawrence  Hamond  twenty  pounds,  to  be  paid  when  he  shall  be 
twenty  years  of  age,  and  if  he  die  before  he  come  to  that  age  my  wife 
Elizabeth  to  dispose  of  it  as  she  pleaseth.  A  provision  for  an  augmenta- 
tion of  this  legacy.  To  such  poor  kindred  as  doth  belong  unto  me  and  to 
my  wife  twenty  pounds  to  be  divided  amongst  them.  To  poor  house- 
keepers in  Portsmouth  live  pounds.  To  poor  housekeepers  in  the  Hamlet 
of  Wapping  in  Middlesex,  London,  ivhere  1  formerly  dwelt,  five*. pounds. 
To  John  Greene  five  pounds  for  his  care,  helpfulness  and  assistance  to  my 
wife  in  the  management  of  my  business  and  settling  my  accompts,  which 
he  shall  receive  of  her  as  soon  as  it  is  finished  or  at  her  discretion.  My 
oldest  son  Francis  Willoughby  and  my  special  friends  Mr  Maurice  Thomp- 
son and  Mr  John  Tailor  to  take  upon  them  the  charge  and  to  be  the  over- 
seers of  this  my  will  <Scc.  * 

John  Greene  and  Laurence  Ilamoml  witnesses.  Grey,  104. 

William  Wii.lougiiijik  of  Portsmouth  in  the  Co.  of  Southampton  gen1, 
G  D.'erinber  1.057,  proved  5  March  1 658.  J  give  to  my  dear  and  loving 
wife  Mary  Willoughbie  my  two  dwelling  houses  situate  and  being  in  Ports- 
mouth, with  the.  malt  house  ami  appurtenances,  and  all  goods  of  mine  what- 
soever freely  to  enjoy  during  the  term  of  her  natural  life.  And  my  will  is 
that  she  should  have  all  the  abovementioned  goods  whatsoever  with  my 
little  house  in  Watlington  Street  and. my  malt  house,  with  all  appurtenances 
&c,  to  her  and  her  heirs  forever  and  my  now  dwelling  house  she  shall  have 
during  the  term  of  her  natural  life  only.  If  my  wife  Mary  Willoughbie 
doth  marry  again  my  will  is  that  she  should  pay,  upon  the  day  of  her  mar- 
riage, or  cause  to  be  paid  unto  Jonathan  WilldUghbie,  my  brother  Wil- 
loughbie's eldest  son,  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds  of  currant  English  money. 
Item,  my  will  is  that  then  my  wife  should  pay  unto  Nehemiah,  my  brother 
Willoughbie's  son,  the  sum  of  fifty  pounds  &c,  and  that  she,  at  the  foremen- 
tioned  day,  pay  to  William  Willoughbie,  my  brother  Willoughbie's  youngest 
son  the  sura  of  fifty  pounds  &c.,  provided  that  if  any  of  these  forementioned 
kindred  of  mine  do  die  before  the  time  appointed  for  payment  of  these 
legacies  I  have  bequeathed  them  then  my  will  is  that  the  deceased's  legacy 
should  remain  to  my  wife,  provided  moreover  that  though  those  foremen- 
tioned legacies  be  set  to  be  paid  at  one  set  appointed  time  yet  I  leave  the 
payment  thereof,  that  is  the  time  of  payment,  to  the  discretion  of  my  over- 
seers.    Item,  my  will  is  that  after  the  decease  of  my  wife  my  kinsman 


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121  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England.  [Jan. 

William  Willoughbie,  my  brother  Willoughbie's  youngest  son,  should  liave 
my  now  dwelling  house,  garden  and  backside,  with  the  appurtenances 
thereunto  belonging  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever.  And  my  will  is  that 
there  should  be  paid  by  my  wife,  or  her  executors,  fifty  pounds  &c.  to  the 
other  three  of  my  kindred  foremen tioned,  to  each  of  them  fifty  pounds,  this 
payment  to  be  made  after  my  wife's  decease.  I  give  to  my  brother 
Lydyate's  son  Timothie  the  sum  of  five  pounds.  I  give  to  Henricke  Lleff- 
ton  the  sum  of  five  pounds  with  some  of  my  wearing  clothes,  which  my  wife 
shall  think  fit.  I  give  to  my  servant  Susanna  Trill  five  pounds.  I  make 
my  loving  wife  Mary  Willoughbie  my  full  and  sole  executrix.  Item,  I 
would  not  have  my  wife  exceed  the  sum  of  fifteen  pounds  for  my  funeral. 
I  make  my  loving  brother  Willoughbie  and  my  brother  Lydiat  overseers  of 
this  my  last  will  and  testament. 

Wit:  John  Beeston,  8am:  Williams.  Wootton,  188. 

Mary  Rrickenden  of  Tile-hurst,  Berkshire,  widow,  29  May  1688, 
proved  13  June  1G88.  I  give  and  devise  unto  my  nieces  Mary  James, 
spinster,  and  Anne  James,  spinster,  daughters  of  my  brother  Mr.  Philip 
James  late  of  Portsmouth  in  the  Co.  of  Southampton,  mercer,  deceased, 
and  to  their  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever  all  that  my  house  and  late  malt 
house,  now  used  as  a  store-house  or  magazine,  situate  and  being  in  Wack- 
lington  Street  in  Portsmouth,  now  in  the  tenure  or  occupation  of  ther Master 
of  the  Ordnance  belonging  to  the  King's  Majesty  or  his  assigns,  to  hold  to 
them  the  said  Mary  James  and  Anne  James  and  their  heirs  &c.  for  ever, 
provided  that  the  rents,  issues  and  profits  of  the  said  house  and  premisses 
shall  be  received  by  my  executors,  hereafter  named,  during  the  minority  of 
the  said  Mary  and  Anne  and  until  they  shall  attain  their  several  and  re- 
spective ages  of  one  and  twenty  years,  these  rents  to  be  employed  for  their 
best  advantage  &c.  I  give  unto  my  said  two  nieces  fifty  pounds  apiece,  to 
be  paid  I  hem  at  their  several  ages  of  one  and  twenty  years  or  days  of  mar- 
riage, which  shall  first  happen,  with  legal  interest  for  the  same  in  the  mean 
time,  the  legacy  of  the  one  dying  before  her  legacy  becomes  due  to  go  to 
the  survivor  of  them.  I  also  give  them  the  old  debenters  of  thirty  pounds 
due  to  me  for  the  rent  of  my  said  houses  in  Portsmouth.  And  I  do  give 
unto  my  said  two  nieces  [\\q  pounds  apiece  to  buy  them  mourning. 

Item,  I  desire  that  my  executors  do  pay  the  one  hundred  pounds  which 
my  first  husband  Mr  William  Willoughby  gave  unto  his  nephew  Nehemiah 
Willoughby  and  to  his  niece  Sarah  Kempfeild  to  be  equally  divided  between 
them  upon  my  decease.  I  do  desire  tnat  ray  executors  do  pay  the  one 
hundred  pounds  which  my  last  husband  Mr.  John  Brickenden  gave  unto 
his  sister  Mrs  Mary  Halfheid  in  case  she  do  outlive  me.  I  give  unto  my 
niece  and  god  daughter  Mrs  Letitia  Maria  Brickenden  ten  broad  pieces  of 
gold.  I  give  unto  my  servant  Elizabeth  Trill,  in  case  she  do  continue  to 
live  with  me  till  my  death,  ten  pounds  of  lawful  money  of  England  with 
all  my  woollen  clothes  and  some  part  of  my  wearing  linen.  All  the  rest 
and  residue  of  my  personal  estate,  money,  plate,  rings,  jewels  &c.  I  hereby 
give  and  bequeath  unto  my  niece  Sirs  .Sarah  Norris,  wife  of  Mr  Samuel 
Norris,  rector  of  Tilehurst  aforesaid,  and  to  my  niece  Mrs  Margaret  Lloyd, 
now  wife  of  Mr.  Nathaniel  Lloyd.  And  I  do  hereby  make  and  appoint 
the  said  Mr.  Samuel  Norris  and  Mr  Nathaniel  Lloyd  to  be  joint  executors 
of  this  nay  last  will  and  testament.  I  desire  to  be  buried  by  my  last  hus- 
band at  Englefield  and  that  my  funeral  expenses  may  not  exceed  twenty 
pounds,     f  give  the  sum  of  thirty  shillings  to  buy  bread  to  be  given  to  the 


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poor  of  Englefield  at  my 'funeral  and  also  the  sura  of  forty  shillings  to  buy 
bread  to  be  given  at  the  same  time  to  the  poor  of  Tilehurst.  Lastly  I  de- 
sire my  loving  neighbours  Mr  Thomas  Mason  of  Sulham  and  my  loving 
friend  Mr.  Richard  Twitchin  of  Iuckpen  to  be  overseers  &c.     Ex  ton,  74. 

[I  have  had  for  many  years  the  notes  of  wills  of  Col.  William  Willoughby 
and  William  Willoughby;  his  son,  the  father  and  brother  of  our  Deputy  Gover- 
nor Francis  Willoughby.  Only  recently,  however,  have  I  come  upon  the  will 
of  Mrs.  Mary  Brickenden  who,  it  is  evident,  had  been  the  widow  and  executrix 
of  the  second  William  Willoughby.  Her  description  of  the  house  and  malt 
house  in  Wacklington  (or  Watlinuton)  street,  Portsmouth,  and  her  mention  of 
her  husband's  nephew  Nehemiah  Willoughby,  will  be  considered  sufficient  proof 
of  that.  She  also  mentions  her  former  husband's  niece  Sarah  Kcmpl'eild.  This, 
of  course,  was  that  M  daughter  Camlield"  mentioned  in  our  Gov.  Willoughby's 
will.  It  was  my  good  fortune  to  Unci,  a  good  many  years  ago,  in  the  Office  of 
the  Clerk  of  the  Courts  for  Middlesex  County,  Massachusetts,  at  East  Cam- 
bridge, hi  the  Bundle  of  Court  Papers  for  Sept. -Dec.  1G8.4  (Be  Francis  Wil- 
Joughby's  executors  vs.  Laurence  Hammond),  a  Bond  of  Francis  Willoughby  of 
Charlestown,  merchant,  given  1  February  1(><>7,  unto  Mrs.  Parnell  Nowell  of 
Charleslown,  in  the  sum  of  two  hundred  pounds,  for  the  payment  of  one  hun- 
dred pounds  on  the  l8t  day  of  February  1(>(>8;  signed  11V :  Willoughby,  witnessed 
by  Latir.  Hammond  and  Richard  Waldron,  assigned  by  Mrs.  Parnell  Nowell  to 
her  daughter  Mrs.  Mary  Lang,  the  relict  of  Mr.  John  Long,  2G  Dec.  1(18-1,  and 
endorsed  with  a  receipt  by  Parnell  Nowell,  July  7,  1(>7 1,  in  part  payment  from 
Mrs.  Margaret  Willoughby,  fifty  pouritiU.  Attached  to  Gov.  Willoughby's  sig- 
nature was  an  impression  of  his  armorial  seal:  Fretty:  Crest,  a  lion's  head 
between  two  wings  expanded.  This  crest,  differing  from  those  usually  given 
to  the  Willaughby  families,  was,  I  found,  somewhat  simifar  to  that  given  in 
Burke's  General  Armory  (edition  of  1878)  to  Sir  Francis  Willoughby,  knighted  by 
Sir  Arthur  Chichester,  Lord  Deputy  of  Ireland,  30  October  1610.  Later, -finding 
that  Mrs.  Salisbury,  of  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  was  interested  in  this  family 
and  gathering  all  she  could  about  them,  I  made  known  my  discovery  to  her, 
referring  also  to  Burke's  General  Armory,  and  at  her  request  and  by  permission  of 
the  Clerk  of  the  Courts  for  Middlesex,  J  secured  the  services  of  my  friend  Mr. 
Henry  Mitchell,  the  well  known  seal  engraver  of  Boston,  who  got  a  good  im- 
pression and  made  an  excellent  fac-simile  of  the  seal.  I  have  since  recalled  to 
mind  that  I  have  seen  an  impression  of  the  same  seal  (or  one  vastly  like  it),  in 
the  Probate  Files  either  of  Suffolk  or  Ersex  Co.,  and  it  has  been  depicted  in  the 
Heraldic  Journal  (a  copy  of  which  1  have  not  now  at  hand),  as  a  seal  bearing 
arms  which  had  not  then  been  identilied. 

In  the  same  bundle  of  Court  Papers  to  which  I  have  referred,  I  found  also  a 
copy  of  the  will  of  Mrs.  Margaret  Hammond,  21  August  1G80,  and  a  Declaration 
of  a  Trust  12  May  10112.,  Thomas  Prague  of  Southwiek,  Co.  of  Hamps.  Clark 
and  William  Webb,  citizen  and  grocer  of  London,  beginning — ''Whereas  UVan- 
cis  Willoughby  of  ye  Cltty  of  London,  Esquire,  by  one  obligacon  in  writeing 
Under  his  hand  and  scale,  bearing  even  date  wth  these  presents,  stands  bound 
unto  us,  ye  said  Thomas  Prague  I&  William  Webb,  in  ye  summe  of  fower  hun- 
dred poundes  for  ye  paiement  of  Two  hundred  poundes  unto  Margarett  his  wife, 
in  case  she  should  Survive  him  the  said  fl'rancis,  or  to  such  of  the  Children  of 
ye  said  Margarett  as  sin;  shall  in  her  life  tyme  appoint  by  word  of  mouth  or 
Avrifeing"  &c»,  &c.  This  document  was  signed  by  Thomas  Prague  and  William 
Webb,  with  their  armorial  seals  attached,  and  witnessed  by  Nathaniel  Camtleld 
and  Nehemiah  Willoughby. 

Many  years  ago,  also,  I  found  in  the  Registry  of  Probate  at  Salem  (Essex  Co. 
Prob.  Keg.  303  L.  270)  a  copy  of  the  will  of  John  Arnald  of  London,  in  Thames 
Street  dweller,  mariner,  but  now  resident  in  New  England,  in  the  town  of  Salem, 
and  bound  to  sea,  12  October  1G80  (proved  28  January  109-1-5)  who  mentioned 
cousin  Nehemiah  Willoughby  of  Salem,  referring  to  a  legacy  left  by  "  my 
grandfather  John  Tailor  of  Woppin  shipwrito"  deceased,  with  legacies  left  to 
brothers  Thomas  and  Samuel,  both  deceased,  "falling  to  me  their  survivor." 
Ever  since;  I  came  to  England  1  have  kept  a  note  of  this  at  hand,  hoping,  some 
time  or  other,  to  come  across  that  will  of  "John  Tailor  of  Woppin  shipwrite," 
the  grandfather  of  John  Arnald  and  possibly  grandfather  also  of  Nehemiah 
AVilloughby.     It  gives  me  pleasure  now  to  present  this  will  as  well  as  that  of 


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Thomas  Taylor,  his  brother,  and  of  Joane  Locke  of  Wapping  who  mentions 
"  my  uncle  John  Taylor  of  Wapping."  Hknky  F.  Waters.] 

Joane  Locke  of  Wapping,  "Middlesex,  singlewoman,  10  October  1640, 
proved  20  June  1611.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  loving  brother  Robert 
Locke  the  sum  of  twelve  pounds  to  be  paid  him  out  of  twenty  five  pounds 
in  his  own  hands.  I  give  to  my  sister  Elizabeth  Locke  three  pounds,  to 
my  sister  Ruth  Sparke  three  pounds,  to  my  sister  Anne  Gwyn  three 
pounds,  to  my  sister  Susanna  Woodcocke  two  pounds,  to  my  sister  Faith 
Woodcoeke  two  pounds,  to  Edward  Lester  my  cousin  forty  shillings,  to  my 
cousin  Robert  Lester  forty  shillings  and  to  my  cousin  Judith  Lester  forty 
shillings.  My  five  sisters'  money,  my  will  is,  shall  be  paid  out  of  the 
twenty  five  pounds  that  is  in  my  brother's  hand,  within  six  months  after 
my  decease,  and  my  cousins'  to  be  paid  when  they  come  to  age  or  at  their 
day  of  marriage.  I  give  to  Catherine  Rogers  and  Margaret  Harrison 
twenty  shillings  between  them.  I  give  to  my  loving  friend  Mr.  Thomas 
Spurdinge  forty  shillings  for  a  sermon  which  1  desire  he  may  preach  at  my 
funeral.  To  my  uncle  Lock's  daughter's  son's  child  which  1  was  witness 
to  1  give  twenty  shillings.  I  give  to  my  friend  Lucy  Honor  ten  shillings 
and  to  Mrs  Renall  ten  shillings.  And  I  make  and  ordain  my  uncle  John 
Tayler  of  Wapping  my  full  and  sole  executor  of  this  my  last  will  and  testa- 
ment. Evelyn,  77. 

p. 
Thomas  Taylor  of  Wapping,   Middlesex,    shipwright,    15   December 

1658,  proved  10  January  1058.  Son  Jonathan  in  the  East  Indies,  whither 
he  is  gone  on  a  voyage.  Son  Caleb  Taylor.  Son  Jonathan's  daughter 
Elizabeth  (at  one  and  twenty).  His  wife.  My  wife  Sarah.  My  freehold 
lands,  tenements  &c.  in  Essex.  M.y  copy  hold  lands  &c.  in  Essex".  My 
fee  farm  rents  arising  out  of  the  manor  of  Wighton  in  Norfolk.  My  lands, 
tenements  &c.  in  and  about  llanworth  in  the  said  County  of  Middlesex. 
My  adventure  in  the  ship  wherein  son  Jonathan  went  forth  on  the  voyage. 
My  wife  to  bring  up  son  Caleb  unti'  he  shall  attain  the  age  of  one  and 
twenty  years.  If  the  father  of  the  intended  husband  of  my  daughter  Han- 
nah Taylor  shall  (as  hath  been  propounded)  settle  for  my  said  daughter's 
jointure  thirty  pounds  a  year  in  lands  or  tenements  &c.  My  daughter 
Ruth  Taylor  at  marriage  or  age  of  twenty  one.  My  daughter  Wi lifter  and 
her  daughter  lately  born.  My  daughter  Wilson  and  her  child.  My  broth- 
ers and  sisters  children  and  my  wife's  sisters  children.  Master  Matthew 
Chafey  and  Master  Robert  Lambe.  To  the  church  of  Christ  in  Wapping 
whereof  I  am  a  member  live  pounds  io  be  disposed  of  at  the  discretion  of 
the  said  Blaster  Chafey  and  Mr.  Lambe.  My  apprentices  Nathaniel  Prest- 
land  and  Richard  Gone.  Master  Hansard  Knowles  my  son  Caleb's  school- 
master. Wife  Sarah  to  be  sole  executrix  and  my  brother  Master  John 
Taylor  and  my  cousin  Richard  Arnold  to  be  overseers.  Fell,  8. 

[Youftg  Caleb  Taylor's  schoolmaster,  Mr.  Hansard  Knowles,  or  Knolles,  is  a 
person  well  known  to  those  acquainted  with  the  early  history  of  New  England. 

II.  F.  Waters.] 

John  Taylor  of  Wapping,  Middlesex,  Esquire,  1  February  1660,  proved 
18  February  1  669.  I  give  unto  my  son  John  Taylorall  that  my  mansion  house 
wherein  myself  and  lie  now  dwell  and  all  those  six  new  erected  tenements 
on  the  Last  side  of  the  Dock  yard,  together  with  the  Dock  yard,  cranes, 
storehouses  &c.  to  the  same  freehold  belonging,  according  to  a  former  deed 
by  which  1  did  assure  it  to  him  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  by  him  lawfully 


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begotten  on  the  body  of  Abigail  his  first  wife,  and  for  want  of  such  heirs 
then   to  any  other  his  children  or  others   to  whom  he  shall  dispose   it,  and 
all  deeds  and  writings  that  I  have  concerning  the  same  premisses;    all  which 
premisses  are  situate,  lying  itnd  being  on  the  South  side  of  Wapping  Street 
in  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  Mattel  Ion  als  Whitechapel  and  were  by  me  lately 
bought,  the  one   moiety   thereof  of  John    Dearsly  deceased   and   the   other 
moiety  thereof  of  one  William  Startute,  who  purchased  his  part  of  Thomas 
Dearsly  deceased,  as  by  the  writings  and  deeds  relating  to   the  same  pur- 
chases will  appear.     I  give  all  that  my  yard  called  the   Reed  yard  situate 
on  the  North  side  of  Wapping  Street,  which  I   bought  of  Mr.  Warren,  and 
do  hold   the  same  by   lease   for   the   tenu   of  four   hundred  years    to   come 
(or  thereabouts),  unto  my  grandchild  John  Taylor,  and  all  deeds,  assurances 
and  writings  concerning  the  same.     Provided  that  if  my  said  son  John  Tay- 
lor shall   pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  to  my  said  grandchild  John  Taylor  the 
sum  of  Two  hundred  pounds  when  my  said  grandchild  shall  arrive  to  the 
age  of  one  and  twenty  years  or  day  of  marriage,  which  shall   first   happen, 
then  the    Reed  yard   with  the  appurtenances  shall  come  and   be  to  my  said 
son  John  Taylor  &c.      Hut  if  my  said  son  shall  refuse  to  pay  the  said  sum 
of  two  1  Hind  reel   pounds  unto  my  said  grandchild  at  the  time  herein  before 
limited  for   the  payment  thereof  and  yet   shall   have  desire  to  occupy  and 
make;  use;  of  the  same  yard   then  and  in   such  case  my  will  is  that  my  said 
son   shall    pay   the  yearly  rent  of  twenty  pounds   to  my  grandson   for  and 
during  the  time  he  shall  so  hold  and  U£e  the  same.      But  "if  my  said  grand- 
child shall   happen   to  die  before  such  his  arrival  at  age  or  marriage,  and 
without  issue  of  his  body   lawfully  begotten,  then  and  in  such  case  I  give 
the  same   to  my  said  son  John  Taylor  and   the  heirs  of  his  body  lawfully 
begotten  &c.,  and,  for  want  of  such  heirs,  to  such  of  my  daughter  Arnold's 
children  as  shall  then  be  living  (except  my  son  John  shall  before  his  death 
give;  or  "  aseertaine  "  to  my  daughter  Arnold's  children  two  hundred  pounds, 
which  if  he  do  then  it  shall  be  lawful  for  him  to  dispose  of  the  said  yard  at 
his  pleasure).      I   give  to  my  said  son  John  Taylor  and   Rebecca  his  now 
wife   my  three   filths    parts    of  and   in   all   those   seveial   houses,   yard   and 
dock,  in  Wapping,  the  fee  simple  whereof  I  lately  bought  (viz*.)  one  fifth 
part  of  Mr.  John  Woolhouse  and   the  other  two  fifths  of  Mr.  John   Kemp- 
sail,  to  have  and  to  hold  to  the  said  John  Taylor  and    Rebecca  his  wife  for 
their  lives  and  that  of"   the  longest   jiyei  of  them  and  then  to  their  children, 
part  and  part  a. ike.      But   if  my  said  son   John  happen  to  die  without  heirs 
of  his  body  then   I   give  and  bequeath  the  reversion  of  the  premisses  (after 
the  death  of  said    Rebecca)  to  be  equally  divided  among  my  said  daughter 
Arnold's   five  children  or   those  of  them   then   living.      1   give  to  son   John 
and   his  wife  my  right  &c.  in  four   houses  Sec.  which   I   hold   by  lease  from 
Mr.  John  Catlin,  being  of  the  yearly  rent  of  forty  eight  pounds,  I  give  &c. 
to  Elizabeth  and  Johanna,  the  daughters  of  my  son  Joseph  Taylor  four  hun- 
dred pounds  apiece,  to  be  paid,  for  them,  into  the  hands  of  Mr.  Gregory 
Rage,  Mr. Thomas  llayter  and  Mr.  James  Porter,  as  trustees  and  guardians 
fill    they   shall   arrive   at   the.  age;  of  one  or   twenty   years   or   be   married. 
Other   bequests   to   the  said   children.      When   disposed  of   in   marriage  or 
arrived  at  said  age  they  are  to  have  their  portions  if  they  carry  themselves 
civilly,  and  not  before.      Provisions  in  case  of  their  death.     These  children's' 
portions   of  eight    hundred    pounds  shall    be    paid   out  of   the   debt  of   one 
thousand  one   hundred  and  seventeen    pounds  which    is  owing  me  from  the 
City  lor  building  the  ship    Loyal    London   &c.      I   give  to  my  three  grand- 
children Thomas,  John  and   Samuel  Arnold  two  hundred  pounds  apiece,  to 


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be  paid  into  the  hands  of  my  said  Trustees,  one  moiety  thereof  out  of  my 
casli  in  house  and  the  other  moiety  out  of  my  said  City  debt.  The  children 
to  be  paid  at  one  and  twenty  years  of  age  or  marriage.  To  my  grand- 
daughter Elizabeth  Iladdilow  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  and  my  will  is 
that  her  husband  Iladdilow  shall  have  nothing  to  do  with  it.  I  give  to  Mary 
Arnold  one  hundred  pounds  over  and  besides  what  I  gave  her  at  the  time 
of  her  marriage.  To  my  grandchild  John  Taylor  one  hundred  pounds  at 
one  and  twenty  or  day  of  marriage.  To  my  grandchild  Abigail  Jennings 
five  pounds  more  than  what  she  hath  already  had  of  me,  to  be  paid  her 
out  of  the  said  City  debt.  To  my  grandchild  Rebecca  Taylor,  daughter 
of  my  son  John,  one  hundred  pounds  at  one  and  twenty  or  day  of  marriage, 
but  if  she  die  before  then  I  give  the  same  to  her  sisters  and  brothers  if 
she  then  have  any,  and  if  none  then  to  her  mother.  I  give  to  Jonathan 
Taylor,  son  of  niy  son  John,  that  one  fifth  part  of  the  said  houses,  dock  and 
yard  which  I  also  bought  of  the  said  John  Kempsall  and  his  mother  in 
law  besides  the  said  first  three  parts  of  the  same  premisses  above  devised. 
Item,  I  give  to  my  grandson  Jonathan  Willoughbie  one  hundred  pounds, 
fifty  pounds  thereof  to  be  paid  within  three  months  next  after  my  decease 
out  of  my  own  money  and  the  other  fifty  pounds  out  of  my  City  debt.  I 
give  to  Nehemiah  Willoughbie  fifty  pounds  and  to  William  Willoughby 
thirty  pounds  and  tin;  sum  of  live  pounds  apiece  to  the  two  children  of  my 
son  in  law  Mr  Francis  Willoughbie  which  he  had  by  this  his  last  wife. 
Item,  whereas  there  is  yet  due  unto  me  from  and  out  of  my  brother  Wil- 
loughbie's  estate  the  full  sum  of  sixty  pounds.  Now  I  do  hereby  give  the 
same  and  all  my  right,  title  and  interest  therein  to  my  three  grand  children 
Jonathan,  Nehemiah  and  William  Willoughby,  to  be  equally  divided 
amongst  them.  It  is  my  further  will  and  meaning  that  the  legacies  herein 
before  given  to  my  son  Willoughbie's  four  children  last  before  mentioned 
(that  is  to  say)  Nehemiah,  William  and  his  said  two  children  by  this  his 
last  wife,  shall  be  paid  unto  them  within  ten  months  next  after  my  decease. 
Provided  always  that  their  father,  Mr.  Francis  Willoughby  do  first  give  a 
full  and  general  release  to  my  executors  of  all  accompts,  debts  and  demands 
whatsoever,  except  only  in  matters  about  the  trade  wherein  I  am  concerned 
with  Sir  William  Warren,  touching  which  affair  I  desire  Mr.  Gregory  Page 
to  see  that  right  be  done  unto  me  and  my  executors.  I  give  to  my  grand 
daughter  Sarah  Camfeild  the  sum  of  sixty  pounds  to  be  paid  unto  her  out 
my  City  debt  so  soon  as  the  same  can  be  received.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto 
Owen  Taylor  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  and  to  his  brothers  and  sisters  twenty 
shillings  apiece.  I  give  unto  my  cousin  Caleb  Taylor  forty  shillings  and 
to  each  of  my  servants  that  shall  be  with  me  at  the  time  of  my  decease 
twenty  shillings  apiece.  I  do  give  unto  forty  ministers  in  a  list  named  and 
here  inclosed  twenty  shillings  apiece.  I  give  unto  M1'.  Ryder  ten  pounds.  I 
give  twenty  pounds  to  Captain  Potter,  William  Hooper  and  Thomas  French, 
to  be  distributed  and  disposed  of  by  them  and  others  of  my  Christian  friends 
in  VVapping,  with  whom  in  a  special  manner  1  walked, and  had  Christian 
society  in  my  lib;  time,  being  met  together  Ace.  My  executor  to  pay  forty 
shillings  lor  a  dinner  to  be  had  at  such  their  meeting  together  upon  that 
occasion.  I  give  forty  pounds  to  be  distributed  amongst  poor  suffering 
godly  ministers  who  are  laid  aside  and  cannot  hold  their  liberties  for 
preaching  whereby  they  got  their  livelihoods.  To  my  daughter  Rebecca 
Taylor  thirty  pounds  as  a  token  of  my  love  to  her.  To  my  said  three  trustees 
ten  pounds  apiece  as  a  token  of  my  love  to  them.  To  my  daughter  in 
law  Hannah ten  pounds  in  case  she  survive  two  months  next  after 


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Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England. 


129 


my  decease.     To  Mrs.  Judith  Bowrey  and  Mrs.  Jorden  ten  pounds  apiece. 
I  make  my  son  John  Taylor  executor.  Penn,  29. 

[According  to  the  foregoing  will  Mr.  Taylor  seems  to  have  been  the  maternal 
grandfather  of  four  of  Gov.  Willoughh^'s  children,  viz.  :  Jonathan,  Nehemiah 
and  William  Willoughby  and  Sarah  Camfleld.  The  two  children  of  Gov.  Wil- 
loughby by  his  last  wife,  referred  to  by  this  testator,  were,  I  suppose,  Francis 
and  Susanna,  who  also,  it  may  be  noted,  were  mentioned  in  the  will  of  their 
aunt  Jane  Locke,  given  in  my  Gleanings  for  July  1893  (11kg.,  Vol.  47,  p.  418). 
Mr.  Thomas  Bragne,  whose  name  appears  in  that  Declaration  of  Trust  which  I 
have  referred  to,  married  Hannah  Locke,  another  sister  of  Mrs.  Margaret  Wil- 
loughby. On  pp.  415-410  of  the  same  number  of  the  Register  may  be  found 
the  will  of  John  Dersley  of  Stepney,  who  mentions  John  Taylor  of  Wapping  as 
occupying  certain  tenements  in  Wapping  in  which  Mr.  Dersley  had  an  interest. 
He  was  undoubtedly  the  father  of  the  John  and  Thomas  Dearsly  referred  to 
in  Mr.  Taylor's  will  and  was  the  father,  likewise,  of  Anne  the  wife  of  Mr.  William 
Ting.  As  he  mentioned  also  Capt.  Edward  Johnson  and  as  the  Johnsons  of  Kent 
were  evidently  connected  with  the  Locke  family,  to  which  Gov.  Willoughby's 
last  wife  belonged,  I  think  I  have,  in  these  two  groups  of  wills  (i.  e.  those  now 
presented  and  the  wills  given  on  pp.  415-418  of  Reg.  for  July  1893)  introduced 
the  reader  to  an  interesting  connection  of  New  England  families. 

1  Unci  that  Admon.  Avas  granted  20  January  1G80  to  Matthew  Todd,  principal 
creditor  of  Jonathan  Willoughby,  lately  of  the  parish  of  St.  Catherine,  Coleman 
Street,  London,  but  at  Tangier,  in  the  parfs  beyond  the  seas  deceased,  to  admin- 
ister the  goods  &c.  of  the  said  deceased,  Elizabeth  Willoughby,  his  relict,  first 
renouncing.  IIkniiy  F.  Waters.] 

Roger  Cole  of  the  parish  of  St.  Saviour,  Southward,  Surrey,  gen1.  2 
September  1G25,  confirmed  14  July  1C26  in  a  codicil  of  that  date,  proved 
3  May  1G28.  My  wife  Anne  shall  have  all  my  lands,  tenements  and 
hereditaments  &c.  during  her  life,  and  after  her  decease  I  give  my  mansion 
house  and  the  garden  house  belonging  &c,  now  in  my  occupation,  ill  the 
said  parish,  unto  Susan  Lock  my  daughter,  during  her  life,  and  after  her 
decease  to  the  children  of  her  body  lawfully  begotten  or  to  be  begotten, 
equally  amongst  them  or  their  lawful  issue,  charged  nevertheless  with  five 
pounds  yearly  which  I  give  to  Mary  Clemence  my  ancient  servant,  during 
her  life,  from  and  after  the  decease  of  my  wife.  I  give  the  rooms  &c,  par- 
cel of  the  messuage  now  in  the  occupation  of  Katherine  Simons  widow,  in 
the  said  parish  which  late  were  in  the  occupation  of  William  Oland  my 
late  sou  in  law  deceased,  unto  Elizabeth  my  daughter  his  late  wife,  during 
her  life  and  after  her  decease  to  her  lawfully  begotten  children.  The  rest 
of  the  said  messuage  I  give  unto  Catalina  Johnson  my  daughter,  during 
her  life,  and  after  her  decease  to  her  lawfully  begotten  children.  Pro- 
visional bequests  to  the  Free  Grammar  School  of  the  same  parish,  the  poor 
of  the  College  of  the  same  parish  and  the  poor  of  the  Liberty  of  the  Clink. 
All  the  deeds,  evidences  &c.  concerning  the  said  messuages  &c.  shall,  after 
the  decease  of  my  wife,  remain  in  the  lu>nds  and  custody  of  my  said  daughter 
Susannna  Lock  for  the  good  of  the  parties  concerned.  To  my  daughter 
Elizabeth  an  annuity  of  four  pounds  to  be  issuing  out  of  my  mansion  house 
and  garden  house  &c. 

In  the  Codicil  ten  pounds  apiece  to  each  of  the  three  children  of  daugh- 
ter Elizabeth,  like  sums  to  each  of  the  five  children  of  daughter  Susanna, 
forty  shillings  apiece  (for  rings)  to  sons  in  law  William  Lock,  John  John- 
son and  William  Ayscough,  the  seal  ring  "I  usually  weare  "  to  cousin  Ed- 
ward Cole  of  Winchester,  forty  shillings  (for  a  ring)  to  brother  Olave 
Masters  &c.     Wife  Anne  to  be  sole  executrix.  Barrington,  46. 

[The  above  testator  was  the  Mr.  Roger  Cole  referred  to  in  will  of  William 
Lock  published  in  my  Gleanings  for  July  1893  (Reg.  Vol.  47,  p.  417).  He  was 
the  maternal  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Margaret  Willoughby.         II.  F.  Waters.] 

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130  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England.  [Jan. 

John  White  ah  Wampkrs  late  of  Boston  in  New  England,  mariner, 
5  September  1G79,  proved  1  October  1679.  I  do  give,  devise  and  bequeath 
unto  my  very  loving  kinsman  John  a  Wonsamock,  Pomhamell  and  Nor- 
warunnt  all  that  my  estate  lying  and  being  in  New  England,  commonly 
called  or  known  by  the  mime  of  Assenham  East-stock,  and  all  lands,  plan- 
tations, &c — thereunto  belonging  &c,  to  have,  hold  and  enjoy  unto  them 
and  their  heirs  for  ever,  they  and  every  of  them  observing  &c.  all  such 
articles  and  conditions  as  my  father  and  I  have  or  ought  to  have  observed 
&c. 

I  give  &c.  to  my  very  loving  friend  George  Owen  of  the  parish  of  Sfc. 
Alhallowes  the  Wall  {sic)  in  London,  Chirurgeon,  four  hundred  acres  of 
that  my  land  situate  &c.  in  Bedford  in  New  England,  which  said  land  doth 
abut  upon  the  lands  of  Nicholas  Warner. 

I  give  &c.  to  my  very  loving  friends  Edward  Pratt  of  St.  Paul,  Shad- 
well,  Middlesex,  victualler,  and  John  Blake  of  Plymouth  in  New  England, 
husbandman,  the  rest  and  remainder  of  my  lands,  tenements,  plantations, 
grounds,  feedings,  pastures  and  hereditaments  whatsoever  &c.  &c.  in  the 
Country  of  New  England  or  elsewhere.  And  I  give  tliem  all  my  goods 
and  chattels  and  make  them  joint  executors  &c. 

Proved  by  the  oath  of  John  Blake,  one  of  the  executors  named  in  the 
will,  to  whom  was  administration  &c,  power  reserved  of  making  a  similar 
grant  to  Edward  Pratt,  the  other  executor  when  he  should  come  to  seek  it. 

h"  .-•"  King,  136. 

[In  the  Probate  Act  Book  testator  is  called  John  White  lately  of  Boston  in 
New  England,  but  on  a  voyage  (in  intintre)  in  the  parish  of  Stepney,  Middlesex, 
deceased.  The  reference  to  this  will  was  given  me  by  my  late  friend,  Mr. 
Francis  Grigson  many  years  ago.v  71.  F.  W. 

This  will  is  that  of  one  who  doubtless  was  one  of  the  first  of  the  pupils  of 
John  Eliot,  the  Apostle,  lie  was  brought  to  Eliot  by  his  father,  also  uamed 
Wampus,  requesting  he  be  educated  by  the  English  and  taught  to  be  obe- 
dient. The  iirst  part  of  the  request  seems  to  have  been  accomplished,  as  Wam- 
pus became  proficient  in  English  wrays  and  customs.  Through  his  knowledge 
of  English  his  relatives  and  other  Indians  gave  him  authority  to  look  after  their 
land  interests,  and  the  attention  he  bestowed  on  the  matter  evidently  gave  him 
an  idea  that  he  had  an  ownership  in  the  same,  as  evidenced  by  his  will  and  vari- 
ous documents,  among  which  may  be  mentioned  those  in  the  Mass.  Archives, 
in  which  are  given  depositions  on  the  subject  by  different  Indians,  as  early  as 
1672.  His  wife,  whose  name  was  Ann  Praske,  was  the  daughter  of  Romanock, 
the  sachem  of  Aspatuck  and  Sasquaugh  (Fairfield,  Conn.),  and  through  this 
marriage,  which  is  recorded  in  the  Boston  records,  he  claimed  rights  there 
which  were  a  subject  of  correspondence  between  the  Connecticut  authorities 
and  the  home  government,  and  proceedings  were  pending  in  Connecticut  at  the 
time  of  Wampus's  death. 

His  wife  Ann's  estate  was  probated  in  Suffolk  County,  Mass.,  in  1G76,  and  the 
couple  also  had  property  in  Boston,  as  evidenced  by  the  Suffolk  Deeds. 

The  will  mentions  land  in  New  England,  which  the  writer  of  the  will  calls 
Assenham  East-stock,  this  is  Assanamascock  of  the  Nipmug  country,  or  the 
Hassanamisco  Indian  tract,  and  this  is  the  key  to  the  Sutton  (Mass.)  Indian 
grant,  which  solution  evidently  escaped  the  reverend  authors  of  the  history  of 
that  town.  This  bequest  was  the  subject  of  much  controversy  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts General  Court,  and  was  dually  settled  in  favor  of  the  Indian  grantees 
through  the  admission  of  the  Dudley  family  to  an  interest  and  share  in  the 
grant.  The  fable  of  Sutton  deriving  its  name  from  a  Dr.  Sutton  who  kindly 
ministered  to  Wampus  on  a  return  voyage  from  England,  and  that  Wampus 
suggested  the  name  through  gratitude,  hardly  looks  plausible,  as  Wampus  had 
been  dead  a  quarter  of  a  century  before  Sutton  received  its  name. 

Wampus  was  imprisoned  in  England  for  debt,  in  Massachusetts  for  riotous 
and  unruly  conduct,  and  breaking  jail  in  Boston,  created  excitement  at  Cam- 
bridge meeting-house  in  King  Philip's  War  by  his  behavior. 


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1805.]  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England.  131 

The  story  of  his  life  and  adventures  make  a  more  lengthy  article  than  this 
note  will  allow,  and  seems  to  have  escaped  the  notice  of  previous  writers.  Mr. 
Drake;  in  his  History  of  the  Indians,  does  not  mention  him,  and  Savage,  in  his 
Genealogical  Dictionary,  makes  but  a  line  of  mention. 

Walter  K.  Watkins.] 

Washington  (Register,  vol.  43,  pp.  379-424) : — 

[The  Hartford  Courant  for  September  30,  1894,  has  an  article  with  the  title 
"  An  Account  of  an  Ancient  Document  with  the  Washington  Arms,"  from  which 
we  quote :  "The  Courant  \\vls  the  privilege  of  giving  an  account  of  two  docu- 
ments of  great  interest  and  great  value  which  have  lately  come  into  the  posses- 
sion of  James  J.  Goodwin,  Esq.  One  of  them  bears  the  signature  of  a  remote 
ancestor  of  General  Washington  as  a  witness  to  a  deed  of  quit-claim,  the  other 
is  a  deed  or  lease  executed  by  the  same  ancestor  and  his  son,  and  bearing  on 
one  of  its  seals,  in  an  admirable  state  of  preservation,  the  Washington  arms." 
Then  follow  some  remarks  on  Mr.  Waters's  discoveries  printed  in  the  Register 
at  the  above  reference,  a  description  of  the  two  documents,  and  remarks 
suggested  by  them.  The  deed  with  the  Washington  arms  is  a  lease  for  two 
thousand  years,  on  the  payment  of  one  red  rose  each  St.  John  the  Baptist's  day, 
of  land  in  Sulgrave.  It  is  dated  43  Elizabeth  and  signed  by  Robert  Washington 
and  Lawrence  Washington.  "The  deeds  were  found,"  says  the  Courant,  "in 
searching  among  a  heap  of  documents  belonging  to  certain  ladies,  and  a  friend 
of  theirs  showed  them  to  Mr.  J.  C.  C.  Smith  of  the  Probate  Registry,  Somerset 
House,  London Through  Mr.  Smith  they  came  to  their  present  owner." 

The  Courant  adds:  "The  New  York  Tribune  of  the  l!)th  instant  gives  from 
the  London  Times  a  long  account  by  Ernest  G.  Atkinson,  of  certain  depositions 
found  in  the  Exchequer  Records  bearing  on  matters  connected  with  the  Wash- 
ington family.  The  first  witness  named  is  Anne  Washington,  widow  of  Robert 
Washington,  and  the  name  Pargitcr  also  occurs.  The  whole  article  is  of  in- 
terest, but  if  the  writer  had  had  before  him  the  genealogical  chart  prepared  by 
Mr.  Waters  which  accompanies  his  paper, ...  .he  would  have  seen  that  he  was 
looking  for  the  descent  of  the  emigrants  of  Virginia  along  a  wrong  Wag." 

Editor.] 

Auraiiam  IIalsted  of  Rotterdam,  merchant,  5  April  1651,  proved  2 
May  1G51.  I  do  ordain  Darkes  IIalsted  my  wife  and  William  Schapes  my 
brother,  merchant,  jointly  executors  and  to  choose  a  third  person  to  their 
assistance  as  they  shall  agree  upon.  My  debts  first  to  be  paid.  To  my 
wife  Darkes  one  full  third  part  of  my  remaining  estate.  One  other  third  to 
my  two  sons  Abraham  and  Isaac,  equally  to  be  divided  between  them.  I 
give  and  bequeath  unto  my  sister  in  New  England  live  and  twenty  pounds 
sterling,  and  if  she  be  dead  to  the  nearestpf  her  friends  there.  To  Rebecca 
Whitonian  my  wife's  sister  fifty  pounds  sterling.  To  the  three  children  of 
William  Cochroft  deceased  each  ten  pounds.  To  the  poor  of  the  church  in 
general  thirty  pounds.  To  my  wife's  brother  James  Whiteman  twenty 
pounds.  My  servant  Lister.  To  the  children  of  my  brother  Armye  and 
brother  Cocke  (Cooke?)  each  child  ten  pounds.  To  my  former  wife's 
mother  Mrs  Rebecca  King©  five  pounds.  To  the  children  of  Mr  Davies 
my  father  in  law  each  live  pounds.  To  my  brother  William  Scapes  twenty 
live  pounds.     To  Gemi'liell  his  children  each  five  pounds. 

Proved  at  London  by  the  oath  of  Dorcas  Whitman  ah  IIalsted,  one  of 
the  executors  &c.  reserving  power  to  the  other  executor.  Grey,  88. 

Richard  Cutt  of  Portsmouth  in  Piscataqua  10  May,  1675,  proved  11 
July  1(582.  To  my  wife  Elinor  Cutt  my  now  dwelling  house  with  the 
bake  house,  brew  house,  barn  and  all  housing  thereunto  belonging,  with  log 
warehouse  and  wharfing  (my  storehouse  warehouse  only  excepted),  to- 
gether with  my  garden,  orchard  and  all  the  land  in  fence  in  the  home  field 
adjoining  to  my  house,  as  also  my  corn  mill  with  my  house  and  barns  up  at 


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132  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England,  [Jan. 

the  creek,  with  all  the  upland  and  meadow  thereunto  belonging  so  far  as 
homo  unto  that  land  which  I  bought  of  Ilubertus  Mattoon  (excepting  the 
tan  yard  and  the  building  thereunto  belonging  and  the  land  on  that  side  of 
the  iloom).  All  these  to  my  wife  during  her  natural  life  and  after  her  de- 
cease I  give  and  bequeath  the  whole  estate  aforesaid  unto  my  grandson  Cutt 
Vaughan,  to  be  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever.  And  it  shall  come  into -his 
hands  at  the  age  of  twenty  one  years,  with  remainder  to  the  next  heir  male 
and  if  there  be  no  heir  male  then  to  the  next  heir  that  shall  survive.  To 
wife  (certain  household  stuff)  with  all  my  stock  of  cattle  and  the  five  negro 
servants.  To  my  daughter  Margaret  Vaughan  my  stone  warehouse  and 
that  part  of  the  wood  field  joining  to  that  which  was  John  Pickering's  and 
reaching  home  to  William  Ilearls  on  the  West  with  my  brother  John  Cutt 
also  on  the  West,  the  way  that  goes  to  the  Creek  on  the  North  and  Chris- 
topher Jose  on  the  East,  together  with  the  tanyard,  housing  and  stock 
therein  and  the  little  field  on  the  South  of  the  floome,  always  excepting  and 
reserving  the  highway  as  it  is  now  to  the  farm  and  to  the  other  mill,  which 
is  to  be  kept  free  for  the  use  of  the  mill  and  the  houses  by  it ;  all  which  I 
give  to  my  daughter  Margaret  and  her  children,  if  they  fail  then  to  my 
daughter  Bridget  and  hers.  To  my  daughter  Bridget  and  her  heirs  1  give 
the  remainder  of  that  field  commonly  called  the  Great  Field,  to  say  all  be- 
sides what  is  already  given  to  her  and  her  husband  and  already  sold  to 
sundry  persons.  I  give  her  also  that  part  of  the  wood  field  on  the  South 
of  the  highway  unto  the  Creek  as  it  is  now  fenced.  The  other  part  be- 
tween the  highway  and  the  creek  her  mother  shall  have  liberty  to  use 
during  her  natural  life;  and  that  part  also  shall  be  Bridget's  after  her 
mother's  decease.  Likewise  I  give  to  Bridget  my  land  in  the  Long  Reach 
next  to  that  which  was  Cap*  Pendleton's,  being  thirty  three  'poles  broad 
front  on  the  River  and  so  back  the  whole  depth;  this  to  Bridget  and  her 
heirs,  with  remainder  to  the  heirs  jf  her  sister  Margaret.  To  son  AVilliam 
A^anghan  my  land  on  the  great  Island  bought  of  Mr.  Mason  and  that  acre, 
given  me  by  the  town,  which  was  laid  out  with  an  acre  of  Mr.  Fryer's.  I 
give  him  also  two  hundred  pounds  out  of  my  estate  and  also  my  housing  at 
the  Isle  of  Shoals  on  Starr  Island,  together  with  that  estate,  both  in  stock 
and  debts,  that  is  in  partnership  with  him.  To  beloved  son  Thomas  Daniell 
two  hundred  pounds.  To  my  grandson  Cutt  Vaughan  one  hundred  pounds. 
To  my  grandchild  Elinor  Vaujjhyn  the  house  and  land  I  bought  of  Mr 
Mattoon,  with  that  part  of  my  land  that  comes  from  the  Pulpit,  the  whole 
breadth  of  Mattoon's  land  till  it  come  to  my  brother  John  Cutt's  land  on 
the  North,  together  with  two  hundred  pounds.  To  my  grandchild  Mary 
Vaughan  two  hundred  pounds  in  money  and  the  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres 
of  land  and  the  meadow  belonging  to  it  as  I  bought  of  Edward  Hilton,  as 
appears  by  bill  of  sale  of  John  Wedgeits. 

I  will  further  that  what  remains  of  my  twenty  pounds  per  annum,  sub- 
scribed as  a  gift  to  the  College  for  myself  and  sons,  be  carefully  discharged 
by  my  executors. 

J  give  to  my  brother  John  Cutt  ten  pounds,  to  buy  him  mourning,  and 
ten  pounds  to  his  wife  and  five  pounds  to  each  of  his  children.  I  give  to 
my  sister  Anne  Shipway  ten  pounas  to  buy  her  mourning,  and  five  pounds 
to  my  brother  Shipway  and  five  pounds  to  his  son  John  Shipway.  I  give 
to  my  brother  Robert  Cutts'  widow  and  to  each  of  his  five  children  five 
pounds,  as  also  I  do  forgive  the  debt  due  on  my  book.  To  Mr  Joshua 
Moodey  thirty  pounds  and  to  his  five  children  ten  pounds,  i.e.  forty  shil- 
lings each.     To  my  cousin  John  Hole  and  his  wife  live  pounds  each.     To 


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1895.]  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England.  1  33 

the  church  of  Portsmouth  ten  pounds  to  buy  a  piece  of  plate  for  the  use  of 
the  church.  "Wife  Kliuiior  and  my  two  daughters  Margaret  ami  1 5 ridge t  to 
he  executors  and  brother  John  Cult,  Mr  Joshua  Moodey  and  sons  William 
Vaughan  and  Thomas  Daniel  overseers. 

John  Wincoll  and  John  Fletcher  attest  as  witnesses.  Cottle,  82. 

William  Buck,  of  St.  Martin's  in  the  Fields  within  the  City  and 
Liberties  of  Westminster  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  gentleman,  27  July 
1720,  proved  2  January  1 72-1.     To  be  privately  but  decently  buried  at  the 

discretion  of  my  loving  wife  Elizabeth  Blick,  I  am  possessed  of  six  several 
messuages  and  tenements  in  St.  James  Street  in  the  parish  of  St.  James 
Westminster  for  a  certain  term  of  years  yet  to  come  and  unexpired.  I 
give  the  same  to  my  wife,  for  life,  charged  nevertheless  with  the  several 
payments  mentioned  in  the  last  will  of  Mrs  Jane  Wilkinson  late  of  St. 
James  Westminster  deceased,  bearing  date  20  July  1718,  as  follows;  twenty 
five  pounds  per  annum  to  Philadelphia  Pope,  wife  of  John  Pope,  for  her 
life,  and  after  her  decease  twenty  pounds  per  annum  to  her  husband  -John 
Pope  if  he  survive  her,  and  also  twenty  pounds  per  annum  to  Ann  Par- 
tridge, daughter  of  the  said  Philadelphia  Pope  and  wife  of  John  Partridge,* 
during  her  life,  in  case  the  said  term  of  years  in  the  said  premises  shall  so 
long  continue.  And  in  ease  my  dear  wife  should  die  before  the  end  of  the 
said  term  I  give  the  unexpired  residue  of  said  term  to  my  son  William 
Blick.  [I  give  to  my  son  W"  Blick  twenty  pounds,  to  my  eldest  daughter 
Elizabeth  Barnes  wife  of  Daniel  Barnes  twenty  pounds,,  to  my  daughter 
Susannah  Hlick  twenty  pounds,  to  my^son  in  law  Win  Richardson,  son  of 
m}r  wife  Elizabeth  Blick  by  her  former  husband,  five  pounds. ]f  I  £ive  to 
Elizabeth  Godwin  now  in  Virginia,  daughter  of  my  wife  Elizabeth  Blick 
by  her  former  husband,  ten  pounds  to  pay  for  her  passage  back  into  Eng- 
land &.c.  1  give  to  my  beloved  friend  William  Cooke$  a  gold  ring,  value 
ten  shillings  and  also  my  cane  with  a  black  studded  head.  To  my  son 
William  my  linen  and  Woollen  apparell.  The  residue  to  my  wife  Eliza- 
beth whom  I  appoint  executrix  &e. 

Then  follows  a  deposition  of  one  of  the  subscribing  witnesses  (dated  30 
December  172-1)  certifying  as  to  the  several  obliterations  and  alterations. 

Bomney,  1. 

I  am  indebted  for  reference  to  live  above,  as  well  as  for  others  of  the  slime 
period,  to  11.  W.  1«\  llanvood,  Ksq.— JIknuy  F.  Watkks. 

Agnks  IIackiiam  (of  Membury)  20  February  1  GO"),  proved  10  Decem- 
ber 1(108.  To  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Membury.  To  m}r  daughter 
Johane  Palfrey  my  sidesaddle  with  a  covering  belonging  to  the  same,  my 
best  gown,  my  second  best  petticoat,  my  second  best  partlett,  my  best  apron 
and  my  second  best  waistcoat  and  fifty  shillings  in  money,  which  sum  is  in 
the  bunds  of  William  Palfrey  the  now  husband  of  the  said  Johane.  I  give 
to  Manian  Chipe  my  daughter  my  third  best  gown,  my  third  best  petticoat 
&.C.  and  fifty  shillings  in  money.  To  Agnes  Palfrey  my  daughter  my  second 
best  gown,  my  fourth  best  parllett  &c.  &c.  and  fifty  shillings.  I  give  to 
Peter  Palfrey,  my  daughter's  son,  one  iron  cronck.     To  my  daughter  Ellen 

*  This  bequest  to  Mrs.  Partridge  has  been  ruled  through  with  n  pea,  nnrt  on  the  margin 
of  page  hgahist  it  there  is  written  "  My  grVtridHOii  W,u  Blick,  My  grand  daughter  Elizabeth 
Nye*  to  Kli/t.  Godwin  now  in  Boston  New  Knglnnd." 

t  TIh'm-  heiniests  within  brackets  have  been  ruled  through  with  u  pen. 

X  This  boniest  fo  William  Cooke  has  also  been  ruled  through. 
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131  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England.  [Jan. 

&c.  I  give  also  to  Agues  and  Marie  (sic)  my  daughters  one  foslett  of 
linen,  to  he  divided  betwixt  them,  and  cither  of  them  a  holidays  sinoek.  I 
give  to  my  four  daughters  four  saucers  of  tin.  to  either  of  them  one.  The 
rest  of  mine  apparel  to  my  four  daughters  (equally).  Gifts  to  sons  in  law 
"William  Palfrey  and  Walter  Ilackhain.  My  godchildren.  The  poor  in 
Membury.  Agnes  Hackham,  my  son's  daughter.  Nicholas  Bagbere, 
curate.      Son  Walter  Hackham  to  be  executor. 

Richard  Davye  a  witness.  Windebanck,  110. 

Edward  Palmer,  of  London  and  late  of  Lefnington  in  the  County  of 
Gloecster  Esq.,  22  November  162d-,  proved  15  December  1G24.  To  the 
parish  church  of  Todenham,  towards  the  reparations  of  the  same  and  of  the 
chapel  belonging  to  Lemington  house,  commonly  called  the  Place,  in  the 
parish  of  Todenham,  where  I  was  born,  forty  shillings.  A  seemly  monu- 
ment to  be  erected  in  the  same  chapel  for  a  memory  of  John  Palmer  Esq., 
my  late  grandfather,  and  of  Mary  his  wife,  sister  of  William  Grivell,  one 
of  the  Judges  of  the  Common  Pleas,  and  of  Sir  Giles  Grivell,  knight,  both 
long  since  deceased.  To  my  daughter  Margaret  Elton  live  pounds  (in  a 
piece  of  plate).  To  my  daughter  Mary  a  piece  of  plate  of  same  value. 
Another  to  my  daughter  Charlton  and  another,  to  my  daughter  Ilutter.  To 
my  son  Richard  Palmer  seven  hundred  pounds,  in  hope  my  said  son  will 
provide  for  tin;  good  education  and  maintenance  of  Bridget  his  only  child 
and  daughter.  Reference  to  indentures  between  testator,  Lisley  Cave  Esq. 
and  others.  Reference  to  the  bargain  and  sale  of  the  manor  of  Over  Lem- 
ington, sold  by  my  father  to  Richard  Palmer  of  BeYton,  gentleman,  my 
wife's  father.  The  manor  of  Nether  Lemington  sold  by  myself  ^o  the  said 
Richard  Palmer.  Certain  assurances  and  releases  of  the  manor  of  Middle 
Ditehford  to  Ralph  Sheldon  Esq.  from  my  father  and  others.  Certain 
entails  thereof  heretofore  made  by  my  grandfather  and  my  uncle  William 
Palmer,  sometime  one  of  the  gentlemen  pensioners  to  King  Henry  VIII. 
and  Edw.  VI.  The  manor  of  Churchhill  sold  by  my  father  to  Sir  Chris- 
topher llatton,  knight.  My  son  Giles  Palmer  to  he  sole  executor,  or,  if  ho 
die,  then  my  son  Thomas  Palmer.  For  supervisors  I  appoint  Sir  Giles 
Overbury,    knight,    Sir    Matthew    Palmer,    knight,    George    Lascells    Esq., 

Laurence  Maidewell  Esq.,  Mr Lea,  citizen   of  London,  and    Richard 

(Voltes,  gentleman,  to  each  of  whom  a  ring  of  gold  of  four  angels.  And 
my  will  and  mind  is  that  if  I  shall  happen  to  give  unto  my  said  sou  Richard 
the  sum  of  two  thousand  pounds  or  more  out  of  my  profits  of  Virginia  and 
New  England,  then  the  seven  hundred  pounds  (as  aforesaid)  shall  not  be 
■charged  upon  my  personal  estate  &c.  And  as  touching  my  castles,  manors, 
lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments  which  now  or  hereafter  shall  be  built 
and  erected  in  Virginia  or  New  England  in  the  parts  beyond  the  seas  I 
give  the  same  to  my  son  Giles  &c.  with  remainder  to  my  son  Thomas  &c, 
then  to  Edward  Palmer  only  son  of  my  brother  William.  And  for  default 
of  all  such  issue  males  t^c.  all  the  aforesaid  castles,  lands  &c.  shall  be  and 
remain  for  the  founding  and  maintenance  of  an  University  and  such  schools 
in  Virginia  as  shall  be  there  erected  and  shall  be  called  AC  A  DEMI  A 
VIRGINIENSIS  ET  OXONIENSIS  and  shall  be  divided  into  several 
streets  or  alleys  of  twenty  foot  broad;  and  all  such  as  can  prove  their  law- 
ful descent  from  John   Palmer  Esq.  of  Lemington  aforesaid,  my 

grandfather  deceased,  or  from  my  late  grandmother,  his  wife,  being  sons, 
shall  be  there  freely  admitted  and  shall  be  brought  up  in  such  schools  as 
shall  be  lit  for  their  age  and  learning  and  shall  be  removed  from  time  to 


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time  as  they  shall  profit  in  knowledge  and  understanding.  And  further  my 
will  is  that  the  scholars  of  the  said  University,  for  avoiding  of  idleness  at 
their  hours  of  recreation,  shall  have  two  painters,  the  one  for  oil  colours  and 
the  other  for  water  colours,  which  shall  be  admitted  Fellows  in  the  same 
College.  And  further  my  will  and  mind  is  that  two  grinders,  the  one  for 
oil  colours  and  the  other  for  water  colours,  and  also  colours,  oil  and  gum 
waters  shall  be  provided  from  time  to  time  at  the  costs  and  charges  of  the 
said  College,  beseeching  God  to  add  a  blessing  to  all  these  my  intents. 

By  rde,  114, 

George  Siiuiit  of  Bideford,  Devon,  merchant,  9  February  1G55,  with 
a  codicil  dated  G  May  1657,  proved  11  June  1658.  To  my  sister  in  law 
Mary  Shurt,  widow,  who  was  wife  unto  my  brother  John  Shurt,  and  her 
heir  all  that  house  and  tenement  in  the  High  Street  wherein  sometime 
Robert  Chape  (sic)  lived,  with  the  garden  belonging,  wherein  1  have  granted 
an  estate  and  term  of  two  lives,  and  the  rent  thereof  ten  shillings  per  an- 
num, which  house  is  in  the  possession  of  Robert  Choape  (sic)  butcher. 

Item,  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  brother  Abraham  Shurt  now  in  New 
England,  God  send  him  home  from  thence  to  live  in  Bedford  (sic).,  all  that 
new  house  and  tenement  &c.  on  the  new  Key,  to  hold  for  life  after  his  re- 
turn. To  my  cousin  John  Efford  the  younger,  now  living  and  being  in  our 
house,  that  house  &c.  in  High  Street  wherein  Henry  Amory  now  liveth. 
To  my  cousin  George  Efford,  my  godson,  brother  unto  the  said  John,  now 
being  "tabled"  with  John  Mugford  in  the  parish  of  Abbotisham,  the  house 
&c.  wherein  William  Davye  lately  lived,  in  the  High  Street,  next  adjoining 
unto  the  house  on  the  High  side  {sic)  "wherein  my  uncle  Andrew  did  live 
sometime.  My  wife  to  be  a  mother  to  these  two  (John  and  George  Erford) 
until  of  age.  To  the  town  of  Bideford  ten  pounds  to  be  lent  to  five  poor 
artificers,  forty  shillings  each  for  one  whole  year.  To  my  cousin  John  Ford 
the  elder  of  Burrington,  to  Dorothy,  his  wife,  to  my  cousin  Margery  Pen- 
rose of  Chumlye  (sic)  widow,  my  cousin  Sibilla  Curry,  the  wife  of  William 
Curry  of  Hols  worthy,  to  each  of  them  a  gold  ring  of  twenty  five  shillings 
with  a  death's  head  thereon.  John  Ford,  the  eldest  son  of  the  said  John, 
and  every  other  of  his  children.  The  children  of  my  cousin  Margery  Pen- 
rose. The  children  of  my  sister  Johane  Purser  deceased  which  lived  in 
Brampton.  My  cousin  Francis  Facy  of  our  town,  town  clerk,  and  Francis 
J  lay  don,  my  brother  in  law  who  married  my  wife's  sister.  Each  of  my 
apprentices.  Edward  Gurst,  water  bayliff  of  our  town,  and  Johane  Rigg 
widow.  Master  Johnson  of  our  town  who  was  schoolmaster  therein.  John 
Etl'ord  the  elder  of  Littleham.  Master  Shibber  and  Master  Fetter,  Doctor. 
Wife  Margaret.  Abraham  Heyman,  her  son,  now  in  the  island  Fayall. 
Richard  Guy  son  unto  George  Guy  of  Torrington  deceased,  whose  mother 
married  with  Master  Richard  Medford  of  Barnstable.  My  godson  George 
son  of  Gabriel  Shurt  of  Littleham.  Wootton,  301. 

[Abraham  Shurt,  who  is  named  by  testator  as  a  brother,  was  early  at  Pema- 
quid.  See  a  valuable  article  on  "  Abraham  Shurt  and  John  Earthy,"  by  the  late 
Prof.  John  Johnston,  LL.l).,  in  the  Kegistkr  for  April,  1871,  pp.  1*31-135. — 
Editor.] 

Kkmpo  Syhada  of  London,  mariner,  19  March  1658,  proved  18  April 
1G50.  To  my  daughter  Anne  Sibada,  in  case  she  shall  prove  a  dutiful  and 
obedient  child  unto  her  mother  (my  executrix  hereafter  named)  fifteen 
pounds  at  age  of  twenty  one,  to  be  paid  out  of  my  estate  in  England,  IIol- 


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land  and  other  parts  of  tlio  Low  Countries.  And  concerning  my  lands, 
houses  and  plantations  in  Africa  (To  wit  in  New  England  and  Jameco  {sic), 
I  give  one  eighth  part  thereof  to  my  said  daughter,  when  the  same  shall  he 
obtained  and  recovered  (less  the  proportionate  cost  of  collecting  &c).  My 
loving  friends  Capt.  John  YVentworth  of  Bermudas,  at  present  residing  in 
London,  mariner,  and  John  Penny  of  London,  mariner,  commander  of  the 
good  ship  called  the  America,  to  he  overseers  and  ffeoffees  in  trust  of  this 
niv  will.     The  residue  to  wife  Mary,  whom  I  appoint  sole  executrix. 

Pell,  189. 

[I  am  indebted  to  Mr.  W.  S.  Appleton  for  the  reference  to  the  above -will, 
and  also  to  that  of  George  Shurt.  II.  F.  Waters.] 

George  Rayment  of  the  parish  of  St.  John's  in  Glaston  in  the  Co.  of 
Somerset,  2G  June  1651*  proved  30  October  1651.  My  body  to  he  buried 
in  the  churchyard  of  St.  John's  &c.  To  my  daughter  Dorothy  Robyns 
and  her  child  forty  shillings,  and  all  the  goods  that  1  have  in  the  house  that 
I  lived  in,  in  the  churchyard,  I  give  to  said  daughter  Dorothy  Robins,  and 
ray  best  breeches  and  jacket  and  my  best  shoes  to  my  daughter  Dorothy's 
husband  of  Streete.  To  the  wife  of  my  son  Maurice  Rayment  and  her 
child  forty  shillings. 

Item,  I  give  and  bequeath  to  William  Rayment  my  son  that  is  in  New 
England  six  pounds,  to  be  paid  if  ever  he  doth  come  to  Glaston  to  demand 
it.  Item,  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Elizabeth  Rayment  my  daughter  that  is 
in  New  England  twenty  shillings,  to  he  paid  if  ever  she  doth  come  to 
Glaston  to  demand  it.  To  John  Seemer,  the  son  of  William  Seemer, 
twenty  shillings.  To  Luce  Seemer.  the  daughter  of  William  Seemer  of 
the  said  Glaston,  twenty  shillings.  Twenty  shillings  I  give  to  discharge 
my  funeral  expences.  All  the  rest  of  my  goods  &c.  I  give  to  Maurice 
Rayment  my  son,  whom  I  make  my  whole  and  sole  executor.  For  over- 
seers T  do  appoint  William  Seemer  and  William  Hillocks.  (Then  follows 
the  date.)  Item,  I  give  to  John  Rayment  my  son  that  is  in  New  England 
one  shilling. 

The  witnesses  were  William  Seemer,  William  Zealee  (by  mark)  and 
George  Rosier.  Grey,  DG. 

|  Hero  \\e  have  the  family  of  William  and  old  John  Rayment  of  Beverly,  "well 
known  to  searchers  of  the  records  at  -Salem.  And  I  am  glad  to  see  the  spelling 
conform  to  the  pronunciation  as  L  remember  it  from  earliest  childhood.  Present 
representatives  of  that  family  now  write  their  name  Raymond.  There  was  a 
Richard  Raymond  of  Salem,  who  lived  on  the  south  side  of  Essex  Street,  and 
afterwards  removed  to  Norwalk  and  Saybrook.  But  I  have  never  seen  the 
slightest  evidence  of  a  relationship  between  him  and  these  Rayments  of  Beverly. 
The  above  will  confirms  me  in  this.  I  cannot,  here  and  now,  without  my  Essex 
Co.  notes,  tell  what  became  of  Elizabeth  Rayment,  the  sister  of  William  and 
John,  who  also  went  to  New  England.  Perhaps  some  of  my  friends  at  home 
(for  instance  the  Ron.  John  I.  Raker)  may  be  able  to  tell  us.  John  Rayment, 
I  believe,  succeeded  to  the  ownership  .of  the  farm  belonging  once  to  Thomas 
Scruggs,  one  of  the  Old  Planters,  and  the  old  Rayment  house  (I  hope)  stands 
there  to-day.     I  have  often  passed  it  in  my  walks.  IIknby  E.  Wa'i  i:i:s.] 

Thomas  Smith  of  West  Clandon,  Surrey,  yeoman,  13  June  1G51,  proved 
28  October  165T.  To  the  poor  of  West  Clandon  fifty  shillings  and  to  the 
pooi-  of  Cranley,  Surrey,  fifty  shillings.  Item,  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my 
brother  John  Smyth,  now  in  New  England  (if  he  shall  be  then  living)  sixty 


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pounds  within  one  year  after  my  decease,  and  in  case  lie  be  dead  before 
that  time 'then  I  give  the  said  sixty  pounds  to  my  cousin  Rachael,  daughter 
of  my  said  brother  John  Smyth,  and  to  her  heirs,  to  be  paid  within  one 
year  &c.  To  my  sister  Susanna,  widow  of  my  brother  Jeremy  Smyth  de- 
ceased, five  pounds  (in  one  year);  To  my  cousin  Richard,  son  of  my  brother 
John  Smyth,  five  pounds  (in  one  year).  To  my  cousin  Thomas,  son  of  my 
brother  Jeremye  Smyth  deceased,  fifty  pounds  (in  one  year).  To  my 
brother  William  Smith  fifty  pounds,  in  one  year,  if  he  shall  then  be  living, 
but  if  not  then  his  wife  shall  have  ten  pounds  of  it  and  the  other  forty 
pounds  shall  be  equally  divided  between  the  children  of  my  brothers  John 
and  Jeremie  aforesaid,  to  be  paid  in  one  year  &c.  To  each  of  my  god- 
children two  shillings  and  six  pence,  to  be  paid  within  half  a  year  &c.  I 
do  appoint  my  cousin  Jeremy  Smith,  son  of  my  brother  Jeremy  deceased, 
my  sole  executor,  to  whom  all  the  residue,  and  if  he  be  dead  then  his  chil- 
dren shall  be  joint  executors.  My  very  loving  friends  Mr  Thomas  Mascall 
of  West  Clandon  and  Richard  Ticknor  of  Holhurst  in  the  parish  of  Cranley 
to  be  overseers.  And  1  bequeath  unto  either  of  them  fifty  shillings  for  their 
pains  and  such  necessary  charges  as  they  shall  be  at. 

Proved  at  London,  by  the  oath  of  Jeremy  Smith  the  nephew  and  only 
executor  named  in  the  will.  Grey,  197. 

Samuel  Hitchins,  citizen  and  draper  of  London,  16  March  1676,  with 
a  Codicil  made  27  July  1679,  proved,!  December  1679.  To  my  dear  and 
loving  wife  Sarah  my  two  messuages  &c.  in  the  parish  of  St.  Lawrence  old 
Jewry,  London,  which  I  hold  by  lease  from  the  Company  »of  Cloth  workers, 
and  if  she  die  before  the  expiration  of  the  term  &c.  then  to  my  son  Giles 
Hitchins  or  to  my  grandson  Robert  Hitchins,  which  of  them  my  said  w;fe 
shall  think  fit  to  give  or  bequeath  the  same.  To  wife  my  freehold  mes- 
suages in  Robin  Hood  Court,  St.  Mary  Aldermary,  London,  and  the  rents 
&c.  for  her  life,  and  then  to  my  grandson  Robert  Hitchins,  remainder  to 
son  Giles  Hitchins  and  next  to  my  two  nephews  Daniel  and  Joseph  Hitchins 
(sons  of  my  brother  Daniel  Hitchins)  who  are  now  living  in  New  England 
near  Boston.  To  my  loving  brother  Daniel  Hitchins  one  annuity  of  ten 
pounds  for  life,  payable  quarterly.  To  my  nephew  Nathaniel  Hitchins  one 
shilling  in  full  discharge  of  all  claims  &c.  To  my  son  Giles  Hitchins  my 
freehold  messuages  tike,  in  All  Hallows  Barking.  Reference  to  stock  and 
credits  abroad.  The  said  messuages  to  be  chargeable  with  the  ten  pounds 
per  annum  given  to  my  brother  Daniel  and  also  with  the  payment  of  one 
and  thirty  pounds  per  annum  unto  my  loving  cousin    Robert  Hitchins  for 

and  daring  the  term  of  his  natural   life,  according  to  certain  writings  be- 
ts '  O  P> 

tween  the  said  Robert  and  me.  To  my  said  brother  Daniel  and  my  said 
cousin  Robert  to  each  of  them  four  yards  of  black  cloth  to  make  them 
mourning.  To  my  said  cousin  Robert  and  to  my  loving  friends  M1'  Daniel 
Morse  and  Nicholas  Morse,  son  of  the  said  Daniel,  twenty  shillings  apiece 
to  buy  them  rings.  The  residue  to  wife  Sarah,  with  five  pounds  to  buy  her 
mourning.  My  said  cousin  Robert  and  my  friends  Daniel  and  Nicholas 
Morse  to  bo  executors.  -King,  161. 

[Here  we  have  indicated  plainly  enough  the  Daniel  and  Joseph  Hitchins  whose 
names  art;  to  be  found  on  the  records  of  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  and  of  Essex 
County,  at  Salem.  IlKNUY  F.  WATERS*] 

Mary  Coquell  alias  Le  Mercier  dwelling  in  the  town  of  Rochell, 
widow  of  the  late  Martin  Vander  Bist  merchant,  also  there  dwelling,  her 


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will  made  27  February  1G08  (and  translated  out  of  the  French)  proved  3 
November  1631.  My  body  to  my  friends  and  kindred  to  the  end  they  may 
take  care  for  my  burial,  with  credit  and  ceremony  requisite  to  a  woman 
of  my  quality,  according  to  the  form  and  custom  of  the  Reformed  Church, 
whereof  I  do  make  profession.  To  the  poor  of  this  place  if  I  die  in  this 
town  to  the  poor  of  the  French  Church  fifty  L.  tournois.  To  the  poor  of 
the  Hospital  fifty  L.  tournois.  More  to  the  advancement  of  the  ministry 
fifty  L.  tournois.  More  to  the  box  of  the  Dutch  poor  fifty  L.  tournois. 
More  to  the  son  of  late  Henry  Vanlo  my  godson  forty  L.  tournois,  if  he 
die  nothing.  More  to  the  son  of  Quemond  Van  Wert,  also  my  godson, 
forty  L.  tournois,  if  he  die  nothing.  Similar  bequests  to  Hellen  Vanlo,  my 
late  husband's  god  daughter  and  to  the  son  of  John  Chanan,  named  Gyles, 
my  godson.  To  the  son  of  the  widow  Bloc,  named  John,  also  my  godson, 
one  bundled  Lyvers,  and  if  he  die  and  that  his  mother  be  living  the  same 
shall  be  given  unto  his  said  mother,  for  she  hath  many  children.  More  to 
a  girl  which  doth  serve  me  named  Rachel  de  la  Loy,  in  respect  of  the  love 
which  I  do  bear  her,  I  do  also  give  her  one  hundred  L.  tournois,  if  she  die 
nothing.  More  unto  Mr  and  Mrs  de  Vogel  dwelling  in  this  town,  in  regard 
of  the  good  and  hearty  friendship  which  we  have  borne  one  another,  I  do 
give  them  fifteen  hundred  Livers  to  give  unto  their  children,  which  as  seven 
in  number,  unto  every  one  of  them  two  hundred  Lyvers  and  one  hundred 
Livers  unto  the  said  Mrls  de  Vogell,  and  unto  her  my  diamond  cut  "  fasset" 
which  I  do  wear  upon  my  little  finger,  and  whether  any  of  their  children 
do  die  or  not  I  do  will  and  understand  that  the  said  sum  of  fifteen  hundred 
Lyvers  shall  be  given  unto  them  for  the  bettering  of  the' part  of  the  others 
or  so  much  as  shall  be  to  remain  unto  the  fathers  or  mother,  and  if  tiie  said 
Mris  de  Vogel  do  die  the  said  diamond  shall  be  given  to  one  of  their  daugh- 
ters, that  is  to  say  to  Sara  or  Katharine  or  Anne,  and  if  one  die  the  other 
shall  succeed,  or  unto  Susan  if  the  Others  be  dead,  who  is  also  their  sister, 
fifteen  hundred  L.  And  if  the  said  Mr  and  Mris  de  Vogell  do  die  I  pray 
you  enquire  where  their  said  children  are,  to  the  end  you  may  cause  the 
said  sum  and  the  said  diamond  to  be  delivered  unto  them.  More  unto  the 
nephew  of  my  late  husband,  named  Martin  Vander  Bist,  who  hath  dwelt 
with  us  from  the  age  of  seven  or  eipht  years,  in  regard  of  the  love  that  I 
do  bear  him  I  do  give  him  five  hundred  Lyvers  tournois  and  a  ring  of  his 
deceased  uncle's  set  with  a  red  stone  cut  like  a  "  harte  "  which  did  serve 
for  a  seal  to  his  said  uncle,  and  if  he  die  nothing  to  his  heirs. 
Moreover  to  my  brethren  and  sisters. 
First  unto  my  brother  Paul  le  Mercier  who  hath  not  any  charge  and  is 
not  married,  being  by  the  grace  of  God  in  very  good  estate,  and  hath  not 
any  need  of  my  succession  but  for  remembrance  of  me,  I  do  give  him  my 
great  diamond  which  is  set  in  a  ring  of  gold  and  which  I  wear  upon  my 
first  finger,  being  a  stone  which  hath  been  always  esteemed  at  five  hundred 
Livers.  More  unto  my  brother  Peter  le  Mercier  in  regard  he  is  unaccom- 
modated I  do  give  unto  him  for  his  daughters,  if  he  have  any,  if  not  unto 
his  hoi  is,  two  thousand  and  live  hundred  Livers  tournois  and  unto  my  said 
brother  a  Turky,  which  is  a  ring  with  a  little  blue  stone,  which  1  wear  on 
my  little  linger.  More  unto  my  brother  Francis  le  Mercier,  who  is  not 
married,  I  do  give  unto  him  one  Gimboll  ring  of  two  rings  and  is  round,  I 
do  wear  it  on  my  first  finger,  and  eighteen  hundred  Livers  Tournois.  More 
unto  my  brother  Daniel  de  Le  Mercier,  who  is  married,  I  do  give  him  a 
Gimboll  ring  of  three  lings,  which  is  a  ring  which  I  wear  on  my  finger 
next  my  little  finger.     I  do  also  give  him  eighteen  hundred  Livers  tournois, 


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and  because  it  is  not  long  since  lie  was  married  and  that  ho  cannot  have 
many  children  and  that  I  hope  without  doubt  that  he  will  endeavor  to  ad- 
vance himself  by  the  vocation  wherein  it  hath  pleased  God  to  set  him, 
whom  1  do  pray  to  bless  him  and  us  all,  I  do  refer  to  the  discretion  of  you 
my  brethren,  executors  of  this  my  Testament  by  the  grace  of  God,  to  give 
him  a  part  of  this  my  gift  or  to  put  it  forth  at  profit  for  his  daughters  in 
case  he  have  any,  if  not,  his  sons,  its  you  shall  find  good.     More  unto  my 
sister  Jane  le  Mercier,  the  wife  of  my  brother  Priaux,  I  do  give  unto  her 
my  saphire,  which  is  a  ring  which  I  wear  on  the  finger  next  the  little  finger 
and  is  like  a  diamond.     Also  I  do  give  unto  her  for  her  daughters  or  sons 
I  do  likewise  refer  to  your  discretions  in  regard  she  hath  many  children, 
how  be  it,  God  be  praised,  she  is  in  good  estate,  nevertheless  I  do  give  unto 
them  eighteen  hundred   Livers  for  the  advancement  of  her  said  children. 
More  unto  my  sister  Elizabeth  Le  Mercier  who  is  a  widow,  and,   God  be 
praised,  also  in  very  good  estate  and  hath  not  any  great  charge  of  children, 
I  do  give  unto  her  my  ruby,  which  is  a  ring  which  I  wear  on  myi'first 
finger,  and  unto  her  daughters  one  thousand  Livers  tournois,  or  in  default 
of  her  daughters  unto  her  or  her  sons  as  you  shall  find  good,  for  her  eldest 
son,  named  John,  is  already  well  provided  for  of  his  father's  goods  and 
therefore  it  seemeth  unto  me  to  advance  her  son  Paul  in  case  his  sisters  do 
die,  1  do  refer  it  to  the  two  executors  of  my  said  Testament.      More  unto 
my  sister  Judith  le  Mercier  a  little  diamond  which  is  on  a  ring  which  I 
wear  on  my  first  finger  and  unto  lip"  for  her  daughters,  in  case  she  have 
any,  if  not,  to  her  sons  eighteen  hundred  Livers  tournois.     More  unto  my 
sister  Anne  Le  Mercier  in  regard  I  have  brought  her  up  with  me  I  pray 
you  my  brethren  and  sisters  take'it  not  ill  in  case  I  do  advantage  and  pre- 
fer her  before  you  in  regard  of  the  good  and  faithful  service  which  she  hafh 
done  mo,   I   being  not  able  to  do  it  when  she  was  married  in  regard  I  was 
under  the  Law  of  my  late  husband  having  not  since  that  time  wanted  alfec- 
tion  towards  her  but  power,  which  I  do  desire  to   witness  unto   her  in   this 
my  last  will,  J  do  give  unto  her  for  her  daughters,  or  in  default  of  daugh- 
ters unto  her  sons,  the  sum  of  three  thousand  Livers  tournois  and  unto  her 
my  ewer  of  silver  gilt  and  my  little  silver  cup  which  my  godfather  gave  me 
(and  other  articles).      More  unto  her  daughter   Mary,   my  god  daughter, 
five  hundred  Livers  tournois  and  a  little  ring  of  gold  which  I  do  wear  upon 
my  little  linger,  which  her  mother  gavj  me  when  she  was  married,  being  a 
love  ring  of  gold,  also  my  silver  girdle  with  all  those  things  which  depend 
thereupon.     And  if  her  said  daughter  Mary  do  die  and  that  she  have  not 
any  other  daughters  my  said  girdle  shall  be  given  unto  the  eldest  daughter 
of  my  sister  Hester  and  my  said  sister  Ann  shall  inherit  or  have  the  five 
hundred  Livers  and  the  said  ring.     More  unto  my  sister  Hester  le  Mercier 
my  pointed  diamond,  which  is  a  ring  which  I  wear  on   the  finger  next  my 
little  finger,  and  eighteen  hundred  Livers  Tournois  for  her  daughters  in 
case  she  have  any,  if  not,  to  her  sons.     God  bless  you  all  and  me.     More- 
over if  it  shall  happen  that  any  of  my  brethren  or  sisters  do  die  without 
children  I  do  desire  that  that  which  I  have  bequeathed  unto  them  shall  re- 
turn amongst  you  my  brethren  and  sisters  to  be  equally  divided  amongst 
you  unless  any  amongst  you  were  unaccommodated  and  that  those  which 
are  in  good  estate  did  assign  or  give  them  their  part  of  their  free  will. 
And  if  the  fathers  and  mothers  of  the  children  of  my  brethren  and  sisters 
here  before  mentioned  be  in  good  estate  I  desire  that  the  interest  of  the 
money  be  added  to  the  principal  sum  of  the  said  children  for  the  augment- 
ing of  the  said  sum  for  the  said  children,  but  if  their  fathers  or  mothers  be 


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140  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England,  [Jan. 

unaccommodated  the  said  fathers  or  mothers  shall  enjoy  the  said  interest 
for  the  bringing  up  of*  their  said  children  in  the  fear  of  God,  which  God 
grant.  I  do  will  and  understand  that  my  said  brethren  and  sisters  here  be- 
fore named  shall  be  heirs  of  their  children  but  I  will  not,  if  any  of  my  said 
brethren  do  die  without  children,  that  the  succession  which  they  shall  have 
had  or  enjoyed  by  me  shall  go  to  their  wives  or  out  of  the  "  Linage  "  nor 
also  if  any  of  my  sisters  do  die  without  children  they  may  not  give  the  said 
succession  unto  their  husbands  but  I  will  that  the  same  shall  return  amongst 
those  which  shall  remain  of  you  to  be  given  to  your  children  and  that  you 
share  all  equally  together.  Moveables  to  be  sold  to  make  up  these  sums 
if  not  ready  money  enough.  And  if  it  shall  please  the  Lord  so  much  to 
favour  us  as  to  give  us  peace  and  that  I  can  be  wholly  out  of  the  business 
and  that  I  knew  what  were  due  unto  me  for  some  unclear  parcels,  as  you 
shall  perceive  by  an  extract  herein  enclosed,  I  might  (God  willing)  more 
amply  and  clearly  declare  my  will.  And  when  I  shall  have  news  that  my 
moveables  sent  into  your  quarters  are  well  arrived  I  may  also  (God  willing) 
dispose  of  my  said  moveables,  plate  and  apparrell  belonging  to  my  head, 
but  until  then  I  leave  the  same  undisposed,  for  the  making  up  of  the  said 
sums  &c. 

Now  the  reason  that  I  do  rathe  give  unto  my  nieces  than  unto  my 
nephews  is  that  the  fathers  and  mothers  which  do  love  their  children  ought 
to  have  a  care  to  cause  their  sons  to  learn  some  honest  vocation  to  the  end, 
with  the  help  of  God,  in  time  to  attain  unto  that  which  shall  be  praise- 
worthy, for  ordinarily  daughters  are  not  employed  in  such  vocations,  and 
specially  those  which  are  come  of  good  families,  unless  'necessity  do  there- 
unto urge  them  and  therefore  when  they  have  some  thing  for  their  mar- 
riage they  are  sought  after  by  honest  men,  howbeit  I  will  not  give  "his 
vanity  unto  myself  that  that  little  which  I  give  them  may  greatly  advance 
them  but  I  prais  God  lor  his  goodness  which  he  hath  done  unto  me  and  do 
pray  him  with  all  my  heart  to  continue  them  unto  me  in  his  blessing  and  to 
his  honor  and  glory  the  salvation  of  my  poor  soul  and  the  edification  of  my 
neighbor,  in  all  charity  beseeching  hi.n  also  to  give  me  grace  to  live  and 
die  in  his  fear  and  to  grant  me  his  heavenly  kingdom  at  the  end  of  my 
days  and  that  my  brethren  and  sisters,  nephews  and  nieces  and  others  my 
friends  may  after  my  death  enjoy  thereof  in  all  prosperity  and  blessings  of 
God  to  the  grace  and  salvation  of  Mieir  souls.  Amen.  1  do  pray  my 
brother  Paul  Le  Morcier  and  my  brother  Francis  Le  Mereier  to  be  execu- 
tors of  this  my  Testament,  for  my  brother  Peter  Le  Mereier  doth  not  dwell 
in  those  places  but  in  Ireland;  God  give  us  all  grace  to  do  well,  and  if  I  do 
not  die  here  the  two  hundred  Livers  which  1  do  give  unto  the  poor  I  do 
will  that  the  same  be  given  to  the  poor  of  the  church  of  Hampton  in  Eng- 
land. 

Proved  by  the  oaths  of  Paul  and  Francis  Le  Mereier,  Letters  of  Admin- 
istration which  had  been  granted  to  the  said  Paul  22  September  1628  as  if 
she  had  been  intestate  having  been  first  brought  in  and  renounced. 

St.  John,  120. 

[Here  we  have  the  whole  family  of  Mercers  already  referred  to  (Reg.  Vol. 
47,  pp.  511-514:)  but  bearing  a  French  name.  They  may  have  migrated  to 
Southampton  either  from  France  itself  or  from  the  Channel  Islands,  from 
which  the  allied  family  of  Pryaulx  seem  to  have  come.  We  find  here  Paul, 
Peter,  Francis,  Daniel,  Jane  (Pryaulx),  Elizabeth  ( Blan chard ) ,  Judith  (Johnson), 
Anne  (Strowde?)  and  Hester  (Bachiler),  only  the  testatrix,  like  a  Frenchman, 
refers  to  his  sisters  by  their  maiden  family  names,  not  by  those  acquired  through 
marriage. — II.  F.  Waters.] 


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HISTORICAL  AND    GENEALOGICAL 
REGISTER. 


APRIL,   1895, 


SKETCH  OF  THE  LIFE  OF  HON.  JOHN  CHANDLER. 

John  Chandler,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  the  third  child 
of  Hon.  John  Chandler,  of  New  London,  Ct.,  by  his  wife  Hannah, 
daughter  of  John  Gardiner,  the  third  proprietor  of  Gardiner's  Island, 
in  the  province  of  New  York,*  who  was  a  grandson  of  Lieut.  Lion 
Gardiner,  the  author  of  the  "Relation  of  the  Pequot  Warres," 
published  in  the  23d  volume  of  the  Massachusetts  Historical  Society's 
Collections. 

When  about  eleven  years  old  his  father  removed  to  Worcester, 
Mass.,  and  soon  gained  the  confidence  and  respect  of  his  neighbors 
in  his  new  home,  where  "he  held  the  principal  county  offices." 
The  son  was  honored  in  like  manner.  He  was  town  treasurer  from 
1753  to  1760  ;  town  clerk  from  1764  to  1768  ;  and  county  treasurer 
from  17(52  to  1765.  He  held  the  office  of  sheriff  of  Worcester 
County  from  1751  to  1762,  and  was  Judge  of  Probate  from  1762 
to  1774.  He  was  a  colonel  in  the  militia,  and  served  in  the  French 
war.  On  the  alarm  in  August,  1757,  for  the  relief  of  Fort  William 
Henry,  he  marched  as  colonel  of  a  regiment.  Dr.  Chandler  prints 
the  following  extract  from  the  Boston  J\rews- Letter  of  Oct.  16, 
1760:  "We  hear  frbni  Worcester  that  on  the  evening  of  the  9th 
inst.  the  house  of  Mr.  Sheriff  Chandler,  and  others  of  that  town, 
were  beautifully  illuminated,  on  account  of  the  success  of  his  Majesty's 
Arms  in  America."  \  This  illumination  was  in  honor  of  the  capture 
of  Montreal  by  Lord  Amherst,  September  8,  1760. 

Lincoln,  in  his  History  of  Worcester,  speaking  of  him,  says  : 
"He  succeeded  to  the  military,  municipal,  and  some  of  the*judicial 
offices  of  his  father,  and  inherited  the  characteristic  traits  of  his 
ancestors.  He  was  cheerful  in  temperament,  engaging  in  manner, 
hospitable  as  a  citizen,  friendly  and  kind  as  a  neighbor,  industrious 
and  enterprising  as  a  merchant,  and  successful  as  a  man  of  busi- 
ness." \ 

*  Lion  Gardiner  and  his  Descendants,  by  Curtiss  C.  Gardiner,  1890,  page  112. 
t  Chandler  Genealogy,  by  George  Chandler,  1883,  p.  228. 
X  Lincoln's  Worcester,  1862,  page  231. 
VOL.    XLIX.  13 


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142  John  Chandler.  [April, 

At  the  beginning  of  the  Revolution  lie  adhered  to  the  Crown.  In 
1774  he  was  obliged  to  leave  his  family  at  Worcester  and  take 
refuge  in  Boston.  "In  1776,"  says  Sabine,  "he  accompanied 
the  Royal  army  to  Halifax,  and  two  years  after  was  proscribed  and 
banished."  *  Dr.  Chandler,  in  his  Chandler  Genealogy,  says  that 
he  "was  one  of  the  six  inhabitants  of  Worcester  that  were  included 
in  the  act  of  banishment  forbidding  the  return  of  the  former  citizens 
of  the  State  who  had  joined  the  enemy  ;  requiring  them,  if  they  once 
revisited  their  native  country,  forthwith  to  depart,  and  denouncing 
the  penalty  of  death  if  they,  should  be  found  a  second  time  within  this 
jurisdiction.  Of  these  six,  were  his  sons  Rufus  and  William,  his 
brother-in-law  .lames  Putnam,  and  his  nephew  Dr.  William  Paine. 
His  son  William  and  Dr.  William  Paine  had  permission  and  did 
return  to  Worcester.  Dr.  Paine  regained  the  confidence  and  long 
enjoyed  the  respect  and  esteem  of  the  community."  f  "I  am 
assured,"  says  the  Hon.  Lorenzo  Sabine,  "that  while  he  was  at 
Boston  he  Avas  supported  for  a  considerable  time  by  the  sale  of  silver 
plate  sent  him  by  his  family,  and  that  when  he  left  home  he  had  no 
intention  of  quitting  the  country.  .  .  .  His  adherence  to  the 
Crown,  and  his  departure  for  England,  seem  to  have  been  his  only 
offences  ;  yet  he  was  treated  as  harshly  as  though  he  had  borne  arms 
in  the  field.  The  late  President  Dwight  spoke  of  Colonel  Chandler 
and  his  family  as  distinguished  for  talents  and  virtue.  He  repre- 
sented to  the  Commissioners  of  Loyalist  Claims  that  the  losses  of 
real  and  personal  estate  were  £11,067  sterling,  and  of  business, 
offices,  etc.,  about  £6,000  sterling  more.  His  statement  was  so 
moderate,  in  comparison  with  many  others  of  the  same  nature,  that 
he  was  allowed  the  full  amount,  and  was  afterwards  known  in  Eng- 
land as  fthc  honest  Refugee.'  "  \  In  1783,  he  had  £50  added  to 
his  allowance,  and  this  at  a  time  when  the  sum  paid  to  Refugees 
was  reduced  from  £80,000  to  £38,000. §  He  died  at  London  Sept. 
26,  1800,  in  the  eightieth  year  of  his  age.  lie  was  buried  at 
Islington,  where  a  monument  with  a  suitable  inscription  marks  his 
grave. 

Hon.  John  Chandler  married  first  March  4,  1740-1,  Dorothy 
Paine  of  Worcester.  She  was  born  July  20,  1723,  and  was  a 
daughter  of  Col.  Nicholas  Paine,  of  Bristol,  R.  I.,  and  his  wife 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Timothy  Clark,  of  Boston.  His  wife  Dorothy 
died  at  Worcester,  October  5,  1745.  He  married  second  June  11, 
1716,  Mary  Church,  daughter  of  Col.  Charles  Church,  of  Bristol, 
R.  I .  She  died  at  Worcester  Sept.  18,  1783".  His  children  by  his 
first  wife  Dorothy,  were  :  1,  John  ;  2,  Gardiner  ;  3,  Clark  ;  4,  Doro- 
thy, married  Samuel  Ward,  of  Lancaster.  By  his  second  wife, 
Mary,  he  had  :    5,  Rufus  ;   6,  Gardiner  ;  7,  Nathaniel ;  8,  William  ; 

*  Sabine's  Loyalists,  1864,  Vol.  I.,  p.  303. 

t  Chandler  Genealogy,  page  230. 

t  Sabine's  Loyalists,  Vol.  I.,  p.  304. 

$  Syinuei  Curvvin  quoted  in  Chandler  Genealogy,  page  229. 


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1895.]  Col  Job  Vushing.  143 

9,  Charles  ;  10,  Samuel ;  11,  Sarah,  m.  John  Stanton,  Jr.  ;  12, 
Mary,  in.  William  Seaver  Jr.  ;  13,  Benjamin  ;  14,  Francis  ;  15,  Lu- 
cretia,  m.  Rev.  Aaron  Bancroft,  and  was  mother  of  Hon.  George 
Bancroft  the  historian,  and  of  Eliza,  wife  of  lion.  John  J)avis, 
governor  of  Massachusetts  ;  10,  Thomas  ;  17,  Elizabeth,  mvEben- 
I  ezer  Putnam  of  St.  John,  N.  B. 

Jonathan  Peele  Dabney,  A.M.,  said  of  him  and  his  family: 
"The  Hon.  John  Chandler,  of  Worcester,  whose  sons  and  daugh- 
ters were  as  numerous. as  those  of  his  Royal  Master,  and  with  whose 
family  every  other  leading  family  of  the  region  was  proud  to  entwine 
itself  by  marriage  alliance,  sleeps  far  from  the  town  and  shire  of 
whose  honors  he  had  almost  the  monopoly."* 

The  compiler  of  this  sketch  is  chiefly  indebted  for  the  materials 
used  by  him  to  :  1,  The  Descendants  of  William  and  Annis  Chand- 
ler, by  George  Chandler,  M.D.,  Worcester,  1883  ;  2,  Biographical 
Sketches  of  Loyalists  of  the  American  Revolution,  by  Lorenzo 
Sabine,  2  vols.,  Boston,  1864;  3,  The  History  of  Worcester, 
Mass.,  by  William  Lincoln,  Worcester,  1862. 


COLONEL  JOB  CUSHING. 

Communicated  by  Geo.  A.  Gokdon,  A.M.,  of  Somerville,  Mass. 

In  the  archives  of  the  State  Department  of  the  Commonwealth 
of  Massachusetts,  vol.  exeviii.,  p.  131,  may  be  found  the  original 
of  this  interesting  and  important  letter,  written  in  the  darkest  period 
of  the  American  Revolution,  so  far  as  New  England  was  concerned — 
thill  immediately  preceding  the  battles  of  Bennington  and  Saratoga. 
The  volume  containing  it  is  numbered  6  in  the  series  of  Revolu- 
tionary Letters  : 

Bennington  Sept.  5,  Mil.. 
Gentlemen 

Your  favour  of  the  20th  ultimo  I  have  |  received and  agreeable 

to  your  request  have  used  |  my  influence  with  both  the  officers  and  men  of 
my  |  regiment  to  have  them  continue  in  service  for  the  further  term  |  of 

three  months. It  would  have  given  me  fjie  |  greatest  pleasure,  had  my 

success,  been  equal  to  my  |  wishes  in  this  respect. The  other  Gentle- 
men field  |  officers,  who  are  willing  to  remain  with  me,  endeavour  |  ed  by 
every  argument  in  their  power  to  persuade  them  |  to  it  and  to  convince  them 
that  the  good  of  the  service  not  only  |  required,  but  that  it  might  he  pro- 
bably much  to  their  |  interest,  as  undoubtedly  many  of  them,  should  they 
go,  |  would  be  obliged  immediately  to  return. 

Every  argument  has  proved  ineffectual nor  do  |  I  think  they  could 

*  Chandler  Genealogy  quoting  the  Christian  Examiner,  July,  1847,  p.  120. 


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144  Col.  Job  Cashing.  [April, 

have  been  prevailed  on,  had  they  [.been  certain  of  being  draughted  imme- 
diately on   their  |  return  The  disagreeable  situation  in  which  they  | 

left,  (many  at  least)  their  farms,  joined  to  that  dis  |  content  which  ever 
prevails  among  troops  in  our  j  circumstances,  who  view  themselves  under  no 
obliga  |  tion,  were  arguments  too  powerful  for  my  |  authority  or  persuation 
to  overturn.  | 

Six  only  have  tarryed  with  me  Viz Joseph  Preast  of  |  Luneng- 

burg Zebediah    Green  &   Elijah   Houghton    of  West  |  minster • 

Silas  Spanlden  of  Ashbumham,  James  |  Burtt  of  Harvard and  Silas 

Whitcomb  of  Bolton.  | 

I  am  Gentlemen  with  great 

regard  your  most  obedient 

humble  Servant 


Job  Gushing 


HonWe  Council  of  Massts  Bay 


Superscribed  The  Hon,,le 

The  Council  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts  Bay 

Endorsed  * 

Letter  from  Col0  Job  f  Cushing 

Sept.  5,  1777. 

The  existence  of  this  letter  was  discovered  by  Prof.  James  Davie 
Butler,  LL.D.,  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  during  his  exten- 
sive researches  regarding  the  battle  of  Bennington.  Prof.  Butler 
says  he  "has  'stayed  the  very  riping  of  the  time'  for  publishing  this 
letter,  which  authenticates  a  valuable  page  in  history.  Fortified 
with  this  document  descendants  of  Elijah  Houghton,  Silas  Spauld- 
ing,  James  Burt,  Joseph  Priest  and  Silas  Whitcomb  may  secure 
standing  on  an  envied  roll  of  honor.  Moreover,  the  letter,  which 
now  first  goes  to  press,  shows  these  livn  men  ami  Zebediah  Green  to 
be  ouch  worthy  of  a  monument ;  since  they  were  six  veritable  Abdiels 
1  faithful  found  among  the  faithless — faithful  only  they,' — nor  number, 
nor  example,  with  them  wrought."  The  triumphant  issue  of  that 
campaign  relieved  the  New  England  States  from  the  heavy  hand  of 
the  draft.  Her  sons,  after  Saratoga,  enlisted  in  the  Continental 
regiments,  and  service  at  home  was  confined  to  the  custody  of 
prisoners. 

Col.  Cushing's  command  was  raised  in  Shrewsbury  and  neighbor- 
ing towns  in  the  northern  section  of  Worcester  county.  The  town  of 
Shrewsbury,  in  the  enthusiasm  accompanying  the  provincial  resist- 
ance to  the  parliamentary  acts,  had  voted  to  raise  three  companies 
of  infantry.  It  was  impossible  to  do  so  ;  but  two  were  raised,  one 
in  the  north  precinct  of  the  town,  now  Boylston,  and  one  in  the 
south  precinct,  which  still  bears  the  original  name  of  the  town. 
These  companies  were  officered  and  enlistments  made.  When  the 
call  came  for  action,  known  as  "  the  Lexington  Alarm,"  even  these 


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two  companies  were  found  deficient,  and  were  consolidated  into  one 
company  under  Job  Gushing  as  captain.  It  went  forward  to  Lex- 
ington, arriving  after  the  British  had  reached  Boston.  Jt  formed  a 
portion  of  Gen.  Ward's  command,  was  stationed  at  Cambridge, 
where  it  remained  as  a  reserve  throughout  the  battle  on  Bunker  Hill. 
The  company  saw  service  during  the  siege  of  Boston.  After  the 
evacuation  it  accompanied  the  Continental  army  under  Gen.  Wash- 
ington to  the  Hudson  river. 

The  activity  of  the  British  general,  Lord  Howe,  kept  the  Ameri- 
can commander  busy  on  the  lower  Hudson.  This  left  the  entire  dis- 
position of  military  events  at  the  northward  to  Generals  Lee  and 
Gates,  who  soon  found  themselves  threatened  by  the  march  of  Gen. 
Burgoyne  with  a  well-appointed  army  from  Montreal.  To  meet 
this  emergency  an  earnest  call  was  made  upon  the  New  England 
States  for  new  levies  to  strengthen  the  northern  army.  It  was  this 
force,  rendezvoused  at  Bennington,  which  dishing,  now  Colonel, 
was  endeavoring,  in  accordance  with  instructions  from  the  Massa- 
chusetts Conned,  to  recruit.  This  letter  tells  more  eloquently  than 
is  otherwise  possible  the  lamentable  result.  At  the  same  time,,  it 
places  on  indelible  records  the  names  of  the  six  brave  men  who 
stood  true  to  the  cause  in  the  hour  of  extreme  peril.  After  the 
surrender  at  Saratoga,  Col.  Cushing  followed  the 'army  down  the 
Hudson,  and  was  on  duty  at  West  Point  under  Arnold.  His  regi- 
ment was  included  in  the  contemplated  betrayal  to  the  British. 

Col.  Cushing  was  a,  son  of  Rev.  Job  Cushing,  the  first  settled 
minister  at  Shrewsbury,  a  native  of  llingham  and  a  graduate  of 
Harvard,  and  his  wife  Mary,  daughter  of  i\ev.  John  Prentice  of 
Lancaster.  Job  jr.  Avas  born  I  January  1728,  and  married  in  1752, 
Lucy,  daughter  of  liev.  Isaac  Stone  of  Pramingham.  After  the 
Revolution  he  returned  to  his  native  town,  Shrewsbury,  where,  on 
the  edge  of  the  common,  he  built  a  house,  and  there  for  many  years 
kept  a,  village  tavern,  at  which  his  old  commander,  General  AYash- 
ington,  is  reported  to  have  been  a  guest  when  on  his  TsTew  England 
tour  as  President.  The  present  town  hall  of  Shrewsbury  occupies 
the  site.  He  entered  actively  into  local  public  affairs,  and  was  an 
influential  and  important  citizen.  At  the  time  of  Shays's  insurrec- 
tion, which  had  its  headquarters  in  the  town,  Col.  Gushing  was  chair- 
man of  the  board  of  selectmen.  With  his  earliest  commander,  Gen. 
Artemus  Ward,  then  Chief  Justice  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 
he  offered  the  most  vigorous  opposition  to  the  movements  of  "the 
regulators,"  and  thwarted  their  designs  to  his  utmost.  While  Gen. 
Ward  was  dissuading  the  insurrection  from  proceeding  against  his 
Court  and  denouncing  their  bayonets,  Col.  Gushing  succeeded  in 
removing  the  town's  stock  of  powder,  which  was  kept  at  his  tavern. 
Disappointed  in  their  search  for  the  powder,  the  insurgent  mob  sought 
for  Col,  Cushing,  designing  to  wreak  vengeance  on  him,  but  he  had 
so  covered  his  retreat  that  he  was  not  apprehended. 
vol.  xlix.         13*  j 

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146  Rose  (Bunster)  Hills.  [April, 

Later  in  life,  when  his  sons  were  grown  to  manhood,  Col.  Gushing 
sold  his  property  in  Shrewsbury,  and  the  family  removed  to  Three 
Rivera  in  Canada,  where  the  colonel  passed  the  rest  of  his  life, 
returning  to  Shrewsbury  to  die.  Dr.  Edward  Flint,  town  clerk, 
selectman,  surgeon  in  Ruggles's  regiment  in  the  Crown  Point  expe- 
dition, and  the  physician  of  Shrewsbury,  records  in  his  diary  the 
circumstances  of  the  event  in  Spartan  brevity  : 

April  1808  —  Col.  Gushing  returned  from  Canada  and  attended 
lecture  ;  at  meeting  on  Sunday  ;  at  sacrcment ;  at  Town  meeting 
on  Monday;   and  deceased  the  16th. 


ROSE  (DUNSTER)  HILLS. 

By  William  S.  Hills,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  Mass. 

Was  Rose  Hills  (the  wife  of  Joseph  Hills  of  Maiden,  Mass.) 
the  sister  of  Henry  Dunster,  the  first  president  of  Harvard  Col- 
lege ? 

Joseph  Hills  came  to  this  country  from  Maldon,  Essex  County, 
England,  in  the  ship  "  Susan  and  Ellen,"  and  arrived  in  Charles- 
town,  Mass.,  in  1638.  He  was  probably  accompanied  by  his  wife, 
Rose   (although   no  written   evidence   of   this   fact   has  ever   been 

found),  as  his  son,  Gershom,  was  born  in  Charlestown,  —  1639. 

This  fact  makes  it  fair  to  suppose  that  she  came  with  him. 

I  have  been  unable  to  find  any  documentary  evidence  throwing 
any  light  upon  the  maiden  name  of  the  said  Rose  Hills,  excepting 
only  that  which  is  contained  in  the  will  of  Henry  Dunster,  which  is 
dated  bYbniary  8,  ll>f>8,  ami  from  which  1  take  the  following  ex- 
tracts : 

"  Concerning  my  daughter  Elizabeth  my  mind  and  will  is,  that 
she  shall  be  at  the  disposing  of  her  mother  during  her  life  in  her 
minority,  and,  in  case  of  my  wive's  death,  then  to  live  with  my  sis- 
ter Mrs.  Hills,  of  Maiden,  during  her  minority,  and  faithfully  and 
carefully  to  serve  her  as  if  she  were  her  own  child,  and  in  case  there 
also  the  Lord  by  death  should  make  such  uncomfortable  breaches 
in  the  family,  that  shee  could  not  live  comfortably  there,  then  shee 
shall  live  with  my  sister  Willard  of  Concord  doing  her  faythfull 
service  ;is  a  child  until  her  marriage  or  maturity  of  age.  *  *  *  *  * 
Item.  1  give  and  bequeath  to  the  holy  servant  of  the  Lord  Elder 
ffrost  Twenty  shillings,  and  to  my  cousin  Bowers  and  her  children 
five  shillings  apeece,  and  to  my  cousin  fayth  Dunster  five  shillings, 
and  to  my  sister  Willard  and  all  her  children  five  shillings  apeece, 
"and  to  my  sister  Hills  and  all  her  children  Rorn  in  this  country  five 


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1895.]  Rose  {Dunster)  Hills.  147 

shillings  apeece,  and  my  will  is  that  my  fay  th  full  mayd  Mary  Russell 
should  have  15  shillings  added  to  her  wages." 

It  appears  from  the  foregoing  that  President  Dunster  speaks  of 
Mrs.  Hills  and  Mrs.  Willard  as  sisters,  but  whether  in  the  sense  of 
relationship  or  as  sisters  in  the  church  is  uncertain.  The  wjll  of 
President  Dunster  was  dated  Feb.  8,  1658  ;  Rose  Plills,  the  first 
wife  of  Joseph  Hills,  died  in  Maiden  on  March  24,  1650.  Conse- 
quently she  was  not  living  at  the  time  that  this  will  was  made. 

Joseph  Hills  married  for  his  second  wife  Hannah  Mellows,  at 
Maiden,  June  24,  1651  ;  she  died  in  Maiden.  For  his  third  wife 
he  married  Helen  Atkinson,  in  Jan.  1655-56,  and  his  fourth  wife 
was  Ann  Lunt,  whom  he  married  on  March  8,  1664-65. 

These  facts  make  it  appear  that  the  wife  of  Joseph  Hills  who  was 
living  at  the  time  that  the  will  of  Henry  Dunster  was  made,  and  to 
whom  he  refers  as  "  my  sister  Hills  of  Maiden  "  was  Helen  (Atkin- 
son) Hills,  his  third  wife. 

We  will  now  ascertain  the  relationship  in  which  sister  Willard 
stood  to  President  Dunster  at  the  time  that  his  will  was  made.  She 
was  the  third  wife  of  Simon  Willard,  who  married  his  first  wife  in 
England  prior  to  his  coming  to  this  country  in  1634  ;  she  died  leav- 
ing issue,  but  the  date  of  her  death  is  unknown. 

His  second  wife  was  Elizabeth  Dunster,  a  sister  of  President 
Dunster,  who  died  about  six  months  alter  their  marriage,  both  of 
which  dates  are  unknown.  lie  married  for  his  third  wife  (date 
unknown)  Mary  Dunster,  who  is  supposed  to  have  been  a  cousin  of 
President  Dunster,  although  it  is  possible  that  she  may  have  been 
his  sister.  « 

Mr.  Willard  died  on  April  24,  1676  (his  wife  surviving  him). 
Thus  it  would  appear  that  at  the  time  that  the  will  of  President 
Dunster  was  made,  the  "sister  Willard"  referred  to  therein  was 
probably  the  third  wife  of  Simon  Willard. 

Allowing  that  such  were  the  facts  in  the  case,  the  relationship  of 
sister  Hills  and  sister  Willard  to  President  Dunster  were  very  much 
the  same,  although  neither  were  his  sisters  either  by  birth  or  mar- 
riage. 

If  Rose  Hills  was  a  sister  of  President  Dunster,  it  is  possible 
that  the  third  wife  of  Joseph  Hills  might  have  been  regarded  as  a 
sister  by  him  on  account  of  her  having  married  his  brother-in-law 
by  a  former  marriage.  By  similar  deduction  sister  Willard  would 
have  been  considered  as  a  sister,  as  her  husband  was  also  his  brother- 
in-law  by  a  former  marriage. 

This  seems  a  very  plausible  theory,  but  there  is  another  view  of 
the  case  which  changes  its  aspect  considerably.  In  a  letter  to  Presi- 
dent Dunster  from  his  father,  dated  at  Balehoult,  Lancashire  County, 
England,  March  20,  1640-41,  he  speaks  of  his  son  Richard,  who  was 
in  New  England,  but  makes  no  mention  of  his  daughter  Rose,  the 
wife  of  Joseph  Hills,  who  was  then  living  in  Charlestown,  only  a  few 


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148  Trumbull  Genealogy.  [April, 

miles  from  Cambridge.  It  is  at  least  reasonable  to  suppose  that,  if 
Rose  Hills  was  his  daughter,  her  name  would  have  been  mentioned 
in  this  letter,  as  lie  mentioned  his  other  sons  and  daughters  then 
living  in  England.* 

Until  a  record  of  the  marriage  of  Joseph  and  Rose  Hills  is  found 
the  question  as  to  the  identity  of  Rose  Hills  may  never  be  settled 
satisfactorily,  and  this  statement  is  .made  in  the  hope  that  some  one 
may  have  in  their  possession  data,  which,  by  being  made  public, 
will  clear  up  this  obscure  point. 


CONTRIBUTIONS   TO   A   TRUMBULL   GENEALOGY. 

By  J.  Henry  Lea,  Esq.,  of  Ccdarhurst,  Fairhavcn,  Mass. 

TllERE  is  probably  no  family  among  our  early  colonial  and  revo- 
lutionary stuck  which  has  contributed  so  many  distinguished  men  to 
their  country's  service  in  so  many  widely  varied  walks  of  life  as  the 
Trumbulls — preeminent  among  statesmen,  warriors,  divines,  poets, 
painters  and  historians,  the  fame  of  the  family  must  still  rest,  as  its 
most  enduring  monument,  on  the  patriot  Governor  of  Connecticut 
whose  nickname  of  "Brother  Jonathan,"  affectionately  given  him 
by  Washington,  will  ever  stand  as  the  prototype  of  American  man- 
hood and  patriotism. 

That  so  little  has  ever  been  done  to  substantiate  the  ancestry  of 
so  notable  a  family  seems  a  grave  omission  on  the  part  of  our  his- 
torians, and  I  esteem  it  a  privilege  to  be  able  to  throw  some  light  on 
the  obscurity  which  has  thus  far  enveloped  its  origin. 

As  is  well  known  to  all  who  have  taken  any  interest  in  the  sub- 
ject, (here  we're  two  John  Trumbulls  (or  Trumble,  as  the  name  was 
then  generally  written)  in  the  Massachusetts  Colony  at  an  early  day, 
and  there  has  been  no  little  confusion  regarding  them  among;  o-ene- 
alogists.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  however,  there  was  no  connection 
whatever  between  them,  and  nothing  has  ever  been  discovered  that 
would  indicate  that  they  were  even  known  to  one  another.  They 
were  : 

1. — Join)  Trumble,  Cooper,  of  Roxbury  in  IGoO,  and  among  the  first  mem- 
bers of    Mr.   Eliot's   Church  thsre,  and  the  following  year  (13 

*  «<******  Your  sisters  remember  their  loves  unto  you  both,  but  you  must  not 
expect  them  so  long  as  your  mother  ami  I  do  live.  Your  brother  Thomas  remembers  his 
love,  and  hath  sent  you  two  dozen  of  almanacks;  lout  now  he  is  a  widower;  for  both  wife 
and  children  arc  dead  since  Michaelmas.  I  pray  God  lie  take  good  ways.  I  do  not  know 
of  any  that  you  sent  for  that  cnteinl  to  come  as  yet.  Touching  Richard  I  would  adviso 
him  not  to  come  over  again  as  yet,  for  whatsoever  is  his  due  shall  be  hit  in  the  hands  of 
his  sisters,  for  I  have  taken  a  general  acquittance  of  Robert,  so  that  Richard  and  his  sisters 
may  have  what  we  two  old  folk  leave,  and  wo  will  make  no  waste."  *  *  *  *  * 
Vide  Life  of  Henry  Dunster,  by  Rev.  Jeremiah  Chaplin,  D.U.,  p.  22. 


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1895.]  >  Trumbull  Genealogy.  149 

May  1G40)  made  freeman  of  Rowley.     He  brought  to  this  country 
a  wife  Milan  and  son  John.* 
II. — John  Trumble,  Mariner,  of  Cambridge  in   163G,  was  also  made  a 
freeman  in  1G40,  and  removed  to  Charlestown  in  1G55.      He  had 
wife  Elizabeth;  perhaps  married  hcre.f 

There  has  always  been  a  family  tradition  attributing  the  origin  of 
one  or  both  of  them  to  Newcastle  on  Tyne  in  England,  and  this  at 
length  found  confirmation  in  a  power  of  attorney  of  Susan  Blakiston 
of  Newcastle  on  Tyne,  widow,  dated  27  August  1653,  to  Joanna  Scill 
'  of  New  England,  to  recover  for  her,  inter  alia,  a  debt  dating  from 
1637,  of  John  Trumble,  cooper,  late  of  Newcastle  on  Tyne,  and 
now  of  New  England.  J  This  gave  us  the  evidence  that  it  was  the 
cooper  and  not  the  mariner  who  was  from  Newcastle,  while  the  will 
of  William  Kinge  of  Ipswich,  Co.  Suffolk,  ship  carpenter,  §  to  which 
Mr.  H.  F.  Waters  kindly  called  my  attention,  must  beyond  doubt 
refer  to  the  second  John,  the  mariner,  as  we  now  know  the  wife  of 
the  former  to  have  been  a  Chandler. 

It  has  been  my  great  good  fortune  to   locate  one   of  these  with* 
absolute  certainty,  and  the  other  beyond  a  reasonable  doubt,  although 
some  further  evidence  is  needed  as  to  the  last. 

Being  recently  in  the  North  of  England  I  made  a  careful  examina- 
tion of  the  Consistory  Court  of  Durham,  the  results  of  which  are 
printed  herewith,  but  they  are  most  disappointing,  as  the  Trumbull 
wills  were  few  and  these  few  yielded  but  little  information.  This 
task  completed  I  had  but  one  day  to  spare,  having  to  keep  an  ap- 
pointment at  the  Probate  Court  at  Lichfield,  and  I  resolved  to  devote 
it  to  a  Parish  Register  search  of  Newcastle.  This  important  and 
populous  city  contains  no  less  than  four  Parish  Churches,  and  it  was 
manifestly  impossible  to  see  them  all  in  a  day.  Reasoning  from 
analogy  that  if  our  man  was  a  cooper  he  would  probably  have  re- 
sided near  the  wharves  and  shipping,  I  selected  the  church  nearest 
the  river  (AH  Saints)  to  begin  with,  and  my  delight  may  be  im- 
agined when  I  found,  in  rapid  succession,  the  marriage  of  John 
Trumble  and  Ellinor  Chandler  in  1635,  the  baptism  of  his  daugh- 
ter Beriah  in  1637,  and  his  son  John  in  1631).  The  burial  of  Beriah, 
four  months  after  her  baptism,  leaving  the  family  as  we  first  find  it 
in  America,  makes  the  identification  complete,  and  fixes  the  date  of 
the  emigration  within  a  few  months. 

The  remainder  of  the  day  was  spent  in  exhausting  the  Register, 
as  far  as  time  permitted,  of  all  entries  of  the  name,  but  in  spite  of  the 
large  number  of  these  found,  the  result,  as  far  as  this  particular 
family  is  concerned,  is  somewhat  meagre.  The  records  only  com- 
mence in  1600,  and  the  only  baptism  which  could,  chronologically, 

*  Savti«?b,  iv.,  336;  Essex  Ins.  Hist.  Coll.,  xxiv.,  55. 

f  Snvagft,  op.  cit. ;  Wyman's  Genealogies  and  Estates  of  Charlestown,  II.,  054;  Paige's 
Hist.  Canil).,  p.  072. 
J  Middlesex  Co.  Deeds,  I,  87,  printed  in  Register,  Jan.  1884,  vol.  xxxviii.,  page  79. 
$  See  abstract  from  Arch.  Sun",  file  2,  No.  124. 


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150  Trumbull  Genealogy.  [April, 

have  been  that  of  our  man,  is  John  the  son  of  James  in  1612,  and  I 
have  serious  doubts  as  to  their  identity  for  this  reason — John  Trum- 
ble  of  Kovvley  was  evidently  a  man  of  more  than  ordinary  educa- 
tion and  intelligence,  he  wrote  a  clerkly  hand  (no  common  accom- 
plishment in  those  days),  was  Town  Clerk  of  Rowley  until  his  death 
in  16*56,  and  taught  the  first  school  there;*  but  James,  the  father 
of  the  John  baptized  in  1612,  is  recorded  as  a  "Kielman,"  that  is,  he 
•occupied  the  humble  position  of  a  laborer  on  one  of  the  keelboats  or 
lighters  used  in  loading  vessels  or  conveying  freight  about  the 
wharves,  and  it  does  not  seem  likely  that  a  man  in  his  position  could 
have  given  his  son  the  edueation  which  we  know  the  emigrant  to 
have  possessed. 

The  other  three  ancient  parishes  of  Newcastle  may,  however,  give 
us  the  parentage  of  John  Trumble  which  All  Saints  denies  us. 
They  are  St.  Andrew's  (Keg.  1597),  St.  John's  (1587)  and  St. 
Nicholas  (1558),  the  latter  being  the  mother  church.  Gateshead 
in  Durham,  on  the  opposite  bank  of  the  Tyne  and  integrally  a  part 
of  Newcastle,  the  Register  of  which  dates  from  1559,  should  also  be 
examined.  The  parentage  of  Ellinor  Chandler,  which  was  not  found 
at  All  Saints,  should  also  be  sought  in  all  of  these. 

It  may  be,  however,  that  we  must«look  further  afield  and  across  the 
Scottish  border.  It  has  always  been  believed  that  the  Trumbulls 
of  England  were  descended  from  the  broken  remnants  of  the  once 
powerful  border  ojiin  of  Turnbull,  whose  romantic  origin  is  so  well 
iinown,f  and  which,  harried  in  turn  by  Scotch  and  English  forays, 

*  Essex  Ins.  Hist.  Colls.,  iv.,  55-6. 

f  4l  Between  red  czlarlmnks,  that  frightful  scowl, 

Fringed  with  grey  hazel,  ronrs  the  mining  Ronll; 

Whore  Tunitmlls  once,  p  race  no  power  could  awe, 

Lined  the  rough  skirts  of  stormy  Rubiesluw. 

Bold  was  the  chief  from  whom  their  line  they  drew, 

Whose  nervous  arm  the  furious  bison  slew, 

The  bison,  fiercest  raeo  C'f  Scotia's  breed, 

Whoso  hounding  course  outstripped  (lie  red  deer's  speed, 

By  hunters  eluded,  encircled  on  tho  plain, 

He  frowning  shook  his  yellow  lion  maine, 

Spurned  with  black  hoof  in  bursting  rage  the  ground, 

And  fiercely  toss'd  his  moony  horns  around. 

On  Scotia's  lord  he  rush'd  with  lightning  speed, 

Bent  his  strong  neck  to  toss  the  startled  steed  ; 

His  arms  robust  the  hardy  hunter  dung 

Around  his  bending  horns,  and  upward  wrung, 

With  writhing  force  his  neck  retorted  round, 

And  roll'd  the  panting  monster  on  the  ground, 

Crush'd  with  enormous  strength  his  bony  skull; 

And  courtiers  hailed  the  man  who  turned  the  bull." 

Lcydens'  Scenes  of  Infancy,  p.  102. 

The  adventure  took  place  in  tho  forest  of  Callender,  near  Stirling,  and  its  date  is  ap- 
proximately fixed  by  a  grant  from  King  Robert  Bruce  in  1315  of  lands  in  Fulhophalch  (i.e. 
PhiliphaughiU  short  distance  west  of  the  Rule),  to  Willielmo  dicto  TurnebitU,  for  "a  reddendo 
of  one  {/road  arrow  at  the,  feast  of  the  Assumption  of  the  Virgin' Mary."  (lU'i;.  Mag.  Sig., 
p.  (J),  lie  was  slain  at  the  battle  of  Ualldon  Hill  in'  1333  in  a  single  combat  with  Sir  Robert 
Bchhalc,  a  Norfolk  knight.  (Hutchinson's  Northumb..  ii.,  70;  Ridpath's  Border  Hist., 
213.) 

Walter  Turnbull,  probably  son  of  tho  above,  was  early  in  the  possession  of  Mynto,  so 
long  held  by  the  family,  and  which  was  confirmed  to  him,  or  a  descendant  of  tho  same 
name,  by  King  David  III.  in  1370.    (Robertson's  Index,  p.  33,  No.  18).     Before  the  middle 


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im  1895.]  ,  Trumbull  Genealogy.  151 

was  finally  broken  up  and  scattered.  In  1545  the  English  burned 
no  less  than  twelve  castles  and  two  towns  of  the  elan  in  the  Valley 
of  the  liule,*  and  although  the  Barony  of'Mynto  remained  vested  in  a 
chief  of  the  name  until  the  middle  of  the  17th  century,  f  the  power 
of  the  clan  was  broken,  and  it  was  thenceforward  but  a  shadow  of 
its  former  self. 

jp,  The  alien  tax  in  the  Lay  Subsidies  at  the  Public  Record  Office  in 

Fetter  Lane,  the  results  of  a  brief  examination  of  which  are  printed 

i  herewith,  seems  to  clearly  indicate  the  Scotch  origin  of  the  Trum- 

bull s,  and  so  to  point  to  the  Clan  Turnbull  of  Bedrule  as  the  pro- 
genitors of  the  race. 

We  will  now  turn  to  John  Trumble  the  mariner.  Being  engaged 
one  day  in  a  search  of  the  Baptismal  Registers  of  St.  Dunstan's, 
Stepney,  London,  my  attention  was  attracted  by  the  occurrence  of 
a  family  of  the  name,  and  I  believe  that  John  the  son  of  Robert 
Trumble,  mariner,  of  Wapping,  who  was  baptized  25  Sept.  1G08, 
will  prove  to  be  the  John  Trumble  of  Charlcstown,  who  in  1665 
was  48|  and  in  1686  was  80, §  according  to  his  own  depositions. 
These  Inst  dates  are  utterly  irreconcilable,  and  we  can  only  conjec- 
ture that  the  first  of  them  should  be  1655,  or  that  his  age  should 
have  been  58  instead  of  48,  to  make  iliem  harmonize  with  each  other. 
Admitting  this  error,  they  are,  taken  in  connection  with  the  mari- 
time profession  of  the  father,  most  suggestively  near  to  the  date  of 
baptism  as  given  ;    while  the  statement  of  Savage,  that  he  was  in 

I  his  80th  year  at  his  death  in  July  1687,  exactly  tallies  with  the 

baptism.  ||  >{ 

Robert,  the  father,  unfortunately  died  intestate  in  1614,^[  but  the 
will  of  the  mother,  Judith,  may  yei  be  found,  or  some  further  and 
more  exact  reference  from  some  of  the  King,  ITichman  or  Sandwell 
families.**  The  wills  at  Bury  St.  Edmunds  should  also  be  seen  in 
this  connection,  while  a  further  examination  of  the  Stepney  Regis- 
ters for  Marriages  and  Burials  might,  and  most  probably  would, 
demonstrate  or  disprove  (lie  theory  I  have  promulgated. 

There  was  a  family  of  Trumbulls  of  London,  fishmongers  and 
shipowners,  if  not  mariners,  in  the  16th  century,  whose  wills  in  the 

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of  the  15th  century  they  had  obtained  the  Barony  of  Bedrule  (Stoddard's  Scottish  Arms, 
ii.,  49),  having  by  this  time  become  a  powerful  border  clan  and  rivalling  the  Moss  Troopers 
of  Liddesdale  in  audacity  and  daring.  In  1.310  their  excesses  had  become  so  great  that  the 
King  of  Scotland  marched  with  an  army  to  the  waters  of  Rule  and  executed  summary 
justice  on  the  clan.  (Jeffrey's  Hist.  Roxborough,  330.)  This  blow  and  a  deadly  vendetta 
with  the  Iters,  aided  the  border  warfare,  in  weakening  and  finally  breaking  up  the  c!an. 
The  last  who  clamed  the  chieftainship,  after  the  failure  of  the,  direct  lino  of  Myntoand  Bed- 
rule,  was  a  John  Turnbull  of  Know,  about  IG72-78.     (Stoddard,  ii.,  50.) 

*  Jeffercy's  Hist.  Roxborough,  331. 

f  Ibid  —  Retour,  ii.,  No.  243. 

+  Wyman's  Gen.  and  Est.  of  Charlestown,  ii.,  954. 

$  Paige's  Hist.  Camb.,  p.  072. 

||  Siiviigo,  iv.,  330. 

11  See  his  admon.  in  Coin.  Cl,  of  Lond.  1014. 

**  Sec  will  of  William  Kinge,  above  cited. 


152  Trumbull  Genealogy.  [April, 

Pre.  Court  make  a  very  good  pedigree  of  four  generations,*  and 
whom  1  have  suspected  to  be  the  prepositors  of  Robert  of  Stepney, 
but  no  conlimatory  evidenee  has  yet  been  found,  and  I  believe  that 
their  place  of  origin  will  be  finally  located  in  Suffolk  or  Essex,  pro- 
bably derived,  like  the  Newcastle  family,  from  the  Clan  Turnbull, 
Jn  the  meanwhile  I  submit  the  results  of  my  stray  gleanings  during 
the  last  half  dozen  years  in  the  English  fields  in  the  hope  that  other 
than  the  two  grains  of  wheat  which  I  have  pointed  out  may  be 
found  among  the  chaff,  and  may  prove  of  service  to  some  co-worker 
in  the  cause. 

Aliens  Taxed  in  Northumberland. 

1544 — Return  of  Strangers  inhabiting  within  ihe  Towne  of  Newcastle  upon 
Tine,  co.  Northumb.,  dated  laste  October  xxxvj  Henry  8th. 
Ralph  the  Earl  of  Westmoreland,  Tliomas  Tempest  knyght. 
Thomas  Hylton  knyght,  Robert  lewyn  mair  of  Towne  of  New- 
castle opon  tyne,  Robert  Brandelyng,  Henry  Anderson  &  Jacobus 
lawson  mrchants  of  said  towne,  constitute  Thomas  mydelton  gent., 
Ilyghe  Collector  &c  of  Subsidies  granted  xxxv  H.  8  on  Aliens, 
(The  report  contains  no  Trumbulh.)  P.R.O.      158-70 

1545 — Ditto,  dated  vj  Januarie  xxxvj  Hen.  viij.  The  Mayor  &  2  Alder- 
men say  they  can  in  nowise  be  informed  of  any  such  person  or 
persons  borne  out  of  the  kinges  dominions.  P.R.O.      158-70 

1548— -Ditto,  dated  xxij  Jan.  1  Edw.  vi.    (Nat  Trumbulh.)   P.R.O.  158-73 

1550— Ditto,  dated  xxix  Aprill,  3  Edw.  vi.  {No  Trumbulh.)  P.R.O.   158-76 

1550— Ditto,  dated  xv  ffeb.  4  Edw.  vi.     {No  Trumbulh.)    P.R.O.    158-77 

1551 — Ditto,  dated  xx  march,  5  Edw.  vi. 

Itm:   Robert  Trimbyll  having  goodes  to  the  value  of  v8  and  not 
aboue  viij''.  P.R.O.     158-78 

1559— Ditto,  dated  10  Sept.,  1  Elizabeth. 

Widowe  Troomble  a  scot  p,h  by  the  pole  iiijd       P.R.O.     158-79 

1559 — Ditto,  dated  xxvij  Nov.,  2  Elizabeth. 

wedow  trimble  a  scote  paith  by  the  powle  iiijd     P.R.O.     158-80 

1572 — Ditto,  dated  xvij  June,  14  Elizabeth.     {No  Trumbutts.) 

P.R.O.     158-81 

1577— Ditto,  dated  x  Oct.,  19  Eliz.     {No  Trumbulh.)       P.R.O.     158-82 

1581 — Ditto,  dated  xxviij  Maye,  23  Elizabeth. 

Robert  Tromble  a  Scott  paieth  by  the  Poll  iiijd.  P.R.O.     158-83 

1597— Ditto,  dat.  6  Oct.,  39  Eliz.     {No  trumbulh.)  P.R.O.     158-87 

1621— Ditto,  dated  5  April,  19  James,  1621. 

Newcastle  on  Tyne — Alienizine  Nate. 

Georgius  Trumble         taxatur  ad  nihil         viijd. 
Alexander       "  "  "  " 

Johes  "  Ci  "  " 


Jacobus 

Dauid 

Isabella 


P.R.O.     158-89 


[To  bo  continued.] 

*  Wills  of  Thomas  Trumbull  the  elder  1/567,  Johano  his  wife  1570,  Tliomns  Trumbull 
the  younger  1509,  Kmauuel  Trumbull  1003.  Admons.  of  Edward  Trumbull  1010,  and 
Maria  Trumbull  1619.     See  also  Marriage  Licenses  1579,  1587  and  1014. 


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1895.]  Some  Dorchester  Matters.  153 


SOME  DORCHESTER  MATTERS. 

Contributed  by  Robert  Tiiaxtek  Swan,  Esq.,  Commissioner  of  Public  Records  for 

MassaehufeCtts. 

A  volume  recently  shown  me  as  a  curiosity  was  found  to  contain 
mucli  matter  which  seemed  Worthy  of  extraction  and  arrangement 
for  perpetuation. 

The  book  was,  .apparently,  first  the  property  of  Zcrijah  Wales  of 

Dorchester,   Mass.,   son  of  Samuel  AVales  aSa  .      He  was 

born  in  Dorchester,  Feb.  2G,  1678,  and  married  Sarah  Pay  son 
(called  Parson  in  the  printed  records  of  Dorchester),  daughter  of 
Ephraim  Pay son  of  Dorchester.  Jt  was  used  as  an  account  book 
by  him  from  about  1718  to  1738,  and  after  his  death,  Feb.  20, 
1745,  by  his  son  Joseph  AVales,  born  Aug.  29,  1717,  from  1752  to 
1759.     Joseph  died  April  28,  1762,  no  marriage  being  recorded. 

The  book  was  then  reversed  for  use  and  an  entry  appears,  "This 
book  belongs  to  me,  Theodore  Beezer  [  ?]  Theodore."  From  Feb. 
9,  1707  to  Aug.  22,  1774,  it  contains  the  record  of  "a  Court  Held 
before  AVm.  Holden  Esq1'  One  of  his  Majestys  Justices  of  ye  peace 
for  The  County  of  Suffolk,"  evidently  written  by  the  said  Theodore, 
who  wrote  everything  plainly  but  his  own  name.  William  llolden 
died  March  30,  177G,  and  his  son  Dr.  Phinehas  Holden  of  Dor- 
chester, born  Jan.  31,  1743,  used  it  from  1798  to  about  1811  for 
charging  his  professional  visits,  and  there  are  a  few  items  bearing 
dates  from  1793.  It  also  contains  entries  of  matters  many  of  which 
would  naturally  come  within  his  knowledge.  From  the  latter  part 
of  1806  the  charges  and  entries  are  in  another  hand,  and  an  exami- 
nation of  signatures  on  papers  hereinafter  referred  to,  which  are 
on  file  in  the  registry  of  probate  at  Dcdham,  confirm  the  belief  that 
they  were  probably  made  by  Stephen  Holden  who  was  a  witness  to 
"Ant  AVales"  will,  and  appears  in  the  printed  record  as  the  father 
of  Stephen,  born  May  6,  1803.  Some  of  the  entries  will  be  better 
understood  if  it  is  stated  that  Or.  Holden  married  Thankful  Baker, 
daughter  of  John  Baker,  Jr.,  and  Sarah  Wiswcll,  whose  sister 
Elizabeth  married  Nathaniel  AVales. 

Among  the  charges  made  by  Dr.  Holden  are  found  many  for 
"laying  bis  wife"  or  "putting  his  wife  to  bed,"  with  an  occasional 
addition  of  "boy"  or  "girl."  A  comparison  of  the  births  thus  re- 
corded with  the  printed  records  of  Dorchester  shows  some  confirma- 
tions of  the  print,  supplies  tin;  month  or  day  of  the  month  in  many 
instances,  and  in  many  contradicts  the  print  in  some  particulars. 
The  I  >orehester  dates  in  many  cases  are  undoubtedly  baptisms  and  not 
births.  The  reliability  of  a  record  made  by  an  attending  physician 
vol.  xi.ix.  11 


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154  Some  Dorchester  Matters.  [April, 

would  seem  to  be  as  worthy  of  credence  as  the  record  made  by  the 
clerk  at  a  time  when  returns  to  the  clerks  were  carelessly  made,  if 
made  at  all,  and  where  the  lack  of  chronological  order  shows  want 
of  system,  and  where  births  and  baptisms  are  confused.  For  this 
reason  I  have  thought  it  well  to  perpetuate  it. 

In  the  following  entries  those  in  italics  agree  with  the  record  as 
printed  in  the  twenty-first  report  of  the  Boston  Record  Commis- 
sioners ;  those  not  agreeing  are  followed  in  parentheses  by  the  entry 
as  printed  ;  while  those  in  Roman  are  not  found  at  all  in  the  printed 
record. 

Marriages  Solemnized  by  William  Holden  Esquire. 

December  27,  17G8  Married  Jacob  ITumfrey  of  Dorchester  to  Releaf 
Blake  of  sa  Dorchester:  They  being  Legally  published  by  the  Town  Clerk 
of  sd  as  appeared  by  his  certificate:  attest  Win  Ilolden  ejus  Peace. 

Dorchester  August  21  :  1771  :  Suffolk  ss.  On  the  aforesaid  day  Ebenezer 
Sever  Junr  and  Tabitha  Davenport,  Boath  of  Roxbery  were  Joined  in 
Wedlock,  by  me  the  Subscriber.      Wm  Ilolden  Jus  Peace 

Marriages  recorded  in  the  record  of  Dr.  Piiineiias  Holden. 

1793  Ebenezer  Lealaud  married  at  Roxbury  September  1  to  the  ami- 
able Miss  Sukey  Wilson 

179 G  Patty  Holden*  married  May  1  /to  Mr.  Samuel  Glover  Junr. 
June  1st.) 

Lydia  Clap  married  June  20  (to  James  Pierce  of  Roxbury.) 

Hopestill  Hall  married  May  8 

1797  Samuell  topleff  Married  February  6 

1798  Joshua  grant  of  Watertown  married  January  31 

In  the  year  1799  Maragcs 

Z/iub  (Zerubbabel )  Horsey  Maried  March  12  to  Betsey  glover 

Sam  Payson  Married  April  11  the  psalm  sung  128 

Samuell  Payson  Jlfarried  April  11  to  his  wife  Sister  (Junior  to  Miss 
Lydia  Trcseott  both  of  Dorchester.) 

Pster  J/oslcy  Married  April  lJf  (to  James  Christie  of  Norfolk  in  Virginia.) 

Lois  Holden  Married  May  5  (to  Benjamin  White  of  Boston.) 

William  Pope  &  Sarah  Pierce  married  June  1G 

Sarah  Clap  Married  to  Thomas  Lyon  Sept.  22  (Sarah  Junr.) 

Jonathan  Hall  Married  to  Ruth  Williams  Nov.  13 

Ward  Married  to  Joanna  Bird  Novemb  20  (Samuel  of  Roxbury.) 

Stephen  Holden  Married  to  Susanna  tolman  Dec.  26.  (Susanna  Lewis 
Tolman.) 

1800  Mary  Thair  &  Thomas  Whelar  married  April  1 

Jo  Arnold  Married  to  FAizabeth  Holden  Oct  5  (Joseph  to  Betsey  Holden, 
Oct.  G.) 

Junnas  Munrow  Married  Mary  Vose  Oct  5  (Thomas  Junior  to  Polly 
Vose  Oct.  1  2.) 

Samuel  Clap  Married  to  Ann  Capen  of  S  to  ten  Nov  27 

Nathaniel  (Hap  Married  Oct!  Mary   Williams  (Polly  Williams  Oct.  8th.) 

Eclwiird  Leeds  Married  to  Downs  Dec  27 

*  Dr.  Holden's  daughter.  ' 


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1895.]  Some  Dorchester  Matters.  155 

1801      Oliver  Glover  Married  to  Lydia  Luis  Sept 

Joseph  Luis  Married  to  Abigail  Glover  Sept 

David  Clap  Married  Zuba  Capen  July  1801 

Ebenezer  Davenport  Married  Nov  1  (to  Sarah  Cutting  Oct  25th.) 

Mr  Leach  fy  Fanny  Vase  Married  Dec  8  (Lewis  Leach,  Dec  7th.) 

1801  At  Milton  Major  Joseph  Babcock  to  Mrs  Grace  Draper  of  Rox- 
bury. 

1802  Fercnton  fy  Mary  Bulman-  Married  Feb  J+   (John    Farring- 

ton.) 

Scherod  Mivnrow  to Weeb  Married  April  7  (Benjamin  S  Munro 

to  Catherine  Webb.) 

1802  Samuel  Howe  fy  Elizabeth  Davenport  Married  October  2 4  (Sam- 
uel Junior.) 

1803  Edward  Pierce  $>   Clap  Married  Feb  3   (Capt.  Edward 

to  Elizabeth  January  27.) 

Doct  Abraham  Moore  of  Bolton  Married  Betsey  Wales  of  Boston  1803 

ware  Married  January  24* 

1803  Married  Benjamin  Green  March  8  Day  Tie  &  his  Lady  Rode  to 
church  in  a  Coeh  til  air  was  mats  Laid  from  the  coach  into  the  Church  then 
flanel   for  them  to  walk  on 

1803  Mr  baldwin  Married  Timothy  Crosby  to  Miss  Ruth  Pope  June 
16  Daughter  to  Doct  John  Pope 

1803  John  Clap  Married  to  Precilla  Holden  November  17 
Daniel  Pierce  Married  to  Lydia  Davenport  May  10 

1804  John  Baker  the  first  Married  Mrs  Colson  July  S  (Mrs  Christian 
Colson  late  of  Boston.) 

1804  Israel  Badlam  Daughter  Married  April  26.  (Mr  Edward  Sharp 
of  Boston  to  Miss  Polly  Badlam.) 

September  6  Mr.  Josiah  Gushing  of  Boston  $,*  I^ucy  Holden 

Mr  Jacob  Rogers  &  Julia  Shelleback  married  Sept  29 

Jonathan  Pierce  and  Eunice  Tolman  married  Dec  6  (Jonathan  Junior.) 

1805  Ben  Lyon  Married  to  Eliza  babcock  January  13  (Benjamin  Junr 
to  Eliza  Babcock  of  Milton.) 

Betsey  Spear  married  to  her  second  husband  January  30 

Sam  Stone  Married  Hannah  Davenport  February  17 

Aaron  Spear  married  to  Hannah  Rich  April  18 

Sewall  White  Married  to  Betsey  Holden  May  12  1805 

1805  or  181  0|  John  White  Married  October  6 

180G  old  thomas  Munrows  Daughter  LJdia  Married  April  10  (Mr. 
William  Johns  to  Miss  Lydia  Munrow.) 

Phineas   Withington  §  Polly  Mosley  Married  October  12 

James  Everett  §  Itannah   Vincen  Married  October  IS 

1807  Cap  Samuel  I^yon  Married  Hannah  Mallish  March  15  in  the 
Morning  (Mr  Samuel  B.  Lyon.) 

Mr  George  Burrough  &  Charlotte  Schellebeck  Married  April  8 

1807  In  Northampton  Isaac  C.  Bates  Esq  to  Miss  Martha  llenshaw  & 
Ebenezer  Hunt  Junr  Esq  to  Miss  Sarah  Swift  llenshaw  Daughters  of  the 
Hon   Samuel  Henshaw| 

Aimer  Gardner  $  Mary  Noyles  Married  Nov  1808  (Mary  Niles  Oct.  18, 
1807.) 

*  Not  recorded  in  Bolton. 

t  Date  uncertain. 

t  Recorded  in  Northampton. 


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V5G  Some  Dorchester  Matters.  [April, 

At  Providence  R.  I.  April  10  Capt  Grace  of  New  Orleans  To  Mrs. 
Lucy  Taiks  wile  of  Benjamin  Parks  printer. 

Sewall  White  Married  to  Ruth  Wetherbee  April  17 

L809  Saniuel  Bridge  Married  to  Sarah  Payson  Dec.  21  (Sarah  Leeds 
Pflysoni) 

1810  Dr  Henry  Gardner  Married  March  29  to  Clarissa  Holbrook  of 
Milton.  (    . 

thair  marriages 

1810  llenery  Robinson  &  Susannah  Gold  Dec  4 
Isaac  Howe  to  Abigail  Kelton  Dec  9 

Samuel  Clap  to  Hannafi  Pierce  Dej  12 

1812     Samuel  Payson  Marryed  to  Lucy  Holden. 

1812  Samuel  Payson  Marryed  to  Lucy  Holden  January  23 

Births  recorded  by  Dr.  Phinehas  Holden  as  memoranda. 

1801     Joseph  Bradfofds  child  Born  Feb  1 

1801      Joseph  Bradfords  Boy  Born 

1801      Boy  Born  about  the  first  of  Feb 

Luse  Fields  Birthday  June  29  1801  aged  11 

Asel  Allen  Dec  13  was  25  years  old 

Hannah  Edda  was  19  years  old  March  12  1802 

1S0C  March  2G  George  Burrows  24  years  old  &  Meriah  Burrows  was 
in  March  28  180G 

Abraham  Grant  21  years  old  January  22  1810 

llenery  Robensons  wife  April  23  Boy  born  Name  James  abraham  golds 
Daughter  1811  (.Tames  Henry  son  of  Henry.) 

*Our  Ministers  Children  Born  Thad  Masson  harris  children 

the  first  A  Boy  Bom  November  12  1705  thad  William  (Thaddeus 
William.) 

the  second  A  girl  Born  January  30  1797  Dorathay 

the  third  A  Boy  Born  July  13,  179S  Clarendon  ( Elijah  Dix.) 

the  forth  A  Boy  Born  September  9  Name  AVinthrop 

180  1  the  fifth  a  Boy  Born  August  16  John  Dunkins  (John  Alexander 
August  17,  180  1.) 

lNOt,     the  Sixth  Child  Born  March  19  Boy 

1806  the  Boys  Name  James  Bruce  (James  "VYinthrop  born  March  21st 
1806.) 

1811  the  7  Child  Born  May  —  Sarah  Dunkins  (Sarah  Duncan,  June 
2d  1811  born  April  15,  1811.) 

1813  Mr  Harris  Daughter  Born  July  —  Crisoned 
August  1  Name f  (Rebekah  August  1st  1813.) 

Deaths  recorded  by  Dr.  Phinehas  Holden  as  memoranda. 

1798  My  Father  Baker  died  November  11  aged  83  years  &  4  months 
&  11  days  (John  Baker  died  November  —  1798  in  his  84th  year.) 

1799  Salome  Pope  died  March  She  ma  ***<!  first  Joseph  Biford  then  a 
Man  by  the  Name  of  Jeffers  Jeffers  died  November  —  1806 

1799     Ebenezer  Mosleys  wife  died  June  25  (Abigail.) 

*  These  entries  are  so  indefinite,  and  differ  so  materially  from  the  printed  record,  that 

they  are  reproduced  as  nearly  as  possible, 
f  Written  and  intentionally  blotted  out. 


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1800  Abigail  Phillips  died  February  Jh  1800  and  hurried  February  6 
She  Died  at  William  Munrows  Junr  &  Buryed  from  thair  (Mrs  Phillips  a 
resident  in  this  town.) 

1800  Nov.  3  Ezekiel  Birds  wife  (Hannah.) 

1801  We  heard  of  Justinians  death  Oct  27  Justinian  died  the  15  (1801 
Justinian  Holden  Died  at  Norfolk  in  Virginia.) 

1801  Doct  Rails  Son  killed  in  a  Duel  June  Hon  Dorchester  Neck  and 
ho  heard  of  another  Sons  Death  in  half  anour  after  in  the  Westinges 

1802  Josfaft  Bakers  wife  died  March 

1802     Iehabod  Wis  wall  died  May  15  (May  17.) 

At  Bolton  Doct  Abraham  Moore  Died  March  7  Aged  55  years  he  died 
in  the  year  1804 

1804  Elizabeth  Kelton  Ebenezer  Keltons  widow  died  Sept  15  (Sept  23.) 

1805  Mrs  Gram  lives  at  South  Boston  Sept  5  She  died 
180G     Solomon  Hall  died  August  4  &  Buryed  5  aged  39 

1807  Elijah  Jones  died  Feb  19  buried  21  aged  59 

1808  to  one  visit  to  Mr  John  Green  January  G 

John  Green  is  Dead 
April  24  1810  John  Read  the  3  poisened  himself.     Buryed  25 
1813     Joshua  Glover  died  in  the  army* 

Births  recorded  by  Dr.  Phineiias  Holden  in  nis  family  charges 

UNDER  THE  PHRASE  "FOR  LAYING  HIS  WIFE"  OR 

"  PUTTING  HIS  WIFE  TO  BED." 

m 

1IIE  NAMES  ARE  OFJTIIE  FATHERS  OF  THE  FAMILIES. 

1798     John  Green  Nov  2 

1798     Samuel  Barrett  Nov  27  (Ebenezer.) 

1798  Thomas  Leeds  Dec.  21 

1800  "  "      Dec  7  or  8  I  don't  know  which 

1802  "  "     AuglG 

1799  Mr  Mereau,f  January  11 
1799  Phineas  Spear  Sept  15 
1799  Benjamin  Thair  Oct  5 
1802  «•  «     Aug  3 

1804  "  "     Nov  4  boy 
1807              "             "      February  girl 

1799  Jonathan  Bird  Junr  Nov  18  (Joel  Nov  —  1799.) 

1800  Samuel  Baker  Junr  Aug  11  (Joah  was  born 1800.) 

1800     John  Moise  Oct  13  (Mary  Moise 1800.) 

1802  «         «      Aug  27 

1803  «         «      Sept  18  (Ebenezer  Robinson,  Sept,  —  1803.) 

1805  "         "      Aug.  24  (August  —  1805.) 

1800  Benjamin  Burrell  Dec  2 

1801  William  Pope  April  18  boy  (Charles.) 
1805  «  «     ^/tf  (Rachael.) 

1801  Benjamin  Whito  Dec  19 
1805  «  "       Jan  19 

1802  Mr.  Newell  Feb  26 

*  In  April  1813  there  is  a  charge  to  his  widow. 

f  The  name  is  doubtful,  as  is  another  in  tho  margin  which  looks  like  Mereone.    It  mny 
have  boon  Marion,  as  that  name  occurs  in  the  rocords. 
VOL.  XI. IX.  14* 


. 


. 


158  8ome  Dorchester  Matters.  [April, 

1802      Edward  Glover  Junr*  (Charles  was  born  1802.) 

1802      Mr  Stuard  May  1  (James  tlio  son  of  Jonathan  &  Abigail  Steward 

born  .January.) 

1805       "  «      Jan  14  (Mary  Ann  Sewardf  born  Jany.  1805.) 

1802     Thomas   Munro,  tailor    Dec  3   (William  Vose  of  Thomas  Junr 

was  born  1802.) 

1802     Thomas  Mosley  Dec  4  (Elisha.) 

1802     Mr  Gooden  torn  Wellingtons  son-in-law  Dec  14. 

1802  ,  Calvin  Bird  Dec.  27  (Emila  Johnson,  January  —  1803.) 
1805  "         i     July  22  (  Roanna  born  1805.) 

1803  Mr  Fisher  Jan' 26  (Charles  Grandison  of  Lewis  and  Mary   Feb 

—  1803.) 

1804  "         "       Sept  3  (Mary,  Oct.  —  1804.) 

1808  "         ««       Dec  10 
1803     James  Leeds  Jan  29 

1803  Barney  Hollis  Feb.  14  (Elizabeth  Jenkins,  baptized  1804,  born 

•) 

1804  "  "      July    22    (Harriet    baptized    1804;    born 

Augt.  —  1804.) 

1805  Barney  Hollis  Aug  17  (John  Watson  Aug  1805.) 

1806  "  "      Aug  16 

1807  "  "      child  Chrisoned  Joseph  Finne  November  1  (Joseph 
Faney  born  Nov.  —  1807.) 

1803  Joseph  Arnold  Aug  27  (Mary  Augt.  —1803.) 

1805  "           "        June  21  girl  waid  10  pounds  (James,  born  June  — 
1805.) 

1807  "           "        June  11 

1801)  «           «        March  26  Boy  (Joseph  July  9,  1809.) 

1803  Elisha  Turner  Sept.  2  girl  (Lucy  Aug.  —  1803.) 

1805  "            "        November  girl  (Ann  November  —  1805.) 

1803  Aaron.  Spear  September  9  (Sarah  Sept.  the  —  1803.) 

1803  Mr.  More  Nov  10 

1803  Lemuel  Spear  Nov  19  girl    (Rebecca   Mann,   February   the  — 
1801.) 

1805  «  «       June  19  girl  (Mary  August  —  1805.) 

1801  Samuel  White  March  (John  Bulmar,  March  —1804.) 

1805  "  "      June  2  Boy  (Samuel  June  —  1805.) 

1806  "  "      July  17  girl  (Lydia  Elizabeth,  Augt. -— 1806.) 

1804  Benjamin  Bird  April  6' (Benjamin  April  —  1804.) 

1804  Alexander  Glover  September  28  (John.) 

1805  William  Vose  January  18  boy  (Oliver 1805.) 

1807  "  "  March  16  girl  (Pemelia,  son  (sic)  of,  April  — .) 
1805  Abraham  Gold  March  10  (Elizabeth  Foster,  March  —  1805.) 
1805  Jotham  Stone  March  24  Boy 

1805     Oliver  Glover  July  5  (Thomas  Oliver.) 

1805     Edmund  Smith  July  16  girl  (Esther  Christie  of  Edmund  M.  July 

—  1805.) 

1807  "  "       Feb.  15  boy  (Edmund  of  Edmund  M.  April  — 

1807.) 

1809  "  «      Sept  9  (Joseph  of  Edmund  M.  Oct.  1,  1809.) 
1805  Ebenezer  Clap  July  23,  girl  (Lucy  July  —  1805.) 

*  Date  not  given,  but  after  May  2. 

f  The  only  .Seward  in  the  printed  records. 


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1805*  John  Malesh  Aug  24  (Lucretia,  Oct.  19,  1804.) 

1805  Suewl  White  Sept.  18 

1806  Samuel  Sims  Oct  28 

1807  Ephraim  Herenton  July  5 
1807     Joseph  Marshall  Nov.  28 

1810  Joseph  Howe  April  4  Girl  (Esther  Baxter  Son  (sic)  Sept.  2, 
1810.) 

Miscellaneous  entries  made  by  Doct  Piiineiias  Holden  or  others. 

1799  January  8  My   Fathersf   Things   Wear  Sold  at  Public  Vandue 

January  8  Pason  Eaton  Vandue  Master. 

1799  Mr  Ganings  (?)  child  Christened  March  7  the  Childs  Name  Was 
Margrett  ganing  ( ? ) 

1799  A  fier  in  Boston  opeset  the  White  Horse  May  11 

1799  the  Society  of  Ministers  Preached  hear  October  the  first  Day 

1800  Our  Cheritrees  wear  Blone  out  April  20  and  it  snowed  April  the 
23 

1800  the  Brigade  turned  out  at  Dorchester  Sept  25 

1801  the  Brigade  turned  out  Sept  17  at  Bran  try 
1801      Great  Grate  training  at  Bran  try  Sept  17 

Mr  Everett  went  and  took  down  the  mill  house  Aug  12  1801 

1801  the  first  snow  Dec  28 

1802  Ant  Wales  things  Aprised  January  21  the  Aprisers  Payson  Eton 
&  Elisha  turner  &  Benjamin  Jacobs 

1802  Sarah  Hall  &  Thankful  Holden  &  Ann  Withington  divided  Ants 
Wales  things  June  23  and  the  Doct  took  the  will  &  Enventory  &  put  them 
in  his  deskt 

1802     paid  for  the  plate  of  Ants  Coffin  June  30  paid  3  dolars  3  quarters 

1802  Sept  18  Ebenezer  Wellingtons  Shop  Burnt  the  first  time  they 
tryed  the  new  Engine 

1802     the  Brigade  turned  out  at  Jamaica  Plane  Sept 

1802  of  20  Spinning  Blankets  4  Scanes  to  the  pound  it  takes  12  notts 
to  warp  one  yard  Five  quarters  wide  so  Tom  Jones  Tolman  Saith  Ebenezer 
Tolman  Wove  the  Blankets  the  Warp  63  Scanes  &  Fillen  72  &  half 

1802  Thankful  Keltons  granddaughters  name  at  Philadelphia  Eunice 
Truston 

1804  The  Doctor  went  to  Dedham  to  prove  old  Mary  Birds  will  Feb- 
ruary 3§ 

Unite  Blackman  buryed  December  28  1805  under  Arms 

the  text  the  Sabbath  after  Moses  Evrit  ordained  Romans  15  chap  &  30 
&  31  Verces 

Capt  Lorin  left  Dorchester  October  14  1802 


A  charge  to  William  Pope  in  1805  reads  "to  one  visit  to  A.  Coster  got 
hurt"  which  is  probably  intended  for  a  visit  to  a  sailor  on  a  "coaster" 
bringing  lumber  to  William  Pope's  lumber  yard. 

In  a  few  instances  tho  amount  charged  by  Dr.  Holden  is  given  and  aver- 
ages about  fifty  cents  a  visit. 

•  Possibly  1804.  ,j 

f  "  Father  Baker." 

t  Tho  inventory  und  will  arc  on  filo  at  Dedham. 

f  Tho  will  is  on  lilo. 


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160 


British  Officers  serving  in  America. 


[April, 


BRITISH  OFFICERS  SERVING  IN  AMERICA,  1754-1774. 


Contributed  by  Wokthington  Chauncey  Fohb,  Esq.,  of  Washington,  D.  C. 


Date  of  Commission. 


[Continued  from 

page  58.] 

Name. 

Rank. 

Regiment 

Reid,  Mathevv 

Ensign 

40 

Reid,  Mathew 

Ensign 

42 

Reilly,  Luke 

Ensign 

44 

Reynolds,  Lawrence 

Captain 

9 

Rhaii 

Lieut. 
Lieut. 

60 
60 

Rhan,  John  Rodolph 

Rhor,  Charles 

Ensign 

60 

Ricard,  Francis 

Lieut. 

29 

Ricard,  Thomas 

Ensign 

60 

Richards,  Ch.  Lloyd 

Captain 

95 

Richardson,  Duncan 

Ensign 

44 

Lieut. 

42 

Richardson,  William 

Ensign 

26 

Lieut. 

26 

Richardson,  William 

Ensign 

id 

Lieut. 

18 

Richmond,  Ezra 

Captain 

N.  Y. 

Rickman,  William 

Captain 

95 

Ridge,  William 

Ensign 

62 

Lieut. 

60 

Captain 

60 

Riesberg,  Ulrick  W. 

Ensign 

60 

Rigge,  George 

Lieut. 

42 

Riggj  Patrick 

Captain 

26 

Riggi  Thomas 

Captain 

26 

Ritchie,  ,Iohn 

l8t  Lieut. 

21 

Rivez,  Charles 

Ensign 

60 

Lieut. 

60 

Roberts,  Benjamin 

Ensign 

46 

Lieut. 

46 

Roberts,  Cha :  West 

Lt.  Col. 

65 

Roberts,  John 

Adj1. 

29 

Roberts,  John 

Lieut. 

65 

Capt.   Lt. 

65 

Adf. 

G5 

Roberts,  Robert 

Surgeon 

15 

Roberts,  William 

Capt.   Lt. 

65 

Robertson,  Archibald 

Lieut. 

77 

Robertson,  Charles 

Lieut. 

77 

Robertson,  Daniel 

Ensign 

42 

Lieut. 

42 

Robertson,  James 

Captain 

1 

Robertson,  James 

Captain 

77 

28  February,  1761. 

1  August,  1759. 

10  December,  1761. 
12  January,  1758. 

10  January,  1755. 
8  March,  1757. 

24  July,  1757. 

21  March,   1765. 
16  June,  1760. 

22  February,  1760. 

25  July,  1758. 

29  November,  1760. 
31  October,  1770. 

11  September,  1766. 
16  February,  1770. 
4  October,  1755. 

23  February,  1760. 

3  January,  1756. 

10  December,  1756. 
18  September,  1760. 
27  July,  1758. 

2  April,  1764. 

29  November,  1760. 

7  February,  1759. 
10  April,  1765. 

25  July,  1758. 

4  October,  1760. 

23  July,  1758. 

12  September,  1762. 
16  May,  1766. 

13  February,  1762. 

24  August,  1764. 

3  May,  1766. 

18  April,  1766. 

20  November,  1758. 
16  May,  1766. 

8  January,  1757. 

15  September,  1758. 

26  July,  1759. 
29  April,  1762. 

4  September,  1754. 

19  July,  1757. 


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1895.] 


British  Officers  serving  in  America. 


161 


Robertson,  James 


Robertson,  James 

Robertson,  John 
Robertson,  .John 
Robertson,  Robert 
Robertson,  Robert 
Robertson,  William 

Robinson,  Andrew 

Robinson,  Arthur 
Robinson,  Henry 
Robinson,  Thomas 
Robinson,  William 
Robson,  Ralph 
Rochat,  J  no.  Peter 
Roehe,  Boyle 

Roe,  Godfrey 
Roe,  Henry 
Rogers,  George 

Rogers,  John 
Rogers,  Jonathan 

Rogers,  Jonathan 

Rogers,  Robert 
Rojlaz,  


Rollo,  Andrew,  Lord 
Rollo,  Hon.  John 


Romer,  John  William 
Roseoe,  John 
Roserow,  John 
Rose,  Alexander 

Rose,  Arthur 
Rose,  Hugh 

Rose,  Hugh 

Roseboom,  John  Mind 
Rosenhagen,  Philip 
Ross,  Alexander 
Ross,  Alexander 
Ross,  Andrew 
Ross,  Andrew 
Ross,  John 


Major 

62 

Lieut.  Col. 

15 

Lieut.  Col. 

16 

Ensign 

42 

Ensign 

43 

Surgeon 

29 

Lieut. 

42 

1st  Lieut. 

40 

Lieut. 

42 

Ensign 

78 

Lieut. 

78 

Colonel 

45 

Maj.  Gen. 

2d  Lieut. 

21 

Ensign 

17 

Lieut. 

29 

Ensign 

34 

1st  Lieut. 

94 

Q'.  W, 

60 

Lieut. 

27 

Capt.  Lt. 

27 

Ensign 

48 

Ensign 

48 

Ensign 

46 

Lieut. 

46   ' 

Chaplain 

29 

Surgeon 

17 

Lieut. 

17 

Capt.    Lt. 

17 

Captain 

So.  Ca. 

Captain 

62 

Lt.  Col. 

22 

Lieut. 

22 

Qr.  M*. 

22 

Captain 

77 

Ensign 

31 

Ensign 

80 

Lieut. 

26 

Lieut. 

52 

Capt.   Lt. 

52 

Lieut. 

78 

Ensign 

55 

Lieut. 

55 

Lieut. 

N.Y. 

Adj'. 

N.Y. 

Lieut. 

N.Y, 

Chaplain  . 

8 

Lieut. 

45 

Lieut. 

14 

Ensign 

60 

Ensign 

31 

2d  Lieut. 

40 

Lieut. 

40 

26  December,  1755. 

25  February,  1760. 
17  August,  1768. 

28  February,  1761. 

16  October,  1761. 
10  December,  1755. 

21  July,  1758. 

22  November,  1755. 

26  July,  1758. 

17  October,  1759. 

5  October,  1760. 

24  September,  1761. 

25  June,  1759. 

15  January,  1762. 
2  February,  1757. 
25  December,  1770. 

29  March,  1762. 
7  March,  1760. 

1  May,  1760. 

10  December,  1755. 

25  August,  1762. 

6  June,  1757. 

19  August,  1759. 

21  September,  1756. 

22  July,  1758. 

1  February,  1762. 

22  January,  1755. 
21   September,  1756. 

29  April,  1762. 
25  October,  1760. 
12  January,  1756. 

25  October,  1756. 
9  April,  1756. 

26  October,  1756. 
17  September,  1760. 

12  July,  1770. 
21  July,  1762. 

24  August,  1758. 

7  May,  1757. 

25  February,  1767 

17  July,  1757. 

26  December,  1755. 
26  July,  1758. 

15  January,  1760. 
15  January,  1760. 

30  November,  1745. 

18  November,  1767. 
4  July,  1764. 

18  September,  1765. 

23  September,  1772. 
29  June,  1755. 

13  September,  1760. 


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102 


British  Officers  serving  in  America. 


[April, 


Ross,  John 

Ross,  John 

Ross,  Robert 

Ross,  Robert 

Ross,  Thomas 

Ross,  Walter 

Roth,  Thomas  [also  Wroth] 

Rous,  Thomas 

Rowan,  John 
Royce,  Vere 
Rudyerd,  Richard 
Ramsey,  James 
Russell,  Christopher 
Russell,  Lockhart 

Russell,  Peter 

Rutherford,  John 
Rutherford,  John 
Rutherford,  Robert 
Rutherford,  Samuel 

Rutherford,  Samuel 

Rutherford,  Walter 
Ruvynes,  Fra.  Gab.  de 
Ruxton,  Charles 
Ruxton,  Charles 
Rycaut,  Paul 

Ryder,  William 


Ryves,  Thomas 

St.  Clair,  Alexander 
St.  Clair,  Arthur 

St.  Clair,  David 

St.  Clair,  James 


St.  Clair,  .James 
St.  Clair,  James 
St.  Clair,  Sir  John,  Bt. 


Captain 

95 

25  February,  1760. 

Captain 

31 

8  November,  1763. 

Lieut. 

34 

31  July,  1762. 

Lieut. 

15 

28  September,  1757 

Major 

48 

20  March,   1758. 

Captain 

78 

23  July,  1757. 

Captain 

40 

18  March,  1758. 

Ensign 

1 

2  February,  1757. 

Lieut. 

1 

27  June,  1762. 

Ensign 

45 

26  March,   1758. 

Lieut. 

45 

14  May,  1761. 

Lieut. 

N.  Y. 

20  November,  1757. 

Lieut. 

48 

2  July,  1755. 

Ensign 

60 

27  July,  17  68. 

Ensign 

42 

17  March,  1764. 

Captain 

17 

1  June,  1750. 

Ensign 

45 

15  August,  1759. 

Lieut. 

45 

27  September,  1762 

1st  Lieut. 

94 

9  January,  1760. 

Adj't 

94 

12  Januarv,  1760. 

Captain 

N.Y. 

31  December,  1741. 

Major 

G2 

6  January,  1756. 

Captain 

58 

29  December,  1755. 

Lieut. 

15 

4  September,  1754. 

Captain 

15 

26  September,  1760 

Ensign 

15 

2  May,  1762. 

Ensign 

60 

2  March,  1770. 

Captain 

62 

30  December,  1755. 

Captain 

60 

25  December,  1759. 

Lieut. 

28 

16  February,  1756. 

Captain 

35 

5  June,  1762. 

Capt.   Lt. 

17 

2  February,  1757. 

Captain 

17 

10  July,  1758. 

Ensign 

62 

15  January,  1756. 

Lieut. 

60 

14  May,  1757. 

Lieut. 

9 

24  October,  1760. 

Ensign 

60 

21  December,  1770. 

Captain 

42 

17  July,  1758. 

Ensign 

60 

13  May,  1757. 

Lieut. 

60 

17  April,  1759. 

Ensign 

29 

13  February,  1765. 

Lieut. 

29 

12  July,  1770. 

Colonel 

1 

27  June,  1737. 

Lt.  Gcn'l 

4  June,  1745. 

General 

10  March,  1761. 

Lieut. 

22 

8  March.  1757. 

Captain 

45 

10  March,  1761. 

Dep't  Qr.  Mr 

Gen. 

Br. 

1755 

Lt.  Col. 

62 

6  January,  1756. 

Colonel 

19  February,  1762. 

Lt.  Col. 

28 

2  March,  1766. 

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British  Officers  serving  in  America, 


1G3 


St.  Clair,  Jolm  Charles 
St.  Clair,  Patrick 
St.  George,  Capel 


St.  John,  Ellis 
St.  Leger,  Barry 
St.  Loe,  George 

Sampson,  Henry 


Sand  ford,  Eflward 

Sandfbrd,  William 

Sandys,  William 
Sarly,  Robert 

Saunders,  Thomas 


Saunders, 

Savage,  James 
Savage,  John 
Savage,  Marm.  Coghill 
Sawer,  Thomas 
Saxton,  John 


Schlaetler,  Michael 
Schlagel,  George  Edward 
Schlosser,  Francis 
Schlosser,  John  Charles 
Schlosser,  John  Joseph 


Schneider,  Gcorgo 
Schornherg,  Henry 

Schrader,  ■ 

Schuyler,  Courtlandt 
Schuyler,  Ranslaer 


Scott,  George 
Scott,  IIu<rh 


Scott,  John 
Scott,  John 
Scott,  Robert 
Scott,  Robert 
Scott,  Thomas 
Scott,  William 


Ensign 

42 

Lieut. 

15 

Lieut. 

17 

Captain 

17 

Qr.  M'. 

17 

Ensign 

9 

Captain 

48 

Captain 

40 

Major 

40 

Lieut. 

31 

Q'.  M'. 

31 

Captain 

31 

Colonel 

10 

Maj.  Gen. 

Ensign 

3L 

Lieut. 

31 

Lieut. 

59 

Ensign 

47 

Lieut. 

47 

Ensign 

27 

Lieut. 

27 

Ensign 

35 

Ensign 

34 

Ensign 

17 

Lieut. 

52 

Captain 

95 

Captain 

94 

Captain 

17 

Captain 

17 

Chaplain 

GO 

2'1  Lieut. 

21 

Ensign 

CO 

Ensign 

GO 

Lieut. 

G2 

Capt.  Lt. 

GO 

Captain 

GO 

Ensign 

GO 

lflt  Lieut. 

40 

Captain 

62 

Captain 

60 

Ensign 

GO 

Lieut. 

CO 

Captain 

40 

Ensign 

35 

Ensign 

28 

Lieut. 

28 

Colonel 

2G 

Ensign 

1 

2(i  Lieut. 

94 

Surgeon 

29 

Ensign 

42 

Adj'. 

48 

Ensign 

48 

30  July,  1758. 
24  October,  1761. 
22  November,  1756. 

18  September,  17C0. 
2  April,  1759. 

8  May,  17G5. 
24  March,  1758. 
24  November,  1749. 

24  March,  1761. 

25  September,  1757. 

13  December,  17G3. 
25  December,  1  770. 

14  January,  17G3. 
22  February,  176 L 

15  September,  17G3. 
8  May,  17G7. 

7  December,  17C4. 
2  April,  1759. 

G  December,  1760. 
27  April,  1756. 

11  July,  1759. 

24  July,  1764. 

2  February,  1757. 

19  February,  17G6. 
6  March,  17C0. 

3  March,  17 GO. 
1G  May,  17G2. 

25  December,  1765. 
25  March,  1757. 

22  February,  17G8. 
21)  August,  1759. 
31  October,  1770. 

27  December,  1755. 

12  May,  175G. 

20  January,  1758. 

20  April,  1762. 
3  July,  1755. 

14  January,  1756. 

8  November,  17G5. 
8  March,  1757. 

1  June,  1759. 

28  June,  1751. 

5  October,  17 GO. 

21  October,  17G1. 

23  October,  17G2. 

14  January,  17G3. 

29  April,  1762. 

2G  February,  17  GO. 

22  December,  17G9. 
1G  September,  1760 

15  June,  17G0. 
28  August,  1761. 


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KM  BritiSi 

Scaly,  .John 
Sears,  Samuel 

Sebright,  Sir  John,  Bt. 


Sedgwick,  Hunter 
Selon,  Sir  Henry,  Bt. 

Seymour,  Rob.  Martin 
Seymour,  Win.  Edward 

Sliaak,  Roger 
Sharpe,  Richard 

Sharpe,  William,  Sen. 

Sharpe,  William,  Jr. 

Shaw,  Alexander 

Shaw,  Alexander 

Shaw,  Daniel 
Shaw,  John 

Shaw,  Lauchlan 
Shaw,  Robert 
Shaw,  Robert 

Shavve,  Merrick  [Meyrick" 

Shawe,  William 
Shawe,  William 

Shaw, 

Shoe,  John 
Sheppard,  John 

Sheridan,  Hen  :  Fortick 
Sherlock,  William 

Sherriff,  Charles 

Sherriff.  William 


Shillitoe,  George 
Ship  ton,  William 
Shirley,  William 
Shorne,  Olivir  [Shrone] 

Showrd,  Daniel 


Jicers  serving  in  J 

\mcmcct.                1  Ar 

Lieut. 

GO 

28  January,  1756. 

Lieut. 

62 

23  August,  1758. 

Ensign 

GO 

4  October,  17 GO. 

Colonel 

18 

1  April,  17G2. 

Maj.  Gen. 

13  March,  1761. 

Lt.  Gen. 

30  Aprils  1770. 

Lieut. 

34o 

1  October,   1757. 

Captain 

78 

17  July,  1757. 

Captain 

17  . 

22  April,  1759. 

Ensign 

40 

10  April,  1764. 

Lieut. 

47 

29  June,  1755. 

Adf 

47 

2  July,  1757. 

Captain 

22 

21  September,  1756. 

2'1  Lieut. 

40 

26  February,  1756. 

Lieut. 

40 

2  April,  176.2. 

Adjfc 

9 

20  November,  1756. 

Lieut, 

9 

24  February,  17G2. 

Ensign 

9 

8  September,  17G2. 

Lieut. 

9 

23  March,  1764. 

Ensign 

62 

5  January,  1  756. 

Lieut. 

60 

12  December,  1756. 

Adjt. 

GO 

6  October,  1761. 

Ensign 

GO 

17  December,  1756. 

Lieut. 

GO 

2  June,  1759. 

Captain 

M 

1G  August,  1762. 

Ensign 

17 

25  May,  1759. 

Lieut. 

17 

21  August,  1761. 

Lieut. 

So.  Ca. 

25  November,  1754. 

Lieut. 

43 

21  September,  1756. 

Ensign 

64 

1  January,  17GG. 

Lieut. 

64 

2  February,  1770. 

Ensign 

10 

11  September,  1765. 

Lieut. 

10 

26  December,  1770. 

Ensign 

43 

3  October,  1761. 

Lieut. 

40 

17  October,  17G2. 

Ensign 

18 

15  August,  17GG. 

Captain 

18 

1  January,  17GG. 

Ensign 

28 

22  November,  1756. 

Lieut. 

28 

11  June,  1762. 

Lieut. 

31 

25  May,  1772. 

Ensign 

J 

\6  July,  1758. 

Lieut. 

1 

20  September,  1760. 

Ensign 

45 

2  July,  1755. 

Lieut. 

45 

15  April,  1759. 

Lieut. 

47 

25  June,  1755. 

Adj't 

47 

25  September,  1759. 

Capt.    It. 

47 

15  February,  1761. 

E  n  sign 

28 

22  October,  17G2. 

1st  Lieut. 

Rangers 

25  September,  1761. 

Bee.  to  Com 

.    Br. 

1755. 

Ensign 

27 

27  April,  1756. 

Lieut. 

27 

23  October,  1761. 

Ensign 

8 

27  May,  1771. 

- 

•  1  ■ 

• 

■ 

1 

, 

1895.] 


British  Officers  serving  in  America. 


165 


Shrigley,  Francis 
Shrubsole,  William 


Shuckburg,  Richard 
Shuckborgfh,  Richard 


Silvestor,  Thomas 
Simcocks,  Henry 
Simpson.  Ambrose 
Simpson,  Andrew 

Simpson,  Andrew 
Simpson,  Andrew 
Simpson,  John  Joseph 
Simpson,  Noah 

Sinclair,  Charles 
Sinclair,  ( ieorge 
Sinclair,  George 
Sinclair,  George 
Sinclair,  John 
Sinclair,  Patrick 

Sinclair,  William 
Skene,  David 
Skene,  Philip 

Skene,  Philip 
Skene,  Robert 

Skene,  William 

Skey,  Boughey 

Skinner,  John 
Skinner,  William 
Skinner,  Wm.  Ann 

Slater,  John 
Small,  John 


Smelt,  Cornelius 

Smelt,  Thomas 
Smibert,  William 
Smith,  Burton 

Smith,  Oaiow 

Smith,  Edward 
Smith,  Edward 
Smith,  Francis 

VOL.     XLIX. 


Ensign 

22 

Ensign 

So.  Ca. 

Lieut. 

So.  Ca. 

Capt.    Lt. 

N.  Y. 

Surgeon 

N.  Y. 

Surgeon 

17 

Qr.  i\P. 

So 

Lieut. 

62 

Ensign 

59 

Lieut. 

44 

Capt.   Lt. 

44 

Captain 

80 

Captain 

35 

Ist  Lieut. 

94 

Ensign 

31 

Lieut. 

31 

Ensign 

78 

Lieut. 

12 

Lieut. 

42 

Captain 

05 

Captain 

77 

Ensign 

42 

Lieut. 

42 

Ensign 

58 

Captain 

28 

Captain 

27 

Captain 

10 

Major 

52 

Captain 

59 

Lieut.  Col. 

Ensign 

15 

Lieut. 

15 

Captain 

43 

Major 

43 

Ensign 

1G 

Captain 

94 

Ensign 

35 

Lieut. 

35 

Ensign 

27 

Lieut. 

42 

Captain 

42 

Captain 

42 

Ensign 

14 

Lieut. 

14 

Captain 

47 

Ensign 

26 

Ensign 

22 

Lieut. 

22 

Ensign 

16 

Lieut. 

i   10 

Captain 

58 

Major 

60 

Lt.  Col. 

10 

15 


17  September,  1760. 

29  May,  1747. 

26  September,  1754. 

21  May,  1755. 

25  June,  1737. 

29  December,  1762. 

22  March,   1761. 

24  January,  1756. 

6  October,  1769. 

26  June,  1755. 

15  September,  1758. 

16  August,  1760. 
4  October,  1760. 

7  March,  1760. 

8  May,  1767. 

26  December,  1770. 

23  July,  1760. 

17  July,  1758. 

30  December,  1758. 

28  February,  1766. 
4  January,  1757. 
21  July,  "l  758. 

27  July,  1760. 

29  April,  1760. 
6'Oetober,  1762. 

2  February,  1757. 

26  May,  1768. 

19  December,  1764. 
14  April,  1756. 

14  October,  1758. 
2  October,  1757. 
21  December,  1758. 
2  May,  1751. 

25  March,  1761. 

4  September,  1772. 
10  March,  1760. 
10  April,  1756. 

27  July,  1759. 

10  November,  1761. 

11  April,  1756. 
2  August,  1762. 

30  April,  1765. 

12  June,  1763. 

21  February,  1772. 

20  March,  1758. 

12  January,  1770. 

25  October,  1756. 

17  September,  1760. 

18  June,  1766. 

13  April,  1772. 

26  January,  1758. 
M  October,  1761. 
13  February,  1762. 


* 

,. 

■ 

■ 

166 


British  Officers  serving  in  America, 


[April, 


Smith,  George  Amos 
Smith,  John 
Smith,  John 


Smith, 
Smith, 
Smith, 
Smith, 
Smith, 
Smith, 
Smith, 
Smith, 
Smyth, 
Smyth, 
Smyth, 
Snowe, 


Job  n 

Lawrence 
Marcus 
Richard 
Richard 

William 
William 
William 
CI  arles 
llervey 
William 
William 


Soubiran,  William 
Soumain,  Simon 
Southwell,  John 

Spaight,  William 

Spann,  Thomas 
Spanye,  .John 
Spencer,  Boyle 

Spencer,  Thomas 
Spendlove,  Roger 
Spering,  William 
Spiesmacher,  Fred.  Christo- 
pher 


Spike,  William 
Spilsburg,  John 
Spital,  John 

Splaine,  William 
Spread,  William 
Sproule,  George 
Stain  forth,  Ceorge 
Stannus,  Ephraim 
Stannus,  Thomas  [or  John] 

Stanton,  Jeremiah 
Stanton,  John 

Stanwix,  John 

Stanwix,  Thomas 
Stapleton,  F.  S. 


Lieut. 

52 

Captain 

52 

Ensign 

42 

Lieut. 

42 

Ensign 

9 

Lieut. 

9 

Ensign 

65 

Ensign 

44 

Col.  Com. 

60 

Chaplain 

52 

Lieut. 

N.  Y. 

Captain 

16 

Lieut. 

18 

Captain 

64 

Ensign 

28 

Captain 

15 

Ensign 

17 

Ensign 

64 

Adj1. 

64 

Lieut. 

55 

Lieut. 

N.  Y. 

Qr.  Mr. 

17 

Qr.  M'. 

35 

Ensign 

65 

Lieut. 

65' 

Captain 

28 

Qr.  Mr. 

9 

Ensign 

58 

Lieut. 

46 

Captain 

43 

Lieut. 

N.  Y. 

Lieut. 

60 

Capt.  Lt. 

60 

Captain 

60 

Captain 

17 

2'1  Lieut. 

94 

Captain 

47 

Major 

47 

Adj't 

52 

Lieut. 

43 

Ensign 

? 

Captain 

18 

Captain 

64 

Ensign 

22 

Lieut. 

22 

Captain 

62 

Lieut. 

14 

Capt.  Lt 

M 

Col.  Com1 

62 

Maj.  Gen. 

Captain 

62 

Ensign 

9 

7  December,  1764. 

3  March,  1772. 

15  May,  1757. 

26  July,  1758. 

13  September,  1762. 
19  December,  1768. 

16  May,  1766. 

11  November,  1761. 
15  January,  1756. 

30  January,  1760. 

27  May,  1765. 

11  September,  1765. 
18  June,  1766. 

15  July,  1766. 

8  November,  1756. 
10  May,  1765. 

16  August,  1768. 
26  January,  1770. 

31  January,  1756. 

10  November,  1750. 

18  September,  1760. 

19  January,  1763. 

4  May,  1765. 

12  January,  1770. 

28  August,  1753. 
19  December,  1768. 

12  January,  1758. 

13  December,  1752. 

9  April,  1756. 

16  August,  1750. 

21  January,  1756. 
13  July,  1761. 

4  October,  1770. 
21  April,  1753. 

2  January,  1762. 

24  November,  1755. 
1  March,  1760. 

11  October,  1762. 

25  February,  1757. 

13  February,  1765. 

3  May,  1765. 

12  November,  1768. 
9  April,  1756. 

5  July,  1758. 

4  January,  1756. 

14  November,  1761. 
21  February,  1772. 
1  January,  1756. 
25  June,  1759. 

18  January,  1  756. 
4  September,  1762. 


' 


• 

■ 

I 


1895.] 


British  Officers  serving  in  America. 


107 


Steel,  William  Snow 
Steele,  George 
Steele,  Parker 
Steele,  Robert 
Steele,  Samuel 
Steele,  Thomas 
Steele,  Samuel 
Stephenson,  James 
Sterling,  Robert 
Stert,  Robert 

Stevens,  Alexander 

Stevens,  Richard 
Stevenson,  .lames 
Stevenson,  James 

Stewart,  Adam 
Stewart,  Allan 
Stewart,  Allan 

Stewart,  David 

Stewart,  Duncan 
Stewart,  Francis 
Stewart,  James 
Stewart,  James 
Stewart,  James 


Stewart,  James 
Stewart,  -John 
Stewart,  Robert 
Stewart,  Samuel 
Stewart,  Walter 
Stewart.,  William 
Stewart,  William 
Stiener,  Lewis 
Stileman,  John 
Stirke,  Julius 

Stirling,  Thomas 
Stobo,  Robert 
Stockbausen,  Conrad 
Stordy,  Robert 
Storey,  James 
StcHtghton,  John 
Strachan,  Patrick 
Stratford,  Henry 
Strickland,  John 
Strodtman,  Benjamin 
Strong,  John 


Lieut. 

Captain 

Captain 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Surgeon 

Captain 

Captain 

Qr.  Mr. 

Surgeon 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Captain 

Captain 

Chaplain 

Adj't 

Lieut. 

Captain 

Chaplain 

Captain 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

1  "l  Lieut. 

Captain 

Lieut. 

Captain 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Capt.  Lt. 

Captain 

Captain 

Ensign 

Ensign 

Surgeon 

Lieut. 

2'1  Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Ensign 

Capt.    Lt. 

Captain 


GO  23  June,  17G0. 

8  5  May,  17G9. 
29  [1766.] 

29  3  May,  17  Go. 

34  23  February,  17G5. 

29  21  June,  1769. 

42  30  July,  175!). 

47  21  March,  1758. 

48  11  November,  1755. 
45  14  August,  1759. 
45  2  April,  17G2. 

G2  27  November,  175G. 

GO  13  April,  1759. 

45  12  March,   1755. 

G2  4  February,  175G. 

28  20  Julv,  1764. 

60  4  December,  1767. 

42  5  August,  1758. 

77  12  January,  1757. 

77  1.5  September,  1758. 

77  31   December,  1761. 

GO  G  April,  1759. 
60  17G0. 

42  17  July,  1757. 

2G  '  25  December,  1770. 

42  18  July,  1757. 

42  20  December,  1757. 

64  20  January,  17G4. 

64  7  December,   17G4. 

G4  12  Januarv,  1770. 

29  17  July,  1>65. 

18  13  February,  17G5. 

GO  15  September,  1758. 

GO  10  April,  1761. 

21  10  April,  17G5. 

27  17  April,  1759. 

4G  21  June,  17G5. 

G2  10  December,  1756. 

15  15  August,  1758. 

10  13  February,  17G2. 

10  28  June,  1771. 

42  21  July,  1757. 

15  5  June,  17G0. 

60  23  August,  1758. 

31  9  February,  1770. 

GO  1G  April,  1762. 

N.  Y.  15  December,  1758. 

21  2  December,  1768. 

47  28  March,   1758. 

GO  13  April,  1767. 

GO  20  March,  1761. 

26  18  April,  17GG. 

26  31  October,  1770. 


. 

. 

' 


■ 


' 


108 


British  Officers  serving  in  America, 


[April, 


Strong,  John  Kennedy 

Stuart,  Adam 
Stuart,  Alexander 
Stuart,  Allan 

Stuart,  Charles 

Stuart,  Charles  Augustus 
Stuart,  Donald 
Stuart,  Donald 
Stuart,  George 
Sfuart,  James 

Stuart,  James 
Stuart,  James 


Stuart,  John 
Stuart,  John 
Stuart,  John 
Stuart,   Kenneth 
Stuart,  Patrick 
Stuart,  Walter 
Stuart,  Walter 
Stuart,  William 

Stubhs,  Thomas 


Studholm, 

Stud  holme,  Gilfred 
Sullivan,  Daniel 

Sutherland,  James 

Sutherland,  John 
Sutherland,  John 
Sutherland,  Nicholas 
Sutherland,  Nicholas 


Sutherland,  Patrick 
Sutherland,  Patrick 
Sutherland,  William 
Swan,  Rowland 

Swottenham,  George 
Swettenhain,  George 


Ensign 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Captain 

Adj't 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Q'.  W. 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Adj't 

Surgeon 

Captain 

Captain 

Ensign 

Ensign 

Ensign 

1st  Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Captain 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Adjt. 

Captain 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Capt.    Lt. 

Lieut. 

Captain 

Lieut. 

Ensign 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Capt.  Lt. 

Captain 

Captain 

Major 

Captain 

Major 

Ensign 

Ensign 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 

Lieut. 


64 

42 
42 
78 
78 
78 
78 
21 
77 
27 
55 
58 
58 

1 
17 
17 
17 
4G 
42 
77 
78 
42 
17 
94 
62  - 
60 
95 
52 
52 
52 
27 
40 
55 
55 
26 
26 
42 
42 
62 
77 
77 
77 
21 
21 
45 
77 
95 
26 
26 
17 
So.  Ca. 

9 


28  August,  1772. 

21  July,  1758. 

7  January,  1757. 

10  June,  1758. 

25  September,  1759. 
23  July,  1760. 
7  December,  1  764. 
12  January,  1757. 

11  July,  1759. 

3  January,  1756. 

5  May,  1756. 

1  March,  1758. 

2  February,  1757. 

29  July,  1759. 

6  May*,  1762. 

6  May,  1762. 

31  August,  1762. 
20  July,  1758. 
16  July,  1762. 
29  April,  1760. 
29  January,  1756. 

23  July,  1759. 

2  December,  1760. 

2  February,  1756. 

25  May,  1757. 

7  March,  1760. 

3  May,  1765. 

20  June,  1768. 

6  March,  1771. 

22  November,  1756. 
10  November,  1761. 
28  December,  1755. 

26  July,  1758. 

12  August,  1768. 
2  March,  1770. 
10  April,  1756. 

27  July,  1759. 

14  January,  1756. 

8  January,  1757. 

15  September,  1758. 
31  December,  1761. 
14  March,    1765. 

21  February,  1772. 

24  February,  1749-50. 

22  March,  1761. 

28  June,  1762. 

13  February,  1762. 

7  September,  1768. 
22  March,  1758. 
28  February.  1760. 

8  August,  1764. 


• 

. 

• 

. 

' 

' 

1895.]               British 

Officers  serving  in 

America.                    '. 

Swift,  John 

Lieut. 

62 

20  January,  1756. 

Lieut. 

22 

27  April,  1756. 

Swords,  Thomas 

Ensign 

55 

16  August,  1760. 

Sjmcocks,  Henry 

Lieut. 

27 

27  April,  1756. 

Syines,  Richard 

Adj't 

14 

27  March,  1765. 

Lieut. 

14 

15  July,  1767. 

Symes,  Richard 

Captain 

52 

6  July,  1772. 

Talbot,  James 

Captain 

43 

2  February,  1757. 

Talbot,  lion.  Sharington 

Colonel 

43 

24  March,  1761. 

Maj.  Gen. 

28  February,  1761. 

Tassel  1,  Charles 

Lieut. 

28 

22  January,  1755. 

Adj't 

28 

9  April,  1756. 

i 

Capt.   Lt. 

28 

4  August,  1762. 

Captain 

28 

9  September,  1762. 

Tayler,  William 

Lt.  Col. 

9 

1  July,  1763. 

Taylor,  Charles 

Ensign 

So.  Ca 

.     13  September,  1754. 

Lieut. 

So.  Ca 

.     5  May,  1756. 

Taylor,  William 

Ensign 

28 

19  January,  1763. 

Taylor,  William  Theodore 

,      1st  Lieut. 

21 

11  October,  1766. 

Teesdale,  Christopher 

Lt.  Col. 

48 

25  March,  1762. 

Teesdale,  William 

Ensign 

69 

13  July,  1761. 

Templer,  Dudley 

Major 

26 

18  April,  1766. 

Lt.  Col. 

26 

7  September,  1768. 

Tew,  Francis 

Lieut. 

17 

2  February,  1757. 

Th  el  well,  David 

Ensign 

34 

25  December,  1764. 

Thiring,  Anthony 

2d  Lieut. 

21 

17  May,  1762. 

Qr.  Mr. 

21 

4  April,  1765. 

Thomas,  Daniel 

Chaplain 

18 

8  October,  1767. 

Thomas,  Edwin 

Surgeon 

16 

14  May,  1768. 

Thomas,  James 

Lieut. 

44 

19  February,  1762. 

Thomas,  John 

Chaplain 

60 

15  August,  1764. 

Thomas,  Robert 

Ensign 

26 

2  March,  1770. 

Thomasson,  Thomas 

Surgeon 

18 

18  February,  1767. 

Ensign 

18 

14  June,  1771. 

Thompson,  Clot  worthy 

Ensign 

69 

18  July,  1766. 

Thompson,  Edward 

Ensign. 

26 

5  March,  1760. 

Adj't 

26 

22  February,  1769. 

Lieut. 

26 

1  March,  1770. 

Thompson,  John 

Lieut. 

52 

27  April,  1768. 

Thompson,  John 

Lieut. 

69 

24  June,  1761. 

Thompson,  Joseph 

Lieut. 

95 

[1763.] 

Thompson,  Primrose 

Ensign 

31 

19  February,  1766. 

Thompson,  William 

Lieut. 

10 

13  February,  1762. 

1     \\  i"kTY~i  »-VC'A  t  i 

Ensign 

40 

28  June,  1762. 

JL  11UIJJ  [JoUIl  a                 "  ■   — 

Thomson,  Alexander 

Ensign 

42 

29  July,  1759. 

Thomson,  George 

Chaplain 

40 

Thorne,  George 

Captain 

22 

31  October,  1762. 

Thwaites,  George 

Lieut. 

10 

27  March,  1767. 

Adj't 

10 

14  December,  1770. 

Tick  ell,  Thomas 

Ensign 

65 

26  December,  1770. 

Timpson,  Robert 

Ensign 

22 

16  January,  1759. 

Lieut.. 

22 

12  November,  1761. 

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d 

169 


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• 

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170 


British  Officers  serving  in  America. 


[April, 


Tolme,  Kenneth 

Tonge,  Winkworth 
Tottenham,  Nicholas 
Tottenham,  Synge 


Townshend,  Rt.  Hon. 
George,  Viscount 

Townshend,  Philip 
Townshend,  Thomas 

Tracey,  Godfrey 
Travers,  J.  Moore 
Treby,  John 

Trickett,  Thomas 
'Prist,  Nicholas 

Trotter,  

Tucker,  Daniel 
Tudor,  Edward 
Tudor,  Richard 

Tuiter,  Marcus  Anthony5 

Tullikens,  John 


Turing,  Inglis 
Turnbull,  Alexander 

Turnhull,  George 

Turner,  George 
Turner,  Samuel 

Turner,  Thomas 
Tuting,  George 

Tyrwhitt,  William 

Urmston,  Edward 

Urquhart,  James 
Ustick,  William 

Usher,  Christophor 
Usher,  Thomas 


Lieut. 

42 

Captain 

42 

Lieut. 

45 

Ensign 

58 

Ensign 

28 

Lieut. 

28 

Adj't 

28 

Colonel 

28 

Maj.  Gen. 

Captain 

22 

Ensigu 

22 

Lieut. 

22 

Ensigu    . 

18 

Captain 

69 

Lieut. 

44 

Captain 

44 

Q1.  W. 

44 

Ensign 

18 

1st  Lieut 

91 

Ensign 

GO 

Ensign 

43 

Qr.  Mr. 

95 

Ensign 

95 

Ensign 

10 

Lieut. 

10 

Captain 

62 

Major 

60 

Major 

45 

Lt.  Col. 

Lt.  Col. 

45 

Chaplain 

52 

Lieut. 

42 

Captain 

42 

Lieut. 

62 

Captain 

60 

Lieut. 

So.  Ca 

Lieut. 

18 

Adj;t 

18 

Ensign 

47 

Surg's  Mate 

Br. 

Surgeon 

62 

Captain 

15 

Colonel 

65 

Maj.  Gen. 

Lieut. 

14 

Ensign 

47 

Lieut. 

47 

Captain 

15 

Lieut. 

16 

23  January,  1756. 
27  July,  1760. 

8  April,  1755. 

11  Eehruary,  1758. 

16  February,  1756. 

3  October,  1760. 

9  September,  1762. 

24  October,  1759. 
6  March,  1761. 
27  April,  1756. 

23  November,  1757. 

10  March,  1761. 

11  September,  1765. 

20  November,  1765. 
10  March,  1753. 

15  September,  1758. 

14  August,  1761. 

26  December,  1770. 

21  July,  1760. 

6  May,  1761. 

7  March,  1762. 
13  April,  1762. 

1762. 
1  January,  1766. 

4  December,  1769. 

25  December,  1755. 

26  April,  1757. 

25  February,  1760. 

21  October,  1761. 

24  April,  1762. 

19  July,  1769. 

27  January,  1756. 

4  June,  1762. 

5  February,  1756. 

15  November,  1765. 
1  January,  1762. 

4  March,  1760. 

17  March,  1761. 

27  May,  1760. 

[1755.] 

I  February,  1756. 

22  March,  1761. 

10  November,  1770. 
10  July,  1762. 

II  January,  1763. 
9  June,  1758. 

1  March,  1760. 
4  September,  1754. 

20  November,  1765. 


Also  given  as  Tuit  and  Tuite. 


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1895.] 


British  Officers  serving  in  America, 


171 


Vage,  Thomas 
Valle,  John  de  la 
Van  Braarn,  Jacob 
Vanderdussen,  Tho : 
Vanlevven,  Meade 
Varloe,  Thomas 
Vatass,  John 
Vaughan,  John 
Vauidian,  I  Ion.  John 


Vaughan,  Thomas 

Veal,  Richard 
Vere,  Alexander 
Verner,  Thomas 

Vesey,  Agmondesham 

Vibart,  James 

Vibart,  James 
Vickers,  John 
Vignoles,  Francis 

Vigors,  Mich :  Aylward 

Vincent,  Richard 
Vintner,  Thomas 
Von  Ingen,  Ja. 
Von  Ingen,  l'etor 


Wade,  George 
Wadman,  Arthur 
Wadman,  Francis 


Walbauck,  Temple 
Walker,  1  Ienry 
Walker,  Thomas 

Walker, 

Walkenshaw,  J;  Craufurd 

Wall,  James 
Wall,  John 
Wallace,  Francis 

Wallace,  Hans 

Wallace,  Hugh 

Wallace  Magi  11 

Wallace,  St.  John  [also  HiW] 

Waller,  William 


Surgeon 

59 

Lieut. 

35 

Captain 

60 

Ensign 

17 

Captain 

21 

Captain 

31 

Captain 

10 

Captain 

17 

Lieut.  Col 

Com'd't 

9-1 

Lt.  Col. 

46 

Capt.    Lt. 

45 

Captain 

45 

Surgeon 

45 

Surgeon 

58 

Ensign 

10 

Lieut. 

10 

Ensign 

22 

Lieut. 

22 

Lieut. 

29 

Qr.  Mr. 

29 

Ensign 

44 

Lieut. 

22 

Capt.    Lt. 

31 

Captain 

31 

Ensign 

29 

Lieut. 

29 

Captain 

16 

Lieut. 

15 

Lieut. 

62 

Lieut. 

62 

Capt.   Lt. 

60 

Ensign 

28 

Lieut. 

26 

Lieut. 

18 

Capt.   Lt. 

18 

Ensign 

34 

Ensign 

15 

Chaplain 

58 

1st  Lieut. 

40 

Captain 

Rangers 

Capt.  Lt. 

78 

Captain 

78 

Captain 

1 

Lieut. 

69 

Ensign 

45 

Lieut. 

45 

Ensign 

45 

Ensign 

55 

Ensign 

17 

Ensign 

14 

Ensign 

14 

1  February,  1766. 

11  December,  17f>2. 

19  September,  1761. 

20  August,  1761. 

8  May,  1758. 

17  August,  1761. 

5  May,  1760. 

21  September,  1756. 

12  January,  1769. 

25  November,  1762. 

19  March,  1758. 
7  April,  1761. 

30  September,  1750. 

26  January,  1756. 

27  March,  1767. 

6  May,  1772. 

21  September,  1756. 

26  May,  1760. 

13  February,  1762. 

17  July,  1765. 
23  July,  1758. 

3  May,  1757. 
25  April,  1765. 
29  July,  1765. 

22  December,  1769. 

27  January,  1772. 

14  August,  1765. 
29  July,  1758. 

29  February,  1756. 

2  January,  1756. 

23  August,  1758. 

16  May,  1762. 

29  November,  1760. 

20  November,  1756. 

4  February,  1769. 
25  August,  1762. 

5  October,  1757. 

4  February,  1756. 

30  June,  1755. 

25  September,  1761. 

5  January,  1757. 

9  June,  1*758. 

16  February,  1756. 
14  May,  1759. 
16  August,  1759. 

14  December,  1762. 

18  April,  1757. 

28  November,  1759. 

15  May,  1760. 
9  April,  1771. 

6  January,  1762. 


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172  Capt.  John  Thomas  of  Braintree,  Mass.  [April, 


CAPT.  JOHN  THOMAS   OF  BHAINTREE,  MASS. 

By  the  Hon.  Joseph  \V.  Porter  of  Bangor,  Maine. 

Among  the  notable  men  who  lived  in  ancient  Braintree,  Mass., 
was  Capt.  John  Thomas,  an  English  shipmaster,  who  came  to  Boston 
prior  to  1700.  Capt.  Thomas  was  master  of  an  English  ship  in 
1688,  and  carried  dispatches  to  William,  Prince  of  Orange,  in 
Holland,  and  in  October  of  the  same  year  brought  the  Prince  and 
Queen  Mary  to  England.  Researches  in  the  British  Archives  by  a 
descendant  confirm  these  statements. 

In  1750  his  only  son  John  Thomas,  Jr.,  conceived  the  idea  of 
writing  to  the  English  government  for  a  donation  or  annuity. 
Among  the  papers  in  the  family  now  is  a  copy  of  the  petition  sent 
to  the  Duke  of  .Newcastle,  Secretary  for  the  Colonies  : 

"  May  it  please  your  Grace  soever  humbling  to  beg  your  pardon  for 
troubling  your  Lordship  with  this  small  affair,  and  would  beg  your  Grace's 
leave  to  acquaint  your  Lordship  that  your  eminent  ability  in  your  exalted 
station,  and  your  Grace8  remarkable  generosity  to  human  kind  which  has 
rendered  your  Lordship's  name  in  high  esteem  with  us  in  New  England 
has  emboldened  me  to  lay  this  small  affair  before  your  Grace  Your  Grace 
will  perceive  by  the  papers  annexed  that  Mr.  Thomas  my  father  was  in- 
strumental in  bringing  about  the  Revolution  in  1G88,  and  that  his  coming 
over  to  New  England  and  dying  here  in  obscurity  might  be  the  reason  he 
was  not  remembered  for  his  said  services  and  as  I  have  an  aged  mother  to 
support  now  who  is  the  widow  of  the  said  Mr.  Thomas,  and  myself  being 
his  only  son  I  ever  humbly  pray  ycur  Graces  kind  indulgence  herein  and 
if  your  Grace  in  your  generosity  may  be  pleased  to  grant  me  the  least 
mark  of  your  favor  it  will   beget  in  me  such  a  delightful  sense  of  love  and 

respect  to    your   Lordship8    name   and   honor  as    never  will   be    forgotten 

*     *       *  " 

The  "  papers  annexed  "  were  the  following,  copies  of  which,  writ- 
ten at  the  time,  are  now  in  the  family  : 

''These  may  Certifie  all  whom  it  may  concern  That  We  the  Subscribers 
being  well  acquainted  with  Capt  John  Thomas  in  his  Life  time  who  was  a 
Gentleman  ot '  unquestionable- Truth  of  singular  Piety  Prudence  and  fidelity 
heard  the  said  Captn  Thomas  say  that  he  carried  the  Paquet  of  letters  sent 
from  England  to  Holland  in  the  year  1G88  immediately  before  the  Revolu- 
tion To  their  Highnesses  the  Prince  and  Princess  of  Orange  which  letters 
informed  their  Highnesses  of  the  Great  trouble  the  English  Nation  then 
Groaned  Under  that  the  importance  and  Hazard  of  conveying  those  letters 
at  that  time  was  so  great  that  ho  was  ohlidged  to  conceal  them  between  tho 
lineing  iind  outside  of  his  coal  that  ho  then  wore  And  that  notwithstand- 
ing his  being  brought  too  and  examined  in  his  passage  to  Holland  by  an 
English  men  of  war  he  delivered  those  letters  safe  to  their  Highnesses  and 
that,  he  was  Master  of  the  Yateh  which  brought  over  the  Prince  of  Orange 
upon  the  Revolution      that   King  William  and  Queen   Mary  upon  their  ar- 


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1895.]         Capt.  John  Thomas  of  Braintree,  Mass.  173 

rival  in  England  ware  so  deeply  engaged  in  settling  the  Great  and  import- 
ant affairs  of  the  Nation  then  greatly  embarrassed  by  strong  attempt  to 
bring  in  Popery  and  Arbitrary  Power  Capt"  Thomas  had  that  Convenient 
opportunity  to  make  his  application  for  a  Reward  of  his  hazardous  services 
and  finding  that  his  own  personal  safety  he  was  obliged  to  Remove  in  that 
critical  &  troublesome  time  he  accordingly  came  over  to  New  Ehigland 
&  Settled  at  Braintree  and  so  Never  Received  any  Consideration  for  the 
aforementioned  service  he  looked  upon  to  be  of  the  greatest  consequence. 
Capt,11  Thomas  Dyed  soon  after  this  Relation  by  him  made  to  us:  when  we 
Reflect  upon  the  unspeakable  Blessings  which  the  British  Nation  enjoys 
even  to  this  day  consequent  upon  the  Coming  in  of  King  William  the  third 
of  Glorious  Memory  we  hold  ourselves  bound  to  Love,  and  honor  them  that 
ware  any  ways  instrumental  in  bringing  about  that  Glorious  Event  and  to 
us  it  is  Very  evident  that  Captn  Thomas  performed  the  aforesaid  Service 
with  the  utmost  Hazard  of  bis  Life  and  Sincerely  believe  from  the  Per- 
sonal Knowledge  we  had  of  that  Gentleman  that  he  undertook  and  per- 
formed the  Same  from  a  true  desire  to  advance  the  Honour  Happiness  and 
prosperity  of  Great  Britain  which  ho  always  seemed  to  have  much  at 
heart. 

We  would  further  declare  that  we  publish  this  Testimony  to  the  world  on 
the  account  of  the  high  Esteem  we  have  of  the  before  named  Capt11  Thomas 
whose  acquaintance  &  Conversation  while  liveing  we  had  the  greatest  value 
for  &  Considering  his  Singular  faithful  Services  beforenamed  we  think  our 
Selves  obliged  to  do  all  in  our  power  to  promote  the  good  &  welfare  of  his 
posterity  and  as  he  has  but  one  male  Heir  who  is  a  person  of  a  Sober  life 
and  fare  Character  we  humbly  hope  that  the  young  man  will  meet  with  the 
favour  of  all  wise  men  &  true  lovers  of  English  liberty  &  Considering  that  the 
said  Captn  Thomas  deceased  when  his  said  Son  was  too  young  to  Receive  a 
Relation  of  this  great  affair  we  thought  it  highly  just  to  give  our  Testimony 
thereof  so  far  as  we  have  heard  it  from  Capt"  Thomass  mouth  Several  times 
and  do  therefore  hereunto  freely  Subscribe  our  Names  the  fourteenth  day  of 
September  Anno  Domino  one  thousand  Seven  hundred  and  Fifty.  Ann  og 
Regin  Regis  Georgii  Secundi  Magnee  Britanniee  Eranche  et  Hiberniee  & 
Vicesimoquartom. 

Signd  f  Jacoij  Nasit, 

Thomas   Hunt, 
I  .John   1  Iunt, 
I  William   Hunt, 
[.Ebknezer  Hunt, 

Capt"  Thomas  mentioned  above  in  this  paper  was  a  Gentleman  Justly 
Esteemed  by  all  that  knew  him  with  whom  I  was  particularly  acquainted 
as  he  lived  alter  he  settled  in  Braintree  in  the  Society  to  which  I  belong — 
he  was  a  man  of  Singular  Ingenuity  of  Enterprise  knowledge  and  ac- 
quaintance with  Kingdoms  and  Countrys  who  told  me  lie  supposed  that  no 
man  in  his  day  had  Sailed  to  &  from  so  many  ports  in  the  several  parts  of 
the  world  as  he  had  done:  his  activity  &  fidelity  also  Recoinended  him  to  the 
great  Trust  Reposed  in  him  in  conveying  letters  from  England  to  Holland 
directed  to  the  prince  of  Orange  which  led  to  the  happy  Revolution  &  that 
those  letters  wain;  so  artfully  Secreted  by,quilting  them  in  his  clothes  that 
had  he  been  seized  &  Searched  in  all  probability  they  would  not  have  been 
discovered  in  which  often  he  was  remarkably  instrumental  in  providence  in 
bringing  about  that   Great  and    Remarkable  Change  in  the  nation  he  also 


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174  Capt.  John  Thomas  of  Braintree,  Mass,  [April, 

acquainted  me  with  Several  hazardous  &  difficult  Occurrences  he  ran 
through  in  that  dangerous  time  &  business  but  the  length  of  time  lias  So 
much  worn  them  out  of  my  Remembrance  that  I  cannot  give  a  distinct 
naraiive  of  them  but  thus  much  is  attested  by  me. 

Signed  Samuel  Nilks. 

Transcribed  by  John  Proctor  an  adorer  of  that  divine  almighty  power 
which  brough  in  King  William  &  placed  ye  house  of  Hanover  on  the  British 
Throne." 

Of  the  signers  to  these  papers,  Jacob  Nash,  Thomas  Hunt  and 
Ebenezer  Hunt  were  honored  citizens  of  Weymouth  ;  John  Hunt 
and  Col.  William  Hunt  were  noted  men  in  Braintree,  and  Rev. 
Samuel  Niles  was  minister  of  the  second  church  in  Braintree  from 
1710  until  his  death  May  1st,  1762.  His  diary  is  now  in  the  Thayer 
Library  at  South  Braintree. 

The  traditions  of  the  family,  quite  well  authenticated,  are  that 
an  answer  was  made  to  these  papers. 

Capt.  Thomas  took  up  his  residence  at  North  Weymouth,  and 
married  Lydia,  daughter  of  Deacon  Abiah2  Whitman  of  that 
town. 

Deacon  Abiah  Whitman  was  son  of  Capt.  John1  Whitman,  the 
emigrant,  and  lived  on  the  homestead  of  his  father  at  North  Wey- 
mouth, which  was  on  the  north  side  of  the  road  leading  by  the 
meeting  house  and  directly  oil'  against  it.  Deacon  Whitman  was 
a  large  land  owner  in  Faston,  Mass. 

August  8,  1701,  Abiah  Whitman  of  Weymouth,  "  in  consideration 
of  the  faithful  service  performed  by  James  Hodge  for  Capt.  John 
Thomas  son  in  law  to  said  Abiah  Whitman,"  gave  Hodge  a  lot  of 
land  in  Kaston  upon  which  he  lived  and  died. 

Judge  Kzckiel  Whitman  of  Portland,  Maine,  printed  a  Genealogy 
of  the  Whitman  Family  in  1832,  from  which  1  quote  : 

"The  marriage  of  Capt.  Thomas  (to  Lydia  Whitman')  was  at- 
tended with  circumstances  savoring  a  little  of  the  romantic.  While 
on  a  visit  to  her  relations  in  Boston,  she  caught  the  eye  of  Capt. 
Thomas,  a  respectable  shipmaster  then  lately  arrived  from  England. 
He  was  instantly  captivated  with  her  appearance,  and  followed  her 
to  her  lodgings  and  immediately  contrived  to  gain  an  introduction 
to  the  family  and  to  her,  and  soon  after  married  her  and  established 
himself  in  a  very  respectable  style  (near  her  father)  in  the  town  of 
Braintree." 

In  the  will  of  lie  v.  Samuel3  Whitman  of  Farmington,  Conn., 
son  of  Rev.  Zecheriah2  of  Hull  Sept.  13,  1750,  he  says  : 

"It  is  my  will  and  pleasure  for  diners  reasons  to  me  thereunto  moving, 
that  Lydia  Whitman*  who  lived  with  my  father  as  a  maid  many  years  and 
was  afterward  married  to  Capt.  Thomas,  who  died  leaving  her  a  widow  with 

*  She  was  his  own  cousin. 


1895.]         Capt.  John  Thomas  of  Braintree,  Mass.  175 

several  children;  that  said  widow  of  Capt.  Thomas  have  sixteen  pounds 
Old  Tenor  out  of  my  estate  to  he  faithfully  delivered  to  her  *  *  *  if 
living,  if  not  to  anv  of  her  daughters  or  children  that  are." 

June  1,  1709,  Capt.  Thomas  bought  a  lot  of  land  in  Braintree 
of  Judge  Samuel  Sewall  for  £300.  The  lot  was  known  as  the 
"Webb  Lot,  now  or  lately  occupied  by  Thomas  Copeland  John 
Hayford  and  Joseph  Clark,"  and  Avas  bounded  southerly  by  the 
Monatiquot  river.  It  was  on  what  is  now  Plain  street,  South 
Braintree,  on  the  road  to  South  Weymouth,  and  was  owned  by  L. 
Bradford  Ilollis  in  1879.  Capt.  Thomas  built  a  house  and  moved 
his  family,  and  lived  there  until  his  death.  The  cellar  of  the  house 
was  visible  a  few  years  ago. 

Capt.  Thomas  took  no  part  in  public  affairs,  but  confined  himself 
wholly  to  his  farm,  lie  died  Oct.  4,  1714,  and  was  buried  in  the 
Old  North  Burying  Ground  at  Weymouth.  His  widow  was  appointed 
administratrix,  and  Stephen  French,  Israel  Ford  and  Joseph  Allen 
appraisers  of  the  estate.  They  made  their  report  Nov.  10,  1714, 
and  the  widow  made  her  final  report  in  April,  1717.  The  whole 
estate  was  valued  at  £1201  9s. 

I  give  some  of  the  items  : 

For  400  acres  of  land  and  buildings,          .  .          .     £700  00s 

"  Money  and  apparel,         .          .          .  .  '                    50  05 

"  One  Bond  for  money,          .                    .  .          .          50  00 

"  Two  Tankards  and  Plate,       .          .  .          .              26  00 

''  Fire  Arms,  Sword  &c,       .          .          .  .          .            5  10 

"  Bridles,  Saddle,  Portmantle  &  Pillion,  .          .               5  00 

"  Cattle  and  Swine, 40  00 

tfc  Three  Negroes,  a  man,  woman  &  hoy,  .          .               70  00 

"  Copper  and  Brass  Vessels,           .          .  .          .10  00 

"  Three  feather  beds,          .          .,  ■       .  .          .              12  00 

"  Three  looking  glasses  &c,            .         .  .          .          17  00 

"  15  chairs  high  and  low,             .           .  .          .                  3  15 

"  Pictures  in  frames  lined  with  leaf  gold,  .         .            7  00 

"  One  set  curt  ins,         .          .          .          .'  ■"  .             1 0  00 

Mariner's  Instruments  &c,      .         .  .         .                3  05 

"  Books  all  of  them,              .        •  ,          .  .          .          1!)  00 

As  to  the  "Pictures  in  frames,"  one  of  them  was  of  King  Wil- 
liam, Prince  of  Orange,  and  is  now  in  possession  of  a  descendant 
of  Capt;  Thomas;  another  was,  without  doubt,  a  portrait  of  Queen 
Mary,  and  was  in  the  Thayer  branch  of  the  family  in  Braintree 
after  1800. 

Of  the  negroes,  Ivev.  Samuel  Niles  in  his  diary  under  date  of 
Feb.  27,  1718,  says:  "I  married  Tony  a  negroman  and  Penelope 
a  negro  woman,  one  of  Mrs  Thomas'  negroes." 

Mrs.  Thomas  died  in  1757.  Pcv.  Samuel  Niles  in  his  diary 
under  date  of  April,  1757,  says,;  "The  widow  of  Capt.  John 
Thomas  buried  at  Weymouth,  where  her  husband  the  Captain  had 


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17(>  Copt.  John  Thomas  of  Braintree,  Mass.  [April, 

been  buried  many  years  before.     She  was  seized  with  an  apoplectic 
lit  and  never  spoke  after." 

Her  will  of  9  March,  1753,  proved  13  May,  1757.  Son  John 
was  executor.  She  divided  her  estate  among  her  children.  She 
gave  her  negro  woman,  Rose,  and  her  child,  their  freedom,  provided 
that  (hey  support  themselves  without  expense  to  her  heirs.  His 
children,  1  find,  arc  : 

1.  Capt.  John1  Thomas  had  children: 

i.        Andrew,2  born   in  Weymouth    15   January,    1702;    probably   died 

young* 
ii.       Lydia,  born  in  Weymouth  July  17, .     She  married  William 

Salisbury  of  Braintree.     I  find  four  children  born  in  Braintree: 

1.  Ambrose3   Salisbury,  born   2   March,    1742;   married  his  cousin 

Sarah2  Whitman  of  Weymouth  24  April,  1773.  She  was  born 
17  Oct.  1752.  lie  moved  to  Weymouth,  and  died  there  in  1804. 
The  widow  bought  the  first  ancestor's  estate  and  left  it  to  her 
children.  She  died  in  1828.  Eleven  children.  Descendants 
i  numerous  and  respectable. 

2.  /Stephen3  Salisbury,  soldier  in  the  French  war. 

8;    William?  Salisbury;  m.  Sarah  Hunt,  both  of  Braintree,  12  July, 

17(54. 
4.  Lydia3    Salisbury,    born   12  April,   1752.       She   married    Phillip 
Thayer  of  Braintree  4  June,  1778.       Many   children,  some  of 
Whom  had   many  relics  which  once   belonged   to   Capt.   John 
Thomas, 
iii.      John,  born   in  Braintree  27  Feb.  1710.      Lived  in  Braintree  and 

Weymouth, 
iv.  Maky,  born  in  Braintree  28  Nov.  1714.  Her  gravestone  is  in  Copp's 
Hill  Burying  Ground,  Boston,  and  has  the  following  inscription 
thereon  :  "  Here  Lyes  the  Body  of  Mary  Thomas  dan.  of  Mr  John 
and  Mrs  Lydia  Thomas  of  Brantry  deed  Sept.  ye,  4th.  1784,  in  the 
20th  year  of  her  age." 

2.  John8  Thomas  Jr.  was  horn  in  Braintree  27  Feb.  1710.  He  in- 
herited the  homestead  of  his  father.  He  married  Silence,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (Randall)  Orcutt  of  South  Weymouth 
SO  Jan.  1760.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  several  years  constable.  lie 
died  1782-3.  His  will  was  proved  March  -1,  178J).  In  it  he  gave 
his  wife  Silence  kt  as  the  law  directs,"  and  to  daughter  Mary  Hunt's 
three  children  (their  mother  being  dead)  twenty  shillings  each,  to 
be  delivered  to  their  grandfather,  Mr.  Enoch  Hunt,  to  be  put  to  in- 
terest until  they  came  of  age;  to  Caleb  Hunt  twenty  shillings;  to 
Sarah  Thomas  ten  acres  of  land,  and  the  remainder  to  son  John, 
who  was  executor.  The  widow  died  in  South  Weymouth  1799. 
Children.'  all  born  in  Braintree: 

i.  John,8  born  10  June,  1751.  Lived  on  the  old  homestead.  He  mar- 
ried 4  Dec.  1774  Lydia,  daughter  of  Deacon  Nathaniel  and  Tamar 
(White)  Bayley  of  South  Weymouth,  and  granddaughter  of  Rev. 
James  Bayley,  the  first  minister  there.  John3  Thomas  sold  his 
homestead  in  Braintree  to  John  Ilollis  in  1781  for  £000,  and 
moved  to  South  Weymouth.  lie  was  admitted  to  the  church 
then'  in  1800  from  the  church  in  Braintree.    lie  died  10  July,  1834, 

aged  81  ;  the  widow  died 23,  1838,  aged  83.     They  had  many 

children.  Their  grandson  Col.  .John  W.6  Thomas  was  for  many 
years  Sheriff  of  Norfolk  County,  and  their  great  grandson  Henry 
A.6  Thomas  is  now  Brivate  Secretary  to  Gov.  (ireenhalge. 


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ii.  Many,  born  21  Sept.  1753.  She  married  Caleb  Hunt  of  East  Brain- 
tree  1  April,  177(5.  lie  was  born  8  March,  1749.  She  probably  died 
in  1781.     They  had  three  children. 

1.  Hannah4  Hunt,  born  9  Jan.  1777;  married  Major  Amos  Stetson 

of  Braintree  1800.  He  was  born  1777.  lie  was  a  notable 
citizen.  She  died  Jan.  28,  1834.  He  died  May  8,  1859.  They 
had  live  children  :  Caleb  Stetson,  born  0  Jan.  1801 ;  Amos  W. 
Stetson,  born  27  April,  1802 ;  James  A.  Stetson,  physician  of 
Quincy,  born  180G  ;  Mary  Stetson,  born  27  March,  1801 ;  married 
Joseph  Porter  of  Milton,  Mass.,  22  Oct.  1823,  afterward  of 
■  Lowell,  and  Burlington,  Maine,  and  parents  of  Joseph  W. 
Porter,  the  writer  of  this  article,  born  27  July,  1824;  Khoda  W. 
Stetson,  born  4808,  died;  RhodaW.  Stetson, 'born  21  Oct.  1812, 
now  living  at  East  Braintree. 

2.  Enoch*  Hunt,  born  27  Sept.  1778;  for  many  years  an  officer  in 

the  Massachusetts  State  Prison  at  Charlestown. 

3.  Caleb*  Hunt,  born  1781.     Lived  in  Braintree  and  died  there.     He 

had  two  wives  and  fourteen  children, 
iii.      Sarah,3  born  12  May,  1775 ;  died  unmarried  28  July,  1828. 


PORTRAITS   IN  NEW  HAMPSHIRE   OF   PUBLIC   MEN 
AND    OTHERS. 

[Communicated  by  the  Hon.  Benjamin  F.  Prescott,  of  Epping,  N.  H. 

[In  the  October  Register  of  1874,  page  442;  April  1880,  p. 
181  ;  July  1883,  p.  150,  and  in  January  1889,  p.  44,  appear  lists 
of  portraits  in  New  Hampshire  that  have  been  secured  through 
the  personal  solicitation  and  efforts  of  Ex-Gov.  Benjamin  F.  Pres- 
cott. By  far  the  largest  number  are  in  the  State  House  in  Con- 
cord, Dartmouth  College  in  Hanover,  and  Phillips  Academy  at 
Exeter,  besides  other  places.  The  number  is  now  large  and  full  of 
interest,  being  nearly  if  not  quite  270.  They  are  all  in  galleries 
where  they  can  be  seen  by  the  public.  We  are  furnished  by  Gov. 
Prescott  with  an  additional  list,  which  we  publish  in  this  number 
of  the  Register.  It  gives  an  account  of  and  locates  some  very 
interesting  and  valuable  paintings,  and  shows  what  can  be  accom- 
plished by  the  well-directed  efforts  of  one  person  who  is  interested  in 
securing  the  likenesses  of  men  who  have  been  prominent  in  public 
life,  and  who  have  been  connected  with  the  literary  institutions  of 
the  State.  We  hope  the  work  done  in  New  Hampshire  will  be 
entered  upon  in  other  States. — Editor.] 

Dartmouth  College. 

Hon.  Salmon  P.  Chask,  LL.D.,  Class  of  1826.  Senator  in  Congress 
from  and  Governor  of  Ohio,  Secretary  of  ^he  United  States  Treasury,  Chief 
Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States.  Presented  by  George 
S.  Edgell  of  New  York  city,  ("lass  of  1870.  A  copy  of  an  original  painting 
in  the  Treasury  Department  in  Washington,  1).  C. 

Rev.  William  Cogswell,  D.D.,  Class  of  1811,  Professor  in  Dart- 
mouth, President  of  Gilmanton,  N.  IL,  Theological  Seminary.  An  original 
vol.  xlix.  16 


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178  Portraits  in  New  Hampshire  of  Public  Men.         [April, 

painting  by  Ulysses  D.  Tenney.  Presented  by  George  Cogswell,  M.D.,  of 
Bradford,  Mass.,  a  brother. 

Hon.  Amos  Kendall,  LL.D.,  Class  of  1811,  Journalist  and  Philan- 
thropist. A  prominent  figure  during  the  administration  of  Andrew  Jackson. 
An  oil  portrait!  presented  by  his  daughter,  Mrs.  J.  Kendall  Stickney,  of 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Hon.  Edward  Spalding,  LL.D.,  Class  of  1833.  A  life  size  crayon. 
Presented  by  himself.  Mr.  Spalding  has  been  a  liberal  supporter  of  the 
College,  and  for  more  than  twenty-five  years  was  a  prominent  trustee. 

Hon.  MWllen  Chamberlain,  LL.D.,  Class  of  1844.  A  life  size  crayon 
by  Burdock.  Presented  by  himself.  Mr.  Chamberlain  has  been  a  liberal 
benefactor  to  the  College.  He  has  held  high  and  responsible  positions  in 
the  State  government  of  Massachusetts  and  the  city  of  Boston. 

Hon.  Edward  F.  Noves,  LL.D.,  Class  of  1857.  An  oil  portrait  two- 
thirds  length  by  G.  P.  A.  Mealy.  Presented  by  his  wife,  of  Cincinnati, 
Ohio.  Mr.  Noyes  was  a  General  in  the  late  war,  Governor  of  Ohio  and 
United  States  Minister  to  France. 

Rev.  Joseph  Barlow  Felt,  LL.D.,  Class  of  1813.  An  oil  portrait, 
by  Edgar  Parker.  Presented  by  his  kinsman,  Hon.  Joseph  B.  F.  Osgood 
of  Salem,  Mass.  It  represents  Dr.  Felt  at  the  age  of  69.  Dr.  Felt  was 
a  distinguished  antiquarian  and  historical  writer. 

Hon.  Mills  Olcott,  Class  of  1790.  Presented  by  the  widow  of  the  late 
Prof.  Samuel  G.  Brown,  D.I).  Mr.  Olcott  was  Treasurer  and  Trustee  of 
the  College.  His  daughters  married  the  lions.  Joseph  Bell,  Rufus  Choate 
and  William  II.  Duncan,  all  graduates  of  Dartmouth. 

Prof.  Oliver  Payson  Hubbard,  LL.D.  Portrait  painted  by  U.  D. 
Tenney.  Presented  to  the  College  by  the  class  of  1856.  Prof.  Hubbard 
is  still  living  in  New  York  city,  lie  is  a  graduate  of  Yale  in  1828.  Dr. 
Hubbard  was  for  many  years  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  Dartmouth,  is  now 
Professor  emeritus,  and  one  of  the  overseers  of  the  Thayer  School  of 
Engineering;. 

Hon.  Samuel  Fessenden,  LL.D.,  Class  of  1806.  Presented  by  his 
son,  Dr.  Charles  S.  D.  Fessenden  of  Louisville,  Ky.  Mr.  Fessenden  was 
a  prominent,  lawyer  in  Maine  for  many  years.  Three  of  his  sons  graduated 
from  Dartmouth  and  four  from  Bowdoin.  Hon.  Wm.  Pitt  Fessenden  was 
his  son. 

Hon.  Ichabod  Bartlett,  Class  o?  1808.  Presented  by  his  nephew 
James  W.  Bartlett  of  Dover,  N.  II.  Mr.  Bartlett  was  one  of  the  ablest 
lawyers  in  New  Hampshire;  was  Speaker  of  the  New  Hampshire  House  of 
Representatives  and  a  representative  in  Congress  from  1823  to  1829. 

Rev.  Zedakiah  S.  Barstow,  D.I).  Presented  by  his  son  Josiah  Whit- 
ney Barstow,  M.D.,  of  Flushing,  New  York.  Dr.  Barstow  was  a  Trustee 
of  the  College  from  1831  to  1871. 

Hon.  Peter  Olcott  and  wife.  These  portraits  were  presented  by  Mrs. 
Sarah  Olcott  Brinley  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  a  granddaughter.  Mr.  Olcott  was 
a  Trustee  from  1788  to  1808,  and  was  the  father  of  the  Hon.  Mills  Olcott. 
He  held  many  important  positions  in  Vermont. 

Hon.  William  II.  Duncan,  Class  of  1830.  Presented  by  Miss  Mildred 
Crosby  of  Hanover.  Mr.  Duncan  was  an  able  lawyer.  He  was  well 
known  to  the  Dartmouth  Alumni  for  many  years. 


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Rev.  Josiaii  Gardner  Davis,  D.D.  Presented  by  his  daughter  and 
her  husband,  Dr.  George  A.  Spalding,  of  New  York  city.  Dr.  Davis  was 
a  graduate  from  Yale  in  I806.  lie  was  a  Trustee  of  Dartmouth  from 
1871  to  1891. 

Gen.  Wiieelock  Graves  Veazey,  LL.D.,  Class  of  1850.  An  oil 
portrait  by  U.  1).  Tenney.  Presented  by  himself.  Gen.  Veazey  was  a 
prominent  soldier  and  officer  from  Vermont  in  the  late  war;  also  an  Asso- 
ciate Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  that  State,  and  now  a  member  of  the 
Interstate  Commerce  Commission. 

Edward  C.  Carkigan,  Class  of  1877.  This  portrait  was  painted  by 
Mr.  Mills  of  De  Pauw  University,  Indiana,  and  presented  by  II.  W. 
Knight,  Esq.,  of  New  York  city,  a  half  brother  of  Mr.  Carrigan.  Mr. 
Carrigan  was  an  active  alumnus,  and  took  a  lively  interest  in  the  College, 
but  died  soon  after  he  entered  upon  his  profession  as  a  lawyer. 

Phillips  (Exeter)  Academy. 

Hon.  John  F.  Potter,  of  Wisconsin.  Tie  was  a  pupil  in  tho  Academy 
in  1832.  Went  to  Wisconsin  and  commenced  the  practice  of  the  law. 
Was  a  member  of  the  35th;  3(>th  and  37th  Congresses,  and  United  States 
Consul  General  to  Canada  during  the  administration  of  President  Lincoln. 
An  original  by  U.  D.  Tenney.     Presented  by  himself. 

Hon.  Alpiieus  Felch,  LL.D.,  of  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan.  A  pupil  in 
1821.  When  young  moved  to  Michigan.  Held  many  and  important 
State  offices.  Became  Governor  of  and  United'  States  Senator  from  the 
State.      Has  been  prominently  connected  with  the  State  University. 

An  original  portrait  by  Ralph  Morgan  of  Ypsilanti,  Michigan.  Presented 
by  himself. 

The  portrait  of  Joseph  G.  IIoyt,  LL.D.,  now  in  tho  Academy,  has  been 
copied  by  U.  D.  Tenney,  and  presented  to  the  Washington  University,  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  by  his  son,  who  was  Chancellor  of  that  institution  at  the  time 
of  his  death. 

In  State  House  at  Concord. 

Hon.  James  Bell.  United  States  Senator,  prominent  lawyer  and 
statesman.  Oil  portrait  by  J.  Harvey  Young.  Presented  to  State  by  his 
children. 

Hon.  Edward  H.  Rollins.  Speaker  New  Hampshire  House  of 
Representatives,  Representative  in  Congress  for  six  years,  United  States 
Senator.  An  original  by  Daniel  J.  Strain.  Presented  to  State  by  his 
children. 

lion.  William  E.  Chandler.  Speaker  New  Hampshire  House  of 
Representatives,  Solicitor  of  the  United  States  Navy,  Assistant  Secretary 
of  the  United  States  Treasury,  Secretary  of  the  Navy.  United  States 
Senator.  A  copy  of  the  portrait  in  the  Navy  Department,  Washington, 
D.  C,  by  Ulysses  D.  Tenney.      Presented  to  State  by  himself. 

Hon.  Jacob  H.  Ela.  United  S:ated  Marshal  for  New  Hampshire, 
Representative  in  Congress.  Life  size  crayon.  Presented  to  State  by  his 
widow,  Mrs.  Mary  II.  Ela. 

Hon.  Auneii  Gkkenlkae.  President  New  Hampshire  State  Senate, 
Editor,  etc.      Oil  portrait.      Presented  to  tho  State  by  his  children. 

Hon.  Albe  Cady.  Secretary  of  State  from  1814  to  181 G.  Presented 
to  the  State  by  his  granddaughter. 


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180  Correction  in  the  Cotton  Pedigree.  [April, 

Capt.  James  S.  Thornton,  of  the  United  States  Navy.  A  great  grand- 
son of  lion.  Matthew  Thornton,  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 
Capt.  Thornton  was  executive  officer  of  the  United  States  gunboat  Kear- 
saye,  when  she  sank  the  rebel  pirate  Alabama,  and  was  very  active  in  the 
engagement.  An  original  by  U.  D.  Tenney.  Presented  to  the  State  by 
his  widow,  Mrs.  Ellen  W.  Thorntou. 

Gen.  John  Stark.  The  original  was  painted  by  Miss  Hannah  Crown- 
inshield,  when  the  General  was  82  years  old.  This  is  the  only  correct 
likeness  of  him  extant.  Hon.  George  C.  Gilrnore  of  Manchester,  N.  HM 
and  Wm.  C.  Todd  of  Atkinson,  N.  II.,  aided  much  in  the  finding  of  and 
securing  this  portrait.  It  was  paid  for  by  the  State.  Painted  and  enlarged 
by  U.  D.  Tenney. 

lion.  Arthur  Livkrmore,  son  of  Hon.  Samuel,  was  Justice  of  the 
Superior  Court  of  New  Hampshire  from  1799  to  1809.  He  was  also  an 
Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  from  1813  to  181 G.  Presented 
to  the  State  by  his  son,  Hon.  Arthur  Livermore,  late  United  States  Consul 
at  Londonderry,  Ireland. 

N.  II.  Agricultural  College. 

Kx-Gov.  Kkki> isuiuiv  Smyth.  This  portrait  is  two-thirds  length;  was 
painted  by  U.  I).  Tenney,  and  presented  to  the  College  by  Gov.  Smyth, 
who  has  been  Trustee  and  Treasurer  since  its  establishment. 

A  large  number  are  promised  for  the  State,  and  the  institutions  in  it 
above  named. 


A  NEEDED  CORRECTION  IN  THE  PEDIGREE  OF  THE 
COTTON  FAMILY  AS  GiVEN  BY  MR.  SAVAGE, 
MR.  SIBLEY  AND  SOME  OTHERS.* 

By  Ilr.NitY  Williams,  A.Br,  of  Boston,  Mans. 

In  Mr.  Siivagc/a  Genealogical  Dictionary  of  New  England,  vol. 
1 ,  p.   1(5 1,  we  read  : 

Elizabeth  [Cotton]  m.  Rev.  William  Williams  of  Hatfield,  as  was  once 
said,  but  erroneously,  for  she  m.  Rev.  James  Ailing  of  Salisbury  and  his 
successor,  Rev.  Caleb  Cashing. 

In  vol.  4,  p.  560,  in  giving  the  sons  of  Isaac  son  of  Robert 
Williams,  the  first  of  the  line,  who  came  to  this  country  in  1G37 
and  settled  at  Roxbury,  Mass.  : 

William  b.  2  February  1665:,  II.  C.  1683,  minister  of  Hatfield,  ancestor 
of  a  long  line  of  distinguished  clergymen. 

Mr.  Sibley,  in  his  "  Harvard  Graduates,"  vol.  3,  p.  264,  says  : 

In  regard  to  Williams's  family  there  is  much  obscurity  and  uncertainty. 
The  statement  often  made,  that  Williams's  first  wife  was  Elizabeth,  born 
IS  August,  1665,  who  died  7  August,  1 698,  daughter  of  the  Reverend 
Seaborn  Cotton,  II.  U.  1651',  cannot  be  true;  for  in   1688  this  Elizabeth 

*  This  article  was  accidentally  omitted  in  the  January  number. 


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1895.]  Correction  in  the  Cotton  Pedigree.  181 

married  the  Reverend  James  Ailing,  who  died  3  March,  1095;  and  14 
March,  1  697,  she  married  the  Reverend  Caleb  Sbshlng,  II.  U.  1092,  Al- 
ling's  successor. 

Here  are  two  very  positive  statements,  and  other  writers  of  less 
note  have  followed  Savage  and  Sibley. 

In  a  volume  entitled  "The  Genealogy  and  History  of  the  Family 
of  Williams  in  America,"  published  in  1847,  page  159,  it  is  stated 
that 

The  Rev.  William  Williams  of  Hatfield,  second  son  of  Isaac  Williams, 
of  the  second  generation,  was  born  Feb.  2,  1GG5,  was  graduated  at  Harvard 
College  in  1683,  and  settled  at  Hatfield,  Mass.,  as  a  minister  of  the  gospel, 
in  the  year  1685.  He  married  for  his  first  wife,  soon  after  his  settlement, 
a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Cotton,  &c. 

This  book,  written  by  a  country  physician,  Dr.  Stephen  West 
Williams  of  Dcerfield,  Mass.,  in  the  leisure  moments  snatched  from 
the  time  engrossed  by  a  large  professional  practice,  deserves  especial 
commendation.  Dr.  Williams  was  one  of  the  pioneers  in  this  kind 
of  enquiry  now  become  so  common,  and  though  his  work,  as  might 
be  expected,  is  not  wholly  free  from  errors,  and  though  others  since 
have  improved  upon  his  methods,  a  tribute  of  gratitude  is  due  to 
his  memory  from  all  his  kindred,  for  his  patient,  painstaking  and 
disinterested  service  in  their  behalf.  Dr.  Williams  was  elected  a 
corresponding  member  of  this  Society  Jan.  6,  1846,  and  died  July  9, 
1855.  (See  extracts  from  an  autobiography  of  Dr.  Williams  in 
Vol.  2,  Memorial  Biographies,  N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Society,  p.  o89, 
contributed  by  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Helen  Maria  Huntington.)  Dr. 
Williams's  grandmother,  Esther,  was  granddaughter  of  Elizabeth 
Cotton,  and  it  might  have  been  taken  for  granted  that  her  father, 
the  Rev.  William  Williams  of  Weston,  a  graduate  of  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  1705,  well  knew  his  mother's  maiden  name. 

In  "  Sprague's  Annals  of  the  American  Pulpit,"  published  ten 
years  after  Dr.  Williams's  book,  we  find  it  again  stated  that  Wil- 
liam Williams  of  .Hatfield  married  Eliza[beth],  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  Seaborn  Cotton,  of  Hampton,  New  Hampshire.  It  will  be 
seen  that  both  these  publications  preceded  the  volumes  of  Mr.  Sav- 
age (1861-1862),  and  Mr.  Sibley's  in  1885. 

In  the  first  volume  of  the  New-England  Historical  and  Genealo- 
gical RtiGTSTEli  (1817),  in  Mr.  J.  YVingate  Thornton's  pedigree 
of  the  Cotton  family,  the  marriage  of  William  Williams  of  Hatfield 
to  Elizabeth  Cotton,  daughter  of  Seaborn,  is  again  stated.  Also, 
in  a  pedigree  of  the  Cotton  family,  compiled  principally  from  the 
foregoing  in  the  Register  and  a  manuscript  of  the  late  Rosseter 
Cotton  of  Plymouth,  in  the  possession  of  William  G.  Brooks,  Esq., 
and  Mr.  Jackson's  History  of  Newton,  which  was  published  in  Mr. 
Drake's  folio  edition  of  the  History  of  Boston,  in  1857  (sixteen 
years  before  Mr.  Sibley  published  his  first  volume  of  Harvard  Grad- 
uates), we  learn- that  John  Cotton's  first  child,  Seaborn  (born  on 
vol.  xlix.         16*  / 


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182  Correction  in  the  Cotton  Pedigree,  [April, 

board  the  ship  Griffin,  in  which  John  Cotton  came  to  New  England, 
"Marigena"  in  the  old  H.  C.  Catalogue),  married  Dorothy  Brad- 
street,  and  had  a  daughter  Elizabeth,  born  Aug.  13,  1665,  who 
married  William  Williams  of  Hatfield.  Again,  that  John  Cotton's 
fifth  child  was  John,  whose  daughter  Elizabeth  married  the 
Rev.  James  Ailing  of  Salisbury,  and  afterwards  the  Rev.  Caleb 
Cushing,  his  successor.  Hence  it  is  evident  that  there  were  two 
Elizabeths,  cousins,  both  of  whom  married  clergymen.  But  we 
need  not  stop  here  in  settling  conclusively  and  once  for  all  this  dis- 
puted genealogical  point. 

Seaborn  Cotton  was  minister  at  Hampton,  N.  H.  for  many  years, 
and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  John.  Seaborn  kept  a  Journal  or 
Church  Record  which  at  his  death  was  continued  by  his  son,  and 
afterwards  by  his  successor,  the  Rev.  Nathaniel  Gookin.  A  copy 
of  this  Journal  was  presented  to  the  Genealogical  Society  some 
years  since  by  the  late  Dr.  John  S.  H.  Fogg,  and  more  recently 
from  the  same  source,  the  original  has  come  into  the  Society's  pos- 
session. This  last  is  a  precious  relic,  though  time-worn  and  some- 
what dilapidated ;  for  here  we  have  in  Seaborn's  own  handwriting 
many  an  interesting  record.     As,  on  one  page,  this  : 

I  was  married  by  iny  Father  Mr.  Simon  Bradstreet  to  his  eldest  daugh- 
ter Dorothy,  June  14.  1654. 

And  in  his  son  John's  handwriting : 

My  honored  Grandfather  Bradstreet  died  March  28th,  1697,  in  ye  04th 
year  of  his  age,  and  was  buried  at  Salem  April  2.  '97. 

And  this  : 

My  sister  Elizabeth   Williams,  died,  1698  and  icas  buried  at  Hatfield. 

In  final  evidence,  the  stone  erected  to  the  memory  of  Elizabeth 
Williams  may  still  be  seen  and  deciphered  in  the  old  Hatfield  bury- 
ing-ground. 

Jonathan  Edwards  preached  the  funeral  sermon  of  William  Wil- 
liams of  Hatfield,  in  which,  as  quoted  by  Mr.  Sibley,  he  uses  these 
words  : 

He  was  a  person  of  uncommon  natural  abilities  and  distinguished  learn- 
ing, a  great  Divine,  of  very  comprehensive  knowledge,  and  of  a  solid  ac- 
curate Judgment. 

The  writer  of  this  article  has  seen  his  common-place  book,  a 
quarto  volume  bound  with  clasps,  the  entries  in  which  are  mostly 
in  Latin. 

From  the  facts  above  stated  it  may  be  seen  that  the  Williamses 
who  can  claim  descent  from  this  "Divine,"  so  distinguished  in  his 
day  and  generation,  and  from  his  first  wife  Elizabeth  Cotton,. can 
also  (race  their  lineage  back  to  the  Rev.  John  Cotton,  to  Governor 
Simon  Bradstreet  and  his  wile  Anne  Dudley  ("The  Tenth  Muse"), 
daughter  of  Governor  Thomas  Dudley  by  his  first  wife. 


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1895.]     Letters  of  Col.  Thomas  Westbrook  and  others.  183 


LETTERS  OF  COL.  THOMAS  WESTBROOK 
AND  OTHERS, 

RELATIVE    TO    INDIAN   AFFAIRS    IN    MAINE. 


Communicated  by  William  Blake  Trask,  A.M.,  of  Dorchester,  Masa. 
[Concluded  from  vol.  xlviii.,  page  441.] 
Muster  Roll  of  Capt.  Richard  Bourne  and  Company,  from  May  12th  to 


July  14th  1725.     Examin'd  Novem1 
Jeremiah  Allen  Esqr  Treasur. 

Richard  Bourne  Cap1 

Solomon  Baten  Lieu1 

Jera  Howse  Lieu1 

Robert  Stanford  Ens" 

Thomas  Will  Serf 

Serv1  To  Cap*  John  Davis 
John  Oliver  Serj1 

Serv1  To  Cap4  Bourne 
Josiah  Peter  Serf 

Serv*  to  John  Otla  Junr 
John  Poekonnct  Serj1 

Serv1  to  Cap'  Bourne 
Thomas  Ned  Corp11 

Serv1  To  John  Baxter 
Benj'1  Sennuitt  Do 

Serv*  To  John  Goreham 
Joseph  Ralph  Do 

Serv1  To  Jona  Lewis 
Thorn8  Tarrah  Do 

Serv1  To  Coll.  Bourne 
Joseph  Woues  Cent1 

Serv1  to  Jo8  Holloway 
Job  Marsh 
Isaac  Tomshit 

Serv1  to  John  Goreham 
Joseph  Capee 

Serv1  to  EbenF  Hinckley 
Nehemth  Notwamuck 

Serv1  To  Benja  Nye 
Joseph  Wicket 
Joshua  Wicket 

Serv1  To  Isaac  Hinckly 
Joseph  Crooch 

Serv1  To  Tho8  Hallett 
Robin  Fuller 

Serv1  To  Benja  Crocker 
Sam1  Oliver 

Serv1  To  John  Chipman  Junr 
Amos  Quason 


15th  1725,  pr  Jno.  Wheelwright,  for 

Sam11  Tray 

Serv1  To  Tho8  Nye 
Amos  Allmiquit 
John  Peter 

Serv1  To  Jo8  Sturges 
John  Allmiquit 

Serv1  To  Jera  Howes 
Paul  Manasses 

Serv1  To  Paul  Sears 
John  Ellimes 
Peter  Dogamus 

Serv1  To  Paul  Sears 
David  Quason 
John  Seirniquit 

Serv1  To  Will™  Hedge 
Edw'1  John  Wampetuck 

Serv1  To  Cap1  John  Otis 
Joseph  Takenesh 
Mosses  James 

Serv1  To  Coll°  Otis 
John  Peetrius[?] 
Aaron  Chin 
Jam8  Queach 

Serv1  To  John  Otis  Junr 
Jerea  Couly  alias  Ned 

Serv1  To  Lott  Gray 
Joseph  Twiney 

Serv1  To  Tho8  Clark  Junr 
Joel  Daniel 

Serv1  To  Sam*  Sturge  Esq 
Sam1  Harry 

Serv1  To  Coll0  John  Otis 
Josiah  Popnumuck 

Serv1  To  Benja  Crocker 
•  Elisha  Peter 
John  Quoy 

Serv1  To  Benjn  Bourne 
,Shubel  Harry 

Serv1  To  Coll"  Otis 


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Benja  Soloman 

Serv1  To  Capt  Willis 
Sam1  Wicket 
John  Williams 
8am1  Hunter 

Ser1  to  Lemuel  Pope 
Jacob  Squam 
Peter  Newasoonuck 

Scrv1  To  Ja8  Barker 
Stephen  Wampis 

Serv1  To  John  West 
John  Commoscon 
Benja  Wanno 

Ser1  To  Capt  Willes 
Abel  Obediah 
Isaac  Mo  it 

Ser1  to  Capt  Wills 
Elisha  Elisha 
Ser1  To  Do 
Abraham  Jones 

Ser1  To  Jera  Howes 
Joseph  Quason 

Ser1  To  Jo8  Sturges 
Isaac  Phillips 
Henry  Passuit 
James  Russell 
George  Sachamis 

Ser1  To  Josiah  Dote 
Jacob  Keto 
John  Kossen 

Ser*  to  Majr  Gorcham 
Josiah  Crooch 
Sort  To  Do 
Abel  Blinks 

Sei-t  To  Shubal  Baxter 
Samuel  Keephegin 

Ser'  To  Josiah  Barse 
Tom  Daniel 
Simon  Abraham 

Ser1  To  ]\lajr  Gorcham 
Eben1'  Cosens 
Abel  Tom 

Ser1  To  Majr  Goreham 

Mass.  Arch.  91:  139-141. 


to  Aug.  4,  1725. 

James  Grant        Cap4 
Arthur  Bragdon  Lieut. 
Joseph  Smith       Sargt. 
Samuel  Gitcholl     Do. 
John  Goodwin       Do. 


John  Allimon 

Ser1  To  Is1  Done  Esqr 
Josliua  Tripp 
George  George 
Cen11  Ser1  To  Sain1  Niles 

Sam1  Quoy 
Nehemiah  Cowet 
John  Tripps 

Ser1  To  Jos  Done  Esq 
Dan1  Cossens 
Ser1  To  Do 
John  Papeus 
Tho8  Chamuck 

Ser1  To  John  Davis 
Isaac  Hassaway 
Nath1  Beachgrass 

Serv*  To  ]Majr  Goreham 
George  Gedidiah 

Serv1  To  Do 
Elisha  Schamus 

Ser1  To  Coll0  Jn°  Otis 
John  Comsett 

Ser1  To  Tho8  Jenkins 
Joshua  Wood 

Ser1  To  David  Barker 
David  Jobb 

Serv1  To  Jera  Dellingham 
Aron  Numick 

Serv1  To  John  Otis 
Mosses  Peig 

Serv1  To  Coll0  Bourne 
Amos  Shanks 

Ser1  To  Coll0  Otis 
Tho8  Hanueway 

Ser1  To  Tho8  Adams 
Jo8  Pockonnet 

Ser1  To  Silas  Bourne 
Eliak1"  Quacom 
Peter  Job 

Ser1  To  John  Otis 
Jacob  Paule 

Ser*  To  Theous  Chushing 
Thomas  Peter 

Ser1  To  Shub1  Howland 


Dan1  Smith 
Hugh  Ross 
Samuel  Shaw 


Corp 


aes  Gran! 

j  &  Company  Voluntiers  Ir 

Dm  June  2 

Berwk 

John  Conner       Cen1 

Berwick 

York 

Jn°  Mason              " 

Kittery 

Do 

Michael  Coffin    Corp1 

York 

Berwick 

Joseph  Emery    Cent. 

Berwick 

'» 

James  Abbot           " 

t( 

York 

Daniel  Libby         " 

u 

Berwick 

Daniel  Stone         " 

u 

York 

Richd  Earle           " 

a 

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1895.]     Letters  of  (JoL  Thomas  Westbroolc  and  others,  185 


Joseph  Astin 

Cent. 

York 

Joseph  Main 

a 

<( 

Job  Young 

u 

u 

Samuel  Hale 

« 

a 

James  Oliver 

It 

a 

Caleb  Young 

<l 

a 

lehabod  Cuzins 

a 

Wells 

Eben1'  Wittom 

a 

Ivittery 

Joseph  Bracey 

a 

York 

Jedediah  Probblo  " 

u 

Moses  Butler 

Clerk 

Berwick 

Jn°  Warren        Cent.       Berwick 

Thomas  Holmes    "  " 

William  Black       « 

Tho8  Emery  "  " 

Job  Jennings  "  " 

John  Hern  "  " 

Aquiller  Hale         "  York 

Tim0  Iliggins         "  " 

Jery  Moid  ton         "  « 

Tho8  Bragdon         "  .   " 

Joseph  Linscott     "  u 

Mass.  Arch.  91:   144,  145. 

[In  a  later  Roll  of  Capt  James  Grant  and  Company  from  Sept  20th  to 
Oct  9th  1725,  the  foregoing  names  are  included  with  the  following  additional 
ones,  namely,  James  Chadburn,  Ens.  Kittery;  Centinels,  James  Goodwin, 
Thomas  Gubtill,  Gabriel  Hambleton,  Benja  Bragdon,  Moses  Spencer,  all 
of  Berwick;  Alexand1'  Ferguson,  Zechariah  Emery,  George  Mills,  Nath1 
Barns,  Joseph  Gowen,  John  Frey,  all  of  Kittery;  Joseph  Plaisted  and 
Joseph  Rankin,  of  York;  Peter  Rich,  of  Wells.  Mass.  Arch.  91:  154- 
15G.  In  Capt  Grant's  Company  of  Voluntiers  from  October  13th  to  Nov. 
14,  1725,  there  are  in  addition  to  many  of  the  above  the  following  names, 
Henry  Dresser,  Willm  Grant,  Nath1  Barns,  Joseph  Gowen,  Johri  Frey, 
Moses  Spencer,  Solomon  Thomas.     Mass.  Arch.  91:  201,  203.] 


Muster  Roll  of  the  Sloop  Sea  Flower,  Capt  Simon  Slocom  Comander; 
a  Transport  in  his  Majties  Service  Eastward. 

Simon  Slocum        Master  &  Pilot       Zachariah  Cobourn  Seaman 
William  Boreman  Mate  Samuel  More  Ditto 

William  Burns       Mate  John  Church  Ditto 

The  Sloop  about  60  Tonus  wUl  4  Guns. 

Mass.  Arch.  91:  146. 


A  Muster  Roll  of   the  Company  in  His  Majesty's  Service  under  the 
Command  of  AVilliam  Cannada  [Canedy]  Captain. 


Will10  Cannada 
Benj!l  Wright 
Rolort  Stanford 
Jos  Burden 
Jos  Studson 
Josiah  Meeds 

Serv'  To  Cap1  Canada 
Benj11  Durfey 
Rich'1  Pomroy 
Ja8  Bragdon 

Ser1  To  Lit  Wright 
John  Oliver 

Do  To  Cap1  Bourne 
John  Attamon 

Do  to  Jo"  Done  Esq 
Tho8  Tarror 

Do  To  Coll11  Bourne 


Cap1 
Lieu' 
En8 
Seif 


Corp11 


Run 


Cont11 


Dan1  Cussens 

Do  To  Esq  Done 
Josh11  Tripp 

Do  To  Do  Done 
Bonju  Soloman 

Do  To  Capt  Willis 
Joel  Daniel 

Do  To  Sam1  Sturgcs  Esq 
John  Peehue 

Lost  a  Pro.  Gun 
John  Pepeeus 
Abra  Jones 

Ser1  So  Jcr"  House 
Jo8  Worde  ? 

Do  To  Jo8  Holloway 
Nehem11  Natwamuch 

Do  To  Benj*  Nyo 
Abel  Obecliah 


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186         Letters  of  Col.  Thomas  Westbroolc  and  others.      [April, 


James  Queich 

Do  To  John  Otis  Junr 
Simon  Trenumetuch 

Do  To  Majr  Gorcham 
Tho8  Daniel 

Lost  a  Pro.  Gun 
Able  Tom 
Isaac  Hassaway 
Ebenr  Cuseus 

Lost  a  Pro.  Gun 
Job  Mark 
Sam11  Oliver  Run 

Ser*  To  Chipman  Junr 
John  Quoy  Run 

Do  To  Benju  Bourne 
Henry  Pesuit  Do 

Josiah  Crook  Do 

Do  To  Majr  Goreham 
Isaac  Phillips  Do 

Elislia  Sachem  Do 

Do  To  Coll0  Otis 
Peter  Washauks  Do 

Do  To  Jas  Barker 
Joshua  Hood  Do 

Do  To  Do  Barker 
Sam1  Capehicks         Gen11  Run 

Ser'  To  Jona  Pence 
Mass.  Arch.  91 :  178-180. 


Ned  John  Do 

Josiah  Popnemonoch 

Do  To  Bcnja  Crocker 
Eliak1"  Quacom 
Amos  Shanks 

Do  To  Coll0  Otis 
Josha  Wicket  Run 

Do  To  Isaac  Hinckley 
David  Job 

Do  To  Jera  Dellingliam 
Jacob  Paul 

Do  To  Theophilus  Cushin 
John  Comshite 

Do  To  T  Jenkins 
Moses  Peig 

Do  To  Coll0  Bourne 
Tom  Wills  Run 

Lost  Pro.  Gun 

Do  To  Cap1  John  Davis  Run 

Abel  Blinks 

Do  To  Shubel  Baxter  Run 

Peter  Doganius  Run 

Do  To  Paul  Sears 
John  Boson  ?  Run 

Do  To  Majr  Goreham 
Robon  Jere;iy 

Do  To  Benja  Crooker 


Muster  Roll  of  Capt.  John  Gyles  from  June  10,  to  Nov.  3,  1725. 


John  Gyles  Capt 
Sam11  Eaton  Lieut 
Moses  Harper  Clerk 
Rowland  Norten  Drumr 
Sam1  Tompson  Sent1 
Robert  Lithgo 
John  Stanwood 
John  Cochron 
Mass.  Arch.  91:  185,  186. 


Sam1  Staples 

Simon  Pender  Serv'  to  John  Gamage 

Tho8  Eaton 

Joseph  Flood 

Luke  Wells 

Sam1  Tompson 

Joseph  Cross 

Mosses  Cenney 


Muster  Roll  of   Capt 
June  lG,h  to  NovenV  9th 
Josepli  Heath     Capt. 
Jacob  Clark        Lieut 
Jabez  Bradbury  Ensigne 
Sam1  Harnden    Sarg* 
Simon  Holdin     Sarg1 
John  Pumry       Corp11 
Thomas  Pol  ley     " 
John  Pyke  " 

And1'  Macfaden  Sen1 
Joseph  Skill ings    " 
Peter  Ayers         " 


Joseph  Heath  &  Company,  at 
1725. 

Koxbury      James  Coller      Sen1 
Topsfield       George  Harris      " 
Salisbury       James  Simpson     " 
Redin  John  Bayley         " 

Cambridge    Peter  Charles       " 
Piscataqua  ServL  to  mr  An 

Boston  Larance  Bond       " 

Rob1  Willson 
Sam11  Powers        " 
Kittery         Thomas  Pym        " 
Milton  Moses  May  " 


Richmond,  from 

Chelmsford 

Concord 

Nantucket 

Boston 

Barnstable 


ibal 


Mistick 

Boston 

Charlestown 

Boston 

Philadelphia 


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James  Gardner  Sen1 
Uriah  Gates         " 
William  Amos      " 
John  Folley 
William  Cochran  " 
Henry  Sanders  Corp11  & 
John  Quonnum  Sen1 
James  Smith         " 
Edward  Goodwin  " 
Aaron  Copp         " 
John  Burges         " 
John  Douce  " 

Mass.  Arch.  91 :   187- 


Hingham 
Boston 


Brunswick 

Drumer 

Dartmouth 

Salisbury 

Almsbury 

Haverhill 

Kittery 

Ipswich 

189. 


Thomas  Nason     Sen1 
Edward  Chapman" 
Rich'1  Tucker        " 
Sam11  Burrel  " 

Jacob  Hunt  " 

David  Sergent  " 
ThomasMacfaden" 
Peter  Ileeal  " 
James  Macbride  " 
James  Burdeen  " 
Francis  Procter  " 
James  Cochran    " 


Boxford 

Ipswich 

Almsbury 

Boston 

Haverhill 

Lynn 

Kittery 

Boston 

Brunswick 


Muster  Roll  of  Cap*  Sam1  Jou 

rden  and  Company,  June  18th  to  Nc 

1725. 

Sam  u1  Jourden 

Capt 

John  March 

Lieu4 

John  Bagshaw 

Nath1  Jourden 

Do.  Seif 

'pay 

Israel  Sabin 

Arthur  Noble 

Ensn 

Will111  Bermingham 

David  Bryant 

Seif 

Charles  Cammell 

Edm'1  Mory 

Jacob  Kee 

Hugh  March 

Corp1 

John  Reed 

Trueman  Powel 

«( 

Leonard  Delinet    Serv1,  to 

Will1"  Russell 

Sen11 

N.  Tarbox 

Will'"  Wright 

John  Falkner 

Josha  Hooper 

Joseph  Convers 

Samuel  Cole 

Edw'1  Procter 

John  Runnalds 

John  Frost 

James  Inch 

Judah  Young 

Will"1  Browne 

Will111  Dyer 

Tho8  Jones 

John  Brian t 

Joseph  Perram 

Henry  Pendexter 

Rich11  Clark 

Nehemiah  Pitman 

Nathan1  Davis 

Francis  Proctor 

Mass.  Arch.  91:   197,  198. 

Muster  Roll  of  the  Sloop  George,  Cap1  David  Franklin  Comander,  a 
Transport  in  His  Majtys  Service  Eastward. 

Capt  David  Franklin  Mastr  &  Pilot  Peter  Perry     Seaman 

Joel  Smith  Mate  John  Gravel         " 

Anthony  Baker  Seaman  John  Mcfedris     " 

The  Sloop  about  60  Tonus  wth  4  Gunns. 

Mass.  Arch.  91 :   109,  200.  Nov.  15th  1725. 


Muster 
25 

Roll  of  G 

tpt  John 

John 
John 
Is"  P 

Penhallow 

Morrison 

ratt 

Capt. 

Ens 

W 

Penhallow  from  June  8th  to  Novem.   15th 


Sam1  Love 
Dan1  Mackentire 
Rich'1  Walford 


Corp1 

Do 

Sent1 


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Michael  Micom 
Colum  :  S mi tli 
John  Wood 
Urian  Angier 
John  Mcfadres 
Tim0  Swan 
John  Mullen 
Seth  Toby 
James  Mattocks 


Sent1 


Tho8  Motherwell 
Wm  Johnson 
Israel  Sheldon 
James  Morrison 
Andw  Finlow 
Morgan  Miles 
Peter  Harden 
Edwd  Painter 
Nehemh  Robertson 


Sent1 


Morgan  Miles  from  May  12th  1724  to  Aug1  18th  1725  put  in  p'  Approba 
of  His  Honr  the  Lfc  Gov1':  the  sd  Miles  be  taken  at  Arrowsick  &  Carrd  away 
p'  ye  Indians  to  Canada,  who  made  his  Escape  from  them  &  Returned  to 
His  Post. 

Mass.  Arch.  91:  204,  205. 

[Six  of  Capt.  Penhallow's  men  in  the  Roll  of  1722,  three  years  before, 
were  still  with  him,  namely,  Mackentire,  Walford,  Smith,  Wood,  Angier 
and  Motherwell.] 


Muster  Roll  of  Cap1  Sam1  Wheelwright  &  Co.  from  June  2d  to  Novemr 
16th  1725.     Examin'd  Novemr  20th  1725. 


Sam1  Wheelwright  Cap* 
Nau:  Wheelwright  Ens 


Noah  Davis 
Joseph  Day 
James  Burnam 
David  Stikney 
Philip  Iloyt 
James  Medoll 
James  Lagget 
Ich°  Dunam 


Sarg* 
Do 

Clerk 

Cer11 

Do 

Sne11 


Wells 

Do 
Harvill 
Wells 

Do 
Newbry 
Amsbrey 
Wells 
Plimtoun 

Do 
Ostrriver 

Do 
Boxfort 
We  nam 
Capean 


Will :  Hartwell 
Philip  Brown 
Jer:  Hopkissorv 
John  Whitten 
Moses  Donner 
John  Manning 
Sam1  Boathby 
Will  James 
Will:  Laraby 
Philip  Durrell 
John  Eavens 
Jacob  Hamblen 
John   Stuardifort 
Josiah  Keen 
John  Baker 


John  Burks 

Will.  Duly 

Benj  :  Smith 

Isreall  Triker 

Will:  Kirk 

Jona:  Wattson  Amsbrey    John  Macdauiell 

Mass.  Arch.  91:  209,  210. 

[Thirteen  of  the  above  thirty-two  names  appear  in  the  Muster  Roll  of 
Capt  Samuel  Wheelwright  &  Company  from  October  23d  to  June  2d  1724, 
as  printed  in  the  Register,  xlviii.,  page  283.] 


Concord 

Charlstown 

Rowly 

Bar  wick 

Salsbrey 

Cambrig 

Wells 

Brigwater 

Wells 

Do 
Dogister 
Bastible 
Plimouth 
Seateate 
Boston 
Milton 


Dismist 
Do 
Do 
Do 
Do 


Command  of  Allason  Brown,  Return  Nov.  26,  1725. 


Allason  Brown 
Tho8  Perkins 
George  March 
Joseph  Averill 
John  Murphy 
Will"'  Taylor 
Nath.  HenVlricks 

Will1"  Hughs 

Tho8  Gums 


Lieut  Arnndal 

Serj 

it 

Corp1  Ipswich 
Ilingham 

Cent11  Loudon 
Haverhill 
Salem 
Boston 


Philip  Fowler 
John  Whitten 

Serv*  to  Jas. 
Sara1  Morgin 
Ebenr  Chamborlin 
John  Baxter 
Joshua  Walker 
Edmd  Morse 
Joshua  Peirco 


Newberry 

Arundal 
March 

Arundal 

Oxford 
Charlestowne 
Piscataqua 
Dismist 
Newberry 


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189 


I 


John  Ilutchins  Haverhill  John  Watson  Arundal 

Lazarus  Gooding     Dismist  Emanuel  Averill  Sandwich 

Sam1  Littlefield        Newberry  Tho8  Waiey  Swansey 

Richd  Peirce  Ipswieh  Ste"  Harding         Pilot    Arundall 

Thos  Wormwood     Wells 

Person  Kveleth  liis  Acco*  for  Provisions. 

Mass,  Arch.  01  :  215,  21(5. 

[In   the  Muster  Roll  of  Serj1  Allison  Browne  &  Company  from  Novem 
ber  1723  to  June  1724,  printed  in  Register,  xlviii.,  page  440,  the  names 
of  twelve  of  the  above  persons  appear;  those  of  Murphy,  Taylor  Hendricks, 
Hughs,  Grimes,   Fowler,   \V bitten,   Morgan,   Chamberlin,    Baxter,  Walker 
and  Whaley,  but  their  residences  are  not  always  the  same.] 


Muster  Roll  of  Cap1  Joshua  Moodey  &  Co.  from  June  1st:  [to]  Nov.  22d 
1725. 


Joshua  Moody 

Cap* 

Rice  Nicholls 

Jiv°  Robbens 

Leu* 

Joseph  Thomas 

Joseph  Lampson 

Ensign 

Eben1"  Hall  Junr 

James  Parker 

Sergent 

W,n  Kind 

Eben.  Hall 

Ditto 

Mathew  Ryall 

Peter  Walton 

Corprill 

James  Buckston 

Benj^  Ingersoll 

Ditto 

Francis  Wyman 

John  Ross 

Ditto 

James  Ooddenham 

James  McCasland 

Sentinall 

Richard  Webber 

Jn°  Barbetteen 

Do 

Jn°  Burnett 

Eben1-  Gustin 

Do 

W"  Nummockes 

David  Gustin 

W1"  Tar  rah 

Thorn*  Ilipton 

Josiah  Lowell 

Robert  Bailey 

W1"  Stiiison 

Benja  Skillcn 

James  Mcfarlin 

Zech11  Braekett 

Jn°  Malcum 

John  Trott 

Richd  Pomroy 

Renond  McDanold 

Nath11  Winslow  Se 

Jn°  Barbour 

Ceaser  Negro 

ass.  Arch.  91:  219, 

220. 

Muster  Roll  of  Cap*  John  Gray  &  Company  From  June  1st  to  Nov.  30, 
1725. 


John  Gray 

Capt 

Francis  Rons 

Cent( 

Benja  Larraby 

Leut 

Dismissed 

James  Woodside 

Ensign 

Nicholas  Bode 

a 

Nath11  Knight 

Sergt 

Wm  Fitzsimons 

it 

Dern :  Jorden 

Do 

James  Carter 

u 

John  Getchell 

Corperell 

Richard  Babson 

tt 

John  Sawyer 

Do 

Wm  Hide 

« 

Benja  Ilorskinns 

Do 

Eben1'  In  go  Is  by 

u 

Daniel  Jackson 

it 

Thomas  Perry 

(( 

Tho8  Willcox 

Centen11 

Martyn  Jameson 

it 

Richd  Page 

Do 

Wm  Jamison 

it 

Benja  Ray 

tt 

Thomas  Skelton 

a 

VOL.    XLIX. 

17 

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H)0        Letters  of  Col.  Thomas  Westbrooh  and  others.        [April, 


Thomas  Nash 
Benj11  Hooper 
John  Perry 
James  Fly 
Rob1  McKanny 
James  Libbey 
Henry  McKanny 
Sampson  Plummer 
Robert  Jorden 
Rob*  Denoldson 
Thos  Fraizer 
Israel  Mitchell 
Roger  Perry 

Kill'd  p'  Indians 


Centen11  Eleaser  McKanny 

«  Robert  Maines 

»  Charles   Pinde 

m  Tho8  Burnett 

H  Son  to  Jn°  Burnet 

«  David  Denning 

u  Wm  Woodside 

u  omitted  Last  role 

a  Robert  Dening 

u  Killed  by  Indians 

Wm  Earle 
Ebenr  Nutting 
Joseph  Wait 


Centen11 


Boston  Novr  25th  1725 
Mass.  Arch.  91:  221. 


Muster  Roll  of  Capt.  William 
Examin'd  Novem  23d  1725. 
William  Canady 
Stephen  Whittacker 
Daniel  Elethorp 
Franciss  Punchard 
Edward  Bishop 
Peter  Parry 
Thorn.  Lawrence 
Stephen  Morrells 

Serv1  to  Benja  Knowlton 
John  Norris 
Benja  Speen 
John  Church 
Jeremiah   Belcher 
Elkanah  Tofeman 
Isaac  Chamberlain 
Mass.  Arch.  01:  223. 


Cap1 

Ens 

Serf 

Corp1 
<< 

Cent. 
Do 


Canady  from  Novr  1724  To  Novr  1725. 

John  White 
Philip  Butler 
Daniel  Roff" 

Serv1  to  Lieu*  Wright 
John  Murphy 
Josiah  Meeds 

Serv1  to  Cap1  Canady 
Daniel  GriiFm      Ipswich 

Serv1  to  Michael  Farley? 
Thomas  Dun 

Serv1  to  Cap1  Saunders 
John  Pilkinton 
William  Thomas 
William  Kelly 
John  Church 


[In  the  Massachusetts  Archives,  vol.  52,  page  452,  there  is  a  letter, 
without  date,  supposed  to  be  after  the  10th  of  August,  1736,  directed  to 
Col.  T.  Westbrook,  which  contains  an  allusion  to  some  complaints  of  the 
Indians  in  regard  to  obstructions  to  the  passage  of  fish  near  Sebago  Pond. 

"  His  Excellency,  the  Govern1  has  lately  rec'1  a  Letter,  Dated  the  23d  of 
May  past,  from  Harrow  House,  in  Falm0,  without  being  signed  by  any 
person,  complaining  of  Insults  and  Threatenings  &c.  some  of  your  People 
have  met  with  from  some  of  ye  Indians,  without  giving  any  Reason  there- 
for in  the  said  Letter  wcl1  inclosed  a  Letter  from  Capt  Tho:  Smith  of  the 
Truck  House  at  Saco  Falls,  directed  to  yourself,  wherein  His  Excellcy  was 
inform'd  that  three  Indians  belonging  to  Ammiscogan  River  were  at  Bid- 
deford  in  Order  to  take  Passage  on  Board  a  Sloop  bound  here,  and  y*  their 
business  was  to  complain  that  the  River  leading  to  the  Sebago  Ponds  was 
so  dam'd  and  Obstructed." 

The  letters  that  follow  were  copied  from  originals  in  possession  of  a 
gentleman  in  Portsmouth,  Now  Hampshire.] 


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[Endorsed] 
For  the  IIonour,,le  William  Pepperell  Esq. 
Kittery. 

[laiTOwhouse,  in  Falmouth,  August  25,  1737. 
I  hope  we  shall  saw  some  time  next  month  and  as  soon  as  I  Can  get 
any  quantity08  I  will  send   word   immediately.      I    Return   thanks   for   the 
oiler  of  the  Pipe  of  wine  which  would  he  very  acceptable  at  this  time  hut 
dare  not  meddle  with  it  until  the  old  debt  is  paied. 

If  my   uncouth   Letter  carried  the  colour  of  warmth  or  choler  in  it  I  beg 
pardon  and  will  be  more  prudent  for  the  future.     With  all  due  regards  to 
your   Lady   and  obediense   to  your  selfe   I   remain   Sr  your    most    humb 
servant  at  Command  Trio8  Westbuook. 


Ilonour'd  Sr. 

I  Receiv'd  your  favours  Pr  m1'  John  Wilson,  of  the  9th  instant, 
and  am  very  sorry  we  have  not  water  to  saw  you  a  sloop  load  of  boards  as 
you  desire,  our  dam  not  being  mended  at  Presumpscut,  which  will  Cost  us 
the  best  part  of  2  thousand  pounds  to  repair  and  secure  it  besides  the  dam- 
age of  the  Saws  being  stopt  which  is  the  onely  Reason  I  have  not  paid  you 
your  money,  as  I  wrote,  but  as  soon  as  the  mills  go  I  will  let  you  have  a 
sloop  load  of  boards  or  the  money  which  will  suit  best. 


Honor  Harrowhouse,  in  falmouth,  nov:  8,  1737. 

Slr  I  Receued  your  fauer  By  mistr  hanscon.  We  haue  not  aney 
Water  to  saw  (aney)  bordes:  it  greavs  me  I  cannot  answer  your  order  for 
bordes  nor  money  our  milles  not  going,  a[n]d  the  grat  charg  I  have  been  at 
this  Sumer  has  much  Reducest  me  at  present,  therefore  I  must  begg  your 
pachenes  somo  time  longer. 

I  thanck  you  for  your  kind  ofer  to  send  me  aney  thing  I  want  a[n]d  that 
you  Were  Plest  to  informe  me  that  mr  Waldron  a[n]d  familey  were  Well; 
not  hauing  furder  to  ad[d]  I  Rema[i]n  sir 

your  most  obeden1  serv' 
Sir  Ple[a]s  to  glue  all  due  regardes  to  at  comand 

Honor.  Will  [i] am  Pepperrell.  Tnos  Westhuook. 

Sr  Exeues  the  Blunder  in  not 
leaveing  [m]ore  Rume  below. 


THE  TOWN  HISTORY. 

Communicated  by  Rev.  Anson  Titus,  of  Somcrville,  Mass. 

A  town  history  is  becoming  v  municipal  necessity.  There  has, 
within  twenty-five  years,  developed  a  sentiment  in  this  regard. 
Many  towns  have  caught  upon  the  sentiment  and  have  published 
cither  portions  of  their  records,  or  a  history  of  their  past  proceed- 
ings and  social  life.  This  is  well.  To  preserve  the  spirit  of  earlier 
citizens,  to  learn  their  excellent  ways  and  profit  by  their  mistakes, 
and  to  note  the  advancements  made  in  all  local  affairs,  is  a  filial 
obligation.  The  preservation  of  worthy  history  is  as  important,  at 
least,  as  the  repairing  of  a  highway  or  the  erection  of  public  buildings. 


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The  creation  of  a  favorable  sentiment  is  the  initial  step.  With 
:ni  educated  sentiment  the  peoplo  will  hot  he  satisfied  wilh  a  cheap 
and  hastily  prepared  work.  There  have  been  quite  enough  of  local 
histories  with  an  abundance  of  buncombe  and  high-toned  binding. 
The  local  history  worthy  of  the  name  must  be  superb  in  chronicling 
the  past  Hie  of  the  town.  To  do  this  there  must  be  work  and  research. 
It  can  be  no  sudden  or  holiday  affair.  With  a  sentiment  which  can 
be  fashioned  through  the  columns  of  local  papers,  or  local  historical 
society,  which  will  demand  detail  and  fullness,  there  will  be  a  sup- 
port, commensurate  with  the  book.  One  of  the  excellent  methods 
of  proceeding  is  for  the  town  to  select  a  committee  of  interested 
persons,  who  will  supervise  and  direct  the  compilation  of  data,  and 
with  power  to  select  an  editor,  lay  out  the  general  plan  of  the  work, 
and  then  recommend  to  the  people  an  appropriation  which  would 
carry  forward  the  same.  The  compilation  and  publication  of  the 
history  should  be  under  the  care  of  the  town's  best  men,  and  not 
under  the  "  enterprise  "  of  a  distant  publisher. 

With  a  history  well  planned  there  should  be  a  systematic  search 
for  information.  The  official  records  must  come  first.  This  is  not 
the  task  of  a  day.  The  records  of  the  town,  the  courts,  the  churches, 
the  archives  of  the  state  should  be  examined,  and  all  the  essential 
items  transcribed.  The  chief  doings  of  the 'town  in  each  of  its 
years,  the  matters  requiring  settlement  in  the  courts,  the  better  life 
of  the  people  as  expressed  in  the  records  of  the  churches,  and  the 
political  life  as  is  shown  in  its  relation  to  the  commonwealth,  all 
have  an  indisputable  interest  to  the  great  public.  Historical  books 
already  published,  manuscripts  laid  away  perhaps  by  past  towns- 
men or  ministers,  unknown  to  the  present  generation,  in  some  of 
the  libraries  of  the  metropolis,  correspondence  of  leading  citizens 
stowed  away  in  the  attics  of  old  homesteads,  diaries  of  former 
people,  ancient  petty  books  of  the  business  men  of  the  town,  should 
be  sought  out  and  examined,  and  m  fact  all  data  from  every  source 
should  be  noted.  The  memories  of  the  'oldest  inhabitant'  should 
be  recorded  and  tested  by  the  records  already  at  hand  ;  traditions 
of  the  people  should  be  received,  but  with  caution.  The  news- 
papers, many  files  of  which  are  in  leading  libraries,  should  be  read 
over  and  items  gleaned  therefrom,  and  comparisons  made  with  the 
already  collected  data.  This  gathering  of  information  cannot  be 
done  too  thoroughly. 

For  the  latitude  of  Massachusetts  and  the  older  towns  of  Maine 
and  many  communities  of  other  New  Fngland  States,  there  is  no 
richer  mine  of  unpublished  data,  than  in  the  State  House  at  Boston. 
Here  are  petitions  from  every  quarter  and  on  every  subject ;  here 
arc  official  documents  of  all  the  affairs  of  the  people  in  war  and 
peace,  and  all  the  dealings  with  the  Indians,  French  and  the  mother 
cou nt iv  ;  here  are  the  land  grants  given  for  services  rendered  in 
the  earlier  defenses  of  the  colonies;    the   incorporations  of  towns 


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and  plantations,  of  parishes  and  schools  ;  memorials  which  have 
come  up  to  the  Great  and  General  Court  for  the  pacification  of 
some  local  disturbance  ;  and  claims  and  counter-claims  upon  almost 
unnumbered  subjects.  The  town  historian  cannot  afford  to  neglect 
this  fountain  head  of  information. 

A  local  history  should  be  a  local  history.  Every  town  has  sub- 
jects in  common  with  other  towns.  These  do  not  require  fullness 
of  detail.  This  is  the  province  of  the  general  history.  But  each 
town  has  a  separate  government  and  social  life  which  need  be 
recorded  with  judicious  fullness.  There  should  be  given  lists  of 
the  town  officials  and  representatives  ;  the  part  the  town  played  in 
the  various  wars,  Indian,  Revolutionary  and  Civil,  with  names  of 
soldiers  and  account  of  services  rendered  ;  the  business  men  and 
various  trades  carried  on  ;  the  organizations  and  schools,  which 
have  been  established  for  the  improvement  of  the  social  life  and  the 
education  of  the  youth.  The  town  minister  of  former  days  comes 
in   for  a  generous   bestowal   of  attention.     Around   him   and   the 

I  meeting-house  were  woven  their  choicest  interest.     The  religious 

history  needs  to  be  told,  but  not  burdened  with  pious  detail.  The 
town  history  should  be  plentifully  illustrated  with  landscape,  ancient 
homesteads,  public  buildings,  historic  sites  and  portraits  of  prominent 
citizens.  These  are  legitimate  and  their  insertion  should  be  en- 
couraged ;  there  should  be  at  least  two  or  three  maps  of  the  town, 
showing  the  original  highways,  settlements  and  homestead  sites ; 
and  also  of  the  town  at  time  of  publication. 

A  chief  factor  in  a  local  history  is  the  genealogy  of  its  families. 
This  is  essential.  Local  life  and  family  life  are  closely  woven. 
The  family  of  the  earlier  generation  is  not  enough.  The  simple 
transcription  of  births,  marriages  and  deaths  is  better  than  nothing ; 
but  to  have  the  same  edited  with  a  skilful  hand  and  completed  by 
means  of  family  information,  verified  by  probate  and  other  records, 
is  much  better.  An  excellent  and  ihe  most  widely  adopted  method 
of  arranging  genealogy  is  that  used  by  the  Historical  and  Gene- 
alogical Register. 

The  importance  of  town  histories  is  growing  more  manifest. 
There  is  a  call  for  them  outside  of  those  immediately  interested. 
The  rapidly  forming  libraries  over  the  country  are  calling  for  them. 
They  become  as  books  of  reference.  Hence  to  make  them  service- 
able to  the  humble  citizen  and  the  interested  stranger  there  must  be 
an  index,  full  and  complete,  of  names  and  subjects.  The  writer  is 
one  of  those  "  little  critics  who  clamor  for  indexes."  With  full 
information  of  the  community  in  peace  and  war,  with  detail  as  to 
its  official  and  social  life,  with  family  genealogies,  with  maps  and 
an  index,  the  local  history  will  be  cordially  supported  by  an  appro- 
priation from  the  common  treasury  of  tire  people.  The  names, 
valor  mid  labor  of  former  citizens  arc  essential  to  the  better  life;  of 
the  growing  youth. 
vol.  xlix.         17* 


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MOKE  NOTES  ON  THE  ENGLISH  GARFIELDS. 

By  W.  P.  W.  Phillimokb,  M.A.,  B.C.L.,  London,  Eng. 

A  little  more  than  eleven  years  ago  I  compiled  an  aceount 
of  the  Garfield  family  in  England.  This  appeared  in  the  Regis- 
ter for  July,  1<S83.  The  object  of  that  article,  to  show  the 
descent  of  the  late  President  Garfield  from  his  English  ancestors, 
was  not  attained,  and  the  problem  of  the  precise  origin  of  the  family 
is  still  undetermined,  though  it  would  not  he  safe  to  say  that  it  is 
insoluble.  Since  then  more  facts  about  the  Garfields  have  come  to 
light,  and  the  readers  of  the  Register  may  be  glad  to  have  them 
collected  together. 

The  general  result  tends  to  show  that  the  English  Garfields  were 
settled  in  the  neighborhood  of  Rugby  on  the  borders  of  the  two 
counties  of  Warwick  and  Northampton  from  the  early  part  of  the 
sixteenth  century,  and  though  it  does  not  appear  any  now  are 
dwelling  in  the  villages  with  which  they  were  then  connected,  yet 
the  name  still  exists  in  both  counties,  and  it  seems  probable, 
though  it  is  obviously  impossible  to  prove  it,  that  all  Garfields  are 
akin  to  one  another.  It  will  help  to  show  how  very  localized  the 
family  was  if  we  give  a  sketch  diagram  to  indicate  their  principal 
early  habitats,  which  all  were  within  a  range  of  a  few  miles  : 


WAltt 

VICKSIIlliE. 

NORTH AT 

Church 

4-  Cold 

Law  ford. 

Clifton  on 

Ashby 

+ 

Rugby.            -f-  Dunsmore. 

+ 

+  Kilsby. 

Bilton.  + 

-f-  Hill  Morton. 

+  Ashby 
Ledger. 

The  early  Garfields  appear  to  have  held  no  higher  rank  than 
that  of  small  yeomen  and  husbandmen,  while  some  were  of  even 
humbler  degree.  In  this  respect  the  probable  English  ancestry  of 
President  Garfield  forms  an  obvious  contrast  to  that  of  Washington, 
who  also  is  associated  with  Northamptonshire,  and  consequently  we 
have'  little  chance  of  meeting  with  sufficient  records  which  will  help 
us  to  trace  out  a  connected  pedigree. 

It  is  clear,  nevertheless,  that  in  the  latter  part  of  the  sixteenth 
century  one  of  the  Kilsby  family,  Ralph  Garfield,  emigrated  to 
London  and  amassed  considerable  wealth  in  mercantile  pursuits, 
while  his  grandson  Benjamin  Garfield  aspired  to  coat  armour,  and 
entered  his  pedigree  at  the  Herald's  Visitation  in  1063;  this  family, 


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it  will  be  remembered,  ceased  to  exist  in  the  male  line  on  the  death 
of  Benjamin  Garfield  in  1680.  To  the  pedigree  of  this  London 
line,  printed  in  ISM,  it  seems  desirable  to  add  the  further  informa- 
tion since  obtained. 

Ralph  Garfield,  who  described  himself  in  his  will  as  "citizen  & 
dyer  of  London,"  though  his  grandson  dignified  him  with  the  title 
of  ((  esquire  "  and  styled  him  "  of  Kilsby,"  bought  land  at  Totten- 
ham, Middlesex  ;  this  appears  from  his  son's  inquisition  post  mor- 
tem, the  proceedings  on  which  now  follow  : 

Writ  of  diem  clansit  extremum  directed  to  Ralph  Briscoe,  Esq.,  escheator 
of  Middlesex,  dated  27th  November,  G  Charles  I.  [1630],  on  the  death  of 
Benjumiri  Garfeild,  gentleman: — 

Inquisition  taken  at  the  Quest  House,  High  Ilolborn,  31st  January, 
G  Charles  [1G31],  on  the  death  of  Benjamin  Garfeild,  gentleman,  before 
Ralph  Briscoe,  escheator  of  the  Lord  the  King  in  the  said  county,  by  the 
oath  of  Samuel  Clerke,  etc.,  who  say,  etc. 

That  the  said  Benjamin  Garfeild  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  seized  in 
his  demesne  as  of  fee  in  the  moiety  of  one  messuage  and  4  acres  of  land 
with  the  appurtenances  to  the  said  messuage  adjoining,  and  2  acres  of  land 
called  Marygolds,  and  in  the  moiety  of  2  acres  of  land  called  Stones,  and 
in  the  moiety  of  one  acre  of  land  formerly  called  TJie  Grove,  lying  at  Dead- 
man's  11  ill,  and  in  the  moiety  of  two  acres  of  land  and  one  cottage  built 
thereon,  in  the  occupation  of  ...  .  Lane,  widow,  and  in  the  moiety  of  1| 
acres  of  land  in  Longbridge  Fields,  all  which  premises  are  situate  in  Ed- 
monton, Middlesex.  That  he  was  also  seizsd  in  the  moiety  of  one  field 
called  Thether  House  Meade,  containing  G  acres,  in  Tottenham,  Middlesex, 
and  in  the  moiety  cf  2  acres  of  land  at  Chapman's  Green,  Tottenham,  and 
in  the  moiety  of  1  acre  and  1  rood  of  land  and  4  acres  of  wood,  in  Totten- 
ham. That  he  was  also  seized  of  one  tenement  called  Belsars  and  1£  acres 
of  land  to  the  same  adjoining  in  Edmonton,  and  2  acres  of  land  called 
Dodeshill,  in  Edmonton,  and  one  wood  called  Mark  Grove,  containing  G 
acres,  in  Edmonton,  and  in  three  closes  of  land  called  Sprattman's,  contain- 
ing 1  2  acres,  in  Tottenham,  bought  by  the  said  Benjamin  Garfeild  of  one 
John  Davies,  and  in  one  messuage  situate  in  Bowes,  in  Edmonton,  and  one 

acre  of  laud  to  the  same  belonging,  bought  of    Richard   Fox   and 

Turnedge,  and  one  parcel  of  land  called  Adam's  Mead,  containing  3  acres, 
and  in  other  parcels  of  land  called  Stonelands,  containing  3  acres,  and  in 
one  close  called  Claypitts,  containing  4  acres,  and  in  one  other  close  of  land 
called  Curtis  Grove,  containing  5  acres,  and  in  one  messuage  and  a  parcel 
of  land  called  English  Grove,  containing  2  acres,  bought  of  Geotfery  Walk- 
den,  which  last-mentioned  premises  pre  situate  at  Edmonton.  That  he  was 
also  seized  of  \h  acres  of  land  and  wood  in  Tottenham  with  the  messuage 
built  thereon,  bought  by  Ralph  Garfeild,  deceased,  father  of  the  said  Ben- 
jamin, of  Thomas  Edredge  and  John  Edredge. 

That  the  said  Benjamin  Garfeild  oy  his  last  will  on  the  14th  September 
last  declared  as  follows: — "And  as  touching  the  ordering  and  disposing  of 
my  messuages,  lands,  tenements,  and  hereditaments,  with  their  appurten- 
ances whatsoever,  I  hold  in  fee  simple  within  the  county  of  Middlesex  or 
elsewhere  I  give,  devise,  and  bequeath  tlu  same  unto  my  said  son  Benjamin 
Garfeild,  and  to  his  heirs  and  assigns  for  ever." 


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That  the  said  Benjamin  Garfeild  died  on  15th  October  last  [1630]. 
That  Benjamin  Garfeild  is  son  and  nearer  heir  of  the  said  Benjamin  Gar- 
feild, and  on  the  20th  March  last  was  of  the  age  of  10  years.  That  Eliza- 
beth Garfeild,  relict  of  the  said  Benjamin  Garfeild,  is  now  living  at  Clerkeu- 
well,  Middlesex. 

That  the  premises  in  Tottenham  held  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  St. 
Paul's  as  of  their  manor  of  Bowes  are  worth  13  solidates  of  rent  per  an- 
num. That  Belsars,  etc.,  are  held  of  the  same  Dean  and  Chapter,  and  are 
worth  10s.  per  annum.  That  the  premises  called  Dodeshill,  etc.,  were  held 
of  whom  the  jurors  know  not,  and  are  worth  10s.  per  annum.  That  the 
«  premises  bought  by  Ralph  Garfeild,  deceased,  were  held  of  whom  the  jurors 

know  not,  and  are  worth  1 2d.  per  annum. 

Writ  of  melius  inquirendum,  dated  28th  February,  6  Charles  I.  [1631] 
on  the  death  of  Benjamin  Garfeild,  gentleman  :  — 

Inquisition  in  pursuance  of  last-mentioned  writ  taken  at  the  Quest 
House,  in  High  Holborne,  before  Ralph  Briscoe,  Esq.,  by  the  oath  of,  etc. 
who  say,  etc. 

That  the  premises  called  Dodeshill  are  held  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of 
St.  Paul's  in   free  socage  by  fealty  and  an   annual   rent.     That  the  close, 

etc.,  called  Claypitts  were  held  of  Heborne,  Esq.  as  of  the  manor  of 

Willoughbies,  in  Edmonton,  by  fealty  and  the  rent  of  4d.  per  annum.  That 
the  close  called  Curtisgrove  was  held  of  the  lord  king  as  of  his  manor  of 
Edmonton,  by  fealty  and  the  rent  of  20d.  per  annum.  That  English  Croft 
is  held  of  whom  the  jurors  know  not.  That  the  messuage  and  \\  acres  of 
land  in  Tottenham  are  held  of  the  Right  Hon.  Hugh  Hare,  Lord  Coleraine, 
as  of  his  manor  of  Tottenham  by  the  annual  rent  of  Id. 

We  have  already  seen  from  Ralph  Garfield's  will  that  his  son 
Benjamin  Garfield  was  "  beyond  the  seas  in  1G07,"  and  the  follow- 
ing extract  shows  that  his  grandson  Benjamin  was  likewise  a 
traveller  out  of  England  : 

Journals  of  the  House  of  Commons,  21  April,  1642: 
a  Resolved  upon  the  question,  That  Benjamin  Garfield  of  Middlesex  and 
lVlor  Cowper  of  Huntingdon  Ksquhos,  shall  have  a  Warrant  under  Mr 
Speaker's  Hands  to  go  beyond  the  Seas,  without  the  Lett  or  Interruption  of 
any  of  his  Majesty's  oiheers  of  the  Ports,  notwithstanding  any  former  Order 
of  Restraint." 

From  the  Chancery  Proceedings,  Bills  and  Answers,   we  get  the 

following : 

\  ... 

A  bill  of  complaint  dated  25  January  1G29  by  Benjamin   Garfield  of  St. 

James,  Cleikenvvell  was  tiled  against  John  Highway  and  Mary  his  wife  and 

relates  to  an  alleged  mortgage  of  the  "Star"  in  Shoreditche. 

By  way  of  reply,  Highway  seems  to  have  taken  proceedings 
against  Garfield,  the  nature  of  which  is  sufficiently  indicated  by  the 
next  document,  which  we  abstract: 

Bill  of  complaint,  dated  1  December  1630,  by  John  Highway,  citizen  & 
brewer  of  London:  recites  his  bill  in  Hilary  term  last  against  William 
Atkinson  and  Benjamin  Garfield  both  deceased. 


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The  complaint  relates  to  the  Starre  in  Shoreditch  ;  the  petitioner 
started  a  brewery  and  alleged  that  Benjamin  Garfield  of  St.  James, 
Clerkcnwell,  agreed  to  advance  £70  in  the  business.  Garfield  paid 
part  only,  and  disputes  arose  about  the  payment  of  the  remainder; 
suit  is  brought  by  Highway  against  inter  alios,  Elizabeth  Garfield, 
widow  and  executrix  of  Benjamin  Garfield.  What  the  result  was 
we  have  not  farther  traced. 

Further  entries  appear  in  the  Clerkcnwell  registers,  and  also  in 
that  of  St.  Botolph,  Bishopsgatc,  from  which  we  may  infer  that 
"Master  Ben jaihrii  Garfield "  who  had  removed  to  the  then  more 
fashionable  locality  of  St.  Giles  in  the  Fields,  had  some  poor  kin- 
dred around  him  ;  how  they  were  akin  to  him  we  have  no  means  of 
saying. 

Register  of  S.  James's,  Clerkenwell. 
Christenings : 

1616.  June     9.  Henry  son  of  Benjamin  Garfeild. 

1617.  June  15.  Elizabeth  da.  of  Mr  Benjamin  Garfeild,  in  their  house. 

1618.  July    29.  James  son  of  D° 

1619.  Nov.  21.  Mary  da.  of  D° 

1620.  Sep.  17.  John  son  of  D° 
*1621.     Feb.   13.  Anne  da.  of  D° 

1623.  Oct.  5.  Audley  son  of                D°  &  Elizabeth  his  wife. 

1630.  Nov.  28.  Edward  Godward  &  Katherine  Garfeild  mard 

1617.  July  26.  Eliz.  d.  of  13enj.  Garfield  bur'1 

1620.  Sep.  24.  John  s.  of           D°              burd 

1621.  Feb.  17.  Ann  d.  of          D°              burd 
1625.  May  4.  James  s.  of        D°             burd 
1630.  Oct.  18.  Mr  Beniamyn  Garfeild  bur.  in  ye  Vault. 
1653.  July  1.  Frances  d.  of  Ben,  Garfeild  burd 

Marriages. 

1679.  Jan.  29.     Master  Willia  Stone  (or  Store)  &  Mistris  Mary  Gar- 
feill.  by  lie. 

Christening.     1670.     June  6.     Thomas  s.  of  Willm  &  Mary  Garfeild. 
Burial.     1661.     Aug.  12.     Frances,  wife  of  Benjamin  Garfeild,  burd  in 

the  Church. 
Christening.     1680.     Apr.  3.     Willia  s.  of  Willia  &  Mary  Garfeild. 

Burials. 

1680.  Oct.  10.     Master  Beniamiu   Garfeild  buryed  from  Sfc  Giles's  in 

the  feilds. 
1682.     July  18.      Willia  Garfeild  a  Wever,  an  Tnhahytant. 
1683-1.     Feb.    8.      William    son    of   Wm   Garfeild,    weaver,    from    the 

Black  Swan. 
1685-6.     Mar.  22.     Mary  Garfield  from  Bull  Alley. 

Register  of  St.  Botolph,  Jh'shopsgate. 

Baptism.      Benjamin  son  of  William  &  Ann  Garfeild  19  November  1668 
Burial.     19  March  IQfg-.     Benjamin  Garfield. 
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198  Notes  on  the  English  Garfields.  [April, 

On  20  February,  1 G 7 2 ,  administration  of  the  goods  of  John 
Garfield,  late  of  St,  Mary,  Matfellon  alias  White  Chappell,  co. 
Middlesex,  was  granted  to  Elizabeth  Garfeild,  the  reliet. 

Marriage  licenses  granted  by  the  Bishop  of  London. 

1G2G-27.  Jan.  25.  William  Sanky  of  Sl  Mary  Woolnpth,  citizen  & 
goldsmith,  a  bachelor  aged  about  26  and  at  his  own  government,  and  Ann 
Garfield  of  the  same  parish,  maiden,  about  21,  her  father  deceased. 
George  Dale  of  St.  Mary  Wool  church,  goldsmith,  testifies  the  consent  of 
Ann  Blackmore  als  Garfield;  at  St.  Mary  Woolnoth. 

Dismissing  from  our  notice  the  London  Garfields,  we  return  to 
those  of  Northamptonshire  and  Warwickshire.  The  existence  of 
the  latter  was  unknown  to  us  until  the  issue  of  the  calendar  of 
Lichfield  wills  in  the  Index  Library,  which  showed  five  wills  and 
two  administrations.  Moreover,  the  Rev.  H.  I.  Longden  found  three 
more  at  Northampton,  and  printed  exact  copies  of  them  in  North- 
amptonshire Notes  and  Queries.  These  various  testamentary 
documents  are  shown  in  the  following  list : 

*1543.  Thomas  Gardfylde  of  Kylysby,  Northampton. 

*I544.  Robert  Gardefelde  of  Kyllysbye, 

1556.  Thomas  Gradfyld  of  Ashbye  legers,       " 

1568.  Robert  Geyfild  of  Ashebie  Leagers,      " 

1571.  Elizabeth  Garfeilde  of  Ashbie  Legers,  Peterborough. 

1586.  Kdwarde  Garfeelde  of  Ilillmorton,  Lichfield. 

1582.  Ilenrie  Garfeeld  of  Hilton, 

1581.  William  Garfield  of  Hilton, 

1596.  William  Garfield  of 

1597.  Robert  Garfeild  of  Church  Lawford,     " 

1601.  Thomas  Garelield  of  Ashbie  Leogers,  Northampton. 

*1(>08.  Raffe  Garfield  of  London,  P.  C.  C. 

1618.  William  Garfield  of  Clifton  on  Dunsmore,  Lichfield. 

*1618.  fdohn  Garfield  of  Kilsby,  Northampton  and  P.  C.  C. 

1620.  Robert  Garfield  of  Church  Lauford,  Lichfield. 

162  1.  Thomas  Garfield  of  Cold  Asllby,  Northampton. 

16«'51.  Roger  Galleeld  of  Milton,  Northampton. 

*1633.  Alice  Garfeild  of  London,  P.  C.  C. 

1666.  Aquila  Garfeild,  of  Islington,  London,  P.  C.  C. 

Copies  or  sufficient  abstracts  of  those  marked  with  an  asterisk 
have  already  been  printed  in  the  Register,  and  the  remainder  in 
the  preceding  list  are  now  given.  Those  from  Northampton  and 
Peterborough  were  transcribed  by  the  Rev.  IT.  I.  Longden,  and 
for  the  abstracts  of  the  wills,  etc.,  at  Lichfield  1  am  indebted  to 
the  kindness  of  Mr.  A.  T.  Marstor,  the  record  clerk  there,  who 
gave  such  valuable  help  to  the  British  Record  Society  in  connec- 
tion with  the  calendar  of  Lichfield  Wills  which  has  lately  been 
completed. 

f  My  ub.-tmet  of  this  will  given  t lie  Register  agrees  with  Mr.  kongdon's  except, that  ho 
gives  the  name  of  Ralph  Garfeild's  servant  as  8  ton  lie  and  adds  a  legacy  to  Thomas  Massot 
son  of  Margaret  Tomson  of  JJ.'I  (is.  St  I.  On  the  other  hand  he  omits  a  legaey  and  incom- 
pletely lihstracts  that  to  liatteiisse  Allan. 


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181)5.]  Notes  on  the  EnylUh  Garfwlda.  199 

Wills  at  Northampton. 
Thomas  Gradfi/ld  of  A&fihye  foyers,  1556: 

"  In  tho  name  of  God  Anion.  Tn  tho  yore  of  or  Lord  god  l.r).r)G  tho 
xij  diiye  of  January  I  Thomas  Gradfyld  of  Ashbye  legers  hole  of  mynd 
and  remembrance  make  my  last  will  and  test'  in  tills  maimer  and  forme 
folowynge  first  I  beqnethe  my  sole  God  Almightie  to  his  mother  St  Marie 
and  to  all  the  holie  company  of  heaven  my  bodie  to  be  buried  in  the 
Church  yard  of  Ashbye  legers.  Also  I  beqnethe  to  the  mother  clmrche 
ij'1.  Ite,  to  the  reparation  of  tlie  anlter  in  Ashbye  ehnrche  ij'1.  Ite,  to  tho 
sepulcrc  light  iiij'1.  Also  i  beqnethe  to  Robert  Gardfyld  my  sone  vja  viij'1. 
to  Ric,  my  son  vj8  viij1  to  Ralphe  my  sone  vj8  viij'1  to  John  my  sone  vj8 
viij'1  and  Thomas  Gardfyld  my  sone  vj*  viij'1.  Also  I  bequeth  to  Elizabethe 
Gardfyld  my  doughter  vjs  viijd  and  a  sowe  also  I  beqnethe  to  Thomas  also 
xl  vj6  viij'1.  The  residue  of  my  goods  my  body  buried  my  detts  paid  I  geve 
to  Ilellen  Gardfyld  my  wyf  whome  I  make  my  sole  executrix  of  all  my 
goods  not  beqnethed  she  to  dispose  them  as  she  shall  thynk  the  best  for  the 
welthe  of  my  sole  and  all  christen  soles  in  wytnes  hereof  Sr  Robert  holmes 
pereiste  John  Cune  Robert  Gardfyld  wfc  other." 

Proved  27  April  1557. 

Robert  Gey f eld  of  Ashbie   Leagers,  1567-8 :  , 

"Test.     Robti  gerfyle  de  Ashebie  Leagers,  Def.  anno  Dni  1568. 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen  the  xvijth  daye  of  Marche  Anno  Dni  1568 
I  Robert  Geyfild  of  Ashebie  Leagers  make  my  testament  and  last  will  in 
this  manner  following  ffir&t  I  bequeth  my  soule  to  god  my  maker  and 
redeemer  and  to  his  mother  Si,  Mary  and  all  the  holy  company  in  heven 
and  my  body  to  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Ashebie  Leagers  Item  I 
gyve  to  the  ehnrche  of  Ashebie  legers  iiij'1.  Itm  to  the  reparacon  of  the 
bells  iiij'1.  Itm  to  the  pavement  iiij'1.  Also  I  bequeth  to  thorn's  gardfyld  my 
sonn  xij11  in  money  to  be  made  of  such  goods  as  I  have  and  to  be  delyvered 
hym  at  thage  of  xviij  yeares  Item  [  beqneth  unto  Elizabeth  gardfild  my 
sister  a  hyve  at  the  daie  of  her  marriage.  The  residue  of  my  goods  not 
bequeathed  my  body  buried  my  detts  paide  I  Ltyve  and  beqneth  to  Margrett 
my  wifle  the  wdl  1  make  my  soule  executrix  of  all  my  goods  not  beqnethed 
witness  hereof  Sebastian  boyse  gylbert  herman  and  Edmund  boyse  \vth 
other  mo." 

Invent,  xxxv11  v8  xa.     Proved  27  April  1568. 

Will  at  Peterborough. 

Mi'zabcth  Garflde  of  Ashby  Legers  1571  Archdeacon's  Court, 
Peterborough  ;  vol.  iv,  fo.  65. 

Testm.      Eli/abetho  Garlilde  de  Ashby  legers. 

In  the  name  of  God  A  men  the  xvij"1  daie  of  April!  &  the  xiijth  yeare 
of  the  Raigne  of  our  soveraigne  Ladie  Elizabeth  of  England  franco  & 
Ireland  Queue  defender  of  ye  faith  &c  I  Elizabeth  Garfild  of  Ashbie 
legers  being  sick  of  bodie  &  whole  in  mynd  doo  make  my  last  will  and 
testament  in  manner  and  forme  following — my  body  to  bo  buried  in  the 
Churchyard  of  Ashbie  legers*  after  the  maimer  of  burial  1  Also  I  be- 
qnetho  a  cow  twoo  shipe   xxs  yl  father  Cure  oweth   mo  unto  Thomas   Ing- 

*  She  was  buried  at  Ashby  St.  Legcr  2'2  April  1571. 


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200  Notes  on  the  English  Garfields.  [April, 

land  &  iiij8  vj'1  yl  Edraunde  West  of  Wei  ton  owetlie  me  &  other  iiij8  yl 
Deacono  of  Norton  ovveth  me  I  bequeth  unto  y"  said  Thomas  Yygland  Itm 
I  bequethe  two  of  my  best  platters  unto  Raffe  Garfild  &  other  two  platters 
unto  Thomas  Ingland.  Itm  J  bequeth  Raffe  Garfild  ye  best  covering  a 
blangkit  yt  is  to  make  a  boulster  with  y°  feathers  in  &  a  pelowe  wth  ye 
feathers  in  Itim  I  forgive  Thomas  Garfild  xxxs  yt  he  owetlie  me  I  be- 
queth John  Garfild  a  hilling  the  blankit  yl  is  one  ye  bedd  a  pillowe  yt  is  in 
ye  coffer  Itm  I  bequethe  [to]  John  Garfild  ij  paire  of  shetes  And  ye  rest  of 
my  linnen  I  bequethe  to  my  mother  Itm  I  forgive  William  Garfild  v8  he 
oweth  me  Itm  I  bequeth  Elizabeth  Ilobie  my  goddaughter  my  best  peti- 
cote  my  best  smocke  my  chamlet  sieves  &  my  best  vaile  Itm  I  bequeth 
mother  Ilobie  one  of  my  smockes.  The  rest  of  my  goods  I  bequethe  unto 
my  mother  to  use  hit  according  to  her  discretion  Annodni  1 57  L  Witnesses 
of  the  same  Gruff  floiti  Sebastiane  Boyes  John  Cure  Thomas  Johnson  wfc 
others  mo  I  make  Thomas  Ingland  my  wholl  executor  &  overseer  of  my 
will. 

Prob.  1  June  1571  at  Northampton 

Roger  Guffeeld  of  Milton,  1G31.      Abstract. 

May  21st,  6th  year  of  K.  Charles,  I  Roger  Gaifeeld  of  Milton  co.  North- 
ampton, husbandman — to  my  son  Nicholas  £20  within  2  years  after  my 
decease — to  daughter  Susan  £10  to  be  paid,  the  one  £5  within  two  years, 
the  other  £5  after  the  decease  of  my  wife — to  daughter  Cattere  £10 — to 
daughter  Prudence  £10 — to  daughter  Mary  £10— to  daughter  Margaret 
£10 — to  god  son  Roger  Randall  son  of  Benjabe  Randall  my  son  in  lawes 
child  20s — to  my  kinswoman  Mary  Gaffeeld  the  daughter  of  William  Gaf- 
feeld 20s — to  daughter  Elizabeth  2s — my  son  William  to  enjoy  all  my  land 
and  houses  within  the  parish  of  Miltoi  on  condition  he  pay  the  sums  be- 
fore mentioned — my  wife  shall  have  half  my  household  goods  etc. — my  son 
William  to  be  sole  executor — y°  mark  of  Roger  Gaffeeld,  William  Dey,  ye 
mark  of  'J  nomas  Seabrooke 

Proved  27  August  1631  by  William  Gaffeeld  the  son. 

Inventory  of  goods  of  Roger  Gaffeeld  taken  25  April  1631  Imprimis  in 
the  haule.  One  olde  cubbard  Is ;  one  old  eliear  Is;  one  table  and  frame, 
one  forme,  one  brooch  and  bench  hord,  one  round  table,  one  falling  table,  6s,; 
one  salting  hot  3s.  id;  stooles  wth  other  Imple.  Is;  3  peeces  ofputar  2s  6d  ; 
one  lethare  bottell,  one  spit  and  cobirens  wth  alother  Implements  4s ;  4 
peeses  of  Bras  10s. 

In  the  Over  parlor.  2  Barrels,  one  Cimnill,  one  Wollan  wheele  wth 
other  Implements  6s  8d 

In  the  Nethar  Parle  r,  One  joyned  bed  with  the  bedding  belonging  to 
it  26s  8d;  one  standing  bed  wUl  the  bedding  belonging  to  it  10s;  one  pare 
of  sheets  napkins  pillowbeeres  8s  2  collars,  one  chest,  one  boultingtn  8s,  his 
waring  apparell   20s,  one   cow   33s  4d ;   the  crop  of  a  quartere  land  [?  1 

old  fa]  5s  Id,  one Cd 

Sum  total  xiju  iiij8  xd 

Aquila  Garfeild  of  Islington,  Middlesex,  gent.  1665: 

Aquila  Garfeild  of  the  parish  of  St.  Mary  Islington  county  Middlesex, 
gentleman:  All  my  lands  and  tenements  &  hereditaments  whatsoever  and 
wheresovcr  they  are  lying  within  the  realme  of  England  etc  to  my  dear 
and  loving  wife   Elizabeth  Garfeild  and  my  sons  James  and  Aquilla  equally 


1895.]  Notes  on  the  English  Garfield*.  201 

to  be  divided,  the  survivor  to  have  the  portion  of  the  other  dying  without 
issue.  To  my  son  in  law  Christopher  Woodward  and  his  wife  Lucina  each 
of  them  a  silver  spoon.     To   my  loving  cozens  William  &  .John    Garfeild 

to  each  of  them  5s.      To  my  loving  cozen wife  to   Richard 

Garfeild  deceased  ,0s  To  my  loving  cozen  Nathan  Garfeild  the  sum  of 
10s.     My  sons  James  and  Aqnilla  to  be  executors. 

Dated  8  November  1G65 

Proved  16  November  L665  by  Aqnilla  Garfeild  one  of  the  executors, 
power  being  reserved  to  James  Garfeild. 

Thomas    Garefield  of  Ashbie  Leogers,  16Q1: 

"  Testa.     Thorn's  Garefield  de  Ashbie  Leogers. 

In  the  name  of  God  Amen.*  of  Ashby  Leogers  in  the  Countie  of  Northon 
yeoman  the  xijth  daie  of  January  in  the  xliijUl  yeare  of  the  Raigne  of  our 
Soureai^ne  Lady  Queen  Elizabeth  that  nowe  is  being  whole  in  mind  and  good 
and  perfect  remembrance  laud  and  prayse  be  given  to  god  make  and  ordaine 
this  my  last  will  in  manner  and  forme  followinge.  That  is  to  saie  Hirst  I 
commend  my  soule  unto  Allmightie  God  my  maker  and  redeemer  and  my 
body  to  be  buryed  in  the  Churchyard  of  Ashby  leogers  aforesaid  And  I 
bequeath  toward  the  reparacon  of  the  said  church  iijs  iiij(l.  Itm  I  give  and 
bequeath  unto  my  sonne  Richard  Garefield  two  bedsteads  that  came  from 
Wrightoii  and  one  of  those  bedds  withall  furniture  belonjnnge  to  it  at  the 
discrecon  of  his  mother  one  cubboard  standinge  in  the  buttery,  a  table  and 
a  forme  standinge  in  the  millhouse,  one  brasse  pot,  at  his  mother's  appoint- 
ment vjs  viij'1  to  buy  him  a  kettle,  one  platter  and  one  pewter  dish,  one 
payre  of  sheets  and  a' to  we'll.  And  also  his  mother  my  nowe  wife  to  breed 
him  a  calfe  wUl  in  two  yeares  next  after  my  decease  And  also  I  give  unto 
him  a  salt  acaudlesticke  and  xs  in  money.  Itm  I  give  unto  Nathaniel! 
Garefield  the  Sonne  of  thafores'1  Richard  Garefield  the  somme  of  vis  viijd 
to  be  paid  wth  in  one  yeare  next  after  my  decease  Item  I  give  and  bequeath 
unto  my  godsonne  Thomas  Browne  a  swarme  of  bees  yf  my  bees  hit  well 
to  be  delivered  to  him  to  him  (sic)  wlh  in  two  years  next  after  my  decease 
And  if  they  hit  not  well  then  iijs  iiij'1  to  be  paid  to  him  by  my  Executor 
hereafter  named  And  to  all  the  Rest  of  my  godchildren  I  give  iiija  a 
peece  ymmediately  after  my  decease  Itm  I  give  unto  the  ringers  of  the 
parish  church  of  Ashbie  aforesaid  xij(1  upon  the  daie  of  my  buriall  and 
meate  and  drinke  Itm  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  sonne  Willm  Gare- 
field the  somme  of  xxs  to  paid  to  him  -vUl  in  four  yeares  next  after  my 
decease  And  after  my  debts  paide  and  my  funerall  expences  discharged 
the  Residue  of  my  goods  chattels  cattel  and  ymplemts  of  householde  stulfo 
whatsoever  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Aur.o  my  wife  ami  Isabel  1  my  daugh- 
ter and  to  the  longer  liver  of  them  whom  I  make  and  ordaine  Execut,s  of 
this  my  last  Will  and  Testament.  And  I  do  appoint  ou'seers  of  this  my 
present  Testament  Willm  Browne  John  Myles  and  John  Gougho  whom  1 
hope  will  see  all  things  accomplished  accordinge  to  this  my  moaninge.  In 
witness  whereof  I  have  sette  my  hand  and  eiealo  to  this  my  present  writhtinge 
the  daie  and  yeare  abovesaid.  These  being  witnesses  Willm  Beeke  John 
Hill  Willm  Ragsdale 

Proved  12  Sept  1(501. 

[To  be  continued.] 

*  The  nuino  of  the  testator  is  not  given  in  tho  transcript  as  printed  in  Northamptonshire 
Notes  and  Queries,  , 

VOL.    xux.  18 


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202  The  Snow  Genealogy.  [April, 


THE  SNOW  GENEALOGY. 

By  Mrs.  Charles  L.  alden,  of  Troy,  N.  Y. 
[Continued  from  vol.  xlix.,  page  72.] 

21.  Joseph3  Snow  (Joseph?  Nicholas1),  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Snow, 

born  Nov.  24,  1671,  in  Eastham;  died  in  Eastham  Jan.  23,  1704-5; 
married  Dec.  15,  1690,  to  Sarah  Smith,  whose  parentage,  dates  of 
birth  and  deatli  I  have  failed  to  find.  They  resided  at  Eastham, 
and  had  recorded  on  Eastham  records  their  first  child: 

li.  Thankful4  Snow,  born  Jan.  15,  1C92.  She  probably  died  unmar- 
ried before  1717,  for  she  is  not  mentioned  in  her  grandfather's 
will. 

58.   ii.       Nathaniel  Snow. 

50.   iii.      Joseph  Snow.     And  perhaps  others,  who  probably  died  young. 

22.  Benjamin3  Snow  (Joseph'2,  Nicholas*),  born  in  Eastham  June  9,  1673; 

died  in  1748.  lie  married  June  16,  1700,  Thankful  Bowerman.  (I 
have  found  nothing  certain  about  her,  but  think  she  is  a  daughter  of 
Thomas  Bowerman.)  Benjamin  Snow  made  his  will  in  1748,  and 
mentions  Thomas,  James,  Seth,  Benjamin,  Betty  Hatch,  Mary 
Pepper,  Susannah  Smith,  Rebecca  Snow,  Jane  Snow,  Thankful 
Pats.  (I  have  placed  some  of  the  children  in  the  order  it  seemed 
to  me  the  most  probable  one,  where  I  had  no  dates  to  guide  me). 
Children  : 

Elizabeth4,  born  Oct.  10,  1702. 

Mary. 

Benjamin. 

Thomas,  born  Feb.  G,  1706-7. 

Susannah,  born  Nov.  12,  1708. 

Rebecca,  born  Sept.  25,  1710. 

James. 

Thankful,  born  Jan.  18,  1712-13. 

Jane  Snow,  born  March  4,  1714-15. 

Seth, 

23.  Sarah8  Snow  (Joseph,2  Nicholas1),  born  in  Eastham  April  30,  1677; 

died  after  1717;  married  Feb.  15,  1699-1700,  Benjamin  Young, 
son  of  John  and  Until  (Cole)  Young,  grandson  of  John  Young,  the 
first  settler  in  Eastham.  Benjamin  Young's  mother  was  sister  of 
JoHn  Cole,  who  married  Kutha  Snow  (Nicholas).      Children: 

i.        Thankful4  Young,  born  Dec.  20,  1700. 
ii.       John  Young,  born  April,  17,  1702. 
iii.      Daniel  Young,  born  April  4,  1704. 

2<t.  Ruth3  Snow  (Joseph?  Nicholas1),  born  Oct.  14,  1679;  died  after 
1717;  married  James  Brown  April  13,  1701.  They  resided  in 
Eastham  before  the  division  of  the  town.     James  Brown  may  have 


60. 

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61. 

ii. 

62. 

iii. 

63. 

iv. 

61. 

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vi. 

66. 

vii. 

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68. 

ix. 

69. 

X. 

1895.]       Oapt.    William  Meacham  at  Bunher  Hill.  203 

been  the  son  of  the  first  settlers,  William   and    Mary  (Murdoeh) 
Brown.     Children  : 

i.  JOSEI'II5   JiltOWN. 

ii.  Jesse  Brown. 

iii.  Ruth  Brown. 

iv.  Zili'iia  Brown. 

v.  Jane  Brown. 

vi.  James  Bkown. 

vii.  George  Bkown. 

viii.  KehI'X'Ca  Brown. 

ix.  Benjamin  Brown. 

Note.— It  is  almost  impossible  to  place  the  different  daughters.  A  Sarah3 
Snow  (perhaps  Mark2,  Nicholas1)  married  Daniel  Hamilton  August  5,  1708. 
If  so,  she  may  have  died,  and  he  married  then  a  daughter  of  Joseph-  (Nieholas1), 
either  Mary  or  Jane,  and  had  a  daughter  Rebecca. 


CAPT.  WILLIAM  MEACHAM  AT  BUNKER  HILL. 

By  E.  S.  Willcox,  Esq.,  of  Peoria,  111.,  Librarian  of  the  Public  Library. 

William  Meacham,  of  New  Salem,  Mass.,  captain  of  a  com- 
company  of  so-called  minute-men,  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill,  but  J  have  been  unable  to  find  any  published  record  of  that 
fact,  and  am  told  that  his  name  does  not  appear  upon  the  marble 
tablets  at  Bunker  Hill,  which  profess  to  give  the  names  of  officers 
who  fell  in  that  action. 

In  the  Register,  vol.  27,  for  1873,  page  122,  his  name  is  given 
in  a  "  List  of  officers  who  were  in  the  battle  of  Bunker's  (Breed's) 
Hill,  June  17,  1775,  not  named  in.  Frothingham's  'Siege  of  Bos- 
ton,' second  edition,"  as  captain  in  Col.  Benjamin  Buggies  Wood- 
bridge's  Regiment,  but  it  is  not  stated  that  he  fell  there. 

As  Capt.  Meacham  was  my  mother's  grandfather,  and  as  family 
tradition  and  the  family  Bibles  claim  that  he  avus  killed  at  Bunker 
Hill,  I  have  naturally  looked  for  some  official  or  published  confirma- 
tion of  the  fact,  but,  until  this  last  summer,  without  success. 

While  in  Boston,  July  last,  pursuing  my  inquiries,  Mr.  G.  W. 
Brown,  the  obliging  attendant  in  the  rooms  of  the  Massachusetts 
State  Archives,  State  House,  handed  me  the  original  paper,  well 
preserved,  of  which  the  following  io  a  copy  : 

December  ye  15th  1775  This  may  certify  that  1  William  Stacy  &  I 
William  Smith  &  I  Hon'"  lla.skall  wore  well-knowing to  the  guns  of  Ctipt  Wm 
Meacham  and  that  of  .John  Ganson,  the  sd  Capt  were  killed  the  sd  John 
were  wounded  in  the  action  on  Bunkers  hill  ye  17  of  June  last  we  therefore 
have  Prized  the  sd  Capt.  gun  at  £3  003  00'1     the  Bayonet  and  Belt  at  £0 


' 


201  Capt.    William  Meaoham  at  Banker  Hill.  [April, 

098  OS'1     and  the  sd  Jnp,  gun  at   £2    14H   GO'1     the  sd  capt.  gun   was  a 
ci)  m  pi  eat  fuze*  the  other  a  New  french  Regular  gun 

William  Stacy  JM »j*r 

William  Smith  Lt 

Benj'n  IIascall  Sergt. 

Massachusetts  Archives,  vol.  13S,  page  875. 

Here  is  the  incontestable  proof  of  what  I  was  seeking,  carefully 
filed  and  indexed  and  easily  found  at  a  moment's  notice.  My  astonish- 
ment at  finding  such  a  document  as  this,  at  holding  it  in  my  hand, 
may  be  imagined,  and  also  my  gratitude  to  the  grand  old  State  of 
Massachusetts  for  so  sacredly  preserving  and  guarding  the  original 
records  of  the  deeds  of  her  brave  sons. 

But  Mr.  Brown  gave  me  a  still  greater  surprise  by  stepping  back 
into  one  of  the  alcoves  and  bringing  me  the  original  muster-roll  or 
pay-roll  of  my  great-grandfather's  company,  a  little  faded  and  yellow 
with  age  but  in  perfect  preservation,  containing  the  names  of  the 
fifty-throe  men  who  composed  the  company,  date  and  place  of  enlist- 
ment, number  of  miles  marched,  amounts  due  each  one  for  mileage, 
service,  etc.,  etc.,  etc.,  and  on  the  back,  endorsed  for  filing,  in  a  bold, 
clerical  hand,  the  following: 

Capt.  Wm  Meaoham 

Army  Roll     £  205:     18/0 

Jan*  9th 


Coll  Wodhridge' 


Reg1. 


This  muster-roll  was  headed:  "A  muster-roll  of  the  Company 
under  the  command  of  Captain  John  King  in  Colonel  Wood- 
bridge's  Regiment  to  the  first  of  August,  1775." 

The  first  line  is  in  substance  as  follows  : 

William  Meaeham,  town,  New  Salom;  rank,  Captain ;  killed  Juno  17; 
time  of  enlistment,,  May  ye  11 "' ;  travel,  90  miles;  amount,  l'1  a  mile  7/0; 
time  of  service,  1  month  9  days ;  whole  amount,  £8  05s  1 1<1  l'1 ;  guns  1, 
bayonet  1,  himself  lost  June  17,  and  30  on. 

The  second  name  on  the  roll  is  that  of  John  King,  sergeant,  then 
captain,  the  one  who  succeeded  Capt.  Meacham  in  command,  and 
who  made  out  the  quarterly  pay-roll,  Aug.  1st  following.  It  is 
his  name,  evidently  taken  from  this  pay-roll,  which  appears  in  place 
of  Capt.  Meacham's  in  the  REGISTER,  vol.  27,  p.  122,  for  1873. 

In  this  list  or  roll  of  fifty-three  men  in  Capt.  Meacham's  company, 
who  were  mostly  from  New  Salem,  appear  also  the  names  of  Jere- 
miah Meacham,  Jonathan  Meacham,  John  Meacham — four  brothers 
Meacham — and  Moses  Curtis,  who  married  their  sister  Mary  Meacham 
after  whom  my  mother  was   named.     John   Meacham  died  many 

*  For  fuzee,  no  doubt. 


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1895.]  Oapl.   William  Meacham  at  Jhuiker  Hill.  205 

years  afterwards  at  Benson,  Vt.  Jeremiah  died  in  Oneida  Co. 
N.  Y.,  and  Jonathan  at  Petersham,  Mass.  Moses  Curtis  was  the 
grandfather  of  the  Key.  Dr.  Harvey  Curtis,  a  graduate  of  Mid- 
dlebury  College  and  subsequently  President  of'Knox  College,  Gales- 
burg,  111. 

Capt.  William  Meacham  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  March  10, 
1742,  and  married  Sarah  Cook  in  1771 — the  ancestor  of  the  family 
came  over  to  Salem  previous  to  1040,  from  Somersetshire,  England. 

After  his  death  his  widow  with  her  two  young  children,  William 
and  Jeremiah,  removed  to  North  Adams  where  she  taught  school, 
and  then  married  Zadok  Everest,  a  widower  from  Tieonderoga, 
N.  Y.,  With  two  children,  William  and  Sally.  They  had  ten  chil- 
dren more — Lois  who  married  Erastus  Swift  of  Bridport,  Vt.,  son 
of  the  Kev.  Dr.  Job  Swift,  and  after  whom  I  was  named  ;  Zadok, 
Dudley,  Udney,  Hiram,  Solomon,  Charles,  Loraine  (grandmother, 
I  think,  of  the  Murrays  of  Clarendon  Springs,  Vt.),  Blioda  and 
Esther.  The  Everests  were  a  large  family  connection  long  well 
known  on  the  lake  shore  in  Essex  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  in  Addison  Co., 
Vt.  The  Sally  Everest  mentioned  above  married  Loudon  Case 
and  lived  many  years  in  Hock  Island,  111. 

Since,  so  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  discover,  there  exists  no 
published  acknowledgment*  that  Capt.  William  Meacham  lost  his 
life  while  commanding  a  company  at  Bunker  Hill,  although  there 
is  abundant  and  easily  accessible  evidence  of  the  fact  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts State  Archives,  I  have  thought  it  a  matter  of  historical  as 
well  as  family  interest  to  publish  these  particulars.  There  are  many 
descendants  of  Capt.  Meacham  and  his  brothers  who  will  be  inter- 
ested in  knowing  them. 

Mr.  Edward  B.  Hill,  a  lawyer,  45  W«\ll  Street,  New  York,  and  great- 
grandson  of  the  Jonathan  Meacham  who  died  at  Petersham,  has  a  correct 
copy  of  the  muster-roll  mentioned  above,  which  I  have  asked  him  to  send 
you  for  publication,  if  you  can  find  space  for  it.  E.  s.  w. 

*Note. — I  have  read  with  interest  the  foregoing  account  of  Capt.  William 
Meacham,  and  I  am  glad  to  report  that  his  services  have  already  been  recognized. 
In  t'889  the  City  of  Boston  erected  Memorial  Tablets  in  Wintlirop  Square, 
Charlestown,  inscribed  with  the  names  of  all  the  soldiers  and  officers  who.  were 
killed  at  Bunker  Hill.  On  page  136  of  the  printed  Memorial  volume,  j'O-u  will 
find  commemorated  General  Warren  and  eight  other  ofllccrs. 

Later  on  1  Obtained  proof  that  two  more  olllcers  were  killed  there,  viz:  Capt. 
William  Meaehani  and  Lieut.  Benjamin.  West.  In  City  Doc.  No.  54,  of  1890,  I 
printed  the  evidence  regarding  Lieutenant  West.  I  printed  a  letter  in  the 
iSprint/jicId  Republican  of  .Inly  1J0,  1889,  stating  Captain  Meacham's  claims, 
based  on  a  paper  then  recently  found  on  the  files  at  the  State  House,  and  asking, 
for  particulars  about  him.  Soon  after,  tnon^h  I  do  not  recall  the  date,  I 
obtained  leave  from  the  proper  authorities,  and  had  these  two  names  added  on 
the  bronze  tablet.  For  some  four  years,  therefore,  Captain  Meacham  has  been 
properly  honored  and  the  tablet  can  be  seen  by  every  visitor. 

I  am  very  uhul  however  that  ignorance  of  the  action  of  the  City  of  Boston 
lias  led  Mr.  Willcox  to  prepare  the  preceding  account. 

Old  VouH~. House,  Boston.  William  11.  Wumvioiuc,  City  lieg istrar. 

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NOTES  AND  QUERIES. 

Notes. 

Descendants  of  Benjamin  Clarke  and  Miriam  Kilby. — An  excellent  article, 
entitled  "  Christopher  Kilby,  of  Boston,"  may  be  read  in  the  Register,  of  1872, 
Vol.  xxvi.^pp.  43-49.  Kilby's  first  wife  Sarah,  whom  he  married  Aug.  17,  1720, 
was  a  daughter  of  the  Hon.  William  Clark,  and  niece  of  Dr.  John  Clark  ;  she  died 
April  12,  1739,  se.  31,  some  six  months  before  her  husband  was  sent  to  England, 
as  the  Provincial  Agent.  Other  notes  in  the  same  volume  (p.  437)  and  from  the 
same  pen,  respecting  the  family  of  William  Clark,  are  notably  at  error  as  to  the 
son  Benjamin,  who  is  stated  to  have  married  (Ap.  2,  1724)  Miriam  Kilby,  cousin 
of  the  Agent,  and  to  have  had  descendants  by  the  name  of  Mason,  Philips, 
Cutler,  etc.  In  a  letter  of  Feb.  11,  187G,  the  late  Charles  W.  Tattle,  Esq.,  who 
wrote  the  account  of  Mr.  Kilby,  and  the  subsequent  notes,  says  :  "I  took  some 
pains  to  be  accurate  in  my  statements,  in  the  little  sketch  of  Mr.  Clark  and  his 
descendants,  in  the  Rkcjistkr  referred  to.  1  have  gone  over  my  authorities  again 
to  some  extent,  and  liud  only  this  amendment  to  make,  viz.  :  Benjamin  Clarke 
signed  his  will  adding  a  final  e  to  his  name;  I  have  many  of  his  father's  letters, 
all  without  the  final  e."  lie  then  proceeds  to  state  that  the  Benjamin  in 
question  died  in  1746,  leaving  a  will  which  mentions  his  wife  and  the  children 
(as  given  in' the  Register,  1872);  among  them  Benjamin,  a  minor,  "now  in 
College.  1  got  some  information  of  this  Benjamin's  descendants  from  an  old 
gentleman  living  here,  son  of  the  late  Hon.  Jonathan  Mason.  He  told  me  that 
Benjamin,  II.  C,  and  his  brother  Christopher,  never  married.  They  were  his 
great-uncles." 

In  refutation  of  the  above  statement,  it  will  perhaps  be  sufficient  to  say  that 
Benjamin,  son  of  the  Hon.  William  Clark,  was  bap.  at  the  O.  N.  as  late  as  Aug. 
10,  1718,  and  consequently  could  not  have  married  in  1724;  and  that  on  Jan.  6, 
174G-7,  Benjamin  Clarke,  merchant,  and  Rebecca  Winslow,  widow,  two  of  the 
children  and  heirs  of  William  Clarke,  E-;>q.,  deceased,  to  their  brother-in-law 
Thomas  Greenough,  mathematical-instrument  maker,  quit  claim  in  the  estate  of 
the  late  William  Clarke,  now  occupied  by  his  widow  Sarah  Clarke,  one  messuage 
near  the  Old  North  meeting-house,  butted  on  n.e.  by  land  of  Thomas  Hutcheson, 
said  Benjamin  Clarke  and  Rebecca  Winslow  and  Susanna  wife  of  the  said  Ben- 
jamin Clarke,"  &C.  ;  Suit*.  Deeds,  Vol.  71,  p.  264.  Ten  years  later  the  house  was 
sold  by  Greenough  to  Sir  Charles  II.  Erankland.  Clarke  died  a  widower  and 
childless,  before  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  War. 

As  regards  the  Benjamin  Clarke  who  did  marry  Miriam  Kilby,  we  gather  from 
the  Boston  records  that  Pilgrim  Simpkihs,  having  buried  his  tirst  wife  Miriam 
in  Nov.  1060,  was  married  a  year  later  to  his  second,  Catherine  Richardson.  The 
first  was  mother  of  Miriam,  wife  of  Thomas  Tyler,  whose  second  son  William, 
b.  1(587,  married  first  Sarah  Royall,  and  second,  Jane,  widow  of  Capt.  Benj. 
Clark'  of  Kingston,  N.  11.,  and  sister  of  Sir  Win.  Peppered.  By  his  second  mar- 
riage Simpkins  had  two  daughters  :  Rebecca,  b.  14  March,  1665,  and  Sarah,  b.  21 
Sept.,  1668;  the:  fft'st  married  John  Kilby  and  was  mother  of  Chistopher,  the 
Prov.  Agent;  the  second  married  March  20,  1691,  Christopher  Kilby  (brother  of 
John),  and  had  Christopher,  b.  July  24,  1692,  and  Miriam,  b.  Dec.  5,  1696,  who 
married,  April  2,  1724,  Benjamin  Clarke  of  Boston,  after  whose  death  she  be- 
come the  wife  of  Samuel  Hill.  Mrs.  Miriam  Clarke's  portrait,  by  Copley,  was 
lately  in  the  possession  of  her  gt.  -grand-dan.,  Mrs.  Thomas  W.Phillips.*  In 
his  will  of  Jan.  21 ,  17-16,  proved  l<Yb.  16,  following,  Benjamin  Clarke,  "  felt- 
maker,"  of  Boston,  "  inllrin  &  weak  of  body,"  mentions  his  wife  Miriam  and 
live  children,  all  under  age",  viz.  :  Benjami-i,  who  is  to  be  sent  to  Harvard  Col- 
lege, Christopher,  Miriam,  Surah  and  Mary.  \\\  the  Inventory  of  Feb.  23, 
Clarke  is  styled  "  hatter."  John  Phillips  was  appointed  executor.  As  to  the 
children;  Benjamin,  II.  C.  17150,  is  starred  as  dead  in  181 1  ;  his  business  was  that 
of  a  brazier;  Christopher  was  living  in  1760,  a  shopkeeper  of  Boston  ;  Miriam 
m.  Oct.  12,  1747,  Jonathan,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (Scollay)  Mason, 

*  A.  T,  Perkins'  Life  and  Works  of  Copley,  Boston,  1873. 


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brazier,  deacon  of  the  0.  S.,  wlio  was  Living  1795,  father  of  the  Hon.  Jonathan 
Mason,  U.  S.  Senator,  b.  Aug.  30,  1752,  and  of  Miriam  Mason,  I).  June  1G,  1754, 
who  in.  Sept.  13,  1774,  Lt.  Gov.  William  Phillips,  who  d.  May  2(5,  1827,  sa.  77; 
Sarah  was  living  in  17G0  the  wife  of  Ebenezer  Backus  of  Norwich,  Ct. ;  Mary 
b.  1728,  m.  Nov.  27,  1750,  John  Cutler,  brass-founder,  son  of  David  and  Anne 
Cutler;  he  was  bapt.  at  King's  Chapel,  Nov.  8,  1723,  and  both  were  living  in 
17!)5.     Suffolk  Deeds,  Vols.  93,  p.  101  ;  94,  p.  214;   179,  p.  197.  I.  J.  G. 


York  County  (Mc.)  Deeds. — 

The  attention  of  genealogists  is  called  to  the  value  of  the  ten  volumes  of  the 
deeds  recorded  in  York,  which  have  been  published  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Maine  Historical  Society,  covering  the  period  1(542-1722.  They  contain  a  great 
amount  of  family  history  of  interest  to  genealogists  of  the  other  New  England 
States.  The  Indian  Wars  of  1G76-1690  drove  away  about  all  the  settlers  along 
the  Maine  coast,  and  they  became  scattered  throughout  Massachusetts,  New 
Hampshire,  Rhode  Island  and  Connecticut.  For  nearly  a  third  of  a  century 
the  Province  of  Maine  was  left  to  the  aboriginal  residents  and  during  that  time 
those  who  had  fled  from  their  old  home  became  permanent  settlers  in  their 
several  places  of  refuge,  and  when  the  province  began  to  be  resettled  1710-1730, 
they  or  their  descendants  sold  their  Maine  estates  to  others.  The  deeds  oC  trans- 
fer contain,  therefore,  many  recitals  of  old  and  new  residences,  descents  and  re- 
lationship, etc.,  which  are  of  extreme  value.  I  emote  examples  from  some  of 
the  late  volumes  to  show  this  feature  and  I  would  advise  genealogists  to  consult 
the  fine  indices  of  these  ten  volumes  before  they  give  up  the  search  for  some 
elusive  ancestor.  ; 

New  Hampshire.  Job  Clement  of  Dover  with  the  consent  of  Capt.  John 
Heard  and  all  the  rest  of  the  children  of  James  Heard,  late  of  Kittery  transfers 
certain  property.  Signed  by  Job  Clement,  John  Heard,  John  Warden,  Robert 
Evans  and  Samuel  Small,  1713.     (IX.,  266.) 

Massachusetts.  Ebenezer  Wing  of  Sandwich  sells  to  his  brother-in-law 
Nathaniel  Backhouse  of  the  same  town  and  Daniel  Backhouse  of  Dartmouth  to 
his  brother  Nathaniel,  certain  property  belonging  to  their  father  Francis  Back- 
house, late  of  Saco,  1719.     (X.,  183.)     This  name  is  modernized  as  Backus. 

Matthew  Fstes  of  Salem  and  wife  Philadelphia,  "  in  time  past  relict  wkldow  of 
Edward  Hayes,  late  of  Kittery."  1719.  (IX.,  205.)  She  was  daughter  of 
Reynold  Jenkins. 

Rhode  Island.  Isaac  Nash  of  Kingston,  and  Dorothy  his  wife,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Littlefleld,  deceased,  late  of  Wells,  sells  certain  property  in  latter  town; 
and  Lt.  Win,  King  of  Sutton,  Mass.  and  wife  Rebecca,  another  daughter,  also 
dispose  of  their  rights,  1718.     (IX.,  146.) 

Connecticut.  Richard  LIunncwell  late  of  Winter  Harbor  (Saco)  to  his 
brother  John,  formerly  of  same  "now  resident  at  Connecticut,"  1G92.  (IX., 
179.) 

Dennis  Morow  CMorough)  Senior,  of  Norwich  sells  his  lauds  in  Falmouth, 
Me.,  1714.     (IX.,  342.) 

New  York.  Matthew  Rew,  late  of  Kennebec  River,  now  resident  of  Staten 
Island,  sells  certain  property  at  former  place  1G83.     (X.,  262.) 

Charles  E.  Banks. 


Childs  Family.— In  the  genealogy  of  the  Child,  Childs,  Childe  family,  by 
Elias  Child,  Utica,  1881,  page  682,  Reuben  Childs  is  given  as  the  head  of  a  large 
body  of  descendants.  His  ancestors  are  reported  unknown  to  the  writer.  His 
posterity  may  be  glad  to  learn  that  Reuben  Childs  was  son  of  Asa  Childs  and 
Rhoda,  daughter  of  Capt.  Benjamin  Wright,  a  noted  partisan  ©Ulcer  in  the  Indian 
wars.  Reuben  was  born  at  Deerfleld,  and  baptized  February  15,  1755.  He  was 
one  of  the  minute  men  who  marched  from  Deerfleld  under  Capt.  Jonas  Locke, 
on  the  Lexington  alarm,  April  20,  1775.  He  soon  enlisted  in  the  company  of 
Capt.  Joseph  Stebbins,  his  old  lieutenant,  and  was  under  him  at  the  battle  of 
Bunker  Hill.  Capt.  Stebbins  had  not  then  secured  his  commission;  it  was 
signed  by  John  Hancock,  President  of  Congress,  July  5,  1775.  Childs  was  out 
again  on  the  Burgoyne  invasion,  and  in  1778  on  the  alarm  at  New  London.  He 
went  to  Conway  in  1812,  where  he  died  October  15,  1843. 

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Greenleaf  Family  Rbcoud  : — 

"  Samuel.     Sou  of  Mr.  John  Greenleaf  and  Hannah  his  wife 
Born  20  Feb.  1080 

Martha.     Daughter  of  Mr.  John  Bull  and  Mary  his  wife  born 
7  August  1G78. 

Samuel  Greenleaf  and  Martha  Bull  were  married  by  Mr.  Ebenezer  Pember- 
ton 
Oct.  14th  1708 

Hannah  of  Sam11  Greenleaf  and  Martha  his  wife 
Born 
Elizabeth 
Samuel 
John 
Jonathan 
Martha 
Stephen 
William 

Samuel  Greenleaf  son  of  Mr.  Jonathan  and  Mrs.  Mary  Greenleaf 
Born  October  28,  1740 

Mehitable  Snoden  Daughter  of  Mr.  William  &  Mr.  Mehitable  Snoden  Born 
December  the  5  1703 

Sam11  Greenleaf  and  Mehitable  Snoden  married  by  Doctor  Charles  Chauncy 
Nov.  17,  1703 

Mehitable  Greenleaf       Born  July     5,     1704 

Martha  "  "  May  23,     1700 

Samuel  "  "  July   20,     1708 

Mary  Snodin    "  "  Aug    11,     1770." 

The  above  records  were  copied  by  me  from  a  Bible  now  in  the  possession  of 
Mrs.  S.  B.  Gould.  The  Bible  was  printed  at  London  "  by  John  Baskett,  Printer 
to  the  King's  Most  Excellent  Majesty  and  by  the  assigns  of  Thomas  Newcomb 
and  Henry  Hills  deceased  mdeexxii."  Another  imprint  is  "  Printed  for  Richard 
Ware  at  the  Bible  and  Sun  in  Anien-Corners,  mdeexxv." 

Ill  the  book  is  written  "  Samuel  Greenleaf  |  His  Bible  |  Feb.  15  |  1780  " 

Boston,  Mats.  Thomas  Hooper,  Jr. 

Note  by  the  Editor.— John  Greenleaf  of  Boston,  the  father  of  Samuel,  above 
mentioned,  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  William  Veasey  of  Braintree,  Mass., 
July  20,  1005.  See  Register,  vol.  47,  page  301,  where  a  record  of  his  family 
is  given.  No  connection  has  yet  been  traced  between  him  and  Edmund  Green- 
leaf of  Newbury  and  Boston. 

Roger  Grant. — The  following  item  may  be  of  interest  to  some  readers  of 
the  REGISTER,  as  Roger  Grant  is  not  mentioned  by  Mr.  Savage: 

June  20  1002.  Roger  Grant  the  younger,  of  the  Isles  of  Shoals,  was  appren- 
ticed to  Ezekiel  Northern!  of  Rowley  for  thirteen  years  in  consideration  of  one 
hundred  weight  of  bread  and  one  hundred  weight  of  pork  paid  immediately  to 
his  father  and  three  suits  of  clothes,  three  cows  not  over  seven  years  old  and 
a  sow  pig  to  himself  at  the  end  of  the  term. 

In  1079  Roger  Jr.  acknowledged  the  receipt  of  the  aforesaid  articles. 

Cambridge,  Mass.  Edward  R.  Cogswell. 


Early  Boston  Book-binder.— In  the  York  Co  (Maine)  Registry  of  Deeds, 
Vol.  IX.,  p.  280,  there  is  a  document  which  refers  to  Nicholas  Buttolph  "  book- 
binder" of  Boston,  under  date  of  1718,  which  may  be  worthy  of  record  as  pre- 
serving the  name  of  one  of  the  early  bibliopegists  of  the  Hub. 

CriARLES  E.  Banks. 


Queries. 


Guild.— 1.     In  the  Guild  Genealogy,  published  by  Charles  Burleigh  of  Port" 
land,  is  given  the  date  of  death  of  Samuel  Guild  (second  son  and  eldest  having 


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issue  of  John  Guild,  the  first  of  the  name  in  Dedham),  as  occurring  at  Dedham 
January  1,  1730.  Is  place  of  death  correct?  I  can  find  no  record  of  such  in 
the  printed  Dedham  records. 

2.  Nathaniel  Guild  (see  Register,  vol.  xi.,  page  210,  for  note  regarding 
him,  copied  from  the  Massachusetts  Gazette  and  Post  Boy  of  Feb.  7^  1774), 
married  Mehitable  Farringtou  (or  HartshorneV).  Who  was  she?  When  and 
where  was  she  born?  Who  were  her  parents?  When  and  where  was  she  mar- 
ried? According  to  the  Dedham  records,  their  first  child  was  born  February 
18,  1707-8. 

3.  Moses  Guild,  born  May  14,  1725,  married  Rhoda  Mann  of  Wrentham  on 
February  1,  1753.     When  and  where  did  they  die? 

They  had  13  children,  born  during  the  period  of  1753  to  1770.  Were  they 
born  in  Boston?     If  not,  where? 

4.  Where  were  the  children  of  Moses,  second  child  and  eldest  son  of  above, 
born?  Ciiaiiles  A.  Dubosq. 

4233  Regent  Square,  West  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Wheelock:  —Savage  in  "  Genealogical  Dictionary"  says: 
"  Of  Samuel  son  of  Ralph  Wheelock  I  have  power  to  tell  nothing  except  that 
he  lived  in  Shrewsbury." 

Ward  in  "  Register  of  Shrewsbury  Families"  says  : 

"  Deacon  Samuel  Wheelock,  whose  wife's  name  was  Lydia,  came  to  Shewsbury 
from  Marlboro'  before  1720."     (Shrewsbury  was  founded  1717.) 

Temple  in  "  History  of  Framingham  "  says  : 

u  Lydia  daughter  of  Henry  Rice  married  Samuel  Wheelock." 

By  uniting  these  three  records,  I  am  led  to  believe  that  they  refer  to  the  same 
person,  and  that  this  Deacon  Samuel  was  son  of  Ralph,  and  that  he  married 
Lydia  Rice  daughter  of  Henry  and  granddaughter  of  Edmund  Rice. 

The  chief  discrepancy  is  in  the  difference  between  the  date  of  his  birth  (1G42) 
and  that  of  his  first  child  (1695-G).  But  if  he  is  that  Samuel  Wheelock  who 
according  to  Temple  married  Lydia  Rice,  he  must  have  been  married  late  in  life, 
for  Lydia  Rice  was  born  1G68,  and  was,  therefore,  2G  years  his  junior,  and  would 
have  been  but  2G  or  27  years  old  at  the  time  of  the.  birth  of  his  first  child. 
Among  his  children  were:  Elizabeth,  Hannah,  Tamar,  Rachel — names  corres- 
ponding to  the  sisters  of  Lydia  Rice.  Judson  Keith  Dkming. 

Dubuque,  Iowa. 


Taylor  and  Wright. — Wanted,  1.  The  parentage  of  Thankful  Taylor  (one 
record  says  "  of  Plymouth"),  who,  Dec.  8,  1733,  published  her  "  intention  of 
marriage"  to  Benjamin  Gary,  Jr.,  in  Bristol,  R.  L,  and  was  married  to  him 
there  Dec.  2G,  by  the  Rev.  Barnabas  Taylor.  They  moved  to  Providence  1737, 
and  later  (date  not  recorded)  were  given  a  letter  from  the  Beneficent  Gongre- 
gational  Church,  which  they  had  joined,  and  where  Benjamin  Gary  was  deacon, 
to  the  church  at  riainiield,  Gt.,  where,  however,  no  trace  of  them  is  found. 
Their  children  were:  1,  John,  b.  1734,  at  Bristol;  2,  Joseph,  b.  173G,  at  Bristol; 
3,  Thomas,  bap.  1747,  at  lJrovidence;  4,  Ebenezer,  bap.  1747,  at  Providence;  5, 
Susanna,  bap.  1747,  at  Providence;  G,  Nathaniel,  bap.  1750,  at  Providence; 
7,  Thankful,  bap.  1752,  at  Providence;  8,  George,  bap.  1754,  at  Providence;  0, 
Marry,  bap.  175G,  at  Providence;    10,  Abigail,  hap.  175!),  at  Providence. 

Wanted  2.  Tlui  parentage  of  lOlizabelh  Wright,  who  married  Aug.  2,  1750,  as 
his  second  wife,  Lieutenant  Joseph  Doming  of  Wethersllehl,  Gf.  She  died  Oct. 
11,  1788.  Her  children  wore  :  1,  Klizabeth,  b.  1752,  md.  Peter  Bends;  2,  Abi- 
gail, b.  1755,  d.  in  infancy;  3,  Mary,  b.  1758;  •!,  Iluldah,  b.  17G0,  in.  Stephen 
Richardson;  5,  Gideon,  born  17G2. 

David  and  Elizabeth  (Buck)  Wright,  of  Wethersfield,  had  a  daughter  Eliza- 
beth, b.  Aug.  4,  1728. 

Jonathan  and  Hannah  (Rand)  Wright,  of  Wethersdeld,  had  a  daughter  Eliza- 
beth, b.  Feb.  14,  1720. 

Was  Mrs.  Doming  either  of  these  two?  r 

Any  information  regarding  cither  Thankful  Taylor  or  Elizabeth  Wright  will 
bo  most  gratefully1  received. 

Pouyhkeepsie,  N.  Y.  (Miss)  Helen  Wilkinson  Kkynolds. 


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Attwood,  etc.— Capt.  Elijah  Attwood,  b.  1721;  m.  Nov.  21,  1751,  Anna 
Goodapeed,  b.  17.'H,  and  removed  soon  after  to  IS.  Ifaddam,  Ct.  Me  had  a 
brother  Andreio  who  was  drowned  before  1755;  three  sisters,  Elizabeth,  Han- 
nah, and  one  who  in.  Comslock,  accompanied  him  to  E.  Maddara.     lie  had 

fourteen  children  by  two  wives,  all  born  in  Connecticut.  Tradition  connects 
him  with  the  family  of  Herman  Attwood,  who  came  to  Boston  1612.  Who  were 
his  and  his  wife's  parents? 

Miiry  Rowley  m.  1697  Samuel  Olmsted  atE.  Haddam.  Who  were  her  parents? 
Was  she  da.  or  grandda.  o£ Moses  Rowley  who  removed  from  Cape  Cod  to  Had- 
dam, Ct.,  where  lie  died  1705? 

Deborah  Paddock,  b.  1705,  m.  1725  Joseph4  Doane  (Joseph3,  Dr.  Daniel,2  Deac. 
John1)  of  Chatham,  Mass.  Who  were  her  parents?  Was  she  da.  of  Robert 
Paddock,  who  was  Selectman'  at  Chatham  1720? 

Mary  Parker,  b.  1738  (perhaps  of  Chatham),  m.  1758  Sethb  Doane  (Joseph*), 
wlin  removed  to  Middle  Ifaddam,  Ct.     Who  were  her  parents? 

146  Herkimer  St.,  Brooklyn,  N,  Y.  E.  E.  Cornwall,  M.  ft. 


Lattimer. — An  ancient  stone  on  "  Old  Burial  Hill,"  Marblehead,  records  that 
Christopher  Lattemore  (sic)  died  in  1690,  aged  about  70,  and  his  wife  Mary  Lat- 
timer  in  1681  a;  19.  The  name  of  their  son  Hugh  Latimer  suggests  descent  from 
the  brave  and  prophetic  English  martyr.  Their  daughter  Susanna  married  John 
Pedrick,  who  concealed  high  lineage  under  an  assumed  name  and  was  progeni- 
tor of  a  race  of  merchants.  Another  daughter,  Mary  Latimer,  married  Col. 
Nathaniel  Norden,  the  earliest  aristocrat  of  the  town ;  who  used  a  coat  of  arms 
and  "held  no  great  correspondence  with  other  families."  Savage  says  Col. 
Norden  was  "  perhaps  brother  of  Samuel  the  corclwainer  of  Boston,"  but  it  is 
more  probable  that  he  was  that  son  of  the  latter  born  in  1653.  Can  any  one 
confirm  this?  He  married,  after  17l(J,  Mary,  daughter  of  Capt.  John  Legg  and 
witlow  of  Edward  Brattle,  who  was  son  and  brother  of  the  two  Thomases  of 
Boston.  Col.  Norden  died  in  1721,  and  in  1728  she  married  Edward  Goife  of 
Cambridge;  Norden's  will  states  that  his  sister  Hannah  married  Joshua  Huse 
cordwainer,  formerly  of  Boston,  and  that  their  daughter  Hannah  married  Jo- 
seph Dolbi'iire,  and  it  makes  a  bequest  to  Mary  Perkins,  late  Mary  Hooper  wife 
of  Samuel  Hooper  deceased,  and  to  her  daughter  Mary  Hooper;  also  to  Samuel 
Hooper  •'  son  to  my  half  sister,  daughter  of  my  father  by  his  wife  my  mother 
inlaw."     What  Hoopers  were  these?  J.  It.  K. 


Williams. —In  diary  of  Rev.  John  Eliot,  dated,  "  Roxbury,  Ap.  8,  1673," 
occurs  the  following:  "Received  of  Colo.  Williams  a  bag  of  coppers — weight 
31  pounds — in  part  of  my  salary  for  the  year  currant — the  same  being  by  esti- 
mation £1,  13,  1  lawful  money  and  for  which  I  am  to  be  accountable."  Who 
was  the  "  Colo.  Williams  "  referred  to'?  Those  of  the  name  living  at  Roxbury 
nt  that  date!  were  lloberti  Williams  (claimed  by  the  Ane.  &  lion.  Art.  Company 
us  a  member,  but  not  an  ollleer),  Nicholas  his  brother,  Samuel  Williams  his 
son,  a  deacon  of  the  church,  and  Stephen  Williams,  also  his  son,  who  was  of 
the  Roxbury  militia  company  and  afterwards  its  captain." 

Any  information  will  be  acknowledged  by 

Bethlehem,  Pa.  Edward  Higginson  Williams. 


Ralph  Lee  appears  as  a  witness  in  a  deed  recorded  in  Chester  County,  Pa., 
Book  E,  page  55,  dated  September  2,  1727,  executed  in  London  by  Elizabeth 
Green,  wife  of  John  Green  of  London,  et  al.,  and  acknowledged  by  Ralph  Lee 
October  15,  1731,  before  Jeremiah  Langhorn,  Register  and  Recorder  of  Bucks 
County,  Pa.;  which  appears  to  show  that  Ralph  Lee  was  in  London  in  1727  and 
in  Bucks  County,  Pa.,  in  1731.  It  would,  therefore,  seem  probable  that  he  is  a 
relative,  perhaps  father  or  brother,  of  William  Lee,  who  first  appeared  in  Bucks 
Countv,  Pa.,  in  1725,  was  married  there  i.i  1727,  and  had  a  sou  named  Ralph 
Lee. 

Wanted,  record  of  any  Lee  family  through  any  will  or  pedigree  record,  pro- 
bably of  Virginia,  or  London,  England,  or  other  English  Lee  lines,  having  in 
the  family  a  Ralph  Lee  and  a  William  Lee  living  during  the  above  mentioned 
years.  Edward  Clinton  Lee. 

Drexel  Building,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


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Hawks. — I  am  desirous  of  learning  something  of  the  ancestry  and  birth-place 
of  John  Ilawes  who  was  a  son  of  John  llawcs.  lie  was  born  in  17G2  and  died 
in  Acnshnet,  Mass.,  in  1828.  At  the  time  of  his  death  lie  held  the  office  of  col- 
lector of  customs  in  New  Bedford,  Mass.  lie  had  an  uncle  in  Saratoga  Co.,  New 
York,  with  whom  ho  lived  when  a  boy.  lie  was  a  master  mariner  in  the  mer- 
chant service  in  the  latter  part  of  the  eighteenth  century.  lie  was  a  member  of 
the  Massachusetts  legislature.  His  son  William  married  a  daughter  of  Gov. 
Marcus  Morton.  Any  information  in  regard  to  him,  and  his  relatives  who  may 
be  in  Saratoga  Co.,  New  York,  will  be  gratefully  received  by 

Ntw  Bedford,  Mass.  Fuanklyn  IIowland. 


Mk.  Ciiannkrs,  a  goldsmith. — Can  any  one  show  proof  of  an  early  gold- 
smith bearing  the  name  of  Channel's,  either  in  America  or  abroad? 

There  is  in  the  Sigourney  family  a  silver  cup  which,  according  to  an  inveterate 
tradition,  came  oyer  with  their  first  ancestor  about  108G.  The  word  "Channel's" 
Is  stamped  upon, the  Sigourney  heirloom— doubtless  the  maker's  name.  Its  claim 
to  antiquity  must  be  continued  or  confuted  in  proportion  to  the  light  which  can 
be  thrown  on  the  name  Channel's;  Who  knows  of  any  other  silver  bearing  the 
same  legend?  The  querist  will  be  thankful  for  any  reply  addressed  to  him  in 
Madison,  Wis.  ,  James  1).  Butler. 


Rhodes. — In  the  old  town  graveyard  at  Newport,  It.  I.,  is  the  heraldic  tomb- 
stone of  John  Rhodes,  Esq.,  who  died  31  March  1746,  aged  75,  "Grand  Son  of 
Sir  Godfrey  Rhodes  of  llowden  in  Yorkshire."  According  to  Burke's  "  Extinct 
and  Dormant  Baronetcies,"  Francis  and  Charles  llodes,  grandsons  of  Sir  Francis 
Rodes,  Bart.,  a  nephew  of  Sir  Godfrey  of  Great  Houghton,  "went  to  America." 
Can  any  of  the  Rhode  Island  genealogists  tell  us  more  about  this?        W.  S.  A. 


Elwkll. — I  desire  to  obtain  the  genealogy  of  Jabez  Elwell,  of  the  town  of 
Fairfield,  near  Banbury,  Ct.,  who  died  April  22,  1800,  aged  81  years;  wife's 
name  Tabil  ha  Jones  ;  his  father's  name  was  William,  Avho,  it  is  presumed,  was 
a  descendant  of  Robert  Elwell,  of  Salem,  about  1G35-40. 

Can  any  one  give  me  any  information  upon  this  subject  ? 

iSeneca  Falls^ Ar.  Y.  Wilmot  B.  Elwell. 

Odell.—  A  recent  publication,  from  the  press  of  Tuttle,  Morehouse  &  Taylor, 
of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  entitled  :  "  Ancestry  and  Descendants  of  Gershom  More- 
house, Jr.,  of  Redding,  Conn,"  states  that  Bebecca  was  the  name  of  the  wife  of 
William  Odell,  Sen.,  who  was  at  Concord,  Mass.,  in  1G30.  What  authority  is 
there  for  this?  Rufus  King. 

Tonkers,  ATew  York. 


Belknap  (correction). — The  writer  of  the  Belknap  article  in  the  last  number 
of  the  Register  regrets  its  appearance  with  the  unaccountable  error  of 
"Charles  II,"  instead  of  Richard  II. 

A  less  important  error  in  the  same  article  is  the  place-name  "  Wareham," 
which  should  read  Marsham.  A.  A.  C. 


Colcoud-Coefin. — Jane  Collin,  daughter  of  Tristram  and  Deborah  (Colcord) 
Collin,  was  married  to  Edward  Colcord,  of  Hampton,  N.  II.,  about  the  year  1738. 
I  shall  be  obliged  for  information  of  the  name  of  Edward  Colcord's  parents. 
He  is  supposed  to  be  the  son  of  .Jonathan  Colcord  (born  March  4,  1(181),  who 
Was/the  son  of  Samuel  (representative  iu  the  Assembly  in  1G82),  who  was  the 
sou  of  lOdward  the  immigrant  (see  "  Dictionary  of  the  First  Settlers  of  New 
England,"  Savage,  Vol.  I.).  C.  Howard  Colkisk. 

519  Drexd  Building,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


Waltkr  Bryant. — Can  any  one  give  further  information  about  Walter  Bry- 
ent  or  Bryant  of  Bow,  N.  II.,  whose  Winnipesaukee  Journal,  1747,  was  printed 
in  the  Lliciji st mi  for. Inly,  1H7H  (Vol.  32,  p.  21)7)?  Did  he  die  in  Newmarket, 
N.  LI.  V     Can  any  account  of  his  descendants  be  obtained?  II.  1*.  B. 

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Healey. — Information  wanted  of  a  family  of  Ilealcys,  said  to  belong  to  Ver- 
mont, ancestors  of  Christopher  and  Joseph  Healey,  engaged  in  Philadelphia  in 
anti-slavery  work  in  1810,  and  supposed  to  be  Quakers  of  Bucks  county.  Are 
these  any  relation  to  the  Hcaleys  of  Hampton  and  Kensington?    Address 

1520  ISth  Street,  Washington,  D.  C.  Caroline  II.  Dall. 


Bobrrt  "Boltwood.— Iii  the  inventory  of  Robert  Boltwood  of  Hartley,  taken 
April  10,  1681,  appears  the  following-  item,  viz.:  "Estate  in  the  Bay,  about 
£25." 

Can  any  one  inform  me  in  what  town  in  eastern  Massachusetts  this  estate  was 
situated;     It  would  seem  to  indicate  Boltwood's  earlier  residence  there. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.       '  L.  M.  Boltwood. 


Blackmer.— I  am  tracing  the  descendants  of  Peter  Blackmer  of  Rochester, 
Mass.,  who  was  born  25  May  1G67,  and  died  1  August  1717.  Any  information 
about  any  one  bearing  our  name  in  any  part  of  the  country  will  be  gladly  re- 
ceived. We  do  not  yet  know  who  the  father  of  Peter  Blackmer  was.  In  the 
early  colonial  records  the  name  was  spelled  Blackmore. 

Oak  Park,  111.  0.  C.  Blackmer. 


Replies. 

Rev.  John  Maverick  (Register,  xlviii.,  207).  The  following  interesting 
memorandum  has  been  forwarded  through  the  courtesy  of  the  Rev.  Arthur 
Burch,  connected  with  the  Diocesan  Registry,  Exeter.  John  Maverick,  clerk, 
M.A.,  was  instituted  to  Beaworthy,  Aug.  30,  1615,  at  Silverton,  co.  Devon.,  by 
William  Cotton,  Bishop  of  Exeter,  on  the  death  of  John  Norrice,  and  on  the 
presentation  of  Sir  Jonn  Arscott.  The  next  Rector,  John  Crought,  B.A.,  was 
instituted  March  21,  102'.),  the  living  being  then  vacant  through  the  free  resig- 
nation of  John  Mavericke,  the  last  possessor  thereof.  I.  J.  G. 


Williams  Family. — In  the  Register  for  1858,  pp.  297,  298,  was  printed  a 
brief  account  of  two  branches  of  the  Williams  family.  Since  that  account  was 
written,  I  have  found  proof  that  Henry  Williams  of  Amesbury  was  the  Henry 
born  in  1(199,  sou  of  Thomas  of  Newbury;  but  1  have  been  unable  to  trace 
Thomas  any  further  back  than  his  appearance  in  Newbury,  about  1090.  1  have, 
however,  recently  found  ah  Item  which  may  be  of  Interest  to  some  branches  of 
the  Williams  family,  particularly  to  those  who  trace  their  ancestry  to  Norwich, 
Conn. 

Joseph  Williams,  born  in  1617,  son  of  John  of  Newbury  and  Haverhill,  Mass., 
removed  from  Haverhill  to  Norwich  before  1722;  for,  in  that  year,  Joseph  Wil- 
liams of  Norwich,  Ct.,  sold  land  inherited  from  his  father,  John  Williams  of 
Haverhill.  Undoubtedly  this  is  the  Joseph  Williams  who  was  admitted  to  Nor- 
wich in  1702,  and  a  vote  passed  that  he  be  "  entered  as  a  whole  share  man  re- 
specting lands."     See  Caulkins's  History  of  Norwich,  edition  of  1866,  p.  252. 

There  was  a  John  Williams  who  appeared  in  Norwich  about  the  same  time, 
and  who  became  very  wealthy  and  influential.  The  historian  of  Norwich  states 
that  he  was  "  apparently  an  original  emigrant."  The  Williams  family  genealogy, 
published  in  1817,  gives  an  account  of  his  descendants,  pp.  321-325,  and  states 
that  he  was  born  in  1680,  that  the  family  tradition  was  that  he  emigrated  from 
Wales  to  Massachusetts,  and  that  his  first  wife  was  Hannah  Knowltou,  from 
Massachusetts.  Now  the  Joseph  Williams  who  removed  from  Haverhill  to  Nor- 
wich had  but  one  son,  John,  born  in  Haverhill,  Feb.  1679-80,  who  probably 
removed  with  his  father  to  Norwich,  Ct.,  and  must  be  the  "  Capt.  John  Wil- 
liams "  referred  to  in  the  books  above  named.  David  W.  Hoyt. 

Providence,  R.  I. 


1895.]  Note*  and  Queries.  215 

Historical  InteIligknck. 

Cratpield  rAUTsn  Pocuments.— Tlio  importance  of  these  parish  documents 
which  lie  unnoticed  for  centuries  in  the  solid  oaken  chests  in  our  churches 
has  been  fully  estimated  by  antiquaries.  When  registers  have  perished  the 
genealogist  has  often  found  his  knowledge  supplemented  by  reference  to  the 
parochial  accounts  and  public  events,  as  well  as  the  habits  of  our  fathers  in 
private,  IiaveHght  thrown  upon  them  by  the  quaint  items  of  expenditure  which 
the  Churchwardens  record  year  by  year. 

The  late  Rev.  William  Holland,"  Rector  of  Hunting-field,  Suffolk,  made  large 
transcripts  from  these  books,  and  the  Cratrleld  extracts  have  been  selected  for 
publication,  being  of  unusual  antiquity.  They  begin  in  1400,  and  the  forthcom- 
ing volume  carries  the  record  as  late  as  1G42.  The  accounts  of  the  Parish 
Guild  will  be  valuable  to  those  who  are  studying  the  detail  of  Guild  History. 
Mr. Holland  lias  added  historical  notes  at  the  end  of  each  year,  by  which  the 
reader  may  see  how  the  incidents  of  village  life  were  frequently  the  reflection 
of  famous  national  episodes,  for  instance  how  a  remote  Sullblk  village  was 
affected  by  the  Lady  Jane  Grey  rebellion,  or  by  the  Spanish  Armada. 

Every  care  has  been  taken  to  preserve  the  original  spelling,  etc.,  and  the 
editorship  has  been  entrusted  to  the  Rev.  Canon  Haven,  1).  1).,  E.  S.  A.,  Vicar 
of  Eressingtleld,  a  parish  adjoining  to  Cratfleld. 

The  work  will  be  published  by  Messrs.  Jarrolcl  &  Sons,  of  10  and  11  Warwick 
Lane,  E.  C. 


Ci.Arr.—  I  have  made  an  exhaustive  collection  of  local  material  regarding  the 
English  ancestry  of  Capt.  Roger  Clapp  and  others  of  the  name  in  Devonshire. 
To  complete  the  evidence,  however,  will  require  the  Parish  Registers  of  Sal- 
combe  Regis  and  Sidbury,  both  of  which  have  most  unfortunately  perished  (the 
latter  very  recently),  and  their  missing  entries  can  now  only  be  obtained  by  a 
search  of  the  Bishops'  Transcripts  in  the  Diocesan  Registry  at  Exeter.  If  any 
members  of  the  family  take  sufficient  interest  in  their  ancestry  to  defray  a  por- 
tion at  least  of  the  small  amount  necessary  to  do  this  and  perfect  their  pedigree, 
I  should  be  pleased  to  communicate  with  them.  J.  Henry  Lea. 

18  Somerset  St.,  Boston. 


Gillman  Family. — Alexander  W.  Gillman,  Esq.,  10  Sussex  Square,  Brighton, 
Sussex,  England,  has  in  press  a  work  entitled:  "Searches  into  the  Gillman 
family,  including  the  various  branches  in  England,  Ireland  and  America."  The 
author  has  been  engaged  in  the  work  during  the  past  six  years.  It  will  be 
printed  in  crown  quarto  and  will  make  about  200  pages.  Price  to  subscribers, 
bound  in  cloth,  carriage  paid,  in  England,  £1  5s. ;  in  America,  $6. 


Genealogies  in  Preparation. —  Persons  of  the  several  names  are  advised  to 
furnish  the  compilers  of  these  genealogies  with  records  of  their  own  families 
and  other  information  which  they  think  may  be  useful.  We  would  suggest  that 
all  facts  of  interest  illustrating  family  history  or  character  be  communicated, 
especially  service  under  the  U.  S.  Government,  the  holding  of  other  offices, 
graduation  from  college  or  professional  schools,  occupation,  with  places  and 
dates  of  births,  marriages,  residence  and  death.  When  there  are  more  than  one 
christian  name  they  should  all  be  given  in  full  if  possible.  No  initials  should 
be  used  when  the  full  names  are  known. 

(Uiase. — William  A.  E.  Thomas,  Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Ct.,  has  long  been 
occupied  in  compiling  a  genealogy  of  the  ("base  Family,  which  will  be  published  by 
Joel  MunseU's  Sons,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  as  soon  as  a  sufficient  number  of  subscribers 
are  obtained.  The  author  expects  no  remuneration  for  his  labor.  The  price  of 
the  work  will  be  $5  a  copy.     Circulars  will  be  sent  to  those  interested. 

JSggtenton. — W.  K.  Hogans,  Hawthorne,  Elmhurst,  Illinois,  has  in  prepara- 
tion a  genealogy  of  this  family,  descended  from  Bagat  or  Bagget  Lggleston, 
an  early  settler  of  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  who  removed  to  Windsor,  Ct. 

EvtercU. —  The  history  of  this  family  is  being 'collected  by  tin;  author  of  the 
article  on  the  Everett  family  In  the  Register,  vol.  xiv.,  pp.  215-210.     Any  in- 


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210  Societies  and  their  Proceedings.  [April, 

formation  will  be  thankfully  received.  Address  Mr.  Edward  F.  Everett,  P.  0. 
Box  1423,  Boston,  Mass. 

Hart  well.— J,.  W.  Densraore  of  Hillsborough  Centre,  N.  H.,  has  in  press  a 
genealogy  of  the  Ilarhvell  family.  It  is  estimated  that  it  will  make  a  volume 
of  one  thousand  pages.     Further  particulars  can  be  obtained  of  the  author. 

Hills. -^Genealogical  information  is  being  collected  by  the  "  Hills  Family 
Genealogical  and' Historical  Association,"  of  which  Thomas  Hills  of  Boston, 
Mass.,  is  president,  and  Edward  M.  Hills  of  Taunton,  Mass.,  is  the  secretary. 
Circulars  furnished  by  the  secretary. 

Junes.— *  A  genealogy  of  the  descendants  of  Deputy  Gov.  William  Jones  of 
New  Haven  is  in  preparation  by  Edwin  A.  Hill,  2  Church  street,  New  Haven,  Ct., 
and  Timothy  Jones,  19  Liberty  street,  Banbury,  Ct.  Suitable  blanks  and  fur- 
ther particulars  will  be  furnished  on  application.  The  ancestry  of  Gov.  Jones 
is  particularly  desired.  Information  relative  to  any  family  portraits,  manu- 
scripts or  heirlooms,  which  are  still  in  existence,  is  also  desired. 

Kimball.— Leonard  Allison  Morrison,  A.M.,  of  Windham  (P.  O.  Canobie 
Lake),  N.  H.,  and  Prof.  Stephen  Paschall  Sharpies,  S.  B.,  of  Cambrdge,  Mass., 
have  in  preparation  a  History  of  the  Kimball,  Kemball,  Kymbold  Family  in 
America  and  England.  The  authors  have  been  for  many  years  engaged  in  re- 
searches concerning  the  descendants  of  Henry  Kimball  of  Watertown,  Mass., 
and  Uiehard  Kimball  of  Ipswich,  Mass.,  and  have  succeeded  in  tracing  the  origin 
of  the  family  in  England.  A  prospectus  for  publishing  the  work  has  been  issued, 
which  will  be  sent  on  application.  The  book  will  make  a  large  8vo  volume  of 
from  800  to  1000  pages.     The  price  will  be  live  dollars  a  copy  to  subscribers. 

Shi/res'. — Theodore  M.  Banta,  P.  O.  Box  1401,  New  York  city,  is  collecting 
material  for  a  history  of  the  Family  of  Sayre,  Sayres,  Sayer,  Savers,  &c.  Thomas 
Sayer  or  Sayre  came  from  England  to  Lynn,  Mass.,  in  1038,  and  in  1GI0  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  Southampton,  Long  Island.  Mr.  Banta  has  a  somewhat  full 
account  of  his  descendants  for  several  generations.  Circulars,  with  blanks  for 
returns,  will  be  furnished  on  application. 


SOCIETIES   AND   THEIR   PROCEEDINGS. 

New-England  Historic  Genealogical  Society. 

Boston,  Massachusetts,  January  2,  1835. — The  annual  meeting  was  held  in  the 
Society's  House,  18  Somerset  street,  this  afternoon  at  three  o'clock.  In  the 
absence  of  the  president,  Hon.  Charles  Levi  Woodbury  was  chosen  president 
pro  tern. 

The  monthly  report  of  the  Council,  was  read.  Ten  resident  members  were 
elected. 

The  business  of  the  annual  meeting  was  then  taken  up,  and  the  reports  of  the 
Council,  the  treasurer,  the  trustees  of  the  Kidder  Fund,  the  corresponding  sec- 
retary, the  historiographer,  and  the  librarian  were  presented. 

George  S.  Mann,  Esq.,  chairman  of  the  nominating  committee,  reported  a  list 
of  candidates  for  officers.  Messrs.  Albert  A.  Folsom,  Oliver  B.  Stebbins  and 
Henry  Williams  were  appointed  tellers.  A  ballot  was  taken  and  all  the  candi- 
dates nominated  were  elected. 

The  annual  address  of  the  president  was  read  in  his  absence,  by  the  recording 
secretary. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Mann,  resolutions  were  adopted  acknowledging  the  indebt- 
edness of  |,1  uj  Society  to  lion.  Walbrldge  A.  Field,  LL.l).,  the  retiring  vice 
president  for  Massachusetts,  and  William  S.  Stevens,  M.D.,  the  retiring  cor- 
responding secretary,  both  of  whom  declined  a  reelection. 

It  Avas  voted  that  the  president's  address,  the  several  annual  reports,  the 
necrology  and  the  other  proceedings  at  this  meeting  be  referred  to  the  Council, 
with  authority  to  print  them  for  distribution. 

The  following  are  the  officers  for  1895  : 

I'rtsidc.nt.  —  William  Clallin,  LL.1L.  of  Newton,  Mass. 


1805.]  Societies  and  their  Proceedings.  217 

Vice  Presidents. — Edmund  "Burke  Willson,  A.M.,  of  Salem,  Mass.;  Joseph 
Williamson,  A.M.,  of  Belfast,  Me.;  Frederick  Smyth,  AM.,  of  Manchester, 
N.  II.;  James  Barrett,  LL.D.,  of  Rutland,  Vt. ;  Herbert  Warren  Ladd,  A.M., 
of  Providence,  II.  1. ;  Edward  Elbrklge  Salisbury,  LL.D.,  of  New  Haven,  Conn. 

Recording  Secretary. — George  Augustus  Gordon,  A.M.,  of  Somerville,  Mass. 

Corresponding  Secretary. — Charles  Sidney  Ensign,  LL.B.,  of  Watertown,  Mass. 

'Treasurer. — Benjamin  Barstow  Torrey,  of  Hanover,  Mass. 

Librarian. — John  Ward  Dean,  A.M.,  of  Medford,  Mass. 

The  following  are  the  members  of  the  Council  for  1805  : 

Ex-Officiis.— William  Clafliu,  LL.IX  ;  George  A.  Gordon,  A.M.;  Benjamin  B. 
Torrey;  Edmund  Burke  Willson,  A.M.;  Charles  Sidney  Ensign,  LL.B.;  John 
W.  Dean,  A.M. 

For  the  Term  Ending  in  1S9G. — Ezra  lloyt  Byington,  D.D.,  of  Newton,  Mass. ; 
Charles  Carleton  Collin,  A.M.,  of  Boston,  Mass.;  Don  Gleasou  Hill,  LL.B.,  of 
Dedham,  Mass. 

For  the  Term  Ending  in  1897. — Francis  Everett  Blake,  of  Boston,  Mass. ; 
George  Kuhn  Clarke,  LL.B.,  of  Needham,  Mass.;  Albert  Alonzo  Folsom,  of 
Brookline,  Mass. 

For  the  Term  Ending  in  1898. — William  Tracy  Eustis,  of  Boston,  Mass. ; 
David  Greene  Haskins,  Jr.,  A.M.,  LL.B.,  of  Cambridge,  Mass. ;  Newton  Talbot, 
of  Boston,  Mass. 

February  G. — A  stated  meeting  was  held  at  the  Society's  House  this  afternoon, 
the  president,  Hon.  William  Clafliu,  LL.D.,  in  the  chair. 

Isaac  Bassett  Choate,  Ph.D.,  read  a  paper  on  "  The  Town  Guild." 

At  the  close  of  the  paper  remarks  were  made  by  several  members. 

The  president,  being  obliged  to  leave,  called  the  Rev.  E.  O.  Jameson  to  the 
chair. 

The  reports  of  the  Council,  librarian  and  historiographer  were  presented. 
Ten  resident  members  were  elected  by  ballot. 

On  the  18th  of  March  next,  a  half  century  since  the  incorporation  of  the 
society  will  be  completed,  and  it  was  voted  to  commemorate  the  event  at  such 
time  and  place  as  the  committee  may  determine.  Hon.  Charles  Carleton  Collin 
was  invited  to  deliver  an  historical  address.  A  committee  of  arrangements, 
consisting  of  Messrs.  Albert  A.  Folsom,  Thomas  Weston,  B.  B.  Torrey,  Oliver 
B.  Stebbins  and  Dr.  Miles  Standish,  was  chosen. 

Resolutions  on  the  death  of  Col.  Eben  F.  Stone  were  adopted. 

March  G. — A  stated  meeting  was  held  this  afternoon.  In  the  absence  of  the 
president,  Rev.  Alonzo  A.  Miner,  D.D.,  was  chosen  president  pro  tern. 

Thomas  Hamilton  Murray,  of  Lawrence,  Mass.,  editor  of  the  Sim,  read  a 
paper  on  "  David  O'Kelly,  a  settler  of  Yarmouth,  Mass." 

Resolutions  were  passed  on  the  death  of  lion.  Moses  Kimball. 

The  reports  of  the  historiographer,  the  librarian,  tin;  Council  and  the  corres- 
ponding secretary  were  presented.     Ten  resident  members  were  elected. 

The  following  resolution,  prepared  by  Col,  Albert  II.  lloyt,  was  adopted  by  a 
rising  vote : 

Whereas,  The  Rev.  Lucius  Robinson  Paige,  D.D.,  the  oldest  living  member 
of  the  society,  will,  on  the  eighth  day  of  March  instant,,  complete  his  ninety- 
third  year, 

Resolved,  That  the  secretary  send  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Paige  the  hearty  congratu- 
lations of  the  society,  and  an  expression  of  the  sincere  affection  and  respect  of 
all  his  associate  members. 

Old  Colony  Historical  Society. 

Taunton,  Massachusetts,  January  14,  1895. — The  4(.)th  annual  meeting  was 
held  this  day  in  Historical  Hall,  the  president,  Rev.  S.  Hopkins  Emery,  D.D.,in 
the  chair.     The  president  delivered  a  brief  address. 

Prof .  Joshua  E.  Crane,  of  Bridgewater,  Mass.,  read  a  paper  on  "Bridge- 
water,  a  town  of  the  Old  Colony." 

The  treasurer,  the  secretary,  the  librarian,  and  the  nominating  committee 
reported. 

Thefollowing  ofllcers  were  elected  : 

President. — Rev.  Samuel  Hopkins  Emery,  D.Di,  of  Taunton. 

Vice  Presidents. — Hon.  Edmund  II.  Bennett,  LL.D.,  of  Taunton,  and  Rev. 
William  L.  Chaflln,  of  North  Eastou. 
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218  Societies  and  their  Proceedings.  [April, 

Recording  Secretary  and  Librarian. — Capt.  John  W.  D.  Hall,  of  Taunton. 

Corresponding  Secretary. — Hon.  Charles  A.  Reed,  of  Taunton. 

Treasurer*. — John  F.  Montgomery,  Esq.,  of  Taunton. 

Auditor. — Capt.  George  A.  Washburn,  of  Taunton. 

Historiographer. — Edmund  W.  Porter,  Esq.,  of  Taunton. 

Directors.— Hon.  William  E.  Fuller,  of  Taunton;  Gen.  Ebenezer  W.  Peirce,  of 
Freetown;  Henry  M.  Lovering,  Esq.,  of  Taunton;  Hon.  John  S.  Brayton,  of 
Fall  River;  Hon.  William  W.  Crapo,  of  New  Bedford;  James  M.  Cu^hman, 
Esq.,  of  Taunton. 

Rhode  Island  Historical  Society. 

Providence,  Tuesday,  Nov:  27, 1894. — A  stated  meeting  was  held  this  evening 
at  the  Society's  Cabinet  on  Waterman  Street. 

Henry  Lyman  Koopman,  librarian  of  Brown  University,  read  a  paper  on 
"  Ileury  Howard  BroAvnell,  the  Poet  of  War  and  the  Sea." 

December  11,  1894. — A  stated  meeting  was  held  this  evening  at  the  Cabinet. 

A  paper  by  Mr.  William  B.  Weeden  on  "Quality  the  Prevailing  Element  in 
Representation"  was  read  in  his  absence  by  Prof.  J.  F.  Jameson. 

January  8,  lS95.—T\\e  73d  annual  meeting  was  held  this  evening;  the  presi- 
dent, Gen.  Horatio  Rogers,  in  the  chair.  The  president  made  a  brief  address 
and  referred  feelingly  to  the  secretary,  Amos  Perry,  LL.D.,  who  was  confined 
at  home  by  sickness.  Resolutions  were  passed  tendering  sympathy  for  Secre- 
tary Perry.     John  T.  Blodgett  was  chosen  secretary  pro  tern. 

Reports  from  the  president,  the  librarian  and  the  treasurer  were  presented 

The  election  of  officers  for  the  year  ensuing  resulted  as  follows : 

President. — Hon.  Horatio  Rogers. 

Vice  Presidents. — Hon.  George  M.  Carpenter  and  E.  Benjamin  Andrews. 

Secretary. — Amos  Perry. 

Treasurer. — R.  B.  Everett. 

Nominating  Committee. — A.  V.  Jencks,  J.  E.  Cranston  and  E.  I.  Nickerson. 

Library  Committee. — W.  B.  Healy,  H.  W.  Preston  and  Amos  Perry. 

Lecture  Committee. — Amos  Perry,  Reuben  A.  Guild. 

Publication  Committee.— Br.  James  G.  Vose,  A.  M.  Eaton,  W.  H.  Munroe, 
John  II.  Stiness,  Amos  Perry,  Fred  A.  Arnold  and  J.  F.  Jameson. 

Committee  on  Grounds  and  Building. — J.  C.  Bates,  I.  Southwick  and  Edward 
Barrows. 

On  Genealogical  Researches. — H.  E.  Turner,  John  O.  Austin,  George  T.  Hart. 

Necrology. — W.  H.  Munroe,  S.  H.  Webb  and  Amos  Perry. 

On  Finance.— R.  H.  I.  Goddard,  C.  H.  Smith,  R.  B.  Everett. 

On  Audit. — F.  J.  Chace,  James  Burdick  and  F.  B.  Lincoln. 

The  society  voted  to  continue  the  publication  of  the  quarterly  and  to  send  it 
free  to  all  members. 

A  resolution  was  also  passed  expressing  the  opinion  of  the  society  that  a 
statue  of  Roger  Williams  should  surmount  the  dome  of  the  new  State  House 
about  to  be  erected. 

January  22. — A  stated  meeting  was  held  this  evening. 

Thomas  W.  Bicknell  read  a  paper  entitled  "  Rev.  John  Miles,  the  associate 
of  Roger  Williams  in  the  matter  of  Religious  Toleration." 

March  5. — A  stated  meeting  was  held  this  evening. 

Rev.  Henry  M.  King,  D.D.,  read  a  paper  entitled  "  A  Summer  Visit  of  Three 
Rhode  Island  Men  to  the  Massachusetts  Bay  in  1(551."  The  three  Rhode  Island 
men  were  Rev.  John  Clarke,  Obadiah  Holmes  and  John  Crandall. 

MATNE   HlSTOIUCAL  SOCIKTY. 

Portland,  Wednesday,  February  6,  1895.— A  meeting  was  held  this  afternoon, 
the  president,  Hon.  James  Phinuey  Baxter,  in  the  chair. 

Mr.  Samuel  T.  Dole,  of  South  Windham,  read  a  paper  entitled  "Ancient 
Magwainqueeg." 

A  paper  by  Mr.  Parker  M.  Reed,  of  Bath,  entitled  "  Some  New  Testimony 
concerning  the  Sea  Fight  between  the  Enterprise  and  Boxer,"  was  read  by  the 
secretary. 


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Rev.  ITenry  S.  Burrago,  D.D.,  editor  of  the  Zion's  Advocate,  read  a  paper  en- 
titled "  The  St.  Croix  Commission." 

In  the  evening  a  session  was  held,  at  which  Mr.  IT.  II.  Emery  read  a  paper 
entitled  "  Reminiscences  of  the  Bench  and  Bar." 

Full  abstracts  of  the  papers  at  this  mooting  were  printed  in  the  Portland 
Daily  Press  for  February  7,  1895. 


NECROLOGY  OF  THE  NEW-ENGLAND  HISTORIC 
GENEALOGICAL  SOCIETY. 

Prepared  by  the  Historiographer,  Rev.  Ezua  Hoyt  Byington,  D.D.,  of  Newton,  Mass. 

The  sketches  of  deceased  members  prepared  for  the  Register  are  of 
necessity  brief,  because  the  space  that  can  be  appropriated  is  quite  limited. 
All  the  materials  for  more  extended  memoirs  which  can  be  gathered  are 
preserved  in  the  archives  of  the  Society,  and  they  will  be  available  for  use 
in  preparing  the  "Memorial  Biographies,"  of  which  four  volumes  have 
been  issued  and  a  fifth  volume  is  in  press.  The  income  from  the  Towne 
Memorial  Fund  is  devoted  to  the  publication  of  these  volumes. 

Hon.  Moses  Kimball,  an  enterprising  citizen  of  Boston,  and  a  generous  bene- 
factor of  this  Society,  was  born  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  October  24,  1809,  and 
died  in  Boston  February  21,  1895. 

The  Kimball  family  is  descended  from  Richard  and  Ursula  Kimball,  who  came 
from  England  in  the  ship  Elizabeth  in  1G34,  and  settled  in  Watertown,  removing 
three  years  later  to  Ipswich.  They  came  from  Rattlesden,  in  Suffolk,  England. 
The  family  line  of  descent  is  as  follows :  (1)  Richard,  (2)  Caleb,  (3)  Caleb, 
(4)  John,  (5)  Nathaniel,  (6)  David,  to  Moses  Kimball,  lately  of  this  city. 

Mr.  Kimball  was  a  self-made  man.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  in 
Gloucester,  to  which  place  his  parents  removed  when  he  was  a  child.  At  the  age 
of  fifteen  he  came  to  Boston  to  find  a  place  in  a  store.  In  1833  he  was  able  to 
purchase  the  New  England  Galaxy,  which  he  published  a  number  of  years. 
He  published  a  number  of  famous  engravings,  such  as  "  Stuart's  Washington" 
and  "  Signing  the  Declaration  of  Independence."  A  few  years  later  he  estab- 
lished a  "lecture  room"  in  Lowell,  where  theatrical  exhibitions  were  given, 
and  where  curiosities  of  special  interest  were  exhibited.  About  1840  he  pur- 
chased the  New  England  Museum  in  Boston,  and  a  year  later  opened  what  is 
now  the  Boston  Museum,  in  a  building  on  the  corner  of  Tremont  and  Bromlield 
streets.  The  present  building  was  erected  five  years  later  at  a  cost  of  about 
two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars.  To  this  famous  museum  he  gave  the 
best  years  of  his  long  life.  For  a  long  time  it  was  one  of  the  leading  attrac- 
tions of  Boston. 

Outside  his  large  private  business,  Mr.  Kimball  was  interested  in  political 
affairs.  In  the  earlier  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  old  Whig  party.  He 
became  a  strong  anti-slavery  man,  and  when  the  Republican  party  was  formed 
he  was  early  a  member  of  it.  lie  was  elected  to  the  Common  Council  of  Boston 
in  1849  and  1850,  and  the  next  year  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen. 
He  was  elected  to  the  Legislature  sixteen  times  between  1850  and  1876,  and  was 
an  active  and  influential  member,  serving  on  the  most  important  committees, 
and  taking  a  leading  part  in  the  most  important  legislation.  He  was  the  first 
chairman  of  the  State  Board  of  Health,  Lunacy  and  Charity.  He  was  also  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Directors  for  Public  Institutions ;  a  member  of  the 
Water  Board,  and  a  director  in  several  railroad  corporations  and  banking  and 
insurance  companies.  He  will  be  remembered  for  his  liberal  gifts  for  public 
uses,  especially  for  the  bronze  emancipation  group  which  now  stands  in  Bark 
Square.    This  elaborate  work  of  art  was  designed  by  Thomas  Ball,  and  cast  in 


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220  Necrology  of  Historic  Genealogical  Society.        [April, 

Munich.  It,  was  unveiled  December  6,  1879.  A  poem  by  John  G.  Whitticr  was 
read;  an  address  was  delivered  by  Mayor  Frederick  0.  Prince,  and  prayer  was 
offered  by  Rev.  Phillips  Brooks,  D.l). 

Mr.  Kimball  was  elected  a  member  of  this  society  February  G,  1878,  and  had 
been  a  friend  and  generous  contributor  to  its  funds.  By  his  will  he  left  a  legacy 
of  .$5,000  to  this  Society.  He  married,  June  25,  1834,  Frances  Lavinia  Hathaway, 
daughter  of  John  Hathaway,  a  prominent  merchant  of  Boston,  by  whom  he  had 
two  sons  and  five  daughters.     The  sons  died  young. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Society  March  6,  the  following  resolutions,  prepared  by 
the  Hon.  Martin  Parry  Kennard,  were  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  by  the  recent  death  of  the  Honorable  Moses  Kimball  of  Brook- 
line,  Massachusetts,  this  Society  is  called  to  mourn  the  loss  of  a  greatly  esteemed 
member,  who  was  ever  warmly  interested  in  its  work.  In  his  passing  away,  this 
Society  has  also  to  deplore  the  absence  of  a  distinguished  and  valued  citizen, 
whose  patriotic  spirit  burned  with  constant  manifestations  of  generous  public 
interest  during  his  long  and  active  career,  which  was  especially  notable  for  his 
devotion  to  our  City  and  State,  illustrated  by  his  valuable  and  extended  seasons 
of  service  in  their  counsels,  again  and  again  repeated  in  obedience  to  popular 
ballot,  and  it  is  also 

Resolved,  That  this  Society  deems  it  fltt'ng  that  this  moderately  appreciative 
mention  of  this  esteemed  citizen  may  be  placed  on  its  records,  recalling  also  his 
unflinching  adherence  to  the  Union  cause  in  past  times  of  divided  counsels,  and 
again  his  public  spirit  manifested  at  his  death  by  the  munificence  of  his  testa- 
mentary bequests  to  public  charity. 

Hon.  Ewen  Francis  Stone,  A.M.,  LL.B.,  of  Newburyport,  a  resident  mem- 
ber of  this  Society,  elected  March  3,  1875,  was  born  in  Newburyport  August  3, 
1822,  and  died  in  Newburyport  January  22,  18D5.  He  was  the  son  of  Kbenezer 
Stone  of  Newburyport  and  Fanny  Cooledge  of  Boston.  He  belonged  to  one  of 
the  oldest  families  of  New  England,  tracing  his  descent  through  six  generations 
to  Elias  Stone  of  Charlestown,  who  was  the  flrst  of  the  name  in  Massachusetts. 
The  family  resided  in  Charlestown  in  the  seventeenth  century,  but  removed  to 
Newburyport. 

Col.  Stone  was  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1843,  and  at  the  Harvard  Law 
School  in  1846,  and  began  to  practice  his  profession  the  next  year.  As  a  lawyer 
lie  attained  much  distinction.  Everybody  confided  in  his  judgment  and  in- 
tegrity. He  was  the  intimate  friend  of  Caleb  Cushing,  and  was  an  associate  of 
Chonte,  Rantoiil  and  other  distinguished  lawyers  of  Old  Essex.  He  wras  a 
strong  anti-slavery  man,  enjoying  the  friendship  of  Whittier,  Garrison  and 
Phillips.  Ik:  represented  his  native  city  in  the  House  of  Representatives  of 
Massachusetts  four  years,  and  was  three  years  a  member  of  the  Senate.  When 
the  civil  Avar  broke  out  he  enlisted  as  a  private,  but  recruited  a  company,  and 
was  soon  commissioned  colonel  of  the  -18th  Regiment  Massachusetts  Volunteers 
and  served  through  the  war  with  distinction.  A  large  part  of  the  time  his 
regiment  served  in  Louisiana. 

He  returned  to  Newburyport  after  the  war,  and  resumed  the  practice  of  the 
law.  In  1807  he  was  mayor  of  the  city.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  Congress 
in  1880  and  served  three  terms  in  that  body.  He  was  an  active  and  influential 
member  of  Congress.  He  was  among  the  few  Republicans  who  enjoyed  the 
personal  confidence  of  President  Cleveland  at  that  time.  He  withdrew  to 
private  life  at  the  close  of  his  last  term. 

Few  men  ranked  higher  in  Newburyport  than  Colonel  Stone.  He  was  a  fair- 
minded  man,  of  excellent  good  sense.  He  was  a  man  of  considerable  learning, 
and  was  an  authority  in  matters  of  local  history.  He  was  a  vigorous  and 
eloquent  writer. 

He  married  Harriet  K.  IVrrlu  of  Boston.  The  following  resolutions  pro- 
pared  by  Rev.  Samuel  C.  Heane,  D.l).,  were  adopted  by  the  New-England 
Historic  Genealogical  Society  at  its  meeting  in  February : 

Whereas,  our  estimable  associate,  Honorable  Eben  Francis  Stone  of  New- 
buryport, has  been  called  from  us  by  death  since  our  last  meeting,  and  it  is  our 
approved  custom  to  put  on  record  some  memorial  of  our  valuable  members  who 
pass  away  : 

Ilcsol  r<<!,  That  In  the  death  of  Colonel  Stouo  we  experience  the  loss  of  one  who 
heartily  contributed  to  the  purposes  of  the  New-England  Historic  Genealogical 


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Regiment. 

We  mourn  him  as  a  man  of  exalted  character,  who,  with  a  reverend  interest 
in  the  past,  served  well,  and  in  many  ways,  the  times  in  which  he  lived. 

[Gen.  Stone  published  several  historical  pamphlets,  among  them  an  Address 
before  the  Essex  Bar,  Feb.  2,  18'89,  in  which  lie  gave  sketches  of  three  extra- 
ordinary men,  natives  of  Essex  County,  namely,  Choate,  Gushing  and  Ilantoul. 
See  Rkgistkk,  vol.  43,  page  3:34.  lie  was  a  valued  contributor  to  the  REGIS- 
TER.— EDIT'OJK.] 

Peter  Thachek,  A.M.,  of  Newtonville,  was  born  in  Kennebunk,  Maine, 
October  14,  1810,  and  died  in  Newtonville,  October  21,  1894.  lie  was  elected 
a  resident  member  of  this  Society  March  6th,  1872. 

Mr.  Thacher  belonged  to  an  honored  New  England  family,  which  was  de- 
cended  from  Rev.  Peter  Thacher,  who  was  born  in  England  about  1588.  Tie 
received  the  degree  of  B.A.  from  Corpus  Christi  College,  Oxford,  in  1008,  and 
the  degree  of  M.A.  in  1611.  He  became  a  Fellow  of  the  College  in  1613,  and 
vicar  of  the  parish  of  Milton-Clevedon,  in  1616;  and  in  1622  rector  of  the 
Church  of  St.  Edmunds,  in  Salisbury.  lie  was  a  man  of  talents,  a  non-conformist 
in  the  Established  Church.  The  leaders  of  the  parish,  at  that  time,  were 
Puritans.  The  Bishop  also  favored  the  Puritans.  The  following  inscription 
is  upon  his  tomb:  "Here  lyeth  ye  body  of  Mr.  Peter  Thatcher,  who  was  a 
laborious  minister  in  preaching  y°  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  to  ye  people  of  Edmonds 
by  ye  space  of  XIX  yeares  who  departed  this  lyfe  on  ye  Lord's  Day  at  night, 
being  the  XIV  of  February  1640.     Let  noe  man  move  his  bones.     T.D." 

We  may  compare  the  last  line  of  this  inscription  with  that  on  the  tomb  of 
Shakepeare  twenty-four  years  earlier  : 

"  And  cvrst  be  he  yl  moves  my  bones." 

His  son  Thomas,  who  was  born  May  1,  1620,  was  prepared  for  the  University 
by  his  father.  But  he  already  shared  the  Puritan  principles  of  his  father, 
and  he  could  not  conscientiously  make  the  subscriptions  required  of  those  who 
entered  the  Universities.  He  preferred  to  cross  the  sea,  that  he  might  enjoy 
liberty  of  conscience  in  the  wilds  of  New  England.  His  parents  readily  con- 
sented, as  they  intended  to  follow  him.  This  was  prevented  by  the  death  of 
his  mother.  Thomas  Thacher  came  to  Massachusetts  in  1635,  at  the  age  of 
fifteen.  As  Harvard  College  was  not  yet  ?n  operation  he  placed  himself  under 
the  tuition  of  the  learned  and  Reverend  Charles  Chauncy,  afterward  President  of 
Harvard  College.  He  received  his  education  through  him,  and  was  prepared  for 
the  ministry.  He  is  said  to  have  been  proficient  in  Latin  and  Greek,  and  also  in 
Hebrew,  Syriac,  and  Arabic,  and  to  have  been  "  well  skilled  in  the  Arts,  especial- 
ly in  Logic."  He  published  a  Hebrew  Grammar  and  Lexicon.  In  1644  or  early 
in  1645  he  was  ordained  at  Weymouth,  and  was  the  pastor  of  the  church  in  that 
place  for  about  twenty  years,  he  studied  medicine  as  Avell  as  divinity,  and  for 
many  years  he  was  a  practising  physician  in  Weymouth.  Removing  to  Boston 
he  became  eminent  in  the  medical  profession  in  that  town.  When  the  Third 
Church  (now  the  Old  South)  was  founded,  he  was  chosen  its  pastor,  and  was 
ordained  itgaiti,  and  installed  the  first  minister  of  the  church  in  1670.  He  con- 
tinued in  that  station  fill  his  death  in  1078.  Two  of  his  sons  were  ministers. 
The  list  of  his  descendants  includes  a  large  number  of  distinguished  men,  physi- 
cians, lawyers,  ministers  and  business  men. 

Hon.  Peter  Thacher  was  of  the  lifth  generation  from  the  first  pastor  of  the 
Old  South  Church.  His  father  was  Stephen  Thacher,  who  was  graduated  from 
Yale  College  in  1795,  and  married  Harriet  Preble,  a  sister  of  Judge  William  P. 
Preble  of  Vork,  Maine,  and  removed  to  Maine,  where  he  had  a  distinguished 
and  useful  career.  Ills  second  son,  Peter,  was  prepared  for  college  at  Washing- 
ton Academy,  Fast  Machias,  Maine,  and  was  graduated  from  Uowdoin  College 
in  1831,  in  a  class  which  included  a  number  of  men  who  have  since  been  famous 


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222  Necrology  of  Historic  Genealogical  Society.         [April, 

in  literature,  law  and  political  life.  He  studied  law  in  Portland,  with  his  uncle 
Judge  Treble,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  1837.  lie  practised  law  in 
Machiad  fifteen  years,  and  sixteen  years  in  Rockland,  lie  was  appointed  a 
Commissioner  of  Bankruptcy  while  he  lived  in  Maine,  and  later  he  was  Register 
in  Bankruptcy.  lie  was  also  United  States  Commissioner  for  a  number  of 
years.  In  1871  he  removed  to  West  Newton,  Massachusetts,  and  opened  an 
office  in  Pemberton  Square,  Boston,  and  later  in  Milk  St.  He  resided  in  West 
Newton  twenty-two  years,  and  was  solicitor  for  the  city  of  Newton  from  1876 
to  1881.      He  practised  law  in  Boston  until  1892,  when  he  gave  up  active  work. 

He  was  for  more  than  twenty  years  an  active  and  useful  member  of  this  So- 
ciety. He  served  on  important  committees,  and  contributed  in  various  ways  to 
its  prosperity.  He  was  greatly  interested  in  compiling  the  genealogy  of  the 
Timelier  family.  He  caused  extensive  researches  to  be  made  in  England  and 
published  a  valuable  paper  on  the  family  history  in  the  old  country  from  which 
some  part  of  this  sketch  has  been  drawn. 

He  was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Overseers  of  Bowdoin 
College.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Maine  Historical  Society.  He  always 
took  a  lively  interest  in  reforms,  and  was  an  abolitionist  from  his  early  youth; 
he  was  an  active  member  of  the  old  Whig  party,  joined  the  Free  Soilers  and 
then  the  Republicans,  and  ever  after  was  an  Independent  in  politics. 
i  In  18-11  he  married  Margaret  Louira,  daughter  of  Judge  Barrett  Potter  of 
Portland,  Maine.     His  widow  survives  him  with  four  sons  and  rive  daughters. 

Hon.  Ciiahles  Candee  Baldwin,  A.M.,  LL.B.,  LL.I).,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio> 
was  elected  a  corresponding  member  of  this  Society  November  3,  1869.  He 
was  born  in  Middletown,  Connecticut,  December  2,  183-1,  and  died  in  Cleveland, 
February  3,  18D5. 

He  was  of  the  seventh  generation  from  Sylvester  Baldwin,  who  came  from 
the  parish  of  Acton-Clinton  in  Buckinghamshire,  England,  in  1038.  He  died 
at  sea  on  the  passage  from  England.  His  son  Richard,  born  in  Acton-Clinton, 
and  baptized  there,  August  25,  1622,  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Mil  ford, 
Connecticut.  Barnabas  the  son  of  Richard  was  born  in  1605.  His  son  Sylva- 
nus  was  born  in  1700.  Charles  of  the  next  generation  was  born  in  Milford, 
Connecticut,  1751.  Seymour  Wesley,  son  of  Charles,  was  born  in  Meriden, 
Connecticut,  June  29,  1807.  He  was  a  successful  merchant  in  Middletown,  but 
removed  to  Ohio  in  1836. 

His  son,  Charles  Candee,  was  prepared  for  College  in  Middletown,  under 
David  II.  Chase,  LL.I).,  and  was  graduated  from  Wesleyan  University  in 
1855,  and  from  Harvard  Law  School  in  1857.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  the 
same  year  and  began  the  practice  of  the  law  in  Cleveland,  Ohio.  His  success 
in  his  profession  was  rapid  and  signal,  lie  gave  his  attention  chiefly  to  corpo- 
ration and  banking  law,  and  in  these  departments  he  was  an  authority.  In  1870 
he  was  obliged  to  give  up  for  a  time  his  professional  work  on  account  of  the 
failure  of  his  health,  and  at  this  time  he  traveled  extensively  in  Europe. 

He  was  elected  Judge  of  the  Circuit  Court  of  Ohio  for  three  successive  terms, 
and  died  in  the  midst  of  his  usefulness  during  his  third  term.  There  was  not 
much  time  at  his  command  for  studies  outside  his  profession,  but  he  was 
especially  interested  in  historical  studies.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Western  Reserve  Historical  Society,  and  was  one  of  its  officers,  lie  was  for 
many  years  a  director  in  the  Cleveland  Library  Association,  and  Avas  a  trustee 
and  lecturer  in  Baldwin  University.  He  made  some  valuable  contributions  to 
historical  publications  relating  to  the  "Western  Reserve. 

He  married  September  8,  1802,  Carolina,  daughter  of  Charles  W.  Prentiss  of 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  granddaughter  of  the  distinguished  Senator,  Samuel  Pren- 
tiss of  Vermont.     His  wife  and  two  children  survive  him. 

[Note.— -On  page  83  of  the  January  number  of  the  Register  it  was  implied 
that  Dr.  Stubbs,  the  historian,  was  no  longer  among  the  living.  This  is  an  error. 
Dr.  S.  alone  among  the  great  English  historians  of  this  century  is  still  alive.— «.] 

The  Rev.  Gkindaix  Reynolds,  A.M.,  D.D.,  a  resident  member,  elected 
Oct.  6,  1875,  was  born  in  Franconia,  N.1L,  Dec.  22,  1822,  and  died  in  Concord, 
Mass.,  Sept.  30,  189L  He  was  the  second  child  of  his  parents,  Grindall  and 
Cynthia  Reynolds.  His  mother's  family  name  was  Kendall.  His  father  was  a 
soldier   of   the   revolution,   in   turn   private,   ensign,    lieutenant  and    captain. 


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When  lils  son  was  born  he  was  manager  of  some  large  Iron  works.  The  child 
learned  his  letters  at  Ids  mother's  knee.  There  also  he  learned  to  read  the 
Bible.  At  the  early  age  of  four  lie  was  sent  to  the  district  school,  in  a  rudely 
constructed  school  house,  with  its  desks  primitive  and  hacked,  its  seats  hard, 
the  discipline  harsh.  When  he  whs  live  his  family  took  him  with  them  to 
Boston,  and  he  lived  there  successively  on  Essex  street  and  at  Fort  Hill,  lie 
attended  a  primary  school  on  the  corner  of  Federal  and  High  streets  until  ho 
was  seven.  Promoted  then  to  the  Washington  grammar  school  he  graduated 
there  at  twelve  with  the  Franklin  medal.  Next  he  went  to  the  English  High 
School,  where  for  a  large  portion  of  his  three  years'  course  he  was  under  the 
tuition  of  the  well-known  Thomas  Sherwin.  His  graduation  there  was  at  the 
age  of  fifteen  years  and  six  months;  again  with  a  Franklin  medal.  For  the 
four  years  and  a  half  ensuing  he  .was  with  the  dry  goods  merchants,  Thomas 
Tarbell  &  Co,,  passing  from  errand  boy  to  bookkeeper  in  their  employ.  In 
1813  he  left  business  to  study  a  year  and  a  half  with  the  Rev.  Chandler  liobbins 
in  preparation  for  the  Cambridge  Divinity  School,  which  he  entered  in  1844, 
and  from  which  he  graduated  in  1847.  He  was  ordained  the  next  year,  and 
became  the  pastor  of  the  Unitarian  Church  at  Jamaica  Plain,  remaining  there  a 
little  more  than  ten  years.  At  that  time  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  First  Parish 
at  Concord,  Mass.,  and  labored  there  for  twenty-three  years  as  the  active  pastor, 
afterwards  being  pastor  emeritus  until  his  death.  In  1881  he  was  chosen  the 
Secretary  of  the  American  Unitarian  Association,  and  held  that  office  as  long  as 
he  lived.     Harvard  University  gave  him  the  degree  of  D.D.  in  1804. 

As  an  author  he  produced  for  denominational  magazines  eight  or  ten  articles; 
for  the  Atlantic  Monthly  about  the  same  number;  and  as  many  pamphlets  bore 
his  name.  His  discourses  impressed  one  with  his  "-vigor  and  spiritual  mus- 
cularity." What  he  wrote  for  the  press  showed  "  conscientious  thoroughness 
and  structural  strength."  "  He  was  a  severe  censor  of  his  own  literary  work, 
revising  and  rewriting  till  his  page  reflected  the  exact  measure  and  shading  of 
his  thought."  Even  Ins  extemporaneous  utterances  had  much  of  the  solidity 
and  careful  accuracy  of  his  written  words ;  "and  there  were  occasions  when 
he  was  roused  to  remarkahle  power,  and  his  statement  came  swift,  strong, 
square,  unanswerable,  settling  the  matter  in  debate  beyond  dispute." 

A  memorial  sermon  by  the  Rev.  Henry  II.  Barber  of  Meadville,  Peun.,  pays 
him  high  honor  as  an  intellectual  force,  as  a  strong  influence  in  the  denomina- 
tion to  which  he  belonged,  as  a  magnanimous  and  sympathetic  pastor  and 
townsman,  and  as  a  "  friend  of  Concord's  famous  people  and  of  her  common 
folk  alike."  Judge  E.  B.  Hoar,  who  drew  the  resolutions  passed  by  the  Con- 
cord Parish  on  the  occasion  of  his  death,  said  of  him  :  "  No  call  to  larger  duties 
or  a  more  conspicuous  position  has  ever  changed  his  relation  to  this  Parish  or 
this  town.  He  has  lived  and  died  our  minister,  and  he  loved  us  and  we  loved 
him  to  the  end." 

These  sentences  from  a  paper  written  by  one  of  the  Second  Congregational 
Parish,  formerly  a  deacon  of  the  church  connected  with  it,  and  read  before  a 
social  club  in  Concord,  give  a  local  estimate  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch : 

"  A  man  of  noble  presence,  cordial  and  hearty  in  his  manners,  kindly  always, 
he  would  suffer  a  wrong — never  do  one.  He  was  a  wise  counsellor,  a  sincere 
and  steadfast  friend.  *  *  *  His  genuine  sympathy  was  manifest  in  his 
acquaintance  with  the  personal  history  cf  the  boys  in  blue  of  the  Concord 
quota — their  experiences  and  needs.  When  the  bullet  or  disease  brought  sorrow 
to  our  homes  and  hearts,  his  great  heart  was  poured  out  in  sympathy  and  con- 
solation. No  soldier's  obsequies  lacked  his  timely  and  grateful  word.  *  *  * 
He  was  the  best  man  of  his  time  on  the  (School)  Committee,  and  his  interest 
in  the  schools  did  not  cease  with  his  retirement.  *  *  *  He  was  an  enthusiastic 
biographer.  The  Social  Circle  in  Concord  owes  him  a  deep  debt  of  gratitude  for 
the  untiring  zeal  with  which  he  sought  out  the  facts  and  prepared  the  biographies 
of  many  of  its  deceased  members.  This  society  dates  back  to  1782,  and  was  the 
peace  product  of  the  '  Committee  of  Safety  '  of  the  Bevolution,  organized  '  to 
strengthen  the  social  affections,  and  disseminate  useful  communications  among 
its  members.'  *  *  *  He  was  broad  and  liberal.  *  *  *  When  told  on  his 
way  to  attend  the  funeral  of  an  estimable  lady  that  she  had  recently  embraced 
some  peculiar  views,  his  reply  was:  '  Her  views  do  not  make  the  slightest 
difference.'  *  *  *  In  his  former  field  of  labor  it  was  not  customary  to 
make  remarks  at  funerals,  but  coming  to  this  town,  where  the  old  custom  still 


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obtains,  ho  at  once  conformed  with  the  usage,  and  so  wise  and  comforting  and 
just  were  his  words  that  he  was  sought  to  officiate  by  many  outside  his  own 
charge.  There  are  many  living  today  who  had  hoped  Mr.  Reynolds  would  sur- 
vive them  and  attend  their  funeral.  *  *  *  lie  was  a  man  of  pure  and  lofty 
aims,  of  sincere  and  sympathetic  friendship,  of  broad  charity,  of  unswerving 
fidelity  to  truth  and  right  and  justice,  fearless  and  modest,  a  Christian  gentle- 
man." 

By  Jiev.  Bradford  M.  Fullerton,  D.D.  of  Brockton,  Mass. 

■IIbnuy  Colman  Kimball,  A.  B.,  elected  a  resident  member  July  G,  18G4,  and 
a  life  member  in  1881,  was  born  in  Hiugham,  Mass.,  February  20,  1820,  and  died 
May  10,  1804.  His  grandfather  was  Daniel  Kimball,  first  lieutenant  of  Captain 
Foster's  company  of  Colonel  Wales's  regiment  of  the  war  of  the  Revolution. 
Benjamin  Gage,  major  of  Colonel  Gcrrith's  regiment,  of  the  same  war,  was  his 
g/eat-grand father.  His  mother's  name  was  Betsey  Gage,  who  was  a  daughter 
of  Benjamin.  The  Rev.  Daniel  Kimball,  principal  of  Derby  Academy  in  Iling- 
liam,  was  his  father.  The  son  fitted  for  college  at  the  Home  School  which  his 
father  established  in  Needham  in  the  son's  boyhood.  He  was  graduated  with 
the  Harvard  class  of  1840.  For  some  years  afterwards  he  was  the  principal  of 
Westford  Academy,  spending  a  year  in  foreign  travel  at  the  conclusion  of  this 
principalship.  In  1848  he  took  charge  of  the  Lancaster  Academy,  remaining 
several  years,  and,  while  there,  marrying  Miss  Harriet  C.  Fisher  of  that  town. 
In  connection  with  the  outbreak  of  the  Rebellion  he  was  appointed  to  a  position 
iu  the  Internal  Revenue  Department,  finally  taking  up  his  residence  in  Stough- 
ton,  where  he  passed  the  remaining  thirty  years  of  his  life.  There  he  was  a 
member  of  the  school  committee,  superintendent  of  schools,  trustee  of  the  pub- 
lic library,  and  town  clerk.  To  the  last  place  he  was  elected  the  twentieth  time 
just  before  he  died.  Mr.  Kimball  belonged  to  "The  Massachusetts  Society  of 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution."  He  was  a  man  of  simple  tastes,  of  great 
dignity  and  strict  integrity,  and  yet  almost  womanly  in  sweetness  of  temper  and 
patience.  He  was  drowned  at  sea,  on  his  way  to  Philadelphia,  off  Block  Island, 
probably  falling  overboard. 

By  Jtiev.  B.  M.  Fullerton,  D.D.,  of  Brockton,  Mass. 

RTa.tt.HKW  Adams  Sticknicy,  made  a  corresponding  member  May  17,  1847, 
was  born  in  Rowley,  Mass.,  September  23,  1805,  and  died  in  Salem,  August  12, 
1801. 

lie  was  of  the  seventh  generation  from  William  Stickney  and  his  wife,  Eliza- 
beth, who  came  to  Boston  probably  in  1G37,  and  were  of  the  original  settlers  in 
Rowley,  where  a  gram  of  land  in  the  first  apportionment  was  made  to  Wil- 
liam Stickney  in  1G43.  Matthew  traced  his  descent  from  William  through 
Amos,'-  Benjamin,3  Samuel,4  Jedcdiah,6  and  Dudley6.  His  mother  was  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Charles  and  Elizabeth  (Fowler)  Davis  of  Tops.fl.eld.  lie  was 
twice  married;  first,  on  the  17th  of  April,  1833,  to  Mary  Elizabeth  Smith,  who 
died  May  i),  1834,  and  second,  Dec.  25,  1838,  to  Lucy  Waters,  who  died  Feb.  13, 
1847.     Three  daughters  by  his  second  wife  survived  him. 

On  what  seemed  to  him  satisfactory  ground  for  a  solid  inference,  he  believed 
Stickney,  a  village  in  Lincolnshire,  nine  miles  north  of  Boston,  to  have  been 
the  English  home  of  the  family  at  some  time,  and  that  they  probably  came  from 
Normandy  in  the  train  of  the  Norman  conqueror. 

In  lSG'J  he  published  a  volume  of  52G  octavo  pages:  The  Stickney  Family, 
containing  the  genealogy  ami  history  of  the  family;  in  1883,  a  volume  of  247 
octavo  pages,  entitled  The  Fowler  Family  [that  of  his  mother]:  "A  Genealo- 
gical Memoir  of  the  Descendants  of  Philip  and  Mary  Fowler  of  Ipswich,  Mass. : 
Ten  Generations,  151)0-1882.''  Besides  these  he  left  in  manuscript  the  gene- 
alogies and  histories  of  the  families  of  Robert  Calef  (the  author  of  "More 
Wonders  of  the  Invisible  World")  and  of  William  Waters,  a  householder  of 
Boston  in  1G52.  These  two  genealogies  would  make  a  work  of  over  six  hundred 
pages  in  print,  and  are  in  form  for  publication.  Robert  Calef  and  William 
Waters  were  ancestors  of  his  living  children. 

lie  also  contributed  valuable  papers  to  the  Register,  the  American  Journal 
of  Numismatics,  and  the  Essex  Institute  Historical  Collections. 

Mr.  Stickney  was  more  than  a  genealogist,  he  was  emphatically  a  collector. 

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the  corning  man.  Of  ancient  furniture,  wedding-rings,  family  records,  Indian 
relics  and  almanacs,  lie  had  great  store.  His  almanacs,  commencing  with  1GGG, 
perhaps  make  the  most  complete  collection  to  be  found.  Autographs  and  letters 
of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  and  of  Washington  and  his 
generals  (including  many  of  the  French  officers),  of  statesmen  and  men  of 
note  of  the  Revolutionary  period,  fdl  a  long  and  orderly  array  of  volumes  upon 
his  shelves.  Asa  collector  of  coins  and  aT  numismatist  especially  he  was  most 
widely  known,  having  begun  his  collection  at  an  early  age,  and  possessed  him- 
self in  the  course  of  his  long  life  of  a  very  great  number  of  coins,  including 
the  rarest  and  most  sought  after.  For  cnrly  issues  of  American  paper  money 
he  was  also  a  keen  and  successful  forager. 

Mr.  Stickney  was  not  of  that  class  of  collectors  who  arc  satisfied  with  mere 
accumulation.  He  was  an  intelligent  and  discriminating  authority  upon  the  re- 
lative merits  and  value  of  the  coins,  "curios"  and  ancient  relics  which  he 
gathered.  He  was  acquainted  with  books ;  and  the  study  of  early  New  England 
history  was  his  solace  in  many  an  hour  of  suffering,  as  his  health,  never  firm, 
brought  to  him  in  the  latter  years  of  life  many  weary  hours,  which  at  once  ac- 
counted for  his  habits,  which  were  those  of  a  recluse,  and  afforded  him  such 
occupation  as  suited  his  condition,  and  protected  him  from  the  sense  of  vacancy 
and  uselessness  which  is  often  the  lot  of  the  invalid  solitary.  lie  was  never  at 
a  loss  for  something  to  do. 

By  Rev.  E.  JO.  Willson,  of  Salem. 

Frederick  Deane  Allen,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  a  resident  member,  elected 
January  <£,  18G5,  died  upon  the  28th  day  of  September,  1891,  at  the  ripe  age  of 
eighty-six  years,  lie  was  the  son  of  Deacon  Otis  Allen  and  his  wife  Susanna 
(Deane)  of  Mansfield,  Mass.  He  was  born  on  the  eighth  of  July,  1808.  He 
was  the  seventh  of  aline  of  pious  New  England  ancestry,  each  of  whom  had 
held  the  ofiice  of  Deacon  in  a  Congregational  Church.  The  first  of  this  line 
was  Samuel  Allen,  who  lived  in  Braintree,  and  died  in  1GG9.  His  descendants 
in  direct  line  were  Samuel  (2d),  Josiah,  Micah,  Micah  (2d)  and  Otis,  the  father 
of  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Frederick  Deane  Allen  was  but  seventeen  years  old  when  he  came  to  Boston 
from  Taunton,  where  he  had  lived  two  years,  lie  entered  the  employ  of  Mr. 
llolbrook  on  Washington  street.  At  the  early  age  of  twenty-one  he  entered 
into  partnership  with  Mr.  William  Fowle,  under  the  style  of  FoAvle  &  Allen,  and 
they  carried  on  a  wholesale  dry  goods  business  at  the  corner  of  Milk  and  Kilby 
streets. 

In  1839  the  firm  was  dissolved  and  succeeded  by  Allen  &  Minot,  which  was 
again  followed  by  the  firm  of  Allen,  Whiting,  Lane  &  Washburn.  In  18G5  the 
firm  became  Allen,  Lane  &,  Co.,  which  was  replaced  in  January  1894,  by  the  cor- 
poration entitled  "  The  Alleu  Lane  Company."  Mr.  Allen  was  in  active  business 
as  a  member  of  a  firm  for  sixty-five  years,  and  for  forty  j'ears  of  this  time  had 
lion.  Jonathan  A.  Lane  as  his  partner. 

His  remarkable  vigor  aud  activity  up  to  the  age  of  fourscore  and  six  years 
were  the  surprise  and  admiration  of  all  Who  met  him  in  active  business. 

He  was  one  of  the  directors  of  the  National  Bank  of  the  Republic  at  its  for- 
mation and  remained  so  until  his  death.  He  served  the  Old  South  Church  for 
many  years  as  its  Deacon ;  was  all  his  life  interested  in  Sunday  School  work,  and 
for  seventy  years,  without  intermission,  acted  either  as  Sunday  School  teacher 
or  superintendent.  He  was  especially  kind  to  the  poor,  and  many  mourn  him 
as  their  most  faithful  friend  in  trouble.  It  is  significant  of  the  place  he  held  in 
the  business  community  that  twenty-one  leading  commission  houses  of  Boston 
closed  their  stores  during  the  hour  of  his  funeral  service. 

His  fellow  directors  in  the  Bank  of  the  Republic  paid  the  following  tribute  to 
his  memory : 

"  His  associates  in  the  bank  for  many  years,  with  a  deep  sense  of  personal 
bereavement,  desire  to  place  on  the  records  of  this  bank  their  high  apprecia- 
tion of  his  character  as  manifested  in  all  the  relations  of  his  long  and  useful 
life;  as  a  kind  and  sympathetic  friend;  a  father,  honored  and  revered  In  tho 
family;  an  exemplary  merchant,  '  diligent  in  business,'  and  of  the  highest 
integrity  in  all  business  intercourse;  a  charitable  and  public-spirited  citizen, 
giving  freely  of  his  time  and  means  for  the  furtherance  of  every  good  work  in 
the  community  and  in  the  Church." 
VOL.    XLIX.  20 


22G  i  Booh  Notices.  [April, 

The  minutes  of  the  Church  Committee  of  the  Old  South  Church,  Boston,  also 
contain  the  following  words  : 

u  He  was  a  devoted  and  consistent  disciple  of  the  Master  from  his  youth,  and 
a  venerated  officer  in  this  Church  since  1870.  *  *  We  enjoyed  his  companion- 
ship, Ave  trusted  his  judgment  and  respected  his  counsel.  Genial  and  sympa- 
thetic in  temperament,  it  was  a  pleasure  to  meet  him  and  receive  his  cordial 
greeting.  He  was  never  happier  than  when  serving  the  Churcli  he  so  dearly 
loved.  His  memory  will  ever  be  tenderly  and  affectionately  cherished  by  us  who 
survive  him." 

On  June  17,  1833,  he  married  Mary  Richmond  Baylies,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Baylies  of  Taunton.  She  died  in  1883.  He  left  three  children,  a  daughter  and 
two  sons,  Rev.  Frederick  Baylies  Allen,  Superintendent  of  the  Episcopal  City 
Mission,  and  Francis  R.  Allen,  architect.  He  also  left  six  grandchildren  and 
two  great  grandchildren.  *     *     * 


BOOK  NOTICES. 


[The  Editor  requests  persons  sending  books  for  notice  to  state,  for  the  information  of 
readers,  the  price  of  each  book,  with  the  amount  to  be  added  for  postage  when  sent  by 
mail.] 

History  of  the  Town  of  Hampton,  New  Hampshtre,  from  its  Settlement  in  1638 
to  the  Autumn  of  1892.  By  Joseph  Dow.  Edited  and  Published  by  his 
Daughter.  Salem,  Mass. :  Printed  by  the  Salem  Press  Publishing  and  Print- 
ing Co.  1893.  8vo.,  2  volumes,  pp.  ll-f-1104  in  both  volumes.  Price  $G  for 
the  complete  work.    Sold  by  Miss  Lucy  E.  Dow,  Hampton,  N.  II. 

The  late  Joseph  'Dow,  A.M.,  of  Hampton,  who  died  Dec.  16,  1889,  aged  82, 
commenced  early  in  life  to  collect  facts  relating  to  the  history  of  his  native 
town.  As  far  back  as  1838  he  was  selected  to  deliver  an  historical  address  in 
commemoration  of  the  two  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  settlement  of  Hamp- 
ton. This  address  was  printed  the  next  year.  It  showed  a  remarkable  knowl- 
edge of  the  history  of  New  England,  and  particularly  of  his  section  of  it. 
It,  at  once,  became  a  standard  work  in  local  history.  He  lived  half  a  century 
after  that  work  was  published,  and  during  that  time  was  indefatigable  in  col- 
lecting and  arranging  the  history  of  Hampton.  At  his  death  he  left  the  work 
practically  finished.  If  the  town  of  Hampton  had  extended  to  him  the  aid 
Which  his  friends  asked  for,  the  book  would  have  been  printed  during  his  life- 
time, and  under  his  own  supervision. 

Mr.  Dow  was  fortunate  in  having  a  daughter  who  shared  his  tastes.  She  has 
edited  the  work,  and  successfully  carried  the  book  through  the  press.  Miss 
Lucy  E.  Dow  says  in  her  preface  :  "  It  is  not  easy  for  one  person  to  enter  into 
another's  labor  and  carry  out  his  plan,  even  though  the  material  be  ready  at 
hand;"  and  she  adds  that  she  can  scarcely  hope  to  have  realized  her  father's 
ideal. 

The  History  of  Hampton  shows  a  vast  amount  of  labor,  and  both  father  and 
•  daughter  are  deserving  of  much  praise.  The  first  volume  is  devoted  to  the  his- 
tory of  the  town,  and  the  second  volume  to  its  genealogy.  The  work  is  well 
printed,  and  is  embellished  with  numuerous  portraits,  views  of  buildings  and 
other  engravings.  A  good  index  is  furnished.  We  hope  that  the  work  will  be 
liberally  patronized,  and  that  it  will  be  found  in  all  our  best  public  libraries  and 
private  collections. 

Suffolk  Deeds,  Liber  VII.  Boston  :  Rockwell  &  Churchill,  City  Printers,  1894. 
8vo. 

The  seventh  volume  of  Suffolk  Deeds  has  been  issued.  It  has  a  kindred  like- 
ness and  interest  with  those  which  have  preceded.  The  hopes  of  the  friends  of 
their  publication  are  being  realized.  New  interest  in  the  early  possession  and 
transference  of  properties  has  been  awakened.  Historian  and  genealogist 
vie  with  each  other  in  making  service  of  them  in  proviug  and  disproving  tra- 


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ditional  statements.  Many  thanks  arc  due  the  authorities  for  the  support  given 
Thomas  F.  Temple,  Esq.,  Register  of  Deeds,  John  T.  Hassam,  Esq.,  and  Frank 
E.  Bradish,  Esq.,  for  the  several  parts  they  have  rendered  in  making  public  in  a 
larger  sense  this  volume  so  full  of  value.  The  Urst  deed  recorded  in  this  vol- 
ume is  of  property  granted  by  Thomas  Joy  to  Kichard  Way,  18,  1st  mo,  1GG7-8, 
and  thence  onward  to  October  15,  1G72.  During  the  early  part  of  this  period, 
the  deeds  were  attested  by  Freegrace  Bendall,  Clerk  of  the  County  Court,  and 
the  latter  by  Isaac  Addington,  Recorder.  He  who  -would  know  the  ordinary 
living  and  strivings  of  the  people  of  two  centuries  ago  cannot  afford  to  neglect 
to  study  the  early  deeds  of  the  New  England  colonics.  The  index,  like  the  pre- 
decessors, is  superb.  He  who  runs  may  read.  The  glance  is  only  needed  by 
the  busy  barrister  to  know  the  present  value  of  a  deed.  Suffolk  County,  nobly 
followed  by  York  County,  is  setting  a  magnificent  example  for  other  counties 
in  the  Commonwealth  and  nation. 

By  Rev.  Anson  Titus,  of  Somerville,  Mass. 

Americans  of  Royal  Descent.  A  Collection  of  Genealogies  of  American  Families 
tvhose  Lineages  are  Traced  to  the  Legitimate  Issues  of  Kings,  etc.,  etc.  By 
Charles  II.  Browning,  Ardmore,  Pennsylvania.  Third  edition.  Philadel- 
phia: 189-1.     Pp.  73G.     Price  $10,  $12  and  $15,  according  to  binding. 

Mr.  Browning  of  Ardmore,  Pennsylvania,  has  issued  a  third  edition  of  his 
"Americans  of  lloyal  Descent."  His  first  edition  a  dozen  years  ago  met  with  a 
rapid  sale,  and  new  demands  have  called  not  only  for  more  editions,  but  for  an 
extended  Bulletin,  in  which  are  many  important  corections  and  additions.  In  fact 
the  Bulletin  is  rich  in  worth,  since  it  places  many  a  family  on  the  right,  after 
wandering  for  a  season  on  the  wrong  track.  These  notes  become  as  posts  of 
warning.  Many  of  the  pedigrees  which  foreign  barristers  have  compiled  of 
American  families,  in  hope  of  gain,  have  pioved  untrustworthy  by  painstaking 
genealogists.  Among  the  families  whose  royal  descent  has  been  decidely  dis- 
proved is  the  Adams  family.  We  have  several  times  shown  the  error  of  this 
pedigree,  which  was  contributed  in  good  faith  to  the  Register  for  January  1853, 
pp.  39-46,  by  the  late  William  Downing  Bruce,  F.S.A.  of  London.  Mr.  Browning 
in  good  spirit  also  joins  in  exposing  the  forgery.  This  is  only  a  single  case. 
He  who  consults  Mr.  Browning's  book  must  put  generous  study  upon  the  Bul- 
letin— the  last  and  best  revision  of  his  earlier  labors.  An  excellent  index  of  the 
body  part  of  the  book  and  of  the  Bulletin  rounds  out  a  volume  full  of  gene- 
alogical information. 

By  Rev.  Anson  Titus  of  Somerville,  Mass. 

Glimpses  of  Old  New  England  Life.  Legends  of  Old  Bedford.  By  Abram  English 
Brown,  author  of  History  of  First  Sabbath  School  of  Bedford,  History  of 
Bedford,  and  Bedford  Old  Families.  Published  by  the  author.  Boston: 
K.  II.  Blodgett,  printer.     Sold  by  Abraham  E.  Brown,  Bedford,  Mass. 

This  book,  as  the  title  indicates,  is  a  collection  of  tales  of  New  England 
life.  The  story  entitled  "The  Witch  of  Shawshine"  is  perhaps  the  most  inter- 
esting. But,  while  it  is  fitting  that  our  generation  should  be  so  prolific  in  pro- 
ducing books  relating  to  New  England  life  and  history,  it  does  seem  as  if 
some  of  our  writers  would  be  better  occupied  if  they  dwelt  more  upon  the 
pleasanter  and  brighter  aspects  of  colonial  life.  Our  forefathers  may  have  had 
some  of  the  faults  and  failings  pertaining  to  the  age  in  which  they  lived,  but 
(as  history  conclusively  shows)  not  in  so  large  a  measure  as  their  contempo- 
raries in  other  lands.  What  an  exhaustless  mine  of  history  and  romance  do  the 
annals  of  New  England  offer  to  the  prose  writer  and  the  poet.  What  hitherto 
almost  unexplored  fields  lie  open  on  every  side.  Our  great  epic  peom  and  our 
great  historical  novel  has  yet  to  be  written.  And  then  it  is  of  great  im- 
portance in  the  development  of  our  country,  in  the  combining  and  harmonizing 
of  the  various  elements  that  go  to  the  making  of  it  and  the  dill'erent  interests 
involved  therein,  that  the  New  England  idea,  the  Ncav  England  spirit  (the  logi- 
cal outgrowth  of  the  spirit  of  Old  England)  be  thoroughly  taught  and  understood, 
so  that  it  may  continue  to  be  the  moulding  and  shaping  force  in  the  future  that 
it  has  been  in  the  past.  The  New  England  ideal  has  ever  been  marked  by  a  firm 
adherenee  to  truth  and  duty,  by  a  splendid  faitli  and  trust  in  God.  And  men 
and  women  of  New  England  descent  have  largely  assisted  in  opening  up  and 
making  fruitful  different  sections  of  our  country,  have  assisted  in  developing 


228  Booh  Notices.  [April, 

In  a  large  way  and  on  a  grand  scale  the  thought  and  action  of  our  people, 
and  have  ever  carried  with  them  the  good  old  English  principles  of  steadfast- 
ness and  tenacity  "which  have  made  our  race  the  dominant  one  wherever  it  has 
planted  itself.  No  race  of  modern  times  has  had  and  exercised  such  a  genius 
for  government,  for  Implanting  and  nurturing  principles  of  liberty  (not  license), 
for  contributing  to  the  onward  inarch  of  human  progress.  And  it  may  be 
that  our  Republic  with  its  written  constitution  will  be  a  surer  anchorage,  a 
more  lasting  home  than  even  Old  England  for  the  principles  of  true  liberty, 
for  all  that  stands  for  English  thought  and  life,  for  all  our  grand  heritage  from 
the  mother-land;  a  heritage  forever  assured  as  long  as  all  English-speaking 
peoples  stand  true  to  the  traditions  of  our  race. 
By  Rev.  Daniel  Rollins,  of  Woodsville,  N.  II. 

Concord,  Massachusetts.     Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths,  1635-1850.     Printed 

for  the  Town.    Royal  8vo.  pp.  vii.  -f-  496.     Price  $5. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  town  of  Concord,  March  30,  1891,  a  committee 
was  appointed  consisting  of  five  members,  of  which  the  late  Rev.  Grindall  Rey- 
nolds, D.D.,  was  chairman,  to  "procure  the  printing  of  the  town's  ancient 
registers  of  births,  marriages  and  deaths."  The  committee  have  performed 
their  duties  in  a  very  satisfactory  manner,  and  the  noble  volume  before  us  is 
the  result  of  their  labors.  Concord  was  settled  in  1G35,  and  only  a  few  towns 
in  New  England  go  back  to  an  earlier  elate.  The  committee  in  their  preface 
say:  "  It  has  been  termed  with  truth  one  of  the  'seed  towns.'  The  descend- 
ants of  the  original  settlers  are  scattered  far  and  wide  over  the  whole  country. 
It  is  probable  that  the  number  of  such  descendants  living  outside  of  the  town 
far  exceeds  the  number  of  those  living  in  it  at  the  present  time."  The  preface 
says  also:  "All  the  members  of  the  committee  appointed  by  the  town  have 
given  much  interest  and  a  good  deal  of  general  supervision  to  the  work ;  but  it 
is  simple  justice  to  say  that  the  great  burden  of  investigation  and  labor  has 
fallen  upon  Mr.  George  Tolman,  one  of  the  committee.  lie  has  given  unremit- 
ting care  and  a  very  large  portion  of  his  time  to  the  preparation  of  the  book. 
He  has  sought  in  every  direction  for  information  which  might  cast  side  light 
upon  the  Town  Records  themselves.  If  the  book  shall  prove  to  have  the  merits 
thai  such  a  book  ought  to  have,  a  full  measure  of  credit  should  be  given  to  Mr. 
Tolnnui." 

The  volume  before  us  is  a  model  for  those  who  have  the  charge  of  printing 
the  records  of  a  town.  We  commend  the  indexes  particularly  to  their  atten- 
tion. By  indicating  whether  the  record  indexed  is  of  a  birth,  marriage,  death, 
or  other  item,  much  time  is  saved  to  the  reader. 

The  Public  Records  of  the  State  of  Connecticut,  from  October,  177 G,  to  February, 
1778,  inclusive.  With  the.  Journal  of  the  Council  of  Safety,  from  October  11, 
1776,  to  May  0,  1778,  inclusive,  and  an  Appendix.  Published  in  accordance 
with  a  resolution  of  the  General  Assembly,  by  Ciiaki.es  J.  IIoadly,  LL.D., 
Slate  Librarian.  Hartford:  Press  of  the  Case,  Lockwood  &  Brainard  Com- 
pany.    1891.     Royal  8vo.  pp.  iv.-f658. 

The  State  of  Connecticut  has  previously  published  the  Records  of  the  Colony 
in  fifteen  volumes,  from  1G3G  to  1773,  and  the  Records  of  the  Jurisdiction 
of  New  Haven  in  two  volumes,  from  1G38  to  its  union  with  Connecticut  in 
1GG5.  Of  these  volumes,  volumes  1,  2  and  3  of  the  Records  of  the  Colony  of 
Connecticut  were  edited  by  Dr.  J.  Hammond  Trumbull.  The  other  fourteen 
volumes  have  been  edited  by  the  present  editor,  Dr.  IIoadly,  whose  work  on 
these  volumes  extends  through  a  third  of  a  century.  They  are  a  monument  to 
his  literary  and  antiquarian  attainments. 

Having  completed  the  editing  and  publishing  of  the  Records  of  the  Colony, 
he  has  taken  up  the  Records  of  the  State,  and  the  first  volume  is  before  us. 
1  he  resolution  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Connecticut,  under  which  this  vol- 
ume is  issued,  was  adopted  upon  the  motion  of  the  Connecticut  Society  of  Sons 
of  the  Revolution,  and  approved  Eebruary  25,  1893.  The  work  has  been  edited 
in  the  same  thorough  manner  as  the  volumes  previously  issued. 

This  volume  "  contains,"  says  Dr.  IIoadly  in  his  paper,  "about  one  half  of 
the  iirst  manuscript  volume  of  the  '  Records  of  the  State  of  Connecticut,'  and 
all  of  the  first  volume  of  the  Journal  of  the  Council  of  Safety  which  was  not 
printed  in  the  fifteenth  volume  of  the  '  Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut.'  The 
Journal  of  the  Governor  and  Council,  as  distinguished  from  that  of  the  Council 


1895.]  Booh  Notices.  229 

of  Safety,  is  supposed  to  be  lost.  .  .  .  It  is  not  known  that  the  journals 
either  of  the  Upper  or  of  the  Lower  House  of  the  General  Assembly  for  the 
period  covered  by  this  volume  are  in  existence." 

The  book  shows  the  same  learning  and  judgment  as  its  predecessors.  It  is 
handsomely  printed  and  is  well  indexed. 

The  Records  of  the  Proprietors  of  the  Narragansett,  otherwise  called  the  Fonts 
Record.  Rhode  Island  Colonial  Cleanings.  Volume  I.  By  James  N.  Arnold, 
Providence,  II.  I.  :  Narragansett  Historical  Publishing  Company.  1894. 
8vo.  pp.  ix.-f-199.     Price  $1.50. 

Mr.  Arnold,  whose  "  Vital  Statistics  of  Rhode  Island,"  in  six  large  quarto 
volumes,  have  been  noticed  by  us  as  the  volumes  appeared,  lias  begun  a  "  Sup- 
plement" to  that  work  under. the  title  of  "  Rhode  Inland  Gleanings."  The 
first  volume,  now  before  us,  is  devoted  to  what  are  known  as  the  "  Pones  Rec- 
ords," consisting  of  the  records  of  the  Narragansett  Proprietors.  Mr.  Arnold 
has  done  a  good  work  in  preserving  these  historic  land  records  in  print. 
The  importance  of  these  records,  the  editor  states,  require  that  they  should  be 
edited,  hut  circumstances  induce  him  to  print  them  in  their  present  form,  and 
at  some  future  time  to  publish  a  volume  of  notes,  explanatory,  historical  and 
critical,  illustrating  these  records,  lie  will  be  obliged  to  those  having  docu- 
ments or  facts  illustrating  the  work  to  communicate  them  to  him.  Other  vol- 
umes of  the  "  Colonial  Gleanings"  arc  in  preparation. 

Suffolk  Manorial  Families,  being  the  County  Visitations  and  other  Pedigrees-. 
Edited,  with  Extensive  Additions,  by  Joseph  James  Muskett.  Privately 
Printed.  Exeter :  William  Pollard  &  Co.,  Printers.  1891.  Price  to  sub- 
scribers, 5s.  a  part.  Address  the  Editor,  care  of  J.  Muskett  Yetts,  Esq.,  5G 
Lincoln's  Inn  Pields,  London. 

The  first  part  of  this  valuable  serial  was  noticed  by  us  in  July  last.  The 
object  of  the  editor  is  to  make  it  an  exhaustive  resume  of  the  Genealogy  of 
Suffolk,  England.  The  present  part  contains  pedigrees  of  Sharpe  of  Islington, 
Mildmay  of  Essex,  Alabaster  of  Hadleigh,  Vesey  of  Hintlesham,  Risby  of 
Thorpe  Morieux,  Still  of  Hadleigh,  Browne  of  Edwardstone,  and  other  families. 
The  Pedigrees  are  generally  accompanied  by  wills,  inquisitions  and  other  docu- 
ments. Much  genealogical  matter  of  interest  to  New  England  families  will  be 
found  in  these  numbers,  and  we  hope  the  work  will  find  many  subscribers  in  this 
country.  We  commend  it  to  the  attention  of  the  librarians  of  public  libraries- 
Part  V.  will  contain  the  ancestry  of  Rev.  George  Burrough,.  the  victim  of  the 
"witchcraft  delusion  of  1G92.  Mr.  Muskett  writes  that  he  would  gladly  give  a 
page  to  the  descendents  of  Isaiah  Thomas,  the  founder  of  the  American  Anti- 
quarian Society,  or  other  descendants  of  George  Burrough,  if  authentic  infor- 
mation were  furnished  him. 

Massacre  of  Wyoming.  The  Acts  of  Congress  for  the  Defence  of  the  Wyoming 
Valley,  Pennsylvania,  177G-177S.  With  the  Petitions  of  the  Sufferers  of  the 
Massacre  of  July  3,  177S,  for  Congressional  Aid.  With  an  introductory 
Chapter  by  Rev.  Horace  Edwin  Hayden,  M.A.,  Corresponding  Secretary  of 
the  Wyoming  Historical  and  Geological  Society.  Printed  for  the  Society, 
Wilkes-Barrc',  Pa.     1895.     8vo.  pp.  xxiv.-H>5. 

This  pamphlet  is  issued  by  the  Wyoming  Historical  and  Geological  Society- 
It  contains,  as  the  title-page  shows,  a  collection  of  documents  and  facts  relative  to 
the  Massacre  at  Wyoming,  July  3,  1778.  The  Society  has  done  well  to  collect 
and  preserve  in  print  a  full  history  of  this  tragic  event.  The  introductory  chap- 
ter by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hayden  adds  much  to  the  value  of  the  collection.  The 
reader  will  Unci  here  fuller  material  than  any  other  work  contains. 

The  Fast  and  Thanksgiving  Pays  of  Xcw  England.  By  W.  He  Loss  Love,  Jr., 
Ph.D.  Huston  and. New  York;  Houghton,  Mi (Ilin  &  Company.  1895.  l2mo. 
pp.  (J07.     Price,  pi. 

This  is  a  much  needed  work.  The  author  says  in  his  Preface  that  it  '"aims 
to  place  before  you  the  historical  fuels  relating  to  the  East  and  Thanksgiving 
days,  which  the  Fathers  of  New  England  have  transmitted  to  their  children." 
"  Herein,"  he  adds,  "  you  will  lind  set  forth  the  conditions  leading  to  the  adop- 
tion of  the  Fast  and  Thaukgiving  system  in  New  England  in  place  of  the  holy 
days. of  the  Church  of  England,  the  circumstances  under  which  it  was  developed, 
and  the  reasons  for  its  decline." 

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The  Author  has  spent  a  great  amount  of  research  on  the  subject  of  this  book, 
and  1ms  succeeded  in  throwing  light  on  many  points  where  till  now  there  was 
obscurity.  The  volume  will  be  found  interesting  reading  as  well  as  indispensa- 
ble for  reference.  Fifty  pages  are  devoted  to  a  Calendar  giving  in  tabular  form 
the  year,  month,  and  day,  when  East  and  Thanksgiving  were  observed  in  New 
Kngland,  from  1(520  to  1815,  with  the  state,  executive  authority  and  some  other 
details.  A  Bibliography  of  81  pages  is  also  given.  Facsimiles  of  several  early 
Proclamations  are  found  here.     The  book  is  well  indexed. 

Representative  Men  of  Connecticut,  1861-1394.     Everett,  Mass.  :  Massachusetts 

Publishing'  Company.    4to.   pp.    400.    Full   bound    in   morocco,   gilt   edges. 

Trice,  .$15.00.    Address,  William  E.  Moore,  Everett,  Mass. 

The  volume  before  us  contains  nearly  two  hundred  biographies  of  represent- 
ative Men  of  the  State  of  Connecticut,,  most  of  -which  are  illustrated  with  por- 
traits of  a  high  order  of  merit.  It  is  a  valuable  addition  to  American  biogra- 
phy and  will  be  found  useful  to  many  classes  of  readers,  and  should  be  in  all 
our  large  public  libraries,  particularly  as  a  reference  book.  Those  who  use 
these  libraries  often  wish  to  obtain  reliable  information  about  those  who  have 
been  active  in  the  affairs  of  the  State  of  Connecticut  for  the  last  third  of  a  cen- 
tury.    Mr.  Moore,  the  projector  and  editor  of  the  work,  deserves  much  credit. 

The  book  is  handsomely  printed  on  line  paper,  and  the  portraits  are  of  a  high 
order.     It  has  an  index. 

The  Southern  Historical  Society  Papers.     Vol.  XXII.     Edited  by  II.  A.  Bkock, 

Secretary  of  the  Southern  Historical  Society.     Richmond,  Va.  :  Published  by 

the  Society,     1804.     8vo. 

The  publications  of  the  Southern  Historical  Society,  of  which  the  twenty-second 
volume  is  before  us,  have  been  frequently  commended  in  the  Registers  The 
editor,  Mr.  Brock,  has  rare  qualifications  for  the  oilice  of  Secretary  of  the  Society 
and  for  editing  the  volumes  which  it  issues.  His  ability,  industry  and  care 
admirably  lit  him  for  these  positions.  His  work  as  editor  of  this  series  of  volumes, 
winch  he  has  held  for  a  number  of  years,  and  as  editor  of  the  Collections  of  the 
Virginia  Historical  Society,  from  1883  to  1892,  during  which  time  eleven  vol- 
umes were  issued  filled  with  valuable  historical  matter  relating  to  Virginia, 
entitle  him  to  rank  as  a  benefactor  of  his  native  State. 

The  present  volume  deserves  the  same  high  praise  which  has  been  awarded  to 
previous  volumes. 

Heraldry  in  America.     By  Eugene  Ziebek.     Published  by  the  Department  of 

Heraldry   of  the   Bailey,   Banks    &    Biddle    Company.     Philadelphia.     1895. 

Royal  8vo.  pp.  427.     Price,  in  red  cloth,  $10;  handsomely  bound  in  full  red 

turkey  morocco,  gilt  edges,  $15. 

This  book,  which  appears  at  a  time  when  Heraldry  is  receiving  more  attention 
in  this  country  than  formerly,  contains  a  great  amount  of  information  on 
Heraldry  and  kindred  subjects.  Mr.  Zieber  says  in  his  Preface  :  "  The  book  is 
designed  to  meet  a  felt  want  in  America  for  a  popular  work  on  heraldry.  The 
writer  has  endeavored  to  group  in  a  concise  and  intelligent  manner  all  that  is 
necessary  to  enable  the  student  correctly  to  interpret  and  apply  the  manifold 
laws  of  the  gentle  science  of  Arms.  In  this  respect  the  book  is  largely  a  compil- 
ation, as  are  all  modern  works  upon  the  subject.  It  contains,  in  addition,  a  col- 
lection of  material — gathered  from  use  of  royal  and  other  seals  upon  Colonial 
documents,  and  individual  armor  upon  old  tombstones,  .hatchments,  tablets, 
family  plate,  wills,  deeds,  etc. — showing  an  early  practice  and  wide  recognition 
of  heraldry  In  America."  It  is  well  to  state  that  in  colonial  times  as  well  as  in 
our  own,  individuals  frequently  used  arms  to  which  they  had  no  right. 

The  book  does  credit  to  the  author,  who  evidently  has  bestowed  much  labor 
upon  it.  It  is  embellished  with  numerous  engravings  which  illustrate  the  vari- 
ous subjects  treated  of.     It  is  printed  in  the  best  manner,  and  is  well  indexed. 

Iterolleclions  of  Life  in  Ohio  from  2873-1840.    By  William  Coopeu  IIowells. 

With  an  Introduction  by  his  son  William  Dean  IIowells.     Cincinnati:  The 

Hubert  Clarke  Company.     8vo.  pp.  xlv.-f207.     Price,  $2. 

Mr.  William  Dean  HovvelLs,  the  well  known  author,  says  in  his  Introduction 
to  this  book:  "  It  was  at  my  suggestion  that  my  father  began,  ten  or  twelve 
years  ago,  to  set  down  the  facts  of  his  early  life.    At  first  the  record  was  meant 


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Book  Notices.  231 


for  the  family  only,  but  when  I  came  to  read  it  over,  I  found  it  so  full  of  experi- 
ences and  observations  of  general  interest  that  I  urged  him  to  continue  it,  with 
a  view  to  final  publication  and  yet  keep  it  as  simple  and  informal  as  he  had 
originally  intended."  Mr.  Howells  died  August  28,  1894,  at  the  age  of  87,  before 
his  work  was  finished.  After  his  death,  his  son  wrote  a  conclusion  and  prepared 
the  work  for  the  press.  The  book  will  interest  those  who  desire  to  knoAv  what 
sort  of  life  was  led  in  Ohio  at  that  time.  "A  middle-chiss  English  family 
coining  to  Ohio  early  in  the  century,"  says  the  editor,  "  could  see  the  primitive 
American  life  more  or  less  from  the  outside." 

Collections  and  Proceedings  of  (he  Maine  Historical  Society.     January,  1895. 

Published  for  the  Society  by  Brown  Thurston  Company,  Portland,  Maine. 

8vo.  pp.  112,  and  index  to  preceding  .volume.     Trice  $3  a  year. 
Publications  of  the  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society,  April,  1895.   Vol.  III.,  No.  1. 

Providence,  K.  I.     Published  by  the  Society.    8vo.  pp.  74, 
The  Virginia  Magazine  of  History  and  Biography.     Published  quarterly  by  the 

Virginia  Historical  Society,  Richmond,  Va.     April,   1805.     Vol.  II.,  No.  4. 

8vo.  pp.  126.     Price  $5  per  annum.    Single  number  $1.50. 
William  and  Mary  College  Quarterly.    Historical  Magazine.    Edited  by  Lyon 

G.  Tyler,  M.  A.,  William  and  Mary  College,  "Williamsburg,  Va,     January, 

1805.    Vol,  III.,  No.  4.     8vo.  pp.  76.     Price  $3  per  year. 

We  give  above  the  titles  of  the  latest  issues  of  the  quarterly  publications  of 
three  of  our  historical  societies  and  of  one  college.  They  preserve  much  valu- 
able historical  matter.  The  several  historical  societies  print  their  proceedings 
in  their  quarterly  periodicals.  We  commend  them  to  historical  students  in  all 
parts  of  the  country. 

Genealogical  Sketch  of  the  Ludlam  Family  from  the  Early  Settlement  of  Cape 
May  County,  N.  J.,  1692.  Compiled  by  Anthony  J.  Ludlam,  November, 
1878.  Springfield,  111. :  II.  W.  Ilokker,  Printer  and  Binder.  1878.  Royal 
8vo.  pp.  10. 

Chronological  Record  of  the  English  Manns.  By  J.  B.  Mann.  Rochester,  N.  Y. : 
E.  R.  Andrews's  Book  and  Job  Printing  House.     1874. 

Though  these  books  were  printed  about  twenty  years  ago,  it  seems  proper  to 
notice  them  in  the  Register.  The  Ludlam  pamphlet  gives  the  descendants  of 
Anthony  Ludlam,  an  early  emigrant  from  England,  who  settled  at  Southampton, 
L.  I.,  aw  early  as  1640.     J  lis  son  Joseph  removed  to  Cape  May  county. 

The  Mann  book  is  by  Rev.  Joseph  B.Mann,  who  died  at  New  Woodstock,  N.Y., 
June  1877,  aged  28.  Mr.  George  S.  Mann,  in  his  "  Mann  Memorial,"  calls  it  "  A 
work  quite  readable  and  credible  in  dealing  with  some  of  the  New  York 
branches,"  But  he  intimates  that  in  relation  to  other  branches  the  author  is 
frequently  in  error. 

The  Standishes  of  America.  By  Mylks  Standisii,  A.M.,  M.D.  Boston,  Mass.  : 
Privately  printed  for  the  author,  by  Samuel  Usher,  1805.  8vo.  pp.  viii-4-140. 
A  few  copies  can  be  obtained  of  George  E.  I  ittlelleld,  67  Cornhill.     Price  $3. 

History  and  Genealagy  of  Peter  Montague  of  Nansemond  and  Lancaster  Counties, 
Virginia,  and  his  Descendants,  1021-1891.  Compiled  and  published  by 
Gkouqk  William  Mqntaguic.  Amherst,  Mass.:  Press  of  Carpenter  &  More- 
house.    1804.     8vo.  pp.  401.      Price  $5.     Sold  by  the  author,  Amherst,  Mass. 

Stephen  Lincoln  of  Oakham,  Massachusetts ;  his  Ancestry  and  Descendants.  Com- 
piled by  John  Morris,  Hartford,  Conn.  Press  of  the  Case,  Lockwood  and 
Brainard  Company.     1805.     8vo.  pp.  100. 

The  Descendants  of  James  and  William  Adams  of  Londonderry,  now  Derry,  N.  IT. 
Compiled  by  Andrew  N.  Adams  of  Pair  Haven,  Vt.  Rutland  :  The  Tuttle 
Company  Printers.  1804.  8vo.  pp.  87.  Price  $1.  To  be  obtained  of  the 
author,  Pair  Haven,  Vt. 

Davidson  Genealogical  Charts.    Large  quarto  (9  by  12  inches). 

History  of  the  Hamlin  Family,  with  Genealogies,  of  the  Early  Settlers  of  the  Name 
iu  America,  1039-1894.  By  H.  Pranklin  Andrkws.  Part  One.  Exira, 
Iowa.     J  801.    8vo.    To  be  published  periodically. 

Kelton  Family  Items.  By  Dwigiit  II.  Kelton,  LL.D.,  Montpelier,  Vt.  8vo. 
pp.  14.    One  hundred  copies  printed. 


232  Booh  Notices.  [April, 

Account  of  the  Second  Annual  Gathering  of  the  Bailey-Bailey  Association,  held 

at  Andover,  Mass.,  August  14,  1S94.    Bradford,  Mass.  :  Levi  C.  McKinstry, 

JL'ri ntcr,  L894,     8VO.  pp.  23. 
Mehclabel  Chandler  Colt.     Her  Book,     1714.    Bulletin  Print.    Norwich,  Conn. 

1895.     12mo.  pp.  19. 
Additions  and  Corrections  to  Sumner  Genealogy  to  January  1895.    8vo.  pp.  3. 
Supplement  No.  2  to  the  Genealogy  of  the  Family  of  Gamaliel  Gerould.    Bristol, 

N.  II.    Printed  by  It.  W.  Musgrove.    1895.    8vo.  pp.  17.    Price  $1. 

We  continue  in  this  number  our  quarterly  notices  of  works  relating  to  gene- 
alogy which  have  been  recently  published  and  presented  to  this  society. 

Dr.  Staudish's  work,  "  The  Standishes  of  America,"  supplies  a  want  long  felt. 
Capt.  Myles  Standish  is  a  prominent  figure  in  New  England  history,  but  very 
little  has  heretofore  been  printed  about  his  descendants.  The  author  of  this 
book,  while  a  student  in  college,  began  to  collect  facts  about  his  ancestry  and 
kindred.  "  The  work,"  he  says,  ''  proved  attractive  to  me,  and  has  occupied  a 
generous  share  of  my  leisure  time  for  the  last  twenty-one  years."  Dr.  Standish 
has  been  very  successful  in  tracing  the  posterity  of  his  valorous  ancestor,  and  99 
pages  are  Idled  with  the  record  of  those  who  are  known  to  be  his  descendants. 
He  has  appended  accounts  of  other  families  by  the  name  of  Standish  in  the 
United  States  and  Canada,  not  a  few  of  whom  are  supposed  to  be  descend- 
ants of  the  Mayflower  Pilgrim*  The  book  is  elegantly  printed,  and  is  em- 
bellished with  portraits  and  views.    It  is  well  compiled,  and  has  good  indexes. 

The  book  on  the  Montague  family  of  Virginia  is  compiled  by  George  William 
Montague  of  Amherst,  Mass.,  to  whom  we  are  indebted  for  the  book  on  the 
Montagues  published  in  188G,  and  noticed  by  us  January,  1887.  It  is  a  companion 
volume  to  that  work,  and  docs  for  the  Virginia  Montagues  what  was  done  for 
those  of  New  England  birth  and  lineage.  It  is  well  printed,  and  is  embellished 
by  portraits  and  other  engaavings.     It  has  a  good  index. 

The  next  book,  on  Stephen  Lincoln  of  Oakham,  gives  his  descendants  and 
one  line  of  his  ancestors,  lie  was  born  at  Rehoboth,  Mass.,  Dec.  3,  1751,  and 
was  descended  in  the  sixth  generation  from  Thomas  Lincoln,  an  early  settler  of 
Hingham,  Mass.  The  book  is  well  compiled  and  indexed.  It  makes  a  handsome 
volume. 

The  book  on  the  descendants  of  James  and  William  Adams  contains  also 
sketches  of  the  families  of  Robert  Cochran  and  Joseph  Morrison  of  London- 
derry and  of  Deacon  Thomas  Cochran  of  New  Boston,  N.  II.  It  is  illustrated 
by  portraits,  and  a  map  of  a  portion  of  Rockingham  county.  It  will  be  found 
useful  to  those  whose  kindred  are  here  preserved. 

The  Davidson  Genealogical  Charts  consist  of  cards  numbered  by  letters, 
A,  D,  E,  G,  I.  They  give  descendants  of  William  and  Mary  Davidson,  who 
emigrated  from  the  North  of  Ireland  to  this  country  in  1728.  The  matter  is 
arranged  in  eolumns,  a  column  being  given  to  each  generation.  Card  A  was 
issued  in  ISS7.  The  work  has  been  discontinued  in  this  form,  but  the  author  is 
engaged  on  a  larger  work  of  which  the  plan  will  be  given  in  a  subsequent  issue. 

The  work  on  the  Hamlin  family  is  to  be  issued  in  numbers.  The  first  number 
contains  sketches  of  the  family  in  Europe,  and  begins  the  genealogy  of  James 
Hamblen  of  Barnstable,  Mass.,  1(J39.  Iu  promises  to  till  a  long  felt  gap  in  New 
England  genealogy.    Subscriptions  received  by  the  author,  Audubon,  Iowa. 

The  Keltou  items  by  Dr.  Kelton  of  Montpelier,  Vt.,  is  devoted  to  descendants 
of  Thomas  Kelton,  who  resided  at  Boston  in  1GG1.  Some  of  his  descendants 
Write  the  name  Kilton,  and  a  few  Carleton.  We  hope  the  author  will  compile  a 
full  genealogy  of  the  family. 

The  proceedings  at  the  gathering  of  the  Bailey-Bayley  Association,  to  which 
the  next,  pamphlet  is  devoted,  were  quite  interesting.  We  trust  that  a  volume  of 
genealogy  will  he  the  result  of  these  meetings. 

Mehitable  Chandler  Colt,  from  whose  papers  the  genealogical  matter  in  this 
pamphlet  is  compiled,  was  a  granddaughter  of  William  and  Annis  (i.  e.,  Agnes) 
Chandler  of  Roxbury.  She  was  married  at  Woodstock  in  1G95  to  John  Coit  of 
New  London.  The  pamphlet  was  issued  last  Christmas,  as  a  loving  tribute 
toher  memory,  by  M.  l.\  Oilman  of  Norwich,  Ct,  and  two  other  descendants 
from  her. 

The  next  pamphlet  is  by  William  Sumner  Appleton,  and  consists  of  Additions 
and  Corrections  to  his  "Record  of  the  Descendants  of  William  Sumner,"  pub- 


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lishcd  in  1870.    Similar  pamphlets  were  issued  in  January  of  the  following  years  : 
1881,  1882,  1883,  5886,  1890  and  1892. 

There  have  been  two  supplements  to  the  Gcrould  Genealogy  by  Rev.  Samuel 
L.  Gerould,  then  of  Goustown,  now  of  llollls,  N.  IT.,  the  first  in  1890  and  the 
pamphlet  before  us  in  January  last.  This  work  was  printed  at  the  charge  of 
Henry  Gerould,  M.D.,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio. 


RECENT   PUBLICATIONS, 

Presented  to  the  New-England  Historic  Genealogical  Society  from  December 

1,  1894,  to  March  1.  1895. 

Prepared  by  the  Assistant  Librarian. 

I.  Publications  written  or  edited  by  Members  of  the  Society. 

Memoir  of  Frederick  Lothrop  Ames.  By  Leverctt  Saltonstall.  Reprinted 
from  the  publications  of  The  Colonial  Society  of  Massachusetts.  Vol.  I.  Bos- 
ton.    1894.     4to.  pp.  9. 

Supplement  to  the  History  of  Taunton, TMass.  By  Samuel  Hopkins  Emery, 
D.l).     Syracuse.     1894.    8vo.  pp.  13. 

Reminiscences  of  Foreign  Travel.  A  Fragment  of  Autobiography.  By 
Robert  C.  Winthrop,  LL.D.     Privately  printed.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  104. 

Brown  University  Alumni  of  Fall  Riv^er,  Mass.  Paper  read  by  Hon.  John  S. 
Brayton,  LL.D.,  before  the  Association  of  the  Sons  of  Brown  University  in 
Fall  River  and  vicinity,  Feb.  10,  1888.     12mo.  pp.  23. 

Historic  Rehoboth.  Record  of  the  Dedication  of  Memorial  Hall,  May  10,  1886. 
Attleborough.     188G.     12mo.  pp.  130. 

Proceedings  and  Addresses  at  the  Dedication  of  the  Town  Hall  in  Swansea, 
Mass.     Fall  River.     1892.     12mo.  pp.  80. 

A  report  of  the  Record  Commissioners  of  the  city  of  Boston,  containing  Bos- 
ton births  from  A.D.  1700  to  A.I).  1800.     Boston.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  379. 

Suffolk  Deeds.    Liber  VII.    Boston:    Rockwell  &  Churchill,   City  Printers. 

1894.  8vo.  pp.  179. 

Seventh  Report  of  the  Custody  and  Conditions  of  the  Public  Records  of  the 
Parishes,  Towns  and  Counties.     By  Robert  T.  Swan,  Commissioner.    Boston. 

1895.  8vo.  pp.  39. 

An  Alphabetical  Abstract  of  the  Record  of  Deaths  in  the  Town  of  Dedham, 
Mass.,  1814-1890.  Compiled  by  Don  Gleason  Hill,  LL.B.,  Town  Clerk.  Ded- 
ham, Mass.     1895.     8vo.  pp.  ix-f-217. 

Memorial  Biographies  of  the  New-England  Historic  Genealogical  Society. 
Vol.  V.     1862-1864.     Boston.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  507. 

Catalogue  of  the  first  two  hundred  volumes  purchased  by  the  trustees  of  the 
Kidder  fund,  for  the  New-England  Historic  Genealogical  Society.  Boston. 
1894.     8vo.  pp.  12. 

Rev.  John  Wheeler,  D.  D.,  1798-1862.  President  of  the  University  of  Ver- 
mont, 1833-1848.  A  Biographical  Sketch  by  Rev.  Ezra;  H.  Byington,  D.D. 
Cambridge.     1894.     12mo.  pp.  20. 

Michael  Wigglesworth,  the  earliest  poet  among  Harvard  graduates,  with  some 
Bibliographical  Notes  on  his  Day  of  Doom.  By  Samuel  A.  Green,  M.D. 
8vo.  pp.  7. 

Certain  Grants  of  Land  made  in  the  year  1684,  now  within  the  limits  of  Nashua, 
N.  II.     By  Samuel  A.  Green,  M.D.     8vo.  pp.  5. 

Memoir  of  Charles  Henry  Bell,  LL.D,  By  Rev.  Edmund  F.  Slafter,  D.D. 
Boston.      1895.     8vo.  pp.  21. 

The  Town  History.     By  Rev.  Anson  Titus.     Boston.     1895.     8vo.  pp.  4. 

II.     Other  Publications. 

King's  County  Genealogical  Club  Collection.  Vol.  I.  Nos.  V.  and  VI.  New 
York.'    1894.     8vo.  pp.  96. 

Essex  County  Historical  and  Genealogical  Register.  Vol.  I.  No.  12.  Ips- 
wich, Mass.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  14. 

The  Connecticut  Quarterly.  An  illustrated  magazine,  devoted  to  the  Litera- 
ture, History  and  Picturesque  Features  of  Connecticut.  Vol.1.  No.  1.  Hart- 
ford. U895. 


234  Recent  Publications.  [April, 

The  Monthly  Bugle.  Published  by  the  Maine  Association.  Rockland,  Me. 
18M.     Hvo.  pp.  8. 

Colonial  Life  in  Rutland.  Address  of  Burton  W.  Porter,  Esq.,  in  the  Con- 
gregational Church  in  Rutland,  Mass.,  August  14,  1894.  Worcester.  1894. 
8vo.  pp.  l(i. 

Heraldry  in  America.     By  Eugene  Zieber.     Philadelphia.     1895.     4to.  pp.  427. 

Old  Hartford  Burying  Ground.  By  George  Leon  Walker,  M.D.  Hartford. 
1895.     8vo.  pp.  32. 

Mehitable  Chandler  Coit.     Her  book,  1714.     Norwich.     1895.     12mo.pp.  19. 

Kelton  Family  Items.  By  Dwight  II.  Keltou,  LL.D.,  of  Montpelier,  Vt. 
1895.     8vo.  pp.  14. 

Index  to  the  Genealogy  of  the  Massachusetts  and  Dover,  N.  H.,  Stiles  fami- 
lies.    By  Mrs.  Mary  Stiles  (Paul)  Guild.     1892.     Small  4to.  pp.  35. 

Biographical  Sketches  of  the  Governor,  Councilors  and  members  of  the 
Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  New  Hampshire  Legislature  for 
1895-G.  Compiled  by  II.  B.  Brown.  Vol.  VIII.  Concord,  N.  H.  1895. 
Price  25  cents.     8vo.  pp.  G2. 

Influence  of  the  Bar  in  our  State  and  Federal  Government.  Annual  address 
before  the  Southern  New  Hampshire  Bar  Association,  Feb.  23,  1894.  By  Hon. 
J.  11.  Benton,  Jr.     Boston.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  03. 

Historical  Sketch  of  the  Second  Churcn  in  Boston.  Compiled  by  George  H. 
Eager.     Boston:     Press  of  Robinson  Printing  Company.     1894.     lGmo.  pp.  43. 

London  and  the  Kingdom.  By  Reginald  R.  Sharpe,  D.  C.  L.  Vols.  I.  and  II. 
London.     1894.     12mo.  pp.  xv.-j-5GG  and  xi.+^50. 

An  Historical  and  Descriptive  Account  of  the  Field  Columbian  Museum. 
Chicago.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  91. 

The  Indians  of  New  York.     By  Hon.  Elliot  Danforth.     8vo.  pp.  52. 

The  Varieties  of  the  Human  Species.  Principles  and  Methods  of  Classifica- 
tion.    By  Giuseppe  Sergi.     Washington.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  Gl. 

Eleventh  Annual  Report  of  the  Bureau  of  Ethnology  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
Smithsonian  Institution,  1889-90.  By  J.  W.  Powell.  Washington.  1894. 
4to.  pp.  xiii.-f-553. 

Twelfth  Annual  Report  of  the  Bureau  of  Ethnology  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
Smithsonian  Institution,  1890-91.  By  J.  W.  Powell.  Washington.  1894.  4to. 
pp.  xviii.-f-742. 

A  Bibliography  of  Aceto  Acetic  Ester  and  its  Derivatives.  By  Paul  H.  Sey- 
mour.    Washington.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  148. 

Contributions  to  North  American  Ethnology.  Vol.  IX.  Washington.  1893. 
4to.  pp.  232. 

An  Ancient  Quarry  in  Indian  Territory.  By  William  Henry  Holmes.  Wash- 
ington.    1894.     8vo.  pp.  19. 

Smithsonian  Geographical  Tables.  Prepared  by  R.  I.  Woodward,  Washing- 
ton.    1S91.     Svo.  pp.  cv.~f-182. 

The  Ainlsh  Mennonltes.  A  Sketch  of  their  Origin  and  of  their  Settlement  in 
Iowa,  with  their  Creed.  By  Barthinius  L.  Wick,  A.M.  Iowa  City.  1894. 
Svo.  pp.  GO. 

List  of  Publications  of  the  Bureau  of  Ethnology.  By  Frederick  Webb  Hodge. 
Washington.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  25. 

Town  of  Weston.  Records  of  the  Town  Clerk,  1804-182G.  Boston  :  Alfred 
Mudge  &  Son,  printers.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  437. 

Concord  Town  Records,  1732-1820.  Printed  by  authority  of  joint  resolu- 
tions, passed  by  the  City  Council  April  9,  1889,  and  February  13,  1894.  Con- 
cord, N.  II.     The  Republican  Press  Association.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  57G. 

Index  to  the  Journals  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  Province  of  New 
Hampshire,  1711-1775.  Published  by  authority  of  the  Legislature.  Manches- 
ter, N.  II.     1890.     8vo.  pp.  109. 

Index  to  the  Journals  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  Province  of  New 
Hampshire,  from  April  21,  1775,  to  April  17,  1784.  Published  by  authority  of 
the  Legislature.     Concord.     1894.     Svo.  pp.  503. 

The  Early  Records  of  the  Town  of  Providence.  Vol.  VII.  Providence. 
1891.     pp.  2G1. 

Third  Inaugural  Address  of  Hon.  Henry  A.  Marsh,  Mayor  of  the  City  of 
Worcester,  Muss.     Worcester.     1895.     12mo.  pp.  20. 

Reports  of  the  Board  of  Selectmen,  Town  Treasurer,  and  Board  of  School 
Visitors  of  the  Town  of  Middletown,  from  Sept.  1,  1892,  to  Sept.  1, 1893.  Mid- 
dletowil.     1893.    Svo.  pp.  62. 


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Roports  of  the  Town  Officers  of  the  Town  of  Lexington,  for  the  year  1894. 
Boston.     1895.     12mo.  pp.  1(34. 

The  Annual  Report  of  the  Receipts  and  Expenditures  of  the  Town  of  Ando- 
ver  for  1894.     Andover,  1895.     8vo.  pp.  19. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  Historical  and  Philosophical  Society  of  Ohio,  for  1894. 
Cincinnati.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  16. 

Transactions  of  the  Massachusetts  Horticultural  Society  for  the  year  1894. 
Boston.     1894.     8yo.  pp.  201. 

Missouri  Historical  Society,  President's  Address,  Constitution  and  By-Laws 
and  List  of  Members,  June  (>,  1891.     8vo.  pp.  31. 

Abstract  of  the  Ninth  Biennial  Report  of  the  Kansas  Historical  Society, 
containing  a  list  of  Kansas  newspapers.     Top'eka.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  24. 

Seventh  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Hartford  Board  of  Trade.  Hartford.  1895. 
I2ino.  pp..  33. 

Twenty-ninth  Annual  Report  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Winchester 
Home  for  Aged  Women.     Boston.     1895.     12mo.  pp.  31. 

Twenty-sixth  Annual  Report  of  the  Children's  Hospital.  Boston.  1895. 
8vo.  pp.  48. 

InMemoriam.    Joseph  Kirkland.    Chicago  Literary  Club.    1894.     12mo.  pp.  8. 

In  Memoriam.  William  Emerson  Strong.  Chicago  Literary  Club.  1894. 
12mo.  pp.  8. 

In  Memoriam,     Thomas  Foster  Wlthrow.   Chicago  Literary  Club.    12ino.  pp.9. 

In  Memorlani.     Henry  Field.     Chicago  Literary  Club.     12mo.  pp.  7. 

In  Meinoriain.     George  1  lowland.     Chicago  Literary  Club.     12ino.  pp.  10. 

In  Memoriam.     David  Swing.     Chicago  Literary  Club.     1894.     12ino.  pp.  20. 

In  Memoriam.     John  Wellborn  Root.     Chicago  Literary  Club.     12mo.  pp.  6. 

In  Memoriam.     Samuel  Bliss.     Chicago  Literary  Club.     12mo.  pp.  7. 

In  Memoriam.  William  Frederick  Poole.  Chicago  ^Literary  Club.  1894. 
12mo.  pp.  42. 

In  Memoriam.     Hosmer  A.  Johnson.     Chicago  Literary  Club.     12mo.  pp.  8. 

The  Life  of  John  Patterson,  Major-Goneral  in  the  Revolutionary  Army.  By 
Thomas  Egleston,  LL.l).     New  York.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  ix.-f293. 

George  Huntington  Williams.  The  Minutes  of  a  Commemorative  Meeting 
held  Oct.  14,  1894.     Baltimore.     1894.     12mo.  pp.  19. 

Tributes  to  the  Memory  of  Robert  C.  Winthrop,  by  the  Massachusetts  His- 
torical Society,  December  13,  1894.  Boston.  Published  by  the  Society.  1894. 
8vo.  pp.  40. 

Memorial  of  Abiel  Abbot  Livermore,  D.D.     lGmo.  pp.  59. 

Catalogue  of  Yale  University  CXCV.  year,  1894-95.  New  Haven.  1894. 
12mo.     pi>.  418. 

Annual  Reports  of  the  President  and  Treasurer  of  Harvard  College,  1893-94. 
Cambridge.     1S95.     8vo.  pp.  G9. 

Catalogue  of  Amherst  College  for  the  year  1894-95.  Amherst.  1894.  8vo. 
pp.  73. 

Catalogue  of  the  College  of  New  Jersey  at  Princeton.  One  hundred  and  forty- 
eighth  year,  1894-95.     Princeton  Press.     12mo.  pp.  219. 

The  Seventy-lifth  Annual  Catalogue  of  the  Officers  and  Students  of  Colby 
University,  1894-95.     Waterville,  Me.     1895.     8vo.  pp.  78. 

Register  of  Lehigh  University,  South  Bethlehem,  Pa.,  1894-95.  Bethlehem. 
1894.     lGmo.  pp.  184. 

Catalogue  of  Tufts  College,  1894-95.     Boston.     1895.     12mo,  pp.  1G7. 

The  Harvard  University  Catalogue,  1894-95.  Cambridge.  Published  by  the 
University.     1894.     12mo.  pp.  G23. 

Catalogue  of  the  Roxbury  Latin  School,  Boston,  Mass.,  1894-95.  12mo. 
pp.  G2. 

A  General  Catalogue  of  the  Trustees,  Teachers  and  Students  of  Lawrence 
Academy,  Groton,  Mass.     Groton.     1893.     8vo.  pp.  241. 

An  Address  delivered  at  Bowdoin  College  upon  the  opening  of  the  Walker 
Art  Building,  by  Martin  Brimmer.     Boston.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  31. 

History  of  Macedou  Academy,  1841-1891.     Fairport,  N.  Y.     12mo.  pp.  2G9. 

Address  at  the  Dedication  of  the  Mary  Frances  Searles  Science  Building, 
Bowdoin  College,  Sept.  20,  1894.     Brunswick,  Me.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  44. 

The  History  of  the  Class  of  Sixty-nine,  Amherst  College,  1889-1894.  lGmo. 
pp.  77. 


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Deaths. 


[April, 


Catalogue  of  Bowdoin  College  and  the  Medical  School  of  Maine,  1894-95. 
Brunswick.     1894.     8vo.  pp.  72. 

The  Pilgrims  of  Old  France,  or  the  Huguenots  on  the  Hudson,  1613-14.  New 
York.     1891.     2 4 mo.  pp.  32. 


DEATHS. 


Hon.  Benjamin  Franklin  Prescott,  of 
Epping,  N.  II.,  died  at  his  home  in 
that  town  on  Thursday  morning,  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1895,  aged  nearly  62  years, 
lie  was  the  only  child  of  Nathan  Gove 
Prescott,  by  his  wife  Betsey  Hills, 
daughter  of  Capt.  Benjamin  Richards. 
He  was  born  at  the  family  homestead  in 
Epping,  Feb.  26,  1833.  His  boybood 
was  spent  on  the  farm,  which  had  been 
in  possession  of  the  family  for  several 
generations.  In  the  fall  of  1847  he  was 
sent  to  Blanchard  Academy  in  Pem- 
broke, and  in  1860  he  entered  Phillips 
Academy,  Exeter,  where  he  remained 
three  years,  and  then  entered  Dart- 
mouth College  where  he  was  graduated 
in  1856.  He  studied  law  with  Messrs. 
Henry  A.  and  Abel  II.  Bellows  at  Con- 
cord, and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
August  1859,  and  began  the  practice  of 
his  profession  in  Concord.  From  May 
1861  to  the  summer  of  1866  he  was  as- 
sociate editor  of  the  Independent  Demo- 
crat, during  the  absence  of  Hon.  George 
G.  Fogg  as  Minister  to  Switzerland. 
From  1872  to  1876  he  was  secretary  of 
state,  mid  in  March  1877  he  was  elected 
governor  of  the  state,  and  was  reelected 
in  March  1878.  lie  was  secretary  of 
the  electoral  college  of  New  Hump- 
shire  in  the  years  I860,  1861,  1868, 
1872,  1876  and  1880.  lie  was  a  dele- 
gate in  1880  to  the  Republican  conven- 
tion at  Chicago,  which  nominated  James 
A.  Garfield  for  president  of  the  United 
States,  and  was  chairman  of  the  New 
Hampshire  delegation.  He  had  histo- 
rical tastes,  and  in  June  1862  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  New  Hampshire  His- 
torical Society,  and  for  many  years  was 
vice-president  of  the  same.  He  was 
also  a  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Historical 
Society  of  Great  Britain. 

Gov.  Prescott  was  instrumental  in 
procuring  about  270  portraits  and  busts 
for  the  State  of  New  Hampshire,  Dart- 


mouth College,  and  Phillips  Academy 
at  Exeter,  the  New  Hampshire  His- 
torical Society  and  other  public  insti- 
tutions. In  1874,  he  prepared  a  list  of 
those  procured  by  him  up  to  that  date, 
which  was  printed  in  the  Register 
for  October  of  that  year.  lie  has  fur- 
nished us  lists  for  April  1880,  July  1885, 
January  1SS9,  and  for  the  present  num- 
ber. The  proof  of  the  last  article  was 
read  by  him  only  a  few  days  before  his 
death.  See  sketches  of  his  life  in  Suc- 
cessful Men  of  New  Hampshire,  page 
281  ;  Prescott  Memorial,  page  567,  and 
the  Portsmouth  Journul,  March  2,  1895. 

Mrs.  Harriet  Louisa  Hoadley,  widow 
of  William  II.  Hoadley,  whom  she  sur- 
vived nearly  46  years,  died  at  Hartford, 
Conn.,  Feb.  15,  1895.  She  was  the 
youngest  child  of  Col.  Andrew  Ilillyer 
(b.  June  4,  1743,  Y.  C.  1770,  d.  Feb.  2, 
1828),  by  his  second  wife  Lucy  Tudor, 
and  b.  in  East  Granby,  Conn.,  July  23, 
1803.  Mrs.  Hoadley  remembered  her 
grandfather,  Capt.  James  Ilillyer,  b. 
Jan.  19,  1712-13,  d.  Dec.  6,  1808— the 
two  lives  covering  182  years.  Her  g. 
grandfather,  James  Ilillyer,  b.  Ap.  14, 
1683,  m.  Joanna  Hayes,  d.  about  Dec. 
1770.  His  father,  James  Ilillyer,  b. 
July  23,  1644,  m.  June  28,  1677,  Mary 
[Wakefield],  \vid.  of  Ebenezer  Dibble, 
Avho  was  slain  in  the  '«  Swamp  Fight." 
His  father,  John  Ilillyer,  d.  July  16, 
1655,  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Windsor. 

Mrs.  Hoadley's  father  was  a  soldier 
in  1760,  and  was  a  sergeant  in  the  fatal 
Havana  expedition,  1762,  in  which  also 
her  grandfather  Tudor  participated.  He 
was  adjutant  of  the  8th  Conn.  Regt.  at 
the  siege  of  Boston,  and  rose  to  be  a 
captain. 

Mrs.  Hoadley  leaves  six  children. 
Through  her  grandmother  she  was  7th 
in  descent  from  Elder  William  Brewster. 


Ehkata. — Pago  68,  line  20,  for  Charles  II.,  read  Richard  II.  Page  69,  line  9, 
for  Wareham  read  Marshani.  Page  178,  line  10  from  bottom,  for  Zedakiah  read 
Zcdekiah.  Page  246,  under  the  engraving,  for  Pye  impaling  Phippen  read 
Phippen  impaling  Pye. 


1895.]  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England.  237 


GENEALOGICAL  GLEANINGS  IN  ENGLAND. 

By  Henry  F.  Wateiis,  A.M. 
[Continued  from  page  140.] 

Gidicon  Delawne  of  London  Esq.,  of  the  age  of  fourscore  and  nine 
years,  or  thereabouts,  19  .June  1654,  proved  20 — 1G50.  My  body  to  be 
decently  buried  according  to  the  wisdom  of  iny  executors  in  the  rank  of 
an  Alderman  of  London  in  the  Church  porch  of  the  Blackfriars,  Lon- 
don, under  the  stone  in  that  place  where  is  written  in  great  letters 
Sepulchrum  Launeorum,  to  the  better  performance  of  which  solemnity  of 
my  burial  I  do  hereby  order  and  appoint  one  thousand  pounds  to  be 
expended  therein.  My  manor  of  Roxton  in  the  Co.  of  Bedford  I  give 
to  my  grandson  William  Delawne,  son  and  heir  of  my  deceased  son 
Abraham  Delawne  &c,  forever,  as  it  is  already  settled  on  him  upon  his 
contract  of  marriage,  upon  condition  that  such  manors,  lands  &c.  in  the 
said  County  as  are  settled  and  disposed  of  for  the  jointure  of  Mistress  Ann 
Hugessen,  the  now  wife  of  Master  William  Hugessen  and  formerly  the  wife 
of  my  said  son  Abraham,  upon  his  contract  of  marriage  with  the  said  Anne 
by  indenture  tripartite  dated  6  July  1527,  made  between  me,  the  said 
Gideon  Delawne,  and  Judith  my  then  wife,  since  deceased,  of  the  first  part, 
my  said  son  Abraham  Delawne  and  the  said  Ann  Hugessen,  by  the  name 
of  Ann  Sonds,  one  of  the  daughters  of  Sir  Richard  Sonds  of  ...  in 
the  Co.  of  Kent,  sithence  deceased,  of  the  second  part,  and  the  said  Sir 
Richard  Sonds  deceased  and  Sir  George  Sonds,  son  and  heir  of  the  said 
Sir  Richard  Sonds,  of  the  third  part,  shall  be  possessed  and  enjoyed  by  the 
said  Ann  Hugessen  during  her  life  for  her  jointure.  I  give  the  manor  of 
Chersted  in  Kent  to  the  use  &c.  of  my  sr.id  grandson  William  Delawne  &c, 
remainder  to  George  Delawne,  second  son  of  the  said  Abraham  deceased, 
by  the  said  Anne,  then  to  Michael  Delawne,  third  sou  &c,  next  to  Gideon 
Delaune,  fourth  son  &c.^&c.  I  bequeath  my  mansion  house,  with  shop, 
garden,  round  shop  and  round  chamber  towards  the  street,  passages,  stable, 
hayloft  &c.  in  Blackfriars,  to  my  daughter  the  Lady  Ann  Sprignell,  the  wife 
of  Sir  Richard  Sprignell,  baronet,  upon,  condition  that  the  said  William  De- 
laune shall  have  the  four  chambers  next  over  the  dining  room  in  my  said 
mansion  house,  for  habitation  &c,  with  free  ingress  &c.  After  the  decease 
of  the  said  Lady  Ann  Sprignell  I  give  these  premises  to  my  said  grandson 
William  Delawne  and  his  heirs  forever.  Other  messuages  &c.  in  Black- 
fryers  (one  occupied  by  brother  Paul  Delawne,  Doctor  in  Physick)  to  my 
said  grandson.  I  give  him  also  my  three  shares  of  land  in  Virginia  and 
my  two  shares  of  laud  in  the  "  Barmoedas  or  Sommer  Islands."  I  give  to 
my  grandchildren  George,  Michael  and  Gideon  Delawne  (sons  of  Abraham) 
five  hundred  pounds  apiece,  to  be  paid  to  each  at  his  age  of  twenty  and 
one  years.  To  Anne  Delawne,  the  second  daughter  of  my  said  son  Abra- 
ham, four  hundred  pounds  and  to  Elizabeth  Delawne,  his  youngest  daughter, 
three  hundred  pounds,  each  at  twenty  one  or  day  of  marriage.  To  Richard, 
Gideon  and  William  Sprignell,  the  sons,  of  the  said  Sir  Richard  Sprignell 
and  the  said  Lady  Anne,  three  hundred  pounds  each  at  twenty  one.  To 
Susanna,  Elizabeth,  Rebecca,  Hester  and  Judith,  the  daughters  of  the  said 

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238  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England.  [April, 

Richard  and  Anne,  three  hundred  pounds  each  at  day  of  marriage  or  age  of 
twenty  one.  To  Abraham  Chamberlaine,  the  son  of  my  grandchild  Mistress 
Chamberlaine,  the  eldest  daughter  of  my  deceased  son  Abraham  and  now 
the  wife  of  Master  Abraham  Chamberlaine  the  younger,  ten  pounds  to  buy 
him  a  piece  of  plate  whereon  it  is  my  desire  my  arms  may  be  engraven. 
Certain  silver  vessels  to  grandson  William  Delawne.  Two  thousand  pounds 
each  to  said  grandson  and  to  said  daughter,  the  Lady  Ann  Sprignell.  Fifty 
pounds  to  my  brother  Peter  Delawne,  M.D.  To  my  nephew  Henry  De- 
lawne one  hundred  pounds,  to  his  wife  twenty  pounds  and  to  every  one  of 
his  children  ten  pounds.  Bequests  to  sister  Vaucourt  and  to  her  children 
Nathaniel  Vancourt  and  Judith  Vancourt.  To  my  sister  Chamberlaine 
forty  shillings  to  buy  her  a  ring.  To  sister  Katherine  Delawne,  widow  of 
brother  Nathaniel  Delawne,  and  her  sons  Nathaniel,  John  and  Gideon. 
Master  Jenkins,  minister  of  St.  Ann's  Blackfryers  and  the  two  ministers  of 
the  French  church.  Sundry  poor.  The  Company  of  the  Apothecaries  in 
London.  My  cousin  John  Mary.  Others  mentioned.  The  executors  to 
be  Lady  Ann  Sprignell  and  gi 


be  Lady  Ann  Sprignell  and  grandson  William  Delawne.  Pell,  380 


Gideon  Delawne  of  St.  Anne  Blackfryers,  London,  apothecary,  13 
November  lG«r>8,  proved  10  January  1G5S.  To  my  loving  wife  Jane  De- 
lawne the  lease  of  the  house  wherein  1  now  live,  and  all  my  household 
goods,  money,  plate  &c.j  she  to  have  the  care  and  tuition  of  my  daughter 
Anne;  and  I  appoint  my  said  wife  sole  executrix.  Pell,  G. 

[Gideon  Delaun,  apothecary  of  London  and  Chersted,  Kent,  eldest  son  of 
William  Delaune,  a  French  Protestant  pastor  and  doctor  in  physic.  He  was 
born  in  Rheims  about  1565,  came  with  his  father  to  England,  and  was  appointed 
apothecary  to  Anne  of  Denmark,  queen  of  James  I.  In  1G10  he  was  granted  the 
arms  of  the  family  of  Launey  of  Belmesnil  in  Normandy,  from  which  he  was 
descended. 

lie  was  a  prominent  member  in  the  Apothecaries  Company,  and  his  fame  was 
transmitted  to  succeeding  ages  as  an  originator  of  a  long-famous  pill. 

He  married  Judith,  daughter  of  Henry  ChambeiTeine ;  his  son  married  Anne, 
■  daughter  of  Sir  Kichard  Sandys  of  Northbourne  Court,  Kent,  Eng. 

W.   K.    W ATKINS.] 

Daniel  Mercer  of  Loudon,  merchant,  22  November  1G87,  proved 
12  May  1002.  Wife  Uebecea.  Marriage  contract  dated  2G  May  1G76. 
Sister  Elizabeth  Dod.son.  Sister  in  law  Magdalen,  the  relict  of  my  de- 
ceased brother  Benjamin  Mercer.  My  sister  Judith — .  My  cousins  Peter 
Ducane,  Christopher  Lethieulier  and  Jacob  Foitre.  Son  Thomas.  Lands 
belonging  to  me  in  Ireland,  for  which  my  honored  father,  deceased,  paid 
about  four  hundred  pounds.  The  rest  of  my  children.  My  house  at  Lime 
street,  London,  and  my  house  at  Peckham,  Surrey.  My  five  children 
Thomas,  Daniel,  Elizabeth,  Anne  and  George  Mercer.  Brother  George 
Dodson  Esq.     Friend  Ralph  Fordham.  Fane,  90. 

John  Priaulx  of  New  Sarum,  Wilts,  gen1.,  10  April  1G95,  proved  19 
April  1G98.  Houses  and  lands  in  Pennington  and  Milford,  Southampton, 
the  town  of  Southampton,  and  the  city  of  New  Sarum.  My  three  daughters, 
Katherine,  Ann  and  Sarah  Priaulx.  My  godson  Edmond  Naish,  son  of 
Kdmond  Naish.  My  wife.  My  sister  Mrs.  Katherine  West.  My  kins- 
woman Mrs.  Ann  Priaulx. 

In  a  schedule  or  codicil,  added  12  May  1  G97,  others  are  named.  Niece 
Katherine   Aderly.       Godson   John    Uovvle.       Sister   Marchant.       Sister 


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Lamport.  Sister  Rowle.  Aunt  Priaulx.  Cousin  Ann  Priaulx  and  her 
brothers,  my  cousins,  John  and  Peter  Priaulx.  All  my  nephews  and 
nieces.     Daughter  Katherine  married  to  Edward  Stephens,  gent. 

Lort,  106. 

[Other  wills  relating  to  this  Mercer  family  of  New  Hampshire  have  been 
given  in  vol.  47  (pp.  510-15)  and  in  vol.  18  (p.  274).  I  take  this  occasion  to 
correct  a  typographical  error  in  the  footnote  on  p.  274  (vol.  48).  For  Mercor 
read  Mercer.  The  will  of  Mrs.  Mary  Coquell  alias  Le  Mercier  seems  to  me  so 
very  interesting  and  important  that  I  have  made  a  large  abstract  of  it.  It 
shows  a  probable  French  origin  for  this  family.  Hknuy  F.  Waters.] 

Martin  Roberts  of  Truroo  borough  within  the  County  of  Cornwall, 
merchant,  1  March  1594,  proved  5  March  1598.  My  mother  Joan  Roberts. 
My  father  in  law  John  Catcher,  alderman,  and  Ellen  his  wife.  My 
brothers  John  and  Richard  Roberts,  my  sister  Philip  Robertes,  my  aunt 
Elizabeth  Saundell,  my  brothers  in  law  John  Catcher,  Edward  Catcher, 
Ambrose  Roiston  and  Thomas  Modie,  my  nephews  Richard  Roberts,  Josias 
Robertes  and  John  Thomas,  my  cousins  William,  John  and  Simons  Roberts, 
my  brothers  in  law  Martin  Thomas,,  Roger  Tucker,  Balthazar  Williams, 
John  Michell  and  Henry  Nanspian,  my  sister  Anne  Tucker  and  her 
daughter  and  every  of  my  other  sisters,  viz.  Jane,  Elizabeth,  Margaret  and 
Christabell,  and  every  of  their  children,  as  also  Jane,  my  brother  Richard's 
daughter,  my  sister  Jane  Catcher  and  my  cousin  Richard  Jeflerie  and 
Grace  Burges.     Wife  Ellen.  Kidd,  22. 

Serttcntia  pro  confirmacoe  in  the  matter  of  the  foregoing  will  was  declared 
19  May  1599,  the  parties  in  the  case  being  John  Roberts  a  brother  and 
Johane  Roberts  the  mother  of  the  deceased,  on  the  one  part,  and,  on  the 
other,  Ellen  Roberts  the  widow  and  executrix  &c.  Kidd,  43. 

JonN  Robertes  of  the  town  and  borough  of  Trewro,  Cornwall,  merchant, 
2G  April  1603,  with  a  nuncupative  codicil,  proved  8  February  1G05.  To 
my  father  Ronolde  Robertes  forty  shillings  a  year  for  life.  To  Mary  my  wife 
twenty  pounds  a  year  for  life  aud  twenty  pounds  a  year  more  so  long  as  she 
doth  continue  widow  and  bear  my  name.  My  meaning  is  that  she  shall  have 
but  twenty  pounds  a  year  if  she  shall  marry,  otherwise  forty  pounds  a  year. 
Other  bequests  to  her.  To  John  Pendarves  my  brother  in  law  one  signet 
of  gold  to  the  value  of  forty  shillings.  To  my  brother  William  Robertes 
one  signet  of  gold  to  the  value  of  forty  shillings.  A  similar  bequest  to 
brother  Symon.  To  my  sister  in  law  Jane  Robertes  one  gem  of  gold  to 
the  value  of  twenty  shillings.  To  Mary  Robertes  my  sister  in  law  one 
gem  of  gold  to  the  value  of  thirteen  shillings  four  pence.  To  John  Pen- 
darves  my  godson  one  hundred  pounds.  To  William  the  son  of  Samuel 
Pendarves  two  hundred  pounds  (and  certain  leases).  To  Robert  Pen- 
dervas  one  hundred  pounds.  To  Grace  Borges  my  sister  forty  shillings  a 
year  during  her  life.  To  John  Roberte  my  nephew  a  heifer  and  a  calf. 
To  John  Borges  my  godson  a  heifer  and  a  calf  by  her  side.  To  the  rest 
of  Grace  Borges'  children  an  ewe  and  lamb  to  each  of  them.  To  John 
Frye  one  ewe  and  lamb.  Also  I  will  have  one  gravestone  "  to  be  settle  " 
upon  the  place  of  my  burial,  at  the  charges  of  my  executor.  I  give  ten 
pounds  to  the  end  that  it  may  be  lent  out  at  (on  for  a  hundred  and  that  the 
use  may  be  given  forever  at  Christmas  and  Easter  to  the  poor.  The  rest 
of  all  my  goods  and  lands  and  leases  1  give  and  bequeath  unto  Grace  Pen- 
dervas  my  daughter  and  her  I  make  my  whole  executor. 


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In  the  codicil  lie  enlarged  his  bequests  to  his  wife  Mary  and  sister  Grace 
Bruges,  gave  three  of  Samuel  Pendarve's  children  three  hundred  pounds 
and  made  Samuel  Pendarve  and  Grace  his  wife  joint  executors. 

Stafford,  16. 

Thomas  Burgks  the  elder  of  Truro,  Cornwall,  merchant,  20  September 
1019,  proved  12  December  1G23.  To  be  buried  in  the  chancel  of  Truro 
church  if  I  be  within  ten  miles  of  the  same  at  my  death.  To  my  wife 
Ilonner  Burges  her  chest  with  all  moneys  and  Jewells  or  things  in  the  same 
as  was  hers  at  the  time  of  my  death,  and  two  large  silver  bowls  and  one 
large  gilt  tankard  which-  she  herself  brought  in  my  life  time.  I  give  her  also 
during  her  natural  life,  twenty  pounds  sterling  per  annum;  and  if  she  re- 
fuse the  Duchy  land  that  falleth  to  her  by  custom  then  I  give  her  ten  pounds 
per  annum  more.  Other  bequests  to  her.  To  my  son  Henry  Burges,  dur- 
ing his  life,  ten  pounds  per  annum.  If  Jane  Burges,  now  wife  of  my  son 
Henry,  shall  survive  her  husband  then  I  bequeath  to  her  twenty  pounds 
sterling.  To  my  daughter  in  law  Elizabeth  Burges,  mine  executor's  wife, 
for  a  remembrance  of  nio  two  of  ray  best  and  "  valuablest"  pieces  of  plate, 
to  be  chosen  by  herself.  To  my  son  Humfrey  Burges  fifty  pounds.  To 
my  son  Richard  live  pounds.  To  Thomas  Burges,  the  son  of  my  son 
Richard,  twenty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty.  To  my  daughter  Ann  Trethe- 
wey  fifty  pounds.  To  John,  Thomas,  Richard,  Barnard,  Margery,  Judith, 
Honnor  and  Joane  Trethewey,  sons  and  daughters  of  Robert  Trethewey,  ten 
pounds  apiece  at  marriage  or  age  of  one  and  twenty.  To  my  daughter 
Jane  Poynter  ten  pounds.  To  all  my  godsons  twenty  shillings  apiece.  To 
Josias  Burges,  at  one  and  twenty,  five  pounds.  To  four  of  the  poor  of  the 
town  of  Truro  two  pence  apiece  to  begin  the  next  Sabbath  after  my  death  and 
to  continue  forever.  Six  shillings  eight  pence  for  a  sermon  to  be  preached 
the  next  Sabbath  after  my  burial  and  so  yearly  to  continue  forever;  and  for 
performance  thereof  mine  executor  shall  tie  the  land,  by  order  of  law,  unto 
the  Town  aud  Borough  of  Truro  for  performance  thereof.  Mine  executor 
shall  give  it  himself  and  after  his  decease  the  Mayor  of  the  said  Borough. 
My  brother  in  law  M1.  Anthony  Pye,  my  son  in  law  Mr.  Robert  Trethewey 
and  my  brother  in  law  Mr.  Peter  Sidnam  shall  be  the  overseers  of  this  my 
last  will  &Gi,  to  each  of  whom  I  give  one  gold  ring  wortli  thirty  shillings 
apiece  posy  memento  mori.  The  residue  to  my  eldest  son  Thomas  Burges 
whom  1  make  and  appoint  sole  executor  &c.  Swann,  127. 

[Thomas  Burgks,  merchant,  of  Truro,  married  Honnor,  daughter  of  Hum- 
phrey Sidnian  of  Tregonie. 

At  the  Herald's  Visitation  of  Truro,  when  the  city  arms  were  confirmed,  i.  e. 
October  i),  1(520,  Thomas  Burges  was  one  of  the  four  aldermen,  his  son,  Thomas 
-Jr.,  was  one  of  the  Burgesses,  and  Hugh  Boseawen,  mentioned,  as  will  be  seen, 
in  George  I'hippcn's  will  as  a  beneficiary  and  near  kinsman  to  his  wife,  was 
Recorder  of  the  city.  The  certificate  of  the  arms  and  seals  was  signed  by 
the  Mayor  and  Thomas  Burges,  and  two  others  of  the  government.  Fees,  £3 
Us. — George  D.  Phippen  of  Salem,  Mass.] 

Robert  Tuktiiwy,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Stephens  in  Brannell  in  the 
County  of  Cornwall,  gen1.,  2G  November  1(>2«'I,  proved  27  April  1024. 
To  the  poor  of  the  parish  ten  shillings.  To  the  vicar  for  tithes  forgotten 
ten  shillings.  To  my  wife  Anne  Trethwye  my  messuages  &c.  in  Trevior 
and  Penbegle  for  the  term  of  fifty  years  if  the  lives  contained  in  the  original 
lease  live  so  long,  with  all  such  "  f  ucum  luce"*  as  now  is  in  my  inner  par- 

*  I  must  look  upon  this  strange  phrase  as  a  misreading  for  "  furniture." 

Hi:nhy  F.  Waters. 


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]or  in  Treveor  and  the  best  bed  whereon  I  use  to  lie  performed  with  sheets 
and  all  other  complements  thereunto  belonging  and  her  own  chest  and  ap- 
parell.  John  Trethwye  my  eldest  son  and  heir  shall  have  all  my  purchased 
land  in  all  places  within  the  County  of  Cornwall.  To  my  daughter 
Margery  two  hundred  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Judith  two  hundred 
pounds.  To  my  sou  Richard  the  right  and  term  of  years,  after  the  decease 
of  the  said  Anne  my  wife,  at  Treveor  and  Penbegle  and  twenty  pounds  in 
money.  To  my  son  Barnard  Trethwy  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  To 
Elizabeth  Pye  my  daughter  ten  pound?.  To  my  daughter  Ilonnor  twenty 
pounds.  To  my  daughter  Jane  ten  pounds,  with  all  such  right  as  T  have 
in  Treneage  &c.  To  my  son  Thomas  the  messuages  in  Eggto  shellinges 
(sic),  during  the  continuance  of  the  lease,  with  the  license  of  drawing  and 
selling  wine  there.  Sundry  servants.  The  residue  to  ray  son  John  whom 
I  make  executor.  And  as  overseers  I  do  ordain  and  appoint  Anthony  Pye 
the  elder  of  Bodinnicke  Esq.,  Anthony  Pie  my  son  in  law  and  Henry 
Pownd,  to  whom  I  do  give  for  their  care  and  pains  therein  twenty  shillings 
to  each  of  them. 

Sealed,  signed  and  delivered  to  my  son  in  law  Anthony  Pie  the  younger, 
gen1.,  in  trust  &c.  Byrde,  36. 

[Rohkkt  Tkkthewey,  will  proved  1G24,  was  son  of  Richard  T.  of  St.  Stephen, 
lie  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Thomas  Burgess  of  Truro,  who  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Anthony  Pye,  Gent. 

Robert's  children,  a  large  family,  are  given  in  a  note  under  his  pedigree  and 
arms  in  Visitation  of  Cornwall,  1G20,  pp.  237  and  8,  and  30G  arms.  "  Or.  a  chev. 
Sa.  betw.  3  trefoils  slipped  Az."— G.  D.  P.] 

TnOMAS  Burges  of  Truroe,  Cornwall,  merchant,  22  April  1626,  with  a 
Codicil  of  the  same  date,  proved  20  June  1626.  To  the  poor  of  Truro, 
CleiTiee  (Clements)  and  Kenwin  forty  shillings.  To  my  daughter  Honor 
Burgos  three  hundred  pounds  sterling,  the  one  half  to  be  paid  her  at  the  day 
of  her  marriage  the  other  half  within  twelve  months  after,  and  in  the  mean 
time  to  be  maintained  by  mine  executor  as  shall  be  fit  for  her  degree.  To  Anne 
Burges  my  daughter  two  hundred  pounds  (in  similar  payments).  To  my 
other  two  daughters  Constance  and  Isabel  Burges  eight  score  pounds  apiece 
(paid  in  similar  way).  To  my  sou  John  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  to- 
be  paid  at  threo  years  end  after  my  decease,  and  my  will  is  that  he  spend 
those  three  years  abroad  in  the  wars  either  in  the  low  countries  or  elsewhere, 
during  which  three  years  my  will  is  that  mine  executor  allow  him  for  his 
maintenance  twenty  marks  sterling  per  annum,  payable  quarterly.  To  my 
son  Henry  my  estate  and  interest  in  Kenwin  Closes  and  the  house,  commonly 
called  Thomas  Glover's  house,  which  I  hold  of  the  Borough  of  Truro.  I 
give  him  also  one  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  him  at  eight  years  end  &c. 
Provisions  for  binding  him  apprentice.  To  my  other  six  sons,  Caleb,  Josua, 
Humphrie,  James,  Klisha  and  Thomas,  to  each  of  them  two  hundred  marks 
sterling,  to  be  paid  as  they  severally  accomplish  the  age  of  one  and  twenty, 
and  my  will  is  that  they  be  brought  up  in  some  honest  calling  and  course 
of  life.  To  my  wife  Elizabeth  forty  pounds  sterling  per  annum  during  her 
life.  Other  bequests  to  her  (including)  one  piece  of  plate  called  the  "  bar- 
rell  caune."  The  residue  to  my  son  Robert  whom  I  constitute  solo  execu- 
tor. To  my  two  brothers  in  law  Anthony  Pye  of  St.  Stephens  in  Brannell, 
gen1.,  and  George  Phippen,  rector  of  Truro,  the  manor  of  Trethosa  and 
the  barton  of  Millador  in  trust  to  satisfy  the  legacios  &c. 

George  Phippen  one  of  the  witnesses.  Hele,  91. 

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[April, 


[Thomas  Buroes,  son  of  the  above,  married  Elizabeth  Pye, 
March  27,  1598.  Pedigree  and  arms  of  the  Barges  family  is 
given  in  Visitation  of  Cornwall,  1620,  pp.  2(5  and  303.  "  Cheqny 
(In.  &  Or.  on  a  Chief  Ar.  3  Cross  Crosslets  Az."  (Same  as  in 
Phippen  Genealogical  Chart.) — See  Heraldic  Journal,  vol.  4, 
frontispiece. 

The  authors  say  in  a  note  under  the  pedigree,  p.  20,  that 
Thomas  Burges  was  Mem.  Pari,  from  Truro,  1  &  21  of  James 
1st,  or  in  1002  and  1C23.  Perhaps  this  honor  may  have  been 
shared  by  father  and  son,  both  of  the  same  name.  Other 
B..rSefl  impaling. Phippen.  notes  on  the  same  page  gives  the  baptism  of  his  children,  a 
large  family,  taken  from  the  Truro  Parish  Records  between  1590  and  1010. 

In  his  will  he  mentions  his  brothers-in-law,  Anthony  Pye  and  George  Phippen, 
rector.— G.  D.  P.] 

John  Trethewey  of  Truroe,  Cornwall,  gen*.,  20  July  1626,  with  a 
codicil  dated  7  August  1626,  another  12  of  August  1626,  another  14  August 
1626,  proved  15  January  1626.  To  the  poor  of  Truro  twenty  shillings,  to 
the  poor  of  St.  Stephen's  twenty  shillings,  to  the  poor  of  Clemence  ten 
shillings  and  to  the  poor  of  Ken  win  ten  shillings.  To  my  mother  Anne 
Trethewey  ten  pounds  sterling.  To  my  brothers  and  sisters,  Elizabeth, 
Margery,  Honor,  Joane  and  Barnard,  ten  pounds  sterling  apiece  (in  six 
months  after  my  decease).  To  my  brother  Richard  thirty  pounds  sterling. 
To  my  godson  Robert  Pye  forty  shillings.  To  my  goddaughter  Joane 
Trethewey  twenty  shillings.  To  Joane  Trethewey  sometime  a  servant  in 
my  house  twenty  shillings.  To  every  child  of  my  brothers  and  sisters  a 
noble  apiece.  To  the  boy  Hugh  Webbe  which  attendeth  on  me  forty  shil- 
lings to  bind  him  apprentice  to  some  honest  trade,  if  it  may  conveniently 
be  done,  howsoever  to  be  paid  unto  him  or  some  friend  of  his  for  his  good. 
For  payment  of  debts  and  legacies  and  the  discharge  and  payment  of  cer- 
tain debts  and  legacies  of  my  father  Robert  Trethewey  deceased,  not  yet 
satisfied,  as  they  shall  appear  to  be  due  I  give  and  bequeath  all  the  rest 
of  my  goods,  chattells,  lands,  tenements  &c.  unto  my  brother  Thomas 
Trethewey,  merchant,  whom,  on  this  condition,  I  make  and  constitute  my 
sole  executor.  If  he  refuse  then  I  give  unto  my  brother  in  law  Anthony 
Pye  of  St.  Stephens  gen1,  my  house,  also  my  land  called  Riddle  and  my 
estate  in  Tregurgas  &c.,  to  raise  money  out  of  the  same  sufficient  for  the 
pay unnit  of  the  said  debts  and  legacies.  And  that  being  done  all  the  said 
homes  and  tenements  to  bo  and  remain  as  the  proper  estate  of  the  said 
Thomas  Trethewey  mine  executor. 

Wit:   Geo.  Phippen,  Honor  Burges. 

In  the  first  codicil  he  bequeaths  co  his  uncle  Richard  Burges  three 
pounds  sterling,  to  his  grandmother  Honor  Burges  thirty  shillings  to  buy 
her  a  ring,  to  his  aunt  Catherine  Sidname  five  shillings  and  to  his  aunt 
Bennett  two  shillings  six  pence.  In  the  third  and  last  codicil  lie  ratifies 
and  allows  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of  his  sister  Judith  Trethewey 
deceased. 

George  Phippen  was  a  witness  to  each  codicil.  Skynner,  2. 

[John  Tuictiikwky  (will  proved  1020)  was  son  of  the  above  Robert,  mentions 
the  Burgesses  and  his  brother-in-law,  Anthony  Pye,  who  married  his  sister 
Elizabeth;  also  his  aunt  Sidnam,  which  name  appears  in  the  Burges  pedigree. 
George  Phippen  and  Honor  Burges  were  witnesses  to  his  will.  See  Vis.  Oor- 
wiilVp.  20.— G.  .1).  P.]  .-, 

William  Catcher  of  Truroe,  Cornwall,  merchant,  13  December  1627, 
proved  26  March  1628.      To  my  wife  Margrett  there  will  descend  all  my 


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11  Dutchie  "  land,  whereby  she  will  bo  provided  for.  T  give  and  bequeath 
unto  her  all  her  wearing  apparell  and  all  her  rings,  Jewells  and  those  trunks 
and  chests  which  she  now  useth.  I  give  her  such  household  stuff,  plate  and 
necessary  utensils  as  my  brother  in  law  George  Phippen  shall  think  fitting 
for  her,  also,  for  a  testimony  of  my  love,  I  give  her  that  diamond  ring  which 
was  my  own  and  hath  been  long  in  her  custody.  As  for  my  eldest  son 
Edward  Catcher,  being  but  young  and  sickly,  if  he  live  unto  it  the  said 
Duchy  land  will  descend  unto  him,  which  will  be  a  competent  means  for  him. 
To  John,  my  second  son  all  my  leases  except  that  of  my  now  dwelling  house, 
which  I  ordain  to  be  a  dwelling  house  for  my  wife  and  all  our  children 
in  common  until  God  shall  be  pleased  otherwise  to  dispose  of  them.  To 
William,  my  youngest  son,  my  right  and  interest  in  Newington  house  and 
lands,  being  copyhold  lands,  to  hold  according  to  the  custom  of  the  manor, 
from  the  time  that  he  shall  accomplish  the  age  of  twenty  four  years  for- 
ward. Bequests  of  money  &c.  to  "  my  seaven "  daughters,  Constance, 
Matilda,  Ellen,  Margrett,  Jane,  Marie  and  Honor,  at  days  of  marriage  or 
age  of  twenty  four.  My  two  youngest  sons  John  and  William  to  be  joint 
executors.  I  appoint  unto  them  and  the  rest,  as  overseer  and  guardian, 
my  beloved  brother  in  law  George  Phippen,  ratifying  and  desiring  to  bo 
ratified  what  he  shall  do,  who  I  assure  myself  will  do  his  best  for  this  my 
family. 

Commission  issued  to  the  widow  Margaret  Catcher  during  the  minorities 
of  John  and  William  Catcher  &c.  Harrington,  26. 

[William  Catcher,  merchant,  who  married  Margaret  Pye,  daughter  of  Anthony 
Pye  of  St.  Stephen's,  was  an  alderman  of  Truro  in  1020.  Will,  proved  1G2S, 
speaks  of  his  property  in  Ducliic  land  and  other  R.  E.,  and  makes  bequest  to 
his  seven  daughters,  the  same  whom  George  Phippen  remembers  in  his  will  made 
thirty  years  afterward.  He  appoints  his  younger  sons,  John  and  William,  to  be 
executors ;  the  mother,  however,  had  charge  while  they  were  in  their  minority. 

George  Phippen,  his  brother  in  law,  to  be  overseer  and  guardian. 

It  was  tins  man's  son,  John  Catcher,  who  "pretended"  against  him,  as  Mr. 
Phippen  says,  gave  him  all  his  trouble,  resulting  in  his  imprisonment,  loss  of 
property  and  health.— G.  1).  P.] 

John  Catcher  (intending  now  a  voyage  for  the  Barbados)  23  June 
1G30,  proved  16  November  1631.  To  ny  cousin  William  Challoner  a 
bond  of  two  hundred  pounds  which  my  cousin  John  Smith  of  London, 
leatherseller,  and  Brian  Coole  of  London  standeth  bound  to  pay  unto  me 
on  Michaelmas  Day  1 G34  (the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds),  he  giving 
bonds  unto  my  cousin  Smith  to  pay  unto  my  father  Thomas  Catcher  six 
pounds,  thirteen  shillings  eight  pence  a  year  for  life  &c.  Reference  to 
debts  and  estates  of  late  uuelo  Edward  Catcher  of  Trinity  Hall,  Cam- 
bridge. To  my  loving  cousin  Kdward  Catcher,  the  son  of  my  late  uncle 
William  Catcher  late  of  Truro,  Cornwall,  twenty  pounds';  and  if  he  die 
beforo  my  father  then  the  said  sum  shall  remain  and  be  to  his  two  brothers. 
Cousin  Smith  attorney  to  receive  of  my  aunt  Margaret  Catcher,  adminis- 
tratrix of  my  uncle  William  Catcher  for  the  legacy  which  my  aunt  Ursula 
Catcher  gave  me  by  her  last  will  and  testament  &c.  and  to  receive  of 
my  cousin  Richard  Mowsdale  ten  pounds,  being  part  of  a  legacy  of  thirty 
pounds  given  unto  me  by  my  lato  uncle  William  Brooke  Esq.  late  of  London, 
skinner.  St.  John,  120. 

[John  Catciikk,  bound  for  Parbadoes  In  1G30,  was  the  son  of  Thomas,  a 
brother  of  William.—  G.  D.  P.] 


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214  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England.  [April, 

GEORGE  Fit/ten  ah  Phippen,  20  July  1G50,  proved  at  London  1 
March  1651  by  Mary  Phippen,  relict  and  executrix. 

Whereas  John  Catcher  pretending  against  me  an  Oxford  decree  (void 
in  itself),  during  the  time  of  my  imprisonment,  for  mine  adhering  to  the 
Parliament,  plundered  me  in  corn  and  goods  of  all  kinds,  according  to  a 
schedule  hereunto  annexed,  of  the  value  of  two  hundred  and  ten  pounds 
and  seven  shillings,  for  recovery  whereof  against  him  and  other  his  agents 
I  leave  it  to  mine  executrix  hereafter  named.  Item  to  his  sisters  which  had 
no  portions,  vizfc:  Mr  William  White,  for  his  deceased  wife  Constance,  to 
Margaret,  Ellianor,  Jane,  Mary  and  Honour,  I  give  and  bequeath  freely 
all  those  my  lands  in  Perausand  (by  me  dearly  paid  for)  which  were  their 
father's;  and  all  this  I  do  for  them  (God  be  my  witness)  not  out  of 
any  check  of  conscience  that  I  ever  wronged  that  family,  for  I  did  supply 
and  support  them  for  many  years  with  mine  own  estate ;  so  as  they  have 
spoken  against  me  without  a  cause  for  my  love  they  are  my  adversaries, 
but  I  give  myself  unto  prayer  the  good  God  give  them  repentance  and  for- 
give them.  Reference  made  to  fifty  pounds  lent  unto  Mrs  Margaret  Catcher, 
widow.  Item  I  forgive  unto  Henry  Pye  of  Stephent,  gentleman,  all  the 
money  which  he  oweth  unto  me  (about  one  hundred  pounds).  I  forgive  unto 
Mr.  Henry  Edmonds  and  Thomas  Drake  all  the  cost  in  law  for  a  suit  begun 
in  the  consistory  of  Exon  and  finished  with  sentence  for  me  in  the  Arches. 
I  forgive  unto  the  executor  or  administrator  of  one  Hercules  Ash  the 
money  which  he  owed  me.  To  MIJ.  Mary  Woolcott  (sheep) — to  certain 
servants  &c.  To  Joane  Phippen  widow  (sheep).  To  Ellinor  Phippen, 
now  Ellinor  George,  and  Francis  George  her  husband.  To  my  honored 
friend  Hugh  Boscawen  Esq.  I  give  my  cabinet  press,  and  unto  his  honor- 
able lady  my  clock,  and  I  humbly  pray  his  assistance  unto  my  wife,  his 
near  kinswoman  and  to  my  heirs.  To  Anne  Grosse  the  daughter  of  my 
brother  in  law  Edward  Gross  of  Trurow  land  in  Kenwyne  street,  Somer- 
set, in  the  tenure  of  John  Rankin  and  John  Daniell.  To  my  kinsman 
and  brother's  son,  Roger  Phippen  of  Penny  corn  quicke  I  give  that  silver 
bowle  which  was  M1'  Upoott's  if  it  be  not  redeemed  with  fifty  shillings 
before  my  death,  and  I  give  unto  him  my  land  in  Enoder  &c,  now  in  the 
tenure  of  Mary  Thomas. 

Item — for  my  brother  David  Phippen  in  Now  England  I  do  give  and 
bequeath  unto  his  eldest  son  the  lesser  Trewoone,  unto  his  second  son  that 
Trevossa  whereon  Nicholas  Clemowe  liveth,  unto  his  third  son  the  other 
Trevossa  called  Petherickes  because  it  was  sometimes  in  the  tenure  of  one 
William  Pethericke  &c. ;  and  if  either  of  these  three  brothers  die  without 
issue  my  will  is  that  that  tenement  shall  descend  unto  the  fourth  son,  and 
so  on  ;  and  to  his  daughter  or  daughters  twenty  pounds.  Also  to  the  eldest  of 
these  brothers  I  give  my  signet  ring  and  to  the  second  the  silver  seal  which 
hangeth  at  my  purse.  To  my  sister  Cicely  Reiguolds  my  two  biggest  silver 
spoons,  my  ring  with  Death's  head  unto  her  husband.  To  Edmond  Braine 
ten  pounds  and  to  each  of  his  brothers  six  pence  and  to  his  sister  six  pence. 
To  my  kinsman  Thomas  Phippen  of  Clemence  all  my  right  in  a  field  in 
Kenwyne  which  I  hold  of  Mr  Pearce  Edgcombe  and  which  William  Priske 
holdeth  of  me  from  year  to  year  (and  other  property). 

Item,  my  prayer  is  that  God  would  provide  some  able  and  faithful  min- 
ister to  succeed  me  in  Lemoran.  Certain  legacies  to  wife  Mary  and  she  to 
bo  executrix.  I  desirellugh  Boscawen  Esq.  aforenamed,  John  Penros  Esq. 
and  Edward  Grosse  gentleman  to  be  overseers,  and  to  each  forty  shillings. 
Reference  to  jointure  promised  to  wife  in  marriage  (thirty  pounds  per  year). 


• 


1895.] 


Qenealogical  (J leanings  in  England. 


245 


Truly  her  virtuous  and  respectful  deportment  towards  me  deserves  well  at 
my  hands.  To  the  poor  of  Weymouth  in  Dorset  five  pounds,  of  Mel  combe 
there  ten  pounds,  of  Comborne  three  pounds,  of  Knoder  forty  shillings. 
1  pray  my  brother  John  Penros  to  distribute  of  my  moneys  twenty  pounds 
more  unto  the  poor  of  twenty  parishes,  when  he  shall  think  iit,  twenty 
shillings  to  each.  I  give  to  every  of  his  children  twenty  shillings  apiece. 
Wit:   Hugh  Boscawen,  John  Penros,  Thomas  Harney.       Bowyer,  57. 

[Rev.  George  Fitzpen  als  Phippen,  Hector  of  St.  Mary's  Church  at  Truro, 
will  proved  in  1651,  was  the  Hon  of  Robert  bHtzpen  of  Weymouth  in  Dorset- 
shire, who  married  Cecelie,  .daughter  of  Thomas  .Ionian,  18  September  1580, 
and  great  grandson  of  Henry  Fitzpeu  and  Alice  Pierce  of  St.  Mary  Overy  in 
Devonshire.  His  brothers  were  Owen  and  David.  Owen  was  born  at  Mel- 
comb  in  1582;  married  Annie  Coinie  3  July  1003.  (Weymouth  and  Melcomb, 
united  by  a  bridge,  were  under  one  government  or  mayoralty). 

Owen  Phippen  was  a  great  traveller;  he  was  taken  by  the  Turks  in  1020,  and 
after  seven  years  bondage,  he,  with  ten  other  Christian  captives  under  his  lead- 
ership, overcame  sixty-live  Turks  in  their  own  ship,  which  he  took  to  Cartagene, 
sold  all  for  .£0000,  returned  to  England  and  died  at  Lamorran,  17  March  1030. 

A  tablet  was  erected  to  his  memory  in  St.  Mary's  Church  at  Truro.  See 
Hutchins's  History  Cornwall,  Vol  2;  048. 

David  Phippen,  from  whom  the  writer  of  these  notes  is  descended,  came  to 
New  England  and  was  one  of  thirty  persons  who  began  the  settlement  of  Hing- 
ham,  September  18,  1035,  where  sundry  lots  of  land  were  granted  him.  He 
removed  to  Boston  in  1641,  and  died  there  about  1050.  His  son,  Joseph  Phip- 
pen, removed  from  Boston  to  Ealmoutn,  Casco  Bay  (Portland)  about  1G50, 
thence  to  Salem  in  1005.  Joseph's  son  David,  having  large  landed  possessions 
at  Casco  Bay,  remained  there  till  slain  (1703)  in  the  Indian  and  French  war. 

George  Phippen,  A.M.,  while  master  of  the  grammar  school  in  Truro,  one  of 
the  first  seminaries  of  England,  furnished  and  certified  to  the  arms  and  pedigree 
of  his  family  at  the  Herald's  Visitation  of  Cornwall  in  1020,  as  given  below. 
See  Drake  and  Vivian's  Visitation  of  Co.  Cornwall  in  1020,  published  in  London 
in  1817,  p.  71.    Arms,  "  Argent,  two  barj,  in  chief,  3  escallops,  sable." 


FITZPEN  al's  PHIPPEN. 
Arms. — Arg.  two  bars,  in  chief  three  escallops,  sable. 
Henry  Fitzpen  ==  Alice,  da.  of 


of  St.  Mary  Ov'y 
in  Devon. 


Peirce  of  Ireland. 


Jo.  Fitzpen  = 
I 


da.  of 


Robt.  Fitzpen  als  Fippen  =  Cicilie,  da.  of 


of  Wamouth  in 
Com.  Dorset. 


Thu.  Jordon  of 
Dorsetsh. 


I 
Owen  Fitzpen 
of  Ireland 
l8t  sonne. 


David 

2d  sonne. 


George  3(1  sonne 
of  Truro  in 
Cornwall 
living  1620. 


Cicilie 
a  da. 


Geo:  jfiizfr 


24G 


Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England. 


[April, 


The  Rev.  George  Phippen  was  persecuted  for  his  Puritanic  tendencies  and  his 
adherance  to  Parliament,  being  driven  from  Ins  charge  of  2<j  years  duration  over 
St.  Mary's  Church  at  Truro,  and  that  of  Lamorran,  a  village  a  few  miles  dis- 
tant. How  long  he  was  imprisoned  we  know  not.  In  his  will  he  complains 
bitterly,  though  forgivingly,  of  his  persecutor,  who  was  of  his  own  connec- 
tions, as  may  be  seen  in  the  record  of  the  family  of  Anthony  Pie  of  St.  Stephen, 
who  married  Constance  Pound.  This  family  was  of  good  social  position,  and 
was  probably  divided  by  the  bitter  party  feeling  of  those  troublous  times. 
"Arms,  Ar.  on  a  fess  Az.,  3  escallops  of  the  first," — same  as  on  Phippen 
Genealogical  Chart. 

William  Catcher  married  Margaret  Pie ;  these  were  the  parents  of  John  Catcher 
who  "  pretended"  against' Mr.  Phippen,  notwithstanding  he  had  been  guardian 
over  his  youth. 

Henry  Burgess  married  Jane  Pye. 
Thomas  Burgess  married  Elizabeth  Pye. 

A  son,  Anthony  Pye,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Robt.  Trethewey. 
George  Phippen  married  1st,  Joan  Pie;  2d,  Mrs.  Mary  Penros,  June  20,  1648, 
who  survived  him. 

Gilbert's  His.  Cornwall  says,  that  the  Pyes  with  the  Spreys 
during  the  interregnum  of  Cromwell  turned  decimators  and 
sequestrators  upon  the  lands  and  revenues  of  the  royal  laity 
and  clergy  of  Cornwall  to  that  degree  of  hurt  and  damage 
that  occasioned  the  making  of  that  short  litany,  "From  the 
Pyes  and  Spreys,  Good  Lord  deliver  us." 

Joseph  Phippen  above  mentioned,  with  a  forethought  not 
common  with  pioneers,  prepared  a  Genealogical  Chart  of  his 
own  and  collateral  families  left  in  the  old  country,  embla- 
zoned   with    coat-ax'mor,   etc.,   to  which  were  added   later 
generations  of  the  new. 
This  chart  suffered  the  loss  of  some  of  its  tablets  during  the  disturbances  of 
the  Revolution ;  the  remnants  of  which  were  published  in  the  4th  volume  of  the 
Heraldic  Journal. 

The  wills  under  consideration,  obtained  through  the  researches  of  Mr.  H.  F. 
Waters,  have  dropped  the  enquirer  as  it  were,  into  the  midst  of  these  very 
families,  and  at  times  not  remote  from  the  period  when  the  English  part  of  that 
chart  was  prepared.  Possibly  the  compiler  was  assisted  in  that  portion  of  the 
collection  by  his  uncle,  George  Phippen  of  Truro.  Suffice  it  to  say  that  so  much 
has  already  been  brought  to  light  and  corroborated  regarding  these  English 
families,  that  we  now  place  entire  conf  dence  in  the  ancient  record,  coat-armor 
and  all.— George  D.  Phippen.] 

Anne  Roberts  of  Woolwich  Kent,  widow,  4  January  1672.  My  debts 
and  funeral  charges  discharged  I  give  everything  to  my  loving  son  in  law 
David  Phippen,  full  and  sole  executor  &c. 

Commission  issued  20  January  1672  to  Anne  Phippen  wife  of  David 
Phippen  now  in  the  ship  called  the  Revenge,  sole  executor  &c.,  to  admin- 
ister according  to  the  tenor  and  effect  of  the  will  during  the  absence  and 
for  the  benefit  of  the  said  David  Phippen.  Pye,  11. 


Pye  impiling  Phlppon 


Mouse  Junii  Anno  167.1 
Vieesimo  primp  die  end.  com0   Annae  Phttpkwny  relict.  Davidis  Phip- 
oveniro  in  servicio  til __ 

Admon.  A.B.  1673,  fo.  79. 


penny  imp  do  Navo  Lo  Uovongo  in  servicio  dfii  nri  Regis  def.  hentis  &c. 


[This  David  may  have  been  a  descendant  of  Owen  Phippen.  There  were 
several  others  of  the  family  name,  mentioned  in  the  will  of  George  Fitspen, 
probably  his  cousins  nnd  sous  of  his  uncles  John  and  George,  for  the  old  chart 
nays  that  "John  Fitspen  left  Issue  Robert,  .John  and  George,"  though  the  two 
latter  iiro  not  mentioned  In  the  visitation  pedigree.    fr<*or£6\s  sister  Cecil  la,  there 

mentioned,  was  bap.  at  Meleomb  March  10,  1593,  and  md Reynolds. — 

O.  1).  l\J 


, 


1895.]  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England.  247 

Jank  Stolion  of  London,  widow,  9  April  1G40,  proved  4  May  1647. 
I  have  settled  my  lands  in  May  field,  Sussex,  upon  William  Hayes  of  Little 
Horsted,  Sussex,  gen4,  and  John  Maynard  of  Mayfield,  clerk,  and  Nicholas 
Durant  of  Ileadlith  {sic)  and  Thomas  Turnor  of  Caginer  (676*)  in  the  same 
County,  yeoman,  and  their  heirs  upon  certain  trusts,  to  dispose  of  the  pro- 
fits as  by  me  directed.  My  daughter  Elizabeth  Stolion  shall  have,  for  life, 
out  of  the  Lodge  fields  four  pounds  a  year  after  the  death  of  me  and  of  my 
son  Abraham.  And  all  my  said  lands  and  the  residue  of  the  profits,  after 
my  death,  shall  be  to  the  use  of  my  son  Abraham  and  the  heirs  of  his  body 
&c,  remainder  to  my  son  Thomas  Stalion  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  &c, 
and,  for  default  of  such  issue,'  to  the  sou  and  heir  of  John  Edwards  late  of 
Coekfield,  Sussex,  gen1,  and  the  heirs  of  his  body  &c,  and  for  default  of 
such  issue  to  my  son  Thomas  Stolion  and  his  heirs  for  ever.  I  make  my 
son  Abraham  Stolyon  executor  and  do  give  him  all  my  personal  estate 
which  I  have  in  New  Pmgland.  And  I  do  further  give  &c.  unto  ray  son 
Thomas  Stolyon  all  my  personal  estate  which  I  have  in  Old  England.  If 
my  said  son  Thomas  shall  give  and  secure  unto  my  said  daughter  Elizabeth 
eight  pounds  a  year  (during  her  life)  for  her  maintenance  and  support  then 
and  from  thenceforth  he  shall  be  freed  and  discharged  of  and  from  all  debts 
and  demands  which  I,  my  executors  &c,  may  or  can  claim  from  him. 

Witnesses  John  White,  John  Phelpes  and  James  Morgan. 

Proved,  at  London,  by  Abraham  Stolyon,  son  and  executor. 

Fines,  112. 

Thomas  Stolyon  of  Warbleton,  Sussex,  genfc,  10  October  1679.  To 
loving  wife  Susan  and  to  Elizabeth  the  wife  of  Samuel  Spatchurst  of  War- 
bleton aforesaid  all  my  utensills  and  household  stuff,  to  be  equall}*"  divided 
between  them  by  Richard  Weller  B.D.,  rector  of  Warbleton,  and  Edward 
Ilawkesworth  Esq.  of  the  same  parish.  To  my  said  wife  Susan  ten  pounds 
yearly  for  life  out  of  the  rents  and  profits  of  all  my  lands  in  Mayfield,  War- 
bleton and  Heathfield,  in  the  said  County,  she  to  relinquish  and  release  all 
her  right,  title  and  dowery  and  claim  to  the  thirds  of  my  lands.  I  do  de- 
vise and  settle  all  my  said  lands  upon  Edward  Polhill  of  Burwash  in  the 
said  County  Esq.  and  Richard  Weller  and  Edward  Ilawkesworth  &c.  as 
ileoffes  in  trust,  for  uses  hereafter  expressed,  and  if  occasion  be  (for  speedy 
payment  of  debts)  to  sell  rny  house  in  Mayfield  town,  now  in  the  occupa- 
tion of  Samuel  Paris  and  others,  and  more  of  my  lands.  After  all  debts 
paid  then  the  said  Trustees,  their  heirs  and  successors  shall  forever  out  in 
two  or  three  years  put  out  two  poor  boys  or  girls,  inhabitants  of  Warbleton, 
apprentice  to  some  good  trades  and  at  the  end  of  their  apprenticeship  allow 
them  a  convenient  stock  for  setting  up  and  improving  their  trades;  and  also 
once  in  two  or  three  years  to  portion  out  poor  maids,  inhabitants  of  War- 
bleton, in  marriage.  The  said  Richard  Weller  and  Edward  Ilawkesworth, 
whom  I  appoint  executors,  to  recover  and  sue  for  all  my  just  debts  which 
are  recoverable  either  in  law  or  equity  from  the  ffeoffees  of  Henry  Smith 
Esq.  deceased  upon  the  account  of  any  damage  by  me  sustained  &c.  and 
also  what  is  due  from  any  other  person  or  persons  either  in  old  England  or 
in  New  England.  All  such  debts  &c  recovered  to  go  towards  the  payment 
of  my  debts  &c. 

Commission  issued  26  November  1680  to  Samuel  Spatchurst,  gent,  John 
Wood  Sen1"  and  Samuel  Store  to  administer  according  to  the  tenor  of  the 
will  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  people  of  Warbleton,  for  the  reason  that 
the  executors  named  in  the  will  renounced  &c.  Bath,  73. 


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248  Genealogical  Gleaning*  in  England.  [April, 

Sentence  for  the  confirmation  of  the  foregoing  will  was  declared  23  No- 
vember 1 080,  the  parties  in  the  case  being  Spatchurst,  Wood  and  Store, 
Trustees  for  the  people  of  Warbletou,  on  the  one  side,  and  Elizabeth  Come, 
natural  and  lawful  sister  of  the  deceased,  on  the  other.  Bath,  183. 

[Our  eastern  friends  will  recognize  the  above  name  which  has  sometimes 
taken  other  forms,  as  Stallian,  Stanyan,  &c.,  &c. — II.  F.  Watkks.] 

Susan  Hamore,  widow,  executrix  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of 
Raphe  Hamore  my  late  husband  &c,  18  February  1616,  proved  19 
February  1616.  To  my  brother  Jonas  Owen  one  hundred  pounds.  To 
my  sister  Sara  Snelling  the  wife  of  Francis  Snelling  twenty  pounds.  To 
Lyonell  Barron  and  Susan  Barron,  the  son  and  daughter  of  Christopher 
Barron  and  my  daughter,  one  hundred  pound  the  piece.  Whereas  my 
deceased  husband  gave  to  Birsaba  Snelling,  daughter  of  Francis  Snelling, 
three  hundred  pounds  to  be  paid  her  at  her  marriage  my  will  is  that  imme- 
diately after  my  decease  the  said  Birsaba  shall  have  the  use  and  benefit  of  the 
said  sum  for  her  maintenance  and  finding,  and  for  the  money  to  be  paid  and 
disposed  according  to  the  will  of  my  husband.  The  poor  of  St.  Buttolph's 
Aldgate  where  my  desire  is  my  corpse  should  be  laid  near  the  bodies  of 
my  father  ami  mother.  The  live  children  of  my  brother  Jonas  Owen  (at 
twenty  one  or  marriage).  I  give  to  Thomas  Hamore,  Raphe  Hamore  and 
Jane  Blackall,  the  sons  and  daughter  of  my  late  husband,  ten  pounds  the 
piece.  The  residue  to  my  daughter  Sara  Baron,  the  wife  of  Christopher 
Baron,  whom  I  make  my  sole  executrix  ;  and  I  nominate  overseers  hereof 
Mr.  Richard  Stocks  preacher  and  Thomas  Kidney  citizen  and  skinner  of 
London,  to  either  of  whom  I  give  five  pounds  the  piece.         Welduii,  10. 

William  Pemherton  of  Rendlesham,  Suffolk,  Bachelor  of  Divinity,  22 
October  1598,  proved  4  May  1599.  To  wife  Elizabeth  all  my  lands  and 
tenements  &c.  in  Suffolk  during  life  and  widowhood,  she  paying  to  my  son 
Richard  yearly,  till  he  be  one  and  twenty  years  old,  twenty  marks  and  after 
his  said  full  age  twenty  pounds  towards  his  maintenance  at  school  and  learn- 
ing. After  decease  of  ray  said  wife  I  give  these  lands  &c.  to  my  said  son 
Richard.  I  give  to  Richard  all  my  books,  notes  and  writings.  If  wife  die 
before  Richard  is  of  full  age  then  I  give  out  of  said  lands  &c.  one  hundred 
marks  to  be  paid  by  him,  that  is,  twenty  marks  yearly  for  five  years  to  my 
son  Mathie,  beginning  two  years  after  her  decease.  And  for  default  of 
such  payment,  upon  lawful  demand  &c,  I  give  to  said  Mathie  all  my  lands, 
free  and  bond,  lying  in  Tunstall.  If  wife  take  another  husband  sou  Richard 
shall,  upon  her  marriage,  enter  my  lands  presently,  and  then  I  give  her,  iu 
lieu  of  her  thirds,  an  annuity  of  twenty  pounds. 

I  give  to  my  sons  Joseph,  Benjamin  and  Paul,  at  their  several  ages  of 
one  and  twenty  years,  one  bundled  marks  each;  and  to  my  two  daughters 
Seholastice  and  Anno  one  hundred  marks  each,  to  be  paid  at  their  like  ages 
or  davs  of  marriage.      Wife  Elizabeth  and  son  Richard  to  be  executors. 

Kidd,  42. 

Paul  Pemberton  citizen  and  haberdasher  of  London,  23  July  1625, 
proved  27  September  1 625.  The  poor  of  Stebbing.  The  poor  of  St. 
Michael's  Crooked  Lane.  The  poor  of  Mr.  Stock's  church  in  Bred  Street. 
Ten  pounds  to  bo  equally  divided  Unto  those  men  unto  whom  my  brother 
Benjamin  was  indebted,  according  unto  their  several  debts.  Ten  pounds 
towards  the  building  np  of  Mr  Stock's  church,  it  being  now  pulled  down. 


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Twenty  pounds  to  my  brother  Mr  Carter.  Twenty  pounds  to  my  brother 
Joseph  Pemberton.  My  brother  Mathias  Pemberton  and  his  daughter 
Elizabeth  and  his  other  two  children.  My  brother  Benjamin's  two 
children  Elizabeth  and  Joseph.  I  leave  twenty  pounds  in  my  execu- 
tor's hands  for  to  pay  twenty  shillings  yearly  for  twenty  years  to  come 
upon  the  fifth  day  of  November  for  a  sermon  to  be  preached  in  the  after- 
noon by  the  parson  of  St.  Michael  Church  in  Crooked  Lane  in  London  ia 
a  remembrance  of  God's  great  mercy  unto  our  nation  as  on  that  day  in  de- 
livering us  from  so  great  a  udaunger"  as  on  that  day  we  were  subject  unto. 
Five  pounds  more  to  pay  five  shillings  yearly  for  twenty  years  to  come,  to  be 
given  in  bread  to  the  poor  of'  St.  Michael  &c.  upon  the  fifth  of  November 
as  aforesaid,  at  night  after  the  sermon  is  ended.  Twelve  pounds  to  twelve 
poor  ministers,  to  be  given  by  my  brother  Joseph  and  my  brother  Mathias 
as  they  shall  see  where  is  most  need.  My  mother  Mary  Whiskett  of  Nor- 
wich widow.  Cox  Tooke  ironmonger,  his  wife  and  children.  To  Ellen 
Tucker,  widow,  a  bond  of  twenty  pounds  that  Mr  Allen  of  Ipswich  standeth 
bound  for,  the  truth  is  it  is  her  money  and  not  mine.  To  my  brother  Mr 
John  Fuller  forty  shillings  to  make  a  couple  of  rings,  one  for  himself  and 
another  for  his  wife,  to  wear  them  for  my  sake.  Elizabeth  Pemberton  the 
daughter  of  Mathias.  To  brother  Joseph  half  my  books  and  the  other  half 
I  will  Mathias  may  have.  Item,  I  give  my  twenty  pounds  adventured  into 
New  England  unto  the  Company  to  be  employed  by  them  towards  the 
foundation  of  a  church  if  ever  God  give  them  a  settled  peace  there.  The 
residue  to  brother  Joseph  whom  with  my  brother  Mathias  I  make  my 
executors  &c.  Clarke,  100. 

Phippen  (mite,  p.  242,  246): 

Notk  :  The  illustration  on  page  242  for  the  arms  of  Burges  of  Cornwall, 
loaned  by  Mr.  Phippen,  is  incorrectly  drawn;  and  that  on  page  24G  should  be 
described  as  "  Phippen  impaling  Pye."  Committee  on  Heraldry. 

Dame  Anne  Moulson  (ante,  vol.  48,  page  405). 
The  Moulson  Coat  of  Arms. 

In  addition  to  what  has  already  been  gleaned  in  England  regarding  Sir  Thomas 
Moulson  and  his  wife  Dame  Anne  (Radcliffe)  Moulson,  Dr.  Marshall,  Rouge 
Croix  Pursuivant,  kindly  contributes  the  following  : 

"  '  The  arms  and  crest  of  Mr.  John  Moulson  of  Hargrave  Stubs,  in  the  Co.  of 
Chester,  and  of  Mr.  Thomas  Moulson  of  Loudon  his  brother,  being  truly  descended 
from  the  co-heirs  of  Rosengrave,  Oreby  and  Hargrave  —  exemplified  by  Wra. 
Camden,  Clarenceux  King  of  Arms.'  The  arms  are  taken  from  the  original, 
which  was  then  in  custody  of  Mr. '  Thorn? s  Moulson,  nephew  and  heir  of  Sir 
Thomas  Moulson,  Knight,  Alderman  of  London,  and  are  quarterly: 

1.  Gules  a  chevron  argent  frette  sable  between  three  mullets  or  (for  Moulson). 

2.  Or  a  fess  wavy  and  in  chief  three  martlets  sable  (for  Rosengrave). 
U.    Grilles  two  lions  passant  argent,  in  chief  a  label  or  (for  Oreby). 

4.    Argent  a  grillln  segreaut  per  fess  gules  and  azure  (for  Hargrave). 

Crest — A  griflin  passant  per  pale  gules  and  azure,  resting  the  dexter  fore-claw 
or  a  mullet  or." 

Dr.  Marshall  adds  :  "  Argent  two  bends  engrailed  sable  are  the  arms  of  the 
Radeliffes  of  Ordsall,  from  which  family  Anthony  (father  of  Anne)  Radcliffe 
descended."  .  Henry  E.  Woods. 

John  Woodbury  of  Beverley  in  New  England,  mariner,  but  now  resident 
on  board  his  Majesty's  ship  the  Crown,  4  August  1G72.  I  give  to  my  well 
beloved  friend  Mr  Daniel  Berry  of  Limehouse,  Stepney,  all  my  moneys,  or 
wages  as  shall  be  due  for  my  service  or  wages  in  the  ship  Crown,  but  to  the 
intent  and  purpose  to  pay  and  satisfy  all  such  just  and  due  debts  as.  are 
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owing  unto  him  the  said  Mr  Berry  and  to  any  other  person  to  whom  I  shall 
justly  stand  indebted  unto;  and,  for  the  remainder  of  the  moneys  it  is  my 
will  that  my  wife  shall  have  and  enjoy  and  to  be  sent  her  by  the  first  op- 
portunity into  New  England,  which  I  desire  Mr  Berry  to  procure  safe  con- 
veyance of  the  same.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  said  wife  Elizabeth 
Woodbury  all  my  books  and  sea  instruments  which  I  have  now  in  my  chest 
and  also  a  new  cloth  coat,  which,  my  will  is,  may  be  also  sent  to  my  wife  with 
the  first  and  safest  conveyance;  or  that,  if  the  said  Mr  Berry  shall  think 
convenient,  to  sell  or  dispose  to  sale  all  or  any  part  of  books,  instruments 
or  coat  and  to  make  return  of  the  product  of  them  unto  my  wife  in  money 
or  goods.  To  my  friend  John  Tayler  mariner,  one  of  the  said  ship's  com- 
pany, all  my  wearing  apparell  &c. 

Commission  issued  to  Daniel  Berry  18  January  1672  to  administer  &c. 
•no  executor  having  been  named.  Pye?  13. 

William  Traiieune  of  St.  Clement  Danes,  Middlesex,  chandler,  29 
April  1658,  proved  24  June  1 G58.  Wife  Dorothy.  To  my  grandchild 
William  Haisman  fifty  pounds  (he  under  16  years  of  age).  The  next  child 
of  my  daughter  Ellenor  Haisman.  To  my  brother  Richard  Traherne  now 
.in  Virginia  ten  shillings.  The  residue  to  Henry  Haisman  and  Ellinor  his 
now  wife  whom  I  make  executors. 

Proved  by  Henry  Haisman,  power  reserved  to  Elianor  Haisman. 

Wootton,  296. 

Elizabetii  Slaughter,  5  August,  1645.  Am  now  fallen  into  a  time 
of  great  "  mortallitie."  I  now  in  perfect  health.  I  do  appoint  that  my 
true  natural  son  William  Clarke,  son  to  my  first  husband  Henry  Clarke, 
shall  have  and  enjoy  all  that  I  have  if  ho  be  living  and  shall  come  to  de- 
mand it  within  the  term  of  seven  years  aftor  my  decease,  excepting  some 
•  certain  things  hereafter  specified,  which  aro  these.  I  do  give  to  my  sister 
Francis,  wife  to  William  Gilbert,  one  pair  of  fince  (sic)  laced  pillowbeers. 
To  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Elliott  one  flaxen  table  cloth.  To  my  cousin  Mary 
King  one  little  cabinet.  The  rest  of  my  household  stuff  equally  to  my 
cousins  Mary  and  Rachel  Cullom,  daughters  to  my  sister  Jane  Cullom, 
except  one  feather  bed  and  boulstor  which  I  appoint  for  my  son  William  if 
he  come  to  demand  it  as  aforesaid.  If  I  die  before  the  return  of  Isaac 
Walker  from  New  England  1  give  to  my  cousin  Mary  Cullome,  before- 
named,  full  power  to  recover  and  receive  fifty  shillings  due  to  me  from  the 
said  Isaac  Waker  (sic)  for  her  own  use,  whether  my  son  come  or  not;  but 
in  case  she  die  before  she  be  married  I  then  appoint  the  said  fifty  shillings 
for  her  brother  Robert  Collom. 

Now  if  my  son  William  Clarke  come  not  after  my  decease  within  the 
time  limited  or  if  otherwise  by  good  and  sufficient  testimony  it  may  be 
proved  that  he  be  dead  then  I  appoint  such  moneys  or  goods  that  by  virtue 
hereof  appertaineth  to  him,  the  third  part  I  give  to  the  said  Mary  Cullome, 
the  rest  to  be  equally  divided  between  my  sister  Sibbill  Howell's  children 
and  my  sister  Francis  children  and  my  sister  Jane  Cullom's  children.  To 
the  poor  of  the  parish  where  I  shall  be  buried  five  shillings.  And  that  this 
my  said  will  may  be  faithfully  fulfilled  I  do  desire  to  entrust  herein  my 
brother  Arthur  King,  my  brother  Joshua  Slaughter  and  my  brother  Robert 
Cullom,  to  whom  I  give  at  my  decease  five  shillings  apiece.  Witnessed  by 
John  Saniford  and  Mary  Hart. 

Commission  issued  20  Juno  1646  to  Robert  Culme,  one  of  the  trustees, 
to  administer  according  to  the  tenor  of  the  will.  Twisse,  83. 


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In  the  probate  Act  Book  for  1G46  the  diocese  of  Bristol  is  indicated,  but 
no  parish. 

Matthias  Niciiolls,  preacher  of  God's  word  to  the  town  of  Plymouth, 
Devon  (without  date)  proved  10  October  1G31.  To  the  Governors  of  the 
New  Hospital,  called  the  poor's  portion,  ten  pounds.  To  the  Governors  of 
the  Hospital  adjoining,  called  orphans'  aid,  five  pounds.  I  give  three 
pounds  to  be  distributed  among  the  poor  of  Plymouth.  To  the  poor  of 
the  town  of  Buckingham  forty  shillings.  Likewise  I  give  unto  the  Com- 
mon Stock  for  New  England,  towards  the  advancement  of  that  plantation, 
the  sum  of  thirteen  pounds.  My  land  in  Plymton  Mary  parish  I  give  to 
my  beloved  wife,  during  her  natural  life,  and  after  her  decease  to  my  son  &c, 
remainder  to  son  Matthias  &c,  next  to  son  Samuel  &c,  then  to  daughters 
Johan  and  llanna  and  their  heirs  forever.  To  daughter  Johan  fifty  pounds, 
to  be  put  into  the  hands  of  some  trusty  friend  to  be  employed  for  her  ad- 
vantage (and  the  remainder  of  certain' lease)  she  to  receive  her  stock  at  the 
age  of  twenty  and  one  years  or  day  of  marriage.  A  similar  bequest  to 
daughter  Iianna.  To  my  two  younger  sons  Mathias  and  Samuel  one  hun- 
dred marks  apiece,  at  one  and  twenty.  The  residue  of  my  goods  &c.  to  my 
wife  whom  I  make  and  constitute  sole  executrix.  Reference  to  the  lease  of 
the  new  market  house  of  the  town,  intrusted  to  beloved  friends  Mr.  Robert 
Trelawny,  Mr.  Edmond  Fowell  and  Mr.  Richard  Tapper,  and  "  the  two 
leases  bought  for  mee  by  Mr  Jope  jf  Mrl8  Parker  and  her  sonne."  My 
desire  is  that  my  wife  will  reserve  such  of  my  books  as  shall  be  thought 
useful  for  my  son  John  until  he  be  fit  to  make  use  of  them.  And  herein 
my  desire  is  that  she  use  the  advice  of  my  dear  friend  Mr.  John  Vincent 
who  will,  I  doubt  not,  easo  her  of  a  great  part  of  her  care  in  his  education. 
As  for  my  papers  and  notes  1  commit  them  wholly  to  the  disposing  of  the  said 
Mr.  Vincent,  my  dear  brother  Mr.  Ferdinando  Nicolls  and  my  beloved  cousin 
Mr.  Abraham  Sherwill,  desiring  them  to  set  apart  such  as  they  shall  think 
useful  either  for  the  public  good  of  the  Church  or  for  the  furthering  of  my 
son  John  in  his  particular  studies  and  to  burn  the  rest  &c.  My  cousin 
Abraham  Sherwill  to  choose  out  of  my  best  English  books  for  his  father, 
mother,  wife,  her  brother  and  sister,  each  of  them  one  such  as  he  shall 
think  most  convenient  for  them  as  tokens  of  my  love. 

Proved  by  Martha  Nicholls,  widov,  &c.  St.  John,  107. 

William  Pittes,  of  the  parish  cf  Temple  within  the  city  of  Bristol, 
clothier,  30  October  1592,  proved  3  January  1592.  My  body  to  be  buried 
in  the  church  of  Temple.  The  poor  of  the  said  parish.  To  William  my 
eldest  son  my  house  wherein  I  now  dwell,  with  all  the  furniture  thereunto 
belonging;  that  is  to  say,  one  standing  bed,  with  a  truckle  bed  under  it,  with 
a  feather  bed  in  the  one  and  a  Hock  bed  in  the  other,  two  pair  of  sheets 
and  a  pair  of  blankets  and  the  best  coverlet  which  I  bought  of  Lynzey  the 
wait  player.  But  Annes  my  wife  shall  have  and  hold  the  said  house  and 
furniture  till  William  my  son  come  to  the  age  of  twenty  and  one  years. 
And  after  that,  if  the  said  Agnes  remain  a  widow,  she  shall  pay  twenty 
shillings  yearly  for  rent  &c.  To  the  said  William  the  lease  of  the  house 
wherein  my  mother  now  inhabiteth,  the  same  to  hold  immediately  after  the 
decease  of  my  said  mother.  Other  legacies  to  the  said  William.  Remainder 
to  his  brethren  in  order  of  age  (Robert,  Thomas  and  John).  Special  be- 
quests to  them  and  to  daughter  Elizabeth,  at  one  and  twenty.  My  brother 
Richard  Pitte's  two  daughters.     Sir  Richard   Martyn   of  Temple.     Wife 


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252  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England.  [April, 

Agnes  to  be  executrix  and  Mr.  John  Pickes  and  Thomas  Heywarde  to  be 
overseers.  Newell,  1. 

RoiiRRT  Owen  of  tho  city  of  Bristol,  merchant,  now  bound  on  a  voyage 
into  the  parts  beyond  the  seas,  5  September  1614,  with  a  codicil  dated  4 
September  1615,  proved  1G  February  1G15.  To  wife  Mary  four  hundred 
pounds  and  the  messuage  wherein  I  now  dwell  situate  upon  the  "  Kaye  " 
within  the  said  city,  to  hold  for  life;  and  after  her  decease  I  give  the  said 
messuage  to  ray  son  Robert  Owen.  I  give  my  said  son  all  my  lands,  mes- 
suages &c.  in  Bristol  and  in  Portbury,  Somerset,  or  elsewhere,  and  also  two 
hundred  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Mary  Owen  three  hundred  pounds. 
The  same  to  daughter  Jphane  Owen  and  the  child  wherewith  my  wife  now 
goeth,  yet  unborn.  A  great  part  of  my  estate  is  in  Adventure  at  sea,  part 
insured  by  Policy  of  Assurance  recorded  in  the  Royal  Exchange  in  Lon- 
don and  part  upon  mine  own  adventure  not  insured.  Wife  Mary  to  have 
the  use  and  keeping  of  my  children's  legacies  until  they  shall  accomplish 
their  several  ages  of.  one  and  twenty  or  be  married,  she  putting  in  sureties 
to  be  bound  in  double  the  sum  to  pay  the  said  legacies  together  with  the 
benefit  and  use  for  the  same  at  the  rate  of  nine  per  cent  for  one  whole  year 
until  such  time  as  they  shall  be  paid.  My  brother  Griffeth  Owen.  My 
sister  Mary  Owen.  My  brother  George  Owen.  My  sister  Ellinor  Owen. 
My  brother.  Griffeth  Owen  to  pay  his  brother  and  sisters  at  the  town  of 
Carmarthen.  Wife  Mary  and  son  Robert  to  be  executors  and  loving  cousin 
Rice  Davies  Esquire  and  loving  brother  in  law  William  Pitt,  merchant,  and 
good  friend  William  Baldwyn,  brewer,  to  be  overseers.  In  the  codicil  he 
increases  the  legacies  to  his  daughters  Mary  and  Johane  by  two  hundred 
pounds  apiece  more. 

Probate  was  granted  to  the  widow  as  above  but  was  not  granted  to  the 
son,  Robert  Owen,  until  24  April  1627.  Cope,  8. 

William  Pitt  of  the  city  and  Diocese  of  Bristol,  sheereman  or  cloth- 
worker,  11  January  1G03,  proved  21  April  1604.  To  be  buried  in  the 
church  and  churchyard  of  Temple  in  the  said  city.  To  my  son  Francis 
Pyttes  the  messuage  &c.  wherein  I  dwell,  with  remainder  to  my  brother 
Robert  Pities  and  noxt  to  my  right  heirs  i&c.  To  my  said  brother  Robert 
the  house,  rack  and  garden  now  in  the  tenure  of  Richard  Baker,  weaver, 
after  the  decease  of  my  grandmother  Johan  Pittes.  To  my  godson  William 
Hall  the  lease  of  the  house  wherein  his  father  doth  dwell,  and  if  he  die 
before  he  come  to  the  age  of  one  anri  twenty  then  the  same  lease  shall 
remain  to  Samuel  Wilson  the  son  of  my  sister  Wilson.  To  my  said  sister 
Wilson  six  pounds  out  of  that  debt  which  my  brother  in  law  Lawrence 
Wilson  owes  me,  as  by  a  judgment  had  in  the  court  of  Common  Pleas 
more  at  large  appeareth.  To  Anno  Weale  my  wife's  sister's  daughter  five 
pounds.  To  my  cousin  Sara  Pope  three  pounds  at  her  day  of  marriage  or 
age  of  one  and  twonty  years.  Certain  debts  of  Richard  Baker,  William 
Deane  and  Richard  Gouldsmith  forgiven.  The  remainder  to  my  son 
Francis  Pittes  whom  I  ordain  and  make  my  sole  and  whole  executor,  pro- 
vided that  if  it  shall  please  Almighty  God  to  call  out  of  this  mortal  life  my 
said  son  Francis  before  he  shall  accomplish  the  full  age  of  one  and  twenty 
years  or  be  married  then  my  will  and  meaning  is  that  my  cousin  John  Pittes 
shall  have  twenty  pounds  in  money  out  of  the  legacies  bequeathed  to  my 
said  son ;  and  then  also  I  do  ordain  and  make  my  said  brother  Robert  Pittes 
to  be  the  executor  &c.     And  I  do  appoint  my  laying  friends  Francis  Bayllye 


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and  Richard  Simondes  to  be  my  overseers  &c.  desiring  them,  as  my  trust  in 
them  is,  to  see  this  my  will  truly  and  justly  to  he  performed,  as  much  as  in 
them  lieth,  and  to  see  my  said  sou  to  ho  brought  tip  in  the  fear  of  God. 
They  to  have  for  their  pains  twenty  shillings  apiece.  And  I  appoint  the 
said  Richard  Goldsmith  to  have  the  keeping  and  education  of  my  said  son 
Francis  as  long  as  my  said  overseers  shall  think  it  litt  and  convenient. 

Commission  at  the  above  date  to  Francis  Bayllye  and  Richard  Symondes, 
the  supervisors  named  in  the  will,  to  administer  the  goods  &c.  according  to 
the  tenor  of  the  will  during  the  minority  of  Robert  Pittes  (sic)  brother  &c. 
and  executor  &c.  llarte,  43. 

William  Pitt  of  the  city  of  Bristol  merchant,  13  Slay  1  G22,  proved 
4  February  1G24.  To  my  loving  wife  Mary  five  hundred  pounds.  To  my 
son  William  two  hundred  and  lifty  pounds.  To  my  son  Robert  three  score 
and  ten  pounds.  To  my  son  Henry  two  hundred  and  lifty  pounds.  To  my 
son  Thomas  two  hundred  and  lifty  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Mary  Pitt  two 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Anno  Pitt  two  hundred  and 
lifty  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Maude  Pitt  two  hundred  and  lifty  pounds. 
To  my  daughter  Martha  Pitt  two  hundred  and  lifty  pounds.  To  my  wife  Mary 
a  lease  of  the  house  wherein  I  now  dwell,  in  Redclife  Street,  and  also  of  the 
house  in  the  same  street  wherein  Samuel  Griffeth  the  glasier  dwelleth  and  my 
garden  in  St.  "Thomas  Lane,  for  life,  paying  unto  my  son  William  four  pounds 
yearly  for  the  same  during  her  life.  After  her  deeease  I  give  the  said  two 
houses  and  garden  to  my  son  William  &c,  with  remainder  to  son  Henry, 
then  to  son  Thomas,  next  to  my  son  Robert  and  lastly  to  my  heirs  general. 
To  my  son  Robert  the  tenement  without  Temple  gate  called  the  Saracen's  End 
(sic)  and  the  new-built  house  thereby  built  by  my  father,  with  all  the  lands 
and  tenements  thereto  belonging  and  all  such  implements  as  I  have  in  the 
said  tenements,  the  said  lands  and  tenements  given  by  my  father  Thomas 
Pitt,  as  appeareth  by  his  last  will  and  testament.  To  my  sons  Henry  and 
Thomas  Pitt  the  years  yet  to  come  in  a  tease  for  two  tenements  and  garden 
that  I  have  in  Redclifre  Street  (and  oilier  leases).  To  my  niece  Ann 
Watteres  a  lease  of  forty  years  in  the  tenements  at  the  Marsh  gate  wherein 
William  Dale  now  dwelleth,  but  if  she  die  before  the  expiration  of  said  lease 
I  give  the  residue  to  my  nephew  Robert  Mericke,  they  paying  unto  my  son 
William  four  pounds  six  shillings  eight  pence  a  year  rent  and  he  to  pay  the 
lord's  rent.  If  Robert  Miricke  die  before  the  forty  years  be  expired  the 
residue  shall  be  to  my  son  William.  Certain  household  stuff  to  William.  To 
Maude  my  lesser  Ciprus  (sic)  chest.  To  my  daughter  Mary  Pitt  my  chain 
of  gold  and  to  my  daughter  Anne  Pitt  my  white  silver  and  gilt  tankard 
which  was  given  them  by  my  lather  and  to  Martha  the  inlaid  chest  in  the 
great  chamber.  I  give  to  my  son  William  Pitt  my  best  Turkies  (sic)  ring 
which  was  my  great  grandfathers  Mr  Roger  Cooke's,  my  second  ring  with 
a  pearl  I  give  to  my  son  Robert,  my  signet  ring  I  give  to  my  son  Henry 
and  my  ruby  ring  I  give  to  my  son  Thomas.  My  books  1  give  to  my  son 
William.  A  lot  of  household  stuff  to  be  sold  and  a  quarter  part  of  the 
sum  made  thereof  to  bo  given  to  wife  and  three  quarters  to  the  children,  or 
else  to  be  divided  (without  selling  it).  Sons  William,  Robert,  Henry  and 
Thomas  to  have  their  portions  on  arriving  at  age  of  one  and  twenty  and 
daughters  Mary,  Anne,  Maude  and  Martha  at  times  of  marriage  or  at  twenty 
one,  and  so  one  after  the  other.  I  give  to  my  brother  in  law  Mr  Richard 
Davis  twenty  shillings  to  make  him  a  ring  for  a  token  and  to  sister  Mary 
Davis  a  double  Harry  sovereign  of  gold.  ,  To  my  sister  Marlowe  and  sister 
vol.  xux.         22* 


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Gonning,  each  a  rose  noble  of  gold.  To  my  cousin  Mary  Robinson  ten 
shillings  in  gold.  To  my  sister  Alice  Knight  a  gown  to  the  value  of  three 
pounds  and  a  double  duckett  (sic)  in  gold  and  to  my  brother  Knight  ten 
shillings  in  gold.  To  my  cousin  William  Pitt,  draper,  a  double  ducat  in 
gold  and  to  my  wife  a  square  ducat  in  gold  which  my  mother  gave  me. 
All  these  tokens  are  in  an  ivory  box  in  my  counter ;  the  box  by  itself  I  give 
to  my  sister  Mary  Davis  for  a  token.  I  give  to  my  cousin  William  Pitt, 
draper,  forty  shillings  to  make  him  a  ring  and  to  my  cousin  Nicholas  Pickes 
thirty  shillings  to  make  him  a  ring  for  tokens.  To  the  poor  of  St.  Thomas, 
of  Temple  and  of  Itedclif  parishes  three  pounds  to  be  distributed  amongst  the 
three  parishes.  A  great  part  of  my  estates  is  in  debts  and  beyond  seas. 
Any  loss  shall  be  borne  upon  all  my  legacies  rateably  upon  the  pound. 
What  gold  or  jewels  my  wife  had  of  her  own  and  in  her  keeping  at  the 
date  hereof  I  give  to  her.  My  debts  and  legacies  being  paid  all  my  goods* 
and  chattels  unbequeathed  I  give  unto  my  loving  wife  Mary  and  to  my  son 
William  whom  I  make  joint  executors  &c.  and  do  appoint  my  well  beloved 
cousins  Mr.  William  Pitt,  draper,  and  Mr  Nicholas  Pikes,  gen1.,  overseers. 
Witnessed  by  Ric:  Marlowe,  Nicholas  Pike  and  Richard  Griffetb. 

Published  (after  alterations  made)  30  October  1624,  in  presence  of 
William  Pitt,  Edward  Batten,  Abraham  Edwards. 

Proved  by  the  oaths  of  Mary  Pitt,  relict,  and  William  Pitt,  son,  &c.  be- 
fore Richard  Knight  vicar  of  Temple  &c.  Clarke,  1&. 

William  Pitt  of  the  city  of  Bristol,  merchant,  son  of  Mary  Pitt  of 
the  same  city,  widow,  2  October  1630,  proved  9  June  1631.  My  will  is 
that  all  mine  estate  shall  be  tied  to  make  good  my  father's  debts  and 
legacies,  and  they  being  paid,  if  so  much  shall  remain,  all  mine  household 
stuff  shall  be  divided  among  my  mother,  sisters  and  brothers,  whereof  my 
mother  shall  have  a  quarter  and  the  other  three  quarters  be  equally  divided 
amongst  my  brothers  and  sisters.  My  brother  Henry  and  sister  Mawd, 
when  they  shall  have  their  portions  due,  shall  have  the  full  sum  given  them 
by  my  father  with  their  parts  of  m\  brother  Thomas  and  sister  Martha's 
legacies,  and  shall  then  receive  interest  at  8  p.c.  for  their  whole  portions  both 
given  them  by  my  father  and  due  to  them  by  the  death  of  my  brother  Thomas 
and  sister  Martha,  and  the  interest  to  be  continued  from  my  father's  death. 
Reference  to  brother  Robert  and  sisters  Mary  and  Anne  as  having  received 
their  legacies.  To  the  poor  of  Redcliife,  St.  Thomas  and  Temple  parishes. 
My  mother  shall  have  my  spruce  chest,  my  brother  Robert  the  Hand 
counter,  my  sister  Mary  the  great  tankard,  my  sister  Anne  the  cedar  chest, 
my  brother  Henry  my  silver  posnett  and  taster,  my  sister  Maud  the  silver 
goblet  and  two  of  my  father's  spoons.  And  I  desire  my  mother,  Mrs  Mary 
Pitt,  to  see  this  my  will  performed.  St.  John,  70. 

William  Pitt  of  the  city  of  Bristol,  alderman,  18  October  1631, 
proved  12  January  1631.  To  wife  Sara  twenty  pounds  to  buy  her  a  ring 
of  live  diamonds,  in  lieu  of  one  she  weareth  which  my  wile  Elizabeth  gave 
to  her  daughter  Mary  Pitt,  which  ring  my  will  is  that  my  daughter 
Mary  Pitt  shall  enjoy  according  to  her  mother's  desire.  Four  hun- 
dred pounds  each  to  sons  William,  Henry,  John  and  Thomas  Pitt. 
Five  hundred  pounds  each  to  eldest  daughter  Mary  Pitt  and  youngest 
daughter  Martha  Pitt  (the  latter  apparently  under  one  and  twenty).  To 
my  daughter  Ann  Whetcombe  one  hundred  pounds  upon  condition  that  her 
father  in  law  Mr  Robert  Whetcombe  do  perform  his  promise  (that  is  to 


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Bay)  to  grant  no  estates  from  the  time  of  the  marriage  of  his  son  John 
Whetcombe  to  my  daughter  Anne  Whetcombe  of  forty  pounds  per  annum 
in  the  manor  of  Thornelford  the  which  lie  promised  to  lay  as  demeanes  to 
annex  it  to  the  old  rent  for  the  better  help  of  his  son  and  my  daughter  after 
his  father's  decease.  To  my  sister  Anne  Gethinge  forty  pounds.  To  my 
sister  Mary  Batten  five  pounds  to  buy  her  a  ring.  To  my  daughter  in  law 
Elizabeth  Chetwin  five  pounds  to  buy  her  a  ring.  To  Edward  Pitt,  the 
son  of  my  brother  John,  twenty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty  years  of  age. 
To  Mary  Pitt,  the  daughter  of  my  brother  John,  ten  pounds  at  day  of 
marriage  or  one  and  twenty  years  of  age.  To  the  companies  of  Tuckers 
and  Shermen  five  pounds  to  be  divided  amongst  the  poorest  of  those  com- 
panies, I  ordain  my  good  friends,  my  brother  Mr  Ezekiel  Wallis,  my 
brother  Edward  Batten,  Mr  John  Taylor  and  Mr  Robert  Elliott  to  be 
overseers  and  give  them  five  pounds  apiece  for  their  pains  &c.  The  rest  of 
my  goods  &c.  Lgive  and  bequeath  unto  my  well  beloved  son  and  heir  Edward 
Pitt,  whom  I  make  and  ordain  my  whole  and  sole  executor,  requiring  him, 
upon  my  blessing,  to  see  my  will  performed  according  as  I  desire  and  to  be 
helpfull  to  his  brethren  and  sisters  according  to  his  power;  and  do  desire 
God  to  bless  them  all.  Audley,  2. 

Maiiy  Pitt  of  the  parish  of  St.  Thomas  within  the  city  of  Bristol, 
widow,  8  June  1634,  proved  25  November  1634.  I  will  that  eight  pounds, 
according  to  the  gift  and  intent  of  my  con  William  Pitt,  in  his  last  will  and 
testament,  be  given,  disposed  and  bestowed  in  land  by  my  executor,  to  re- 
main for  ever,  to  be  divided  amongst  the  poor  people  of  the  parishes  of 
St.  Thomas,  St.  Mary  RedclifYe  and  Temple  parish  in  Bristol,  being  to  be 
settled  in  land  to  remain  for  ever,  and  the  better  part  of  the  three  parts 
thereof  to  be  given  to  St.  Thomas  parish.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Mary 
Newell  and  to  John  Newell  her  son  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  twenty 
pounds  of  lawful  money  in  manner  and  form  following,  that  is  to  say,  to 
my  said  daughter  Newell  the  use  only  of  the  said  one  hundred  and  twenty 
pounds  so  long  as  she  and  her  now  husband  Andrew  Newell  liveth,  which 
I  will  shall  be  paid  unto  her  yearly  by  my  executor  at  the  four  usual  Feast 
Days  in  the  year,  viz1,  the  feast  day  of  the  Nativity  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour 
Jesus  Christ,  the  Annunciation  of  our  blessed  Lady  St.  Mary  the  Virgin, 
St.  John  the  Baptist  and  St.  Michael  the  Arch  "  Angle  "  &c,  &c.  and  in 
case  my  said  daughter  shall  outlive  her  said  husband  then  my  will  is  that  my 
said  executor  shall,  within  one  year  next  after  the  death  of  the  said  Andrew 
Newell,  pay  unto  my  said  daughter  Mary  the  sum  of  one  hundred  pounds 
of  the  said  sum  given  as  aforesaid  and  shall  reserve  twenty  pounds  of  the 
said  six  score  pounds  in  his,  my  executor's,  hands  until  the  said  John  Newell 
her  son  shall  attain  to  the  age  of  one  ard  twenty  years  and  then  to  pay  the 
said  twenty  pounds  to  him  the  said  John  Newell.  If  my  said  daughter  die 
before  the  said  Andrew  her  husband  the  whole  sum  shall  remain  in  the 
hands  of  my  executor  until  the  said  John  Newell  shall  attain  to  the  said 
ago  and  then  my  said  executor  to  pay  the  six  score  pounds  unto  my  said 
grandchild;  for  it  is  not  my  will  that  the  said  Andrew  Newell,  his  fathers- 
should  enjoy  any  part  thereof  nor  any  the  profit  or  interest  thereof.  My 
said  daughter  Mary  to  have  the  profit  and  rent  of  the  term  of  years  yet  to 
come  of  and  in  one  tenement  at  Portwalls,  now  in  the  possession  of  Law- 
rence Wilson,  (her  husband  to  have  nothing  therein)  and  after  her  decease 
I  give  the  said  house  and  remainder  of  the  term  unto  my  son  Henry  Pitt. 
I  give  unto  my  said  daughter  Mary  Newell  all  my  wearing  apparel,  except 


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my  best  gown  and  petticoat  which  I  give  unto  my  daughter  Mawde  Pitt.  I 
give  unto  the  said  Mary  my  wedding  ring.  I  give  unto  my  daughter  Mawde 
Pitt  one  hundred  pounds  and  all  my  childbed  linen  &c.  and  my  diamond 
ring.  To  my  daughter  Anne  Edwardes  sixty  pounds  &c.  and  my  ring  with 
a  "  Turkie  "  stone  therein.  To  my  daughter  Martha  Pitt  my  ring  with  a 
ruby  stone  in  it.  To  my  son  Robert  Pitt  all  that  ray  lands  and  grounds, 
with  the  appurtenances  &c,  which  I  lately  purchased  of  one  Thomas  Cow- 
dry,  being  part  of  the  manor  of  Compton  Magna  in  the  County  of  Somerset, 
to  hold  for  life,  and  after  his  decease  to  William  his  son,  with  remainder 
to  Robert,  the  second  son  of  the  said  Robert  my  son,  and  then  to  the  right 
heirs  of  my  said  son.  I  give  to  my  said  son  Robert  all  my  part  of  the 
land  and  tenements  situate  and  being  in  the  Pittie  {sic)  within  the  city  of 
Bristol.  To  my  son  Henry  Pitt  the  house  in  Redcliife  Street  wherein  I 
now  dwell  and  one  little  house  in  the  possession  of  one  John  Cole,  being 
purchased  with  the  said  dwelling  house,  with  household  stuff  &c.  &c.  I  give 
him  also  a  tenement  upon  the  back  in  Bristol,  held  of  the  Chamber  of  the 
said  city  and  now  in  the  possession  of  William  Prosser,  and  two  other  tene- 
ments in  Redcliife  Street,  held  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Bristol,  one  in 
the  possession  of  Thomas  Dayes  and  the  other  in  the  possession  of  Thomas 
Hudson,  and  a  little  garden  ground  in  St.  Thomas  Lane  in  Bristol.  I  give 
the  said  Henry  also  fifty  pounds  in  money.  To  William  Edwards  my 
grandchild  one  silver  and  gilt  beakei.  Another  to  John  Pitt  my  grand- 
child. To  my  grandchild  Robert  Pitt  one  silver  and  gilt  saltcellar  and  to 
my  grandchild  John  Edwards  a  silver  beer  bowl.  I  make  my  son  Robert 
executor  and  my  loving  brothers  in  law  Mr  Abraham  Edwards  and  Mr 
John  Pearse,  to  whom  I  give  forty  shilling  apiece,  overseers.  I  give  to  my 
grandchild  William  Pitt  my  silver  tankard  which  was  my  son  William's. 
My  sister  Pearse  to  have  four  pounds  to  buy  her  a  mourning  gown.  Mr 
Loveringe  to  preach  my  funeral  sermon  and  to  have  four  pounds  for  his  pains. 
My  brother  Pawle  to  have  forty  shillings  to  buy  him  a  mourning  cloak  and 
sister  Bushe  live  pounds  for  her  mourning.  Seager,  'J7. 

Edward  Batten  of  Bristol  gentleman,  15  September  1638,  proved  16 
November  1 038.  The  poor  of  Temple  parish  in  Bristol.  Wife  Mary 
Batten.  My  three  tankards  which  I  bought  of  my  cousin  Pitt  I  give  to  my 
three  grandchildren  and  godsons  Edward  Hobbs,  son  of  Thomas  Hobbs, 
Edward  Galhampton,  son  of  \Yrilliam  Galhampton,  and  Edward  Colston, 
son  of  William  Colston,  the  eldest  of.  them  to  choose  first.  To  ray  daughter 
Mary  Hobbs  and  her  heirs,  after  the  death  of  ray  wife,  my  tenements  in  Bristol 
lying  between  Key  and  Marsh  street  and  the  Lanthorn  tenement  and  the 
sum  of  five  hundred  pounds.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Batten  the  leases  of 
ray  lands  in  Westerley  which  I  hold  of  Mr  Roberts.  To  my  daughter  Sarah 
Colston  for  her  better  maintenance  of  her  and  her  husband  &c.  all  my  lands 
and  leases  in  both  the  llambrookes  in  the  parish  of  Winterborne.  My 
daughter  Anne  Dollinge.  My  daughter  Martha  Galhampton.  My  tene- 
ment in  Bristol  wherein  my  son  in  law  Colston  dwelleth.  My  daughter 
Anne's  husband  John  Dolling  and  her  daughter  Mary  Dolling  and  the  rest 
of  her  children.  I  do  give  unto  Edward  Batten  and  William  Pitt  my 
cousins  forty  pounds  apiece,  at  my  executor's  discretion,  committing  them 
to  his  care.  My  sister  in  law  Mrs  Gittin*  and  her  children.  My  brother 
Symon    Batten.     My  son   in   law  Mr  Thomas   ilobbes   1  appoint  executor 

*  Referred  to  In  will  of  William  Pitt  (1G31)  ua  *'  sister  Anne  Gothingo." 


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and  do  desire  my  cousin  Mr  Edward  Pitt  and  Mr  Richard  Meredith,  vicar  of 
Stogarsey,  to  bo  the  overseers.     Published  the  10th  of  September  1638. 

Lee,  156. 

Sarah  Nktiiway  of  Bristol,  widow  of  Thomas  Nethway  merchant 
deceased,  her  will  made  11  January  1640,  with  a  codicil  bearing  date  27 
February  1610  and  a  later  codicil  7  March  1640,  proved  18  June  1641. 
To  be  buried  in  the  church  of  St.  Walburgh  near  deceased  husband.  My 
loving  brother  Mr  George  Lane,  merchant,  to  be  executor  and  my  trusty 
friends  INF.  Giles  Elbridge  and  Mr.  Joseph  Jackson,  merchants,  to  be  over- 
seers. Children  under  age.  My  sister  Laurence.  My  sister  Butler  and 
her  three  children  which  she  had  by  John  Hurston,  viz1.  Laurence,  John 
and  Anne  Hurston.  My  brother  in  law  William  Ilolman.  Certain  friends 
and  servants  and  poor  householders.  Whereas  my  brother  in  law  Mr 
Edward  Pitt,  now  one  of  the  Sheriffs  of  the  said  city  of  Bristol,  and  Mr 
John  Goning,  merchant,  became  bound  to  my  deceased  husband  for  the 
payment  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  within  a  short  time  after  the 
death  of  my  sister  in  law  Mrs  Pitts  I  will  that  my  eldest  son  Thomas 
Nethway  shall  have  the  full  benefit  of  the  said  bond.  My  daughter  Sarah. 
My  son  George.  My  five  children,  Thomas,  George,  John,  Sarah  and 
Elizabeth. 

My  sister  Butler's  husband.  My  husband  died  without  a  will.  George 
and  Richard,  the  sons  of  brother  George  Lane.     Richard  Nethway,  brewer. 

My  cousin  — Hall  in  mo:  (sic)  to  be  paid  unto  her  &c.     My  sister 

Jone  Lane.  My  sister  Anne  Butler.  To  my  daughter  Sarah  Nethway  the 
four  pictures  of  her  grandmother,  father  and  mother  which  hang  in  my 
chamber  and  ever  my  counter  door.  Evelyn,  74. 

William  Pitt  of  London,  merchant,  19  March,  1645,  proved  23 
August  1647.  The  poor  of  St.  Nicholas  parish  in  Bristol.  My  loving 
brother  in  law  Mr  William  Chetwind  to  see  it  distributed,  or,  if  he  bo  dead, 
my  brother  in  law  Mr.  Walter  Sandy.  My  loving  sister  Elizabeth  Chet- 
wind,  wife  of  the  said  William  Chetwind.  My  loving  sister  Mary  Sandy 
wife  of  the  said  Walter  Sandy.     My  loving  sister  Anne  Wetcome  wife  of 

Whetcome.      My  loving  sister  Martha  Willet  wife  unto  William 

Willet.  My  cousin  William  Pitt,  second  son  unto  my  brother  Edward  Pitt 
deceased.  His  sister  or  sisters.  Mr  William  Pearse.  Others  named.  My 
loving  brother  Thomas  Pitt,  or,  if  he  dead,  my  cousin  William  Pitt  afore- 
said, to  be  executor. 

Commission  issued  on  the  above  date  to  William  Chetwind  the  husband 
of  Elizabeth  Chetwind  als  Pitt,  sister  of  the  deceased  William  Pitt, 
bachelor,  to  administer  during  the  absence  of  Thomas  Pitt,  brother  and 
executor  &c.  Fines,  182. 

Thomas  Pitt  of  the  city  of  Bristol,  merchant,  27  February  1655, 
proved  2(\  March  1657.  All  my  nephews  and  all  my  nieces.  My  two 
sisters  Mary  Saney  (sic)  and  Martha  Willett.  My  loving  brothers  Walter 
Saney  and  William  Willett.  Loving  friend  Hugh  Roberts.  John  Bing- 
ham. Ruthen,  105. 

[The  foregoing  wills  relate  to  the  Pitt  family  of  Bristol  to  which  belonged 
Maud  the  wife  of  Richard  Russell  and  Mary  *he  wife  of  Andrew  Newell,  both 
of  Charlestown,  Massachusetts.  They  were  two  of  the  daughters  of  William 
Pitt  of  Bristol,  whose  will,  proved  i  February  J.G24-5,  I  haye  here  given.     And 


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he  was  a  son  of  that  Thomas  Pitt  whose  will  has  already  been  published  among 
my  Holworthy  notes  (Keg.  vol.  45,  p.  161).  See  also  in  the  same  volume  (p. 
150)  art  earlier  reference  to  this  family  in  the  will  of  John  Man.  In  the  same 
volume  of  the  Register  (pp.  229-230)  see  a  note  about  Russell,  Newell  and  Pitt 
connection. 

Since  collecting  the  above  notes  for  publication,  I  have  gathered  the  fol- 
lowing will,  which  relates  to  this  family  and  their  connections.  (See  will  of 
Thomas  Pitt  above  referred  to).  IIenky  F.  Waters.] 

Cicely  Guning  (or  Gunning)  of  St.  Stephen's,  Bristol,  widow,  2 
October  1G30,  with  a  codicil  dated  17  October  1631,  proved  20  February 
1631.  To  be  buried  in  the  church  of  St.  Warborow's,  in  which  parish 
I  was  born.  Brother  Richard  Marlow  and  my  sister  Mary  his  wife.  Mary 
Camplin.  My  cousin  Anne  Ditcher  the  elder.  My  cousin  Nicholas  Peakes 
and  his  son  Walter  Peakes.  My  cousin  William  Hopkins,  my  sister's  eldest 
son,  and  her  son  Robert  Hopkins.  My  cousin  Grace  Hewett.  My  cousin 
Thomas  Williams.  My  cousin  Walter  Powell.  Thomas  and  Walter 
Osborne.  My  cousin  Alice  Willis.  Elizabeth  Triggs.  William  Osborne 
of  Coldashton.  William  Atwood  of  Deynton  gen1.  My  aunt  Freeman. 
The  two  children  of  Alice  Willis.  Martha  Hopkins.  My  cousin  John 
Betterton.  Anne  and  Abigail  Hopkins  the  two  daughters  of  nephew 
William  Hopkins.  My  sister  Marlow's  four  children,  William,  Robert, 
Grace  arid  Martha.  Friends  and  kinsmen  Mr.  Nicholas  Peakes,  Mr. 
Peter  Hewett,  William  Atwood  and  John  lloyd  (of  Bristol,  vintner). 
Anne  Rycroft  wife  of  Robert  Rycroft. 

Commission  issued  11  December  1648  to  Peter  Hewyt  and  Grace 
Hewyt,  his  wife,  and  to  Henry  Hippon  and  Martha  Ilippon,  his  wife, 
nieces  on  the  sister's  side  &c. 

Another  Registration  on  Folio  24.  Audley,  13. 

William  Chaplen  of  Long  Melford  in  Suffolk,  yeoman,  15  November 
1575,  proved  25  January  1577.  Body  to  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of 
Melford.  The  poor  of  Melford,  Sudbury,  Ackton,  Foxherd,  Borley  and 
Lyston.  My  brother  Clemente  Chaplen.  His  eldest  son  William,  my  god- 
son, at  age  of  twenty  one.  My  eldest  son  Edmunde.  My  daughter  and 
his  sister  Alice.  Mary  Greengrasse  daughter  of  John  Greenegrasse  late 
of  Melford  deceased.  My  sister  Johan  Ballard.  Her  two  children,  besides 
my  godson,  whom  I  shall  hereafter  consider.  Ballardes  boy  now  with 
me,  lame.  My  godson,  the  son  of  ray  said  sister  Ballard,  at  twenty  one. 
My  daughter  Alice  shall  have  her  mother's  bequest.  My  two  sons 
Edmund  and  William  to  be  executors  and  Mr  Roger  Martyn  of  Melford 
to  be  supervisor.     My  brother  Thomas  Chaplen. 

Among  the  witnesses  were  William  Payne  and  Edmunde  Chaplin. 

Langley,  3. 

Bdmonp  Chaplin  of  St.  Giles  without  Cripplegate,  London,  gen1.,  3 
July  1618,  proved  .10  April  1611.  Wife  Anne.  My  manor  of  Linsey 
ah  Lillesley,  Suffolk.  Lands  &c.  in  Seamer,  Whatiield  and  Nawton,  Suf- 
folk. Lands  in  Hadleigh  and  Aldham  Suffolk.  My  chamber  at  G ray's 
Inn.  My  new  dwelling  house  in  Grub  street,  St.  Giles.  My  four  children 
Edmund,  William,  Ursula  and  Elizabeth,  the  sons  at  one  and  twenty,  the 
daughters  at  seventeen  or  days  of  marriage.  Messuage  called  Clarke's 
with  lands,  dovehouse  &c,  in  Lynsey  als  Lillisley,  Kersey  and  Growton  to 
my  son  Edmond.  I  desire  my  loving  father  and  mother  to  have  a  care  of 
my  aforesaid  children  and  to  bo  as  good,  loving  and  kind  unto  them  as  thoy 


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would  have  been  unto  me  if  it  had  pleased  God  that  I  had  lived  to  enjoy 
their  love  and  kindness.  I  do  ordain  and  appoint  my  loving  brothers  in 
law  Thomas  Bryan  and  John  Wincoll  to  be  the  executors  &c.  and  I  give 
them  ten  pounds  apiece  and  to  each  of  their  wives  forty  shillings  to  buy 
them  rings.  Augustine  Rawe  the  younger,  my  godson.  My  brother  in 
law  Augustine  Rawe  to  be  overseer.     I  give  him  five  pounds. 

Evelyn,  40. 

Samuel  Cooke  of  Dublin,  Ireland,  2  June  1642,  proved  29  September 
1642.  My  mind  and  will  is  that  Anne  my  wife  shall  enjoy  my  messuage 
called  Rowse's  &c,  in  St.  Andrews  and  Riugfield,  Suffolk,  during  her  natu- 
ral life,  she  to  receive  the  rents  thereof  according  as  the  same  is  formerly 
assured  unto  her.  And  I  give  the  same  to  my  son  John  Cooke  immediately 
after  her  decease.  As  for  the  rest  of  my  whole  estate  my  executors  shall 
enter  upon  the  same  and  shall  receive  such  sums  &c.  as  are  or  shall  be  due 
from  any  persons  and  shall  employ  and  dispose  thereof  for  the  good  and 
benefit  of  my  daughter  Anne  Cooke  and  John  Cooke  my  (sic)  brother. 
They  shall  pay  unto  John  Cooke  my  brother  five  hundred  pounds  at  the 
end  of  six  months  next  after  the  said  John  Cooke  shall  recover  his  perfect 
memory  and  understanding.  And  in  case  the  said  John  shall  die  before  he 
shall  recover  out  of  that  melancholy  course  of  life  wherein  he  now  liveth 
having  issue  of  his  body  lawfully  begotten  they  shall  pay  the  said  five  hun- 
dred pounds  unto  the  children  of  the  said  John  &c.,  in  discharge  of  all  such 
covenants  as  are  contained  in  a  pair  of  indentures,  bearing  date  19  April 
7  Charles,  between  me  the  said  Samuel  and  Erasmus  Cooke  of  the  one  part 
and  William  Fiske  of  Norton  gen1  of  the  other  part.  And  my  executors 
shall  pay  unto  such  persons  as  the  said  John  shall  reside  and  live  with  the 
half  part  of  all  such  sums  as  shall  be  necessarily  laid  out  and  expended  for 
the  convenient  sustenance  and  maintenance  of  the  said  John  my  brother 
from  time  to  time  &c.  so  long  as  the  said  John  shall  live  in  case  the  said 
sum  of  five  hundred  pounds  shall  remain  upaid  as  aforesaid.  My  mind  and 
desire  is  that  Anne  my  wife  shall  dispose  of  and  maintain  John  Cooke  my 
son,  allowing  him  such  maintenance  as  she  shall  think  fit  (in  regard  that 
my  estate  is  much  decayed  by  reason  of  the  late  rebellion  in  Ireland). 
And  my  executors  shall  maintain  Anne  Cooke  my  daughter  &c.  The  re- 
sidue I  give  to  my  said  daughter,  she  to  receive  and  enjoy  the  same  when 
she  shall  attain  unto  the  full  age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  I  do  nominate 
and  appoint  Erasmus  Cooke  my  brother,  Thomas  Cooke  of  the  City  of 
London,  goldsmith,  ray  kinsman,  Clement  Chaplaine  of  Wethersfield  in 
New  England  my  kinsman,  and  Tobias  Norris  of  the  City  of  Dublin  in 
Ireland  gen4  to  be  the  executors  and  John  Fiske  of  Rattesden  (Rattlesden) 
in  Suffolk  gen*.,  my  kinsman,  to  be  supervisor  of  this  my  last  Will  &c. 

Wit:  Augustine  Dudley,  Philip  Kett.  Cambell,  111. 

Thomas  Chaplin,  citizen  and  clothworker  of  London,  8  August  1655, 
proved  19  September  1055.  I  will  that  Mary  my  wife  shall  have  to  tho  full 
value  of  fifty  pounds,  in  money  or  goods  at  her  own  election  and  choice. 
My  executors  to  purchase  a  good  estate  of  land  and  tenements  of  the  clear 
yearly  value  of  forty-five  pounds  by  the  year,  for  the  use  of  my  wife  for 
life,  then  to  remain  unto  Thomas  and  William  Chaplyn,  the  two  sons  of 
my  brother  Samuel  Chaplyn.  And  I  will  also  that  my  brothers  William 
Chaplyn,  Clement  Chaplyn  and  Daniel  Chaplyn  shall  have  of  the  next 
moneye  that  shall  be  raised  out  of  my  personal  estate,  each  of  them  one 


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hundred  pounds.  The  rest  shall  he  equally  parted  and  divided  between  the 
children  of  my  said  brother  William.  My  wife  and  brother  William  to  be 
executors.  Aylett,  197. 

[Other  wills  relating  to  this  family  of  Chaplin  have  been  already  published 
in  Part  I.  of  these  Gleanings,  pp.  32  and  77  (q.  v.).  Edmond  Chaplin,  whose 
will  I  now  give  (written  1G18,  but  not  proved  until  1641)  must  have  been  the 
son  of  that  Edmund  Chaplin  of  Little  Waldingfield,  Suffolk,  whose  will,  dated 
6  October  1G18,  refers  to  this  son  as  "  my  late  son." 

Henry  F.  Waters.] 

Henry  Steevens,  citizen  and  haberdasher  of  London,  4  October  1612» 
proved  10  October  1612.  To  my  brother  William  Steevens  at  Bath  my 
whole  estate  in  the  house  that  he  dwelleth  in  &c,  and  five  hundred  pounds. 
To  John  Dunster  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  brother  Robert  Stevens 
one  hundred  pounds.  To  John  Saunders  thirty  pounds.  To  David 
Woodroolfe  ten  pounds.  To  John  Atkyns  thirty  pounds.  To  my  aunt 
Rinchon  ten  pounds.  To  my  uncle  William  Hamore  twenty  pounds. 
Certain  servants.  To  Roger  Dunster  forty  shillings  to  make  him  a  ring. 
To  my  cousin  Richard  Prownde  forty  pounds.  To  my  brother  in  law 
Raphe  Haniore  ten  pounds.  To  mine  uncle  Josias  Barry  five  pounds 
and  to  his  son  Henry  Barry,  my  godson,  ten  pounds.  To  my  aunt  Quille 
forty  shillings  and  to  her  daughter  twenty  shillings.  To  William  Tucker 
three  pounds  and  to  his  brother  Thomas  Tucker  ten  pounds.  To  Mr. 
Thompson  preacher  of  Bristol  ten  pounds.  To  Mr.  Doughtie  of  Bristol 
forty  shillings,  to  make  him  a  ring,  and  to  my  cousin  John  Tulie  the  like 
sum  &c.  To  John  Godskall  the  son  of  James  Godskall  forty  shilling  &c. 
All  the  above  legacies  to  be  paid  out  of  one  third  part  of  my  estate,  one 
third  being  reserved  unto  Mary  my  loving  wife,  according  to  the  laudable 
custom  of  the  City  of  London,  and  the  other  third  part  to  and  amongst  my 
three  children,  Barbara,  Henry  and  Mary.  My  brother  Robert  Stevens 
to  be  full  and  whole  executor  and  the  forenamed  John  Dunster  and  John 
Tooly  to  be  aiding  unto  him. 

Among  other  witnesses,  Teste  me  Willmo  Hamore  pTntium  Scriptore. 

Fenner,  87. 

Raphe  Hamor  citizen  and  merchant  taylor  of  London,  5  August  1615, 
proved  16  August  1615.  To  be  bi  ried  in  the  parish  church  of  St.  Nicholas 
Aeon,  where  I  was  born,  nigh  the  place  where  my  father  lieth  or  near  the 
place  where  my  wife  lieth.  My  goods  shall  be  divided  into  three  equal  parts 
according  to  the  laudable  custom  of  the  City  of  London,  one  part  to  remain 
unto  my  now  wife  Susan,  one  other  third  to  be  divided  to  and  amongst  my 
children,  Raphe,  Mary  and  Jane,  saving  only  two  hundred  pounds  to  be  first 
deducted  out  of  the  said  part  and  allowed  to  my  said  son  Raphe  Hamor, 
and  the  remainder  to  be  equally  divided.  If  my  son  Raphe  die  before  he 
shall  be  married  or  receive  the  said  two  hundred  pounds  the  said  sum  shall 
be  equally  divided  amongst  the  children  of  my  son  Thomas  Hamor.  If  my 
eldest  son  Thomas  shall  demand  any  of  the  second  third  part  then  my  ex- 
ecutrix shall  demand  and  have  of  him  the  sum  of  fourteen  hundred  pounds 
which  he  oweth  unto  me  for  money  which  I  have  lent  and  paid  for  him  over 
and  above  one  thousand  pounds  which  1  bestowed  upon  him  to  begin  the 
world  withall,  which  was  a  greater  portion  than  I  could  well  give  to  any 
of  the  rest  of  my  children.  But,  being  my  eldest  son,  I  was  in  hopes  to 
have  received  joy  and  comfort  in  seeing  him  do  well,  which  caused  me  to 
strain  myself  to  do  him  good.     For  the  other  third  part,  reserved  unto  my- 


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self,  I  do  give  and  bequeath  the  same  as  followeth  (then  follows  a  series  of 
legacies).  The  children  of  ray  daughter  Mary.  My  son  in  law  John  Col- 
lett  (apparently  her  husband).  The  children  of  my  daughter  Jane,  viz1. 
Raphe  Langley  and  Jane,  Sarah  and  Anne  Langley.  My  brother  William 
Ilamor  and  his  children,  vizf.  Lcttice  Atkinson,  Sarah  Ilamor,  Robert 
Hamor,  Jane  Haraor  and  William  Ilamor.     My  grandchild  Thomas  Ilamor 

(a  minor).     Elizabeth  and Ilamor,  (laughters  of  ray  son  Thomas. 

The  Worshipful  Company  of  Merchant  taylors.  The  Company  of 
Clothworkers.  The  Mayor  and  his  brethren,  for  the  time  being,  of  the 
City  of  Exeter.  John,  Thomas  and  William  Tooker  sons  of  my  brother 
John  Tooker  deceased.  Bathsheba  Swelling  at  day  of  her  marriage.  My 
brother  in  law  Jonas  Owen.  The  brothers  and  sisters  of  the  said  Bath- 
sheba.  To  Christ's  Hospital  in  London.  The  parish  of  St.  Nicholas 
Aeon.  The  parish  of  All  Hallows  in  Bread  Street.  My  wife  Susan  to  bo 
sole  executrix.  And  I  desire  my  loving  cousin  Israel  Owen,  Christofer 
Barron  my  son  in  law,  and  ray  brother  Snelling  to  be  overseers  of  this 
my  will. 

One  of  the  witnesses  was  John  Milton  scr.  Rudd,  78. 

Sententia  pro  confirraatione  testamenti  Radulphi  Haraor  nuper  dum  vixit 
parochie  Omnium  Sanctorum  in  Bread  Street,  Civitatis  London  &c.  de- 
functi  was  pronounced  16  February  1620  in  a  cause  between  Sara  J3aron, 
executrix  of  the  will  of  Susan  Hamor  deceased,  while  she  lived  executrix 
named  in  the  will  of  the  said  Ralph  Hamor  deceased,  on  the  one  part  and 
William  Hamor,  the  brother,  and  Thomas  and  Ralph  Ilamor  the  sons  of 
the  said  Ralph  Ilamor  deceased,  on  the  other  part.  Dale,  12. 

[Ralph  TTamor,  a  member  of  the  Merchant  Taylor's  Company  of  Loudon,  and 
interested  in  colonization,  was  the  father  of  Ralph  Hamor,  the  younger,  author 
of  "  A  Trve  Discovrse  of  the  Present  Estate  of  Virginia,"  London  1G15.  For 
accounts  of  both  father  and  son  see  Alexander  Brown's  "  Genesis  of  the  United 
States,"  Vol.  II.,  p.  908.  The  will  of  Susan  Ilamor,  widow  of  the  testator, 
Ralph  Ilamor,  the  elder,  is  printed  on  page  218. — Editor.] 

Anne  Noyes  of  Cholderton,  Wilts,  widow,  18.  March  1655,  proved  21 
April  1658.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  James  and  Nicholas  Noyes,  my  two 
sons,  now  in  New  England,  twelve  pence  apiece  and  to  such  children  as 
they  have  living  twelve  ponce  apiece.  To  my  son  in  law  Thomas  Kent  of 
Upper  Wallop  twelve  pence,  to  Ids  wife  live  shillings  and  to  their  children 
twelve  pence  apiece.  To  Robert  Read  of  Cholderton  in  the  Co.  of  South- 
ampton, gen'yall  the  rest  and  residue  &c,  and  I  do  make  the  said  Robert 
Rede  sole  executor.     Signed  Anne  Noyce.  Wootton,  130. 

[Anne  Noyes,  a  sister  of  Rev.  Robert  Parker,  and  aunt  to  the  mother  of 
Benjamin  Wooclbridge,  Harvard's  first  graduate,  and  to  Rev.  Thomas  Parker, 
first  minister  at  Newbury,  Mass.,  was  the  widow  of  Rev.  William  Noyes,  in- 
cumbent of  the  church  of  St.  Nicholas,  Cholderton,  Wilts,  1G01-21.  lie  was 
succeeded  by  his  son,  Rev.  Nathan  Noyes,  who  continued  in  residence  till  1651. 
The  church  is  ancient,  the  primal  advowson  being  dated  in  1175.  A  complete 
list  of  incumbents  since  12!>7  is  preserved.  In  1850,  the  present  church  cdiilco 
was  consecrated.  The  parish  register  exists  since  1051,  none  having  been  kept 
before  that  date.  The  earliest  recorded  baptism  is  that  of  "Joan,  daughter 
of  Edmund  Noyes,  25  May  1052."  The  earliest  recorded  burial  is  that  of  "  Alice 
Smith,  widdow,  13  Sept.  1053."  A  terrier,  an  inventory  of  the  property  belong- 
ing to  the  rectory,  dated  13  Dec.  1077,  is  signed  by  Richard  Noyes,  Edward 
Noyes  and  others.  Cholderton  is  a  parish  in  the  hundred  of  Amesbury,  five 
miles  distant  from  the  town.  It  is  situated  on  the  river  Bourne,  on  the 
border  of  the  counties  of  Wilts  and  Southampton.  It  is  sometimes  called 
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West  Cholderton  to  distinguish  it  from  the  parish  of  Choldcrton,  Hampshire, 
•which  is  known  as  East  Cholderton.  The  parishes  lie  on  the  main  road  from 
Amesbury  to  Andover. 

The  testatrix's  son  James,  born  1G03,  was  "the  blessed  light  of  Newbury," 
teacher  of  the  church  there  from  its  formation,  1G36,  till  his  death  in  1G5G.  lie 
was  the  author,  1(541,  of  "  a  catechism  for  the  instruction  of  children,"  by  desire 
of  the  general  court.  The  other  son,  Nicholas,  born  1014,  was  deacon  of  the 
church  at  Newbury,  and  died  in  1701.  Descendants  of  both  arc  numerous. 
Another  son,  Nathan,  his  father's  successor  in  the  Cholderton  church,  had  died  in 
1651.  lie  was  buried  at  Salisbury,  with  an  inscription  :  "  Here  lyeth  interred  the 
body  of  Mr.  Nathan  Noyes,  a  godly  painful  and  constant  preacher  of  God's 
Word  at  West  Choldrington  in  this  County  for  the  space  of  32  years,  who 
departed  this  life  the  6th  day  of  September  An.  Do.  1651.  his  age  was  neere  54 
yeares." 

Upper  Wallop  is  a  parish  in  Hampshire,  about  ten  miles  from  Cholderton, 
midway  between  Andover  and  Salisbury.  Richard  and  Stephen  Kent  were  fel- 
low settlers  at  Newbury  with  James  and  Nicholas  Noyes.  Thomas  Kent  was  an 
■  earlier  settler  at  Gloucester. 

The  name  of  Robert  Read  appears  in  the  Calendar  of  State  Papers,  Charles  II. 
1GG2,  as  follows:  "  The  King  wishes  Robert  Reade  of  Cholderton  to  be  appre- 
hended and  examined  on  Kdw.  Jasper's  information."  Geo.  A.  GORDON.] 

Moses  Browne  citizen  and  founder  of  London,  30  May  1688,  witli  a 
codicil  1  June  1688,  proved  14  June  1688.  To.  my  sister  Margaret  Vent- 
liam  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  To  my  sister  Dorothy  Rigga  the  like 
sum.  To  my  sister  Sarah  Noyso  of  New  England  one  hundred  pounds. 
To  her  two  sons  William  and  Joseph  Noyse  fifty  pounds  apiece.  To  my 
cousin  Rebecca  Ventham  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  To  my  cousin 
Rebecca  Jaques  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Anne  Mar- 
shal the  like  sum.  To  my  cousin  Dorothy  Gillife  one  hundred  pounds.  To  her 
eon  Benjamin  Gillife  fifty  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Willoughby  Browne  two 
hundred  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Browne  the  like  sum.  To  my 
cousin  Peter  Browne  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Thomas 
Carter  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  cousin  Ruth  Whithcock  fifty  pounds. 
To  my  cousin  Elizabeth  Court  the  like  sum.  To  my  cousin  Stockwell  ten 
pounds.  To  my  cousin  Benjamin  Wilkes,  brewer,  the  like  sum  and  the 
like  to  my  cousin  Richard  Browne.  The  poor  pensioners  of  the  Com- 
pany of  Founders  of  London.  D»\  Ansley,  Mr.  Cole  and  Mr.  Barker, 
ministers.  I  give,  devise  and  bequeath  uuto  the  said  Benjamin  Wilks 
and  Richard  Brown  and  my  cousin  Richard  Ventham  of  Andover,  clothier, 
all  my  messuages,  lands,  &c.  in  Ilson  upon  the  Hill  or  elsewhere  in  the 
Co.  of  Leicester  upon  special  trust  &c.  to  sell  all  the  above  for  payment 
of  legacies  &c.  In  case  my  cousin  Thomas  Brown  shall,  within  two 
months  next  after  my  decease,  deliver  or  cause  to  be  delivered  up  unto 
my  said  sister  Margaret  Ventham,  to  be  cancelled,  all  such  bonds  and 
obligations  wherein  my  said  sister's  late  husband  became  bound  or  obliged 
unto  James  Brown,  father  of  the  said  Thomas  Brown,  for  eighty  pounds, 
or  any  other  sum,  then  1  give  and  bequeath  unto  the  said  Thomas  Brown 
all  such  moneys  as  belong  to  mo  in  tho  East  India  Company  of  London. 
1  will  that  gloves  shall  be  given  at  my  funeral  and  that  my  funeral  charges 
shall  not  exceed  forty  pounds  in  the  whole.  I  do  make  the  said  Benjamin 
Wilkes,  Richard  Browne  and  Richard  Ventham  joint  executors  and  appoint 
my  loving  friends  Mr.  Isaac  Chancey  of  London,  physician,  and  John  Dakius 
of  London,  scrivener,  to  bo  overseers. 

Jn  tho  codicil  he  mentions  having  given  bond  unto  Mary  Butler,  execu- 
trix of  the  last  will  of  late  brother  Thomas  Browne  deceased,  with  condition 
to  pay  unto  cousin  James  Browne,  since  deceased  (who  was  brother  to  tho 


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within  named  Thomas  Browne)  three  hundred  pounds,  or  some  other  sum 
of  motiey,  and  testator  expressly  wills  and  declares  that  the  said  Thomas 
Browne,  within  named,  shall  not  h;ive,  receive  &e.  the  legacy  in  the  East 
India  Company,  or  any  part  thereof  unless  he  deliver  up  to  the  executors 
the  said  obligation  to  be  cancelled  or  made  void.  Exton,  75. 

The  Will  and  Testament  of  Samuel  Jackson,  son  to  Mr.  Edmund  Jack- 
ie son  late  of  Boston,  7  August  1G-12,  proved  21  November  1G46.  I  do  freely 
give  unto  my  loving  brother  Nathaniel  Jackson,  son  to  my  father  Edmond 
Jackson,  the  sum  of  five  pounds  which  was  left  me  by  my  uncle  Mr.  John 
Storio  at  his  death,  which  was  duo  unto  me  the  fifteenth  day  of  March  last  past, 
A.D.  I  0  1 1 ,  and  was  to  be  paid  me  by  Mrs.  Millieent  Storie,  wife  to  Mr.  John 
Storio,  whom  ho  left  his  executor.  And  I  do  freely  give  unto  my  sister 
Sarah  Jackson,  daughter  to  my  father  &c.,  eight  pounds  which  was  given 
mo  at  the  death  of  my  grandfather  Mr.  Robert  Story,  duo  to  me  the  fifteenth 
day  of  March  last,  and  five  pounds  which  was  given  me  by  the  will  of  my 
grandmother  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Storie,  wife  to  Mr.  Robert  Storie,  which  was 
left  to  be  paid  by  my  uncle  Storie,  son  to  the  said  Robert  and  Elizabeth 
Storie,  due  to  me  the  fifteenth  day  of  March  aforesaid,  but  with  a  proviso 
that  the  said  Sarah  pay  unto  John  Perrott,  citizen  and  merchant  taylor  of 
London,  who  liveth  in  Abchurch  Lane  in  the  parish  of  St.  Nicholas  Aeons, 
the  sum  of  twenty  shillings  which  I  borrowed  of  him  for  my  own  use. 
And  I  do  give  unto  my  brother  Elishs  Jackson,  son  &c,  twenty  shillings  to 
be  paid  unto  him  or  whom  he  shall  appoint.  And  I  do  likewise  give  to  my 
sister  Mary,  now  Mary  Woodward,  living  in  Boston  in  New  England,  twenty 
shillings,  to  be  paid  to  her  or  her  child  or  to  my  brother  Elisha  if  in  case 
she  should  die;  so  likewise  if  my  brother  Elisha  should  die  before  the  receipt 
thereof  to  fall  to  my  sister  Mary  Jackson,  and  if  they  both  die  to  fall  to  my 
sister  Sarah. 

Wit:  John  Fullerton. 

Commission,  as  above,  to  Nathaniel  Jackson,  brother  &c,  to  administer 
the  goods  &e.  according  to  the  tenor  of  the  above  will,  no  executor  having 
been  named.  Twisse,  1G0. 

[In  the  'Probate  Act  Book  for  the  year  1G4G  the  testator  of  the  above  will  is 
called  "late  of  Boston  in  the  Co.  of  Lincoln."  II.  F.  Watebs.] 

Martha  Lke  of  Mansel  Street  in  Goodmans  Fields  in  the  parish  of  St. 
Mary  Matfellon  ah  Whitechapel,  Middlesex,  widow,  26  April  1725,  proved 
5  May  1725.  I  give  all  my  messuage  &'c.  in  Gracechurch  Street,  London, 
and  all  my  lands  in  Cope  parish  or  elsewhere  in  the  Co.  of  Westmoreland  and 
Colony  of  Virginia,  in  parts  beyond  the  seas,  unto  my  son  George  Lee  &c. 
for  ever.  I  give  all  my  messuages,  lands  &c.  in  the  Co.  of  Suffolk  (sub- 
ject to  a  mortgage  and  subject  also  to  the  payment  of  one  hundred  pounds 
to  Daniel  Watts,  at  one  and  twenty,  pursuant  to  the  will  of  Thomas  Moore, 
my  former  husband  deceased)  unto  my  two  daughters  Martha  Leo  and 
Lettice  Lee  &c.,  share  and  share  alike  as  tenants  in  common  and  not  as 
joint  tenants  &c.  If  all  my  said  three  children,  George,  Martha  and  Lettice 
Lee,  shall  happen  to  die  without  issue  I  give  and  devise  my  said  estate  in 
the  city  of  London  unto  such  of  the  children  of  my  late  brother  John  Silk 
deceased  and  of  the  children  of  my  brother  Abraham  Silk  as  shall  be  then 
living  &c.,  and  then  also  I  give  my  said  estate  in  Suffolk  to  my  brother 
Tobias  Silk.  To  my  very  good  friend  Mr.  Oliver  Marton  of  the  Temple, 
my  brother  the  said  Tobias  Silk  and  William  Wareham,  citizen  and  barber 


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surgeon  of  London,  ten  pounds  apiece  for  mourning.  The  residue  of  my 
personal  estate  to  my  said  three  children,  equally  to  be  divided  among  them 
at  ages  of.  one  and  twenty  years  &c.  My  brother  Tobias  and  the  said  Mr. 
William  Wareham  to  be  their  guardians.  To  Ruth  Hill,  widow,  and 
Neomi  Hill,  her  daughter,  five  pounds  apiece  to  put  themselves  into  mourn- 
ing. Romney,  114. 

Edward  Sprague  of  Upway,  Dorset,  fuller,  6  June  1614,  proved  13 
October  1614.  My  body  to  be  buried  within  the  churchyard.  To  the  parish 
church  of  Upway  ten  shillings.  To  the  poor  ten  shillings.  To  Ralph 
Sprague  my  eldest  son  one  of  the  oldest  pair  of  shears  in  my  shop  and  one 
lesser  pair  called  the  "  quarrell."  To  my  eldest  daughter  Alice  Sprague  fifty 
pounds.  To  Edward,  my  second  son,  two  pair  of  shears  and  twenty  pounds. 
To  Richard,  my  third  son  twenty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty  years  of  age. 
To  Christopher,  my  fourth  son,  twenty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty.  To 
William,  my  youngest  son,  twenty  pounds  at  one  and  twenty.  All  the  rest 
of  my  goods  &c.  to  Christian  Sprague  my  wife,  whom  I  do  make  my  whole 
executrix.  And  I  do  appoint  Henry  Sanvoyes  (Qu.  Samwayes  ?)  and 
William  Bryer  overseers. 

Wit:  John  Bishoppe  and  John  Tayler  (by  mark). 

Memorandum  that  whereas  the  living  of  the  abovesaid  Edward  Sprague 
doth  fall  unto  his  son  Ralphe  Sprague  after  his  decease  the  said  Ralfe 
Sprague  doth,  upon  his  father's  request  promise  that  his  mother  Christian 
Sprague  shall  quietly  enjoy  the  said  living  until  he  shall  be  one  and  twenty 
years  of  age.  Lawe,  104. 

[Ralph,  Richard  and  William  Sprague,  sons  of  the  testator,  came  to  New  Eng- 
land and  settled  at  Charlestown.  William  afterwards  removed  to  Hingliam.  See 
Wyman's  Charlestown,  Vol.  II.,  pp.  887-93;  History  of  Hingham,  Vol.  III.,  pp. 
168-183;  Savage's  Genealogical  Dictionary,  Vol.  IV.,  pp.  153-G;  and  Memoirs 
of  the  Sprague  Family,  by  Richard  Soule  jr.,  pp.  78-97. — Editor.] 

The  last  will  and  testament  of  James  Carter,  5  September  1626,  proved 
11  April  1627.  I  give  and  bequeath  one  black  cloak  lined  with  velvet  and 
a  seal  ring  unto  my  brother  John  Carter  and  thirty  pounds  sterling  to  be 
divided  equally  amongst  his  children,  as  also  ten  pounds  sterling  unto 
William  Symous  children.  To  my  cousin  Richard  Terry  and  his  wife  and 
William  White  and  his  wife,  each  of  them,  live  pounds  sterling  apiece,  to 
make  them  rings.  To  my  wife's  brothers  and  sisters  forty  shillings  apiece 
(for  lings).  To  Mr.  Sedgwicke  forty  shillings  in  gold  and  forty  shillings  to 
the  poor  of  that  parish.  Also  I  give  fifty  acres  of  land  which  I  bought  of 
my  Lady  Dales  in  Shurley  Hundred  Hand  (sic)  unto  the  parish  whereof 
now  Mr.  Proby  is  minister,  to  be  a  place  of  "  Residencye  "  for  him  and  such 
as  shall  succeed  him  in  that  parish.  I  make  my  wife  Susanna  Carter  my 
solo  executrix.  Also  my  will  and  desire  is  that  Mr.  Nathaniel  Cansy  (or 
Causy)  and  Richard  Love  should  havo  the  oversight  of  tho  shipping  my 
goods  in  tho  upland  and  Robert  Sweoto  and  Richard  Love  for  the  lowland, 
for  which  their  pains  I  give  them  whatsoever  they  will  demand.  Further- 
more, God  sending  the  ship  well  home  to  her  port,  I  entreat  my  trusty  and 
well  beloved  friends  and  kinsmen  Richard  Perry  and  John  Perry  to  have 
the  oversight  of  such  goods  of  mine  as  then  come  home  in  tho  aforesaid 
ship,  as  also  to  assist  my  wife  in  all  things  which  may  concern  her  good, 
for  which  J  give  them  thirty  pounds  cterliug,  which,  together  with  tho  rest  of 
tho  legacies,  I  will  should  be  paid  four  months  after  the  goods  are  sold  and 


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the  money  received.  Also  I  give  unto  my  servant  James  Ostin  one  whole 
year  of  his  time,  hoping  lie  will  be  the  more  careful  and  ready  to  please  my 
well  beloved  wife,  whom,  as  the  last  testimony  of  love,  I  In  treat  God  to 
bless  spiritually,  temporally  and  eternally. 

AVit:   Richard  Lowe,  Richard  Clifton,  Grcavell  Pooly  Cleric: . 

Skynner,  41. 

Zachaiiie  Irish,  one  of  the  petty  canons  of  II.  M.  Free  Chapel  within 
his  Castle  of  Windsor,  7  June  1672,  proved  1  July  1G72.  To  be  buried 
in  the  upper  Cloisters  of  the  said  Chapel.  To  Richard  Newman,  my 
nephew,  now  living  in  Dartmouth  in  Devon  one  hundred  pounds.  To  his 
son,  my  godson,  twenty  pounds,.  To  his  brother  Edward  Newman,  now  in 
Virginia,  ten  pounds  if  living.  To  Sabyna  Newman,  their  sister,  if  living, 
ten  pounds.  To  my  brother  in  law  Master  Robert  Parsons  five  pounds. 
To  his  son  Simon  Parsons  twenty  pounds.  To  my  nephew  Robert  Parsons, 
son  to  Robert,  ten  pounds.  To  his  brother  and  my  nephew  Thomas  Par- 
sons ten  pounds.  To  my  cousin  William  Ilopwood  five  pounds.  To  my 
brother  in  law  John  Weekes  three  score  pounds.  To  his  two  daughters 
Johanna  and  Elizabeth  ten  pounds  apiece.  To  my  brother  in  law  Master 
Anthony  Weekes  ten  pounds.  To  his  daughter  Ureth  Weekes  ten  pounds. 
To  my  sister  in  law  Joane  Foxwell  ten  pounds.  To  her  son  Zacharie  Fox-- 
well,  and  my  grandson,  twenty  pounds.  To  my  sister  in  law  Elizabeth 
Perrye's  daughter  Ureth  five  pounds.  To  my  sister  in  law  Margery 
Micheli's  daughters  Susan  and  Marge}  five  pounds  apiece.  Other  friends 
and  servants.  1  do  nominate  and  appoint  Richard  Newman,  my  nephew, 
of  Dartmouth,  Devon,  merchant,  and  John  Weekes,  my  brother  in  law,  of 
Petworth,  Sussex,  gentleman,  my  sole  executors.  Eure,  89.. 

Willtam  Golde  of  Bovington  in  the  Co.  of  Hertford,  2G  June  15G8,. 
proved  9  December  15G8.  I  give  to  my  son  John  forty  shillings  (and  other 
legacies).  To  John  my  son  twenty  shillings,  to  be  paid  at  the  age  of 
twenty  seven  years  by  William  Gold  my  sou.  To  Josapth  my  son  twenty 
shillings  and  one  lamb  and  one  platter  and  one  sheet.  To  Jhosaffe  my  son 
twenty  shillings,  to  be  paid  at  the  age  of  twenty  one  by  William  Gold  my 
son.  Similar  bequests  to  son  Thomas  and  to  daughters  Elnere,  Elizabeth, 
Jane  and  Jone.  To  Alice  Golde  my  cousin  one  sheet  with  a  black  seam 
and  one  platter.  To  Robert  Golde  one  platter.  I  will  that  Alice  my  wife 
shall  dwell  and  occupy  the  one  half  of  my  house  and  land  for  the  term  of 
ten  years  if  she  keep  herself  sole  and  unmarried.  I  will  Alice  my  wife 
shall  take  half  the  children  with  her.  The  residue  to  wife  Alice  and  son 
William,  whom  I  make  full  executors  &c,  and  desire  William  Shakemaple 
to  be  overseer. 

Wit:  T.  Gold,  Rob10  Puddyfut,  John  Gold,  Edmdo  Grove,  with  others. 

Ilitchin  Registry,  Hunts  and  Herts  Wills. 
Archdeaconry  of  Huntington  Vol.  1,  fol.  12G. 

Joan  Wells  of  Rovingdon,  Herts,  widow,  4  December  1583,  proved 
21  May  1581.  To  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  of  Rovingdon.  Joane 
Axtell  my  daughter  unmarried.  Alice  Axtell  my  daughter.  Agnes  Ax- 
tell  my  (laughter.  Tymothie  Axtell  the  son  of  Henry  Axtell,  my  son. 
Jeames  Heart  the  son  of  Thomas  Harte,  my  son  in  law.  Alice  Hart 
the  daughter  of  the  said  Thomas.  A<jnis  Goold  the  daughter  of  Hughe 
Goold,  my  son  in  law.  John  Goold  the  son  of  the  said  Hugh.  Susanne 
Goold  the  daughter  of  the  said  Hugh.  Anno  Goolde  the  wife  of  the  said! 
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Hugh  Goold.  Joane  Hart  my  daughter.  I  make  my  son  Henry  Axtell 
sole  executor.  1  constitute  and  make  my  beloved  in  Christ  Thomas  Axtell 
and  Thomas  Hart  my  son  in  law,  of  Bovingdon,  the  overseers.  All  the 
residue  to  be  divided  equally  between  Henry  Axtell  my  son  and  Joane  Hart 
my  daughter. 

Wit:  Thomas  Wilcockes,  Richard  Axtell,  Thomas  Hay. 

Hitch  in  Registry,  Hunts  and  Herts  Wills, 
(prob.  Vol.  3) — 1579-1G14— fol.  54. 

Thomas  Priest  of  Bovingdon,  Herts,  yeoman,  24  April  1598,  proved 
17  June  1598.  Wife  Ellyh.  Son  Thomas.  Son  Abraham.  Daughter 
Alese.  Daughter  Sara.  Daughter  Anne  and  her  children.  Son  John's 
children.  Son  William's  children.  William  Goulde's  son  of  the  half  acre, 
my  godson.  Wife  Elline  to  be  sole  executrix,  and  I  appoint  to  be  over- 
seers William  Goulde  of  the  half  acre  and  John  Goulde  of  the  lane  and 
John  Priest  my  eldest  son. 

Wit:  Jjohn  Guide  &  John  Goulde 

of  merchantes  X  marke 

Hitchin  Reg.  &c.  Vol.  4*  (1593-1606)  fol.  8. 

The  name  of  Rychard  Goulde  appears  as  a  witness  to  will  of  William 
Edmand  of  Bovingdon  7  August  1598.     (Same  Vol.)  fol.  23. 

John  Gould  of  Merchants  in  Bovingdon,  2  November  1602,  proved 
20  November  1G02.  To  my  daughter  Rebecka  my  house  &c.  in  Hempsted 
for  the  term  of  six  years  from  the  Feast  of  St.  Michael  last  past,  keeping 
same  in  good  reparations  from  time  .to  time.  And  after  the  expiration  of 
the  said  six  years  the  said  house  at  Hempsted  shall  remain  and  be  unto 
Nathan,  my  son,  and  his  heirs  forever.  To  Nathan  certain  furniture  &c.  To 
my  son  Jeremy  my  close  called  Cockarames,  lying  in  Bovingdon,  containing 
by  estimation  three  acres,  more  or  less,  butting  upon  the  hay  lane.  I  give 
also  unto  Jeremy  my  son  a  great  chest  of  oak  standing  in  the  chamber  over 
the  hall.  I  give  my  close  called  Shanckes,  lying  at  sand  pitts,  containing 
by  estimation  three  acres,  to  Thomas  my  son  &c,  and  I  give  unto  him  the 
great  white  chest.  To  Symon  my  son  (certain  furniture)  in  that  my  house 
called  Boyears,  and  he  shall  suffer  it  to  remain  for  the  use  of  Presilla  my 
daughter  for  the  term  of  six  years.  To  son  Steven  the  great  chest  of  oak 
that  1  myself  do  use.  To  Elizabeth  my  wife  my  house  that  I  do  dwell  in, 
called  Merchants,  and  ten  acres  of  land  thereunto  belonging,  more  or  less, 
for  the  term  of  fifteen  years  &c.,  with  sufficient  firewood  &c.,  and  the  use  of 
the  table  and  form  in  the  hall  for  the  term  of  fifteen  years,  and  after  that 
to  John  my  son  and  his  heirs  forever.  To  James  my  son  twenty  pounds 
when  he  shall  accomplish  the  age  of  eighteen  years.  Wife  Elizabeth  to  be 
executrix  and  John  Hall,  John  Gould  and  William  Cocke  overseers. 

X 

Wit:  John  Hall,  Jjohn  Gvlde,  Will"1  Cocke 

Hitchin  Re".  &c.  Vol.  4,  fol.  260. 


'b' 


Ellyn  Axtell  of  Bovington  15  March  1602,  proved  1  October  1603. 
To  be  buried  near  late  husband  Thomas  Saunders.  To  my  son  Matthew 
Eaton.  Thomas  Hayes  the  son  of  Thomas  Hayes.  Nathaniel  Hayes, 
another  son  of  Thomas,  and  Abiezer  Hayes,  another.     Thomas  Goulde  the 

*  This  volume  contains  original  wills  and  other  probate  papers  bound  together  in  a  book. 

H.    F.    WATBH8. 


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son  of  Thomas  Goulde.  My  daughter  Isabel  Hayes,  wife  of  Thomas 
Hayes,  to  bo  solo  executor  and  Mr.  John  Hall  and  Thomas  Goulde  to  be 
overseers.  Hitcliin  Keg.  &c.  Vol.  I,  fol.  208. 

Thomas  Gould  of  Bovington,  Herts,  yeoman,  his  deed  of  gift  to  his 
son  John  Gould  of  all  his  goods  &c,  dated  2G  February  ol  Elizabeth. 
Among  the  witnesses  were  John  Goold  the  elder  and  William  Gould. 

Hitcliin  Keg.  &c.  Vol.  4,  fol.  423. 

John  Gould  of  tho  land  in  Bovingdon,  21  January  1G10,  proved  (month 
and  day  not  given)  1610.  My  daughter  Mary  and  her  sons  Frances  and 
John  Lovatt.  To  William  Hatch,  son  of  William  Hatch.  My  daughter 
Priscilla.  My  son  Thomas  to  be  executor  and  my  sons  in  law  Francis 
Lovatt  and  William  Hatch  overseers.  John  Gould  one  of  the  witnesses. 
Hitehin  Keg.  &c.  Vol.  5  (1609-1623)  fol.  12. 

Nathan  Gould  of  Tring,  Herts,  chandler,  18  February  1611,  proved 
7  March  1611.  To  my  mother  and  my  brother  Jeremie  the  rent  of  my 
house,  being  four  pounds  a  year,  or  thereabouts,  to  be  equally  divided  be- 
tween "  they  "  two,  this  house  being  within  the  manor  of  Hempsted,  for  the 
term  of  eight  years  &c.,  and  after  that  to  Jeremie  and  his  heirs  forever. 
My  brother  Jeremie  shall  pay  unto  my  sister  Rebecca  Ware  forty  shillings 
at  the  Michaelmas  after  my  decease.  Her  two  daughters,  Sara  Ware  and 
Priscilla  Ware,  at  eighteen.  My  sisier  Priscilla  and  her  two  children, 
John  Grover  and  Priscilla  Grover,  at  eighteen.  I  give  unto  my  brother 
Symon  Gould  six  pounds,  to  be  paid  him  two  years  next  after  my  decease. 
To  my  brother  Stephen  Gould  six  pounds  in  four  years.  To  my  brother 
Thomas  Gould  six  pounds  in  five  years.  To  my  brother  James  Gould  six 
pounds  in  seven  years.  To  the  poor  of  Tring  ten  shillings  and  the  poor  of 
Bovingdon  ten  shillings.  To  Francis  Clarke  of  Willstorne  five  shillings. 
The  residue  to  my  brother  Jerymie  Gculd  whom  I  appoint  executor;  and 
I  do  appoint  overseers  Thomas  Gould  of  "  Nuhall  "  and  my  cousin  Jeremie 
Gould;  and  for  their  kindness  I  give  them  two  shillings. 

Elizabeth  Gould  (by  mark)  one  of  the  witnesses. 


Hitcliin  Kejj.  &c.  Vol. 


5,  fol.  55. 


Licentia  Matr. 
Vicesimo  septimo  die  mensls  Jalij  Anno  diii  1639°  apad  Whethampsted  p 
magrm  Jacobu  Barker  Cllcu  surrogate  etc.,  jfnte  me  Gail:  Rolfe  nono 
pub00.,  Concessa  fait  licentia  p  celebracone  mronil  in  ecciia  \)oll  dc  Langley 
Regis  sen  capa  de  fflaunden  inter  Symone  Goald  de  Ihvingdon  viduu  et 
Judllhd  Goald  de  Langley  Regis  vidua. 

Archd.  of  Huntingdon,  Acta  1638,  1639. 


Judith  Gould  of  Watford,  widow,  6  May  1650,  proved  3  September 
1050.  To  my  son  Abel  four  hundred  pounds  and  a  little  box  at  my  cousin 
Gase  her  house  in  Hemsteed  and  all  that  is  in  it.  To  my  daughter  Lydia 
three  hundred  pounds.  To  daughter  Elizabeth  three  hundred  pounds.  To 
my  daughter  Hannah,  to  her  two  daughters,  Hannah  and  Elizabeth  by 
name,  I  give  them  forty  pounds  betwixt  them.  My  son  in  law  George 
Younge  by  bond  owcth  mo  one  hundred  pounds.  Out  of  this  I  will  to  my 
son  Nathan  in  New  England,  to  his  own  children,  forty  pounds  and  to  my 
daughter  Sarah  her  children   threescore  pounds,  if  so  bo  my  son  Nathan 


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hath  not  divided  the  goods  that  my  son  Zacheus  left  him  when  lie  died 
equally  betwixt  them,  him  and  his  Sister  Sarah:  but  if  they  are  equally 
divided  then  this  hundred  pounds  to  be  equally  divided  betwixt  them  both 
for  the  use  of  their  children.  This  to  be  given  them  a  year  after  my  de- 
cease. And  if  my  son  Abell  he  dieth  before  he  cometh  of  age  it  is  my  will 
that  three  hundred  pounds  be  equally  divided  betwixt  my  two  daughters 
Lydia  and  Elizabeth.  And  of  the  other  hundred  pounds  I  will  fifty  pounds 
to  my  daughter  Hannah,  twenty  pounds  to  daughter  Mary  and  the  other 
thirty  pounds  to  be  sent  to  New  England  for  my  son  Nathan  and  my  daugh- 
ter Sarah  their  own  children,  to  be  equally  divided  betwixt  them  both. 
And  if  the  money  that  I  have  lent  to  Parliament  should  be  paid  in  then 
I  will  one  hundred  pounds  to  my  son  Abel  and  forty  pounds  to  my  daugh- 
ter Mary,  and  what  other  money  ariseth  from  the  Parliament  I  will  it 
should  be  equally  divided  betwixt  my  three  daughters  Hannah,  Lydia  and 
Elizabeth.  For  the  Minister  of  Watford,  by  name  Master  Goodwinge,  I 
will  five  pounds  and  to  the  poor  of  Watford  rive  pounds.  The  residue  to 
son  Abel  and  daughters  Lydia  and  Elizabeth  and  I  make  them  executor 
and  executrixes. 

Ralph  Kinge  one  of  the  witnesses. 

Abel  Gould  united  with  his  two  sisters  in  taking  the  oath  of  probate. 

Pembroke,  145. 

[In  addition  to  the  foregoing,  I  have  note  of  a  grant  of  probate  of  the  will 
of  Thomas  Gould,  Seur.  of  Bovingdon,  made  27  January  1637;  but  the  will 
itself  I  have  not  seen.  The  grant  is  entered  in  Act  Book  No.  5,  fol.  27,  of 
Archd,  of  Huntingdon  (Hunts  and  Herts  Wills  &c.)  Hitchin  Registry.  In 
these  Act  Books  I  have  found  many  scattered  entries  of  Marriage  Licenses 
in  wliicli  I  saw  a  number  of  names  that  would  appear  familiar  to  New  England 
genealogists.     One  of  them,  relating  to  this  Gould  family,  I  have  extracted. 

II.  E.  YYatkus. 

The  following  Gould  items  may  be  of  interest : 

From  Parish  Registers,  Aston  Abbotts,  Bucks. :  "  12  July,  1031,  Henry,  son  of 
Jeremy  and  Prisollia  Gould,  bapt."    The  only  Gould  entry  from  1578-1000. 

From  Parish  Register,  Tring,  Herts.  :   "  Buried,  22  May,  1000,  Anne  Goold." 

Bovingdon  is  about  10  miles  south-east  of  Tring,  and  six  miles  east  of  Cues- 
ham. 

Lay  subsidy  4  Chas.  I.  (1028)  for  Bucks.  Under  Great  Missendeu;  Zacheus 
Gould,  John  Putnam  (not  the  ancestor  of  the  Danvers  family). 

1  do  not  now  remember  if  I  looked  especially  for  Gould  while  searching 
Tring  registers.  I  was  somewhat  hurried.  I  found  the  burial  of  one  Annis 
Home  there,  7  June,  1598,  and  such  names  as  Putnam,  Weston,  Hitchcock,  Gates, 
Edmonds,  Emerton,  Trott,  lTummer,  Haddock,  were  common. 

Eben  Putnam,  of  Salem. 

Benjamin  Apthorp  Gould,  LL.D.,  of  Cambridge,  who  for  many  years  has  been 
collecting  information  about  the  Gould  family,  and  has  just  issued  a  book 
entitled  "  The  Family  of  Zaecheus  Gould  of  Topslleld,"  furnishes  us  with  the 
following  notes  on  these  Gould  wills  : 

"William  Golde  of  Bovingdon,  the  testator  of  the  first  Gould  will  in  this 
group,  is  the  one  on  page  10  of  my  book  (there  numbered  12),  and  Mr.  Waters's 
record  gives  him  two  (laughters,  'Elnere'  and  Joan,  whom  I  did  not  iind  in 
the  will.     Perhaps  they  were  daughters-in-law. 

"  Widow  Joan  Wells,  once  Ax  tell,  whose  will  follows,  I  conjecture  to  be  my 
No.  l;i,  sister  of  the  William  above  mentioned. 

\\  'John  Gould  of  Merchants'  was  my  No.  II,  executor  of  estate  of  his  father 
Thomas.      His  lirst  wife  was  named  Alice. 

"John  Gould  of  the  Lane  has  given  me  much  bother  for  many  years  in  the 
attempt  to  identify  him  with  certainty.  A  personal  visit  to  Bovingdon  did  no 
good. 


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"Nathan  Gould  of  Tring  was  'the  eldest  son  of  John  of  Merchants,'  and 
died  s.jo. 

"  Judith  of  Watford  (to  which  town  she  removed  after  the  deatli  of  her  hus- 
band) was  widow  of  John  of  King's  Lauglcy,  who  was  a  brother  of  my  ancestor 
Zaccheus,  and  of  Jeremy  of  Rhode  Island.  Her  son  Nathan  was  he  who  settled 
in  Amesbury  [Salisbury]  in  1G52,  and  was  a  citizen  of  A.  in  1G57.  His  descend- 
ants arc  scattered  all  over  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont.  Administration  on 
the  estate  of  her  son  Zaccheus,  resident  in  New  England,  was  granted  to  his 
sister  Elizabeth,  1G50,  Sept.  12,  after  the  death  of  their  mother  Judith;  but,  as 
the  mother  knew  of  his  death  when  making  her  will  May  G,  1G50,  lie  had  probably 
been  then  dead  for  some  time. 

"  Internal  evidence  in  Judith  Gould's  will  has  long  led  me  to  suppose  that 
George  Young  was  the  husband  of  Sarah,  who  was  in  New  England  with  her 
children;  but  I  have  not  ventured  to  assume  it  with  any  certainty.  The  only 
George  Young  mentioned  by  Savage  was  of  Scituate,  1GG0,  and  docs  not  appear 
to  have  been  the  man. 

"  If  any  one  has  any  knowledge  of  Sarah's  husband,  I  should  be  grateful  to 
receive  it. 

"  Of  the  Thomas  Gould,  senior,  of  Bovingdon,  mentioned  in  Mr.  AVaters's 
note,  I  have  no  knowledge." 

Maiigauet  Gooding  of  Okely  magna  in  the  Co.  of  Essex,  widow,  23 
Sept.  1G23,  proved  at  Colchester  22  October  1G23.  My  body  I  will  to  be 
buried  in  decent  manner  in  the  churchyard  of  Okely  magna.  I  give  to  the 
poor  of  Okely  of  mine  own  gift  ten  shillings,  and  whereas  there  remains  due 
to  them  forty  shillings  of  that  legacy  which  my  late  loving  husband  Daniel 
Gooding  deceased  gave  them  I  will  the  same  forty  shillings  and  ten  shillings 
to  be  paid  to  them  within  six  months  after  my  decease  by  mine  executor.  I 
give  my  tenement  lying  in  the  market  of  Okely  aforesaid  and  now  in  the  tenure 
or  occupation  of  the  widow  Bets  &  Richard  Sadler  the  elder,  so  much  of  it 
as  they  or  their  assigns  have  in  their  occupation,  to  my  daughter  Mary 
Stevens  and  to  her  heirs  forever.  I  give  all  and  singular  my  other  lands  and 
tenements  with  the  appurtenauces  thereto  belonging,  set,  lying  and  being  in 
the  market  of  Okely  magna,  and  now  in  the  occupation  of  Christopher  Wilson 
or  his  assigns,  to  my  grandchild  Edward  Stone  and  to  his  heirs  forever,  upon 
condition  that  he  the  said  Edward,  or  his  guardian,  shall  yearly  and  every 
year  after  the  nine  and  twentieth  day  of  September  which  shall  be  in 
the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  six  hundred  and  four  and  twentieth 
pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  unto  my  well  beloved  in  Christ,  Michaiah  Wood, 
parson  of  Okely  aforesaid  &c.  at  or  in  f.he  parsonage  house  of  Okely  the 
full  sum  of  six  pounds  of  lawful  English  money  in  or  upon  the  two  usual 
feasts  of  the  year,  i.  e.  of  the  annunciation  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary  and 
of  St.  Michael  the  Archangel,  by  even  and  equal  portions,  which  yearly  pay- 
ment shall  continue  until  the  money  so  paid  amount  unto  the  sum  of  three 
score  and  nine  pounds.  And  all  the  said  sum  or  sums  of  money  to  be  and  re- 
main in  the  custody  and  imployment  of  the  said  Michaiah  Wood  until  the 
three  children  of  my  daughter  Jone  Stone,  Richard  and  Mary  Stone  and  that 
child  which  my  said  daughter  Jone  now  beareth  in  her  wombe  shall  accom- 
plish their  several  ages  of  one  and  twenty  years,  and  that  he  shall  then  pay 
unto  the  said  children  one  and  twenty  pounds  thirteen  shillings  four  pence 
apiece;  and  the  residue  of  the  said  sum,  that  is  to  say  the  sum  of  four 
pounds,  I  give  to  Michaiah  Wood  aforesaid  desiring  him  to  accept  of  it  as 
a  testimony  of  my  good  will  towards  him. 

I  give  to  the  said  Edward  Stone  my  best  cupboard,  my  best  bed  and  bed- 
stead, a  pair  of  new  blankets,  one  pair  of  Holland  sheets,  one  pair  of  coarse 
sheets,  three  diaper  napkins,  one  coarse  table  cloth,  threo  pewter  platters, 
my  best  brass  pot,  one  tipped  jug.     I  give  to  my  daughter  Jone  Stone  two 


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270  Genealogical  Gleanings  in  England.  [April, 

pair  of  fino  holland  sheets,  two  pair  of  new  coarse  sheets,  six  diaper  nap- 
kins, two  pair  fine  pillowbeeres,  one  diaper  table  cloth,  one  coarse  table 
cloth,  two  coarse  towels,  six  pewter  platters,  three  of  them  being  of  the 
bigger  sort  and  three  of  the  lesser.  I  give  to  my  daughter  Mary  Stevens  one 
pair  of  Holland  sheets,  two  pairs  of  coarse  sheets,  two  pairs  of  Holland 
pillowbeeres,  a  diaper  table  cloth,  six  diaper  table  napkins,  one  coarse  table 
cloth,  two  coarse  towels,  six  pewter  platters,  three  of  them  being  of  the 
bigger  sort  and  three  of  the  lesser.  I  give  to  my  grandchild  Mary  Stone 
one  pair  of  coarse  sheets,  one  pair  of  fine  sheets,  three  diaper  napkins, 
one  coarse  tablecloth,  three  pewter  platters,  one  brass  pot,  one  tipped  jug. 
I  give  to  Ellen  Gooding  wife  to  my  son  Daniel  Gooding  my  best  gown,  my 
best  cloak,  my  least  apron,  a  pair  of  pillowbeeres,  a  pair  of  sheets,  two 
table  cloths,  three  table  napkins,  four  pewter  platters.  I  give  to  my  grand- 
child Richard  Gooding  that  bed  which  I  now  lie  on,  furnished  every  way 
saving  with  pillows.  I  give  to  my  grandchild  Daniel  Gooding  ten  shillings. 
I  give  to  my  grandchild  John  Gooding  ten  shillings,  both  which  sums  of  ten 
shillings  I  will  to  be  paid  to  the  guardian  or  guardians  of  the  said  Daniel 
and  John  within  one  year  after  my  decease.  I  give  to  my  grandchild  Mar- 
garet Bridge  two  old  hutches,  two  pairs  of  coarse  sheets,  my  middle  brass 
pot,  four  pewter  platters  of  the  smaller  sort.  I  give  to  my  son  Daniel 
Gooding  a  winding  sheet  of  (;  Lockenun."  J  give  to  my  son  William 
Gooding  one  pair  of  sheets  and  one  pillowbeere.  I  give  to  Elizabeth  Lin  my 
servant  two  pairs  of  sheets,  my  blue  petticoat,  my  red  waistcoat,  my  green 
apron,  one  white  apron,  two  pewter  platters  of  the  smaller  sort;  and  my 
executor  shall  pay  to  the  said  Elizabeth  Lin  the  five  pounds  given  her  by 
the  last  will  of  my  husband  Daniel  Gooding.  I  give  to  Margaret  Freeman, 
widow,  one  pair  of  sheets,  two  pewter  platters  of  the  smaller  sort,  one  pewter 
salt-cellar.  All  my  goods  unbequeathed,  my  debts  being  paid,  my  legacies 
and  funerals  performed,  I  give  to  mine  executor.  I  make,  appoint  and 
ordain  my  son  in  law  Richard  Stone  of  Weeks  executor. 

Wit:  William  Linn,  William  Rolff,  John  Knighte  &  Robert  Cole. 

Robert  Middleton  3  April  1627.  To  my  loving  brother  William 
Middlton  of  Hamton  in  Yorkshire  all  goods,  moveables  and  chattells  which 
are  or  shall  be  due  to  me,  to  say,  one  trunk  wherein  is  certain  goods  and 
money,  one  suit  of  apparel,  a  cloak,  a  girdle,  a  pair  of  gloves,  with  a  Pettras 
rug  and  a  Venis  looking  glass  of  ebony,  likewise  live  pounds  of  lawful 
money  the  which  is  in  the  hands  of  Edward  Lane,  pulley  maker  dwelling 
in  Shadwell,  with  all  such  things  as  are  formerly  mentioned,  also  a  debt  of 
seven  pounds  due  from  Alexander  Normans  of  St.  Katherine's,  cooper. 
Likewise  I  give  my  brother  all  such  goods  or  apparel  and  debts  as  are 
or  shall  be  due  to  me  in  the  plantation  whereof  is  master  Peter  Andrews. 
I  appoint  my  loving  friends  Thomas  Babb  and  Richard  Lowther  my  true 
and  lawful  overseers  to  the  use  of  the  said  William  Middelton. 

Commission  issued  18  July  1(527  to  Thomas  Babb  one  of  the  supervisors 
named  in  the  will  of  the  said  Robert  Middlton  lately  within  the  kingdom 
of  Virginia,  bachelor,  deceased,  during  the  absence  of  William  Middelton  the 
brother,  for  the  reason  that  he  had  named  no  executor  in  the  said  will. 

Skynner,  78. 

HoNKit  Rockwell  of  Dorchester,  Dorset,  widow,  10  July  1G37,  proved 
20  January  1()«'J7.  To  six  of  my  grandchildren,  the  sons  ami  daughters  of 
my  son    Richard  Rockwell  deceased,  Thomas,  Joseph,  Nathaniel,  Samuel, 


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Doborath  and  Mary,  twenty  sliilling-  apiece,  to  bo  paid  unto  them  and  either 
of  them  when  they  glial]  come  to  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years  &c.  To 
my  son  Roger  Rockwell's  children  ten  shillings  apiece  when  they  shall  come 
to  the  age  of  one  and  twenty  years.  I  give  to  all  my  grandchildren  in  New 
England,  both  sons  and  daughters,  Richard,  Rockwell,  William   Rockwell 

|  and  John  Rockwell,  twelve  pence  apiece,  to  be  paid  at  the  age  of  one  and 

twenty  years.  1  give  unto  my  daughter  Jane  Farthinge  all  my  wearing 
apparell,  except  my  best  whittle  which  I  give  to  Abigail  Rockwell  daughter 

*  of  my  son  Roger  Rockwell.     The  resf  to  my  son  Roger  whom  I  make  sole 

executor. 

AY  it:   Henry  Bridges  and  Thomas  Poole.  Lee,  7. 

Mauruk  Thomson  of  Havcrsham  Bucks  Esq.  23  March  1074,  proved 
9  May  1670.  To  be  buried  in  llaversham  chancel,  by  my  dear  wife.  To 
one  hundred  poor  silenced  ministers  twenty  shillings  apiece.  To  Arthur, 
Helena  and  Elizabeth  Thomson,  the  three  children  of  my  dear  son  Sir 
John  Thomson  Baronet,  one  hundred  pounds  apiece,  at  one  and  twenty. 
Bequests  to  children  of  eldest  daughter  the  Lady  lvatherine  Witwrong,  late 
wife  of  Sir  John  Witwrong,  Knight  and  Baronet,  viz'.  Katherine,  Anno 
and  Helena  Witwrong.  My  two  hopeful  grandchildren  William  and  Sam- 
uel Oldlield  at  one  and  twenty.  My  dear  brothers  George,  Sir  William  and 
Robert  Thomson,  trustees  for  my  daughter  Martha  Corsellis.  Nicholas 
Corsellis,  her  son,  at  six  and  twenty.  My  fourth  daughter  Elizabetb  Alston 
wife  of  Joseph  Alston  Esq.,  and  her  three  hopeful  sons,  Joseph,  Edward 
and  Maurice  Alston.  To  my  said  dearly  beloved  son  Sir  John  Thomson, 
Baronet,  all  my  freehold  manors,  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments  in 
England,  Treland,  Barbados,  Antego,  St.  Christophers,  Virginia,  the  Carebee 
Islands  and  elsewhere  (with  provisions  per  entail).  Certain  estates  in 
London  excepted.  A  jointure  for  the  Lady  Frances,  wife  of  Sir  John 
Thomson.  Bence,  57. 

George  Thomson  of  St.  James,  Clerkenwell,  Middlesex,  Esq.,  15 
December  1  690,  proved  17  January  1690.  To  wife  Abigail  one  hundred 
pounds  a  year  clear.  My  manor  and  parsonage  of  Bricklinsey  Essex.  My 
grandson  John  South.  My  grandson  George  South.  My  niece  Mrs.  Mary 
Owen.  My  grandson  Richard  South.  My  cousin  George  Thomson,  son  of 
my  nephew  Sir  John  Thomson,  Baronet.  George  Thomson,  son  of  my 
nephew  Sir  Samuel  Thomson,  knight.  My  nephew  Joseph  Thomson,  son 
of  my  dear  brother  Robert  Thomson  Esq.  To  my  wife  my  Japan  chest 
a  Japan  cabinet  and  an  Indian  cabinet  armed  with  silver.  My  grand 
daughter  Elizabeth  South.  My  cousin  Ambler,  daughter  of  my  cousin 
Brookhaven.  My  daughter  in  law  Hannah  Cooper.  My  son  in  law  Mr. 
John  Tuifnell.  My  brother  in  law  Mr.  Edward  Keightley.  My  son  in 
law  Mr.  John  Lockey.  The  poor  of  Wormeley  Herts  and  of  Whatton 
Herts.  My  body  to  be  buried  in  Olave's  church  Southwark,  near  my  late 
wife.  Vere,  15. 

[For  notes  on  this  family  of  Thomson  see  First  Fart  of  Gleanings,  pp.  G5-67 
and  715-75.  Let  me  take  this  opportunity  to  correct  two  printer's  errors  on  p.  G7 
of  that  Part.  In  the  small  pedigree,  given  there,  for  "  Stokes  "  read  Stakes.  And 
in  foot-note,  for  "Fades  "  read  Eedes.  II.  F.  W.] 

Tiiomas  Middleton  of  London  Esq.  5  December,  1672,  proved  16 
December  1672.     I  charge  all  my  lands  and  estates  in  England  with  the 


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payment  of  my  just  debts  and  legacies,  and  if  they  fall  short  my  lands  &c. 
in  Barbados,  New  England  and  "  Antego,"  or  elsewhere  in  parts  beyond 
the  seas.  To  my  wife  Elizabeth  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  per  annum, 
chargeable  on  my  plantations  &c.  and  payable  at  the  now  dwelling  house 
of  John  West,  scrivener  in  Walbrooke,  Loudon,  half  yearly  &c.  Provision 
in  case  wife  be  with  child.  To  my  dear  sister  Rebecca  Wilkins  twelve 
pounds  per  annum  during  the  term  of  her  natural  life  (chargeable  and  pay- 
able as  before).  To  my  son  Benjamin  Middleton  all  my  plantations  called 
Mount  Plantation  and  Valley  Plantation  in  Barbados  and  all  other  my  lands 
and  plantations  in  New.England,  Antego  and  elsewhere,  with  houses,  sugar 
works,  mills,  servants,  negroes  &c.  &c,  chargeable  with  said  annuities  &c. 
To  wife  my  coach  and  horses  &c.  Reference  to  accounts  with  Capt.  Henry 
Colleton  deceased.  To  Ursula,  one  of  the  daughters  of  the  said  Henry 
Colleton,  now  intermarried  with  William  Gold,  linen  draper,  five  hundred 
pounds.  To  her  sister  Arrabella,  now  wife  of  Samuel  Pett,  the  like  sum. 
To  my  niece  Elizabeth  Wilkins  ten  pounds.  To  Mrs  Cordell  ten  pounds. 
To  the  poor  of  Trinity  House  fifty  pounds.  My  lands  &c.  in  Kent  to  son 
Benjamin.  The  children  of  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Freere  wife  of  Toby 
Freere.  My  friends  Mr.  John  Duckworth,  Major  Nehemiah  Bourne  and 
Mr.  Nicholas  Dawes.  Eure,  152. 

Philip  Middleton  of  St.  Olave,  Southwark,  Surrey,  waterman,  11 
December  1650,  proved  23  December  1650.  To  my  daughter  Ilellen 
Harris,  wife  of  Richard  Harris  dwelling  in  Barbados,  three  pounds,  to  be 
laid  out  in  apparell  and  sent  to  her.  To  my  daughter  Hannah  Pomfast, 
wife  to  Edward  Pomfast  dwelling  in  New  England,  five  pounds  and  to 
her  children  three  pounds,  to  bo  laid  out  in  clothes  and  sent  to  the  said 
Hannah  and  her  children.  To  my  daughter  Elizabeth  Strowd  dwelling 
in  the  Summer  Islands  three  pounds  and  to  her  children  ten  shillings 
apiece,  to  be  laid  out  in  clothes  ecc.  To  my  grandson  Joseph  Kettle  four 
pounds  and  to  his  children  ten  shillings  apiece.  To  my  grand  daughter 
Hannah  Kettle  forty  shillings.  To  my  grandson  George  Kettle  the 
younger  five  pounds,  to  be  paid  for  his  use  to  his  father  George  Kettle. 
To  my  grandchild  Philip  Seale  ten  pounds.  To  my  grandchild  Mary  Scale 
five  pounds  (and  other  things).  To  my  grandchild  Richard  Seale  five 
pounds.  To  my  grandchild  Margaret  Seale  three  pounds.  To  my  grand- 
child John  Seale  three  pounds.  (Philip,  Richard  and  John  at  one  and 
twenty  and  Margaret  at  like  age  or  day  of  marriage.)  The  residue  to  my 
daughter  Mary  Seale,  wife  of  George  Seale,  waterman,  whom  I  make  sole 
executrix.  Pembroke,  204. 

William  Tyce,  15  July  1649,  proved  24  August  1640.  To  my  eldest 
sister  Mary  Tice  one  hundred  pounds.  To  my  sister  Anne  Tice  living  in 
New  England  or  elsewhere,  or  to  her  posterity  fifty  pounds.  To  the  children 
of  Thomas  King,  being  in  number  eight,  forty  shillings.  Unto  a  girl  born 
since  named  Susan  Holder  twenty  shillings.  To  the  poor  of  the  parish  of 
Motcum  (Motcombe,  Dorset)  iive  pounds.  To  Mr.  Drant,  minister  thereof, 
fifty  shillings,  if  dead  to  his  successor.  My  mother's  kindred,  if  any  living. 
My  cousin  William  Mojar.  My  brother  in  law's  two  sons,  Walter  Tice  the 
eldest,  Peter  Tice  the  youngest.  My  friends  at  Umbra.  My  cousin  John 
Crouch.  Others  (some  residing  in  India).  I  the  said  William  Tice  was 
born  at  Motcome  in  Dorset.  Fairfax,  127. 


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