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THE NEW YORK

Genealogical and Biographical

Record.

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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF AMERICAN
GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY.

ISSUED QUARTERLY.

VOLUME XLII, igii.

PUBLISHED BY THE

NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
226 West 58TH Street, New York.

Publication Committee :
JOHN REYNOLDS TOTTEN. Editor,
HOPPER STRIKER MOTT. JQSIAH COLLINS PUMPELLY.

GEORGE AUSTIN MORRISON. JR. EVERETT LAW ZABRISKIE.
TOBIAS A. WRIGHT. WALTER KENNETH GRIFFIN.

FREDERIC GREGORY MATHER. HENRY COLE QUINBY.

CAPT. RICHARD HENRY GREENE. WILLIAM ALFRED ROBBINS.

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OF SUBJECTS.

Accessions to the Library, 109, 227,

349, 450
Albany, N. Y., Dutch Church Records,

Authors, see Contributors

Baptismal Record of the Societies of

Whitehaven and Fairhaveii, 28
Biographical Sketches —
Grant, Seth Hastings, i
Uavies, William Gilbert, LL.D., 27
Hoffman. John Thompson, III
Hartt, Joshua, 128
Book Notices —

A Genealogy of the Warne Family
in America, Principally the
Descendants of Thomas Warne,

347

Allied Families of Purdy, Fau-
connier, Archer, Perrin, 224

Ancestral Records and Portraits,
220

Ancestors of Rejoyce Ballance
Collins and Constance Dorothy
Van Etten Collins, who Partici-
pated in the Civil and Military
Affairs of the American Colon-
ies, and those who were Soldierg
in the Continental Armies dur-
ing the Wars of the Revolution,
and those who served in the
War of 1812, 221

Andrew Warde and His De-
scendants, 1597-1910, 104

An Historical II)igest of the Pro-
vincial Press, 346

An Historical Narrative of the
Ely, Revell and Stacye Fam-
ilies, 103

Barcroft Family Records. An
Account of the Family in Eng-
land and the Descendants of
Ambrose Barcroft, the Emigrant
of Solebury, Pennsylvania, 224

Bates, Bears and Bunker Hill, 448

Bibliography of Lists of New
England Soldiers, 348

Book of Bruce, Ancestors and
Descendants of King Robert of
Scotland, 344

Captain Thomas Cook, 1752-1841.
A Soldier of the Revolution, 219

Collections of the Kansas State
Historical Society, 1909-1910,

222

Book Notices {continued)

Colver, Culver Genealogy, 218
Colonial Families of the Southern
States of America. A History
and Genealogy of Colonial
Families Who Settled in the
Colonies Prior to the Revolu-
tion, 345-
Contributions of the Lowell His-
torical Society. Vol. i, No. 2.

449

Directory for the City of Hartford
for 1799, 222

Ely, Revell, Stacye History, 348

English Origin of the Eastman
Family, 219

Genealogical and Family History
of the State of Maine, 105

Genealogical and Memorial His-
tory of the State of New Jersey,
105

Genealogical and Personal Me-
moirs Relating to the Families
of Boston and Eastern Mass-
achusetts, 223

Genealogy and Annals of the Van
Liew Family in America, 221

Genealogical and Family History
of Northern New York, 222

Genealogy of the Descendants of
Col. John Davis of Oxford,
Conn., Formerly a Part of Derby,
Conn., 347

Gilbert Thompson, Memorial
Papers of the Society of Colonial
Wars in the District of Columbia,
No. 5, 219

Historical Homes and Institutions
and Genealogical and Personal
Memoirs of Chester and Dela-
ware Counties, Pennsylvania,
223

Historic Homes and Places and
Genealogical and Personal Me-
moirs Relating to the Families
of Middlesex County. Mass-
achusetts, 223

Historic Homes and Institutions
and Genealogical and Personal
Memoirs of Worcester County,
Massachusetts, with a History
of Worcester Society of Anti-
quity, 223

History, Genealogical and Biogra-
phical of the Eaton Families, 449

Index of Subjects.

Book Notices I continued)

Hudson - Mohawk Genealogical
and Family Memoirs, 349

Lancaster County Indians, Annals
of the Susquehannahs and Other
Indian Tribes of the Susque-
hannah Territory from About
the Year 1500 to 1763, the Date
of their Extinction, 107

Life and Letters of James Wolfe,
108

Life of Hiram Paulding, Rear
Admiral, U. S. N., 108

List of Books on Genealogy and
Heraldry in the Syracuse Public
Library, 222

List of Works Relating to British
Genealogy and Local History,
New York Public Library, 348

Memoirs and Reminiscence To-
gether with Sketches of the
Early History of Sussex County,
New Jersey, 218

Memoir of Phillippe Maton
Wiltsee and His Descendants,
108

Minutes of the Executive Council
of the Province of New York,
Volume I, 221

Monnet Family Genealogy, a
Huguenot Heritage, 345

My Forefathers — Their History
from Records and Traditions,
220

New Jersey Society of the Sons of
the American Revolution, Year
Book 1910, 343

New York State Historical Asso-
ciation, Proceedings of the
Eleventh Annual Meeting, 106

Old Shorter Houses and Gardens,
449

Original Narratives of Early
American History — Johnson's
Wonder- Working Providence,
1628-1651. 225

Original Narratives of Early
American History. Narratives
of Early Maryland, 1633-1684,
225

Pamphlet in Memory of Eva J.
Phelps, 345

Porter Genealogy, Descendants of
Moses and Sarah (Kilham) Por-
ter, of P.nwlet, Vermont, and
Their Ancestry, 343

Proceedings of the New York
State Historical Association,
449

Publications of the American
Jewish Historical Society, 106

Rafinescjue— A Sketch of His Life,
with Bibliography, 448

Book Notices {continued)

Recollections of Abraham Lan-
sing, 105

Records of the Early History of
Boston : Minutes of the Select-
men's Meetings, from Sept ist,
1818 to April 14th, 1822, 448

Report of the Commissioner of
Records of Kings County, N. Y.,
for the year 1910, 344

Resolved Waldron's Descen-
dants — Vanderpoel Branch, 108

Scoville Family Records, 2ig

Sexennial Record Class of I904,
Yale College, 344

Society of Colonial Daughters of
the Seventeenth Century of
Brooklyn, N. Y., 343

Some Account of Captain John
Frazier and His Descendants,
104

Spelman Genealogy, 103

The Ancestors and Descendants of
Ezekiel Williams of Wethers-
field, Conn., 1608-IQ07, 345

The Descendants of Jacob Schoff,
447

The Diary of Philip Hone, 107

The Field Notes of Benjamin
Crane, Benjamin Hammond and
Samuel Smith, 348

The Fifth Volume of Records of
the town of Southampton —
Comprising Ancient Loose
Documents in the Town Clerk's
Office— Also Abstracts of the
Red Book of Deeds, 225

The Founding of Charlestown by
the Spragues— A Glimpse of the
Beginning of the Massachusetts
Bay Settlement, 219

The Kingman and Ordronaux
Families, 347

The Leffingwell Record. A Gen-
ealogy of the Descendants of
Lieut. Thomas Leffingwell, One
of the Founders of Norwich,
Conn., 346

The New England Society of
Cleveland and the Western Re-
serve, 222

The Old New York Frontier. Its

Wars with Indians and Tories,

Its Missionary Schools, Pioneers

and Land Title, 1614-1800, 105

The Portsmouth Race of the Mon-

sons, Munsons, Mansons, 219
The Quackenbush Family in
Holland and America, 106

Index of Subjects.

Book Notices [continued)

The Records of Christ Church,

Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 226
The Tingley Family, Being a

Record of the Decendants of

Samuel Tingley of Maiden,

Mass., in Both the Male and

Female Lines, 449
The Transactions of the Rocke-
feller Family Association, 1905-

1909, 108
The Watson Genealogy, 1760-

1909, 218
The Woods Family of Groton,

Mass., 107
Thomas Sanford, The Emigrant

to New England, his Ancestry,

Life and Descendants, 1632-4-

i9'o, 343
Transactions of the Huguenot

Society of South Carolina, No.

17, 2ig
Vicennial Record of Class of 1889

of Yale University, 347
Vital Record of Rhode Island,

1636-1850, 449

Church Records, see Records.

Clues from English Archives Con-
tributory to American Gene-
alogy, 92, 168, 294, 430

Contributors —

Grant, Edith, I

Morrison, George Austin, Jr., 7
Mott, Hopper Striker, 27
Scofield, Ethel Lord, 28
Greene, Richard Henry, 28
Gilbert, William, 50, 193, 319
Totten, John R., 58, 144, 253, 393
Winans, S. R., go
Lea, J. Henry, 92, 168, 294, 430
Hutchinson, J. R.. 92, 168, 294, 430
Joline, Adrian Hoffman, III
Baldwin, Evelyn Briggs, 128, 277
Robbins, William A., 177, 301, 417
Cox, Maria D. B., 322
Nicoll, Maud Churchill, 351

Cornell Query, 447

Crosby Query, 341, 342

Davies, William Gilbert, LL.D., Bio-
graphical Sketch, 27

Descendants of Edward Tre(a)dwell
through his son John, 177, 301,

417
Digest of Essex Wills, 50, 193, 319

Early Southampton, Long Island, In-
habitant Lists, 90
Editorial, 215
Esty Query, 102

Genealogical Records—

Thacher-Thatcher Family, 58, 144.

253. 393
Tre(a)dwell Family, 177, 301, 417
Cuyler Family, 351
Grant, Seth Haftings, Biographical

Sketch, I

Hoffman, John Thompson, Biographi-
cal Sketch, III
Hunt Query, 217

Illustrations, see also Portraits.

Act dated February 27, 1387, of
the City of Koevorden, Province
of Drenthe, which contains the
earliest mention of the name of
Cuyler, 360

Cuyler Coat-of-Arms, 351

First and last pages of the will of
Henry Cuyler, 1763, 366

First and last pages of the will of
Anna Cuyler, 1702, 362

Document concerning the sale of
a part of a field belonging to
Seyne Koeylert, dated "1512, the
day after Maria Evangelista,"

352
Hendrick Cuyler's Seal, 352
King Coat-of-Arms, Plate IV, 7
" V, II
" VI, 16
" VII, 22
Record of Hendrick Cuyler's

baptism, August II, 1638, 360
Interior of the Church of Hasselt,
Holland, 359

Jones Query, 342

Ketcham Query, 217
King Heraldry, 7
King Query, 342

Longley Query, 217

Marriages and Baptisms Performed
by the Rev. Joshua Hartt, of
Smithtown, Long Island, with a
Sketch of His Life, 128, 277

Merritt Query, 341

Murray Query, 102

Portraits—

Cuyler, Richard Randolph, 368
Davies. William Gilbert, LL.D., 27
Grant, Seth Hastings, I
Hoffman, John Thompson, iii
Mancius, Dom. George Wilhelm,
22g

Queries, 102, 217, 341,447

Index of Subjects.

Records-
Baptismal Record of the Societies

of Whitehaven and Fairhaven,

28
Marriages and Baptisms Per-
formed by the Rev. Joshua

Hartt, 128, 277
Baptisms of the Reformed Church

at Machackemeck (Deerpark),

229, 369
Marriages and Baptisms Christ

Church, New York City, 322

Records of Baptisms of the Reformed
Church at Machackemeck
(Deerpark), 229, 369

Records of the Marriages and Bap-
tisms as contained in the First
Book of the Records of Christ
Church, 71st St. and Boulevard,
New York City, 322

Registration of Pedigrees-
Adams — Lucretia Thatcher

(Perry) Osborn, 338
Baldwin — Julia Apgar (Hedden)

Worthington, 333
Bowen— C I a r e n c e Winthrop

Bo wen, 203
Bowne — William Bradhurst Os-
good Field, 206
Brewster — John Reynolds Totten,

211
Brewster — Lucretia Thatcher

(Perry) Osborn, 336
Christophers — John Reynolds

Totten, 210
Christophers — Lucretia Thatcher

(Perry) Osborn, 337
Cornell — Rev. John Cornell, 438
Drowne — Henry Russell Drowne,

438

Dwight — E 1 1 s w o r t h Everett
Dwight, 445

Field— William Bradhurst Os-
good Field, 205

Gardiner — John Reynolds Totten,
212

Gardiner — Lucretia Thatcher
(Perry) Osborn, 335

Giddings — Franklin Henry Gid-
dings, 442

Hazard^William Bradhurst Os-
good Field, 206

Hedden — Julia Apgar (Hedden)
Worthington, 332
. June— Julia Apgar (Hedden)
Worthington, 334

Registration of Pedigrees (continued)

Kirby — Ellsworth Everett
Dwight, 444

Lamson — William Judson Lam-
son, 441

Livingston — G ilbert Metier
Plympton, 446

Osgood— William Bradhurst Os-
good Field, 207

Penfield— Julia Apgar (Hedden)
Worthington, 332

Preston— Elma Smythe (Preston)
Totten, 329

Preston— Henry Maltby Preston,

330
Saltonstall— Edna (Totten) Ennis,

330

Saltonstall— Lucretia Thatcher
(Perry) Osborn, 339

Saltonstall— John Reynolds Tot-
ten, 213,329

Sherman — Thomas Townsend
Sherman, 208

Stafford— William Frederick Staf-
ford, 440

Thacher — A r c h i b a 1 d Gourlay
Thacher, 435

Thacher — James Totten, 436

Thacher — John Reynolds Totten,
209

Thacher— Maurice Hudson That-
cher, 340, 435

Van Salee— Wa 1 1 e r Lispenard
Suydam, 443

Welles— Sara Stiles Pattison, 439

WooUey— William White Hance,
204
Richmond Query, 341

Palmer Query, 217

Smith Query, 217

Society Proceedings, loi, 215, 341 ,

The Earliest Cuylers in Holland and
America, 351

The New York Genealogical and Bio-
graphical Society's Department
of Registration of Pedigrees,
202, 329, 435

Thacher-Thacher Genealogy, 58, 144,
253. 393

Van Wormer Query, 102

Willett Query, 102
Winegar Query, 342

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FREDERICK H. HITCHCOCK. RICHARD HENRY GREENE.

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Frontispiece
Facing 7

Illustrations. Portrait of Seth Hastings Grant
KingCoat-ol-Arms. Plate IV

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"VI

VII

Portrait of William Gilbert Davies, LL.D. .

1. Seth Hastings Gra.nt. Contributed by Edith Grant . . . . i

2. The •' King" Heraldry. With a Brief History of the Origin of

the Families of this Name in Old and New England entitled
to beak Coat-Ar.mor. By George Austin Morrison, Jr., .\.M., LL.B.
^ (Continued from Vol. XLI, page 275) 7

3. William Gilbert Davies, LL.D. By Hopper Striker Mott ... 27

4. The Bai'TISmal Record of the Societies of Whitehaven and

Fairhaven, now the United Church (Congregational), New
Haven, Conn, Contributed by Ethel Lord Scofield. Introductory by
Richard Henry Greene 28

5. A Digest of Essex Wills. With Particular Reference to

Names of Importance in the American Colonies. By William
Gilbert. (Continued froin Vol. XLI, page 372) 50

6. Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. By John R. Totten. (Continued

from Vol. XLI, page 339) 58

7. Early Southampton, Long Island, Inhabitant Lists. Contributed

by the late Prof. S. R. Winans of Princeton University .... 90

8. Clues from English Archives Contributory to American Gene-

alogy. By J. Henry Lea and J. R. Hutchinson. (Continued from
Vol. XLI. page 286) 92

9. Society Proceedings loi

10. Query. — Esty — Murray — \'an Wormer — Willett 102

11. Book Notices 103

12. Accessions to THE Library 109

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Vol. XLII. NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1911. No. i.

SETH HASTINGS GRANT.

Contributed by Edith Grant.

Seth Hastings Grant, who died at Elizabeth, New Jersey, on
the 9th of May, 1910, was one of the leading spirits in the
organization of the New York Genealogical and Biographical
Society. He was one of the nine incorporators in 1869; served
on its first Board of Trustees, and on many succeeding boards;
held the office of Secretary from 1869 for many years, and was
one of the founders of The New York Genealogical and Bio-
graphical Record. During its early years, this Society had no
more active or zealous member.

Mr. Grant was born at Marshall, Oneida County, N. Y., on
June 6, 1828. His father, Dr. Asahel Grant, was one of the few
men who during a brief life of thirty-six years made an impress
upon three continents, which is even yet, three-quarters of a
century later, unef?aced. The intense religious impulse which
drove our fathers to the shore of New England was still a power-
ful element in the character of the men and women of a hundred
years ago. In Dr. Grant's case, combined with the restless
pioneer spirit of the age, and augmented by grief over the death
of his young and beautiful wife, it led him to renounce a success-
ful career in Utica, where he was deeply loved, surrender his
two little boys to the care of their grandparents, and turn his
face toward the far east, in order to carry the message of
Christianity to a race then little known and popularly supposed
to be the remnant of the lost tribes of Israel. Dr. Grant, a young
and brilliant man, of splendid physique and courage, went,
under the auspices of the American Missionary Society, as a
medical missionary, to the mountain Nestorians of Persia. In
that strange and perilous country, sparsely peopled by a semi-
barbarous race, infested in its wilder regions by a particularly
dangerous and savage tribe of brigands, he would ride through
mountain passes, by night as well as by day, often alone and
usually unarmed, ministering to the physical ills of those he
encountered, and thereby, and doubtless also by his personality,

2 Seih Hastings Grant. [Jan.,

gaining a hold upon their confidence and friendship which enabled
him to introduce the spiritual teachings he came to impart.

This romantic and consecrated career could not fail to have a
marked effect upon the lives of Dr. Grant's children. The
strongest note in the character of his eldest son, the subject of
this sketch, was a fixed religious conviction, unshaken and
untroubled during the eighty-two years of his life; an almost
supersensitive conscientiousness, and devotion to what he con-
sidered his duty without regard to private interest. Few laymen
had his intimate and familiar knowledge of the Bible; and
during his later years, when enfeebled health had unfitted him
for active work and gave him leisure to read, his choice of books
seemed always unconsciously to fall upon those of a religious
nature.

There islittle to be noted of his childhood, except that his
inherited spirit of adventure took shape in an impromptu migra-
tion to Illinois, made at the early age of twelve, undertaken
alone and without the formality of a previous consultation with
his guardians, or of providing funds for the journey. This
inland voyage, occupying many weeks, made partly on foot,
partly by canalboat, stage-coach and steamboat, was accompanied
by many dangers, hardships and adventures, as well as by fre-
quent kindnesses from fellow travellers, who doubtless wondered
at the little knight-errant; and it ended happily in the family of
astonished relatives.

A little later Dr. Grant, on one of his rare visits to this
country, placed him in the family of an old and dear friend. Dr.
John Torrey, professor of Chemistry at Princeton University,
then known as the College of New Jersey. Dr. Torrey lived in
the beautiful old house now occupied by Dr. Van Dyke, the
original aspect of which has been retained through subsequent
changes. Here the boy, who had bitterly mourned his enforced
separation from his father, found a genuine home, where his
gentle and affectionate disposition soon made him loved as a son
and brother. He entered Princeton at the age of fifteen with the
class of '47, but left at the end of two years' owing to ill health.
Yale University, however, conferred upon him the degree of
Master of Arts in i>^56.

In 1846 Mr. Grant came to New York to live, and entered the
publishing house of Wiley & Putnam, the predecessor of the
present firm of Geo. P. Putnam's Sons. Three years later he was
appointed Librarian of the Mercantile Library of New York, at
that time one of the leading circulating and reference libraries of
the country. He continued to hold this office for seventeen years.
Mr. Grant was a born librarian, and the congenial nature of the
work, in which he undoubtedly found his best expression, the
association and friendships which were the inevitable result of
his environment, and the stimulus to outside and related activities,
made this in many ways the richest, the most productive and
most valuable period of his life. Associated with Charles B.
Norton and with Daniel C. Gilman, late President of Johns
Hopkins University, he edited a publication known as Norton's

igll.] Seth Hastings Grant. 5

Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular, from 1850 to 1855.
He was also, from 1863 to 1871, associate editor of the American
Publishers' Circular. He was a contributor to the Historical
Magazine, and compiled a work which was privately printed, and
which contained much valuable information, namely New York
City during the A merican Revolution.

When Mr. Grant went to the Mercantile Library, the record of
withdrawals of books was kept in large and heavy volumes, like
ledgers. Whenever a book was taken out or returned, the
volume containing the member's name had to be consulted, the
page looked up in the index, and the proper entry made. Much
labor was also involved in examining these records for books
kept overtime. The young librarian set his wits to work to
devise some quicker and less cumbersome method, and hit upon
the expedient of using uniform slips of paper, or cards, which
could be arranged in order in a compartment of appropriate
size, each slip recording one transaction, and being destroyed
when that was completed. This was the origin of the card
system of indexing. Unfortunately its possibilities were not
foreseen, and Mr. Grant never derived the slightest benefit from,
or even credit for, an invention having such revolutionary and
far-reaching results.

It has been said that Mr. Grant was indirectly responsible for
The Four Georges and The English Humorists. In the spring of
1855 he obtained a leave of absence for a few months in order to
visit some of the principal cities of Europe and study their
libraries and other public institutions. While in London, the
Mercantile Library Association commissioned him to seek an
interview with Mr. Thackeray and arrange, if possible, for him
to come to New York the following winter and deliver a course
of lectures under its auspices. In this role of literary impresario
he was successful, and as a result of his mission the two works
above named were first presented to the world in the form of
lectures in New York City. The voyage came near having a
very different end. Mr. Grant chose to make the trip across on a
sailing vessel, The Neptune. After enduring all sorts of hard-
ships and delays, the passengers were aroused one morning,
after an anxious period of storm and fog, by the thrilling cry of
"Rocks ahead!" and rushed on deck to see the breakers dashing
over the rocks little more than a vessel's length in front of them.
By some miracle passengers and crew were saved from shipwreck.

Naturally Mr. Grant had many interesting experiences in
London. He was entertained at breakfast by Mr. Thackeray,
met Douglas Jerrold, and many other agreeable, if less noted,
persons. He had the opportunity of attending sessions of the
House of Commons when the subject under debate was the
prosecution of the Crimean War, and listening to memorable
speeches from the men of that day who still loom up through
the haze of receding years as political giants. In a letter dated
June 7, 1855, he says:

"Mr. Nutt, as I said, procured me an order for the House of
Commons. Thither I betook myself on Tuesday at five o'clock.

4 Seth Hastings Grant. [Jan.,

Had to wait more than three hours before I could get admission.
It was then a quarter after eight, and I stayed until half past
twelve, during which time there were several minor speeches
on the all-absorbing topic — whether the war shall be vigorously
prosecuted. Finally Bulwer, or rather Sir Edw. Bulwer L3'tton,
as he now is, made the speech of the evening, and one well worth
going for. It was polished, forcible, a little severe at times on
the administration, but all the better worth hearing for that.
While I was waiting for admittance, a gentleman also waiting
recognized me as an American by the toes of viy boots — I not
being able to toe the mark quite squarely enough for present
ideas. He knowing that the next evening would probably be
continued even more spiritedly than this, kindly procured and
left me another order for that evening (Wednesday,) so that I
felt like going again. It was nine o'clock when I reached the
House, and I had to wait a full hour; but although I missed Cob-
den's great speech, I was remarkably favored in hearing speeches
from Sir James Graham; from Lord John Russell; from Palmer-
ston; from Disraeli, the great leader of the opposition, as you know,
and who provokes to speech the minister; and one or two others of
the leaders, Bright included. So that I was remarkably fortunate."

And again:

"Visited the British Museum to-day for a couple of hours —
merely to present ray letters of introduction. As I was passing
through the long library room (the King's Library — Geo. IV.) I
saw a gentleman, stout and pleasant looking, very full-faced, sit-
ting at a table covered with books, large and small, and wondered
if he was one of the bookworms of the library, or a member of
Parliament studying up a subject for debate. As I was looking
through the same room a short time after, the gentleman with me
said, 'Here comes Mr. Macaulay!' and I recognized the same portly
figure coming toward us."

From London he went to the Continent, where in accordance
with his original plan, he visited a number of the principal cities,
part of the time in the company of Mr. Gilman, and also of An-
drew D. White, both men of similar tastes and interests. At Paris
he was one of the two American representatives at a World's
Convention of Young Men's Christian Associations. This was
the only trip Mr. Grant made abroad.

Another incident of interest growing out of his connection
with the Mercantile Library was the summoning of the first Lib-
rarian's Convention, in 1853, in the preparations for which Mr.
Grant took an active part, and for which he acted as secretary.
Out of this first convention grew the American Library Associa-
tion, of which Mr. Grant was one of a very small and slowly
diminishing body of honorary members.

Mr. Grant was never strong physically. Curiously, when at
the age of thirty, he applied for insurance in a well known com-
pany, he was allowed to take out only a very small policy, premi-
ums on which, however, were paid for over fifty years. In 1866
he was advised to leave the library and lead a less confining life,
and for a few years engaged in a real estate and brokerage busi-

1 9 11.] Seth Hastings Grant. 5

ness. In 1873 he received an appointment as Superintendent of
the New York Produce Exchange, an onerous position, the duties
of which he discharged with the utmost fidelity. Millions of dol-
lars passed through his hands in the course of his administration
of this office without the discrepancy of a cent in his accounts.
He remained there until 18S2, when an old member of the
Exchange, Franklin Edson, having been elected Mayor of the
City of New York, persuaded Mr. Grant to become his secretary.
The following year the office of Comptroller became vacant by
the resignation of Allen Campbell, and Mayor Edson appointed
Mr. Grant to fill the unexpired term. Mr. Grant entered upon
the duties of this office under peculiarly trying conditions. Dur-
ing Mr. Campbell's incumbency it was discovered that a system
of frauds was in operation in the Comptroller's office, which had
resulted in a very large deficiency, between one and two million
dollars. The method employed was the duplicate cashing of
coupons of the City bonds. Although not the slightest suspicion
was cast upon the personal integrity of Mr. Campbell, yet he felt
the matter acutely, offered his resignation immediately, which
was accepted, and probably never recovered from the mortifica-
tion, as he died not very long afterwards. The twofold task
which confronted the new Comptroller, was to discover and pun-
ish the perpetrators of the fraud, and to prevent its repetition.
He entered the office not knowing whom to suspect, or whom he
could trust. He felt it necessary to invoke the assistance of
Inspector Byrnes, then chief of the police detective bureau. In
those days there was, of course, no telephone, and not daring to
use anyone in his own office, he had resort to his young son to act
as go-between to make an appointment with the Inspector at some
place where they would be unobserved. It was found that the
thefts were committed by three men in different departments of
the Comptroller's office, acting in collusion; their identity was
established and they were discharged. Inspector Byrnes told
Mr. Grant that their political influence was so great that it would
be useless to prosecute them. They brought suit for reinstate-
ment, but were never able to get back. In order to prevent a
recurrence of the evil, Mr. Grant started a set of books in which
coupons were pasted as soon as they had been presented and
cashed. Each page was arranged to contain only ten coupons;
they were to be entered in their proper order; thus it resulted
that the number of the last coupon on each page would end
with a "9," and in running rapidly over the pages it could be
seen at a glance that no coupons were withheld. This is believed
to be the first time such a system of automatic checks was applied
in any American city.

It was Mr. Edson's intention to re-appoint Mr. Grant at the
expiration of the term; but just before that time a bill which had
been introduced by a young legislator and reformer, making the
office elective, became a law. Mr. Grant was a strong, outspoken
Republican. He had administered the office purely as a business
and not at all as a political office. His record had been so fine,
however, that he would have been nominated as his own succes-

PLATE IV.

I9II.] The "King" Heraldry.

THE "KING" HERALDRY.

With a Brief History of the Origin of the Families of this

Name in Old and New England Entitled to

Bear Coat-Armor.

By George Austin Morrison, Jr., A.M., LL. B.

(Continued from Vol. XLI., p. 275, of the Record.)

King of Hungrill, Yorkshire and Umberslade, Warwickshire.

Arms: '^Sable, a lion rampant between three crosses-crosslet,
or."

Crest: " Out of a ducal coronet, a demi lion rampant."

This family claims to be originally of Westmoreland and
descended from Sir Ralph Kinge, who fought at the Battle of
Agincourt. Unfortunately the name of this doughty knight does
not appear on the list of created knights from the earliest time
to 1700, nor does it show in the Muster Rolls of Knights, Squires,
Military Commanders and Levies of the English Army at Agin-
court, preserved to this day.

There are some indications, however, that the ancestry of the
Kings of Kirkby Malhamdale, Co. York, came from Blithe,
Nottinghamshire, and it is quite possible that one Hugh King of
of Skipton was nearly related. The first traceable ancestor,
however, was Rev. Robert Kinge, Vicar of Kirkby Malhamdale,
Yorkshire, who garrisoned the church there for the Parliament
during the Civil War and was probably a stern Puritan. He
died in 1621 leaving a long will and a son Thomas.

Thomas Kinge (Robert), who erected Church End in Kirkby,
Co. York, about 1650, married and had issue, sons Henry and
Thomas, and a daughter Elizabeth, who married (ist) James
Simms of Thorpe, parish of Burnsall, and (2d) James Knowles
of Kettlewell. A fairly complete pedigree of his descendants to
the present time has been compiled, but the connection of this
family with that of any of the early King armigers has not as
yet been established.

King of Stansfield, Suffolk.

Arms: "Quarterly first and fourth, Sable, a lion rampant,
argent, crowned, or, between three crosses-crosslet of the second;
second and third, azure, five lozenges cory in fesse, or, on each
an escallop shell, gules, on a chief of the second a griffin's head,
erased, of the third enclosed by two fleur de lis of the first."

Crest: "An ostrich's neck erased, argent, gorged with a
coronet, azure, beak, sable''

8 The "King" Heraldry. [Jan.,

The origin of the arms forming the second and third quarter-
ings has not been traced but they probably are those of some
ancestress, whose family became allied with that of King.

This King family is one of the earliest traceable families of
the name and sprang from Richard Kinge of Bury St. Edmunds,
Co. Suffolk, who died in 1514, leaving a will in which he men-
tions a brother Sir Nicholas King,* a wife Cicely, to whom he
leaves the house they live in, a place called Moyses Hall, with
barn and garden in Pudding Lane, London, and lands at New-
market, Cambridge, Caxton, Compton, Norfolk, a son Thomas,
and a daughter Alice, who married William Lawrence.

Thomas King (Richard), of Bury St. Edmunds, married

Johanna , and had issue, Richard, " sonne and heir," John,

Thomas, Hester and Dorothy.

Richard Kinge (Thomas, Richard), presumably of Bury St.

Edmunds, Suffolk, married Edgar, a sister of Thomas

Edgar of Exoninge, Co. Suffolk, and Anderton by Montayns,
Lincolnshire, and had known issue, Richard.

Richard Kinge (Richard, Thomas, Richard), of Stansfield,
Suffolk, had the arms above described granted to him by Letters
Patent in 1589. He married on 19 January, 1586, Marie Deben-
ham, daughter of John Debenham of Denston, Suffolk, and had
issue a son Richard and a daughter Marie, baptised 25 June,
1588, at Stansfield, who married Henry Jermyn. He died in 1590,
leaving a will, and was buried at Stansfield, 9 December, 1590.
His widow, Marie Kinge, married 7 April, 1591, Charles Bur-
rouvve of Wickhambrook, Suffolk, and died and was buried
8 December, 1596.

Richard Kinge (Richard, Richard, Thomas, Richard), probably
married (ist) 10 July, 1607, at Depden, Suffolk, Sarah Jermins,
and (2d) II March, 1615, at Stansfield, Suffolk, Elizabeth Ruffle.

Nothing further is known of this family or their descendants,
and apparently these Kings were in no way related to another
extensive family of the name settled at Edwardston, Suffolk, as
early as 1496, who were the ancestors of the King family of
Palmer, Mass. No arms, however, have ever been traced for the
Kings of Edwardston, Suffolk, who appear to have been merely
of yeomanry stock.

King of Stourton and Albourne, Wiltshire.

Arms: '^Sable, a lion rampant between three crosses fitchy,
or, for King, impaling on the dexter side gules, a chevron varie,
argent and azure, between three crescents, argent, for Goddard.
On the sinester side, argent, on a bend, gules, three lozenges (of
the first) in chief a trefoil (of the second)."

* Sir Nicholas Kynge, vicar of Dryffild, Co. Gloucester, left a will dated
17 Aug., 1550, proved 21 Oct., 1550, in wliich he mentions brothers William and
Robert, and William, Nicholas, Henry, John King, Sr., John King, Jr., Thomas
and Joan, children of a brother (not named); and Sir William Kynge, Vicar of
Hannyngton. Whether he is identical with the Sir Nicholas King above is as
yet unknown.

igll.] The "King" Heraldry. Q

Every indication points to the County of Norfolk as the cradle
of this family, with some clues as to relationship with a branch
of the name in Co. Essex. Unfortunately the name of the first
traceable ancestor remains undisclosed, but it is known he had
issue, a son, John of Norfolk, Gent (see below); a daughter, who
married Richard Blackwell; a daughter who married Richard

Gove, and a daughter Susan who married Heme (or Fferne).

This Mr. King was of close kin, possibly a brother, to a Mr. King,
who had issue, a son John Kinge (who was Rector of Stourton,
Wilts, 1565-1607, Rector of Taplow, Bucks, and Canon of Windsor;
who married Mary, daughter of William Bird of Walden, Co.
Essex, died and was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor,
13 May, 1607, leaving a will, but no issue); a son Thomas; a

daughter Dorothy, who married Woodcock; and a daughter

Jane, who married Woodhall.

The founder of the family must at present be considered to
be John Kinge of Norfolk, Gent, born 1576, matriculated at
Queens College, Oxford, 17 October, 1589, aged 13; B. A., 3 July,
1593; fellow Merton College, 1594; M. A., 31 October, 1598 (in-
corporated at Cambridge, 1606); B. D., 28 June, 1608; D. D., 6 July,
1615 (incorporated at Cambridge, 1621); tutor to Robert, Earl of
Essex; Rector of Stourton, Wilts, 1605-1631; Rector of Islip, Co.
Oxon, 1632; Canon of Westminster. 1613; of Windsor, installed
23 November, 1615, until his death 7 August, 1638. He left a long
will in which he mentions his Manor of Westbury, cousin Dr.
John King, brother George Foxcroft, cousin George Aglionbie,
D.D., and brother Richard Gove. He married (ist) Elizabeth
Foxcroft, by whom he had issue, John, William, Rachel, who
married Nathaniel Field, Richard, Nicholas (who was a merchant
and a bachelor and died abroad at Seville, Spain, leaving a will
in which he speaks of his brother, Richard King, merchant,
dwelling in London, and leaves a large fortune to his relatives);
Robert and Elizabeth. Rev. John Kinge, D.D., married (2d)
Mary , and had issue, Dorothy and William.

Richard Kinge (Rev. John, D.D.), of Upham, Wilts, Alderman
and Sheriff of London, died 22 May, 1668, aged 52 years, and was
buried in the parish church of Albourne, Wilts, where he has a
monument, upon which appear the arms above described.

He married (1st) Martha, daughter of Edmund Goddard, by
whom he had issue, sons John, Richard, Nicholas, James, John,
Thomas and Edward, and daughters Martha, Elizabeth and
Priscilla; he married (2d) Mary, widow of Edward Adams, and
daughter of John March of St. Albans, Herts, by whom he had
issue, a son Edward, and daughters Rachel, Mary and Catherine.
One of his sons Nicholas Kinge was in New England in 1640, but
all further trace of him has been lost.

As yet nothing further has been disclosed concerning these
Kings of Stourton, Wilts, originally of Norfolk, but the family
was one of importance and many of the members apparently
held lucrative positions in the church.

Further data concerning Richard Kinge of Upham, Wilts,
who must have left a will, should disclose matter of great interest

PLATE V.

igll.] The "King" Heraldry. II

John Kinge of Kent, had issue, William Kinge, who fought at
Bosworth Field with King Henry VII, and had lands granted him
at Higham, Leicestershire.

William Kinge (John) in turn had issue, Richard, who had
issue, John, who had issue, William of Coventry, born 1587, died
1677, married Joan Moxley and was the father of Thomas King.

Thomas Kmg, (William, John, Richard, William, John,) to
whom the above arms were granted in 1683, was born 1629 and
became Alderman of the City of Coventry, Justice of the
Peace, and Deputy Lieutenant in the County. He married
(ist) Elizabeth, daughter of John Neale of Exall and (2d) Elea-
nor, daughter of Sir John Cave, younger brother of Sir Thomas
Cave of Stanford, Northamptonshire, and widow of Edward
Chamberlain of Princethorpe, Warwickshire, and had issue by
first wife, Thomas, Joan and Mary and by second wife, Elinor and
Sir John, who died at Ballasore in ye East Indies unmarried 1668,
aged 16 years. (So stated in the Visitation.)

Nothing further is known of his descendants.

It is an odd coincidence that there was another family of King
of Higham, Co. Leics., commencing with John Kynge of Higham,
Co. Leicester, husbandman, who died and left a will dated 8 Au-
gust, 1558, in which he desires to be buried in the churchyard of
St. Peter and St. Paul, in Higham, and mentions his wife Agnes,
son Richard and three daughters Alice, Agnes and Jane. His
wife seems to have had a first husband for the will mentions "to
Ellen, his wife's daughter ;^3."

Richard Kynge (John) of Higham, husbandman, left a will
dated 27 August, 1592, in which he mentions wife Elizabeth, son
John, daughter Elizabeth and the rest of his children, viz:
John, Elizabeth, Alis and Richard.

It is quite probable that this family was of close kin to the
ancestors of Thomas King, Alderman of Coventry above, who
also hailed from Higham, but as yet the link remains untraced.

King of Charlestown, Roscommon, Ireland.
Arms: "Sable, a lion rampant double qued, or."
Crest: "An e.sca.Wo'p, gules."

The crest is the same, except as to color, as that of King of
West Hall, Dorset.

The founder of this line was the Rt. Rev. Edward King, who
was born 1575 in Huntingdonshire. He was made D. D. in Dub-
lin 1595, consecrated Bishop of Elphin in i6ii, and died 8 March,
1639, leaving an eldest son James King, born 6 February, 1610,
died 1687. The present head of the family is a Baronet and the
pedigree is clearly traced down from the above ancestor.

King of Great Thurlow, Suffolk.

Arms: "Sable, a lion rampant, k la queu fitchee, argent."

The first known ancestor of this family was Robert King, of
Great Thurlow, Suffolk, origibally a native of Kent, born 1600,

12 The "King" Heraldry. [Jan.,

who matriculated as a pensioner of Christ College, Cambridge 5
July, 161 7, graduated B. A. 1620/1, and proceeded M. A. in 1624.
He was elected a fellow of Trmity Hall in 1625. and became proc-
tor in the Consistorial Court of the Bishop of Ely on 16 June, 1628.
He took the degree of LL. D. in 1636 and was admitted as an ad-
vocate of the Court of Arches at Doctor's Commons, London, on
10 October, 1641. He was official to the Archdeacon of Sudbury
from 1645-1647, and was elected Master of Trinity Hall on 28
October, 1645 at the death of Dr. Thomas Eden. The House of
Commons objected, however, and he was compelled to resign, but
after the Restoration was re-elected Master on 20 August 1660.
He was addressed as Chancellor of Ely* in 1660 and became
vicar-general and principal official to Bishop Wren by Patent
dated 10 December, 1662. He was appointed the head of a com-
mission to visit the diocese on 30 June, 1662. Robert Kinge died
6 November, 1676, aged 76 years, and was buried on the South side
of the Chapel of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, within the rails of the
Communion Table, under a blaclc marble slab with his Arms
thereon "■Sable, a lion rampant a la queu fitchee,' argent!' His
arms also appear on a window in the Master's Lodge of Trinity
Hall College. He left a will in which he leaves his land at Great
Thurlow to his three grandsons, Robert, Henry and Thomas
King.

Robert Kinge purchased land at Great Thurlow, Co. Suffolk,
and married Frances, daughter of Jasper (or Joseph) Wareyn of
that place. She, as his widow, was buried at Great Thurlow on
18 April, 1684. He had issue, Robert and Anne, who died 32
June, 1660, aged 22.

Robert Kinge (Robert) of Great Thurlow, Co. Suffolk, mar-
ried (ist) Lydia who died in November, 1673, and was buried

at Great Thurlow. He then married (2d) Eli-^abeth, daughter of
Thomas Stuart, Esq., of Bolton Mills, and widow of Sir Robert
Kemp., Kt., of Finchingfield, Co. Essex. Robert Kinge v/as Lord
of the Manor of Tharston, Co. Norfolk and had issue by first wife,
Robert, Gervaise, Frances, John and Henry; and by his second
wife, Thomas and Letitia, who married in 1693 Sir Robert Kemp,
3d Bart., of Ubberton, Co. Suffolk.

Thomas Kinge, (Robert, Robert) of Great Thurlow, Co. Suf-
folk, married on 20 June, 1691, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John
Cordell, Bart, of Long Melfort, Co. Suffolk, and sister and co-heir
of Sir John Cordell, Bart, of Milford Hall. He was killed in a
duel by Sir Sewster Peyton, Bart, and buried on 10 November,
1699, at Great Thurlow. He left issue, sons, Thomas baptized 16
December, 1696, buried 16 March, 1700, and John, under age in
1715, buried 26 January, 1724.

There is apparently a curious error in Burke's Landed Gentry
and in the Visitation of Lincolnshire. (Harleian Society, Vol. 51,)

* Rev. John Kins (John, Phillip, William, William, John) of the Thame,
Oxen and Wormin^hall, Bucks, "King" family is said to have been elected
Bishop of Ely in 1638, but died before he was consecrated. No relationship is
known to exist between him and Robert Kinge, Chancellor of Ely.

igli.] The "King" Heraldry. I 3

which sets forth that Thomas Kinge, (Robert, Richard, Edmund,
John, William of Melfort, Co. Suffolk) of Ashby de la Launde,
Co. Lines., was M. P. for Harwich, Co. Essex in time of Charles
II. and married to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Cordell, Bart
of Long Melfort, Co. Suffolk. The Pedigree of King of Great
Thurlow, Co. Suffolk, as set forth in Davy's Suffolk MSS.
(British Museum Add. MSS. 19138, f. 211) absolutely refutes this
statement. Moreover the arms of King of Great Thurlow and
King of Ashby de la Launde are entirely different. Further-
more, Thomas King, who was M. P. for Harwich, Co. Essex, in
time of Charles II, had issue a son John King, born 1655 who
matriculated at Christ Church 4 July, 1678, aged 18, B. A. 1682,
M. A. 1685; B. D. and D. D. 1704. Rector of Shaldon, Hants 1725;
Master of the Charterhouse; Archdeacon of Colchester 1722; and
Canon of Bristol 1728, tmtil his death on 4 August, 1737, aged 82
years. Obviously this last John King could not be a son of
Thomas King of Great Thurlow, and it is exceedingly doubtful
whether Thomas King, M. P. for Harwich was of the family
of King of Ashby de la Launde at all. He is much more likely
to have been of the family of King of Dovercourt and Harwich,
Co. Essex, of which numerous members flourished from 1580-
1680.

The question of placing this Thomas King, M. P., for Har-
wich, Essex, however, is debatable, but he clearly was not of the
Great Thurlow "King" stock.

IV. King of Audley End, Essex.

Arms: "Azure, a bend double cotised or, charged with three
escallops, sable, a mullet argent for difference." (See Plate IV,
No. 5.)

This family is undoubtedly of close kin to King of London
and Berkshire (see Plate III) and the first known ancestor was
Robert Kinge of Audley End, near Suffolk Walden, Co. Essex,
who was stated to have been once Abbot of Walden and after the
suppression of the monastic houses married a nun, named
Brueres, of good family, and had known issue, a son Robert
and a daughter Judith who married (ist) Nathaniel Traherne,
Esq., and (2d) John Elmer of Much Hadham, Co. Herts, Bishop
of London 1521-1594. This John Elmer was succeeded as
Bishop of London by Rev. Richard Vaughan, who seems to
have been related to him, either by marriage or descent. The
roll of the Abbots of Walden, however, contains no name of
Robert King.

The son Robert Kinge (Robert) was of Tylston, Co. Cheshire,
and bore the above arms. He was B. A. from Jesus College,
Cambridge 1596-7, M. A. 1599, B. D. 1606 and D. D. 1615, incor-
porated II July, 1615. He was Rector of Whitford, Flints, 1608,
and eventually Lecturer in the Cathedral Church of Chester.
He was Parson of Tylston, Cheshire, and died there 27 April,
1631, being buried in the Church. He married Alice, daughter
of Owen Stockton, of Cuddington, Cheshire, Gent, and had issue,

I A The "King" Heraldry. [Jan.,

Robert Kinge, eldest son, B. A. in Brasenose College, Oxford,
born 1609; Peter, Phillip, Thomas, John and Alice, an only
daughter. His son Thomas Kinge (Robert, Robert) was of
Aylesbury, Bucks, and an eminent physician, whose descendants
can be traced to the 19th Century.

V. King of Orsett, Essex.

Arms: "■Azure, a chevron guiles, voided, or, charged with five
escallops, argent." (See Plate IV, No. 6)

The founder of this family was Robert Kinge, Parson of
Orsett, who died 3 November, 1584, aged 43. He was collated to
the prebend of Newington in St. Paul's Cathedral 3 December,
1577, and was instituted to the Rectory of Orsett in 1577. Ad-
ministration on his estate was granted 11 November, 1584 to his
widow Dorothy, and a monument and mural brass to his memory
is on the South Wall of Orsett Church. No descendants have as
yet been disclosed, but a Robert Kinge, M. A., was vicar of Great
Dunmow, Essex, 15 November, 1578, and resigned 19 February,
1591, being succeeded by Rev. Richard Vaughan, who later
became Bishop of London. The curious association of Rev.
Richard Vaughan, Bishop of London, with John Elmer, Bishop
of London, Robert Kinge of Audley End and Robert Kinge of
Orsett would indicate close kinship between these two Essex
King families, but the arms are quite different. Unfortunately
no ancestor or issue of Robert Kinge of Orsett has as yet been
traced, but it is hoped that some of the Essex wills may throw
light upon this armigerous family.

King of Mych Baddow, Essex.

Arms: '■^ Azure, a bend engrailed ermine between two eagles
displayed with two necks, or."

Crest: "A leopard's head erased, or, between two wings,
gulesr (See Plate IIL)

Robert King of Mych Baddow, Essex, second son of John
Kinge of Althorne, Essex, was granted the above arms and crest
on 28 July, 1562 by Harvey, Clarencieux Herald.

As entered in the Heraldic Visitations of Essex (Harleian
MSS. 1541, fo. 27b) they vary somewhat as follows:

Arms: "Quarterly, first and fourth Azure a bend ermine
between three eagles displayed, Or, for King. Second and
third, sable, on a chevron between three towers, argent, as many
fleur de lis, or, for Berill."

The "three eagles" description is curious as in another part of
the same Visitation the number of eagles displayed is distinctly
stated to be "two." It is quite probable that the then Herald
carelessly wrote the word "three" instead of "two," as all early
drawings of the arms only show the two eagles. The eagles,
however, sometimes are drawn with one, and sometimes with two
necks, but no explanation of this variation has as yet been
unearthed.

igii.] The "King" Heraldry. IC

An extensive Pedigree of this prominent Essex King family
has been compiled, after an almost exhaustive examination of all
the early records, wills, etc., of Essex County.

The first ancestor of record appears to have been John Kynge
of Dompnar in Burnham, Co. Essex, who died in 1490, leaving a
will, and known issue, John, Richard, Thomas and Joan.

John Kynge (John) of Althorne, Essex, called "John Kynge
by West," probably to distinguish him from another John Kynge,
(either a brother or a near relative) was an extensive land owner
and died in 1524 leaving a will and known issue, William, Robert
"Second sonne," John, Emme and Elynor.

William Kynge (John, John) of Great Baddow, Essex, owned
extensive lands in Burnham, Mayland and Althorne and died in

1570 leaving a will. He married Cicely , and had known

issue, Thomas,* Abraham, John "youngest son," and Priscilla.

His son Thomas Kynge has been indentified as that Thomas
Kynge of Purleigh, Essex, who died in 1588 leaving a will. By
his wife Anne, he had known issue, Christopher, Edward, George
and a daughter who married Thomas Hastier. The son, George
Kynge (Thomas, William, John, John) of Woodham Mortimer,
Essex, died in 1625, leaving a will. He married (ist) Margaret

, who was buried 19 June, 1597, and (2nd) Joane , who at

his death is said to have married William Hasteler. He had issue,
recorded at Cold Norton, Maldon, Essex, by first wife, Anne, who
married William Vassal, son of John Vassall; and Mary. He had
issue by second wife; Judeth, Frances, George, Judeth, Chris-
topher, Thomas, born 24 Febrviary, 1613 "second son," and Daniel.

Thomas Kinge (George, Thomas, William, John, John) was
that Thomas Kinge who settled at Scituate, Mass., and has left a
long line of descendants.

Robert Kynge (John, John) of Mych Baddowe, Co. Essex, to
whom the above coat of arms was granted in 1562, married Let-
tice Berrell, daughter and co-heir of William Berrell of Wryttell,
Co. Essex, Gent, (although one visitations calls him of Wepstead,
Co. Suffolk) and had issue William, Benjamin, Richard, Edmund,
Francis, Lettyce, Mary, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Katherine, Joane and
Anne. He was in some way related to the Pynchin Family of
Wryttyll, Essex. His descendants for four generations can be
traced in pedigrees filed with the grant of arms, and appear to
have owned large tracts of land at Althorne, Mych Baddow,
Burnham, Purleigh, Southminster, and Chissell Magna, Essex.

The next record of the arms of King of Mych Baddowe was a
grant in 1587 to a Peter King of London, goldsmith of "azure,

* It is but fair to to state that there is some doubt as to the above traced an-
cestry of Thomas Kinge of Scituate, Mass., although no doubt at all as to his
relationship in some way to the Kings of Mych Baddowe, Essex.

The author inclines strongly to the belief that the line of Thomas Kinge of
Scituate, Mass., runs as follows, viz: George of Woodham Mortimer; Thomas
of Purleigh; Edward of Althorne; John Kynge of Andros (or Andrews) in Al-
thorne, who died 1543 leaving a will, and he will be glad to discuss the reasons
why the first line of descent is doubtful and why the second is more logical, with
any interested in this family.

1 6 The "King" Heraldry. [Jan.,

a bend between two double headed eagles displayed, or." This
Peter King is clearly related to the Kings of Mych Baddow,
Essex, but as yet the link remains unknown.

VII. King of Blackball, King's Prior, Herefordshire.

Arms: "Quarterly argent and azure, in the second and third
quarters of a quarterfoil of the first, over all a bend barry of six
of the second, charged with a quarterfoil also of the first and
gules."

Crest: "On a wreath of the colours a Lion rampant or, gorged
with a collar gemel azure and holding in the dexter forepaw a
a trefoil, slipped vert." (See Plate VI, No. i)

These arms are also given in the early Heraldic authorities as
follows: —

Arms: "Quarterly, argent and azure, in the second and third
quarters a mullet of six points, or, pierced of the field, over all a
bend, barry of six of the second, charged with a cinquefoil of the
third and gules''

Crest: "A lion, rampant, or, gorged with a collar gemel azure
and holding in the dexter forepaw a trefoil, slipped vert."

This coat of arms is quite unique and resembles in no partic-
ular that of any other family of "King." It is possible that they
belonged originally to some family into which the Kings of
Blackball married and eventually adopted the arms of the female
side.

The earliest record of the family is Thomas King, who was a
tenant of the Manor in 1477 and at a little later date an entry in
the Manorial Court Rolls states that his widow did service at the
death of her husband on her taking the tenantcy. He was the
grandfather of John King (see below) and probably had issue, a
son Thomas, for the church records show that Walter King, son
of Thomas King was baptized there in 1539.

John King (Thomas?, Thomas) of Blackball, died 11 March,
1588, leaving a wife Joan, and a son John, baptised 23 May, 1546
and also many other children whose names are as yet unknown.

John King (John, Thomas?, Thomas) was baptised 23 May,
1546, buried 27 June, 1620, purchased the Devereux Hall estate,
part of the Manor of Blackball, on 15 May, 1564 from Sir Walter
Devereux, Viscount Hereford, K. G. It was later known as Up-
per House, or Devereux Hall, and was burnt down in the middle
of the i8th Century. He married Margaret Vaughan, and set-
tled his estate by deed, dated 12 January, 1616, on his fifth son
Henry, and left an annuity to his eldest son, having only three
sons living at this date, viz: — Richard, Henry and Clement.
He had known issue, Richard, John, William, Samuel, Henry and
Clement, baptized 15 October, 1587.

A pedigree of this family appears in the Visitation of Here-
fordshire in 1683 but only applies to descendants. The line has
been thoroughly traced out to the present time by Sir Henry
Seymour King, of London.

The King families of Staunton Park, Hereford, bear identical
arms with King of Blackball, but the Crest differs, being "A lion

PLATE VI.

IQII.] The "Ki7ig" Heraldry. 1 7

rampant bendy, fr, and azure, supporting two branches com-
posed of two roses, gules, and three cinquefoils vert slipped and
leaved proper."

The similarity of arms would make it appear that this family
had a common ancestor with King of Blackball but the families
are in no way related.

The above arms were not granted this family until about 1836,
when the last descendant bearing the King name died, and the
line was continued by Rev. James Simpkinson, a descendant of
one of the female branches, who assumed the name of King
upon succeeding to the estate of his uncle, James King.

Sir Albert Woods, the then Garter King at Arms, made the
grant under the belief that the family of King of Blackball was
extinct, and later regretted his error.

The first given ancestor of King of Staunton Court was Peter
King, buried 31 July, 17 10, at Staunton-on- Arrow, said to have
been a person of humble birth, who made a fortune by ventures
in the East Indies. He had known issue, a son William, whose
full pedigree to the present time is recorded.

King of Weston Patrick, Hampshire.

Arms: "Or on a pale asure, three royal crowns of the first."

Crest: "An esquire's helmet proper, garnished or." (See
Plate HI.)

These arms are also unusual and it has been stated that they
are identical with the ancient arms of Ireland. The use of a
crown or coronet in King coat-armor appears to be confined to
Oliver King, Bishop of Bath and Wells, Somersetshire, 1449-1503
(see Plate IV, No. i); to Gregory King of Litchfield, Stafford-
shire, 1648-1712 (see Plate III), and to Richard King of Exeter,
Devonshire (see Plate VII, No. 2). None of these arms have
any great resemblance.

The Hampshire King family is supposed to have been founded
by John Kinge of Weston Patrick, Southampton, yeoman, who
died in 1622, leaving a will. He appears to have had issue, John,

Elizabeth, who married Mathew; Margery, who married

Gregory, and Joan, who married (ist) Reve, and (2d)

James Wither.

John Kinge (John), called "the elder," of Weston Patrick,
Southampton, Gent, died in 1641, leaving a will which mentions
an "annuitie out of the Fishmonger's Hall, London," land and
house in Alton, and six acres called Catses. He appears to have

left issue, John, William, Joseph, Margery, who married

Smith, and Joan.

Nothing further has been gathered concerning his de-
scendants.

King of Litchfield, Staffordshire.

Arms: "Gules, a lion passant guardant, argent between three
ducal coronets or."

Crest: "A winged dragon's head gules issuant from a ducal
coronet, or and ducally crowned of the last." (See Plate III.)

1 8 The "King" Heraldry. [Jan.,

The first traceable ancestor of this family was Gregory King
of Litchfield, Staffordshire, an accomplished mathematican and
surveyor, who married (ist) Elizabeth, daughter of J. Andrew of
Sandwich, Kent, and had known issue, sons Gregory, John and
Thomas.

Gregory King (Gregory), of London, was born 15 December,
1648, at Litchfield, Staffordshire, and died 29 August, 17 12, aged
64 years, being buried in St. Benedict's Church, Paul's Wharf,
London, where there is a monument or tablet to him on the east
wall bearing the above arms.

He was a well known antiquarian and herald, was clerk to
Sir William Dugdale, Norroy King of Arms, in December, 1662;
in service of Lord Hatton from 1667-1669. In this last year he
returned to Litchfield where he taught writing and arithmetic
and painted heraldic designs, signs and coaches.

He was created First Rouge Dragon, Pursuivant on 24 June,
1677. He married (ist) i July, 1674, Anne, daughter of John
Powel of Firley, parish of Forthampton, Co. Gloucester, and (2d)
in February, 1701, Frances Grymes, sister of Richard Grymes of
Southvvark, bargeman, and of the noted Countess Dowager of
Coventry. She is called on his monument Frances Graham and
is also recorded elsewhere under the name of Grattan, but her
real name was Grymes and her family was of obscure origin.
The marriage of her sister to the Earl of Coventry created a
huge scandal at the time, but was of great pecuniary and social
benefit to her relatives.

Gregory King had three children by his second wife, all of
whom died young. In his will, dated 30 November, 1709, and
proved 16 September, 17 12, by his widow Frances, he describes
himself as of the Parish of St. Margaret's, Westminster, London,
and mentions his brother John King, long since deceased; his
brother Thomas King of the Excise Office, London; his honored
brother-in-law Thomas Savage of Elmly Castle, Co. Worcester,
Esq., and the Right Honorable Elizabeth, Countess Dowager of
Coventry, wife of said Mr. Savage, and Mr. Graham, brother of
his present wife. He also mentions marriage articles dated
18 February, 1701, and directs that a monumental inscription be
erected over his remains and that the expenses of his funeral
shall not exceed over ^130. He further mentions "the poor of
Stow Parish in the City of Litchfield where I was born." The
will is signed "Greg'* Kinge " and sealed with a seal bearing
the imprint of "a lion passant guardant between three ducal
crowns."

He appears to have been a man of remarkable versatility and
an exceptionally learned Herald and genealogist, as well as a
statistician of repute.*

* An excellent article upon Gregory King, his life and acts, may be found
In the Genealogist, Vol. VII, p. 114, and in the English Dictionary of National
Biography.

19 II-] The "King" Heraldry. In

King of Barra, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Arms: '■^ Azure, on a fesse, argent, between a lion's head erased
in chief and a mullet in base, or, three buckles erect gt/Zes; on a
chief, ermine an imperial crown within a wreath of trefoils, both
proper."

Crest: "A demi lion rampant." (See plate VI, No. 2.)

This ancient King- family was early settled in Scotland, for an
old charter by the Prior and Brothers of the Monastery of St.
Andrew, dated 1242, mentions a Robert Kinge of Aberdeenshire,
who had beneficed the monastry and was at that time dead,
leaving issue.

Also in 1593, an Andrew Kinge was clerk and burgess of
Aberdeen, and Chaplain of St. Ninian.

Its most distinguished member was Sir James King of Barra,
son of David King of Warbater Hoy in Orkney, Scotland, who
was Lieutenant-General in the service of Gustavus Adolphus,
King of Sweden, and was created Lord of Eythin, by patent,
dated York in 1642. He died at Stockholm in 1652 leaving a will
but no issue.

A kinsman. Rev. William King, D. D., Archbishop of Dublin,
was a son of James King of Barra, Parish of Burtie, Aberdeen-
shire, Scotland, and removed to Ireland during Charles I's reign.
He became Bishop of Derry, 1690, Archbishop of Dublin, 1702,
and died 7 May, 1729, aged 83 years, being interred in the grave-
yard of the parish of St. Mary Donnybrook, near Dublin, on
10 May, 1729.

The King family of Corrard, Fermanaugh and Dublin, Ireland,
bear like arms as King of Barra, with the crest: "a dexter cubit
arm, erect, holding a dagger in pale, all proper." This crest
differs from the ancient crest of King of Barra: "A demi-lion
rampant, gules," but the Irish family is a branch of King of Barra,
Scotland, notwithstanding.

The family of King of Campsie, Stirling, Scotland, bear:

Arms: ^'■Azure on a fesse argent, between in chief a lion's head
erased and in base two billets, or, three round buckles of the
field."

Crest: "A red-breast, /rc/^-r."

These arms have enough points of similarity with the arms
of King of Barra to mislead the average genealogist with the
theory that the two families were related. This is exceedingly
doubtful, however, as the heraldic student will probably decide
that mere similarity of name made the heralds, when they
granted the arms to King of Campsie, embody in them the
heraldic symbols of King of Barra.

The line was founded by John King of Campsie, Stirlingshire
and Levernholme, Renfrewshire, Scotland, who was a merchant
of Glasgow, born 16 January, 1789.

His descendants down to the present Baronet can be clearly
traced.

20 The "King" Heraldry. [Jan.,

King of Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire.

Arms: " Quarterly, first and fourth, sable on a cross, or, a
hand erect and erased of the first, for King; second and third,
or, a chevron vert, between three castles gules, for Oneby."
(See Plate VI, No. 3.)

These unusual "King" arms do not appear in any grant or
General Armory, but are given in Nichol's Leicestershire and it
is somewhat doubtful whether they belong to King at all.

A family of King, however, was early settled in Kirby,
Leicestershire, for wills of John Kynge of Kirby, 1545, and his
wife Agnes Kynge of Kirby, 1547, are on file, but neither appear
to be related to Francis King. (See below.)

It is a curious fact that the arms on the second and third
quarters of the shield, attributed to the family of " Oneby "
should so closely resemble the arms on the second and third
quarters of the shield of King of Mych Baddow (see above), at-
tributed to Berrell of Wryttell, Essex, viz.: '^Sable, on a chevron
between three towers argent, as many fleur de lis, Or."

The theory has been advanced that this Kirby, Leicestershire,
King family originally came from Essex, but all proof is lacking.
Although the pedigree in Nichol's Leicestershire, starts with
Benjamin Kinge of Kirby Muxloe, Co. Leicester, he is clearly a
son of Francis King of Kirby, Co. Leicester and London, Gent,
who married Mary Hall, and left a will dated 26 October, 1639,
in which he mentions his wife Mary, eldest son Thomas King,
clerk, and his children (names not given), younger son Benjamin,
daughters Anne King and Mary Tookie; brother Thomas King
and his five sons (names not given) and his daughters (names
not given); grandchild Nicholas Cunliffe, son of my deceased
daughter (Margaret); son-in-law Ellis Cunliffe,* and his now
wife; my sister's daughter Dorothy Nayler; brother-in-law Robert
Hall of Heather.

There is some indication that this Francis King may have
been of kin to the King family of Beckenham and Bromly, Kent,
in spite of the radical difference in the coat-armor, but such
relationship has yet to be established.

Benjamin Kinge (Francis), of Kirby Muxloe, Co. Leicester,
was buried there on i April, 1681. He married (2d) November,
1646, Elizabeth Oneby, baptized 12 October, 1623, at Hinckly,
and died 20 May, 1670. He left issue, Elizabeth, Frances, John,
Benjamin, Thomas, Mary and Nathaniel; and his descendants
can be traced to 1810.

King of London, Middlesex.

Arms: '■'■Argent, on a pile azure, three lozenges argent, a mullet
for difference, for ' King ' impaled with argent, on a pale sable
five horseshoes, or, for ' Crisp.' " (See Plate VI, No. 5.)

* Alice King, daughter of Edward King (Henry, John, Henry, Robert,
Henry), of Bromley, Kent, married 9 June, 1691 (license), Ellis Cunliffe of
Chiselhurst, Kent.

19 1 1.] The "King" Heraldry. 21

LeNeve in his History of the Ktiights gives these arms as

"Argent on a pale, Bl. three lozenges argent, a mullet for
difference." The word "pale" is erroneously written for "pile"
and the word ''Bl" may mean blue, as the pile was actually
colored azure in the Herald's drawing.

The founder of this family was Sir Edmund King, Kt., of
London, who was born in 1629, and died 29 May, 1709, aged
eighty years. He lived at Hatton Garden, London, and was one
of His Majesty's Physicians in Ordinary. He was a Fellow of
the Royal Society in 1666 and knighted at Whitehall on 2 Feb-
ruary, 1685. He was formerly a surgeon and made many
interesting and important experiments in anatomy.

He married on 20 June, 1666, at St. Andrew's, Holborne,
Rebecca, daughter of Sir Nicholas Crisp, Kt., of London, and
relict of Sir John Polsted, Kt., of London. LeNeve in his
History of the Knights, states that the above arms were " sett up
over his door at his wife's decease," but no grant of such arms
has been discovered and the coat-armor is quite unlike any other
King arms.

King of Oxfordshire.

Arms: " Per fesse gules and argent, three roses counter-
charged." (See Plate VI, No. 4.)

The ancestral home of this family may have been Sedgehill,
Co. Wilts, for these arms are found on a seal affixed to the will
of John King of Sedgehill, Wilts, in 1743, and a King family was
settled at Sedgehill as early as 1497. This family seems to have
had extensive branches in Sherbourne, Motcombe and Shaston,
Co. Dorset, where descendants flourished as late as 1800. In
spite of a number of wills of these Kings the line has not as yet
been traced.

The founder of the King family of Sedgehill, Wilts, was John
Kinge who died in 1497 leaving a will in which he disposes of a
large number of sheep, cows, oxen, "arietes" (sic ) and "mother

sheep." He appears to have married Alice , and had issue,

William, John the elder, John the younger,* Elizabeth, Marian,
Amisia and Alice.

William Kynge (John) married Alice , and died in 1538,

leaving a will, in which he disposes of a number of sheep, etc.
He appears to have had issue, John, "eldest Sonne;" John,
younger Sonne;" William; Richard, " youngest sonne;" Ellen and
Margaret.

There is then a hiatus until 1596 when a Thomas Kynge of
Sedgehill, Wilts, yeoman, undoubtedly a descendant of the above
Kings, died, and left a will, in which he disposes of a lease of
ground at Motcombe, Dorset, called Kyngesetles, and a lease of

Stocklane. He married Dorothy , and had issue, Jasper,

John, William, Edward, Ellen, Alice and Dorothy.

* There are many instances of the naming of more than one child by the
same name, sometimes thus distinguishing between the children of different
wives.

22 The "King" Heraldry. [Jan.,

Jasper Kynge (Thomas) married and had issue, Thomas and

ioan, who are mentioned in a will of Nicholas Goddard of Sedge-
ill, Wilts, dated 28 November, 1618, and proved 4 March, 1619.
The association of the name of Goddard writh that of King of
Sedgehill, Wilts, is significant in view of the alliance of Richard
King of Stourton and Upham, Wilts, with the Goddard family.
As yet, however, the pedigree of the Kings of Sedgehill, Wilts,
is fragmentary and further searching may add much information
concerning this interesting family.

King of London and St. Albans, Hertfordshire

Arms: "Azure, a chevron sable, in chief a lion rampant, or,
orientally crowned, in base an apple tree, f ructed /ri^/'^r."

Crest: "A dove argent, beaked and membered gules holding
in the mouth an olive branch vert and ensigned with a fleur de
lis or." (See Plate VI, No. 6.)

The founder of this family was Jean LeRoy, a French Hug-
uenot, born at Rouen, Normandy in 1548. He fled from France
after the massacre of St. Bartholomew in 1572 and sought refuge
in London where he married Mary Belier, daughter of James
Belier, an elder of the French Church in London.

He adopted the English name King soon after he reached
London and died 11 October, 1615 in Lime Street, London, being
buried at St. Andrew's Undershaft on 14 October, 1615. He left
issue, an only son, John, born 7 August, 1504, who became a
physician, and practised at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, and later
at Aldersgate St., London.

John King (Jean), married (ist) in 1632, Elizabeth, daughter of
John Hale, of London, merchant. She died 15 January, 1636, and
he then married (2d) on 22 February, 1637, Anne, daughter of
Barne Roberts of Willesden, Middlesex, and sister of Sir William
Roberts, Bart; she died 6 February, 1661.

Dr. King was an active partisan of the Cromwellian party,
and died 19 March, 1688. He took a strong interest in the gene-
alogy of his family and compiled a manuscript record in 1677
which is still in existence. He also attempted to have the above
arms, which he claimed were the LeRoy arms borne by his
French ancestors, allowed and registered by the Herald's College,
but the Heralds refused to accept them as authentic.

Dr. King had issue by his first wife: John, Richard, Mary
and Elizabeth; and by his second wife: John, Anne, Samuel,
a daughter, who died young, Anne, James, Asahel and Bethiah.

His son Sir John King (John, Jean), born 5 February, 1638, at
St. Albans, Herts, became an eminent Counsellor at Law of the
Inner Temple, and was knighted 10 December, 1674, bearing the
arms: —

"Azure, a chevron sable in chief a lion Tampant gules; in base
an apple tree fructed proper."

Quite a full pedigree exists of this family down to 1761, when
the male issue is supposed to have become extinct.

PLATE VII

IQII.] The "King" Heraldry. 23

The following are the only two families of King, whose ances-
tors rose to the Peerage:

King of Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Ireland.
(Earls of Kingston.)

Arms: Gules, t^o lions rampant combatant, supporting a dex-
ter hand couped at the wrist and erect, argent."

Crest: "Out of a five leaved ducal coronet, or, a dexter hand
erect, the the third and fourth fingers turning down, proper."

Supporters: "Two lions per fesse, argent and gides, ducally
crowned of the last." (See Plate III.)

The founder of this family was Sir John King, Kt., said to
have been of Feathercocke Hall, near North Allerton, Yorkshire,
but there are no traces of him in the records there, although he
if said to have owned large estates in Yorkshire. He obtained
from Queen Elizabeth for military services rendered, a lease of
the Abbey of Boyle, Roscommon, Ireland, and from King James I
numerous valuable territorial grants and several of the highest
and most lucrative political offices. He was knighted at White-
hall on 7 July, 1609, and married Catherine Drury, daughter of
Robert Drury, Esq., and grand niece of the Lord Deputy, Sir
William Drury. He died 4 January, 1636, leaving issue, Robert,
John, Edward, Henry, Adam, jNIary, Margurite and Dorothy; and
his lineal descendants hold the present Earldom of Kingston.
The tradition of a Yorkshire origin for this house is singular,
particularly as the arms are so different from the other families
of King in Yorkshire (noted above) and from any of the other
King armigers. (Baron King and Earl of Lovelace.)

King, of Ockham, Surrey.
(Barons King and Earls of Lovelace.)
Arms: "Sable, three spear heads erect, argent, embrued gules;
on a chief, or, as many pole axes, azure, their edges to the sines-
ter for King."

Crest: "A dexter arm erect, couped at the elbow, vested
azure, thereon three ermine spots in fesse, or, cuffed azure, hand
proper, grasping a truncheon sable, the top broken off, the bottom
couped of the third." (See Plate VII, No. i.)

The founder of this family is said to have been Jerome King
of Exeter, Devon, grocer and Salter, whose ancestors are stated
to have lived at Glastonbury, Co. Somerset.

He married Anne Locke, daughter of Peter Locke of Sutton
Wick, Chew Magna, Somerset, who was uncle to John Locke, the
celebrated philosopher. He had known issue, Peter King, born
1670 at Exeter, died 22 July, 1734, at Ockham, Surrey.

Peter King (Jerome) was apprenticed to a grocer at Exeter,
later studied law at Leyden, and became a counsellor at law of
the Temple and Recorder of London. He was knighted at Wind-
sor Castle 12 September, 1708, and later made a peer as Baron
King. He published a book of divinity, was a fellow of the Royal

24 The "King" Heraldry. [Jan.,

Society, and Lord Chancellor of England in 1728. He married
September, 1704, Ann Seys, daughter of Richard Seys of Bever-
ton Court, Glamorganshire, Wales. She, as his widow, died ist
February, 1767, and was buried at Ockham, Surrey. His descend-
ant is the present Earl of Lovelace. It is a curious fact that
Anne Kinge, daughter of William Kinge (John, John) of Iver,
Bucks, later of Harmondsworth, Middlesex, married Richard
Lovelace (Francis, Sir Richard, Richard of Hurley, Bucks) and
had issue, a son John, who became 4th Baron Lovelace. The line
of the Barons Lovelace later became extinct. There has as yet
been no connection discovered between King of Exeter, Devon,
and King of Iver, Bucks, but the names of Lovelace and King in
each family are odd coincidences.

King Family of Exeter, Devonshire.

Arms: "Sable, two flanches ermine, a lion rampant between
three ducal coronets, or." (See Plate VII, No. 2.)

Crest: "A lion's head and neck sable charged with three ducal
coronets or issuing out of a mural crown, argent."

The above arms were granted to Richard King of Exeter,
Devonshire in 1691-2, but nothing has as yet been found concern-
ing his ancestors or descendants.

King of Ware, Hertfordshire.

Arms: "Azure, a chevron between three lions rampant or, two
in chief, one in pale."

Crest: "A lion rampant holding a quill pen in its forepaws."
(See Plate VII, No. 3.)

These curious arms appear in the Visitations of Hertfordshire
and Herefordshire, contained in the Harleian MSS. Collections
in the British Museum Library, and are indexed under the name
"King."

It is exceedingly doubtful whether they belong to the King
family at all, for the Visitation of Hertfordshire, Harleian Col-
lection 1545, folio 88, gives "Clarke of Hereford."

Arms: "Argent a chevron between three lions rampant, vert,"
and "Gules, two lions passant guardant, or, within a bordure azure,
a crescent for difference."

Crest: "A lion rampant, vert, holding a pen argent."

The latter arms probably belong to a family, name unknown,
into which this Clarke family married.

The then Heralds furthermore made a marginal note on the
MSS. Pedigree, reading "Arms doubtful." The quill pen in the
lion's paw in the crest undoubtedly refers to the office of Register
of the City of Hereford held by John Clarke.

The pedigree given, however, commences with John King, of
Ware, Co. Herts, cooper, who died before 1601. He married
Christian, daughter of Thomas Croft, second son of Sir Edward
Croft and had known issue, a daughter, Anne King, who married
John Clarke, Recorder of the City of Hereford; and a daughter,

igli.] The "King" Heraldry. 25

Christian King, who married 30 August, i6oi (by license), Rob-
ert Simondes, Cordwainer, at Amwell, Co. Herts.

No further trace of this King family has been found.

The following King Coats of Arms, the origins of which have
not been traced, are given for the sake of completeness, viz:

King of Buckinghamshire.

Arms: '■'■Gtdes, within a border engrailed three lions passant,
or." (See Plate III.)

These arms were sometime quartered with the arms of King
of Devonshire and Towcester, Northamptonshire by Robert
King, First Bishop of Oxford, and then called "Plantagenet or
King Ancient," on the strength of the tradition of descent from
the "Ancient Saxon Kings of Devonshire." Such claim of royal
descent for this particular King Family is absolutely erroneous.
In a Roll of Arras of Northamptonshire, however, is given,
"King of Newcastle. Arms: Ermine, within a border engrailed
sable, three lioncels rampant, gules." These arms are practically
the same, except in color, as King of Buckingham, and this New-
castle King Family was probably of close kin to the Buching-
hamshire Kings. Burke also gives a King Arms ''Argent, on a
chevron gules three lions passant guardant, or" which are some-
what like the above two coats.

King of Lincolnshire.
Arms: "Gules, a chevron between ten crosses crosslet fleury, or!'
King.— Arms: "A fesse dancette between three eagles dis-
played, sable."

King (Miscellaneous).

King. — Arms: "Sable, a chevron, ermine, between three fishes,
argent."

Crest: "A demi-griffin, or!'

King (London). — Arms: "iajJA", a chevron ^/<'j, between three
salmons, argent.

King. — Arms: '■'■Azure, on a bend argent, three fermails of the
field. — (Another gules)!'

King. — Arms: "Sable, a lion rampant, or, crowned argent,
between three crescents of the second."

King (of Dublin Ireland). — Arms: "Azure, three lozenges, or."

This last coat-armor is given in Harleian MSS., 1441, and
would appear to be of ancient origin.

A George King of Clontarf, who was High Sheriff of Co.
Dublin, in 1606, and said to be of the same family as a George
King, whose manor on Island of Clontarf, was forfeited by
Cromwell in 1641, bore: Arms: "Azure, three fusils, or!'

The above arms appear to exhaust the heraldry of King, and
the curious interuse of the same symbols by families of like

26 The "King" Heraldry. [Jan.,

name, but in no way related, is of little significance in tracing
kinship. Among all these families only four American families
of King can clearly trace their ancestry to England, viz.: King of
Scituate, Mass., King of Lynn, Mass., King of Palmer, Mass., and
King of Suffield, Conn., and only two American families can
maintain their right to a coat-of-arms, viz. : King of Suffield, Conn.,
and King of Scituate, Mass.

Corrections:

Vol. XLI, p. 265, October, igio, issue of the Record, line 8. The correct
blazon of the arms of Robert King of Co. Somerset is: "Sable, on a chevron
argent, three escallops of the first, in base a cross pattee fitchee of the second.
On a chief <7r, a demi rouge dragon between two battle axes of the second."
(See Plate III.)

Vol. XLI, p. 273, October, igio, issue of the Record, line 20. The King
family of Brunswick, Georgia, U. S. A., is descended from Thomas King of
Hartford, Conn., 1688, and not from John King of Northampton, Mass. No
document or record shows that Thomas King of Hartford, 1688, ever used, or
had the right to use, a coat-of-arms.

Note:— The author has a large collection of English King MSS., wills,
transcripts of church and parish records, etc., as well as pedigrees of King of
East Cleydon, of Bottle Cleydon, of Steeple Cleydon, of Iver, of Chesham, of
Wraysbury, and of Worminghall, Bucks; King of Tyleston, Cheshire (from
Essex); Kmg of Launceston and of Manaken, Cornwell; King of Hawkchurch,
of Shaftsbury, of Sherbourne and of West Hall, Dorset; King of Modbury and
of Ugborough, Devon; King of Althorne, of Audley End, of Chissell Magna,
of Dovercourt, of Harwich, of Mych Baddow, of Moreton, of Orsett, of Pur-
leigh, and of Southminster, Essex; King of Weston Patrick, Hauts; King of
Blackball and of Staunton, Herefordshire; King of Abbot's Langley, of Alden-
ham, of Barley, of Flamstead, of King's Langley, of Mesenden, of Sawbridge-
worth, of Stondon, of Hoddesden, of Ware and of Watford, Herts; King of
Boyle, of Charlestown, and of Corrard, Ireland; King of Beckenham, of
Bromley, of Cobham, of Cranbrook, of Edenbridge, and of Hever, Kent; King
of Ashby de la Launde, Lines; King of Kirby, Leics; King of London (5 pedi-
grees); King of Newton Flotman (from Suffolk) and of Weasenham, Norfolk;
King of Thame and of Oxford, Oxon; King of Barra and of Campsie, Scotland;
King of Chilton Poldan, Somerset; King of Litchfield, Staffs; King of Bury St.
Edmunds, of Ipswich, of Witnesham, of Edwinston, of Great Thurlow, and of
Stansfield, Suffolk; King of Lympfield, of Ockham, and of Streatham, Surrey;
King of Coventry, and of Umberslade, Wark; King of Pen, Semleigh, Monkton
Farieigh, Sedgehill, and Stourton, Wilts.

King of Antigua, W. I.; King of Barbadoes, W. I., and King of Jamaica,
W.I.

In addition to the above collection of English pedigrees of King families,
the author has the following pedigrees of American King families, viz.: King of
Charlestown, of Exeter, of Harwich, of Lynn, of Marlboro, of Northampton, of
Palmer, of Salem, of Scituate, of Sudbury, of Taunton, of Watertown, of
Wilbraham, and of Weymouth, Mass.; King of Providence, of Warwick, of
West Greenwich, and of Scituate, R. I.; King of Ridgefield, of Suffield, of
Sharon, of Hartford, and of Windsor(2), Conn.; King of Kittery, and of
Scarboro, Maine; King of Jamaica, of New Lebanon, and of Ulster County,
N. Y.; King of Middletown, N. J.; King of Brunswick, of Darien, and of
Roswell, Ga.; King of Marion, Ala.; King of Fluvanna County, and of Nanse-
mond County, Va.

The author will gladly permit subscribers to the Record interested in
these English or American King families to examine any or all of the above
pedigrees.

WILLIAM GILBE.RT DAVIES, LL.D.

igii.] William Gilbert Davies, LL.D. 2 7

WILLIAM GILBERT DAVIES, LL.D.

By Hopper Striker Mott.

William Gilbert Davies was born in New York City, March 21,
1842, descended from a Welsh family, some members of which
settled at Kingston, Herefordshire, England, whence John
Davies, the ancestor in this country, moved to Litchfield, Conn.,
in 1735. ^I^- Davies was graduated from Trinity College,
Hartford, Conn., in i860, being class poet, and delivering the
commencement oration. He then went abroad and entered the
University of Leipsic, After a year's study he returned, entering
the law office of Slosson, Hutchins & Piatt. In 1863 he was
admitted to the Bar, and after a partnership of a few years
duration with Henry H. Anderson, became a member of the
Law Department of the Mutual Life Insurance Company. He
was made head of the department in 1885, resigning about 1895
in order to resume active practice of his profession.

In the Gettysburg campaign of the Civil War Mr. Davies
served with the Twenty-second Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y. In
1870 he married Lucie C. Rice, daughter of the late Governor
Alexander H. Rice of Massachusetts. Their only daughter
Augusta McKim Davies, is now Mrs. Louis Mansfield Ogden.

Mr. Davies was a member of the State and City Bar Asso-
ciations; a special lecturer on the Law of Life Insurance in the
Law School of the University of the City of New York; an
active member of the New York and Virginia Historical
Societies; of the New York Genealogical and Biographical
Society, and a corresponding member of the New England
Historic-Genealogical Society. He belonged to the Sons of
the Revolution, the Society of Colonial Wars, the Order of the
Acorn, St. George's Society, St. David's Society, The Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick, the New England Society, the Grand Army
of the Republic, and the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Association.
His college gave him the honorary degree of LL.D. in 1906.
He was trustee of the St. Bartholomew Loan Association, the
New York Protestant Episcopal City Mission, and the Society of
St, Johnland. Mr. Davies belonged to the following clubs:
Union, Manhattan, St. Nicholas, Grolier, University, Century,
Lawyers, National Arts, Liederkrantz, National Democratic, and
Tuxedo.

Mr. Davies died at his country home in Tuxedo Park on
July 26, 1910. His father was the late Henry E. Davies, Justice
of the Supreme Court and Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals
of New York State. His mother was Rebecca Waldo Tappan,
daughter of John Tappan, of Boston, Mass.

28 Baptismal Record of the Societies of Whitehaven and Fairhaven, fjan.,

THE BAPTISMAL RECORD OF THE SOCIETIES OF

WHITEHAVEN AND FAIRHAVEN, NOW THE

UNITED CHURCH (CONGREGATIONAL),

NEW HAVEN, CONN.

Contributed by Ethel Lord Scofield.

Introductory by Richard Henry Greene of the Publication Committee,
N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Society.

The European settlers who established the Colony of New
Haven, were English Puritans, their leader, John Davenport,
had been vicar of St. Stephens Church, London, England, from
which place the company sailed, and arrived at Boston in June,

1637. In August following an exploring party found the place
of their future settlement and left a part of their number to
prepare the place for their occupancy, which began in April,

1638, when the company, reinforced by Peter Prudden's people
from the west of England, arrived, and on the first Sabbath held
public worship twice in the open air. Thus was inaugurated a
church, which has continued until the present as the First Church
of Christ in New Haven, Conn., and its daughter, whose records
are published herewith, the first to separate and become the
second church in the Colony, existing today, side by side, with its
parent in harmonious fellowship.

A disaffection arose shortly after the "Great Awakening,"
1741, following the visit of Rev. George Whitefield; it resulted
in a separation and the organization, May 7, 1742, of the White
Haven Society. In 1744, this society began to build at the corner
of Church and Elm Streets, with entrance on the latter, but the
edifice had to be increased in size in a short time, when the
entrance was made on Church Street. On account of its color,
this was called "The Blue Meeting House."

The first pastor, Rev. John Curtiss, served for two years and
was succeeded by the Rev. Samuel Bird, called in June, 1751.
During his ministry, there was a secession of some who were
dissatisfied at his retirement, which was in 1767, and the Rev.
Jonathan Edwards, the brilliant son of the great theologian,
became pastor, Jan. 5, 1769. Those who retired established a
new church called the Fair Haven Church, which erected their
building on the Green around which the city had been built.
Dr. Edwards remained until 1795, when he was dismissed.

The Church of Christ in the Fair Haven Society, organized
Tune 20, 1771, called the Rev. Allyn Mather as its first pastor,
Feb. 3, 1773, he died in Nov., 1784, and was succeeded by Rev.
Samuel Austin, Nov. 9, 1787, who had been a pupil of Dr.
Edwards, who preached his ordination sermon.

On Nov. 27, 1796, the two parts of the church reunited, and
formed what was called The Church of Christ, in the United
Societies of White Haven and Fair Haven; services were held

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alternately in each edifice. Dr. Edwards had been called to the
Presidency of the Union College in 1794, after a pastorate of
twenty-five years. He died at Schenectady, N. Y., Aug. i, 1801,
aged 56. Dr. Austin, soon after leaving in 1790, became President
of the University of Vermont. He was graduated at Yale in
1783, received his D. D. from Williams College, and died in 1830.

Rev. John Gemmil became pastor in Nov., 1798. In 1815, by
Act of the Legislature, the name was changed to the United
Society.

The church is generally known as the North Church on the
Green, occupying the site of the Fair Haven Church, near, and
to the north of the original and present site of the Society of the
First Church, from which it separated.

This church has continued influential and prosperous to the
present time, and while it seems unnecessary to continue its
history in this introduction, brief notices of its early pastors may
be appropriate.

I have not been able to identify the family and antecedents of
Rev. John Curtiss, and it is doubtful if he was ever installed as
the pastor of this church, though he was ordained to the ministry
and acted here as stated above.

Rev. Samuel Bird, was the son of Benjamin and Johannah
(Harris) Bird, who had five children born in Boston, and ten
in Dorchester, Mass. Samuel was the eighth, born March 27,
1724. He was a student at Harvard College, and would have
been graduated in 1744, but for a criticism of the college author-
ities, dictated by religious enthusiasm. He was what was termed
a New Light. His first call was to Dunstable, Mass., and on his
dismission, was called to New Hampshire, after which he was
called to New Haven, where he was installed Oct. 16, 1751. He
married June 2, 1747, Mabel Jenner, daughter of Thomas and
Joanna (Everton) Jenner. They had eleven children. He was
chaplain in the Colonial forces in the French War, 1755. He
was a popular and talented man of distinguished appearance.
The time and place of his death and burial seems to be unknown.

Dr. Jonathan Edwards, D. D., second, was born May 26, 1745,
at Northampton, Mass. When six, his father removed to Stock-
bridge, and in 1758 his father was called to the College of
New Jersey as president, Feb. 16, 1758, and they removed to
Princeton, where the son was graduated in 1765. He was made
tutor there in 1767, whence he was called Jan. 5, 1769, to
New Haven. He married Mary, dau. of the Hon. Eleazur Porter
of Hadley, Mass., who was drowned in June, 1782; his four
children were by this marriage. He married second, Mercy,
daughter of Hezekiah Sabin of New Haven, Conn. After his
long pastorate in this church, he was called in 1796 to Colebrook,
Conn., and in 1799 he was elected to the presidency of Union
College, Schenectady, N. Y., where he died Aug. i, 1801.

Rev. Allyn Mather, son of Nathaniel (1716-1770), and Eliza-
beth (Allyn) Mather, was born March 21, 1747, at Windsor, Conn.,
married Thankful Barnard, by whom he had four children. His
father was Dr. Samuel Mather, M. D., of Windsor, born 1677,

30 Baptismal Record of the Societies of Whitehaven and -Fairkaven [Jan.,

died 1746. His father Rev. Samuel of Windsor, born at Dor-
chester, Mass., July 5, 1650, Harvard, 1671, married Hannah,
daughter of Gov. Robert Treat. He had preached in Deerfield
and Hatfield, Mass., Milford and Branford, Conn., before he went
to Windsor in 1682. He was one of the founders of Yale College,
1700. The father of Rev. Samuel was Timothy Mather (1628-
1684), who was brother of Rev. Samuel Mather, Rev. Nathaniel
Mather, Rev. Ebenezer Mather and Rev. Increase Mather, the
father of Dr. Cotton Mather.

This church seems to have been connected, in its pastors, with
the great theological preachers and disputants whose works had
much to do with the character and religious history of the
Colonies of Massachusetts Bay and New Haven.

Rev. Samuel Austin, D. D., was son of Samuel and Lydia
Austin, born at New Haven, Oct. 7, 1760. At sixteen he was in
the service of the Colony at New York, Aug. 30 to Sept. 27, 1776,
in Lieutenant Charles Smith's Company, Lieutenant Colonel
John Mead's Ninth Regiment of Militia. It has been stated that
he took his father's place, who had been drafted; at twenty he
studied law, but became anxious for a better groundwork in his
learning, and was admitted to Yale College, where he graduated
in two years in 1783. He then studied theology under Dr. Jona-
than Edwards at New Haven, was licensed in 1784, called to this
church in 1786 and installed the year after. He was called to
Worcester, Mass., in 1790, and in 1815 was chosen President of
Vermont University, where he remained about six years. He
had other charges afterwards. He received a D. D. from Williams
in 1807. He died Dec. 4, 1830, aged seventy. He had no
children.

Whitehaven Record.

1749
June 4. Ruben, son of Benjamin Wilmot.

Margaret, dau. of Samuel Cooke.

Abraham, son of Stephen Austin.

Jacob and Mary, children of Abraham Thompson.

Ezra, son of Joseph Mix Jr.

Hannah and Theophilus, children of Theophilus
Munson.

Esther and Phebe, children of Enos Tuttle.

Archippus, son of Timothy Ailing.

Patience, dau. of Joseph Bradley.

Sarah and John, children of David Punderson.

Joel and Eunice, children of John Thompson.

Eli, son of Jedidiah Cook.

Hannah, dau. of Yale Bishop.

John and James, children of James Lines.

vSamuel, son of Peter, a negro.
June II. Hannah, dau. of Hezekiah Beecher.

Elisha and Sarah, children of Samuel Horton.

Sarah and Mary, children of Amos Peck.

Timothy and Caleb, sons of Caleb Andrus.

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1749
June II. Rebecca, dau. of John Mansfield.

Phillis and Jane, children of James, a negro.

1752
Lydia, dau. of David and Parnell Humphreville.
Sibyl, dau. of Yale and Sibyl Bishop.
Rebecca and Levi, children of Stephen and Sarah

Hitchcock.
Nathaniel, son of John and Desire Woodin.
Rachel, dau. of Griffen and Mabel Bradley.
Sarah, dau. of Thomas and Sarah Allcock.

Elias, son of Ebenezer and Townsend.

Rebecca, dau. of Samuel and Abigail Munson.

Esther, dau. of Theophilus and Abigail Munson.

John, son of John and Lydia Gorham.

Lois, dau. of David and Rhoda Ailing.

Richard Rosewell, son of John and Lydia Eliott.

Moses, Dorcas, Aaron, Lemuel, Esther and Dorothy,

children of Aaron and Dorcas Potter.
Phillis and Jus, children of Cuffe, serv't to Stephen

Munson.
Samuel, son of Samuel and Sarah Bird.
Daniel, son of David and Thankfull Punderson.

1753
Hezekiah, son of Nathaniel and Sarah Beecher.
Charles, son of Jehiel and Hannah Tuttle.
Hannah, dau. of Caleb and Hannah Ailing.
Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Ruggles.
Aner, son of Phineas and Martha Bradley.
Jonathan, son of Jonathan and Mary Mix.
Ezra, son of Joseph and Sarah Mix.
Moses, son of Amos and Mary Peck.
Amos, son of Samuel and Mary Beecher.
Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Rachel Woodin.
Sarah, dau. of Stephen and Sarah Hitchcock.
Phebe, dau. of Edward and Hannah Churchil.
William, son of Timothy and Susanna Bontecou.
Giles Daniel, son of Samuel and Esther Mansfield.
Sarah Turner, for herself (parents dec'd)
Lucresia, dau. of David and Parnell Humphreville.
Ezra, son of James and Thankfull Lines.
Ebenezer, son of John and Mary Storer.
Anna, dau. of Thomas and Sarah Allcock.
John Alsop, son of Hesekiah and Thankfull Talmadge.
James, son of Theophilus and Abigail Munson.
Rebecca, dau. of David and Mary Austin.
John Nichols, son of John and Ruth Hatch.

1754
Sibyl, dau. of Griffen and Mabel Bradley.
Sibyl, dau. of Charles and Sibyl Sabin.

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Dec. 16.
Dec. 23.

Feb. 24.
March 3.

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March 17.
April 7.

May 26.
June 2.
Sept. 8.

Nov. 3.
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Dec. 15.

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Martha, dau. of Timothy and Martha Tallmadge.
Moses Mansfield, son of Samuel and Susannah Cook.
Samuel, son of Ebenezer and Lydia Hull.
Rebecca, dau. of Nehemiah and Rebecca Kebey.
Damaris, dau. of Thomas and Mary Punderson.
Samuel, son of John and Lydia Gorham.
Nathaniel, son of Stephen and Sarah Ford. •
Hannah, dau. of Joseph and Sarah Mix.
William Joseph, son of David and Thankful! Punder-
son.
Phineas, son of David and Rhoda Ailing.

1755
Elijah, son of Jonathon and Mary Mix.
Eveline, dau. of James and Anne Pierpoint.
Hezekiah, son of Ebenezer and Rebecca Townsend.
Abigail, dau. of Aaron and Dorcas Potter.
Robert, son of Joseph and Sarah Tallmadge.
Mary, dau. of John and Elizabeth Thompson
Esther, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah Humphreville.
Ashbel, son of Samuel and Mary Beecher.
Elijah, son of Amos and Mary Peck.
Rebecca, dau. of Benjamin and Rachel Woodin.
Levi, son of Stephen and Sarah Hitchcock.
Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel and Esther Mansfield.
Hannah, dau. of John and Lydia Eliott.
Mary, dau. of Samuel and Sarah Horton.
Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Abigail Munson.
Asenath, daughter of Phineas and Martha Bradley.
Sarah, dau. of Edward and Hannah Churchil.
Mary, dau. of David and Mary Austin.
Timothy, son of Jeremiah and Rebecca Townsend.
David, son of David and Parnell Humphreville.

1756
Elijah, son of Rachel Sperry.
Lydia, dau. of Thomas and Sarah Alcock.
Sarah, dau. of John and Mary Storer.
James, son of James and Mary vSperry.
John Nichols, son of John and Ruth Hatch.
Anna, dau. of Ebenezer and Rebecca Townsend.
Jared, son of GrifEen and Mabel Bradley.
Miles, son of John and Lydia Gorham.
Rebecca, dau. of Ebenezer and Lydia Hull.
Samuel, son of Thomas and Mary Punderson.
Thomas, son of Nathan and Hannah Beers.
Esther, dau. of Theophilus and Abigail Munson.
James, son of Timothy and Martha Tallmadge.
Icabod, son of Timothy and Mary Ailing.
Thankfull, dau. of John and Mary Dorchester.
Sarah, dau. of Yale and Sarah Bishop.
Sarah, daughter of James and Hannah Searle.

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1757
Jan. 2. Mabel Sarah, dau. of Samuel and Sarah Bird.
Feb. 6. Caleb Joyner, son of Caleb and Mary Dorchester.
March 13. Achsah, daughter of Caleb and Mary Andrus.
March 20. Lydia, dau. of Ebenezer and Mary Humerstone.
May 29. Moses Samuel, son of Samuel and Esther Mansfield.

Eldad, son of Jonathan and Patience Mix.
June 5. Jonathan, son of Samuel and Mary Beecher.
June 19. Robert, son of James and Ann Pierpoint.

Mehitabel, dau. of Samuel and Sarah Horton.

Sarah, dau. of David and Mary Austin.
July 3. Pamelia, dau. of David and Parnell Humphreville.
July 24. Hannah, dau. of Amos and Mary Peck.
July 31. Nathaniel, son of John and Mary Storer.

William, son of John and Lydia Eliot.
Aug. 7. Louisa, dau. of John and Susanna Hotchkiss.
Aug. 21. Mary, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Ruggles.
Aug. 28. Nathan, son of Nathaniel and Sarah Beecher.
Sept. 4. Ahimaaz, son of David and Thankfull Punderson.
Sept. 18. Esther, dau. of Josejih and Sarah Mix.

Gabriel, son of John and Susanna Hotchkiss.
Dec. 25. Sarah, dau. of Daniel and Sarah Lyman.

1758
Jan. 8. Hulda, dau. of Phineas and Martha Bradley.
April 9. Thaddeus, son of Lemuel and Mary Hotchkiss.
April 23. David, son of Thomas and Sarah Alcock.

Joseph, son of Timothy and Sarah Gorham.
May 7. Silas and Eleazer, sons of Josua and Mary Hotchkiss.

Israel and Ruth, children of Ezra and Susanna Dodge.
June 2. Daniel, son of Daniel and Parnell Ailing.
July 23. Elisha, son of Yale and Sarah Bishop.
Aug. 13. Mabel, dau. of Griffen and Mabel Bradley.
Aug. 30. Josiah, son of John and Ruth Hatch.
Oct. 8. "Eunice, Lydia, Mary and Sarah, children of Samuel

and Mary Ailing.
Oct. 15. Sarah and Hulda, children of Timothy and Sarah

Munson.
Nov. 12. Abigail, dau. of Ebenezer and Rebecca Townsend.
Nov. 26. Ira, son of Ezra and Susanna Dodge.

1759
Jan. 14. Susanna, dau. of Samuel and Esther Mansfield.

Desire, dau. of Thomas and Hannah Sperry.
Feb. II. Mary, dau. of John and Mary White.
Feb. 25. Nathan Dummer, upon his own account, being an

adult.
March 4. Stephen and Sarah, children of Nathan and Triphena

Dummer.
March 11. Sarah, dau. of John and Mary Storer.

Jerusha, dau. of Caleb and Mary Dorchester.
March 18. Rhoda, dau. of Ezekiel and Hannah Hotchkiss.
March 25. David, son of David and Mary Austin.

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I7S9

April I. Timothy, son of Samuel and Mehitabel Bishop.

June 3. Stephen, son of Joseph and Row.

June 17. Samuel, son of Aaron and Dorcas Potter.

Aug. 12. Susanna Augusta, dau. of John and Susanna Hotchkiss.

Sept. 16. Jonah, son of John and Lydia Gorham.

Sept. 30. Abigail, dau. of Samuel Horton, wife deceased.

Oct. 7. Mary, dau. of Benjamin and Hannah Pardee.

Phebe and Hannah, children of Mary, the wife of John
Thompson.
Oct. 28. Nathan, son of Nathan and Triphena Dummer.

Ebenezer, the son of Mary, the wife of Ebenezer
Humerstone.
Nov. 18. Abigail, dau. of Yale and Sarah Bishop.
Nov. 25. Mary, dau. of Jonathan and Patience Mix.
Dec. 30. John, son of John and Sarah Mix.

1760
Jan. 6. Lucinda, dau. of Joshua and Mary Hotchkiss.
Jan. 27. Rebecca, dau. of Silas and Dorcas Ailing.

Sarah, dau. of Joseph and Sarah Tallmadge.
Feb. 17. Anna, dau. of David and Thankfull Punderson.
Feb. 24. Rebecca, dau. of Judah and Sarah Thompson.
March 2. Raphiel, son of Samuel and Mary Beecher.

April 6. Solomon, son of Joseph and Row.

April 9. Eli, son of Joseph and Sarah Mix.

April 13. Lydia, dau. of Ebenezer and Rebecca Townsend.

April 20. Samuel, son of Samuel and Sarah Bird.

April 27. Joel, son of Caleb and Mary Andrews.

May 4. Philo, son of Daniel and Parnell Ailing.

May 25. Sarah, dau. of Thomas and Mary Ailing.

June I. Esther, dau. of Medad and Mary Lyman.

June 8. Samuel Dennis, son of Dennis and Esther Scovit.

June 22. Lydia Ann, dau. of John and Lydia Eliot.

Hephsibah, dau. of Lemuel and Mary Hotchkiss.
July 20. Mary, dau. of Samuel and Mehitabel Bishop.
Aug. 3. Sarah, dau. of Phineas and Martha Bradley.
Aug. 24. Elihu, son of Daniel and Sarah Lyman.
Sept. I. Elisha, son of Timothy and Sarah Gorham.
Sept. 28. Ezra, son of James and Thankfull Lines.
Oct. 5. Limbre, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Humphreville.
Oct. 12. Samuel, son of Samuel and Lydia Austin.
Oct. 26. Israel, son of Ezra and Susanna Dodge.
Nov. 2. Jesse, son of Amos and Mary Peck.
Nov. 27. Amy, dau. of Griffin and Mabel Bradley.

1761
March 8. Sophia Charlotte, dau. of John and Susanna Hotchkiss.
April 12. Obadiah Hotchkiss, adult.

Mary, dau. of John and Ruth Hatch.

Eli and Lydia, children of Obadiah and Mercy Hotch-
kiss.
May 31. Stephen, son of Jeremiah and Anne Atwater.

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1761
June 21. Ebenezer, son of David and Mary Austin.

Elisha, son of John and Mary White.
June 28. Joseph, son of James and Sarah Bradley.
July 26. Experience, dau. of Mary, the wife of John Thompson.
Aug. 16. Hannah, dau. of John and Lj'dia Gorham.
Sept. 6. James, son of James and Anne Pierpoint.

Hannah, dau. of Samuel and Mary Ailing.

Lois, dau. of Ezekiel and Hannah Hotchkiss.
Sept. 13. Thomas, son of Ebenezer and Mary Humerston.
Sept. 20. Triphena, dau. of Nathan and Triphena Dummer.
Oct. 4. Hannah, dau. of Tille and Hannah Blakeslee.
Oct. 25. John, son of John and Sarah Mix.
Nov. r. Eunice, dau. of Joseph and Eunice Smith.

1762
Jan. 17. Rhoda Caroline, dau. of Dennis and Esther Scovit.
Feb. 14. Thomas, son of Samuel and Sarah Bird.
Feb. 21. David, son of Timothy and Martha Tallmadge.
April 4. Mary Margaret, dau. of James and Mary Sperry.

Elijah and Elisha, twins of Joshua and Mary Hotch-
kiss.
April II. Theophilus, son of Daniel and Parnell Ailing.
May 3. Roger, son of Thomas and Mary Ailing.
June 20. Benjamin, son of John and Mary Dorchester.
July 4. Asa, son of Silas and Dorcas Ailing.
Aug. 15. Lydia, dau. of Jeremiah and Anne Attwater.

Anna, dau. of Nathaniel and Achsah Hatch.
Aug. 29. Benjamin, son of James and Thankfull Lines.
Sept. 5. Susanna, dau. of Ezra and Susanna Dodge.

Obadiah, son of Obadiah and Mercy Hotchkiss.

Nathan, son of Silvanus and Sarah Bishop.
Sept. 19. William, son of Samuel and Lydia Austin.
Oct. 17. Hannah, dau. of Daniel and Sarah Lyman.

Wyllys, son of Yale and Sarah Bishop.
Oct. 31. Frederick William, son of John and Susanna Hotchkiss.
Nov. 7. Mary and Parmelia, children of Lemuel Hotchkiss,

wife dec'd.
Nov. 14. Esther, Lydia and Jesse, children of John and Lydia
Gilbert.

Mary, dau. of Samuel and Mary Beecher.

1763
Feb. 6. Abraham, son of Samuel and Mehitable Bishop.
May 29. Amos, son of Joseph and Sarah Mix.
June 26. John Prout, son of Samuel and Sarah Bird.
July 3. EliezerandSarah.twinsof Timothy and Sarah Gorham.
July 24. Sarah, dau. of David and Mary Austin.
Aug. 28. Samuel, son of John and Sarah Mix.
Oct. 9. Anna and Thankful, twins of David and Thankful

Punderson.
Oct. 16. Sarah, dau. of Silvanus and Sarah Bishop.
Nov. 6. Benjamin, son of Samuel and Mary Ailing.

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June

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July

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1763

Nov. 27. Nathaniel, son of John and Hannah Storer.

Timothy, son of Timothy and Margaret Mix.
Dec. 4. Edward, son of Nathan and Triphena Dummer.
Dec. 25. David, son of Timothy and Martha Tallmadge.

1764
Jan. 15. Sarah, dau. of James and Sarah Bradley.

Abigail, Mary, Sarah and Rebecca, children of Heze-
kiah and Abigail Gorham.

Sarah, dau. of Isaac and Lois Bradley.

Rebecca, dau. of Roger and Rebecca Sherman.

Judah, son of Judah and Sarah Thompson

Susanna Caroline, dau. of John and Susanna Hotchkiss.

Mary, dau. of John and Lydia Gilbert.

Elijah, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Humphreville.

Joseph Punderson, son of Joshua and Mary Hotchkiss.

Caleb, son of Daniel and Parnell Ailing.

Jane, dau. of Benjamin and Elizabeth Mecom.

Esther, dau. of Hezekiah and Abigail Gorham.

John, son of John and Hannah Storer.

Joanna Sybil, dau. of Samuel and Sarah Bird.

Hulda Ailing, dau. of Enoch and Mary Baldwin.

David, son of James and Anne Pierpoint.

Anne, dau. of Jeremiah and Anne Atwater.

Abiah, dau. of Joel and Abiah Atwater.

Thomas Goodsell, son of Jeremiah and Sarah Woolcot.
Nov. 18. Amos, son of Silas and Dorcas Ailing.

Mehitabel and Jeremiah, children of Zadock and
Desire Ailing.

Mary, Elizabeth and Hephzibah, children of William
and Elizabeth Alley.

John, son of John and Phebe Warner.
Dec. 2. Desire Hulda, dau. of Thomas and Hannah Sperry.
Dec. 16. Jared, son of Ebenezer and Mary Humerston.

Lydia, dau. of Samuel and Lydia Austin.
Dec. 23. Eber, son of Ezekiel and Hannah Hotchkiss.
Dec. 30. Stephen, Joseph Eason and Lydia, children of Stephen
and Lydia Trowbridge.

1765
Jan. 20. Sarah, dau. of James and Thankfull Lines.

Easter, dau. of Zepheniah and Mary Hatch.
Jan. 27. Rebecca, dau. of Samuel and Mehitabel Bishop.
Feb. 10. Samuel and Mary, children of Samuel and Elizabeth

White.
March 10. Hannah, dau. of John and Mary Dorchester.

Susanna, dau. of Charles and Susanna Sabins.
March 17. Silas, son of Obadiah and Mercy Hotchkiss.
March 31. Elias, son of John and Lydia Gorham.
April 28. Joseph, son of Zadock and Desire Ailing.
June 2. Elizabeth, dau. of David and Mary Austin.

William, son of William and Elizabeth Alley.

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June 9
July 7
Aug. 4
Aug. II
Sept. 29
Oct. 13
Nov. 3
Nov. 17
Dec. I
Dec. 29

Jan. s.
March 23.
April 6.
April 13.
April 20.
May 4.

June 22.
June 29.
July 27.
Aug. 3.
Sept. 7.
Sept. 28.
Nov. 16.

Feb. 8.
Feb. 15.

Feb. 22.
March 15
April 12.

April 26.

May 17.
May 31.
June 14.
June 28.
July 12.

July 19.

Aug. 2.
Aug. 16.
Aug. 23.
Sept. 26.

1765

Isaac, son of Isaac and Lois Bradley.
Samuel, son of John and Ruth Hatch.
Deodate, son of John and Sarah Mix.
Salmon, son of Griffin and Mabel Bradley.
Elihu, son of Silvanus and Sarah Bishop.
Elizabeth, dau. of Benjamin and Elizabeth Mecom.
Abigail, dau. of Samuel and Mary Ailing.
Abraham, son of Nathan and Triphena Dummer.
Lewis George, son of John and Susanna Hotchkiss.
Sarah, dau. of Joseph and Sarah Mix.

1766
Elizabeth, dau. of Roger and Rebecca Sherman.
Elizabeth, dau. of Joel and Abiah Atwater.
Joel, son of Abraham and Sarah Auger.
Abiah, dau. of John and Lydia Gilbert.
Stephen, son of Stephen and Sarah Ingraham.
Eden, son of John and Abigail Cornell.
Thomas, son of Samuel and Elizabeth White.
Bathsheba, dau. of Daniel and Parnel Ailing.
Sarah, dau. of Joseph and Eunice Smith.
Tillotson, son of Tille and Hannah Blakeslee.
Hephzibah, dau. of James and Sarah Bradley.
Phebe, daughter of John and Phebe Warner.
Hannah, dau. of John and Hannah Storer.
Phebe, dau. of Ezekiel and Hanna Hotchkiss.

1767
Israel, son of Israel and Anna Munson.
Elizabeth, dau. of Zadock and Desire Ailing.
Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Humphre-

ville.
Jeremiah, son of Jeremiah and Anne Atwater.

Lewis, son of Isaac and Lois Bradley.

Sybel, dau. of Zephaniah and Mary Hatch.
George Lewis, son of John and Susanna Hotchkiss.

Sarah, the wife of Elisha Booth.

Hannah, the dau. of Elisha and Sarah Booth.

Eurania, dau. of James and Mary Sperry,

Lyman, son of Lemuel and Triphena Hotchkiss.

Molly, dau. of Phineas and Martha Bradley.

John, son of Samuel and Mehitabel Bishop.

Sarah and Hannah, twins of Charles and Susanna
Sabins.

Elizabeth, dau. of Caleb and Ailing.

Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel and Abigail Munson.

Ebenezer, son of James and Thankfull Lines.

Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac and Elizabeth Thompson.

Timothy, son of John and Ruth Hatch.

Molly, dau. of Silvanus and Sarah Bishop.

Sarah, dau. of John and Lydia Gorham.

Elisha, son of Joshua and Mary Hotchkiss.

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1767
Oct. 4. Amos, son of John and Sarah Mix.
Nov. I. Hannah, dau. of David and Mar}' Austin.
Dec. 13. Joanna Sibyl, dau. of Samuel and Sarah Bird.

Lois, Abigail, Mehitabel, Anna and Mary, children of
Jonathan and Mehitabel Osborne.
Dec. 27. Sarah, dau. of William and Elizabeth Alley.

1768
Feb. 7. Mary, dau. of Aaron and Mary Potter.

Eber, son of John and Lydia Gilbert.
March 13. Abigail, dau. of Joel and Abiah Atwater.

Edward, son of Silas and Dorcas Ailing.
April 10. Martha, Sarah and Hannah, children of James Minot,

wife dec'd.
June 5. Lydia, dau. of Stephen and Sarah Ingraham.
June 26. Abijah, son of Griffin and Mabel Bradley.
July 24. Roger, son of Roger and Rebecca Sherman.
Dec. 18. Jeremiah, son of Abraham and Sarah Auger.

1769
Jan. 8. Lois, dau. of Isaac and Lois Bradley.

Mary, dau. of Nathan and Triphena Dummer.
Jan. 15. Joel, son of Joseph and Sarah Mix.

Ezekiel, son of Ezekiel and Hannah Hotchkiss.
Jan. 28. Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan and Mehitabel Osborn.
March 12. Joanna, dau. of James and Sarah Bradley.

Philomela, dau, of John Miles, Jr., and Mehitabel.
May 28. Susanna Jane, dau. of John and Susanna Hotchkiss.
June 4. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth White.
July 6. Desire, dau. of Zadock and Desire Ailing.
Nov. 5. Joel, son of Joel and Abiah Atwater.

1770
Jan. 28. Sylvanus, son of Sylvanus and Sarah Bishop.
Feb. 4. Lily Pink, dau. of Cuff and Lily, negroes.
March 4. Caleb, son of Joshua and Mary Hotchkiss.
March 18. Mary, dau. of Ebenezer and Esther Johnson.
March 25. Rebecca, dau. of Samuel and Mehitabel Bishop.

Pvlisha, son of David and Mary Austin.
June 3. Hezekiah, son of John and Sarah Mix.

Joseph, son of Jeremiah and Ann Atwater.
June 17. Sarah Hummaston, an adult.
July I. Alice, dau. of Zephaniah and Mary Hatch.
July 29. Miranda, dau. of Griffin and Mabel Bradley.
Dec. 16. Rebecca, dau. of Isaac and Lois Bradley.

1771
Jan. 20. Lydia, dau. of John and Abigail Cornwell.
Feb. 10. Sherman, son of James and Betty Minott.
April 7. Isaac, son of Israel and Ann Munson.
June 2. Timothy John, son of John and Susanna Hotchkiss.
June 9. Marcus, son of John and Mehitabel Miles.

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1771

Sept. I. Jane, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth White.

Sept. 28. Isaac, son of Jonathan and Sarah Wiles.

Oct. 13. William Jones, son of Dennis and Esther Covert.

Oct. 20. Amelia, dau. of Isaac and Elizabeth Thompson.

Nov. 24. Rosanna, Edward, John and William, children of

Edward and Mary Moloy.
Dec. 15. Amos, son of Sulvanus and Sarah Bishop.

1772
Jan. 12. Walter, son of Jonathon and Mary Edwards.

Joel and Mary Rebecca, children of Nathaniel and
Achsah Hatch.
Feb. 16. Ebenezer Elisha, son of David and Mary Austin.

Mary, dau. of Joel and Abiah Atwater.
March i. Mehetabel, dau. of Roger and Rebecca Sherman.
March 22. William, son of James and Anne Pierpoint.
April 26. Nathan, son of Ebenezer and Esther Johnson.
June 21. Elias, son of Gurdon and Sarah Turner.
June 28. Abraham, son of Abraham and Amy Bradley.

Miles, son of Joshua and Mary Hotchkiss.
Aug. 16. William, son Jeremiah and Anne Atwater.
Sept. 13. Urania, dau. of James and Mary Sperry.
Dec. 6. Justus, son of Obadiah and Mercy Hotchkiss.

1773
Feb. 14. Lydia, Maroia and Abigail, children of Jabez and

Abigail Johnson.
Feb. 28. Anne, dau. of Israel and Anne Munson.
April 25. Elihu, Strong, Hannah, Stephen, Samuel, Mary Ann
and Clarissa, children of Elihu and Hannah Sanford.
May 2. James, son of Jonathan and Sarah Wiles.
May 23. Sarah, dau. of Isaac and Lois Bradley.
June 6. Eli Cook, son of Gold and Philomela Sherman.
June 13. Maria Jane, dau. of John and Susanna Hotchkiss.
June 27. Philemon, son of Edward and Mary Moloy.
July 4. Mary, dau. of Jonathan and Mary Edwards.
July II. Mary Hull, adult.

Hannah Ball, on account of her mother Mary Rexford.
Elizabeth, Joel and Lucy, children of James and Mary
Hull.
Aug. I. Enos Brooks, son of John and Mehitabel Miles.

1774
Jan. 30. Susanna, dau. of Elihu and Hannah Sanford.
Feb. 27. Elizabeth, dau. of Abel and Eunice Burritt.
March 6. William, Esther and Samuel, children of Nathaniel

and Mabel Kimberly.
May 15. Eunice, dau. of Jabez and Abigail Johnson.

June 5. Sarah Anne, dau. of Jesse and Cook.

Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer and Esther Johnson.
June 19. Abigail, dau. of Gurdon and Sarah Turner.
July 3. John Punderson, son of David and Mary Austin.
July 31. Mary, dau. of Joel and Abiah Atwater.

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1775
Jan. 22. Lydia, dau. of Erastus and Lydia Bradley.

Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel and Mabel Kimberly.
Feb. 19. Amos, son of Isaac and Lois Bradley.
Feb. 26. Jonathan, son of Jonathan and Mary Edwards.
April 2. Sarah, dau. of Abraham and Amy Bradley.
April 16. Benjamin, son of Zephaniah and Mary Hatch.
Aug. 20. A child of Jonathan and Sarah Wiles.
Nov. 26. Leverett, son of Gold and Philomela Sherman.
Dec. 3. Hannah Piatt, dau. of Lamuel and Phebe Broome,

1776
Jan. 14. David, son of Edward and Mary Moloy.
Feb. 4. Jerusha, dau. of Jonathan and Mary Edwards.
March 10. Abiah, dau. of James and Mary Hull.
July 21. Rachel and Abraham, children of Abraham Thomp-
son. (Mother dead)
William, Stephen and Hannah, children of Abraham
and Hannah Thompson.
July 28. David, son of Elihu and Hannah Sanford.
Aug. 25. Mary, dau. of David and Mary Austin.

Harriet, dau. of John and Rebecca Broome.
John, son of Gurdon and Sarah Turner.
Dec. I. Elizabeth Mary, dau. of Solomon and Elizabeth Phipps.
Dec. 8. Oliver, son of Nathaniel and Achsah Hatch.

Lucy, dau. of David and Grace Dougal.
Dec. 29. Mabel Howel, an adult.

1777
Jan. 12. Mary, dau. of Barnabas and Mehitabel Mulford.
Feb. 9. Esther, dau. of Nathan and Esther Oakes.
March 23. Samuel, son of Ebenezer and Esther Johnson.
May 18. Nicholas, Lois, Benjamin, Elijah and Anne, children

Nicholas and Mabel Howel.
May 25. Oliver, son of Roger and Rebecca Sherman.
William Mills, son of Elias and Mary Beers.
Oct. 5. Amos, son of Jabez and Abigail Johnson.

1778
Jan. 4. Erastus, son of Erastus and Lydia Bradley.
April 12. Rebecca Lydia, dau. of Jeremiah and Anne Atwater.
April 26. Benjamin, son of Abel and Eunice Burritt.

N. B. Martha, the dau. of Phineas and Martha Bradley
was baptized by the Rev. Mr. Bird, in the year 1751,
but an entry on record was neglected.

July 19. Anne, dau. of Isaac and Townsend.

Henry, son of Nathaniel and Mabel Kimberly.
Lydia, dau. of James and Mary Hull.
Sept. 27. Richard, son of Nicholas and Mabel Howel.
A child of Abraham and Amy Bradley.

1779
Jan. 17. Anne, dau. of Isaac and Elizabeth Thompson.
March 21. Nathan, son of Nathan and Esther Oakes.

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1779
May 30. William Gold, son of William and Philomela Helms.
July 18. Timothy and Daniel, sons of Daniel and Louissa

Bishop.
Aug. 29. Mary Esther, dau. of Ebenezer and Esther Johnson.

Joanna, dau. of Solomon and Elizabeth Phipps.
Oct. 17. Joseph, son of Gurdon and Sarah Turner.
Oct. 31. Martha, dau. of Roger and Rebecca Sherman.

1780
Feb. 13. Sally, dau. of Eli and Sarah Leavenworth.
Feb. 27. Anna, dau. of Erastus and Lydia Bradley.
May 7. Hannah, dau. of Isaac and Lois Bradley.
May 28. Anna Austin, an adult.
June 25. Sar ah, dau . of Abel, and, Eunice Burritt.
Dec. 24. Lemuel, Lucy and Silas, children of Lemuel and Mar-
garet Benham.

1781

Jan. 28. John, son of Daniel and Louissa Bishop.
March 4. Experience, Rebecca, Elizabeth and Mary, children of
Joseph and Lydia Thompson.

Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel and Mabel Kiraberly.
April 15. Lucretia, dau. of David and Jerusha Mulford.
June 10. Sally, dau. of Nathan and Esther Oakes.
Aug. 5. Mary, dau. of Abraham and Amy Bradley.
Aug. 26. Mary, dau. of Edward and Mary Moloy.
Sept. 9. Sally, dau. of Gurdon and Sarah Turner.

1782
Feb. 10. Henry, son of Ebenezer and Beardsley.

Asa Todd, son of Solomon and Elizabeth Phipps.
Feb. 17. Betsy, dau. of Lemuel and Margaret Benham.
Feb. 24. Joseph Rogers, son of William and Philomela Helms.
March 24. Eunice, dau. of Abel and Eunice Burritt.
May 26. Frederick William, son of Daniel and Louissa Bishop.
July 21. Amelia and Mercy, children of James and Mary Hull.

Aug. II. William, son of Jeremiah and Atwater.

Aug. 25. Sidney, son of Elias and Mary Beers.
Sept. 29. John, Mary, Harriet, Elizabeth and David Austin,
children of John and Rebecca Sherman.

Stephen, Charles Burroll and William, children of
Major and Susanna Lynes.
Oct. 6. William, Nathaniel Farrand, Francis and Anna, chil-
dren of John and Elizabeth Mix.

1783
Feb. 16. Sarah, dau. of Roger and Rebecca Sherman.
David, son of Ebenezer and Esther Johnson.
March 9. Fanny, dau. of Eli and Sarah Leavenworth.
Aug. 3. Abel, son of Abel and Eunice Burritt.
Aug. 24. Elizabeth, dau. of Major and Susanna Lynes.
Aug. 31. Lois, dau. of Israel and Anne Munson.
Nov. 2. Betsey, dau. of Gurdon and Sarah Turner.
Nov. 9. Levina, dau. of Nathan and Esther Oakes.

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1784
Jan. i8. Charles, son of John and Rebecca Sherman.

Susanna, dau. of Daniel and Louissa Bishop.
Feb. 22. Hannah Mix, an adult.
March i. Elias, son of Elias and Mary Beers.
March 4. Elizabeth and William Roswell, children of Timothy

and Mary Jones.
April 25. Lucretia, dau. of Solomon and Elizabeth Phipps.
July 4. Jared, son of Abraham and Amy Bradley.
Oct. 3. Mary Mix, an adult.

Oct. 24. Samuel Fish, son of William and Philomela Helms.
Oct. 31. John, son of Nathaniel and Mabel Kimberly.

James Hitchcock and Mary, children of Eldad and
Mary Mix.
Dec. 12. Sidney, son of Samuel and Mabel Hull.

1785
Jan. 23. Betsy, dau. of Lemuel and Rebecca Benham.
March 6. Asenath, dau. of James and Mary Hull.
July 17. Polly, dau. of Nicholas and Mabel Howel.
Oct. 16. Susannah, dau. of Major and Susanna Lynes.
Nov. 6. Chauncey Fitch and Julia, children of Eliphaz and

Lydia Perkins.
Dec. II. Henry, son of John and Rebecca Sherman.
Eber, son of Gurdon and Sarah Turner.

1786
Jan. 29. Elizabeth, dau. of Guy and Hannah Dodd.
Feb. 19. Walter, son of Walter and Sarah King.
April 9. Solomon, son of Ebenezer and Esther Johnson.

Ebenezer, son of Samuel and Mabel Hull.
May 7. John Austin, son of Daniel and Anne Crocker.
May 14. Polly, dau. of Nathan and Esther Oakes.
July 23. Patty, Anna and Timothy Parkman, children of Tim-
othy and Hannah Townsend.
Sept. 24. Naomi and Sarah, children of Marston and Sarah
Parrot.

1787
July I. Laura, dau. of Joseph and Sarah Trowbridge.
Samuel, son of Lemuel and Rebecca Benham.
Nov. 18. Jeremiah, John, Lois, James and Charles, children of

Jeremiah, Jr., and Lois Atwater.
Dec. 30. Medad, son of Eldad and Mary Mix.

1788
Jan. 27. Joseph Bishop, son of Guy and Hannah Dodd.
Feb. 3. Sydney, son of Abraham and Amy Bradley.

Daniel, son of Daniel and Anne Crocker.
June I. Mary, dau. of Major and Susanna Lynes.
July 20. Ira, son of Gurdon and Sarah Turner.
Nov. 9. Glover Ball, an adult.
Nov. 30. Joseph, son of Daniel and Louissa Bishop.

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Feb. 15.
Aug. 9.

Oct.
Dec.

Feb. 28.
March 7.

March 28
May 2.

June 27.
July II.
Dec. 19.

Feb. 27.
June 27.

July 31.

Sept. 18.

Feb. 5.
March iS
June 3.
Sept. 9.
Oct. 14.
Nov. II.

Sept. 15.
Oct. 20.
Oct. 27.
Nov. 10.

Aug. 16.
Nov. 2.

Dec. 21.

1789
Levi, son of Marston and Sarah Parrot.
Huldah, Glover, Ezekiel, Eldad and Hannah, children

of Glover and Hannah Ball.
Fanny and Nancy, twins of Jeremiah and Lois Atwater.
Mary, Esther, Ebenezer, Stephen and Henry, children

of Ebenezer and Mary Huggins.

1790
Nancy, dau. of Lemuel and Rebecca Benham.
Mary, William, Nathaniel, John and Allen, children

of Nathaniel and Mary Fitch.
Phebe, dau. of Eldad and Mary Mix.
James Webster, Francis and Rebecca, children of

John and Martha Townsend.
Fanny, dau. of Major and Susanna Lynes.
Almera, dau. of Samuel and Mabel Hull.
William and Henry, sons of Daniel and Anne Crocker.

1791

Eleazer Thompson, son of Nathaniel and Mary Fitch.

John Stark, Henry Waggaman, Moses Ogden, Henry
Alfred and Henrietta Frances, children of Pierpont
and Frances Edwards.

Isaac, Mary, William Henry, Amelia, Timothy, Alger-
non Sidney, Frances and Harriet, children of Isaac
and Sibyl Jones.

Frances, Eunice and Julia, children of Widow Eunice
Lothrop.

Susanna, dau. of Glover and Hannah Ball.

1792
Henry, son of Widow Eunice Lothrop.
Medad, son of Eldad and Mary Mix.
Augustus Russell, son of Titus and

Street.

Major, son of Major and Susanna Lynes.

Polly, dau. of Jeremiah and Lois Atwater.

Timothy Green, son of Lemuel and Rebecca Benham.

Stephen, son of Daniel and Louissa Bishop.

1793
Harriet, dau. of Eldad and Mary Mix.
Sarah, dau. of Guy and Hannah Dod.
Aaron, son of Archibald and Betsy Rice.
Lucius Barzly, son of John and Martha Townsend.

1794

Isaac, son of Isaac and Sarah Thompson.

Timothy, son of Glover and Hannah Ball.

Rebecca, Ebenezer, Roger Sherman and Simeon, chil-
dren of Simeon and Rebecca Baldwin.

William, David, Lydia and Samuel, children of William
and Mary Austin.

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1795

May 17. Charles, son of Timothy and Hannah Townsend.
Sept. 6. Samuel, Johnson, Ebenezer, Martha and Mary Bethia,

children of Thomas and Mary Burrell.
Oct. II. Maria, Nathan, Timothy Phelps, Isaac and Abigail,

children of Nathan and Mary Beers.

1796
June 19. Samuel, son of William and Mary Austin.
Sept. 18. John Phelps, son of Nathan and Mary Beers.

Nathaniel, son of Simeon and Luceanah Jocelin.

Charles Guy, son of Guy and Hannah Dodd.

In 1771, a schism in the church led to the formation of a new
society called "The Fairhaven Society," which existed as a
separate organization until 1796, when it reunited with the
parent church.

Fairhaven Record.

1773
May 16. Levi, son of Levi Ives.
June 13. Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan Osborn, on his wife's

account.
July 3. Abner, son of Samuel Wooding, on his wife's account.
July 10. Sarah, dau. of Samuel White.
July 19. Lydia, dau. of Caleb Ailing.

Aug. I. Lydia, the wife of Joseph Peck was baptized with seven
children: Joseph, Augustus, Ward, Mary, Deborah,
Lydia and Sarah.
On the same day John Bradley, with five children,

Alathea, Enos, John, Deborah and Phebe.
On the same day, Phebe Phipps with three children,

Miriam, Elizabeth and Phebe.
On the same day, John Culver with two children, Wil-
liam and Molley.
Dec. 19. A child of Ashbel Stillman.

Anne, dau. of Abraham Allyn.

1774
Jan. 2. Esther, dau. of Jacob Thompson.
March 20. Rebecca, Caleb, Sarah, Mary and Permelia, children of

Sarah Thomas.
Elizabeth, Phebe and Stephen, children of Stephen

Brown and his wife.
June 5. Mary, dau. of Damaris Punderson.
June 26. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Wooden, Jr., on his v,rife's

account.
Oct. 9. Hulda, dau. of Joseph Smith and his wife.
Oct. 16. Frances, child of Jacob Thompson and his wife.
Nov. 6. Dorothy, the wife of Joseph Gilbert, was baptised with

four children; Aaron, Sybell, Rebecca and Joseph.

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1774

Dec. 5. Isaac, Elisha, Israel, Sarah, Joel, Elizabeth and Exper-
ience, children of Joseph Gilbert and his wife.
Permelia, Sena and George, children of Ichabod Page,
on his wife's account.
Dec. 17. Mary, dau. of Levi Ives.

Jonah, Rhoda, Hulda and Sarah, children of Moses
Ford and his wife.

1775
Jan. 22. Eli, son of Elijah Osborn, on his wife's account.
Feb. 19. Caleb, son of Ichabod Page, on his wife's account.
March 19. Allyn, son of Allyn Mather and wife.
April 2. Hannah, dau. of Lemuel Hotchkiss and wife.
April 9. Patience, dau. of Lydia Peck.
May 7. Elihu, son of Henry Daggett and his wife.

Joshua, son of Joshua Bradley and his wife.
May 28. Ashbel, son of Ashbel Stilman and his wife.
June 4. Lucy, dau. of Daniel Allyn and his wife.
June 18. Mary, dau. of John Gilbert, on his wife's account.
July 2. Samuel, Esther, Rhoda, Temperance, Stephen and
James, children of Joseph Wise, on his wife's account.
Aug. 20. John Gaxlay, son of William Carter.
Oct. 29. William Milner, son of William Plimate and his wife.

Caleb, son of Caleb Ailing and his wife.

1776
Jan. 7. Sally, dau. of Jacob Daggett, on his wife's account.
March 3. Lucy, dau. of John Bradley, on his wife's account.

Jared, son of David Munson Jr. and his wife.
May 5. Charles, son of Abraham Ailing and his wife.
June 2. Rebecca, dau. of Benjamin Wooden Jr., on his wife's

account.
July 7. Moses, son of Moses Ford and his wife.
Aug. 4. Polly, dau. of William Carter.
Oct. 20. Henry, son of Henry Daggett and his wife.

Joseph, son of Joseph Smith and his wife.
Oct. 27. Polly Anne, dau. of Timothy Mix and his wife.
Nov. 10. Enoch, son of Enoch Baldwin.
Nov. 24. Martha Holmes was baptized with two children, Lucy

and John Lee.
Dec. 15. Samuel and Leverett, children of Samuel Griswal, on

his wife's account.

1777
Feb. 17. Joanna, dau. of Elijah Osborn, on his wife's account.
April 20. Lydia, dau. of John Storer and his wife.
May 18. Ruth, dau. of Sarah Cooper.
July 6. Hulda, dau. of Daniel Allyn and his wife.
July 13. Mary, dau. of Stephen Brown.
Sept. 14. William, son of William Scott.

Ruth, dau. of Lydia Squire.
Sept. 28. Allyn, son of Person Stilman, on his wife's account.

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1777
Sept. 28. John, son of Samuel White.
Oct. 5. Elihu, son of Levi Ives and his wife.

Margaret Arnold, dau. of Jacob Thompson and his
wife.
Oct. 19. Damaris, dau. of Samuel Wooden Jr., on his wife's ac-
count.
Nov. 23. Sally, dau. of John Warner.

1778
Feb. I. John, son of John Bradley, on his wife's account.

Jonathan, son of John Culver and his wife.
March i. Meriam, dau. of John Gilbert, on his wife's account.
April 12. Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Daggett and his wife.

Lois, dau. of Caleb Ailing.
April 19. Elijah, son of Joel Gilbert and his wife.
May 24. Lewis, son of Silas Ailing.

Anne, dau. of Joseph Smith and his wife.
June 14. John Munson, son of Ichabod Page, on his wife's

account.
June 21. Sally, dau. of James Murray and his wife.
June 28. Elixcis, son of Enoch Baldwin.
Sept. 6. David, son of Hephzibah Moulthrop.
Oct. 4. Javen, son of Benjamin Wooden, Jr., on his wife's

account.
Nov. I. James, son of James Gilbert.
Dec. 20. Jerusha, dau. of Nathan Dummer.

1779
Jan. 3. Chester, son of Daniel Talmadge and his wife.
Feb. 7. Joseph, son of David Warner, on his wife's account.
Feb. 21. Elizabeth, dau. of Allyn Mather and his wife.

Eli, son of Levi Ives and his wife.

Mehetable, dau. of Timothy Mix and his wife.
March 21. Lemuel, son of Lemuel Hotchkiss and his wife.
March 28. Henry, son of Jacob Thompson and his wife.
April 4. Rhoda, dau. of Abraham Ailing and his wife.
April 2. Unice, dau. of Moses Ford and his wife.
June 13. Chauncey, son of Jacob Daggett, on his wife's account.
Aug. 26. Polly, dau. of John Throop.
Sept. 5. Amelia, dau. of Henry Daggett and his wife.

Enos, son of Elijah Osborn and his wife.
Oct. 3. Dearen Phipps, son of Stephen Brown and his wife.
Nov. 14. Joel, son of Isaac Auger and his wife.

1780
Jan. 16. Sally, dau. of Timothy Johnson, on his wife's account.
Feb. 13. Unice, dau. of Caleb Ailing and his wife.
April 9. Hannah, dau. of Samuel Griswell, on his wife's account.

Elizabeth, dau. of Hezekiah Auger and his wife.
April 23. Amos, son of Enoch Baldwin.
May 28. Liman, Joseph and Sally, children of Joseph Peck.

Elizabeth, dau. of Isaac Gilbert.

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June II.

June i8.
July 2.

July i6.

July 30.

Aug. 20.

Sept.

Oct.

April

May

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une

une
uly

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

24
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Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

1780

Caleb Bradley, Lidia Bradley and Phebe Bradley were
baptised on their own account.

Esther, Hulda, Justice, Sarah and Elizabeth, children
of Jonah Bradley.

Joel, son of Medad Osborn and his wife.

Polly and Susanna, children of Henry York, on his
wife's account.

Ruth, dau. of Thomas Punderson and his wife.

William, son of William Noyes.

Samuel Mansfield, son of Susanna Troop.

Ailing and Rebecca, children of Amos Gilbert, on his
wife's account.

Unice, Eldad and Anna, children of Caleb Gilbert, on
his wife's account.

Esther, Jabez and Timothy, children of Timothy
D wight.

Henry, son of Amos Hotchkiss, on his wife's account.

James Peck and Elijah, children of Jonathan Mix.

James and Jonas, children of Samuel Gorham, on his
wife's account.

Mary and Phebe, children of William Puncherd, on his
wife's account.

Melia and Levi, children of the Widow Lois Beecher.

Amos, Mary, Larmon and Elizabeth, children of Rob-
ert Townsend, on his wife's account.

Justice, son of John Storer.

Betsy, dau. of Eleazer Hotchkiss, on his wife's account.

Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of Joel Gilbert, on his wife's ac-
count.

Chauncey, son of Samuel Dorman, on his wife's
account.

Major, son of Joseph Smith and his wife.

Lois, dau. of David Warner.

Benjamin, son of Benjamin Wooden.
1781

Asa, son of Silas Ailing.

Elizabeth Anne, dau. Amos Gilbert on his wife's
account.

Isaac, son of David Munson, on his wife's account.

Nance, dau. of James Murray.

Sarah, dau. of James Gilbert, on his wife's account.

Hannah, dau. of Timothy Dwight.

Elihu, son of Henry Daggett.

Frances, a child of Jacob Thompson and his wife.

Lsaac, son of Timothyn Mix and his wife.

Rebecca, dau. of Jacob Daggett.

Charles, son of Daniel Talmadge and his wife.
1782

Sally, dau. of Samuel Gorham, on his wife's account.

Ely, son of Robert Townsend, on his wife's account.

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Jan. 20.
Feb. 10.

Feb. 17.

March 3.
March 24,

March 31.
April 21.
May 26.
Aug. II.
Aug. 18.

Aug. 24.
Sept. 8.
Sept. 15.
Sept. 22.
Oct. 6.

Jan. 26.
March 9.

April 13.

May 15.
June 18.
July 13.
Aug. 3.
Aug. 10.

Aug. 24.

Aug. 31.
Sept. 7.
Sept. 28.

Oct. 12.
Nov. 23.

Jan. 24.
Jan. 25.
March 21

1782
Thankful Sophia, dau. of Allyn Mather and his wife.
Sarah and Abigail, children of David Bishop on his

wife's account.
Heamon, son of Timothy Johnson, on his wife's

account.
Hulda, dau. of Elias Townsend, on his wife's account.
Elihu, son of Isaac Auger and his wife.
Benjamin Atkin, son of Phineas Andrus, on his wife's

account.
Lidia, dau. of Hezekiah Auger and his wife.
Hannah, dau. of Stephen Brown.
A child of Enoch Baldwin.
Elizabeth, dau. of John Storer.
Joseph, son of Joseph Peck.
Betsy, dau. of Henry York.

Lemuel, son of Samuel Punderson and his wife.
Polly, dau. of Samuel Griswold, on his wife's account.
Clarissa, dau. of Jonathan Mix, on his wife's account.
Ransom, son of Joseph Bennum.
Ezekiel Williams, son of Abel Morse.
Mary, dau. of Medad Osborne and his wife.
Jared, son of David Warner, on his wife's account.

1783
Polly, dau. of Levi Ives.
Desire, dau. of Benjamin Wooden, Jr., on his wife's

account.
William, son of William Puncherd Jr., on his wife's

account.
John, son of Joseph Eells, on his wife's account.
Elizabeth, dau. of Hannah Munson.
William, son of Jared Thompson, on his wife's account.
Polly, dau. of John Troop, on his wife's account.
Joseph, Waterman, Susanna and Hannah, children of

Joseph Eells.
John, son of James Murray and his wife.
Mabel, Sene, Sina and Benjamin, children of Thomas

Mix.
Sarah, dau. of Hannah Munson.
Miles, son of Isaac Beecher, on his wife's account.
Mehitable, dau. of Stephen Munson, on his wife's

account.
Nancy, dau. of Stephen Ailing, on his wife's account.
Michael Gilbert, son of Eleazer Hotchiss.
Increase, a child of Allyn Mather.
Mary, dau. of Jacob Thompson.
Caleb, son of Alexander Bradley, on his wife's account.

1784
Henry, son of Henry Daggett and wife.
Asa, son of Caleb Ailing and his wife.
Thomas, son of Thomas Punderson and wife.

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April 4.
June 20.
June 27.

Dec. 3.

March.
April.
May 6.
Aug. 27.
Oct. 14-

Nov. 16.
Dec. 30.

1784
dau. of Robert Townsend,

on his wife's ac-

Hannah,
count.
Nancy, dau. of Jacob Daggett, on his wife's account.
Jimmy, son of Samuel Gorham, on his wife's account.
Minet, son of Hezekiah Auger and wife.

1786

Chloe, dau. of Hezekiah Auger and wife.
Maria, dau. of Isaac Gilbert.

1787

A child of Ebenezer Townsend.

Benjamin, son of Phineas Andrews and wife.

Esther, dau. of James Gilbert, Jr., and wife.

Julia, dau. of Jared Thompson and wife.

Betsey, Daniel Goffe and Solomon, children of Goffe

Phipps.
Mary, dau. of Peter Reed.
A child of Stephen Munson.
Aner, son of of Aner Adee.

1788

Jan. 20. Meliscent, dau. of James Prescott.

March 28. Bisa, child of Joseph Peck.

April 13. Mary, dau. of Samuel Gorham and wife.

Nancy, dau. of Elias Townsend and wife.
May 19. Sophia and William, children of Levi Ives.

Keron. son of Joseph Smith.

A child of Mr. Johnston.

A child of Nancy Hendrick.

Kate, dau. of Harthan Ramsdale.

Mehetabel Emory Fabins, dau. of Mr. Abel Morse.

Nancy Maria, dau. of Jonathan Mix.

July 27.
Oct. 12.

Dec. 7.

1789
Jan. 4. Maria, dau. of Hezekiah Auger.
May i8. Isaac, son of Isaac Auger.

William, son of Coe Hendrick.
May 31. Lucy, William, Michael, Henry White, Clarina and
Sally, children of the widow Theodora Baldwin.
Elias, son of Isaac Gilbert.

1790

Jan. 30. James, son of James Prescott.

Aug. I. Jonathan Lucius, son of Jonathan Mix.

Sept. 5. Hester, dau. of Isaac Auger.

Oct. 24. William, son of Harthan Ramsdale.

Nov. 14. Hezekiah, son of Samuel Gorham.

Nov. 21. Thomas Bazzel, son of Joseph Peck.

Feb. 6. Aaron Forbes, son of Thomas Potter.

April 7. Hezekiah, son of Hezekiah Auger.

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1791
May I. Jesse, son of Peter Read.

Isaac, son of Isaac Gilbert.
July 10. Deborah Walker, dau. of Abel Morse.

1792
Jan. I. Nancy, dau. of Coe Hendrick.
Aug. 5. Eleazer, son of Eleazer Hotchkiss.
Sept. 23. Minot, son of James Prescott.

Bela Thomas, son of Joseph Peck.

1793
Jan. 27. Mary, dau. of Henry Daggett.

June 9. Mary Eliza, dau. of Jonathan Mix, on his wife's account.
June 30. John Fabian, son of Abel Morse.
July 7. Job, son of Thomas Potter.

Eleazer, son of Samuel Gorham.

Henrietta, dau. of Isaac Auger.

Mary, dau. of Isaac Gilbert.
July 28. Chauncey Ailing and Nancy Ailing, children of Elizur

Goodrich.
July 28. Elisha, son of Thomas Punderson.

1794
June 29. Elizabeth and Samuel, children of Samuel Punderson.

1795
April 5. James, son of Hezekiah Auger.
Aug. 2. William Augustus, son of Jonathan Mix.
Aug. 9. Debby Walker, dau. of Mrs. Sarah Griffin, wife of
Rossiter Griffin.

A DIGEST OF ESSEX WILLS.

With Particular Reference to Names of Importance in the
American Colonies.

By William Gilbert,

Corresponding Member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Member
of the Essex Archaeological Society, etc.

(Continued from Vol. XLI, p. 372, of the Record.)

156. Addams, Thomas, the elder of Harlow, Essex. Bone set-
ter,* 4 Feby., 1605. To be buried in the Churchyard. To my son
Thomas 2/- To son John my freehold land in Hendon Middlesex
to him and his heirs for ever upon condition he pay my son
George and daughter Joyce Addams ,5^1 6 equally between them
and my daughter Joan Turner 10/- and Thomas Wood my daugh-
ter Turner's son 20/- at his age of 21. If my son John die with-
out issue then the said land to come to my son George and his

* Surgeon.

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heirs he paying to his sister Joyce ;^8. To my son Roger and his
heirs the tenement wherein I dwell in Harlow aforesaid with the
orchard and garden thereto belonging. To son John my biggest
brasse pott one pewter platter and a pewter dish. To son
George my biggest brasse kettle etc. To son Roger my brasse
three legged kettle etc. To Thomas Wood my daughters son
one latten* candlestick with a square nossell etc. To daughter
Turner a warming pan. Res: daughter Joyce. Ex: son John.
Overseer: John Gladwyn of Harlow yeoman, 2/- to him. Wit:
Nicholas Graygoose and George Harrison. Probate not men-
tioned. (Consistory, London. Sperin, 342.)

157. Aylett, Matthew, of Much Totham, Essex, Yeoman,
2 Oct., 1604. To be buried in churchyard. To Elizabeth my
wife all my lands and tenements now in the occupation of Peter
Payse situate in Tolleshunt Tregoosef Essex Also to her all my
goods whatsoever and she to be sole Executrix. Wit: Robert
Manninge, James Manninge. Proved 23 March, 1604, by relict.
(Consistory, London. Sperin, 303.)

158. Baker, Robert, of Cressing, Essex, 27 March, 2 Eliz.
To the poor 6/8. To wife Margaret my house and land in Cress-
ing for her life and after to my son John and his heirs he to pay
my son Richard ^5 and Ellen my daughter 40/- and Joan my
daughter 6/8. To Joan my sons daughter one old angelj and a
bullock sheep and lamb and a new hutch with a lock and key. To
son John all such goods as he hath of mine noted in a bill dated
27 October 1559 he to pay out of said goods unto Joh Thorpes
wife of Lyes (Leighs) being now widow 46/8. To each of Harry
Bacon's sons a sheep and a lamb. Res. & Ex. wife. Wit: John
Daynes Richard Deynes Fraunce Rawe and John Walford.
Probate not mentioned. (Arch. Colchester. Puckell, 5.)

159. Barnes, John, of Stanford, le Hope, Essex, Husbandman,
21 March, 1585. To be buried in the Churchyard. To the poor
20/- Various articles to sons John Richard and Robert. To
daughter Ellen "all my wifes apparrell" and pewter, linen etc.
Res. & Ex: Thomas Barnes of Bowers Gifford. he to bring up my
children, and provide sureties to Lawrance Gilman and John
Slaterford (who are to be Overseers) for the due performence of
this my will. Wit: William Tery, Robert Drywood. Proved 10
April, 1585, by the Ex. named. (Arch. Essex. Draper, 136.)

160. Barrett, John, of Little Thurrock, Essex, Husbandman,
5 July, 1600. To be buried in the Churchyard. To my eldest
son John _;^i2 at age 20 and my Bible. Also to him my great

* Brass.

t The old name for Tolleshunt Darcy. The family of Tregoz held this
Manor of the Honour of Peverell in the time of Stephen. It is called Tolles-
hunt Tregoz on a brass dated 1419 in the church. The Darcy family held it
later.

X A gold coin having on the obverse St. Michael and the Dragon, hence
its name. The current value of the angel in the time of Mary and Elizabeth
was ten shillings, but previously it was only eight shillings, hence I suppose
the signification of the term " old."

52 A Digest of Essex Wills. [Jan.,

brass pot that was my fathers etc. To son Robert ^12 at age 20.
and the great brass pot that was his Aunt Katharines etc. To
my daughter Martha j[^\2 at age 20 or marriage and pewter etc.
Res. & Ex. wife Martha she to give to John Haman my sisters
son a sheep and a lamb or 10/- in money at his choice. Over-
seers: John Beda* and Robert Herdef of Stiff ord they to each have
eight bushels of rye. Wit: Lewes Jones, Richard Prior. Proved
2 Aug., 1600, by the Ex. named. (Arch. Essex. Stephen, 298.)

161. Finch, William, of Braintree, Essex, Clothier, 13 Sept.,
1604. To the Poor 6/8. To son William £^/^o at age 21. Res. &
Ex. wife Editha. Overseers William Baldwyn and Robert Myres
of Braintree Clothiers, and to each of them 6/8. Witnesses:
James (blank) John Corke, Robert Reeve (X). Proved at Brain-
tree, 10 Oct., 1604, by relict. (Consistory, London. Sperin, 298.)

162. French, Elyas, of Little Stambridge, Essex, husband-
man, I Oct., 161 1. To be buried in the Churchyard. To son John
;^35 at age 21, the said sum to be meanwhile held by John Free-
borne of Prittlewell. To Abigail my daughter £,-},o at age 18 or
marriage, the said sum to be meanwhile held by Thomas Burnet
of Rochford. Res. & Ex. Wife Bridgitt. Wit: Thomas Burnet,
John Freeborne, John Prisly (x). On the 31 Oct., 1612, adminis-
tration of the above will was granted by William Pasfeild Rector
of the Parish Church of Chelmsford, J to Edward Jeppe, late the
husband of Bridgitt, the Executrix named in the will — she now
being also dead. (Consistory, London. Hamer, 141.)

163. French, Thomas, the elder of Wethersfield, Essex, gentle-
man, 23 July, 1599. To poor of Halstead 40/- Ditto of West
Wratting Cambridge 20/- Ditto of Snettisham Norfolk ;^3. Ditto
of Much Bardfield 40/- Ditto of Little Bardfield 20/- Ditto of
Whethersfield 40/- Ditto of Arkesden 20/-. To my daughter
Mary now the wife of John Collin ;^2o, and to her children John,
William, Mary and Elizabeth Collin ^^20 each to be paid them "in
the South Porch of the Parish Church of Much Bardfield." To my
daughter Elizabeth now the wife of John Meade ^20 and to her
children Edward, Elizabeth, John and Agnes Meade ^^20 each to
be paid as before. To the children of my son Thomas French
(not named) ;^io each. To Thomas Girton one of the servants
of my said son 10/- To John French son of my son Thomas a
silver bowl. To my wife Bridgit _^5 and such goods as I had
with her and possessed at the time of our marriage. Res. & Ex.
son Thomas. Wit: Thomas Reynoldes, William Younge, William
Purcas. Proved 31 Oct., 1599 by the Executor named. (P. C. C.
Kidd, 73.)

* This John Beda was sometime Rector of Horndon on the Hill, Essex.
He was buried at Stifford, 10 April, 1610, and his will was proved 14 May, 1619.

\ " Memoranda that Robert Herd of Stifford did giue unto the poore of
Stifford Xs. to be distributed amonge them by his laste will wc. tene shillinges
was distributed amonge them the fifte day of ffebruary in the psence of John
Beda and Robert Herd and other Ano Regni Jacobi primo 1603." (Entry in
Stifford Parish Register.)

X Instituted 23 May, 1604.

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164. GoLDiNGE, Edmond, minister of Birdbrook, Essex.* 21
Novr. 15 Eliz. Sole Legatee and Executrix Sara "My trewe and
lawful! wyef". Supervisor my brother William Golding of Til-
bury. Wit: John Mortlacke, Thomas Coo and Wyllyam Fytche.
Proved 29 Jan., 1572, by relict. (P. C. C. Peter, 4.)

165. Golding, Henry, of Little Birch, Essex, Esquire. 20
March, 1575. To the poor of the Parish where I happen to be
buried 20/- To the poor of Great and Little Birch and Estropp
(Eastthorpe) 60/- equally between them. To my wife Alice all
my household goods, corn, cattle etc. She to suffer the heirs of
John Freelove quietly to enjoy the moiety of the Manor of Har-
sted. County Suffolk, which I sold to the said John Freelove.
Whereas there is owing unto Mary Waldegrave by Nicholas Mynn
;^4oo and by myself ^160 my Executor to pay the same to my
wife and my cousin William Ayloff to the use of the said Mary
and she to be allowed ^10 of every hundred towards her living.
Mentions that Mr. Robert Waldegrave stands bound to him in a
pair of Indentures for the performance of certain covenants
touching the said Mary. To my wife for her life in consideration
of her dower my Manor of Little Birch and other lands in little
and Great Birch Copford Stanway and Laj'er de la Haye. After
her death to my brother Arthur Golding for his lifef and after to
his son Henry Golding and his heirs. In default of issue to my
brother George, in default to my brother Willian and in default
to my right heirs for ever. To Elizabeth daughter of Mary
Waldegrave ^100. To my nephew Thomas Becke ^^20. The
moiety of my Manor of EstroppJ and Great Birch§ and one tene-
ment in Great Birch which I lately bought of one Waynewright and
his wife to descend to my brother Arthur. In consideration of
the payment of my debts my executor to have the lease of Campes
(which I hold of the Right Hon. the Earl of Oxford) for a term
ten years, and the residue of the term to my brother George he to
be my executor. Wit: Nycholas Mynne, Thomas Aglionby, John
Myners. On the 12 Feb. 1576 George Golding personally
appeared and renounced probate. Administration granted to Ar-
thur Golding brother of the deceased. (P. C. C. Daughtry, 8.)

166. Hedge, Henry, of Rayleigh, Essex, Husbandman, 21 July,
1596. To the poor 20/- to be distributed by the Parson and
Churchwardens. To William Harte the elder ^10, now in his
hands and a further ^^3. which William Jackson of Roxwell oweth
me. upon a bond. He to pay William Harte his son 20/-. To
George Brett all my wearing apparel. Ex. William Hart the
elder. Wit: Radul Howghe, Benjamin Burie. Proved 2 Aug.,
1596, by Ex. named. (Arch. Essex. Stephen, 177.)

167. KiNGE, Andrew, of Arkesden, Essex, 24 Novr., 1584. To
Thomas my son at age 18 twenty shillings and ditto to daughter

* Instituted 21 Feb., 1571.

t Arthur Golding sold this Manor to John Lord Petre.

X Arthur Golding sold this Manor in 1577 to Richard Atkins, gent.

§ Arthur Golding sold this Manor to Edward Ellyott, Esq.

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Sarah at similar age. Residue to wife she to be sole Executrix.
Wit: John Brownridge, (Vicar) John Lucas, George Hidon alias
Yonge. Probate not mentioned. (Arch. Colchester. Root, 271.)

168. KiNGE, Lettys, of Much Leighs, Essex, widow, 10 June,
1584. To be buried in the Churchyard. To William Kinge my
son-in-law one year old cow bullock, a kettle of brass of four gal-
lons "wth. an hole betwene the brasse and the bande", a coverlet,
a blanket and a pair of canvas sheets. To my daughter Lettice
two gowns, a kirtle etc. To Joane Hulke my own brothers
daughter a half sleeved gown. A pewter dish to each of my god-
children viz: Mary Bronde, Joane Ingrame and my godson
Hulke. Residue equally between son John Kinge and daughter
Lettice Kinge. Ex. Thomas Cornishe and my brother John
Hulke. Wit: Mr. Fitche, Thomas Cornishe "with others". Proved
7 Novr., 1584, by Ex. named. (Arch. Essex. Draper, 28.)

169. Kinge, William, of Harwich, Essex, Mariner, i Oct., 1627.
To the poor 40/- To my wife Elizabeth the house wherein I
dwell and all my household stuff and shipping for her life; after
her decease the said house to come to my grandchild William
Heard eldest son of John Heard and his heirs. In default to his
brother John Heard. My tenement at the Town Gate in Har-
wich wherein John Hart butcher lately dwelt to my wife for life
after to my grandchild John Heard and his heirs. For want of
such heirs the said house to come to the Church or Chapel of
Harwich for ever the rent to be applied to the repair of the
Church. To my goddaughter Mary the daughter of Richard Re-
noulds 20/- Ex: wife. Wit: Richard Renoulds and Frances
Butcher. Proved 11 Feb., 1627, by relict. (P. C. C. Harrington, 10.)

170. MooRE, Samuel, Clerk, Parson of the Rectory of Little
Oakley, Essex,* 13 Oct., 1605. My body to be buried in the Chan-
cel of the Church of Little Oakley under that grave stone that
Sir William Atkinsf sometime Parson of the said Church lyeth.
To the poor 20/- To my successor the next Incumbent the
herbs in my garden one hive or stock of bees the glass locks han-
dles etc. at the Rectory also my book of rates and tithes collected,
on condition that he deliver to my Executrix a discharge of all
dilapidations. To my brother Nicholas my book of Josephus his
Antiquities in English. To my brother Edward my tenement
called Milles lying in Walton in the Sooke in the county of Essex
on condition that he acquit my Executrix of ,,^30 that I owe him
and pay my nephew Samuel son of my brother Enoch ^^40 at his
age of 24. Mentions goods bought of "my sister Anne Hensen
when she was the widdowe of Brice Smith." To Margaret my
wife and her heirs my cottage and land in Little Oakley called
Borroughs als. Bramlies upon condition that she the said Marga-
ret and her son George Wilson release the said tenement called

* Date of presentation not known. He was succeeded by Jeremiah
Burgess who was instituted 16 Nov., 1609, "per mort Moore."

t William Atkins, Rector from 1491 to 1515. Will dated 10 Oct., 1515, and
proved 15, same month. He desires to be buried in the Chancel and leaves
bequest for a window to be made in the south wall of church.

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Millers to my brother Edward and pay her goddaughter Sara the
daughter of Mr. Branham 40/- and to Sara the daughter of my
brother Enoch ^5 at her age of 21. Res. & Ex. Margaret my
wife. (Witnesses not named.) Proved 12 Feb., 1609, by relict.
(Consistory, London. Hamer, 50.)

171, MoTT, George, of Bradwell juxta, Mare, Essex, Single-
man, 20 March, 1583. To the poor 40/-. To the Church 40/-. To
my brother William Thorne all legacies and debts bequeathed
me to be paid by him. To Gregory London of Tillingham husband-
man 10/- and a similar amount to George Sydaye, married. Robert
Buttler, singleman, Henry Farrin, Taylor, John Phillipp, Josias
Osborne. To my Godson George son of George Maulden 10/-.
To my brothers Henry and Richard Mott my wearing apparel.
Residue equally between Henry and Richard Mott. William Thorn
and Mary George. Ex: William Thorne. Supervisor: John Maul-
den. Wit: John Maulden, Josias Osborne John Phillip. Proved
15 April, 1584, by executor named. (Arch. Essex. Draper, 55.)

172. MoTTE,* William, one of the Aldermen of the Town of
Colchester, Essexf, 16 Aprill, 1562. To the poor 40/- To wife
Joan a number of household articles twenty loads of wood yearly
£,(> and a mylche Bullock. Also to her a little more (i. e. moor)
I have by lease and a piece of land adjoining same which I bought
lying under the Town walls by the Rye Gate for her life. Also
to her for her life the house wherein widow Cowbridge dwells.
After her decease the said house shall come to my son Robert^
and his heirs he to pay 40/- to each of my daughters' children at
their ages of 21 viz: John, Katherine and (blank) Tytley, Priscilla
and Nathaniel Meryll and John Clayton. I give to Thomas Wood
^3. To my daughter Dorothy Tytley ^5 her husband John
Tytley to deliver to my son Robert Mott "a generall release and
acquytaunce" of all matters. To John Spisall a lamb. A lamb
each to my servants viz: Alice Raynold, John Church, Giles Sew-
ell, Macute Snowe and Russell Pie. To my son-in-law Richard
Clayton my scarlet gown. Ex: son Robert and John Pickasse.
Res: son Robert Motte. Supervisor: Mr. Robert Lambertg one

* The family of Motte was of importance in Colchester for more than
three centuries. The following are notes from the early Town Records:
1334 William son of Thomas de la Motte. Free Burgess.
1421 Richard Motte of Bergholt Sackville.

1460 John and Helen Motte.

1461 & 1468 Robert Mott.
1472 & 1481 Richard Mott.
1472 William Mott.

1481 Geoffry Motte.

1534 Richard Mott of Lexden.

t The testator occurs with his wife Joan in various deeds, 1532, etc. He
was a Common Councillor in 1538, a Senior Assistant in 1548, an Alderman in
1551. etc. Bailiff in 1551, 1558 and 1559.

X He was Bailiff in 1574, 1579 and 1584.

§ Robert Lambert was a stock fishmonger and a Free Burgess in 1542,
Common Councillor in 1548, Alderman and Bailiff, 1562, 1568 and 1576. He
died in 1592.

A Samuel Mott was Mayor of Colchester in 1686 and 1693. He married
Elizabeth Criffield.

C6 A Digest of Essex Wills. [Jan.,

of the Aldermen of the Town of Colchester. Wit: Edward Stra-
chie, John Fludd, Nycholas Wilbore, John Evered and John
Paynter. Proved 26 Oct., 1562, by Robert Mott. John Pickasse
renouncing probate. (Arch. Colchester. Puckell, 75.)

173. Osborne, Richard, of Little Waltham,* Essex, Labourer,
3 Feb., 27 Eliz. My goods and chattels, and the lease of Little
Peverells (the house wherein I dwell) and croft adjoining and the
lease of Great Peverells I give unto Katherine my wife she to be
sole Ex. "trusting that she will be a good mother to all our chil-
dren" To John and Mary Osborne 13/4. Overseer: my brother
Robert Osborne. Wit: Edmonde Griffyne, Thomas Cooke, Eliz-
abeth Griffine, Margaret Tyrry, Joanne Porter, Joan Cooke.
Proved 30 March, 1585, by relict. (Arch. Essex. Draper, 106.)

174. Reeve, Giles, of Finchingfield, Essex, Yeoman, 31 May,
1649. To the poor of the Parish of Finchingfield where I was born
_;^5. To my mother Dorothy Reeve ^20. To my brother Joseph
Reeve and his heirs for ever my cottage in Finchingfield which I
late purchased of Luke Bird chapmanf and now in the occupation
of Thomas Chalis and Daniel Shed. Also to him ^10 and wearing
apparel. To my brother Thomas Reeve ^40. To my kinsman
William Chesill who now dwelleth with me ^\o at his age of 21.
To my servant Anna Wakering 5/-. Res: & Ex; brother John
Reeve. Wit: Will. Tym and Thomas Heard. Proved 9 Novr.,
1649, by the Executor named. (P. C. C. Fairfax, 154.)

175. Reeve, William, of Colchester, Essex, Clothier, 2 Nov.,
1610. To wife Anne my Geneva Bible, household goods, 20
marks in money, a sow "greate with pigg" etc. To son Daniel
various articles. To son Nathaniel 20 marks to be paid him on

* The Parish Register of Little Wahham from its commencement in 1538
to 1585 (which is as yet unpublished), yields the following information about
this family:

Bapt. Robert son of Richard Osburne.
" Anne dau. of " " ye younger.

" Colet
" John Osborne.
" Joan Osborne.
" Marie Osborne.
" Thomas Osborne.
" Richard son of Richard Osborne.
" Em daughter of " "

Mar. John Sawen & Agnes Osborne.
" Richard Osborne & Kateren Kynge.

John Osborne & Audre Panett.
" Thomas Osborne & Annes Barnard.
" Edmund Osborne & Agnes Lampson.
Bur. Anne dau of Richard Osborne.
" Richard Osborne.
" The wife of Richard Osborne.
" John Osborne.
" Richard Osborne,
t A merchant or seller. Shakespeare refers to it:

" Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye
Not uttered by base sale of chapmen's tongues."

Loves, L.L., 11, i.

1540

May 2

1542

June 10

154+

May II

1560

Aug 18

1560

Aug 21

1562

Nov 25

1562

Jan 5

1563

Nov 5

1569

Feb 27

1547

Oct 30

1554

Nov 4

1557

July 24

1558

Jan 15

1559

May 28

1545

June 20

1557

Octr II

1557

Octr 14

1559

May 13

1585

Feb 17

igii.J A Digest of Essex Wills. 57

the first of May next after my death and if my son Nathaniel do
not happen to come home by then the money to be delivered to
John Badcocke of Colchester Clothier for the use and behoof of
my son until he do come home. The said John Badcocke to pay
at the rate of eight pounds in the hundred for the use of it and
enter into a bond with Mr. John Waylett and Mr. Henry Cleave-
land both of Colchester for the true payment of the Legacy.
To my son Joseph ^20 etc. "Willm. Reeve my nephew and
Anne Reeve my neece the children of Willm. Reeve my sonne
deceased." To Thomazin Reeve my daughter in law 40/- To
Margaret Orums 10/- To Mary May my wifes sister 10/- and to
William Cooke clerk 10/-. Res. & Ex my son Daniel. Wit:
William Cooke, John Waylett, junior, Robert Wyniffe (X).
Proved at Colchester, 4 April, 161 1, by the Executor named.
(Consistory, London. Hamer, 70.)

176. Terlinge, Thomas, of Bobbingworth, Essex, 17 Feb.>
1597 (sic). To be buried in the Churchyard.* To Weston Ter-
linge my son a cow. Ditto to Ellen Terlinge my daughter. To
son Christopher a bullock and to son George a cow. To Thomas
Jonef and Christian! Terlinge a sheep each. Residue to be
equally divided between my said children. Ex: my two sons
John (not elsewhere mentioned in will) and Weston. Wit: John
Poole, the writer hereof), and Richard Poole. § Proved 14 March,
1596, by the Ex. named. (Arch. Essex. Stephen, 182.)

177. W00DCOCK.E, John,! of Harfordestocke.l' Essex, 21 Aprib
IS95- To the poor 40/- My copyhold land called Jemes in
Margaretting to my wife Clemence** until son John comes to age
21, then to him and his heirs for ever. In default of issue to
Thomas Shory my son-in-law and his heirs for ever. Res. &
Ex. wife. Overseer: Mr. Thomas Whitebreade. Wit: Robert
Hawkens, Edward Wittam William Croxon. Proved 27 May,
1595, by relict. (Arch. Essex. Stephen, 149.)

* Thomas Terlinge was buried the 16 March, 1596. Jone Terlinge the wife
of Thomas Terlinge was buried 11 April, 1596 (this was nearly a year before
her husband).

t William Waylett, son of Robert Waylett of North Weald Bassett, and
Jone, daughter of Thomas Terlinge of Bobbingworth, mar. 13 Oct., 1588.
(Jone was probably the eldest child and Christian the youngest.)

X Christian, daughter of Thomas Terlinge, bap. 27 Feb., 1577. Richard
Hatche and Christian Terling married 10 Oct., 1608.

There is a number of entries to the Terling family in the Registers, but
when I noted all the memorials both in the Church and Churchyard some years
ago, I found none extant to the name. It was a place-name as there is a
parish called Terling in Essex at the present day.

§ The family of Poole was a large one in this neighborhood and is still
flourishing.

il Extracts from Parish Register:

1571 July I Mar. John Woodcocke and Alice Wilson.
1583 July 25 Bur. Alice wife of John Woodcocke.
1589 April 27 Bap. John son of John Woodcocke.
1595 April 23 Bur. John Woodcocke.
If Now called Stock.
** Apparently his second wife.

( To be continued.)

^8 Thacher-Thatclier Genealogy. [Jan.,

THACHER-THATCHER GENEALOGY.

By John R. Totten,

Member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society and New England
Historic-Genealogical Society.

(Continued from Vol. XLI., p. 339, of the Record.)

GENEALOGICAL RECORD OF ANTONY^ THACHER, OF YARMOUTH, MASS.,
AND HIS DESCENDANTS.

3. Antony^ Thacher (Rev. Peter^ Thacher, of Queen Camel),

born at Queen Camel, Co. Somerset, England, , 1588-9;

resided at Queen Camel, Eng., Salisbury, Eng., Marblehead
(then Salem) Mass., and Yarmouth, Mass.; he was a curate of
the Church of England and one of the original grantees of the
town of Yarmouth, Mass. ; he died at Yarmouth, Mass., between
June 30th, 1667, and August 22nd, 1667, and was buried on

his own land in Yarmouth. He married, first, at ; date

1619, about; to Mary ; born at ; date ; she died

at Salisbury, England, July , 1634, and was buried from

St. Edmund's Church, Salisbury, July 26th, 1634, and was in-
terred probably in the yard of that church, although no stone
marks her grave ; her parentage is unknown. He married,

second, at ; February , 1635, about six weeks before

the date of his sailing for New England, which was on April

5th, 1635, to Elizabeth Jones, born at ; date ; died

at Yarmouth, Mass., presumably, although we have no record

thereof ; date of death , subsequent to the death of her

husband as she was appointed his administratrix ; she was pre-
sumably buried alongside of her husband. Her parentage is un-
known, but she was a sister of Richard Jones, of Dorchester,
Mass., who came to this country from Binder, England, sailing
from Waimouth, Eng., March 20th, 1635.

Children eight (Thacher) ; three sons and two daughters
by first marriage ; two sons and one daughter by second mar-
riage.
Children by first marriage:

29 i. William,^ born at ; date , previous to 1620,

according to D. W. Allen's Thacher genealogy, p.
32; on what authority he makes the statement I do
not know; he came to this country with his father
in the James, died August 15th, 1635, being
drowned in shipwreck on that date, and his body was
not recovered. The place of his birth is not a mat-
ter of record.

I9'l-] Thacher-Thatchcr Genealogy. CO

30 ii. Edith,^, born at Queen Camel, Co. Som., Eng., prob-

ably about February ist, 1621-2, as it is recorded in
the Diocesan transcript of the Queen Camel Parish
Register at Wells that she was baptized at Queen
Camel by Rev. Peter^ Thacher, February 7th, 1621-2.
She died August 15th, 1635, being drowned in ship-
wreck on that date and her body was not recovered.

31 iii. Mary ,3 born at ; date ; died August 15th,

1635, being drowned in shipwreck on that date ; her
body was not recovered. The place of her birth is not
a matter of record.

32 iv. Peter, ^ born at ; date ; died August 15th,

1635, being drowned in shipwreck on that date ; his
body was not recovered. The place of his birth is
not a matter of record.

33 V. Benjamin,^ born at Salisbury, Eng., on Sunday, April

13th, 1634, "between the hours of one and two o'clock
in the morning" ; and was baptized at St. Edmund's
Church, April 27th, 1634, according to the Parish
Register of that Church; he died at Salisbury, Eng.,
about September ist, 1639, and was buried from St.
Edmund's Church, September 4th, 1639, and was
probably interred in the yard of that Church, but no
stone marks his grave. This child was left by his
father when he left Salisbury to embark for New
England in the care of the child's uncle, Rev. Peter
^Thacher, of St. Edmund's, to whom Antony
^Thacher agreed to pay £20 for his maintenance,
which agreement is mentioned in the will of Rev.
Peter^ Thacher of St. Edmund's (quod vtde).

Children by second marriage ; vi. born at Marblehead (then
Salem) Mass.; vii. and viii. probably born at Yar-
mouth, Mass.
^ -(-34 vi. John,3 born March 17th, 1638-9; died at Yarmouth,
Mass., May 8th, 1713; married, first, Rebecca Wins-
low ; married, second, Lydia Gorham.
+35 vii. Judah,^ born ; died at Yarmouth, Mass, No-
vember 4th, 1676; married Mary Thornton.

-I-36 viii. Bethia.^ born ; died probably at Bristol, R. I.,

on December 19th, 1725 ; married Jabez Rowland.

Antony^ Thacher was born in Queen Camel in 1588-9. We
have no distinct record of his birth there as the parish register
of St. Barnabas' Church is not in existence covering that period
of time, and the earliest date in the Diocesan transcript of that
Register at Wells is 1601. But, as his father. Rev. Peteri Thacher,
was living then at Queen Camel as Vicar of St. Barnabas we are
justified in assuming him to have been born there, especially so
as it is recorded in the ordination papers of his brother. Rev.

6o Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [Jan.,

Peter ^Thacher of St. Edmund's that he, Rev. Peter^, was born
in Queen Camel. As Antony^ Thacher was curate under his
brother, Rev. Peter^ at St. Edmund's it has always been justi-
fiably conjectured that he was younger than Rev. Peter- ; and it
is a matter of early family record that Antony- Thacher died in
Yarmouth, Mass., in 1667 aged about 80 years. These facts taken
in connection one with another place the date of his birth as
1588-9.

The first absolute record which we have relative to him sub-
sequent to his birth, is the record of the baptism of his daughter
Edith^, who, according to the Diocesan transcript of the Queen
Camel parish register at Wells, was baptized at Queen Camel by
Rev. Peteri Thacher (her grandfather) on February 7th, 1621-2.
He probably spent his childhood in Queen Camel, but what was
his residence from the time he gained his majority until the year
1621 we do not know. The tradition exists that he was a college
graduate, but I have never, after much search, obtained any evi-
dence that such was the case. In 1621 he was 32 years of age and
for eleven years had been of man's estate. Where was he during
these eleven years? His daughter Edith's baptism in Queen
Camel in 1621-2 suggests his residence there at that time; and
it has been thought by some, in which view I fully concur, that
after reaching man's estate, having prepared for the ipinistry
either under his father or perhaps at college, he was curate under
his father at Queen Camel until the latter's death in 1624, and
subsequently acted in the same capacity under his brother at St.
Edmund's, Salisbury. The exact time of his becoming associated
with St. Edmund's is not known. The parish Register of St.
Edmund's, No. 2, which covers the period of time previous to
1630, has been missing from the custody of the parish for many
years ; and it is in this book that probably would appear the
record of the date of the first appearance of Antony" Thacher at
St. Edmund's. However, in the parish Register No. 3 there ap-
pears numerous entries made by him over his signature during
the year 1631, 1633 and 1634, after which latter year his name
disappears from the Register. I think that shortly after his
father's death in 1624 he became curate at St. Edmund's under
his brother. Rev. Peter^, who had been installed as rector there
in 1622-3.

Who his first wife, Mary , was we do not know (See

Note I following immediately after completion of record of An-
tony^ Thacher), except that her baptismal name was Mary.
When and where he married her is not known ; nor have we any
knowledge of her parentage. D. W. Allen in his Thacher gene-
alogy, p. 32, says that his son, William ^Thacher, was born pre-
vious to 1620 ; but upon what authority he makes the statement
I have never discovered ; but if the statement is correct then his
marriage took place in 1619 or previously. Should the parish reg-
ister of Queen Camel, covering that period, ever be discovered

19 1 1.] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. 6 1

(1574-1624) we will probably find therein the record of his birth
and possibly that of his marriage, and that of the birth of his
child William^ and possibly that of Mary^ and Peter^. Other-
wise these questions must be answered by deductive reasoning
rather than by documentary evidence. Record Book No. 3 of St.
Edmund's parish dates from January 21st, 1630 Old Style, 1631
New Style; and in that book there are numerous entries of Parish
transactions attested to by Antony- Thacher over his own signa-
ture as curate, amongst which I select the following, viz. :

"1634 — April 27th Benjamin, son of Antony and Mary
Thacher, borne on Sunday ye 13th day, between the hours of one
and two oclocke in the morning, was baptized the 27th day of the
same month of April 1634. 1634 — ^July 26th, Mary wife to An-
thony Thacher, cleric, was buried."

Shortly after his first wife's death Antony^ Thacher must
have made up his mind to emigrate to New England, for we find
that he embarked for New England from Southampton April 5th.
1635, on the ship James of London bound for this country. (See
Note 2 following immediately after completion of the record of
Antony^ Thacher for complete copy of sailing list of James
on this trip). From the sailing list of the James we see
that he is entered thereon as being a "tayler" and that he had
with him his servant, Peter Higdon ; no mention by name is made
of his second wife, Elizabeth Jones, whom he is said to have
married six (6) weeks before sailing, nor is mention made of his
children by his first wife (William^, Edith^, Mary^ and Peter^),
who accompanied him, they being included among the wives and
children not named, referred to in that list. It is however defi-
nitely known that his second wife did accompany him. Nor is
mention made on the list of the James of his nephew, Thomas'
Thacher, who also accompanied him on this trip.

1635. February — ; i.e., about 6 weeks previous to embarking
on the James, he married Elizabeth Jones. Where this marriage took
place, the parentage of the said Elizabeth Jones and her previous
place of residence is not known. She was, however, undoubtedly the
sister of Richard Jones of Binder, England, who came over to
this country in March, 1635, sailing from Waimouth, Eng-
land, March 20th, 1635, and who settled in Dorchester, Mass.
(See Note 3 following immediately after the completion of the
record of Antony^ Thacher). Benjamin^, his youngest son by his
first wife, was left behind in England in charge of his brother,
Rev. Peter^ Thacher.

The probable cause of Antony^ Thacher's emigration was
his desire to secure a home free from religious persecution then
so prevalent in England ; on account of this same religious espion-
age, he probably styled himself a "tayler" on the passenger list
of the "James," when in reality he was, or had been almost up
to the time of sailing, a curate of the established English Church
at Salisbury. He so styled himself in order to avoid the rigid

62 Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [Jan.,

scrutiny he would have had to undergo if he had announced
himself as formerly a curate of an English Church of pro-
nounced Puritan faith. He may have been a "tayler" by trade,
as curates of Puritan faith were many of them in the humble
callings of life; but if such was the case, it is positive that in
this country he never followed his trade, but was always re-
garded as a man of literary attainments and occupied a leading
and prominent position in the community in which he dwelt. He
was also accompanied on this voyage of the James by his
"cousin," Rev. Joseph Avery, and his wife and children, be-
tween whom and Antony^ Thacher there had been entered into
a league of perpetual friendship and an agreement to inhabit
the same place. Rev. Joseph Avery's name, however, does not
appear on the list of the James, and he probably came over
under an assumed name to avoid scrutiny, as he was a Puritan
priest. William Kemp was also a passenger on this trip of the
James. This William Kemp was the one who was the first
husband of Elizabeth Partridge, who, when she became his
widow, married as her second husband Rev. Thomas^ Thacher
of Weymouth, Mass. then (subsequently of old South Church,
Boston, Mass.), she being Rev. Thomas^ Thacher's first wife.

The exact place of landing in New England of the Ship
James, and the date of such landing does not appear to be
agreed upon by the authorities ; "Young's Chronicles" states
that the ship arrived at Boston, June 3rd, 1635 ; "Freeman's Cape
Cod" states that it arrived at Newbury, Mass., June 4th, 1635,
and D. W. Allen's Thacher genealogy states that it arrived at
Ipswich, Mass., June 4th, 1635. Wherever the passengers first
landed Antony- Thacher and family sojourned a short time
thereafter in Ipswich, Mass., during which time Rev. Joseph
Avery received a call to preach in Marblehead, Mass. (then a
part of Salem, Mass.), which call after some deliberation he de-
cided to accept, Antony^ Thacher and Rev. Joseph Avery and
their families having in the meantime removed to Newbury,
Mass., with a view to settling there. Rev. Joseph Avery having
accepted the call to Marblehead, he and his family of eleven all
told, accompanied by Antony^ Thacher and his wife Elizabeth
(Jones) Thacher, and his children by his first wife (William^,
Edith^, Mary"* and Peter^), went to Ipswich, Mass., and there on
April nth, 1635, embarked for Marblehead.

In the celebrated letter which he wrote to his brother. Rev.
Peter^ Thacher of Salisbury, England, after the shipwreck
which terminated this voyage, Antony^ Thacher states that his
family consisted of seven (7) souls : himself, wife and four chil-
dren make but six; who the 7th one of the party was is not
clear to me. If the 7th was his servant, Peter Higdon, men-
tioned in the sailing list of James, then according to the let-
ter written after the wreck, he, Peter Higdon, was drowned ;
as the only survivors of the wreck were Antony^ Thacher and

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his wife. I do not myself think that Peter Higdon accompanied
him on this voyage, but do think that Peter Higdon, who was in
reality, according to my views, Peter^ Thacher (son of Rev.
Peter- Thacher of Salisbury) accompanied his brother Thomas^
Thacher on his overland trip to Marblehead. Antony- Thacher's
nephew, Thomas^ Thacher, was impressed with a sentiment
of evil foreboding as regards this voyage, and determined to
make the journey overland despite the danger attendant there-
upon from hostile Indians. The party embarked from Ipswich
for Marblehead on the date above stated in a pinnace belonging
to Mr. Isaac Allerton ; and the vessel was wrecked on August
15th, 1635, and all on board were lost except Antony- Thacher
and his second wife, Elizabeth (Jones) Thacher. The fact that
it is recorded that all on board were lost except Antony^ and
his wife leads me to conclude that Peter Higdon did not accom-
pany them on this voyage as before stated. It seems to me
that this Peter Higdon was in reality Antony- Thacher's nephew,
Peter^ Thacher, who subsequently appears in 1641 and 1642 in
Marblehead as under the care of Antony^ Thacher. If this is
so then the 7th member of Antony^ Thacher's family who ac-
companied him on this voyage was some person of unknown
name to us, probably some retainer of his household. The
entire episode of the wreck so frequently referred to by early
New England chronicles is best set forth in Antonym's letter
to his brother, Peter^ Thacher, written a few days after his
rescue from the island on which he was cast after the wreck,
which island has since been known as Thacher's Island. The
storm which occasioned the wreck was a most memorable one,
during which the tide rose some 20 feet ; and it was said to have
been the most terrific storm within the memory of the native
Indians thereabouts. For a copy of this letter of Antony^
Thacher, see Note No. 4, to follow immediately after completion
of Record of Antony^ Thacher.

A cradle coverlet of scarlet broadcloth originally trimmed
with gold lace (which lace souvenir hunters have entirely picked
oflf), said to have been originally the property of Antony^
Thacher, and to have been rescued by him from the shipwreck,
was still in 1872 in the possession of one of Antony^ Thacher's
descendants in Yarmouth, Mass., and was held by the family
in great veneration, and has been used by the family for many
generations as a ceremonial covering for their children at their
baptisms.

From the letter of Antony^ Thacher written after the ship-
wreck we see that when rescued from "Thacher's Island" he was
taken to Marblehead, Mass. Colony, and there it will be seen
from the following evidence he remained some time. Marble-
head was not set off from Salem as a separate town until the
year 1649; so while residing in that place, he was in reality an
inhabitant of Salem, Mass., of which town the territory subse-
quently set off as Marblehead then formed a part, viz: —

64 Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [Jan.,

"Att the Court holden at New Towne, September ist, 1635.

"There is administration granted to Mr. Antony Thacher of
the goods and ChatteDs of Mr. Joseph Avery, deceased, which he
is to inventory and return the same to the next Court; and the
said goods are to remain in his hands until further order be taken
therein.

"An Inventory of the Goods and Chattells of Joseph Avery,
deceased.

"Due to him from John Emery, Carpenter £7. o^"^ o^

"Item: From Robert Andrews of Ipswich
which he confesseth to be due and
to be paid forth with £2. o. o

"Item: From Mr. Wm. Hilton £2. 16. o

Or a sowe and piggs to that value
testis Richard Hunt.

From Richard Kent of Ipswich 10 bushels
of Indian corn which he acknowledges.

"John Emery denys his debt ; but Richard Knight. Nicholas
Holle and John Knight, all three of Newbery can and will testify
and prove it to be due; only he was by condicion to pay the said
£7 in his work, which he was to do so soon as Mr. Avery did
call upon him for it; out of which £7, there is something paid
in labor already, as he can make appeare.

per me Antony Thacher"

It is well here to note that Antony^ Thacher always in sign-
ing his name spelt Antony without the "h." This was probably
due to the fact that as curate in the English Church he was in
the habit of writing in Latin, as the church records in those days
were in the majority of instances written in that language, they
going so far even as to use the Latin forms of English baptismal
names; and hence from writing his name Antonius (in Latin) he
acquired the custom of writing it Antony in English, instead
of Anthony, the more commonly accepted English form of the
name. Whether my surmise is correct or not, "Antony" he was
and not "Anthony" as he was so often styled by the contempo-
raneous records and writers of his time.

"September 3''*, 1635. Att the General Court houlden at New
Towne.

It is ordered that there shall be fforty markes given to Mr. Thacher
out of the Treasury towards his late great losses."

In Governor Winthrop's History of New England, he states
that the General Court awarded Mr. Thacher £26, 13^'', 4''
towards his losses ; and divers good people gave him besides.

In a list of first settlers of Salem, Mass., Antony^ Thacher is
named as being of that place in 1635.

1636-7: "At a General Court houlden at Boston, ist month,
g**" day, 1636-7, Mr. Antony^ Thacher had granted him the small
island at the head of Cape Ann upon which he was preserved from
shipwreck, as his proper inheritance."

IQII-] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. 65

1637-8: On the first day of January, 1637 (1637-8) a meet-
ing was held at Salem, Mass., and a vote of £100 was ordered,
of which £8 were to be assessed upon the following inhabitants of
Marblehead :

* * * 20 (acres) Anthonie Thatcher. * * * The
figures preceeding the name of Antony- Thacher, as well as those
preceeding all other names, represented the number of acres held
by each inhabitant, upon which acreage the proportionate amount
of the tax was assessed.

It is stated by some of the early authorities that Antony^
Thacher spent some time in Marshfield, as an inhabitant of that
town, previous to his permanent settlement in Yarmouth, Mass. ;
but I have been unable to trace any such residence there, or to
discover any foundation in documentary evidence to substantiate
such statement, which I am inclined to think was an unfounded
report.

1638: At a General Court held at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony,
December i8th, 1638.

"Mr. John Crow, Mr. Thomas Howes of Mattacheese, alias
Yarmouth, took oath of allegiance to the Kinge and fidelity to
government; and likewise Mr. Anthony Thacher took the same on
the 7th day of January, 1638-9." This record above probably
fixes the date upon which Antony- Thacher first became asso-
ciated with Yarmouth.

"At a Court of Assistants held (at Plymouth) the vii of
January in the xiiij yeare of the reigne of our Souvraigne Lord
Charles, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland and France,
and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, etc. * * *

The names of those to whom the
grant of land at Mattacheeset
now called Yarmouth is made.

The names of those that are proposed
to take up their freedom at Yarmouth

Mr. Anthony Thacher,
Mr. Thomas Howes,
Mr. John Crow,

Mr. John Coite, to be enquired of
Mr. Madrick Matthews,
Mr. Anthony Thacher,
Mr. John Crowe,
Mr. Thomas Howes,
and others.

At a General Court at Plymouth, March 5, 1638-9. "It is
ordered by the Court that Mr. Nicholas Sympkins, William Palmer,
Philip Tabor, and Joshua Barnes, of the town of Yarmouth, shall
be added to Mr. Anthony Thacher, Mr. Thomas Howes and Mr.
John Crowe, committee of the said place, to make an equal division
of the planting lands now to be divided for the first time there, to
each in and according to his estate and quality and according to in-
structions."

John^ Thacher, eldest child of Antony^ Thacher and Eliza-
beth Jones, his second wife, was born at Marblehead, Massachu-
setts Colony, March 17, 1638-9.

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1639. The following record of Court proceedings at Salem,
Mass. Colony, together with the preceding record of the birth
of John^ Thacher at Marblehead, Mass., in same Colony, show
that Antony^ Thacher was at these dates occupied in transferring
his interests from Marblehead, Mass. Colony to Yarmouth, Ply-
mouth Colony; and that although he himself was already a large
land owner of Yarmouth, he had as yet not transferred his family
and made his permanent home there.

"Att Salem, 2.^^"^ of the 4*^ month, 1639, ye 13^'' Courte. A
complaint brought in by Mr. Anthonie Thatcher against Jane
James for things taken forth of his house w'^'" she had received.
Wherefore Jane James is bound in recognizance in the some of
3" (shillings) to answer to this Court this tyme twelve months.
The boys to be whipped by the Governor of the ffamilie where he
had offended."

From the above official records we see that Antony- Thacher
was one of the original grantees of Yarmouth ; and from the
precedence given his name in these records it is to be inferred was
the most important of the three original grantees. He was one of
the first settlers of that town, and established his house and dwell-
ing there late in 1639, on the border of the meadows in the
Northwest part of the village. The exact spot on which his home-
stead stood was a little knoll about midway between the residence
(in 1872) of Mrs. James G. Hallett and that of Mr. Dustin Eld-
ridge at Yarmouth Port, Mass.

At a General Court at Plymouth, Dec. 3rd, 1639. Anthony^
Thacher admitted freeman and sworn accordingly.

1639-40. At a General Court at Plymouth, March 3rd, 1639-
40. "Where as Mr. Thacher, Mr. Crow and Mr. Howes, the
committees of Yarmouth, were complained of to have made un-
equal division of lands there ; whereupon the said committee have
exhibited a very formal division of said lands unto the Court
which is well approved of. And the court doth further order that
the said committee shall receive no more inhabitants into the said
towne, except they bring certificates from the places whence they
came under sufficient men's hands of the said places of their re-
ligious and honest character ; which certificate shall be first allowed
by the Governor and Assistants before such persons shall be ad-
mitted there."

In 1639 Antony 2 Thacher became Town Clerk and Town
Treasurer of Yarmouth, Mass., and he remained in such capacity
until his death in 1667, when he was succeeded by Mr. Edmund
Hawes.

1 64 1. General Court at Yarmouth June 17th, 1641. "Settle-
ment of land controversy between Mr. Anthony Thacher, Mr.
Nicholas Sympkins and William Chase."

Quarter Court at Salem, Mass., i-i2mo, 1641. "Peter
Thatcher haled before Court for running away from Antony
Thacher."

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1641-2. Record of Quarter Court of Assistants at Boston,
Mass., 1st of 1st month, i(iA,\-2, (See Vol. I., p. 118, on file in
N. Y. G and B. Soc. Library). "Peter Thatcher, for plotting
piracy, was committed, and to be whipt ; Matthew Collaine, Robert
Allen and another to be whipped for concealing plot of piracy."

These two preceding records are those upon which I base
my surmise that the above mentioned Peter Thacher was Peter^
Thacher, son of Rev. Peter^ Thacher, of St. Edmund's, Salisbury,
Eng., and a nephew of Antony- Thacher ; and that he, the above
Peter^ Thacher, had accompanied his uncle, Antony- Thacher, to
New England as his apprentice, and whose apprenticeship was
at the above date probably expired, as he was probably born in
1616, and was hence about 25 years of age. Peter^ Thacher had
also probably by this time received the money left him by his
father in his will, from the hands of Antony- Thacher and his ma-
ternal step-uncle, Christopher Batt, and he was in all liklihood very
unruly and difficult to control.

1642. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 7th, 1642.
"Mr. Anthony Thacher sworn in as a member of the Grand In-
quest."

General Court at Plymouth, September 27th, 1642. "Mr.
Anthony Thacher appointed by Court one of the Council of
War. Anthony Thacher on list of freemen of Yarmouth and one
of a list of those liable to bear arms in town of Yarmouth."

1643. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 6th, 1643.
"Mr. Anthony Thacher elected deputy to General Court from
Yarmouth."

General Court at Plymouth. October loth, 1643. "Mr. An-
thony Thacher present as deputy from Yarmouth. He was ap-
pointed one of the committee to provide a place of defense for the
towne of Yarmouth against sudden assault."

1643-4. General Court at Plymouth, March 5th, 1643-4. "Mr.
Anthony Thacher present as deputy from Yarmouth."

1644. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 5th, 1644.
"Mr. Anthony Thacher elected deputy to Genera! Court from Yar-
mouth, and appointed by Court Surveyor of Highways for the
town of Yarmouth; and also licensed by Court to draw wine in
Yarmouth."

General Court of Plymouth, August 20th, 1644. "Mr. An-
thony Thacher present as deputy from Yarmouth, and appointed
by the Court one of a committee of three to lay out farm land
granted to a Nathaniel Sowther."

1645. General Court at Plymouth, June 4th, 1645. "Mr. An-
thony Thacher appointed on committee to prepare laws to over-
come certain abuses."

General Court at Plymouth, October 20th, 1645. "Mr. An-
thony Thacher present as deputy from Yarmouth."

1645-6. General Court at Plymouth, March 3rd, 1645-6. "Mr.
Anthony Thacher present as deputy from Yarmouth."

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1646. General Court at Plymouth, July 7th, 1646. "Edward
Sturgis licensed by Court to keep an ordinary and draw wine in
Yarmouth, provided Mr. Thacher draws out his." 'Repealed 20-8,
1646.' 'Mr. Anthony Thacher fined 6d for absense from Court.' "

1646-7. General Court at Plymouth, March 2nd, 1646-7. "Mr. \

Anthony Thacher being returned at the Court Register Keeper '

for Yarmouth was approved by ye Court." '

1647. General Court at Plymouth, June 1st, 1647. "Mr. 1
Anthony Thacher present as deputy from Yarmouth, and he was i
granted £20 by Court for public services."

1648. General Court at Plymouth, June 7th, 1648. "Mr.
Anthony Thacher awarded no acres upland and 26 acres of mea-
dow land by the Court as his allotment for discovering, purchasing
and other charges in the settlement of Yarmouth."

This allotment was a slight modification of the award made
to him by the original committee of which he was one ; the modi-
fication being due to the complaint made by some that his allot-
ment in the original division was excessive. The decision of the
Court here recorded seems to have been a virtual upholding of
Mr. Thacher's original award, as the modification was but slight.

1651. General Court at Plymouth, June 5, 1651. "Mr. An-
thony Thacher, present as deputy from Yarmouth and appointed
by Court to trv certain Indians on complaint made by Richard
Sears."

1652. February 24th. "Mr. Anthony Thacher one of the
jurors appointed by Court to lay out a highway from Sandwich
to Plymouth."

General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 7, 1652. "Mr.
Anthony Thacher elected deputy to represent Yarmouth."

General Court, Plymouth. June 29th, 1652. "Mr. Anthony
Thacher is allowed and appointed by the Court to administer the
ordinance of marriage at Yarmouth as occasion may require."

1653. General Court of Election, Plymouth, June 7th, 1653.
"Mr. Thacher one of the Surveyors of the Highway for Yar-
mouth."

1653-4. General Court at Plymouth, March 7th, 1653-4. "Mr.
Anthony Thacher present as deputy from Yarmouth."

1654. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 6th, 1654.
"Mr. Anthony Thacher sworn as a member of the Grand In-
quest."

General Court at Plymouth, June 20th, 1654. "Mr. Anthony
Thacher one of the Jurors for to lay out the convenientest way
from Sandwich unto Plymouth, which Jurors were sworn before
Mr. Prence (Governor). February 24th, 1652. Jurors submit
plan for said way to the above Court, June 20th, 1654."

General Court at Plymouth, August ist, 1654. "Mr. An-
thony Thacher present as deputy from Yarmouth. Mr. Anthony
Thacher, Mr. Josias Winslow and Mr. Thomas Kingsley submit ^

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to the above court a report of the accounts of the Treasurer (of
the Colony) as audited by them."

1656-7. General Court at Plymouth, March 5, 1656-7. "A
warrant was directed from the Court unto Mr. Anthony Thacher
of Yarmouth, to require him personally to appear at the Court of
Assistants to be holden in May next to make answer to a com-
plaint of Janna an Indian Sachem, concerning some land formerly
belonging to him in the liberties of Yarmouth, which was pur-
chased of him by Mr. Thacher and Mr. Howes, and, as he saith,
unpaid for."

1657. General Court at Plymouth, June 3rd, 1657. "I, An-
thony Thacher doe testify that Captain Standish accepted of one
cow of Barnard Lumbard in the summe of five pounds, which
cow the said Barnard Lumbard promised to winter, and the Cap-
tain promised to allow him for it. This I can testify upon oath,
and if I be called upon shall be reddy to doe it.

(sgd) Anthony Thacher."
The signature as given here above is copied from the printed
record. His baptismal name it will be here noted is spelled An-
thony and not Antony. I have never seen the original manuscript
record; but am under the impression that in this original from
which the printed copy was taken the name appears as Antony
and the "h" was introduced by error on account of Anthony being
the commonly accepted form of spelling. This may be, however,
but an unjustified conjecture on my part, if it is so spelled in the
original manuscript record, it is the only case of his so spelling his
baptismal name that I am aware of.

In the year 1657, Mr. Anthony Thacher's name is on list of
those in Yarmouth that had taken the oath of fif'elity.

1657-8. General Court at Plymouth, March 2nd, 1657-8. "Mr.
Anthony Thacher one of a committee summoned to appear before
the Court to transact certain business."

1658. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June ist, 1658.
"Mr. Anthony Thacher sworn in as constable of Yarmouth. Mr.
Anthony Thacher chosen as one of the Council of War. Mr. An-
thony Thacher on a list of freemen of Yarmouth taken about 1658."

General Court at Plymouth, June 5th, 1658. "Mr. Anthony
Thacher is required by the Court in settlement of the Indian
Sachem Janna's claim to pay 20^'' as his share of the matter; this
decision to be final. This being the conclusion arrived at by Mr.
John Alden and Mr. Josias Winslow appointed by the Court to
settle the matter; they having heard the case May 14th 1658 and
reported to the above Court."

1658-9. General Court at Plymouth, March 1st, 1658-9. "Mr.
Anthony Thacher one of a committee appointed by Court to levy
on inhabitants of Yarmouth to raise £40 or £50 a year to sup-
port a minister."

1659. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 7th, 1659.
"Mr. Anthony Thacher elected deputy to represent Yarmouth."

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General Court of Plymouth, October 6th, 1659. "Mr. Anthony
Thacher one of the Coroner's Jury to hold inquest on the death of
Mary Chase of Yarmouth."

1660-61. General Court at Plymouth, March 5th, 1660-61.
"Mr. Anthony Thacher, Mr. Thomas Howes, appointed a com-
mittee by Court to see that no more houses are erected at Yar-
mouth except by permission of the Court."

1661-62. General Court at Plymouth, March 4th, 1661-62.
"The agents for the town of Yarmouth appearing at this Court
according to agreement to debate and determine a difference be-
tween them and others about whales, were desired by the Court to
give their result concerning the matter unto the Court as being that
whereunto they could stand, who gave in their answer as fol-
low eth :

"The sixt of the first month ^-

Right Wor^i^. We intreat your worshipes reddily to accept

these few lines for a positive answer to which we promise to stand ;

that the Treasurer shall have two barrels of oyle out of each whale

according to his proposition made unto us for the year past, soe

as there may be a full end of what troubles hath formerly past

about it."

(sgd) Antony Thacher,

Robert Denis,
witness our hands Thomas Boardman,

Richard Taylor."

1662. General Court at Plymouth, June 3rd, 1662. "Mr. An-
thony Thacher sworn as member of the Grand Inquest."

General Court at Plymouth, June 10, 1662. "Mr. Anthony
Thacher appointed one of the two excise officers of Yarmouth to
take invoice of what liquors, powder, shot and lead are brought
into the government of Yarmouth, and is ordered to report same
to General Court each year."

General Court at Plymouth, October 3rd, 1662. "Mr. An-
thony Thacher submits to Court invoice of Liquors brought into
town of Yarmouth from June last to September 26th. 1662."

1663. General Court at Plymouth, June ist, 1663. "Mr. An-
thony Thacher present as deputy from Yarmouth."

1663-4. General Court at Plymouth, March 1st, 1663-4. "Mr.
Anthony Thacher and Mr. Robert Denis submit invoice of liquor,
powder and shot introduced into Yarmouth since May 1663."
"Item : — Mr. Thacher, 3 cases," (whether liquor or powder or shot
does not appear).

1665. General Court at Plymouth, June 7th, 1665. "Mr.
Anthony Thacher present as deputy from Yarmouth. Court grants
Mr. Anthony Thacher an equal share with certain others of cer-
tain lands obtained by one William Nicaison at Mannamoisett from
natives illegally, without consent of the Court, leaving only 100
acres to said Nicaison."

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General Court at Plymouth, June 9th, 1665. "Final award of
the Court in awarding land in the Nicaison controversy to Mr.
Thacher and others."

General Court at Plymouth, October 3rd, 1665. "Mr. An-
thony Thacher is authorized by the Court to make contracts of
marriage in the township of Yarmouth, and likewise to admin-
ister an oath to any witness for the tryall of a case as occasion
may require within said township, and likewise to administer an
oath to give evidence to the grand inquest as there shall be occa-
sion within the said township."

"Mr. Anthony Thacher appointed an excise officer to recom-
mend excise on liquor for the year at Yarmouth."

1665-6. General Court at Plymouth, March 6th, 1665-6.
"Thomas Starr, Jonathan Barnes and Abraham Hedge were fined
by Court for abusive carriage towards Mr. Anthony Thacher in
his own house."

"Mr. Anthony Thacher's name on the list of select men of the
town of Yarmouth approved by the Court." This is the first men-
tion of these officers by the Court; they were elected by the towns-
men.

1666. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 5, 1666.
"Mr. Anthony Thacher's name first on the list of select men for
Yarmouth approved bv the Court." They were elected by the free-
men of the town to try cases involving not more than 40 shillings.

1667. Council of War at Plymouth, April 2nd, 1667. "Mr.
Anthony Thacher a member of the Council ; and he was appointed
the one to act for Yarmouth to concert with military officers there
situated for the good of the Government."

General Court at Plymouth, June 5, 1667. "Mr. Anthony
Thacher as excise officer brings in report to the Court of liquor
brought into Yarmouth for the year past." This invoice includes
items up to the first week in June, 1667. He must, therefore, have
been alive at that time.

In Swift's "Old Yarmouth," between pp. 9091, is to be
found a fac simile of a document drawn up and signed by Antony
Thacher dated April 4th, 1667. The original of a valuable docu-
ment dated June 30th, 1667, and signed by Antony Thacher was at
the time of the publication (1872) of D. W. Allen's "Thacher
Genealogy" in the possession of H. C. Thacher, Esq., of Boston,
Mass.

According to D. W. Allen's "Thacher Genealogy," an inven-
tory of his estate was taken August 22nd, 1667. Freeman's "His-
tory of Cape Cod" says that he died August 22nd, 1667. These
two statements are consistent, as inventories of deceased individuals'
estates were frequently taken immediately after death and before
funeral of the deceased. From what we have of record, however,
we know that he died between June 30th, 1667, and August 22nd,
1667, as we have a document signed by him June 30th, 1667, and
this inventory was taken August 22nd, 1667.

72 Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [Jan..

Court of Assistants at Plymouth, October 30th, 1667. "Let-
ters of administration were granted by the Court to John' Thacher
(his eldest son) to administer on the estate of Mr. Anthony Thacher,
deceased."

From the above record we see that he died intestate.

1667-8. Court of Assistants at Plymouth, March 5th, 1667-8.
"Letters of administration were granted to Mistress Elizabeth
Thacher and unto John^ Thacher to administer the estate of Mr.
Anthony Thacher, deceased."

From which we have recorded evidence that his second wife,
Elizabeth (Jones) Thacher, survived him.

In Volume VIL of the Plymouth Colony Records the name
of Mr. Anthony Thacher appears in various court proceedings,
sometimes as juror and again as party to a suit. None of these
records are of any material interest and hence are not quoted.

Antony^ Thacher was buried on his own land in Yarmouth,
not far from the marsh, by a little button pear tree situated near
said marsh ; which pear tree is said to have been planted by his
own hands, and which Alden in his "Epitaphs" states was stand-
ing in 1814. Swift in his "Old Yarmouth" states that the tree
was standing in 1884. The general location of his resting place
is therefore known ; but the identical spot is unknown, as his grave
is not now, nor, as far as my knowledge extends, has ever been
marked by a grave stone. When and where Elizabeth (Jones)
Thacher, widow of Antony^ Thacher, died and was buried is not
a matter of record, but it is almost a certainty that she died in
Yarmouth subsequent to 1667-8 and was buried there beside her
deceased husband. Descendants of Anthony- Thatcher arc eligible
for membership in the Society of Colonial Wars and the Society
of Founders and Patriots and in the Order of Americans of Ar-
morial Ancestry.

Authorities

The Thacher Family, by Peter Thacher of 85 Milk Street, Boston, 1885,
pp. 1-4.

D. W. Allen's Thacher Genealogy, 1872, pp. 5, 6, 26-33, 86.

History of Old Yarmouth, C. F. Swift, 1884, pp. 34-36, 44-46, 84, 88,90,
91,92.

Sears Genealogy, S. P. May, p. 12.

New England Historic Genealogical Register, Vol. IV, p. 258; XIII, pp.
245, 246 ; XIV, pp. 332, 333 ; XXXV; p. 295.

History of Cape Cod, Freeman, Vols. I, pp. 119, 120, 137, 142-145, 187,
190, 226, 256 ; II, pp. 173, 179-181, 189, 190, 206, 580, 622.

Alden s Epitaphs, Vol. i, p. 120, 121.

Farmers First Settlers of New England, p. 283.

Records of Colony of Massachusetts Bay, Vol. I, pp. 154, 157, 191.

History and Traditions of Marblehead, Mass., p. 13.

Annals of Salem, Mass., p. 170.

Young's Chronicles, pp. 485, 486, Note 2, 494, Note 3.

Records of Plymouth Colony, Vols. I, pp. 107, 108, 117, 137, 142; II, 19, 20,
27, 41, 47, 57,63, 65,68, 72, 73, 85, 94, 95, 105, 106, 112, 117, 120, 128, 168 ; III, 9,
15. 33. 44. 49. 61-64, 66, 113. 118, 129, 136, 138, 146, 155, 162, 172, 207 ; IV, 9, 14,
23, 28, 37, 52,90, 96, 102, 105, 108, no, 115, 117, 142, 146, 152, 168, 175 ; VII gen-
eral references ; VIII, 185, 194, 200; XII, 145.

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Winthrop's History of New England, Vol. i, Sec. i6l, pp. 192, 196, 197.
Essex Institute Historical Collections, Vol. VII, p. 191.
Massachusetts Historical Soc. Collections, Vol. XXVIII, p. 319; Vol. VIII,
p. 278 ; Vol. XXX, p. 133, 137.

Researches Amon^ British Archives, S. G. Drake, p. 55.
Hotten's List of Emigrants, pp. 1 19, 120.
Essex Antiquarian, Vols III, p. 86 ; IV, p. 62.

Notes Referring to the Record of Antony' Thacher

Note i; Concerning Antony' Thacher and his first wife, Mary -. At-
tention is here called to the two following wills of Clement and Thomas
Thatcher, which wills were copied from the New England Historic Genealog-
ical Register, ]z.x\\x2ixy, 1893, in an article entitled Genealogical Gleanings in
England, bv Henry F. Waters, pp. 131, 132. The original of these wills are on
file in the principal Registry of the Probate, Divorce and Admirality Division
of the High Court of Justice, in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, England.

Thomas Thatcher of Beckington, Somerset, 8 January, i5io, proved 13
June, i6ii. To certain poor persons in the parish of Beckington, whom I par-
ticularly named to my executrix twenty shillings, to be divided to the said poor
persons by the discretion of my overseers. For the better relieving of my
uncle John Thatcher my executrix shall deliver into the hands of my brother
Clement Thatcher a cow which now is in the custody of my brother-in-law Rob-
ert Keenell that, by the discretion of my brother Clement, she may be employed
to the use of my said uncle during his natural life, and after his decease the
said cow to remain to the use of his children. My executrix shall, in like man-
ner, deliver into the hands of my brother Clement, one other cow, color black,
for the better relieving of my aunt Elizabeth Thatcher, the use of it to her for
life, and then to remain to the use of my said uncle John's children. To Wil-
liam Hillman twenty shillings. To Thomas Griffin ten shillings. To Thomas
Bembury ten shillings. To my maidservant Mary Wattes twenty shillings. To
Hester Thatcher, my brother William's daughter, one flock bed and one bolster,
and one sheep. To Ezra Thatcher, my brother William's son, one sheep. A
conditional bequest to John Gallington son of brother-in-law John Gallington.

Item, my will is that if my brother Anthony Thatcher (who is now in the
"separation") do join in the profession of true religion with any true church,
that then my executrix within one whole year after he shall so have joined him-
self, either with the reformed Dutch Church, in which country he now liveth, or
shall return into England and join with us, shall pay unto my said brother five
pounds, which in token of brotherly affection, I give unto him. The rest of my
goods I give to Anne my wife whom I make executrix, and make my friend
Toby Walkwood and brother Clement Thatcher overseers. (Wood 60.)

Clement Thatcher of Merston Bigot, Somerset, yeoman, 13 January,
1629, proved 4 May, 1639. I give to the Church of Froome and Merston six
shillings eight pence, to be equally divided, and to the poor of Froome five shil-
lings and to the poor of Merston five shillings. To my son Clement forty
pounds, to be in the custody of Bridget my wife until he comes of the
age of one and twenty, she, the said Bridget continuing in my name,
and not otherwise, it then to be ordered and disposed by my overseers.
I give unto Thomas my son twenty pounds and to Hannah my daugh-
ter twenty pounds and to Mary and Joane my daughters twenty pounds apiece.
To William Thatcher my kinsman five pounds and to his sisters Alice and Jane
forty shillings apiece. To Thomas Thatcher my kinsman Hatton twenty shil-
lings. To all my God children an ewe and a lamb, or six shillings eighty pence
in money, at the discretion of my executor. To my brother Gallington's chil-
dren an ewe and a lamb apiece and to my brother William Thatcher's children
an ewe and a lamb apiece, and to my brother Anthony, which is beyond sea,
forty shillings, and to his two children ten shillings apiece. To Thomas
my son my chattel lease of the house in the field and five acres of ground there-
unto belonging. Two other chattel leases in Filton and Mr. Cable's land, that
which was lately in the tenure of Elizabeth Hipstonn, shall remain to Clement
my son, &c. Wife Bridget to be executrix and brother William Thatcher and
brother John Gallington overseers. (Harvey, 92.)

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Genealogists in the past have labored under the impression that the Anth-
ony Thatcher mentioned in the two wills given above was identical with
Antony'^ Thacher whose daughter Edith^ Thacher was baptized at Queen Cam-
el, February 7th, 1621, and which Antony'^ Thacher was subsequently curate
under his brother Rev. Peter- Thacher at St. Edmund's, Salisbury, and who
subsequently in 1635 emigrated to New England and there died in in 1667 aged
about 80 years. This identity is proven to be incorrect for the following reas-
ons, viz : —

From the Register of the Parish of Frome, Somerset County, England,
Vol. I, 1558 to 1703, under the head of baptisms we obtain the following extracts,
viz : —

1568, May 15, Anthonius Thatcher was baptized
1571, March 2, Clemens Thatcher was baptized

1574, .-Vugust I, William Thatcher was baptized

1575, February 25, Thomas Thatcher was baptized
1577, March 2, Elizabeth Thatcher was baptized

A careful reading of the above wills leads to the opinion that the above
children whose baptizms are here recorded are all brothers and sisters, and are
the brothers specifically menti(jned in these wills ; the Elizabeth, baptized
March 2nd, 1577, being undoubtedly the Elizabeth Hipstonn mentioned in the
will of Clement Thatciier.

In the licenses to pass beyond the sea (in times of Queen Elizabeth to
Charles I) in the Public Record Office in Fetter Lane, London, is to be found
the following entry, viz : —

"Prima die Octobris, 1631 Anthony Thatcher of age 65 years and dwelling
in Leyden, et uxor Clarey Thatcher 38."

Notice the age of this Anthony Thatcher, 65 years old in 1631 ; hence he
was born in 1566 according to this entry. It is most probable that this entry was
not absolutely correct as to his age, but merely approximate. Anthony
Thatcher of Frome was baptized May 15, 1568 and on October 1st, 1631, would
have been at least 63 years, 4 months and 16 days old, on the supposition that
he was born a few days before baptizm. In those days it was customary to
baptize very shortly after birth, but exceptions frequently occurred to this rule
and Anthony Thatcher of Frome may have been a year and a half old at bap-
tism. May 15, 1568 which would make him 65 years old, October 1st, 1631. It
is also possible that the original entry of the license may have read aged 63, as
the 3 and 5 is often confused in transcription. Whichever of these two hypo-
theses is correct it is undoubtedly true that Anthony Thacher baptized May 1st
1568, at Frome and the Anthony Thatcher mentioned in the two preceding wills,
and subsequently granted a license to pass beyond the sea in 1631, are one and
the same person and that in 1631 he had a wife named Claree.

This Anthony Thatcher of Frome, and later of Leyden, died previous to
April 9th, 1656, as is seen by the following abstract of his widow's will taken from
Vol. 47, pp. 421, 422 of the New England Historic-Genealogical Register which
is as follows ; —

Claree Thatcher of Woolsack aller, in Hounsditch St. Buttolph's without
Aldgate, London, widow, makes her will April 9th, 1656, which will was proved
April 19th, 1656, and mentions as follows :"

"To my loving sister Mary Langham, wife of Richard Langham twenty
gilders sterling money. To my loving friend and brother in the faith Anthony
Trayford, five pounds of lawful money of England. To my nurse Margery
Beale forty shillings. To Eleanor Shilcock twenty shillings. To my daughter
Sarah Hancocke, wife of Robert Hancocke of Amsterdam, silk dyer, the sum
of five shilling and no more. All of which legacies my desire is shall be paid
unto the several and respective legatees aforesaid within six (6) months next
after the death or departure of this mortal life of me the said Claree Thatcher,
I give, will and bequeath unto Mary Moody, daughter of James Moody of Step-
ney, mariner, a debt of forty shillings, due unto me from her said father.
All the rest and residue of my goods, etc. to my loving sou Humble Thatcher
whom I ordain and make sole executor, etc. Witness, Ralph Grafton, William
Cock, John Butler, Scr."

From all of the above we see that the Anthony Thatcher mentioned in the
wills of Clement and Thomas Thatcher given above, and Anthony Thatcher

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baptized at Frome, May i;, 1568, and subsequently of Leyden were one and the
same person ; and that this Anthony Thatcher in 1631 had a wife Claree ; that
Anthony Thatcher died before April gth, lt>56, and was survived by his widow
Claree who on that date was living in London, England.

Mr. H. F. Waters from whose Genealogical Gleanings in England we ob-
tained the above wills of Thomas, Clement and Claree Thatcher, says in a note
thereunder : —

"1 would suggest that the testatrix of the above will (Claree Thatcher) was
the widow of Anthony Thatcher referred to by his brother Thomas as in the
separation" (see above will of Thomas Thatcher). The rather odd name of
Clarey (Claree); the bequest of "twenty gilders ;" the reference to a friend as a
brother in the faith," and to a "son-in-law of Amsterdam" all seem to show
this."

Antony* Thacher (brother of Rev. Peter' Thacher of St. Edmunds') was
born in 1588-9, as we have shown in his individual record. In 1631 he was

married to one Mary , who died at Salisbury and was buried there July

20th, 1634 and he married a 2nd time to Elizabeth Jones sometime in February,
1635, and he died in Yarmouth, Mass., in 1667 aged about 80 years. Hence we
see conclusively that he could not have been identical with the Anthony
Thatcher mentioned in the wills of Thomas and Clement Thatcher here above
given.

From English Records we obtain the following viz : (See London Marriage
Licenses ; also see Waters's Gen. Gleanings in England) "March 18, 1618-19.
Ralphe Brace of St. Bride's, merchant tailor, allegeth that Anthony Thatcher
of St. Catherine's near the tower, shoemaker, a bachelor, aged about 23,
and a freeman, at his own government, intends marriage with Mary Clarke of
St. Saviors, Southwark, maiden, about 21, daughter of Clarke, husband-
man, deceased long since; she now a servant with Mrs. Roberts widow. Then
appeared Henry Fhnt of St. Giles, Cripplegate, tailor, and testifieth, etc., etc.,
at St. Bennet's, Pauls Wharf;" which is a marriage allegation or notice of inten-
tion. And again from Marriage Licenses, London, England, we have: Anthony
Thatcher of St. Catherine's by the Tower, London, shoemaker and Mary

Clarke of St. Saviour, Southwark, Co., Surrey, Spinster, daughter of -Clarke

deceased, to marry at St. Bennet, Paul's Wharf, London, 18 March, 16, 18-I9."
And again from the Stepney Parish Register we have the following, viz; —

"1621, April. Richard sonne of Anthony Thacher of St. Dunstan's in the
West, London, yeoman, and Mary His wife, borne in the house of William
Ffishburn of Ratcliffe highway, victualler, baptized the thirteenth (13th) day,
being at that tyme fower dayes old." (See Vol. 2 of Baptizms.)

And again from the Register of St. Paul's Convent Garden, London, Eng-
land published by the Harleian Society, we have the following, viz: — (See Vol.
II, p. 164.)

"October 30th, 1797. Anthony, son of Richard and Ann Thatcher was
baptized.

(Signed) Richard Ballock, Rector.
•Thomas Bourdillon ) witnesses."
J. Lloyd \

As a result of the discovery of the above quoted marriage allegation and
licence granted to Anthony Thatcher and .Mary Clarke, it has been suggested
by many that this Anthony Thatcher was identical with Antony' Thacher of St.
Edmund's and subsequently of Yarmouth, Mass. This suggestion on the face
of it seems plausible on account of the christian name of the wife Mary Clarke,
i. e. Mary which was the christian name of the first wife of Antony* Thacher of
St. Edmund's and Yarmouth; the liklihood of the two being identical is ren-
dered possible by the date of the license 1618-19 which in no way conflicts
with the possible date of marriage of Antony* Thacher of St. Edmund's and
Yarmouth and the known date of birth of his daughter Edith who was baptized
at Queen Camel, Feb. 7th. 162 1-2; and still further the record of baptism of

Richard Thatcher son of the above .'\nthony Thatcher and Mary (Clarke?)

April r3th, 1621 (born April gth, 1621), is not inconsistent with such identity, as
this child was baptized some ten (10) months previous to Edith^ as April 13th,
1621, old style was in the year 1621, and Feb. 7th, 1621, was 1621 old style and

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1622 new style; and hence so far as dates of baptism are concerned they could
both possibly be the children of Antony'^ Thaclier of Queen Camel, St.
Edmund's and Yarmouth; nor would the difference of places of baptism of the
children and the comparative remoteness of one place from the other render
the identity of these two Antony' and Anthony impossible, as the time elapsed
between the two baptisms might easily account for a change of residence. This
seems to be the whole argument in favor of such identity. On the other side of
the argument, in the marriage allegation of Anthony Thatcher of St. Catherine's
near the Tower, London, it is stated that in 1618-19 he was about 22 years old,
and this would place the date of his birth about 1595-6; from what we have ar-
gued before under the head of his individual record, Antony' Thacher of St.
Edmund's and Yarmouth, Mass., died in 1667 aged about 80 years, and was
therefore born as I conclude about 1588-9. Hence as the one was born in
1595-6, and the other in 1588-9, a difference of 7 years, they cannot be one and
the same person, notwithstanding the fact that they each had a wife named
Mary, and the births of the children of each as far as we have knowledge there-
of in no way conflicts with the possibility of identity.

My conclusion from a close analysis of the above citations is that Anthony
Thatcher of the marriage allegation and license was not the son of Rev. Peter'
Thacher of Queen Camel, but the son of some other as yet undetermined
Thatcher, and that the occurrence of the Christian name Anthony suggests a
possible relationship between his father and Rev. Peter' Thacher of Queen
Camel.

The Anthony Thatcher who was baptised at St. Paul's, Convent Garden,
London, Oct. 30th, 1797, it would appear from the repetition of the names
Richard and Anthony, to be a descendant of Anthony Thatcher, who married
Mary Clarke, who had a son Richard Thatcher baptised April 13th, 1621. The
names Richard and Anthony having been probably maintained during the
intermediate missing generations.

These remarks are given to show my reasons for doubting that either of the
two above discussed Anthony Thatchers could be identical with Antony''
Thacher of Queen Camel, St. Edmund's and Yarmouth, Mass.

Note 2. Sailing list of shipya;««, taken from New England Historic-
Genealogical Register, Vol. XIV, pp. 332, 333, with notes thereon by S. J. D.:

"SouTHON. — A list of names of suche Passeng" as shipt themselves at the
towne of Hampton, in the Ja?ues of London of iij° tonnes William Coop' Mr.
V" New England, in and about the v' of Aprill, 1635.

Augustine Clem', sometime of Readinge (in Berkshire), Paynter.

Thomas Whealer, his servant

Thomas Browne, of Malford fperhaps Milford in Hants), weav'

Hercules Woodman, of the same, mercer

John Euered, alias Webb (settled in Chelmsford, ^
Mass., and died 1665)

Stephen Euered, alias Webb

Gyles Butler

George Coussens

Thomas Colman

Thomas Goddard

John Pithouse

Anthony Morse ) of Marlborough

William Morse \ shoomakers

John Hide, Tayler

John Parker, Carpenter

Richard Walker, shomaker

Maudit Ingles, Suller (a name that has been sub-
jected to much torture, plain Maudit Ingles in I late of
this [original] record. On our Boston record, f Marlborough
April 2, 1638, Maudit Ings appears. No doubt
the same. See Hist, and Afiiiguities of Boston,
p. 241 and elsewhere)

Thomas Davyes, Sawyer

Thomas Carpenter, of Amesbury (in Wilts), Carpenter

of Marlborough
in Wiltshire
laborers
or husbandmen

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William Paddey, skinn' ) , , r ■, ,
Edmund Hawes, cutler \ '^'^ °^ L°"'l°"

Late of
New England

Edmund Batter, maulter ^

John Sniale, his servant

Michael Shafflin, Tayler

Josuah Verren, Rep'

Thomas Antram, weav'

Thomas Browne, his servant

George Smythe, Tayler

Phillip Varrem, Roop'

John Greene, surgeon

Zacheus Courtis, of Downton, laborer (several places bear this name, but

this was probably in Wilts)
Henry Rose, of Platford, laborer (or Plaitford, in Wilts)
Nicholas Batt, of ye Devyes, lennen weav'
Thomas Scoates, of Sarn (Sarum, Salisbury in Wilts), laborer
John Pike ) of Langford (Some 12 places bear this name in

John Musselwhite \ laborers different counties. Langford

Steeple is in Wilts)
Sampson Salter, of Caversham, fisherman (probably the same place called

Gofisham in another list. In Oxfordshire)
Henry Kinge, of Brencsley, laborer
William .Andrews of Hampsworth, carpenter
John Knight / of Romsey,

Richard Knight ) Taylers
Thomas Sniithe of the same, weaver
Nicholas Holte, thereof, tanner
Robert ffield, of yealmg, laborer
Anthony Thetcher of Sarm, tayler and
Peter Higdon his servant

Law"n«°Se"aV ! y""""' °^ Hampton of about 17 years old
Henry Leuage ) of Sarn
William Parsons ) Taylers

John Emery ) ^ Romsey, Carpenters

Anthony Emery S " '^

William Kemp, servant

The totall number of these men, youthes, and boyes are liij p'sons, besids
the wives and Children of Dyvers of these.

(sgd) Tho: Wurfris, Coll' ibm.

(sgd) N. Dingley, Comptr
(sgd) John Knapp, Searcher"
On a separate sheet accompanying the above:

" Right ho""°
After the p'formance of our most humble Duties, may it please y' Loi" to
receaue hereinclosed a list of the names of suche passeng" as tooke shippinge
at this porte for New England, and that onely in Aprill last in the good ship
Called the James of London whereof William Coop' went Mr. And thus in
Due obedience and observance of yo' hon" Ire Dated the last of Decemb'
past. Thus wee humbly take leave. Southampton the xij"' Day of June, 1635.

Yo' Lo"" most humble serv''

(sgd) Tho: Wurfris Coll'
(sgd) N. Dingier, Compt'
(sgd) John Knapp, searcher"
(Direction.) "To the right ho"''"' the lords of his ma" most honorable
privie Counsell, this at Whitehall. London."

Note 3. Concerning Elizabeth Jones, 2nd wife of Antony^ Thacher.
From Pope's Pioneers of Massachusetts, p. 262, we obtain the following extract
viz: —

"Richard Jones of Dinder, England, embarked from Weymouth, England
before March 20th, 1635. He settled in Dorchester, Mass., bought house and

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land there 1635. Richard Jones of Salisbury, witness in Essex Court in 1648
may be the same." (Note: Pope is wrong in this suggestion, as, if Alice was
his widow in 1642, he could not have been a witness in 1648. — J. R. T.) "Alice
Jones, aged 26, who came on the James in July, 1635, was doubtless his wife.
He died intestate, leaving children Timothy, Samuel, Elizabeth and iVlary.
The widow Alice Jones conveyed estate, 2-12, 1642, to Anthony Thatcher of Yar-
mouth, Richard Baker, Thomas Millett and George VVeekes of Dorchester, for
her son Timothy. She refers in the inventory of her estate to her brother
Thatcher and her man John March." (Suffolk deeds, Vol. I, p. 41). From Suf-
folk Co., Mass., Deeds Vol. I, p. 41, we obtain the following (4) 1634.

"Alice Jones, late wife of Richard Jones, deceased intestate, granted unto
her children her home and land and goods in manner as foUoweth:

One third part of the house and land she reserved to herselfe for six (6)
years; and the other two thirds she reserved for her three (3) children Samuel,
Elizabeth and Mary for the said term, out of which she is to be allowed for their
dyet and apparel the ist year £ 7 and the other five (5) years so much as the
ffeofes shall judge fit, whilst she keepeth them. And after the six (6) years
expired, the house and lands to remain to Timothy her son and to his heirs for-
ever, he paying to the other three (3) children £ 22 as followeth vizt. To Eliz-
abeth or her assigns £1 \n corn, cattle or money within two (2) years next after
the six (6) years expired, unto which Alice Jones promeseth to add 20 sh; and
two (2) years after that Timothy shall pay unto Mary £t \'a manner aforesaid,
whereto Alice Jones promeseth to add 20'''; and two (2J years after thatTimothy
shall pay to Samuel, his brother ^8.

And of her moveable goods (after her debts are paid and certain goods
taken out for her son Timothy as in the inventory it is mentioned.) She giveth
two thirds for the use of Elizabeth, Mary and Samuel to be divided equally
amongst them before the last of the third month next and to be kept in the
hands of the ffeofes (Antony Thacher of Yarmouth, Richard Baker, Thomas
Millett and George Weekes of Dorchester) until they be of years."

And in case Timothy die without heirs, the house and lands to descend to
Samuel; and for want of issue by him, to descend to the two daughters, or such
of them as shall be living; and so if any of the three (3) children Elizabeth,
Mary or .Samuel die before they be of age to receive their portions, it shall re-
main to the rest then living.

In witness whereof Alice Jones set to her hand and seal the 2nd day of the
I2th month 1642; and delivered one pewter dish to Elizabeth in part of the
two thirds of said goods. In presence of Jeoffrey Turner and Elizabeth Crane.
This was acknowledged before the Court as the deed of Alice Jones with the
consent of her husband and the 8lh of the 4th ."

Note upon above extracts by S. P. May.

" The deed of gift of Alice Jones is a very smgular one and it is explained by
the fact that she had then at the date of the deed 9-4, 1643 or shortly thereafter
married John Kinsley. This accounts for the closing words of the deed; 'with
the consent of her husband.' She had then married John Kinsley between 2-12,
1642 and 9-4, 1643, the former the date of the deed and the latter the date of its
recording.

Alice Jones, widow, lived in Dorchester, Mass. The question naturally
arises why did she (or her husband) go so far as Yarmouth for a ffeoffee (or
trustee). Doubtless Antony Thacher was their brother-in-law, his 2nd wife
Elizabeth Jones being a sister of Richard Jones (unless perhaps she was the
widow of a brother of Richard Jones). The first theory is probably the correct
one.

That Richard Jones was a brother of Elizabeth Jones is proved by the will
of his son Samuel Jones, dated May 28th, 1661 in which he makes bequests to
his six (6) cousins in Yarmouth.

Here arises an interesting point. Either Antony Thacher had in 1661 six
(6) children (I find only three (3) named) or else there are three cousins to be
accounted for. Bearing in mind then that Richard Sears in his will calls An-
tony Thacher 'brother' and that Antony Thacher's son John calls Richard Sears
'uncle,' it is borne in upon me that Richard Sears had married a sister of Eliz-
abeth Jones and of Richard Jones, and that Richard Sears three (3) children
Paul, Silas and Deborah were the three (3) other cousins.

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I have long thought that John Thacher would not have called Richard
Sears 'Uncle' unless the connection was on his own father or mother's side and
not by the way of Antony Thacher's first wife."

The above are Samuel P. May's views upon the family relationship of Eliz-
abeth Jones, 2nd wife of Antony* Thacher. Mr. May is a genealogist of known
repute and his argument in the matter seems to carry conviction with it, and I
am convinced that his reasoning is correct.

Note 4. Antony' Thacher's letter to his brother Rev. Peter'' Thacher
concerning the shipwreck August 15th, 1635, taken from D. W. Allen's
Thacher Genealogy :

" I must turn my drowned pen and shaking hand to indite the story of
such sad news as never before this happened in New England. There was a
league of perpetual friendship between my cousin Avery and myself, never to
forsake each other to the death, but to be partakers of each other's misery or
welfare as also of habitation in the same place. Now upon our arrival at
New England, there was an offer made unto us. My cousin Avery was invited
to Marblehead to be their pastor in due time; there being no church planted
there as yet, but a town appointed to set up the trade of fishing. Because
many there (the most being fishermen) were something loose and remiss in
their behavior, my cousin Avery was unwilling to go thither, and so refusing,
we went to Newbury, intending there to sit down. But being solicited so often,
both by men of the place and by the magistrates, and by Mr. Gotten, and
most of the ministers, who alleged what a benefit we might be to the people
there, and also to the country and commonwealth, at length, we embraced it,
and thither consented to go. They of Marblehead forthwith sent a pinnace
for us and our goods. We embarked at Ipswich, August 11, 1635, with our
families and substance, bound for .Marblehead, we being in all twenty-three
soids, viz: eleven in my cousin's family, seven in mine, and one Mr. William
Elliot sometime of New Sarum, and four mariners. The next morning,
having commended ourselves to God with cheerful hearts, we hoisted sail;
but the Lord suddenly turned our cheerfulness into mourning and lamentations,
for, on the fourteenth of August, 1635, about ten at night, having a fresh gale
of wind, our sails being old and done, were split; the mariners, because it was
night, would not put to her new sails, but resolved to cast anchor till the
morning. But before daylight it pleased the Lord to send so mighty a storm
as the like was never known in New England since the English came, nor in
the memory of any of the Indians. It was so furious that our anchor came
home, whereupon the mariners let out more cable, which slipped away. Then
our sailors knew not what to do; but we were driven before the winds and
waves. My cousin and / perceived our danger, and solemnly recommended
ourselves to God, the Lord both of earth and seas, expecting with every wave
to be swallowed up and drenched in the deep; and as ?ny cousin, his wife, and
my tender babes sat comforting and cheering one to the other in the Lord
against ghastly death, which every moment stared us in the face, and sat
triumphing upon each one's forehead; we were, by the violence of the waves
and the fury of the winds (by the Lord's permission), lifted up upon a rock,
between two high rocks, yet all was one rock; but it raged with the stroke
which came into the pinnace, so as we were presently up to our middles in water
as we sat. The waves came furiously and violently over us and against us, but
by reason of the rock's position could not lift us off, but beat her all to pieces.

Now look with me on our distress and consider of my misery who beheld
the ship broken and the water in her, and violently overwhelming us; my goods
and provisions swimming in the seas, my friends almost drowned, and mine
own poor children so untimely (if I may so term it without offence), before
mine eyes, drowned and ready to be swallowed up and dashed to pieces
against the rocks by the merciless waves, and myself ready to accompany
them. But I must go on to an end of this woeful relation. In the same room
whereat he sat, the master of the pinnace not knowing what to do, our foremast
was cut down, our main mast broken in three pieces, the fore part of the
pinnace beat away, our goods swimming about the seas, my children be-
wailing me as not pitying themselves, and myself bemoaning them, poor
souls, whom I had occasioned to such an end in their tender years, when as

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they could scarce be sensible of death. And so likewise my cousin, his wife
and his children, and both of us bewailing each other, in our Lord and only
Saviour Jesus Christ, in whom we had comfort and cheerfulness, in so much
that from the greatest to the least of us, there was not one screech or outcry
made, but all as silent sheep, were contentedly resolved to die together
lovingly, as smce our acquaintance we had lived together friendly. Now as I
was sitting in the cabin room door with my body in the room, when lo, one of
the sailors by a wave, being washed out of the pinnace, was gotten in again,
and coming into the cabin room over my back, cried out, ' We are all cast
away, the Lord have mercy upon us. I have been washed overboard into the
sea and gotten in again.' His speech made me look forth and looking
towards the sea, and seeing how we were, I turned myself to yny cousin and the
rest, and spake these words ' Oh, cousin, it hath pleased God to cast us here
between two rocks, the shore not far off from us, for I saw the tops of trees
when I looked forth.' Whereupon the master of the pinnace, looking up to the
scuttlehole of the quarter deck, went out at it, but I never saw him afterward.
Then he that had been in the sea went out again by me and leaped overboard
towards the rocks, whom afterwards also I could not see. Now none were left
in the barque that I knew or saw, but my cousin, his wife and children, myself
and mine and his maid servant. But my cousin thought I would have fled from
him, and said unto me, 'Oh, cousin, leave me not, let us die together,' and
reached forth his hand unto me. Then /, letting go my son Peter's hand, took him
by the hand and said, ' Cousin, I purpose it not; whither shall I go? I am willing
and ready here to die with you and my poor children. God be merciful to us
and receive us to himself,' adding these words, 'the Lord is able and willing
to help and deliver us.' He replied, saying, 'True, cousin, but what His pleas-
ure is, we know not; I fear that we have been too unthankful for former deliv-
erances, but He hath promised to deliver us from sin and condemnation and
bring us safe to heaven, through the all-sufficient satisfaction of Jesus Christ;
this therefore we may challenge of Him.' To which I, replying, said 'that is all
the deliverance I now desire and expect', which words I no sooner said, but by
a mighty wave /was with a piece of the barque, washed out upon part of the
rock where the wave left me, almost drowned; but recovering my feet, I saw
above me on the rock, my daughter Mary, to whom I had no sooner gotten but
my cousin Avery and his eldest son came to us, being all four of us washed out
by one and the same wave. We went all to a small hole on the top of the rock,
whence we called to those in the pinnace to come unto us, supposing we had
been in more safety then, than they were in. My wife seeing us there crept up
into the scuttle of the quarter deck to come unto us; but presently came another
wave, and dashing the pinnace all to pieces, carried my wife away in the scuttle
as she was, with the greatest part of the quarter-deck unto the shore, where she
was cast safely but her legs was something bruised, and much timber of the
vessel being there also cast, she was sometime before she could get away, being
washed by the waves. All the rest that were in the barque were drowned in
the merciless seas. We four by that wave were clean swept away from off the
rock also, into the sea, the Lord in one instant of time disposing of fifteen souls
of us according to his good pleasure and will. His pleasure and wonderful
great mercy to me was thus: Standing on the rock as before you heard, with
xny eldest daughter, my cousin and his eldest son, looking upon and talking to
them in the barque, when as we were by that merciless wave washed off the
rock, as before you heard, God in his mercy caused me to fall by the stroke of
the wave, flat on my face, for my face was towards the sea, in so much that I
was sliding off the rock into the sea, the Lord directed my toes into a joint of
the rock's sides, as also the tops of some of my fingers, with my right hand, by
means whereof, the wave leaving me I remained so, having in the rock only
my head above the water, when on the left hand I espied a board of plank of
the pinnace. And as I was reaching out my left hand to lay hold on it, by
another coming over the top of the rock, 1 was washed away from the rock, and
by the violence of the waves was driven hither and thither in the seas a great
while, and had many dashes against the rocks. At length, past hopes of life,
and wearied in body and in spirit, I even gave over to nature, and being ready
to receive in the waters of death, I lifted up both my heart and hand to the God
of heaven (for note), I had my senses remaining perfect with me all the time

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that 1 was under and in the water, who at that instant lifted my head above the
top of the water that so I might breathe without any hindrance by the waters.
I stood bolt upright as if I had stood upon my feet, but I felt no bottom, nur
had any footing for to stand upon, but the waters. While I was thus above the
water, I saw by me a piece of the mast, as I suppose, about three feet long
which I labored to catch into my arms. But suddenly I was overwhelmed with
water and driven to and fro again, and at last I felt the ground with my right
foot, when immediately, whilst I was thus groveling on my face, I presently re-
covering my feet was in the water up to my breast, and through God's great
mercy, had my face unto the shore, and not to the sea. I made haste to get out
but was thrown down on my hands with the waves, and so with safety crept to
the dry shore, where, blessmg God, I turned about to look for my children and
friends, but saw neither nor any part of the pinnace where I left them as I sup-
posed. But I saw my wife about a butt length from me getting herself forth
from amongst the timber of the broken barque. But before I could get to her
she was gotten to the shore. I was in the water after I was washed from the
rock before I came to the shore, a quarter of an hour at least. When we were
come each to the other we went and sat down on the bank. But fear of the seas'
rolling and our coldness, would not suffer us there to remain. But we went up
into the land and sat us down under a cedar tree, which the wind had thrown
down, where we sat about an hour almost dead with cold. But now the storm
was broken up, and the wind was calm, but the sea remained rough and fearful
to us. My legs were much bruised, and so my head was; other hurt I had none,
neither had I taken in much quantity of water, but my heart would not let me
sit still any longer, but I would go to see if any more were gotten to the land in
safety, especially hoping to have met with some of my own poor children; but
I could find none, neither dead nor yet living. You condole with me my miser-
ies who now begin to consider of my losses. Now came to my remembrance
the time and manner how and when I last saw and left my children and friends.
One was severed from me sitting on the rock at my feet, the other three in the
pinnace. My little babe {ah, poor Peter,) sitting in his sister Editfi's a.TTns\ who
to the utmost of her power sheltered him from the waters. My poor IVilliam
standing close unto them, all three of them looking ruefully on me, on the rock,
their very countenances calling unto rae to help them, whom I could not go
unto, neither could they come at me, neither would the merciless waves afford
me space of time to use any means at all, either to help them or myself. Oh, I
yet see their checks, poor silent lambs, plead pity and help at my hands.
Then on the other side to consider the loss of my dear friends, with the spoiling
and loss of all our goods and provisions; myself cast upon an unknown land in
a wilderness, I knew not where nor how to get thence. Then it came to my
mind how I had occasioned the death of my children; who caused them to leave
their native land, who might have left them there, yea, and might have sent
some back again and cost me nothing; these and such like thoughts do press
down my heavy heart very much. But I must let this pass, and will proceed on
in the relation of God's goodness unto me in that desolate island on which I was
cast, /and my wife were almost naked both of us, and wet and cold even un-
to death. I found a snapsack cast on the shore in which I had a steel and flint
and powder horn. Going further I found a drowned goat; then I found a hat
and my son William's coat, both of which I put on. My wife found one of her
petticoats, which she put on. I found also two cheeses and some butter driven
ashore. Thus the Lord sent us some clothes to put on, and food to sustain our
new lives, which we had lately given unto us, and means also to make fire for
in an hour I had some gun powder, which to mine own (and since to other
men's) admiration was dry. So taking a piece of my wife's neckcloth, which I
dried in the sun, I struck a fire, and so dried and warmed our wet bodies, and
then skinned the goat, and having found a small brass pot, we boiled some of
her. Our drink was brackish water. Bread, we had none. There we remained
until Monday following, when about three of the clock in the afternoon, in a
boat that came that way, we went off that desolate island, which I named after
my name, 'Thacher's XVoe,' and the rock 'Avery, his fall,' to the end that their
fail and loss and mine own, might be had in perpetual remembrance. In the isle
lieth buried the body of my cousin s eldest daughter, whom I found dead on the
shore. On the Tuesday following, in the afternoon, we arrived at Marblehead."

82 Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [Jan.,

THIRD GENERATION.

34. Honorable Colonel John^ Thacher (Antony^, Rev.
Peteri,) ; born at Marblehead (then Salem) Massachusetts
Bay Colony, March 17th, 1638-9; resided at Marblehead, Mass.,
and Yarmouth, Mass. ; he was a statesman and soldier ; he
died at Yarmouth, Mass., May 8th, 1713, "on Friday about
noon, and was buried Monday 3 P. M."; he was buried at
Yarmouth, Mass., with military honors in the old cemetery
there, where a gravestone marks his resting place. He was
first married at Marshfield, Mass., (then in Plymouth Colony)
November 6th, 1661, to Rebecca Winslow of Marshfield, Mass.
She was born at Marshfield, Mass., July 15th, 1643; she died
at Yarmouth, Mass., July isth, 1683; and was buried presum-
ably at Yarmouth, Mass., though no gravestone does, or ever
has, marked her grave ; she was a daughter of Josiah Winslow
(brother of Gov. Edw. Winslow) who died and was buried
December ist, 1674, in his 69th year, and of his wife Mar-
garet (Bourne) Winslow, who was buried at Marshfield, Mass.,
October 2nd, 1683, both of her parents residing in Marshfield,
Mass. Hon. Col. John^ Thacher married a second time at
Yarmouth, Mass. (there recorded), January ist, 1683-4, to
Lydia Gorham of Barnstable, Mass. ; she was born at Barn-
stable, Mass., November 6th, 1661 ; died at Yarmouth, Mass.,
August 2nd, 1744, and was buried at Yarmouth, Mass., in
the old cemetery where a gravestone marks her resting place.
She was a daughter of Col. John Gorham and his wife Desire
(Howland) Gorman, who resided at Barnstable, Mass.
Children 21 (Thacher), all born in Yarmouth, Mass.

Children by first marriage 9, 3 sons and 5 daughters and I

sex not given.

-)-37 i. Peter,* born May 20th, 1665; died February 12th,

1735-6; married Thankful Sturgis.

-I-38 ii. Josiah,* born April 26th, 1667; died May 12th,
1702; married Mary Hedge.

+39 iii. Rebecca,* born June ist, 1669; died April loth,
1734; married, first, James Sturgis; married, sec-
ond, Ebenezer Lewis.

-f40 iv. Bethia,* born July loth, 1671 ; died July 7th (or
8th), 1734; married James Paine.
•— +41 v. John,* born January 28th, 1674-5 ; died March 7th,

(17th or 26th), 1764; married Desire (Sturgis)
DimmOck.

+42 vi. Elizabeth,* born June 19th, 1677; died May i8th,
1710; married Moses Hatch.
43 vii. Hannah 1st,* bom August 19th, 1679; died July
iith, 1689, in girlhood, not married; buried prob-
ably in Yarmouth, Mass. ; no gravestone.

igii.] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. 83

44 viii. Mary ist,'* born August 3rd, 1682; died Septem-

ber 7th, 1682, in infancy; buried probablv in Yar-
mouth, Mass. ; no gravestone.

45 ix. Child, sex not stated,* born ; died ;

and was probably buried in Yarmouth, Mass. We
have no record of the sex of this child, nor any
reference to it whatever except in the verses writ-
ten by John^ Thacher on the death of his wife
and unto her memory, in which he specifically
states that his first wife bore him 9 children.

Children by second marriage 12; 4 sons and 8 daughters.

-f46 X. Lydia,* born February nth, 1684-5; died Septem-
ber 3rd, 1724; married Joseph Freeman.

+47 xi. Mary 2nd,'* born February 5th, 1686-7; died
June 28th, 1778; married Shubael Gorham.

-)-48 xii. Desire,* born December 24th, 1688; died May 6th,
1723; married Josiah Crocker.

-j-49 xiii. Hannah 2nd,"' born October 9th, 1690; died
May 6th, 1780; married Nathaniel Otis.
50 xiv. Mercy 1st,* born July 23rd, 1692 ; died August
27th, 1692, in infancy, and was buried probably
in Yarmouth ; no stone marks her grave.

-I-51 XV. Judah,* born August 20th, 1693; died January

8th, 1775 ; married Sarah Crosby.

52 xvi. Mercy 2nd,* born December 28th, 1695 ; died

August 22nd, 1696, in infancy, and was buried

probably in Yarmouth ; no stone marks her grave.

-(-53 xvii. Ann,* born May 7th, 1697; died March 13th,
1756; married John Lothrop.

-)-54 xviii. Joseph,* born July nth, 1699; died June 17th,
1763; married Ruth Hawes.

-j-55 xix. Benjamin,* born June 25th, 1701-2; died ,

1768; married Hannah Lumbert.

-I-56 XX. Mercy 3rd,* born February 7th, 1702-3; died ;

married James Harris.

-|-57 xxi. Thomas,* born April 2nd, 1705 ; died December
20th, 1746; married Thankful Baxter.

Making twenty-one (21) children in all; six-
teen of whom married and left issue.

Honorable Col. John^ Thacher was born in Marblehead (then
Salem), Mass., and removed with his parents to Yarmouth early
in the 1640's. Of his history prior to marriage we have no definite
knowledge, but assume that his boyhood and youth were spent in
Yarmouth, receiving such school advantages as were obtainable
there in those early days. We have no record of his having attended
college. In 1661 he was married to Rebecca Winslow, daughter of
Josiah Winslow of Marshfield, Mass., by his wife Margaret
(Bourne) Winslow. It is assumed that the marriage took place

84 Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [Jan.,

in Marshfield, although no record thereof is to be found there nor
in Yarmouth ; the poem dedicated to his first wife's memory sug-
gests that Marshfield was the place of marriage.

Josiah Winslow, his father-in-law, was the youngest brother
of Governor Edward Winslow. He was born in Droitwich, Eng-
land, February nth, 1606, and was baptized February i6th, 1606;
came over to New England with his brother Kenelm, arriving here
in 1631 (as stated both by Bradford's and by Winthrop's contem-
poraneous histories) with Allerton on the "White Angel" landing
at Saco, June 27th, 1631. He lived some time in Scituate and then
removed and settled in Marshfield. He married Margaret Bourne,
perhaps the daughter of the second Thomas Bourne, and had
amongst other children, Rebecca Winslow, born at Marshfield,
July i6th, 1642, or July 15th, 1643, the latter date being probably
the correct one as it is taken from the Vital Records of Marsh-
field. Josiah Winslow was a Representative to the General Court
of Plymouth in 1643, '45 and '47 and several years thereafter, cer-
tainly in 1659 and '60. He was town clerk of Marshfield from
1646 until his death, December ist, 1674. Margaret (Bourne)
Winslow, his widow, died in 1683.

The date of marriage of Hon. Col. John^ Thacher to Rebecca
Winslow is variously given. Allen in his "Thacher Genealogy," pp.
33, and Savage in Vol. IV., p. 602, of his "Genealogical Dictionary,"
both say that the marriage took place November 6th, 1661. The
N. E. H. G. Reg., Vol. XIV., p. 11; and Freeman's "History of
Cape Cod," Vol. i, p. 622, and Davis' "Landmarks of Plymouth,"
pp. 258-9, all say November 6th, 1664. The poem written by John^
Thacher on the death of his first wife, however, specifically fixes
the date as 1661 ; and when I note that the first of their known
and named children was born on May 20th, 1665, I am inclined to
think that the 9th child recorded above was in reality their first
born, who was born between 1661 and 1665 and probably died in
infancy or at birth.

In 1668 Hon. Col. John^ Thacher was chosen a deputy to the
General Court at Plymouth and served in that capacity annually
to the year 1681, except in the years 1672, '75 and '"JT. In 1668
he was elected a selectman of Yarmouth and remained such for
many years. In 1681 he was appointed one of the Council of War
for Plymouth Colony in which capacity he served a number of years.
From 1682 to 1692 he was an Assistant to the Governor of Ply-
mouth Colony. Immediately upon the union of Plymouth Colony
with the Province of Massachusetts Bay under the Charter of Wil-
liam and Mary in 1692 he was elected a representative and sub-
sequently an Assistant or Councillor to the Provincial Council and
served as such until 1707. He joined the militia of that period
at an early age and in time attained the rank of Colonel therein,
and upon his death, May 8th, 1713, he was buried with military
honors. His first wife, Rebecca, died July 15th, 1683, from ail-
ments, induced by the birth and subsequent death of her last child,

Igll.] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. 85

Mary ist* Thacher; she was probably buried in Yarmouth, Mass.,
although no stone marks her grave. Hon. Col. Thacher was much
attached to his first wife and deeply grieved over her loss ; and
during the period between her death and his second marriage he
composed verses in her enthusiastic praise, dated August 30th, 1683.
(A copy of extracts from these verses will be found in Note i,
following the completion of the record of Hon. Col. John^ Thacher,
the extracts being there inserted not on acount of their intrinsic
merit, but as an example of the custom then largely in vogue of
extolling the virtues of departed dear ones in verse; and moreover
principally on account of the genealogical facts related in said
verses, which facts are not specifically recorded elsewhere.) It
would seem hardly possible that after such an ardent outpouring
of his love and affection for his first wife in these verses that he
could so soon again enter the matrimonial state ; but the care of his
then large family of children necessitated his having a helpmate,
and he married a second time January ist, 1683-4, to Lydia Gor-
ham. Family tradition furnishes us with an interesting anecdote
concerning his first and second wives which will be found related
in full in Note No. 2, following this record. Lydia Gorham, his
second wife, was a daughter of Colonel John Gorham of Barn-
stable, Mass., and his wife, Desire (Howland) Gorham. She died
at Yarmouth, August 2nd, 1744, having survived her husband many
years. Both she and her husband were buried in the old cemetery
at Yarmouth, Mass. The stone that marks their graves was the
first inscribed stone erected in the Yarmouth burying ground and
bears the following inscription: —

"In memory of the Honorable John Thaclier, Esq.,
Who departed this Hfe 8. May, 1713 in the 75th year of
his age, and in memory of Lydia Thacher his
wife, who died 2 August 1744, in the 84th year of
her age."
Hon. Col. John^ Thacher made his will under date of April
25th, 1713, and it was proved July 27th, 1713; a copy of this will
will be found at the end of this record in Note 3.

The following is a transcript of the official record of Hon.
Col. John^ Thacher as extracted from the records of the Colony
of New Plymouth, New England, as published by order of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, edited by N. B. Shutleff, M. D.,
Boston, 1853, and which is to be found in all important public
libraries, to wit: —

1666. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 5th, 1666.
"John Thacher sworn as a member of the Grand Inquest."

1667. Court of Assistants, Plymouth, October 30th, 1667.
"John Thacher on land committee for Yarmouth. Also letters of
administration granted by Court unto John Thacher on estate of
Mr. Anthony Thacher, deceased."

1667-8. Court of his Majesty, Plymouth, March 5th, 1667-8.
"Letters of administration granted to Mistress Elizabeth Thacher

86 Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [Jan.,

and unto John Thacher on the estate of Mr. Anthony Thacher, de-
ceased."

1668. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 3rd, 1668.
"John Thacher elected deputy for Yarmouth, and ratified as select-
man for Yarmouth."

1669. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 1st, 1669.
"John Thacher audits Treasurer accounts July 8, 1669 ; he is elected
deputy from Yarmouth."

1670. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 7th, 1670.
"John Thacher elected deputy for Yarmouth, ratified as select-
man of Yarmouth ; on list of freeman of Yarmouth May 29, 1670,
and appointed by Court to look after collection of minister's rates."

1671. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 5th, 1671.
"John Thacher elected deputy for Yarmouth and ratified as select-
man of Yarmouth."

1672. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 5th, 1672.
"John Thacher ratified as selectman for Yarmouth ; also on Cor-
oners Jury to view body of Richard Lake's daughter."

1673. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 3rd, 1673.
"John Thacher elected deputy for Yarmouth and ratified as select-
man of Yarmouth ; he was also present as deputy from Yarmouth
at Court held at Plymouth, September 15th, 1673."

1673-4. General Court at Plymouth, March 4, 1673-4. "John
Thacher appointed by Court to act as one of the administrators of
the estate of Richard Taylor."

1674. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 3rd, 1674.
"John Thacher elected deputy for Yarmouth and ratified as select-
man for Yarmouth. Sergeant John Thacher made ensign of Yar-
mouth Co. of Militia, July 7th, 1674."

1675. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June ist, 1675.
"John Thacher ratified as selectman for Yarmouth."

1676. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 7th, 1676.
"Ensign John Thacher elected deputy for Yarmouth and ratified
as selectman for Yarmouth."

1676-7. Court of his Majesty, March 6, 1676-7. "John
Thacher has delivered unto him Yarmouth's share of certain con-
tributions from Ireland to assist the poor, rendered needy by the
Indian War." "Mentions John Thacher as partaking in distribu-
tion of fund sent from Ireland for the relief of such as are im-
poverished, distressed and in necessity by the late Indian War."
"Yarmouth £—.10^'^. 00^. Mr. John Thacher."

1677. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 5, 1677.
"John Thacher ratified as selectman for Yarmouth."

Majesty's Court of Plymouth, November i, 1677. "John
Thacher on Coroner's Jury on death of James Claybournc."

1678. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 5th, 1678.
"John Thacher elected deputy for Yarmouth and ratified as select-
man for Yarmouth, and acted as adviser in administration of estate
of Thomas Phillips."

19 11.] Tliacher-Thatcher Genealogy. 87

1679. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 3rd, 1679.
"Ensign John Thacher elected deputy for Yarmouth and ratified
as selectman for Yarmouth."

1680. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 1st,
1680. "John Thacher audits Treasurer's accounts June 4, 1680.
He is elected a deputy and ratified as a selectman for Yarmouth."

1681. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 7th, 1681.
"Ensign John Thacher ratified as selectman for Yarmouth, he was
approved of and appointed by Court to be Lieutenant in the Yar-
mouth Militia Company ; and Lieutenant John Thacher was ap-
pointed by Court to be of the Council of War."

Court of his Majesty at Plymouth, October 28th, 1681. "John
Thacher on jury to try Thomas Saddeler."

1682. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 6th, 1682.
"John Thacher chosen and sworn in as an Assistant to Governor."

Court of his Majesty, July 7th, 1682. "John Thacher present
as Assistant."

Court of his Majesty, October 31st, 1682. "John Thacher pres-
ent as Assistant."

1682-3. Court of his Majesty, March 6, 1682-3. "John Thacher
present as Assistant."

1683. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 6th, 1683.
"John Thacher audits Treasurer's accounts, June 8th, 1683; he was
also chosen an Assistant and also appointed on a committee to re-
vise laws and to audit Treasurer's accounts."

1683-4. Court of his Majesty, March 5th, 1683-4. "John
Thacher present as Assistant. He together with other Assistants,
the Governor and Deputy Governor, acte in the settlement of the
estate of Desire Gorham" (his mother-in-law).

1684. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 3rd, 1684.
"John Thacher chosen an Assistant ; and as Assistant records that
Jonathan Hawes chooses his uncle Jeremiah Hawes as his guardian."

Court of his Majesty, July ist, 1684. "John Thacher present
as Assistant."

1684-5. Court of his Majesty, March 5th, 1684-5. "John
Thacher present as Assistant."

1685. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 2nd, 1685.
"John Thacher chosen Assistant. Entered on Treasurer's account
as owing a fine of 5 shillings. Capt. John Thacher and Mr. Barna-
bas Lothrop directed by this Court to settle the estate of Wm.
Chase of Yarmouth, deceased."

Court of his Majesty at Plymouth, October 27th, 1685. "John
Thacher present as Assistant."

1686. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June , 1686.

"John Thacher chosen Assistant."

1687. Records are entirely missing for the year, but it is pre-
sumed John Thacher was Assistant.

88 Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [Jan.,

1688. Records are entirely missing for the year, but it is pre-
sumed John Thacher was Assistant.

1689. General Court of Election at Plymouth, ist Tuesday
of June, 1689. "John Thacher chosen Assistant, and his name en-
tered on list of freemen."

General Court of Assistants at Plymouth, August 14th, 1689.
"John Thacher present as Assistant."

His Majesty's Court at Plymouth, October 2nd, 1689. "John
Thacher present as Assistant."

His Majesty's Court at Plymouth, December 25th, 1689. "John
Thacher present as Assistant." "John Thacher fined 20^'' for ab-
sence, fine remitted it being first offense." "John Thacher ap-
pointed first one of a committee of six (6) chosen and appointed
by the Court to take and adjust the accounts and charges of the War
relating to the late expedition against the Indians ; and to make re-
port to the Court to the end that soldiers and others concerned may
have their wages and dues paid with all convenient speed. Captain
John Thacher, Captain Jonathan Sparrow and Mr. John Gorham
appointed a sub-committee to act for the County of Barnstable."

1690. Court of Assistants at Plymouth, April ist, 1690. "John
Thacher present as Assistant."

General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 3rd, 1690. "John
Thacher chosen as Assistant."

General Court at Plymouth, November 4th, 1690. "John
Thacher present as Assistant."

General Court at Plymouth, ist Thursday, December, 1690.
"John Thacher, Esq., present as Assistant."

1690-1. Court of Majesty's Assistants, February 11, 1690-1.
"John Thacher present as Assistant."

1691. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 2, 1691
(last Court of Election at Plymouth). "John Thacher chosen As-
sistant."

General Court at Plymouth, July 7th, 1691. "John Thacher
present as Assistant."

1692. Court of Assistants at Plymouth, April 5th, 1692. "John
Thacher present as Assistant. This was the last Court of Assistants
of Plymouth Colony, which colony thereafter became a part of the
Province of Massachusetts Bay."

From the Acts and Resolves of the Province of Massachu-
setts, published by authority of the Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts we obtain the following record of the continuation of the Pub-
lic Service of Hon. Col. John^ Thacher, to wit: —

1692. General Court at Boston, June 8th, 1692. "Captain
John Thacher representative for Barnstable County."

1693. Captain John Thacher representative for Barnstable
County.

Ipii.] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. 89

1694-5. John Thacher, Esq., Councillor or Assistant for for-
mer Colony of New Plymouth, Mass.
1695-6.
1696-7.
1697.
1698.

1699-1700. "
1700-1.
1701-2.
1707 " " " " " " "

1703-4. " " " " " "

1704-5.

1705-6.

1706-7.

1707.

This last year Mr. Thacher did not sign the oath of office.

This completes the record of his official services as given in
the printed Colonial records of Plymouth Colony and the Province
of Massachusetts Bay.

From the N. E. H. G. Reg., Vol. XVI., pp. 24 and 146, we
obtain the following: —

"1694, June 2nd, John Thacher signed as Assistant the deed
of Eastham, Mass., from the Indians. Sachamus signed deed for
the Indians ; deed witnessed by John Thacher and John Seabury."

John^ Thacher's heirs were among the grantees of the 7 Nar-
ragansett Townships laid out by the General Court and confirmed
April i8th, 1735.

Hon. Col. John^ Thacher had but one brother and one sister.
Judah^ Thacher, his brother, left male issue, but they all died with-
out issue ; hence the male line of Antony- Thacher was perpetuated
only through his son, Hon. Col. John^ Thacher, who is therefore
the ancestor of all of the Cape Cod Thachers living at the present
time. Descent from Hon. Col. John ^ Thacher entitles his descend-
ants to membership according to their sex in the following so-
cieties: Colonial Wars, Colonial Dames, and the Society of Foun-
ders and Patriots, and the Order of Americans of Armorial An-
cestry. Descendants of his second wife, Lydia (Gorham) Thacher,
are entitled to membership in Society of Mayflower Descendants,
as Lydia Gorham's mother. Desire Howland, was the daughter of
John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley ; they are also by their ancestor,
Lydia (Gorham) Thacher, entitled to membership in Colonial Wars,
Colonial Dames and Founders and Patriots.

Authorities:

D. W. Allen's Thacher Genealogy , pp. 33 to 37 inc.

New Etigland Historic-Genealogical Register, Vo\%. II, p. 248; XIV, pp.
24, 146; XLVII, p. 187; LII, p. 358.

New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. XXIX, pp. 45, 67,

133-135 inc.

Freeman's Cape Cod, Vols. I, pp. 145 and 622; II, p. 210.
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, Vols. II, p. 281; IV, p. 602.

go Early Southampton, Long Island, Inhabitatii Lists. [Jan.,

Alden's Epitaphs, Vol. I, pp. 122-123.

Young's Chronicles, p. 485, Note 3.

Mayflower Descendants, Vol. II, pp. 4, 181, 209, 252.

Paine Family Records, by H. D. Paine, p. 59.

Dains' Landmarks of Plymouth, pp. 258-259.

Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Fa>nilies,'oy Otis, Vol. I, p. 413; II, p. 136.

Gravestone Record of Yarmouth, Mass., p. 33.

Printed Records of Plymouth Colony, Vols. IV, pp. 123, 167-168, 175, 180,
182; V, pp. 17, 34, 37. 55. 92, 95. J 13. '35. i37. i43. I44. 15'. '64, 195. 19&. 222.
230, 250, 256, 273, 276; VI, pp. 10, 35, 36, 59, 64, 67, 74, 83, 88, 97, 102, io6, no,
123, 124, 127, 134, 139, 145, 150, 164, 170, 175, 185, 205, 211, 217, 221, 228, 229, 236,
239, 255, 256, 262, 264, 268; VII, p. 311; VIII, pp. 44, 127, 155, 163, 164, 206.

Acts and Resolves of Province of Massachusetts, Vols. VII, pp. 8,21, 44,71,
103, 147, 179, 212, 237, 283, 332; VIII, pp. 6, 61, 113, 161, 225, 338.

(To be continued.)

EARLY SOUTHAMPTON, LONG ISLAND,
INHABITANT LISTS.

Contributed by the late Prof. S. R. Winans
OF Princeton University.

Thompson, in his History of Long Island, makes it a point to
present lists of first settlers in the several towns. His object is
to meet a popular interest, rather than to furnish critically exact
data of record. None the less, such a list as the Southampton
List, page 207, is most unfortunate in its content and claim.

After describing briefly the contract of March 10, 1639-40 with
Capt. Daniel How to transport the people from Lynn, Thompson
notes that the document is still extant, and then adds: "The names
of the settlers who had arrived during the first tivelve months were
as follows" [47 names]. Then he continues, "the conveyance to
the above named persons is recorded," etc.; giving the Farret
memorandum of sale to twelve men therein named. The definite
language suggests original papers that lay before the author. In
fact, Thompson's list is artificial and based on inference. Its
errors of omission and inclusion and of name confusion have
puzzled many. The writer has discovered its source and manner
of making. It is the Sagaponack land partition list of Feb., 1653-4,
treated by Thompson for his purpose. See Southampton Totvn
Records (printed), Vol. I, p. loo. The "deadly parallel" tells the
story. The coincidence of thirty-five names in name-sequence
with a list drawn by lot gives an absolute demonstration.

Some of Thompson's modifications are as follows. He adds
eight names from the original contract document which are not
on the Sagaponock list, the individuals so named having with-
drawn earlier or really never settled there, such as George
Welbe, whom he uniformly calls "Wells." He also adds several
names of persons found in the old Town Accounts book, whom

igii.] Early Southampton, Long Island, Inkahitant Lists. 91

he infers to be early settlers. The peculiar position of the addi-
tions in the list is due to their being written last, at the ends of
the short columns in printer's copy.

As to omissions, he misses entirely some eighteen men who
were living in Southampton in 1644, some of them real first-com-
ers ; for he is unaware of the secession (1648) of families who
joined in settling Easthampton. Then from his Sagaponack list
he omits, of course, all the repeated names in it ; also sons whom
he assumes to have been too young for settlers of 1640. In every
case he drops the title "Mr.," ignoring its significance forage and
civic standing, and therewith himself supplies Christian names,
which in nearly every instance are wrong. "Mr. Odell" [Rich-
ard], as if from Wm., becomes a non-existent " William Odell."
" Mr. Raynor " [Thurston], the father, is given as "Joseph Ray-
nor," the son. " Mr. John Gosmer " he reads erroneously as
"Gosman;" and where in another place on the Sagaponack list
the same man is called " Mr. Gosmer," this becomes for Thomp-
son [Mr.] S. Osman, expanding to "Samuel Osman," the name
which mystifies the historian Howells, see Southampton, p. 435.

From a reference to "Mr. Haynes" [James] in 1647, then of
Southold and never of Southampton, Thompson adds " Benjamin
Haynes," who really was a son, born 1643, and who came to North
Sea about 1668. Misled by Thompson, Hatfield in his " Eliza-
bethtown " makes this mythical "Benjamin of 1640" a "brother
of James." Isaac Willman becomes " Hillman;" Jones becomes
"James," etc.

Enough to show the worse than worthless character of the
list. The arrival dates of these men extend from 1640 into the
i66o's.

The earliest complete list of male inhabitants at Southampton
is the whale squads list of March, 1644 {S. T.R., Vol. I, p. 32),
forty two names. It is especially to be noted that this list in-
cludes several landless servants, and also minors above 16 years.
The list is not partial ; it is for whale-oil dividends. It was some
years before the full number of forty householders was reached.

Land division lists were naturally drawn by lot, and were
usually recorded in that order. Certain of the lists — besides those
noted by Howells — happily are in residence order, a fact not hith-
erto brought out. Such is the "townsmen" list of May 10, 1649,
except that the gentry, the " Mr.'s," are named first ; then read
the names across. (5. T. R., Vol. I, p. 56). It goes from Thomas
Halsey northward on the West side of the street, and from Sam-
uel Dayton, South on the East side.

Also the fencing list of 1651-2 (5. T. R., Vol I, pp. 143-4), is
now found to be in house order. Set the columns of page 144
directly under those of page 143, and then read continuously.
This list goes twice from North to South, first on West side, and
then on East, beginning East with Joshua Barnes.

Likewise the list of Dec, 1665 (S. T. R., Vol. I, pp. 15 1-2), and
its counterpart of Jan., 1665-6 [S. T. R., Vol. II, pp. 250-1), fur-
nishes the house-lot order for that date ; going North on West
side, then South on East, with several appended names.

q 2 Clues from English A rchives Contrihitory to Atnerican Genealogy. [Jan.,

These early lists, here cited, may now furnish supplementary
material to the excellent street plan by Mr. W. S. Pelletreau, pre-
faced to 5. T. R., Vol. III.

There are several inhabitants lists in the old book of Town
Accounts, entered there evidently as of temporary importance on
convenient partially blank pages.

First, the powder list of April 1657, printed in 5. T. R., Vol. I,
pp. 154-5, omits a few officials expressly exempt from ordinary
military service, but otherwise is a full list in house order.

The whale-squadrons list printed in Howell, Soiithainpto7i, pp.
183-4, is from the same book. It belongs to the year 1666 or 1668,
and is not earlier, as the preceding. account entry of 1657 might
indicate.

Further, the full list of all inhabitants everywhere in South-
ampton bounds, which Howell prints at page 32, is from the same
book. He dates it " 1657," without informing us that this date is
inferential, the list being undated. Careful inspection of this list
gives more than a score of independent record items bearing on
the names included, which prove positively that this list is not
earlier than 1666, while one item points to 1669 as its probable
date. Howell, in the genealogical part of his work, and others
following him, make so much use of this fictitious "1657" as a
reference date that it is important that the true date be known.

CLUES FROM ENGLISH ARCHIVES
Contributory to American Genealogy.

By J. Henry Lea and J. R. Hutchinson.

(Continued from Vol. XLI, p. 286, of The Record.)

Nash v. Elbridge: Bill of Complaint of Thomas Nash of
Claynes, co. Worcester, gent., executor of the will of Richard
Guy late of Ashton upon Tarrent, co. Gloucester, gent., deceased,
and Susan late wife of said Richard, dated i6 April, 1646. One
Giles Elbridge of the City of Bristol, merchant, deceased, was in
his lifetime seized of lands known as Watton farm, lying in Wat-
ton, CO. Gloucester, and being so seized, he did, alDout rive years
since, demise the said lands to the said Richard Guy for a term of
years yet enduring, by the yearly rent of _;j^io5. About two years
since the said Richard Guy made his last will, appointing plaintiff
and one Edward Guy his executors, but owing to the troubles of
the times the said will is not yet proved in due form of law.
About two years since the said Giles Elbridge also died, after whose
decease the said premises ought to descend and come to John
Elbridge, son and heir of said Giles, but for the delinquency of
the said Giles Elbridge the Committee for Gloucester long since
seized upon the said farm and rent, and the said John Elbridge,
having as executor gotten the said lease into his possession, doth

igli.] Clues from English Archives Contributory to American Genealogy. 93

sue plaintiff for the aforesaid rent and for great sums of money,
alleged to be due and unpaid unto his said father in his lifetime,
and doth further pretend that the said Richard Guy stood indeb-
ted unto his said father in a bond for ;^ioo. The witnesses who
could prove the truth of these statements are all either dead or
beyond the seas.

Answer of John Elbridge, defendant, sworn i June, 1646: It
is true that Gyles Elbridge did grant, i May, 17 Charles I., to
Richard Guy the said messuage called Wattons farm for seven
years for ^105 per annum, but the said Richard Guy failed in his
payments. Giles Elbridge made his will 24 Feb., 1643-4, and
thereby devised the premises to this defendant, and shortly after
died. (Chan: Pro., Chas. i., N. 5: 21.)

The place of origin and parentage of Giles Elbridge, the Pem-
aquid Patentee of 1632, had been abandoned as an insoluble
problem by Col. Chester and other early workers,* but it was
reserved to be the good fortune of one of the writers to find this
clue in the Bristol Town Records, too late indeed for incorporation
into Prof Salisbury's monumental workf but early enough, hap-
pily, to give the talented author the satisfaction of knowing the
truth before he passed away.

The following brief sketch embodies several facts, beside his
affiliation, not heretofore known. J

Giles Elbridge, son of William Elbridge, apothecary, of the
City of Gloucester, was bound apprentice to Robert Aldworth and
Martha his wife, of Bristol, 13 June, i6o8,§ and was admitted a
Burgess i Oct., i6i5,|| in virtue of this service, Robert Aldworth
being then an Alderman of the City, and whose partner he sub-
sequently became.

His first wife was Elizabeth Aldworth, daughter of John Aid-
worth, the brother of his former master, to whom he was married
before 1624. He married, secondly, at St. Stephen's, Bristol, 30
April, 1635, IMrs. Mary Hooke, daughter of Humphrey Hooke,
merchant and Alderman of Bristol. She was buried 30 Nov., 1637,
in the Aldworth Family vault in the Church of St. Peters, Bris-
tol.**

Giles Elbridge's sons Robert, John and Thomas Elbridge were
also admitted to the freedom of the City in right of their father,!!
the last named having been a joint grantee with him of Pema-
quid.tl Capt. Giles Elbridge died in 1643 and was buried, 25

* Family Memorials, 1885, by Prof. E. E. Salisbury, pt. i, p. 118.

I Op. Cit. See account oi Aldworth &> Elbridge Families ,-p\. i, pp. 103-143.
See also Aldworth and Elbridge wills in Waters' Gleanings, i, 632-6, and

734-5-

§ Bristol Apprentice Books.

II Bristol Burgess Books, 12 Dec, 1630.

% St. Stephens Parish Register.

** Family Memorials, op. cit., pt. i, p. 132, but there called daughter oi her
husband.

It Burgess Books.
X Savage, ii, 106.

Q4 Clues from English Archives Contributory to American Genealogy. [Jan.,

Feb., of that year, in the same vault with his wife. * His will
was probated in the Prerogative Court at London, 19 March,
1643-4.1 (Oxford Will filed.)

Will of John Trowbridge of Exeter, co. Devon. There is
oweinge vnto me from my uncle Mr. James Marshall of Exon,
merchant, ^£^49, and from my father Mr Thomas Trowbridge jQio
which I lent him, and I have sent for Muclinx {sic) eight peeces
of Sarges, cost twentie pounds And twentie fowre pounds Mr
Jno: Manninge of New England, merchant, owes me, and twen-
tie one pounds Mr William Davis of Muskeeta in Newfoundland
owes, which I have ordered George Pardon, master of the Will-
inge Minde, to receive of him this yeare there and carry it with
him for St. Lukas and bring home returnes with him. All which
summes amounts vnto ^129, of which if it please God to take me
hence £^20 shalbe disbursed for my buriall, and of the other ^^109
I give vnto my honored father fortie pounds, to my brothers
Thomas, William and James Trowbridge betweene them ;^5o, to
my aunt Mace ^^5, and to my cozen James Marshall ^14. Dated
at Taunton, 20 Oct., 1653. Witnesses to the identity of the hand-
writing: James Marshall, senior, Christo: Clarke, junior, Chr:
Dore. 26 June, 1654, commission to Thomas Trowbridge, father
and principal legetary named in the. will of John Trowbridge, late
of the city of Exeter, deceased, to administer.

(P. C. C. Alchin, 492.)

The legatee in the preceeding will was certainly the Captain
John Manning of Boston, Mass., merchant, who was of that place
as early as 1640, of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. in
1641, later an Ensign of same and called '■'■Captain" in town
records after 1655, probably from his having commanded a ves-
sel, as he does not appear to have held that office in the Artillery
Co. He died after 1664. He is not to be confused with the Capt.
John Manning of New York (1664-1685) Sheriff there 1667-72,
and whose unjust punishment for the surrender of Fort James to
the Dutch in 1673 is a matter of history. His residence, on an
island in the East River, was carried by the marriage of a step
daughter (failing his own issue) to Robert Blackwell who gave
his name to the now well known Blackwell's Island. J

Will of John Shepard of Towcester, co. Northampton, mer-
cer, dated 16 July, 1643. I give and bequeath unto my eldest son
William Sheppard now in New England all the goods which I
sent over unto him in May or June, 1643, in a ship called the
Concord^ which are expressed in a book and amount to ^72; and
also all other goods which he carried over at his first going thither,
if it please God that they come safe to him and that he live to
enjoy and possess them in a married estate, either in New Eng-
land or in Old England ; but if it should please God that he

* Family Memorials, pt. i, p. 119.

I Ibid. loc. cit.
Afanniiig Genealogy, by W. H. Manning (1902), pp. 780 and 803 ; Savage
Gen. Diet., iii, 147, Pope's Pioneers, 209.

igii.] Clues from English Archives Contributory to American Genealogy. 95

should die before the said goods come to him, or he be marrried,
then my will is that they be returned for the use of my executrix
and surviving children, provided that my son William shall have
power to dispose of five pounds as he seeth good; and for this part
of my will in particular I desire my brother Thomas Shepard of
Cambridge in New England, and Mr. Collins now of the same
town, to be overseers to see it performed; and I do further give
and bequeath unto my said son William Sheppard my house in
Northbarrstreet in Banbury, if so be it please God he live to
come over again to Old England and be married there, or live in
Old England unmarried, or if he should be disposed to sell it
(upon good advise) and be desirous to live in any other land or
place, then my will is that my son John, ray son Samuel, and son
Daniel shall have 20 marks apiece out of the sale of it, if they
live; but if my son William die before he return to Old England
again, and be not married, nor have anie heir of his body lawfully
begotten, then the said house, shall go to my other three sons
and my daughter Elizabeth, or if all die, then to my wife for life,
and thereafter to my right heirs. Son John the house I purch-
ased of Thomas and' John Winfield, in the high street in Towces-
ter, at 21. Son Samuel the house purchased of John Hayle of
Hechencoate in the parish of Towcester, at 22. Daughter Eliza-
beth ^100 at marriage, provided she do not marry until she be
18, unless with consent of her mother. Youngest son Daniel, at
21, four acres of land purchased of my father in law William
Kingston lying in Towcester Fields and Spittlefields, two acres
purchased of Michael West, two acres purchased of Anne Jen-
nings, and the meadow purchased of Robert Marriott of Caldecott.
Daughter Anne Hartly 40s. to buy her a ring, and to her son
Francis Hartly two silver spoons. My adventure of ^£^150 for
lands in Ireland, in which my cousin Richard Farmer hath ^^loo,
and my brother George Waple ^^50, shall be divided amongst my
sons. Residue to wife Frances, whom executrix. Overseers:
brother Georgo Waples, cousin Richard Farmer, friend John
Linnill, and my son William Sheppard if he live to retnrn home
again. The house in Towcester which my father William Shep-
pard did give unto me his eldest son and to my heirs after the
decease of his wife, my mother in law Amy Sheppard, I give to
my wife for life, in accordance with my father's will, after the
death or my said mother Amy. Witnesses: William Pitchford,
Andrew Paine, Peter Deakin. Proved 6 June, 1646, by the
executrix. (P. C. C. Twisse, 88)

Rev. Thomas Shepherd, first pastor of the church at Cam-
bridge, Mass., born at Towcester, co. Northants, 5 Nov., 1605,
graduated at Emanuel College, Cambridge, England,* came to
Boston, 1635. He married (1) in England, 1632, Margaret Touti-
ville, who died in 1636 and he married (2) 1637, Joanna Hooker,
daughter of Rev. Thomas Hooker and (3) 1647, Margaret Bora-
dile who remarried to Mr. Jonathan Mitchell. He died 28 Aug.,

* History of First Church of Cambridge.

g6 Clues from English A rchives Contributory to A merican Genealogy. [Jan.,

1648.* He was evidently identical with the brother of the
testator and was uncle of Samuel Shepherd of Cambridge, Mass.,
freeman there 13 March, 1635-6, proprietor and town officer
1638-9, and Major. He was living with his wife Hannah in
Ireland in i6s8f but at that time still retaining membership
of the Cambridge Church.

It seems more than doubtful whether the William Shepherd,
eldest son and principal legatee in the above will could have been
that William of Dorchester whose unsavory record in the Massa-
chusetts Courts in 1636 is so well knownj or that later William of
Taunton, Mass., in 1650, who is tentatively suggested as being
identical with the last named. § Nor is the identification with
that William of Connecticut who, in 1677, was divorced from his
wife, more satisfactory.

Much more probable is it that William, the legatee, returned
promptly to England after his father's death in 1646, took posses-
sion of his estate and left his bones in English soil. An examin-
ation of the Parish Registers of Towcester will probably prove
this to have been the case. They date from 1561 and furnish
valuable information regarding the family.

The fourteenth day of August, 1656, I William Boys of
Cranbrooke in the county of Kent, clothier, being in some good
measure of health, doe make and ordaine this my last will. My
bodie I will to be decently buried at the discretion of Joan my
wife, whom I make sole executrix of this my will. I give and
bequeath unto Sibylla Boys my eldest daughter ;i{^2oo when she
shall attaine the age of eighteene years; to Mary Boys my daugh-
ter the like summe at her said age; and to my four sonnes John,
Thomas, William and Joseph Boys ^200 apiece of good English
money at their several! ages of one and twentie years. As for my
house and land in Cranbrooke, which now I inabite and which I
lately purchased, viz., seven parts of eight parts thereof, I give
the same unto Joan my wife during her naturall life and after her
decease unto my four sonnes before named equally and to their
heirs for ever. And if it shall happen that the other part should
be desired to be sold, which now belongs unto John Slov/ Sonne
of Thomas Slow in New England, then my mind and will is that
my wife shall purchase the same in behalf of my four sonnes,
paying for it out of the portions before given them. If my said
wife happen to marry again she shall give sufficient suritie to my
brother Edmund Colvill of Maidstone for payment of my chil-
dren's portions. Witnesses: none. Proved 24 Feb., 1656-7, by
Joan Boys the relict and executrix. (P. C. C. Ruthen, 72.)

Thomas Slow, was of Providence, R. I., and admitted freeman
there in 1655. || There was a Joseph Boyes, tanner, in Salem,

* Pope's Pioneers of Mass., p. 412.

t Cf. the mention of "adventure of .£150 in Ireland, to be divided amongst
my sons" in the will.

I Savage, iv, 77.

S Pope's Pioneers, p. 412.

II Savage, iv, 108.

igii.] Clues from English Archives Contributory to American Genealogy. g7

Mass., and proprietor there in 1638, who died in 1684, but it is
improbable that he was the son Joseph of the testator, who would
have been already eighteen years in America at the making of
the will, while the children of the testator were evidently very
young at that time.*

This third daie of September, 1657, I Thomas Ensigne of
Cranbrooke in the countie of Kent, yeoman, being sicke and
weake in body, do make this my last will and testament: I give and
bequeath unto my uncle William Austen 20s.; to my aunt his wife
20s.; to my cousin Hannah Miller, William Austen, Sarah Austen,
and Mary Austen, being the son and daughters of my said uncle
William Austen, 20s. apiece; to my cousin Sarah Johnson, widow,
relict of Ambrose Johnson late of Biddenden, co. Kent, clothworker,
deceased, 6s. 8d.; and to my cousins Martha Woolball and (blank)
Woolball, the two daughters of Richard Woolball of Biddenden,
clothier, 6s. 8d. apiece. I ordain and make my cousin John
Austen, son of my uncle William Austen, sole executor of this my
last will, unto whom I give full power to take up the yearly rents
of my lands situate in Stapleherst and Cranbrooke, now in the
occupation of Lawrence Tyler, for and during the term of five
years, to pay vs\y legacies aforesaid, and also to pay to Christopher
Bourne of Biddenden, yeoman, jQi-t when the same shall become
due. I give and bequeath unto my dearly beloved father Thom-
as Ensigne in Nue England all the rents and profits of my
messuage, barn, garden, orchard, close and six pieces of land,
containing 26 acres, being the same before mentioned, now in the
occupation of Lawrence Tyler, to the use and behoof only of my
said father and his assigns during his natural life, after the end
of five years next after my decease; and as for the fee simple of
my said messuage and land, as expressed in one deed of division
bearing the date 20 Feb., 1632-3, I give the same to my brother
John Ensigne his heirs and assigns for ever, provided always that
he my said brother do pay unto my two sisters, Hannah and
Sarah, ten pounds apiece at their several days of marriage or ages
of twenty years, which shall first accede. And further it is my
mind and will that what goods shall be sent to me from Neu
England, which I shortly expect, my executor and my loving
friend Mr Harman Sheaf, whom I make overseer of this my will,
shall have and sell the same to the best advantage and make
return thereof to the use of my brother and sisters in Neu Eng-
land. Signed: VThomas Ensigne,'] in presence of Henry Greene,
Peter Master. Proved 24 March, 1657-8, by John Austen, {cousin
and) sole executor.f (P. C. C. Wootton, 198.)

Thomas Ensigne, planter, of Scituate in 1638, freeman there 6
March, 1638-9, deacon in 1653. He married, 17 Jan., 1638, Eliza
Wilder. His will dated 16 July, 1663, and proved 9 June, 1664,
by its mention of his surviving children, John, Hannah and

* Pope's Pioneers, p. 62.

t The words "cousin and" are from the Probate Act Book.

q8 Clues from English Archives Contributory to American Genealogy. [Jan.,

Sarah, completes his identification as the father of the testator in
in "Neu England."

The Registers of Cranbrook, Biddenden and Staplehurst, all
dating from an early period, make this clue an easy one to follow
for any persons interested.

I Mary Langhorne alias Inglesby, being sensible of appraoch-
ing death, make this my last will: My body I leave to be dis-
posed of by my executor as becometh his father's wife and his
mother, not pompeously. There is money to defray the charges
in Mr John Cooke's hands. I appoint my son Sir William Lang-
horne my executor and give him ;£ioo to buy him a ring, though
his kindness to me deserveth great part of what I have, and
though I have nothing worthy of his acceptance I give him the
new suit of hangings I brought to Charlton; and if my son Die I
desire Mr Cooke to see my will fulfilled. I give to my son
Thomas Langhorne ^300 and my silver tankard, my diamond
ring, my gold watch, and his father's seal ring; to my daughter
Katherine James ;^2o and my gold bodkin, and to her two sons
;^5 apiece; to my daughter Dorcas Pordage ^30, and to her two
daughters jQ^ apiece; to my grandson John Conyers, Esq. ^^lo,
and to his three sons 40s. apiece; to my daughter Conyers my
pearl necklace; to my brother Clement Oxenbridge and his wife
;^4, and to his daughter Katherine 40s.; to my dear friend Mrs
Petchell my silver cawdle cupp; to her husband 20s.; and to her
three children 20s. apiece; to poor prisoners that are honest people
^5; and to poor widows which fear God ^5. There is owing to
my brother Oxenbridge's children ,^40 borrowed by Captain
Ingoldsby and never paid, and they are all dead but one in
Jamaica and one in New England, which never came to demand
it, but if they should I would have it paid though they are very
rich, yet it may be they may in time come over, but I fear they
are dead. Dated 24 Nov., 1686. Witnesses: Christopher Jeakins,
Edward Rolt, Anne Keey. Proved 16 Dec, 1686, by Sir William
Langhorne, Bart., the excutor. (P. C. C. Lloyd, 167.)

The above testatrix was daughter of Daniel Oxenbridge,
Doctor of Physick, of St. Stephens, Coleman St., London, from
Warkwirth, Northumberland. (Will dated 21 Dec, 1641, proved
12 Sept., 1642, P. C. C. Campbell, no)* and his wife Katherine,
daughter of Thomas Harby Esq.,f and was the wife successively,
of William Langhorne of London and Putney, and of Hitchin,

Herts., merchant, and of Capt. Ingoldsby, who was probably

deceased at the making of her will.

Clement Oxenbridge, her brother, was of Wimbledon, co.
Surrey was still living in 1686, and John Oxenbridge, the other
brother, pastor of the First Church of Boston, Mass., until his
death in 1674. (Will dated 12 March, (ist mo.) 1673-4, proved 9

* IVaters' Gleanings, i, 419.

t N. E. Register, xliv, 195. Called there in error hy'^zX.^xi, daughter oi
Clement Throgmorton.

Igi I.] Clues from English Archives Contributory to American Genealogy. qq

Jan., 1674 (5),* Suff. Prob. Lib. vi, 75) His daughters Bathshuah,
wife of Richard Scott, and Theodora, were undoubtedly the two
children surviving "one in Jamaica and one in New England" of
their aunts will.

Sir William Langhorne, Bart., the son and Executor, born
about 1634, was an East India merchant, of Gray's Inn, 7 July,
1652, and of the Inner Temple, London. He was created a Bar-
onet 28 Aug., 1668, purchased the estate of Charlton, near Green-
wich, Kent, in 1680. He was twice married but had no issue and
at his death, 26 Feb., 1714-15 the title became extinct. f

20 May, 1686, I Nathaniel Mickelthwaitf, the elder of
London, Merchant, give unto my wife Joanna ^1250; to my son
Nathaniel ^1250, including the lease of the messuage in Coleman
Street wherein I now dwell, or if he die I give the said messuage
to my son Jonathan, or in default to my friends Mr Thomas
Cubben and Joseph Sibley and my brother in law Mr Francis
Crane in trust for my daughter Sarah Benson, wife of Joseph
Benson. To my son Jonathan £,1 100 over and above what I have
given with him in placing him apprentice to Mr Archer, my mes-
suage in Pye Ally in Fanchurch Street to be reckoned part of the
same. My sisters Anne Knight alias Whiteman of New England,
Elizabeth Tue alias Coleman (elsewhere '■'■Cole") of London, wid-
ow, and Hester Crane, wife of the said Francis Crane. My
nephew William Tutty of Cheshunt, co. Hertford, baker. Nathan-
iel Benson my grandson, son of my daughter Sarah Benson. My
estate of inheritance in certain lands in Ireland, in the Barony of
Rathcouroth, co. Westmeath, let by lease unto Lewes Moares of
Colgony. Executors: wife Joanna and sons Nathanil and Jona-
than. Witnesses: William Naylor, James French, Phillip Cons-
table, John Wheatley, scr. Proved 6 Dec, 1686, by the executors.

(P. C. C. Lloyd, 168.)

Robert Whitman or Whiteman of Ipswich, Mass., came in the
Abigail irom London, 19 June, 1635, aged 2o,| he married in 1648
Susanna , who died in 1664 and in Nov. of that year he re-
married Hannah Knight and was still living in 1679.1 Thus far
on the authority of that eminent historian, James Savage, but in
the will of William Tutty of St. Stephens, Coleman Street, Lon-
don, gent., dated 10 Oct., 1640, and proved 9 Jan. following (Com.
Lond XXVIII, fo. 234)1 we have mention of "my eldest daughter
Anne, lately married with Alexander Knight of Ipswich in New
England beyond the seas," while the will of John Tuttie, citizen
and fruiterer of London (son of Wm. Tuttie, gent, dec'd, dated 3
and 5 Sept., and proved 3 Oct., 1657, (P. C. C. Ruthen, 372)

* Waters Glean., i, 420. The Oxenbridge wills and valuable notes in
Waters should be carefully read by all interested.

t Complete Baronetage, by G. E. C, iv, 45.

X Hotton's Lists, p. 88.

§ Savage Gen. Diet., iv, 524.

I Waters' Gleanings, i, 842-843.

I OO Clues from English Archives Contributory to American Genealogy. [Jan.,

names his "sister Hannah Knight of New England, and her chil-
dren" and also his "sister Elizabeth Tew" and her son Nicholas
Tew and "brother Micklethwaight."

William Tutty, in the will above cited mentions "Nathaniel
Micklethwaite, my wife's son, executor of Paul Micklethwaite
late Doctor of Divinity, deceased" which Nathaniel was evidently
the testator of the above will, the sisters Anne and Elizabeth
being evidently uterine only and the actuall daughters of William
Tutty.

II March, 17 James I., I William Shawe of Wapping in the
countye of Middlesix, maryner, being in good and perfect health.
This my present intended voyage to Virginia. I give to my six
children John, Martha, Mary, Joan, Elizabeth and Sarah Shawe,
and to such child or children as my wife now goeth withall ^^800
equallye amongst them, John and the said child or children
unborn to have their portions at one and twenty, and my daugh-
ters at one and twenty or marriage; and if all my said children
die before their portions come due, then I give the said ;£^8oo
amongst all the children of my brother Thomas Shawe of Has-
lington, CO. Chester, yeoman, equally. My wife shall have the
said money, and the education and bringing up of my said chil-
dren, untill they come of age. I forgive my brother Thomas all
such debts as he oweth me. To my sister Margaret Browne, wife
of Hugh Browne of Sandbiche, co. Chester, husbandman, 40s.
Sister Cicely Abram of Haslington, co. Chester, widow 40s. Poor
of Wapping 40s. To my wife's brother Joseph Chapman 30s. To
her brother Jonathan Chapman all my books and sea instruments.
To her brother Samuel Chapman 20s. Mr Sedgwick, preacher, of
Wapping, 20s. Mr Mekin of London, preacher, jC^->,. Cousin John
Shawe of London, goldsmith, ^3. Friend Robert Papworth of
London, chandler, jQj,. Residuary legatee and executrix: wife
Martha. Overseers: friends Robert Mekyn and Robert Papworth,
and cousin John Shawe. I will that my lands in the realm of
England or elsewhere shall descend to my son John Shawe as my
right and next heir. Witnesses: Richard Greene, scr., Jo: Dears-
lye. Proved 11 Oct., 1620, by the executrix.

(P.C. C. Soame, 36.)

1606, Nov. 10, William Shawe of the Tower p'ish & Martha
Chapman daughter of William Chapman of Lymehous deceased.
License, [married.) (Psh. Reg. Stepney, Mx.)

I, Richard Davyes now of the parish of St. Leonard's Shoro-
ditch, CO. Middlesex, and late of Peankatanke River in Virginia,
planter. Dated 26 Aug., 1660. To my wife, Joan Davyes 220
acres of land, being my whole plantation in Peaukatauke River,
in Virginia. Also my stock of tobacco, and said wife Executrix.
Witnesses: Edward Boswall, Edward Tudman, William Davis,
Adam Eve, scrivenor. Proved 5 July, 1661, by the Executrix
named. (P. C. C. May, 107.)

( To be continued.)

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SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS.

Regular Meeting, November nth, igio.

The November meeting of the Society was held on the evening of Friday,
Nov. II, 1910, being the first meeting of the season, and was well attended.

The meeting was called to order at 8.40, the president, Mr. Clarence Win-
throp Bowen in the Chair.

The Executive Committee reported the election of the following since the
May meeting: Henry Hersey Andrew, Annual Member, 507 West End Ave.,
City, proposed by Henry P. Gibson; William Denton Bloodgood, Annual
Member, 542 Fifth Ave., City, proposed by John R. Totten; William Badeau
Bragdon, Annual Member, Cranford, N. J., proposed by Mrs. F. E. Youngs;
Lawrence LaTourette Driggs, Annual Member, R. 1017, 32 Liberty St., City,
proposed by John R. Totten; James Alfred Ellis, Annual Member, 265 Broad-
way, City, proposed by Rev. E. B. Stockton; Mrs. Samuel Knapp Frost, Annual
Member, 254 Garfield Place, Brooklyn, N. Y., proposed by John R. Totten;
Emory Delos Lapham, Annual Member, East Rochester, N. Y., proposed by
John R. Totten; Mrs. Edgar Madden, Annual Member, 3120 Broadway, City,
proposed by John R. Totten; Frederic Gregory Mather, Annual Member, 164
Fairfield Ave., Stamford, Conn., proposed by Mrs. F. E. Youngs; Antonio Fer-
nando de Navarro, Annual Member, 13 West 46th St., City, proposed by John
R. Totten; Moses Taylor Pyne, Annual Member, Princeton, N. J., proposed by
John R. Totten; William Ross, Annual Member, Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y.,
proposed by Mrs. F. E. Youngs; Anne Elizabeth Smith, Annual Member, 151
W. 48th St., City, proposed by Mrs. F. E. Youngs; John B. White, Annual
Member, nil Long Building, Kansas City, Mo., proposed by John R. Totten;
Mrs. Joseph Simeon Wood, Annual Member, 135 S. 2nd Ave., Mt. Vernon, N.
Y., proposed by John R. Totten; Mrs. William Woodward, Sr., Annual Mem-
ber, II West 51st St., City, proposed by Mrs. F. E. Youngs.

The following deaths have been recorded since the last meeting: Honor-
ary Members: Hon. Melville Weston Fuller; Mrs. Julia Ward Howe; The
Duke of Veragua. Annual Members: Theodore Melvin Banta; William Gilbert
Davies; Cornelius Berrien Mitchell.

President Bowen then introduced the speaker of the evening, Howard E.
Gansworth, of Buffalo, New York, who read a very interesting paper entitled
"The Iroquois of the Confederacy."

At the close of the lecture Capt. Richard Henry Greene moved that a vote of
thanks of the Society be tendered to Mr. Gansworth for his interesting lecture,
which was duly seconded by Mr. Henry P. Gibson, and carried unanimously.

The meeting then adjourned to the Library, where the members and their
guests were served with refreshments.

Regular Meeting, December 9th, igio.

A regular meeting of the Society was held on Decembergth, igio at 4 P. M.
The meetmg was called to order by Mr. Clarence Winlhrop Bowen, President.

The Secretary reported the following elections to membership since the
last meeting, viz: — Arthur Clarence Jacobson, M. D., No. 115 Johnson St.,
Brooklyn, N. Y., Annual Member, proposed by Henry Oscar Rockefeller, M. D.;
Charles Gifford Finney Wilcox, No. 184 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N. Y., Annual
Member, proposed by John R. Totten.

Mr. Bowen then presented to the Society the speaker of the day, Charles
Francis Adams, Esq., President of the Massachusetts Historical Society of Boston,
Mass., who had accepted the invitation of the Society to address them on the
subject of "Our Civil War and the Diplomatic Complications of that Period."

Mr. Adams held his audience for about an hour with a most scholarly and
interesting treatment of his subject and it was the unanimous expression of
opinion that the Society had never been favored with a more satisfactory treat-
ment of a topic of such national historic interest. As a contribution to the
Diplomatic history of our country during the period covered, Mr. Adams'
address is of the greatest value, as it gives to the public much hitherto unpub-
lished data, which will in the future be of immense value to historians in com-
menting upon the events of those times. The Society's special guest of the

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afternoon was the Hon. John Bigelow, who during the period covered by Mr.
Adams' address was the Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to
France. Upon the completion of Mr. Adams' address Mr. Bigelow arose and
favored the audience with most appropriate comments, which his former
position of Minister to France enabled him to render most pertinent: he closed
his remarks with a strong eulogy of Charles Francis Adams, Senior, who was
his ministerial colleague at the Court of St. James during the Civil War. The
Society is to be congratulated in having had Mr. Bigelow as its honored
guest on this occasion and felicitates him upon the recent celebration of his
Q3rd birthday in such a condition of vigorous mental and physical health.

Hon. Joseph H. Choate, recent Ambassador to the Court of St. James, then
arose and proposed a graceful vote of thanks to Mr. Adams for his masterly
address, in which he specifically stated that the recognition of the upright and
steadfast character of Charles Francis Adams, Senior, while Minister to Eng-
land during the Civil War so impressed the English people that it is largely
due to those personal characteristics that the Diplomatic relations between
England and the United States have now attained such a highly satisfactory
condition. Mr. Choate also stated that Mr. Bigelow's active Ministerial efiEorts
largely contributed towards the non-recognition of the Confederate States.

The proposed vote of thanks was duly seconded by General James Grant
Wilson, who moved that the address of Mr. Adams be printed by the Society
either in the Record or in pamphlet form for future preservation.

The motion of thanks to Mr. Adams and the motion to print his address,
duly seconded, was unanimously carried.

The meeting then adjourned for refreshments. The attendance at the
afternoon gathering of the Society was unusually large and will be regarded as
a memorable occasion by all present.

QUERIES.

ESTY. — Information is desired concerning the parentage or further ances-
try of the following : —

1. Esty, Joseph, who died in Columbia Co., N. Y., 1796. His name
mentioned in Probate Records of that county.

2. Esty, Job, member of the Columbia Co. Militia 1805.

3. Estey, William, member of the Baptist Church, Salem or Cambridge,
N. Y. 1816.

4. Esty, Aaron, born 1788, probably in Ontario Co., N. Y., married Cyrene
Fisk, and moved to Ohio.

5. Estee, John, who married Elizabeth McNeil at Churchville, Bucks Co.,
Pa., 1799; also record of her descendants.

6. Esty, David, who died at Freetown, Mass., in 1779; wife Bathsheba .

7. Estey, Moses, born in Gagetown, N. B., Canada, in 1774, married Eliza-
beth Hall of Gagetown. spencer Joseph estey,

198 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.

WiLLET— Wanted dates of birth and death of Capt. Gilbert Colden Willet
and of his marriage to Susan Murray. Also dates and ancestry, both paternal
and maternal, of Col. William Willet, his father, who married Alice Colden.

Murray — Wanted name of wife (with dates and ancestry) of Robert Mur-
ray (born 1721, died July 22, 1786), Susan's father, and his ancestry. He was
also the father of Lindley Murray, the Grammarian.

Van Wormer — Wanted parents of Isaac Van Wormer, born May 10,
1765, living in 1809 and probably later. He married Sept. 25, 1787, Elsie Van
Loon (at Albany?) It is very possible that he was a grandson of Frederick Van
Wormer, bapt., April 20, 1712, at Albany.

There was a Frederick (Van) Wormer (son of the above?) and his wife
Grietje Van Schaack, who had children, Annatje and Petrus, bapt. at Cox-
sackie, Oct. 12, 1742, and April 12, 1751, respectively. Isaac Van Wormer,had
among other children a Frederick and a Margaret, who may have been so
named for their grandparents, in which case the above Frederick (Van)
Wormer and Grietje Van Schaack, would constitute the missing link.
edoardo haviland hillman, Campo S. Samuele. N. 3227 Venice, Italy.

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BOOK NOTICES.

Editorial Note;— The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society solicits as
donations to its Library all newly published works on Genealogy. History and Biography as well
as all works on Town, County and State History, or works embodying information regarding the
Vital Records of any and all localities. It also solicits the donation to the manuscript collections
of its library any and all manuscript compilations which bear upon the above mentioned topics.

In consideration of such donations the works so presented to the Society will be at once
placed upon the shelves of its library and will be reviewed in the next subsequent issue of The
New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, each donation of such character,
whether in printed or manuscript form, will be reviewed under the head of " Book Notices" and
a copy of The Record containing the review will be sent to the donor.

The Society does not solicit donations of publications or manuscripts on topics foreign to
the above mentioned subjects, as its library is specialized and cannot accommodate material
which does not bear directly upon its recognized sphere of usefulness.

Donations for review in the January issue of The Record should be delivered to the
Society before December ist of the previous year; for the Ajaril issue, before March 1st; for the
July issue before June ist; and for the October issue, before September 1st.

All donations will be generously reviewed with a view of calling the attention of the public
to their good points; but, while generous, the reviews will contain such proper criticism as the
interest of the genealogical student would expect from the editorial staff of The Record,

The "Book Notices" of The Record are carefully read by all librarians as well as
genealogical students, and the review of a work in The Record is equivalent to a special
advertisement of such work.

Letters of transmittal of donations of such works should embody the price of the work
donated and the name and address of the person from whom it can be purchased.

An Historical Narrative of the Ely, Revell and Stacye
Families, who were among the founders of Trenton and Burlington in the
Province of West Jersey, 1678-1683, with the genealogy of the Ely descendants
in America, by Reuben Pownall Ely of Lambertville, N. J., by Warren
Smedly Ely of Doylestown, Pa., and by Daniel Bnttain Ely of Montclair, N. J.
Octavo, cloth, pp. 445, with Index. Press of Fleming H, Revell Co. New York,
19I0. Price S5.00.

In spite of its rather prolix title this work is a clear and concise statement
of the descendants of Joshua Ely of Trenton, N. J., stated to have come from
Dunham, Co. Notts, England, and related to the Stacye and Revell families by
marriage. The spirit which actuated its authors and compilers to print the
mass of material collected is to be commended, and it is to be regretted that so
much of the data collected was omitted for lack of space. The annals of the
English families of the name seem to be somewhat loose compilations of
Heraldic Visitations and Pedigrees in which the names of Ely, Stacye and
Revell appear, and while the printing of such information in one volume may
be useful, it is hardly necessary for an American genealogy unless the line of
relationship is more clearly traced than in this work. The New Jersey
records seem to indicate whence the Ely, Stacye and Revell immigrants came,
and more time and care devoted to searching the wills, parish registers, etc.,
dealing with those localities in England would have yielded more pertinent
data than copies of ancient heraldic pedigrees of English families of the same
name, not positively known to be related.

Although a professional genealogist is responsible for much of the work,
it is not arranged in standard style and hence students of genealogy will be
handicapped in making any rapid examination of its contents. The book is
well printed and the illustrations are unusually good half tones.

Spelman Genealogy. The English Ancestry and American Descendants
of Richard Spelman of Middletown, Conn., 1700, by Fanny Cooley Williams
Barbour. Cloth, Octavo, pp. 559. Full Index. Frank Allaben Genealogical
Co. New York, 1910. Price $10.00, carriage 30 cents extra.

This admirably arranged work is an exhaustive history of the Spelman
family in Old and New England, and it is unfortunate that the author did not
live to see the final results of her many years' research and toil. Starting with
Sir William Espielman, Kt., 1300, no less than fifteen generations of the name
have been traced in the English records and eight generations in America, the
first American representative of the race only crossing the sea in 1700. The
tracing of the pedigree and arms in England is wonderfully complete and a
great debt of gratitude is due to Sir Henry Spelman, Kt., whose genealogical

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chart was the foundation for the present Spelman lineage. The personal
annals of each descendant of Richard Spelman, the immigrant, appear most
complete and the persistence, industry and intelligence of the author deserve
the highest praise. The book contains some eighty illustrations of autographs,
former homes, and portraits of the family, and a colored plate of the Spelman
arms. The paper and typography is unusually fine, even for an age when no
expense is spared upon costly genealogical printing and the standard arrange-
ment of the genealogical data is heartily to be commended. The plan and
scope of the history should serve as a model for future family historians and it
is seldom that so detailed and complete a genealogy of the English ancestry is
secured.

As an authoratitive and final work of reference of this prominent Con-
necticut family the book should be found on the shelves of every important
library in the country.

Some Account of Captain John Frazier and His Descendants,
with notes on the West and Checkley Families, by Josiah Granville Leach,
LL.B. Cloth, Octavo, pp. 139, with Index. Printed for private circulation by
the press of J. B. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia, 1910. No price stated.

No more ancient and illustrious family than that of Fraser exists in
Scotland to-day and its annals have been repeatedly printed and published in
works on Scottish genealogy and pedigree. The history of that crafty and
treacherous member of the family, Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, has for years
furnished material for popular historians and novelists, and the military
prowess of his kin in the early Colonial History of this country indicates the
fighting spirit so characteristic of this race. Mr. Leach's history of John
Frazier, is admirable in plan and full of most interesting facts, well told, and of
portrait illustrations, beautifully finished. He fails, however, to state clearly
and conclusively how Capt. John Frazier of Boston, a native of Inverness,
Scotland, was related to the illustrious family of like name. The mere words
"a descendant of the ancient family of Fraser, settled in Scotland for several
generations," being no proof of kinship. There are, to the reviewer's knowl-
edge, many Frasers who have been born in Inverness in no way related to the
great Fraser family, save by similitude of name alone. Capt. John Frazier,
sturdy sea captain, man of action and intelligence, was the head of a long line
of descendants, whose annals are set forth in the pages of this attractive book.
The family history is one of " gentle folk " with marked traits of industry and
self reliance, and Prof. Benjamin West Frazer, Jr., of Lehigh University, has
won well deserved recognition and success, in geological and scientific circles.

The book is beautifully printed upon superior paper and artistically bound
and the plates are exceptionally fine in quality.

Andrew Warde and His Descendants, 1597-1910, by George K.
Ward, A. M. Large Octavo, pp. 604. Full index. Half Morocco. A. T.
De La Mare Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd. New York, igio. Price $10.00.
Address Rev. Geo. K. Ward, 617 West 152nd St., N. Y. City.

This work is the result of the Association of Descendants of Andrew
Warde, some fifteen thousand or more names being traced and recorded in
the volume. It is claimed that the original American ancestor was a grandson
of Richard Ward of Homersfield and Gorleston, Co. Suffolk, England,
armiger, and came to New England about 1630, settling at Watertown, Mass.,
later removing to Stamford, Conn., and finally locating at Fairfield, Conn.,
where he died in 1659. He married Hester, daughter of Edmund and Judith
(Angler) Sherman, by whom he had nine children. The history of his
descendants is given in more genealogical than historical form, the greater part
of the subject matter being dates of births, marriages and deaths. The author
has added brief biographical sketches of allied families and the chain of descent
is carefully worked out, his labor indicating great industry and zeal. The
reference system of nomenclature is simple to the author but not standard and
hence somewhat puzzling to the general reader. Excellent half tone repro-
ductions of family portraits and objects of interest fill the pages and the record
should be appreciated and substantially supported by those akin to this family.

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Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey,
compiled and edited by Francis Bazley Lee. Half Morocco, Quarto, pp. 1694.
Full Index. In four volumes, illustrated. Lewis Historical Publishing Co.
New York, igio. Price §25,00.

This extensive work has been prepared from data received from family
representatives and genealogies already prmted concerning early founders of
New Jersey families, and the mere digesting of the mass of printed material
and assembling the facts in a single publication indicates what time, labor and
intelligence has been devoted to the task. The advantage of condensing all
Jersey Genealogies into these four volumes is obvious and the accuracy of the
data is remarkable, considering the large field covered.

A brief introduction sets forth the names of the early settlers of the State
and prepares the reader for the long series of family histories and biographies
which follow. In a work of this character the annals of a family as given by
some present descendant must be accepted as accurate, for detailed verification
of traditional claims to arms, noble birth and other such desiderata could not be
made by the compiler. A short examination of some of the many genealogies,
however, discloses that they are not only well written but well edited, and to
those having ancestry in New Jersey this publication can be confidently
recommended as a basis of genealogical research. It is to be regretted that some
of the ancient Jersey families have been omitted, notably that of Throckmorton,
one of the oldest and best known families not only in Jersey but in England.

Of necessity, however, all the Jersey families could not be placed in one
publication and it is extraordinary that the omissions are so few and com-
paratively unimportant. The volumes are finely illustrated with steel plates
and half tone portraits, are well typed and sensibly bound. As a compre-
hensive work of reference for New Jersey families these books should be in
constant demand.

Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, com-
piled under the editorial supervision of George Thomas Little, A. M., Litt. D.
Quarto, 4 vols. Copyrighted Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 265 Broadway,
N. Y, City. igog. Price $25.00.

This work is similar in scope and attainment to that of the New Jersey
Genealogical a7id Family History, published by the same firm and reviewed in
this issue; and is worthy of the same commendation which we have bestowed
upon the New Jersey work. The Lewis Historical Publishing Co., have now
issued in this series similar works covering the States of New Hampshire,
Maine, Massachusetts and New Jersey, a similar work covering the upper tier
of New York is about to issue from their press, and the State of Connecticut is
we understand under preparation.

Historical and Genealogical Libraries should secure the entire series.

Recollections of Abraham Lansing, by Charles E. Fitch, L. H. D.
Cloth, 8vo, pp. 226. Privately printed. The DeVinne Press, New York, igog.
No price stated.

This volume is of the nature of a memorial to Abraham Lansing, a distin-
guished jurist of Albany, N. Y., and descended from a long line of upright and
eminent sires. It is composed of a brief Biography, Appreciations, Letters,
Public Tributes, Speeches of Mr. Lansing, and the Log Book kept by him at
Camp Albany, on the Restigouche, where he spent many summer vacations in
the pursuit of sport and recreation. Every page of the work shows the trace
of a loving hand and the Stirling worth of the subject of the publication can be
appreciated from the text, which in well chosen words outlines the character,
career and accomplishments of the late Mr. Lansing. The work is beautifully
printed, the paper and binding being even beyond the high standard of the
typography. For his friends and those, who, if less intimate, knew him as an
upright and intelligent man of affairs, this memorial will be a source of satis-
faction and prove a welcome addition to works of biography collected by the
more important libraries throughout the country.

The Old New York Frontier. Its Wars with Indians and Tories,
Its Missionary Schools, Pioneers and Land Title, 1614-1800, by Francis

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Whiting Halsey, with Maps, Illustrations, and Index. Cloth 8vo, pp. 432.
Charles Scribners' Sons, New York, 1901. Price $2.50 net.

Border warfare has always been marked by the courage, endurance and
daring of the early settlers, who actuated by the passion of land acquisition,
lived and died in an age of romance. The history of the Mohawk and Susque-
hannah Valley may be divided into three periods, viz: That of the Indian and
Fur Traders, that of French and Indian and Revolutionary War and the
Pioneers, and finally that of the Settlers and Emigrants after the War of the
Revolution. Far to little attention has been paid by Historians to this impor-
tant branch of State history, and the present volume will fill a long felt want.
To refer to all the subjects dealt with in this admirably planned and well writ-
ten book would be impossible for lack of space, but the chapters upon the
Missionaries, Sir William Johnson, the Fort Stanwix Deed, the First Settlers,
Joseph Brant, the Battle of the Oriskany and the Cherry Valley Massacre, are
especially well treated and described. The author has availed himself of much
material hitherto inaccessable to the general reader, such as the Clinton MSS.,
the Draper Collection of Brant MSS., and the Sir William Johnson MSS.

The test makes fascinating reading, and although the historical facts are
concisely set forth, they are described in a way to charm and hold the attention
of the general reader. Not the least valuable portions of the work are those
tracing the New England ancestry of the border settlers and emigrants.

The press work and binding of the volume is up to the present exacting
standard of its publishers, and there are many and well chosen illustrations.

New York State Historical Association, Proceedings of the
Eleventh Annual Meeting, Vol. IX, Cloth, 8vo, pp. 445, published by the
Association, I910.

This most excellent association continues its valuable records in Vol. IX,
and the essays and historical sketches contained therein will make admirable
material for future historians. Some of the more interesting articles are "The
Governors of New York," "The Portrait Medallion of Jacques Cartier," "The
Capture of Andre," "Relations of the Dutch and the Indians prior to the mass-
acre of 1665," "Anne Hutchinson, Her Life in New York," and "The Ticonder-
oga Exposition of 1775."

In dealing especially with the minor events of the Colonial and Revolution-
ary history of this country, the Association is preserving for all time many facts
that in the course of time might disappear, as being too local or unimportant for
the general historians to note. The results of individual research, by those
particularly interested in a particular person, place or event, may often shed
the clearest light upon the motives actuating the greatest historical events of
history and the patriotism and generosity of the members of this Society in
publishing this volume cannot be too highly commended.

J>PUBLICATIONS OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Num-
ber IQ. Paper 8vo, pp. 259. Index. Published by the Society. The Lord
Baltimore Press, Baltimore, Md., igio.

This number fully sustains the high object of the preceeding publications
and is in no way inferior to them in interest and value. It contains articles
upon "The Jews and Masonry in the United States before 1810," "The Jews in
Connection with the Colleges of the Thirteen Original States prior to 1800,"
"Thebeginning of Russo-Jewish Immigration to Philadelphia," a Series of Notes
and the Necrology of the Society. The purpose of these publications is praise-
worthy, for the genealogy and history of this great people has been wofully
neglected. Once, however, the pride of those of Jewish descent is aroused in
collecting and perpetuating the annals of their people in this country, records
and publications of the utmost value will result. The publications of this
Society will be a sure foundation to build up the American history of the Chil-
dren of Israel and every encouragement and support should be given to the
officers and members of the association to continue their well doing.

The Quackenbush Family in Holland and America, by Adriana
Suydam Quackenbush, Paper, Quarto, pp. 221. Full Index. Press of Quack-
enbush & Co., Paterson, N. J., igog. Price not stated.

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Curiously enough this name appears to be rare in the Holland archives and
was confined to the small area of the City of Leiden and its suburbs. Aelbert
van Quackenbosch was the first of the name traced to Leiden about 149°.
whose son Dirk used the Coat of Arms which appears in the "Leiden Armor-
ial" on Sept. 17, 1529. His descendants are traced and terminate in Holland
with the family of Pieter Gerritzoon von Quackenbosh who died in 1640. It is
reasonably probable that Pieter van Quackenbosch, student at Leiden Univer-
sity age 12, and later at Groenigen, was identical with the man of that name,
who, with his wife Maritje and his infant son Reynier, came from Oestgeest,
near Leiden, Holland, to Beverwyck in 1660. From him sprang a long line of
descendants, clearly set forth in this work. It is desirable that permanent
records should be made of all the early Uutch Families in New York State and
the compiler is to be congratulated upon the success of her researches. The
paper and print is excellent and the sole regret is that so complete a memorial
should not have been bound in cloth for greater preservation.

Lancaster County Indians, Annals of the Susquehannahs and
Other Indian Tribes of the Susquehannah Territory From About the
Year 1500 to 1763, the Date of Their Extinction, by H.Frank Eshleraan,
B. E., M. E., LL. B. Paper, 8 vo, pp. 415, with Index. Lancaster, Pa., 1908.
To be obtained from H. Frank Eshleman, 48 North Duke St., Lancaster, Pa.

This work is an exhaustive series of historical papers descriptive of the
Indian tribes of Lancaster County, Pa., made up of copious extracts from all
authoritative records and publications dealing with the subject. Civilization
and Progress have swept aside and all but exterminated the Indian aborigines
of the Eastern Colonies and States, once so numerous and powerful, and unless
steps are taken to preserve their history, the very name of Indian may fade
away into a tradition. The author displays great industry and labor in collect-
ing the material for this volume and while the book has little genealogical
interest, its historical and anthropological value is unquestioned. The average
student of Indian History has in this collection all the data under one cover,
much of which it would have been impossible for him to search out, without
long and persistent hours of toil.

The Woods Family of Groton, Mass., by Henry Ernest Woods, A. M.,
Paper 8vo, pp. 39. Press of David Clapp & Son, Boston, 1910. Price not stated.

This pamphlet is a reprint of the Woods genealogy which appeared in
Vol. 64, of New England Historical and Gettealogical Register and deals with
the descendants for six generations of Samuel Woods of Watertown, Mass., in
in 1653, Cambridge and Groton, Mass. The compiler has done his work well
and is to be commended for putting the material in reprint form, whereby it is
more available and useful for the family student and historian.

The Diary of Philip Hone. Edited by Bayard Tuckerman. A new
edition, Bvo, cloth, pp. 426, including index. Published by Dodd, Mead and
Company, 4th Avenue & 30th St., N. Y. City, 1910. Price $3.50 net.

To those who are even casually interested in the history of New York
City, we recommend this one-volume edition of The Diary of Philip Hone.
Philip Hone was one of the foremost figures in New York life during the first
half of the nineteenth century. A man of great wealth for that day, he was
prominent financially, socially and politically. In addition, he was a pilanthro-
pist of wide activity, and a patron of the arts and literature. At his house he
entertained Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Fanny Kemble, Charles Dickens and
many other distinguished visitors. His diary reflects faithfully the life of his
native town for a quarter of a century, during which time New York grew from
a small town to a city of half a million. The Diary of Philip Hone, which was
published years ago in an expensive two-volume edition, and has long been out
of print, is now issued in one volume at a very moderate price.

From the intimate nature of this work it results that it is full of information
as to family connections which cannot fail to be of great interest to genealog-
ical and historical students. The work reflects great credit upon the editor and
likewise maintains the high standard of excellence characteristic of the pub-
lishing house from which it is issued.

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Life and Letters of James Wolfe, by Beckles Willson. 8vo, cloth,
pp. 522, including index, with many illustrations and maps, published by Dodd,
Mead & Co., 30th St. & 4th Avenue, N. Y. City, iqio. Price S4.00 net.

To the enthusiasm and industry of the author the world is indebted for a
volume which will take its place as a standard biography of the hero of the
Plains of Abraham. It is based upon contemporary documents and upon a
great quantity of private letters, most of which have never before been pub-
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JOHN THOMPSON HOFFMAN.

Contributed by Adrian Hoffman Joline.

John Thompson Hoffman was the twenty-third Governor of
the State of New York and held that office from 1869 to 1873.
James Ford Rhodes has said that "his career is one of the
curiosities of our politics." The hard fate which pursues so
many of our public men is exemplified in his life, and to-day he
is practically forgotten, or when his name is mentioned it is
usually coupled with the assertion of careless falsehoods which by
heedless repetition seem to have grown into history. It may not
be amiss to tell what sort of a man he really was and to correct
some of the misrepresentations concerning him, although it is
impossible to present the subject fully within the limits of a
a magazine sketch.

In his Life of Chatham Lord Rosebery says that " there is
one initial part of a biography which is skipped by every judicious
reader; that in which the pedigree of the hero is set forth, often
with warm fancy and sometimes at intolerable length." But the
ancestry of Hoffman is not without significance, for it was dis-
tinctively American and distinctively associated with New York.
His father, Doctor Adrian Kissam Hoffman, was the son of Philip
Livingston Hoffman and Helena Kissam. Philip Livingston was
the son of Colonel Martinus Hoffman and Alida Livingston, the
former descended from Martin Hoffman, who emigrated from
Holland in 1657 and settled at Kingston, Ulster County, New
York, and the latter from Philip Livingston, Lord of the Manor
of Livington, herself a sister of Philip Livingston the Signer and
of Governor William Livingston of New Jersey. Doctor Hoff-
man, who was born in the Livingston Manor House at Claverack,
served for a short time as Assistant Surgeon in the Navy, and
married Jane Ann Thompson, daughter of Doctor John Thomp-
son of Gal way, Saratoga County, and allied with such families as
Lyells and the Schuremans. He began the practice of medicine
in Sing Sing (now Ossining), Westchester County, New York, in
1825, where, on January 10, 1828, his son, John Thompson Hoff-
man, was born. Although the city of New York was only

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about thirty miles distant, the means of communication between
the two places at that time was limited to stages and sloops, so
that the village long preserved its individuality and its own
quiet and dignified society, and it had not become so closely
associated with the State Prison then recently established there
as to obtain the somewhat unpleasant notoriety which it after-
wards acquired. The child developed into a lad of notable
brightness and intelligence. He received his preliminary in-
struction at the Mount Pleasant Academy, an excellent institution
still remaining, being for a portion of the time under the tuition
of Nathaniel S. Prime, the father of Doctor Samuel Irenasus
Prime and William Cowper Prime, the former remembered now
as the distinguished editor of the New York Observer. Doctor
Samuel was one of the teachers in the school, and many years
afterwards he took occasion to place upon record in his periodical
the respect and admiration which the boy aroused in him by his
intellectual ability and by his sincere and upright character.
He was mentally precocious, and at the early age of fifteen
entered Union College, then under the presidency of Eliphalet
Nott, as a member of the Sophomore class; was obliged to leave
college for a time on account of delicate health; returned in
junior year; and was graduated with honors at the age of
eighteen, in 1846. Even as a boy he had much experience in
public speaking, and was the favorite " Fourth of July orator " of
the neighborhood in the time when Independence Day was the
occasion for oratory of the patriotic kind. He had a good voice,
an attractive presence, and the florid style of the day, and he
possessed a natural inclination towards politics. His graduating
speech attracted more attention than such efiiorts usually do; the
subject was "Sectional Prejudice," and the perusal of a copy of
it in my possession, made by the faithful hands of his devoted
sister, indicates that the youthful orator considered that kind of
prejudice to be very bad indeed. He studied law in Sing Sing
with Judge Albert Lockwood and General Aaron Ward. General
Ward was the leading man of the county and had for several
terms represented the district in Congress. Young Hoffman
began to take an active part in local politics long before he was
a voter — a delegate to conventions and a campaign speaker
before he attained his majority. In those days the democracy
was divided in two warring camps — the " Hunkers," or Con-
servatives, who supported the Polk Administration in national
affairs, and the " Barnburners," or Radicals, led by Wright, Butler
and the Van Burens. Hoffman was a "Hunker," and in 1848, at
the age of twenty, he was chosen a member of the State Central
Committee by the Hunker Convention. In the ensuing cam-
paign he "took the stump" for Cass, but the Barnburner de-
fection to Van Buren gave the State to Taylor and the Whigs.
On January 10, 1849, his twenty-first birthday, he was admitted
to the bar and at once acquired a respectable clientage; but he
realized that his place was in the city, and in the autumn of the
same year he opened an oflSce at No. 63 Wall Street, which he
retained until he became so much involved in public affairs that

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he was obliged to give up his practice. Almost immediately he
entered into a partnership with Samuel M. Woodruflf and William
H. Leonard — later a Justice of the Supreme Court — which
partnership was not long afterwards dissolved by the death of
Mr. Woodruff, but was continued with Judge Leonard until the
latter was chosen to the Supreme Court in November, 1859. The
firm had an extensive commercial and general business for those
days, and Hoffman gained an excellent reputation at the bar. In
January, 1854, he married Ella, daughter of Henry Starkweather,
a merchant in the city, and soon after established his home at
No. 30 West Nineteenth Street, where he lived until his election
as Mayor. In 1858 he presented to the Court of Appeals the
respondent's side of the important case of Mead v. Mitchell
(17 N. Y., 210), in which he was successful. In 1856 he could
have had a nomination for Congress, which would have been
equivalent to an election, but he declined in favor of his friend,
Horace F. Clark, having no desire to accept public office other
than a judicial one or one in the line of his profession. In 1859
his friends urged President Buchanan to appoint him United
States District Attorney for the Southern District of New York,
but the President thought him "too young" for so important a
place. In i860 the Tammany Hall democracy nominated him for
the ancient and honorable office of Recorder. When it was sug-
gested to him he was not disposed to accept; indeed, he wrote a
letter declining it, but the bearer suppressed it, and, after the
nomination had been made, he was persuaded not to refuse it.
He was elected by a good majority, being the youngest man ever
chosen to fill that position. The judicial business of the Recorder
was on the criminal side, a field in which he had no previous
experience, but he was both popular and efficient, and gained for
himself a high judicial reputation. He was firm and vigorous,
but always fair in his conduct of trials, and his comprehension of
the questions of law presented to him was so clear and accurate
that his decisions were invariably sustained when reviewed by
appellate courts. In the time of great public excitement during
the rebellion of 1861-65, he was a staunch supporter of the Union,
although he did not approve of some of the arbitrary acts of the
government in respect to the liberties of citizens, now generally
regarded as unnecessary and unjustifiable. In the fall of 1863
large numbers of participants in the Draft Riots of that year
were tried and convicted before him, and the severity of the
sentences which he imposed upon them were strongly com-
mended by the community, which had been disposed to believe
that a Democratic judge would inflict light punishment. In the
same autumn he received what was then an unusual mark of
public confidence and esteem. He was nominated for re-election
on October 12, 1863, by the Republican or "Union" County
Convention. The representatives of that body, advising him of
its action, added, in the letter which now lies before me and
is a conclusive refutation of the later slanders of Mr. Greeley and
his New York Tribune: " The Committee were instructed further
to declare that the nomination was made for the reasons that

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your judicial judgments have been impartial and uninfluenced
by partisian considerations; that the manner in which you have
performed your official duty demands your re-election, and that
you have been neither doubting nor cold in your support of the
national cause." The two hostile factions of the democracy,
Tammany Hall and Mozart Hall, at once nominated him. He
was supported by the whole newspaper press of the city, and
being opposed by only a small body of so-called " Independents,"
was re-elected by 60,000 votes out of 64,000 — an occurrence then
without precedent in the annals of the city.

In the autumn of 1865 local politics in New York were in
much confusion. Tammany Hall, of which organization Hoffman
had become a member in 1853 or 1854, was hard pressed, and its
managers were fully aware that unless they put forward for
Mayor a candidate of unimpeachable integrity and great personal
popularity they would lose the battle. Hoffman was their only
hope. He was reluctant to accept the office of Mayor. He once
said to me: "The office of Mayor of New York is the most
thankless one I know of," and in his message to the Legislature
in 1869 he said: "The Mayor of the city, its chief magistrate, to
whom the people naturally look for a redress of grievances, is
deprived of nearly all the powers which properly belong to the
the executive." Yet everything was expected of the Mayor,
although the real powers were exercised chiefly by commissions
created by the Legislature, the evils of which became so un-
bearable that, so far as municipal government was concerned,
they were in later years entirely done away with. His ambition
was to occupy a position on the bench of the Supreme Court of
the State, and he was much disappointed when he failed to
persuade the " leaders " to give him the nomination — they needed
him to head the municipal ticket. An appeal was made to him
that his duty to his party required him to stand for the Mayoralty,
and that he should sacrifice personal considerations in the
interest of the cause. His strong sense of duty compelled him
to yield, and on November 21, 1865, he was nominated. Three
candidates opposed him: Marshall O. Roberts, Republican, a
man of distinction and of high character; John Hecker, placed in
the field by the Citizens' Union; and C. Godfrey Gunther, then
the incumbent of the office, nominated by the anti-Tammany
democracy. The contest was close, and it was generally con-
ceded that Hoffman won a personal victory, leading the next
highest candidate, Roberts, by less than 1,200 votes. He entered
upon his duties on January i, 1866, and his administration was
successful. Writing of him as he was at about this time, Alex-
ander, in his Political History of the State of New York, says
(Vol. iii, 156): "Hoffman's life had been full of sunshine and
success. He was a distinguished student at Union College, an
excellent lawyer, an effective speaker, and a superb gentleman.
Slenderly but strongly built, his square, firm chin and prominent
features, relieved by large, brown eyes, quickly attracted atten-
tion as he appeared in public." James Ford Rhodes, in his
History of the United States (Vol. vi, 401, note), says: "In the winter

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of 1866 I used frequently to see him at an early morning hour
walking down Broadway on his way to the Cit}' Hall. Tall and
erect, under forty and in full mental and physical vigor, he
presented a distinguished appearance, and was looked at with
interest as he passed with long elastic strides. He was regarded
as one of the coming men of the nation. He had the air of a
very successful man who is well satisfied with himself and con-
fident that affairs in general are working for his advantage."
Mr. Rhodes's inferences from what he personally saw are not,
however, very trustworthy, as we shall see later.

As the State election of 1866 drew near Hoffman was mani-
festly the favorite democratic candidate for Governor. The
Johnson Republicans, of the Weed-Raymond type, and the
Democrats, uniting in general support of the national admini-
stration, joined in a convention at Albany on September 11, 1SG6.
General John A. Dix, Robert H. Pruyn of Albany, and Henry C.
Murphy of Brooklyn were spoken of. and Mr. Alexander, whose
interesting history is tinged by his Republican predispositions,
gives a somewhat obscure but partisan account of how Dix was
manoeuvred out of the running. The fact is that Dix, although he
had been a Democrat before the war, had no strength with the
party; he had quite a flexible political character, and it is not
surprising that only six years later he was elected Governor as a
full-fledged Republican. At the Convention of 1866 Edward
Pierrepont, oddly enough to be in less than ten years Attorney-
General in a Republican Cabinet, remarked that it was "a
Democratic convention," withdrew Dix's name and moved the
nomination of Hoffman, which was made by acclamation.
Governor Fenton was the Republican candidate, and the cam-
paign was active and animated. Hoffman "stumped the State"
with considerable effect. Mr. Alexander says: " There was much
in Hoffman himself to attract the enthusiasm of popular as-
semblages. Kind and sympathetic, with a firm dignity that
avoided undue familiarity, he was irresistibly fascinating to men
as he moved among them. He had an attractive presence, a
genial manner, and a good name. He had, too, a peculiar capacity
for understanding and pleasing people, being liberal and spon-
taneous in his expression of sympathy, and apparently earnest in
his attachment to principle. He was not an orator. He lacked
dash, brilliant rhetoric, and attractive figures of speech. He
rarely stirred the emotions. But he pleased people. They felt
themselves in the presence of one whom they could trust as well as
admire." Leaving out of view the unworthy doubt implied in the
use of the word "apparently," this characterization is fairly just — •
except that, on appropriate occasions he did have many "attrac-
tive figures of speech." In reality, he was a man of absolute
honesty and sincerity ; keenly sensitive; unsuspicious of others, and
prone to trust those who professed friendship; without an atom of
that wily craft which is unfortunately needed for self-protection in
politics. If he had been a wily and suspicious man he might have
attained the dubious success of Tilden who, whatever his merits
may have been, was never renowned for unselfishness or sincerity.
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Having no real grounds for assailing him personally the
Tribune accused him of "disloyalty" during the rebellion, a
favorite charge in those days, but it was a futile effort, for
Hoffman had been a War Democrat of the Douglas type, and
his loyality had been vouched for by a Republican convention.
The burden of Andrew Johnson proved too heavy, and Fenton
won by a little over 13,000 votes out of 718,000. This defeat in
no way lessened the influence and t\\& prestige of the democratic
candidate. As temporary chairman of the State convention of

1867, he spoke in no uncertain phrases in reference to the
prevalent delusions, favored by many of his party, and declared
"the honor of the country pledged to the payment of every
dollar of the national debt, honestly and fully, in the spirit as
well as the letter of the bond," while Seymour artfully evaded
the question. In the latter part of the same year he was re-
elected Mayor over Fernando Wood by upwards of 20,000 majority.
At the Democratic National Convention of 1868, held in Tam-
many Hall, of which he was then Grand Sachem, he received on
the 17th and i8th ballots the three votes of Nebraska for the
Presidential nomination, cast by J. Sterling Morton, chairman of
the delegation, many years later Secretary of Agriculture in
President Cleveland's second administration. At the State
Convention, in September, Henry C. Murphy, as Mr. Alexander
will have it, "allowed Hoffman to be nominated by acclamation
for Governor." In November he defeated the Republican candi-
date, John A. Griswold of Troy, by over 27,000 majority, while
Seymour led Grant by 10,000. It has been asserted and re-
asserted by Republican partisans, newspapers, and historians
that the election was won by colossal frauds — an outcry quite
common where the party hitherto dominant has been defeated at
the polls. There is no doubt that under the lax election laws of
that time many frauds were perpetrated by both parties, and it
was well known that they were fully as great in the country
districts as in the cit)% although the city, being regarded as a
sort of centre of all crime, naturally received most of the blame.
The subsequent disgrace and fall of the "Ring" has made it
easy to convict its members of every offense of which they were
ever accused, and because the city was robbed in 1870-71, every
one is willing to believe that they must have stolen the State in

1868. The campaign of that year was Seymour's, under the
direct charge of the pure and high-minded Tilden. There was
never any proof that the election was carried by fraud, but the
charge was made and was repeated so often that in accordance
with the rule in political history, it has come to be accepted
as true. Mr. Alexander is especially violent about it, relying
chiefly on such competent authorities as Horace Greeley's
Tribune and other party newspapers, and the speeches of Mr.
Roscoe Conkling. No responsible person ever accused either
Seymour or Hoffman of any knowledge of or any participation
in any fraudulent practices — even of such a knowledge or par-
ticipation as that of Mr. Hayes in the theft of the Presidency
eight years afterward.

igii.] John Tho7npson Hoffman. WJ

When Hoffman assumed the office of Governor in 1869 the
Legislature was Republican. He vigorously opposed the adoption
of "special legislation," the passage of special bills where general
laws could be availed of, and disapproved of the custom of grant-
ing street railway franchises to individuals without restrictions,
which had prevailed under Morgan and Fenton. In vetoing the
charter of the i2sth Street Railroad, he said; "I hold that these
grants belong to the people; that their value should be paid into
the treasury of the State or of the City of New York, and that
the Legislature has not the right, in morals or justce, to give
them away to any individuals who may be selected for such
benefaction. * * * All legislation should be founded on
public reasons and be for public benefit. Legislatiion is a 'public
trust,' and not a mere right to be exercised for private benefit or
emolument." That his administration was satisfactory to the
people generally was indicated by the fact that in the fall of 1869
the Democrats carried the State triumphantly, winning even the
Legislature, notwithstanding the "notorious gerrymander," of
which the Republicans had been guilty — a performance which, if
it had been the work of the Democrats and for their own benefit,
would have stirred Mr. Alexander to vociferous indignation. In
November, 1870, he was re-elected Governor over Stewart L.
Woodford by 33,000 majority, more than 6,000 in excess of that
of 1868, although the majority in the city was reduced about
16,000, and the charge of "fraud" was not repeated.

To review adequately and in detail the whole four years of
his tenure of office at Albany would require a minute study of the
legislation and politics of the State during the period, and would
demand a volume. The chief record of his work is to be found
in his Public Papers, published after his retirement, but they do
not tell the history of the time. They show the care and vigi-
lance which he exercised over the legislation of the day and the
way in which he scrutinized the measures submitted for his
approval. He was noted for the number of his vetoes — about
four hundred during his two terms — all of which, with one or two
exceptions were sustained. No one would be sufficiently inter-
ested to read the Papers now, although President Cleveland told
me that he had constant occasion to refer to them when he was
Governor, and found them to be the best of those produced by
any of his predecessors. A perusal of the newspapers of that
period shows that they took the usual partisan view of every
matter; the Republican press could see little or no good in any-
thing he did, while the Democratic journals praised everything
without much discrimination. Abuse of public men was some-
what more bitter than it is now, and the fact that Hoffman's
name was constantly suggested for the Presidency in 1872, led
the opposition papers to be venomous in the extreme. All this
abuse would long since have been buried in oblivion but for the
fact that Hoffman was supported by the men who constituted the
so-called "Ring;" that the members of it, or some of them, were
detected in robbing the city treasury; and that, although no one
ever accused him of any share in or even knowledge of their

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offenses, he was believed by the great body of the people, who
have no disposition to investigate but take their beliefs from the
daily papers and from such pictures and caricatures as those which
Nast poured forth profusely, to have been the mere agent or tool
of Tweed and his companions because he was their beneficiary in
a political waj' — just as Seward and Morgan were thought by
thousands to be the servants of Thurlow Weed, and McKinley
the mere representative of Mark Hanna. After the lapse of years
only the broad and general effects remain on the canvas of local
political history; to acquiesce in the popular impression is easy,
while to search for the truth calls for study and hard work, for
which the uninterested public has neither time nor inclination.
Moreover, those who, aiming at profit or at popularity, join most
loudly in the cry of "Stop thief!" are apt to parade their virtues
in print — like Tilden, who never lifted his voice "to assail the
Tweed Ring until the Times disclosure made its destruction inev-
itable" {Alexander, iii., 315.) Those who are on the defensive
have the worst of it, as a rule; and Hoffman, proud, sensitive,
conscious of his own rectitude, never made any public defense,
trusting to time to vindicate him. It was a mistake, for time rarely
vindicates those who suffer in silence.

The principal accusation against him was that he "approved
Tweed's measures." Alexander (iii., 230) summarizes the charges:
"During the earlier months of his gubernatorial career his veto
of several bills granting aid to railroads gave promise of inde-
pendence, but after Tweed and Sweeny became directors of
the Erie he approved the measure enabling corrupt operators to
retain possession of the road for an indefinite period in defiance
of the stockholders. It is probable that the real character and
fatal tendency of his associates had not been revealed to him.
Nevertheless, ambition seems to have blunted a strong, alert
mind. The appointment of Ingraham, Cardozo, and Barnard to
the General Term of the Supreme Court within the City of New
York, if further evidence were needed, revealed the Governor's
subserviency." He might have added, the signing of the so-called
"Tweed Charter," which, however, occurred at a time later than
that which was then under review. As far as "associating" with
Tweed and his allies is concerned, it will be remembered that
until the exposures of 187 1 they were in high standing in the
part}'; bitterly assailed by political foes as all political leaders
usually are; popular with the voters; sustained by the party press,
and by many of the best and most influential citizens, notably by
such men as John Jacob Astor, Moses Taylor and Marshall O.
Roberts, who, joining with others, published a certificate in 1870
approving the management of the city's financial affairs. Hall,
the Mayor, was a man of attainments, of good reputation as a
lawyer, had been chosen District Attorney by the Republicans,
and indeed was, in the end, acquitted by a jury of any wrongdoing
or criminality. Mr. Samuel J. Tilden worked with them in politics
and men like Seymour and Kernan never uttered in public a word
in their disfavor while they were in power. Their ultimate down-
fall was due to the chance act of a disreputable informer seeking

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revenge. That they knew they could exercise no improper influ-
ence over Hoffman appears from the fact that they did not begin
their peculations until after he had ceased to be Mayor, and had
been transferred to Albany; and Tweed, in his latest days of dis-
grace and ruin, while disclosing unpleasant truths about a number
of men who had partaken of his bounty, refused to implicate the
Governor in any way, merely saying he was "cold." Perhaps he
was, to Tweed. But Tweed had been his campaign manager as
early of i860; had saved him from the grinding and often offen-
sive details of a political campaign in New York City, and had a
wonderful power of impressing men of the strongest character
and personality. The man, however, who certainly had weight
with Hoffman was Peter B. Sweeny, and down to his latest day
the Governor always said : "No one can ever persuade me that
Mr. Sweeny did anything wrong."

Dealing briefly with the specifications, let us consider a
moment the so-called "Erie Bill." It was falsely so-called, for it
applied to the Hudson River Railroad (then an independent cor-
poration,) and the New York Central Railroad, as well as to the
Erie. It merely permitted the board of directors to classify
themselves so that only a portion of the members would retire
each year. It was modelled on the English law on the subject.
It is a system which has since come generally in use as a means
of preventing the sudden capture of corporate properties by
speculators and of ensuring permanence of policy and manage-
ment. It was not to take effect until after the coming Erie
election, so that it is difficult to see how it could operate in "defi-
ance of stockholders" who had the power to elect a board which
would refuse to classify. It was introduced by a very reputable
Republican Senator. It had but one vote against it in the Senate
and passed the Assembly by a vote almost as unanimous. No
protest was made against it in the Legislature or even before the
Governor, except only two letters from persons residing out of
the State who did not prove that they had or represented any
shares and did not give any effective reasons why it should not
become a law. It was in precisely the same words as a similar
law in Pennsylvania, affecting the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and
Chicago Railroad, and approved by Governor Geary. Moreover,
up to this time, it has never done any one any harm; on the
contrary, the value of it has been abundantly established. The
clamor about it was wholly the work of the partisan newspapers
who found in it an opportunity to throw upon the Governor a part
of the unpopularity of Fisk and Gould.

As to the designation of General Term Judges, there were five
Supreme Court Judges in New York, two of whom were Judge
Sutherland and Brady. Judge Sutherland had but a very short
time to serve; Judge Brady had just been elected, and absolutely
refused to serve. The letter he wrote declining to serve is in
my possession. There was among all Democrats a strong feeling
of hostility to up-state domination of the city; the experience with
commissions had been the reverse of satisfactory. The Governor
shared in this feeling. He thought that city litigation could best

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be disposed of by city judges. He had no personal love for Bar-
nard — indeed the contrary condition existed. Judge Ingraham
was an old and highly respected member of the court whom he
honored and admired greatly. Judge Cardozo's ability he well
knew, and there was no cloud at that time upon his reputation.
So he named the only three New York judges who were able or
willing to serve. The charge that he did so at the dictation or
even the request of Tweed or of the Ring is absolutely untrue.
It was only a part of the mendacity of the enemies who were
jealous of his success or who were his opponents in politics.

The history of the charter of 1870 is briefly this: In April,
1870, the Legislature adopted a new charter for the city by a vote
of 30 to 2 in the Senate, and 116 to 5 in the Assembly. It was
approved in the main by the press, the Citizens" Association
memorialized the Legislature in its favor, and "a number of men
of wealth and character in the city signed a petition for its adop-
tion" {Rhodes, vi., 395.) Mr. Rhodes makes this fatuous remark
about it, which shows how the subsequent disgrace of Tweed
colors the assertions of historians: "The very name of this act,
the Tweed charter, ought to have caused it to be universally con-
demned as an infamous job" — as if, forsooth, because some rabid
newspapers called it so, it should have been "universally con-
demned" without reference to its merits, but Mr. Rhodes appears
to accept Nast's cartoons and Mr. Paine's life of that artist, a
farrago of gossip made up thirty years later out of newspaper
inventions, as final authority. The Governor signed this charter
so adopted and recommended. Even Mr. Goodnow, in the chap-
ter on the Ring in Bryce's American Coinnionwealtk, which Mr.
Bryce was forced to omit from the later editions as libellous,
admits that it had "undoubted merit," and the Times said of it on
the day after its adoption: "The new charter is very generally
conceded to be a good one. We have the assurance of the best
men of both parties that it is a substantial and reliable reform,
and from the examination we have been able to give it we are
inclined to concur in that opinion." The same newspaper, on
April 13, 1870, said that the Ma)'or's appointments under the
charter "were far above the average in point of personal fitness,
and should be satisfactory." Mr. Alexander saj's that "Manton
Marble bitterly denounced it," but Manton Marble said, a year
after its adoption (June 13, 187 1:) "There is not another munic-
ipal government in the world which contains so much character,
capacity, experience and energy as are to be found in the city
of New York under the new charter." It was not perfect charter,
but to ascribe to it the municipal misfortunes which were devel-
oped a year afterwards is utterly unjustifiable.

In his annual message of 1S72, Governor Hofifman said of it:
"As a whole, the charter adopted was a great improvement on the
then existing condition of things. ***!(- restored to the
people of the city their constitutional right of local self-govern-
ment, of which they had been for many years deprived. It
defined the responsibility of those in authority; so that in case of
wrongdoing the people could tell at once upon whom to cast the

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blame. * * * Though the charter was not all it should have
been, it was the best that could then be obtained, and it promised
relief from great and long-continued wrong, under which the
people of the city had been suffering, and from a system of
government, the abuses under which are now coming to light.
The misconduct, recently exposed, was not a consequence from
any of its provisions." There was never any refutation of what
was justly said of the charter in the message from which quota-
tion has been made; all the argument against it was the cry of
"Tweed's charter !"

The exposure of the Court House frauds in the summer of
1 87 1 was the cause of the downfall of the Tweed Ring. As the
Governor said in his message of 1872: "The responsibility for the
wrongdoing which has very justly aroused public indignation does
not rest so much upon the charter as upon individuals who held
office in the city before the charter was passed, and took office
also under it. * * * The auditing of the alleged claims
against the former county government to the extent of six mil-
lions of dollars and upward, to which the public attention has
been chiefly directed, was made not under the charter, but under
a clause in the bill commonly called the New York County tax
levy; a clause, perhaps, not objectionable in itself, if the powers
which it conferred had been faithfully and carefully executed.
The annual tax levy of New York should no more be made up by
the Legislature than that of any other county. * * * it is
the duty of the State to give to the city a good organic law under
which its people can manage their own affairs and protect their
own interests, and then let them understand distinctly that success
depends on their own willingness to attend to their public duties.
If they will not give attention to their own affairs no form of
charter nor provision of law can secure to them good govern-
ment." A study of the Governor's messages will show that his
views of what the City charter should be, urged and reiterated
year after year, have been adopted by the later charter makers.
For the thefts of Tweed and his satellites he was no more respon-
sible than Tilden himself.

But the political effacement of Hoffman after the close of his
term of office in 1872 was mainly due to an act of firmness and
independence on his part, which although greatly applauded at
the time by men of all shades of political opinion has been
allowed to drift into oblivion, except where it has occasion-
ally been made the subject of misrepresentation by some scribbler
pretending to relate history. For years it had been the custom
of a small body of Protestant Irish, known as Orangemen, to cel-
ebrate the 12th of July, the anniversary of the Battle of Boyne,
by some picnic or by a procession through some of the streets of
the city. In 1870 a riot of quite a serious nature had resulted
and it was feared that in 1871 the procession would lead to
acts of violence on the part of some of the ignorant portion of
the Irish Catholics, so much so that Archbishop McCloskey and
many of the clergy of the church took occasion on the preceding
Sunday to utter strong words of counsel and of warning against

122 John Thompson Hoffman. [April,

any hostile demonstrations. The city authorities erroneously
decided that the proper way to prevent disorder would be to pro-
hibit the procession, and on Tuesday, July ii, by the direction or
with the expressed approval of Mayor A. Oakey Hall, the Super-
intendent of Police, James J. Kelso, issued an order accordingly.
Great and general indignation was felt at this official interference
with the right of citizens peaceably to parade in the public streets,
and the' action of the Superintendent was severely condemned.
Governor Hoffman, learning of this order on the afternoon of the
nth, and having no power to revoke or suspend the order,
hastened at once to New York, and, having induced the police
authorities to revoke the order, issued that night this proclama-
tion, which is worthy of reproduction in full:

"Having been only this day apprised, while at the capital, of
the actual condition of things here with reference to proposed
processions to-morrow, and having in the belief that my presence
was needed, repaired hither immediately, I do make this procla-
mation.

The order heretofore issued by the police authorities in refer-
ence to said processions having been duly revoked, I hereby give
notice that any and all bodies of men desiring to assemble and
march in peaceable procession in this city to-morrow, the 12th
instant, will be permitted to do so. They will be protected to the
fullest extent possible by the military and police authorities. A
military and police escort will be furnished to any body of men
desiring it, on application to me at my headquarters (which will
be at Police Headquarters in this city) at any time during the
day. I warn all persons to abstain from interference with any
such assemblage or procession except by authority from me; and
I give notice that all the powers at my command, civil and mili-
tary, will be used to preserve the public peace and to put down,
at all hazards, every attempt at disturbance; and I call upon all
citizens, of every race and religion, to unite with me and the
local authorities in this determination to preserve the peace and
honor of the City and State. Dated at New York, this eleventh
day of July, A. D. 1871. John T. Hoffman."

It was hailed with enthusiasm by all the friends of law and
order. The procession marched and the police and several thou-
sand of the National Guard were prepared to protect it. The first
attack of the mob was repelled without the use of firearms, but
the second was so severe that the troops were compelled to fire
in self-defense. Several of the militia and police were killed or
wounded; forty-five rioters were known to be killed and eighty-
three wounded, while others were carried away and concealed by
their comrades. The riot was suppressed and the procession was
continued to its intended place of dispersal.

While most of the patriotic and sober-minded people of the
whole country were outspoken in praise of the Governor, the rage
of the Irish Catholics was furious; he was bitterly denounced at
public meetings, and in their newspaper organs, and was hung in
effigy by mobs of them. The most unscrupulous journals of the

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Republican faith, unable to utter a word against the propriety
and justice of his action, resorted to falsehood and accused him
day after day of weakness and criminal delay in putting forth the
proclamation. Such papers as the Tribime and the Albany Jour-
nal, charged him with weakness and vacillation, with having
known of the Police Order as early as the loth, and with having
been forced by public opinion to interfere. It was abundantly
demonstrated, although the word of a "superb gentleman" should
have been sufficient, that he passed through the city early on the
loth on his way from Newport, R. I., to Albany, that he had no inti-
mation of the proposed order, and that his first knowledge of it was
on the afternoon of the nth when, — for railway communication
between New York and Albany was slow in those days — the
mornmg papers arrived at the capital. He left by special train
from Albany for New York at the earliest possible moment. The
persistent mendacity of these newspapers survives because his-
torians seem to think that it is a mark of research to rummage
in the journals of olden days and that all they find there must be
worthy of belief; and we read in Wilson's Memorial History of
the City of New York such words as these: "The act of the
Governor was hailed by the public as a sign that he was deter-
mined to have his own way, though it seems doubtful whether it
was anything more than a tardy acknowledgement of the sover-
eignty of public opinion!" A young gentleman who avowed to
me that he wrote this for the Memorial History admitted that he
was ignorant of the facts but got the idea out of some old news-
papers.

But even if it were true — as it is utterly false — that he hesita-
ted to act in the emergency, one may well doubt if his moral
courage and heroism can be too highly estimated. The strength
of the Irish Catholic vote in his party was controlling then ; it
has diminished to some extent, but it was dominant in 1871. No
candidate for public office, whether Democrat or Republican,
could directly antagonize that element and escape defeat. Thir-
teen years later, as many believe,— though personally I do not —
James G. Blaine lost the Presidency by merely listening without
rebuke to a slur upon Catholics uttered by an injudicious Protes-
tant minister. Mayor Hall, commonly supposed to be one of the
"Ring" which was said to control the Governor, had been chiefly
responsible for the revoked order. Hoffman was the man most
talked of, the country over, as the coming candidate for the Pres-
idency. He well knew that he was signing his own political
death-warrant when he put his name to that proclamation. As a
writer observed, after his death: "He knew what he was sacrific-
ing in the cause of equal rights, that he was closing the door to
political preferment, and making enemies of thousands who had
been his zealous supporters; but he did not hesitate for a moment,
he did not parley with a mob, nor address as "friends" those
whom he knew to be the enemies of liberty and good govern-
ment. The men whom he had offended determined to punish
him, and they were able to ostracise him and kill his political
ambitions. They associated him with the Tweed Ring to prevent

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him from receiving the support of good citizens on the one hand,
and they inflamed the Roman Catholic voters against him upon
the other hand; and unless he abandoned his party, his public
career was closed." He received hundreds of letters from prom-
inent men of both parties all over the land, extolling him for his
action. He said to me at the time, referring to those from
Republicans, "Oh, yes; but not one of them would vote for me."
It was well said years afterwards in the Observer: "But this
action, so honorable to the man and to his office, really ended
Governor Hoffman's political career. It was not his relation to
Tweed and the Ring which made him objectionable as a leader,
Men who were much more closely allied with them at that time
have been forgiven and their associations forgotten. It was not
his action upon the Erie Railroad Bill nor anything of the sort
which blighted his political aspirations, and prevented a man who
had a fair chance of presidential honors, from ever being spoken of
again for nomination. The real reason why he was neglected by
the party, and left under a cloud in its political sky, was the bold
and honorable stand which he took in the Anti-Orange Riot in
the city of New York in July, 1871."

Some doubted at the time whether the privilege of parading
was worth the sacrifice of life which it involved. There can be
no doubt about it now. Since then there has been no successful
attempt to prevent citizens from exercising their unquestionable
rights, at least on the part of public authorities. Yet notwith-
standing the fact that the clergy and the educated men of the
Catholic church had no sympathy with the acts of the baser ele-
ment, they generally regarded with resentment the action of the
soldiers for which they held the Governor responsible; and his
foes, whether within or without his party, hailed the opportunity
to check his advancement. As he anticipated, the noblest and
most unselfish deed of his life was the cause of his political
destruction.

The State owes to him the Constitutional Amendments of
1874. The work of the Convention of 1867 had been rejected
by the people, except the Judiciary Article, and there were
defects in the Constitution of 1846 which called for remedy.
In his message of January, 1872, he directed the attention of
the legislature to this subject, referring to many of the most
desirable changes. He doubted the advisability of calling
another convention to be chosen at the time when the people
were engrossed in a Presidential election, and recommended the
creation of a Commission of thirty-two members to be made up
of an equal number from each of the two great political parties,
which "could have all the benefit of the debate incident to a lar-
ger body, through intelligent discussions in the press, and the
voluntary suggestions of thoughtful citizens." The legislature
took the necessary action and the Governor appointed a commis-
sion of qualified and eminent citizens, four from each of the eight
judicial districts, including such men as George Opdyke, Augus-
tus Schell, Robert H. Pruyn, Francis Kernan, Daniel Pratt, Lucius
Robinson, George B. Bradley, David Rumsey, and Sherman S.

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Rogers. They performed their task more satisfactorily than any
body of constitution makers in the State had ever done. Most of
the Governor's suggestions were carried out, and after the delay
necessitated by the requirements as to adoption and ratification
by the legislature, the principal amendments were approved by
the people in 1874 and others in 1876. Among other things they
provided for the punishment of bribery at elections; required
thirty days residence in an election district; abolished property
qualifications for voters; fixed the pay of legislators at $1,500 a
year without limiting the length of the session; required two-
thirds of all the members elected to each house to over-ride the
Governor's veto; authorized the veto of individual items in an
appropriation act ; prohibiting the granting to any corporation,
association or individual of any right to lay down railroad tracks
or any exclusive privilege, immunity or franchise whatever by
any special or private act, and otherwise restricted special legis-
lation. They abolished the Boards of Canal Commissioners and
State Prison Inspectors and substituted a Commissioner of Pub-
lic Works and a Superintendent of State Prisons. These were all
useful reforms, as every student of our State affairs well knows,
and they were chiefly due to the efforts and the wisdom of Gover-
nor Hoffman.

In the various measures which were adopted to pursue and
punish the Ring and the participants in their peculations, Gov-
ernor Hoffman rendered all proper assistance and took such part
as was appropriate and necessary. On April 30, 1872, he vetoed
what was known as "The Committee of Seventy Charter" in a
message which was so convincing that the ill-devised and whim-
sical scheme was never heard of afterwards. No one ever
answered his arguments and his conclusions met with the appro-
val of the public. The //^T^/i/ said of this proposed charter: "It
is a law experimental in its character, complicated in it machin-
ery, and destitute of that directness and simplicity which, more
than anything else, tend to secure good and honest government.
Unless a great change has come over our politicians and office-
seekers, we are likely to see more corrupt bargains and conspir-
acies under this law than we have ever known under any former
charter." No one could pretend that this veto was inspired by
the defunct and powerless "Ring." It merely repeated the opin-
ions and judgments which the Governor had expressed during
his whole public life in regard to municipal government in New
York City. It is all very well to say, as Mr. Goodnow does in
the suppressed chapter of Mr. Bryce's book which has been
already mentioned, what is generally said even to this day by
well disposed persons who have made no study of the facts —
"John T. Hoffman was a man of much higher character than his
supporters and associates. He was personally honest but his
ambition blinded him to the acts of his political friends." Yet
when the record is examined, it cannot be found that his "ambi-
tion blinded him" to do anything for "his political friends" that
was wrong in itself, or which would not have been done by any
Governor of the State who ever served it. Some of the lower

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order of pretended reformers, like the managers of the Times,
sought to punish him for his veto of the Committee's charter by
charging him with complicity in certain alleged frauds in 1868
when he was Mayor. The attempt proved to be futile. The
Evening Post, which could not well be accused of being a partisan
of his, in apologizing for a mention of it in its news columns, said
in its issue of May 28, 1872: "Governor Hoffman is not of the
party to which we belong — indeed rumor assigns him to that
which we least affect, the Greeley mongrels — but we feel bound
to say that in his official conduct and official utterances we have
found a great deal more to approve than to condemn. He seems
to us to have discharged his duty towards the public not only
with unusual ability, but with high probity and honor."

He was chosen to head the New York delegation to the Demo-
cratic National Convention at Baltimore in July, 1872. He was
received there with enthusiasm and made the principal speech in
favor of the nomination of Horace Greeley. It was a mistake, but
it is difficult to see what else the Democrats could do after the nomi-
nation of Greeley by the Liberal Republicans. Hoffman said m
the course of his remarks: "I for one frankly admit that if my
advice had been sought and taken by the Cincinnati Convention
he would not have been nominated there." Towards the close of
1872 he allov/ed it to be known that he would not ask for a re-
nomination. He had been the candidate three times in succession
and twice successful; and moreover he knew that with the record
of the 12th of July and the hostility of Tilden, Seymour and Ker-
nan, he could not win. At the conclusion of the year he went
abroad for a prolonged sojourn. On his return he took up his resi-
dence in Albany where he had had many warm friends from the
time of his boyhood. He practiced law but not very actively, and
at times appeared in public on occasions of interest and delivered
addresses on topics of the day. He was always a graceful and
interesting speaker. Later he removed to New York, where he
continued practice, not appearing in court but acting as counsel
and as referee. His old friends loved to meet him and he enjoyed
the pleasures of a congenial society, spending a good deal of time
in Europe. His only child, Ella, married Mr. Edward Sandford
and lived abroad except for a few years. She now resides in
Paris with her only surviving child, a daughter.

The limits imposed upon me do not permit me to describe
the services of the Governor to his alma mater, Union College,
of which he was for years a trustee and from which he received
the degree of LL.D. in 1869, Princeton conferring the same
degree upon him in 1870. Nor can I give any account of his
labors in the matter of the government of the State Prisons and
the care he exercised in the granting of pardons and commu-
tations of sentences. In regard to his life after his retirement
from office, some unfortunate misstatements have been made in
recent years and I take this opportunity to correct them.

In his generally excellent history Mr. Rhodes has fallen into
a grievous error and illustrates the danger of drawing conclusions
from mere personal observations without any knowledge of the

igii.] John Thompson Hoffman. 127

facts. In the sixth volume of his history he adds a note to the
text at page 401, in which after describing Hoffman as he saw
him in 1866 — a passage quoted in the early part of this sketch, —
he continues thus: "Twenty years later I saw him at the
Schweizerhof in Lucerne. Accompanied by his wife, he was
driving through Switzerland, and in this hotel, full of his own
countrymen, he sat neglected, probably shunned by many. The
light was gone from his eyes, the vigor from his body, the con-
fidence from his manner; consciousness of failure brooded in
their stead. He had not become dissipated. Great opportunities
missed; this was the memory that racked him, body and spirit,
and left him nerveless and decrepit, inviting death." This is a
most amazing error. We of his family never saw any such
signs of physical decay; nor was there ever any such dis-
tress over the past as Mr. Rhodes' imagination has discovered.
Governor Hoffman was sensitive and was naturally conscious of
popular injustice; but he never exhibited any signs of weak
regretfulness. He was never " neglected " or " shunned " by his
countrymen. His personal friends, his true friends, were as
warmly devoted to him as ever, although it may be that the
sycophants, the "fair weather friends," who hang about the skirts
of men in power, may have fallen away from him. I happen to
have before me, dated in 1881, a letter offering him a dinner,
signed by such men as John T. Agnew, Abraham R. Lawrence,
Smith Ely, Jr., Samuel D. Babcock, Charles H. Marshall, Wilson
G. Hunt, Abram S. Hewitt, E. D. Randolph, and a dozen others
who were and some of whom are still men of distinction in
New York; some written evidence that so far from being
"shunned" or "neglected," he was honored by men whose regard
was worth having. In Albany his friends wished to send him as
a Representative in Congress, but he had no inclination towards
legislative work and he knevvf that the Irish vote would be turned
away from him. President Cleveland, who testified to me both
orally and in writing of his appreciation and admiration of
Hoffman, twice offered to him between 1885 and 1888, positions
of honor in the public service. I heard him make a campaign
speech in Brooklyn in the eighties and he was received with the
utmost enthusiasm. It seems an odd notion to gauge the esteem
in which a man is held by his countrymen by the indifference of
a parcel of tourists in a Swiss hotel.

It may be true, however, that when Mr. Rhodes saw him he
was depressed and unhappy, and the reasons emphasize the
unconscious cruelty of the historian's act. These had nothing to
do with political defeats or disappointed ambitions. At the time
of which Rhodes speaks he was suffering from severe domestic
affliction. He was a man of strong affections, particularly for
children; and he had just lost his only grandson, a boy whom he
idolized. It was a matter of newspaper comment after his death
that he never recovered from that blow. There were other
personal griefs almost to sacred for disclosure which saddened
him and took the zest out of his life. One who knows the truth
and is familiar with the spirit and character of the man, finds it

128 Marriages and Baptisms Performed by the Rev. Joshua Hartt, [April,

difficult to resist a feeling of indignation that such a lamentable
perversion of truth should be perpetuated as history, to be copied
and repeated as it has been by Mr. Alexander and will be by his
successor historians in the years to come.

In the early winter of 1888 the Governor went abroad for the
purpose of meeting his daughter and grand-daughter. He had
had several premonitory attacks of faintness but they were not
regarded as serious, and while he and his family were sojourning
at Wiesbaden he was apparently in fair health, although he com-
plained at times of "feeling old." On the afternoon of March 24,
1 888, while he was chatting with his wife and his little grand-
daughter in their sitting-room at the hotel, he arose to perform an
act of courtesy to Mrs. Hoffman and fell dead almost instantly.
He was interred in Dale cemetery, at Ossining, by the side of his
parents. Mrs. Hoffman survived him until 1892. The Nezv York
Observer, in a brief review of his career, truly said that he spent
the later years of his life "in dignified retirement, respected by
all good men, and died honored and regretted by a host of
friends, who understood the sacrifice which he had made for the
rights and privileges of American citizenship in the city of New
York."

MARRIAGES AND BAPTISMS PERFORMED BY THE

REV. JOSHUA HARTT, OF SMITHTOWN, LONG

ISLAND, WITH A SKETCH

OF HIS LIFE.

Contributed by Mr. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin.

Member New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Although the first place of public assemblage for the worship
of God in what is now known as Smithtown (Old Fresh Pond),
Suffolk County, Long Island, was at Nissequag, on the Sound, it
was removed in 1750 to a village called Smithtown Branch, lying
on the middle road, and nearer the center of the town. The
records of the Presbytery of Suffolk show that a church, consist-
ing of seven members, was formed in this town, September 17,
1 75 1. Here it was that the Reverend Joshua Hartt was installed
as minister, on the 13th of April, 1774. He was born at Hun-
tington, L. I., September 17th, 1738, and having graduated at
Nassau Hall, (Princeton) in 1770, he was ordained as an evange-
list by the Suffolk Presbytery, April 2nd, 1772. During his
incumbency at the Branch he devoted a part of his time to the
service of other churches. In the Revolutionary struggle he
suffered much at the hands of the British. Illustrative of the
indignities heaped upon him the writer of this sketch was recently
informed by some of the aged grandchildren of the patriot
preacher, that on one occasion being chained to a negro prisoner,
a British officer inquired, "How do you like your company?" To

IQU.] of Smithtown, Long Island, with a Sketch of his Life. I 2g

which, he retorted, "Better than yours !" At another time, when
preaching at Smithtown Branch, a bullet was fired at him lodging
in the wall just above his head, where the mark remained for
many years. And Prime, in his '^ Revolutionary Incidents of
Long Island" records: "p. 632. (May 28, '77. Col. Smith and Rev.
Mr. Hart, were brought to the Provost where Hart fell sick, and
lay at death's door. Col. Ethan Allen kneeled down and made
so fervent a prayer by his side, and otherwise cheered him up,
that he recovered and was admitted on Parole in New York City,
October 25, , Ed.)"

An examination of numerous papers and sermons, including a
"Journal" kept by Mr. Hartt and now in the possession of his
grand-children and great-grandchildren, reveals the character
of the man. To preaching the Gospel he added farming, teach-
ing school and land surveying; his diary containing many entries
covering these activities. "Opened my Schoole, January 14th,
1793;" he records and "tallies" the daily attendance in favor of the
following pupils: Henry and Joel Scudder; John, Samuel and
Garner Mulford; Deborah, Isaac and John Scidmor; Anna Scid-
mor, Benj". Scribner, Isaac an3^ohn Gildersleeve, Moses Scribner
Alexander and Smith Bryant, Thos. Tredwell, Isaac Arthur,
Ebenezer Bryant, Isaac and Israel Scudder, Elizabeth Mulford,
Jemima Bryant, Philetus Ketcham, Stephen Gildersleeve, Alex-
ander B. Hartt, Karly Scudder, Benj°. Ketcham, Sarah Bryant,
Joseph Scidmor, Anna Fleet, Mary Briant, Joel Griffis, Joel Scid-
more, Mathew Bunce, Jonah Rulen, Jeffrey Bunce and John
Gardner.

For some time following the return of peace in 1783 Mr Hartt
in company with others was engaged in making surveys of the
State lands in the vicinity of Whitestown, Oneida County, New
York. In 1790, he and the Reverend Nathan Kerr having been
appointed missionaries by the Presbyterian General Assembly,
they visited Whitestone, Cherry Valley and the Indian tribes of that
neighborhood, which was then considered to be in "The West."

During our second conflict with Great Britain, in 1812, he
preached numerous sermons of great power in justification of the
War and in condemnation of the enemy's policy upon the sea.
Blessed with a vigorous mind, he also possessed a splendid
physique, weighing three hundred pounds, and notwithstanding
his spirit of progressiveness, he was in manner mild and concil-
iatory.

The long list of marriages and baptisms performed by him
and as herewith published is from the original record in the hand-
writing of Reverend Joshua Hartt now in the possession of one
of his great-grandchildren, Mrs. Francis Osborne (Martha Hartt)
Collas, Brooklyn, New York. In this connection it is interesting
to note that for the performance of the marriage service he was
wont to remark that he had received in fees "all the way from
£,10 to a copper ladle." His death occurred at Fresh Pond, L. I.,
October 3, 1829, in his ninety-first year. It is proposed to submit
at a subsequent date to this article some genealogical information
pertaining to his family.

I 30 Marriages and Baptisms Performed by the Rev. Joshua Hartt, [April,

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March 23

July-

Sept.

20.

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19.

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18.

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Ja,n.

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18.

Feb.

14-

July

IP-

March 7.

April

20.

April

26.

May

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June

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June

25-

July

Sept.

12.

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24.

Oct.

II.

Oct.

IS-

Nov.

II.

Marriages.

1774
Jacob Conkling & Mary Soper.
Richard Valentine & Mary Oakly.
J.osiah Soper & Keturah Tillotson.
Jesse Brush & Doritha Piatt, (dau. Zephaniah) 30th

marriage.
Wm. Burch & Elizabeth Cellom (Kellum).
Moses Wicks & Sarah Smith, Widow (of Samuel).
Amos Underbill & Mary Woodhull.
Benjamin Blachly & Sarah Wheeler.
Richard Wier & Johannah Hub.

Oba Smith & .

Jacob Devee (or Deree) & Sarah Smith.

Jacob Post & Sariah Jackson.

Mordecai Beedle & Charity Carpenter.

Gideon Wright & Mary Dickerson.

Behj. Pettit & Phebe Smith, & Rich Eliz. smith Rock

[original copy] (dau. Rich. & Eliza (Rich) Smith.)?
John Hertt & Mary Carll.

William & Jean Flower.

Jeremiah Soper & Mary Nicoll.

177s
Zebulon Bunce & Mary Smith. W^, W.
Jonas Hawkings & Ruth Mills.
Israel Hawkings & Phebe Brush W'.
Uriah Hubs & Deborah Totten.
Samuel Brush & Elizabeth JVeal.
Jacob Baley & Bethsheba Brush.
Samuel Blydenburg & Sarah Smith.
John Veal (Vail) & Drusella Scudder.
Daniel Brush & Hannah Wheler.
Joseph Davis & Abigail Scidmore.
Timothy Whelor & Rebecca Bunce.
Jacob Smith & Rachel Morrice.
Rosel Hubbart & Sarah Ruland.
Jonah Wood & Elizabeth Dingy, W'.
Nathaniel Ketcham & Susannah Brush.
Andrew Smith & Soviah Smith.
Stephen Davis & Martha Bigs.
William Topping & Rebecca Ward.
Jonathan Sammis & Rebecca Ketcham.
Simon Totten & Sarah Hartt.
Nathaniel Taylor & Hannah Smith.
Isaiah Whitmon & Amy Brush.
Gilbert Wood & Sarah Scidmore.
Jacob Oakes & Ruth Smith.
Jeremiah Rogers & Ruth Wicks.
John Baldwin & Esther Conkling.
Micah Whealor & Johanna Smith.
Samuel Mills & Sarah Mills.

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26.

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Jan.

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26.

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March 9.

1775

Philip Kitcham & Deborah Conkling.
Jeremiah Fleet & Kesiah Muncy.
Joshua Buffet & Mary Seman.
Timothy Mills & Phebe Smith.
Jonas Wheler & Ruth Blydenburgh.
Jesse Smith & Hannah Carll.
Jesse Arthur & Vileta Smith.

1776
Nathan Tillotson & Phebe West.
John Wicks & Unice Wicks.
Ebenezer Bower & Sarah Saxton.
John Hawkings & Mary Nuton.
John Willets & Phebe Buffet.
Wilka Baly & Leah Smith.
John West & Dinah Ruland.
Jeremiah Piatt & Sarah Arthur.
Samuel Veal (Vail) and Mary Rodgers.
James Van Cott & Ruth Hartt (or Morris).
Capt. Job Smith & Charity Arthur.
William Johnson & Margaret Chichester.-^
Joshua Rogers & Mary Wicks.
George Wheler & Ruhamah Smith.
Selah Hubbs & Mary Tillotson.
Jesse Oakes & Deborah Baldwin.
Hezekiah Smith & Abigail Bishop.
John Whitman & Sarah Wood.
Wm. Wicks & Rebecah Gould. "
Obediah Verrity & Elizabeth Stratton.
Lona (or Loua) Totten & Elizabeth Smith.
Ananias Brush & Hannah Piatt, W'., W.
John Snedichor & Carity Jackson.
Josiah Satterly & Mehetable Moger.
Elezar Tillotson & Sarah Philips.
John Smith & Lydia Fanning.
Jacob Rogers & Esther Wicks.
Jonas Mills & Rachel Smith.

1777
Amos Baldwin & Phebe Wicks.
Daniel Gildersleeve & Elizabeth Gildersleeve.
John Green & Mary Saxton.
Micah Veale & Rhoda Brush.
Richard Long & Margaret Smith, W".
Philips Roe & Martha Smith.

1778
Daniel Swesy & Mary Beal.
John Rider & Elizabeth Smith.
Alexander Wicks & Jemimah Rose.
Piatt Kelsey & Hannah Piatt.
Piatt Arthur & Elizabeth Tillotson.

I 3 2 Marriages and Baptisms Performed by the Rev. Joshua Hartt, [April

March 22.
April 19.
Aug. 17.
Sept. 15.
Oct. 19.
Dec. 9.

Jan. 1.
Feb. 7.
Feb. 15.
March 23.

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March 20,

March 27,

April

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1778

Nehemiah Hartt & Mary Brewster.
William Garrot & Jemimah Smith.
Gershom Terry & Mary Biggs.
Moses Mervin & Hannah Smith.
Joseph Griffith & Ruth Hartt.
James Rose & Desiah Baker.

1779
Andrew Snowden & Frances Smith.
Benj. Stebens & Phebe Saxton.
John White & Rebecca Bryan.
Wm. Nicol & Rachel Scidmore.

1778
David Smith & Martha Mills were married 1778 but not
entered on record, as usual, through forgetfulness.

1779
Nathaniel Jarvis & Elizabeth Wires.
Edward Johnson & Phebe Vittetow.
William Smith & Phebe Conkling.
Samuel Nash & Martha Place.
Amos Soper & Elizabeth Piatt.
Scudder Lewis & Freelove Fleet.
Jeremiah Soper & Mary Garriot.
James Kenun & Rebecca Gold.
Lyman Gray & Rachel Hoit.
Daniel Blydenburg & Dorotha Rogers.
Stephen Hartt & Sarah Kelsy.
Nathan Kassai & Hannah Saxton (Hassai?).
Miles Oakerly & Sarah Bunce.

1780
Richard Ruland & Elizabeth Smith.
Joseph Braizer & Elizabeth Wicks.
John Lockwood & Sarah Brush.
Jesse Samis & Elizabeth Wood.
Joseph Blydenburgh & Hannah Miller.
Scudder Piatt & Esther Rodgers.
Jordan Taylor & Milia Oakerley.
Samuel Jarvis & Mary Rusco.
Titus Hoollabird & Sarah Edwards.
Thomas Roberson & Sarah Wisor.
Andrew Mills & Prudence Leinomidue (L'hommedieu).
Timothy Lane & Ruth Daton.

Nathan Valentine & Esther Smith, (widow of Samuel).
Henry Wanser & Jerusha Kellom.
William Stilwell & Mary Powell.
Jerm. Wheler & Jemima Stag (Stadge?).
Stephen Swesy & Sarah Davies (Davin?).
Nathaniel Ketcham & Ruth Travis.
Ephraim Oaks & Mary Jervice.

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of Smithtown, Long Island, with a Sketch of his Life.

^11

1780

April 20. Joel Smith & Martha Chichester.

April 23. Eliphalet Oakerley & Mehetable Bruster.

May 15. Stephen Nicoll & Tabith Wicks.

May 25. John Smith & Amy Brush.

May 25. John Walker & Sarah Wood.

June 8. Gooldsmith Davis & Elizabeth Brown.

June 15. Ebenezer Kellum & Phebe Samis.

June 25. Joseph Hanford & Sarah Williams.

July 25. Philetus Smith & Elizabeth Duglas.

Aug. 6. Joseph Carman & Rebecca Oakes.

Aug. 23. Stent Raiment & Sarah Witman.

Sept. 10. Benj'n. Oakerley & Mary Wood.

Sept. 20. Henry Siwert & Betsy Roberts.

Sept. 28. Charls Grin (or Grice) & Mary Bryant.

Oct. 22. Abel Conkling & Ruth Samis.

Nov. — . Wm. Taylor & Hannah Bryant.

Dec. II. Stephen Kilse & Elizabeth Conkling.

Dec. 13. Daniel Tuttle & Ruth Wickes.

Dec. 14. John Sells & Jemina Bryant.

Dec. 23. James Cormmeline & Julia Smith.

Dec. 24. John Bush & Charita Piatt.

1781

Jan. 8. John Gildersleeve & Kezia Ketcham.

Jan. 24. Israel Conkling & Nancy Totten.

Jan. 29. Selah Havens & Sarah Strong.

Jan. 31. Daniel Jarvis & Deborah Rogers.

Feb. 12. Thomas Ireland & Patience Oakerly.

Feb. 12. Peter Ruland & Susanna Kellom.

March 14. Nathan Wilmot & Phebe Totten.

March 18. Jesse Wicks & Susanna Kelsy.

March 20. Joseph Havens & Amy Buchanan.

March 21. Phillips Gould & Abigail Post.

April I. Thomas Fleet & Phebe Carman.

April 17. Benj. Thirby & Ruth Howell.

May 2. Adam Hull & Martha Wicks.

May 8. Jesse Nicols & Susanna Tillotson.

May 27. Selah Wilmot & Margrite Ruland.

May 29. Samuel Devenport & Esther Oakerly.

June 10. Epenetus Wood & Sarah Whitman.

June 18. Thomas Samis & Sarah Samis.

June 21. Stephen Burtis & Amy Brush.

Aug. 6. Michale Williams & Sarah Smith (or Sin-

Aug. 7. Eli Lions & Leha Smith.

^^^- 7- John Waterbury & Jane Blydenburgh.

Aug. 12. Hubbart Ketcham & Jemima Blatchly.

Aug. 30. Richard Brown & Sarah Hendrickson.

Sept. 6. Moses & Samina (colored).

Sept. 6. Daniel Pine & Johannah Akerly.

Sept. 17. Henry Foster & Sarah Brush.

Sept. 17. Lot Strange & Linea (or Luica) Clark.

1 34 Marriages and Baptisms Performed by the Rev. Joshua Hartt, [April

Sept.
Sept.
Sept.
Oct.

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19.
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21.

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II.

Nov.

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22.

Nov.

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25-

Nov.

25-

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28.

Dec.

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Dec.

23-

Dec.

25-

Dec.

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Jan.

Jan.
Jan.

13-
16.

Jan.

27-

Jan.

29.

Jan.
Feb.

31-
2.

Feb.

II.

Feb.

28.

March 1 1

March 13

March 18.

March 19

Marc

h 20,

March 27

March 31,

April

May

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20.

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27.

June

I78I

Ebenezer Briggs & Diodamia Chase.
Moses Wicks & Jemima Sword (or Secord).
Peter Boys & Rebecca Wicks.
Wm. McKinze & Elizabeth Hoyt.
Thomas Cavenagh & Rachail Green.
David Samis & Deborah Ketcham.
Alexander Brush & Ann Griffith.
Foster Van Nostrand & Charithee Ketcham.
Moses Bears & Mary Wicks.
Hezekiah Lion & Hannah Wicks.
Zechariah Rodgers & Rhoda Blachly.
Abraham WoodhuU & Mary Smith.
Philip Samis & Martha White.
Ebenezer Piatt & Abigail Lewis.
Elisha Halsy & Phebe Smith.
Caleb Smith & Rhoda Wortman.
Thomas Ruland & Anna Sweesy.
Samuel Oakerly & Rebecca Roff.
Hezekiah Scribner & Mary Scribner.
Jeams Sanford & Elizabeth Lewis.

1782
Ebenezer Blachly & Sarah Jarvis.
Zopha Nicol & Drusillah Jarvis.
Richard Peters & Elizabeth Smith.
Joseph Wiers & Elizabeth Ruland.
Jabez Benedict & Mary Wicks.
Jesse Hartt & Sarah Lewis.
Caleb Wood & Mary Powell.
John Biggs & Ruth Rudyard.
Benj. Wralph & Sarah Brush.
Rubin Arthur & Soviah Dun.
Alexander Sammis & Amy Gould.
Jarvis Whitman & Deborah Wood.
Stephen Perry & Margret Scudder.
Jedediah Williamson & Charity Mobery.
Sam'l Dickerson & Sarah Ketcham.
Sam'l Turner & Sarah Cole.
Silas Carman & Abbe Fleet.
Thomas Bird & Jemima Hill.
Daniel Udle & Keturah Carll.
John Conkling & Ruth Berto.
Timothy Scudder & Rebecca Wiser.
James Pine Chichester & Rebecca Harrison.
James Brown & Hannah Higby.
John White & Temmy Williams.
Scudder Lewis & Hannah Fleet.
Jeremiah Corbet & Elizabeth Terry.
Jacob Harned & Mary Nicol.
John Dixon & Lydia Runnals.
Jacob Purdy & Desire Wicks.

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Oct.

20.

Oct.

22.

Oct.

28.

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29.

1782

Conkling Ketchum & Phebe Conkling.
Zophar Rogers & Sarah Gildersleeve.
Abel Biggs & Deborah Akerly.
David Waterbury & Unice Dean.
Joseph Hayward & Mary Jones.
Caleb Ketcham & Abigail Rogers.
Nicol Tillotson & Hannah Jackson.
Edward Lockwood & Elizabeth Wilson.
Paul (or Sam'l) Hulse & Mary Taylor.
Wm. Robins & Elizabeth Sammis.
Rubin Powel & Anna Cornelius.
Seth Scrivenor & Elizabeth Baker.
Thorn' Perry & Experience Blackwell.
Phinetas Davis & Sarah Biggs.
Henry Smith & Ruth Rogers.
Benjamin Gould & Elizabeth Piatt.
Jacob Baker & Deborah Jean.
Gilbert Astin Conkling & Rachel Gould.
John Hendrickson & Hannah Conkling.
Wm. Ward & Mary Vargason.
Bernardus^mith & Esther Smith.
Isaac Bostwick & Temson Cables.
Phinehas Carll & Anna Carll.
Benj. Hutchason & Theodocia Smith.
Silas Perry & Elizabeth Mot.
Abraham Clarionton & Tamer Selah (Seely?).
Jacob Brush & Susanna Veal.
David Ralph & Mary Bi-ush.
Isaiah Jarvis & Phebe Whitman.
Jacob Wheeler & Temperance Blydenburgh.
Jacob Longbotham & Phebe Wicks.
Ye last year married 60 cupple.

1783
Peter Long & Keturah Hartt.
Sam'l Nichol & Elizabeth Jarvis.
John Right & Margret Floyd.
Wm. Blydenburgh & Johannah Longbotham.
Jno. Petersen & Mary Smith.
Sam'l Smith & Susannah Blydenburgh.

Hartt & Margaret Howel.

-ling & Mary Fleet.

March 5.
March 12.
March 12.
March 30.
April 24.
May 8.
May 12.

Coon (Coon ?) & Maplet Fluelline.
Johnson & Lavinah Rogers.

James Barnabee & Anna Terry.

Jacob Titus & Ruth Rogers.

Isaac Rogers & Hannah Conklin.

John Woolsy (Sweet Hollow Giant) & Phebe Rogers.

John Smith & Ruth Gildersleeve.

Alexander Fleet & Hannah Smith.

Benj'n Nuton & Charitha Saxton.

I 36 Marriages and Baptisms Performed by the Rev. Joshua Hartt, [April

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John Dougty & Sarah Doughty.
Tunas Williamson & Sarah Toby.
Stepan Gildersleeve & Mille Ruland.
Daniel Conkling & Gloriana Foster.
Thomas Terry & Esebel Morris.
Cealor & Ruland (colored probably).
Lucius Smith & Dorcas Gildersleeve.
Edmond Bunce & Sarah Gildersleeve.

Silas Piatt & Hannah (looks like Rolph).

Alexander Lewis & Glorianna ?

Jesse Fleet & Mercy (last name torn off).

John Canneph & (torn off).

Tillit Colvill & Elizabeth Carpenter.
Jacob Carpenter & Hannah Colvill.
Wm. Brown & Mary Soper.
Matthew Benedict & Rebecca Brush.
Nathan Jackson & Anna Wood.
Wm. Helms & Sarah Phillips.

35 couples ye last year.

1784
Gilbert Piatt & Phebe Piatt.
Theophilus Wood & Tabith Wheeler.
Alexander Mathes & Jemima Conkling.
Amos Willets & Mary Piatt.
Jakemiah Rogers & Sarah Hawx.
Jedediah Mills & Elizabeth Mills.
Wm. Hopson & Gloriana Floyd.
Lemual Smith & Hannah Hubbs.
Levi Scribner & Esthert Hubbert.
Azarel Lewis & Susa Conkling.
John Simonson & Litte Durling.
Sam'] Phillips & Deliverance Smith.
James Ruland & Elizabeth Berry.
Thomas Wood & Rebecca Ketcham.
Thomas Wheeler & Ruth Wheeler.
Wm. Cobb & Jean Smith.
Peter Shaw & Susannah Baly.
Chars Wheeler & Sarah Merchant.
Nathaniel Sammis & Elizabeth Gould.
Nehemiah Ketcham & Mary (Rogers?).
Wm. Allaba & Ziba Kellam.
Aaron Raiment & Hanna Wicks.
Jeffery A. Woodhull & Elizabeth Davis.
Jonathan Titus & Bethsheba Thomas.
Ezra Barnum & Jerusha Smith.
Isaac Ketcham & Phebe Smith.
Gilbert Wicks & Sarah Sammis.
Charles Peters & Jean (Blatchly?).
Joel Rogers & Elizabeth Jarvis.
Jesse Piatt & Deborah Titus.

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1784

Thomas Jarvis & Kesiah Conkling.

Joshua S (torn ofiE) & Alma Blydenburgh.

1785
John Carll & Sarah White.
Selah Samrais & Elizabeth Totten.
James Griffis & Sarah Totten.
David Huff & Sarah Wickes.
David Sammis & Mary Carpenter.
Nathaniel Scudder & Elizabeth Scudder.
Israel White & Sarah Carll.
Daniel Noorstrant & Susannah Post.
Alburtus Vandewaters & Patty Seman.
Gilbert Hartt & Hannah Smith.
John Pettero & Mary Smith (Peltero).
Joseph Smith & Catherine Havens.
Henry Smith & Jemima Smith.
John Seman & Mary Hart.
Timothy Bennet & Martha Titus.
Joseph Heviland & Mary Hawkings.
David Ruland & Phebe Oakerley.
John Duglas & Hannah Rogers.
David Smith & Sal Corah.
Peleg Wood & Esther Brush.
Eliphalet Jarvis & Susannah Wood.
Thomas Rogers & Rebecca Smith.
Jonathan Mills & Rachel Hawkings.
John Brush & Experience Piatt.

1786
John W. Bishop & Lata Bunce.
George Norton & Mary Terry.
Elkanah Conkling & Mary Lewis.
Samuel Smith & Patience Havens.
Eliphalet Arthur & Briget Scudder.
Barnabas Reeve & Hannah Smith.
Jacob S. Carll & Freelove Carll.
Ezekel Ketcham & Biah Griffith.
Chancy Rice & Abigal Garrod.
Jacob Bell & Nancy Terry.
Thomas Wicks & Hannah Pettit.
Joseph Mapes & Amy Nuton.
Jacob Taylor & Mary Clark.

David Brown & Rogers, Zoph'' Ruland's ^ daugh-

ter. (?)
Samuel Jackson & Treeny Brinkerhoof.
David Driggs & Keziah Soper.

1787
Moses Scudder & Jemima Lewis.
Wm. Hudson & Mary Woodhull.
Timothy Carll & Ruth Smith.

138 Marriages and Baptisms Performed by the Rev. Joshua Hartt, [Apri

1787

Jan. 25. T. Whithead Gildersleeve & Rebecca Ketcham.

Feb. 5. Nathan Bunce & Hannah Wood.

Feb. 27. Jesse Sammis & Rhoda Rogers.

Aug. 19. John Doxy & Jane Tatterson.

Aug. 19. Samuel Doughty & Hannah Tatterson.

Aug. 22. Jonas Mills & Elizabeth Smith.

Nov. 14. John Conkling & Martha Smith.

Nov. 26. Sylvanus Pettit & Abigail Fowler.

Nov. 27. Wm. Post & Abigail Floyd.

Dec. 9. John Williams & Elizabeth Shank (or Skank).

1788
Jan. 3. Capt. John Wicks & Sarah Mills.
Jan. 3. Elisha Smith & Susannah Woodhull.
Jan. 9. Plott Willetts & Amy BufEet.
Feb. 20. Thos. Ketcham & Anna Oakerly.
March 2. Joseph Jackson & Suke Durling.
March 23. Gilbert Fleet & Sarah Scudder.
March 23. Phillip Dowe & Amy Weeks.
March 23. Cornelius Stage & Jemima Willets.
Oct. 7. William Hallock & Ruth Hawkings.
Nov. — Thomas Hallock & Hannah Conkling.
Nov. — John Vandewaters & Abigail Valentine.

1789
Jan. 15. Jonas Wicks & Phebe Muncy.
Jan. 20. Ebenezer Clock & Nancy Ackker.
Feb. 24. Col'n Strong & Elizabeth Carll.
March 4. Stephan Griffith & Anna Ruland.
March 11. Thomas Higby & Hannah Scudder.
March 24. Daniel Davis & Johannah Robins.
April 7. Piatt Rogers & Phebe Jarvis.
June 28. Joel Gildersleeve & Loranah Dennis.
July 28. Stephen Jayne & Eunice Smith.
July 30. Philetas Snedecor & Sarah Seman.
Oct. 20. Jno. Rainer & Abigail Valentine.

1790
Jan. 16. Ebenezer Wicks & Phebe (Hill?) (Higby?).
Jan. 26. Nath'l. Kelsey & Freelove Bryant.
Jan. 26. Jonah Bishop & Nancy Arthur.
Jan. 26. Daniel Weeks & Mary Wood.
Jan. 26. Joseph Skillman & Mary Scudder.
Feb. I. Jacob Townsend & Freelove Ketcham.
Feb. 3. Nath'l Debois & Clarrisa Williams.
Feb. 15. Woodhull Smith & Doritha Smith.
Feb. 17. Augustin Jarvis & Maitha Denton.
Feb. 25. Isaac Smith & Hannah Smith.
March 2. Joseph Gold & Rachel Buffet.
March 16. Thomas Bell & Charity Langdon.
March 16. John Floyd & Elizabeth Blydenburgh.
April 14. Eliphalet W. Carll & Else Rogers.

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139

1790

April 15. Abel Rogers & Mary Nostran.

May 4. Joseph Jayne & Sarah Van Wyck.

May I. Joseph Jarvis & Phebe Car 11.

May 6. Samuel Blicker & Ketcham.

May 9. John Rogers & Anna Piatt.

June 13. Wessel Stnith & Mary Akerly.

July — One couple at Stillwater, names unknown.

Oct. 3. Jacob Bur & Phebe Carpenter.

Oct. 17. Jonas Wood & Elizabeth Taylor.

Oct. 17. Jacob Bryant & Charlotte Scidmore.

Oct. 31. David Bryant & Rebecca Fleet.

Oct. 31. Nathaniel Jarvis & Jemima Gildersleeve.

Nov. 9. Aguston Akerly & Rebecca Udle.

Nov. 9. Nathaniel Akerly & Esther Higby.

Dec. 6. James Rcnady & Sarah Beedle (Kenady?).

Dec. 7. Elias Baly & Phebe Chichester.

Dec. 14. Eliphalet Smith & Keziah Terry.

Dec. 15. JefEery Hartt & Lettie Vail.

Dec. 15. Ebenezer Smith & Margaret Jarvis.

1791

Jan. 26. Epenetus Bryant & Phebe Smith.

Jan. 26. Eliphalet Bunce & Abigail Jarvis.

Feb. 6. Wm. Garret & Sarah Smith.

Feb. 13. James Hawx & Elizabeth Oakerly.

March 5. Lemuel Jarvis & Wiser.

April 5. Strong Conkling & Ruth Smith.

April 5. Epenetus Sammis & Pene Luis.

May 12. Scudder Valentine & Debera Oakerly.

May 15. Palladore Wisener & Mary Blydenburgh.

July 3. Thomas Crouch & Sarah West.

July 14. Micha Hill & Hepzibah Lint (or Liset).

July 20. Benj. Tiler & Hannah Jayne.

July 25. Thomas Akerly & Phebe Garod.

July 31. Thomas Jervis & Rebecca Piatt.

Oct. 18. Isaac Newton & Susannah Smith.

Oct. 22. John Smith & Doritha Smith.

Dec. 10. Thomas Blydenburgh & Anner Wheeler.

Dec. 22. Elkanah Cornish & Ruth Wicks.

Dec. 25. John Akerly & Deborah Smith.

Dec. 28. Youngs P. Scudder & Hannah Bryant.

1792

Jan. I. Daniel Ketcham & Jemima GrifHs.

Jan. 15. Robert Rogers & Elizabeth Bryant.

Jan. 15. Elkanah Bunce & Lavina Jarvis.

Jan. 16. Nathaniel Skidmore & Esther Soper.

Jan. 18. David C. Bryant & Ruth Bryant.

Jan. 19. Oliver Ketcham & Elizabeth Scidmore.

Feb. 2. Samuel Carll & Trifena Carll.

Feb. 15. Nathan Totten & Ruth Sammis.

1 40 Marriages and Baptisms Performed by the Rev. Joshua Hartt, [April

1792
March i. Isaac Arthur & Mary Smith.
March 14. Isaac Ketcham & Sebella Smith.
March 20. Zebulon Robbins & Sarah Numan.
March 25. Capt. John Wickes & Deborah Vail.
April I. Epentus Smith & Temperance Ketcham.
April 2. Henry Smith & Jemima Terry.
April 5. Samuel Dow & Elizabeth Burr.
April 8. Arnold Fleet & Ketura Baldwin.
May 15. Wm. Brown & Ruth Terry.
June — Eliphalet Sammis & Mary Jarvis.
June — Philetus Piatt & Contenby Sammis.
June — Nicholas Smith & Mary Scidmore.

June — J. Shadbolt & Abbet.

Nov. — Epenetus Smith & Elizabeth Smith.

Dec. 6. Henry LefEert & Sammis.

Dec. 22. Richard Blydenburgh & Deborah Smith.
Dec. 26. Christopher Trim & Amy Batto.
Dec. 26. Thomas Gildersleeve & Anna Wood.
Dec. 30. Zachariah Rogers & Charitha Whitman.

1793
Jan. 6. Jacob Mot & Mary Buffet.
Jan. 6. Jesse Conkling & Hannah Ketcham.
Jan. 10. George Levis & Mary Brown.
Jan. 30. Thomas Gould & Abigail Sammis.
Feb. 3. Zophar Ruland & Milison Baly.
Feb. 14. Aaron Higby & Martha Weeks.
Feb. 14. Joseph Whitman & Abigail Berry.
Feb. 16. Jonithan Jarvis & Deborah Whison.
Feb. 16. John M'^Galpin & Elizabeth Rogers.
Feb. 20. Elijah Wicks & Elizabeth Rogers.
March 11. Theodorus Weeks & Margret Davis.
March 16. Sam'l Smith & Paninah Buccannon.
March 17. Nath'l Whitman & Experience Rogers.
March 23. Gilbert Wicks & Sarah Titus (?) perhaps Brush.
April 4. Jesse Schofel & Elizabeth Squires.
May 5. Joseph Higby & Fanny Liset.
May 19. Jesse Bryant & Ruth Willets.
June 16. Auguston Jarvis & Charity Piatt.
June 17. Eneas Smith & Elizabeth Bunce.
Aug. 4. Timothy Scidmore & Peggy Soper.
Sept. I. Joseph Burr & Elizabeth Jackson.
Sept. 4. James Hill & Sarah Rodgers.
Oct. 7. Hubbart Conkling & Sibbel Meed.
Oct. 19. Joshua Smith & Ruth Smith.
Oct. 21. Nathan Smith & Elizabeth Conkling.
Dec. — Jacob Rogers & Elizabeth Hartt.

1794
Jan. 30. Peter Ruland & Jerusha Scudder.
Feb. 17. Nathaniel Havens & Rebecca Havens.
March 23. Stephen Brown & Elizabeth Combs.

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141

March 23.

June

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Aug.

12.

Aug.

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Sept.

13-

Sept.

14-

Sept.

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Dec.

12.

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22.

Dec.

24.

Dec.

31-

Jan.

13-

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II.

Feb.

1 1.

Feb.

12.

Feb.

12.

Feb.

28.

March 21.

Aug.

20.

Aug.

29.

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21.

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28.

Feb.

II.

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20.

Feb.

22.

March 9.

March 12

March 25

April

[ 10.

Aug.

14.

June

Oct.

19-

Oct.

24.

Nov.

28.

Dec.

28.

1794

— Combs.

Elikim Brush & S-
Icabod Bedel & Jayne Higby.
Phlonder Johnson & Esther Lockwood.
Philip Kellam & Mary Lockwood.
Jonas Gildersleeve & Dansy Holft.
Jacob Smith & Margret Scidmore.
Dan'l Chichester & Aner Allaby. -^
Lemuel Allaby & Jayne Stratton.
Wm. Taylor & Tabitha Nicols.
Stephen Gildersleeve & Ony Smith.
Wm. Rugyard & Frances Hart.
Ebenezer Rogers & Phebe Seaman.
Richard Haux & Nelly Hendrickson.
Moses Rogers & Rachel Rogers.
Daniel Brown & Mary Bunce.

1795
Timothy Scudder & Rachel Nicols.
Elkanah Piatt & Prudence Wood.
Daniel Oakerly & Mary Baldwin.
Samuel Wicks & Sinda Howell.
Jesse Scudder & Mary Brian.
David Scidmore & Sarah Brian.
Robert Degrove & Mary Smith.
Isaac Blydenburgh & Susannah Smith.
Joshua Smith & Rebecca Willets.
George Burton & Amy Ruland.
Melancton Townsand & Sarah Ireland.

1796
Moses Blatchly & Sarah Bryan.
Arzel Bryan & Mary Scidmore.
Jonah Bishop & Hannah Pederick.
Ebenezer Bryan & Ruth Ketcham.
Oliver Young & Sarah Davis.
Israel Wood & Mary Muncy.
Benj. Van Wike & Mary Dingy.
Philetus Hartt & Mary Conkling.
Samuel Smith & Phebe Wheeler.
Jacob Ketcham & Hannah Ruland.
Epenetus Smith & Rhoda Oakerly.
Abraham Smith & Nancy Bunce.
Matthew Gardenner & Phebe Bunce.
Wm. Blydenburgh & Sarah Arthur.
Ebenezer Chichester & Mary Ogdan.
Pratt Derye & Rebecca Piatt.
Richard Blydenburgh & July Smith.
Jeams Brown & Phebe Pederick.

David L'Homidue & .

Elkana Smith & Mary Arthur.
Fordham Burtis & Elizabeth Scidmore.
Phinehas Sills & Rebecca White.

142 Marriages and Baptisms Performed by the Rev. Joshua Harlt, [April,

Jan.

10.

Jan.

14.

Jan.

16.

Jan.

18.

Jan.

18.

Jan.

18.

Jan.

18.

Jan.

24.

Feb.

.s.

March 7.

March 26.

April

19.

June

21.

July

Aug

27.

Sept.

24.

Sept.

24.

Oct.

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Nov.

19.

Dec.

17-

Jan.

14-

Feb.

March 4.

May

12.

July

Sept.

18.

Nov.

22.

Dec.

Feb.

24.

Feb.

24.

March 10.

April

15-

April

21.

April

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May

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Aug.

Nov.

17-

Jan.

18.

Jan.

23.

Feb.

1797

Samuel Smith & Susannah Udle.

Jonas Weeks & Sarah Carman.

David Wheeler & Mary Totten.

Peter Weeks & Mary Smith.

Silas Muncy & Sarah Higby.

Jonas Brush & Rachel Weeks.

Samuel Strong & Ruth Carll.

Abel Ketcham & Hannah Bunce.

Philetus Ketcham & Phebe Oakerly.

Abraham Miller & Sarah Akerly.

Elias Pine & Phebe Smith, Hempstead.

Selah Ketcham & Sarah Smith.

Gilbirt Sammis & Elizabeth Gildersleeve.

Jeremiah Smith & Rebecca Gildersleeve.

Whitehead Rainer & Mary Seaman, Hempstead.

Benjamin Rainer & Rebecca Carrier, Hempstead.

Joseph Morral & Hannah Allen, Hempstead.

Pen Weeks & Elizabeth Carman.

Latin Simonson & Elizabeth Valentine.

Daniel Latten & Lette Pettit.

1798
George Pettit & Elizabeth Lose (or Loie).
Azariah Wicks & Sarah Ireland.
Plat Soper & Deborah Lockwood.
Daniel Kelcy & Elizabeth Bryant.
Joseph Smith & Hannah Simonson.
Zephaniah Ketcham & Ruth Rogers.
Charles Hubbs & Freelove Wickes.
John Tredwel & Abigail R. Smith.

1799
Gilbert Akerly & Deborah Okes.
Thos. Rushmore & Jayne Seaman.
James Carpenter & Elizabeth Vandewaters.
Sylvanus Baldwin & Amy Wright.
Eliphalet Bunce & Hannah Jarvis.
Stephan Wood & Sarah Durlin.
Micah Hartt & Anna Lewis.
William Flower & Margaret Mot.
Thomas R. Smith & Hannah Oakes.

John & Anna Blacks (i. e. Colored).

Isaac Rainner & Phebe Smith.
Wm. Pettit & Elizabeth Pettit.
Benjamin Ketcham & Elizabeth Mulford.
Joseph Thurston & Margret Rodes.

1800
Alexander Bryant & E. Catharne Hartt.
John Simonson & Elizabeth Totten.
John R. Smith & Elizabeth Smith.
Lot Vandewaters & Anna Baker.

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143

1800

Feb. I. Thomas Ireland & Jemima Briant.

Feb. 15. Isaac Scudder & Sarah Hartt.

-March 2. Thos. Roberson & Deborah Vail.

March 19. Daniel Rogers & Mary Ketcham.

April 19. Israel Smith & Abigail Briant.

April 19. Fleet Bimce & Elizabeth White.

May 24. William Eldard & Margaret Pettit.

May 24. Daniel Reeve & Susannah Sills.

June 29. Josiah Pederick & Sarah Ruland.

Aug. 24. Joseph Dow & Sarah Jarod.

Oct. 19. Nicholas Jarvis & Sarah Wheeler.

Oct. 22. Gilbert Bryant & Mary Conkling.

Oct. 26. Joseph Hedges & Lavina Place.

Nov. 22. Jno. Burger & Elizabeth Gail.

Nov. 22. Edward Sprag & Catty Place.

Nov. 23. Stephan Durling & Anna Smith.

1801

Jan. 4. William Fish & Nancy Lewis.

Feb. 10. John Vail & Sarah Smith.

May 7. Elias Mulford & Hannah Smith.

May 24. Carman Rushmore & Ruth Pine.

July 5. Nathaniel Seaman & Mary Demot.

Aug. 2. John Flower & Elizabeth Drawyer.

Aug. 13. J. L. H. & T. S. .

Aug. 16. Stephan Hewlet & Hannah Langdon.

Aug. 30. Richard Post & Sarah Eldard.

Aug. 30. Stephan Voruss & Rachel Baly.

Nov. 8. Abraham Ramson & Sarah Woolle.

Nov. 22. Benjamin Gildersleeve & Nancy Rainer.

Nov. 30. Stephen Abet & Jemima Bishop.

Dec. 6. Isaac Post & Sarah Seaman.

Dec. 19. Robt. Nostrand & Mott.

Only fifteen couples ye last year married.

1802

Jan. 20. Tredwell Ruland & Phebe Arthur.

April II. James R. Smith & Mary Pratt.

May 27. Jacob Piatt & Lavinah Rogers.

Nov. 21. Ezekel Mot & Elizabeth Nostran.

Only four couples married ye last year.

1803

Jan. 16. John Burtis & Phebe R. Smith.

Feb. 15. Nehemiah Sammis & Catrenehi Yon (?) or Hon (?)

March 2. Edmund Briant & Sarah Scudder.

March 2. Alexander Smith & Sarah Brown.

April 23. Samuel Allen & Rachel Buffet.

June 5. Thomas Pettit & Ann Brewer.

Aug. II. James Cealler & Mary Pederick.

Dec. 9. Joseph Piatt & Mary Akerly.

Dec. 18. J. Scidmore Wright & Elizabeth Pettit.

Dec. 18. James Burtis & Melly Wright.

10 ( To be continued.)

144 Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [April,

THACHER-THATCHER GENEALOGY.

By John R. Totten,

Member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society and New England
Historic-Genealogical Society.

(Continued from Vol. XLII.. p. 90, of the Record.)

Note : I deem it desirable here to state that the Hon.
Peter' Thacher (Hon. Stephen,' Rodolphus," Peter/ Rev. Ralph,'
Rev. Thomas,' Rev. Peter,^ Rev. Peter'), of Newton, Mass., born
October 14th, 1810, died October 21st, 1894, for many years
previous to his death devoted much time and money in en-
deavoring to clear up the record of the English origin of the
Yarmouth-Boston Thacher family, as well as to collect a definite
record of the Thachers in the United States.

On May i8th, 1882, he published a small pamphlet, in which
he foreshadowed the conclusions which I have arrived at in
compiling the English record of this family. His son, Stephen
Thacher, Esq., of Boston, Mass., fell heir to the manuscript
collections of his father relating to the Thacher family, and was
so extremely courteous and considerate as to allow me to have
temporary possession of the same during the period of my
compilation of the English origin and genealogy of the family.

Hon. Peter' Thacher was much aided in his work by Miss
Julia W. Redfield of Pittsfield Mass., who most generously
presented to me her entire manuscript bearing upon her study
of Thachers in England and the United States. In collecting
the English records of the family, Hon. Peter' Thacher was also
assisted greatly by Mr. J. Henry Lea, the American genealogist
who has made and still does make a specialty of unravelling
knotty questions of English ancestry; and the result of his
research, made himself in England, as submitted to Hon. Peter'
Thacher, was so complete and satisfactory as to be invaluable to
me, in connection with my own search, in enabling me to draw
the definite conclusions which characterize my chapters on the
English origin and genealogy of the Thacher family. I desire
here to acknowledge the excellence of the work of my pre-
decessors in this field, and to record, in the name of those of
Thacher blood, the debt due to Hon. Peter' Thacher and to Miss
Redfield for clearing this field of many preliminary obstacles;
and to likewise record my endorsement of Mr. Lea's exhaustive
and clearly submitted reports upon the result of his search in
England bearing upon the Thacher family. — j. r. t.

Notes Concerning the Record of Hon. Col. John^ Thacher.

Note i: The verses composed by Hon. Col. John^ Thacher under date of
August 30th, 1683, comprise some 322 lines, a full copy of which may be
seen in the manuscript Thacher Genealogy compiled by Hon. George

igii.] Thacker-Thatcher Genealogy. 1 45

Thacher of Biddeford, Maine (1754-1824), one of the rare copies of which may
seen in the Library of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
The verses are not of any poetic merit but form a fair example of the verbose
and unduly extended emotional eulogy which bereaved ones of those times
indulged in rehearsing the virtues of their departed dead. We append here
below only such extracts from these verses as possess distinct genealogical
value, the extracts given bearing full evidence of the literary and metric
value of the entire effusion. Marrying as he did just four months after de-
livering himself of such an extensive and enthusiastic eulogy, many might be
excused for suspecting the author of some degree of exaggeration of his real
sentiments; but in justice to his memory let it be borne in mind that he was
the father of a family of seven young children who much needed a woman's
care and thus the force of circumstances undoubtedly aided a distinctly pro-
nounced preference in the selection of his second help-mate.

The verses, extracts from which are here below quoted, were bequeathed
by Hon. Col. John' Thacher to his children accompanied by the following
letter of explanation and advice, viz.:

"Here you may find a few broken leaves which I leave to your con-
sideration, my children; in which you have some brief and short hints of
things and passages which your poor father more largely descanted upon in
the time of his melancholy mourning hours for his exceeding great loss of his
most dear and loving wife, and your dear and tender mother, who went from
this sinful weary world to those mansions of joy and rest prepared by her
Lord and Christ for her on the 15th day of July about eleven or twelve o'clock
in the night in the year 1683; she being as I count within one day of 41 years
of age. Proverbs, 18. 'My son, bear the instructions of thy father, and forsake
not the law of thy mother.'

These lines which here are left of me

May speak when I no more shall be

And also you in mind may put

Of that which else may be forgot.

Your greatly affectionate father

J. T."
Extracts from Verses.

" When I was young and a mate did Of which bereaving stroke I speak

need. The heart of my dear.wife did break.'"

To God I went me to succeed; * * *

Who graciously did me guide, "Five weeks and then twas taken home

So that a virtuous maid I spied, Methinks I hear the mother mourn

Rebecca Winslow was her name, Her little Mary gone to rest,

Brought up in family of fame Soquickly snatched from tenderbreast.

For Godliness and piety This cost' tender mother many sith,

To 'which place I went speedily And helped shorten her precious life,

[This probably means Marshfield] Me thinks 1 hear her still to say,

Where I obtained help meet for me. \ shan't make much delay.

Such jewels now how rare they be; Before that with my sweet babe, I

She young and fair, a comely one Shall be with Christ, eternally."

She is now gone. I'm left to mourn. * * *

My case most sad and desolate <.v„» .1,= i 1 ^a t n^A »« . „

T> Tu i.„.j ~.« Yet then 1 begged or God to spare

Because I have lost my tender mate. ,, „u;ij a •*„ „ j .

2- ,, . . J Ti J My children and my wife so dear:

rul twenty years and one I had n .rvui r jut

T-i ■ i 1 ■ 1 1 J 1 J But Oh I was so dull 1 see

This mate which always made me glad ,. •,„ j „uij ,v,„ v,„.u ,, k^

V.n n«d In nH^,,-«f^ ih, .rnr, ^y Wife and child they both must be

Yea, and to add unto the score "^^ "";, h .u ^^T^^ „»

T-.. \j .. J ■ J 1 7- J By crue death removed from me.

Eight months and nine days she lived i./„ „,■ „ . .„„,„ „„ \a . .,„„;i

•=" ■' My cries and tears could not avail

Ti. ""'Z^' , ,, , . The time was come, death must pre-

J hese two sums do complete the time •, ' '^

. . . _ . . ^ ... vail

ese tw(
In which Rebecca, she was mine.

To cut down that most pleasant vine
* * * Which did flourish in this house of

"For, in the month of September, last, mine.

On seventh day as I it cast. Full furnished now with fruit she goes

My little babe away was took To blessed grave there to repose."

When it most pleasingly did look. * * *

146 Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [April,

"Oh! dismal was the night, I say "My wife, Rebecca, leaves to me

That fol lowed July's fifteenth day Peter, her eldest son, was he

Such dismal loss 1 did sustain My first born, a child of prayer,

That puts me to most grievous pain, God make him of heaven an heir.

Her dying groans they pierced my Josiah next did quickly come,

heart; OhI God, make him a blessed son

I feel within my breast the smart Rebecca, eldest daughter, she

Of this sharp cutting chastisement Her mother's name do bear to me.

Which Thou, my Father dear, hast Oh! that her mother's virtues she

sent." May inherit continually.

■1^ if if Bethiah comes the next in place

To whom God will give his free grace.

"The children she hath left with 7ne John his father's name do bear

They are daughters four and sons To which his mother rejoiced to hear;

three ; And as his name grace do signify

The other two are in the grave, Grace gave him to live eternally.

Where they their quiet resting have Elizabeth is next in count.

With their dear mother where they lie, God grant her faith aloft may mount.

In silent grave most quietly, Hannah she the number do complete

Their souls in bliss, Christ's arms For her I beg thy mercy great,

within And now, Oh! Lord, viy sons all three

While we are here committing sin." Let them be always blest of Thee;

And these four daughters of mine

* * * Oh! God, let they for aye be thine."

An Acrostic.
"Righteous ones they haste away
Earth no longer this saint must stay ;
Blest she was while she lived here,
Each one laments thee now my dear.
Christ was her all, God was her fear
And to his Gospel she gave ear;
Her delight was in saints communion

'Twas great while she was her journey on.

Home now she's gone to return no more

And she's safe arrived at the other shore,

Choice pleasures now she doth enjoy

Heaven is the place where she rests for aye.

Ever to be with Christ her friend

Rejoicing world without an end.

August 30*, 1683."
The value of this effusion from the pen of Hon. Col. John' Thacher from a
genealogical standpoint is as follows : It fixes specifically his ist wife's bap-
tismal name as Rebecca. It states that he went away from his home to be
married; and although we have no existing record of the place of his marriage,
it is a fair presumption that he went to Marshfield where his bride's parents
lived. In fact Hon. George Thacher, in his genealogy of the Thachers, before
referred to, specifically states that the marriage took place in Marshfield; which
statement was made from information obtained from reliable sources by him
over a hundred years ago. It fixes also the date of his i" marriage specifically;
for Rebecca his l" wife died July 15"', 1683; and 21 years, 8 months and q days
the time she was his wife places the date of her marriage at November 6"", 1661,
as I have given it. The verses also establish the fact that he had g children by
his 1" wife, 7 of whom were living at her death; and he gives therein their
names in order of their birth as we have them recorded. The ninth (g"") child,
sex not given, as we have recorded it, was in all probability the i" born and was
prob.ably born between 1661 and 1665, and probably died at birth or in early
infancy as we have no mention of its name in the verses.

Note No. 2. Family tradition furnishes us with an interesting anecdote
relating to the first and second wives of Hon. Col. John' Thacher, which is as
follows: On his return to Yarmouth from Marshfield with his first bride and
company, they stopped at the house of Captain John Gorham at Barnstable.

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In the merry conversation with the newly married couple, an infant was brought
into the room, about three weeks old, and Mr. Thacher was informed the child
had been born on such a night; he replied that it was the very night on which
he was married; and taking the child in his arms he presented it to his bride
saying: "Here, my dear, is a little lady born the same night that we were
married; I wish you would kiss it, as I intend to have her for my second wife."
"I will, my dear," she replied "to please you, but I hope it will be a long time
before you have that pleasure!" so taking the babe, she kissed it. This jesting
prediction was eventually verified. Mr. Thacher's first wife Rebecca Winslow
died, and the child Lydia Gorham, arriving at mature age actually became his
2°'' wife January i", 1683-4. Upon the death of his first wife July 15"", 1683,
Hon. John^ Thacher was plunged into what seemed to be hopeless grief and
composed to her memory an eulogistic poem of many lines under date of Aug-
ust so"", 1683. Yet so capable is the human heart of healing, and so remarkable
was his recuperative powers that on January i", 1683-4, he was married again
and his second bride was the baby of the tradition (then become a young lady.)
The family tradition goes on to relate the interesting manner of, and incidents
connected with, his winning his second wife. After the death of his first wife
Mr. Thacher while riding one day through Barnstable, saw a horse belonging
to his son Peter tied to a tree in front of Capt. Gorham's residence; and as a
thoughtful parent is inclined, he went in to see what his son was doing. He
found that his son had made considerable advance in his suit for the hand
of Lydia Gorham (the infant of the foregoing narrative) whom he Col. John'
had predicted he would have for his second wife; and whether it was on account
of the aforesaid prophecy or because his attention had been attracted to the
young lady before, he took his son Peter aside and offered him ten pounds old
tenor, and a yoke of black steers, to induce him to abandon his suit. Tradition
does not state whether Peter was an obedient son and accepted the offer, or
whether his father succeeded in spite of his rival. The date of birth of Lydia
Gorham, 2'"' wife of Hon. Col. John' Thacher is variously given as follows;
Allen's Thacher Genealogy pp. 33-34 gives the date as November 6, 1661 ;
Plymouth Colony Records Vol. VIH, p. 44 and Savage's Gen. Die. Vol. H, p.
281 gives it as November ii"^, 1661; and N. E. His. Gen. Reg. Vol. LH, p. 358
gives it as November 16"", 1661. Which of these dates is absolutely correct I
will not attempt to state but inasmuch as John' Thacher specifically states in his
verses that he was married November 6"', 1661, and inasmuch as the very old
story as given above states that Lydia Gorham, the baby of the narrative, was
born on the day John' Thacher married Rebecca Winslow, I have recorded
Lydia Gorham's date of birth as November 6, 1661.

Will of Hon. Col. John' Thacher.

Note 3. "In the name of God, Amen, I, John Thacher of Yarmouth, in
the County of Barnstable, in New England, considering my age and near
approach to death, and being at this time threw the mercy of God to me of
disposing mind and memory; do make and ordain this my last will and testa-
ment.

In manner and form following:

First. I comitt my spirit to God that gave it, and my body to ye Earth
from whence it was taken, believing that at ye Last Day they shall be reunited
together again; and that this very body which I now lay down in the Dust being
kept by the mighty power of Christ Jesus shall be raised up again at ye Last
Day; and being reunited to my Soul shall appear before his Tribunal seat, who
having of his own free Grace and more mercy in Jesus Christ by the Blood of
his soul done away all my sin, yea he, by himselfe being once offered hath
purged away all my sins and sanctified me by that once offering of his body,
will raise it up a Glorious Body that both Soul and body may reign with him in
Glory forever Amen. And as for my temporal and outward estate which it hath
pleased God to lend me, as Housings, lands, goods and chattels I do order, give
and dispose ye same in manner following, that is to say; — first, I will that all
my Debts which I owe in Right or conscience to any person whatsoever shall
be well and truly paid and satisfyed by my Executors hereafter named in con-
venient time after my Decease out of my moveable estate.

lOA

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Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Peter Thacher and to his heirs
and assigns forever, a piece of marsh lying att ye west of ye Neck pasture
bounded northerly by the way that leads into ye Loane Tree furlong and ye
crick yt runs down betwixt that and Joseph Howes his meadow, and on ye other
side by the creek that runs betwixt that and John Hallett's marsh up southeast-
ward to a small creek or gutter and so up from ye creek straight to a white oake
tree marked on two sides, and thence on a straight line northward across the
point of upland to a strip which is hollow on ye west side a flat rock lymg close
to ye hollow thereof, and westward by ye foresaid way to ye meadow aforesaid,
and that he my son and his heirs and assigns shall forever att their own cost
and charge make and maintain all ye fence that shall belong thereto and that
the way unto ye same shall ever be att ye corner by said stump. I do also give
to my said soti Peter, Perkins first volume or booke and my great book called
"ye Christians Warfare;" as also my cradle and bearing blanket which he has
in possession.

Item: I do give to 7ny son John Thacher and to his heirs and assigns for-
ever, my land att Plainfield, in ye County of New London, or that which Mr.
James Fitch hath sett out according to my agreement with him, in exchange
for that in Plainfield aforesaid; as also two acres of Creek Stuff and broken
marsh next to Joseph Gotham's where Thomas Haddaway hath used to mow,
with privilege of flooding it up to the Drying Ground at Greean Hill after the
grass is mown; and also liberty of way to cart it away; and also ten shares in the
third division of ye Comons and undivided Lands and meadows within the
township of Yarmouth. Furthermore, I do give to him, my son, John my gold
ring with a seal that was my father's and Perkins 3"* volume or book and Ains-
worth's Annotations, as also a piece of marsh lying on ye north side of ye way
that leads into ye Lone Tree Furlong containing about one acre and a half.

Item: I give unto ye male heirs of my son Josiah Thacher, deceased, that
lot the Close which I intended for him my said son as it is now inclosed by ye
Great Ditch in the Swamp and my son Peter's fence on ye westward side and
by my fence on ye northwest, and by ye present fence eastward and southward;
provided that they shall and do annually winter and summer make and keepe
up a sufficient fence (by sufficient fence I mean such as shall keep out swine,
cattle and horses) where now it is, beginning at the great ditch westward and
extending eastward and northward to the half part of ye whole from the said
ditch to ye North end of ye cross fence; and that if occasion shall be hereafter
they shall draw back westward to the east corner of his fence by ye Highway,
westward to a stump in said fence for an outlett to pass and repass to and from
my house to ye highway, and also if it happen that they the said heirs or their
heirs or assigns shall see cause to sell the said close during ye time of any of
my children or any one of them possessing ye land adjoining thereto on either side
thereof, they shall first offer it to him or them so joining aforesaid, and they or
any one of them paying twenty pounds to ye said heirs shall have said Close
and all the fence belonging to it and they said heirs so selling shall seal and
deliver a sufficient deed for the same ; and if neither of my children will buy,
they said heirs may sell to whom they please, which condition being observed
and performed shall according to the true intent thereof this bequest shall
stand good forever; but if otherwise it shall be utterly void and of no effect, and
as the said close was part of my homestead so it shall be again and belong to
the possession thereof anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

Item: I give and bequeath to my four sons, Judah, Joseph, Benja?nin and
Thomas their heirs and assigns forever all my housing, lands, and meadows
with all the privileges and appurtenances excepting as before, and if it pleaseth
God to take away any of them by Death before they arrive to ye age of twenty
and one years or are married, his or their part of my said housing, land and
meadow shall fall in equal part to the survivors.

Item: I give unto wy daughter, Rebecca Sturges, besides what she hath
formerly had of me as her portion, Mr. Robert Bolton's works and six shillings
more of my estate.

Item: To my daughter Bethiah Paine, I give and bequeath besides what I
have formerly given her Mr. Perkins a""" volume or book and also ten shillings
of my estate.

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Item: I give to ye children of my daughter Elizabeth Hatch, deceased
besides what 1 have formerly given to her as her portion, ten shillings of my
estate.

Item: My will is that all ye rest of my moveable Estate both within doors
and without and whatsoever is owing to me (except such utensils as are for the
management of ye Husbandry as cart, plows, yokes, chains, etc.) be equally
divided two equal parts or shares; the one half part I give and bequeath to my
lozntig wife Lydia to her dispose forever, and the other half part shall be
divided into four equal parts which I give and bequeath to my four youngest
daughters by my present wife Lydia to each one of them one equal fourth part,
they paying unto their sisters Lydia Freeman and Mary Gorham six shillings
apiece; and further my will is that 7ny wife shall have the improvement of my
housings, lands and meadows and receive the profits thereof during her being
?ny widow for her own and childrens support and att her decease or marriage
my said four sons %\i^.\\\i2i^^^e. profits thereof and shall possess the same as
they come to age to inherit; and while my said wife shall have ye profits of my
said lands, she shall keep my dwelling house in good repair, from time to time
she shall also have the use of cart, plows, yokes, chains, etc. for ye management
of ye Husbandry, she repairing and renewing of ye same as need may be for
ye use of my sons when the improvement of ye land comes to them; further /
give to ye two drummers of Yarmouth, if they be at my funeral five shillings
apiece in money, that so my children may have my weapons, though I had
much rather be decently buried without Military Ceremony.

Lastly I do now make and constitute 2mA appoint my beloved wife Lydia
and my son Peter Thacher to be Executors to this my will. And I do hereby
utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and every former testaments, wills,
legacies and bequests and executors by me in any ways before named, willed
and bequeathed, Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will
and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal this
twenty fifth day of April in ye year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred
and thirteen.

(sgdl John Thacher (seal)
Signed, sealed, published pronounced and declared by the said John
Thacher as his last will and testament in presence of us.

(sgd) Daniel Greenleaf.
(sgd) Stephen Greenleaf.
(sgd) Mary Gorham
Barnabas Lothrop, Esq., Commissionated by his Excellency ye Governor
Counsal of this her Majesty's Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New
England, to be Judge of ye Probate of Wills and for granting Letters of
Administration on ye estates of persons deceased, having goods, chattels,
, ^ rights or credits in ye County of Barnstable within ye province

(SEAL) aforesaid. To all unto whom these presents may come Greeting.
Know ye that upon ye nineteenth day of June 1713 before me at Barnstable in
ye County aforesaid ye will of John Thacher Esq. late of Yarmouth, in said
County, deceased to the presents annexed was proved and is approved and
allowed who having while he lived and att ye time of his death, goods, chattels.
Rights or Credits in the County aforesaid, and ye Probate of ye said will and
power of committing administration of all and singular the goods, chattels and
Credits of the said deceased by virtue thereof appertaining unto me. The
administration of all and singular the goods, chattels. Rights and Credits of
the said deceased and his will in any manner concerning is hereby cornmitted unto
Lydia Thacher widow, relict of ye deceased. Executrix in ye same will named
{Mr. Peter Thacher another executor in ye said will named havirig renounced
his executorship and refuseth to act therein) and she to administer the estate of
ye said deceased according thereunto, and to make a true and perfect In-
ventory of all and singular the goods, chattels. Rights and Credits of ye said
deceased and to exhibit ye same faithfully unto ye Registery of ye Court of
Probate for ye County aforesaid, and also to render a plain and true account of
said administration upon oath. In testimony whereof I have hereunto sett my
hand and ye seal of ye said Court of Probate. Dated Barnstable, ye 27"" day of
July in ye twelfth year of her Majesties Reign Anno Domini 1713.

(sgd) Barnabas Lothrop."

I JO Thacher-Thaicher Genealogy. [April,

The property of John^ Thacher, bequeathed in his above will to his son,
John* Thacher, situated in Plainfield, is found described in the following deed
which was copied direct from the Norwich, Conn., Land Records:

Norwich, Conn., Land Records, Book 2 A, page 12.

To all people to whome these Presents shall come ononeco son and heire
unto unkas deceased sachems of moheagtne in ye county of New London in
new england in america Send Greeting & know yee that I the sd ononeco for
and in consideration of the sum of five pounds unto me in hand paid by
capt John Thacher of the tow>i of yarmolh in the county of barnstable in
newing Land in america afforesaid gentleman wharewith I doe acknowlidg my
selff to be fully satisfied contented & paid & thereoff & of every part & parcell
thereof I the sd ononeco doe by these presents acquite exonerate & discharge
ihe id capt John Thacher \i\s heires exekutors and administrators & every of
them for ever Have freely & absaltuily [absolutely] bargained & sould
allienated Infeoffed & confirmed & by these presents I doe bargain sell
allienat Infeoff & confirme from me the sd ononeco & my heires unto the sd
cap' John Thacher his heires & assigns for ever all that my hundred acres of
Land that I have Lying & being on the eastwardside of qiiitiahaug riverneere
pigscomsite Laid out at first in comon with fifty acres of the land of m' John
miller two thirds of the hundred & fifty of the upland & halff the meadow in &
aioyning to the sd hundred & fifty acres of Land the sd hundred acres abuting
northwesterly on the Land of m' John miller three hundred & twenty rodds
abuting southwesterly on the comons fifty two rodds & a quarter abuting
southeastwardly on the Land of Thomas waterman & of Stephen merick three
hundred & twenty rodds at the northward end abutmg on a brooke it being
fifty two rodds in width right across the sd Land the same width the southwest
end mentioned in the thirteenth Lyne whare it is inter Lyned & halff the
meadow Land on the northan side of the sd brook between the affore mentioned
hundred & fifty acres of Land & the upland comons on the north sid of the sd
brooke at the northward end of the sd upland all that my hundred acres of
upland & meadow more or less as it is buted & bounded I the said ononeco for
and in consideration Afforesd have bargained & sould so affooresd unto the
sd Capt Thacher with all the appurtenances & privelidge thereunto belonging
& all my rights title and Interest off & into the sd bargained premises belong-
ing & every part and parcel! thereoff To have and to hould etc.

In Witness whareof The above named ononeco have hereunto seete my
hand & sealle this the 23: of aprill anno: 1686

oneco his X mark ( ) seal.

Signed sealled & Delivered

in presents of us Norwich march 4"' Anno 1689

William Backus oneco sachem of ?noheagin ack-

Simon Huntington nowlidged & signed this deed

(unto which william backus &
simon huntington ar witnesses)
before me James Fitch assis'

35. JuDAH^ Thacher (Antony^, Rev. Peter^), born at Yar-
mouth, Mass., probably, although we have no record there-
of ; date of birth ; he was always given in lists

of his father's children as junior to his brother John,^ and
hence was probably born soine time early in the 1640's. He
resided at Yarmouth and what his business or occupation
was we have no record ; he is recorded, however, as Sur-
veyor of Highways for Yarmouth. He died at Yarmouth,
November 4th, 1676, and was probably buried in Old Ceme-
tery at Yarmouth, although no stone marks his grave at
this time, nor have we ever obtained any intimation that
there ever was one. He married at Yarmouth, Mass., the

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2nd of , , the year being probably about 1666,

Mary Thornton, who was born in , England, about the

the year 1640, and died in Boston, Mass., at home of her
daughter, Mary (Thacher) Grant, November 30th, 1708,
aged 68, and was buried in Boston in Copp's Hill burying
ground, where a grave stone marks her grave. She was a
daughter of Rev. Thomas Thornton, of Yarmouth and Bos-
ton, Mass., and Mary ( ) Thornton, his wife.

Children 6 (Thacher), 3 sons and 3 daughters, all born in
Yarmouth, Mass.

4-58 i. Elizabeth,* born October , 1667; died ;

married, first, Joshua Gee ; married, second, Peter*
Thacher (Rev. Thos.^ Rev. Peter,^ Rev. Peter^),
as his third wife.

4-59 ii. Thomas,* born May l8th, 1669; died , 1701-2;

probably unmarried.

+60 iii. Mary," born March 17th, 1671 ; died , ;

married, first, Moses Draper; married, second, Jo-
seph Grant.

61 iv. Judah ist,* born 21st, 1673 (?); died Oc-

tober 6th, 1676, in infancy, and was probably
buried in Yarmouth. No stone marks his grave.

62 V. Ann,* born October 31st (last of October, not

31st specifically), 1674; died at Boston, Mass.,
September 7th, 1706, according to the manuscript
notes of the late Hon. Peter Thacher, of Newton,
Mass., whose authority for the statement is un-
known to me. She is supposed to have died un-
married, as no record of her marriage has ever
been discovered. Where she is buried is not a
matter of record.

63 vi. Judah 2nd,'' born December 7th, 1676; died

, 1705 ; he is supposed to have died unmar-
ried, as no record of his marriage has ever been
discovered ; he removed to Boston, Mass., and it
is recorded that he joined the 2nd Church there,
January 29th, 1698-9. His place of burial is un-
known. His estate was administered upon by his
brother-in-law, Joshua Gee, May 20th, 1705. He
was a seaman.

Of Judah' Thacher little is known ; he was born in Yar-
mouth, Mass., according to Freeman's Cape Cod, Vol. 11, p. 194.
In the distribution of the estate of his father, Antony^ Thacher,
he received his share of the real estate; and he lived and pre-
sumably died in Yarmouth, and according to Freeman's Cape Cod,
was buried there, November 7th, 1676. We have no record of
his birth, but he is always recorded as the junior of his brother,
John' Thacher, and hence was born subsequent to 1638-9 and,

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if as stated he was born in Yarmouth, his birth occurred prob-
ably early in the 1640's. D. W. Allen's Thacher Genealogy
says that he died November 4th, 1676; but upon what authority
he makes such statement I do not know, but taken in connec-
tion with the excellent authority of Freeman, who says that he
was buried November 7th, 1676, it is fair to presume that Allen
is correct in the date of his death as I have given it. He was
at his death then but 36 years old, a comparatively young man.

1676-7. March 6th. At Court of Assistants at Plymouth.
"Letters of administration granted by Court unto Mary, the
relict of Mr. Judah Thacher, deceased, and unto Mr. John
Thacher (his brother) and unto Nathaniel Hall to administer
the estate of the said Judah Thacher.

"Concerning the settlement of the estate of Mr. Judah
Thacher, of Yarmouth, late deceased, the Court hath ordered
that the widow shall have the whole profit of the estate, both
personal and real, until the children come to their respective
ages, for and towards the bringing up of the children ; and when
the children come of age the eldest son to have the house and
half the land most convenient to the house according to the
worth of it; and the other son to have the other half of the
lands; and his three (3) daughters to have £10 apiece out of
the personal estate ; and the remainder of the estate to the widow
forever, and the third of the profits of the land during her nat-
ural life, only if need shall require. The Court ordereth that
the two sons shall pay £5 apiece out of their estate to be paid
and disposed unto and for the bringing up of the younger chil-
dren, or unto the daughters as the Court shall see cause, and in
such convenient time as the Court shall judge meet."

1667. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 2d,

1667. "Mr. Judah Thacher, surveyor of the highways for Yar-
mouth."

1668. General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 3rd,

1668. "Mr. Judah Thacher, surveyor of the highways for Yar-
mouth."

1670. May 29th. "Mr. Judah Thacher on list of freemen
at Yarmouth, Mass."

General Court of Election at Plymouth, June 7th, 1670.
"Mr. Judah Thacher sworn as a member of the Grand Inquest."

1671. April 28th. "Mr. Judah Thacher on Coroner's Jury."
1674. October 27th. "Mr. Judah Thacher on jury for trial

of a native named Matthias for murder, prisoner acquitted."

After the death of her husband, it is thought that Mary
(Thornton) Thacher, widow of Judah^ Thacher, continued to
live in Yarmouth, Mass., until about 1690 or 1691. Her father,
Rev. Thomas Thornton, became minister at Yarmouth in 1662,
and remained as such until 1693, when he removed to Boston.
The records of the 2nd Church at Boston show that Judah^
Thacher's widow joined that Church, November ist, 1691. Ann*

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Thacher, her daughter, joined same Church May loth, 1696;
and Judah* Thacher, her son, joined it January 29th 1698-9;
and likewise her daughter, Mary* Thacher, joined it on Septem-
ber 26th, 1703. It will be noted that we have no record of her
son, Thomas* Thacher, joining that Church nor any other in
Boston ; nor is there any record of Elizabeth* Thacher, her eldest
daughter, joining the 2nd, or any other Church in Boston under
her maiden name ; but in the History of the 2nd Church, Boston,
we find that she and her husband, Joshua Gee, joined the 2nd
Church May 2nd, 1697. Hence all of Judah^ Thacher's children
who were alive joined the 2nd Church, Boston, except his son,
Thomas* Thacher; and the reason why he did not, or rather was
not able to, join said Church was that he was for many years
previous to his death, 1701-2, a captive with the Moors and died
in prison.

When Mary (Thornton) Thacher removed to Boston, she
made her home with her daughter, Mary* Thacher, who mar-
ried first, Moses Draper, and second, Joseph Grant. She con-
tinued to live in Boston until her death, which occurred No-
vember 30th, 1708, at the age of 68 ; and she was buried in Copp's
Hill Burying Ground, where a stone erected to her memory still
exists and which is thus inscribed, viz : —

"Here lyes buried ye body of Mrs. Mary Thacher,
widdow, late wife of Judah Thacher of Yarmouth,
departed this life November ye 30th, 1708, in ye
68th year of her age."

Rev. Thomas Thornton, father of Mary Thornton who
married Judah^ Thacher, came over to this country from En-
land in 1662 and settled that same year as minister of Yar-
mouth. He was rated in the tax list of Yarmouth, April 29th,
1676, at £2, IDS.; and his name appears on the list of Freemen
of Yarmouth in 1678. He remained as minister there until 1693.
In 1691 Rev. John Cotton was settled at Yarmouth as colleague
of Thomas Thornton, and in 1693 Mi. Thornton, on account of
old age and infirmity, relinquished his charge at Yarmouth and
removed to Boston, where he made his home with his son, Tim-
othy, at whose home he died February 15th, 1699-1700, at 3 P. M.

Freeman's History of Cape Cod, Vol. 11, pp. 200-1, note, thus
gives his pedigree, viz : —

1. Richard Thornton, a merchant of York, England, in 1514,
had by his wife, Jane, who was a daughter of John Norman,
of York.

2. John Thornton, who was living in 1584 at Birdforth, parish
of Coxwold, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. This John
married Anne, daughter of Christopher Tomlinson, of the
same parish, and they had

3. Thomas Thornton, who married Ellen, daughter of Per-
cival, son of Lord Lumley, and they had

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4. John Thornton, of Birdforth, in 1681, who married Grace,
daughters of Thomas Withers, of Copgrave, and who died
about 1628. They had

5. Thomas' Thornton, born about 1609, in England. This
Thomas Thornton was a Non-conformist minister in Eng-
land and eventually he emigrated to this country in 1662,
and became in that year the minister at Yarmouth. He mar-
ried in England, Mary , and had issue as follows :

i. Mary, born in England, about 1640, who married Judah'
Thacher.

ii. Anne, born in England, ; who married Nathaniel Hall.

iii. Theophilus, born in England, ; he served in the Indian

Wars in 1675-6 and then removed to Boston, and was
thereafter one of the projectors of the settlement of Wor-
cester, Mass.

iv. Thomas, born in England, ; he is supposed to have

been the schoolmaster at Weymouth.

V. Priscilla, born in England, ; who died aged about 11

years.

vi. Timothy, born in England, about 1650, as appears in a
deposition made by him July 28th, 1680, when "about 30
years old"; being about 11 or 12 when my father came
over (1662). He joined the 1st Church, Boston, Septem-
ber 17th, 1671, and continued in communion there many
years. In 1690 he was dismissed to the 2nd Church, Bos-
ton, and remained with it 23 years, when he was dis-
missed to the New North Church and continued with it
until his death. He was a wealthy shipping merchant in
Boston.

Authorities

Allen's Thacher Genealogy, pp. 33, 35, 36.

N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. XIV, p. 12.

Freeman's Cape Cod, Vols. I, pp. 14s, 338; Vol. II, pp. 188, 194-S-6, 199,
200, 201, and note 205.

Savage's Gen. Die., Vol. II, p. 292.

Plymouth Colony Records, Vols. IV, pp. 95, 149, 181, 217; V, pp. 36, 156,
217, 220, 276.

Mayflower Descendant, Vol. Ill, p. 38.

Reports of Boston Record Commission, Vol. 28, pp. 10 and 164.

Copp's Hill burial inscriptions, p. 7, No. 119.

History of 2nd Church Boston, p. 28.

Stephen Thacher, 54 Court House, Boston, Mass.

36. Bethiah' Thacher (Antony,'' Rev. Peter^), born at Yar-
mouth, Mass., probably, although we have no record there-
of; date of birth . She is always given in list of her

father's children as the youngest child and hence was prob-
ably born in Yarmouth some time in the 1640's. She resided
at Yarmouth with her parents until her marriage, which
took place presumably in Yarmouth some time about 1667
or 1668, as her ist child was born November 15th, 1669,
but we have no record of place or exact date of the marriage.

igii.] Thaclur-Thatcher Genealogy. 155

She died in Bristol, R. I., December 19th, 1725, and was
presumably buried there although no stone marks her grave.
She married Jabez Hovvland (son of John Howland and
Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland, of Pl3'mouth, Mass.), who

was born at Plymouth, Mass., date ; died at Bristol,

Rhode Island, , 171 1, or 1712, and was presumably

buried in Bristol, although no stone marks his grave. He
resided at Duxbury and Plymouth, Mass., and finally settled
in Bristol, R. I. He was a blacksmith and cooper and car-
ried on a large business. He was also an inn-keepr at
Bristol, R. I. He was a representative to the General Court
at Plymouth from Bristol. R. I., and was a selectman of
Plymouth, Mass., and Bristol, R. I., Lieutenant in Indian
Wars, and town clerk of Bristol, R. I., and also Assessor
there.

Children 11 (Howland), 8 sons and 3 daughters. First 5
born in Plymouth, rest born in Bristol.

-j-64 i. Jabez,* born November 15th, 1669; died October

17th, 1732; married Patience Stafford.

65 ii. John, 1st,* born January 15th, 1672-3; died

January i6th, 1672-3, at Plymouth and was
buried there ; no stone marks his grave

66 iii. Bethiah,* born June 3rd, 1674; died , 1676,

at Plymouth, Mass., by accidental drowning; a
Coroner's Jury returned a verdict that "she was
accidentally drowned or stifled in a tub of clothes
and water." She was buried in Plymouth, Mass.
No stone marks her grave.

4-67 iv. Josiah,* born August 6th, 1676 ; died February
8th, 1717; married Yetmercy Shove.

+68 V. John, 2nd,* born July 26th, 1679; died .

6g vi. Judah,* born May 7th, 1683; died November — ,
1683. at Bristol, R. I., and was buried there No-
vember I2th, 1683. No stone marks his grave.
70 vii. Seth,* born January sth, 1684-5 I died April — ,
1685, at Bristol, R. I., and was buried there. No
stone marks his grave.
-I-71 viii. Samuel,* born May i6th, 1686; died May 15th,
1748; married first Abigail Carey; second
"Madame" Rachel Allen.

72 ix. Experience,* born May 19th, 1687; died

"soon," "in infancy," at Bristol, R. I., and was
probably buried there. No stone marks her
grave.
-I-73 x. Joseph,* born October 14th, 1692 ; died August
i6th, 1737 ; married Bathsheba Carey.

74 xi. Elizabeth,* born ; died ; married Nathan

Townsend, of Newport, R. I.

156 Thacher-Thaicher Genealogy. [April,

Bethiah^ Thacher was in all probability born in Yarmouth,
Mass., although we have no record of the place and date of
her birth. She undoubtedly lived in Yarmouth with her parents
until her marriage, which occurred probably in that town shortly
after her father's death, which occurred in 1667; but we have
no record of the place and date of her marriage, and can only
gather a suggestion as to this date from the birth of her first
child, Jabez* Rowland, which took place November 15th, 1669.
She and her husband lived in Plymouth, Mass., until 1681, when
they removed to Bristol, R. I., where she died December 19th,
1725, and she was probably buried there, although no stone now
marks her resting place.

Jabez Rowland, husband of Bethiah' Thacher, was the sec-
ond son of John Rowland, who came over on the Mayflower on
that ship's first trip in 1620 and of his wife, Elizabeth Tilley (a
passenger on the first trip of the Mayflozucr), daughter of John
Tilley, who likewise was a passenger on the first trip of the
Mayflozver. He, Jabez Rowland, was born either in Duxbury
or Plymouth, Mass., and lived in Plymouth, Mass., until 1681,
where he and his wife were members of Rev. John Cotton's
Church, and where he was also constable. He was engaged in
military affairs and was a Lieutenant under Captain Benjamin
Church in the Indian Wars and was present at the battle in
which King Philip was killed. After the Indian Wars, in 1681,
he removed with his wife and family to Bristol (then in the
Colony of Massachusetts, it not having been joined to Rhode
Island until January, 1746-7), and settled there. His first five
children were born in Plymouth and the others in Bristol. The
Plymouth Colony Records give the following as his official rec-
ord, viz : —

1681. Jabez Howland, licensed to keep house of entertain-
ment.

1682. Jabez Howland, selectman of Plymouth.

1684. Jabez Howland, ensign in Capt. John Walley's
Company of New Bristol.

1685. Jabez Howland, selectman of Bristol.

1689. Jabez Rowland, selectman of Bristol and deputy to
General Court from Bristol.

1690. Jabez Rowland, selectman of Bristol and deputy to
Geenral Court from Bristol.

1697. Jabez Rowland, deputy to General Court from Bris-
tol (this may have been he or his son Jabez).

He was elected first Town Clerk of Bristol, November
loth, 1681, and held that office one year, and then became a
selectman, and was thereafter made an assessor. He was by
trade a blacksmith and cooper and carried on an extensive busi-
ness; he also kept a tavern. He was a member of the First
Congregational Church in Bristol. His home in Bristol stood
on what is now Hope Street. The house he occupied in Ply-

igii.] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. 1 57

mouth was still standing in 1900 and a picture of it may be seen
in "Family Records, Woolsey, Rowland and Newton," on page
88, and this house is also described in Davis' Landmarks of
Plymouth.

Jabez Howland, Senior, died and was buried in Bristol, but
no stone now marks his grave. The date of his death is not
recorded but he made his will May 14th, 1708, and it was proved
February 21st, 1712, and therefore it is presumed that he died
early in 1712 or late in 171 1. A full copy of his will can be seen
in the Mayflozver Descendant, Vol. VII, pp. 198-208.

The following is a record of the parents of Jabez Howland,
Senior, viz : —

John Howland, passenger on the Mayflower, 1620, and i6th
signer of the "Mayflower Compact," was born in England about
1592 (he was 80 years old at death). He resided at Duxbury
and Plymouth, Mass., and died at Plymouth, Mass., February
23rd, 1672, and was buried on Burial Hill, Plymouth. He mar-
ried Elizabeth Tilley (daughter of John Tilley and Elizabeth

, his wife, both daughter and father having been passengers

on the first trip of the Mayflozver in 1620).

Elizabeth Tilley was born in 1607 and died in Swansea at
the home of her daughter Lydia, wife of James Brown, on De-
cember 2ist, 1687, Wednesday, aged 81, and was buried on
Burial Hill, Plymouth, where a stone was erected to the mem-
ory of herself and husband. They had 10 children, of whom
the second son was Jabez Howland, who married Bethiah'
Thacher.

Authorities

Allen's Thacher Genealogy, p. 33.

Savage's Gen. Die, Vol. II, p. 479.

Winsor's History of Duxbury, p. 269.

Mayflower Descendant, Vols. II, pp. 70-71; III, pp. 54-57; X, pp. 65-66.

History of Bristol, R. I., by W. H. Miinro, pp. 5, 93, no, 112, 130, 384.

Vital Records of R. I., Vols. II, pp. 229, 268; VI, pp. 82-83.

Austin's Gen. Die. of R. /., p. 387.

Family Record, Woolsey. Howland, Newton, etc., pp. 88-89.

Davis' Landmarks of Plynwifth, pp. 52, 93, 138, 150.

Thacher s History of Plvmouth, pp. 128-130.

Signers of Mayflower Compact, by Miss Annie A. Haxtun, Part I, pp.
29-30 1 Part II, p. I.

Howland Genealogy, pp. 226-328.

FOURTH GENERATION.

37. Hon. Peter* Thacher (Hon. Col. John,^ Antony,^ Rev.
Peter'), born in Yarmouth, Mass., May 20th, 1665, resided
at Yarmouth, Mass. He was a statesman and judge, select-
man of Yarmouth from 1702 for five years, town treasurer
of Yarmouth from 1709 for four years. He died at Yar-
mouth, Mass., February 13th, 1736, according to his grave
stone (according to other authority on February 12th, 1736).
He was buried in Old Cemetery in Yarmouth, where a stone
marks his grave. He married at Yarmouth, Mass., (probably

1^8 Thacher-Thaicher Genealogy. [April,

as we have no record of the place of marriage), about 1692-3;
we have no record of the date of his marriage, but his first
child was born January 13th, 1693-4, from which we assume
he was married about 1692-3. He married Thankful Sturgis; 'she
was a daughter of Edward Sturgis (who was born April loth,
1624 ; died December 8th, 1678) and his w'ife, Temperance
(Gorham) Sturgis (born Maysth, 1646, at Marshfield, Mass.,
died March 12th, 1714-15), and who married as her second
husband on January 27th, 1679, Thomas Baxter. Thankful
Sturgis was born probably at Yarmouth, Mass., (where her

parents lived), , 1675, (see date of death and age at

death); before marriage she lived in Yarmouth, Mass. We
have been unable to discover the exact date or place of her
birth from the records. She died in Yarmouth, Mass., May
1st, 1745, "Aged 70," "in her 71st year" and was buried in
the Old Cemetery there where a grave stone marks her
grave. Her parents lived in Yarmouth, Mass., near the
first meeting house.

Children 7 (Thacher); 3 sons and 4 daughters, all born in

Yarmouth.

+75 i. Thankful,^ born January 13th, 1693-4; died Feb-
ruary 9th, 1768; married John Hallett.

76 ii. Peter ist,^ born December nth, 1695; died ;

"in infancy" in Yarmouth, Mass., and was prob-
ably buried there ; no grave stone.

TJ iii. Son ^ born July 20th, 1703 (about) ; died July

22nd, 1703, "two days old" in Yarmouth, Mass.,
and was probably buried there ; no grave stone.

+78 iv. Sarah,^ born February 2nd, 1708-9; died April
30th, 1762; married George Lewis.

-|-79 v. Temperance,* born September i6th, 171 1 ; died
July nth, 1736; married Seth Crocker.

+80 vi. Peter, 2nd,° born August 24th, 1712 ; died August
22nd, 177s ; married Anner Lewis.
81 vii. Hannah,^, born August loth, 1715; died June
14th, 1748, "in her 33rd year" at Yarmouth,
Mass., and was buried in Old Cemetery there,
grave stone. She was not married.

The following is a copy of a letter writen to Nathaniel Otis,
of Colchester, Conn., at the time of and concerning the death
of Hon. Peter* Thacher. The letter is somewhat torn and the
signature is missing and the year date is not given, viz : —

"Yarmouth, in the County of Barnstable, 12 February
[1735-6]. This day died here, much lamented, the Hon. Peter
Thacher, Esq., in the 71st year of his life; he was the eldest son
of the late Hon. John Thacher, Esq., of this town. Deceased
sustained several public services and Honors ; having been one
of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County in 1713,

19 1 1.] Thacher-Thatchcr Genealogy. Tjg

and one of the Judges of the Superior Court of Common Pleas
from 1702, and first Justice of that Court from 1732, and one of
His Majesty's Honorable Council several years; and so dis-
charged these trusts, and held in esteem in both public and
private life that he has left behind him a good name for his
benevolence to mankind, the integrity of his (words missing)
at Justice and doing them good, and above all for his piety to
God. As a Judge he was full of compassion, and when bold
transgressors were before him, seemed to wish their reformation
more than to delight in their punishment. As a head of a
family, was tender of his domesticks, and concerned for their
welfare and specially for their soul's interests. As a Christian,
ever humble, esteeming others better than himself; fearful of
none's miscarrying more than his own. A devout man, and one
that feared God always. In his last sickness, by which he lan-
guished under strong pains, (which he indured with profound
submission to the divine hand), he was beset awhile with griev-
ous fears which his latter hours ( torn ) removed to the

great joy of his soul that ( torn ) red and unshaken

hope of eternal glory ( torn ) passion and merit of Jesus

Christ, and had ( torn ) him no doubt an happy and joy-
ful ( balance torn off").

Note: — Since he was born in 1665 and died in the "71st
year of his life" on February 12th, we calculate 1665 -j- 70 ^
1735-6, which must be the year date of the letter, and which
from records was as we know the year of his death.

In 1716-1717, Hon. Peter'' Thatcher was appointed the
Commissioner for Barnstable County to arrange for the issu-
ing of notes for £100,000 for the Colony of Massachusetts.

In 1717-1718, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace for
Indians in Barnstable County and Nantucket. In September,
1729, he was appointed to have care and government of the
Indians within the County of Barnstable in all matter civil and
criminal ; he was authorized to appoint constables and other
proper officers amongst them. He was a representative to the
General Court of Massachusets in 1711-12, 1712-13, and in 1716-
1717. He was Town Clerk of Yarmouth from 1705 till his
death. The town records say that he died February 12th, 1735-6;
his grave stone at Yarmouth records his death as February
13th same year.

In the abstract of his will taken from the Barnstable Pro-
bate Records, dated January 6th, 1735-6, he mentions his son
Peter,'' his daughter Hannah,^ his grandson Peter Hallet. "To
my son Peter, my bed which was Mother Baxter's ;" "my son
George Lewis, my walking stick which he gave me." "To my
four (4) daughters, Thankful Hallet, Sarah Lewis, Temperance
Crocker and Hannah Thacher." Witnesses : John Thacher,
Judah Thacher, John Thacher, Jr. Letters testamentary were

l6o Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [April,

granted February 6th, 1735-6. Total Inventory £876, I7sh -|-
33 old (tenor).

The Mother Baxter mentioned in the will was his wife's
mother who first married Edward Sturgis and after his death
married a second time to Thomas Baxter on January 27th,
1679-80. Thomas Baxter died June 22, 1713, and she died March
I2th, 1714-15. Hon. Peter* Thatcher lived in the east half of
the Thacher homestead in Yarmouth.

Thankful (Sturgis) Thacher, wife of Peter* Thacher
was a sister of Desire (Sturgis) Dimmock, who married first
Capt. Thomas Dimmock, and who after his death became the
wife of John* Thacher (brother of Peter* Thacher). She was
also a sister of James Sturgis, who was the first husband of
Rebecca* Thacher, a sister of Peter* Thacher.

The will of Thankful (Stiu-gis) Thacher taken from the
Barnstable Records, dated April 30th, 1745, mentions daughters,
Thankful Hallet, Sarah Lewis and Plannah Thacher. To my
son, Peter Thacher, my gold ring. To my grandson, John Hallet,
Jr., my silver spoon. To Thomas Crocker, the only surviving
son of my daughter Temperance Crocker. Hannah^ Thacher
was executrix. Letters were granted to her May 8th, 1745.
Thankful (Sturgis) Thacher's will is the only Thacher will
recorded in Barnstable County signed by a mark in place of a
signature ; but, as the will was dated a few days before her death
it may have been weakness and not inability to write that
caused her to use a mark instead of a regular signature.

Authorities
Allen's Thacher Genealogy, pp. 34, 36, 37.
Freeman's Cape Cod, Vol. I, p. 622.
A^. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. XIV, p. 11 and note.
Stephen Thacher, 54 Court House, Boston, Mass.
Otis' Barnstable Families, Vol. 1, p. 414.

Acts and Resolves of Province of Mass., Vol. IX, pp. 172, 234, 459,
560, 571.

Hon. George Thacher's MSS., Thacher Genealogy.

38. Deacon Josiah* Thacher (Hon. Col. John,^ Antony,^ Rev"
Peter^), born at Yarmouth, Mass., April 26th, 1667; bap-
tized there on same day; he lived at Yarmouth, his home
being on his father's land ; he was a deacon in the church,
and from 1693 till his death he was a selectman in Yar-
mouth ; he died at Yarmouth, May 12th, 1701, (or 1702),
"in his 36th year" and was buried in Old Cemetery at Yar-
mouth. He married at Yarmouth, February 25th, 1690-1,

to Mary Hedge, (daughter of Elisha Hedge and Mary

of Yarmouth), who was born at Yarmouth, March ,

1671; she was 7 years old the last of March, 1678; she
was admitted to Second Church, Yarmouth, from the First

Church, August 6th, 1727; she died at ; date ; and

was buried in Old Cemetery at Yarmouth where a foot
stone marked "M. P." notes her resting place.

igii.] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. l6l

Children 5 (Thacher) ; 2 sons and 3 daughters, all born in

Yarmouth.

82 i. Anthony,* born , 1691, about; see date of

death and age at death ; died at Yarmouth, March
26th, 171 1, "in his 22nd year" and was buried
there in Old Cemetery. He was a soldier or
sailor in His Majesty's service. He was not mar-
ried. His grave stone now reads that he died
"March 26th, 171 1, in his 2nd year," which is
incorrect and due undoubtedly to the obliteration
by time of the second 2, and originally read in
his 22nd year. His father died in 1702 and even
if he had been posthumous he would in 171 1 have
been more than 2 years old. He is always re-
corded as the oldest child of his parents, and as
they were married February 25th, 1690-1, he was
born probably in 1691 or 1692, which would
make him in his 22nd year in 1711. In Vol. IX.
of Acts and Resolves of Prov. of Mass., p. 213,
we have as follows: "November 7th (1711-12).
Resolve allowing £6 to Peter Thacher: Re-
solved that the sum of six pounds be allowed
and paid out of the Public Treasury to Peter
Thacher of Yarmouth, the petitioner, in full of his
account for sickness and funeral charges of An-
thony Thacher to whom he was guardian, and
who died of sickness contracted in His Majesty's
service." (Leg. Rec. of Council IX., p. 166,
Mass. Archives'LXXL, pp. 836-7-8.

+83 ii. Rebecca, ° born ; died ; married John

Paddock.

4-84 iii. Mary,"^ born ; died ; married Joshua

Sears.

-f85 iv. Elisha,^ born , 1698; died December 6th,

1774; married Phebe Lothrop.

+86 V. Josiah,* born July 7th, 1701 ; died August 22nd,
1780; married first Ann Burne; married second
Mary (Greenleaf) Blinn.

Deacon Josiah,* Thacher died intestate and letters of ad-
ministration were granted unto his widow, Mary, December ist,
1702. As appears by his inventory, his house was located on
the land of his father in Yarmouth. In the settlement of his
estate his son, Anthony"* Thacher, is mentioned as the oldest
child. Barnabas Lothrop, Commissioner of Intestate Estates,
settled the division of his property ; giving to his wife one-third
of personal and real estate for life; two (2) parts to eldest son,
Anthony, and one (i) part each to Elisha, Josiah, Rebecca and
Mary ; widow's one-third of real estate to go at her death to chil-

1 62 Thachey-Thatcher Genealogy. [April,

dren of Deacon Josiah* Thacher. There proved to be no real
estate. Inventory taken September 7th, 1702, £113, 14s., gd.

Close by the grave of Deacon Josiah* Thacher in the Old
Yarmouth Cemetery is foot-stone or marker inscribed "M. P.,"
which is undoubtedly the marker of the grave of Mary (Hedge)-
Thacher-Paddock, who was buried by the side of her first hus-
band ; her second husband being buried in Dennis, by the side
of his first wife.

Elisha Hedge (father of Mary (Hedge) Thacher) was a son
of William Hedge, of Sandwich and Yarmouth, Mass., whose
will was dated June 30th, 1670, and proved August nth, 1670;
in which will his son Elisha is mentioned. This William Hedge
was a freeman of Lynn, Mass., May 14th, 1634; he removed to
Sandwich and thence to Yarmouth and died in 1670 ; he mar-
ried twice; his first wife's name is not known; his second wife
was Blanche, widow of Tristram Hall.

There exists quite a remarkable genealogical coincidence
between the record of Deacon Josiah^ Thacher and his nephew.
Deacon Josiah'' Thacher (Judah"). Deacon Josiah'' Thacher
died in 1702, and married Mary Hedge and was a deacon in the
Yarmouth Church. Deacon Josiah^ Thacher died in 1802 and
married another Mary Hedge, and was also a deacon in the same
church as was his uncle, Deacon Josiah'' Thacher, one hundred
years previous. This coincidence caused a perplexity among
early genealogists, which has since been cleared up by the dis-
covery of the fact of two Josiahs living at the two different pe-
riods above mentioned.

Mary (Hedge) Thacher, widow of Deacon Josiah* Thacher,
married a second time at Yarmouth, Mass., on July 29th, 1708,
to Zachariah Paddock, as his second wife; he was a son of
Zachary Paddock and Deborah (Sears) Paddock, of Yarmouth ;
he was born at Yarmouth, Mass., April 14th, 1664, and resided
in Yarmouth in that part which is now called North Dennis ; he
w^as a deputy to the General Court at Plymouth from Yarmouth
in 1709; he died at North Dennis, April 8th, 1717 (or 18) aged
54, and was buried in Dennis, Mass., near the meeting house
by the side of his first wife, where a stone marks his grave.
Zachary Paddock's first wife was Bethiah Hall, who died March
8th, 1708, aged 41 years.

Children 2 (Paddock) i son and i daughter, both born in
Yarmouth. Not in Thacher line.

i. Hannah, born August ("the middle of"), 1709; died
February 3rd, 1781 ; married February 23rd, 1728-9, to

David Howes (son of Jonathan and Sarah ( )

Howes). They lived at Dennis (then Yarmouth), Mass.,
and had 10 children, records of whose names and birth
can be seen in Mayfloiver Descendant, Vol. VI., p. 4.

ii. Anthony, born February 5th. 1710-11; died February
15th, 1731, in his 22nd year, drowned in Vineyard Sound,

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"on that very cold day ;" buried in Old Cemetery, Yar-
mouth; grave stone. He was not married.

Authorities
Allen's Thacher Genealogy, pp. 34, 37, 41.
Sears Genealogy, by S. P. May, pp. 32, 33, 34, yz, 76
N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. XIV, p. 11.
Freeman's Cape Cod, Vols. I, p. 622; II, p. 206 note.

Mayflower Descendant, Vols. Ill, pp. 246-7 ; IV, pp. 188-9 J V, p. 27 ;
VI, p. 4.

Pope's Pioneers of Mass., p. 226.

Record of the Hodges Family, by A. D. Hodges, p. 17.

Old Yarmouth Graveyard Inscriptions, p. iZ-

Hon. George Thacher's MSS. Thacher Genealogy.

39. Rebecca'' Thacher, (Hon. Col. John,^ Antony,- Rev.
Peter^), born at Yarmouth, June ist, 1669; baptized June
6th, 1669; died at Barnstable, Mass. (presumably), April
loth, 1734, aged 65, and was buried probabl}^ in Barnstable,
Mass., in Lothrop's Hill Cemetery, although no stone marks
her grave. She married, first, at Yarmouth (probably),

date of marriage ; to James Sturgis, born at Yarmouth,

Mass., , 1668-9, about (see age at death and date of

death); who resided at Yarmouth; he died at Yarmouth,
January 3rd, 1717-18, in his 49th year, and was buried in
Old Cemetery at Yarmouth, where a stone marks his grave.
He was a son of Edward Sturgis (born April loth, 1624;
died December 8th, 1678), and of his wife, Temperance
(Gorham) Sturgis, of Yarmouth, Mass. Rebecca* Thacher-
Sturgis (widow of James Sturgis) married a second time
at Yarmouth, Mass., on February 28th, 1720, probably,
although authorities state the year was 1728 (see what
follows here in regard to settlement of estate of James
Sturgis) to Ebenezer Lewis, as his second wife (his first
wife was Anna Lothrop, whom he married in 1691 ; and
who died December 26th, 1715). He was born at Barn-
stable, Mass., December 20th, 1666; he lived at Barnstable
and died there January 9th, 1759, aged 92 years, 7 months.
22 days. He was Judge of Court of Common Pleas and
Town Treasurer of Barnstable from 1713 to 1741, and was
one of the most active and intelligent business men of his
time and a man of wealth. He was a son of Lieut. James
and Sarah (Lane) Lewis of Barnstable, Mass.

Children 7 (8?) (Sturgis) i son and 6 (7?) daughters; all
born at Yarmouth. No children by her second marriage to
Ebenezer Lewis.

87 i. Rebecca,^ born October 30th, 1690; died ; as

she is not mentioned in settlement of her father's

estate, February 22nd, 1721-2; it is assumed that

she died young, not married.
+88 ii. Hannah,'' born March 3rd, 1693; died ;

married John Matthews.

IIA

164 Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [April,

-j-89 iii. Bethiah,^ born February 19th, 1695-6; died July
nth, 1769; married, first. Captain Isaac Freeman;
married, second, Captain Job Gorham.

90 iv. Temperance,^ born July 31st, 1697; died ; as

she is not mentioned in the settlement of her
father's estate, February 22nd, 1721-2, it is as-
sumed that she died young, not married.

+91 V. Thankful,^ born September 2nd, 1701 ; died
Januar)^ loth, 1721-2, "in her 22nd year"; mar-
ried Timothy Hallett, as his first wife ; she died
at birth of her first child, a daughter, who likewise
died and was buried with her in Old Yarmouth
Cetnetery, where grave stone marks their grave.
Timothy Hallett married twice again after her
death.

-)-92 vi. Elizabeth," born December , 1703 ; died June

6th, 1727 ; married Gershom Davis.

93 vii. James,"* born October 13th, 1707; died January

8th, 1724, at Yarmouth, Mass., in his 17th year;
he was drowned, and was buried in Old Ceme-
tery at Yarmouth, grave stone. Not married.

94 viii. (?) Fear," born ; died ; married

Long. Hon. George Thacher in his MSS. Thachcr
Genealogy, is my only authority for recording
this child and her marriage ; he states that she
had no children ; beyond this statement I have
never seen further record of her, nor is she men-
tioned in settlement of her father's estate. I
doubt her ever having existed.
Edward Sturgis, Senior (son of Philip Sturgis, of Hanning-
ton, England), came to America about 1634 and settled in
Scituate, Mass. He was in Charlestown, Mass., in 1634, and set-
led finally in Yarmouth, Mass., in 1639. His wife's name was

Elizabeth , sometimes called Alice, probably through error.

His son, Edward, Jr., married Temperance Gorham, daughter of
Captain John Gorham, and his wife, Desire (Howland) Gorham.
Desire Howland was a daughter of Captain John Howland and
Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland. Elizabeth Tilley was a daughter

of John Tilley and his wife, Elizabeth . John Howland

and his wife and John Tilley and his 2nd wife (not the mother of
Elizabeth Tilley) were pas.senjjers on the first trip of the Mayfloiver
in 1620. Temperance Gorham was born in Marshfield, Mass.,
May gth, 1646. Edward Sturgis, Jr., died December 8th, 1678.
Temperance (Gorham) Sttu-gis, widow of Edward Sturgis, Jr.,
married a second time at Yarmouth, Mass., January 27th, 1679, to
Thomas Baxter, by whom she had 3 sons — John, Thomas and
Shubael Baxter.

Children of Edward Sturgis, Jr., and Temperance (Gorham)
Sturgis — 6 (Sturgis), 4 sons and 2 daughters.

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i. Joseph, born ; died

ii. Samuel, born 1665; died ; married Mercy-
Howes.

f iii. Desire, born , 1666; died March 29th, 1744; married

I first, Captain Thomas Dimmock ; married, second, Col.

V John* Thacher, brother of Rebecca* Thacher.

iv. James, born , 1668-9; died January 3rd, 1717-18;

married Rebecca* Thacher.

V. Edward, born , 1673; died ; married Mehitable

Hallet.

vi. Thankful, born , 1675 ; died May ist, 1745 ; married

Peter* Thacher (brother of Rebecca* Thacher).

The authorities consulted, such as Freeman's Cape Cod and
Otis' Barnstable Families, do not mention the 6th child of Ed-
ward Sturgis, Jr., and Temperance Gorham, viz : Thankful Stur-
gis ; but it is a Thacher family tradition of many years' stand-
ing and positively stated by Hon. George Thacher (died 1824,
aged 70), in his well-known Thacher Genealogy, that she was a
sister of James Sturgis, who married Rebecca* Thacher, and of
Desire Sturgis, who married Col. John* Thacher; moreover,
Peter* Thacher, in his will, mentions "Mother Baxter," which
corroborates the family tradition ; for if Thankful Sturgis was
the daughter of Edward Sturgis, Jr., then the "mother Baxter"
referred to in the will of Peter* Thacher would be his mother-in-
law, Temperance (Gorham) Sturgis, who after the death of
Edward Sturgis, Jr., (her first husband) married a second time
to Thomas Baxter, and died March 12th, 1714-15. Such is my
argument for including Thankful Sturgis among the children of
Edward Sturgis, Jr.

The Sturgis house in Yarmouth was standing in 1905. The
owner then told Mr. George Winslow Thacher, that she in-
tended to pull it down. It was on the north side of the state
road, about a quarter of a mile east of the road to South Dennis.
From previous to i860 to 1890 it was owned and occupied by
Hannah Crowell.

The will of Edward Sturgis, Jr., was nuncupative or verb-
ally dictated by him, and was communicated to the Court held
at Plymouth, June 3rd, 1679. He gave to his wife one-third of
his estate, and the other two-thirds to his children, g;ivins: to his
son, Joseph, £20 more than to the others. To Mr. Thornton
(the minister) 21s. and to Joseph Gorham ^5 in silver; and to
his daughter. Desire, his silver tankard "as a token of love."
His will was witnessed by John Sunderland, Joseph Gorham and
Elizabeth Sturgis (mother of the testator) before John Free-
man, Assistant, the date being November 15th, 1678. It ap-
pears by well authenticated records that there were two com-
mittees appointed by the Probate Court at Barnstable under dif-
ferent dates to appraise and divide the estate. The first com-

1 66 Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [April,

mittee being comprised of Mr. Hinckley, Mr. Barnabas Laythrop
and Mr. Miller. The second committee was comprised of Jere-
miah Howes, John Miller, John Rider, John Rider, Senior, and
Jonathan Hallett. The decree of the Court added to the widow's
part "the negro towards bringing up of the children." Tem-
perance Sturgis and her second husband, Thomas Baxter, giv-
ing security therefore and having "the improvements of the
estate unto the children coming of age." The estate was valued
at £900, a large one for those days. It was divided April 13th,
1694, among Joseph, Edward, James and Samuel Sturgis.

From Hinckley's MSS. copy of Barnstable Probate Book
No. 4, pp. 233, 236, on file in N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc, Boston, Mass.,
we obtain "Administration of Estate of James Sturgis, late of
Yarmouth," of which the following is a sufficient abstract for
our purposes, viz : — "Whereas, James Sturgis, late of Yarmouth,
died intestate, the personal estate being consumed by fire. In
the hands of Rebecca Lewes, late wife of said deceased and ad-
ministratrix to said Sturges estate, etc. I, therefore, settled
said estate as follows:

"To pay James Sturges, the only son of the said deceased,
the house lot containing about 4 acres, etc. Hannah Matthews
and Bethiah Freeman, two of the eldest daughters of said de-
ceased, having heretofore received £40 apiece; so that said
James Sturges receives a double portion. He is to pay unto
his youngest sister, Elizabeth Sturges, etc. He is to pay after
his mother's death to Thankful Hallett, etc. And the above
James Sturges, being a minor of about fifteen years of age, his
guardian, Edward Sturges, of Yarmouth, hath given bonds for
payment, etc. I do further order and reserve unto the said
Rebecca Lewes, Administratrix aforesaid, her right of dower,
or use of her thirds, etc.

"(sgd) John Otis."
"dated February 22nd, 1721-2."

The date of marriage of Rebecca* (Thacher) Sturgis to
Ebenezer Lewis is given by some authorities as February 28,
1728. This year date is wrong as we see by above document
that on February 22, 1 721-2, she was then the wife of Ebenezer
Lewes. The date, February 28, 1728, was probably February
28, 1720, a date entirely consistent with date of settlement of
estate of James Sturges as well as with dates of death of James
Sturges and Anna (Lothrop) Lewes. In transcribing the "o"
was taken for an 8 probably.

"Yarmouth, Mass., March 14th, 1718. Town voted to give
old meeting house to the widow, Rebecca Sturgis, in consider-
ation of the loss of her home by fire, to be used towards the
erection of another dwelling ; only reserving the materials of
which the pews were built for the owners thereof." See Free-
man's Cape Cod, Vol. II, p. 211.

igii.] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. 1 67

"On February 22nd, 1721, Captain John* Thacher, of Barn-
stable, Mass., was chosen and appointed guardian of EUzabeth^
Sturgis, a minor, aged about 18 years.

"(sgd) John Otis."
(See Book 4, pp. 236-7, Hinckley MSS.)
Ebenezer Lewis, the second husband of Rebecca'' (Thacher)

Sturgis, was married, first, April , 1691, to Anna Lothrop

(daughter of Barnabas Lothrop), by whom he had 11 children,
7 sons and 4 daughters, all born at Barnstable, Mass. The
names of these children are here given with dates of birth, etc.,
on account of the numerous inter-marriages of this family with
the Thacher family of the Cape. Anna Lothrop was born at
Barnstable, Mass., August loth, 1673 ; she died December 26th,
1715. Her mother's maiden name was Sarah Clarke. Both
Ebenezer Lewis and his first wife, Annah (Lothrop) Lewis, are
buried in Lothrop's Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, Mass., where
stones mark their graves, thus inscribed : —

"In memory of Mr. Ebenezer Lev^ris, who deceased January
ye 9th, 1759, aged 92 yrs., 7 mos., 22 da."

"Here lyes buried ye body of Mrs. Annah Lewis, wife to
Lieut. Ebenezer Lewis, who died December 26th, 1715, in ye
42nd year of her age."

Children of Ebenezer Lewis and Annah (Lothrop) Lewis,
all born in Barnstable, Mass.

i. Sarah, born January 13th, 1691-2; died March 21st,
1737-8; married June 17th, 171 1, to Ebenezer Hinckley,
as his first wife,
ii. Susannah, born April 17th, 1694; died October 4th,
1753; married July 24th, 1712, to James Allyn, of Barn-
stable.

iii. James, born August 4th, 1696; died ; married, first,

Rebecca Hatch, daughter of Moses Hatch and Eliza-
beth* Thacher (Hon. Col. John^ Thacher), she died
July 5th, 1740. He married, second, September 2nd,
1745, Dorcas Baker; she died July 5th, 1748; he mar-
ried, third, on April 12th, 1750, to Joanna Howland.
He finally became insane and was placed in hands of a
guardian. May 13th, 1756.

iv. Ebenezer, born May 9th, 1699; died ; married,

November , 1736, Mary Coree, of Long Island.

V. Hannah, born February 14th, 1701 ; died .

vi. Lothrop, born June 13th, 1702; died , 1773; H. C.

class 1723.
vii. George, born April 5th, 1704; died ; married Sep-
tember i2th, 1727, to Sarah° Thacher, daughter of
Peter* Thacher.
viii. Nathaniel, born January 12th, 1706-7; died July 7th,
1751 ; married February 19th, 1736, to Fear° Thacher,
daughter of Col. John* Thacher.

1 68 Clues from English Archives Contributory to American Genealogy.[ApT\\,

ix. John, born July 15th, 1709; died ; married July

2ist, , to Thankful Crowell.

X. David, born November 8th, 171 1 ; died .

xi. Abigail, born November 8th, 1711; died ; married

August 2ndj 1732, to Solomon Sturgis.

Authorities
Allen's Thacher Genealogy, p. 34.
N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. XIV, p. 11.
Freeman's Cape Cod, Vols. I, p. 622; II, pp. 225, 285-6, 472.
Mayflower Descendant, Vol. II, pp. 208; X, pp. 24-25.
Sturges Genealogy, pp. 8, 9, 32.
Freeman Genealogy, p. 63.

Otis' Barnstable Families, Vols. I, p. 472, 513; II, pp. 136-144.
Yarmouth Tombstone Inscriptions, p. 30.
Boston Transcript, Sept. 12th, 1906.

Corrections :

Vol. XLI, p. 315, 8th line from top, "unvariably" should read "invariably."

Vol. XLII, p. 64, iSth line from top, period between the names Richard
Knight and Nicholas Hall should be a comma.

Vol. XLII, p. 72, under the head of" Authorities," Farmers First Settlers
should read Farmer's First Settlers."

Vol. XLII, p. 82, 25th line from top, and p. 85, 2ist line from top, "Col.
John Gorham" should read "Captain John Gorham."

Vol. XLII, p. 85, nth line from bottom, "Shutleff" should read "Shurtleff."
(To be continued^

CLUES FROM ENGLISH ARCHIVES
Contributory to American Genealogy.

By J. Henry Lea and J. R. Hutchinson.

(Continued from Vol. XLII, p. loo, of The Rf.cord.)

Primo die Januarij, 24 Charles I., I Tobias Payne of Kings-
caple, CO. Hereford, gent., make and declare my testament and
and last will in manner and forme following: — I will my body to
be buried in the church of Kingscaple. I give to the poor of
Kingscaple 40s., to the poor of Sellecke and Foye 20s., to the poor
of Howcaple los., to the poor of Fownehope 20s., to the poor of
Hentland 20s., to the poor of Ballingham 20s., and to the poor of
Little Burche, Acornburye and Little Dewchurche 30s. To Wil-
liam Payne my eldest son my capital messuage with the lands
thereto pertaining lying in Brodston and Slymbridge, co. Glou-
cester, for the term of his life, with remainder after his decease
to Tobias Payne his son and the heirs of the said Tobias for ever.
To Thomas Payne my second son all my messuages, lands and
tenements lying in Kingscaple called Lankes Lease, which I late
had on the grant of Thomas Smith of Huntleys, co. Hereford. To

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Joan my wife ;^5o. William Morgan my tenant 40s. Tobias
Payne, son of the aforesaid William Payne, ;^2o. To Thomas
Payne my son and John Payne my son and their heirs all that my
messuage called Ruckston, with all lands thereto pertaining,
lying in Kingscaple and Fownehope, formerly in the tenure of
David Ketherowe deceased; also one other messuage in Kings-
caple, within the town there, called Pennalle, in the tenure of
John Hyett; and one capital messuage called Daston in the Parish
of Hentland. To John Payne my son and his heirs one parcel of
meadow (J4 acre) lying in Fownehope, called Blackfield, adjoin-
ing a parcel of meadow there which I hold in right of Joan my
wife and which is part of a tenement in Fownehope called
Haverds Farme, purchased to me and my heirs of Thomas Scud-
amore, gent., deceased, and others. All other my lands and ten-
ements in Fownehope I leave to William my eldest son for life,
with remainder to the aforesaid Tobias Paine his son and his
heirs for ever. To Joan my wife for life all my messuages, lands
and tenements in Rosse Burg and Rosse For, with remainder to
my son John and the heirs of his body, or in default to my own
right heirs for ever. To Thomas Paine my son and his heirs one
messuage in Kingscaple in the tenure of Thomas Lawrence, late
conveyed to me and my heirs by Edmund Orchard, deceased, they
paying to the Guardians of the parish of Kingscaple 26s. 8d.
yearly. Sons Thomas, William and John ^^50 each. Thomas
Puckmore my servant 40s. Anne Paine, John Paine, Richard
Paine and Jaine Paine, sons and daughters of William my son,
;^S each. To Alice Paine, Margaret Paine, Mary Paine and John
Paine, sons and daughters of Thomas my son, ;!^5 each. To Wil-
liam Paine, son of my son William ^60. John Baglie my cousin
40s. George Lawrence my servant 20s. Executors: William
Paine, Thomas Paine and John Paine my sons, whom Residuary
Legatees. Supervisor: Richard Prichard, clerk, vicar of Selecke,
to whom ^3. Wit: Richard Prichard, Joseph Underwood Thom-
as Meredith, William Paine, Thomas Paine, John Paine, John
Paine, Tobias Paine, junior. Proved 8 Feb., 1649-50, by the
executors named.* (P. C. C. Pembroke, 27.)

Tobias Paine came from Jamaica to Boston, probably shortly
before 1665, when he married Sarah, daughter of John Winslow
(brother of Governor Edward Winslow) and widow of Miles
Standish, Jr. His nuncupative will, dated 11 Sept., 1669, was
admitted and administration granted 21 Sept. of same year, to
his relict Sarah for herself and infant son William, born the
same year. (SufE. Mass. Wills. )t

This Tobias Paine of Boston, with son William, is beyond
doubt the Tobias, son of William, named in the will of his grand-
father Tobias Payne of Kingscaple, co. Hereford, the testator of
1649.

* Translated from the original Latin.

t Paine Fam. Record, i, 46; Savages Gen. Diet., iii, 337; N. E. Register,
xix, 310.

I 70 Clues from English Archives Contributory to American Genealo£-y.[Apn 1 ,

Will of Sarah Brinley, wife of Lawrence Brinley of London,
merchant, dated 21 July, 1642: Whereas by agreement made
before marriage with my said husband it was covenanted between
us that it should be lawful for me to dispose and give by my last
will or other writing all such goods as then belonged to me
except the sum of ^1000 agreed to be paid to my said husband in
marriage with me. Now by this my last will I do give and
bequeath unto Samuel, Lawrence, Richard and Nathaniel Brin-
ley, sons of my said husband, ^6-13-4 apiece at 21; to Mary and
Anne, the two daughters of my said hasband, the like sum each
at said age; to Francis Bickley and John Bickley, sons of John
Bickley my late husband deceased, the like sum each at said age;
to Samuel son of John Symonds late of Stamford deceased, ;£^ at
said age; to my brother in law Mr Thomas Brinley and his wife
40s. apiece to buy them rings; to my brother in law Nicholas
Brinley and wife 40s. apiece to buy them rings; to Susan Greg-
ory, widow, 40s.; to Nicholas Barnett and Susan his wife 30s.
each; to my brother in law Thomas Cooke and my sister Jane his
wife p^5 apiece; to William Powell and Frances his wife ^^5
apiece; to my sister Anne Love, wife of Thomas Love, 30s.; to Mr
Charles Yeoman, Esq., _;^5; to my cousin Francis Bickley, Esq.
30s.; to my cousin Elizabeth Hopkins, wife of Edward Hopkins,
30s.; to my sister Bridget Barker, wife of Henry Barker ^^■, to
Mr Marmaduke Tenant and wife 30s. apiece; to William Whit-
worth and Sarah his wife 30s. apiece; to my bi'other in law Henry
Haselwood and Katherine his wife 20s. each; to Dorothy Conn,
wife of Thomas Conn, 30s.; to Widow Greene 20s.; to Joan Burte,
wife of William Burte, 30s.; to Joseph Brinley, son of my said
husband and of me the said Sarah, ;^so at 21 with the ^50 sub-
scribed by my husband amongst the Irish Adventurers; to Sarah
Bickley my daughter ^^300 at 21 or marriage; to my mother
Margaret Beale ^^lo a year for life; to my sister in law Alice
Bolter ;^3 a year for life: and to Thomas Ball my servant 20s.
Residuary Legatee and Executor: my husband Lawrence Brinley,
who shall have the guardianship of my daughter Sarah during
her minority. Witnesses: Thomas Conn, scr., Thomas Bull.
Proved 10 Nov., 1642, by the executor named.

(P. C. C. Cambell, 121.)

Lawrence Brinley of London, merchant, son of Richard Brin-
ley of Wittenhall, co. Stafford, was living in London with wife
Mary, daughter of John Minifie of Honiton, co. Devon, and chil-
dren Samuel, Lawrence, Richard, Mary and Anne in 1634, when
his pedigree was registered in the Visitation of that year.* The
will shows that another son, Nathaniel, was subsequently born of
this marriage, that the first wife died, and, before 1642, Lawrence
Brinley had married the above testatrix, Sarah, widow of John
Bickley.

The wills of Lawrence himself in 1662 (P. C. C. Laud, 151)
and his brother Thos. Brinley of Datchett, co. Bucks, in 1661
(P. C. C. May, 193,) Auditor to Kings Chas. I & H, have already

* Harl. Soc, xv, loi.

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been printed* with valuable note by the late John Wai'd Dean in
H. F. G. Waters' Collections. Although registered in the Visita-
tion as from Staffordshire, the monument of Thomas Brinley at
Datchett, states that he was born at Exeter in Devon. f

2 February, 1659-60, I Thomas Harper of London, gent . . ,
give and devise all that my messuage wherein I dwell, situ-
ate in Fetter Layne, and all those lands I lately yurchased of Mr
Thomas Willsheim, lying in Great Bowden, co. Leic, and the
three pieces of meadow I purchased of John Johnson, together
with the four acres of land since purchased of him, and the four
acres of meadow purchased of my brother William Harper, situ-
ate in Great Bowden, with the house which was part of my grand-
father's {sic,) that I bought of Mr Holford after the death of Mary
Bent, to my nephew Richard Mowse and heirs, upon trust to dis-
charge all such legacies as are charged upon my house in Fetter
Layne by the will of John Ball deceased, and likewise j[^<^o more
which Sarah, wife of the said John Ball, hath charged it with by
her will, and to pay the yearly rent of ^30 in manner follow-
ing namely, to my sister Hellen Russell and her husband, during
the life of said Hellen, ^15 a year, and after my said sister's death
then to my brother Russell, my brother Peabodie, my brother
Mowse and his wife, and my brother Presgrave and wife, ^5 a
year for life; and if my sister Presgrave outlive her husband, she
shall have 505. a year for life, by reason she was a loving kind
mother in law to the two children my sister left behind her. Sis-
ter Mowse's two daughters ^50 each. Brother Peabody's children
by my sister Isabel ^50 each. Brother Presgrave's two daughters
by my sister Anne ;^so each. To the children of my sister
Mowse's daughters, of my sister Isabel's daughters and of my
sister Anne's daughters, ^10 each, the latter at 20. I forgive my
brother William Harper the ^16 he oweth me, on condition that
he pay to his sister Joan 20s. I forgive my brother Richard Har-
per ^5 he oweth me, he paying to his brother John los. "if it be
demanded." Elizabeth Howlett, my first mother in law's daugh-
ter's daughter, ;^2o in satisfaction of what was given to me for
her at her age of 21. Her brother Nevett Howlett ^.^is at 21. I
forgive John Wenniffe and wife the money they owe me, for their
care of me in my sickness. Cousins Mary and Elizabeth Mowse
all my linen, and to one of them my Perkinson's Herball and to
the other my Gerard's Herball. Cousin Hannah Shipley's son
^10 at 21, and my executor shall pay for his schooling until he
can write and read. Brother Mowse my watch and seal ring;
sister Mowse my silver bowle and guilt spoone. Cousin John
Harper's sons now in the Blewcoate Hospitall ^^5 at 21. Sister
Hellen the ^20 I am engaged to pay her with ^^20 more. Cousin
Richard Harper formerly living in Hounditch at the Signe of the
Harpe ^5. And whereas I have in my hands twentie shillings
belonging to a youth in Barbadoes or Virginny whose mother's
name is Rebecca Lever, living in Brandford, I dew give to the

* Waters' Gleanings, '\,\'},-\\.

t Lipscomb's Bucks, vol. iv, p. 441.

172 Clues from English A rchhies Contributory to American Genealogy. [AprW,

said youth in lew and satisfacon thereof fortie shillings to be
paid him within halfe a year after my death. I give to Nicholas
Dancas and Joan his wife living in Chisique the 40s. they owe me.
Mr James Fletcher's wife all my chaney, being one and twentie
pieces. Parish of Bowden in Leicestershire where I was borne
j£5, my brother Russell to have the distributing thereof. To my
brother Harris the shepherd and various friends rings with this
posie written in them all, viz., "You will follow T. H." Residu-
ary Legatee and Executor: nephew Richard Mowse. Overseers:
my brother Mowse and my brother Russell. Witnesses: Thomas
Pawley, George Hilton, Samuel Mather. Proved 26 March, 1660,
by the executor named. (P. C. C. Nabbs, 8.)

I Katherine Wannel of the parish of Christchurch, London,
widow, being at this present in health . . . committ my body
to be buried in the grave of my father and mother, or soe nere to
them as may bee, in the north He of the new or upper church of
the parish of Christchurch, close by my pewe doore where I nowe
vse to sitt, by the steppes that goe to the Chauncell; and my
worldly goods I dispose of as followeth: — j£^ to bee laid oiit
about my funerall, and my will is that noe banquetting shal-be
vsed thereat, but only Naples Biskett and wyne. To my worthy
Mistress Mrs Dorathy Lackford, widowe, six silver spoones worth
three pounds. To my grandchild Elizabeth Jackson all my child
bedd lynnen and all other my fine lynnen. To my grandchild
Arthur Jackson my fetherbedd in the Garrett. Money legacies
to my said grandchildren, including ^^5 apeece out of the lease
of my dwelling house in the parish of Christchurch. If both my
said grandchildren depart this life before their said legacies of
money be paid, then the same shall remain vnto my daughter
Elizabeth Hallam, to whom I give my great Bible. To my grand-
child Elizabeth Jackson I give Dr. Prestons workes, and Master
Dodd vppon the Commanndments, and Mr. Dike's works vppon
the Sacraments, and the Annothamy of a Christian with Master
Cooper's workes in itt, and all other my bookes I give unto my
daughter Elizabeth Hallam and to my said two grandchildren,
except only my pocket bible and six of my other bookes, which I
give to and amongst my grandchildren in Virginia, and my desire
is that my said daughter shall send and convey the same over
vnto my said grandchildren in Virginia soe scone as conveniently
may bee after my decease. Item I give and Bequeath vnto my
grandchildren in Virginia theise parcells of goods and legacies
following, that is to sale, vnto my grandchild Elizabeth Sheeres
my redd and blew mowheire peticote and my three peticotes
that I weare every day, one of my two gownes, two smocks, two
aprons, two coyves, two handkerchers and two paire of cuffs ;
vnto my grandchild Martha Sheers two shifts of my lynnen
cloathes; and vnto my grandchild Susanna two shifts of lynnen
for a child of eight yeares of age; and I give to every of my said
three grandchildren in Virginia, Elizabeth, Martha and Susanna
Sheeres, twentie shillings apeece to be paid them at their severall
ages of twenty and one yeares. To my daughter Elizabeth Hal-

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lam and her nowe husband James Hallam my tenement called
the Three Pigeons, situate in Newgate Markett, during their
lives and the life of the longer lyver of them, with remainder to
my two grandchildren Elizabeth and Arthur Jackson equally.
Cousin John Hobson los. John Heard my late husband's sonne
in lawe los. Anne and Judith Whitfield 20s. apeece at one and
twenty. Residuary Legatee and Executrix: — my daughter Eliza-
beth Hallam. Dated 28 May, 1653. Witnesses: Joseph Yelverton,
John Gooder, Richard Gill, sen, Thomas Gill. Proved 29 Aug.,
1653, by the executrix. (P. C. C. Brent, i6i.)

1 John Atkins of Verginia beinge weake and sicke in bodie
doe make my last will and testament as followeth Imprimis I doe
bequeath my body to be buried in the vsuall buryinge place by
James Citty. Item whereas I stand indebted to di'vers p'sons
aswell heere in Verginia as in England and there is owinge me
in this country about six thousand waight of tobacco due this
Cropp Nowe I doe earnestly desire Mr Luke Boyse of the neck
of land that he would take uppon him the administration of all
my goods and chattells here and first to satisfie all such debts as
I doe owe in this Country and to send into England so much to
paie my debts there as by my booke of Accompts will appeare
And for the rest of my estate I doe bequeath it as followeth vizt
I doe remitt vnto Mr Luke Boyse whatsoeu' he is indebted to me,
to Peter Stafferton all the moveables and househould stuffe in the
howse where I dwell (except one wainscott Chaire wch I give Mr
Davison); to Mr. Christopher Davison one hundred waight of
tobacco and remitt vnto him whatsoueu' he is indebted to me.
Item I am covenant to pay Peter Stafferton a thousand waight of
Tobacco this Cropp as also he is to enjoy one third of my Cropp
of Corne whom I earnestly desire to have justly satisfied and
whatsoeu' shall remaine I doe bequeath to my brother William
Atkins dwellinge neare the Beare in Bassinghall in London.
September 3, 1623, subscript per John Atkins in the presence of
Chr: Davison Peeter Stafiferton.

2 Oct., 1624, commission to William Atkins, brother of de-
ceased, he having named no executor.

28 Aug., 1626, commission to Richard Atkins, brother of said
deceased, to administer (during the minority of Elizabeth, Wil-
liam, George, Anne and Lee Atkins, children of William Atkins)
goods non-administered by the said William Atkins now deceased.

I June, 1627, commission to Humfrey Atkins, brother of John
Atkins, late in parts beyond the seas deceased, to administer
goods non-administered by William and Richard Atkins also
deceased. (P. C. C. Byrde, 84.)

Luke Boyse of Charles City, Va., came in the Edwine in May,
1619, aged 44, and Alice his wife arrived in the Bona Nova in
April, 1622, both were living, with two servants, 24 Jan., 1624.*

* Muster of Virginia Inhabitants, Hotton, p. 202.

I 74 Clues from EnglisJi Archives Contributory to American Genealogy 'ik^irW ,

Peter Stafferton, probably identical with the Mr. Stafferton
and his wife living "in the niaine" in James City, i6 Feb., 1623.*

Christopher Davison, perhaps son of Alice Davison, widow, of
James City, 16 Feb., 1623.*

Reference may be made to the will of William Boys of Cran-
brook, CO. Kent, 1656-7, (P. C. C. Ruthen, 72) already printed in
these collections.! A Francis Boyce of London, button hole
maker, aged 25 years, who was bound for St. Cristophers from
Dartmouth and took the oath of allegiance before the mayor of
that place 20 Feb., 1634,! may have been of the same family.

Will of Robert Reeve of Caldercote in the parish of Tow-
cester, yeoman, dated 21 April, 1638. To my son George Reeve
threescore pounds. I give unto my son Thomas Reeve five
pounds if ever he come over into England to demand it, and if he
never come to demand it, it shall never be paid him. I give unto
my son William Reeve ^5 if ever he come into England to de-
mand it, and if he never come to demand it, it shall never be paid
him. To my son John Reeve ^5. To my daughter Jane Reeve
£,10. To my daughter Anne Reeve ^35 at 18. Son Robert
Reeve ^,^40 at 20. To all my wife's children each a ewe and a
lamb, all but John Garner, and he shall have the bauld colt.
William Harris a ewe and a lamb. Poor of Towcester. Rest to
my wife, whom Executrix, and William Shepard the elder and
Richard Winkles of Field Barcoote Overseers. Witnesses: Wil-
liam Sheppard the elder, Thomas Shepard. Proved 12 July,
1638, by Agnes the relict.

(Northants Wills, S. 2., 1638-40, f. 47.)

A William Reeve, aged 22, came in the Elizabeth & Ann 29
April, 1635, § from London to New England and was of Salem,
Mass., in 1668, but if, as conjectured by Savage, he was brother
of John of Salem, II he could not have been the William of the
will, as his brother John had already sailed in the Christian for
Boston in 1635, (aged 19) three years before the date of the will
which evidently refers to him as then still in England. Thos.
Reeve, aged 24, who came in the Mathew, 21 May, 1635, to St.
Christopher's! may have been the other brother.

I Richard Johnson the elder of Bugbrook, being weak in
body, do make my last will: To my four grandchildren los.
apiece at 16. To my son Tho: Johnson, who is now beyond sea,
twentie pounds. To all my children that are married five shil-
lings apiece. To my daughter Mary fortie pounds at marriage.
To my daughter Alice fortie pounds at marriage. Poor of Bug-
brood 6s. 8d. To my three servants one shilling each. Richard
Curtisse one shilling. Nicholas Middleton my sister's {son) one
shilling. Rest to my wife, whom Executrix, and my friends

* Hotten, p. 176.

t Record, vol. xlii, p. 96 — Jan., 191 1.

I Hotton's Lists, p. 151.

§ Ibid., p. 72.

4 Savage, iii, 523.
Hotten, p. 81.

igl I.] Clues from English Archives Contributory to Atnerican Genealogy. I 75

Edward Pickering and Robert Savage Overseers. Undated will.
Witness: George Jay. Proved 21 May, 1642, [by ivhom not deciph-
erable^ (Norlhants Wills, S. 2., 1630-42, f. 183.)

There are several of the not uncommon name of Thomas
Johnson in New England in the first half of the 17th Century.

Thomas Johnson of Hartford, Conn., cobbler, was admitted
1640.

Thomas Johnson of Hingham, Mass., 1635, came in the Hope-
well, Capt. Babb, from London (aged 25) and was drowned in
Boston Harbor 29 May, 1656, leaving widow Margaret but no
children.

Thomas Johnson of Dover, N. H., 1648-1657, died about 1661
leaving an only daughter who soon followed him.

Tliomas Johnson of Sandwich, Mass., 1643, Deputy to the
Plymouth Court 1637-3S, served in the Narraganset War 1645.
His daughter Priscilla born 20 Nov., 1657. He was perhaps
identical with Thomas of Dover ut Supra!^

Will of Annis Smith (of Halcote), dated i Dec, 1643. I give
and bequeath all my goods, chattels and lease unto my cousin
William Blackmoore and his sister Annis Blackmoore equally, if
my son William be dead; provided always that if my son William
be alive, my will is that he shall enjoy all my said goods, etc.,
paying to the said William and Annis ^14. Poor of this parish
2S. 6d. William Hurst 20s. and his sister Margaret Hurst 20s.
John Whitacres 20s. Michael Bagley los. Anne Edin 20s.
Brother George Blackmore jT^i,. Sister Paine 20s. I desire that
my executors receive but ^^6 of Richard Burges, who oweth me
;^7 upon bond. My will is that these legacies be not paid these
six years, unless my son william return. Witnesses : Richard
Prideaux, Richard Alarriatt, Martin Glense. Proved 28 Nov.,
1644. (Northants Wills, S. 3., 1645-60, f. 106.)

24 June, 1650, I James Doxie of Moulton, co. Northampton,
husbandman, being weak in body, do ordain this my last will: I
give and bequeath to my wife Sarah Doxie the use of my house
for life, if she continue widow. I give and bequeath to every
child the sum of five pounds, that is to say to Thomas Doxie my
son five pounds, and to James, John and Humfrey my sons, and
to Alice Tebbot my daughter and Anne and Isabell Doxie my
daughters five pounds apiece, but to my daughter Margaret
Doxie seven pounds; and I ordain that every one shall have the
yearly annuitie of five shillings out of the rent of the said house
until the above sums be fully paid, unless my sons James and
John, whom I constitute feoffees in trust and executors, shall sell
and alienate the same, as I hereby give them power to do, and
shall thereby pay the sums above mentioned so much the sooner.
To my wife Sarah and my children above named I bequeath my
goods and chattels not yet bequeathed, to be divided equally
amongst them. I bequeath to my grandchild Margaret Tebbott

* Savage's Gen. Diet., ii, 557-558. Pope's Pioneers of Mass., 261. N. E.
Gen. Register, x, 84.

176 Clues from English Archives Contributory to A?nerican Genealogy.[Apn],

20s. I will the part and portion above mentioned, given to my
son Thomas (now in New England), to rest in the hands of my
son James Doxie till my said son Thomas come to demand it, and
if he never come, it shall belong to m)' son James. Witnesses :
Richard Hooke, clerk, William Jones. Proved 19 August, 1650,
by James Doxie, power reserved to the other executors.

(Northants Wills, S. 3., 1645-60, f. 232.)

Thomas Doxy applied for a house lot in New London, Conn.,
25 Feb., 1650. By his wife Catherine he had Thomas and possi-
bly other children. He died about the middle of March, 1651-2,
his wife being called "widow" 9 April, 1652, she remarried
Daniel Lane the same year and they removed to Long Island
about 1662, Daniel Lane becoming one of the patentees of Brook-
haven in 1666. Thomas Doxy, the son, sold the homestead in
New London, with his mother's consent, in 1673 or earlier, to
Christoper Christopher. Thomas Doxy the father was a sailor
and owned a coastmg vessel sailing from New London.*

20 August, 1638, I Robert Booth of Rothwell, clerk, do make
and ordain, etc.: To Thomas Wilson my son in law i2d. To
Susanna his wife i2d. To their children John, Dorothy and
Susanna Wilson each i2d. I give to John Booth my son, if he be
living and ever come to demand it, 40s. To Robert Garrett my
son in law 40s. Rest to Judith my wife for life, to bring up my
children Elizabeth and Marie Booth, and after her decease I leave
my country house to the elder of my daughters and the cottage
to the younger. Executrix: my wife. If my wife die before my
daughters be brought up, then I appoint Joseph Shortland and
Marie his wife to be possessed of my said houses until my chil-
dren come to years. If my daughters die, I give my said houses
to Thomas Shortland and Elizabeth Shortland his sister after the
decease of my wife. Dated 24 {Sic) August, 1638. Witnesses:
John Elkin, Richard Chapman. Proved 15 Sept., 1638.

(Northants Wills, S. 2., 1638-40, f. 40.)

Will of Richard Wright, clerk, late rector of Everden, co"
Northampton, dated i April, 1633. My house and land in War'
grove, CO. Berks, I give to Frances my wife during her life and
after her decease to my son Richard if he be then in England, to
have during his life; and after his decease I give the same unto
Richard, son of my son Theodore Wright and to his heirs for
ever. Son John is. Poor of Everdon 40s. My chest of vyolls
and all my books to my son Francis. To my three daughters
Jone, Rebecca and Joyce each ;^io. Son Samuel ^^5. Grand-
children Elizabeth Wright and Rebecca Beane each 20s. Rest to
Frances my wife. Executors, my wife Frances and my son Fran-
cis. Witnesses: John Stannard, Will: Hedge, Will: Osborne. No
probate. Inventory taken 21 June, 1638.

(Northants Wills, S. 2, 1638-42, f. 127.)

* Savage Gen. Diet, ii, 69 ; Caulkin's Hist. New London, pp. 68, 82, 157,
232, 269.

{To be continued?)

igii.] Descendants of Edward Tre(a^dwel2 through his son John. 177

DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD TRE(A)DWELL
THROUGH HIS SON JOHN.

By William A. Robbins.

Member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
and Long Island Historical Society.

The genealogy of all the Tre(a)dwells in America was begun more than
twenty years ago by Mrs. Elizabeth Ellen (Schnebly) Treadwell, widow of the
late Major George Hooker Treadwell of Albany, New York, who devoted
several years to tireless search for Tre(a)dwell data, wherever the name could
be found, until failing health compelled her to relinquish the work. There-
upon, the mass of material, including a great number of letters, which she
had collected, was turned over to the present compiler for the purpose of
continuing the work, in hopes that, when completed, sufficient interest would
be found to have the family history printed in book form. The result is now
published in this magazine to arouse, if possible, such an interest.

With the exception of one or two instances, the material thus received
relating to the Long Island branch was carefully verified by the compiler
from the original sources, wherever the same had been obtained from public
records. Much other data has since been added. The author's work, however,
has been confined almost entirely to the examination of public and church
records, cemetery inscriptions, and entries in old Bibles, and practically no
attention has been paid to the field of correspondence, which had been well
covered by Mrs. Treadwell.

Acknowledgments are also due to Professor George A. Treadwell of the
City of New York, and to Mr. Smith R. Treadwell, now of Boston, Mass., for
much material assistance.

This genealogy will be found incomplete, particularly as to late gener-
ations. But the lines of descent given are believed to be absolutely correct.
Doubtless there are some inaccuracies in the dates, but that is unavoidable in any
extended work of this character. However, these are few, and all doubts of
every nature are indicated. In order to make this genealogy as perfect and
complete as possible, it is hoped that every error that may be discovered and
everything of interest that can be added, will be made known to the author.

Edward' Tre(a)dwell died probably in the town of Hunting-
ton, Suffolk County, New York, between 12th May, 1660, and 28th

January, 1 660-1; married Sarah . She married, secondly,

probably before ist May, 1661, Henry Whelpley, who, at one
time, resided in Stratford, Connecticut, and died before 6th June,
1662. She married, thirdly, after 6th June, 1662, Ralph Keeler of
Norwalk, Connecticut, who was born about 16 13, and died be-
tween 20th August, and loth September, 1672. She then mar-
ried, fourthly, Thomas Skidmore of Fairfield, Connecticut, who
died between 20th April, and 13th November, 16S4. His widow,
Sarah, died 14 days after his death.* Edward' Tre(a)dwell re-
sided in Ipswich, Massachusetts; Branford, Connecticut; Hasha-
mommuck and Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. His
occupation is unknown. Nor has it been discovered where he or
his wife was buried.

The antecedents of Edward' Tre(a)dwell and wife, as well as
their history previous to the year 1637, remain unknown. But,

* Fairfield, Conn., Probate Records.

I 78 Descendants of Edward Tre{a)dwell through his son /ohn. [April,

by reason of the Bacheller connection of Thomas Treadwell (see
" Thomas Treadwell of Ipswich, Mass., and Some of His De-
scendants," published by the author in volume 60 of the New
England Historical and Genealogical Register) \t is believed that
the early Tre(a)dwell settlers came from some place near, if not
in, the county of Kent, England.

Edward' Tre(a)dweirs name first appears in this country
upon the town records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, under date the
5th of February, 1637, when he was granted "six acres for
planting."* A subsequent entry therein of the 20th of August,
1638, shows that he was then the owner of a "house lott " in that
town, on "the lower syde of the High Street," the easterly side
adjoining Richard Jacob's lot.f Although he had other real
estate in Ipswich, no record of any conveyance by him of his
property there has been discovered. (See note i.)

The last time his name is mentioned on these records is under
date the nth of March, 1639. (See note 2.)

He is supposed to have left Massachusetts about that time and
moved to Connecticut, where an Edward Tredwell appears as a
witness in a law suit brought in the Colony of New Haven, the
record of which bears date the 2nd of February, 1646. (See note 3.)
Undoubtedly this refers to the Ipswich settler, but nothing
positive has yet been found to make the identity complete.

According to a record of a town meeting at Branford, Con-
necticut, held on the 16th of September, 1646, Edward' Tredwell
is one of thirty-four persons mentioned in regard to a general
fence to be built around the town. J

In the meeting of the 8th of November, 1646, in the same
town he united with thirty-two others in voting for the imposition
of a fine for people who did not attend town meetings, and for a
reward for the killing of wolves. §

The last time his name appears on these records relates to a
meeting held on the 4th day of April, 1648, when he and twenty-
eight others voted for an allotment of land.|l

The author has not examined these records himself, nor do
the extracts therefrom in his possession disclose where the
land to be taken up lay, or even that Edward' Tredwell actually
took up any pursuant to these orders.

He is next found dwelling upon a neck of land called Hasha-
mommuck in the town of Southold, Long Island, which was then
in the jurisdiction of the Colony of New Haven. The records of
the latter town contain a copy of a deed of conveyance of land at
the place mentioned, dated the 8th of October, 1649, and in which
he is named as one of the grantees. (See note 4.)

Hashamommuck lies just east of Southold, Mill Creek separ-
ating the two places. 1

* Ancient Records, Town of Ipswich, 1634-1654, printed iSgg.
\ lb.

\ Branford, Conn., Town Records, vol. i, p. 7.
§ Ih., p. II. II lb., vol. i, p. 7.

"I For a fuller description, see page 5 of the Benedict Genealogy, by Henry
Marvin Benedict, 1870.

igii.] Descendants of Edward Tre d)du<ell through his son John. I 7Q

In the transfer of his interest in this property, it is seen that
he signs by making his mark, thus showing that he was unable to
write his name.

The Southold records make it clear that Edward' Tredwell
lived at Hashamommuck at one time, but how long, it cannot
be determined. (See note 5.)

Next, in 1660, we find him a resident of the town of Hunting-
ton, Long Island (then under the jurisdiction of the Hartford
Colony), which is made apparent by the record of his appointment
as one of the appraisers of the estate of Edward Higbee, deceased.
(See note 6.)

Probably it was here that the Tredwell, Higbee and Skidmore
families first met as neighbors, and thus arose the interest which
soon developed into relationship through marriages.

Edward' Tredwell was residing in Huntington at the time of
his death. This occurred sometime between the date of his
appointment as appraiser just mentioned and the date of the
deed to his widow of land in the town of Hempstead, Long Island,
set forth later.

No record has been found showing whether he died intestate
or leaving a will; but, fortunately, upon the Huntington records
has been preserved the following memoranda in relation to his
estate :

"(1661, Jan. 30.)

The 30th of January, 1661.

An Inventory of the goods & estate of Edward Tredwell late
of Huntington Deceased; given in by his Wife beeing upon Oath;
And valewed by ffoure Men Chosen, and appointed by Authority,
(viz) William Smith, Thomas Weekes, John Conklin, & John
Titus, The vallew where of amounteth to two hundred eighty
five pounds, (sterling)

The Widow having a third part thereof, commeth to Ninety
five pounds. And the six Children having the rest divided among
them, each Childs portion cometh to thirty one pound, thirteen
shillings foure pence his oldest Sonne having had som thing given
him by his ffather in his life tiem,

Doth in this estate but share equally with y« rest of the Chil-
dren." {Court Rec. p. 50.)*

The foregoing is valuable because, besides mentioning a
widow, it is the only record known of the number of his children.
Unfortunately, their names do not appear. From other sources,
however, it is possible to determine three of these. Evidently at
least two of the children were sons, and it is quite certain that
some of them were then minors. The three unknown children
probably died young without marrying, or, what is less likely,
were daughters who married, and trace of them was thus lost.

The maiden name of Edward' Tredwell's widow remains
unknown, but the following deed of conveyance found on the

* Htintington Town Records, including Babylon, Long Island, N. Y., i6^j-
1688, printed 1887, vol. i, p. 33. Attention is called to the errors in the foot-note
to the above on this page.

1 80 Descendants of Edward Tre(a)dwell through his son John. [April,

town records of Hempstead,* New York, shows that her given
name was Sarah.

"January the 28th. 1660. This writing witneseth that I thomas
Hicks of Hempstead Juner have bargined with and sold unto
Sarah Treadwell of Huntington late wife of Edward Treadwell
decesed my hous barne & orchard home Lot with all the privi-
ledges belonging there unto (viz) all meadowing hollows plain
Lands and wood Land with fowre ox gats in the east oxe pasture
with sd hous barne orchard home Lote and meadowing hollows
& upland weare late William Smiths of Hempstead afore sd with
all the rights Priviledges accomodations and appurtinances there
unto belonging whether given to the said William Smith by the
sd Town of Hempstead or other wise Purchesed with his money,
and also what privileges ye sd William Smith had in the north
neck for gats for Young Cattle also twelve gats for pastrege at
Rockaway all which sd hous barn orchard home Lot meadowing
and hollows Plaine & Wood lands with all privileges and appur-
tinanses thereunto belonging exsepting a small parsell of meadow
or Lotment being upon the necke commonly colled Hixes neck
I ye sd Thomas Hicks do here by engage my self to give full &
free possession to ye sd Sarah Treadwell or her assigns at or
before ye tenth day of march nex enseuing the date here of

In witnes whereof I do here unto setto my hand the day and
yeare above said

In presents of

John Seaman

Jonas Holdsworth Thomas Hicks

This a treu coppy taken out of the origenal and compared
and entred by mee Tho Gildersleeve Clarke

Know all men by these Presencs that I Henry Whelply do
here by assign & make over this writing and all the purchase
thereby granted unto Adam Mott of Hempstead for him his hairs
and sucsesers forever to enjoy

Witnes my hand this first day of November 1661. Stilo nova

In presents of his

Jonas Holdsworts Henry X Whelply

John Smith mark

This is a treu Coppy taken out of the original and compared
and entred by mee Tho Gildersleeve Clarke

And further more having a parsell or Lotment of meadow
survayed up to mee by Thomas Hicks which lieth on ye Neck
commonly Colled Mr. Hickes neck the which ye sd meadow was ex-
septed in ye sd bill of saile I do here by make over ye sd Meadow
to ye said Adam Mott and . . . further I do binde myself my
hairs executors and administrators to deliver the said Adam Mott
full free and quiat possession of the said Lands granted by this
bill, of Saill within a month or two after the day of the date
hearof and of the house barn at or before the sixtenth day of may
next enseuing ye date here of all free from Rats this yeare whether

* Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. iii, pp. 125-126.

igii.] Descendants of Edward Tre{a)dwell through his son John. i8l

demanded or not demanded except the sd meadow Lying upon
Mr Hickes neck and further I ye sd Henry Whelpley do acknow-
ledg to have Recived of ye sd Adam Mott full payment and full
satisfatction for all ye sd house and land spesified in the bill of
saile

In Witnes whereof I do hereunto setto my hand this first day
of November. 1661. Stilo Nova

In presents of his

John Smith Henry X Whelply

Jonas Holdsworth mark"

The deed from Thomas Hicksto Sarah Tre(a)dvvell was recorded
twice in the Hempstead town books. Only the second record is
given here, the difference between the two records seeming to be
merely a matter of the orthography of a few words, and of the
surname of one of the witnesses. This deed was probably re-
recorded to have a true copy upon the town books, or, more likely,
because the assignment of Henry Whelpley's interest had been
endorsed upon the deed of conveyance to Sarah Tre(a)dwell and, in
order to record this assignment, it was deemed advisable to copy
the whole paper. This endorsement indicates that Sarah Tre(a)d-
well had married Henry Whelpley before the date of the assign-
ment. Such a marriage is made certain by the following, taken
from the Hartford, Connecticut, probate records :

"Whelpsley, Henry. Invt. ^^280-10-03. Taken by Ephraim
Wheeler, Michael Fry, Henry Rowland.

Court Record, page 173 — 6 June 1662: This Court orders unto
the Relict of Henry Whelpsley the sum of ^300 of ye estate of
her former husband Treadwell, and what is wanting in that is to
be made up out of Whelpsley's estate. Also jQzo more as widow
to Whelpsley, and this to be effected by Mr. Hill, Cornelius Hull,
Michael Fry and Alexander Knowles. And the rest of Whelpsley's
estate to be divided amongst his children according to the dis-
cretion of those men who are impowered to administer to ye
Estate and to dispose of the children that are not under guar-
dians."*

Henry Whelpley was a resident of Stratford, Connecticut, in
1645, soon after which date he moved to the adjoining town of
Fairfield, where he was living at the time his death occurred.

Sarah (Tredwell) Whelpley's next marriage was to Ralph
Keeler of Norwalk, Connecticut. This is given upon the author-
ity of Savagc,\ Schenck's History of Fairfield, Connecticut X and the
Rockwell and Keeler Genealogy. %

Ralph Keeler appears to have left a will dated the 20'" of
August, 1672, which was probated the same year in the probate
court for the district of Fairfield, Connecticut, and starts out by

* A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, by Charles William
Manwaring, IQ04, vol. i, p. 163.

t Savage's Gen. Diet., vols, iii, p. 2, and iv, p. 504, under Keeler and
Whelpley.

X The History of Fairfield, Conn., by E. H. Schenck, 1889, vol. i, p. 422.

§ Rockwell and Keeler Genealogy, by James Boughton, 1903, pp. 3-4.

I 82 Descendants of Edward Tre{a)dwell through his son John. [April,

saying he is fifty-nine years of age. One-third of his property
was thereby left to his wife, Sarah. The probate records for the
Fairfield district have not been examined in person by the com-
piler of this genealogy.

Her next and final matrimonial venture was with Thomas
Skidmore of Fairfield, Connecticut, as is made evident by the
latter's will dated the 20th of April, 1684, in which he mentions
his wife, Sarah, and grandchild, John Higbce, who married his
wife's daughter, and designates Samuel Tredwell one of the exe-
cutors.* The inventory of the estate of Thomas Skidmore is
dated the 13th day of November, 1684, and the papers in connec-
tion^therewith show that his widow survived him only fourteen
days.

Whether Edward' Tredwell's widow had any children through
her subsequent marriages is uncertain.

Tredwell Children:
Although there can be little doubt that Sarah was the mother
of all the six children left by Edward' Tredwell, yet no record
has been found to substantiate its assertion, except in the case of
Rebecca. The actual order of birth of the children is unknown,
i. Samuel,^ d. 21st Oct., 1718; m. before 1669, Ruth
Wheeler. He resided in Stratford, Conn. The de-
scendants through this line are very numerous and
widely scattered. For convenience sake they have
been designated "The Connecticut Branch," in con-
tra-distinction to the descendants of his brother
John^ Tredwell, who have been called "The Long
Island Branch." It is not the purpose of this gene-
alogy to carry out the SamiieP Tredwell line, the
intention being to give "The Connecticut Branch" at
some future time.

2 ii. John'

3 iii. Rebecca'

iv. ." Probably died young, s. p.

V. ? Probably died young, s. p.

vi. ." Probably died young, s. p.

Notes Referring to First Generation.

Note i. " Granted to John Hanchett, six acres of planting ground lying
towards the Reedy marsh, having a planting lott of Marke Symonds on the
Southeast, and a planting lott of Edward Tredwell on the Northwest, to enjoy
the sayd Land, to him, his heirs, and assigns forever. Entered this 19th day
of November 1638." — The Ancient Records of the Town of Ipswich, published
by George A. Schofield, 1899.

Note 2. "Granted to Hugh Sherratt . . . Also one acre of ground in
the swamp beneath the High street, having half an acre granted to John
Hassell on the Southeast, and an acre granted to Edward Tredwell on the
Northwest, to enjoy all the sayd Lands, to him, his heires, and assigns forever ;
Entered the 11' day of the first month called March 1639. T. B. folio 29." lb.

Note 3. "At a Court Held at Newhaven the 2'* Febr. 1646. . . . Rich*
Beech informed the court that his coz" W" lies had done some work for Mr.

* Fairfield, Conn., Probate Records.

igii.] Descendants of Edward Tre{a,)divell through his son John. 183

MuUyner, & severall times he had desired to have had it issued but he hindred
it, & now latly he refusseing to malie payment for what was don, he had him
warned to the court to answere it. .... .

Edward Tredwell informed the court, that he has heard it said it was well
don, so far as it was donne, but in the issue the sand lyeing one the side of it, it
being made in a banke side, filled." — Records of the Colony and Plantation of
New Haven from i6j?, to i64g, pp. 293-294, by Charles J. Hoadly, M. A. 1857.

Note 4. "These p'sents witness that William Salmon of Hashamamuck,
alias, Neshugguncer, have sold unto Henry Whitney, Edward Tredwell and
Thomas Benedick three parts of all his upland lying betwixt Toms Creeke so
called by the English, and Mr Goodyeares land, reaching to a fresh pound lying
by the North sea with an Island of trees Standinge in it, with all the marsh
ground and moweinge land lying by the aforesaid Toms Creeke from the one
end of it to the other — in the w""" meadowe the aforesaid Wm Salmon is to have

noe share exepting to himselfe all other meadowe ground, lying within the

Same cumpeste of land, with the Neck of Land lyinge against the harbour on
the South, w'^'' neck of land hee is to fence in at his owne cost & charge & to

maintaine for ever r wh'"" fence is to beguin at the now dwelling house of

John Corey & to runn straight, poyntinge at the wadeing place, leavemge out all

the meadowes sold to the aforesaid parties in wh""" Neck of Land so fenced

the other, parlies are to have noe share, but is to remaine his owne proper land,
to hnn & his heirs forever. Likewise the said Willm Salmon doth give liberty
unto the aforesaid parties to fence in for themselves a corne field begininge at
the backside of the now dwellinge house of Thomas Benedick and to runn to

the neerest cutt to the North Sea where they shall find most convenient

^oh peece of Land being so fenced in is to remaine theire owne proper land, to
them theire heires & assignes for ever, with three parts of all his other Lands
by what name or names Soever called (except before excepted) with warrantie
against the said Willm Salmon his heires & assignes & only them, peaceably

& quietly to enjoy the same without any molestacon or disturbance the

aforesaid Henry Whitney, Edward Tredwell & Thomas Benedick paying to
William Salmon thirty pounds for the same.

Likewise the aforesaid Willm Salmon doth except so much liberty to him-
selfe that when hee shall see fit to fence in the meadowe, he my take in so
much upland as that he may in some measure runn straight from meadowe to
meadowe. Provided neverthelesse that when the other parties shall have occa-
sion to carry or recarry any thing by sea they shall have the liberty of the
waterside att any tyme: to all w""" premises the aforesaid W™ Salmon hath sett
his hand & scale the S"" day of October 1649. W" (his mark) Salmon

Sealed and delivered

in the p'sence of

John Corey
Ann Corey

I Thomas Benidick doe assigne my whoU right in this deede to Thomas
Rider.

I the aforenamed Edward Tredwell doe hereby assigne my wholl right to
Lieutenant John Budd. Witness my mark Edw'' Tredwell"

Soiithhold Town Records, copied and explanatory notes added by J.
Wickhara Case, printed 1882, vol. i, p. 176.

Note 5. "We whose names are underwritten inhabiting uppon the Neck
of Land comonly called Hashamommack condsidering that our comfort and
quiett setlement would consist and stand in the injoyment of good neighbour-
hood did make this agreement at our first sittinge downe that what man soever
should desire to remove, and to endeavo' to make sale of his accomodacons
should put in such a neighbour as the other inhabitants liveing with them
should approve of. William Salmon X

Henry Whitney X
Edward Tredwell X
Thomas Benedick
Entered the 17th of May 1660.

p' me Willm Wells."
Southold Town Records (printed), vol. i, p. 184.

1 84 Descendants of Edward Tre{a)dwell through his son John. [April,

Note 6. [1660, May 12.] "the 12 of may it wase agreed by the Corte to
demand the will out of Jonas wood his hand which will belonged to Edward
higbee it wase allso agreed by the sam cort that Thomas weeke Edward
Tredwell John Tilot shall take an inventary of the estate which is eqlent be-
longing to Edward Higbee which inventory is to be taken the next second day
being the 14 of may in the yere 1660.

it was allso agreed by the sam cort that thos that are to prise the estat of
Edward higbee that thay shall leve sufisient unprised as to leve his wife on
sent of clothes for evry day and on seut for Lordes dayes and allso that which
is convenient to cloth the children that is to say to paralel with thar mothar.

it wase allso ordered by the same corte that Thomas skidmor Junear wase
to have the disposing of Edward higbees 4 children tell thay are of age to pro-
vide for them sellves in case theyr father by his coming se not case to allter
what the cort base don. (Court Rec, p. 16.)

Huntingt07t Town Records, including Babylon, Long Island, N. V. /6jj-
z688, printed 1887, p. 26.

Second Generation.

2. John" Tredwell (Edward"), born before 7th December,
1644; died between 12th January, 1712, and 25th January, 1719-20;
married, first, in Queens county. New York, upon a license
issued 6th March, 1666, to Elizabeth Starr, of Hempstead. New
York, died before 5th July, 1682, probably daughter of Thomas
Starr of Charlestown, Massachusetts; married, secondly, before
5th July, 1682, Hannah Smith, living 3rd October, 1706, died
probably before her husband, daughter of John (Rock) and
Hannah (Murry) Smith of Hempstead, New York. John" Tred-
well possibly resided in the town of Huntington, Suffolk county,
removing early to the town of Hempstead, Queens county, New
York, where he was living up to the time of his death.

He was prominent in the affairs of his county and town,
having been returned once to the Colonial Assembly as a
representative from Queens county, although not permitted to
serve; for a period of years was a county justice, and sat, at least
once, as one of the justices of the Court of Sessions at Jamaica,
Long Island; was, probably, a justice of the peace for many years;
was frequently commissioned to choose the county treasurer; and
acted as a county assessor. He was elected to many local town
offices, such as assessor, collector, constable, overseer, and sur-
veyor of high-ways. Many times he was chosen as a trustee of his
town to represent it in business transactions in New York City;
also to audit the town's accounts; and to agree upon and defend
the town's boundary lines. His business occupation is not dis-
closed, but he seems to have been extensively engaged in planting
or farming. Upon the records he was called "Mr.," "Gentleman,"
and "Esquire." It is not known where he or his wives were
buried.

The time John" Tredwell settled in Hempstead is uncertain,
but it was as early as the 7th of December,' 1665, when, as grantor,
he described himself of that place in a deed of conveyance bear-
ing that date. (See note i.) Probably he had moved there even
earlier, in 1662, as he was a witness with Jonas Houldsworth to
an indenture of apprenticeship dated the 21st of August, 1662,

Iigl.] Descendants of Edward Tre(a)dwell through his son [ohn. 1 85

and made between Anna Wood, wife of John Wood, formerly of
Rhode Island, and John Smith of Hempstead, Long Island.*

The preceding record is the earliest found relating to John'
Tredvvell. From this date on, his name appears frequently in
various capacities in the early Hempstead town books. Only
once is it to be found on the records of Huntington, and then as
a witness with Simon Lanne to an agreement dated the 15th of
June, 1665, and made between John Scott (of Setauket) and George
Wood (of Newtown, Long Island,) settling differences arising out
of an inability to carry out the terms of a lease. f

He also acted as a witness to many other instruments at vari-
ous times.

Since he must have been at least twenty-one years of age to
have made a valid conveyance of real property, the time of his birth
can be fixed as sometime prior to the 7th of December, 1644,
which is twenty-one years before the date of his conveyance to
Nathaniel Coles already mentioned. It was doubtless near that
time, as he was probably around twenty years of age when he
first married. The license for this marriage is dated the 6th of
March, 1666, and the record of it is found at page 134 of a book
now in the State Library at Albany, New York, marked "Orders,
Warrants, and Letters, vol. ii."|

No further mention has been found of this first wife, Elizabeth
Starre, and nothing positive is known as to her parentage. The
Starr genealogy, published in 1879, states that she may have been
the daughter, Elizabeth, born to Dr. Thomas Starr of Charles-
town, Massachusetts. (See note 2.) Although, at that period, it
was most unusual for a person to be given a second or middle
name, yet a grandson of John' Tredwell bore the name, Thomas
Star Tredwell. This circumstance is significant and, together
with the fact that John' Tredwell named one of his sons Tliomas,
naturally leads to the conclusion that the name of the father of
Elizabeth (Starre) Tredwell was Thomas Starr(e). But which
one was he ? Dr. Thomas Starr of Charlestown, Massachusetts,
died on the 26th day of October, 1658, and is said to have left a
widow, Rachel, and a son, Josiah, of whom the latter is known to
have settled in Hempstead, New York. On the records of this
town the name of Starr occurs for the first time under date the
22nd of January, 1662, in an agreement "betwixt John Hickes of
Hempstead . . . And Rachell Starre of Oysterbay . . .
before they enter or joyne in Marriage estate, about the settling
of their Estates, and for the preventing of Differences betwixt
the Children of the said John Hickes and Rachell Starres children,
etc."§

* Records of the Towns of North and South Hempstead, Long Island,
N. v., printed 1896, vol. i, pp. 128-129.

t Huntington Town Records, including Babylon, Long Island, N. Y.,
i6s3-i68S, printed 1887, vol. i, p. 69.

X Names of Persons for whom Marriage Licenses were issued by the Sec-
retary of the Province of New York, Previous to 1784, printed i860, p. 397.

§ Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. i, pp. iig-120.

1 86 Descendants of Edward Tre{d)diveU through his son John. [April,

Elizabeth (Starre) Tredwell must have died before the 5th of
July, 1682, for, on this date, a Hannah Tredwell is found testi-
fying with John'' Tredwell in a lawsuit between Richard Valintin
and Abraham Smith. (See note 3.)

This Hannah Tredwell was the daughter of John (Rock)
Smith of Hempstead, New York. John Smith left a will dated
the loth of May, 1695, which was probated the 3rd of April, 1706,
and recorded at page 306 of Liber 7 of Wills in the Surrogate's
Office of New York county.* An inventory of his estate was
exhibited in court by Hannah Tredwell the 3rd of October, i7o6.f
In this will he mentions his daughter Hannah, wife of Jolin
Tredwell, appointing her one of the executrices thereof. A
John Tredwell was one of the witnesses. This testament shows
that about the 24th of April, 1694, the testator had delivered some
cows and other cattle into the hands of John" Tredwell.

The Hempstead town books contain a record of a conveyance
of certain meadow lands from John Smith to his son in law,
John'^ Tredwell, on the 20th of February, 1688. (See note 4.)

Two other records of Hannah (Smith) Tredwell have been
found. One is in the 1698 census of the town of Hempstead filed
among the state papers at Albany, New York, In this list the
names of the heads of families are given first. All the Tredwell
names found therein are in the order which follows:

Mr John Tredwell
Mrs Hannah Tredwell
Thomas Tredwell
Hannah Tredwell
John Tredwell
Elizabeth Tredwell

Three other names of a different family follow here, and then
are given

John Tredwell
Phebe Tredwell.

In those times the titles, "Mr." and "Mrs.," were not used so
freely as now-a-days, but were applied to certain persons of
prominence in the social or business scale. This census indicates
that, at the time it was taken, John" Tredwell and wife, Hannah,
were living under the same roof with his son Thomas. The third
John Tredwell mentioned in this list will be seen later on to have
been another son of John" Tredwell.

The other record of Hannah (Smith) Tredwell mentioned is
found in the office of the county clerk of Queens county. New
York, in connection with a deed of conveyance dated the loth
day of December, 1701, from John Tredwell, Sr., of Hempstead,
Gentleman, and wife, Hannah, to Theodorus Van Wake, of 172
acres of land in Hempstead, situated on both sides of the highway
leading to the neck, and bounded on lands of John Robinson,

* New York Historical Society Collections, 1892, pp. 419-421.
t lb., p. 326.

igii.] Descendants of Edward Tre{d)d'well through his so?! John. 187

Thomas Rushmore and Judge Hicks; also of an interest in a
patent to fifty acres.*

A list has been preserved on the Hempstead records giving a
description of the several horses owned by John' Tredwell be-
tween the 14th of June, 1665, and the 29th of January. i666-.7t
And there is also an entry thereon of a sale by John Smith (Rock)
to him of a heifer on the 21st of June, 1665.!

By a deed dated the 22nd of February, 1666, John Weascote
conveyed to John' Tredwell the house, lot, buildings and meadows
sold to the grantor by John Ashman. §

A memorandum on the Hempstead town records shows that
John' Tredwell bought two oxen of Mr. Hickes on the 24th of
February, 1667. ||

On the 26th of April, 1667, Thomas Southward bought land on
Fordam's Neck, west of John' Tredwell's land.l"

In the division into bands to draw lots for lands for planting,
ordered at a full town meeting held at Hempstead the nth of
January, 1668, John' Tredwell fell to "Company No. 2," together
with Mr. Hicks, Mr. Gildersleve, John Eleson, Thomas Eleson
and Richard Gildersleve.**

On the r7th of November, 1668, George Hewlette and William
Osbon, both of Hempstead, conveyed to John Hubs of Mad Nan's
Neck, 18 acres on said Neck that had been laid out to John'
Tredwell.ft

On the 2nd of December, 1668, an action on the case was
entered in a Court of Constable and Overseers by Martha Rush-
mor, wife of Thomas Rushmor, against John' Tredwell for
abusing her swine. JJ The disposition of this action does not
appear.

On account of his shoulder having been dislocated, John' Tred-
well was temporarily excused by the Governor, on the i6th of
May, 1669, from general and town trainings. §§

The records of the Court of Burgomasters and Schepens held
in New Amsterdam (New York City) show that, between the
25th of January, and the ist of March, 1669-70, he had sued in
that court, and recovered judgment against Jurian de Kouperfor
the price of a cow. (See note 5.)

By a deed dated the 5th of May, 1670, William Yeats "of
ffleshin" conveyed to John' Tredwell all right, title and interest
to any lands within the limits of Hempstead "as hollow upon ye
plains meddow at ye necke at South Comonly Caled ye greate
neck, with all Cominage, &c."|||

A year afterwards, on the 9th of May, John Chew of Hemp-
stead conveyed to John' Tredwell 12 acres of meadow land at

* Liber A of Conveyances, p. 188.

I Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. i, pp. 184-185.
Ib.^ vol. i, p. 189. \ lb., vol. ii, p. 133.

§ lb., vol. viii, p. 172. ** lb., vol. i, p. 258.

\ lb., vol. i, p. 224. 'W lb., vol. i, p. 257.

XX lb., vol. i, p. 363.

§§ Qtieetis County in Olden Times, by H. Onderdonk, Jr., 1865, p. 6.
III! Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. ii, p. 68.

I 88 Descendants of Edward Tre{a)dwell through his son John. [April,

Hungry Harbor, sold to the grantor by John Williams of Hemp-
stead.*

On the 22nd of July, 167 1, Timothy Halstead of Hempstead
conveyed to John' Tredwell 6 acres of meadow land in Hemp-
stead upon " Coe's little Neck" (to the south of Hempstead),
bounded, westwardly, by Thomas Rushmure's meadow and, east-
wardly, by the creek. f

On the Hempstead records, volume i, pages 333-334, as printed,
is the following:

"At a Cort Held in Hempsted by the Magestrates this —
day of March in the yere of our Lord 1673-4

Joseph Junnins Plaintive Enters an action of debt against
John tredwell defendant the defendant Pleds he is not Provided
to answer an so it is Refered till the next Cort

at a Cort held in Hempsted by the scout(?) and Majestrats
the 5 of Aprell in the yeare of our Lord 1674 in the Ceas depend-
ing betwen Joseph Junins Plaintive and John tredwell defendant
the Cort finds for the Plaintive and also orders that the defendant
shall Pay that mony of the Reraainer of the bill that is in
differanc to the Plaintive in ten dayes with this Proviser that if
when Rafe keler esteate is decided an this mony that is in
diferance doth then fall to John tredwell Portion that then the
said Joseph Junnins shall Repay the mony to John tredwell
again without further troubell an that the defendant shall Pay
all the Charges."

The foregoing is given in full, because it is the most direct
piece of evidence yet found connecting John^ Tredwell with
Edward' Tredwell.

The record shows that John' Tredwell had some unusual
interest in the estate of Ralph Keeler, which can be explained
only on the supposition of a near relationship existing be-
tween them. Such a relationship could have arisen only through
marriage. It is known that Ralph Keeler did marry, secondly,
widow Sarah Whelpley, the widow of Edward' Tredwell, and
hence the connection between Ralph Keeler and John' Tredwell,
and the inevitable conclusion that the latter was one of the sons
of Edward' Tredwell.

On the 5th of January, 1675, John' Tredwell testified in an
action brought by Cornelus Mott against Timothy Hallsted to
recover his interest in a transaction relating to tobacco and rails.
(See note 6.)

At a general town meeting held in Hempstead the 4th of
March, 1675-6, "John tredwell" was given about yi an acre of
land in said town, adjoining his own lot;J and, at a like meeting
held on the ist of November following, he was given 4 acres of
land adjoining the north end of "fearfeld;"§ and, also, at the
meeting held the 9th of April, 1677, he was number 42 in the list
of proprietors empowered to take up 100 acres of wood land
apiece. II

* Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. ii, p. 66.

I lb., vol. i, p. 280. § lb., vol. i, p. 306.

lb., vol. i, p. 302. II lb., vol. i, p. 311.

igii.] Descendants of Edward Tre{a)dweil through his son John. i 8g

At a town meeting held the 5th of June, 1678, lot number 36
was drawn by him for fencing the Plains;* and at the meeting
held the same year, on the 25th of December, he was number 14
in the lots drawn for laying out the " Medow at Rocoaway."f
Sometime during this year he sued Adam Mott in an action on
the case. I

A record of the lands laid out by Nath'. Pearsall in 1679, shows
that John^ Tredvvell received 172 acres, made up of a 100, a 22,
and a 50 acre lot, "bounded on the East with house bay swamp," on
west side of Madnan's Neck path; and so running south and east.§
Following this is the entry of his cattle mark, which was "a latch
marke on the fore side of boath ears."||

At a town meeting held the ist of April, 1679, he was chosen
constable,! which office he held also in 1702,** and, perhaps, other
years.

At a town meeting held the 2nd of April, 1681, he was chosen
an overseer for two years,tt at the expiration of which term he
was again elected to the office. JJ

At a court held in Hempstead by the Constable and Over-
seers, on the 3rd of January, 1682, he was called upon to testify
in an action brought by Mathew Bedle against William Lee.§§

By deed dated the ist of May, 1682, Abraham Smith of Hemp-
stead conveyed to John" Tredwell 6 acres of meadow land at
"Nere Rockaway," bounded on the east side by Samuel Denton's
land and on the west side by John Pine's lot.||!|

In an agreement bearing date the 24th of May, 1682, by the
inhabitants of the town of Hempstead to maintain Jeremy Hub-
ard as a minister, John" Tredwell promised to pay ]£i.io.o
in corn or cattle yearly towards the expense. 1^

Both John" and Hannah Tredwell were called as witnesses on
the sth of July, 1682, in the suit brought by Richard Valentine
against Abraham Smith. (See note 3.)

By deed dated the 15th of February, 1682-3, John" Tredwell
"of Hemsted on Long Hand in the north riding of new
yorksher" conveyed to Jonathan Smith, Jr., of the same place,
12 acres and 79 rods of meadow land at Hungry Harbor, originally
laid out to Jeremiah Wood, Sr., bounded, westerly, by Thomas
Ireland's land; easterly, along a creek; thence, southeasterly, to
another creek and along said creek to Thomas Ireland's lot.***

On the 12th pf February, 1683, John" Tredwell was chosen
with Jonathan Smith, Sr., a representative of Hempstead for the
purpose of assessing and making a rate for the county's charge. fff
This same office he held in i686,ttj: 1687, §§§ i688,|||||| and, probably,

* Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. i, p. 318.

t lb., vol. i, p. 321. §§ lb., vol. i, p. 416.

i lb., vol. i, p. 330. J II lb., vol. ii, p. 70.

§ Jb., vol. i, p. 197. Til] lb., vol. i, p. 380.

Ij lb. *** lb., vol. i, pp. 447-448.

if lb., vol. i, p. 323. ttt ^b., vol. i, p. 420.

** lb., vol. ii, p. 230. XXX lb., vol. ii, p. 3.

tt lb., vol. i, p. 329. §§§ lb., vol. ii, p. 15.

XX lb., vol. i, p. 450. Ill lb., vol. ii, p. 19.

I go Descendants of Edward Tre{a)dweU through his son fohn. [April,

other years. In conjunction with this office for the year, i6S6, he
was to go to Jamaica, Long Island, and choose a county treasurer;
likewise in 1867, besides taking an account of money already
spent; and again in 1688.

At the town meeting held the i6th of February, 1683, he and
two others were delegated to go to New York City to obtain "A
pattaine for the whoale bounds of ye Towne" according to the first
purchase and draft drawn;* and the next year he was again sen
there on the same business. f

A valuation list among the state archives at Albany, New York,
shows that in 1683, John" Tredwell's property was valued at
^^250. (See note 7.)

In the last will of Richard Ellison, Sr., of Hempstead, bearing
no date, but probated the 13th of June, 1683, reference is made to
22 acres of land transferred by him to John" Tredwell.J

William Osburne of Gravesend, L. I., appointed him one of
the overseers in his last will, dated the loth of February, 1682. §

By a deed dated the i6th of November, 1683, Thomas Ellison
of Hempstead conveyed to John" Tredwell certain meadow land
on the west side of Coe's Neck, bounded on the south by Begle's
land and on the west by the creek between Hick's Neck and
said meadow land.||

By an entry of the 8th of April, 1684, in the Hempstead town
books, it appears that John" Tredwell had exchanged some
meadow land with Edmond Titus for upland at "Johnson
Brooke," going to Madnan's Neck.l

By a town meeting held at Hempstead the 24th of May, 1684,
he was chosen with three others to agree upon the boundary
lines between the said town and the towns of Flushing, Jamaica
and Oyster Bay.**

According to T'hova-pson's History of Long Island, printed in
1843, ff John" Tredwell was the owner or 350 acres of land in
1685. The authority for this statement cannot be discovered by
the compiler.

By deed dated the 15th of January, 1686, Thomas Hickes, Sr.,
of Cornebery, Queens county, N. Y., conveyed to John" Tredwell
a certain "hollow," known as " faire feld hollow," being on the
southeast side of Hempstead. JJ

By deed dated the i8th of January, 1686, Samuel Rainer of
Hempstead, son of Edward Rainer, deceased, conveyed to John"
Tredwell certain meadow land at Rockaway, situated on the
western side of Long Neck, at the entrance thereof, bounded on
the south by land of John" Tredwell and on the west by William
Thickston's land.§§

* Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. i, p. 420.

I lb., vol. i, p. 429.
New York Historical Society Collections, 1892, p. 126.
" 73., pp. 470-471-

Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. ii, p. 112.
\ lb., vol. i, pp. 477-478. ** lb., vol. i, p. 430.

"ft Vol. ii, p. 19.

XX Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. ii, p. 117.
§§ lb., vol. ii, p. 109.

igii.] Descendants of Edward T>-e{a)dwell through his son John. iqi

An entry in the Hempstead town books states that at a town
meeting held the 14th of February, 16S6, John" Tredwell was
granted the liberty to exchange with the town the 3 acre home
lot bought from Obadiah Vollintine, situated on the southeast
side of Hempstead and on the north side of Samuel Rainer's lot,
for a lot on the east side of his own field.* The sale of the above
mentioned lot from Obadiah Vollintine to John^ Tredwell was
recorded in these books through a memorandum thereof dated the
28th of September, 1687, but the property is therein described
as on the south side of Ephraim Vollintin's lot on the south side
of the town.f

In confirmation of a bargain made between John Carman and
John" Tredwell, said Carman's sons, John and Caleb, of Hemp-
stead, conveyed to John" Tredwell, by deed dated the i8th day of
March, 1686, certain meadow land lying "in ye Est fli" of Hick's
Neck, bounded by a creek on the east side;I and, at the same
time, in furtherance of said bargain, John" Tredwell conveyed to
the said two Carman grantors, 17 acres of meadow land on Hick's
Neck, bounded, easterly, by Robert Jackson's land, and, on the
north, by land of the said John and Caleb Carman; also i acre off
the south end of John" Tredwell's fresh meadow. §

At a town meeting held at Hempstead the ist of April, 1686,
John" Tredwell was chosen a commissioner for the year.|| He
was again chosen for the same office in i688.Tl

At the meeting held the 2nd of June, 1686, he was delegated with
others to protect the town's boundary lines, and lands against all
claimants;** and, at the meeting held the 2nd of November, the
same year, he with others was directed to appear at a court of
"asises" in Jamaica, on the first Wednesday of that month, to
defend the town's title to land in Rockaway against Judge Pel-
mas or any other person. ff

By deed dated the 13th of January, 1687, John" Tredwell
conveyed to John Ellison, Sr., of Hempstead 12^4 acres of
meadow land at Hungry Harbor laid out to Jeremiah Wood, Sr.;
also 6 acres of meadow land late belonging to Jonathan Smith
(Rock) of Hempstead, in exchange for meadow land laid out to
Ambrose Sutten and sold by John Smith to John Ellison, lying on
the westeily side of Coe's Neck and bounded, on the west, by a
creek dividing Coe's Neck and Hick's Neck.^J

By deed dated the 6th of June, 1687, Thomas Hickes, Sr., of
Cornbery, Long Island, conveyed to John" Tredwell one-half the
meadow land on Hick's Neck formerly possessed by the grantor's
father, John Hickes, bounded, easterly, by the East Creek and
cove; westerly, by Nathaniell Persell's land; northerly, by woods;
and, southerly, by said cove or bay.§§

* Hempstead ToTim Records (printed), vol. ii, p. 16.

t I/y., vol. ii, pp. 108-109. ** lb., vol. ii, p. 7.

X lb., vol. ii, pp. 113-114. tt lb., vol. ii, p. 9.

§ lb., vol. v, pp. 181-2. XX ^l>-' vol. viii, pp. 149 & 243.

II lb., vol. ii, p. gi. §§ lb., vol. ii, pp. 111-112.

Tf lb., vol. ii, p. 22.

IQ2 Descendants of Edward Tre{a)d'well through his son John. [April,

At a town meeting held in Hempstead the i8th of February,
1687-8, John^ Tredwell was one of the men chosen to audit a bill
of costs.*

By the said town records, John' Tredwell appears as one of the
owners of land on Cow Neck on the 6th of March, 1687-8.!

By deed dated the 9th of March, 1687-8, John' Tredwell con-
veyed to Edmon Tites of Hempstead 4 acres of meadow land on
the great neck eastward, bounded, easterly, by Rock Smith's land;
westerly, by the land of John Ellison, Sr.; also, "one adition
Lying in ye west flie" of said neck, bounded, northerly, by lot
laid out to James Pine, and, southerly, by lot laid out to John
Ellison, Sr.,I and, on the same date, Edmon Tites conveyed to
John' Tredwell 22 acres of woodland with right of commonage. §

On the 26th of March, 1688, John' Tredwell had entered upon
the Hempstead town books a memorandum of 44 acres laid out
to him by Nathaniell Persall on the east side of "ye flie of med-
doe" bought of John Ellison at Coe's Neck, being 70 poles in
length and 50 poles in width. ||

On the 13th of December, 1689, John' Tredwell was appointed
a justice for Queens county,! and he appears as one of the justi-
ces holding a Court of Sessions in Jamaica, on the 4th of February,
1689-90.**

On the 1 8th of January, 1690, a commission was issued to John'
Tredwell and six others to hold a Court of Oyer and Terminer
and general jail delivery in Queens county. ff

In the office of the county clerk of Queens county at Jamaica,
Long Island, is a memorandum dated the 13th day of April, 1691,
stating that John' Tredwell had been chosen Burgess (represen-
tative) for Queens county to attend his Majesty's service upon
the 14th of April, at Fort William Henry. JJ While on his way
there, he was arrested by the "under-sheriff of the city and county
of New York" on some charge, the nature of which does not
appear. The Assembly, after an examination, sustained it and
refused to seat him. (See note 8.) It was not such a "scandal-
ous" matter, however, as to destroy the faith and confidence of
his constituents, or even to prevent subsequent appointments at
the hands of the Colonial Executive, since, thereafter, he was
frequently chosen by both to fill offices of trust and of great
importance.

By deed dated the 9th of May, 1691, John' Tredwell conveyed
to John Mott all his rights to the lands described in some other
deed, of which no record can be found. §§

* Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. ii, p. 20.

I lb., vol. ii, p. 59. § lb., vol. ii, pp. 238-239.

lb., vol. ii, p. 38. II lb., vol. ii, jjp. 66-67.

\ N. Y. Calendar of Historical Manuscripts, part ii, English, 1664-1776,
by E. B. O'Callaghan, 1866, p. 186.

** New York Historical Society Collections, i8g2, p. 156.
tl A^. Y. Calendar of Historical Manuscripts, part ii, English, 1664-1776,
by E. B. O'Callaghan, 1866, p. 192.
If Liber A o£ Conveyances, p. 51.
g§ Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. viii, pp. 143-144.

igii.] A Digest of Essex Wills. 193

At a town meeting held in Hempstead on the ist day of July,
1691, John^ Tredwell was chosen to decide what would be
sufficient for a fence; what liberty swine should have on the
streets and elsewhere on the town's commons; also to build a
pound.*

The name of John'' Tredwell appears in the list of proprietors
and freeholders of Hempstead to whom John Stuard addressed
his petition, dated the nth of July, 1691.!

On the 17th of March, 1691-2, John" Tredwell delivered to
Robert Williams some oats he held belonging to George Fowler. J

At a town meeting held the 23rd day of February, 1696, "Mr.
tredwell" was chosen to vindicate the town's interest and to apply
for a warrant to run the town's line.g

( To be conlinued.)

A DIGEST OF ESSEX WILLS.

With Particular Reference to Names of Importance in the

American Colonies.

By William Gilbert,

Corresponding Member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Member
of tfie Essex Archaeological Society, etc.

(Continued from Vol. XLII, p. 57, of the Rfxord.)

178. Wright, Mabel, of Great Stambridge, Essex, widow,
5 Feb., 1596. To the poor widows of Great Stambridge 5/-
Ten shillings to each of the six children of Peter Lawrence of
Barking and I forgive the said Peter the debt he oweth me To
the two children of John Rule of Barking ten shillings each.
To Elizabeth Nevell the daughter of Elizabeth Bennett of
Paglesham 10/- at her age of sixteen. To my maid Alice Dur-
man 3/-. Res. & Ex. my son William Burton. Overseers: John
Langer and John Rule. Wit: Ezeki'ell Culverwell,|| John
Langer. Proved 23 March, 1596, by the Ex. named. (Arch.
Essex. Stephen, 183.)

179. Adams, John, of Little Laver, Essex, Husbandman, 6
February, 1573. To be buried in the Churchyard. To my wife
Johane all my household stuff My son Raynolde to keep her and
provide for her. To my three sons George John and Edward
40/- each and corn cattle etc. To my two daughters (not named)

* Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. ii, p. 24.

t lb., vol. ii. p. no.

\ lb., vol. ii, p. 94.

§ lb., vol. ii, pp. 122-123.

II Ezekiel Culverwell, Rector of Great Stambridge, 1591 to 1609, was
licensed Oct. 20, 1598, to marry Winifred, yiridow of Edward Barefoot of
Hatfield Broad Oak. She was buried at All Hollows, Barking, 19 Nov., 1613.
He was buried at St. Antholins, 14 April, 1631.

1 94 -^ Digest of Essex Wills. [April,

a bushel of wheat and a bushel of malt. To Elizabeth Skotte a
pewter platter candlestick etc. Res. & Ex. son Raynolde. Super-
visor: John Collen of Little Laver. Wit : John Collen, Thomas
Asser. Proved 30 October, 1574 by Ex. named. (Value ^^13.
16. 4). (Arch. Essex. Gyll 77.)

180. Aylett, William, of Rivenhall, Essex, Yeoman, 27 July,
1581. To be buried in the churchyard of Rivenhall or Kelvedon.
Bequests to the poor of a number of parishes. To wife Margaret
for her life copyhold land called More Land in Kelvedon. Also
to her ;!^ioo and cattle &c. half of household stuff and the occu-
pation of a tenement called Graces. To my eldest son Richard
my lease in Cressing. To son Leonard my copyhold closes in
Rivenhall called Elmesfield and Sewerland and other copyhold
lands held under same Manor, and a lease called Little Rivenhall
and my lease in Black Notley which I late had of George Ray-
mond of Braintree. To son Robert my lease in Coggeshall. To
son William my lease in the moiety of a tenement in Mayland
called Bovells and all my tenements in Mayland Southminster
and Steeple which I late had of Henry Luckyn of Roxwell.* To
son Thomas lease of a meadow in Rivenhall I bought of Thomas
Burgess, a copyhold tenement in Rivenhall called Black Mere and
a meadow called Bayes. To son John the other half of my house-
hold stuff by the dividing of my brothers Robert & Thomas
Aylett and George Raymond and also the lands bequeathed to
wife, after her death, and ^100 at age 21. My executors to have
my lands held of the Manor of Kelvedon Hall for the better per-
formance of this my will. To my daughter Susan the wife of
Edward Sammes ^20. and each of her children (not named) to
have_;^6. 13.4. To John, Thomas, Edward and Susan Lambe, the
children of my daughter Elizabeth, deceased, late the wife of John
Lambe jQd. 13. 4. each. To Judith the daughter of my brother
Thomas Aylett j[^(>. 13. 4. at age 21. To each of my servants 3/4.
Res. & Ex. my six sons. Supervisor: my brothers, George Ray-
mond and Thomas Aylett. My free messuages and tenements in
the hamlet of Stansted in the parish of Halsted which I bought
of Robert Noke, gent, and Dorothy his wife to remain to the uses
declared in a pair of indentures dated the 25 July 23 Eliz. between
myself and wife on the one part and George Raymond of Brain-
tree, Grocer, (my brother-in-law) and Thomas Aylett of Leaden
Roding (my natural brother), on the other part as in the same
more plainly doth appear. And whereas I have taken up by copy
of Court roll of George White, Esquire, one parcel of the waste
ground of his Manor of Rivenhall and thereupon have builded one
house, being now two tenements for the poor of the parish of
Rivenhall, my sons to have the appointing of such persons to
dwell therein. Wit: Thomas Hunt, gentleman, John Upcher,
John Binded, William Piggett. Proved 7 May, 1583, by the ex.
named. (P. C. C. Rowe 26.)

* The Visitation of Essex, 1612, states that Henry Lukyn of Roxwell mar-
ried Alice, dau. of Richard PuUestone of Bardfield Hall, Essex.

igii.] A Digest of Essex Wills. igj

i8i. Baldwin, William, of Upminster, Essex, Yeoman, 26 No-
vember. 1574. To be buried in the Churchyard. To ten poor house-
holders on the day of my burial 6 pence each. To wife Johane
all my copyhold lands and tenements in the Southend of Upmin-
ster held of the Manor of Gaynes for her life. To son Thomas
^6. 13. 4. at age 21. To son John j[^\o at age 21. To the child
my wife goeth with ;£\o at age 21. To my daughter Thamer
Baldwin ;^io at age 21. To William Baldwin, my brother's son
my best coat. To Richard Baldwin my next coat. To John
Baldwin that dwelleth with me my best hosen and best hat. To
sister Alice half a seam of rye. To my brother John Baldwin
my Spanish leather jerkin, and my satten nightcappe. A kercher
clothe of 20 pence a piece each to John Baldwin's wife, my sister
Samford, Thomas Heynes wife and the widow Wright. Res. &
Ex. wife. Overseers: Thomas Herde, George Herde, John Bald-
win my brother and John Skeele. Wit: William Soane, Robert
Herde, Humfry Benton. Proved 18 December, 1574 by the Ex.
named. (Value £,m. 10. o.) (Arch. Essex. Gyll, 83.)

182. Glascocke, John, of Rayleigh, Essex, Carpenter, April,
1638 (nuncupative) To his eldest daughter Sara Glascocke J^^,
her mother's gown and a blue silk girdle. To his daughter Mary
Glascocke ^3 and a silver spoon. To Jonas his manservant his
wearing apparel and tools. Residue to his two sons John and
Henry Glascocke. His brother John Hamond of Harlow to have
the bringing up of John, and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth
Waylett, to have the bringing up of Henry. Wit: Edward Pond,
William Julian. Administration of the above will was granted
on 17 July, 1638, at Great Baddow, to Henry Liveing and Henry
Barnes, overseers of the poor of the parish of Rayleigh during
the minority of John, Sara, Mary and Henry, children of the
deceased. (Arch. Essex. Whitehead, 16.)

183. Green, Thomas, of Brentwood, Essex, 15 November,
1610. Gentleman. To be buried in the parish church of South
Weald. To the poor of Brentwood 20/- To Mr. Weston 10/- to
preach at my funeral. To wife Thomazine two thirds of goods.
To children (not named) the other third. Cousin John Green.
Servants Joane Wooddall and Henry Smith. To Mr. Marwood
20/-. Res. & Ex. wife. Overseers: Edward Marwood and cousin
Charles Green of London, Goldsmith. Wit: Edward Marwood,
Thomas Tabor, George Bowdishe "and his wife." Proved 19
March, 1610, by the relict. (Arch. Essex. Blunt, 58.)

184. Hanchett, Thomas, of Berden, Essex, Yeoman, 20 June,
1666 To the poor of Arkesden 40/- To wife freehold land
called Bledlews comprising 24 acres. Sons George and Samuel.
Lands to son Edward. Lands in Arkesden and Elmdon. To son
William copyhold lands held of Dodenloe als Dudnall Grange.
Youngest son Thomas. Son Richard. My grandchildren Thomas
and Edward, the sons of Edward Hanchet, and James, Richard
and William, the sons of Richard Hanchet. My daughter Susan,
the wife of William Morrice. Res. & Ex. wife Elizabeth. Wit;

I3A

Iq6 a Digest of Essex Wills. [April,

John Beard and Thomas Hagger. Proved at Henham i March,
1678, by the relict. (Arch. Colchester. Polley, 276.)

185. Hanchett, William, of Arkesden, Essex, Yeoman, 10 Sep-
tember, 1681. To wife Grace my copyhold ground known as Mill-
field containing 30 acres in Elmdon until my son John arrives at
age 21 and then he to have it. Also to wife for her life my mes-
suage wherein I dwell with the two closes adjoining containing
about II acres, and also 7 acres in Elmdon called Dawsfield, and 6
acres called Pishedge Croft, and 3 acres in Larkesfield. After her
death (or marriage in case she remarry) to my son William. To
my eldest daughter Elizabeth ^^30 at age 21. Ditto to daughters
Sarah and Anne. My son William to have my 9 acres of land in
Elmdon and Wenden Lofts on condition he pay the above lega-
cies. Residue to wife for life and after equally between children.
Ex: wife and son William. Wit: John Wright, Mary Wright,
Tho. Patson. Proved at Walden 24 April, 1682, by Ex. named.
(Arch. Colchester. Collin, 90.)

186. Hills, Walter, of Ramsey, Essex, 6 April, 1560. To
Ramsey Bridge 6/8. To Agnes my wife and her heirs all my
houses and lands in Much Oakley on condition she pay to five of
my kinsfolk £,6. 13. 4. each, viz: John Hills, Peter Hills, a poor
wife sister of said John and Peter, dwelling in Writtle, John Hills
the younger and William Hills. I have surrendered into the
hands of John Gillot in stead of the bailiff and in the presence of
three of the lords tenants viz: Richard Herriche, James Hewet,
and Nicholas Smythe. the said lands. 6/8 to each of my three
servants. Res. & Ex. wife. Agnes. Wit: Thomas Richmond,
John Callyn, Thomas Porter. Probate not mentioned. (Arch.
Colchester. Puckell, 187.)

187. HowLAND, John, of Wicken Bonhunt, Essex, Yeoman,
16 July, 1607. To Collett, my wife, for her life a piece of arable
land in Wicken called Little Field between the land belonging to
the Parsonage of Wicken on the South and the land late of John
Bell on the North and containing by estimation 2 acres. After
her death the land to come to Thomas Thurgood one of the sons
of my son-in-law John Thurgood and his heirs for ever. To Col-
lett my daughter, the wife of John Collyn, ;^io. To my daughter
Margaret, the wife of Daniel Peverley, ;^i2. To my daiighter
Agnes Westrawe, widow, ^^'lo. To Elizabeth Cosin, my daughter,
a basin; and to John Cosin, her son, 6/8 at age 21. To Martha
Westrawe, daughter of my said daughter Agnes, jQ:^. 6. 8. at age
21 or marriage. To each child of my three daughters Margarett,
Barbara and Agnes 6/8 at their ages of 21. Res. & Ex. the above
named John Thurgood. Wit: John Langham, Richard Spiltim-
ber. Probate not mentioned. (Not Registered. Original will
examined. Archdeaconry of Colchester.)

188. Hunt, Robert, of Beaumont, Essex, 27 Jan'y., 1561. To
William Wade, my father-in-law, and his heirs, my house called
Crowche House, and my land called Durches, on condition that
Jane Wade, my mother, have her dwelling there and have the

Igil.J A Digest of Essex Wills. Ig7

profit of the said lands during her life; and the said William Wade
to pay to William Hunt, my brother, ^6. 13. 4., and to my brother
Richard Hunt, ^20 and to my sister Jone Bayninge £^6. 13. 4., and
ditto to sister Elizabeth Hayle. To my brother John Wade the
elder my sword. To my brother John Wade the younger my
coffer. Residue of goods to be sold and distributed at the discre-
tion of my Executors. Ex. William Wade my father-in-law and
Robert Payne my uncle by-the-law. Wit: John Grene, John
Coke. Probate not mentioned. (Arch. Colchester. Puckell, 192.)

i8g. KiNGE, Edmund, of Tillingham, Essex, iS August, 1646.
I give my house and lands in Maldon called Winterslade now in
the occupation of Goodman Pledger (which I have in reversion
after my mother's decease, given me in will by my father Barthol-
omew Kinge) to my son Thomas Kinge and his heirs for ever.
If he die without issue then to my wife Elizabeth and her heirs
for ever. All my goods etc to wife and she to be ex. Wit: Fran-
cis Parfe, Mary Parfe, Mary Gellenwater Thomas Nicholson. On
the 27 June, 1650, a commission Vi^as issued to Joseph Ellistone
the Executor of the will of Elizabeth Kinge deceased who while
she lived was the executrix named in the above will to administer
the same. (P. C. C. Pembroke, 95.)

190. Kinge, Elizabeth, of Tilllingham, Essex, Widow, 26
February, 1646. To be buried in the Church of Tillingham. To
the poor twenty shillings. To Susanna the daughter of my
brother Thomas Nicholson deceased ^20 at age 17. If she die
before then the legacy to be equal divided between her two
brothers Thomas and Rowland. To the said Thomas and Row-
land ^40 each at ages 21. To Augustine Hill, clerk, 11/- to preach
my funeral sermon. Res. & Ex. Joseph Ellistone of Dengy
Gentleman. To my sister Susanna Nicholson 40/- a year for
each of her three children to bring them up and educate them.
Wit: Augustine Hill, James Noble, William Harrison. Proved 4
March, 1646, by Joseph Ellistone. (P. C. C. Fines, 62.)

191. Kinge, Thomas, of Harlow, Essex, Husbandman, 30
November, 1646. To be buried in the Churchyard. To Kather-
ine my wife my tenement in Church-gate Harlow for her life and
after to John Kinge my brother for his life and after to his son
John Kinge and his heirs on condition 10/- each be paid to my
brother John's children and 10/- each to my brother Powton's
children, and my brother to discharge my executrix of a bond of
ten pounds wherein I stand bound with him to Mr. Edmund
Skoles of Calton. To wife my tenement in Harlow Market in
the occupation of Samuel Jennings, for her life and after to
Andrew Kinge my brother for his life he to pay ten shillings to
each of his two children Joane and Thomas, ten shillings to each
of my brother William's three children, and ten shillings each to
three other of his own children After the death of the said
Andrew I give the tenement to his son Andrew and his heirs for
ever. To Jeffery my brother my copyhold tenement in Morton
Essex, he to pay ten shillings to each of my sister Elizabeth's

Ig8 A Digest of Essex Wills. [April,

children, and ten shillings to my sister Dennis. To Judith Haver
my daughter-in-law, all my household stuff. Res. & Ex. wife
Katherine. Wit: Edward Spranger. Proved Jany. 5, 1647, by
relict. (P. C. C. Essex, 11.)

192. MoTTE, John, of Layer Marney, Essex, Yeoman, 16
March, 1560. To wife Agnes my house and lands in Much
Wigborough, Essex, called Hidde for her life she to pay to my
executor 40/- a year and to discharge a bond between Robert
Brodocke that married the wife of Audley and me. After her
decease the house and lands to go to John the son of William
Motte in satisfaction of a legacy of ^^30 given to him by his
father's last will, and he to pay to Mary Motte such residue of the
;^3o bequeathed her as has not been paid. To Anne Hithe a
bedstead etc. To wife £,^o, residue of household stuff and cattle.
She to have two thirds of the corn growing at Wigborough and
my brother Richard the other third. To John Hithe a colt and
a silver spoon. Silver spoons to Stephen Hithe, Elizabeth Hithe
and John Pignet. To Prissitt Motte an old ryall and a silver
spoon. To my brother Richard Motte 3 kine and 10 hoggs. To
my brother John a tyke that I had of him being fifteen sticks in
ye tike. I deliver the surrender of my said house and land into
the hands of John Alleyne, Thomas Harvye, and John Graunte.
Res. & Ex. brother John Motte. Wit: Robert Camocke, John
Graunte, Cristopher Ayleward, Edward Mutton, Thomas Gage.
Probate not mentioned. (Arch. Colchester. Puckell, 8.)

193. MoTT, John, of Hawkewell, Essex, 15 March, 1558. To
be buried in the parish churchyard at Forrest. To wife Alice all
goods and moveables witl^in house and without to bring up my
three children (not named). She to be sole Executrix. Over-
seer: William Dedin. Wit: William Hewes, Thomas Glaskok,
Robert Hankin. Proved 4 April, 1559, by the relict. (Arch.
Essex. Randoll, 7.)

194. Osborne, Robert, of Layer Bretton, Essex, Husband-
man, 24 July, 1592. To the poor of Layer Bretton viz: father
Daulton 5/- Richard Gilder 5/- mother Clarke 5/- Thomas Gar-
land 3/4. Robert Cooper 3/4. Mother Living 3/4. To Alice my
wife seven beasts three of them at this farm and the other four
at the Moore at Salcott Verlcy. To Edward Skinner my son-in-
law 40/- cattle hay etc. To Richard Osborne my brother's son a
bason. To Sarah Southey my daughter-in-law ^3 and a black
bullock. To Mary Kibbate my sister 30/- To William, Jane and
Joane, the children of my brother John Osborne 10/- each. To
Anne Francis my sister 30/- To John and Joan the children of
my sister Vintner, 10/- each. To John, Jone, Mary and Emme, the
children of my brother Richard Osborne, 10/- each. Ten shil-
lings to be divided between Mother Howe, Father Goddard,
Mother Bitson and Jeremy Goddard. To William Teele of Sal-
cott Wigborough ^10. to be paid out of a bond of twenty pounds
which Matthew London of Wigborough standeth bound to me.
Res. & Ex. wife Alice. Supervisor William Teele. To my

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daughter Katherine Taseler £,t,. To Clemence Skinner my son-
in-law 20/- To Leonard Skinner my son-in-law 20/- To John
Skinner 20/- To Elizabeth Ricarde, my sister's daughter, 10/-.
Wit: John Lucas, clerk,* William Bearde. Proved at Colchester
8 Sept., 1592, by the relict. (Consistory London. Sperin, 43.)

195. Partridge, John, of Navestock, Essex, i October, 1652,
To be buried in the chancel of the Parish Church. To the poor
of Navestock ^5. To my daughter Margaret Hudson ^100. To
my grandchildren Thomas & Jane Lake at their ages of iS the
^100 that my son-in-law John Lake oweth me. To my servants
Mary Corter, Elizabeth Elkin and Elizabeth Scarlett 20/- each
To my cousin John Combers 40/- Res. & Ex. wife Jane and son
John. Wit: Thomas Hayward John Combers. Proved 27 June
1663, by relict. (Dean & Chapter of St. Paul. F. 67.)

196. QuiNBE, John, of Much Wakering, Essex, Husbandman,
21 May, 1630 To Elizabeth my wife all my corn and implements
To John Richardson the younger, my wife's son, ^5 at his age of
21. To John Richardson, the other of my wife's sons, 40/ at his
age of 21. To Henry Harmon, my wife's brother, 10/- To Wil-
liam Quinbe my brother ^6. To Thomas Quinbe my brother
-£t, at his age of 21. To Richard Abraham my kinsman 40/- To
Mary Arkersen my sister the wife of John Lannce shoemaker 50/-
To the poor of Much Wakering 10/- To Elizabeth Brette my
wifes god-daughter 5/- to buy her a coat. To Ellinn EUmur my
god-daughter 5/-. To Alles Cooke my maide 3/4. Res. & Ex.
wife. Overseer: Henry Brette. Wit: Thomas Dranue, Henry
Brette, Henry Harmon. Pioved 20 July, 1630, by Ex. named, in
the Court of the Archdeacon of Essex. (Not registered, Origi-
nal Will examined.)

197. Quinbe, William, 3 January, 1632. To Richard Abraham
of Lee, county Essex, smith 30/- To the Widow Bedman of Little
Wakering 10/- and my cloak. To John Dynam 5/- My trusty
friend Thomas Mayers to be Executor, to him 20/-. To my
brother Thomas Quinbe the residue or my money and goods to
be paid him at the time his apprenticeship shall come out. Wit:
John Dynam, Robert Chapman. Proved in the Court of the
Archdeacon of Essex on Feb. 18, 1632, by the Executor named.
(Not Registered. Original Will examined.)

198. Tabor, John, of Burnham, Essex, 27 September, 1609.
To be buried in the Churchyard. To my father Henry Tabor of
Wickford ^20. If both my father and mother die before me
then sister Elizabeth to have the money. To sister Annys, wife
of Richard Glover, ^1^15. To brother Richard Glover ^5. to re-
pair a little cottage now in the occupation of my father. To
Anthony and John Edwards my ten chaldrons of coal in the
malthouse. To the wife of Gregory Wicken 20/- To the wife
of Owen Towlton 20/- To Annes Arnold 10/- To my godson

* Rector of Layer Bretton. Instituted 12 Dec, 1588.

200 A Digest of Essex Wills. [April,

John Taylor 5/- To my cousin Annis Gilder widow 20/- To my
cousin ]ohn Tabor a pair of blue Jersey stockings. Res. & Ex.
cousin Edward Tabor of Fryerning. Overseer: Ambrose Petti-
well, of Fryerninge 5/- to him. Wit: John Thompson, John
Hawke, Andrew Simson. Proved at Great Baddow, 24 Oct., 1609.
by Ex. named. (Arch. Essex. Blunt, 42.)

199. Tabor, Robert, of Margaretting, Essex, 21 February,
1608. Tailor. To Jesse Tabor (son) my best bedstead feather
bed etc. after my wifes decease. To daughter Grace my next
feather bed, etc. To daughters Sarah and Joan various house-
hold articles. To James Ketch the younger a round table. To
Cytus Preistland a little posnett etc. Res. & Ex. wife Dennys.
Supervisors Thomas Freeman and my brother John Tabor. Wit:
Thomas Freeman and Jeremy Bird. Proved 11 April, 1609, at
Great Baddow by relict. (Arch. Essex. Blunt, 15.)

200. Wenlocke, Stephen, of Much Bentley, Essex, 5 July,
1687 Very aged but in good health To son Nathaniel* lands in
Much Bentley called Riches and Savores. In default of issue to
Elizabeth, my daughter, wife of James Minter and her heirs, she
to pay to my daughter Mary, the wife of Edmund Blowers, and
her heirs for ever ^6 a year; and whoever shall enjoy the said
lands shall pay my wife Elizabeth ^^8 a year during her widow-
hood. To Martha Wenlocke my daughter and her heirs all my
copyhold land called Edwards and a piece of freehold land now
occupied by the widow Woodward. In default to the heirs of my
son Stephen according to the custom of the Manor of Much Bent-
ley. To Thomas Porter my grandchild ^5. My wife to be
guardian to Nathaniel and Martha until their ages of 21. Res: &
Ex: wife. Wit: David Siday, William Martin, Sarah Siday.
Proved 3 May, 1693, by the Ex. named. (Arch. Colchester. Hay-
ward, 39.)

201. Wright, John, of Wright's Bridge within the Liberty of
Havering, in the County of Essex, Esquire, 2 April, 1644. To be
buried in the North Chancel of the Parish Church of South
Weald. To the poor of Noke Hill 40/- To the poor of South
Weald 40/- To sister, Mrs. Martha Delbridge, an annuity of jQ\2
for her life out of my lands belonging to my mansion house of
Wright's bridge. Also to her my diamond ring. To daughter
Elizabeth £,i,oo at age 21. To daughters Martha, Frances and
Annett ^300 each at ages 21. To my son Laurence Wright three
tenements in Noke Hill in the occupation of Giles Siser, Henry
Sands and Richard Andrewes. And if my eldest son John
Wright desire to redeem them he to pay to his said brother ^300
at his age of 21. To sons William and Henry ;!^2oo each at ages
21. To brother Nathaniel Wright, Doctorf in Physic, 40/- for a

* The Will of this Nathaniel Wenlock was proved 2 Oct., 17 16, and men-
tiones wife Mary, sons Nathaniel and Stephen, daughters Mary and Martha.

■j" In the Will of Edward Sammes of London, Grocer, (proved 1685 P. C. C.
Pile, 21,) mention is made of my brother-in-law Doctor Wright and his wife and

I9>l-] A Digest of Essex Wills. 20I

ring. To my brother Robert Wright ditto. To my brother Wil-
liam Atwood my black mare. The rest of my household stufE
together with my lease of the Manor of Maunsis which I have
assigned over in trust to my honoured and respected uncles Sir
Thomas Cheeke Knight* and Laurence Wright Doctor in Physicf
to the uses of this my will I leave to my wife Mary for the educa-
tion of my children and raising of their portions for them. If the
portions of my younger children cannot be raised from my per-
sonal estatate etc. by the time they are due, then my eldest son
John to join with his mother in the sale of the house and land in
Romford in the occupation of William Grafton; or else I charge
them upon my freehold lands that are to descend to my son John.
Ex, wife. Overseers: Sir Thomas Cheeke and Doctor Wright.
Wit: John Johnson, Thomas Atwood and Robert Wright. Proved
at London, 8 October, 1644, by the relict. (Arch. Essex. White-
head, 146.)

202. Wright, Laurence, of Kelvedon, near Ongar, Essex,
Gentleman, 17 Novr., 1638. To the parishes of Kelvedon and
White Notley 50/- each. To my brother John Wright the elder
in the County of Essex gent, my lands in Shenfield Essex. To
my nephews and nieces as follows: To Richard, Stephen and
Anthony Wright, Katherine and Mary Wright, and unto John and
Edward White, and my Godson Richard White ^e, each; and to
my nieces Anne and Margaret 50/- each, and to Margaret Burton
and Mary White my goddaughters 50/- each. To my sister Mary
jQ20. To my cousin John Wright of Stanfield in White Notley
^5. To my cousin Richard Wright of Wealdside ^^lo. To my
honourable friend John Petre, Esquire, a younger brother unto
Richard Lord Petre, ^^350 Res. & Ex. my brother John Wright,
the elder. Wit: Richard Wright, Thomas Hey wood. Proved at
London, 6 December, 1638, by John Wright, senior, the Ex.
named in the will. (P. C. C. Lee, 175.)

203. Wright, Ralph, of South Weald, Essex, Yeoman, 12
February, 1641 To the poor 10/- To my eldest son Ralph copy-
hold land in South Weald named Quicks. To son William free-
hold land in Morton and copyhold lands in Cranham after death
of my wife. To daughter Elizabeth Clemens ;^2o To daughter
Sara Wright jQ6o and a feather bed. etc. Res. & Ex. wife Over-
seers: my brother Symon Jenings. Wit: John Sond. Thomas
Gill. Sj'mon Jenings. Proved at Brentwood, 17 June, 1642, by
Elizabeth Wright the relict. (Arch. Essex. Whitehead, 115.)

(To be continued.)

my brother-in-law Nathaniel Wright and his wife. This Edward Sammes mar-
ried Bennet, daughter of John Wright of Wrightsbridge, the grandfather of the
present testator.

* This relationship requires a little explanation. The testator's wife was
Mary, daughter of John Mole of York, and her mother was Elizabeth, sister to
Sir Thomas Cheeke, Knt.

■f He was his half uncle, being the son of John Wright by his second mar-
riage, while the testator was grandson of the same by his first marriage.

202 Registration of Pedigrees. [April,

THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

SOCIETY'S DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION

OF PEDIGREES.

In 1909, as an outcome of a feeling that the time was ripe for such a step, this
Society established a department for the purpose of enabling all who might desire so
to do to file in the office of the Society authenticated records of their line of descent
from any one, or all, of their ancestors, with a view towards having these pedigrees
examined and approved and subsequently published in volumes for the purpose of
perpetuating the present knowledge of such lines of descent for the benefit of posterity.

At the time of the original conception of the plan, it was the purpose of the Soci-
ety to allow these pedigrees to accumulate until 250 of them had been collected, and
then to publish them in a volume, to be followed by other volumes as rapidly as the
pedigrees were subsequently filed.

Such proceedure, experience has developed, would occasion greater delay in
publishing the pedigrees collected up to the present time than is thought (in the inter-
ests of those whose pedigrees are already filed) to be desirable ; and it has therefore
been determined to begin with this issue of The Record and publish regularly
thereafter in each succeeding issue thereof a section devoted to the publication of
these accumulated pedigrees until all of those filed shall have been published in The
Record ; and thereafter, from time to time, to publish them as rapidly as they accu-
mulate sufficiently to make up the ordinary section of The Record devoted to this
Department.

When all of the pedigrees now filed have been published in The Record, a
volume containing those already published will be issued, which volume will be
fully indexed, and a copy of said volume will then be sent to every one of those
individuals whose pedigrees have up to that time been filed and published.

For the benefit of those who may not at the present time be aware of the exis-
tence of this Department, it is here stated that said Department is conducted for the
express purpose of enabling all who may desire so to do to file with this Society, on
blanks specially prepared for the purpose, their line of descent from any particular
ancestor, or ancestors, and these pedigrees so filed will be examined and passed upon,
and if found according to established records, or presumably correct (in the absence
of established records) according to first-class circumstantial evidence, they will be
accepted and approved and subsequently published by the Society in volumes from
time to time as rapidly as the accumulation of pedigrees filed justify their publication
in volume form.

Each pedigree thus accepted shall consist of the direct line of descent of the
applicant from one particular ancestor ; and will be permitted to carry this line of
descent as far back as it may extend in this country, and in addition thereto one gen-
eration farther back than this country, in order to connect the applicant with a known
ancestor on the other side of the water. Should an applicant be able and desire to
extend this pedigree on the other side of the water indefinitely, such a pedigree will
be accepted for publication on the payment of the regular fee for the registration of
the ordinary pedigree and in addition thereto a pro-rata charge for the additional
generations thus registered and published over and above the full pedigree in this
country and one generation beyond this country.

In filing these pedigrees applicants are urged in making out their application
blanks to record as fully as possible the information obtainable (as called for on the
blanks) regarding their ancestors of each generation ; giving not only the particular
marriage of an ancestor of which marriage they may be the direct or remote issue,
but also the record of every other marriage such ancestor may have contracted ; and
also a full list of all children of each ancestor by each marriage contracted. This
information is requested iu order that each pedigree filed may be as nearly as possible
perfect in its information regarding each generation of the pedigree thus filed, which
information will greatly enhance the value of the pedigree from a genealogical
standpoint.

Individuals are urged to take advantage of this opportunity thus ofifered them,
and to file with this Society as many of their distinct lines of descent as they are able
to establish at one time, in order that all of their pedigrees filed may appear in one
volume. By so doing they will be enabled to have upon the shelves of their libraries
one volume which will contain a full record of these lines of descent from their many
ancestors of different family surnames, which information could not otherwise be re-
ferred to except by consulting the various specific genealogies of each of the families
whose blood may be in their veins.

Information regarding the method of conducting this Department, and the fees
charged for registration of Pedigrees will be furnished upon application to this Society
at its office, 226 West 58th Street, New York City.

gii.] Registration of Pedigrees. 203

Jo. 1. BO WEN CLARENCE WINTHROP BOWEN

1. Qrlffith ap Owen (alias Bowen), b at ; d , living in 1557, at ; m

at to Anne Bury (dau. of Humphrey Bury of Bury in Arbor, County Devon, Eng.),

b at ; d at

Res. Slade, in Parish of Oxwich, County Glamorgan, Wales, G. B.
Children: Philip, Mary.

2. Philip Bowen, b at ; d before Aug. 7, 1604, at ; m , at to

Elizabeth Hopkin (dau. and heir of Hoplcin, John, of Lansamlett, County Glamorgan), b

at ; d (living Aug. 7, 1604), at

Res. Slade, in Parish of Oxwich, County Glamorgan, Wales, G. B.
Children: John, Griffith, Francis, Alice, Sibil, Elenor.

3. Francis Bowen, b at ; d at ; m , at , to Ellen Prankleyn

(dau. of Thomas Frankleyn), b at ; d at

Children: George, Griffith, Elizabeth.

4. Qrlffith Bowen, b , at ; d between 1671 and 1676, at ; m at ,

to Margaret Fleming (dau. of Henry Fleming of Wales), b at ; d at

Res. in Wales; emigrated to New England about 1638 and settled in Boston, Mass.

Children: Margaret, Francis, William. Mary, Henry, Elizabeth, Esther, Abigail, Peniel, Deriah.

15, Lieut. Henry Bowen, b ,1633-4, in Wales: d. March 13, 1723-4, at Woodstock, Conn.; m. (i)

I Dec. 20, 1658, at Roxbury, Mass., to Elizabeth Johnson, b. Dec. 24, 1637, at ; d. Aug. 13,

1683, at ; m. (2) April 14, 1684, at , to Susanna ( ) Heath (wid. of Peleg Heath,

and dau. of Dorothy, wife of John King, a seaman of Weymouth, Mass.), b , at ;

d at

Res. Roxbury. Mass., and Woodstock. Conn. Constable of Roxbury and member of Militia Company there and Selectman;

one of the original settlers of VVoodstock. Conn.
Children: ist m., Henry. Elizabeth. John, infant, Margaret, Marie, Margaret, Abigail, Penuel. Hester. Isaac; 2nd m., none.

6. Isaac Bowen, b. April 20, 1676, at Roxbury, Mass.; d soon after Jan. i, 1726-7, at Stoughton,

Mass.; m. (i) about i6q8, at , to Hannah Winchester, b. Jan. 11, 1679-80, at ;

d. Nov. 22, 1717, at Roxbury, Mass.; m. (2) April 15, 1720, at , to Elizabeth Tucker, b.

Dec. 20, 1688, at Roxbury, Mass.; d , at

Res. Roxbury, Framingham and " Dorchester New Grant " (now Stoughton). Mass. He was a farmer.
Children: 1st m,, Henry, Hannah, Mary, Isaac, Sarah, Josiah, Penuel, Sarah; 2nd m., Benjamin, Elizabeth.

7. Henry Bowen, b. March 30, 1700, at Framingham, Mass.; d. Jan. i, 1758, at Woodstock, Conn.; m.

May 10, 1721, at Woodstock, Conn., to Margaret Davis, b. Feb. 7, 1699, at Woodstock, Conn.;

d. April 14, 1762, at Woodstock, Conn.
Res. Woodstock, Conn., where he was Hog Reeve, Constable, Tything-man. Surveyor, Town Clerk. Selectman, Town Treasurer,

Moderator, and in his private capacity he was a farmer and weaver. He was Representative to G. C. Col. Conn.,

J. P., for Windham Co.. Clerk of the Proprietor's. Assessor and on Church and School Committees.
Children: Silas, Matthew. Hannah, Isaac. Hannah. Margaret, John.

8. Capt. Matthew Bowen,* b. Oct. 22, 1724, at Woodstock, Conn.; d. Feb. 16, 1806, at Woodstock, Conn.;

m. Oct. 4, 1750, at Pomfret, Conn., to Mary Dana, b. March 3, 1727, at Pomfret, Conn.; d.

June 22, 1813, at

Res. Woodstock, Conn , where he was Town Surveyor, Collector, Tything-man, Lister, Grand Juror. Leather Sealer, Constable,
and on Committee to audit accounts of Town Treasurer. He was a Captain of the Revolutionary War, on School
Committee, and active in church affairs, being Moderator. He was a farmer, saddler and store keeper, and a large
dealer in real estate.
Children: Margaret. Mary, Danforth, Griffith. Griffith. William, Matthew. Hannah.

9. William Bowen, b. Dec. 28, 176:5, at Woodstock, Conn.; d. May 14, 1837, at ; m. Dec. 25, 1788,

at ; to Mary Chandler, b. Aug. 15, 1760, at ; d. Feb. 10, 1834, at

Res. Woodstock, Conn. He was a farmer, merchant, Postmaster. Town Collector. Surveyor. Constable. Leather Sealer,
Selectman. Proprietor's Clerk, Sealer of Weights and Measures. J. P.. Representative to State Legislature. He «as
a tavern keeper, and one of the founders of Woodstock Academy, Clerk and Treasurer of the First bcclesiastical
Society of Woodstock. He was also one of the incorporators of the .-Vrnold Mfg. Co., South Woodstock, Conn.

Children: George, Mary, Matthew, Lewis, William.

0. Lieut. George Bowen, b. June 8, 1789, at Woodstock, Conn.; d. Jan. 6, 1846, at ; m. Oct. 13, 1812,

at to Lydia Wolcott Eaton, b. July 14, 1793, at ; d. Oct. 30, 1864, at Sudbury, Mass.

Res. Woodstock, Conn. He was a merchant, tavern keeper, Lieut, in the Militia in the War of 1812, and served as Havward,
Sealer of Weights and Measures. Surveyor, Selectman, J. P., on School Committee, Clerk and Treasurer of the School
Society, Clerk and Treasurer of the Proprietors of Woodstock Academy, olficer of the Windham Agricultural Society,
Clerk of Probate Court of Woodstock. Conn,

Children: Henry Chandler. Edward Eaton, Maria. .Amelia .Allen.

1. Henry Chandler Bowen, b. Sept. ii, 1813, at Woodstock, Conn.; d. Feb. 24, 1896, at Brooklyn, N. Y.;

m. (i) June 6, 1844, at to Lucy Maria Tappan, b. Feb. 17. 182;. at Boston, Mass.; d.

March 25, 1863, at Brooklyn, N. Y.; m. (2) Dec. 25, 1865, at , to Ellen Holt, b. May 12, 1834,

at Pomfret, Conn.; d , at

Res. Woodstock. Conn., and Brooklyn. N. Y. He was a merchant, proprietor and publisher of the Brooklyn Independent,

Collector of U. S. Internal Revenue. 3rd District, N. Y. State; he was strongly identified with his native lown of

Woodstock. Conn., as a public benefactor thereof.
Children: ist m., Henry Elliott. Edward Au2:ust'is, Mary Louisa, Grace Aspinwall. Clarence Winthrop. .Alice Linden, Herbcr;

Wolcott, John Eliot, Franklin Davis, Winthrop Earl; 2nd m., Paul Plolt.

Note; * Desccndanis eligible to Soc. Sons ul Revolution.

204 Registration of Pedigrees. [April,

'S,0\^Y.'ii— Continued.

12. Clarence Winthrop Bowen, b. May 22, 1852, at Brooklyn N. Y.; d , at ; m. Jan. 28, i8g2,

at Chicago, 111., to Roxana Atwater Wentworth, b. Oct. 28, 1854, at Troy, N. Y.; d

Res. 5 East 63rd Street. New York City. Yale College. 1873, publisher of The Independent. President of the New York
Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Children: Roxana Wentworth.

No. 2. WOOLLEY WILLIAM WHITE HANCE

I Emanuel Woolley, b , at ; d , at ; m at , to Elizabeth

b at ; d at

Res. Newport, R. I.

Children: Adam, Edward, Elizabeth, Mary, John, William, Ruth, Grace, Joseph.

2. John Woolley, b. Oct. . ., 1659, at ; d 1743, at ; m. (i) at to Mercy

(or Mary) Potter (dau. of Thomas and Ann (or Sarah) ( ) Potter), b i664(?):

at Rhode Island; d , at ; m. (2) Aug. 12, 1730, at Shrewsbury, N. J., to

Rachel Clark, b at ; d 1754, at

Res. Shrewsbury, N. J.

Children: ist m., Thomas, Ruth, William, John, Joseph, Benjamin, James, Elizabeth. Leah, Elizabeth, Ann Mary; 2nd m.,

none recorded.

3. William Woolley, b. 6-17-16. . (prob. 1688), at Shrewsbury, N. J.; d 1769, at ; m ,

at to Ruth Lippincott (dau. of Remembrance and Margaret (Barber) Lippincott), b.

Oct. 6, 1691, at Shrewsbury, X. J.; d , at

Res. Shrewsbury, N. J.

Children: James, Amy, Mary, Margaret. V

4. Mary Woolley, b at ; d , at ; m at to James Corlies (son of

John and Naomi (Edwards) Corlies), b prior to Jan. 17, 1714, at ; d , after

Aug. I, 1760, at

Res. Shrewsbury. N. J.

Children: Elizabeth, Margaret, William, Mary, James, George.

5. Elizabeth Corlies, b. Dec. 18, 1736, at ; d. March 12, 1816, at ; m. Feb. 8, 1759, at Friends'

Meeting, Shrewsbury, N.J. (as his 2nd wife), to Jacob Hance (son of Isaac and Rachel (White)

Hance), b. May 3, 1729, at Shrewsbury, N. J.; d. June 21, 1799, at He m. (i) Dec. 6, 1750,

at Shrewsbury, N. J., to Ann White (dau. of Thomas and Christian ( ) White); she b.

April 18, 1727, at Shrewsbury, N. J.; d. Aug. 22, 1757, at

Res. Shrewsbury, N. J.

Children: ist m., Rachel, Thomas, Sarah; 2nd m., William, Deborah, Margaret, Jacob, Mary.

6. William Hance, b. May 20, 1760, at Shrewsbury, N. J.; d. Ian. 30, 1827, at Shrewsbury, N.J. ; m.(i)

about 1784, at , to Achsah White (dau. of Thomas and Dinah (Lippincott) White), b.

Nov. 9, 1765. at ; d. Aug. 20, 1796, at- ; m. (2) Dec. 19, 1799, at Shrewsbury, N. J., to

Margaret Tilton (dau. of Obadiah and Hannah (Corlies) Tilton), b. Oct. 25, 1768, at ;

d. Aug. 22, 1849, at

Res. Shrewsbury. N. J.

Children: ist m., Revo Carney; 2nd m., Elizabeth.

7. Revo Carney Hance, b. Nov. 9, 1790, at Shrewsbury, N. J.; d. Feb. 21;, 1862, at New York City, N. Y.;

m. Nov. 9, 1815, at New York City, to Mary Augusta Ming (dau. of Edward and Anne G. (Pro-
voost) Ming), b. May 29, 1795, at ; d. May 6, 1880, at Bronxville, Westchester Co., N. Y.

Res. New York City. Registrar of Croton .Aqueduct Department.

Children: Margaret Eliz;ibeth, William Edward, George Corlies, Mary Augusta, Frances .\melia, Obadiah Tilton, Louisa
Jeanelte, Revo Carney, Revo Clarence, Matilda Jane, Charles Henry.

8. George Corlies Hance, b. Nov. 8, 1820, at New York City, N. Y.; d. Feb. 26, 1884, at New York City,

N. Y.; m. Oct. i, 1851, at New York City, N. Y., to Sarah White (dau. of George and Jane (Irwin)
White), b. April 19, 1825, at New Brunswick, N. J.; d. July 22, 1881, at Summit, N. J.

Res. Woodbridge, and Summit, N. J., and New York Citv. Treasurer Convocation New Brunswick, N. J., 1873-1884; Delegate
to General Convention P. E. Church; Trustee General Theological Seminary.

Children: William White, George Clarence, Frances Amelia, Revaud Rearny, Irwin Howell.

9. William White Hance, b. Aug. 28, 1852, at New York City, N. Y.; d at ; m ,

at , to b at ; d at

Res. P. 0. Address Palenville, N. Y. M. A. St. Stejihen's College. 1875; Graduate General Theological Seminary, 189J; 1
Ordained priest Feb. 7, 1893. Mem. Soc. Col. Wars, 1908; Hoi. Soc. . 1908.

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No. 3. FIELD... WILLIAM BRADHURST OSGOOD FIELD

Field Arms (Fields of Sowerby): Sable, a chevron between three garbs argent.

1. Roger del Feld, b , probably about 1240?

2. Richard del Feld, of Sowerby, Eng., living in 1306, 1308 and 1314.

3. Adam del Feld, of Sowerby, Eng. A Juror in 1337; Greave of Sowerby in 1349; he was dead in 1350.

4. Thomas del Feld, of Sowerby, who m. Matilda He was living in Sowerby, Eng., in 1391.

5. Richard del Feld, of Sowerby. He was Greave of Sowerby in 1423 and 1428; he probably d. about 1454.

6. John Feld, of Sowerby. He was Constable of Sowerby in 1449 and 1450, and was dead in 1468.

7. Christopher Feld, of Sowerby. He d. in 1509. He was Greave of Sowerby in 1487.

Children: John, Thomas.

8. John Feld, of Sowerby. He d. in Sowerby in 1520. He was Constable of Sowerby in 1513 and 1514.
Children: Christopher, John, James.

9. Christopher Feld, of Sowerby. He d. in 1554; he m. in 1540, at Halifax, Eng., Grace Gradeheighe,

who was dead in 1554.
Children: Edward, William, Johanna, Alice, Grace, Elizabeth, John.

10. William Feild, b ,1548, in Sowerby, near Halifax, Eng.; d. July 24, 1619, at Blackmyres, Eng.;

in 1591, at Halifax, Eng., to Susan Midgley (dau. of John Midgley of Northowaram); she

b , 1574, at Halifax, Eng.; d. March . ., 1622-3, ^t Halifax, Eng.

Res. Sowerby until 1593, at Southowaram in 1594 and 1595, afterwards at Northowaram until 1610, when he acquired land in
Blackmyres.

Children: William, George, Joseph, Robert, Alice, Susan, Jane, Isabel.

11. Robert Feild, b. March ..,1605, at Halifax, Eng.; d 1673, at Flushing, L. I., N. Y.; m

at to Charity b at ; d after 1673, at

Res. Newport, R. I., and Flushing, Long Island, N. Y. Patentee of Flushing, N. V., in 1645.
Children: Robert, Benjamin, Anthony, John.

12. Anthony Field, b at Flushing, L. I.; d he was dead in 1691, at ; m ,

at to Susannah b at : d at

Res. Flushing, L. I.
Child: Benjamin.

13. Benjamin Field, b , at Flushing, L. I.; d , at ; m. (i) Nov. 30, 1691, at Flushing, L. I.,

to Hannah Bowne (dau. of John Bowne of Flushing), b. April 2, 1665, at Flushing, N. Y.; d.

Dec. 30, 1707, at Flushing, N. Y.; m. (2) 3rd, 12th mo., 1709-10, at Jericho, L. I., to Elizabeth

Feaks (dau. of John Feaks of Mattinecock, L. I., N. Y.), b , at ; d 1724,

Res. Flushing, L. I.

Children: ist m., Benjamin, John. Samuel, .Anthony, Robert, Hannah, Joseph, Sarah; 2nd m., none.

14. Anthony Field, b. May 28, 1698, at ; d. Sept. 2, 1777, at Harrison, Westchester Co., N. Y.; m.

June 13, 1730, at Flushing, L. I., to Hannah Burling (dau. of William Burling of Flushing, N. Y.),

b. Oct. 16, 1713, at Flushing, L. I.; d after 1777, at

Res. Harrison, Westchester Co., N. Y.

Children: William, Anthony, John, Benjamin, Samuel, Sarah, Thomas, Moses, Mary.

15. John Field, b 1731, at Y'orktown, N. Y.; d 1815, at Yorktown, N. Y.; m. June 8, 1763, at

Jamestown, R. I., to Lydia Hazard fdau. of Wm. Hazard of Jamestown, R. I.), b at James-
town, R. I.; d. Jan. 15, 1795, at

Res. Yorktown, Westchester Co., N. Y.

Children: Hazard, John, Daniel, William, Moses, Hickson Woolman, Seaman, Sarah, Phoebe, Josiah, Abigail, James, Jerusha,
S:imuel.

16. Moses Field, b. Oct. 4, 1779, at ; d. Oct. 21, 1833, at Peekskill, N. Y.; m. May 17, 1821, at

New York City, to Susan Klttredge Osgood (dau. of Hon. Samuel Osgood), b. April 12, 1795,

at ; d. May . ., 1834, at

Res. New York City.

Children; Maunsell Bradhurst, Osgood, Franklin Clinton, Susan Maria, Caroline Matilda, Moses .'\ugustus, William Hazard.

17. William Hazard Field, b. Aug. 5, 1833, at Peekskill, N. Y.; d. Feb. 3, 1888, at New York City; m. Oct. 15,

1S63, at New York City, to Augusta Curry Bradhurst (dau. of Samuel Bradhurst), b. Dec. 28,

1846, at New York City; d , at

Res. 8 West 37th Street, New York City, and Lake Mohican, Westchester Co., N. Y.
Children: Mary Pearsall, William Bradhurst Osgood.

18. William Bradhurst Osgood Field, b. Sept. 16, 1870, at Geneva, Switzerland; d at ; m.

July 8, 1903, at Lenox, Mass., to Llla VanderbJlt Sloane, b. May 15, 1878, at New York City;

d at

Reg. Westlield Farm. Mohegan, Westchester Co., N. Y., 645 Fifth Avenue, New York City, and Lenox, Mass. Graduate

Stevens Institute of Technology.
Children: William Osgood, Frederick Vanderbilt. Marjory Lila.

206 Registration of Pedigrees. [April,

No. 4. HAZARD. WILLIAM BRADHURST OSGOOD FIELD

1. Thomas Hazard, b , 1610, at ; d 1680, at ; m. (i) at , to

Martha , b , at ; d i66g, at ; m. (2) , at to

Martha (wid. of Thomas Sheriff), b at ; d 1691, at

Res. Boston, Mass., Portsmouth, R. I., and Newport, R. I. A founder of Newport in 1639. X

Children; ist m., Robert, Elizabeth, Hannah, Martha; 2nd ni.. none recorded. >

2. Robert Hazard, b 1635; at England or Ireland; d 1710, at ; m ,

at to Mary Brownell (dau. of Thomas and Anne Brownell), b 1639. ^t ; d.

Jan. 28, 1739. " in looth year of her age,'' at

Res. Portsmouth and Kingstown, R. I. Commissioner to run Dartmouth boundaries, and to procure boats for Colony's

defence; to take census, etc.
Children: Thomas, George, Stephen, Martha, Mary, Robert. Jeremiah, Hannah.

3. Qeorge Hazard, b at ; d 1743, at ; m at to Penelope Arnold

(dau. of Caleb and Abigail (Wilbur) Arnold, and grand-dau. of Governor Benedict Arnold), b.

Aug. 3, 1669, at ; d 1742, at

Res. Kingstown, R. I. Deputy to G. C, 1701, 1702, 1706, 1707. 1709, 1713; Assistant, 1703-4; Lieut. Col. of Militia " for the main

laud.'' I7ig. ,.

Children: ."Abigail, Robert, Caleb, George, Thomas, Oliver. . , "

4. Caleb Hazard, b. Nov. 24, 1697, at ; d. Jan. 15, 1726, at ; m. Nov. 19, 1719, at , to

Abigail Gardiner (dau. of William Gardiner), b , at ; d at She m. (2)

March 2, 1727, to Deputy-Governor William Robinson, by whom she had six children.
Res. at Point Judith Ponds, R. I.
Children: William, Robert. Caleb, Caleb.

5. William Hazard, b. April 12, 1721, at ; d , after 1770, at ; ra. Sept. 12, 1744, at James-

town, R. I., to Phebe Hull (dau. of John and Damaris Hull), b. Nov. 16, 1727, at Jamestown, R. L;

d at

Res. Jamestown. R. I. Deputy to Gen. Assembly, i75fr-57, 58, 61, 62,70; Assistant, 1768-70; Chairman of Jamestown Council;

Sea captain.
Children: Lydia, Josiah, .Abigail, William, John, Benedict, Mary. I

6. Lydia Hazard, b at Jamestown, R. L; d. Jan. 15, 1795, at ; m. June 8, 1763, at Jamestown, ; 1

R. L, to John Field, b , 1731, at Yorktown, N. Y.; d 1815, at Yorktown, N. Y. 1

Res. Yorktown, Westchester Co., N. Y. '

Children: Hazard, John, Daniel. William, Moses, Hickson Woolman, Seaman, Sarah, Phoebe, Josiah, Abigail. James, Jerusha, \

Samuel.

7. Moses Field, b. Oct. 4, 1779. at ; d. Oct. 21, 1833, at Peekskill, N. Y.; m. May 17, 1821, at 1,

New York City, to Susan Kittredge Osgood (dau. of Hon. Samuel Osgood), b. April 12, 1795,

at ; d. May ... 1834, at ■..;

Res. New York City. '^

Children: Maunsell Bradburst, Osgood, Franklin Clinton, Susan Maria, Caroline Matilda, Moses Augustus, William Hazard.

8. William Hazard Field, b. Aug. 5, 1833, at Peekskill, N. Y.; d. Feb. 3, 1888, at New York City; m. Oct. 15,

1863, at New York City, to Augusta Curry Bradhurst (dau. of Samuel Bradhurst), b. Dec. 28,

1846, at New York City; d at

Res. 8 West 37th Street, New York City, and Lake Mohican, Westchester Co., N. Y.
Children: Mary Pearsall, William Bradhurst Osgood.

g. William Bradhurst Osgood Field, b. Sept. 16, 1S70, at Geneva, Switzerland; d , at ; ra.

July 8, 1903, at Lenox, Mass., to Lila Vanderbilt Sloane, b. May 15, 1878, at New York City;

d , at

Res. Westfield Farm. Mohegan, Westchester Co., N. Y., 645 Filth Avenue, New York City, and Lenox, Mass. Graduate

Stevens Institute of Technology. Ii

Children: William Osgood, Frederick Vanderbilt, Marjory Lila.

No. 5. BOWNE .WILLIAM BRADHURST OSGOOD FIELD

1. Thomas Bowne, bap. May 25, 1595, at Matlock, Derbyshire, Eng.; d. 18-7-1677, at Flushing, L. L;

m , at to , b at ; d , at

Res. Matlock, Derbyshire, Eng., and Flushing, L. I.
Children: John, Dorothy. Truth.

2. John Bowne, b. March 9, 1626-7, at Matlock, Eng.; d. 20-10-1695, ^t Flushing, L. \.\ m. (i) May 7 (or

Aug. 7), 1656, at to Hannah Feake (dau. of Lieut. Robert Feake), b about 1637,

at ; d. 2-12-1677, at London, Eng.; m. (2) Feb. 2, 1679-80, at to Hannah Bicker-

staffe, b at ; d. June 7, 1690, at ; m. (3) June 26, 1693, at to Mary

Cock (dau. of James and Sarah Cock, of Mattinecock, L. L), b at ; d

Res. Flushing, L. I.

Children: 1st m., John, Elizabeth. Mary, Abbigall. Hannah, Samuel. Dorothy. Martha Johanuah: 2nd m., Sarah, Sarah, John,
Thomas, John, Abigail; 3rd m. .\my, tluth.

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BO W N E— Continued.

3. Samuel Bowne, b. Sept. 21, 1667, at ; d. 3-30-1745, at Flushing, L. I.; m. (O license dated

Oct. 4, i6gi, at Philadelphia, Pa., to Mary Becket (dau. of Capt and Eleanor (Percy)

Becket of Northumberland), b at ; d. 21-6-1707; at ; m. (2) 10-8-1709, at

Flushing, L. I., to Hannah Smith of Flushing, b at ; d. 8-11-1733, aped 51 yrs.,

7 ms., 9 ds., at Flushing, L. I.; m. (3) Nov. 14, 1735, at Flushing, L. I., to Mrs. Grace Cowperth-
waite (wid., of Flushing, L. I.), b at ; d. 1 1-22-1760, aged 84 yrs., at Flushing, L. I.

Res. Flushing, L. 1. He was a Minister of the Society of Friends.

Children; ist m., Samuel, Thomas, Ellner. Hannah, 'John, Mary, Roabord, William, Elizabeth, Benjamin; 2nd m., Sarah,
Joseph, .^nne, Benjamin, Elisebeth; 3rd m., none recorded.

4. Thomas Bowne, b. 2-7-1694, at Flushing, L. I. prob.; d. 3-28-1762, at ; m. 1-7-1716, at Westbury,

L. I., to Hannah Underhlll (dau. of John Underhill of Mattinecock, L. I.), b. 1-23-1689-90,

at ; d. 5-2-1761, at

Res. Oyster Bay, L. I.

Children; Mary, Thomas, Daniel, Jacob.

5. Daniel Bowne, b. 12-6-1722, at ; d at ; m. 10-11-1746, at Flushing, L. I., to Sarah

Stringham (dau. of Samuel and Hannah ( ) Stringham of Flushing, L. I.), b ,

at ; d. 7-6-1780, at

Res. New York City and Rocky Hill, Flushing, L. I.
Children: Thomas, Ann, Mary (or Maria), Sarah.

6. Maria Bowne, b. 1-5-1754, at Rocky Hill, Flushing, L. I.; d. Oct. ..,1814, at ; m. May 24, 1786,

at to Hon. damuel Osgood, b. Feb. 15, 1747-8, at North Andover, Mass.; d. Aug. 12, 1813,

at New York City.
Res. New York City.
Children; Martha Brandon, Juliana, Walter Franklin, Susan Kittredge, Caroline Matilda.

7. Susan Kittredge Osgood, b. April 12, 1795, at ; d. May . ., 1834, at ; m. May 17, 1821, at

New York City, to Moses Field (son of John Field of Yorktown, Westchester Co., N. Y.), b.

Oct. 4, 1779, at ; d. Oct. 21, 1833, at Peekskill, N. Y.

Res. New York City.

Ci.ildren: Maunsell Bradhurst, Osgood, Franklin Clinton, Susan Maria, Caroline Matilda, Moses Augustus, William Hazard.

8. William Hazard Field, b. Aug. 5, 1833, at Peekskill, N. Y.; d. Feb. 3. 1888, at New York City; m. Oct. 15,

1863, at New York City, to Augusta Curry Bradhurst (dau. of Samuel Bradhurst), b. Dec. 28,

1846, at New York City; d at

Res. 8 West 37th Street, New York City, and Lake Mohican, Westchester Co., N. Y.
Children: Mary Pearsali. William Bradhurst Osgood.

9. William Bradhurst Osgood Field, b. Sept. 16, 1870, at Geneva, Switzerland; d at ; m.

July 8, 1903, at Lenox, Mass., to Llla Vanderbilt Sloane, b. May 15, 1878, at New York City;

d at

Res. Westfield Farm. Mohegan, Westchester Co., N. Y., 645 Fifth Avenue. New York City, and Lenox, Mass. Graduate

Stevens Institute of Technology,
Children; William Osgood, Frederick Vanderbilt, Marjory Lila.

No. 6. OSGOOD WILLIAM BRADHURST OSGOOD FIELD

1. John Osgood, bap. July 23, 1595, at VVherwell, Hampshire, Eng.; d. Oct. 24, 1651, at Andover, Mass.;

m at to Sarah , b at ; d. April 8, 1667, at Andover, Mass.

Res. .Andover, Mass.

Children; Sarah, John, Mary, Elizabeth, Stephen, Hannah.

2. Capt. John Osgood,* b about 1630-1, at Eng.; d. Aug. 21, 1693, at Andover, Mass.; m.

Nov. 15 (or 16), 1653, at Haverhill, Mass., to Mary Clements (dau. of Robert Clements), b

about 1637, at ; d. Oct. 27, 1710, at Andover, Mass.

Res. Andover, Mass. Deputy to G. C, 1666, i66g, 1689. i6go. Sergeant, 1658, 1661; Lieut., i666, 1675. i677. J&80; Capt., 1683.
Children; John, Mary, Timothy, Lydia, Peter, Samuel, Sarah, Mehitable, Hannah. Sarah, Ebenezer, Clement.

3. Timothy Osgood, b. Aug. 2, 1659, at Andover, Mass.; d. Sept. 18, 1748, at Andover, Mass.; m. (ij

May 29, i68g, at Andover, Mass., to Deborah Poor (dau. of Daniel Poor), b. April 18, 1664, at
Andover, Mass; d. Nov. 29, 1724, at Andover, Mass.; m. (2) April 1 1, 1728, at Andover, Mass., to

Mrs. Mary Poole of Lynn, Mass., b at ; d. July 13, 1752, at Andover, Mass.,

aged 82 yrs.
' Res. Andover, Mass. He was Constable, Fence-viewer, and Town Treasurer.

Children; ist m., Mary, Timothy, Timothy, Sarah, Peter, Deborah, Isaac; 2nd m., none recorded.

4. Timothy Osgood, b. Aug. 22, 1693, at Andover, Mass.; d 1773, at ; m. May 10, 1716, at

Andover, Mass., to Mary Russell (dau. of Thomas and Phoebe ( ) Russell), b. Feb. 10,

1692-3, at Andover, Mass.; d 1778, at

Res. Andover, Mass.

Children: Peter, Timothy, Thomas, Isaac, Mary, Deborah, Phoebe, Hannah.

* Note: Discendants eligible to Socs. Colonial Wars and Colonial Daraes.

208 Registration of Pedigrees. [April,

0'S>QOOV)—Contimted.

5. Capt. Peter Osgood, b. Nov. 14, 1717, at Andover, Mass.; d. Nov. 17, 1801, at Andover, Mass.; m.

Sept. 8, 1743, at Andover, Mass., to Sarah Johnson (dau. of Capt. Timothy and Catharine ( )

Johnson of Andover, Mass.), b. Nov. 19, 1719, at Andover, Mass.; d. April I, 1804, at Andover,

Mass., aged 84 yrs.
Res. Andover. Mass. Town Treasurer. 1767; Member of Town Committee opposed to Stamp Act. 1768; Andover Committee of

Safety, Dec. 17. 1774; Representative G. C, 1781, 1788, 1792; Magistrate; Capt. of Militia.
Cfiildren: Isaac, Peter, Samuel, Sarah, Joseph, Susannah, Isaac, Joseph, Lydia, Timothy. 1

6. Hon. Samuel Osgood, b. Feb. 15, 1747-8, at North Andover, Mass.; d. Aug. 12, 1813, at New York City;

m. May 24, 1786, at to Maria Bowne (dau. of Daniel Bowne of New York City and Rocky

Hill, Flushing, L. I.), b. 1-5-1754. at Rocky Hill, Flushing, L. I.; d. Oct. . ., 1814, at

Res. New York City. Served as Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Artemps Ward until 1776: was a member of the Provincial Congress
and one of the Board of War; Member of the State Convention to frame the Constitution, 1775; Member of Congress
several terms; Commissioner to manage the U. S. Treasury. On the organization of the Federal Government he I
became Postmaster General; he was afterwards Customs Collector for the Port of New York. I

Children: Martha Brandon, Juliana, Walter Franklin, Susan Kittredge, Caroline Matilda.

7. Susan Kittredge Osgood, b. April 12, 1795, at ; d. May ... 1834, at ; m. May 17, 1821, at 1

New York City, to Moses Field (son of John Field of Yorktown, Westchester Co., N. Y.), b, |
Oct. 4, 1779, at ; d. Oct. 21, 1833, at Peekskill, N. Y. i

Res. New York City.

Children; Maunsell Bradhurst, Osgood, Franklin Clinton, Susan Maria, Caroline Matilda, Moses .Augustus, William Hazard. ;

8. William Hazard Field, b. Aug. 5, 1833, at Peekskill, N. Y.; d. Feb. 3, 1888. at New York City; m. Oct. 15,

1863, at New York City, to Augusta Curry Bradhurst (dau. of Samuel Bradhurst), b. Dec. 28,
1846, at New York City; d at ,,

Res. 8 West 37th Street, New York City, and Lake Mohican, Westchester Co., N. Y.

Children: Mary Pearsall, William Bradhurst Osgood.

9. William Bradhurst Osgood Field, b. Sept. 16, 1870, at Geneva, Switzerland; d at ; m.

July 8, 1903, at Lenox, Mass., to Lila Vanderbilt Sloane, b. May 15, 1878, at New York City;
d , at

Res. Westheld Farm, Moheg^n, Westcliester Co., N. Y., 645 Fifth Avenue, New York City, and Lenox, Mass. Graduate

Stevens Institute of Technology.
Children: William Osgood, Frederick Vanderbilt, Marjory Lila. ,,,,

No. 7. SHERMAN THOMAS TOWNSEND SHERMAN ,1

Sherman Arms: Or, a lion rampant, .r(Zi^/^, between three leaves /r<j/^r. ft

Crest: A sea lion, or.

1. Thomas Sherman, b , at Eng.; d , 1493, at , Eng.; m at Eng., '

to Agnes ; b , at Eng.; d at , Eng.

Res. Diss, Norfolk, and Yaxley, Suffolk, Eng.
Children: John, .^gnes.

2. John Sherman, b at , Eng.; d 1504, at Yaxley, Eng.; m , at , Eng.,

to Agnes Fuilen (dau. of Thomas), b , at , Eng.; d at , Eng.

Res. Yaxley, Suttolk, Eng. I

Children: Thomas, Margery. j

3. Thomas Sherman, b at , Eng.; d 1551, at , Eng.; m , at '

Eng., to Jane Waller ^dau. of John Waller of Wortham), b at , Eng.; d

at , Eng.

Res. Yaxley. Suffolk, Eng. Churchwarden, Yaxley, Eng., in time of Henry VIII; Lord of several manors. Attorney at Com- j

mon Law. <

Children: Thomas, Richard, John, Henry, William, Anthony, Francis, Bartholomew, James. I

4. Henry Sherman, b. about 1527, at Eng.; d. about July . ., 1590, at Eng.; m. about 1555,

at , Eng., to Agnes b at Eng.; d 1580, at Dedham, Eng., .

(buried there Oct. 14, 1580). j

Res. Dedham and Colchester. Essex, Eng. He was a clothier (or shearman).
Children: Henry, Edmund, Judith, daughter, John, Thomas, Robert.

5. Henry Sherman, b , at Eng.; d. Aug. .., 1610, at Dedham, Eng., (buried there Aug. 28,

1610); m at , Eng., to Susan Hilles, b at Eng.; d. Sept. . ., 1610, at

Eng.

Res. Dedham, Essex, Eng. Clothier (woolen manufacturer).

Children: Phebe, Henry, Samuel, Susan, Daniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, Ezekiel, Edmund, .Anna. 1

6. John Sherman, b , bap. Aug. 17, 1583, at ; d at ; m at to

Grace Makin (dau. of Tobias Makin of Fingrinhoe, Essex, Eng.), b , at ; d

1662, at Watertown Mass. She m. (2) Thomas Rogers; (3) Wm. Palmer; (4) Roger Porter.
Res. Dedham, Essex, Eng.
Children: John, Richard.

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S¥iZ^y\.K^— Continued.

7. Capt. John Sherman, b about 1615, at Eng.; d. Jan. 25, i6gi, at Watertown, Mass.; m.

about 1637, at Watertown, Mass., to Martha Palmer (dau. of William Palmer), b

at ; d. Feb. 7, 1700-1, at Watertown, Mass.

Res. Watertown. Mass. Captain. June 11, 1680; Deputy, Mass. G. C, 16S1, 1653. 1663; Steward of Harvard College, 1662.
Children: Jolin. Martha, Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Joseph, Johannah, Grace.

8. Joseph Sherman, b. May 14, 1650, at Watertown, Mass.; d. Jan. 20, 1731, at Watertown, Mass.; m.

Nov. 18, 1673, at Watertown, Mass., to Elizabeth Winship (dau. of Edward Winship of Cam-
bridge, Mass.), b. April 15, 1652, at Cambridge, Mass.; d at

Res. Watertown, Mass. Surveyor, Deputy G. C, Mass., 1702-0;.

Children: John, Edward, Joseph, Samuel, Jonathan, Ephraim, Elizabeth, Martha, William, Sarah, Nathaniel.

9. William Sherman, b. June 28, 1692, at Watertown, Mass.; d. March 20, 1741, at Stoughton, Mass.; m. (i)

July 21, 1714, at Charlestown, Mass., to Rebecca Cutler (dau. of Timothy Cutler), b ; bap.

Feb. 16, 1689-90, at Charlestown, Mass.: d. Jan. 22, 1715, at Charlestown, Mass.; m. (2) Sept. 13,

1715, at Watertown, Mass., to Mehitable Wellington (dau. of Benjamin Wellington), b. Feb. 26,

1687-8, at Watertown, Mass.; d. April 12, 1771, at New Haven, Conn.
Res. Watertown, Charlestown, Newton, and Stoughton, Mass.
Children: ist m., William; 2nd m., William, Mehitable. Roger, Elizabeth, Nathaniel. Josiah, Rebecca.

10. Hon. Roger Sherman, b. April 19, 1721, at Newton, .Mass.; d. July 23, 1793, at New Haven, Conn.;

m. (i) Nov. 17, 1749, at Stoughton, Mass., to Elizabeth 'Ha'rtwell (dau. of Joseph Hartwell),

b , 1726, at Stoughton, Mass.; d. Oct. 19, 1760, at New Milford, Conn.; m. (2) May 12, 1763,

at Danvers, Mass., to Rebecca Prescott (dau. of Benjamin Prescott), b. May 31, 1742, at Danvers,
Mass.; d. April 19, 1813, at New Haven, Conn.

Res. Stoughton, Mass., New Millord, and New Haven, Conn. Besides holding many minor local offices, he was a lawyer.
Deputy Conn. G. C. Treasurer of Yale College, Judge of Superior Court of Conn., .Assistant, Delegate to Coutinental
Congress, Signer of Articles of Association, 1774, Signer of .Address to King, 1774, Signer of .'Vrticies of Confederation,
1776. Member of Committee which drafted Declaration of Independence; Signer of Declaration of Independence, 1776;
Mayor of the City of New Haven, Conn., 1784-17Q3: Member of Constitutional Convention. 1787; Signer of Constitution
of the United States. 1787: Representative to U.S. Congress; U. S. Senator. A. M., Vale.

Children: ist m., John, William, Isaac, Chloe, Oliver, Chloe, .Elizabeth: 2nd m., Rebecca, Elizabeth, Roger. Mehitable,
Mehitable, Oliver, Martha, Sarah.

11. Roger Sherman, b. July 16, 1768, at New Haven, Conn.; d. March 5, 1856, at New Haven, Conn.; m.

Sept. I, 1801, at Canterbury, Conn., to Susannah Staples (dau. of Rev. John Staples), b. Aug. 20,

1778, at Canterbury, Conn.; d. Nov. 22, 1855, at New Haven, Conn.
Res. New Haven, Conn. \. B., Yale College, 1787; Member of firm of Prescott & Sherman, merchants of New Haven, Conn.
Children; Oliver. Susan. Martha. Susannah, John Staples, Sophia, Frederick Roger, Edward Standish, George, Benjamin

Prescott, Elizabeth Baldwin.

12. Edward Standish Sherman, b. Jan. 27, 1818, at New Haven, Conn.; d. Aug. 11, 1882, at Rye, N. Y.;

m. July 6, 1852, at Boston, Mass., to Catharine Augusta Townsend (dau. of Solomon Davis

Townsend and Katherine Wendell Davis), b. March 24, 1823, at Boston, Mass.; d. May 24, 1902,

at Rye, N. Y.
Res. New Haven, Conn., New York City and later Rye, N. Y. Metal merchant in New York City.
Children: Thomas Townsend, Kate Wendell, Rose Standish. Harold Edward. Roger Wellington. Reginald Palgrave, Frederick

William, Herbert .Augustus, Arthur Outram, Henriette Townsend, Alexander Hamilton Vinton.

13. Thomas- Townsend Sherman, b. July 28, 1853, in London, Eng.; d at ; m. Oct. 19, 1887,

at Rye, N. Y., to Anne Loder Wiggin (dau. of Augustus and Anne Elizabeth (Loder) Wiggin),
b. Sept. 24, 1859, at Rye, N. Y.; d at

Res. Rye. N. Y. Lawyer, member of firm o( Evarts, Choate & Sherman, No. 60 Wall St., N. Y. City. A.B., Yale, 1874.

LL.B., Columbia, 1876.
Child: Emily Balch.

No. 8. THACHER JOHN Reynolds totten

Thacher Arms: Gtites, a cross moline argent: on a chief d'or, three grass-hoppers, proper.

Crest: A grass-hopper, ^r^/ifr.

1. Rev. Peter Thacher, b , about 1545-1549, at Queen Camel, Co. Som., Eng., possibly; d ,

previous to iMay 7, 1624, at Queen Camel, Co. Som., Eng.; m , at to b ,

at ; d at

Res. Queen Camel, Co. Som., Eng., Vicar Ch. Eng. there 1574-1624.
Children: Peter. .Antony. John, Giles, Thomas.

2. Hon. Antony Thacher,* b 1588-9, at Queen Camel, Co. Som., Eng.; d. bet. June 30 and Aug. 22,

1667, at Yarmouth, Mass.; m. (i) about 1619, at to Mary b ,

at ; d. July .., 1634, at Salisbury, Co. Wilts, Eng.; m. (2) Feb. .., 1631;, at to

Elizabeth Jones, b at ; d subsequent to March 5, 1667-8, at Yarmouth,

Mass., probably.

Res. Q. C. Co. Som., Eng . Salisbury, Eng. Came over on /«j«fj 1635. .Arr. Boston, Mass., June 4. 1635. Res. at Marblehead,

Mass. Set. at iariuouth, Mass. Dep. G. C. Ply. Col.; Council of War.
Children: ist m., William, Edith, Mary. Peter, Benjamin: 2nd ra., John, Judah, Bethiah.

Note: * Descendants eligible to Soc. of Colonial Wars.

2IO Registration of Pedigrees. [April,

•XVlMZVlE.^— Continued.

3. Hon. Col. John Thacher,* b. March 17, 1638-9, at Marblehead, Mass.; d. May 8, 1713, at Yarmouth,

Mass.; m. (i) Nov. 6, 1661, at Marshfield, Mass., to Rebecca Winslow, b. July 15, 1643, at
Marshfield, Mass.; d. July 15, 1683, at Yarmouth, Mass.; m. (2) Jan. i, 1683-4, at Yarmouth, Mass,,
to LydJa Qorham.t b. Nov. 6, 1661, at Barnstable, Mass.; d. Aug. 2, 1744, at Yarmouth, Mass.

Res. Yarmouth, Mass. Dep. and Asst. G. C. Ply. Col. Asst. Com. Mass. Col. in Mil. Service. J. P.

Children: ist m., Peter, Josiah, Rebecca, Bethiah, John, Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary, child, sex not stated; 2nd m., Lydia, Mary,
Desire, Hannah, Mercy, Judah, Mercy, Ann. Joseph, Benjamin. Mercy, Thomas.

4. Deacon Josiah Thacher, b. April 26, 1667, at Yarmouth, Mass.; d. May 12, 1701 or 1702, at Yarmouth,

Mass.; m. Feb 25, 1690-1, at Yarmouth, Mass., to Mary Hedge, b. March . ., 1671, at Yarmouth,

Mass.; d at ; she is bur. at Yarm., Mass.

Res. Yarmouth, Mass. Deacon in church there.
Children; .\nthony, Rebecca, Mary, Elisha, Josiah.

5. Capt. Josiah Thacher, b. July 7, 1701, at Yarmouth, Mass.; d. Aug. 22, 1780, at Norwalk, Conn.; m. (i)

Feb. 17, 1724, at Norwalk, Conn., to Ann Burne, b. March 25, i6gg, at ; d. Feb. 2?, 1733-4,

at Norwalk, Conn.; m. (2) Aug. 7 (or Sept. 15), 1735, at Boston, Mass., to Mary Greenleai-Blinn
(wid. James Blinn), b. Aug. 29 (or Sept. 25), 1706, at Cambridge, Mass.; d. April 2 (or 6), 1774, at
Norwalk, Conn.

Res. Yarmouth, Mass. Set. at Norwalk, Conn. Sea captain. Large land owner in Norwalk, Conn.

Children; ist m., Ann, Josiah, Ann, Mary; 2nd m., Elizabeth, Daniel, John, Hannah, Elizabeth, Stephen Greenleaf.

6. Capt. John Thacher,^ b. July 25, 1742, at Norwalk, Conn.; d. Jan. 16, 1805, at Stratford, Conn.; m. (i)

at to Ann Perry, b. Feb. ig, 1744, at Fairfield, Conn.; d at ; m. (2)

, 1777-8, at Stratford, Conn, (prob ), to Mehitable Ufford-Thompson (wid. of Lieut,

William Thompson); b. March 16, 1745, at Stratford, Conn.; d. Sept. 6, 1807, at Litchfield, Conn.

Res. Norwalk, New Milford, Conn. Settled at Stratford, Conn. Capt. Rev. War, wounded and taken prisoner Valcour's Island,

Oct. II, 1776, paroled and exchanged.
Children; ist m., Partridge, Stephen Greenleaf, Betsey; 2nd m., Anthony, Mehitable, Anthony, Mehitable, Daniel.

7. Anthony Thatcher, b. Jan. 7, 1782, at Stratford, Conn.; d. Dec. 26, 1844, at New London, Conn.; m. Feb.

24, 1806, at New London, Conn., to Lucretia Christophers Mumford, b. Aug. 10, 1785, at Salem,

Conn.; d. April 6, 1871, at New London, Ct.
Res. New London, Conn, Cashier New London Bank.
Children; Nathaniel Woodbridge, Lucretia Mumford, Mary Woodbridge, John Christophers, Eloise Hardy, George Thompson,

Daniel Anthony, Henry Perkins, Abby Mumford, Julia Huljbell, Elizabeth Wetmore, Mary Perkins, Anthony,

Antoinette.

8. Julia Hubbell Thatcher, b. March 6, 1823, at New London, Conn.; d. Jan. 31, 1906, at New London,

Conn.; m. Dec. 5, 1843, at New London, Conn., to Gen. James Totten, U. S. Army; b. Sept. 11,
1818, at Cincinnati, Ohio; d. Oct. i, 1871, at Sedalia, Mo.

Res. various posts in service U. S. Arniv. U. S. M. A. 1841. Lieut. Col. and Inspector General U. S. A. Served Mexican and

Civil Wars.
Children; William .'Anthony, Charles .^delle Lewis, John Reynolds.

9. John Reynolds Totten, b. Barrancas Barracks, Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 4, 1856; d at ; m.

Sept. 5, 1889, at Garrisons-on-Hudson, N. Y., to Elma Smythe Preston-Van Voorhis (wid. of
Arthur Van Voorhis), b. Jan. 10, 1862, at Evansville, Ind.; d , at

Res. various posts U. S. .^rmy and New York City. U. S. M. A., 1878. 1st Lieut. 4th U. S. Artillery. Resigned from U.S.

.\rmy April ist, 1891. Mem. Soc. Sons of Rev., Soc. M. F. D., Soc. Col. Wars, N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Soc, N. E. Hist.-

Gen. Soc., New London County, Conn., Hist. Soc, Soc. American Wars.
Children; none.

Notes: 'Descendants eligible to Soc. of Colonial Wars, t Descendants eligible to Soc. of Mayflower Descendants, t De-
scendants eligible to Soc. of Sons of the Revolution.

No. 9. CHRISTOPHERS John Reynolds totten

1, Hon. Christopher Christophers, b about 1631, at Devonshire, Eng., prob.; d. July 23, 1687,

in 56th year, at New London, Conn.; m, (i) in Eng., prob., to Mary b 1621,

in £ng., prob.; d. July 13, 1676, at New London, Conn., aged 55; m. (2) 1677 or 1678, at

New London, Conn., to Elizabeth (Brewster) Bradley (wid. of Peter Bradley of New London,
Conn., and dau. of Jonathan and Lucretia (Oldham) Brewster of New London, Coiin.), she b.
May 1, 1637, at Duxbury, Mass.; d 1708, at New London, Conn.

Res. Devonshire, Eng., New London, Conn. Dep. to G. C. Col. of Conn., from New London, 16S3 and 16S5.

Children; 1st m., Richard, John, Mary; 2nd m., two (2), sex not stated, both b. previous to 1674, and both supposed to have d. in
infancy.

2. Hon. Richard Christophers, b. July 13, 1662, at Cherston Ferrers, on Torbay, near Dartmouth, Devon-

shire, Eng.; d. June 9, 1726, at New London, Conn.; m. (l) Jan. 26, 1681, at New London, Conn., to
Lucretia Bradley, b. Aug. 16, l66o or 1661, at New London, Conn.; d. Jan. 7, 1690-1, at New
Loudon, Conn.; m. (2) Sept. 3, i6gi, at New London, Conn., to Qrace Turner, b. June 5, 1663, at
Scituate, Mass.; d. June I, 1734, at New London, Conn.

Kes. New London. Conn. Merchant, mariner. Town Clerk, N. L.. 1701-1706: Dep. G. C, Conn.; .\sst. G. C; J. P.; Judge of
County Court; Judge of Probate; Judge of Superior Court of Conn.; one of the most important men in the Colony.

Children; ist m., Christopher, Richard, Peter, John; 2nd m.. Joseph, Mary, Jonathan, Grace (^on). Lydia, Eury(or

Bcnie), Kuth, Joanna. Lucretia, Lucy.

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CHRISTOPHERS— Co«/z«?<f</.

3. Hon. Capt. Christopher Christophers, b. Dec. 2, 1682 (or 1683), at New London, Conn.; d. Feb. 5,
1728-9, at New London, Conn.; m. Jan. 22, 1711-12, at New Haven, Conn., to Sarah Prout, b.
Jan. 7, 1683-4, at New Haven, Conn.; d. April 18, 174;, at New London, Conn.

Res. New London. Conn. Commissary of Colony; Member of Governor's Council; Naval Officer, Port of New London; Capt. in

Militia; Dep. and Asst. to G. C; Judge of Probate.
Children: Peter, Mary, Christopher, John, Sarah, Lucretia, Lydia, Margaret.

(. John Christophers, b. Feb. 27, 1718-ig, at New London, Conn.; d. Jan. 15, 1787, at ; m. (i)March7,

1741-2, at New London, Conn, to Jerusha Gardiner, b. Oct. 6, 1722, at New London, Conn.;
d. Feb. 18, 1754, at New London, Conn.; m. (2) before 1764, at to Elizabeth Man-
waring, b at ; d , at ; rn. (3) Nov. 10, 1768, at Norwich, Conn., to

Sybel (Capron) Crocker (wid. of Capt. Roswell Crocker); she b at ; d ,

Res. New London, Black Point, and Norwich, Conn. Member First Church of Christ, New London, Conn., from which he

dissented.
Children; ist m.. John, Richard, Mary, Peter, Lucretia; 2nd m., Samuel, Elizabeth: 3rd m., none that are known of.

5. Lucretia Christophers, b. Jan. 19, 1749-50, at New London, Conn.; d. March 19, 1825, at New London,
Conn.; m. May 13, 1770, at New London, Conn., to John Mumford, Jr., b. Dec. 3, 1740, at South
Kingston, R. L; d. July 14, 1825, at New London, Conn.

Res. *' Elm Grove " Farm, Salem (Lyme), Conn., and New London, Conn. Large land owner in Salem, Conn.; Agent lor Col.

William Browne, the Tory Governor of Bermuda.
Children: Elizabeth, Mary, Lucretia, Catherine, Sarah, Lucretia Christophers.

5. Lucretia Christophers Mumford, b. Aug. 10, 1785, at Salem, Conn.; d. April"6, 1871, at New London,
Conn.; m. Feb. 24, 1806, at New London, Conn., to Anthony Thatcher, b. Jan. 7, 1782, at Strat-
ford, Conn.; d. Dec. 26, 1844, at New London, Conn.

Res, New London, Conn. Cashier New London Bank.

Children: Nathaniel Woodbridge, Lucretia Mumford, Mary Woodbridtze, John Christophers, Eloise Hardy, George Thompson,

Daniel Anthony, Henry Perkins, .Abby Mumford, Julia Hubbell, Elizabeth Wetmore, Mary Perkins, .Anthony,

Antoinette.

7. Julia Hubbell Thatcher, b. March 6, 1823, at New London, Conn.; d. Jan. 31, 1906, at New London,
Conn.; m. Dec. 5, 1843, at New London, Conn., to Qen. James Totten, U. S. Army; b. Sept. 11,
1818, at Cincinnati, Ohio; d. Oct. 1, 1871, at Sedalia, Mo.

Res. various posts in service U. S. Army. U. S. M. A. 1841. Lieut. Col. and Inspector General U. S. .\. Served Mexican and
Civil Wars.

Children: William .-Xnthony, Charles .\delle Lewis, John Reynolds.

!. John Reynolds Totten, b. Barrancas Barracks, Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 4, 1856; d at ; m.

Sept. 5, 1889, at Garrisons-on-Hudson, N. Y., to Elma Smythe Preston-Van Voorhis (wid. of

Arthur Van Voorhis), b. Jan. 10, 1862, at Evansville, Ind.; d at

Res. various posts U. S. Army and New York City.
Children: none.

o. 10. BREWSTER John Reynolds totten

. William Brewster, b at ; d , in the summer of 1590, at Scrooby, Nottinghamshire,

Eng., estate administered by son William in 1590; m at to Prudence ,

b at ; d subsequent to her husband, at Scrooby, Eng., prob.

Res. Scrooby. Eng. " Post " (r. tf.. Postmaster) at Scrooby, Eng., by appointment of the Crown; appointed by Archbishop
Sandys of York; receiver of Scrooby and all its liberties in Nottinghamshire and also Bailiff of the Manor House to
hold office for life on Jan. . . , i57S-b.

Child; William.

Elder William Brewster, b 1566-7, at Scrooby, Eng.; d April 10, 1643, at Plymouth, Mass.;

m at to Mary b at ; d. April 17, 1627, at Plymouth, Mass.

Res. Scrooby, Eng.; matriculated at Peter House College, Cambridge University, Eng., Dec, 3, 15S0, but did not take his
degree; served as an assistant of William Davison, Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth; returned to Scrooby
where he was appointed, about 1591. Postmaster to succeed his father and held othce there until Sept. 30, 1607; re-
moved to Holland and settled in Leiden until 1620; came over on first voyage of the Mayfloiver\ 4th Signer of the
*• Mayflower Compact," Nov. 11, 1620 (old style); Elder and Spiritual Guide of the Pilgrim Fatliers.

Children: Jonathan, Patience, Fear, a child, sex not stated, that died and was buried in Leiden, Love, Wrestling.

Hon. Jonathan Brewster, b. Aug. 12, 1593, at Scrooby, Eng.; d. Aug. 7, 1659 (1661 according to
Caulkin's New London ; also see Conn. Col. Records, vol. i, p. 362), at Poquetannock (near New
London), Conn.; m. April 10, 1624, at to Lucretia Oldham, b at ; d.

March 4, 1678-g, at Poquetannock, Conn.
Res. .\rrived on ship /^or/ttHtf, Nov. g, 1621; lived at Plymouth and Duxbury, Mass.. and New London (Poquetannock), Conn.

Dep. G. C. Ply. Col., 1639, 1641, 1642. 1643; removed to New London, Conn., in 1649; Dep. G. C. Col. Conn., 1650, 1655,

1656, 1657, 1658; Asst. G. C. Col. Conn.. 1657.
Children: William, Mary, Jonathan, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Ruth. Grace, Hannah.

No. 11. GARDINER John Reynolds totten

I. Lion Qardiner, b about 1559, at , Eng.; d 663, aged 64, at Easthampton, N- Y.;

m at , to Mary Wilemson Deurcant, b about 1601, at Woredon, Holland;

d subsequent to 1665, aged 64, at

Res. Gardiner's Island, Long Island Sound. N. Y. First proprietor of Gardiner's Island.
Children: David, Mary, Elizat>eth.

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BREWSTER— Co«//«;/frt'. '■

4. Eltzabeth Brewster, b. May i. 1637, at Duxbury, Mass.; d , 1708, at New London, Conn.; m. (i) i

Sept. 7, 1653, to Peter Bradley, b at ; d. April 3, 1662, at " Flushen," L. I., prob., 1',

as his inventory was taken there June .., 1662; m. (2) 1677-1678, at New London, Conn., I

to Hon. Christopher Christophers, as his second wife. He b about 1631, in Devon- 'I

shire, Eng. prob.; d. July 23, 1687, in 56th year, in New London, Conn. His first wife was
Mary who d. July 13, 1676, at New London, Conn., aged 55.

Res. Her ist husband resided in New London, and was a mariner in the coasting trade along Long Island Sound. Her 2nd

husband resided in New London. Conn., and was a Deputy to the G. C. Col. Conn, from New London, 1683 and 1685. 1

Children, ist m. (Bradley). Elizabeth. Hannah, Peter, Lucretia; 2nd m. (Christophers), two (2), 5e.\ not stated, both born
previous to 1674, and both supposed to have died in infancy.

5. Lucretia Bradley, b. Aug. 16, 1660 or 1661, at New London ,Conn.; d. Jan. 7, i6qo-i, at New London,

Conn.; m. Jan. 26, 1681, at New London, Conn., to Hon. Richard Christophers, b. July 13, 1662,
at Cherston Ferrers, on Torbay, near Dartmouth, Devonshire, Eng.; d. June p, 1726, at New 1,
London, Conn. He m. (2) Sept. 3, 1691, at New London, Conn., to Qrace Turner, b. June 5,
1663, at Scituate, Mass., d. June i, 1734, at New London, Conn.

Res. New London. Conn. Merchant, mariner. Town Clerk, N. L.. 1701-1706; Dep. G. C, Conn.; Asst. G. C; J. P.; Judge of
County Court; Judge of Probate; Judge of Superior Court of Conn.; one of the most important men in the Colony.

Children: 1st ra., Christopher, Richard, Peter, John; 2nd m., Joseph, Mary, Jonathan, Grace, (son), Lydia, Eury(or

Benie), Ruth, Joanna, Lucretia, Lucy.

6. Hon. Capt. Christopher Christophers, b. Dec. 2, 1682 (or 1683), at New London, Conn.; d. Feb. 5,

1728-g, at New London, Conn.; m. Jan. 22, 1711-12, at New Haven, Conn., to Sarah Prout, b.
Jan. 7, 1683-4, at New Haven, Conn.; d. April 18, 1745, at New London, Conn.

Res. New London. Conn. Commissary of Colony; Member of Governor's Council; Naval Officer, Port of New London: Capt.ia

Militia; Dep. and Asst. to G. C; Judge of Probate.
Children; Peter, Mary, Christopher, John, Sarah, Lucretia, Lydia, Margaret.

7. John Christophers, b. Feb. 27, 1718-19, at New London, Conn.; d. Jan. 15, 1787, at ; m.(i)March7,

1741-2, at New London, Conn, to Jerusha Gardiner, b. Oct. 6, 1722, at New London, Conn.;
d. Feb. 18, 1754, at New London, Conn.; m. (2) before 1764, at to Elizabeth Man-
waring, b at ......; d , at ; m. (3) Nov. 10, 1768, at Norwich, Conn., to

Sybel (Capron) Crocker (wid. of Capt. Roswell Crocker); she b , at ; d , ,

Res. New London, Black Point, and Norwich, Conn. Member First Church of Christ, New London, Conn., from which he
dissented.

Children: 1st m., John, Richard, Mary, Peter, Lucretia; 2nd in., Samuel, Elizabeth; 3rd m., none that are known of.

8. Lucretia Christophers, b. Jan. 19, 1749-50, at New London, Conn.; d. March 19, 1825, at New London, '!

Conn.; m. May 13, 1770, at New London, Conn., to John Mumford, Jr., b. Dec. 3, 1740, at South '

Kingston, R. L; d. July 14, 1825, at New London, Conn.
Res. " Elm Grove " Farm, Salem (Lyme), Conn., and New London, Conn. Large land owner in Salem, Conn.; Agent lor Col.

William Browne, the Tory Governor of Bermuda.
Children; Elizabeth, Mary, Lucretia, Catherine, Sarah, Lucretia Christophers. 1'

9. Lucretia Christophers Mumford, b. Aug. 10, 1785, at Salem, Conn.; d. April 6, 1871, at New London, \

Conn.; m. Feb. 24, 1806, at New London, Conn., to Anthony Thatcher, b. Jan. 7, 1782, at Strat-
ford, Conn.; d. Dec. 26, 1844, at New London, Conn.

Res. New London, Conn, Cashier New London Bank.

Children: Nathaniel Woodbridge, Lucretia Mumford, Mary Woodbridge, John Christophers, Eloise Hardy, George Thompson,

Daniel Anthony, Henry Perkins, Abby Mumford, Julia Hubbell, Elizabeth Wetmore, Mary Perkins, .Anthony,

Antoinette.

10. Julia Hubbell Thatcher, b. March 6, 1823, at New London, Conn.; d. Jan. 31, 1906, at New London, J

Conn.; m. Dec. 5, 1843, at New London, Conn., to Qen. James Totten, U. S. Army; b. Sept, il, !|.

1818, at Cincinnati, Ohio; d. Oct. I, 1871, at Sedalia, Mo.
Res various posts in service U. S. Army. U. S. M. A. 1841. Lieut. Col. and Inspector General U. S. .\. Served Mexican and

CivilVVars.
Children: William Anthony, Charles .\delle Lewis, John Reynolds.

11. John Reynolds Totten, b. Barrancas Barracks, Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 4, 1856; d , at ; m.

Sept. 5, 1889, at Garrisons-on-Hudson, N. Y., to Elma Smythe Preston-Van Voorhis (wid. of UJtli

Arthur Van Voorhis), b. Jan. 10, 1862, at EvansviUe, Ind.; d at ii

Res. various posts U. S. Array and New York City. |l

Children: none. j ^a.

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pi I.] Registration of Pedigrees. 213

G\KV>WEK— Continued.

>.. David Gardiner, b. April 29, 1636, at Saybrooke Fort, Conn. Colony; d. July 10, 1689, at Hartford, Conn.;

m. June 4, 1657, at to Mary ( ) Leringham (wid.); at the time of her marriage to

David Gardiner she was a member of the Parish of St. Margaret in the City of Westminster,
Eng. ; b at ; d at

Res. Gardiner's Island. Long Island Sound, N. Y. Second proprietor of Gardiner's Island.

Children: John, David, Lion, Elizabeth.

5. John Gardiner, b. April 19, 1661, at ; d. June 25, 1738, at Groton, Conn.; m. (i) , 1691,

at , to Mary King, b. Aug. 7, i66g, at ; d. July 4, 1707, aged 37, at ; m. (2)

Sept. 2, 1708, at to Sarah Chandler-Coit (dau. of John and Elizabeth (Douglass) Chandler

of Woodstock, Conn., and wid. of William Coit of New London, Conn.), b. Nov. 19, 1676, at ;

d. July 3, 171 1, at ; m. (3) July 13 at to Elizabeth AlIyn-AIIen (dau. of John

AUyn and wid. of Alexander Allen of Woodstock, Conn.), b. Dec. i, 1669, at ; d on

Gardiner's Island; m. (4) Oct. 4, 1733, at to Elizabeth Hedges=Osborne (dau. of Stephen

Hedges and wid. of Daniel Osborne of Easthampton, L. I.), b , at ; d. May ig, 1747,

aged 64, at

Res. Gardiner's Island, Long Island Sound, N. Y. Third proprietor of Gardiner's Island.

Children; ist ra., David. John, Samuel, Joseph, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth; 2ndm., Jonathan, Sarah; 3rd m., none; 4th m,, none.

.. John Gardiner, b , 1693, at ; d. Jan. 19, 1724-5, at New London, Conn.; m. May 6, 1716, at

p New London, Conn., to Sarah Saitonstall, b. April 8, 1694, at New London, Conn.; d

at She m. (2) Jan. i, 1727, at New London, Conn., to Samuel Davis, b at ;

d at ; she m. (3) July 4, 1737, at New London, Conn., to Thomas Davis, b ,

at ; d at

Res. New London, Conn. Merchant and School Te:icher in New London. Yale College, 1711.
Children (Gardiner): Elizabeth, Jerusha, Jerusha, John.

j . Jerusha Gardiner, b. Oct. 6, 1723, at ; d. Feb. 18, 1754, at New London, Conn.; m. March 7, 1741-2,

1, at New London, Conn., to John Christophers, b. Feb. 27, 1718-9, at New London, Conn.; d.

Jan. 15, 1787, at He m. (2) before 1764, at to Elizabeth Manwaring (dau.

of Thomas and Esther (Christophers) Manwaring of Lyme, Conn.), b at ; d

at ; m. (3) Nov. 10, 176S, at Norwich, Conn, to Sybel (Capron) Crocker, of Norwich, Conn.

(wid. of Capt. Koswell Crocker), b , at ; d , at

Res. New London, Black Point, and Norwich, Conn. Member First Church of Christ, New London, Conn., from which he

dissented.
Children: 1st m., John, Richard, Mary, Peter, Lucretia; 2nd ra., Samuel. Elizabeth; 3rd m., none that are known of.

Lucretia Christophers, b. Jan. 19, 1749-50, at New London, Conn.; d. March ig, 1825, at New London,
Conn.; m. May 13, 1770, at New London, Conn., to John Mumford, Jr., b. Dec. 3, 1740, at South
Kingston, R. L; d. July 14, 1S25, at New London, Conn.

Res. " Elm Grove" Farm, Salem (Lyme), Conn., and New London, Conn. Large land owner in Salem, Conn.; Agent tor Col.

William Browne, the Tory Governor of Bermuda,
Children: Elizabeth, Mary, Lucretia, Catherine, Sarah, Lucretia Christophers.

Lucretia Christophers Mumford, b. Aug. lo, 1785, at Salem, Conn.; d. April 6, 1871, at New London,
Conn.; m. Feb. 24, 1806, at New London, Conn., to Anthony Thatcher, b. Jan. 7, 1782, at Strat-
ford, Conn.; d. Dec. 26, 1844, at New London, Conn.

Res. New London, Conn, Cashier New London Bank.

Children: Nathaniel Woodbridge, Lucretia Mumford, Mary Woodbridge, John Christophers, Eloise Hardy, George Thompson,

Daniel Anthony, Henry Perkins, Abby Mumford, Julia HuSbell, Elizabeth Wetmore, Mary Perkins, Anthony,

Antoinette.

Julia Hubbell Thatcher, b. March 6, 1823, at New London, Conn.; d. Jan. 31, 1906, at New London,
Conn.; m. Dec. 5, 1843, at New London, Conn., to Gen. James Totten, U. S. Army; b. Sept. 11,
1818, at Cincinnati, Ohio; d. Oct. I, 1871, at Sedalia, Mo.

Res. various posts in service U. S. Army. U. S. M. A. 1841. Lieut. Col. and Inspector General U. S. A. Served Mexican and
Civil Wars.

Children: William .'Vnthony, Charles .\delle Lewis, John Reynolds.

John Reynolds Totten, b. Barrancas Barracks, Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 4, 1856; d , at ; m.

Sept. 5, 1889, at Garrisons-on-Hudson, N. Y., to Elma Smythe Preston-Van Voorhis (wid. of
Arthur Van Voorhis), b. Jan. 10, 1862, at Evansville, Ind.; d , at

Res. various posts U. S. Army and New York City.

Children: none.

12. SALTONSTALL John Reynolds totten

Gilbert Saitonstall, b , at , Eng.; d. ....... at , Eng.; m in Eng., to

b at ; d at

Res. Halifax, Yorkshire, Eng.
Child: Samuel.

2 14 Registration of Pedigrees. [April,

SALTONSTALL— 0«/;««f(/.

2. Samuel Saltonstall, b at Eng.; d. Jan. 8, 1612-13, at Eng.; in.(i) , at ,

to Anne Ramsden (dau. of John Ramsden of Longley, Esq.), b at ; d

at ; m. (2) at to Elizabeth Ogden (dau. of Thomas Ogden), b

at ; d , at ; m. (3) , at to Elizabeth Armine (wid. of Hugh

Armine, Mayor of Hull, Eng.), b , at ; d at

Owoed Rookes and Huntwicke. In 40th Elizabeth (1597), he made fine of heriot for the ancient lands in Saltonstall. In [599
Winter-Edge liall at Hipperliolme was held of the Crown in fee by him, also Rogerthorpe in Badsworth. He died 8th
of Jan., 1612-13. and was buried in Holy Trinity Church in Hull. Eng. Will dated Dec. 31, 1612, proved July 22, 1613,
when he calls himself of Kingston-upon-Hull. Watson in his History of Halifax calls him " Sir Samuel " and thinks
that he was knighted.

Children; ist m.. Richard, Gilbert; 2Qd m., Samuel, John, Thomas, Anne, Elizabeth, George. Mary, Margaret, Barbara; 3rd
m., none recorded.

3. Sir Richard Saltonstall, b. March .., 1586, at Halifax, Eng.; bap. at Halifax, Eng.. April 4, 1586;

d about 1658, at , Eng.; m. (i) at Eng., to Grace Kaye (dau. of

Robert Kaye of Woodsome, Esq., and aunt of Sir John Kaye; the Kayes were a very ancient

family of Yorkshire), b at ; d , before 1630, at Eng.; m. (2) ,

at , to Elizabeth West (dau. of Sir Thomas West [Lord Delaware, 1602]), b

at ; d at ; m. (3) , at , to Martha Wilfred, b , at ;

d at

Res. Came over in 1630 and settled in Watertown, Mass.; returned to England in 1631. First Assistant and First .'Associate
Massachusetts Bay Company. Original patentee of Conn., with Lord Say and Seal and Lord Brook and others.

Children: ist m., Richard, Rosamond, Grace, Robert, Samuel, Henry, Peter(?); 2nd m., none; 3rd m., none.

4. Hon. Richard Saltonstall, b , 1610, at Woodsome, Yorkshire, Eng.; d. April 29, 1694, at Hiilme,

Lancaster Co., Eng.; m. June .., 1633, at , Eng., to Muriel Gurdon (dau. of Brampton

Gurdon of Assington, Suffolk, Esq., by his wife Muriel Sedley), b 1613, at Eng.;

d 1694; at

Res. He matriculated as " Mr. Fellow Commoner" at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Eng., Dec. 14, 1627. He came with his
father to New England in 1630, before takihg his degree. He was admitted a Freeman, May 18, 1631. He returned to
England in 1631 where he was married. He returned to New England in 1635 on the Susan and Ellen with his wife,
then aged 22, and his daughter Muriel aged 9 mos. Resided at Ipswich, Mass. Deputy to G. C, 1635-7; Assistant
to G. C, 1637-1649. 1664 and ibSo-1683.

Children: Muriel, Richard, Nathaniel, Gurdon, Abigail, Elizabeth.

5. Col. Nathaniel Saltonstall, b 1639, about, at Ipswich, Mass.; d. May 21, 1707, at Haverhill,

Mass.; m. Dec. 28, 1663, at to Elizabeth Ward (dau. of Rev. John and Alice (Edmunds)

Ward of Haverhill, Mass.), b. April 1 (7 org), 1647, at Haverhill, Mass.; d. April 29 (or 19), 1714,
at Haverhill, Mass.

Res. Haverhill, Mass. Harvard College, 1659. Freeman. Haverhill, 1665; Rep. G. C. 1666, 1669-1671; Town Clerk, Haverhill,
1679-1686; Col. Essex Regiment; Asst. G. C. 1679-1686 and 1689-1692; Member of the Council; Judge of Oyer aaa
Terminer, 1692, and refused to serve on Witchcraft Trials.

Children: Gurdon, Elizabeth, Richard, Nathaniel, John.

6. Gov. Gurdon Saltonstall, b. March 27, 1666, at Haverhill, Mass.; d. Sept. 20, 1724, at New London,

Conn.; m. (i) at to Jerusha Richards (dau. of James and Sarah (Gibbons) Richards

of Hartford, Conn.), b. June 28, 1665, at ; d. July 25, 1697, at Boston, Mass.; m. (2)

at , to Elizabeth Rosewell (only child of William Rosewell of Branford, Conn.), b

at ; d. Sept. 12, 1710, at New London, Conn; m. (3) at , to Mary Whittingham-

Clarl<e (dau. of William Whittingham and wid.of William Clarke of Boston;, b at ;

d. Jan. 23, 1729-30, at Boston, Mass.

Res. New London, Conn. Ordained Minister at New London, Nov. 25, 1691. Elected Governor of Conn., Jan. i, 1708, and

served as such until his death. Harvard College, 1684.
Children: ist m., Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Jerusha, Gurdon; 2nd m., Rosewell, Katherine, Nathaniel, Gurdon, Richard; 3rd m.,

none.

7. Sarah Saltonstall, b. April 8, 1694, at New London, Conn.; d at ; m. (i) May 6, 1716, at

New London, Conn., to John Gardiner, b 1693, at ; d. Jan. 19, 1724-5, at New

London, Conn.; she m. (2) Jan. i, 1727, at New London, Conn., to Samuel Davis, b

at ; d at ; she m. (3) July 4, 1737, at New London, Conn., to Thomas Davis,

b , at ; d at

Res. John Gardiner resided in New London, Conn., where he was a .Merchant and School Teacher. Yale College, 1711.
Children (Gardiner): Elizabeth, Jerusha, Jerusha, John.

8. Jerusha Gardiner, b. Oct. 6, 1723, at ; d. Feb. 18, 1754, at New London, Conn.; m. March 7, 1741-2,

;a New London, Conn., to John Christophers, b. Feb. 27, 1718-9, at New London, Conn.; d.

Jan. 15, 1787, at He 01.(2) , before 1764, at to Elizabeth Manwariog (dau.

of Thomas and Esther (Christophers) Manwaring of Lyme, Conn.), b at ; d ,

at ; m. (3) Nov. 10, 176S, at Norwich, Conn, to Sybel (Capron) Crocker, of Norwich, Conn.

(wid. of Capt. Roswell Crocker), b , at ; d at

Res. New London, Black Point, and Norwich, Conn. Member First Church of Christ, New London, Conn., from which he

dissented.
Children: ist m.. John, Richard, Mary, Peter, Lucretia; and m., Samuel, Elizabeth; 3rd m., none that are known of.

9. Lucretia Christophers, b. Jan. 19, 1749-50, at New London, Conn.; d. March 19, 1825, at New London,

Conn.; m. .May 13, 1770, at New London, Conn., to John MumsorJ, Jr., b. Dec. 3, 1740, at South

Kingston, R. L; d. July 14, 1S25, at New London, Conn.
Res. " Elm Grove" Farm, Salein (Lyme), Conn., and New Loudon, Conn. Large landowner in Salem, Conn.; .K%':nX lor Col.

William Browne, the Tory Governor of Bermuda.
Children: Elizabeth, Mary, Lucretia, Catherine, Sarali, Lucretia Christophers.

( To be iontinueil.)

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EDITORIAL.

ALBANY, N. Y., DUTCH CHURCH RECORDS.
The publication of these invaluable early records, from the ist entries up
to circa 1800, begun by the Holland Society of N. Y. in its year books in IQ04,
will, we are informed, be completed by the publication of the year books 1907-
igii which, it is hoped, will all be issued this year. It is, we are told, contem-
plated to re-publish 250 copies of the church record in a separate volume. But
it is to be regretted that in consequence of the, we hope, temporary failure of
the eyesight of Mr. Versteeg, the genealogist and historian of the Society, the
monumental mdices prepared by him for the year books already published will
for the remaining years be much curtailed or generalized.

SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS.

The 42nd Annual Meeting of this Society was held in the Society's Hall
at 8.30 P. M., Friday, January 13, Iqii. President Mr. Clarence W. Bowen, in
the Chair. The speaker of the evening, Mr. Josiah Collins Pumpelly, A. M.,
L L. B., was then introduced and thereupon delivered a most interesting
address on the "Historical .Sketches of the Hampton Settlements on Long
Island." On the conclusion of Mr. Pumpelly's address, Mr. James Benedict
voiced the sentiment of the meeting in the most complimentary terms regard-
ing Mr. Pumpelly's address and moved that the thanks of the Society be
tendered him therefor, which motion being duly seconded was unanimously
carried.

The following elections to membership were thereupon announced: Edwin
Mortimer Blake, N. Y. City, Annual Member, proposed by John R. Totten;
John Adams Church, N. Y. City, Annual Member, proposed by Mrs. F. E.
Youngs ; Henry Everett Darling, N. Y. City, Annual Member, proposed by
Mrs. F. E. Youngs ; Mrs. Theodore de Laporte, Rhinebeck, N. Y., Annual
Member, proposed by John R. Totten; Frank Barnard King, N. Y. City, Annual
Member, proposeil by Rufus King; Alfred Emory Lister, .Scranton, Pa., Annual
Member, proposed by Mrs. F. E. Youngs ; William Alfred Robbins, Brooklyn,
N. Y., Annual Member, proposed by John R. Totten; Myles Standish, N. Y.
City, Annual Member, proposed by Clarence W. Bowen ; Mrs. George Luther
Whitman, N. Y. City, Annual Member, proposed by Mrs. F. E. Youngs.

The Annual Reports of the Treasurer, Secretary, Chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee, Necrologist, Registrar of Pedigrees and Historian, were read
and ordered on file.

The Publication Committee and Committee on Heraldry made no report.

The report of the Nominating Committee was received and accepted, and
no other nominations being presented and no ballot demanded the Secretary
was directed to cast one ballot for the following Trustees who were thereupon
duly reported as elected. Trustees for the term ending IQI4, namely: Howland
Pell, Warner Van Norden, Henry Pierson Gibson, Ellsworth Everett Dwight
and Clarence Winthrop Bowen.

The Secretary reported the following deaths of members which had been
reported since the December Meeting of the Society : Cephas Brainerd,
Thomas Chalmers Brainerd, Clinton Gardner Harris.

The meeting then adjourned for refreshments.

The January Meeting of the Board of Trustees took place at the Society's

office on January 17th, iqii, at 4.00 P. M. The President, Mr. Bowen in the

Chair. The Board proceeded to the election of Officers for the coming year,

which resulted in the election of the following named Officers and Committees:

President .... Clarence Winthrop Bowen

First Vice-President . . . William B. Osgood Field

Second Vice-President . . . William Isaac Walker

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Society Proceedings.

[April,

Chairman Executive Committee

Secretary ....

Treasurer

Librarian ....

Historian ....

Necrologist

Registrar of Pedigrees .

John Reynolds Totten

Henry Russell Drowne

. Hopper Striker Mott

George Austin Morrison, Jr.

William Austin Macy, M. D.

Richard Henry Greene

Winchester Fitch

Executive Committee

John Reynolds Totten, Ch'n.
William B. O. Field
Henry P. Gibson

George Austin Morrison, Jr.
William Isaac Walker
President and Treasurer
Ex-Officio

Publication Committee

Hopper Striker Mott
Henry Cole Quinby
Tobias Alexander Wright
Josiah Collins Pumpelly
Frederick Gregory Mather
William A. Robbins

John R. Totten
Everett Law Zabriskie
George Austin Morrison, Jr.
Richard Henry Greene
Walter Kenneth Griffin

Committee on Heraldry
Charles Pryer, Ch'n. Howland Pell

William Armstrong Crozier Charles Landon Jones

Committee on Research
William Austin Macy, M. D., Chairman.
Rev. John Cornell, for Southern Rhode Island.
George W. Cocks, for Long Island.
John E. Stillwell, M. D., for Monmouth Co., N. J.
Hon A. T. Clearwater, for Ulster Co., N. Y.
Miss Lucy D. Akerly, for Suffolk Co., N. Y.
Tobias A. Wright, for Washington Co., N. Y.
Edward Myers, for Westchester Co., N. Y.
William M. du Bois, for White Plains, N. Y.
Mrs. Charles D. Ward, for Oswego, N. Y.
Rufus King, for Suffolk Co., N. Y.
William A. Macy, M. D., for Seneca Co., N. Y.
Charles Landon Jones, for Litchfield Co., Ct.
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin.
The Corresponding Members remaining on the Roll for 1910 were re-elec-
ted for 191 1.

On motion a vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. Hopper Striker Mott for
the great excellence of his work as Treasurer of the Society for the year igio
and also for the marked improvement of "The Record" under his editorial
management. Carried.

A special committee was appointed by the President to examine and report
upon present condition of the Society's Library and to make recommendations
to the next meeting of the Board of Trustees as to desired improvements in
said Library conditions. After the transaction of other routine business the
meeting adjourned.

The regular February meeting of the Society was held on Friday evening,
February loth, 191 1. The President, Mr. Bowen, in the Chair. The guest of
the evening was Maj. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, U. S. A., who was introduced
to the meeting by the President and who thereupon delivered a most interest-
ting lecture on the subject "The First Meeting of Grant and Lincoln." After
the completion of Gen. Grant's address Gen. Daniel Sickles favored the audi-
ence with most interesting remarks pertinent thereto, after which a motion of
thanks duly seconded was passed felicitating the Society on being privileged
to hear the most interesting reminisences of General Grant and the comments
thereon, which motion was unanimously carried.

The following elections to membership were duly announced: Walter
Ketmeth Griffin, N. Y. City, Annual Member, proposed by John R. Totten; Mrs.

igil.] Query, Book Notices. 217

Edward Searle, N. Y. City, Annual Member, proposed by Mrs. R. D. Bristol;
Frederick Julian Stimson, N. Y. City, Annual Member, proposed by Edward
Truex Piatt.

The following deaths have been recorded since the January Meeting :
Louis Ross Alberger, Theodore Frelinghuysen Reed.

The meetihg then adjourned for refreshments.

A Special Meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday afternoon, Feb-
ruary 22nd, IQII at 4.00 P. M. The President, Mr. Bowen, in the Chair. The
guest of the occasion. Gen. James Grant Wilson, D. C. L., formerly President
of this Society, was introduced by Mr. Bowen and delivered to the audience an
address entitled " Washington and his English Ancestors." The address was
most interesting and was received by the audience with much enthusiasm.
Gen. Wilson exhibited as pertinent to his remarks two recently executed oil
paintings of Sulgrave Manor, the old English home of the Washingtons and
the interior of St. James' Church, Sulgrave, which with other relics exhibited
added interest to his remarks. An old Toddy Ladle formerly belonging to
Gen. Washington was likewise exhibited by the Rev. G. Monroe Royce. Upon
completion of the address a vote of thanks was tendered to Gen. Wilson for his
most interesting remarks by John Denison Champlin which was duly seconded
and carried unanimously.

The following deaths of members were reported as having taken place
since the last meetmg ; Mrs. Benjamin Doughty Hicks ; Mrs. Ebenezer
Scofield.

The meeting then adjourned for refreshments.

QUERIES.

Smith. — Nathan Smith, born Haddam, Ct„ 1730; died 1783; married Mary
Thomas, born 1735, died 1819. Did they have a son David who married his
cousin Jane Smith, daughter of Matthias? Particularly want ancestry of David,
who had sons Israel, Amos, John D., Alanson, David and daughter Jane.

Palmer. — Who were the parents of Anna Palmer, wife of John Sands, of
Peekskill (son of Othniel) born 1761, died 1846 ?

Ketcham. — Who were the parents of Martha Ketcham, wife of Othniel
Sands, of Peekskill. born 1733, died 1823 ?

LoNGLEV. — Who were the parents of Elizabeth Longley, who married
Thomas Peabody. Married Nov. 24, 1770, Boxford, Mass. She died in Shirley,
Mass., Feb. 3, 1784 ? miss e. cowing,

24 E. Bayard Street, Seneca Falls, N. Y.

Hunt. — Wanted name of the wife of Benjamin Hunt, who married about
the middle of the i8th century a woman, according to Wyinan's Hunt Gene-
alogy, belonging to Long Island. Persons familiar with the records and vital
statistics of Long Island may be able to help me. He was twice married before
the Revolution, and by first wife was father of Benjamin Hunt whose license to
marry Elizabeth Gidney, Dec. 31, 1778, is mentioned in IVyman, p. 170.

A. w. SAVARV, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.

BOOK NOTICES.

Editorial Note:— The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society solicits as
donations to its Library all newly published works on Genealogy, History and Biography, as well
as all works on Town, County and State History, or works embodying information regarding the
Vital Records of any and all localities. It also solicits the donation to the manuscript collections
of its library any and all manuscript compilations which bear upon the above mentioned topics.

In consideration of such donations the works so presented to the Society will be at once
placed upon the shelves of its library and will be reviewed in the next subsequent issue of The
New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, each donation of such character,
whether in printed or manuscript form, will be reviewed under the head of "Book Notices" and
a copy of The Record containing the review will be sent to the donor.

2 1 8 Book Notices. [April,

The Society does rto^ solicit donations of publications or manuscripts on topics foreign to
the above mentioned subjects, as its library is specialized and cannot accommodate material
which does not bear directly upon its recognized sphere of usefulness.

Donations for review in the January issue of The Record should be delivered to the
Society before Decemberist of the previous year; for the April issue, before March ist; for the
July issue before June ist; and for the October issue, before September ist.

The "Book Notices" of The Record are carefully read by all librarians as well as
genealogical students, and the review of a work in The Record is equivalent to a special
advertisement of such work.

Letters of transmittal of donations of such works should embody the price of the work
donated and the name and address of the person from whom it can be purchased.

CoLVER, Culver Genealogy, by Frederic Lathrop Colver. Cloth, small
Octavo, pp. 271, with Index. Press of Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., New
York, 1910.

Edward Colver, of Boston, Dedham, and Roxbury, Massachusetts, and of
New London and iVIystic, Connecticut, was the original American progenitor of
this well known family and his descendants have been admirably traced out to
the Tenth Generation. Although Mr. Colver modestly calls his work prelimi-
nary to a complete printed and illustrated record of the family, it is neverthe-
less a well conceived and better executed family history, exceptionally arranged
according to standard practice, and filled with matter of interest to all related
to the original Puritan settler. A sound and discriminating judgment has been
shown in setting down the details of each generation and the entire work bears
many traces of its careful and exhaustive preparation. The printing of the war
records of all of the name who lived in the early States is an excellent idea.
The small size of the volume is somewhat unusual in works of like character,
but this innovation seems practical as the book takes up little space, and is easy
to hold and read. As usual the publishing company has done its share of the
labor in most creditable fashion, type, paper and binding being of the best.
It may be suggested, however, that the wood-cut title page, is somewhat con-
fusing, and would have been much more legible in good Roman letters.

Memoirs and Reminiscences Together with Sketches of the
Early History of Sussex County, New Jersey, by Rev. Caspar Schaeffer,
M. D., with Notes and Genealogical Record of the Schaeffer, Shaver, or Shafer
Family, Compiled by William M. Johnson. Cloth, Large Octavo, pp. 187,
Illustrated, Indexed. Privately printed, Hackensack, N. J., 1907.

Caspar Schaeffer, one of the founders of Stillwater, Sussex County, New
Jersey, and a Revolutionary Patriot, was the grandfather of the author of this
historical sketch, which has never before been published, although local histor-
ians have made free use of the manuscripts. The family is descended from a
Palatine emigrant who is supposed to have come to Philadelphia on 16 Septem-
ber, 1738, and removed thence to Stillwater, N. J., and the annexed genealogy
of his descendants is most complete. The memoirs of the author are full of
interest, as are his biographical notices of residents of Sussex County, deceased
in 1885. The work is exceedingly well edited, and its typography and binding,
above the standard of such publications, .^s a record of a German family of
some distinction it is well worth acquiring by the historical libraries.

The Watson Genealogy, 1760-190Q, by Martha Ziegler Watson. Cloth'
Octavo, pp, loi. Illustrated. The Mountain Echo Press, Keyser, West Virginia"
igog.

As the author frankly states, this is a book in letter form and rather in the
nature of a compilation of notes and brief extracts than a genealogy in proper
foriTi. The first ancestor dealt with, Joseph Watson of Lancaster County, Pa.,
was born as recently as 1760 and has not been traced to earlier generations.
The spirit actuating the collection and publication of these family records is
praiseworthy and the value of the facts so preserved will be very great to that
descendant who hereafter may be inspired to write a complete family history.
The early Watsons were probably of German origin, speaking " Pennsylvania
Dutch," and left a long line of honorable and God-fearing descendants.

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English Origin of the Eastman Family, by Charles R. Eastman.
Octavo, pp. 6. 1910.

This short article appears in The Granite Monthly for December, 1910, a
New Hampshire Magazine printed at Concord, N. H. (vol. xlii. No. 12) and
deals with the ancestry of Roger Eastman, who settled in 1638 at Salisbury,
who it appears was a son of Nicholas Eastman of Charlton, near Week and
Dourton, Wilts, England. The story of the tracing and discovery of these
English ancestors is well told.

ScoviLLE F.-\MiLY RECORDS. Part II, Descendants of Arthur Scovil of
Boston, Middletown and Lyme, Conn., by Charles R. Eastman. Cambridge,
Mass. Paper, Octavo, pp. 21. Privately printed ipio.

The pamphlet is an outline genealogy, carefully prepared from original
records, and is supplementary to Part I, in which the origin of the family
in England and known facts in regard to the first American settler are con-
sidered. The record is set forth in a scholarly way and is confined to well
established facts, without the introduction of so-called traditions. For this
reason it will prove a valuable and authentic source from which the future
genealogist may draw his facts for the complete history of the family.

Gilbert Thompson. Memorial Papers of the Society of Colonial
Wars in District of Columbia No. 5, 1910, by Marcus Benjamin. Paper,
Octavo, pp. 16.

The subject of this biography was born at Blackstone, Mass., on March
2ist, 1839, and came of sturdy Puritan stock, settled in New England as
early as 1632. His ancestors in America distinguished themselves m mili-
tary service and representatives from every generation of his family were
under arms for the defence of either Colony, State or Country, from the
landing of the Pilgrims in 1620 to the War with Spain in 1898. The author
has written an excellent memorial of one who was a devoted student of his-
torical and genealogical subjects and societies.

Transactions of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina, No. 17.
Pap^r, Octavo, pp. 67. Charleston, S. C, 1910.

This printed record of the addresses, papers read and membership of
this association is a welcome addition to Huguenot literature and the idea
of printing the ancestral French family name after that of each member is
a happy one, as it may aid seekers for French Protestant ancestry to locate
their forbears.

The Founding of Charlestown by the Spragues — A Glimpse of the
Beginning of the Massachusetts Bay Settlement, by Henry H. Sprague.
Paper, Octavo, pp. 39. Press of William B. Clarke Co., Boston, 1910.

A most interesting historical account of the early settlement of Charles-
town, Mass., containing many genealogical references and a facsimile copy
of the original governing agreement dated loth of February, 1634. The
pamphlet is beautifully printed in large clear type, upon fine paper and is
worthy of a more permanent binding.

Captain Thomas Cook, 1752-1841. A Soldier of the Revolution.
Edited by William M. Sweenj'. Paper, Octavo, pp. 13. 1909.

The record of revolutionary, sarvice of this veteran of the great War
of Independence is herein set forth in his own deposition, and from the
papers on file in the government offices, and will be of invaluable aid to all
of his descendants and kin, desiring to claim membership in the great
patriotic Societies.

>"f The Portsmouth Race of the Monsons, Munsons, Mansons, by
Myron Andrews Munson. Cloth, Small Octavo, pp. 89. With Index. Press
of Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1910.

ISA

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This small volume comprises an account of Richard Monson, of Ports-
mouth, N. H., 1663, and his descendants, with the first five generations of
descendants, (quite a distinct family from that of Capt. Thomas Munson, of
Hartford and New Haven), as well as fragments of the Sixth and Seventh
Generations. The author is to be congratulated upon this little work, which
traces out and perpetuates the genealogy of one bearing the same family
name, but not known to be of kin. Genealogies to be useful must be ex-
haustive and Mr. Munson has unselfishly devoted his time and thought to
seggregating and recording these unallied Munson lines. The arrange-
ment and general execution of the genealogy is commendable, following as
it does the standard form.

My Forefathers — Their History from Records and Traditions, by
A. Maunsell Broadhurst. Cloth. Royal Octavo, pp. 346. The De La More
Press, London, 1910.

This sumptuous volume contains brief genealogies of the Broadhurst,
Maunsell, Stillwell, Sands, Wilmerding and Tracy Families, ancestors of
the author, and is beautifully illustrated with portraits, places, relics and
pictures of the men, women and historic homes of these well known fam-
ilies. In addition, a number of genealogical pedigrees are interleaved show-
ing in some cases the common ancestor of two distinct families, and their
intermarriages. The author has concisely and clearly indicated his kinship
with many eminent men and people of distinction and the labor involved in
collecting the data has been faithfully perlormed. His English notes are
particularly full and authentic, doubtless because of the fact of his resi-
dence in the County of Essex, England. The Chapter on John Cook the
Regicide is of great interest and throws a side light upon the Execution of
Charles the First, of considerable value to the English historians. While
the work is confessedly for family preservation yet it is a fine addition
to the list of privately printed genealogies and will be welcome to all
Libraries and Societies making collections of this class of literature. The
type is wonderfully good, the paper of the best quality and the press work
even of a higher standard, if this be possible. Particular mention must also
be made of the illustrations which are most carefully selected and admir-
ably executed.

Ancestral Records and Portraits. A compilation from the Archives
of Chapter L The Colonial Dames of America. Vol. I-H, pp. 835. Cloth.
Illustrated, with Index. The Grafton Press, New York, igio.

The PubHcation Committee of Chapter I, The Colonial Dames of
America are entitled to the highest praise for their unselfish devotion and
patriotism in collecting, editing and publishing this concise compilation of
the many valuable family records and pedigrees preserved in their
archives. Hitherto the so-called patriotic societies have exhibited a most
selfish and secretive spirit in regard to their invaluable charts of descent,
none but members being able to examine and consult such charts, and
even in such cases only by consent of the members whose charts are to be
consulted, or on consent of the Registrar. In many cases the Registrar is a
professional genealogist interested in personally searching for desired an-
cestry for compensation and hence quite unwilling and opposed to the
general public availing themselves of the Society records. For some time
there has been an increasing belief that the pedigree collections of the
various so-called patriotic societies should be published and thus rendered
useful to all instead of to the few. The present volumes are printed with
that end in view and it is safe to state that in all probability they will not
only reflect the greatest credit on this organization but be the cause of a
great increase in applications for membership in this order. The voliunes
are full of facts of importaike, contain descent pedigrees of hundreds of
eminent families and are profusely illustrated with half tone portraits and
many coats-of-arms. These volumes should at once become standard works
of reference. They are beautifully printed and bound and add one more

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almost perfect publication to the long list of admirable books edited and
printed by the Grafton Press. Good Genealogical printing is still rare, in
spite of the great output of this class of books in the past ten years, and the
work done by these publishers deserves unqualified praise.

Minutes of the Executive Council of the Province of New York.
Volume I. Minutes, Collateral and Illustrative Documents, I-XIX. Edited
by Victor Hugo Paltsits, State Historian. Cloth. Royal Octavo, pp. 386.
Published by the State of New York, Albany, 1910.

If any adverse criticism exists as to the utility and absolute necessity
of the office of State Historian, this remarkable volume should once and
for all be a conclusive and final reply to such critics. It deals with the ad-
ministration of Francis Lovelace 1668-1673, the second English Governor
of the Province of New York, and will prove a most valuable addition to
the early historical collections of this State. Mr. Paltsits has shown in-
defatigable patience and devotion in the production of this book, and the
introduction sets out the kind of investigation, judgment and attention to
detail which has resulted in this fine volume. The original language of the
minutes and documents has been retained, abbreviations and all, and the
difficult task of reproducing in type these antequated words has been carried
out to prefection. The pages are filled with genealogical foot notes of value
and while these facts are as yet somewhat unavailable, owing to lack of in-
dexing, Mr. Paltsits promises a further Volume III which shall contain
an Analytical Index. The State of New York is indeed fortunate in hav-
ing an Historian, who is not only learned in antiquarian and genealogical
research, but possesses the ability to put into practical shape for reference
these Minutes of the Executive Council. The press-work and binding of the
volume is superior and the only regret to be noted is that it does not
contain a portrait of Governor Lovelace.

Genealogy and Annals of the Van Liew Family in America, by
Thomas Van Liew. Cloth. Quarto, pp. 18. St. Louis, 1910.

This work is more of the nature of a compilation of preparatory notes
rather than a finished genealogy of this old New Jersey family, but as its
author wisely states unless he had taken steps to preserve and perpetuate
the rapidly disappearing family records, in a few years little or nothing
would have been left for the future family historian to trace. The book
contains brief details of the Wyckoflf, Duryee, Sansbury and Foster Fam-
ilies, all of which were related by marriage to the Van Liew family. The
pamphlet is clearly printed and well bound and the facts set forth are worth
preserving.

Ancestors of Rejoyce Ballance Collins and Constance Dorothy
Van Etten Collins, who Participated in the Civil and Milit.\ry Af-
fairs OF THE American Colonies, and those who were Soldiers in the
Continental Armies During the Wars of the Revolution, and those
WHO served in the War of 1812, by Holdridge Ozro Collins, A.M., LL.B.,
LL.D. Cloth. Octavo, pp. 70. Los Angeles, California. 1910.

These pamphlets are more biographical than genealogical, but contain
much of marked interest concerning the early warrior ancestors of the
compiler. Mr. Collins is a genealogist of skill and repute, and has been a
valued contributor to the "Record" and his thorough and careful work as
shown in the pages of these pamphlets make the records of authoritative
value.

He is a descendant of many of the earliest and most influential settlers
of Ulster Co., N. Y., and as the genealogical record of this early in-
teresting Dutch and Huguenot settlement has been much neglected, these
annals of his ancestry will prove the more welcome on account of their
rarity. The little book is well printed and bound for service.

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Genealogical and Family History of Northern New York. Edited
by William Richard Cutter, A.M. Vol. I-III. Illustrated, with Index.
Cloth. Quarto, pp. 1247. Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1910.

This publication is a continuance of the former series of historical-
genealogical volumes, embracing the State of New York. It is the purpose
of the Editor and this publishing firm to extend their system of collecting
and preserving family histories to all the New England, Middle and Southern
States, and the New York series bids fair to be as important as was the
Massachusettes series. It is encouraging to learn from the preface that all
matter contained in these volumes was submitted in typewritten manu-
script to the persons most interested for correction, in order to insure the
greatest possible accuracy. In contents, type and binding this series is
worthy to stand side by side with the Massachusetts annals, and undoubtedly
the projected set covering New York City and its early Dutch famiHes will
be of especial interest to the local readers.

List of Books on Genealogy and Heraldry in the Syracuse
Public Library. Edition of 1910. Syracuse, igio.

The good example set by The New York Public Library in publishing
special catalogues on special subjects is here followed by the Syracuse Li-
brary. Their list is confined to genealogical works and will prove of great
advantage to searchers who must economize time as it enables them to see
at a glance just what books the Library contains.

The New England Society of Cleveland and the Western Reserve.
Illustrated. Cloth, Octavo, pp. 63. Cleveland, Ohio, 1910.

This small year-book gives the Constitution, Membership and History
of the Organization, with extracts from addresses and good half-tone por-
traits of the officers and prominent members. The purpose of such so-
cieties in perpetuating the New England spirit among descendants in West-
ern States is to be commended.

Directory for the City of Hartford for 1799, by Frank D. Andrews.
Paper. Small Octavo, pp. 34. Privately printed. Vineland, N. J., 1910.

This is a compilation of the inhabitants of Hartford in 1799, their oc-
cupations and addresses, collected and compiled from manuscripts in the
authors possession, ancient newspapers, etc., and is a new and unique pub-
lication to aid genealogical research. The first actual directory of the city
of Hartford only appeared in 1828 so it was difficult to obtain much in-
formation, concerning the inhabitants prior to that date. The compilation
shows a population of about S,ooo in the year given. It is hoped that other
directories, so compiled, of the earlier New England towns and cities may
be issued, now that Mr. Andrews has set so good a precedent.

Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1909-1910.
Edited by George W. Martin, Secretary. Vol. XI. Cloth, Octavo, pp. 742.
State Printing Office, Topeka, 191 o.

This volume contains the Addresses at Annual Meetings ; Swedish Set-
tlements in Central Kansas ; The Wyandotte Convention ; Manufacturers in
the Kansas District; The Soldiers of Kansas: The Kansas School System;
The Cheyenne, Pawnee, Chippewa, Munsee and Sauk and Fox Indians ; The
German-Russian Settlements in Ellis County ; Early Days on the Union
Pacific; The Expedition of Villazur; The Story of Decompton and Per-
sonal Narratives; all articles bearing upon the settlement and progression
of the important Western State. It was a happy inspiration that prompted
the State Historical Society to collect and publish in one volume the series
of papers upon special subjects relating to the history of the State and its
early settlers, each article being marked by the individuality and intelli-
gence of its author and probably the result of long and exhaustive research
and study. The utility of the collections is greatly enhanced by a most ex-

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cellent and complete index, and the publication reflects high credit upon its
Editor.

Historical Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal
IMemoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties, Pennsylvania. Edited by
Gilbert Cope for Chester County, and by Henry Graham Ashmead for
Delaware County, Vol. I-H Illustrated, with Index. Cloth, Quarto, pp. 1 198.
The Lewis Historical Publishing Co. New York, 1904.

The previous printed histories of both of these early Pennsylvania Coun-
ties left much to be desired in the way of genealogical information, and
while historically they are valuable mile stones in the story of the Keystone
State, yet their genealogical data was meagre and inaccurate. The present
publication is filled with intimate and detailed histories of the many promi-
nent families of these two Counties, and a great debt of thanks is due the
two editors for the thoroughness of their labors. Without taking up space
for long historical discussions and descriptions, they have crowded the pages
with the annals of the early settler life, and added to this mass of informa-
tion, the present day biographies of the hundred of successful men who
have made, and are making Pennsylvania one of the foremost States of the
Union. In workmanship and appearance these volumes are fully up to the
high standard, associated with their publishers and the portrait engravings
are particularly fine.

Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of
Boston and Eastern Massachusetts. Edited by William Richard Cutter,
A.M. Vol. I-IV, Illustrated, with Index. Cloth, Quarto, pp. 2201. New
York, 1908.

Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs
Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Edited
by William Richard Cutter, A.M., Vol. I-IV, Illustrated, with Index. Cloth,
Quarto, pp. 2026. New York, 1908.

Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal
Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a History of Wor-
cester Society of Antiquity. Edited by Ellery Bicknell Crane, Vols. I-IV,
Illustrated, with Index. Cloth, Quarto, pp. 1834, New York, 1907.

The purpose of these monumental volumes is admirably stated in the
Introduction, viz: — to present in concise form the history of established
families of Boston and Massachusetts; to preserve a record 6i prominent
present-day people; to present thorough personal sketches, linked with the
genealogical narrative, the relation of the prominent families of all time to
the growth, prosperity and influence of the City of Boston and of the
Counties of Massachusetts. The task of collecting, condensing and pub-
lishing comprehensive genealogical histories of the prominent families of a
large City, much more an entire State, would appear a Herculean labor, and
in turning the pages of those twelve volumes the wonder grows at the im-
mense amount of thought, care and labor expended by the Editors on their
great work. Realizing the need of a general biographical dictionary of the
people of Massachusetts, compiled upon correct genealogical lines, the pub-
lisher set to work to digest the vast amount of historical manuscripts and
publications, and the overwhelming numbers of printed genealogies which
form the basis for these works. Their labor is distinguished not only by
its attention to detail but by an extraordinary accuracy, while the pages are
filled with such intimate and personal items as to indicate that the greater
part of the social facts set forth must have been obtained from personal inter-
views and correspondence with the heads of the families represented. The
pages are veritable mines of genealogical lore and the more valuable because
collected from the very lips of a rapidly disappearing generation.

There has been a long felt want in genealogical societies and libraries
for some publication to which the unskilled family historian might turn for
location of the particular name sought for, and where those general

2 24 ^''°^ Notices. [April,

facts could be found which would enable him to intelligently direct
his special investigation. The would-be delvers into the history of past
generations hitherto have been somewhat at the mercy of professional
genealogists to obtain preliminary data. They were unable to discover not
only how but where to look for traces of the family tree roots. These vol-
umes now supply the want and disclose to their readers the sources of the
pioneer families in New England, enabling them to intelligently employ the
professional genealogist for such special research as lies beyond the skill
of the average ancestry hunter. Some repetition of data must necessarily
be printed in covering so large a {erritory, but in general these books are
each unique and possess separate merits. The publications are from the
Lewis Historical Publishing Company, of New York, and Chicago, and are
excellent examples of typography, bound in substantial manner for the con-
stant and hard use to which they will undoubtedly be subjected in the large
public libraries. The volumes are splendidly illustrated with hundreds of
steel plate and wood cut portraits of eminent men, and can be emphatically
recommended as permanent works of value. In fact, no public library
should be without the set, and no historical or genealogical private library
can afford to leave them off their shelves.

Allied Families of Pl'rdy, Fauconnier, Archer, Perrin, by Anna
Falconer Perrin and Mary Falconer Perrin Meeker. Half Morocco. Oc-
tavo, pp. 114, with Index. Frank AUaben Genealogical Co. New York, 191 1.

Francis Purdy, born in York, England, 1595, later of Concord, Massa-
chusetts, and eventually of Rye, Connecticut; Pierre Fauconnier of Tours,
France, later of Hackensack, New Jersey; John Archer, of Fordham, New
York; and John Perrin, of Chelmsford, Essex, later of Rehoboth, Mass.,
were the first American progenitors of the families bearing their respective
names. The French ancestry appears to be well traced and they were of
sturdy Hugtienot origin and produced men of quality and renown in more
than one generation. This genealogy displays all the enthusiasm and care
of family genealogists in love with their subject, and its facts are clearly
and ably set forth, although the numerical arrangement is not standard and
this is a little awkward for the hurried searcher to follow. The large
Pedigree Chart attached to the volume, however, shows at a glance the rami-
fications of the lines. The book is most beautifully printed on tinted paper
of a superfine quality, and its entire appearance, binding and handiness will
rank it among the best productions of its well-known publishers. It will
do credit to any library.

Barcroft Family Records. An Account of the Family in England
AND THE Descendants of Ambrose Barcroft, the Emigrant of Solebury,
Pennsylvania, by Emma TenBroeck Runk. Half Morocco. Octavo, pp.
322. Press of J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, 1910.

This somewhat unusual family name has been traced into Lancashire,
England, where the ancestral home, Barcroft Hall, is still standing. Aided
by reputable English genealogists, the author has made an exhaustive exami-
nation of the English Will Registers down to 1785, as well as all the pub-
lications relating to the ancestral County of Lancashire and many extracts
from the Court Rolls and pubhc documents have been given in full. An
expert Heraldic search was also made, and its result verified the attested
fact that this family and its American descendants actually bore the arms
herein described. The first American ancestor was Ambrose Barcroft, eldest
son of Thomas Barcroft of Foulbridge and Noyna in Colne, Lancashire, Eng-
land, and his descendants have been admirably traced down to the present
time. The labor of the author is marked by keen discrimination, sound
judgment and almost perfect system, and the facts collected have been put
together with genealogical skill and remarkable taste. The English records
of the family are splendidly set forth, with beautiful illustrations, and what
is far more to the point, are conclusively proved. In typography this volume
is one of the finest yet produced and its paper, binding and illustrations all

igii.] Book Notices. 225

attest to the reputation of the publishing Company. The book should be wel-
come wherever such works are being collected.

The Fifth Volume of Records of the Town of Southampton — Com-
prising Ancient Loose Documents in the Town Clerk's Office — Also
Abstracts of the Red Book of Deeds. Compiled and prepared for publica-
tion by William J. Post, Town Clerk, and William S. Pelletreau. Cloth,
Octavo, pp. 312. PubUshed by the Town, igio.

The Town of Southampton has shown far more interest in the preser-
vation of their ancient records than many of the larger and wealthier cities
of the State. The new volume comprises all the loose and unrecorded docu-
ments in the Town Clerk's Office, kept in small bundles, which were rapidly
disintegrating. The oldest records of the Colony, now State of New York,
are those of this Long Island town, the oldest English document in the office
of the Secretary of State at Albany only dating 1642. The Tax Rate List
and the Record of Land Allotments and Transfers printed in this book will
add much information in regard to the real estate holdings, the lives and
the manners of the then inhabitants. Mr. Post and Mr. Pelletreau have
done excellent work in the compilation and arrangement of the text and
the book is printed and bound for service.

Original N.-^rratives of Early American History. Narratives of
Early Maryland, 1633-1684. Edited by Clayton Coleman Hall, LL.B., A.M.
With Map and Two Facsimiles and Index. Cloth, Octavo, pp. 460. Charles
Scribner's Sons, New York, 1910.

There can be no more interesting and instructive method of setting
forth the early history of the Colonies than the reproduction in modern
tj-pe of the letters, narratives, and journals of those adventurous officers
and settlers who were connected with the first settlements in this country.
Although a full statement of all the documents reproduced in this volume
would occupy too much space for review the importance of this contribu-
tion to the Colonial foundation history can be understood from such titles
as "An account of the Colony of the Lord Baron of Baltamore, 1633 ; Instruc-
tions to the Colonists of Lord Baltimore, 1633 ; A brief relation of the
voyage into Maryland by Father Andrew White, 1634 ; Extracts from a
Letter of Capt. Thomas Young to Sir Toby Matthew, 1634 ; A Relation
of Maryland, 1635 ; Extracts from the Annual Letters of the English Prov-
ince of the Society of Jesus, 1634 to 1681 ; Letters of Governor Leonard
Calvert to Lord Baltimore, 1638; The Lord Baltimore Case, 1653; Virginia
and Maryland, or the Lord Baltimore's Printed Case Uncased and An-
swered, 165s : Babylon's Fall, by Leonard Strong, 1655, and its Reputation,
by John Langford ; Leah and Rachel or the Two Fruitful Sistei s, Virginia
and Mary-Land, by John Hammond, 1656; Journal of the Dutch Embassy
to Maryland, by Augustine Herrman, 1659 ; A Character of the Province
of Maryland, by George Alsop, 1666 ; From the Journal of George Fox, 1672-
1673, and Reports of Conferences between Lord Baltimore (Charles, Third
Baron and Second Proprietary), and WiUiam Penn and their Agents, 1682,
1683, 1684." Many of the above documents have been taken from MSS.
now in the Archives of the Maryland Historical Society and the Virginia
State Library, hitherto unavailable to the great number of American his-
torians. The Editor, Mr. Hall, of the Maryland Historical Society, has
confined his labors to the judicious selection of the MSS. to be printed and
to writing brief Introductions, descriptive of the salient points contained
in each extract. Notwithstanding the short space and limited scope of these
prefactory pages, Mr. Hall has filled them with valuable historical descrip-
tions and commentaries upon the events and writings of these early Colonial
times. The volume is one of a series of Original Narratives of Early Ameri-
can History reproduced under the auspices of the American Histcrica! Asso-
ciation under the generous editorship of J. Franklin Jameson, Ph.D., LL.D.
No more useful or valuable series of Americana could be put into modern
print than these publications, which in every way reflect the highest credit

226 Book Notices. [April,

upon the enterprise, business acumen and ability of Messrs. Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons. This vohime is excellently printed and bound and should be-
come a work of standard historical reference to be found in every Library
of importance.

Original Narratives of Early American History — Johnson's Won-
der-Working Providence, 1628-1651. Edited by J. Franklin Jameson, Ph.D.,
LL.D., with Maps and Two Facsimiles. Cloth, Octavo, pp. 285, Indexed.
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, igio.

The original title of this early historical commentary was "The Wonder-
working Providence of Sion's Saviour in New England," and it was first
printed late in 1653 by Nathaniel Brooke, a London publisher, "at the Angel
in Cornhill." It was written by Captain Edward Johnson, of Woburn, Mas-
sachusetts, originally of Canterbury, Co. Kent, being christened there in
St. George's Parish, i6th September, 1598, as the son of William Johnson,
Parish Clerk. He married about 1618 and had five sons and two daughters,
all born in England, and appears to have had a considerable estate in Kent,
being called "Mr." in the Colonial records. He came to New England in
1630 with Winthrop and was called "jonier." He forthwith became a lead-
ing man in Charleston and later in Woburn, Mass., and was "Selectman,"
Captain of the Trainband, Town Clerk, and General Court representative.
His many and prominent offices and duties in the Colony fitted him to be the
active historian of its annals and this history was probably written about
1650. The strongest of Puritans, he felt impelled to set forth a full and
sympathetic account of the doings of the governing party and to defend the
Colonial ecclesiastical policy against the attacks of Morton, Gardiner, and
Gorton. The result was the history of Massachusetts, invaluable as a record
of the mental attitude of those times and of great historical interest as far
as the early settlements of Massachusetts were concernd. The book is hard
reading, owing to its rhetorical flights in praise of austere and militant
Puritanism, and is filled with quaint poetic rhapsodies, but it was the first,
as well as the most important, publication on New England, until the appear-
ance of Cotton Mathers' "Magnalia" in 1702. While it cannot compare in
importance and accuracy with Winthrop's "Journal" (1790) or Bradford's
"History of Plymouth Plantation" (1856), it nevertheless shows the views
of the humbler settlers upon the progress and government of the Massa-
chusetts Colony. While the work was substantially reprinted in 1814-1819
and 1867, the present book is the first complete reprint, and the first to be
supplied with foot notes. The typography and binding are all that can be
desired and it will add another excellent volume to the Early American
Series.

The Records of Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., published
by the Wardens and Vestrymen upon the loth anniversary of theTnstitution of
the Rector, the Rev. Alexander Griswold Cummins, A.M., Litt. D. Edited by
Helen Wilkinson Reynolds, Corresponding Member of the New York Genea-
logical and Biographical Society. Royal Octavo cloth, pp. 440. Press of Frank
B. Howard, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 1911. Price j^5.oo. Apply to Vestry of Christ
Church, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

This work, which is just issued from the press, is a monumental history of
Christ Church, Poughkeepsie, from 1755 to 1910, and reflects the highest credit
upon the enterprise and public spirit of the present organization of that parish
and also upon the editorial work of Miss Reynolds; the press work and general
ensemble of the work is all that can be desired, and the work is replete with
portrait and other illustrations pertinent to the History of the parish. As a his-
tory it is above criticism and will be a valued addition to the shelves of any
library. From a genealogical standpoint however, we regret exceedingly that
the spirit which actuated its publication did not urge the administration of the
parish to extend this most valuable work to include the publication in full of
the parish register of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials.

Should such records in the future be the subject of a second volume of this
monumental work, the Wardens and Vestry could rest assured that they had

igii.] Accessions to the Libraiy. 22']

left nothing undone in their duty towards the past, present and future of that
parish ; as it stands at present we offer them our hearty congratulations on the
excellence of work accomplished.

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Baker, F. A. — Baker and Allied Families, bound manuscript.

Bragdon, W. B. — Year Book, Harvard Club of New York, 1910-1911.

Bureau of the Census. — Statistics of Cities.

Charles Scribner's Sons. — Johnson's Wonder-Working Providence. Narratives
of Early Maryland.

Clarkson, Alatthew. — Historic Families of America.

Collins, H. O. — Collins Genealogy. California Society of Colonial Wars, igio.

Falconer, William Henry. — Allied Families of Purdy, Fauconnier, Archer and
Perrin.

Field, W. B. O.— My Forefathers.

Frank Allaben Genealogical Co. — Allied Families. Colver-Culver Genealogy.

Grafton Press. — Ancestral Records and Portraits, 2 vols.

Harvard University. — Catalogue, 1910-1911.

Johnson, William M. — Memoirs and Reminiscences of Sussex County, N. J.

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Record.

DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF AMERICAN
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July, 191 1

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The New York Genealogical and Biographical Recoiil.

Publication Committee ;

JOHN REYNOLDS TOTTEN. Editor,
HOPPER STRIKER MOTT. JOSIAH COLLINS PUMPELLY.

GEORGE AUSTIN MORRISON. JR. EVERETT LAW ZABRISKIE.
TOBIAS A. WRIGHT. WALTER KENNETH GRIFFIN.

FREDERIC GREGORY MATHER. HENRY COLE QUINBY.

CAPT. RICHARD HENRY GREENE. WILLIAM ALFRED ROBBINS.

JULY, 1911.-CONTENTS.

PAGE

Illustration. Portrait of Dom. George Wilhclm Mancius , ■ Frontispiece

1. Records of Baptisms of the Reformed Church at Machacke-

MECK (Deerpark) 229

2. Thacher-Thatcheu Genealogy. By John R. Totten. (Continued

from Vol. XLII, page 168) 253

3. Marriages and Baptisms Performed bv the Rev. Joshua Hartt,

OF Smithtown, Long Island, with a Sketch of his Life. Con-
tributed by Mr. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin. (Continued from Vol. XLII,
page 143) 277

4. Clues from English Archives Contributory to American Gene-

alogy. By J. Henry Lea and J. R. Hutchinson. (Continued from
Vol. XLII, page 176) 294

5. Descendants of Edward Tre(a)dwell through his son John.

By William A. Robbins. (Continued from Vol. XLII, page 193) . . 301

6. A Digest of Essex Wills. With Particular Reference to

Names of Importance in the American Colonies. By William
Gilbert. (Continued from Vol. XLII, page 201) 319

7. Records of the Marriages and Baptisms as Contained in the

First Book of the Records of Christ Church, 71ST St. and
Boulevard, New York City. Contributed by Maria D. B. Cox . 322

8. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society's De-

partment OF Registration of Pedigrees. (Continued from Vol.
XLII, page 214) 329

g. Society Proceedings 341

10. Queries. — Crosby — Richmond — Merritt — Jones — Winegar — King . .341

11. Book Notices 342

12. Accessions to the Library 349

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neither the Society nor its Committee is responsible for opinions or errors ol contributors, whether
published under the name 01 without signature.

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DOM. GEORGE WILHELM MANC1U5

(1706-1762)

Co-Pastor with Doni. Petrus Vas at Kingston Dutch Church, 1732

Missionary to the Minisink District

THE NEW YORK

^tncabgtcal anb ^i0grap|ical ^ecori.

Vol. XLII

NEW. YORK, JULY, 191 1. No. 3.

RECORDS OF BAPTISMS OF THE REFORMED CHURCH

AT machacke:

PARENTS

MECK (DEERPARK).

lPTISMS.

DATE

CHILD

WITNESSES

I 716.

By D°.

Petrus Vas

Aug. 19.

Stephanus Dit-

Jacobus

Willem Provoost,

soort

Eva Swartwout

Sara Hoornbeeck

Jacob Kuyckendal

Jacobus

Abel Westfael, An-

Sara Westfael

natjen Hoornbeeck

Joost Hoornbeeck

Judic

Jan Decker, Fem-

Eegje Van Vliet

metje Decker

Jacobus Kodde-

Abraham

Juriaen Westfael,

beck

Maritje Koddebeek

M a r g r i e t Pro-

voost

1717.

June 5.

Jacob Decker

Lea

Jacobus Swartwoud,

Anna Kortrecht

Jr., Femmetje
Decker

Teunis Quick

Benjamin

Jacob Westfael, Mar-

C 1 a e r t j e de

griet De Duytser

Hooges

Cornelis Kuyken-

Johannes

Abel Westfael, Antje

dael

Bogaert

1718.
Jan. 29.

Maritje Westfael

Thomas Quick

Margrita

Gerrit Decker, Geer-

Grietje Decker

tje Decker

Jan Middagh

Abraham

Hendrick Van Gar-

Geertje Klear-

den, Malletje Mid-

water

dagh

onecht

Elizabeth

Jacobus Swartwoudt,

Cathrina Hoksen

Reymerig Quick

Juriaen Westfael

Benjamin

Hendrick Decker,

Maritje Kod de-

Jesyntje Swart-

beck

wout

230

Records of Baptisms, of the Reformed Church

[July.

DATE

PARENTS

CHILD

WITNESSES

I7I9.

Jan. 28.

Jacob Westfael

Maria

N i c a e 1 Westfael,

Margriet de

Margriet de Duy-

Duyser

ser

Abel Westfael

Sara

Stephanus Ditsoort,

Antje Bogaert

Sara Hoornbeeck

Mattheus Kuyken-

Petrus

Petrus Kuykendal,

dael

Reymerig Quick

Jannetje Westfael

Jacob Kuykendal

Dina

Saloman Dayis, Rey-

Sara Westfael

merig Quick

Johannes Quick

Geertje

Jan Decker, Antje

Bregje Middagh

Quick

I?'??-

(Probably by Dom. G. W. M

ANCIUS)

101

Aug. 23.

Jacob dekker, Jun.

Lydia

jurge W e s t p h a 1 •

Rachel Hooren-

blandina De Wit

beek

Gerret brink

Geertje

John De Wit, Lena

Sara ditsoort

van Gorden

Dyrk Wessebroek

Johannes

Johannes Wesse-

J e n n e k e van

broek, Antje Rosa

Keuren

Henrick dekker

EHas

Harme van Garde,

Annaatje ditsoort

Elsje Koetebek

Aug. 24.

Pieter Kuikendal

Jacob

Johannes Dekker,

Fettimetje Dek-
ker
Jacobus Rosekrans

lisabeth de Wit

Daniel

thomas Dekker, jen-

Sara Dekker

neke Van N i e u -

1738-

wegan

May 30.

Cor nelis Wesse-

Petrus

Johannes W e s s e -

broek

brock, Antje Rosa

Antje Rosa

Sammuel Schamers

Lisabeth

Cornelis K r t recht,

Sara Kortrecht

Christina R s e -
krans

Arie van Freden-

Blandina

Jurge Westval, Blan-

burg

dina De Wit

Sara Rosekrans

Dirk quik

Jenneke

Gysbert van Gorde,

A p 1 n i e van

Maria Cool

Gorde

Abraham Kermer

Lydia

Jacob van N e 1 1 e ,

Sara Schammers

Antje Wessebroek

Willem Kortrecht

Elias

Johannes Westval,

Margriet Jansen

Mareitje Koettebek

Henrick Haldrin

Lea

Broer Dekker, Antje

Annatje Dekker

van Nette

Hue pue

Margriet

Jacobus Ditsoort,

Lena Brink

Abigail Bel

igii.]

at Machackemeck (Deerpark).

231

DATE

PARENTS

CHILD

WITNESSES

1738-

May 31.

Salomon Davids,

Beletje

Salomon Davids,

Jun.

Beletje Quik

Lea Dekker

Henrick Henrickse

Lea

Johannes Dekker,

Kortrecht

Lisabeth De Wit

Margriet Dekker

Henrich Kuikendal

Catryntje

David Cool, Leonora

Lisabeth Cool

Westval

Gysbert Bogard

Ezechiel

Henrick Dekker,

Catharina dekker

Anna Ditsoort

petrus Dekker

Catharina

Salomon Dekker,

MagdalenaOster-

Femmetje Dekker

Jacob Middag

Ephraim

Adrian Quik, Lisa-

Sara Kuikendal

abeth Westval

Oct. 31.

Abraham Van

Lydia

Petrus Dekker, Lena

Aaken

Oosterhout

Jannetje De Wit

David Cool

Catryntje

Henrick Kuikendal,

Lenora Westval

Lisabeth Cool

Cornelis Krom

Lydia

Henrick Krom,

Rebecca Schoon-

Lydia Krom

hoven

Thomas Schoon-

Cornelis

Cornelis Krom, Re-

hoven

becca S c h n -

Maria Westval

hoven

Johannis W e s s e-

Anthonie

Anthonie W e s s e •

brock

brock, Aeltje Van

Magdalena Wes-

Oetten

sebrock

Willem Kottebek

Abraham

Abraham Kottebek,

Jacomyntje El-

Noemi Kottebek

ting

Nov. I.

Jan Van Oetten

Helena

Ben jamin Westval,

Marretje Westval

Lena van Oetten

Johannes van Gar-

Elisabeth

Willem Ennes, Lisa-

den

beth Quik

^ Margriet Quik

Lambertus Brink

Jenneke

Isaac van Aaken,

Rachel van Gor-

Rachel De Wit

den

Arie Kortrecht

Lydia

Cornelis Brink, Maria

Lisabeth Cool

Cool

Gysbert van Gar-

Jenneke

Cornelis Cool, Sara

den

Westval

Maria Cool

Johannes Kortrecht

John

Johannes Westval,

Margriet Denne-

Apolonie K r t -

marke

recht

232

Records of Baptisms of the Reformed Church

[July.

WITNESSES

1738.

Nov. I

1739-
May 29.

May 29.

Cornelis van Aaken
Hester Relje

Cornelis Brink
Maria Cool

Johannes Brink
Lena Cool

Aard Middag
Ariaantje van
Oetten
Matheus Brink

Abigail Bel
Anthonie Benscho-
ten
Margriet Wels
Andries Cool
Sara S c h o o n -
maker
Lieur Kuikendal
Lena Consales
Duk
Broer Dekker

Antje van Oetten
Henrich Van Gar-
den
Lenora Dekker
Cornelis Devoor
Lena Westval
Johannes Hoog-
teeling
Marretje Horen-
beek
J o c h e m Schoon-
maker
Rachel van Gor-
den
Jacob van Oetten
Antje Wesse-
broek
Lenert Cool Junior
Sarah van Gor-
den
Alexander van de
Winkel
Antje Rosekrans
Isaac van Aaken
Rachel de Wit
Johannes Westval
Apolonia Kort-
recht

Gideon

Maria

Jannetje

Petrus
Antje

Catharina

Joseph

Elisa
Lena

David
Petrus

Isaac

Dirk

Rachel

Antje

Joseph
Jurian

Jan van Oetten, Mar-
retje Westval

Gysbert van Garden,
Maria Cool

Jacobus Koettebek,

Jannetje W e s s e -

broek
Andries Dekker,

Divertje Maul
Henrick Janse Kort-

r e c h t , Gerretje

Benschoten
Henrik Dekker,

Catharina Schoon-

maker
Joseph Consales,

Sara Consales

Abraham K e r m e r ,
Sara Schammers

Willem Cool, Mar-
eitje Koettebek

David Devoor, Elisa-
beth Kermer

Johannes van Gar-
den, Margriet
Quik

Bastian K o r trecht,
Rachel Dekker

Dirk Wessebroek,

Jenneke van Keu-

ren
H a r m e Rosekrans,

Arriaantje O s t e r-

hout
Johannes Wesse-

broeck, Antje Rosa

Cornelis Wessebroek,

Antje Rosa
Jurian T a p p e n ,

Maria Kortrecht

IQII.]

at Machackemeck (Deerpark).

233

PARENTS

WITNESSES

'739-
May 29.

Evert Horenbek

Lena Koettebek
Andries Dekker

Divertje Maul
Willem van Gorden

Antje Fredenburg
Willem Ditsoort

Sara Dekker

Abel Westval
Antje Bogard

Gerret Brink
Maria Ditsoort

Philip Teeler
Maria Bosch

Benjamin
Sara
Gonda
Bernhardus

Lydia
Maria
Samson

May 30. Gerardus van Niu- Tjaadje
wegen
Jannetje de Wit
Barent Mollin Margriet

Glaasje Andriesse

Oct.

3°-

Oct. 31.

in onegt
Catharina Clark
Therrens Dieven
Marretje Kuiken-
dal

Jacob Bogard

Nelletje Kuiken-
dal
Jan Vliet

Jeseintje Swart-
woud
Henrick Kuikendel

Elizabeth Cool
Pieter Kuikendal

Femmetje Dekker

Dirk Wessebroek

Jenneke van
Keuren
Samuel Schammers

Sara Kortregt
William Waard

Mareitje Dekker
Pieter van Garden

Margriet Dekker
Gysbert van Kam-
pen

Sara Dekker

Mardochia
Jacobus

Jeseintje

Jacobus

Femmetje
Jacob

Tjerk van
Keuren

Wilhelmus

Hermanus

Dekker
Hester

Martinus

Benjamin Koettebek,

Naomi Koettebek
Stephanus Ditsoort,

Sara Horenbeek
Harme van Gorden,

Elsje Koettebek
Bernhardus Swart-

w o u d , Margriet

Dekker
Jurye Westval, Blan-

dina De Wit
Lambertus Brink,

Rachel van Garden

Pieter G e m a a r ,
Tjaadje de Wit

Thomas Dekker,

Jannetje van Niu-

wegen
Willem Koettebek,

Jacomyntje Elting
Jacobus Swartwoud,

Antje Gemaar

Jan Vliet, Jeseintje
Swartwoud

Jacobus Swartwoud,
Antje Gemaer

Pieter Kuikendel,
Femmetje Dekker

Johannis D e k e r ,
Elizabeth De Wit

Josaphat Du Bois,
Tjaadje van Keu-
ren

Henrich K o r tregt,
Jr., Jannetje Ennes

Hermanus D e kker,
Christina Keiser

Cornells van Aaken,
Hester Relje

Willem van Garden,
Helena van Aaken

I 6a

234

Records of Baptisms of the Refortned Church

[July.

DATE

PARENTS

CHILD

WITNESSES

1739-

Oct. 31.

Johannes Cool

Catharina

Josias Cool, Lena

Pieternella van

van Aaken

Aaken

Willem Kortregt

Willem

Laurent K r tregt,

Margriet Janse

Sara Teneik

Willem Cool

Petrus

Henrich K r tregt,

Mareitje Koette-

Gerretje Benscho-

bek

ten

Henrick Cornelis

Willia m

William Ennest, Lis-

Kortregt

Ennest

abeth Quik

Jannetje Ennest

Benjamin Dekker

Daniel

Salomon Dekker,

Helena Kortregt

Lena van Oetten

Harme van Garde

Benjamin

Harme Rosekrans,

Elsje Koettebek

Ariaantje Oster-
hout

Moses Joons

Hanna

Matheus Brink, Abi-

gail Bel

1740.

June 17.

Thomas Dekker

Joris

Joris Davids, Naomi

JannekevanNiu-

Koettebeck

wegen

Johannes Kortregt

Christoffel

J h a n Christoffel

Margriet Denne-

Dennemarken,

mark

Christina Eliza-
beth Bernhardin

Abraham Louw

Jannetje

Harme van Garden,

Dina Koettebeck

Elsje Koettebeck

David Cool

Josias

Josias Cool, Mareitje

Eleonora Westval
Bastian Kortregt
Rachel Dekker

Jacobus Rosekrans
Sara Dekker
S Johannes van Gar-
den
Margriet Quik
Cornelis Cool

Sara Westval
Hue Pue

Dina Brink
Abraham Kermer
Sara Schammers
Jacob Dekker Jun
Rachel Horen-
beek
Petrus Dekker
Magdalena Oster-
hout

Kemmel

Rachel Hen rich Henrichse

Kortregt, Margriet
Dekker

Geertje Simon Westval,

Geertje Westval

Jacobus Jacobus Quik, Jan-

netje Wessebroek

Johannes Johannes W e s tval,

Sara Cool
Pieter Thomas Schoonhov-

en, Maria Westval
Jacobus Broer Dekker, An-

netje van Oetten
Cornelis Abel Westval, Antje

Bogard

Josias Thomas Dekker, Jan-

neke Van Ninwe-
gen

igli.]

at Machackemeck (Deerpark).

235

DATE

PARENTS

CHILD

WITNESSES

1740

June 17.

Pieter Gemaar

Jacob de

Gerardus van Nin-

Tjaadje Dewit

Wit

wegen , Jannetie
Dewit

Bernhardus Swart-

Lisabeth

Arie Kortregt, Lisa-

woud

beth Cool

Margriet Dekker

Arie Kortregt

Elisabeth

Samuel Swartwoud,

Lizabeth Cool

Lisabeth Gemaar

Lambertus Brink

Arie

Arie Fredenburg,

Rachel van Garden

Sara Rosekrans

Jan van Oetten

Jacob

Jacob van Oetten,

Marrietje West-

Antje Wessebroek

val

June 18.

Salomo Davids

Daniel

Daniel Kuikendal,

Junior

Lizabeth van

Lea Dekker

Aaken

Jacobus Dekker

Leaatje

Salomo Davids Jun.,

Neeltje Ditsoort

Lea Dekker

Johannes Dekker

Wilhelmus

William Ditsoort,

Lena Quik

Sara Dekker

Sept. 19.

Andvies Dingemans

Cornelia

Charles Van Weyen,

Cornelia Kermer

Elizabeth Kermer

Johannes W e s t -

Johannes

Hannes Westbroek,

broek, Junior

Antje Rosa

Magdalena West-

broek

Jan Bomen

Margarit

Terrins Devin,

Anna Middag

Marytje Kuyken-
dal

Andries Dekker

Andreas

Jan Waert, Geertje

Divertje Moul

Westfael

Hendrick Hendrick-

Lidia

Abraham Kortrecht,

son Kortrecht

Margriet Kuykendal

Margriet Dekker

Aenteekeninge der gedoopte Kinderen in de gemeyntje van
Menissing door den dienst van Joh: Casparus Freyenmuth, Pred-
ikant aldaer beginnende synen dienst met den 7"' dag Juny., 1741.

Translation :
Record of the baptized children in the congregation of Menissing
through the ministration of Joh: Casparus Freyenmuth, preacher
there, commencing his ministry on the 7"" day of June, 1741.

1741.
Maendt dag

June 7. Cornells Brinck Hermanns Andreas Cool, Lisa-

Maria Cool beth Cool

Mattheus Brinck Jan William K o r tregt,

Ebbegken Bel Margrit Janson

Gisbert Van Garden Catharina William Decker,
Maria Cool Neelgje Roos

236

Records of Baptisms of the Reformed Church

[July,

DATE
1741.

June 7.

June 28.
Sept. 6.

Oct. 9.
Nov. II.
Nov. 24.

1742?
Feb. 7.

March 21,

May 16.

July 25.

Anthony Van Ben- Cornelis
schoten

Margrita Wels
William Enness Cornelia

Lizabeth Quick
Derrick Quick Rachel

Plone van Garden

Hannes Nethier
Gertje Decker
William Ditschious

Sara Decker
Johannes Westfael
ApoUonia Kort-
regt
J o hannes Hoogh-
deylen
Maritje Hoorn-
beek
Johannes Kool
Pieternella van
Aeken
William Kortrecht
Margriet Janson

Jacob Bogart

Pieternella Keuk-
endal
Abraham Middagh

Lea van Aeken

Margaritje

Sara

Johannes

Jonathan

Abraham
Josias
Sara
Samuel

Herman van Gar- Daniel
den

Elsje Cuttenbeck
Benjamin Westfael Maria

Annatje van
Aeken
Broer Decker Elias

Antje van Netten
Lambart Brinck Daniel

Rachel van Garden
Benjamin Decker Lena

Lena Kortrecht

Aert Middagh Martinus

Ariantje van Et-
ten
Jan van Etten Daniel

Maritje Westfael

WITNESSES

Cornelis Elmendorf,
Engelje H e e ren-
mans

Lammert Brinck,
Cornelia Viervan

Lambart Brinck,
Rachel van Gar-
den

Nicolas Best, Mar-
gareth Best

Salomon Decker,
Neelgje Decker

Gisbert Roos,
Geertje Westfael

Sebastian Kortrecht,
Racheltje Decker

Abraham van Aeken,

Lisabeth van

Aeken
Cornelis Cool Kort-

r e c h t , Margriet

Westfael
Johannes Westfael,

Lea Westfael

Benjamin Westfael,
Johanna van
Aeken

Isaeck van Aeken,
Rachel De Wit

William Cool, Maria
Cuttenbeck

Hannes Westbroeck,

Antje Rosa
Hannes Westbroeck,

Antje Rosa
Cornelis Kortrecht,

Cathrina Rosen-

krantz
Benjamin West-

b r o e c k , Maria

Westbroeck
Daniel Westfael,

M argaritaWestf ael

igll.]

at Machackemeck {Deerpark).

237

DATE PARENTS CHILD

1742?

July 25. Jacob Decker, Cathrina

Rachel Hoorn-
beck

Oct. 17. Abraham Kermer Angontje
Sarah Schammers

1743-
May 3. Jurk Wessebroek Lisabeth
J e n n e k e Van
Keuren
Antonie Benschoten Jenneke
Margriet Wels

WITNESSES

Garret Brink

Maria Ditsoort
Peter Gemaar

Tjaadje De Wit
Thomas Schoonho-
ven

Maria Westval
Johannes Dekker

Lena Quick

Arie Kortregt
Lisabeth Cool

Lydia

Ezechiel

Sara

Debora

Catharina

Benjamin

William Ennes

Elisabeth Quik
Willem Van Garden Arie

Antje Fredenburg

Gysbert van Garden Lena

Maria Cool
Jacobus Quik Thomas

Maria Wessebroek
Andries Dekker Divertje

Divertje Maul
Henrich Kortregt Daniel

Margriet Dekker
Henrick Hairing Laurenz

Annaatje Dekker
Abraham van Kam- Moses
pen

Susanna Depue

Cornelis van Aaken Jannetje
Hester Denis

Daniel Westfael,
Margarita Westfael

Samuel Schammers,
Sara Kortrecht

Jacob van Oetten,
Antje Wessebroek

Turk Wessebroek,
Jenneke van Keu-
ren

Antonie Wessebroek,
Aaltje Van Oetten

Joel Quik, Sara
Westval

Johannes Kuikendal.

Debora Schoonho-

ven
Benjamin Wesse-
broek, Catharina

Dekker
B e n j a m i n Quik,

Heilje Wessebroek
Gysbert Van Garden,

Maria Cool, his

wife
Salomon Wels, Lena

Dekker
Thomas Quik, Marg-
riet Dekker
Willem Kortregt,

Margriet Janse
Jacobus Dekker.

Neeltje Ditsoort
Laurentz Dekker.

Rachel Dekker
Moses Depue, Mar-

retje Depue

Jacob van Oetten and
wife, Antje Wesse-
broek

238

Records of Baptisms of the Reformed Church

[July.

Baptized by D

°. G. W. Manzius.

DATE

PARENTS

CHILD

WITNESSES

1743-
Oct. 17.

Evert Hoornbeeck

Lydia

Abraham Kutten-

Lena Cuttenbeck

beck, Lydia West-
fael

Hugh Pugh
Lena Brinck

Isaac

Isaac van Aaken,
Rachel Dewit

Cornells Krom

Annatje

[Jaems or] J r i s

Rebecca Schoon-

Davis, D e b r a

hoven

Schoonhoven

J hannes Hoogh-

Maria

Cornells Krom, Re-

teeling

beccaSchoonhoven

Maretje Hoorren-

beeck

Terrins Devin

Antie

H e s ter Swartwout,

Maritje Kuykendal

Gerardus ^

Daniel ? Cortreght ?

[Page torn

Gerardus van Nim-

Cornells ?

William Kuttenbeck,

wegen
Jannetje De Wit

Jacomyntje Elting

Oct. 18.

Dirk Quik
A p 1 onie Van
Garden

Benjamin

Benjamin Quik, Le-
na Quik :

Benjamin Westval

Cornells

Cornells van Aaken,

Annaatje Van

Sara van Aaken

Aaken

Johannes Cool
Pieternella van

Josephat

Josephat d u b i s ,
Tjaadje van Keu-

Aaken

ren

April 23.

Joh: Casp: Freyen-
muth

Dorothea

Jan V a n E t t e n,
Maritje Westfael

Lena van Etten

his wife

Cornelius W e s t -
broeck

Derrick Westbroeck,
Jannetje van Keu-

Antje Rosa

ren his wife

Jan Van Etten

Cathrina

Cornells van Etten,

Maritje Westfael

Cathrina West- 1

William Waert
Maritje Decker

April 26.

broeck

Benjamin Jan van Etten,
Maritje Westfael,
his wife

John Bouman, Abi-
gail Bel

Julick Borgh, Abi-
gail Bel

John
Hanna

Julick Borck

Maria Bowman
John Bouman

Hannah Middagh
("door my onwettigh V. D. M." i. e., by me unlawfully, minister
of the Word. The following baptisms to Oct. 3, 1742, are crossed
by pencil marks. The baptisms are called "unlawful" probably
from difficulties about authority from Coetus.)
April 14. Thomas Schoonho- Debora Cornells Westfael,

ven Catharina Cole

Maria Westfael

igll.]

at Machackemeck (Deerpark).

239

DATE

PARENTS

CHILD

WITNESSES

1743-

April 14.

Abraham Wildfield

Thomas

Thomas Decker,

Maria Welsch

Jannetje van Nim-
wegen

Gerardus van Nim-

Jacob

Samuel Swartwood,

wegen

Lisabeth Gemar

Jannetje De Witt

April 14.

Casparus Kimber

Petrus

Jacob Westfael, Mar-

Femmetje Wi 1 -

gariet de Dutscher

liamse

Cornelis Krom

Maria

J r i a n Westfael,

Rebecca Schoon-

Lisabeth Westfael

hoven

Jan Van vliet

Maria

Jacob Westbroek,

Jesyntje Swart-

Maria Westbroek

wood

Josias Cole

Wilhelmus

William Cole, Maria

Maria Kimber

Cuttebeck

torn

Abraham Kortrecht,
ka Kuikendal

Aug. 23.

Evert Hoornbeeck

Maria

Ludwig Hoornbeeck,

Lena Cuttebeck

Maria Hoornbeeck

Oct. 25.

Abraham van

Blandina

Jory Westfael, Blan-

Aeken

dina De Wit

1742.
Jan. 17.

March 7.

Jannetje De Witt
Jacobus Decker Jonathan

Neeltje Ditsoort
Aaron Vredenburgh Lydia

Sara Rosenkranz

Willem Cuttebeck Benjamin

Jacomyntje Etten
David Cool Margrietje

Leonora Westfael
Hendrick Kuyken- Hendricus
dal

Elisabeth Cole
Thomas Decker Petrus

Jannetje van
Nimwegen
Jacobus Rosenkranz Salomon

Sara Decker

William Ditsoort,
Sara Decker

Mattheus V r e den-
burgh, Lydia West-
fael

Evert Hoornbeeck,
Lena Cuttebeck,

Cor nelis Westfael,
Lizabeth Westfael

Daniel Kuyckendal,
Catharina Cole

Pieter Kuyckendal,
Femmetje Decker

S a 1 o mon Decker,
Catharina van
Aeken

Oct. 3.

1744-
April 23.

Mattheus Brinck Jacobus
Abigail Bell

Baptized by D". G. W. Manzius.

Johannes Westfael
Apollonia Kort-
recht

Lisabeth J o h a n nes Decker,
Lisabeth De Witt

240

Records of Baptisms at the Reformed Church

[July.

Jury

Jury Westfael, Blan-
dina De Witt

J744-
April 23. Simon Westfael

Jannetje West-
broek
Salomon Davis, Jun

Lea Decker
Abraham Van
Aeken
Jannetje De Witt
Jacobus Kuttebeck

Neeltje Decker
Jan van vliet

J esyntje Swart-
wood
Willem Kortrecht
Margriet Jansen
"Door my J. C. Fryenmuth V D M beginnende Synen wit-
tigen dienst."

By me J. C. Fryenmuth, minister of the word of God begin-
ning his lawful service.

Joel

Joel Quick, Lisabeth
van vliet

Sara

A r i e Vredenburgh,
Sara Rosenkranz

Jacobus

Abraham Louw,
Dina Kuttebeck

Catharina

Philip Swartwood,

Elizabeth Swart-

wood

Daniel

Daniel Westfael, Lis-

abeth Mey

Dec. 23.

Jacobus Rosen-

Johannes

Hen drick Decker,

kranz

Annatje Decker

Sara Decker

Josias Cole

Femmetje

William Cool, Jun.,

Maria Kemmel

Catharina Cole

Abram Middagh

Daniel

Cornelius van Aeken,

Lena van Aeken

Sarah Westbroek

Hendrick Kuyken-

Willem

Willem Cole, Maria

dal

Kuttebeck

Lisabeth Cole

Thomas Decker

Alida

Hannes Decker, Lis-

Jannetje van

abeth De Witt

Nimwegen

V-

Joris Davis

Samuel

Samuel van vliet.

Debora Schoon-

Lizabeth van vliet

hoven

Johannes W e s t -

Antje

Benjamin West-

broeck

broeck, H e 1 1 1 j e

Magdalena West-

Westbroeck

broeck

Jacob Bogaert

Lizabeth

Johannes Kuycken-

Nelly Kuycken-

dal, Lisabeth

dal

Decker

Andries Decker

Christoffel

Johannes Maul, Lis-

1745-

Dievertje Maul

Maul

abeth Maul

Jan. 6.

Broer Decker

Cornelis

Cornelis Westbroeck,

Antje van Etten

Antje Rosa, h i s

Jacobus Quick Johannes

Maria Westbroeck

wife

Johannes West-
broeck, Antje Rosa,
his wife

igll.]

at Machackemeck {Deerpark).

241

1745-
Jan. 6.

Mattheus Brinck
Abigail Bell

Samuel

Bastiaen Kortrecht Sara

Rachel Decker
Hannes Bogaert

Sara Hooghteel
ing
Cornells Brinck

Maria Cole

Hannatje

L e n a r t
Cole

Jan. 20. David Cole Sara

Leonora Westfael
Petrus Decker Annatje

Lena Oosterhout
Willem Kuttebeck Roelof El-
Jacomynte Elten ten
[Eltinge]
Feb. 3. Benjamin Decker Samuel
Lena Kortrecht

Antony Bunschoten Jesyntje
Margriet Wells

March 24. Hendrick Hen- Moses
drickse Kort-
recht
Margriet Decker
Gysbert van Gar- Petrus
den, Jun
Rachel Kortrecht
April 21. Herman Rosen- Jacobus
kranz Rosen-

Arriaentje Oos- kranz
terhout
May 19. Arie Kortrecht Samuel

Lisabeth Cole

June 16. Salomon Davis, Jun Jonas

Lea Decker
Abram Wildfield Neeltje

Mary Wells
June T,o. Arie Vredenburgh Catharina

Sara Rosenkranz

July 14. Pieter Gemar Maria

Tjaatje De Witt

WITNESSES

Johannes Casparus,
Freyenmuth, V.D.
M., Magdalenavan
Etten, his wife

Abraham van Aeken,
Jr., Sara van Aeken

Cornells W e s tfael,
Hannatje Westfael

Aert Middagh, Ari-
aentje van Etten,
his wife

William Cole, Jr.,
Sara Cole

Daniel Kuyckendal,
Annatje Decker

Gerardus van Nim-
wegen, Jannetje
De Witt, his wife

William Ennes, Elis-
abeth Quick, his
wife

Pieter Van Aeken,
Russie Dami, his
wife

Bastian Kortrecht,
Rachel Decker, his
wife

Alexander van Gar-
den, Tjaetje Kort-
recht

Jacobus Rosenkranz,
Sarah Decker, his
wife

Johannes Westfael,
Apollonia K o r t -
recht

Joel Quick, Lena
Rosenkranz

Pieter K u y kendal,
Femmetje Decker

Dirk Rosenkranz,
Catharina Rosen-
kranz

Samuel Swartwout,
Lisabeth Gemaer,
his wife

242

Records of Baptisms of the Reformed Church

[July.

DATE

PARENTS

CHILD

WITNESSES

1745-

Aug.

Benjamin Westfael
Annatje van Aken

Sara

Hannes van Aken,
Jenneke van Aken

Oct.

Simon Westfael
Jannetje West-
broeck

Aeltje

Antony Westbroeck,
Aeltje van Etten,
his wife

Oct.

27.

Thomas Schoonho-
ven
Maria Westfael

Jacob

Jacob Westfael, Lis-
abeth Westfael

Nov.

10.

Johannes Kuycken-
dal
Lisabeth Decker

Catharina

Bastiaen Kortrecht,
Rachel Decker, his
wife

Willem Kortrecht

Susannetje

James McCartery,

Margriet Jansen

Lisabeth Mey

Nov.

24.

John Williams
Lea Decker

Johannes

Broer Decker, An-
neke van Etten, his
wife

Dec.

Dirk Westbrock
Jenneke van Keu-
ren

Lydia

Cornelis Westbroeck,
Antje Rosa, his
wife

William Ennes

Daniel

Hendrick Cornelise

Elizabeth Quick

Kortrecht, J a n -
netje Ennes, h i s
wife

Dec.

22.

Jacobus Decker
Neeltje Ditsoort

Joel

Jacobus Koddebeck,
Neeltje Decker,

174

his wife

Jan. I. Aert Middagh

Arriaentje van
Etten

Jan. 12. Evert Hoornbeeck
Lena Cuddebeck

Evert Hoornbeeck
Lena Cuddebeck

Jacob Middagh
Sara Kuykendal

Feb. 9. Salomon Decker
Lena Quick

Jan Van Etten
Maritje Westfaal
Feb. 26. CornelisWestbroeck
Antje Rosa

April 20. Andries Din gen-
man
Cornelia Kermer

Gideon Salomon West-

broeck, Lena West-
broeck

Elisabeth Johannes Decker,
Elisabeth De Witt,
his wife

Lena William Cole,

Maritje C u d de -
beck, his wife

Elisabeth Jacobus M i d dagh,
Elizabeth Consales
Duke

Salomon Salomon Kuycken-
dal, Femmetje
Decker

Maria Antony Van Etten,

Maria Westbroeck

Samuel Jan Van Etten,

Maritje Westfael,
his wife

Alida William Ennes, Ali-

da Dingenman

191 1.]

at Machackemeck {Deerpark).

243

1746.
May 4.

May 18.
June 15.
June 29.
July 13.

July 27.
Aug. lo.
Sept. 7.

Sept. II.

Sept. 21.
Oct. 5.

Cornelis Krom Elisabeth

Rebecca Schoon-
hoven
Willem Titsoort Jacobus

Sara Decker

Dirk Quick Abram

Aplony van Gar-
den
Abram Louw Sara

Dina Kuddebeck

Jacobus Kuddebeck
Neeltje Decker

Job: Casparus Fry-
enmuth
Magdalena van
Etten
Willem Waert
Maria Decker

Hendricus

Antje

Rachel

Sara

Johannes Cole

Pieternella van
Aken
Jacob Westbroek Blandina

Lydia Westfael

Benjamin W e s t -
broeck
Catharina West-
broeck
James McCarty
Lisabeth Mey
John Prys

Lucretia Ramsey

Johan Jory Winde-
muth
Johanna Margre-
t a Elisabetha
Bernhardin

Antje

Willem

Apollonia

Maria
Margreta

Maria
Juliana

David Cole Jacob

Elleonora West-
fael
Gysbert Van Garden Petrus

Maria Cole

WITNESSES

Jacob Westfael, Elis-
abeth Westfael

Jacobus Rosenkranz,

Sarah Decker, his

wife
Abram Isakse van

Aken, Sara van

Aken
Willem Kuddebeck,

Jacomyntje Elten,

his wife
Jabobus Decker,

Neeltje Titsoort,

his wife
Jacob van Etten and

wife, Antje West-

broeck

Abraham K e r met

and wife, Sara

Schammers
Jacobus Rosenkranz,

Sara Decker, his

wife
Antony Westbroek,

Aeltje van Etten,

his wife
Johannes West-
broeck, Antje Rosa

W i 1 lem Kortrecht,
Margriet Jansen

Johannes Westfael,
Apollonia K o r t -
recht, his wife

Johannes Snauber
and wife, Anna
Elisabetha Winde-
moedin. Jory Phi-
1 i p Windenmuth.
Maria Juliana
Huber, his wife

Jacob Westfael, Sara
Westfael

Ane Kortrecht, Lis-
abeth Cole, his wife

244

Records of Baptisms at the Reformed Church

[July,

PARENTS

1746.

Oct. 19.

Jacob Bogaert Jacob

Nelli Kuykendal
Bastiaen Kortrecht Jonas

Rachel Decker

Nov. 16. Johannes West- Johannes
broeck, Jun
Lena Westbroeck
Nov. 30. Cornelis van Etten Antje
Heyltje W e s t -
broeck
A b r a m van Til- Sara
burgh
Sara Clavonsher

WITNESSES

Cornells Westfael,

Lisabeth Westfael
Joris Davis, Debora
Schoonhoven, his
wife
Johannes West-

broeck, Antje

Rosa, his wife
Jacob van Etten,

Antje Westbroeck,

his wife
Abram Kermer, Sara

S c h a mmers, his

wife

1747-

Jan. II.

Andries De Witt

Henry

Egbert Dewitt and

Brechje Notting-

wife, Mally Not-

ham

tingham

Feb. I.

Andries Decker

Elisabeth

Johannes Corn. West-

Dievertje Maul

broeck, Elisabeth
Swartwout

Feb. 22.

Jacobus Quick

Petrus

Herman Rosen-

Marya W e s t -

kranz, Arriaentje

broeck

s t e rhout, his
wife

Arie Kortrecht

Lydia

Gysbert van Garden,

Lisabeth Cole

Marya Cole, h i s
wife

John Boman

John

Abram Middagh,

Hanna Middagh

Lena van Aken,
his wife

March 15

Gerardus Van

Annatje.

Abram Kuddebeck,

Nimwegen

Elisabeth.

Annatje Dec ker.

Jannetje de Witt

Samuel van Vliet,
Lisabeth van Vliet

March 9.

Caspar Sheefer,

Valentyn

Valentyn V c h t ,

Catharina Bern-

Barbara Behmin

hardin

March 29.

Benjamin Westfael

Jury

Abram Van Aken,

A n n a t j e Van

Margriet Westfael,

Aken

his wife

Johannes van Gar-

Samuel

Arie Kortrecht, Lis-

den

abeth Cole, his

Margriet Quick

wife

Johannes Decker

J ohannes

Johannes van Aken,

Lena Quick

Van Ak-

Margriet Rosen-

kranz

April 12.

Hendrick H. Kort-

Femmetje

Salomon Kuykendal,

recht

Elisabeth Kuyken-

Margriet Decker

dal

igli.J

at Machackemeck (Deerpark).

245

DATE

PARENTS

CHILD

1747-

April 19.

Broer Decker
Annatje Van Et-
ten

Jacob

Cornells Brinck

Johannes

Maria Cole

May 10.

Abram Middagh
Lena van Aken

Salomon

Abram van Aken

Lydia

Jannetje De Witt

June 21.

Thomas Schoonho-
ven
Marya Westfael

Debora

Gerardus Van Nim-

Jacob

wegen

Jannetje De Witt

Cornelis Krom

Maria

Rebecca Schoon-

hoven

Jan van Vliet

Marya

Jesyntje Swart-

wout

Josias Cole

Wilhelmus

Marya Kimbel

Terrenz Devin

Abraham

Marya Kuykendal

Johannes Cole

Abraham

Pieternella Van

Aken

Jacob Bogaert

Sara

Pieternella Kuy-

kendal

Abraham Middagh

Samuel

Lena Van Aken

WITNESSES

Willem Cuddebeck Benjamin
Jacomyntje Etten

David Cole

Leonora Westfael
Benjamin Westfael

Anna van Aken

Hendrick Kuyken-
dal
Elisabeth Cole

Margrietje
Marya

Hendricus

A n d r i e s Decker,

Dievertje M o u 1 ,

his wife
Johannes West-

broeck, senior,

Antje Rosa, h i s

wife
Salomon Kuykendal,

Margriet Rosen-

kranz
Jacobus Rosenkranz,

Lydia Westfael
Cor nelis Westfael,

Catharina Cole

Samuel Swartwout,

Lisabeth Gemar,

his wife
Johannes Krom,

Anna Cock, his

wife
Jacob Westbroeck,

Marya Westbroeck

William Cole, Marya

Cuddebeck, his

wife
Cornelis Kuykendal,

Maritje Westfael,

his wife
Abraham Van Aken,

Lisabeth Van

Aken
Cornelis Westfael,

Lisabeth Kuyken-
dal
Benjamin Westfael,

Anna van Aken,
his wife
Evert Hoornbeck,

and wife, Lena

Cuddebeck
Cornelis Westfael,

Lisabeth Westfael
William Cole, Marya

C u d d e beck, his

wife
Daniel Kuykendal,

Catharina Cole

246

Records of Baptisms of the Reformed Church

[J"iy-

1747-
June 21.

June 21.

July 5-

Thomas Decker

Petrus

Pieter Kuykendal,

J a n n e t j e Van

Femmetje Decker

Nimwegen

Jacobus Rosenkranz

Salomon

Salomon Decker,

Sara Decker

C a t h a r ina van
Aken

Salomon Davis

Catharina

Abraham van Aken,

Lea Decker

Jun, Catharina van
Aken

Bastiaen Kortrecht

Catharina

Johannes Westfael,

Rachel Decker

Apollonia K r t -
recht, his wife

Petrus Decker

Helena

Abram Wildfield,

Leentje Ooster-

Jun., Helena Ro-

hout

senkranz

Abram Louw

Noemi

Abram Kuddebeck,

Dina Kuddebeck

Noemi Kuddebeck

Johannes W e s t -

Alida

Jacob Westbroeck,

broeck, Jr.

Jannetje W e s t -

Magdalena West-

broeck

Hendrick Decker

Benjamin

Joel Quick, Fem-

Annatje Titsoort

metje Decker

Cornells Brinck

Her man-

Andries Cole, Lisa-

Marya Cole

nus

beth Cole

Mattheus Brinck

Jan

Willem K r trecht.

Abigail Bel

Margriet J a nsen,
his wife

Gysbert Van Gar-

Catharina

Willem Decker,

den

Neeltje Rosa, his

Marya Cole

wife

Willem Ditsoort

Sara

S a 1 mon Decker,

Sara Decker

Neeltje Decker

Johannes Westfael

Johannes

Jan van Etten, Mar-

Apollonia Kort-

itje Westfael, h i s

recht

wife

J h annes Hoogh-

Jonathan

Bast ian Kortrecht,

teeling

Racheltje Decker,

Maritje Hoorn-

his wife

beeck

Willem Kortrecht

Josias

Cornells Kortrecht,

Margriet Jansen

Margriet Westfael

Jacobus Decker

Jonathan

Willem Ditsoort,

Neeltje Ditsoort

Sarah Decker, his
wife

Aaron Vredenburgh Lydia

Mattheus V r e den-

Sara Rosenkranz

burg, Lydia West-
fael

igll.]

at Machackemeck {Deerpark).

247

i747-

July s-

Herman Van Gar-

Daniel

Isak Van Aken, Ra-

den

chel De Witt, his

Elsje Kuddebeck

wife

Broer Decker

Elias

Johannes West-

Antje Van Etten

b r e c k , Antje
Rosa, his wife

Aert Middagh

Martynus

Benjamin West-

Arriaentje Van

b r e c k, Marya

Etten

Westbroeck

Jan Van Etten

Daniel

Daniel Westfael,

Maritje Westfael

M a rgareta West-
fael

Mattheus Brinck

Jacobus

Thomas Quick, Ma-

Abigail Bel

rya de Witt, his

wife

Abraham Kermer

Angonietje

Samuel Schammers,

Sarah Schammers

Sara Kortrecht, his
wife

Johannes Van Gar-

Sara

Benjamin Quick,

den

Jenneke Van Gar-

Margriet Quick

den

Aug. 2.

Abram Van Aken,

Catharina

BenjaminWestbroek,

Jun

Catharina West-

Mar griet West-

broeck, his wife

fael

Sept. 13.

J h a nnes Dirkse

Jenneke

Thomas Decker, An-

Westbroeck

natje Decker

Sara Tack

Joris Davis

Engeltje

Salomon Kuykendal,

Debora Schoon-

Mar griet Rosen-

hoven

kranz

Oct. 11.

Salomon Decker

Lydia

Juriaen Westfael,

Lena Quick

Lydia Westfael

Thomas Decker

Hendrick

Hendrick J. Kort-

Jenneke van Nim-

recht, Gerretje van

wegen

Ben schoten, his
wife

Oct. 13.

Hendrick Kuyken-

Jacob

Salomon Kuykendal,

dal

Lisabeth Kuyken-

Lisabeth Cole

dal

Leendert Titsoort

Sara

W i 1 1 e m Titsoort,

Geeshi Ritt

Neeltje Titsoort

Oct. 25.

Jury Philip Winde-

Johannes

Johannes M e rckel,

moet

Anna Elizabetha

Maria Juliana

Snauber

Huber

1748.

Jan. 3.

Thomas Schoonho-

Weyntje

Joris Davis, Debora

ven

Schoonhoven, his

Marya Westfael

wife

248

Records of Baptisms of the Reformed Church

[July.

DATE
1748.

PARENTS

CHILD

Jan. 3.

Matheus Brinck
Abigail Bel

Lisabeth

Jan. 24.

Symon Westfael
Jannetje West-
broeck

Jury

March 6.

Jan Van Etten

Maritje Westfael

Margarita

March 20

. Salomon Davis
Lea Decker

Elisabeth

April 10.

James McCarty
Lisabeth Mey

Maria

May 15.

Dirk Rosenkranz
Cat harina van
Aken

Jannetje

July 17.

Joh: Casparus Fry-
enmoet
Magdalena Van
Etten

Heyltje

Herman Rosen-

Benjamin

kranz

Arriaentje Oos-

terhout

William Ennes

Margriet

Elisabeth Quick

Willem Kortrecht

Gerretje

Margriet Jansen

Aug. 17.

Cornelis Ab. West-
fael
Lisabeth West-
fael

Annatje

Sept. 19.

Josias Cole

Marya Kimmel

Petrus

Jacobus Oosterhout

Lena

Annatje Terwil-

lige

(onecht)

S y 1 vester

Geertje Kortrecht

Symon

Oct. 9.

Abram Louw
Dina Kuddebeck

Margriet

Nov. 27.

Cornelis Cole
Claesje Jongbloet

Jacob

1749-

Jan. 8.

John Prys

Lucretia Ramsey

Elizabeth

WITNESSES

Petrus Brinck, Han-
nah Johns

Daniel Westfael, Ly-
dia Westfael

Jacobus Rosenkranz,

Marya Cuddebeck
Samuel van Vliet,

Elisabeth van Vliet
Joseph Westbroeck,

Maria Westbroeck
Jacobus van Aken,

Jannetje De Witt

Cornelis Van Etten,
Heyltje West-
broeck, his wife

Arie Vredenburgh,
Sara Rosenkranz,
his wife

Margriet Decker

Hendrick J. Kort-
recht, Gerretje van
Bun schoten, his
wife

Cor nelis Westfael,
Annatje Westfael

Joris Kimmel, Lisa-
beth Kimmel

Johannes van Aken,
Lena Rosenkranz

David Cole and wife,

Eleonora Westfael
Jan Van Vliet, Jes-

yntje Swartwout,

his wife
Jacob Van Etten,

and wife, Antje

Westbroeck

Benjamin Dupuy,
E 1 i zabeth Swart-
wout, his wife

igll.]

at Machackemeck (Deerpark).

249

DATE PARENTS

CHILD

WITNESSES

1749-

Jan. 29. Gysbert van Gar-

Abram

Johannes Westfael,

den

Apollonia K r t -

Marya Cole

recht, his wife

Dirk Quick

Catharina

Thomas Quick, Cath-

A p 1 Ionia Van

arina Quick

Garden

Daniel Westfael

Abram

Abram Chambers,

Marya W e s t -

Lena Westbroeck

broeck

Benjamin Westfael

Margriet

Benjamin Quick,

Annatje van Aken

Hannah Joons, his
wife

Feb. 12. Symon Westfael Simeon
Jannetje We st-
broek
Feb. 26. Benjamin West- Johannes
broeck
Catharina West-
broek
Salomon West- Louis
broek
Hester Bevier
Antony V. Bun- Maria
schoten
Margriet Wells

March 12. Johannes West- Samuel
broeck, Jr
Magdalena West-
broeck
March 24. Jan Alderse Rosa Marya
C a t h arina van
Etten
Johannes Westfael
Aplony Kortrecht

H e ndrick
and Sam-
uel

Johannes van Gar- Cornells
den
Margriet Quick
March 26. William Waert Maria

Marya Decker

Bastaien Kortrfecht Jacob
Rachel Decker

Jacobus van Aken,
Jannetje De Witt

Johannes West-
broeck, Maria
West broeck, his
wife

Antony Westbroeck,
Aeltje van Etten,
his wife

Johannes West-
broek, Maria
West broeck, his
wife

Jacobus Swartwout,
Antje Westbroeck,
broeck, his wife

I s a k Rosa,
Rosa

Marya

Hendrick J. Kort-
r e c k t , Gerretje
Van Bunschoten,
his wife, Arie
Kortrecht, Lisa-
beth Cole, his wife

Cornells Quick, Mar-
griet De Witt

Johannes West-
broek, Jun, Maria
W e s tbroeck, his
wife

Jacob Westbroeck,
Lydia Westfael, his
wife

I/A

250

Records of Baptisms of the Reformed Church

[July.

DATE

PARENTS

CHILD

WITNESSES

1749-

April

onecht
Rebecca Krom

Gonda

Jacobus Rosenkranz,
Eleonora Westfael

May

Andries Decker

C a s parus

J. C. Fry enm ou t,

Dievertje Maul

F ry e n-

moet.
Johannes.
Petrus

M a g dalena Van
Etten, his wife
Johannes Decker,
and wife, Lisabeth
De Witt, Pieter
Gemaer and wife,
Tjaetje de Witt

Abraham Van

Maria

Cornells van Aaken,

Aken, Jun

Sara Westbroeck

Catharina Rosen-

kranz

May

21.

Jacob Bogaert
Nelli Kuykendal

Margriet

Johannes van Gar-
den and wife,
Margriet Quick

June

18.

Abram van Aken
Hoornbeek
Catharina T e r -
wilgen

Margrietje

Jacob van Aken, Sara
van Aeken

Aug.

12.

Aert Middagh
Ariaentje Van
Etten

Rachel

Dirk Ketel, Rachel '
Van Etten, his wife ;

Sept.

10.

Arie Kortrecht
Lisabeth Cole

Samuel

Johannes Westfael,

Apollonia Kort- '
recht, his wife

Sept.

27.

Hendrick Kuyken-
dal
Lisabeth Cole

Benjamin

Willem Cole, Sara
Cole !

Johannes Cole

Johannes

Johannes Van

Pieternella Van

Aaken, J e nneke

Aaken

Van Aaken

Joris Davis

Jenneke

Thomas Decker,

Debora Schoon-

Jenneke Van Nim-

hoven

wegen, his wife

Petrus Decker

Samuel

Gerard usSwai twout.

Magdalena Oos-

Hester Swartwout

terhout

Oct.

29.

David Cole
E 1 eonora West-
fael

Benjamin

Jan van Vliet, Jes-
yntje Swartwout,
his wife

Benjamin Dupuy

Samuel

Samuel Swartwout,

Lisabeth Swart-

and wife, Lisabeth

wout

Gemaer

Nov.

26.

Petrus Quick
Johanna Consales

Benjamin

Daniel Consales,
Maria Consales

Hendrick H. Kort-

Sara

Willem Cole, Sara

recht

Cole

Margriet Decker

'•

191 1.]

at Machackemeck (Deerpark).

251

DATE

PARENTS

CHILD

WITNESSES

1749-

Nov. 26.

Abratn Middagh

Dorothea

Mattheus T e rwilH-

Lena Van Aken

gen, Jenneke van
Aken

Dec. 10.

A b r aham Schuy-

Jsaak

Antony Westbroeck,

mer

Aeltje van Etten,

Lena Westbroeck

his wife

Benjamin Quick

Mattheus

Matt heus Brinck,

i7S°-
Jan. 21.

Hanna Joons

Abigail Bell

Daniel Kuykendal

Petrus

P i eter Kuykendal,

L i s a b e t h Van

Femmetje Decker,

Aken

his wife

March 4.

Cornelis Cole

Cornelis

Cornelis Westbroeck,

Claesje Jongbloet

W e s t-

Antje Rosa, h i s

broeck

wife

Salomon Decker

Maria

Evert Roos West-

Lena Quick

broeck, Maria De
Witt

March 18.

Thomas Schoon-

Benjamin

Benjamin van Vliet,

hoven

Lisabeth van Vliet

Marya Westfael

April 15.

Salomon Davis

Petrus

Petrus Kuykendal,

Lea Decker

Catharina Decker

Dirk Rosenkranz

Herman

Herman Rosenkranz,

Catharina Van

Arriaentje Ooster-

Aken

hout, his wife

onecht

Jacob &

Jan Van Vliet, Jes-

Catharina Hoogh-

Sara

yntje Swartwout,

teeling

his wife, Thomas
Decker and wife,
Jenneke Van Nim-
wegen

April 29.

Joseph Westbroeck

Annatje

Pieter Kuyckendal,

Lisabeth Kuyck-

Femmetje Decker,

endal

his wife

Joseph Wallen

Lisabeth

Abram Van Aken,

Neeltje Decker

Jr., Catharina Ro-
senkranz, his wife

May I.

David Devoor

Johannes &

Cornelis Devoor and

Gerretje Hydt

Cornelis

wife, Lena West-
fael, Wilhelmus
Devoor and wife,
Catharina Schoon-
maker

Willem Devoor

Alida

Jacobus Devoor,

Catharina Schoon-

E vj e Dingenman,

maker

his wife

Mattheus Devoor

Mattheus

Cornelis Devoor and

Neeltje Schermer-

wife, Lena West-

hoorn

fael

252

Records of Baptisms of the Reformed Church

[July.

DATB

PARENTS

CHILD

1750-

May I.

Daniel Devoor
Lydia Westfael

Elisabeth

Daniel Devoor, Jun.

Lisabeth

Mally Leed

Pieter Dewitt

Marytje Roos
Lucas Schermer-

Jacob
Lucas

hoorn

May 13.

Sara Tyse
John Schendeler

Margriet Robert
Mattheus Brinck

Abigail Bell

Antje
Geertje

May 27.

Jan van Etten
Maritje Westfael

Samuel

June 24.

Dirk Kittel
Rachel Van Etten

Johanna

James McCarty
Lisabeth Meyer

John

July 2.

Martinus Dewitt
Saertje Joons

Maria

July 8.

Andries Reifsnyder
Susanna Wallon

Jacobus

Aug. 5.

Jacobus Oosterhout
Annatje Terwilge

Jacobus

Cornelis Westfael
Lisabeth Westfael

Margriet

Joris Kimbel

Petrus

Sara Westfael

Aug. 19.

Cornelis West-
broeck
Antje Rosa

Lydia

Jury Philip Winde-

Abraham

moet

Maria Juliana

Huberin

Sept. 23.

Jacobus van Sickel
Sara van Aken

Joh annes
Casparus

Nov. 4.

Salomon W e s t -
broeck
Hester Bevier

Moses

{To be

continued.)

WITNESSES

Johannes D u p u y ,

Rachel Devoor, his

wife
Paul Dewitt, Catha-
rine Dupuy, h i s

wife
Marti nus Dewitt,

Saertje Joons
Jacobus Devoor,

E V j e Dingenman,

his wife
Isaak Slover, Lisa- -

beth Robert
M a 1 1 h eus Brinck,

Lisabeth Brinck
Johannes Westfael,

and wife, ApoUo-

nia Kortrecht
Johannes van Etten,

and wife, Maria

Consales
Jan Rosa and wife,

Catharina van Et-
ten
Pieter Dewitt,

Marytje Roos, his

wife
Andries Decker, and

wife, D i e V ertje

Maul
Arie Vredenburgh,

Sara Rosenkranz,

his wife
David Cole, Eleonora

Westfael, his wife
Casparus Kimbel,

Lena Kimbel
Joseph Westbroeck,

and wife, Lisabeth

Kuykendal
Abraham West-
broeck, Jr , Sara

Westbroeck

J. C. Frynenmoet,
M a g d a 1 ena van
Etten his wife

Daniel Westfael,
Maria Westbroeck

igii.] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. i 253

THACHER-THATCHER GENEALOGY.

By John R. Totten,

Member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society and New England
Historic-Genealogical Society.

(Continued from Vol. XLII., p. 168, of the Record.)

40. Bethiah* Thacher (Hon. Col. John," Antony,^ Rev Peter'),
born at Yarmouth, Mass., July loth, 1671 ; died at Barn-
stable, Mass., July 7th (or 8th), 1734; her will was dated
September 4th, 1733, and proved July 31st, 1734; she was
buried at Barnstable, Mass., in Lothrop's Hill Cemetery;
she married at Yarmouth, Mass., (presumably) April 9th,
1691, to James Paine (son of Thomas Paine and Mary
(Snow) Paine of Eastham, Mass.) He was born at East-
ham, Mass., July 6th, 1665 ; died at Barnstable, November
I2th, 1728, and was buried there in Lothrop's Hill Ceme-
tery. He resided at Barnstable, Mass., in a house which
stood on a lot where afterwards stood the house of Samuel
Savage, afterwards John Gray's house. He was a school
teacher, miller, cooper, soldier and clerk.

Children: 7 (Paine) 2 sons and 5 daughters, all born in Barn-
stable, Mass.
95 i. James,^ born March 24th, 1691-2 ; baptized March
27th, 1692; died July 13th, 171 1, at Barnstable,
Mass., and was buried there in Lothrop's Hill
Cemetery, where a stone to his memory exists,
thus inscribed : "Here lyes buried the body of
James Paine, aged 20 years, died July ye 13th,
171 1." He was not married.
-j-96 ii. Thomas,^ born April 8th, 1694, baptized April
9th, 1694; died May 30th, 1757; married Eunice
Treat.
97 iii. Bethiah, ist,^ born February 22nd, 1695-6; bap-
tized February 23rd, 1695-6 (or March 8th, 1696) ;
died July 29th, 1697, at Barnstable, and was
buried there.
+98 iv. Bethiah, 2nd,' born May 23rd, 1698, baptized

May 29th, 1698; married Dr. Samuel Russell.
-f99 V. Mary,° born August 13th, 1700; baptized August
iSth, 1700; married first Nathaniel Freeman;
married second Edmund Hawes.
-fioo vi. Experience,^ born March 17th. 1702-3; died June
17th, 1775; married Samuel Hunt.
loi vii. Rebecca,^ born April 8th, 1705 ; died June 13th
(or 30th), 1726, aged 21, at Barnstable, Mass.,

2 54 Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [July,

and was probably buried there. No grave stone.
Not married.

James Paine, Senior, was admitted a freeman of Barnstable,
May 29th, 1689. He was an enterprising and highly respected
citizen. He was a school teacher, miller, cooper and a clerk.
He served on the expedition against Canada in 1691 led by Sir
William Phipps and also in Captain Gorham's company, and
is mentioned as a clerk. For his services in Captain Gorham's
Company his heirs in 1736 received a grant of land in Maine.
He was of a literary turn of mind, and was a member of the
1st Church, Branstable, until the organization of the 2nd
Church, when he was granted a letter of dismissal to the 2nd
Church at his own request and he became a member thereof.
He was the ist clerk of the East Precinct or Parish of Barn-
stable and so served many years.

Mary Snow, mother of James Paine, Senior, was the
daughter of Nicholas Snow and Constance (Hopkins) Snow.
Nicholas Snow came over in the Ann in 1623 and married Con-
stance (daughter of Stephen Hopkins, of the Mayflower), and
settled in Eastham in 1645. He died in 1676. Thomas Paine,
who married his daughter, was the founder of the Eastham
branch of the Paine family, and he (Thomas Paine) died August
i6th, 1706; his exact age is not known.

The following inscriptions are taken from stones in Loth-
rop's Hill Cemetery, Barnstable, Mass., viz : —

"Here lies buried Mrs. Bethiah Paine, wife of Mr. James
Paine, deceased, and daughter of the late Honorable John
Thacher. She died July ye 8th, (1734), Aetatis 63."

"Here is buried the body of James Paine, born July ye 6th, 1655,
died November ye 12th, 1728, in hope of a Glorious Resurrec-
tion."

Authorities.

Allen's Thacher Genealogy, p. 34.

Greenleaf Genealos;v, bv fames Edward Greenleaf, p. 77.

N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vols. II, p. iq6; XIV, p. 11; X.XII, pp. 62, 188-9;
XLVII, p. 87.

Savage's Gen. Diet., Vol. Ill, p. 332.

Freeman's Cape Cod, Vol. I, p. 622.

Paine Family Records, by H. D. Paine, pp. 12, 15, 59, 60.

41. Colonel John* Thacher (Hon. Col. John,' Antony,^ Rev.
Peter*), born at Yarmouth, Mass., January 28th, 1674-5;
died at Barnstable, Mass., March 26th, 1764, and was buried
in Barnstable in Goodspeed's Hill, East Burying Ground,
grave stone; he resided at Barnstable, Mass., in the East
Parish ; he was a soldier. Judge and Registrar of Deeds for
Barnstable County. He married at Barnstable, November
10th, i6g8, before his father, Hon. Col. John* Thacher, as
civil magistrate to Desire (Sturgis) Dimmock (widow of
Captain Thomas Dimmock). She was born at Yarmouth,
Mass., date of birth , 1666; see age at death and date of

iQii.] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. 255

death ; died at Barnstable, Mass., March 29th, 1749, aged
83, and was buried probably at Barnstable, but no stone
marks her grave. She was a daughter of Edward Sturgis
(born April loth, 1624; died December 8th, 1678), and his
wife. Temperance (Gorham) Sturges, of Yarmouth^ Mass.

Children 6 (Thacher) 3 sons and 3 daughters, all born at
Barnstable, Mass.
-(-102 i. Abigail,' born November 2nd, 1699; died Septem-
ber i8th, 1768; married Joseph Hallett.
-(-103 ii. Elizabeth, ** born June 17th, 1701 ; died September

14th, 1733; married Jonathan Davis.
-|-I04 iii. John,^ born June 25th, 1703; died September 13th,

1783 ; married Content Norton.
+ 105 iv. Lot,^ born May 23rd, 1705; died December 15th

(or i6th), 1732; married Rebecca Kean.
+ 106 V. Fear,'^ born March 28th, 1707; died November
14th, 1758; married Nathaniel Lewis.
^ +107 vi. Roland,^ born August 28th, 1710; died February
i8th, 1775 ; married Abigail Crocker.
Colonel John* Thacher was for about thirty (30) years Reg-
istrar of Deeds for the County of Barnstable, Mass. He was
for many years Judge of the Court of Common Pleas ,and was
Colonel of a Regiment. He was a selectman at Barnstable from
1716 for 8 years and from 1735 for 4 years. The following is
the inscription on his tombstone in Goodspeed's Hill Burying
Ground on the south side of the East Meeting House in Barn-
stable, viz : —

"Here lies interred ye body of ye Hon'bl John Thacher,
Esq., who after a long life of usefulness and faithfulness in sev-
eral military and civil offices, and of eminent exemplariness in
ye religious Christian life, departed this mortal life in ye fear
of Christ and his gospel and in ye hope of eternal life, March
ye 26th, 1764, in ye 90th year of his age."

"Let me die the death of the righteous
and let my last days be like his."

Freeman's Cape Cod, Vol. H, p. 220, says that he died March
7th, 1764; and Allen's Thacher Genealogy, p. 37; says that he died
March i7th, 1764; and the N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. XIV, p.
12, is given an abbreviated copy of his epitaph in which it is
stated that he died March 17th, 1764. The above inscription was
copied and sent to me by Stanley W. Smith, Esq., of Boston,
Mass., an expert and reliable authority on grave yard inscrip-
tions of Cape Cod. The will of Col. John* Thacher (see Barn-
stable Probate Records) mentions his daughter Abigail Hallett;
children of my daughter, deceased as follows : To Elizabeth Pen-
field,' * * *. To each of the others as they arrive at the
age of 21 * * *. To the children of my granddaughter,
Mary Lothrop, deceased * * *. To my son, Roland. To the

256 Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [July.

children of my grandson, Lot Thacher, deceased, * * *. To
my granddaughter-in-law, Martha Thacher, while she is Lot's
widow * * *. Executor John'' Thacher, Jr. Witnesses, Peter
Thacher, Elizabeth Dimmock and Lydia Gorham. Dated March
27th, 1763. Letters testamentary granted April 20th, 1764.

Captain Thomas Dimmock, first, husband of Desire Sturgis,

was born April , 1664, and died September 9th, 1697. He

was killed in the Indian War. He lived at Barnstable, Mass.,
and had by Desire Sturgis the following children, all born in
Barnstable, viz : —

i. Mehitable, born October , 1686; died May , 1775 ;

aged 88; married Capt. John Davis.

ii. Temperance, born June , 1689; died ; married

Benjamin Freeman,
iii. Edward, born July 5, 1692; died ; married Han-
nah .

iv. Thomas, born December 25, 1694; died ; married

V. Desire, born February , 1696; died January 28th,

1732-3 ; married Job Gorham.
All of the above children were baptized at Barnstable,
March 26th, 1699.

Authorities
Allen's Thacher Genealogy, pp. 35, 37, 38, 42.

N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vols. II, p. 197; X, p. 350; XIV, pp. 11-12.
Freeman's Cape Cod, Vols. I, p. 622 ; II, p. 220.
Mayflower Descendant, Vol. IV, p. 221.
Sturges Family, p. 8.

Otis' Barnstable Families, Vols. I, pp. 281, 340, 401, 414-15.
Barnstable Records, Vol. I, pp. 270, 304,
Hon. George Thacher's MSS. Thacher Genealogy.

42. Elizabeth* Thacher (Hon. Col. John,^ Antony,^ Rev. Peter^),
bom at Yarmouth, Mass., June 19th, 1677; died at Falmouth,
Mass. (presumably) May i8th, 1710, and was presumably
buried there, the existence of her gravestone has never been
discovered by me; married at Falmouth, Mass. (it is recorded
there) by John Thacher, Justice of the Peace (her father) on
October i8th, 1699, to Deacon Moses Hatch (as his second
wife). Elizabeth* (Thacher) Hatch was admitted to church
at Barnstable, August 2nd, 1702, and was dismissed therefrom
to church at Falmouth, October loth, 1708. Deacon Moses
Hatch was born at Falmouth, March 4th, 1662-3; ^^^ 's said to
have been the first white child born there ; he was admitted to
First Church at Barnstable, June 19th, 1698; and was dismissed
to church at Falmouth, October loth, 1708, in which latter
church he was a first deacon ; he was a farmer and a wealthy
man of good business ability and a good citizen ; he died at Fal-
mouth, May 20th, 1747, in the 85th year of his age, and was
buried there in the old burying ground. He was a son of Jona-
than and Sarah (Rowley) Hatch, (Savage says Hannah

igil.] Thacher-Tlmtcher Genealogy. 257

Rowley, in which statement he is incorrect) who resided at
Falmouth, Mass., having removed there from Barnstable.
Children: 5 (Hatch), 2 sons and 3 daughters; first child born
at Yarmouth, rest born at Falmouth, Mass.
+ 108 i. Elizabeth,^ born May 15th, 1701 ; died October 23rd

(or 24th), 1744; married Timothy Hallett.
-I-109 ii. Moses,^ born ; died ; married, first, Mary

Lord; married second ?

-)-iiO iii. Rebecca,^ born December 27th, 1703; baptized June

i8th, 1704; died July 5th, 1740; married James

Lewis.

111 iv. Hannah,^ born May 27th, 1705; baptized October

14th, 1705 ; died .

112 V. Sylvanus," born ; died .

Deacon Moses Hatch gave to Falmouth the land on which the
first church was built and which is now a public square ornamented
with trees. He married, first. May 9th, 1686, Hepsiba Eddy, of
Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard (said to be the younger sister of Eliza-
beth Eddy, second wife of his brother, Benjamin Hatch) ; and by
her he had the following children (not in Thacher line) :

i. Abiah, born February ist, 1686-7; died February 13th,
1686-7 ; buried February 14th, 1686-7.

ii. M * * * (a son), born February ist, 1686-7; ^'^d V^
ruary ist, 1686-7; buried February 2nd, 1686-7.

iii. Moses, born October 6th, 1688 ; died October 23rd, 1688.

iv. Hepsiba, born February i6th, 1690; died ; married

Benjamin Nye, of Falmouth.

A Moses Hatch married, about 1710-11, to Hannah, widow of
Joshua Bangs, and a daughter of John Scudder, of Barnstable.
This Hannah Scudder was baptized October 5th, 1651, and hence
was II years older than Deacon Moses Hatch. Joshua Bangs died
January 14th, 1709-10. Although she was so much older than
Deacon Moses Hatch, yet the death of Elizabeth (Thacher) Hatch,
his second wife, and tlie death of Joshua Bangs, Hannah Scudder's
first husband, renders it possible that Deacon Moses Hatch had
for a third wife Hannah (Scudder) Bangs. The Falmouth Rec-
ords state that " Hannah, wife of Captain Moses Hatch, died May
13th, 1739." If this was the above Hannah (Scudder) Bangs-
Hatch, then Deacon Moses Hatch was styled Captain, as was also
his son Moses. It is thought by Amos Otis, in his Barnstable
Families, that the death record should read, "Mary, wife of Captain
Moses Hatch, died May 13th, 1739;" the record, in his opinion,
referring to Mary Lord, first wife of Captain Moses, son of Deacon
Moses.

Deacon Moses Hatch's fourth and last wife's name was Pa-
tience — - — .

Authorities.

Allen's Thacher Genealogy, pp. 33-35.

A'^. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. XIV, p. 12.

258 Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [July.

Freeman's Cape Cod, Vols. I, p. 622; II, p. 474.
Mayflower Descendant, Vol. VII, p. 249.
Otis' Barnstable Families, Vol. I, pp. 471-2.
Genealogical Advertiser, Vol. IV, p. 82.

46. Lydia* Thacher (Hon. Col. John,^ Antony,^ Rev. Peter^),
born at Yarmouth, Mass., February nth, 1684-5; admitted to
First Church, Harwich, March ist, 1723-4; died at Harwich,
September 3rd, 1724, aged 39; buried at Brewster, Mass.,
gravestone; she married at Yarmouth (probably) October 13th,
1709, to Captain Joseph Freeman, as his first wife. He was
born at Harwich, Mass., February nth, 1682-3 (see Eastham
and Orleans Vital Records) ; he resided at Harwich and was
admitted to First Church, Brewster (then Harwich), April
22nd, 1733. He held rank successively as Ensign, Lieutenant
and Captain in the Militia; he was a Selectman, Justice of the
Peace and Representative to the General Court ; he died at

Harwich, March , 1756; will dated March loth, 1756; he

was probably buried at Harwich (now Brewster), but I have
never seen record of his gravestone. Captain Joseph Freeman

was a son of Deacon Thomas Freeman (born September ,

1653; died February gth, 1 716, aged 62; married December 31st,
1673), and his wife, Rebecca (Sparrow) Freeman (born Octo-
ber 30th, 1655; died ), daughter of Jonathan Sparrow

and Rebecca (Bangs) Sparrow. Captain Joseph Freeman's
parents lived at Harwich, Mass.

Children: 6 (Freeman), 3 sons and 3 daughters, all born at

Harwich, Mass.

+ 113 i. Thacher,^ born December 3rd, 1710; baptized First

Parish, Brewster, March 8th, 1723-4; died August

15th, 1784; married Anna Gray.

114 ii. Elizabeth,^ born December 14th, 1712; baptized

First Parish, Brewster, March 8th, 1723-4; died

; married February 12th, 1754, Ebenezer Berry,

of Rochester, Mass.

115 iii. Joseph,^ born March 15th (or 25th), 1714-15; bap-

tized First Parish, Brewster, March 8th, 1723-4;

died , young ; probably unmarried ; he is not

mentioned in his father's will.
-I- 1 16 iv. Lydia,'' born October 22nd, 1717; baptized First

Parish, Brewster, March 8th, 1723-4; died ;

married Nathaniel Clarke.
+ 117 v. Rebecca, "* born March (or April) 23rd, 1720; bap-
tized First Parish, Brewster, March 8th, 1723-4;

died ; married Jonathan Hopkins.

118 vi. Thomas,* born March 23rd. 1721-2; baptized First

Parish, Brewster, March 8th, 1723-4; died ,

young ; probably unmarried ; not mentioned in his

father's will.

igii.] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. 259

Captain Joseph Freeman married a second time, on September
9th, 1736, to Mary (Watson) Freeman (widow of Nathaniel Free-
man, Esq., and daughter of Elkanah Watson, of Plymouth, Mass.),
by whom he had one (i) daughter, Mary Freeman, who was bap-
tized at Harwich, Mass., in 1744. Nathaniel Freeman, first hus-
band of Mary Watson, was born March 17th, 1682-3, and died
August 2nd, 1735; he married Mary Watson, October 24th, 1706;
his will was dated August ist, 1735. Captain Joseph Freeman
mentions in his will "his grand daughter, Anne Freeman" (doubt-
less daughter of his son Thacher) ; "his daughters, Elizabeth Berry,
Lydia Clarke, Rebecca Hopkins, and son Thacher." Mary Wat-
son, his second wife, was born in October , 1688 ; and was

received into church at Brewster in 1724.

Authorities.
Allen's Thacher Genealogy, pp. 33-35.
.V. £. Hxst. Gen. Reg., Vol. XIV, p. 12; XX, pp. 61-62.
Freeman's Cape Cod, Vols. I, p. 622; II, p. 361.
Mayflower Descendant, Vols. Ill, p. 174; VIII, pp. 34, 93.
Freeman Genealogy, pp. 27, 28, 29, 36, 51, 58, 59.
Bang's Genealogy, p. 43.

47. Mary* Thacher (Hon. Col. John,^ Antony,^ Rev. Peter'),
born at Yarmouth, Mass., February 5th, 1686-7 (or March
6th, 1686-7, according to Richard Henry Greene, Historian
General of die Mayflower Society, who is the only authority
I know of who so gives it) ; died at Barnstable, Mass., June
28th, 1778, in the 92nd year of her age, and was buried in
Barnstable, Mass., in Goodspeed's Hill West Burying Ground,
where a gravestone marks her grave thus inscribed: "Here lies
buried Mrs. Mary Gorham, relict widow of the Honorable
Shubael Gorham, Esq., deceased, who died June 28th, 1778,
in ye 92nd year of her age." She married at Yarmouth, De-
cember 23rd, 1708, Colonel Shubael Gorham. He was born
at Barnstable, Mass., September 2nd, 1686, and lived at Barn-
stable ; he was a soldier and man of public affairs ; he died at
Louisburg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, February 20th, 1745-6,
and was buried there, probably, as no stone marks his grave
in Barnstable. He was the son of Lieut. Col. John Gorham
(born at Marshfield, Mass., February 20th, 1651-2; died No-
vember nth (or December 9th), 1716; married February 24th,
1674-5), and of Mary (Otis) Gorham, his wife, who was bap-
tized March 14th, 1654; died April ist, 1733; she was the
daughter of John Otis. Col. Shubael Gorham's parents lived
in Barnstable.

Children: 10 (Gorham), 6 sons and 4 daughters, all bom in

Barnstable.

-j-119 i. John,= born December 12th, 1709; died ,

1750-1, about; married Elizabeth Allyn.
+ 120 ii. David,^ born April 6th, 1712; died January 2nd,

1786; married first Abigail Sturgis; married

260 Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [July,

second Elizabeth Stevens; married third Hannah
Davis.

-(-121 iii. Mary,"* born February 7th, 1714; died ; mar-
ried Stephen Clap.

122 iv. William/ bom May 6th, 1716; died , after

1746.

4-123 V. Lydia,^ born June 28th, 1718; died November 9th,
1740; married Dr. James Hersey.

124 vi. Hannah, ist,"* born May 22nd, 1720; died ,

young; buried at Barnstable, Mass.; not married.

-I-125 vii. Hannah, 2nd,° born May 1st, 1721; died ;

married Edward Crosby.

126 viii. Shubael,^ born June 27th, 1723 ; died , 1748,

aged 25 ; buried at Barnstable, Mass. ; not married.

-f-127 ix. Joseph,^ born May 29th, 1725; died ; mar-.

ried Ann Spry.

-I-128 X. Benjamin, born June 5th, 1726; died ; mar-
ried first Nancy Hinckley; married second Ellen
Rankin.

"Colonel Shubael Gorham took an active part in obtaining the
grants made by the Legislature of Massachusetts, to the officers
and soldiers actively engaged in King Philip's War; and was chair-
man of the Committee for Narragansett No. 7 (now Gorham,
Maine), which township was granted to the officers and soldiers
in the company under command of Captain John Gorham. He was
Colonel of the 7th Massachusetts Regiment in the Louisburg ex-
pedition, his conimission being dated February 20th, 1744; and he
was also captain of the ist Company of that Regiment; he died at
Louisburg, February 20th, 1745-6. The fortress of Louisburg,
which was built by the French, was captured by the English and
Colonial forces, June 17th, 1745. The preparations for the war
were made in New England during the previous winter. General
Sir Wm. Pepperell was in command ; Admiral Sir Peter Warren
commanded the fleet. There were two brigadier generals, Samuel
Waldo and Joseph Dwight. It was usual then for general officers to
command regiments and for field officers to command companies.
General Pepperell cominanded the ist Regiment of Mass. Colony;
Waldo the 2nd ; Jeremiah Moulton the 3rd ; Samuel Willard the
4th ; Robert Hall the 5th ; Sylvester Richmond Uie 6th ; and Shubael
Gorham the 7th and he was Captain of the ist Company thereof,
with John Gorham (his son) as Lieutenant Colonel and Captain
of the 2nd Company. This last regiment (the 7th) was posted at
Light House Point."

"Colonel Shubael Gorham was a man of enterprise and one
who persevered in whatever he undertook until he failed or suc-
ceeded ; his name frequently appears in the parish, town and state
records, showing that he was a man esteemed by those who knew
him. The great act of his life, that for which he will be ever re-
membered, was the active and efficient part he took in obtaining

igil.] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. 201

the grants made by the Legislature of Massachusetts to the officers
and soldiers of the Narragansett or King Philip's War, or to their
legal representatives. The earliest grant made to the Narragansett
soldiers is dated May 27th, 1685, of a township 8 miles square in
the Nipinay Country. This grant was made to persons residing
in Lynn, Reading, Beverly and Hinghani. Mr. Josiah Pierce, the
Historian of Gorham, Maine, thinks that this grant was never
located."

"December 14th, 1727, two tracts of land, six miles square,
were granted, and April 26th, 1733, this grant was enlarged, giv-
ing a township equal to six (6) miles square to each 120 persons
whose claims should be established within four (4) months. It
was found that the whole number was 840. Seven (7) townships
were granted in the province of Maine, called Narragansett town-
ships Nos. I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. The last township. No. 7, was
assigned to the officers and men who served under Captain John
Gorham and to a few additional ones ; and it was afterwards in-
corporated as the town of Gorham, but was generally known as
'Gorhamtown.' By an order in Council, dated February 2nd, 1736,
Shubael Gorham, Esq., was empowered to assemble the grantees
of this township. In this order occurs a curious mistake. It is
therein stated that the grant was made to the soldiers under the
coinmand of Captain John Gorham in the Canada Expedition in
1690. Captain Gorham, of the Canada Expedition, was the father
of Colonel Shubael Gorham; the grant was made to the officers
and soldiers who served under his grandfather, Captain John
Gorham, in the Narragansett War. By an order dated July 5th,
1736, this mistake was corrected:

"Col. Shubael Gorham was the chairman of the Committee
for Narragansett No. 7, and was the efficient man in effecting its
settlement. He spent much time and money in this enterprise, and
bought the shares of many who did not desire to emigrate : and his
speculation in wild lands proved unfortunate. He died insolvent
in 1746; his own children being his principal creditors. He had no
estate to dispose of at his death. James Lowell, Jr., was appointed
August i6th, 1746, to administer his estate. The inventory is dated
December nth, 1746, and his personal estate was appraised in Old
Tenor at £479, 18''^', 6*^, and his Real Estate at £2,365. Total,
£2,844, iS***^' 6''. He had 55 ounces, 17 pennyweights and 12 grains
of silver plate valued at £99; 15^*^, 0*^; a part of which was marked
with the arms of the Gorham family and has been preserved by
the descendants of his son John. As before stated, members of
his family were his principal creditors."

Authorities.

Allen's Thacher Genealogy, pp. 33, jc,,

N. V. G. & B. Record, Vol. XXVIII, pp. i33-4-=;-6, 197-8-9.

N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vols. XIV, p. 12; LIT, pp. 357-8; LIV, p. 168.

Freeman's Cape Cod, Vol. I, p. 622.

Mayflower Descendant Vol. V, pp. 73 and 180.

Otis' Barnstable Families, Vol. I, pp. 415, 420, 423, 435-8.

R. H. Greene, Historian, General Soc, M. F. D.

262 T/iacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [Julyi

48. Desire* Thacher (Hon. Col. John,^ Antony,- Rev. Peter^),
born at Yarmouth, Mass., December 24th, 1688, died at Yar-
mouth, May 6th, 1722 (Sabbath morning), buried at Yar-
mouth in old burying ground, gravestone. "Desire, wife of
Ensign Josiah Crocker, died May 6th, 1722, in her 34th year."
She married at Yarmouth (presumably) April loth, 1717 (or
1718), to Captain Josiah Crocker, born at Barnstable, Mass.,
February 8th, 1684. He resided at Barnstable, Mass. ; he
was a sea captain and an Ensign in the Military Service. He
died at Nauset, according to the Records, or at Annapolis
Rial, St. Mary's Harbor, on October loth, 1721, aged 37. He
is supposed to be buried at Annapolis Royal, but a stone to his
memory is erected in Old Bun'ing Ground at Yarmouth thus
inscribed : "Ensign Josiah Crocker died at sea October loth,
1721, and was buried at Port Royal" (on gravestone of his
wife). He was a son of Josiah Crocker (born September 19th,
1647; died February 2nd, 1699; married October 23rd, 1668),

and Meletiah Hinckley (born , 1648-9; died February 2nd,

1714-15, daughter of Gov. Thomas Hinckley) who resided
at Barnstable, Mass.

Children: 2 (Crocker) i son and i daughter, both born in
Barnstable, Mass.

-j-129 i. Josiah,^ bom October 30th, 1719; died August 28th,
1774; married first Rebecca Allyn; married sec-
ond Hannah Cobb.
130 ii. Desire, 5 born December 17th, 1721, (posthumous);

she was baptized the following Sabbath; died .

I have been unable to find further record of this

child and conclude that she must have died young

or unmarried, without issue.

Captain Josiah Crocker was a sea captain and while on a voyage

to Nova Scotia he was betrayed out of his course by an Irishman

who pretended to be a pilot. He and all of the crew were sick at

the time. He died on board his own vessel at St. Mary's Harbor,

Annapolis Rial, October loth, 1721, and was buried at Port Royal,

October 14th, 1721, age 37.

Authorities.
Allen's Thacher Genealogy, pp. 33-35.
N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol, XIV, p. 12.
Freeman's Cafe Cod, Vols. I, p. 622; II, pp. 212, 281.
Mayfloiver Descendant, Vol. Ill, pp. 150-2.
Otis' Barnstable Families, Vol. I, pp. 243-44 and note.

49. Hannah* Thacher (Hon. Col. John,' Antony,^ Rev. Peter^),
born at Yarmouth, Mass., October 9th, 1690 (or 1689) ; died
at Colchester, Conn., May 6th, 1780, aged 90, "in her 91st
year;" buried in old burying ground, Colchester, Conn., grave-
stone. She was married at Yarmouth, Mass. (presumably,

although we have no record thereof) ; date of marriage

(probably in 1715-16) to Nathaniel Otis. He was born at

191 1.] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. 263

Marshfield, Mass., January 31st, 1689-90; died at Colchester,
Conn., April 15th, 1771, in his 82nd year, and was buried in
old burying ground in Colchester, where gravestone marks
his grave. He held niany town offices in Colchester and was
an Ensign in the Military Service. He was a son of Joseph
Otis (baptized at Hingham, Mass., June 3rd, 1666; died at
New London, Conn., June nth, 1754; married November 20th,
1688), and his wife, Dorothy (Thomas) Otis (born November
6, 1670; died February i8th, 1755), daughter of Nathaniel
Thomas and Deborah (Jacobs) Thomas, of Marshfield, Mass.
Nathaniel Otis' parents lived at Scituate, Mass., and New Lon-
don, Conn.

Children: 8 (Otis), 2 sons and 6 daughters.
-I-131 i. Lydia,' born January 20th. 1716-17; died January

1st, 1807, aged 91 ; married Abner Kellogg.
-I-132 ii. Hannah," born February 29th, 171 7- 18; died June

i2th, 1752; married Benajah McCall.
-)-i33 iii. Dorothy,^ born April i6th, 1721 ; died ; mar-
ried first Asahel Bigelow; married second Isaac
Day; married third Joseph Langwill.

4-134 iv. Desire,^ born May 20th, 1723; died ; married

Ichabod Bartlett.
135 V. Nathaniel,^ born August 20th, 1725; died January
24th, 1740-1, at Montville, Conn.; buried in Col-
chester, Conn., in old burying ground, gravestone;
not married.
-(-136 vi. John,^ born April ist, 1728; died October 24th,
1804 ; married Prudence Taintor.
137 vii. Delight,'^ born March i6th (or 23rd), 1730-31;
died July 20th, 1740, at Colchester, Conn., and
was buried there in old burying ground, grave-
stone : not married.

-I-138 viii. Mercy ,° born July 2nd (or 3rd), 1734; died ;

married Nathaniel Bartlett.
"Nathaniel Otis, Senior, removed from Scituate, Mass., to
New London, Conn., about 1721, probably in company with his
father, Josepph Otis ; he was received into communion with the
church in New London, together with his wife, November 29th,
1722. He was appointed January 22nd, 1721-2, on a committee
to act in the prudential affairs of the parish and was chosen clerk
of the parish January 31st. 1722-3, and also in 1723-4. At about
this latter date he removed and settled about 8 miles from New
London, on the old county road, in the town of Colchester. He
settled on lands which his father purchased from Captain Samuel
Gilbert. The deed for these lands was witnessed by Michael
Taintor and James Otis; and for the sum of £770, lawful cur-
rency of New England, gives 280 acres of land and appurtenances;
deed dated 1724, and was for land lying on the old county road in
the town of Colchester. Joseph Otis, the grantee, is described in

264 Thacher-Thaicher Genealogy. [Ju'y.

the deed as then of Scituate, Mass. This land Joseph Otis deeds
to his son Nathaniel in 1735-6, 'for and in consideration of love,
goodwill and affection which I have and do bear unto my beloved

son , and is the whole of what I design my said son shall have

of my estate.' " The house erected on this land by Nathaniel Otis
has been in the possession of five (5) successive generations of
his family.

On May 29th, 1736, Nathaniel Otis was commissioned by Gov-
ernor Talcott a Cornet of the troop of the County of Hartford;
he also held numerous offices in the gift of the town of Colchester.
He was one of the seven members of the Second Congregational
Church, which was deeded to the North Parish in trust in 1721-2.
He signed as trustee for the parish in the deed of transfer. He
was present at the installment of Mr. Hillhouse, October 3rd, 1722,
who was the first minister of the church. The meeting house was
raised July nth, 1723. Joseph Otis, his father, was one of the
four original pew holders and was a deacon in the church.

Authorities.
Allen's Thacher Genealogy, pp. 33, 35.

A^. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vols. II, pp. 282, 283, 285, 287, 288; Vol. IV, pp.
164-5 293 ; XIV, p. 12.

Freeman's Cape Cod, Vol. II, p. 622.
Caulkin's New London, pp. 432, 433, 435.
Colchester, Conn. Epitaphs, pp. 19, 20.
Kellogg's in New and Old World, Vol. I, p. 90.
Mayflower Descendant, Vol. V, p. 233.

51. Hon. Judah* Thacher (Hon. Col. John,' Antony,^ Rev.
Peter^), born at Yarmouth, Mass., August 20th, 1693; died
at Yarmouth, January 8th, 1775, "in his 82nd year;" buried at
Yarmouth in old burying ground, gravestone. He resided at
Yarmouth, where he was a prominent merchant ; he was a
Representative to the General Court in 1737, a selectman from
1737 for 5 years, town treasurer from 1737 for 12 years,
town clerk from 1740 for 8 years. He married at Yarmouth,
June 4th, 1724, to Sarah Crosby, born at Yarmouth, February
4th, 1701-2; died at Yarmouth, October 20th, 1771, aged 69,
"in her 70th year," and was buried in old burying ground,
Yarmouth, gravestone. She was a daughter of Joseph and
Mehitable (Miller) Crosby, of Yarmouth, Mass., who were
married at Yarmouth, February i6th, 1692-3.
Children: 9 (Thacher), 7 sons and 2 daughters, all born at Yar-
mouth.

139 i. A daughter,^ born March 27th, 1725; died March
27th, 1725; buried at Yarmouth, Mass.
-I-140 ii. Joseph,^ born September loth, 1726; died Decem-
ber 24th, 1771 ; married Abigail Hawes.
141 iii. David, ist,'* born May 30th, 1728; died July 29th,
1729; buried at Yarmouth.
+ 142 iv. David, 2nd,'^ born March 14th, 1730; died Novem-
ber 9th, 1801 ; married Abigail Russell.

I9II.] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. 265

+ 143 V. Josiah/ born February 2nd, 1732; died January
19th, 1802; married first Desire Crowell; mar-
ried second Mary (Miller) Hedge, widow of
Deacon Isaac Hedge.

144 vi. Judah," born January 29th, 1734; died ; at

Halifax, N. S. ; not married.

+ 145 vii. Sarah,^ born August 17th, 1737; died ; mar-
ried first Prince Hawes; married second Thomas
Palmer.

+ 146 viii. John,^ born August 25th, 1739; died August 12th,
1799; married Hannah Matthews.

-f-147 ix. William," born March 30th, 1743; died May 24th,
1829; married Thankful Hedge.

Judah* Thacher's will was dated August 7th, 1773, and proved
February loth, 1775, and is filed in the Probate Court at Barn-
stable, Mass. In it he mentions his two (2) grandsons, Solomon
and Peleg, giving them "the land on which the house is and south-
erly up to the pond, equally between them." To my other grand-
sons, Ebenezer, Isaac, Joseph, Daniel, Barnabas and Ezekiel, 20
shillings apiece. To my grandson, Job Palmer, 20 shillings. To
my granddaughters, Lydia, Sarah, Temperance, 20 shillings apiece.
To Anna Hawes, 20 shillings. To John Thacher the land on which
his house now stands adjoining the highway. To my son, William
Thacher, my now dwelling house. To my four (4) sons, David,
Josiah, John and William. He speaks of his dock, which he re-
quests that they would not sell to a stranger until they had offered
it to each other. David and Josiah, executors. Witnesses, Richard
Taylor, Joyce Taylor and Desire Rawson.

The house mentioned in the first item is the one which was
occupied in the latter part of the 19th century by Phebe Lewis, to
the south of the first triangular common on Strawberry Lane in
Yarmouth Port. The pond is Miller's Pond. John Thacher's house
stood where subsequently stood the house occupied by Isaac Taylor
and owned in 1907 by Thomas Chandler Thacher on the corner
of Strawberry Lane and the highway. The dock mentioned was
later known as Curtis Dock, on the farm of Mrs. James G. Hallett.
The cutting in the swamp is now barely navigable, but two or three
stumps of the piles of the old dock still exist.

Authorities.
Allen's Thacher Genealogy, pp. 35, 38.
N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol XIV, p. 12.
Freeman's Cape Cod, Vol. I, p. 622.
Mayflower Descendant, Vol. V, pp. 27 and 161.
Yarmouth Graveyard Inscriptions, pp. ^,2, 34.
Hon. George Thacher's MSS. Thacher Genealogy.

53. Ann* Thacher (Hon. Col. John,^ Antony,^ Rev. Peter^),

born at Yarmouth, Mass., May 7th, 1697 ! "^'^d ^^ , March

13th, 1756. She married at — ' — , May 31st, 1722, to John Loth-
rop, born at Barnstable, Mass., October 3rd, 1699; died at
I 8a

266 Thachcr-Tkatcher Genealogy. [July,

Tolland, Conn., October 17th, 1752, and was buried at Tolland,
Conn. He was a son of Hope Lothrop (born at Barnstable,
Mass., July 15th, 167 1 ; died October 29th, 1734 (or 1736);
married December 17th, 1696), and Elizabeth (Lothrop) Loth-
rop, daughter of Meletiah and Sarah (Farrar) Lothrop. John
Lothrop's parents lived in Barnstable and Falmouth, Mass.,
and in Tolland, Conn., and possibly in Sharon, Conn.

Children: 8 (Lothrop), 4 sons and 4 daughters.

+ 148 i. David,'' born October , 1723; died October

2nd, 1787 ; married Clarinda Delano.

149 ii. Hannah,'^ born July 5, 1725; died ; nothing

further known of her.

-t-150 iii. Jonathan,"^ born September i8th, 1727; died ;

married Rachel Ladd.
151 iv. Anna,^ born March loth, 1730; died ; noth-
ing further known of her.
+ 152 V. John,^ born May 6th, 1732 ; died March 24th, 1812 ;

married Lucy Gray.
-j-153 vi. Thacher,** born January 26th, 1734; died Decem-
ber 30th, 1806: married Submit Loomis.

154 vii. Lydia,^ born June 21st, 1736; died ; nothing

further known of her.
-f-iS5 viii. Elibabeth,'* born April 22nd, 1740; died ; mar-
ried Solomon Wills.
"John Lothrop purchased 120 acres of land in Tolland, Conn.,
June 4th, 1726; and in the deed is said to be 'now resident of Tol-
land.' He had come, so Waldo says, from Falmouth, Mass. He
stood among the first men in Tolland as is evident from the offices
he held ; he was a Selectman five years, a Justice of the Peace, a
Deputy to the Connecticut Assembly five sessions, 1748-1751; he
was Town Clerk of Tolland in 1722. He died October 17th, 1752,
and we have the following strangely incomplete record, 'Mrs. Ann
Lothrop died,' which, though imperfect, preserves for us at least
the Christian name of John Lothrop's wife." John Lothrop lived
in Barnstable and Falmouth. Mass., before settling in Tolland, Conn.

Authorities.
Allen's Thacher Genealogy, p. 35.
A^. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol". XIV, p. 12.
Freeman's Cape Cod, Vol. I, p. 622.
Lothrop Memorial, pp. 49, 64, 92, 93, 124-5-6-7.
Otis' Barnstable Families Vol. II, pp. 163 and 166.
Hon. George Thacher's MSS. Thacher Genealogy.

54. Colonel Joseph^ Thacher (Hon. Col. John,' Antony,^ Rev.
Peter^), born at Yannouth, R'lass., July nth, 1699; died at
Yarmouth, June 17th, 1763; buried at Yarmouth in old ceme-
tery, gravestone ; he resided at Yarmouth and was a Colonel
in the military service, a representative to the General Court
from 1748 for three years, and a Selectman, 1750, for three
years, in Yannouth, where he was "a highly influential citizen."

igii.] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. 267

He married at Yarmouth (probably) February 24th, 1727-8,
to Ruth Hawes, who was born at Monomoy, February 3rd,
1708-9, died at Yarmouth, Mass., May 3rd, 1772, aged 62,
"in her 62nd year," and was buried in Old Cemetery in Yar-
mouth, where a gravestone marks her resting place. She was
a daughter of Ebenezer Hawes (died at Yarmouth, October
7th, 1727, aged 50, gravestone. Old Cemetery) and Sarah

( ) Hawes (died at Yarmouth, January 9th, 1741, aged

65, gravestone, Old Cemetery), who resided at Yarmouth,

Mass.

Children: 5 (Thacher), 2 sons and 3 daughters, all born at

Yarmouth.

156 i. Desire, ist,'^ born April 7th, 1729; died April 27th,
1729, aged 20 days, at Yarmouth, Mass., and was
buried there in Old Cemetery ; inscription found on
page 33 of Yarmouth, Mass., burying ground in-
scriptions says that she died in 1722, but the tran-
scription must have been incorrectly interpreted,
owing to obliteration, as her parents were not mar-
ried until 1727-8.
-f 157 ii. Desire, 2nd,^ born July 5th, 1730; died — ■ — , 1816;
married Grindal Rawson.

-f 158 iii. Ebenezer,^ born February 17th, 1733; died .

-(-159 iv. Rutli,^ born September nth, 1736; died ; mar-
ried first Ezekiel VVebb; married second Seth
Whelden.

-f 160 v. Joseph,^ born May 19th, 1744; died , 1790;

married Susannah Whelden.
Colonel Joseph'' Thacher was a popular character. Through
his influence principally a company of forty (40), thirteen (13)
of whom were Indians, was raised, all except six or eight being
from Yarmouth, his native town, to go on the Cape Breton Ex-
pedition in 1745. A condition of their embarking on this bold enter-
prise was that Joseph* Thacher should be their Captain. It is re-
markable that of the Indians only three lived to return, two having
been killed by the enemy and eight dying probably in consequence
of a mode of living to which they had not been accustomed. The
rest of the company, though exposed to great hardships, were
providentially all spared to see their native place again and to par-
ticipate witii their fellow countrymen in the joy which pervaded
the land over the reduction of Louisburg, the strongest fortress in
America at that time. The following anecdote illustrates the un-
feeling cruelity of the American savage of that period. Through
the treacherous conduct of a certain Frenchman, a party of twenty
provincial soldiers had been ambuscaded, nineteen of whom were
killed. The Frenchman was captured and at first was given up to
the Indians to be killed by them as they might see proper. Isaac
Peck, a blood-thirsty Indian, began immediately to sharpen his
knife; and thinking it too easy for a traitor to die at once, said that

268 Thac her- Thatcher Genealogy. [July.

he was going to begin at his fingers and was going to cut off one
joint at a time and then another and so on till he had separated all
of his bones from head to foot. He would probably have carried
out his intent had not the criminal been rescued from his hands.
One of Thacher's Indians, hired by Colonel Vaughan for a bottle
of brandy, was the first of the provincials to enter the grand battery
of Louisburg. He crawled through an embrasure and opened the
gate through which Vaughan and his troops entered. The enemy
at the time had withdrawn from the battery, though this fact was
not known to the Indian at the time.

From Alden's Epitaphs, Vol. I, pp. 123-4, we obtain the fol-
lowing :

"Colonel Joseph Thacher, who departed this life June 17th,
1763, in the 64th year of his age.

"All you that pass by pray think on me.
Think, I was once in the world like thee.
But now lie mouldering in the dust
In hopes to rise among the just."

Colonel Joseph Thacher's home was a fine house near the old
church. The above narrative concerning him and his Indians was
taken from the Neiv England Magazine for July 1834, written
by Dr. James Thacher, who in turn took it from Alden's Epitaphs,
Vol. I, pp. 123-4. Colonel Joseph Thacher's will was dated No-
vember 4th, 1762, and was proved July 7th, 1763. He mentions
"To Ruth, my wife * * * ^q Joseph Thacher, my gun and
sword and £ 10 to be paid him when he is 21 by his mother * * *.
To my daughter Desire Rawson * * * ; and my daughter Ruth
Webb. Witnesses, Seth Whelden, Simeon Taylor and Joseph Staple.

David^ Thacher (No. 142, Hon. Judah^ Thacher) was on
January 12th, 1769, appointed guardian of Ruth (Hawes) Thacher,
widow of Col. Joseph'' Thacher, who was non compos mentis. There
are in the records about 250 items concerning this guardianship
some of which entries are very interesting, showing something of
the manner of living at that time. In the settlement of her (Ruth
(Hawes) Thacher's) affairs Joseph Thacher of Yarmouth is men-
tioned as her only son, the daughters mentioned are Desire, wife of
Grindal Rawson, and Ruth, wife of Seth Whelden, Jr. The set-
tlement was made October 8th, 1772.

Authorities.
Allen's Thacher Genealogy, pp. 35, 38-40.
N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. XIV, p. 12,
Freeman's Cape Cod, Vols, I, p. 622; II, pp. 2ig, 239-40.
Alden's Epitaphs, Vol. I, pp. 122-4.
Yarmouth Grave Yard Inscriptions, pp. 33-34.
Hawes Family MSS. Lenox Library, p. 3.

55. Benjamin* Thacher (Hon. Col. John,^ Antony,^ Rev. Peter^),
born at Yarmouth, Mass., June (or July), 25th, 1701 (or
1702) ; he resided at Yarmouth, Barnstable and Harwich,
Mass., and was at one time a sea-faring man and became sub-

igil.] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. 269

sequent!}' a tavern-keeper; he died at Harwich, Mass., date of

death , 1768; his will was dated April i6th, 1767, and was

proved August 9th, 1768. He was married at Barnstable,
Mass., by Rev. Mr. Green on January 30th, 1734, to Hannah
Lumbert of Barnstable, Mass., who was born at Barnstable,
September 8th, 1714. She was a daughter of Benjamin Lum-
bert (or Lombard) of Barnstable, and his wife Tredde-

way (or Treadwell).

Children: 11 (Thacher), 4 sons and 7 daughters, all of whom

except No. i, were baptized at First Parish Church, Harwich,

Mass.

+ 161 i. Benjamin,"* born February nth, 1739; died ,

1775 ; married Desire Freeman.
162 ii. Hannah," born , 1739; baptized First Parish

Church, Harwich, Mass., November 25th, 1739;

died April 8th, 1813, aged 73 years, at Harwich

(now Brewster), Mass., and was probably buried

there ; not married.
-(-163 iii. Sarah," born December ist, 1741 ; died October

3rd, 1777; married Isaac Foster.
164 iv. Lydia, ist," born May 9th, 1743; baptized First

Parish Church, Harwich, Mass., May iSth, 1743;

died May 30th, 1743; died in infancy; no issue.
+ 165 v. Lydia, 2nd," born September loth, 1744; died Sep-
tember 5th, 1825 ; married Samuel Foster.
166 vi. Jonathan, ist," born April i8th, 1746; baptized at

First Parish Church, Harwich, Mass., April 27th,

1746; died June , 1746, at Harwich, Mass.,

and buried there ; no issue.
-I-167 vii. Jane," born July 30th, 1747; died December 25th,

1833 ; married Shubael Cook.

168 viii. Jonathan, 2nd," born January 22nd, 1748-9; bap-

tized January 29th, 1748-9 at First Parish Church,
Harwich, Mass. ; nothing further known of him.

169 ix. Temperance, ist," born April 9th, 1750; baptized

April 15th, 1750, at First Parish Church, Harwich,

Mass.; died , previous to July 27th, 1754 (see

date of birth of Temperance 2nd".
-(-170 X. Samuel," born January 17th, 1752; died December

23rd, 1793 ; married Lucy Fessenden.
-{-171 xi. Temperance, 2nd," born July 27th, 1754; died

; married William Ward.

Benjamin* Thacher lived at one time in Barnstable, Mass.,
in the lane above Charles Bursley's. In his will, dated April i6th,
1767, and proved August 9th, 1768, he appoints his wife, Hannah,
executrix, and mentions three sons, Jonathan, Samuel and Ben-
jamin, and daughters Hannah, Jane and Temperance Thacher and
Lydia Foster. Witnesses, Chillingworth Foster, Benjamin Free-
man and William Fessenden.

2 70 Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [July>

Authorities.

Allen's Thacher Genealogy, pp. 35 and 40.
iV. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. XIV, p. 12.
Freeman's Cape Cod, Vol. I, p. 622.
Brewster, Mass. Vital Records, p. 49.

Mayflower Descendant, Vol. VII, pp. 99, 148, 150; Vol. VIII, pp. 119,
120, 247; Vol. IX, pp. 205, 210.

Boston Record Commission Reports, Vol. 36, p. 230.
Hon. George Thacher's MSS. Thacher Genealogy.

56. Mercy* Thacher (Hon. Jolin,^ Antony,^ Rev. Peter^), born

at Yarmouth, Mass., February 7th, 1702-3; died at ; date

of death ; married at ; date of marriage , 1738

("in her 36th year"), to James Harris (as his second wife).
He was born at Mohegan, New London Co., Conn, (or at Col-
chester, Conn.), January 26th, 1699; he resided at Saybrook,

Conn., where he was a merchant; he died at ; date of death

• •. He was a son of Lieut. James Harris (born April 4,

1673; died February loth, 1757; married , 1696), and his

wife, Sarah (Rogers) Harris (born New London, Conn.,
August 9th, 1676; died November 13th, 1748, age 72). Lieut.
James Harris lived successively at Boston, Mass., Mohegan
and Colchester, Conn.

Child: (Harris), i daughter.

172 i. Ann Mercy ,^ born July 14th, 1746; died May — — ,
1764, aged 18 years ; not married.

James Harris was the eldest son of Lieut. James Harris and
he was the celebrated Saybrook merchant. He removed with his
parents to Colchester, Conn. (Salem parish) in 1718, and was made
a freeman there in 1722. He was Lister in 1726 and Surveyor in
1727. On February 14th, 1728, he bought land in Saybrook, Conn.,
and removed to that place the spring following and built a store
upon what was still in 1878 called Harris' Wharf, and there he be-
came widely known as a very extensive and successful merchant
having a large export and import trade with France and the West
and East Indies. He was admitted to the church in Saybrook in
1736 and his wife, Mercy, was admitted by letter in 1741. In 1744
he sold his real estate in Saybrook and removed to Mohegan, North
Parish, New London Co., Conn., where he and his wife joined the
church by letter. In 1747 he was living in New London and in
1748 he re-purchased his old property in Saybrook and returned
there and there remained until his death, the date of which is un-
known. The story of his one child, Ann Mercy Harris, is a sad
one. Sole heiress of a princely fortune, of great personal beauty
and loveliness of character, at the age of 18 her parents decided to
send her abroad for a couple of years for higher instruction in
England and for travel in Europe for the advantages of foreign
and social cultivation. On the eve of her departure she was inocu-
lated in order to guard against the danger of small-pox, then the
dread of foreign travelers. The virus proved fatal and she died
after a few days of extreme suffering in the pest house of Saybrook.

ig 1 1 .] Thacher- Thatcher Genealogy. 2 7 1

This sudden and tragic blow fell with crushing weight upon her
parents and cast a gloom over the wide region throughout which
she was known and beloved.

Prof. T. A. Thacher, of Yale College, in a letter dated March
1st, 1882, to Hon. Peter Thacher, of Newton, Mass., says:

"Some weeks ago some one left at my door for me a copy of
a writing by Mercy Thacher, grand-daughter of Antony Thacher
and daughter of the second wife of John Thacher who was born
after the wreck off Cape Ann. She, Mercy Thacher, gives a full
list of her 20 brothers and sisters {vide Allen's Thacher Genealogy,
pp. 34-35), with day and hour of birth; tells how she was married
in her 36th year in 1738 (not 1724, as Allen states) ; how her only
daughter was born in 1746 and in 1763 by a 'stratagem of Satan'
was taken to Gull Island to be inoculated for the small pox to en-
rich the doctors and died there. How she finished reading the
Bible through the 22nd time, and there had her daughter read it
with her in course, till the whirlwind of Satan came over them after
the 5th reading. She tried to continue the reading afterwards
but Christ's enemies came again in 1770 like bees and she could
read no more in course. Her last entry is dated 1772."

James Harris' first wife was Ann Gilbert, who must have died
about 1737-8. She was a daughter of Captain Samuel Gilbert and
his wife, Mary Rogers. James Harris had no children by his first
wife. Captain Samuel Gilbert was born in 1663 and died August
5th, 1733 ; he married, October 2nd, 1684. He was a son of Jona-
than and Mary (Wells) Gilbert. His wife, Mary Rogers, was
born April 17th, 1667, at New London, Conn., and died Septem-
ber 30th, 1756, at Salem, Conn. Captain Samuel Gilbert was a
cornet in the Pequot War under Major John Mason, an ensign in
train band at Hartford, Conn., July. 1678. He was one of the
patentees of Colchester, Conn., in 1707. He commanded a com-
pany on the Expedition against Canada in 171 1. He was Marshall
of Connecticut Colony. His father was one of the first proprietors
of Hartford, Conn.

Amos Otis, in his Barnstable Families, incorrectly states that
this Mercy* Thacher married Joshua Sears, and S. P. May's Scars'
Genealogy makes the same error. Joshua Sears in reality married
Mary^ Thacher, daughter of Deacon Josiah* Thacher, of Yar-
mouth, by his wife, Mary (Hedge) Thacher.

The place and exact date of marriage of Mercy* Thacher to
James Harris has never been discovered. It has seemed likely to
me that it probably occurred at Colchester, Conn., as Mercy*
Thacher's sister, Hannah* Thacher, was in 1738 living in Colchester,
Conn., as the wife of Nathaniel Otis and it is not unlikely that
Mercy* Thacher was at the time of her marriage in 1738 visiting
her sister in Colchester, where her husband, James Harris, was
then a resident.

Authorities.

Allen's Thacher Genealogy, pp. 33-35.

A^. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. XIV, p. 12.

2 72 Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. [J^ily>

Freeman's Cape Cod, Vol. I, p. 622.

James Rogers of New London, pp. 48-50.

Harris Genealogy, pp. 31, 32.

Colchester, Conn. Vital Records by Taintor, p. 92.

History of Montville, Conn. p. 178.

57. Thomas^ Thacher (Hon. Col. John,^ Antony,^ Rev. Peter^),
born at Yarmouth, Mass., April 2nd, 1705; he was a mariner
and resided at Yarmouth, Mass. ; he died at Annapolis ( Nova
Scotia, probably), on December 20th, 1746, and was probably
buried there, as there is no gravestone to his memory in the

Yarmouth cemetery. He was married at , February ,

1730-1 (or July nth, 1730, according to Baxter Genealogy,
p. 35), to Thankful Baxter, of Barnstable, Mass. She was
born at Barnstable, Mass., July 29th, 1711-12, and died at
Barnstable, Mass., April 9th, 1786, and was buried probably
there in Lothrop's Hill Burying Ground ; no gravestone. She
was a daughter of Shubael Baxter by his wife, the widow
Elizabeth Downs, who resided at Barnstable, Mass. Shubael
Baxter died April 12th, 1741, and his widow died April 17th,
1746.

Children: 4 (Thacher), i son and 3 daughters, all probably
born at Yarmouth.

173 i. Lydia,^ born August 31st, 1736; died September

loth, 1736, aged 10 days; buried at Yarmouth,
Mass., Old Cemetery ; gravestone ; no issue.

174 ii. Thomas,^ born August 13th (or 30th), 1740; died

; beyond the record of his birth I have been

unable to find any further record of this child and
conclude he must have died young or unmarried,
without issue.

+ 175 iii. Elizabeth,'' born March 28th, 1741-2; died De-
cember 23rd, 1768; married Thomas Palmer.

+ 176 iv. Thankful," born November 8tli, 1744; died ;

married Zacheus (or Zachariah) Allen.

Administration on the estate of Thomas* Thacher of Yarmouth,
mariner, was granted unto his widow. Thankful, on March 24th,
1746. Inventory was taken May 13th, 1747, by Jonathan Hallett,
John Miller and Peter Thacher, all of Yarmouth, yeomen.

Thankful Baxter-Thacher, widow of Thomas* Thacher, mar-
ried, second time, at Yarmouth, Mass., probably (intention was
published at Barnstable, January 28th, 1747-8) on January 28th,
1747-8, to Captain Samuel (or Lemuel) Lumbert as his second wife.
He was born at Barnstable, September 15th, 1691 ; he resided at
Barnstable, where he was presumably from his title a sea-captain ;
he died at Barnstable, November 12th, 1759, and was Buried pre-
sumably at Lothrop's Hill Burying Ground, Barnstable, although
no stone marks his grave. He was a son of Benjamin Lumbert
by his second wife, Sarah (Walker) Lumbert, who resided at
Barnstable. Samuel (or Lemuel) Lumbert's first wife was Anna

Igti.] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. 273

Baker, whom he married at Barnstable, October 17th, 1717. She
died May 19th, 1747, and was buried at Lothrop's Hill Bur3'ing
Ground, Barnstable, Mass. The record of deaths at Barnstable,
Mass., by Hinckley, on file at the N. E. Hist. Gen. Library, Boston,
Mass., says that Thankful, wife of Lm'® Lumbert died April 9th,
1786, and it is recorded as Lemuel. Allen's Thacher Genealogy
says that Thankful, widow of Thomas* Thacher, married, a second
time, to Captain Samuel Lumbert, from which it would appear that
Thankful (Baxter) Thacher's second husband was either Samuel
or Lemuel Lumbert.

Authorities.

Allen's Thacher Genealogy, pp. 35, 40.

N. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. XIV, p. 12.

Freeman's Cape Cod, Vols. I, p. 622; II, pp. 216-17.

Baxter Genealogy, p. 35.

Hon. George Thacher's MSS. Thacher Genealogy.

58. Elizabeth* Thacher (Judah,^ Antony,^ Rev. Peter^), born

at Yarmouth, Mass., October , 1667 ; died at ; date of

death (subsequent to August 12, 1727). She married,

first, at Boston, Mass., probably, although we have no record
as to place of marriage (her mother was living in Boston as
early as 1691) ; date of marriage , not later than Sep-
tember loth, 1696 (see date of birth of her first child), to
Joshua Gee, as his second wife (his first wife was Elizabeth
Harris, who died about 1696). He was born in Boston, date
of birth — — , probably about 1667; he resided in Boston; he
was a mariner in early life, and was held in slavery by the
Moors in Morocco for some time previous to September 20th,
1687; afterwards, on his return to Boston, he was a ship-
wright, and owned and operated a shipyard on the southwest
side of Prince Street. He died at Boston, between January
15th, 1722-3 (date of his will), and March nth, 1722-3
(date of probate of his will), and was buried in Boston, Mass.

He was a son of Peter Gee and Grace ( ) Gee, who was

Peter Gee's wife in 1668 and who in 1681 was spoken of "as
his then wife." Peter Gee resided in Boston and was a fisher-
man.

Children: 5 (Gee), 4 sons and i daughter, all born in Boston.
177 i. Samuel,^ born June loth, 1697; died previous to

January 15th, 1722-3, as he was not ihentioned in

his father's will made on that date ; not married.
-I-178 ii. Joshua,^ bom June 29th, 1698; baptized July 3rd,

1698; died . 1748: married first Sarah Rogers;

second Anna Appleton; third Sarah Gardner.

179 iii. John,'' born February 27th, 1699; died , previous

to January 15th, i'p22-^. as he was not mentioned in
his father's will made in that date ; not married.

180 iv. Ebenezer/ born December 22nd, 1702; died ,

1730; he was appointed and qualified as one of the

274 Thac her -Thatcher Genealogy. [July,

executors of his father's will on March nth, 1722-3;
not married.
181 V. Elizabeth,^ born June 14th, 1704; died , pre-
vious to January 15th, 1722-3; as she is not men-
tioned in her father's will of that date ; not married.
Elizabeth** Thacher-Gee, widow of Joshua Gee, married a sec-
ond time, at Boston, Mass., probably, date of marriage , in-
tention of marriage was published at Boston, Mass., August 12th,
1727, to Rev. Peter^ Thacher (Rev. Thomas,^ Rev. Peter,- of Salis-
bury, England, Rev. Peter,* of Queen Camel, England), as his
third wife. He was born at Salem, Mass., July i8th, 165 1, grad-
uated at Harvard College 1671 ; he resided at Milton, Mass., where
he was pastor of the First Church from June ist, 1681, until his
death; he died at Milton, Mass., December 17th, 1727, and was
buried at Milton. He was a son of Rev. Thomas'' Thacher, of Old
South Church, Boston, by his first wife, Elizabeth Partridge-Kemp
(widow of William Kemp and daughter of Rev. Ralph Partridge).
Rev. Thomas'' Thacher was pastor of the church of Weymouth,
Mass., during his first wife's lifetime, and subsequently settled in
Boston, where he died. A full record of Rev. Peter* Thacher will 1
be found under the record of the descendants of Rev. Thomas^
Thacher, which will follow the record of descendants of Antony^
Thacher with which we are now occupied. There were no chil-
dren by the marriage of Elizabeth* Thacher-Gee and Rev. Peter*
Thacher.

Joshua Gee married, first, at Boston, Mass., on September 25th,
1688, by the Rev. Joshua Moody, to Elizabeth Harris, of Boston.
She was born at Boston, Mass., September 7th, 1669, and died at

Boston -, subsequent to January 25th, 1693-4, and was probably

buried in Boston. She was a daughter of John Harris and his wife
Elizabeth ( ) Harris, of Boston.

Children: 4 (Gee), 2 sons and 2 daughters, all born in Boston.
Not in Thacher line.

1. Peter, born December i6th, 1689.

2. Eliza, born November 22nd, 1690; baptized December 28th,
1690.

3. Joshua, born August i8th, 1692; died August i8th, 1692;
buried August 21st, 1692.

4. Mary, born January 25th, 1693-4; baptized January 28th,
1693-4.

Of these children Peter, Eliza and Mary probably died before
their father or else were provided for by ante mortem settlements,
as they are none of them mentioned in their father's will, dated Jan-
uary 15th, 1722-3.

Authorities.

Allen's Thacher Genealogy, p. 35.

Boston Record Commission Reports, Vols. IX, XXIV, XXVIII.

Freeman's Cape Cod, Vol. IT, pp. 194, 200.

.V. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., Vol. XIV, p. 12.

Savage's Gen. Die, Vols. II, p. 241 ; III, p. 623.

History of Milton, Mass., p. 245

igii.] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy. ^75

Note Referring to Elizabeth' Thacher (Judah') who Married ist
Joshua Gee and 2nd Rev. Peter'' Thacher of Milton, Mass.

As much confusion seems to exist on the part of the various old genealog-
ical authorities as to who was the wife of Joshua Gee (son of Peter Gee, fisher-
man, of Boston, Mass.,) I deem it proper here to give my analysis of the facts
as presented in full, as authority for the record I have here before given of
Elizabeth* Thacher and her husband Joshua Gee.

Referring to the subject matter under the head of the record of Judah'
Thacher (No. 35) we see that in the list of the children of Rev. Thomas Thorn-
ton of Yarmouth and Boston which was compiled by Freeman from the best
authorities obtainable, there is no mention made of Rev. Thomas Thornton
having had a daughter Elizabeth; and we assume that in giving this list, Free-
man, m his History of Cape Cod, did not think that he ever had a daughter
Elizabeth for if he had so thought, he would have mentioned her.

Savage in his Genealogical Dictionary, vol. iv., p. 2q2, says as follows, viz:

"Thomas Thorton came over in 1662; he went to Yarmouth, as early as
June iS"", 1662. He removed to Boston and Joined Mather's Church; his chil-
dren were :

1. Ann, who married Nathaniel Hall of Yarmouth.

2. Mary, who married JudahThacherand died November 30"", 170S, aged 68.

3. Elizabeth who married Joshua Gee of Boston and afterwards Rev.
Peter Thacher of Milton, Mass.

4. Thomas.

5. Theophilus.

6. Priscilla, who died aged II.

7. Timothy, born , 1647."

This list of children agrees with that given by Freeman, vol. ii, p. 200, with
the exception that Savage gives as we see a daughter Elizabeth (not given by
Freeman) whom he says married 1st Joshua Gee and 2nd Rev. Peter Thacher
of Milton.

Bond's Watertown, p. 602, probably quoting directly from Savage says
that "Elizabeth Thornton, daughter of Rev. Thomas Thornton, married l"'
Joshua Gee and 2'"' Rev. Peter Thacher of Boston."

In volume 28 of the Boston Record Commission Reports, p. 10 we get the
following extract, viz ;

"Joshua Gee married to Elizabeth Thornton by Rev. Cotton Mather,
December 7"', 1705."

It is this last quoted record that has given rise to all this confusion and
mis-statement by Savage and Bond.

Freeman's Cape Cod, vol. ii, p. I94, states that "Elizabeth, daughter of
Judah Thacher became the 2°'' wife of Mr. Joshua Gee of Boston."

By a careful consideration of each of the above quoted authorities we see
that there is a distinct difference amongst them in their statements as to who
was the wife of Joshua Gee; and we are forced to the conclusion that either one
or the other of the authorities is wrong, or that there were in fact two (2) Joshua
Gees whom they have confused, one of whom did marry Elizabeth* Thacher
and the other of whom did marry an Elizabeth Thornton.

The most authoritative statement of those quoted above is that from p. 10, of
vol. 28, of the Boston Record Commission Report, which specifically states that
a Joshua Gee married on December 7, 1705, an Elizabeth Thornton, but note
carefully that this record does not state that this Elizabeth Thornton was a
daughter of Rev. Thomas Thornton, nor does it state this particular Joshua Gee
was the son of Peter Gee of Boston. The question naturally arises; "What
Joshua Gee and what Elizabeth Thornton was it who were married, December
7th, 1705 ?"

Hon. George Thacher in his MSS. Thacher Genealogy, states that Eliza-
beth* Thacher, daughter of Judah' Thacher (Antony') married Mr. Joshua Gee;
and as Hon. George Thacher died in 1824 aged 70, and was all during his life
a faithful and indefatigable student of Thacher Genealogy, I feel certain that
his statement is correct.

\nx\ie. Heraldic Journal, \Q\.'\,y. 129, as before quoted in these articles,
we find a record of the quartering of^the Gee Arms with those of the Thacher's

2 76 Thacher-Tliatcher Genealogy. [July.

and a distinct statement given that these arms so quartered were the arms of
Joshua Gee of Boston. No other intermarriage of a Gee or a Thacher is ever
quoted or known of; and these arms thus referred to were the arms of Rev.
Joshua' Gee and of his brother Ebenezer' Gee who were children of Joshua*
Gee by his 2nd wife Elizabeth'' Thacher.

In the Mass. Hist. Soc. Collections, vol. i, series vi, we have a reprint of
Sewall's letters; and beginning with October 30th, 1695, ^^ find there a series
of letters from Sewall to John Ive (located probably then in London, Eng.)
relating to the endeavor then being made to obtain the liberation from slavery
in Mequinez, Morocco, of Thomas' Thacher of Boston (Thomas'*, Rev. Thomas^)
and of Thomas'* Thacher of Yarmouth (Judah^). From one of these letters,
(pp. 2q6-7) dated November 4th, 1698, from Sewall to Ive Joshua Gee is quoted
as speaking of Thomas'* Thacher of Yarmouth as his (Joshua Gee's) wife's
brother.

Now if Joshua Gee's wife was a sister of Thomas'* Thacher of Yarmouth in
1698, Joshua Gee must have married this sister of Thomas'* Thacher previous
to the date of this letter which was November 4th, 1698, and this sister whom
he married was Elizabeth* Thacher (Judah^) as we have above stated. Rev.
Joshua' Gee (i. e. 5th generation in the Thacher line) son of Joshua'* Gee and his
2nd wife Elizabeth'* Thacher-Gee, who was born June 29th, 1698, and was bap-
tized July 3rd, 1698, speaks in later life (subsequent to 1727) of his respected
father-in-law, Rev. Peter* Thacher of Milton (Rev. Thomas^), showing that his
mother must have married a 2nd time to Rev. Peter* Thacher of Milton. The
term mother-in-law used in this instance was employed to mean step-mother
undoubtedly as Rev. Joshua' Gee's actual mothers-in-law were none of the
three of them of Thacher blood, but bore the names of Rogers, Appleton and
Gardner respectively. Now as Rev. Joshua' Gee was born in 1698 and his
father Joshua'' Gee did not die (as we know) until subsequent to January 15,
1722-3 (see date of his will), and his mother married a 2nd time, August 12th,
1727, to Rev. Peter'' Thacher of Milton, she (Rev. Joshua' Gee's mother) must
have been alive from 1698 to 1727; and as Joshua* Gee did not die until 1722-3,
the Joshua Gee who is recorded as having married on December 7th, 1705, to
Elizabeth Thornton could not have been Joshua'* Gee, father of Rev. Joshua'
Gee, whose mother was Elizabeth'* Thacher who survived her husband Joshua'*
Gee and in 1727 became the wife of Rev. Peter* Thacher of Milton.

In order to make this still more clear, I will here give a full and complete
resume of all Gee and Thornton items taken from the Boston Record Commis-
sion Reports, vols, ix, xxiv, and xxviii, in so far as they may in any way refer to
the question under discussion, "BR" being the reference mark used to refer to
these reports, viz :

Family No. I.
B R, vol ix, p. 84, Gee, John; son of John and Hazelponah, b. May 27th, 1662.

Town Records.
" " " " p. 121, Gee, Hazelponi, baptised 19th day of 9th month, 1671; ist
Church Records.
It is quite evident that the record as given of this family can have no bear-
ing whatever on the case in question.

Family No. 2.
B R, vol. ix, p. 145, Gee, Thomas, son of John and Joane, b. May 15th, 1678.
Town Records,
p. 148, Gee, Grace, dau. of John and Joane, b. May 26th, 1679.

Town Records,
p. 151, Gee, Joshua, son of John and Joane, b. January 19th, 1680.

Town Records.
p. 160, Gee, Mary, dau. of John and Joane, b. April nth, 1683.

Town Records,
p. 165, Gee, Grace, dau. of John and Joane, b. September 4th,

1685. Town Records,
p. 174, Gee, Lately, son of John and Joane, b. February 4th, 1687.

Town Records,
p. 201, Gee. Ann, dau. of John and Joane, b. April 27th, 1692.

Town Records,
p. 211, Gee, John, died July 25th, 1693.
p. 211, Gee, Joan, wife of John, died July 17th, 1693.

IQI I •] Mar/Liires and Baptisms Performed by the Rev. Joshua Hartt, 277

Note the fact that in the above Family No. 2 there was a Joshua Gee, born
January igth, 1680, who would on December 7th, 1705, have been about the
marriageable age, and hence may very likely have been the Joshua Gee who
on that date married an Elizabeth Thornton.

Correction:
Vol. XLII, p. 154, top line, "1681" should read "1581."
( To be continued.)

MARRIAGES AND BAPTISMS PERFORMED BY THE

REV. JOSHUA HARTT, OF SMITHTOWN, LONG

ISLAND, WITH A SKETCH

OF HIS LIFE.

Contributed by Mr. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin.

Member New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

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(Continued from Vol. XLII., p. 143, of tfie Kecord.)
1804

Samuel Johnson & Mary Hartt.

Ebenezer Smith & Mary Bunce.

Isaac Gildersleeve & Elizabeth Davidson.

Mordica Taylor & Jerusha Griff is.

John Gildersleeve & Elizabeth Ketcham.

Daniel Brown & Mary Wicks.

John Gardener & Abigal Scidmor.
1805

Ebenezer Bryant & Sarah Smith.

Smith Bryant & Phebe Briant.
March 16. David Conkling & Nancy Wicks.
Aug. II. Peleg Ketcham & Lutisha Oakerly.
Aug. 31. Havens Kelsy & Deborah Scudder.

1806
Jan. 19. Azel Lewis & Phebe Scudder.
Jan. 25. John Ketcham & Hannah Hudson.
April 26. Henry Gildersleeve & Mary Ketcham.
May 17. Jonathan Gildersleeve & Deborah Rogers.
Sept. — John Mulford & Carline Smith.
Oct. II. Melancton Wheeler & Deborah Vail.

1807
Feb. 14. John Scidmore & Mary Wood.
Aug. 16. Seth Durling & Keturah Soper.
Aug. 16. Nathan Buffet & Ruth Durling.

1808
Jan. 19. Gabriel Jayne & Mary Campfield.
Oct. — John Arthur & Charity Smith.

278 Marriages and Baptisms Performed by the Rev. Joshua Hartt, [July,

1808
Nov. II. Alex'dr Roberson & Anna Smith.
Nov. 12. Obediah Smith & Rebecca Smith.

1809
March 9. Isaac Arthur & Hannah Smith.
June 17. Frarderick Smith & Mary Robins.
Oct. 23. Moses B. Ketcham & Keturah Kelsy.
Dec. 12. Jonah Baldwin & Sarah Oakes.
Dec. 16. Richard Sneeden & Elizabeth Wood.

1810
Jan. 4. Zophar Sammis & Clarrisa Burr.
Sept. 3. Fithen Conkling & Sarah Totten.
Dec. 22. Gilbert Fleet & Esther Jarvis.

1811

Jan. II. Francis Pelterau (Pelletreau) & Mary Conklin.

Feb. 27. Jesse Scidmore & Fanny Higby.

April 9. Girden King & Mary Gardener.

April 6. Jarvis Rogers & Marier Wicks.

Nov. 9. John Baldwin & Phebe Smith.

Nov. 23. Thadeus Carter & Susanna Ketcham.

Dec. 14. Simon Haft & Abiah Griffis.

1812
Feb. 15. John Burr & Sibel Arthur.
July 5. Alison Post & Elizabeth Floyd.
Aug. 16. Samuel Fleet & Keturah Baldwin.
Nov. I. Joseph Shadbolt & Ketura Soper.
Nov. 21. Philetus Vail & Abigal Godard.

1813
Jan. II. Smith Bryan & Maria Smith.
Feb. 17. Geoi'ge Semon & Harriot Carll.
Feb. 28. Royal Butler & Ruth Wood.
March 11. Philetus Bertow & Nancy Bishop.
March 27. William B. Hobert & Jain Nicols.
May I. Ezra Smith & Dorcas Jarvis.
June 16. Sam'l. Mulford & Fairrena Rogers.
June 24. Augustin Jarvis & Phebe Oakes.
July II. John Crum & Lette Smith.
Aug. 14. Ire Gildersleeve & Else Gildersleeve.
Sept. 17. William Smith & Rachel Baly.
Nov. 7. Azel Lewis & Jerusha Gardener.

1814

Jan. 15. John Akerly & Idna Scidmor.

Jan. 15. Hugh Polamus & Jerusha Ruland.

Jan. 19. Rich'd Scudder & Harriot Scidmore.

Jan. 22. Isaac Higgings & Nancy Arthur.

Jan. 22. Joseph Darling & July Soper.

Jan. 26. Charles B & Hetty C , blacks.

Jan. 26. Israel Vaulentine & Juleaner Ketcham.

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March 26.

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Isaac Scidmor & Mary Roberson.
Jarvis Dennis & Ruth Jarvis.
Micah Brown & Hannah Wood.
Phinehas Davis & Mary Fleet.
John Velser & Pene Ketcham.
Gilbert Carll & Fanny Carll.
Isaac Starkings & Hannah Bond.
Benjamin Ketcham & Abigail Hartt.
Joel Scudder & Charity Lewis.
Oliver Conkling & Phebe Hendrickson.
William Enoch & Nancy Baly.
James Wood & Phebe Soper,
Silas Strong & Abigail Scudder.

1815
William Woodhull & Phebe Carll.
Epenetus Griffis & Elizabeth Vail.
John Harned & Eunice Bishop.
Phillip Jarvise & Elizabeth Wicks.
Gamaliel Taylor & Triphene Smith.
Jonah Arthur & Jula Ireland.
John Oaks & Sarah Scidmor.
Thomas Havens & Lorry Ned (Blacks).
John Curtis & Elizabeth Brown.
James Shearly & Ann Semon.

1816
Piatt Vail & Hannah Smith.
Charles Bur & Keturah Sammis.
Hustick Straton & Elizabeth Ketcham.
Richard Taylor & Elizabeth Hudson.
Samuel Jayn & Phebe Curtis.
Wickham Conkling & Frances Nicoll.
Samuel Brown & Sarah Arthur.
Moses Smith & Hannah Taylor.
Epenetus Ketcham & Abigail Ketcham.
Abraham Miller & Elizabeth Oaks.
Benjamin Connant & Catherine Roads.
Conklin Ketcham & Catharine Smith.
Stephen Riche & Maria Jarvis.
Isaac Arthur & Gloriana Hartt.
Selah Gildersleeve & Eliza Brown.

1817
Willet Coon & Amy Right.
Wm. Hoiat & Frances Bryan.
Silas Tooker & Phebe Dow.
Elkana Rogers & Jula Hawkings.
Samuel Newy & July Darling (or Durling).
John Van Cot & Rachel Wood.
Strong Robins & Phebe Wood.
Amos Smith & Sarah Smith.

2 8o marriages a?td Baptisms Performed by the Rev. Joshua Hartt, [July,

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Joel Earned & Mary Blatchly.
Jonas Higby & Maria Smith.
Rhuphus Jarvis & Ona Gildersleeve.
Timothy Scudder & Sarah Arthur.
Edmon Sands & Elizabeth Smith.
Jacob Williams & Mary Bond.
James Smith & Mary Jarvis.

Thus ended ye year 1817 in which 15 couples have been
joined by me : J. H.

1818
Smith Woodhull & Hannah Scidmor.
Aguston Jarvis & Phebe Piatt.
Nathan Baly & Martha Massura (or Manara.)
Ezra Vail & Metilda Arthur.
T. W. Gildersleeve & Doritha Conkling.
Tredwell Carll & Hannah Jarvis.
Thus ended ye year 1818.

1819

Piatt Ketcham & Phebe Gildersleeve.
Albert Smith & Sarah S. Scidmor.
Ruben Miles & Sarah Hallock.
Emmory Shadbolt & Naony Smith.
Samuel Akerly & Henrita Oaks.
Richard Smith & Hannah Burr.
Peter McGuivene & Elizabeth Soper.
David Lamberson & Clfarity Ketcham.
Noah Hallock & July Ann Hartt.

Josiah Smith & Rhoda Vail.

Ebenezer S. Blydenburgh & Mereim Smith.

Richard Blydenburgh & Ruth Smith.

Joel Scidmor & Mary Arthur.

Piatt Lewis & Eminetia Scudder.

Joel Gardner & Fanny Smith.

Isaac Wood & Angeline Valuntine.

Plato Black & Rachel Black.

Jesse Baldwin & Sarah Brush.

John Daick (or Duick) & Ann Philips.

Isaac Person & Ann Smith.

Earned Ruland & Almenea Doxy.

Abraham Ketcham & Hannah Bryan.

Lewis Sammis & Sarah Platt.

Theodorus Smith & Elizabeth Conkling.

Gilbert Wood & Ann Totteu.

1821
Tredwell Fleet & Hannah S. Semen.
John Ireland & Hannah Whitman.
Medad Smith & Hannah Scudder.

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Joseph Lewis & Sarah Scudder.
Charles Wood & Eliza Hulsehart.
Alexander Lewis & Ruth Ann Scudder.
William Dauston & Anna Miller (Blacks)
Alford Ketcham & Phebe Bryan.
William Wicks Esq. & Ketura Burr.
Jesse Scudder & Sarah Scidmor.

1822
Mike & Nancy P (Blacks).
Shallum Street & Naomy Scudder.
Jesse Griffis & Hannah Bishop.
Oliver Ketcham & Eliza Scidmor.
Eliphalet Smith & Rebecca Vail.
Henry Bishop & Clarissa Soper.
Orlander H. Gardner & Hannah Bryan.

1823

Benjamin Tillotson & Temperance Pain.
Samuel Hartt & Abigail Scudder.
Timothy Gildersleeve & Caty Derey?
Scudder Ketcham & Julia Finch.
J. Scudder Smith & Sarah Taylor.
Augustin Fleet & Nancy Samis.
1824

Wicam (or William) Dason & Margaret Carll (Blacks)
John Brown & Clarry Kellum.
Jesse Bunce & Esther Smith.
John Baly & Mehitable Udel.
John Kelsey & Fanny Piatt.

1825
Lemuel Carll & Elizabeth Laton.
Oliver Ketcham & Mary Pierson.
Elias Lake & Elizabeth Wicks.
Robert Shadbolt & Hannah Halle (or Hulle)
Peter GrifEs & Susan Oakes.

1826

Oct. 25. Samuel Scidmor & Jerusha Taylor.

Baptisms Solemnized by the Rev. Joshua Hartt.

May
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1772
Mary Timoson.
Hannah Stilwell
Mary Dingy (Hun-
tington South.)
Jean Smith.

1773
Sarah Jessup (N. H.)
SusanaSmith(Smith-
tovvn.)

1774
Jan. 30. Mary Strong.
Feb. 27. Elizabeth Catharine
Hartt.

May I. Anna Nuton.
Henrietta Pain (pos-
sibly Dain.)

Aug. — . Rebeca Piatt.
Dec. II. Hannah Smith.

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282 Marriages and Baptisms Performed by the Rev. Joshua Hartt, [July,

March 12.
March — .
June 25.
Nov. 27.
Nov. 27.
Nov. 27.
Nov. 27.

Feb. 25.
March 3.
March 17.
March 31.

April 28.
July 5-

July 7.
July 7-
July 21.

July 21.

Sept. 15.
Sept. 22.

Jan. 12.
Jan. 15.
Jan. 26.
Feb. 17.
March 23.
March 30.
March 30,
April 13.
April 27.
April 27.
April 27.

March 8
March 8
March 8
March 8
March 8
March 8
March 8
March 8

1775
Hannah Mills.
Tabitha Smith.
Francis Hartt.
Epenetus Griffith.
Phebe Piatt.
Elizabeth Piatt.
Anna Fleet.

1776

Isaac Blydenburgh.

Hannah Tredwell.

John Stratton.

George Phillips
Brush.

Isaac Saxton.

Daniel Tillitson, Ad-
ult P.

Mary Pain.

Hannah Whelor.

Enoch Smith (Hun-
tington.)

Thomas Bunce Lewis
(Huntington.)

Temperance Smith.

Mary Ketcham.

1777
Elizabeth Smith.
Jonathan Baker.
Henry Stratton.
Elkanah Whelor.
Ebenezar Brush.
Rachel Rodgers.
Thomas Scidmore.
Isabella Terry.
Elizabeth Smith.
Susanah Smith.
John Jarvise.

1778
Amos Smith.
Wm. Howell.
Oliver Post.
Epenetus Brush.
Sarah Ketcham.
Sarah Bryan.
Freelove Valentine.
Rebecca Gilder-
sleeve.
Christian Carll.
Ruth Stratton.
Mary Bower.

April 15.
April 19.
April 19.
Adril 19.
April 19.
April 19.
April 19.
April 19.
April 19.
April 19.
April 26.
May 3.
May 3.
May 17.

May 17.
June 14.
June 14.

June 29.

July 5-

July 12.

July 19.

July 26.

Aug. 17.

Oct. 3-

Oct. 18.

April II.
April II.
May 16.
May 16.
May 16.

1778

Jemima Jarvise.

Mary Brian.

Ketcham.

Caleb Rogers.

John Carll.

Gideon Smith.

David Rimp.

Jemimah Bishop.

Triphene Smith.

Charlote Jarvis.

Elizabeth Jarvis.

Sarah Scudder.

Phebe Veal.

Phebe Hedges.

Epenetus Whelor.

Phebe Paine.

Seve Rodgers (Sagg)
Harbor.

Elizabeth Howell.

Abigal Halsy.

Jonathan Rodgers
(Sagg) Harbor.

Jonas Sames.

Elizabeth Hartt.

Mary Carman.

Rachel Rodgers.

Sarah Valentine.

Elizabeth Wickes.

Miriam Wickes.

Amy Smith (daugh-
ter of Zechariah.)

John Edwards.

John Griffith.

Henry Scudder.

Scudder Smith.

Susannah Blachly.

Azariah Wicks (son
of John Wicks.)

Epenetus Mills.

Experience Kilsy.

Joseph Darling (P).

Mary Jean P. (?)

Elizabeth Jean P. (?)

Oney Smith.

1779
John Wicks.
Daniel Lewis.
John Lock Hartt.
Jesse Jarvise.
George Scidmore.

igll.]

of Smithtown, Long Island, with a Sketch of his Life.

283

1779
May 30. Menlancton Rogers.
June 2. Ezekiel Smith (Hun-
tington.)
June 2. Jesse Smith (Hun-
tington.)
June 2. John Oakerly (Hun-
tington.)
June 2. Daniel Oakerly

(Huntington.)
June 2. David Ketcham

(Huntington.)
June 2. John Hourd, sons

(Huntington)
June 2. Rebeca K e t c h i m

(Huntington)
June 2. Hannah K e t c h i m

(Huntington.)
June 2. Hannah Piatt (Hun-
tington.)
June 2. Phebe Oakerly( Hun-
tington.)
June 6. Elizabeth Wheler.
June 10. Elisha Howell

(Quagg) Quogue.
June 13. Isaac Scudder.
June 13. Sarah Scudder.
June 20. James Morris Terry.
July 6. Rebeca Chichester.
July 6. Ebenezer Brush.
July II. John Brush.
July II. Zepheniah Ketcham.
Aug. 16. John Mills.
Aug. 22. Joel Stratton.
Aug. 22. Elizabeth Carll.
Aug. 29. Isaac Brush.
Sept. 3. Mary Carll.

1780 ■

Jan. 30. Arnold Rogers.
Jan. 30. Sarah Blachle.
Feb. 13. Jacob Wheler.
March 8. Phebe Bryan.
March 19. Israel Jarvis.
March 30. Daniel Turner.
May 7. Deborah Mills.
May 15. Enoch Weeks.
May 28. David Hartt.
May 28. Ananias Carll.
June 4. Silas Woodruff (Sagg
Harbor.)

June
June
June

June 4.
June II.
June II.
June II.
June 14.

June 25.

June 25.
5-
5-
5-
5-
5-
6.
6.
6.
9-

July
July
July
July
July
July

July

July
July

July 16

Aug. 6.

Sept. 17.

Oct. 8.

Oct. 12.

1780

MarthaHedges(Sagg

Harbor.)
Mary Rogers (Sagg

Harbor.)
Experience Howell

(Sagg Harbor.)
Clary Osband.
Deborah Rogers.
Keturah Kelsy.
Wm. Alberson Piatt.
John Lake— Coram

(son of J. L.)
Ananias Mot (Hun-
tington.)
John Rimp (Hun-
tington.)
Cornelius Conkling
Burtis (Hunting--
ton.) ^

Phebe Denton.
Moses Samis.
Isaac Livet.

Begal.

Nathan Valentine.
Ebenezer Samis.
Sukey Oakerly.
Sarah Samis.
John Rogers.
Jonas Mills Smith.
Israel Scudder.
Isaac Brush.
Richard Wheler P.
Jesse Conkling(Hun-

tington.)
Joseph Conkling

(Huntington.)
Piatt Conkling(Hun-

tington.)
Lester Samis (Hun-
tington.)
Sarah Piatt Conk-
ling (Huntington.)
MaryConkling(Hun-

tington.)
Sarah Conkling

(Huntington.)
Mary Wheler (Hun-
tington.)
Sarah Gold (Hun-
tington.)

284 Marriages and Baptisms Performed by the Rev. Joshua Hartt, [July,

1780

Oct. 12, Abigail Samis (Hun-
tington.)

Oct. 19. Mathew Bunce
Wigans.

Nov. 5. James Rogers.

Nov. 5. Hezekiah Rogers.

Nov. 5. Daniel Conkling.

Dec. 14. Abigail Smith P. B.

1781

Feb. 19. Mary Resco.

Feb. 26. John Mills.

March 4. Philetus Conkling.

March 25. Frederick Wheeler.

April 8. Mary Mobery.

April 29. David Smith.

April 29. Jacob Piatt.

May 27. Walter Smith (Hun-
tington.)

May 27. Joseph Chichester
(Huntington.) y

May 27. Israel Smith (Hun-
tington.)

May 27. John .Samis (Hun-
tington.)

May 27. Elizabeth Denton
(Huntington.)

May 27. RebeccaSamis(Hun-
tington.)

June 14. Elizabeth Smith.

June 14. Richard Dean
Ketcham.

June 15. ElkanahBrush(Hun-
tington.)

June 15. Isaac Brush (Hun-
tington.)

June 15. Ebby Jarvis (Hun-
tington.)

June 15. Richard Samis (Hun-
tington.)

June 15. Philip Vallentine
(Huntington.)

June 15. Ruth Brush (Hun-
tington.)

June 15. Fanny Brush (Hun-
tington.)

June 15. RuthKetcham(Hun-
tington.)

June 24. Titus Smith.

June 24. Hannah Stratton.

— . Elizabeth Smith.

July

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uly

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uly

July

Aug.

19-

Sept.

16.

Sept.

16.

Sept.

2 1.

Oct.

Nov.

24.

Nov.

24.

Nov.

24-

Nov.

24.

Nov.

24.

Nov.

24.

Nov.

24.

Nov.

Dec.

12.

Dec.

12.

Dec.

19-

Dec.

19.

Dec.

19.

Dec.

19.

Feb.

17-

March 3.

March 10

March 24

March 31

April

14.

April

24.

April 28.

1781

Mary Jarvise.
Margret Long.
Stephan Nicol, adult.
Samuel Carman,

adult.
Jacob Oakes, adult.
Jeremiah Oaks.
Mary Carman.
Hannah Carman.
Sarah Carman.
Elizabeth Carman.
Rachel Oakes.
Abigail Hartt.
Abigail Scidmore.
Abigail Ketcham.
Sarah Veal.
Selah Wickes.
Jeremiah Griffith.
John Lewis.
Levinah Rodgers.
W". Mervin.
Hubbert Scidmore.
John Scidmore.
Zopher Scidmore.
Samuel Scidmore.
Elizabeth Scidmore.
Susannah Scidmore.
Mary Scidmore.
Job Smith.
Thomas Strong

Smith.
Charitha Smith.
Anna Bartlet(Middle

Island.)
Selah Smith (Middle

Island.)
David Smith (Middle

Island.)
Thomas Smith

(Middle Island.)

1782
Henry Jarvis Brush.
JemimaGildersleeve.
Richard Whealer.
Lydia Rogers.
Nancy Bryan.
Joel Scudder Hartt.
Stephan Bradford

Nicol.
Piatt Conkling.

igli.]

of Smithtown, Long Island, with a Sketch of his Life.

285

May 12
May 12
May 12
May 12
May 12
May
May
May
May
May 26.

12.
12.
12.
12.

May 26.

June 9.

June 23.

July 30.

Aug. 17.
Aug. 18.
Sept. 18.

Feb. 2.
Feb. 16.
March 30
March — ,
April 6.
April 13.
April 13.

1782

Nathaniel Resco.

Philetus Conkling.

Ruth Wheeler.

Amy Brush.

Anna Brush.

Elizabeth Conkling.

Kiturah Rogers.

Abigail Kilsy.

Prudence Jarvis.

E 1 i z ab e t h Gilder-
sleeve.

Phebe Gildersleeve.

Hannah Gilder-
sleeve.

Nancy Kellom (Hun-
tington.

Phebe Scudder (Half
Way Hollow.)

David Oakes.

Jesse Rogers.

jemima Rogers(Half
Way Hollow.)

Sarah Valentine.
(Half Way Hollow.)

Mary Oakerly (Half
Way Hollow.)

Elizabeth Oakerly
(Half Way Hollow.)

Nancy Oakerly (Half
Way Hollow.)

Fanny Oakerly (Half
Way Hollow.)

Ruth Oakerly (Half
Way Hollow.)

Keturah Ketcham
(Half Way Hollow.)

Mary Right.

Pebe (wd.) Smith.

Susannah Mannen.

Mary Stratton.

Elizabeth Terry
(Coram.)

1783
Hannah Smith.
Jeremiah Burnet.
Harly Scudder.
Ebenezer Jayne.
Ebenezer Smith.
Zophar Nicols.
Elizabeth Nicols.

April
May
une

27.
8.

_ une

June

July

July
July
Aug.
Aug.

Aug. 10.
Aug. 17.
Aug. 24.
Aug. 24.
Oct. 26.
Oct. 26.
Oct. 26.
Oct. 26.
Oct. 31.
Oct. 31.
Nov. 2.

Jan.

17-

Jan.

25-

Feb.

15-

March —

May
May

2.
16.

_ une

20.

une

20.

une

20.

_ une

20.

une

24.

une

24.

une

24.

] une

24.

] une

24.

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24.

8.
18.

1783

Elizabeth Rimp.
Fredrick Wheeler.
Joseph Piatt.
Samuel Brush.
Mary Smith.
Jonathan Sammis,

son to David S.
Sarah Hartt.
Phebe Whitman.
Hannah Brush.
Isaac Blachly, son

Eben'.
Isaac Carman.
Bridget Wood.
Ebenezer Smith.
Jerusha Smith, A. D.
Moses Veal.
Hannah Smith.

Veal

Veal.

Anna Hubbs.
Experience Samis.
Jonah Titus Scid-

more.

1784

Joshua Rogers.
Mary Smith, dau.

Ebenezer Smith.
Phebe Wheeler.
Hannah Jarvis.
Samuel Brush.
Juliana Brush.
Fanny Brush.
Elnathan Wicks.
Amelia Mills.
Jonah Scidmore.
Zophar Piatt.
Rachel Smith.
Elizabeth Scidmore.
Phebe Conkling.
Samuel Scidmore.
John Scidmore.
David Carll.
Phinehas Kellom.
Jesse Vaullentine.
ThomasGildersleeve.
Mary Pederick.
Hannah Smith.
John Ketcham.

286 Mdi-riages and Baptisms Performed by the Rev. Joshua Hartt, July,

Aug. I.

Aug I.

Aug. I.

Aug. 4.

Sept. 5.
5-
S-

Sept.
Aug.
Sept. 5.
Sept. 5.
Sept. 5.
Sept. 5.
Sept. 5.
Sept. 5.
Sept. 5.
Sept. 19.
Sept. 26.
Sept. 26.
Sept. 26.
Nov. 7.
Nov. 26.
Nov. 28.
Nov. 28.
Nov. 28.
Nov. 28.
Nov. 28.
Dec. 5.
Dec. 5.
Dec. 12.
Dec. 26.

Jan. 6.
Jan. 9.

1784

Piatt Rogers (Hun-
tington.)

Ezra Rogers (Hun-
tington.)

Jonathan Smith ( Hun-
tington.)

Ebenezer Chichestei
(Huntington.)

Esther Rogers(Hun-
tington.)

Mary Rogers (Hun-
tington.)

Experience Rogers
(Huntington.)

Sarah Brush (Hun-
tington.)

Naomy Conkling
(Huntington.)

Elizabeth Wood.

Amos Piatt Buffet.

Daniel Blatchly.

Alexander Rogers.

Azel Lewis.

Azel Conkling.

Elizabeth Buffet.

Phebe Buffet.

Sarah Buffet.

Lucinda Buffet.

Elizabeth Veal.

Mary Smith.

Mary Veal.

Susannah Veal.

John Veal.

Azra Rogers.

Rebecah Mills.

Mary Mills.

Julyaner Mills.

Esther Smith.

Sarah Smith.

John Smith, adult.

Jeremiah Hartt.

Henry Gildersleeve.

Samuel Mills.

William Mills.

1785

Aaron Oakerly, son

of Sam".
Jonathan Mills,

adult.

1785
March 27. Whitehead Ketcham

Samis.
March 27. Jesse Ketcham.
April 3. Nathaniel Smith.
May — . Jeremiah Havens

Kelsy.
May — . Mary Scudder.

June 5. Rogers, son of

Zopher.

Mary Rogers.

Ollaony Carll.

Israel Veal.

John Burnet.

Hannah Straton.

Susannah Woodhull.

Sarah Arthur.

Mary Arthur.

Anna Smith.

John Woodhull.

Joshua Smith.

Anna Smith.

Juliana Smith.

Mary Smith.

Mary Hartt.

Elizabeth Smith.

Thomas Smith.

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uly

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July

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uly

Aug.

Nov.

13-

Nov.

13-

Dec.

11.

Dec.

II.

Jan. 4.

Feb. 19.

21.

Feb.
Feb.
Feb. 21.
March 19,
March 19.
June 24.
July 28.
July 28.
July 28.

July 28.
July 28.
July 28.

1786

Nathaniel Taylor,

adult.
William Taylor.
George Taylor.
Gemaliel Taylor.
Sarah Taylor.
Caritha Wheeler.
Nathaniel Smith,

E. D. S.
John Smith, C. S.
Charlote Smith, C.S.
Esther Smith, C.S.
Mary Mills.
Dorcas Smith.
Josiah Smith.
Alexander Sammis.
Jacob Oakes.
Rebecah Sammis,

adult.
Anna Sammis.
Ruth Sammis.
Chartha Sammis.

igil.]

of Smithtown, Long Island, with a Sketch of his Life.

287

1786

July 28. Abigail Sammis.

July 30. Joshua Wheeler.

Aug. 6. Lukus Voores.

Aug. 6. John Ludlow.

Aug. 20. Thomas Mills.

Aug. 20. Isaac Mills.

Aug. 27. William Taylor, Ad.

Aug- 27. Jonas Taylor.

Aug. 27. Mordica Taylor.

Aug. 27. Edmond Bryan.

Sept. 24. Elizabeth Cheese-
man (Hempstead.)

Oct. I. Prudence Haft.
(Huft?)

Oct. 8. Abigail Eldard
(Hempstead.)

Oct. 8, John Muncy (Hemp-
stead.)

Dec. 17. Jesse Nicolls.

Dec. 17. Nezar Nicolls.

Dec. 17. Susannah Nicolls.

Dec. 17. Caty Nicolls.

Dec. 31. Hannah Mills
(Hempstead.)

1787

Jan. 7. Daniel Brush.

Jan. 14. Israel Sammis.

Jan. 14. Moses Smith.

Jan. 14. Anna Bryant.

Jan. 14. Lydia Ketcham.

Feb. 19. Theodorus Bunce
Wheeler.

Feb. 22. Benaga Strong.

Feb. 22. William Strong.

Feb. 22. Anna Strong.

Feb. 22. Elizabeth Strong.

Feb. 22. Sarah Wheeler.

March I. Nathaniel Smith
(Hempstead.)

March 7. Dorcas Piatt.

March 7. Phebe Smith ( Hemp-
stead.)

March 7. Miriam Smith
(Hempstead.)

March 7. Anna Smith (Hemp-
stead.)

April 8. Isaac Smith.

April 15. James Smith (Hemp-
stead.)

1787

April 15. Thomas Smith
(Hempstead.)

April 15. Ruben Shaw (Hemp-
stead.

April 27. Nathan Smith.

May 6. Alexander Rogers.

May 6. Rachel Smith.

May 6. OUiona Hubbart.

May 6. Charitha Hubbart.

May 6. Elizabeth Hubbart.

May 13. Samuel Denton.

Aug. 5. Abraham Devine
(Newtown.)

Aug. 5. Elizabeth Ed sell
(Newtown.)

Aug. 5. Sally Street (New-
town.)

Aug. 19. Elizabeth Pettit
(Hempstead.)

Aug. 19. Charlotte Pine
(Hempstead.)

Aug. 19. George Pettit.

Sept. 16. James Hendrickson.

Nov. 4, Piatt Lewis.

Nov. 4. Philetus Veal.

Nov. 4. Hannah Smith.

Nov. 4. Susannah Kilsy.

Nov. II. David Brush (Hemp-
stead.)

Nov. 15. Isaac Bunce Arthur.

Nov. 15. Seth Rogers.

Nov. 18. Jesse Scidmore.

Nov. 20. Hannah Nicols.

Dec. 13. Hannah Blyden-
burgh.

Dec. 13. Henry Blydenburgh.

Dec. 13. William Blyden-
burgh.

Dec. 16. Richard Fleet Long.

Dec. 23. Samuel Hicks.

Dec. 23. Samuel Hicks,
(father and son.)

Dec. 23. Margret Hicks.

Dec. 30. Lehomidue Mills.

Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.

1788
B. Havens Smith.
Selah Smith.
Thomas Smith.

Smith.

Elizabeth Totten.

288 Marriages and Baptisms Performed by the Rev. Joshua Hartt, [July

1788

1789

Feb. 13.

Juliana Smith.

June

— .

Abraham Smith Pine.

March 2.

Elizabeth Mills

June

19.

Rachel Smith.

(Hempstead.)

June

19.

Temmy Smith.

March 2.

Ruth Mills (Hemp-
stead.)

Aug.

John Conkling Smith
(Hun^)

March 23

Mary Rushmore.

Aug.

i°-

Bernardus Stadge.

March 30

John Beedle.

Aug.

3°-

Caty Smith.

March 30

Isaac Beedle.

Aug.

Z°-

Hannah Scidmore.

March 30

Elias Beedle.

Aug.

Z°-

Sarah Mills.

May 18.

Anna Carll.

Sept.

^i-

Timothy Smith

May 25.

Rebecca Smith.

Wheeler.

May — .

George Phillips

Sept.

^3-

Debe Ann Wheeler.

Mills.

Sept.

13-

Sarah Wheeler.

May — .

Isaac Ludle.

Sept.

20.

Jane Golder.

June 29.

Ebenezer Ketcham.

Dec.

Abigail Wheeler.

July 13.

Charlesjoshua Hartt.

Dec.

Prudence Mills.

July 20.

Daniel Smith.

Dec.

^2,-

Rufus Rogers.

July 20.

Elias Rider.

Dec.

T^Z-

Nathaniel Samis.

Aug. 24.

Samuel Nicolls.

Dec.

^Z-

William Piatt Bunce.

Aug. 24.

Isaac Nicolls.

Dec.

13-

Ebenezer Hubbart.

Aug. 24.

Edmund Totten.

Aug. 24.

Sarah Totten.

1790

Aug. 24.

Elizabeth Totten.

March 7.

Prudence Mills.

Sept. 25.

Hannah Smith.

March 7.

Phebe Stadge.

Nov. 2.

Sarah Brush.

March 21

K e t u r a h Blyden-

Nov. 7.

Mary Totten.

burgh.

Nov. 7.

Hannah Taylor.

April

II.

Ebenezer Bryant.

Nov. 7.

Phebe Smith.

April

25'

Thomas Skilman.

Nov. 16.

John Fleet Hendrick-

May

Selah Smith Carll.

son.

May

Richard Smith.

Nov. — .

Bryant Grice.

May

Rogers (Hun-

Nov. — .

Grice.

tington.

Nov. — .

Charls Grice.

May

Phebe Carll (Hun-

Dec. I.

Sarah Carll A. D.

tington.

Dec. I.

Sarah Carll.
1789

May

Sarah Hartt, John
Hartt's daug""
(Huntington.)

Jan. 4.

Gideon Smith Mills.

May

16.

Freelove Wood.

Feb. 9.

Daniel Tuttle Kelsy.

May

16.

Barnet (Bur-

March 4.

Elizabeth Smith, A.

net?)

D. Daniel S. D.

June

20.

Lydia Rogers.

March 29.

Mary Burtis.

June

20.

David Piatt.

April 5.

Almediah Wheeler.

June

21.

Ann Floyed.

April 5.

Clarissa Wheeler.

July

^ Baptized 18 persons on

April 12.

Mary Sammis.

Aug.

y my mission to yeNorth-

April 12.

Henry Jarvis.

Sept.

) ward and Westward.

May 10.

Mary Almana Wood.

Oct.

17-

Vail.

June — .

Namhy Burtis.

Oct.

31-

Nemiah Smith.

June — .

Thomas Everit.

Nov.

John Carll.

June — .

Wm. Talman Hen-

Nov.

Elizabeth Smith.

drickson.

Dec.

14.

Jerimiah Smith.

I9H.]

of Smithtown, Long Island, with a Sketch of his Life.

289

1790

Israel Smith.
Selah Mills.
AbialConkling Mills.
Deborah Smith, A.D.
Hannah Smith.

1791

Abraham Scribner.

Hannah Strong
(Islip.)

Keziah Willets.

David Howell Hartt.

David Willets Smith.

Ruth Jarvis.

Israel White A.D.

Joel Jarvis.

Stephen White.

Ananias White.

James Harvy Smith.

John Smith, son of
Wm.

4 males (Southamp-
ton.)

2 females (South-
ampton.)

Jesse Sammis.

Jobe Smith.

Mary Bryant.

John S. Skilman.

E. Samis.

1792 or 1793
There is a break in the record
here of about 20 names.

March 24. Briant.

May 19. Jonas Scudder
Arthur.
16. Keziah Stagge.
16. Thirsy Scribner.
23. William Piatt Buf-
fet.

June 23. Zebediah Bunce Jar-
vis.
June 24. Nathaniel Biggs,

adult.
June 24. George Whitfield

Biggs.
June 24. Rachel Biggs, adult.
June — . Seraphine Rogers.
June — . Joel Ketcham.
July 14. Sammis.

Dec.

14-

Dec.

24.

Dec.

24-

Dec.

— .

Feb.

i3-

Feb.

27.

Feb.

27.

March 6.

May

12.

June

— .

June

— .

uly

>ly

17-

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17-

July

31-

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31-

June
June
June

1792 or 1793

July 14. Sammis.

July 21. Mary Blydenburgh.

July 21. David Samis.

July 23. Piatt Jarvis.

July 28. James Smith.

July 28. Ebene^er Smith.

July 28. Hannah Smith.

Aug. II. Hannah Biggs.

Sept. 8. Isaac Vaile.

Sept. 8. Thomas Skilman.

Nov. — . Elizabeth Smith

(Smithtown.)

Dec. 15. Gloriana Hartt.

1794

June 15. Abel Ketcham.

June 15. Phinehas Ketcham.

June 15. Susannah Ketcham

A. D.

Oct. — . Rebeckah Sills A. D.

Oct. — . Rebeccah Sills.

Oct. — . Hunke Stagg.

Dec. 28. Richard Scudder.

Dec. 28. Timothy Scudder.

Dec. 28. Charls Scudder.

Dec. 28. Josiah Skillman.

Dec. 28. Hannah Scudder.

Dec. 28. Deborah Scudder.

179s

Sept. 27. Ruth Smith, daugh-
ter of Charles
Smith.

Sept. 27. Mary Arthur.

1796
Jan. 18. Elizabeth Scudder,
daughter of Moses.
Feb. 14. Hannah Smith?
May 3. Israel Scudder, son
of John Scudder.
There is a portion of the
record missing here between.
1796 and 1816.

1816

Feb. 15. Benjamin Franklin
Gardener.

Feb. 15. Phebe Carline Gard-
ner.

Feb. 15. Sarah Ann Scidmor
Gardener.

2gO Marriages and Baptisms Performed by the Rev. Joshua Hartt, [July,

1817

Nothing recorded for 181 7.

1818

Feb. 7. S. Hartt.

Feb. 7. John Permenio

Smith.
Feb. 7. Jonathan Wells

Youngs.
March 8. Isaac Bunce Arthur
March 8. Richard Hartt

Arthur.
March 8. Sarah Emeline

Arthur.
March 8. Marietta Arthur.
March 8. Sarah Taylor.
March 8. Semantha Taylor.
March 8. Eliza Taylor.
March 13. Elizabeth G r a c i e

Gardener.
March 13. Fanny Peck Garde-
ner.
July 5. Phillip Tiqua.
July 5. Thomas Tiqua.
July 5. Rhoda Tiqua.
Sept. 27. Mary Elizabetjh

Lewis.
Sept. 27. John Gardener

Lewis.
Sept. 27. Piatt Lewis.

1819

July — . Jacob Piatt Carll.

July — . Phebe Amelia Carll.

Sept. 9. Timothy Carll Smith.

Sept. 9. Richard Smith.

Nov. — . Sarah Scudder.

Dec. — . Abigal Scudder.

Dec. — . Julyanna Scudder.

Dec.
Dec.
Dec.

March ■

1819

Elizabeth Scudder.

Jonah Scudder.

Harly Scudder.
(Harly was bap-
tized before his
death.)

1820
George C o n k 1 i n
Gardner.

1821
Nothing recorded.

1822
Jan. 3. Ebenezer Hudson

Ketcham.
Jan. 3. Eliza Gildersleeve

A. D.
Jan. 3. Mary Gildersleeve.
Jan. 3. Phebe Frances Mul-

ford.

1823
Dec. — . Joel Scidmore, A. D.
Dec. — . Eliphalet Arthur

Scidmore.
Dec. — . Ann Maria Scidmore.

1824
Nothing recorded.

June 19.
June 26.

June 26.
June 26.

1825
Charles Lewis.
Henry Scudder

Lewis.
Phebe Lewis.
Glorianna Lewis.

Record of Baptisms performed by the Rev. Joshua Hartt as
extracted from his Daily Journal. This Journal is in the hand-
writing of Rev. Joshua Hartt, and is now in the possession of his
great grand-daughter, Miss M. L. Brown, of Northport, L. I. The
extracts were made by Evelyn Briggs Baldwin on November 5th
and 6th, 1910, and they supplement the Record of Baptisms con-
tained in his Record of Marriages and Baptisms in his own hand-
writing which is now in the possession of his great grand-daugh-
ter, Mrs. Martha Hartt Collas, of 1652 Tenth Avenue, Brooklyn,
N. Y. The original record of the Rev. Joshua Hartt's Marriages
and Baptisms was used in preparing the records of this article.

igll.] of Smithtown, Long Island, with a Sketch of his Life. 2Q I

Baptisms Extracted

1796

Oct. 16. Sammis, Fanny.
Oct. 23. Gildersleeve, Josiah
Hempstead.

1797

May — . Bunce, Abigail Cath-
erine.

June 25. Skillman, Sarah.

June 25. Kilsy, Pemilia.

July 9. Hartt, James For-
dice.

July 23. Buffet, Mary.

July 23. Bunce, Jerusha.

July 23. Bunce, Phebe Smith.

Aug. 4. Griffith, Sarah.

Aug. 4. Griffith, Jerusha.

Aug. 4. Griffith, Abia.

Aug. 4. Griffith, Jesse.

Aug. 4. Griffith, William.

Aug. 4. Griffith, Peter.

1798

Feb.

Rogers, Lemuel

Feb.

1 1.

Bryan.
Bond, Willet.

Feb.

12.

Smith, Richard,

Feb.

12.

Hempstead.
Smith, M a r g r e t ,

Feb.

12.

Hempstead.
Smith, Maria, Hemp-
stead.

Feb.

12.

Smith, Phebe, Hemp-
stead.

Feb.

II.

Simonson, Lydia.

Feb.
Feb.

II.
1 1.

Simonson, John.
Davis, Thomas.

Feb.

II.

Davis, David.

Feb.

II.

Davis, Robert.

Feb.
Feb.

II.
1 1.

Davis, Nanty.
Davis, Alexander.

Feb.

II.

Davis, Phebe.

June

— .

Jarvis, William Wil-
lets.

une

— .

Ketcham, Daniel.

_ uly
. uly
. uly
July
July

8.
20.
20.

Rushmore, Carman.
Waite, David.
Stagg, Ezra Coles.
Jayn, Hannah.
Cole, (or Cob?) Mary.

FROM

July

July
Sept
Sept

Sept.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.

Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.

Daily Journal.
1798

22. Bunce, Elizabeth
Ann.

Jarvis, Caty.

Scudder, Joseph.

Sammis, Mary
Ketcham.

Bryant, Keturah.

Hendrickson, Elijah.

Hendrickson, Abigal.

Hendrickson, John.

Hendrickson, Mary.

Hendrickson, Ste-
phan.

Shaw, Mary,

Shaw, Sarah,

Shaw, Jacob.

Pine, Sarah.

Surdam, (Suydam?)
Abraham Simon-
son.

22.
2.
2.

16.

2.
2.
2.
2.
2.

2.
2.
2.

2.
2.

Feb. 17.
Feb. 17.
Feb. 17.
April 14.

5-
22.
22.
22.
26.

May
May
May
May
May
June
June 16
June x6.
June 23.
June 23.
June 23.
June 23.
June 23.

Jan. 19.

June 28.
Oct. 5.
Nov. 2.

1799

Bunce, Mathew.
Bunce, Martha Sarah.
Burtis, Elizabeth.
Rogers, W h i t e d

Gildersleeve.
Pine, Susannah.
Ketcham, Hannah.
Ketcham, John May.
Ketcham, Jesse.
Bryant, Hannah.
Ketcham, Anna.
Eldurd, Mary Annar.
Van Osdaul, Maria.
Jarvis, Maria.
Burtis, Abraham.
Burtis, Hannah.
Burtis, Walter.
Pine, James.

1800

Smith, Hannah
Ketcham.

1801

Wood, Gilbert.
Bunce, John.
Stagg, Mary.

2Q 2 Marriages and Baptisms Performed by the Rev. Joshua Hartt, [July,

Jan.

II.

Jan.

1 1.

Feb.

24.

Feb.

24.

April

May

17-

June

21.

jsi?;

26.

Aug.

23-

April

May

Aug.

Sept.

Dec.

—

Dec.

March —
April 3
April 3
April 23
April 23
June —
July 3
July 10
Sept. 25
Dec. II

1801

Pine, Benjn. Pettit.
Gildersleeve, Else.
Darling, Mary.
Darling, Nancy.
Darling, Peter.
Briant, Sarah Ann.
Nichols, William

Brush.
Bryant, Abigail

Frances.
Hendrickson, Phebe

Rumson.
Brush, Asa.
Ketcham, David.
Scudder, John.

1802

Lamberson, Maria.

Rogers, Ruben.

Ketcham, Elizabeth.

Beadle, Wm.

Briant, Thearon H.

Rushmor, John.

Covert, Ann, A.D.

Covert, Richard
Dikeman.

Jarvis, Sarah, A. D.

Jarvis, Piatt
Wheeler.

Simonson, Latun.

Smith, Nancy Den-
ton.

Smith, Annanias
Post.

Tredwell, Hannah
Simonson.

1803

Arthur, Joshua.
Rogers, Lovina.
Jarvice, Robert.
Pine, William Hartt.
Pine, Sarah.
Bunce, Jacob Jarvis.
Scidmor, Sally.
Ketcham, Nathaniel.
Pine, Maria.
Ketcham, Abraham
Mulford.

1804

Jan. 8. Ketcham, Henry.

Jan. 8. Ketcham, Jeremiah.

March 18. Tigna, Phebe, A. D.

March 18. Tigna, William.

April — . Briant, Isaac.

April — . Briant, Sarah.

April — . Briant, George.

April — . Briant, Phebe.

April — . Briant, Mary.

June 24. Bunce, Angeline.

Aug. 26. Jarvis, Jesse Nichols.

Oct. 14. Smith, Thomas

Bunce.

Nov. 3. Hartt, Sophia.

1805

April 7. Lewis Solomon Carll.

April 7. Miller, Eliza Ann.

May 4. Hudson, Hannah.

May 4. Hudson, Elizabeth.

May 4. Hudson, Mary Ann.

May 4. Hudson, John Lev-
eret.

May 4. Ketcham, Albirt.

May 4. Brian, Lemuel.

June 2. Tigner, Elizabeth.

June 16. Bunce, Elkanah.

June 16. Bunce, Levina.

Dec. 15. Jarvis, Eliza.

1806

June 8. Ketcham, Anna

June 8. Ketcham, Abia.

June 8. Ketcham, Loviah.

June 14. Rogers, Rufus P. B.

July 18. Nichols, Elizabeth.

1807

Sept. — . Samuel Miller.
Sept. — . Brian, Melancton.
Oct. II. Cutting, L i n a r d

Mark.
Oct. II. Cutting, Frances

Ann.
Nov. 15. Jarvis, Hendrikson.

1806

Sept. 3. Scidmor, Sarah Scud-
der.
Sept. 3. Bunce, Fanny.

IQII.

of Smith town. Long Island, with a Sketch of his Life,

293

March 12.
Aug. — .
Nov. 15.

1809

Ketcham, Lewis.
Ketcham, Barnard.
Dearing, Lodiwick
Fausdick.

Aug. 18.

1811

Kelsy, Jayne Maria.
Jarvis, Joseph.
Ketcham, P h e b e

Ann.
Piatt, Jayne Rebeca.

Jan. 28.

Feb. 1.

Feb. I.

Feb. I

Feb. I.

Feb. II.

Feb. 14.

Feb. 15.

Feb. 15.
April 8.

Scudder, Joel.
Scudder, Israel.
Scudder Samuel

Scidmor.
Scudder, Ruth Ann.
Scudder, Sarah.
Smith, Caroline.
Kitcham, Scudder.
Kitchen, Cherrity.
Kitcham, Salomy.
Kitcham, Epenetus

Smith.
Kitcham, George

Hallock.
Smith, Ester Rogers.
Smith, Phebe.
Smith, Asaph.
Smith, Ruth.
Smith, Rebecca.
Griffis, Hannah

Smith.
Griffis, Frances

Bunce.
Hartt, Joshua Smith.
Scudder, Hannah.
Scudder, Sarah.
Wood, Hannah, A.D.
Bryan, Phebe.
Lewis, July Ann

Addaline.
Lewis, Hannah Carll.
Piatt, Joseph For-

dice.

1811

an.

^i-

Scudder, Wilmot.

_ an.

13-

Gould, Elizabeth
Susan.

July

— .

Gildersleeve, Eliza-
beth, A. D.

July

— .

Scudder, Azel.

Aug.

18.

Kelsy, Hannah.

Aug.

18.

Kelsy, John Budd.

June 15. Fleet, Naomy.

June 15. Johnson, Mary, A.D.

June 15. Fleet, John.

June 15. Fleet, Hannah Carll.

June 15. Seleck, William
Bates.

June 15. Seleck, Mary.

June 15. Johnson, Deborah
Ann.

June 15. Johnson, Enoch.

June 15. Johnson, Abiather.

June 15. Johnson, Alexander
Smith.

June 15. Hartt, lantha.

June 21. Ketcham, .

June 28. Bryan, Charles
Joshua.

July II. Griffis, Mary Eliza-
beth.

1813
July — . Ketcham, Kezia.

1815
Jarvice, Ruth Ann.

1822

May 12. Mulford, Elizabeth.
May 12. Mulford, Jerusha.
May 12. Mulford, Maria

Mason.
May 12. Mulford, Albert

Gardener.
May 22. Mulford, Nathaniel

Smith.
May 12. Mulford, Zurviah

Conkling.
May 12. Mulford, Ebenezer

Conkling.
May 12. Mulford, Mary Marg-

ret.

294 Cluesfrom English Archives Contributory to American Genealogy. [July,

CLUES FROM ENGLISH ARCHIVES
Contributory to American Genealogy.

By J. Henry Lea and J. R. Hutchinson.

(Continued from Vol. XLII, p. 176, of The Record.)

Will Nuncupative of Thomas Mayo of Evenly, co. Northamp-
ton, shepherd, declared 28 Sept., 1638. Son William 50s. Daugh-
ter Alice 50s. Daughter Mary the elder 50s. Daughter Judith
50s. Daughter Mary the younger jQio. To my son John, who
hath been gone I know not whither these three or four years, if
he return within three years after my death, 20s.; otherwise I
give it to my daughter Judith. Rest to Alice my wife, whom
Executrix, and I desire Mr Holbrooke to be a friend to my wife
and children. Proved 5 Oct., 1638, by Alice the executrix.

(Northants Wills, S. 2, 1638-42. fol. 21.)

This could not have been the John Mayo of Barnstable, Mass.,
minister, who came in 1638, was ordained 15 April, 1641, and
brought from England children Hannah, Samuel, John, Nathaniel
and perhaps Elizabeth; removed to Eastham 1646, and to Boston
1655; returned to Barnstable in 1673, and died at Yarmouth in 1676,
leaving widow Thomasine, nor the John Mayo of Roxbury, who
was brought over by Robert Gamblin, Jr., in 1633, as son of his
then wife by a former husband.*

Will of John Dunckley of Daventry, laborer, dated 13 Dec,
1640. Legacies to daughter Agnes Rose, wife of John Rose, my
grandchild Anne Rose her daughter, and to my grandchildren
William Rose, Thomas Rose, Margaret Rose, and John Rose the
younger; and to my daughter Elizabeth Jackson. I give unto
my grandchild Alexander Lovell one joined bed in case he shall
come to demand it; if not, then to his mother Elizabeth Jack-
son aforesaid. I give to my grandchild Thomas Lovell 20s. if
he come to demand it. Legacies to my grandchildren Nathaniel
Lovell, Elizabeth Jackson, Agnes Jackson, Mary Jackson and
Richard Jackson. Executor, John "Lovell. Witnesses: Richard
Allen, Richard Jackson, Edward Wilson. Proved 16 March,
1640-41. (Northants Wills, S. 2, 1631-7, f. 122.)

Alexander Lovell of Westfield, Mass., in 1649, married 30
October, 1658, Lydia, daughter of Benjamin Albee of the same
place, identical with the Alexander Lovett whose house was
burned by the Indians in 1676. He died in 1709, his will, made
in 1 701, states that he was, at that time, eighty-two years of age.f
He left sons Alexander and Nathaniel besides other children
by two wives.

* Savage iii, 187; Pope's Pioneers, pp. 308-9.

t Savage, iii, 123. Tilden's Hist. Medjietd, p. 424.

iQii.] Cluesfrom E)tgHsh Archives Contributory to American Genealogy. 205

4 February, 1686-7, I William Taylor of Revells within the
parish of Buckland Newton, co. Dorset, gent., being weake of body
. . . devise and bequeath unto my kinsman Oliver Lawrence,
Sonne of Rawleigh Lawrence of Revells, gent., all my messuages,
burgages and dwelling houses in Somerton, co. Somerset, to have
and to hold unto the said Oliver and the heirs males of his body,
with successive contingent remainders in tail male to Rawleigh
Lawrence, second sonne of the said Rawleigh, to every other
Sonne or sonnes of the said Rawleigh the father and Elizabeth
his nowe wife, to my kinsman John Cole late of Chiselborough,
CO. Somerset, clerk, to my cozen Walter Frampton of Buckland
Newton, gent., and to my own right heirs for ever. I give and
devise unto the said Rawleigh Lawrence the father and Elizabeth
his wife my kinswoman, all my lands and tenements lying in
Revells and known by the name of Revells, which descended to
me from my father, as also all my lands and tenements at Naps-
hill in Buckland Newton, called Vincents, which I purchased of
Daniel Proctor, Esq., to have and to hold to them the said Raw-
leigh and Elizabeth for the term of their naturall lives and for
the life of the longer liver of them, with remainder to the said
Oliver Lawrence and his heirs males, charged with one yearly
rent of ^8 payable to my kinsman John Cole, clerk, during his
life. Poor of Buckland Newton 40s. Cozen Mr William Lyde
one shilling and my little house clock. Kinsman Mr. John Myhill
(having heretofore had a small portion belonging to him, in lieu
whereof I bred him up) ;!^5o. Kinsman Mr Walter Frampton,
his wife, sons and daughters, each i2d. Cozen Mrs Anna Somers
of Froome St. Quintin, widow, 2s., and her son (my godson) Mr
William Somers 2s. Kinswoman Elizabeth Lawrence all my
sheepe at Revells. Oliver Lawrence all my books and household
furniture. Cozen Elizabeth Bartlett of Sturton Candle widow,
and her sons and daughters, i2d. each. Cozen Mr Thomas Lang-
don of the City of Exon 40s. Godson Mr Robert Somerton of
Yeovile five pence and noe more. And whereas I have in my
hands ^{^40, the money of my kinsman Mr John Cole, heretofore
of Dublin in Ireland and nowe in one of the Western Islands in
America (as is supposed), my desire is that my executor pay the
said sum to the said John Cole upon demand. Residuary Legatee
and Executor: Rawleigh Lawrence, husband of my kinswoman
Elizabeth Lawrence. Overseers: my friend Mr John Fisher of
Sherburne and my kinsman Mr Robert Somerton. Witnesses:
Robert Coker, Will: Frampton, Rob: Oxenbrigge, John Blud-
worth, Samuell Dunninge, Nathaniel Ryall. Proved 6 Aug.,
1688, by the executor named. (P. C. C. Exton, 112.)

27 Nov., 1679, I Richard White of the Cliffe near Lewis in
Sussex, brasier, being aged and weak in body, do make this my
last will: Whereas I have already given to my daughter Rebecca
Gumfield in New England the sum of fourteen pounds which I
have sent her in goods, I do hereby give her £\o more; and
whereas I have already given to my daughter Hannah Glover
^75 in money and goods, I do hereby give her ^45 more to make

2 96 Clues from English A rchives Contributory to American Genealogy. [July,

her portion equal to my daughter Harman's. I give to my son
in law Robert Dormer los.; to my grandson Richard Dormer, son
of the said Richard, ^5; to ray grandson William White, son of
my son Samuel White deceased, 20s.; to my grandson Richard
Tyler is.; to my grandchild John Tyler is.; to my granddaughter
Mary More and her husband John More los. apiece; to my grand-
son Samuel Tyler ;i^3o, and if I die before he hath learned his
trade of me, my executrix shall put him out apprentice; to my
grandson Samuel Glover ^30; to my grandchildren Benjamin,
Susanna, Richard, Hannah and Elizabeth Harman, and to my
daughter Harman's last child not yet baptized, ^^25 between
them; to such children of my daughter Rebecca Gumfield as
shall be living at the time of my decease 20s. apiece; to my son
inlaw John Plawe and Elizabeth his wife i2d. apiece; to poor
widows in the parish of St Thomas in the Cliffe 20s.; to the poor
of Brighthelmstone 20s.; and to my brother in law Overy Page
20s. The rest of my goods I give to my daughters Hannah
Glover and Susannah Harman Executors: my daughter Hannah
Glover and my friend John Homard of the ClifiEe. Overseers: Mr
William Russell of Lewes, apothecary, and my brother in law
Overy Page. Witnesses: John Prior, Richard Paine, John Crouch.
Proved 13 July, 1680, by Hannah Glover, power reserved to John
Homard. (P. C. C. Bath, loi.)

I Mary Martin of Hargrave, co. Northampton, widow, being
infirm in body, do make this my last will: I give unto my son
Halton Easton ;^5o, to Halton his son ^^6, to Mary his daughter
20s.; and to my daughter in law Anne his wife los. I give unto
the five children of my son Oliver, viz., to John Easton ^9; to
Oliver the son of my son Oliver (who is beyond the seas) five
shillings if ever he come into England; to Peter son of my son
Oliver, £^(); to Mary Eston, daughter of my son Oliver, ^^27; and
to Philadelphia, daughter of my son Oliver, ^9. I give unto
Philadelphia my daughter in law, mother of these five children,
^()\ and to the five children of my son John Cotchett, viz., to
Thomas Cotchett £,<), to Oliver and Richard Cotchett ^^9 apiece,
to John Cotchett, ;^i8, and to Mary Cotchett ;^22-io-o. The
residue of all my goods I give to my son in law John Cotchett,
whom executor. Dated 17 Jan., 1680-81. Witnesses: Tho:
Thorowgood, Isaac Quick, Jonathan Heacock, Proved 20 June,
1681, by the executor. (P. C. C. North, 96.)

■ I Joseph Ingram being now bound for Virginia. My father
and mother each of them mourning. Mourning to my sister
Anne Smith, my brother Thomas Ingram, my brother Robert
Ingram and Mary his wife, my brother John Ingram, my sister
Hester Ingram, and my brother William Ingram. Poor of my
native town of St. Ives 40s. Residuary legatee: Anne Smith,
daughter of my sister Anne Smith, at 18 or marriage; but if she
die "before either of them," I give two-thirds to my sister Anne
Smith, and the other third to my brothers and sisters. Executor:
my father Robert Ingram. Dated 6 October, 1651. Witnesses:

iQi I.] Clues from English Archives Contributory to American Genealogy. 297

Robert Ingram, junior, John Ingram, John Blyhton. Proved 22
Sept., 1653, by the executor named. (P. C. C. Brent, 367.)

Edw. Ingram, aged 18, came in the Blessing from London,

1635*
: We have interesting information regarding Richard Ingram

J who came over in July, 1634, and who founded a New York fam-
ily to the direct descendants of whom only we should be pleased
to communicate the facts which are strictly of a confidential
nature.

22 Februarie, 1627-8, I Symon Bradstreete, Cittizin and
Grocer of London, beinge weake in bodie . . . First to declare
to the world howe largely and bountifullie I have dealt with my
daughter Margaret the nowe wief of Edmund Slater, Cittizen and
Mercer of London, I hereby assuredlie affirme that the said Mar-
garet (notwithstanding she married the said Edmond Slater with-
out my love leave or consent) hath hadd and received at sundrie
times out of my owne proper estate ... in freehold land
coppihould land, lease land, plate, rings, Jewells, househould stuffe,
choice childbedd lynnen and other lynnen to the value of ffive
hundred poundes as is menconed in one deede of guift made unto
my nephewe Samuell Bradstreete bearing date the one and
twentith daie of this instant month Nevertheless I give unto my
my said daughter one little white silver cupp and one great silver
and guilt salt. All the rest of my estate I give unto my said
nephew Samuell Baadstreete whom I make sole Executor. Wit-
nesses: James Beckett, Robert Weston, Mathew Tarlton, John
Leaves sr., Robert Hanson his servant, Henry Dugard, Thomas
Allan. Proved 28 Feb., 1627-8, by the executor named.

(P. C. C. Barrington, 14.)

1625, May 23, Edmund Slater of St. Magnus, London, Mercer,
and Margaret Bredstreete, of Bishop Stortford, Herts., spinster,
dau. of Simon Bredstreete of Brainford, co. Middlesex, Brewer:
at Lamborne or Birchanger, co. Essex.

(Licence in Court of Bishop of London.)!

26th July, 1598, I William Burroughe Esquier being at this
present sicke in body . . . And wheresoever it shall please
God to call me . . . yf it be at Lymehouse or neare London
and not far dostant of it or at the seas I will that my bodie shalbe
buried in the parishe churche of Stebenhethe neare unto the
place where my first wief Judith lyeth or in the Chauncell
Whereas I covenaunted before marriage betweene me and the
Lady Jane Wentworthe nowe my wiefe to assure to her for terme
of her liefe as for her ioyneture & in leuve of her dower somuche
lande as should be of the yearelie value of fourescore poundes
And whereas I have by my deede conveyed to my said wiefe my
farme at Mileende in the parishe of Stebunheth called Mewes
otherwise the White Horse with the lands to the same belonging
nowe in the occupacon of John Robinson and Stephen Howton

* Hoiten, p. 108.

t Harl. Soc, xxvi, 153.

298 Clues from English Archives Contributory to American Genealogy. [July,

And also my howse in London neare unto Roodchurche at the
upperend of Tower streete nowe in the tenure of Martin Arch-
dale My will is that my wiefe shall have and enioye all the said
landes and tenements dureinge her lief Also I give imto my said
wiefe all such plate Jewells leases etc. as was hers before I mar-
ried her ;^2oo in money one of my standinge cupps silver and
guilt the chaine of gould she usuallie weareth one ring with a
mount Turkes and one other ring with a blewe saphire in it And
whereas I have entered into bond (by the perswason of my said
wiefe before I married her) unto Jane Wentworthe neece and
goddaughter to my said wiefe (which Jane is nowe in my howse)
(to give her) the somme of two hundred pounds at her marriage
my will is that it shalbe performed according to my said bond
To my wiefe the tv/o coache horses and the coache Yf my
daughter Mary be not preferred by me in marriage dureinge my
liefe then I give unto her ^1000 and if she doe marry with the
likeinge of my executors then I give unto her ^1000 more and
my will is that she have yearely towards her maintenaunce vntill
she be married threescore poundes. To my sonne Walter Bor-
roughe ^200. To my three sisters Agnes, Margery and Jane to
everie of them £,20. To my sister Borroughe, widdowe of my
brother Stephen, deceased, ^20 and to her three daughters vn-
married viz Mary, Anne and Elizabeth to everie of them ;^3o. To
Judith wief of John Bassall and Susan wief of William Kinge,
being my said brother's daughters ;^2o apeece. To George Lary-
man ^10. To the Companie at the Trynity Howse for a dynner
;^io. To the widdowe of Preator late bot (swain) of H. M. shippe
the Swallowe ^10. Poore of Stepney ^20. Poore of Northam, co.
Devon ;i^2o to be ymployed as my cosen Thomas Leighe and
some others of the said parishe shall thinke best Executors: Sir
Henry Palmer Knighte, my cosen Mr Thomas Leighe and my
nephewe John Bassall who shall dispose of the rest of my goods
according to my wrightinge indented committed to the custody
of the overseers of my will and others. Overseers my wiefe the
Lady Elizabeth Countess Dowgar of Rutlande and Mr John
Brewster to everie of whom twentie marks Witnesses: William
Jones, Joseph Pett, William Bygatt, Richard Nottingham. Proved
28 Nov., 1598, by Thomas Browne, Not. Pub., proctor for Sir
Henry Palmer, Knt., Thomas Leighe and John Vassall (stc), the
executors named. (P. C. C. Lewyn, 89.)

Will of Henry Maniford of Long Burton in the county of
Dorset, gentleman, dated 23 April, 1642. My farm, capital mes-
suage and lands called Woodbridge, my lands purchased of
Raynold Hutchins, and all other my lands in Woodbridge and
Hollwall, CO. Somerset, I give to my executrix and overseers,
they paying to my son John Maniford ;^35 yearly until he attain
the age of 26 years, and to his wife, if he marry after the age of
21 years with the consent of my executrix and overseers, ;!£'6o by
the year from the death of my said son. Daughters Elizabeth,
Hannah and Marie ^400 each. Sons vSamuel and Henry.
Brother William Dunning, clerk. Friends Mr William Derby

Igii.] Cliiesfrom English Archives Contributory to American Genealogy. 299

and Mr James Mewe. Lands in Brockhampton in the parish of
Buckland, called Chaston. Wife Johan the rent of the leasehold
ground which I bought of Mr Chafyn and Mr Ralph Fitzjames.
Sister Johan Maniford, widow, ^5, and her daughter Johan ^5.
Henry and Josiah Maniford, sons of my brother William Mani-
ford, deceased, ;^io apiece. Item I doe give my parte of all such
cattle and other things as I and others with whome I have ad-
ventured have or shall have by our said adventure in Newe
England in America to my said sonne Samuel, and I desire my
said overseers and such other of my friends that joyned in that
adventure with mee to have a care that the same be preserved
for his vse untill my said sonne Samuell shall come to years of
discretion to manage those affaires himselfe. Samuel, son of my
brother William Dunning, a silver bowle. God-daughter Eliza-
beth Derby a silver bowle when she is married. Residuary
Legatee and Executrix: Johan my wife. John and Hannah Luffe,
my daughter Luffe's children, ^50 apiece, and her two other
children a silver bowl apiece. Overseers: my brother Mr
William Dunning, clerk, William Derby, and my son in law
William Luffe. Witnesses: Benjamin Walter, William Luffe,
William Derbie, Joan Luffe, Joseph Derbie. Proved 20 Nov.,
1647, by the executrix. (P. C. C. Fines, 240.)

A Captain John Maniford who occurs 1647 to 165 1 as of Bar-
bodoes trading to Boston, Mass., having dealings in tobacco and
other commodities,* and probably a shipmaster, is no doubt the
son John of the will, but the son Samuel seems to have left no
trace here and probably he either died without issue or returned
to England.

8 September, 1653, I Nicholas Sellecke of Clatworthy in the
Countye of Sommersett, yeoman, being sicke of body . . .
doe give to the poore of Clatworthye 2s.; to my sonne John
Sellecke ;^s and £,t, I must pay his brother William for his debte;
to my daughter Charity Upton 50s. which she oweth me; to my
Sonne Robert Sellecke 3s. 4d.; to my sonne David Sellecke 3s.
4d.; to my daughter Merab Eames 3s. 4d.; to my sonne Simon
Sellecke 3s. 4d.; to my sonne William Sellecke the beddstedd
which was brought from Clatworthye to his howse; and all the
rest of my goodes to my sonne Nicholas Sellecke, whorae I make
my whole Executor. Witnesses: Sarah Blinman, John Venson,
John Welsh. Proved 17 Feb., 1653-4, by the executor named.

(P. C. C. Alchin, 383.)

Daniel Sellick of Boston, Mass., soapboiler, had wife Susan,
daughter of Henry Kebby,f and sons David, born 1638, Jonathan
1641, John 1643, Nathaniel 1645, and daughters, Joanna 1647,
Elizabeth 1652, and Susanna 1653. He died at Accomac in Vir-
ginia 1654.1

* Aspenwall's Note Book, pp. 120, 260. Suff., Mass., Deeds, Lib. i, 293.
t See will of John Kebby, brother of Henry Kebby, in Waters' Gleanings,
i, 406.

% Savage, iv, 50; iV. E, Register, xliv, 194; Waters' Gleanings, l, 442.

300 Clues from English Archives Contributory to American Genealogy. [July,

Will of William Curtys of Towcester, gent, dated 17 Nov.,
1637. I give to my son William izd. To my son Thomas (yf he
be living) i2d. To ray daughter Locksmith i2d. To my daugh-
ter Howse 1 2d. To my wife's children i2d. apiece. Rest to
Audry my wife, whom Executrix, and Robert Roote and Richard
Bridges the elder Overseers. Proved 17 March, 1637-8, by the
executrix. (Northants Wills, S. 2., 1636-40, f, 69.)

Thomas Curtis, aged 24, (in 1624) of Wariscoyack, Va., servant
of Mr. Daniel Gookine, came in the Flyinge Harte to Virginia in
1621 and in 1623 was living at Elizabeth City.*

As Daniel Gookin left Virginia to take up his final residence
in New England, it is quite possible that this Thomas Curtis of
Virginia was identical with Thomas Curtis of Wethersfield,
Conn., in 1639! or earlier and who died at HartfordJ in 1681, aged
83, making his birth accord very closely with the above. But the
Thomas of Wethersfield had a brother not named in the will.

Will of Francis Foster of Grafton Regis, co. Northampton,
dated 10 Jan., 1640-41. Being very sick and weak in body. To
be buried in Grafton churchyard. To the poor of the parish los.
To Mr. Stilton of Potterspury los. for a sermon. To my mother
Anne Foster and my sister Margaret Foster my wine licence
belonging to Grafton Regis. To my sister Margaret Foster ;^2o
at marriage or one and twenty. I give unto my loving brother
William Foster§ ten pounds when he returns from beyond sea;
but if in case he should not return, then it is my will that the ten
pounds be equally divided betwixt my brother Edward Foster
and my sister Margaret Foster. To my brother Edward Foster
all my tools and timber, sawed or unsawed. To Christopher
Rawlin my father's servant los. William Brayfield 5s. Joan
Clarke 2s. 6d. Elizabeth Chambers 2s. 6d. Executor and Resid-
uary Legatee: my father Edward Foster. Witnesses: Richard
Lee, Francis Wright, Peter Browne. Proved 13 Feb., 1640-41,
Inventory taken i Feb., 1640-41, by Francis Butler, Francis
Wright and Richard Lee. Sum total, _;^89-io-o.

(Northants Wills, S. 2., 1636-40, f. 285.)

I William Deane of Great Missenden in the county of Bucks,
yeoman, being sick and weak in body, do make and ordain this
my last will and testament: Whereas I have surrendered into the
hands of Thomas Ives the elder, gent, and John Judge, now lords
of the part of the Manor of Peterly, Stone, Netherbury and
Great Missenden, all that messuage or tenement wherein I now
dwell, situate in great Missenden, together with 15 acres of land,
to the use of my last will, now I do hereby bequeath the said
messuage and lands to my brother Thomas Deane of Great Mis-
senden, yeoman, and his heirs. I give and bequeath unto my

* Hotten, pp. 184, 243, 254.
t Stile's Wethersfield, ii, 262; Savage, i, 487.

i Savage states erroneously that he died in Wallingford. loc, cit. supra.
% William, son of William Foster baptized 15 Oct., 1678, at St. Jas, Barba-
does. Hotten, p. 497.

igii.] Descendants of Edward Tre(a)dwell through his son John. 30 1

said brother Thomas and his heirs all that close of arable land
called Boddy Croft, situate in Great Missenden, containing; 4
acres. I do give and bequeath unto my loving brother Mathew
Deane the sum of twenty pounds, to be paid to him within one
month after his arrival in England, but in case he never come
into England again, then his legacy to be void; and in case he
shall come into England again, and my executor shall not pay
him his legacy, then my will is that my brother Mathew Deane
shall enter into the close called Boddy Croft and enjoy the same.
The rest of my goods I give to my brother Thomas Deane, whom
Executor. Dated 26 March, 1684-5. Witnesses: Thomas Ives,
John Judge, Wm Hakewell, junior, John Hoare, Henry Harris.
Proved 8 July, 1704, by the executor named in the will.

(Arch: Bucks, 1704-5, No. 41.)

Matthew Deane, with wife and two children, two servants and
two slaves, were living at St. Michaels, Earbadoes, in 1680.*

(To be continued.)

DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD TRE(A)DWELL
THROUGH HIS SON JOHN.

By William A. Robbins,

Member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
and Long Island Historical Society.

Continued from Vol. XLII, p. 193 of the Record.

By deed dated the 15th of April, 1696, and recorded the next
day in the office of the county clerk of Queens county. New
York, John Kissam of Madnan's Neck, Hempstead, conveyed to
John' Tredwell, gentleman, his dwelling, barns, lands, etc., on said
Neck, bounded, westerly, by Mill Creek; northerly, by the bay;
easterly, by a creek andhighwayrunningsoutherly;then, westerly,
to Mill River brook. f John Smith (Rock) evidently had some
interest in this property at the time, for, on the same date, he
quitclaimed all his rights therein to John" Tredwell through John
Kissam. J Both of these deeds are now in the possession of Mr.
Henry Hewlett Tredwell of East Williston, New York. This
farm appears to be the one on which John' Tredwell was living
at the time of his decease, and the same one which was occupied
as a homestead during the next one hundred years by hs son
and grandson, in turn, and whereon were buried many of the
Tredwells and their connections.

On the records in the office of the county clerk of Queens
county is a memorandum bearing date the 7th of June, 1697, that

* Hoiten, p. 445.

I Liber B, No. l, of Conveyances, p. 277.
/*., p. 276.

302 Descendants of Edward Tre{a)dwell through his son John. [July,

"Justice Tredwell" was given certain liberties in connection with
the land he had bought of Studwell.* This, doubtless, refers to
John' Tredwell. From this time on, many allusions to a John
Tredwell as a justice of the peace can be found on the public
records, but, until the 25th of January, 1719-20, when it is clear
that John' Tredwell was deceased, the data, in many instances, is
too uncertain to enable one to decide to which of the two John
Tredwells then living these records relate, as it is a fact that both
of them held this office sometime during their life. A like
difficulty is experienced in settling the question as to which one
was the incumbent of certain town offices during the same time.

By deed (unrecorded) dated the 31st of July, 17 10, the trustees
of the town of Hempstead, viz., William Nicoll, Thomas Hickes,
and John Jackson, released to John' Tredwell all the town's
interest in a certain tract of land on Madnan's Neck, bounded by
the sound or creek and said Tredwell's fence; also nearly one
acre of undivided land running from the Red brook westerly to
the elbow of said Tredwell's fence on the top of the hill. This
instrument was witnessed by William Willis and Andrew Gibb
and was acknowledged on the 22nd of January, 1713-14.!

In one of the Hempstead town books are found the entries of
several undated patents which, doubtless, were laid out to John'
Tredwell. (See Note 9.)

John' Tredwell resided in the town of Hempstead, New York,
which, in his time, comprised not only the present town of the
same name, but also the existing town of North Hempstead.
Just whereabouts in the town he dwelt, however, is uncertain;
but the compiler's impression is that, until as late as April, 1696,
his home was in '' the town spot," or that part which is now the
present village of Hempstead; while, at the time of his demise,
as already stated, it is believed that he was living on Great Neck,
which is in that part now North Hempstead.

His decease must have occurred between the 12th of January,
1712, and the 25th of January, 1719-20, for, on the former date,
John' Tredwell united in executing a deed as one of the proprie-
tors and trustees of the town of Hempstead to a John MonfortJ
(but see deed, Symon Searing to John Tredwell, Jr., described
under John' Tredwell); while, in a deed of the latter date between
his two sons set out further on in more detail, it is recited that
their father was then deceased.

It is probable that John' Tredwell, if not also his second wife,
Hannah, was buried in the old Tredwell burial ground on Great
Neck. This yard is described under Thomas' Tredwell.

Tredwell Children :

Direct evidence is lacking, but it seems certain that Elizabeth
(Starre) Tredwell was the mother of both of the children named

* Liber A of Conveyances, p. 134.

t Papers in possession of Henry H. Tredwell.

% Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. ii, p. 453.

iQli-l Descendants of Edward Tre\a)duiell through his son John. 303

below, the facts in the case of the son, Thomas, being almost
conclusive. The following order of birth may be incorrect:

4. i. John^

5. ii. Thomas'.

3. Rebecca' Tredwell (Edward') died in Middletown, Con-
necticut, before ist March, 1707-8; married in Middletown, ist
May, 1679, John Higby,* born about 165S, died probably in 1688,
(before 28th December), son of Edward and (?) Lydia Higby, of
New London and Middletown, Connecticut, Huntington and
Jamaica, New York. John Higby resided in Middletown, Con-
necticut.

Two inventories of the estate of John Higby are found on the
records in the probate office of the district of Hartford, Connec-
ticut, the first dated the 28th of December, 1688, and the second,
the 4th of December, 1693. His widow, Rebecca, had been
granted letters of administration upon his estate, but, upon her
death, letters were issued to their son, Edward, bearing date the
ist of March, 1707-8.!

Edward Higby, Sr.,I left a will dated the 27th of October, 1694,
and probated the 21st of September, 1699, in which he gave
twelve shillings "to Rebecca Higbie, relict of John Higbee."§

Higby Children :
The probate records of the Hartford district referred to show
that John and Rebecca (Tredwell) Higby had more than one son,
but the name of only the following child has been found:

i. Edward," bapt. in Middletown, Conn., 24th Aug., 1684,
d. in Westfield, Conn., 21st Nov., 1775; mar. 29th
Nov., 1706,11 Rebecca Wheeler d. in Middletown,
22nd Oct., 1 77 1. II Both were of Stratfield, now
Bridgeport, Conn., at time of marriage. In 1700, he
chose his uncle Samuel Tredwell of Fairfield Village
as his guardian. 1^ He and wife joined the church in
Middletown on the 26th April, 1713. Residence,
Middletown and Westfield, Conn. 8 children.!

Notes Referring to Second Generation.
Note i. "Desembar the: 7 ANo. 1665 Sooeld by John Tredwall of
Hampsteed Twoo Nathanall Coles of oistarbay two Loatas att matinacocke the
one that wase John ashmans and the othar hise one propar davadant the one in
numbar: 21: contaneing: 44: ackars ore thare aboutes more ore Lace the othar
in numbar 28 ore ther aboutes Conttaining 33 ackers ore thare a boutes."
Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. i, p. 202.

* Middletown, Conn., Vital Records.

t A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, by Charles W.
Manwaring, 1904, vol. ii, p. 77.

\ For a pedigree of this family, see The Whitney Family of Connecticut,
by S. Whitney Phoenix, 187S, vol. i, p. 370.

§ Liber A of Conveyances, p. 145, OlSce of County Clerk of Queens County,
New York.

II N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. xiv, pp. 66-67.

If Fairfield, Conn., Probate Records.

304 Descendants of Edward Tre{a)diuell through his son John. [July,

Note 2. " Dr. Thomas Starr, . . . Children ... A. Elizabeth, b. 1646.
On the records of Queens county. Long Island, N. Y., is the marriage, March
6, 1666-7, of Elizabeth Starr and John Treadvvell, of Hempstead; it is presumed
that it was this Elizabeth, for her brother Josiah first settled there, but there is
no other evidence of it." A History of the Starr Family, of New England,
&^c., by Burgis Pratt Starr, 1879, p. 5.

Note 3. "AtaCort of Constable and oversers the 5 of July 1682 Held
in hempsted by his maijistis athoryty . . . The testimony of John Tredwell
in the case betwen richard valintin plaintive and abraham smith defendant
this deponant testifieth that last mayday Abraham smith being at my hous
promised richard valintin that he would pay to him the note of seven and fifty
shilings an six pence richard valintin asked him when he would pay it and in
what and abraham sayd he would pay it in a month in a beast and if thay could
not agre of the price of the beast thay would put it to indeferant men to prize
it the not above said was barears note and farther sayth not.

The testimony of hanah Tredwell this deponant testifieth that she heard
abraham promis that he would pay to richard valintine a beast within a ten
days or a very short time upon the acount of a note that Mr. barcar sent to
abraham smith and farther saith not." Hempstead Town Records (printed),
vol. i, pp.393-394.

Note 4. "to all Christian People to whome these wrighting may or shall
come Greeting Know ye yt I John Smith Rock Senr of hempsted m quens
County of Long Island in ye Province of new yorcke in america and in ye forth
yeare of ye Reigne of oure Soverrigne Lord Jeams ye second by ye grace of
god of Ingland Scotland france and Irland Kinge Defender of ye faith and I
ye sd Smith have freely and absolutely given and bequethed a small adition of
meddo land Lying and being upon a necke commonly called Coesgreate necke
ye sd meddo Lying and bounding on ye south side by a lott yt was formerly
thomas Ellisons and on ye north side by a lott yt was first laid oute to ambros
suttons and on ye west side by ye Cricke and on ye East side by ye woods I do
freely give ye adition of meddo unto my son in Law John tredwell of ye above
sd towne and county to him ye said tredwell his heires exsecetors administra-
tors or asignes to have and to hould for Ever. . . . I have set to my hand and
fixed my sele ys twentyeth day of febewary in ye yeare of oure Lord god one
thousand six hundred and Eaighty Eaight

Signed seled and delivered in made his

Presence of us John : O : Smith (s.)

ffrances Chappell Marcke

Martha Chappell
This deed owned before mee John Smith

Justis of ye Peace."
Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. viii, p. 251.

Note 5. "John Tredwel, Pit: v/s Jurian de Kouper, deft, the deft: i de-
faut. . . . John Tredwell, pit: v/s Jurian de Kouper, deft: the deft: 2 de-
faut. . . . John Tredwell, Pit: v/s Jurian de Kouper, deft. The Pit; declar-
eth that the deft: is Indebted unto him for a Cow, the quantity of 14 ells of
duffles, for w"*" he prayeth Judgem' of this Court, ag"' this deft: With Cost. The
deft: ownes that he bought the Cow for 10 ells of dufflles & one blancoat, w'""
blancoat he saith he paid to the Pit: and the painient of the duftles was to be
made in this month. The Worshipp" Court ordered that Judgem' should be
entred ag" the deft: & and ordered that the deft: makes paiment of the s"" 10
ell of duffles within the space of 6 Weekes next ensuing together with Cost of
Suit

1671. 22 April Execution Issued out uppon this Judgem'." 27;e Records of
New Amsterdam from i6jj to 1674, printed l8g7, vol. vi, pp. 213-220.

Note 6. "At a cort in Hempsted by the Cunstable an Overseres this 5
day of Jenewary 1675 • • • The testimony of John tredwell this deponant
testifis that last sumer Abraham smith and he had sume discors Consarning
tobaco that Cornelus was a weeding of an Abraham smith said the tobaco was
betwen timothy and Cornelus and further saith Nott." Hempstead Town Rec-
ords (printed), vol. i, pp. 346-347.

igll.] Descendants of Edward Tre(a)dweU through his son John. 305

Note 7. " An Account of ye vallvation of the Estates of thee Inhabbi-
tants of ye towne of Hampsted on Long Island: is as followeth October nth
1683

These underwritten are y' Remaind' of y' Inhabitants of y' said Towne
which having not Brought in their valluations are Guest att by y° Cunstable
and overseirs of y* Towne Afores'' .......

John Tred well /250: 00s: ood." The Documentary History of the State of New
York, by E. B. O'Callaghan, 1849, vol. ii, pp. 523-528.

Note 8. "April 14, i6ql. . . . John Jackson, High Sheriff of Queens
County, returned Uaniel Whitehead and John Tradwell, Assembly Men for said
County, to sit and act in this Assembly. . . . Die Mercurij, 8 ho. A. M.
April 15th, 1691. The Role of the House being called over, Daniel Whitehead,
who was returned Yesterday, together with John Tradwell, to serve in this
House as Representatives for Queen's County, was ordered to go to Colonel
.Smith, and Mr. Brook, who were appointed by his Excellency to administer the
Oaths usually taken, says, That his Coleague John Tradwell, was interrupted
in that Service by being seized or arrested, by one Thomas Clark, who officiates
as Under-Sheriff, for the City and County of New York.

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the seizure or arresting of John
Tradwell, by Thomas Clark, Under-Sheriff, who was returned to serve as a
Member in this House for Queen's County, is a Violence and Breach of the
Rights and Privileges of this House.

Ordered, that the Speaker issue out his Warrant to the Serjeant at Arms
that attends this House, to the .Sheriff of this City and County of New York,
for the returning of Thomas Clark to this House, to answer the Contempt as
above." (Then follows copy of the Warrant to fetch Tho. Clark, dated the 15th
day of April, i6qI.)

" Ordered. That John Tradwell aforesaid come and appear, and attend the
Service of this House. ........

Ordered, That the Serjeant at Arms go and require John Tradwell, a Mem-
ber of this House, to come and attend the Service of this House immediately.

Ordered, the farther Consideration for the Manner of raising the Money
appointed for the defraying the Charge at Albany be referred until 2 o'Clock
P. M. ......... .

Wednesday the l6th of April, i6gi. . . . Upon Examination of the
Commitment of John Tradwell, and the Cause thereof brought to this House,
We do find, that the Allegation charged upon him, to be of such a scandalous
Nature, that he cannot be capable to serve as a Member in this House; but in
Regard that his coming to this Town, was in Obedience to their Majesties
Writ, being returned by the High-Sheriff and Freeholders of Queen's County,
to serve as a Burgess for that County in this House; it is ordered, that he be
discharged from this Commitment, paying the Serjeant at Arms, Clerk of the
Assembly, and Under-Sheriff, their Fees.

Ordered, That the Speaker,of this House do issue out his Warrant to the
Clerk of the Crown for the electing a new Member for Queen's County, in Room
of Tradwell dismissed." Journal of the Votes and Proceeding's of the General-
Assembly of the Colony of New York, printed 1764, vol. i, p. 4, et seq.

Note q. " Laid out to the Patent Right of John Tredwell the Following
Parcells of Land viz..

To John Tredwell Sen, and John Tredwell Jur, Twenty one acres of Land,
Valued at Ninteen .Shillings and Six pence per acre, Lying in the .South woods
above Coes Neck, Being part of a fifty acre Lott, ye other part Entered in
folio 52

To John Tredwell Sen. four acres and One hundred and Eleven Sqr Rods,
Valued at Eight Shillings an acre. Lying above Hickes Neck in ye South woods

To Ditto, Seventeen Acres of Land, Valued at Twenty Two Shillings pur
acre. Lying in ye South woods ye East Side of Merrock path Eastward of Jon-
athan Rocks Land," Hempstead Town Records, (printed), vol. viii, pp. 352-3.

" Laid out to the Patent Right of John Tredwell the following Parcells of
Land, viz..

To John Tredwell, Twenty three Acres and three quarters of Land Near ye
East Meadow, part whereof Being Cleared, so running from the East Meadow

306 Descendants of Edward Tre(a)dweU through his son John. [July,

To the land that Richard Southard sold Coleman Combs, thence northwardly to
Contain ye Quantity Valued at 7 pounds 2 Shillings 6 pence

To John Tredwell, five acres and thirty Seven Sqr Rods Lying near Her-
ricks, ye West Side of the path that Leads from Richard Williams his house to
Cowneck, Being part of a Card of 16 acres 44 rods, Valued at 6 pounds 5 Shil-
lings" Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. viii, p. 450.

Third Generation.

4. John' Tredwell (John', Edward') born probably in Hemp-
stead, New York, between December, 1667, and 4th June, 1668,
died probably in Hempstead, testate, November, 1747, (after
nth); married before 12th January, 1696-7, Phebe Piatt, born
19th March, 1669,* died between 30th August and 21st October,
1748, daughter of Epenetus and Phebe (Wood) Piatt of Hunting-
ton, New York. Residence, Town of Hempstead, New York.
Where John' Tredwell and wife were buried, is unknown.

John' Tredwell was a colonel in the militia. In the civil list
he appears as a justice of the peace, and as filling several local
offices, such as a trustee of his town, supervisor, constable, collec-
tor, and assessor, besides serving his town in other minor capac-
ities, such as looking after the town's lands, laying otit and
taking care of the highways and fences, running the town's lines,
keeping the town's moneys, adjusting its accounts, and letting out
its sheep. He was also one of the vestrymen and wardens of St.
George's Church, Hempstead. His business is unknown, but
was, doubtless, farming. Upon the records he is variously
described as "junior," "captain," "colonel," "justice," "esquire,"
and "gentleman."

The earliest record of John' Tredwell found bears date the
4th of June, 1689, when he registered his cattle mark as "a Latch
in ye fore Side of Each Eare and a half peny under ye neare
Eare."f This same mark was entered as John Jackson's on the
12th of February, 1710-11,! at or about which time John' Tred-
well took the mark of Jonathan Smith (black), which was "a latch
marke on the uper side of the Right Ear."§

As John' Tredwell was, doubtless, not under twenty-one years
of age when he registered his first cattle mark, the time of his
birth, therefore, can be placed within six months, showing that
he was the elder child.

In the three records mentioned John' Tredwell is described as
junior.

Phebe Plat, widow of Epenetus Plat of Huntington, New
York, left a will dated the 12th of January, 1696-7, which was
probated the 24th of July, 1697, and in it she bequeathed her
"own bible" to her "well beloved daughter Phebe Tredwell,"
adding that the said daughter had received more than a double
portion at the time of her marriage and by her father's will.||

* The Piatt Lineage, by G. Lewis Piatt, 1891, p. 43.
t Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. ii, p. 66.
X lb., vol. ii, p. 161. § lb., vol. ii, p. 225.

II Early Long Island Wills of Suffolk County, idgi-iyoj, by William S.
Pelletreau, 1897, pp. 143-7.

igli.] Descendants of Edward Tre{a)dwell through his son John. 307

Her father's will, dated the ist of September, 1693, was pro-
bated the 13th of November, 1693, and in it his daughters are
mentioned only by their first names.* On the 12th of March,
1697, Phebe (Piatt) Tredwell, by making her mark, and her
husband, by writing his name, acknowledged the receipt of ^^43.
9s. from Epenetus Piatt in full of the legacy bequeathed to her
in her father's will.f

It was probably John' Tredwell to whom the oaths of supre-
macy and objuration were to be administered under the "Dedi-
mus potestatem" issued the 15th of July, 1703, under Governor
Cornbury;! and to whom the test oath was administered as a
justice of Queens county the 2nd of August, i704.§

At a town meeting held in Hempstead the 14th of January,
1706-7, John' Tredwell was chosen a vestryman of St. George's
Church in Hempstead for the current year.|| And, at the parish
meeting held a year thereafter, he was again chosen as such for
the ensuing year.l He also appears in the list of wardens and
vestrymen of that parish for the years 1720, 1722, and 1728-9.**
He was one of the subscribers who held a meeting on the nth of
October, 1733, to provide for the construction of a new church in
Hempstead. ft An entry on the Hempstead town books, dated the
8th of the following April, shows that '2 an acre was laid out for
that purpose, "the first Bounds being 15 foot west from 5'e old
Church or meeting house by the side of Collonel John Tredwels
fence & thence westward along the side of said Tredwels fence
18 rods which comes to the south west corner of said Collonel
Tredwells Lott," &c.JJ The survey was made on the order of
John' Tredwell.

By deed (unrecorded) dated the 28th of November, 1706,
Thomas Pearsall, Jr., of Hempstead, in consideration of ^127,
conveyed to John Tredwell, Jr., the grantor's homestead of 4
acres in Hempstead, situate on the south side of the highway
running west iDetween John Marvin's house and said homestead,
bounded, on the east, north, and west, by highways and by Jus-
tice Smith's and Abram Southward's lands; also three other tracts,
respectively consisting of 2^3 acres, 6 acres "in the folly," and
3 acres. The witnesses were William Willis and John Rushmur.§§

* Early Long Island Wills of Suffolk County, i6gi-iyoj, by William S.
Pelletreau, 1897, pp. 93-96.

t Huntington Town Records, including Baby loji. Long Island, N. ¥., 1688-
1705, printed 1888, p. 202.

\ New York Calendar of Historical Manuscripts, part li, English, 1664-
1776, by E. B. O'Callaghan, 1866, p. 314.
§ lb., p. 330.

11 Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. ii, pp. 309-310.
\ lb., vol. ii, pp. 318-319.

** The Annals of Hempstead ; 164J to i8j2, Gr'C., by Henry Onderdonk, Jr.,
1878, p. 80.

tt History of St. George's Church, Hempstead, Long Island, by Rev. W.
H. Moore, 1881, pp. 47-48.

XX Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. iii.p. 155; see also p. 154.
§§ Papers in possession of Henry H. Tredwell.

3o8 Descendants of Edward Tre{d)divell through his son John. [July,

At the town meeting held the ist of April, 1708, John' Tred-
well was chosen to take care of all highways in Hempstead and
also to keep a pound for the term of seven years.* Each year
thereafter, he was chosen to look after the highways and fences,
until, in 17 11, he asked to be excused from serving longer.f The
records also show that he was the keeper of a pound for the years
1716,1 i738,§ 1739,11 1744,1 1745,** and i747-tt

By deed (unrecorded) dated the 13th of May, 1709, Adam
Mott of Hempstead conveyed to John Tredwell, Jr., gentleman,
10 acres of woodland to be laid out in Hempstead, the witnesses
being Joseph Smith and Andrew Gibb.JJ

By deed (unrecorded) dated the 20th of March, 1710-11,
Abraham Smith of Hempstead, in consideration of ^i i, conveyed
to John Tredwell, Jr., about 6 acres of meadow land on the south
side of Hempstead, "at a neck called hayebridg," bounded, west-
erly, by Justice Tredwell's meadows. Obadiah Volantine, Isaac
Smith, and Jacob Smith were the witnesses. JJ

At the town meeting held the ist of April, 171 2, John' Tred-
well was chosen a supervisor of Hempstead, §§ and also to look
after the town's commons. |||| He was chosen again to the for-
mer office for the years 1713,11 1715,*** i7i6,ftt i7i7,ttl i7i9.§§§
1720,11111 1721,111 1722,**** i723,tttt i7244«t i725,§§§§ i727.|lllii

By deed (unrecorded) dated the 29th of June, 1713, Moses
Embree of Hempstead conveyed to John' Tredwell, Jr., 6-7 acres
of meadow land on the south side, on "hay bridge necke," boun-
ded, westerly, by said John' Tredwell's meadow bought of Isaac
Smith. The witnesses were Jonathan Smith, Mordecai Lester,
and (name not legible. )];I

Thomas Jones of Fort Neck, in the township of Oyster Bay,
New York, named his "well beloved" friend, John' Tredwell, as
one of the overseers of his last will dated the 7th of Decemljer,
1713, and probated the 2nd of February, 1713-14.IIII"

In 17 15, John' Tredwell appears as lieutenant in Capt. Timo-
thy Bagley's company of Horse in Queen's county.*****

* Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. ii, p. 325.
t lb., vol. ii, p. 424. \ lb., vol. iii, p. 270.

X lb., vol. ii, p. 481. ** Ib.,yo\. iii, p. 271.

§ lb., vol. iii, p. 259. ft lb., vol. iii, p. 474.

II lb., vol. iii, p. 261.
Jt Papers in possession of Henry H. Tredwell.
§§ Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. ii, p. 430.
nil /^., vol. ii, p. 433-434. Him /i^., vol. iii, p. 25.

W lb., vol. ii, p. 445. **** lb., vol. iii, p. 34.

*** /*., vol. ii, p. 470. tttt lb., vol. iii, p. 39.

ttt lb., vol. ii, p. 481. XXXX lb., vol. iii, p. 71.

XXX lb., vol. ii, p. 487. §§§§ lb., vol. iii, p. 76.

§§§ lb., vol. iii, p. 5. II II II II lb., vol. iii, p. 89.

mill /*., vol. iii, p. 15.
HHHII New York Historical Society Collections, 1893, pp. 127-128.
***** New York State Historian's Report, 1896, Colonial Series, vol. i, p. 488.

iigi.] Descendants of Edward Tre{a)divell through his son John. 309

At the town meeting held the 3rd of April, 17 16, John' Tred-
well was also chosen a constable and a collector for that year,*
as well as to look after the town's land laid out for firewood and
grazing.f

The Hempstead town records contain a copy of a deed dated
the 12th of August, 17 17, from Symon Searing of Hempstead to
John Tredwell, junior, yeoman, conveying 34 acres at Herricks;
also 8^4 acres on the hills above the head of Cow Neck.;]; It is
not certain whether this grantee was John' Tredwell or was his
nephew; but, at least, a part of the land conveyed by this deed
appears to be the same which was later devised by John^ Tred-
well to Sarah Lawrence and Tredwell Waters. If so, it follows
that John' Tredwell was still living as late as the 12th of
August, 17 17.

At the town meeting held the loth of March, 1717-18, it was
voted that "Cap. John Tredwell" with others represent the town
in running its lines and boundaries. § He was chosen again for
that purpose in 1721II and 1727.!^

It is not known when John' Tredwell became a captain in the
militia, but the earliest mention of him as such is found in the
preceding record for the year 1718. From this time until the 31st
of July, 1725,** he is frequently referred to by that rank.
Between the latter date and the 13th of November, 1727, he was
advanced to the rank of colonel. ff

At the town meeting held the ist of April, 17 18, he was chosen
an assessor,IJ but three months thereafter, Thomas Carman was
elected in his place. §§

By indenture (unrecorded) dated the ist of May, 1718, John
Smith of Hempstead conveyed certain lands to Dennis Wright
and endorsed thereon is the transfer of the grantee's interest to
Capt. John Tredwell. |||

By a deed dated the 30th of March, 17 19, John Searing and
Jeams Searing of Hempstead and another quitclaimed to Jona-
than Searing of Hempstead land near "Hearicks" in Hempstead,
bounded, southerly, by lands partly of John' Tredwell and partly
of Isaac Smith; also another parcel, bounded, westerly, by land of
John' Tredwell.11

By deed (unrecorded) dated the 15th of May, 17 19, Joseph
Pine of Hempstead, in consideration of ;^6o, conveyed to Capt.
John Tredwell, gentleman, salt medow on Haybridge Neck
on the south side of Hempstead, bounded, westerly, by said John'
Tredwell's meadow. Mordecai Lester, James Searing, William
Willis, Samuel Pine, and John Smith were the witnesses. ||||

* Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. ii, p. 481.
t lb., vol. ii, p. 482. ** lb., vol. lii, p. 78.

X lb., vol. iii, pp. 453-4S5' tt lb., vol. iii, p. 84.

§ lb., vol. ii, p. 490. XX lb., vol. ii, p. 490.

II lb., vol. iii, p. 26. §§ lb., vol. ii, p. 491.

If lb., vol. iii, p. 90.

III! Papers in possession of Henry H. Tredwell.
W Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. iii, p. 32.

3IO Descendants of Edward Tre{a)d'well through his son John. [July,

By a deed dated the 25th of January, 1719-20, Capt. John
Tredwell quitclaimed to his brother, Capt. Thomas Tredwell, his
interest in certain lands of which their father, John' Tredwell,
died seized. The original document is now owned by Mr. Henry
Hewlett Tredwell. (See note i.)

In 1 72 1, John' Tredwell was one of the trustees representing
the town of Hempstead.*

Just when John' Tredwell was first commissioned a justice of
the peace cannot be determined, for the reasons already explained
under John' Tredwell, but the justice mentioned in a record of
the 3rd of April, 1722, certainly refers to the former.* After
this date, his name often appears as "Justice John Tredwell" or
"Justice Tredwell."

On the said last mentioned date, the freeholders of the town
of Hempstead voted to John' Tredwell 3 acres that were given
for a school at the rear of Joseph Pettes "Seners Lott."f

At the town meeting held the 6th of August, 1722, John*
Tredwell was chosen to let out the town's sheep. J Again he was
chosen for that purpose in i724;g also in the years 1725 (when he
was directed to receive the money for them),|l 1730,^ and 1732.**
Two persons were appointed at the meeting held the 2nd of
April, 1723, to adjust an account with "Justes" John Tredwell for
folding the sheep;tt while, at the meeting held the 9th of August,
1726, he with others was chosen to prevent the town's sheep
being folded. Jt

The Hempstead town records show that John* Tredwell was
one of the commissioners for laying out highways as early as the
the 20th of September, i722;§§ and that he so served his town for
the years, 1725,111 1726,11 "1727,*** 1729.!!! '^IZ'^XXl i732,§§§
i733,llll!|andi734.TO

At the town meeting held the 30th of April, 1723, John' Tred-
well was chosen to take account of the town's lands.****

The Hempstead town books show that the town's money, on
the 14th of October, 1723, was lodged in John' Tredwell's
hands;tftt and that, at a town meeting in 1725, he was chosen to
see about granting the town's lands for a mill.^m

John' Tredwell was one of the executors named in the last
will of John Jackson of Hempstead. This testament bears date
the 26th of August, 1724, and was probated the 6th of December,

* Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. iii, p. 26.

t lb., vol. iii, p. 34. m lb., vol. iii, p. 85.

X lb., vol. iii, pp. 34-35. *** lb., vol. iii, p. 84.

§ lb., vol. iii, p. 64. ttf lb., vol. iii, p. 100.

II lb., vol. iii, p. 78. XXX lb., vol. iii, p. 104.

t /(i., vol. iii, p. 114. §§§ /iJ., vol. iii, p. 124.

** 7(5., vol. iii, p. 124. mill //^., vol. iii, p. 152.

tt lb., vol. iii, p. 39. mH lb., vol. iii, p. 155.

XX lb., vol. iii, p. 83. **** lb., vol. iii, p. 40.

§§ lb., vol. iii, p. 127. tttt lb., vol. iii, p. 67.

II II lb., vol. iii, p. 97. tttt lb., vol. iii, p. 77.

igii-] Descendants of Edward Tre(a)dwell through his son John. 31I

1725.* He was also one of the executors designated in the
last will of John Thomas, Rector of St. George's Church in
Hempstead, which bears date the 17th of March, 1724-5, and was
probated the 3rd of December, 1726.!

By a deed dated the 7th of June, 1725, John' Tredwell and
others conveyed to Capt. Jacob Hicks of Rockaway in Hempstead
all their interest in a certain beach at Rockaway^

The record of the town meeting held in Hempstead the 20th
of January, 1726-7, mentions, among other things, the "patin rate
that is in the hands of Justice John Tredwel."§

Samuel Embree of Hempstead named his "trusty and loving"
friend. Col. John Tredwell, one of the executors of his last will
(unrecorded) dated the nth of January, 1727-8, and probated the
4th of August, 1729.11

The records of St. George's Church in Hempstead contain the
entries of baptisms from the 9th of March, 1 730-1, to 1747, of
several slaves belonging to John' Tredwell.

At the town meeting held in Hempstead the 7th of April,
'73°. John^ Tredwell was given the liberty "to fence in and stop
the way that was known by the name of Southards Lain;""! and,
at the meeting held the 21st of July, that year, he and others
were also granted the liberty "to fence in the Lains folowing
first the Laine betwen the buring Pase and Collo'n John Tread-
well Lott."**

At the town meeting held the 4th of April, 1732, the town
school lot was let to John' Tredwell. ft

According to an early number of the New York Gazette, on
Wednesday, the 23rd of April, 1735, the Governor of the Colony
of New York was entertained in a splendid manner by Col. Tred-
well, commander of the regiment. jj

By deed dated the 30th of December, 1736, and witnessed by
John Tredwell, Jr., Isaac Germond, Sr., of Hempstead, conveyed
to John' Tredwell, land on Hick's Neck.§§ This land was later
devised by said grantee to his nephew, Benjamin* Tredwell.

At the town meeting held the 5th of April, 1737, it was voted
that John Thuston have the town's old sheep-pens on the south
side of "Collonels Tread wells Land."||||

By deed dated the 2nd of May, 1739, John Lester and wife,
Phebe, of Hempstead, conveyed to his creditors land in the
"Town Spot" of Hempstead, bounded, westerly, by lands of John'

* New York Historical Society Collections, 1893, PP- 324-326.

t lb., p. 340.

X Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. iii, pp. 340-342.

§ lb., vol. iii, p. 88.

II New York Historical Society Collections, 1902, pp. 135-136.

\ Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. iii, p. I07.

** lb., vol. iii, p. 115.

tt lb., vol. iii, p. 120.

It Queens County in Olden Times, by H. Onderdonk, Jr., 1865, pp. 20-21.

^ Papers in possession of Henry H. Tredwell.

Ill Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. iii, p. 257.

312 Descendants of Edward Tre(a)d'well through his son John. [July,

Tredwell.* And by indenture (unrecorded) dated the 1 9th of July,
1744, the surviving creditors of John Lester, seventeen in num-
ber, conveyed to John^ Tredwell 7 acres "in town spot of
Hempstead. "f

By deed dated the 29th of March, 1744, John Pine and wife,
Grace, of Cow Neck, Hempstead, conveyed to Minne Schenck of
the same place, land on Cow Neck, bounded, northerly, by "Coll."
Tredwell's land. J

By deed dated the loth of May, 1745, John Smith of Hemp-
stead conveyed to Valentine Hewlett Peters of the same place
land in Hempstead, bounded, westerly, by a lot belonging to Col.
Tredwell. §

By deed dated the 6th of August, 1747, Joseph Latham and
William Latham of Cow Neck, Hempstead, conveyed to Joseph
Kissam of the same place land on Cow Neck, bounded, easterly,
by lands of Nath'l Pearsall, of John' Tredwell, and of Lewes
Hewlett. II The land of John' Tredwell therein referred to is
again mentioned in a deed dated the 20th of March, 1759, from
Thomas Pearsall, Israll Pearsall of Oyster Bay, and Samuel
Latham of Cow Neck to James Hewlett of Cow Neck.^

By deed dated the i:th of November, 1747, John' Tredwell,
"in ye Consideration of ye perternal Love & affection which I Do
Bear towards My Nephew Benjamin Tredwell," conveyed to his
said nephew all his right to lands on Madnan's Neck and all
other rights of lands he then had excepting "in the Town-
ship of Hempstead besides . . . Madnan's Neck." The
execution of this deed was proved on the nth of January, 1748-9,
by Valentine Hewlett Peters, one of the subscribing witnesses.**
The original instrument has been preserved and is now among
the papers of Mr. Henry H. Tredwell.

On the Hempstead town records are entered the following
undated patent rights which were laid out to John' Tredwell:

22 acres in the South Woods above Coes Neck, in the proprie-
tary right of Timothy Wood.ff

10 acres and 45 square rods in the South Woods, above Hick's
Neck, between Hick's Neck Path and Coes Neck Swamp, in the
proprietary right of William Thorne.;!:!

29 acres above Coes Neck, in the South Woods, part of 50 acre
lot, the remainder under the patent right of John Tredwell in
folio 47, valued at ^30, in the patent right of Samuel Denton. §§

12 acres at south end of Samuel Bedel's farm, part of the north
end of a card of 47^4^ acres, valued at ;^6.||||

John' Tredwell left a last will dated the 23rd of July, 1745,
which was probated the 2nd of December, 1747, and recorded in

* Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. iv, p. 155.

t Papers in possession of Henry H. Tredwell.

X Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. vi, p. 206.

§ lb., vol. iv, p. 2g. W lb., vol. viii, p. 312.

11 lb., vol. iii, pp. 435-439- XX lb., vol. viii, p. 328.
\ lb., vol. iv, p. 482. §§ lb., vol. viii, p. 363.

** lb., vol. iii, pp. 449-450. Ill lb., vol. viii, p. 450.

igii.] Descendants of Edward Tre{a)dwell through his son John. 313

Liber 16 of Wills, page 210, in the office of the Surrogate of the
county of New York.* The original will is still to be seen on
file in the Surrogate's office, while the original letters testamen-
tary issued thereon, dated the 2nd of December, 1747, have been
preserved among the papers that have come down to Mr. Henry
H. Tredwell.

In his will John' Tredwell mentioned his wife, Phebe, to
whom he gave the use of his lands for life; his nephew, Samuel
Tredel, to whom he devised lands on Cow Neck and on Hicks
Neck, formerly his father's; his nephew, Benjamin Tredel, to
whom he devised his lands, houses, and barns in the "Town-
Spott" of Hempstead, lands on Hick's Neck, lands between Daniel
Pine's river and Carman's river, and all rights in the undivided
lands of the town of Hempstead, besides leaving his military arms;
his kinsman, Thomas Tredel, son of his nephew, John Tredel, to
whom he devised his right of land between the Merrick river and
Daniel Pine's river; his kinswoman, Mary Tredel, daughter of his
said nephew, John Tredel, to whom he bequeathed his silver
punch bowl; Sarah Lawrence, wife of Adam Lawrence, Esq., and
Tredel Waters, son of his friend, Anthony Waters, to whom he
devised jointly land at Searingtown; William Totten, Hannah
Bedle, daughter of his friend, Jeremiah Bedle of Hempstead, and
his friend, Jacob Smith of Herricks in Hempstead. His wife,
nephew, Samuel Tredwell, and friend, David Jones, were named
the executors.

His widow, Phebe, subsequently released to these two nephews
her interest in the lands thus devised to them, as appears by two
deeds, one, dated the 31st of December, 1747, and signed by the
said Phebe Tredwell by a mark;f the other, a quitclaim to the
widow and heirs of the said Samuel* Tredwell, dated the 12th of
April, 1748, and signed in the same manner as the preceding
deed.j In consideration of the latter release, the executors of
of Samuel' Tredwell's estate executed a bond to pay the said
Phebe Tredwell ;^26. los., yearly, during her lifetime. J

Phebe Tredwell, the widow of John' Tredwell, left a last will
dated the 30th of August, 1748, which was probated the 21st of
October, 1748, and recorded in Liber 16 of Wills, page 352, in the
office of the Surrogate of the county of New Yoik.§ The origi-
nal testament can still be found on file in that office.

The will of Phebe Tredwell, "widow of Colonel John Tred-
well of Hempstead," shows that she was ill at the time it was
made. It reads, in part, as follows: "If Collonell Benjaman Tred-
well shall pay the Sum of ^14 in lew of a mare which he detains
from me, and . . . jQb which my attorneys paid him . .
which . . . ought not to have been paid . . . then
. his wife Sarah "Tredwell shall have my silver tea pot." jr^\o

* New York Historical Society Collections, 1895, PP- 150-1.

t Papers in possession of Henry H. Tredwell.

X Papers in possesion of late Mrs. Joseph Augustus Tredwell of Jamaica,
Queens County, New York.

§ New York Historical Society Collections, 1895, pp. 196-197.

314 Descendants of Edward Tre(a)d7vell through his son John. [July,

was left for the repair of the Presbyterian meeting house at
Hempstead. All the other legacies mentioned in her will seem
to have been given to her own blood relatives or friends. Adam
Lawrence and Jacob Smith were named the executors.

The place where John' Tredwell resided in Hempstead
remains unsettled, but it was, probably, in "the town spot," that
part now the village of Hempstead.

John' Tredwell must have died between the time he executed
the deed to his nephew, Benjamin* Tredwell, already described,
and, at least, a couple of days before his will was probated; while
his wife's death must have occurred the year following, between
the time she made her will and the date of its probate.

It is not known where John" Tredwell or his wife was buried,
but it was, probably, either in the old town cemetery, which is
now covered over and forms the park in the present village of
Hempstead, or nearby, within St. George's church-yard.

John' Tredwell left no issue.

5. Thomas' Tredwell (John', Edward') died intestate, 1722,
(before 25th May); married before 1698, Hannah Denton, died
17th August, 1748, aged 75 years, buried Sunk Meadow (Fort
Salonga), Smithtown, New York, daughter of Samuel Denton of
Hempstead, New York. Thomas' Tredwell resided on Madnan's
Neck (Great Neck), town of Hempstead. His place of burial is
uncertain. His widow moved to Smithtown, where she resided
with her son, Timothy* Tredwell, until her decease.

Thomas' Tredwell was a captain in the militia of his county.
Besides the title "capt.," he is frequently mentioned upon the
public records as "gentleman" and "esquire." Apparently he did
not seek political office like his brother, for he is found holding
but one or two minor local town offices, such as surveyor of high-
ways, and to take account of the town's money. He was one
of the vestrymen and wardens of St. George's Church. Hemp-
stead. His business was probably farming, as he was described
as "yeoman."

'The earliest record of Thomas' Tredwell discovered is as a
witness with a John Tredwell to a deed from Thomas Lester and
wife, Dorcis, of Hempstead, to Samuel Denton, Jr., of the same
place, dated the 25th of May, 1691.*

The next time his name appears, is as a witness on two deeds
to Peter Titus of Hempstead, each bearing date the 28th of May,
169s, one from Hope Willis of Hempstead,! and the other from
Thomas Rushmore of Madnan's Neck. J

On the 25th of January, 1697, the Governor of the Province of
New York appointed Thomas' Tredwell to the captaincy of a
Company of Foot in Col. Thomas Willet's regiment, I'ice Capt.
John Jackson, who had been made a major. Mr. Herman E.
Piatt of Albany, New York, has the original commission. (See
note 2.) It is in bad condition and immediate steps should be

* Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. viii, p. 128.

i" lb., vol. viii, pp. 179-180. J lb., vol. viii, pp. 180-181.

IQII.] Descendants of Edward Tre{a)dwell through his son John. 315

taken to minimize, as far as possible, through photographic
copies, the loss of this valuable and interesting document, of
which there is no record in the state archives.

In a Queen's county regiment, in 1700, commanded by Lieut.
Col. John Jackson, Thomas' Tredwell is given as the captain of
the Company of Foot in Hempstead.*

On the 19th of March, 1702-3, Thomas' Tredwell took the
required oath as captain of a company of foot in the militia in the
town of Hempstead;! and, on the 2nd of December, 1703, the oath
of abjuration was administered to him as such officer. J

In the archives of the State of New York in the State Library
at Albany, before the fire, was a muster-roll "of the train
Souldiers" under the command of Thomas' Tredwell dated at
Hempstead the 17th of September, i7i5.§

On the 28th of June, 1722, Joseph Thorn was commissioned a
captain of militia for Hempstead in the place of Thomas' Tred-
well.!

As it is not likely that the rank of captain was given to a man
under twenty-one years of age, it is evident that Thomas' Tred-
well was born before the year 1676.

As stated under John' Tredwell, (page 186,) Thomas' Tred-
well's name appears on the Hempstead census dated the 31st of
August, 1698, together with the names of his wife, Hannah, and
two children. Papers on file in the office of the clerk of the
Court of Appeals in Albany, New York, in connection with the
settlement of the estate of Samuel Denton of Hempstead, who
died intestate, mention his daughter, Hannah Tredwell, wife of
Thomas Tredwell. She was the granddaughter of the Rev.
Richard Denton.

Thomas' Tredwell was one of the witnesses to the deed of
conveyance from John Lingninton of Hempstead to Timothy
Carele of the same place dated the 15th of March, i699-i7oo;1
also, to the deed from Richard Totten, Sr., of Hempstead to his
son, William Totten, of the same place dated the 6th of March,
1702-3.**

On the 17th of January, 1706-7, Thomas' Tredwell entered the
following on the Hempstead town records as his ear-mark; "a
latch one ye fore sid of ye left eare and a slip one ye under sid ye
right eare. "If

He was one of the subscribing witnesses to the last will of
Richard Smith of Hempstead, dated the 23rd of March, 1710-11,-
and probated the 17th of May, 1711.J;]:

* New York State Historian s Report, 1896, Colonial Series, vol. i, p. 422.

t Office of the County Clerk of Queens county, N. Y., Liber A of Deeds, p.
217.

X Ih., Liber B, No. 2 of Deeds, p. 11.

8 For a copy see New York State Historian's Report, i8g6, Colonial Series,
vol. i, p. 497.

li New York Calendar of Historical Manuscripts, P3lT\.'\i, English, printed
1866, p. 470.

\ Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. ii, p. 322.
** lb., vol. ii, p. 436. tt ^l>-i vol. ii, p. 261.

XX New York Historical Society Collections, 1893, p. 79.

3l6 Descendants of Edward Tre(a)d'well through his son John. [July,

He was also one of the witnesses to the release of land on
Madnan's Neck executed by John Tredwell, Esq., (which one?)
and others as trustees of Hempstead to John Monfort of Mad-
nan's Neck by deed dated the 12th of January, 1712.*

According to a memorandum on the Hempstead town records
dated the i8th of February, 1712-13, there was laid out to "Justis
John Tredwell Samuel Embry Captt Thomas Tredwell and John
Rushmor" a "Parsel of Swomp lying to Pine mill with the upland
A Joining to it."f

Capt. Thomas Tredwell is given by Onderdonk as a warden
and vestryman of St. George's church, Hempstead, for the years
i7i3~32. "32" is doubtless an error for 22, the year when
Thomas' Tredwell died.J

At the town meeting held in Hempstead the 2nd of April,
1717, Thomas' Tredwell was chosen a surveyor of the highwa3fs
for the ensuing year;§ and, the next year, he was again chosen to
the office. II

As already seen, John' Tredwell, by deed dated the 25th of
January, 1719-20, quitclaimed to his brother, Thomas' Tredwell,
the interest he had in certain property left by their father. (See
Note I.)

On the next day, Thomas' Tredwell of Hempstead, "Esqr," in
consideration of "paternall Love . . . unto his beloved Eldest
Son John Tredwell Junor of the Town . . . aforesaid Yeoman,"
and for other considerations, conveyed to his said son the farm
he owned at "Fanefield," in the southeastern part of Hempstead;
also, all the land he had on Goes Great Neck and the half part of
all proprietary and patent rights of land in the South Woods and
the Plains that Justice John Tredwell, late of Hempstead,
deceased, died seized of; also, salt and fresh meadow on Hay-
bridge Neck, bounded, easterly, by the meadow possessed by
Capt. John Tredwell.1

At the town meeting held the 5th of April, 1720, "Cap"
Thomas Tredwell was chosen to take account of the town's
money.**

In the office of the city clerk of Portchester, New York, is a
copy of a deed bearing the date last mentioned from Silas Titus
and wife, Sarah, to Thomas' Tredwell, conveying isi/4 acres of
land in the township of Rye, Harrison's Purchase, Westchester
county, New York, bounded, westerly, by Mamaroneck River,
southerly and easterly, by land of Richard Griffin, and, northerly,
by lands of David Eustace. ft

* Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol, ii, p. 453.

t lb., vol. ii, p. 449.

X The Annals of Hempstead ; 164^ to 1832, Gr'C., p. 80.

§ Hempstead Town Records (printed), vol. ii, p. 487.

II lb., vol. ii, p. 490.

Tl lb., vol. V, pp. 489-492.
** lb., vol. iii, p. 15.
■ft Rye Town Records, vol. marked "D, 1723 to 1832," p. 147.

iQii.] Descendants of Edward Tre(a)dwell through his son John. 31 7

Soon thereafter, David Eustace and wife, Mary, by deed dated
the 20th of May, 1720, conveyed to Thomas' Tredwell 170 acres
in the said town of Rye, bounded, northerly, by Rye Pond, east-
erly, by lands of Richard Griffin, southerly, by the land conveyed
by the said Titus deed, and, westerly, by Mamaroneck River.*

Thomas' Tredwell died intestate before the 25th of May, 1722,
as appears by the inventory of his estate, which still exists in
fair condition among the family papers which have descended to
Henry Hewlett Tredwell. (See note 3.) Probably he died in
May, that year, and was buried on his homestead, in one of the
graves marked by field stones in the old Tredwell burial ground
mentioned in the description which follows below.

The records in the office of the Surrogate of the county of New
York show that letters of administration on his estate were
granted to his widow, Hannah Tredwell, on the 23rd of August,
1722.1 The memorandum of her oath, taken on the same day in
qualifying as administratrix, is on file in the office of the clerk
of the Court of Appeals at Albany, New York.

By an instrument (unrecorded), Hannah Tredwell, widow of
Thomas' Tredwell, released to her son, Benjamin* Tredwell, her
interest in the property on Great Neck whereon her husband was
residing at the time of his decease. (See Note 4.)

This homestead comprised 250 acres lying in the northeasterly
part of Great Neck (formerly Madnan's Neck) in the present town
of North Hempstead and running along the westerly side of Man-
hasset Bay, overlooking which, to the north, is a view of Long
Island Sound and the distant shores of Connecticut. A part of
this farm is now owned and occupied by Alphonse H. Alker,
Esq.

A few paces back of the present Alker mansion, in an open
field near the meadow and the shore of the bay, is the old Tred-
well burying ground, a square shaped plot consisting of not more
than yl acre, if that.

At the time of the compiler's last visit to this spot, on the 13th
of October, 1905, it was so overgrown with briers, vines, bushes,
and trees, that the gravestones were hardly discernable from the
fence line. Probably it was due to the protection thus afforded
that these stones were so well preserved.

Forty-three head-stones were found, twenty-two of Tredwells,
fifteen of Kissams, two of Platts, two of Woolleys, one of Town-
send, and one of Verity. Besides these, there were in the row of
the oldest stones, at least two graves marked only by rough
field stones, without inscription.

The oldest stone was slate, the most recent ones were marble,
the others, brown stone. One was badly broken and crumbling.
Several had already fallen. Some of the latter (of the Kissams)
seemed to have been purposely levelled and buried.

* Rye Town Records, vol. marked "D, 1723 to 1832," p. 145.
"f Liber 9 of Wills, p. 325. See New York Historical Society Collections,
1893, p. 254.

3 I 8 Descendants of Edward Tre{a)dweU through his son John. [July,

This plot had once been inclosed by a wooden fence, but, at
the time of the visit mentioned, it was down, apparently having
fallen through decay.

This sacred spot should receive attention from the descend-
ants of those buried there, or, in the course of a few more years,
it may be ruthlessly obliterated in the same manner as other
private burial grounds in that section.

Probably it was about the time Hannah Tredwell executed the
above mentioned release that she went to Smithtown, Long
Island, to live with her son, Timothy* Tredwell, with whom she
was living when she died.

Hannah Tredwell left a last will dated the 20th of December,
1744, which was probated in the City of New York on the 26th
of August, 1748, and recorded in Liber 16 of Wills, page 308, in
the office of the Surrogate of the county of New York.* The
original remains on file in the Surrogate's office. Throughout
the name is spelled Treadwell. The will, signed by her by making
a mark, recites that the testatrix is the widow of Thomas Tread-
well and that she is " now of Smithtown," living with her son,
Timothy Treadwell, to whom she devises all her interest in the
buildings on the farm where he lives at Sunken Meadow. It
mentions her eldest daughter, Elizabeth Halstead; Phebe Tread-
well, the child of her daughter, Charity; her granddaughter,
Mary Smith, the other daughter of her said daughter, Charity;
her daughter, Hannah Sands; her son, Thomas Star Treadwell;
her sons, Benjamin and Samuel Treadwell; her grandchildren,
Thomas, John, Samuel, and Mary Treadwell, children of her son,
John Treadwell, deceased; her son-in-law, Benjamin Smith. The
executors named are her two sons, Benjamin and Timothy.

The farm mentioned, whereon she lived at Sunken Meadow,
was, in 1905, owned by Mr. Edward Thompson of Northport,
Long Island, and, before him, by a Mr. Bryant.

A few steps northwest of the barn on this place, away from
the road, and on the top of a hill commanding a superb view of
Long Island Sound and the surrounding county, but unprotected
against the wintry blasts, is a small, unfenced burial plot con-
taining several graves marked only with rough, unlettered field
stones. One grave, however, has a head and a foot stone of thin
slate. This head stone, rounded at the top, with the customary
Death's head and wings of that period, beneath which is a square
border surrounding an inscription, the right edge being some-
what broken off, was, on the 14th of August, 1910, found broken
in half, the upper part, containing the full inscription, lying on
the ground face downward. On being raised, the following was
disclosed:

( To be continued.)
* New York Historical Society Collections, 1895, PP- 182-183.

19 1 1 -J A Digest of Essex Wills. 319

A DIGEST OF ESSEX WILLS.

With Particular Reference to Names of Importance in the

American Colonies.

By William Gilbert,

Corresponding Member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Member
of the Essex Archaeological Society, etc.

(Continued from Vol. XLII, p. 201, of the Record.)

204. Carter, Johan, of Audley End, Essex, widow, 16 Jany 29
Eliz. To be bur. in Walden churchyard. To son Thomas house-
hold articles. To Susan the daughter of Bennet Carter my son
10/- at age 12. To Margaret and Elizabeth Alathew daughters
of my son in law Martin Mathew various household articles at
ages 21. My son Martyns servant Jane Croft. To Adam and
Thomas sons of my son Martyn Mathew 10/- each at ages 18.
Res. & Ex. Martyn Mathew. Wit: Thomas ffrancklyn, John
Hennyngton, John Reade. Testator makes mark. Probate not
mentioned. (Not registered, original will examined.) Arch-
deaconry of Colchester.

205. Carter, Robert, senior, of Earls Colne, Essex, 6 April
7 Jac I, Husbandman, To my wife Johan my cottage and garden
in Earls Colne called Clovers for her life she to bring up Robert
and Mary Carter my grandchildren till their ages of 21 years.
After her death the said cottage to go to my grandchild Robert
Carter. Res. & Ex. wife Johan. Supervisor, Rober Rookes sen-
ior. Wit. Robert Rookes William Dashe. (seal a talbot passant)
Proved 29 Nov., 1610. (Not registered, original will examined.)
Archdeaconry of Colchester.

206. Cole, Humphrey, of Tillingham, Essex, Clerk, 4 Novem-
ber, 1623. To be buried in the Chancel. To poor 4 marks. To
son Robert (Student of Emanuel College Cambridge) books,
wearing apparel etc. To wife Hester corn etc. My perpetual
advowson of the Rectory of Great Oakley Essex to be sold and the
money divided between my sons. My freehold land in Tilling-
ham commonly called Hodgwatts to be sold and the money divi-
ded as follows: my wife Hester to have the use of ;^8o for her
life and the residue and also the ^80 after wife's death to be
equally divided between my sons William, Thomas, Robert and
John Cole, or such of them as are living. To William Cole now
in Virginia (if he be living) my three acres of freehold land with
a new barn built upon it called Sewders Head in Tillingham and
next adjoining to a cottage and two acres of copyhold land called
Finches which doth belong to his brother Robert Cole, and if my
said son William be not living at the time of my decease I
bequeath the said land and barn to my second son Thomas. My
wife to have for her life all my plate, household stuff etc. by vir-
tue of a deed of gift made by me to Sir John Sams Knight and
Mr. Blunt gent. Sole Ex. wife, if she refuse then son Thomas to

320 A Digest of Essex Wills. [J^ily.

to be ex. Overseers my two sonnes in law Micaiah Wood parson
of Great Oakley and John George yeoman of Writtle. Wit: John
Draske, John Moody. Proved 17 May, 1624, by relict. (Dean &
Chapter of St. Pauls, D. fo. 232.)

207. Hall, Richard, of Ardleigh, Essex, 9 May, 1590, Tailor.
To Ann my wife my land in Merse Street Lane by estimation
four acres for life and after to my cousin Robert Hall of Ardleigh
for his life and after to his son Samuel Hall and his heirs for
ever. Res. to wife An for her life and after to be divided
between my brother Downes and his children, the said Robert
Hall, and the two John Sondes ye younger. Ex. wife. Super-
visor, Brother William Downes. Witness Lawrence Lyde, Wil-
liam Downes. Probate not mentioned. (Not registered.) Orig-
inal will examined. Archdeaconry of Colchester.

208. KiNGE, Thomas, of Heybridge, Essex, Yeoman, 8 March,

1609. To my daughters Mary and Grace ;^i5 each at their ages
of 15 years, also to them certain household articles, after decease
of my wife. Res. and Ex. wife Grace Kinge. Overseers: Rich-
ard Freshwater and Thomas Wells of Maldon baker. Wit: Wil-
liam Bennett, John Townesin, Thomas Wells. Proved 28 May,

1610, by relict. (Dean & Chapter of St. Pauls, D. fo. 25.)

209. Maule, George, Rector of Vange, county Essex, 23
Sept., 1667. To be buried with or close to my wife Mary in the
chancel. Bequests to poor of Vange and Fobbing. To Clerk or
Sexton of Vange five shillings a year till the year 1700 to keep
the memorial to wife clean.* House and land in Vange called
Lunsees alias Mopses. House and land in Canvey. Mentions
brothers (in law) Richard Champneisf (now or late of Bidden-
den Kent clothier), Samuel Hare of Leigh (and Elizabeth his
wife) Richard Hare (Jane & Elizabeth his daughters) Justin
Hare. Mentions sisters, Susan Emerson, Mary Jones, (John
Jerome and Mary her children), sister Drywood of Brentwood,
Elizabeth & Anne Hare of Leigh singlewomen sisters of my late
wife Mentions cousins, Mary Hewit and Justinian Champneis her
brother, Robert Tucker and Susan his of Stanford le Hope, Sam-
uel Brett of Romford. The ring my mother Camden gave me.
Library to be sold to defray expenses of funeral which is not to
exceed ^50. To Mr. Rogers rector of Laindon Hils a gown and
other vestments. To Mr. Gale Vicar of Horndon £,20, and vest-

* When I visited this Church in 1908 I noted this memorial which is of
black marble in a frame embedded in the North wall of the Chancel, Arms
above: Champneis impaling Darell. It states she died 4 Sept., 1659, and was
the daughter of Justinian Champneis of Wrotham, and Sarah, daughter of John
Darell of Calehill Kent. She had an only child Charles, who died an infant.

Near this memorial is one to George Maule, S. T. B., for 33 years rector of
Vange, died 1667, aged 64. This has the Arms of Maule viz: Argent on a bend
sable three dolphins naiant embowed or.

The will of Elizabeth, widow of Francis Scott, rector of Fobbing (an adjoin-
ing parish) mentions her brother George Maule clerk. (Arch. Essex, 1660.)

t John Champneis, clerk of Digswell, Herts., in his will dated 1645, men-
tions his "loving brother in law Mr. George Male of ffange Essex clarke."
(P. C.C. 130 Rivers.)

iQii.] A Digest of Essex Wills. 321

ments. To his son my godson Andrew Gale 20/-. Sole Ex: my
kinsman, Justinian Champneis. Wit: Joane Hearde, Clemence
Stoners, Thomas Wakefield. Proved 28 Feby., 1667-8. (P. C. C.
Hene 10.)

210. QuYNBY, John, of London, servant with Thomas Good-
man of the same City, 28 July, 1556. To poor 40/- To Jane Good-
man ^20, three rings, my chest etc. To the five children of my
brother Roberd 20/- each and ditto to the four children of my
sister Catherine, and ditto to the child of my sister Elizabeth. To
my sister Audrey a pearl set in gold etc. To my brother
Anthony 40/- etc. Various articles to my brother Roberts wife,
my sister Katherine; my sister Elizabeth. To my mother ^4 to
buy her a gown etc. I forgive Thomas Champion 20/- of the
40/- he oweth me, the other 20/- he to pay to my father. To
Joane Stell in Farnham four nobles. To Robert Bell my crossbow.
To my master and mistress my two chests of apparell as well in
Spain as here. To Alice Mathew 10/- To Ursula Godman my
signet of gold. Res. & Ex, my father and he to have my two
lewtes. Witnesses not named. Proved 3 May, 1557, by John
Quynby of Farnham. On i December, 1557, administration
granted to Jane Quynby, John Quynby being dead. (P. C. C. 12,
Wrastley.

211. Warner, William, of Great Horkesley, Essex, Yeoman,
II Sept., 1612. To be buried in the churchyard. To the poor of
Great Horkesley 40/- To do. of Stondon, 20/- To Hellen my
wife my house and land in Stondon for her life in lieu of Dower.
After her death the house and lands to pass to Steven the son of
my brother Steven Warner he to to pay his sister Agnes Warner
£,\o. and also to give ^6. 13. 4. unto two sons of my brother
Samuel viz: Samuel and William Warner. To John son of my
brother Samuel Warner jQ\o. To the children (not named) of
my brother John Warner 20 nobles each. Ex. my brother John
and I give him all my houses both free and copy in Great "Hor-
kesley. Wit: William Ball, Thomas Dynes. Proved 21 October,
16 12, by John Warner, brother and executor named in will.
(Consistory, London. Hamer folio, 192.)

212. Wright, John, the son of George Wright of Hornchurch,
Essex, 24 April, 16 Eliz. My brothers William and George
Wright and my sister Margery Wright (all under 21) To my
brother Thomas Gill 20/- at age 21. To my brother William one
acre of land in Havering Marsh. Ex: Thomas Gill "my father"
Wit: Ralph Wreight and William Awlger. Proved 9 June, 1574.
(Arch. Essex. Gyll, 53.)

213. Wright, John, of Hornchurch, Essex, 20 Deer., 1582,
Husbandman. Sons: John and William. Wife Angis. My sister
Thornedon and her two children (not named) Brothers, William
and George Wright Res. to wife. Ex: wife and brother George.
Overseers: Henry Humfrey, William Augar. Wit: Henry Hum-
frey, Thomas Gill, William Awger, Richard Harroware and John
Hodsonne. Proved 23 March, 1582. (Arch. Essex. Brewer, 286.)

32 2 Marriages and Baptisms as Contained in the First Book of [July,

RECORDS OF THE MARRIAGES AND BAPTISMS AS

CONTAINED IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE RECORDS

OF CHRIST CHURCH, 71ST ST. AND BOULEVARD,

NEW YORK CITY.

Contributed by Maria D. B. Cox.

On Thursday, the 6th of March, A. D. 1794, took leave of
Philadelphia and on Saturday the 8th arrived in New York to
take the Pastoral Charge of Christ Church in the said city.

Marriage is Iionorable unto all, etc.

N. B. Being on a visit in New York.
Jan'y 8st, 1791 Married Samuel Borrough and Eliza Ball. — Jos.
Pilmore.

Married.

J 794

Charles McCarty and Deborah Hutchings.
Bartholomew Connolly and Elenor Simon.
James Lakey and Hannah Thompson.
Benjamin Bartram and Frances Hetfield.
John Blanden and Phebe Sill.
Francis Thomas and Mary McCleish.
Charles Woodman and Catharine Phillips.
John Binjes and Mary Casses.
John Matthews and Sarah Lester.
William Backhouse and Ann Jones.
John Butler and Hannah Earle.
Henry Charles Jones and Mary Whipplebor-

ough.
John D. Chalabre and Eliza Byvanck.
William Brown and Eliza Mansfield.
Timothy F. Wetmore and Susannah Anderson.
John Saga and Margaret Maia.
Hayes Pennell and Eliza Triers.
George Edkin and Deborah Moreley.
William Jefferies and Citty Workman, (free

blacks.)
John Burns and Ruth Simmons.
Elkanah Conkling and Rebecca Smith.
Moses Toolong and Hannah Mott.
William Griffith and Lucy Myers.
William Burkit Ogden and Mary Mott.

1795
Thomas Mozan and Esther Evans.
Charles Hassack and Mary Yard.

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Sat.,

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Sat.,

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Oct.

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Oct.

29.

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Thurs

., Nov

. 6

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Nov.

23-

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14-

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Christ Church, 71st Street and Boulevard, N. V. City.

323

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27.

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10.

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Married by Thomas Lyell in the Year 1804.

David Conn and Catharine Logan.
George Burtsell and Ann Barney.
Henry Henderson and Blair Fleming.

Married by Thos. Lyell, 1805.

Rob' Hardy and Mary Wood.
Nathan Holden and Hannah Taylor.
W" Brown and Sarah Donally.
George Moulder and Rebecca Higgins.
Abraham Anderson and Eliza Ryers.
John Leonard and Sarah M. Halstead.
James Baker and Rebecca Patten.
Joseph Smith and Hannah Martin.
Thomas Blake and Charlotte Seymore.
Rich'' Hayman and Mary Hayman.
John Richardson and Charlotte Harley.
Joseph Cooper and Charlotte Le Brun.
Blazius Rongieu and Mary Le Brun.
Charley Ketchum and Patience Harley.
Eli Emmons and Polly Hummell.
Joseph Du Vale and Mary Buckel.
John Robinson and Sylvia Jacklin.
Charlie Winford and Hannah Williams.
Sam' Carman and Eliza Gunnell.
Peter Brown and Jane Williams.
Edward Millar and Mary Quin.
Thomas Jones and Betsey Ogden.
Samuel Liburn and Hannah Thomas.
William Haliburton and Mary Gardner.
W"' McLean and Isabella Weath.
James Quick and Rebecca Miller.

1806

W" G. Miller and Mary Smith.
David Phippeny and Mary Sowls.
Alexander M, Stewart and Susan Langley.
Gerrad Hotchkipon and Betsy Van Iderstein.
David Morgan and Margaret Ward.
John M. Burnham and Maria Thompson.
Alexander Hemphill and Agnes Van Iderstein.
James Marshall and Elizabeth Elder.
John Callanan and Ann Jennings.
Joseph Metzler and Eliza Hamilton.
Charles Benoit and Ellen Fuzis.
Ephraim Whitehead and Charlotte Bell.
William Dyck and Hannah Earle.

1797 BY Thomas Lyell.

John Mountjoy and Catharine Corleet.
James Blair and Mary Marks.

324 Marriages and Baptisms as Contained in the First Book of fjuly,

Jan. 17.
Feb. 14.
Feb. 17.
March 7.
March 5.
March 14.
March 16.
April 26
April 29
May 7
May 23
May 27
May 31
June 7
June 13

July 3

July 4

July 9

July 15
July 19
July 18
July 25
Aug. I
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug.
Aug. II
Aug. 12
Aug. 16
Sept. 17
Oct. I
Sept. 23

1797
Isaac Merritt and Elizabeth Ellis.
George B. Smith and Joanna Vermyle.
William Wales and Susannah Roseworthy.
James Wienell and Magdalene Bush.
Robert Coleman and Emily Waring.
William Cox and Margaret Rothgangal.
John Jones and Esther Bird.
Jacob Harris and Betsy Johnson.
John Holdsworth and Margaret Beauyex.
Benjamin Kissam and Mary Atkinson.
George Giffing and Eliza Beaman.
William Smith and Mercy Freelow.
Samuel Tindel and Elizabeth McPherson.
Joseph Watkins and Helen Stout.
Henry Nungezarr and Violetta Mount.
John William Turton and Sarah Simmons.
Arch. Herly and Margaret Miller.
William Johnston and Violett Beard.
James Porter and Jane Carss.
William Frazier and Ann Speering.
Jose Jaque Tatmu and Sarah Wetherby.
Thomas Scott and Margaret Sintz.
John Williams and Hagar Hariyun.
Isaac Coutant and Mary Howard.
Asa W. Weldon and Mary Taylor.
Joseph Stabia and Mary Coleman.
John Johnston and Susan R. Barrick.
William McKenny and Mary Morand.
William Miller and Elizabeth Newkirk.
Peter Amer and Mary C. Sim.
Henry Banks and Betsey Alexander.
James Gill and Mary Williams.
John Cummings and Ann Hughes.
Andrew Yallcey and Peggy Durand.

Married by Rev. T. Lyell Since the Convention of 1807.

1807

Oct. 10. Isaac Coddington and Mary Kierstede.

Oct. 12. Israel Denny and Elizabeth Coventry.

Oct. 13. John Thomas and Hannah Slay.

Oct. 15. Henry I. Brown and Mary Hitchcock.

Oct. 22. Silas Allen and Sarah Pellington.

Oct. 29. John Hibbard and Hannah Shipley.

Nov. I. Peter Paul and Francis Berin.

Nov. 6. Robert Ingham and Jane Foster.

Nov. 4. Thomas Kendrick and Catharine Palmer.

Nov. 6. George Duff and Clara Butler.

Nov. 22. William Campbell and Maria Connerye.

Nov. 25. Harry Louis and Mary Morrison.

Dec. 5. Robert Brown and Nancy Jackson.

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1807
John Allan and Mary Thomas.
Robert Hawke and Nancy Couwen.
James McKee and Rebecca Dennison.

1808

Samuel Grace and Eleanore Wilson.

Alexander Reed and Jane McConochie.

Thomas Willis and Diana Jones.

Daniel Johnson and Isabella Corneley.

John Delauney and Eliza Ireland.

Sam' Buckel and Ann Wylie.

Vincent Corre and Anne Labuzan.

John Haggerty and Margaret McDermot.

William G. Miller Jr. and Minugh (?)

William Black and Margaret Smith.

William Decker and Eliza Slater.

William Rogers and Martha Young.

Phineas Terry and Eliza Pellington.

Henry Ireland and Mary Sheridan.

Walter Nagel and Mary Jones.

William Gibbons and Jane Sterling. •

Peter Roome and Elizabeth Cercularius.

Timothy Tredwell and Margaret Seaman.

Samuel Bonnell and Ann Thompson.

Albert Henry Koster and Mary Wilkie.

William Lovell and Rosanna Cowen.

Henry Gottlieb Hoes and Mary Smith.

Thomas Mitchell and Sarah Little.

William Thomas and Alice Salbis.

Samuel York and Catharine Selcraig.

Eliphalet Snedecor and Sarah Simmon.

Sylvestre Launey and Nancy Bargoin.

John Roach and Sara Love.

Albert Journeay and Anne Walker.

Pascal Magelect and Hannah Winthrop.

Romeo Smith and Sarah Ticktine.

John Caswell and Jane Crawford.

John Washington Campbell and Catharine Hager.

Alexander Horn and Rachel Lorton.

Married by the Rev'd Thomas Lyell Since the
Convention of 1808.

William Ward and Sarah Warner.
Robert Murray and Hannah Green.
Thomas Holiday and Mary Alexander.
Thomas Deguilheim and Hannah Cas^.
Christopher Riddell and Jane Milligan.
James Rikeman and Eliza Perrin.
Capt. Harriot and Mrs. Gold.
James Cox and Maria Steward.
John Swan and Agnes Lincoln.

326 Marriages and Baptisms as Contained in the First Book of [July,

A Correct Register of Persons and Children Baptized in Christ
Church as taken down by me, William G. Miller, first Clerk of
Christ Church.

BAPTIZED. child's NAME. BORN. PARENTS.

1793- 1793-

April 16. Anne Shepherd Feb. 26. John Shepherd, Marga-
ret Shepherd

1795- 1795-

June 10. Humphrey April 26. John Shepherd, Marga-

Mount ret Shepherd

1794. 1794.

Aug. I. William Warner March 21. William Warner

Aug. 31. Elizabeth Walk- July 4. Hugh Walker, Maria

er Walker

1793-
Jan. 5. Joseph Pilmore Nov. 20. Josiah Furnam, Elizabeth

Furnam
1790.
Sept. 24. Sarah Bogart Feb. 15.
Burvois

1794.
May 7. Sarah Palmer Sept. 13. Nathaniel Palmer, Sarah

Palmer

1793-
June 8. Elizabeth Layn Sept. 14. James Layn, Sarah Layn

1794-
June 16. Elizabeth Van June 3. John Van Sice, Lydia Van

Sice Sice

July 9. Sarah Mary June 14. Anthony Olliver, Eliza-

beth Olliver

1793.
May 17. Isaac Young Dec. 12. Matthias Elizabeth

July 25. Theophilus July 12. Theoph. Marcellus, Cath-

arine Marcellus. Ed-
ward Livingston, Spon-
sor
1794. 1769.

March 19. Margaret Ann Aug. 4.
Ryan

1794-
March 16. Barrahury Suan June 21.

Man
April 23. John Pryer ' March 20. Jasper Pryer, M a rgaret

Pryer
Oct. 8. Maria Pryer Sept. 22. Thomas Pryer Catharine

Pryer
Oct. 7. John Augustus Sept. 12. Olliver Goodwin, Sophia

Goodwin. Samuel

Sackett, Sponsor
Oct. 28. Eve, Ann, Ellis Oct. 3. John Ellis, Polly Ellis
Nov. 26. Sarah Nostrand Oct. 1. Timothy Nostrand, Gari-

chy Nostrand

igll.

Christ Church, 71st Street and Boulevard, N. Y. City.

327

BAPTIZED.

CHILD'S NAME.

BORN.

1794-

Dec. 3.

Mary Henrietta
Adams

1794-
April 28.

1795-

Sarah Post

March 24.

Jan. I.

James Davison

Dec. 6.

Jan. 6.

Thomas Boyd
Cox

Dec. 8.'

Jan. 27.

William Smith

1794.
Oct. 30.

Mary Lawrence
Hicks

July 14.

Baptized
in St.
George's
Chapel,
date un-

Jeremiah Perce
Percity Wood

1787
Dec. 26.
Sept. I.

known
Oct. II.

Gerardus Wood

1794-
Sept. II.

1795-
Jan. 21. Aeneas McKay

Jan. 25. Mary Louis

Feb. II. Abigail Banker

March 4. Margaret Funk

James Quain
Deborah Ritter

June 29. Hannah Conwey

1794.
July 21.

June 5.

1795-
March 11.
March ii.

March
May 8.

Esau Collard

Morgan Delau-
ney

James Lee
Joanna Wai t -

church
Martha Bailey
Elizabeth Dom-

mick

Nov. 24.

1795-
Jan. 3.

Jan. 6.

Jan. 25.

1794-
Sept. 17.
Nov. 14.

1782.
March 28

1794.
June 25.

Anthne Adams, Mary Ad-
ams

John E. Post, Jane Post

James Egbert, Hannah
Egbert

Jameson Cox, Sarah Cox

William Smith, Susannah
Pendleton.

John B. Hicks, Catherine
Hicks. Benj. Hicks,
Sponsor

Jeremiah Wood, Rebecca
Wood, Jeremiah Wood,
Rebecca Wood

Jeremiah Wood, Rebecca
Wood

John McKay, Elizabeth
McKay

Andrew Louis, Mary

Louis
Abraham Banker, Abigail

Banker
John Funk, Priscilla Funk

John Quain, Mary Quain
Peter Ritter, Catharine
Ritter

John Conway, Jane Con-
way

Thomas Collard, Catha-
rine Collard
March 28. J o h n Smith, Catherine
Smith

1795-
Jan. 12.

Feb. 3.

Jan. I.

April 7.

William Lee, Jane Lee
Thos. Waitchurch Marga-
ret Waitchurch
John Bailey, Mary Bailey
Francis Dommick, Phi-
lander Dommick

328 Marriages and Baptisms as Contained in the First Book of [July,

CHILD S NAME.

»79S-

1793-

Feb. 24.

Richard Read

Jan. 23.

John Read, Gloriana Read

1786.

Aug. 19.

Hope Beardsley

Aug II.

Rev. John and Ann

in Mary-

Beardsley

V i 1 1 e ,

New

Bruns-

wick

»795-

1795-

July I.

Robert Daniot

April I.

David Daniot, Elisabeth

Daniot

Aug. 16. Elizabeth Van Abraham Van Gelder,

Gelder Eliza Van Gelder

1798. 1797.

Jan. 31. Joseph Rodman Oct. 23. Samuel Bleecker, Catha-
rine Bleecker
April 25. Catharine Maria Andrew R. Miller, Sarah

Miller Miller

1797.
Sept. 20. David Leroy Sept. 9. David Leroy, Mary Le-

roy

1799- 1799-

Dec. I. Stephen Lans- Oct. 31. Edward Lansdown, Eliz-
down abeth Lansdown

1771.
Thomas Seaman Sept. 14. Richard Townsend, Ro-

setta Townsend
1802.
John Richard June 22. Thomas Townsend, Mar-
garet Townsend
1803.
Catharine Anne June 8. Richard Morris, Ann

Morris
Eliza Barber Feb. 26. John Crooke, Elizabeth

Crooke
1805.
Theo. etc. August Theo Bleecker, L y d i a

Bleecker
1798.
May 16. Elizer Robert Blackwell, Mary

Blackwell
Isaac Wyeth born 25th April, 1797.
Andrew Wyeth born nth August, 1798.
Mary Kimble Wyeth born 12 August, 1801.
Alexander Thomas Wyeth born 14 August, 1800.
Noah Wyeth, born 28 August, 1804.
Rebecca, daughter of John and Rebecca Jay, born 11 June, 1806.

bapt. September following.
Robert Anna, daughter of Thomas and Mary Vermilye, born 15th
September, 1806.

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No. 12. SALTONSTALL John Reynolds totten

I (Continued from Vol. XLII., p. 214 of the Record).

10. Lucretia Christophers Mumford, b. Aug. 10, 1785, at Salem, Conn.; d. April 6, 1871, at New London,
Conn.; m. Feb. 24, 1806, at New London, Conn., to Anthony Thatcher, b. Jan. 7, 1782, at Strat-
ford, Conn.; d. Dec. 26, 1844, at New London, Conn.
Res. New London, Conn, Cashier New London Bank.

Children; Nath.iniel Woodbridge, Lucretia Mumford. .Mary Woodbridge, John Christophers, Eloise Hardy, George Thompson,
Daniel .Anthony, Henry Perkins, Abby Mumford, Julia Kubbell, Elizabeth Wetmore, Mary Perkins, Anthony,
Antoinette.

.II. Julia Hubbell Thatcher, b. March 6, 1823, at New Loudon. Conn.; d. Jan. 31, iqo6, at New London,
Conn.; m. Dec. 5, 1843, at New London, Conn., to Qen. James Totten, U. S. Army; b. Sept. 11,
1818, at Cincinnati, Ohio; d. Oct. I, 1871, at Sedalia, Mo.

Res. various posts in service U. S. Army. U. S. .M. A. 1S41. Lieut. Col. and Inspector General U. S. K. Served Mexican and
CivilWars.

Children: William .\nthony, Charles .\delle Lewis, John Reynolds.

12. John Reynolds Totten, b. Barrancas Barracks, Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 4, 1856; d , at ; m.

Sept. 5, iSSg, at Garrisonson-Hudson, N. Y., to Elma Smythe Preston-Van Voorhls (wid. of
Arthur Van Voorhis), b. Jan. 10, 1862, at Evansville, liid.; d at

Res. various posts U. S. Army and New York City.

Children: none.

No. 13. PRE5T0N .. ELMA SMYTHE (PRESTON) TOTTEN

1. Roger Preston, b 1614, at Eng.; d. Jan. 20, i656, at Lynn (or Salem), Mass.; m

at to Martha b about 1622, at ; d. March 21, 1703, at Andover,

Mass.; she m. (2) May 21, 1666, at Andover, Mass., to Nicholas Holt (of Andover, Mass.), b

about 1581, at ; d. Jan. 30, 16S5, aged 104 years, at Andover, Mass.

Res. He resided at Ipswich, Mass., and moved to Salem, Mass., about i6;8. He came over on the EUzabetli from London,

April 8, 1635; he was a tanner.
Children: 1st m. (Preston), Thomas, Samuel, John, Jacob, and probably also Levi, Elizabeth, Mary; 2nd m., none recorded.

2. Samuel Preston, b ,1651, at Ipswich, Mass.; d. July 10, 1738, at Andover Mass.; m. (i) May 27,

1672, at Andover, Mass., to Susannah Qutterson, b at ; d. Dec. 29, 1710, at ;

m. (2) Sept. 24, 1713, at ,10 Mary (Rolandson) Blodget (dau. of Rolandson and wid.

of Blodget), b at ; d. March i, 1738-9, at

Res. Andover, Mass.

Children; ist m., Samuel, William, Susannah, Mary, Jacob, Elizabeth, John, Joseph, Ruth, Lydia, Priscilla; 2nd m., none.

3. John Preston, b. May l, 1685, at Andover, Mass.; d. July 26, 1733, at Windham, Conn.; m. Jan. 10, 1707,

at Andover, Mass., to Mary Haynes, b. March 3, 1687, at Haverhill, Mass.; d at

Res. .Andover, Mass., Killingly and Windham, Conn.; he was a farmer.

Children: John, Mary, Susannah, Jonathan, Joseph, Benjamin, William, Abigail, Theodore, David, Samuel, Sarah.

4. John Preston, b about 170S, at ; d at ; m. March 18, 1730-1, at Windham,

Conn., to Eleanor Stiles (dau. of John Stiles of BoxforJ, Mass.), b. Feb. 17, 1703, at Boxford,

Mass.; d , at

Res. Windham, Conn.. .Ashiord, Conn., Litchfield (Harwinton), Conn. He was a farmer.
Children; -Asa, John, Anne, Stephen, Jonathan.

5. John Preston, b 1735 (bap. March 2t;, 1739-40), at Windham, Conn.; d. Nov. 14, 1805, at Har-

winton, Conn.; m at to Marium Bristol, b •739-40 (bap. Feb. 28, 1742), in

New Haven. Conn.; d. April 14, 1826, aged 84, at Harwmton, Conn.
Res. Harwinton, Conn. Farmer.
Children; Noah, Miriam, John Stiles. Garner, Lucina, Ursula.

6. Noah Preston,* b. Feb. 23, 1763, at Harwinton, Conn.; d. April 4, 1835, at Camden, N. Y.; m. Dec. 29,

1785, at Harwinton, Conn., to Honor Rossiter, b. May 28, 1766, at ; d. Nov. 22, 1847, aged

82, at Camden, N. Y.
Res. Harwinton, Conn,, and Camden, Oneida Co., N. Y. Farmer, soldier in Revolutionary War. Pensioned from Camden. N. Y.
Children; Warren, Rossiter, William Riley, Honor, Cyprian, Olive, Sabra, Lyman, John Stiles, Chandler B

7. William Riley Preston, b. Feb. 4 (or Nov. 10), 1790, at Harwinton, Conn.; d. Aug. 4, 1834, at Camden,

N. v.; m. May 19, 1812, at Camden, N. Y., to Sarah Ann Smith, b. June 18, 1793, at Wolcott,

Conn.; d. Feb. 11, 1873, at Evansville. Ind.
Res. Harwinton, Conn., and Camden, N. Y. He was a tanner; joined the church in Camden, N. Y., by letter from Harwinton,

Conn., in 1810.
Children: Helen. Catlin, William Riley, Sarah Ann, Andrew Jackson, Cyprian, Frances, George Rutledge.

8. Cyprian Preston, b. March 24, 1826, at Camden, N. Y.; d at ; m. Nov. 2, 1858, at Evans-

ville, Ind., to Mary Hamilton Stockwell, b. May 31, 1840, at Evansville, Ind.; d. Dec. 27, 1877,

at Evansville, Ind.
Res. Evansville, Ind. Merchant, retired from active business about 1865.
Children: Stockwell Barnes, Elma Smythe.

Note: * Descendants eligible to Soc. Sons of Revolution.
23

5?0 Registration of Pedigrees. [July.

PRESTON— C^«/2«?<^(/.

9. Elma Smythe Preston, b. Jan. 10, 1862, at Evansville, Ind.; d at ; ra. (i) Oct. 18, 1882, at

New York City, to Arthur Stoddard Van Voorhis (son of Bartow White and Helen (Tappen)
Van Voorhis), b. July 7, 1857, at New York City; d. Jan. 7, 1884, at New York City; m. (2I
Sept. 5, i88g, at Garrisons-on-Hudson, N. Y., to John Reynolds Totten, b. Nov. 4, 1856, at
Barrancas Barracks, Pensacola, Fla.; d at

Res. 44 West 54th Street, New York City.

Ctiildren: 1st iti., none; 2nd m., none.

No. 14. PRESTON HENRY MALTBY PRESTON

1. Roger Preston, b , 1614, at , Eng.; d. Jan. 20, 1666, at Lynn (or Salem), Mass.; m

at to Martha b about 1622, at ; d. March 21, 1703, at Andover,

Mass.; she m. (2) May 21, 1666, at Andover, Mass., to Nicholas Holt (of Andover, Mass.), b

about 1581, at ; d. Jan. 30, 1685, aged 104 years, at Andover, iVIass.

Res. He resided at Ipswich, Mass., and moved to Salem, Mass., about 1658. He came over on the Elizabeth Irom London

April 8, 163s; he was a tanner.
Children: 1st m. (Preston), Thomas. Samuel, John, Jacob, and probably also Levi, Elizabeth, Mary; 2nd in., none recorded.

2. Samuel Preston, b , 1651, at Ipswich, Mass.; d. July 10, 1738, at Andover Mass.; m. (i) May 27,

1672, at Andover, Mass., to Susannah Gutterson, b at ; d. Dec. 29, 1710, at

m. (2) Sept. 24, 1713, at , to Mary (Rolaudson) Blodget (dau. of Rolandson and wid

of Blodget), b , at ; d. March i, 1738-9, at

Res. Andover, Mass.

Children; ist m., Samuel, William, Susannah, Mary, Jacob, Elizabeth, John, Joseph, Ruth, Lydia, Priscilla; 2nd m., none.

3. John Preston, b. May i, 1685, at Andover, Mass.; d. July 26, 1733, at Windham, Conn.; m. Jan. 10, 1707

at Andover, Mass., to Mary Haynes, b. March 3, 1687, at Haverhill, Mass.; d at

Res. .'\ndover, Mass., Killingly and Windham, Conn.; he was a farmer.

Children: John, Mary, Susannah, Jonathan, Joseph, Benjamin, William, Abigail, Theodore, David, Samuel, Sarah.

4. John Preston, b about 1708, at ; d at ; m. March 18, 1730-1, at Windham

Conn., to Eleanor Stiles (dau. of John Stiles of Boxford, Mass.), b. Feb. 17, 1703, at Boxford

Mass.; d at

Res. Windham, Conn.. Ashford, Conn., Litchfield (Harwinton), Conn. He was a farmer.
Children: Asa, John, Anne, Stephen, Jonathan.

5. John Preston, b 1735 (bap. March 25, 1739-40), at Windham, Conn.; d. Nov. 14, 1805, at Har-

winton, Conn.; m , at to Marium Bristol, b 1739-40 (bap. Feb. 28, 1742), iti

New Haven. Conn.; d. April 14, 1826, aged 84, at Harwinton, Conn.
Res. Harwinton, Conn. Farmer.
Children: Noah, Miriam, John Stiles, Garner, Lucina, Ursula.

6. Noah Preston,* b. Feb. 23, 1763, at Harwinton, Conn.; d. April 4, 1835, 3' Camden, N. Y.; m. Dec. 29

1785, at Harwinton, Conn., to Honor Rossiter, b. May 28, 1766, at ; d. Nov. 22, 1847, agec

82, at Camden, N. Y.
Res. Harwinton, Conn., and Camden, Oneida Co., N. Y. Farmer, soldier in Revolutionary War. Pensioned from Camden, N. Y
Children: Warren, Rossiter, William Kiley. Honor, Cyprian, Olive, Sabra, Lyman, John Stiles, Chandler B

7. William Riley Preston, b. Feb. 4 (or Nov. 10), 1790, at Harwinton, Conn.; d. Aug. 4, 1834, at Camden

N. Y.; m. May 19, 1812, at Camden, N. Y., to Sarah Ann Smith, b. June 18, 1793, at VVolcott

Conn.; d. Feb. 11, 1873, at Evansville, Ind.
Res. Harwinton, Conn., and Camden. N. Y. He was a tanner; joined the church in Camden, N. Y., by letter from Harwinton

Conn., in 1810.
Children: Helen, Catlin, William Riley, Sarah Ann. Andrew Jackson, Cyprian, Frances, George Rutledge.

8. Catlin Preston, b. Jan. 24, 1816, at Camden, N. Y.; d. Dec. 7, 1876, at Evansville, Ind.; m. Oct. 3, 1837

at Pulaski, N. Y., to Juliet Cook, b at Pulaski, N. Y.; d. Sept. 16, 1852, at York, Clarl

Co., 111.
Res. Camden. N. Y., Palestine, Crawford Co., 111., and Evansville, Ind. He was a merchant in Palestine, III., and member

the firm of Preston Brothers in Evansville, Ind.
Children: William Riley, Byron Dewitt, Frederick Augustus, John Dickson, Henry Maltby, Amelia Juliet.

g. Henry Maltby Preston, b. Aug. 7, 1845, at Palestine, 111.; d at ; m. Dec. 22, 1874, a

New Orleans, La., to Alice Bonford Stauffer, b. Sept. 22, 1852, at New York City, N. Y.
d ,at

Res. New Orleans, La., since April, 1869; wholesale grocer, firm of Preston & Stauffer, retired about 1Q06.

Children: none.

Note: • Descendants eligible to Soc. Sons of Revolution.

No. 15. SALTONSTALL eda (Totten) ennij

I. Gilbert Saltonstall, b at Eng.; d at , Eng.; m in Eng., to

b at ; d at

Res. Halifax, Yorkshire, Eng.

Child:- Samuel.

911.] Registration of Pedigrees. 31 1

SALTONSTALL— 0«/i>««^//.
1

I2. Samuel Saltonstall, b at Eng.; d. Jan. 8,1612-13, at Eng.; m. (i) at ,

to Anne Ramsden (dau. of John Ramsden of Longley, Esq.), b at ; d ,

at ; m. (2) at to Elizabeth Ogden (dau. of Thomas Ogden), b

at ......; d at ; m. (3) , at to Elizabeth Armine (wid. of Hugh

Armine, Mayor of Hull, Eng.), b , at ; d at

Res, Owned Rookes and Huntwicke. In \a\.^ Elizabeth (1597). he made tine of heriot lor the ancient lands in Saltonstall.
In I5QC) VVinter-Edsre Hall at Hipperholme was held of the Cruwn in fee bv him. also Rogerthorpe in Badsworth. He
died 8th of Jan.. i6i2-n, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church in Hull. Eng. Will dated Dec. 31. 1612. proved
July 22, i6; 3. when he calls himself of Kingston-upon-Hull. Watson in his History of Halifax zMs, him "Sir Samuel"
and thinks he was knighted.
Children: ist m., Richard. Gilbert; 2nd m., Samuel, John, Thomas, Anne, Elizabeth. George, Mary, Margaret, Barbara; 3rd
m., none recorded.

■3. Sir Richard Saltonstall, b. March .., 1586, at Halifax, Eng.; bap. at Halifax, Eng., April 4, 1586;
II d about 1658, at Eng.; m. (i) at Eng., to Grace Kaye (dau. of

Robert Kaye of Woodsome, Esq., and aunt of Sir John Kaye; the Kayes wgre a very ancient

family of Yorkshire), b at ; d before 1630. at Eng.; m. (2)

at , to Elizabeth West (dau. of Sir Thomas We.st [Lord Delaware, 1602]), b

at ; d at ; m. (3) , at to Martha Wilfred, b , at ;

d at

Res. Came over in 1630 and settled in Watertown. Mass.; returned to Eng. in 1631. First .Assistant and First Associate

Massachusetts Bay Company. Original patentee of Conn, with Lord Say and Seal and Lord Brook and others.
Children: ist m.. Richard. Rosamond. Grace, Robert, Samuel, Henry, Peter{?); 2nd m., none; 3rd ra., none.

4. Hon. Richard Saltonstall, b , 1610, at Woodsome, Yorkshire, Eng.; d. April 29, 1694, at Hulme,

Lancaster Co., Eng.; m. June .., 1633, at Eng., to Muriel Gurdon (dau. of Brarnpton

Gurdon of Assington, Suffolk, Esq., by his wife Muriel Sedley), b 1613, at Eng.;

d 1694, at

Res. He matriculated as "Mr. Fellow Commoner" at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Eng., Dec. 14, 1627. He came with his
father to New England in 1630 before taking his degree. He was admitted a Freeman. May 18, 1631. He returned to
England in 1631 where he was married. He returned to New England in t635 on the Susan and Ellen with his wife,
then aged 22. and his daughter Muriel, aged 9 mos. Resided at Ipswich, Mass. Deputy to G. C, 1635-7; Assistant
to G. C. 1637-1649, 1664 and 1680-1683.
I Children: Muriel, Richard, Nathaniel, Gurdon, Abigail, Elizabeth.

5. Col. Nathaniel Saltonstall, b 1639, about, at Ipswich, Mass.; d. May 21, 1707, at Haverhill,

Mass.; m. Dec. 28, 1663, at to Elizabeth Ward fdau. of Rev. John and Alice (Edmunds)

Ward of Haverhill, Mass.), b. April i (7 org), 1647, at Haverhill, Mass.; d. April 29 (or 19), 1714,
at Haverhill, Mass.

Res. Haverhill. Mass. Harvard College, 1659. Freeman, Haverhill. 1665; Rep. G. C 1666, 1669-1671; Town Clerk, Haverhill,
1679-1686: Col. Essex Regiment: Asst. G. C 1679-1686 and 1689-1692; Member of the Council; Judge of Oyer and
Terminer, 1692, and refused to serve on Witchcraft Trials.

Children: Gurdon, Elizabeth, Richard, Nathaniel, John.

6. Gov. Gurdon Saltonstall, b, March 27, 1666, at Haverhill, Mass.; d. Sept. 20, 1724, at New London,

Conn.; m. (i) , at to Jerusha Richards (dau. of James and Sarah (Gibbons) Richards

of Hartford, Conn.), b. June 28, 1665, at ; d. July 25, 1697, at Boston, Mass.; m. (2) ,

at to Elizabeth Rosewell (onlv child of William Rosewell of Branford, Conn.), b

at ; d. Sept. 12. 1710, at New London, Conn.; m. (3) , at to Mary Whittingham-

Clarke (dau. of William Whittingham and wid. of William Clarke of Boston), b , at ;

d. Jan. 23, 1729-30, at Boston, Mass.

Res. New London, Conn. Ordained Minister at New London, Nov. 25. 1691. Elected Governor of Conn.. Jan. i, 1708, and

served as such until his death. Harvard College. 1684.
Children: ist ra., Elizabeth. Mary. Sarah. Jerusha, Gurdon; 2nd m., Rosewell, Katherine, Nathaniel, Gurdon, Richard; 3rd m.,

none.

Sarah Saltonstall, b. Aprils, 1694, at New London, Conn.; d at ; m. (i) May 6, 1716, at

New London, Conn, to John Gardiner, b 1693, at ; d. Jan. 19, 1724-5, at New

London, Conn.; she m. (2) Jan. I, 1727, at New London, Conn., to Samuel Davis, b

at ; d at ; she m. (3) July 4, 1737, at New London, Conn., to Thomas Davis,

b at ; d at

Res. John Gardiner resided in New London, Conn., where he was a Merchant and School Teacher. Yale College. 1711.

Children: (Gardiner) Elizabeth, Jerusha, Jerusha, John.

Jerusha Gardiner, b. Oct. 6, 1723, at ; d. Feb. 18, 1754, at New London, Conn.; m. March 7, 1741-2,

at New London, Conn., to John Christophers, b. Feb. 27, 1718-19, at New London, Conn.; d.

Jan. 15, 1787, at He m. (2) , before 1764, at , to Elizabeth Manwaring (dau.

of Thomas and Esther (Christophers) Manwaring of Lyme, Conn.), b at ; d

at ; m. (3) Nov. 10, 1768, at Norwich, Conn., to Sybel (Capron) Crocker, of Norwich, Conn.

(wid. of Capt. Roswell Crocker), b at ; d , at

Res. New London, Black Point, and Norwich, Conn. Member First Church of Christ, New London, Conn., from which he

dissented.
Children: ist m., John, Richard, Mary, Peter, Lucretia; 2nd m., Samuel, Elizabeth; 3rd m., none that are known of.

Lucretia Christophers, b. Jan. 19, 1749-50, at New London, Conn.; d. March 19, 1825, at New London,
Conn.; m. .May 13, 1770, at New London, Conn., to John Mumford, Jr., b. Dec. 3, 1740, at South
Kingston, R. L; d. July 14, 1825, at New London, Conn.

Res. " Elm Grove'" Farm, Salem (Lyme), Conn., and New London, Conn. Large land owner in Salem, Conn.; Agent tor Col.
William Browne, the Tory Governor of Bermuda.

Children: Elizabeth, Mary, Lucretia, Catherine. Sarah, Lucretia Christophers.

222 Registration of Pedigrees. [July,

SALTONSTALL— C<?«i'/««,frt'.

10. Lucretia Christophers Mumford, b. Aug. lo, 1785, at Salem, Conn.; d. April 6, 1871, at New London,

Conn.; m. Feb. 24, 1806, at New London, Conn., to Anthony Thatcher, b. Jan. 7, 1782, at Strat-
ford, Conn.; d. Dec. 26, 1844, at New London, Conn.

Res. New London, Conn, Cashier New London Bank.

Children: Nathaniel Woodbridge, Lucretia Mumford, Mary Woodbridge, John Christophers. Eloise Hardy. George Thompson.
Daniel .\nthony. Henry Perlcins, .'Vbby Mumford, Julia Hubbell, Elizabeth Wetraore, Mary Perkins, Anthony
Antoinette.

11. Julia Hubbell Thatcher, b. March 6, 1823, at New London. Conn.; d. Jan. 31, 1906, at New London

Conn.; m. Dec. 5, 1843, at New London, Conn., to Gen. James Totten, U. S. Army; b. Sept. 11

1818, at Cincinnati, Ohio; d. Oct. I, 1871, at Sedalia, Mo.
Res various posts in service U. S. Army. U. S. M. A. 1841. Lieut. Col. and Inspector General U. S. \. Served Mexican anc

CivilWars.
Children: William Anthony, Charles Adelle Lewis, John Reynolds.

12. Charles Adelle Lewis Totten, b. Feb. 3, 1851, at New London, Conn.; d. April 12, igo8, at Milford

Conn.; m. (i) Aug. . ., 1871, at N. Y. City; to Eda Smith, b. Sept. 11, 1856, at Benecia, Cal.; d
Jan. 8, 1884, at Garden City, Long Island, N. Y.; m. (2) Jan. 18, 1888, at Garden City, L. I.; t(
Mary Bunker, b. Oct. 25, 1866, at N. Y. City; d , at

Res. various posts U. S. Army. Settled Milford. Conn. Trinity College i86q. U. S. M. .\. 1873. ist Lieut. 4th .Art., U S. .\
Resigned from U. S. A. i8g3. Prof, of Mil. Science at Amherst .Agricultural College and at Grtrden City. L. I.. Stlioo
for Boys, and at Sheffield Institute, Yale University. Author. Publisher of Our Race, Studies of Biblical Prophecy.

Children: ist m., Eda. James, TeaTephi; 2nd ni., Muriel Gurdon Saltonstall. Denis Bunker.

13. Eda Totten, b. Oct. 25, 1878, at Fort Hamilton, Broolilyn, N. Y.; d at ; m. April 25, 1003

at Fortress Monre, Va., to William Peirce Ennis, b. Jan. 30, 1878, at " The Presidio " of Sat

Francisco, Cal.; d , at

Res. various posts U. S. A. U. S. M. A., 1901. Capt. U. S. Field Artillery, U. S, A.
Child: William Peirce.

No. 16. HEDDEN JULIA APGAR(HEDDEN)WORTmNaTO^

1. Edward Hedden, b at ; d at : m at to Jane Jones, b

1O68, at ; d. Feb. 23, 1773, it Newark, N. J.

Res. Newark. N. J.

Children: John, and probably Joseph, Oliver and Eleazer.

2. John Hedden, b about 1698, at Newark, N. J., probably; d , at South Orange, N. J,

m about 1723, at to Hannah Riggs, b about 1707, at Newark (or Orange)i

N. J.; d at

Res. Newark, N. J.

Children; Abijah, Josiah (or Joseph), Zadock, .'Mien, Loton, Comfort, Rachel, Electa.

3. Zadock Hedden, b. Jan. .., 1754, at Newark, N. J.; d. April 20, 1840, at Stamford, Conn.; m. ...

at to Rachel Baldwin, b. Jan. 26, 1755, a-t Connecticut Farms, N. J.; d. March 2, 1814, a

New York City.

Res He was a Revolutionary soldier, part of his service being that of wagon master. He was imprisoned by th

British for Revolutionary service.
Children: Mary, Sarah Glover. James, Josiali, John Allen, Frances, Robert, Jeptha.

4. Josiah Hedden, b. Feb. 23, 1781, at Newark, N. J.; d. Aug. 16, 1832, at New York City; ni. Nov. 16, 180J

at John Street Methodist Church, New York City, to Elizabeth June, b. April 22, 1787, nea-
Rye, N. Y.; bap. Fairfield, Conn., Aug. 3, 1788; d. June 17, 1863, at Stratford, Conn.

Res. New York City. Graduate Union College. Special Judge New York City, 1832; Alderman New York City, 1811, i8lt
1819, 1824-5; tin Council to meet DeWitt Clinton.

Children: Samuel Penfield. Elizabeth Lewis, Sarah Ann. Harriet June, Rachel Baldwin, Mary Frances, Susan Long, Josi&l^
Edward Long, Robert McEwen.

5. Edward Long Hedden, b. Dec 24, 1828, at New York City; d. Feb. 6, 1893, at ; m. Jan. 17, 185;

at , to Elizabeth Caroline Apgar, b. June 12 , at ; d at

Res. New York City.

Children: Julia Apgar, Maria Louisa, Edward Long, Elizabeth Caroline, Duncan Cryder.

6. Julia Apgar Hedden, b at New York City; d at ; m. April 16, 1879, at New Yor

City, to Charles Campbell Worthlngton, b at ; d , at

Res. She resides in New York City. Member D. A. R.

Children: Julia Hedden, Henry Rossiter, Charles Campbell, Edward Hedden, Reginald Stuart.

No. 17. PENFIELD JULIA APQAR (HEDDEN) WORTHINQTOf

I. Samuel Penfield, b at ; d , at ; m. (1) Nov. 30, 1675, at to Mar>

Lewis, b. Jan. . ., 1652-3, at ; d before Oct. 23, 1692, at ; m. (2) befor

Oct. 23, 1692, at to Anne b at ; d at

Res. He was of Lynn, Mass., in 1650. and afterwards of Bristol. R. I.

Children: ist m., Samuel, Isaac, Mary, Sarah, Hannah, Jonathan, Rebecca, Abigail; and m., Benjamin.

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2. Samuel Penfield, b. Sept. 17, 1676, at Lynn, Mass.; d , at ; m at , to

Hannah , b , at ; d at

Res

i Children: Samuel, Peter, Abigail. Nathaniel.

■ 3. Peter Penfield, b. July 14, 1702, at Bristol, R. I.; bap. there Aug. i, 1708; d , after 1747, at ;

m. May 28, 1730, at Fairfield, Conn., to Mary Allen, b bap. Aug. 8, 1708, at Fairfield,

Conn.; d at

Res. Bristol, R. I., and Fairfield. Conn.

Children; Mary, James, Samuel, Hannah, Sarah, Lydia, Peter, Ann, John.

4. Lieut. Samuel Penfield, b. Dec. 8. 1734, at Fairfield, Conn.; d. April 2, 181 1, at Fairfield, Conn.; m.

Sept. 2, 1757, at , to Elizabeth Lewis, b. July 21, 1737, at ; d. Jan. 31, 1786, at Fair-
field, Conn.

Res. Fairtield, Conn. Lieut, in 4th Co.. 4th Regt., Conn. Troops, 1776; his house was destroyed by the British in 1779.

Children: Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Hannah, Samuel. Hannah, Josiah, .Abigail, David.

5. Elizabeth Penfield, b. Jan. 6, 1760, at Fairfield, Conn.; d at ; m. Feb. 24, 1782, at Fair-

tield, Conn., to Jacob June, b. April 17, 1752, at Stamford, Conn.; d at

Res. Stamford and Rye, Conn.
" Children: Jacob, Sally, Elizabeth, Harriet.

.; 6. Elizabeth June, b. April 22, 1787, near Rye, N. Y.; baptized Aug. 3, 1788, at Fairfield, Conn.; d. June 17,
11 1863, at .Stratford, Conn.; m. Nov. 16, 1803, at New York City, N. Y., to Josiah Hedden, b. Feb. 23,

r" 17S1, at Newark, N. J.; d. Aug. 16, 1832, at New York City, N. Y.

Res. New York City. Graduate Union College. Special Judge New Yorlc City, 1832: .'Xlderman New York City, 1811, 1812,

1819. 1824-5; on Council to meet DeWitt Clinton.
Children: Samuel Penfield, Elizabeth Lewis, Sarah .Ann, Harriet June, Rachel Baldwin, Mary Frances, Susan Long, Josiah,

Edward Long, Robert McEweu.

7. Edward Long Hedden, b. Dec. 24, 1828, at New York City; d. Feb. 6, 1893, at ; m. Jan. 17, 1855,

at to Elizabeth Caroline Apgar, b. June 12, , at ; d at

Res. New York City.

Children; Julia Apgar, Maria Louisa. Edward Long, Elizabeth Caroline, Duncan Cryder.

I 8. Julia Apgar Hedden, b at New York City; d at ; m. April 16, 1879, a' New York

City, to Charles Campbell Worthington, b , at ; d , at

Res. She resides In New York City. Member D. A. R.

Children: Julia Hedden, Henry Rossiter, Charles Campbell. Edward Hedden, Reginald Stuart.

No. 18. BALDWIN. JULIA APGAR (HEDDEN) WORTHINQTON

I. Richard Baldwin, b at ; d (will dated 1552-3), at Aston Clinton, Bucks Co., Eng.;

m , at ; to Ellen (Pooke?), b at ; d 1565-6, at

Res. '* Donrigge," Parish of Aston Clinton, Bucks Co., Eng.
Child; Richard,

2. Richard Baldwin, b at Eng.; d (will dated 1630-33), at , Eng.; m ,

at Eng., to Isabell b , at ; d , at

Res. Cholesbury, Bucks Co., Eng.

Children: Nathaniel, Joseph, Mary, Hannah, Christian, Sarah, Timothy.

3. Joseph Baldwin, b at ; d. Nov. 2, 1684, according to Baldwin Genealogy (or Dec. 8, 1676,

according to Judd's Hadley, Mass., Genealogies), at ; m. (i) , at to Hannah

b at ; d at ; m. {2) at to Isabell Northan,

b ,at ; d at ; 01.(3) .at to Elizabeth Warriner, b

at ; d , at

Res. One of the first settlers of Milford, Conn., afterwards of Hadley, Mass.

Children: Joseph, Benjamin, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth. Martha, Jonathan, David. Sarah (all probably by 1st marriage,
although it is not clear).

4. Sergeant Jonathan Baldwin, b. Feb. 15, 1649, at Milford, Conn.; d. Dec. 13, 1739. at Milford, Conn.;

m. (I) Nov. 2, 1677, at Milford, Conn., to Hannah Ward, b at ; d. June .., 1693,

probably at Milford, Conn.; m. (2) at to Thankful Strong, b at ;

d at

Res. Milford, Conn. He was Sergeant of the Train Band, and a leading citizen of Milford.

Children: 1st m., Jonathan, John, Joseph, Hannah, Daniel, Joshua; 2nd m.. .'\bigail, Hannah, Martha, Ebenezer, Noah, Phebe,
Ezra.

JS. John Baldwin, b. May 22, 1688, at Milford, Conn.; d. Jan. 20, 1773, at Connecticut Farms, N. J.;

m , at to (name not known), b , at ; d at

Res. Coni:ecticut Farms, N. J.

Children: Ezekiel, Euos, Nathan, Phebe, Mary, Jemima. ... Ip ^ftljp

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6. Ezekiel Baldwin, b. Dec. ig, 1719, at N. J.; d. Tan. 27, 1805, at Connecticut Farms, N. J.;

m , about 1739, at N. J., to Sarah Baldwin, b. April 20, 1720, at , N. J.; d.

Aug. 29, 1798, at N.J.

Res. Connecticut Farms, N.J.

Children: Gabriel, Racliel, Jeptha, Eunice, Mary, Rachel, Caleb, Daniel, Benjamin, Israel, jothan.

7. Rachel Baldwin, b. Jan. 26, 1755, at Connecticut Farms, N. J.; d. March 24, 1814, at New York City;

m at to Zadock Hedden, b. Jan. .., 1754, at Newark, N. J.; d. April 29, 1840, at

Stamford, Conn.

Res He was a Revolutionary soldier, part of his service being: that of wagon master. He was imprisoned by the

i3ritish for Revolutionary service.
Children: Mary (Polly), Sarah Glover, James, Josiah, John Allen, Frances (Fanny), Robert, Jeptha.

8. Josiah Hedden, b. Feb. 23, 1781, at Newark, N. J.; d. Aug. 16, 1832, at New York City; m. Nov. 16, 1803,

at John Street Methodist Church, New York City, to Elizabeth June, b. April 22, 1787, near
Rye, N. Y.; bap. Fairfield, Conn., Aug. 3, 1788; d. June 17, 1863, at Stratford, Conn.

Res. New York City. Graduate Union College. Special Judge New York City, 1832; Alderman New York City, 1811, i8ia,
1819, 1824-5: on Council to meet DeWitt Clinton.

Children: Samuel Peufield, Elizabeth Lewis, Sarah Ann. Harriet June, Rachel Baldwin, Mary Frsnces, Susan Long, Josiah,
Edward Long, Robert McEwen.

9. Edward Long Hedden, b. Dec. 24, 1828, at New York City; d. Feb. 6, 1893, at New York City; ra.

Jan. 17, 1855, at New York City, to Elizabeth Caroline Apgar, b. June 12 at ;

d at

Res. New York City. Vice-President and Director of North River Bank; Collector of the Port of New York; Director ot 1

Niagara Insurance Co.; Member of City Guard and of Old Guard.
Children: Julia Apgar, Maria Louisa, Edward Long, Elizabeth Caroline, Duncan Cryder.

10. Julia Apgar Hedden, b at New York City; d at ; m. April 16, 1879, at New York I

City, to Charles Campbell Worthington, b at ; d at

Res. Sbe resides in New York City. Member D. A. K.

Children: Julia Hedden, Henry Rossiter, Charles Campbell, Edward Hedden, Reginald Stuart.

No. 19. JUNE- -JULIA APQAR (HEDDEN) WORTHINQTON

1. Peter June, b , at ; d. March i, 1706-7, at Stamford, Conn.; m at , to

b at ; d at

Res. Stamford, Conn. al

Children: Sarah, Peter, James, Thomas, Mercy, Mary. TJJ

2. Thomas June, b. July 23, 1690, at Stamford, Conn.; d at ; m. Feb. 17, 1714, at to

Sarah (Smith) Halt (wid. of Jonas Hait), b at ; d. March 12, 1736-7, at

Res. Stamford, Conn.

Children: Hannah, Mary, Jemima, Thomas, Ezarab, Abner, Jacob.

3. Jacob June, b. Jan. 27, 1727-8, at Stamford, Conn.; d. May 7, 1758, at Stamford, Conn.; m. Dec. 15, 1751,

at Stamford, Conn., to Rhoda Ferris, b , at ; d at n

Res. Stamford, Conn. S

Children: Jacob, Phinehas. Benjamin, Rboda.

4. Jacob June, b. April 17, 1752, at Stamford, Conn.; d , at ; m. Feb. 24, 1782, at Fairfield,i

Conn., to Elizabeth Penfield, b. Jan. 6, 1760, at Fairfield, Conn.; d , at

Res. Stamford and Rye, Conn.

Children: Jacob, Sally, Elizabeth, Harriet.

5. Elizabeth June, b. April 22, 1787, near Rye, N. Y.; baptized Aug. 3, 1788, at Fairfield, Conn.; d. June 17,

1863, at Stratford, Conn.; m. Nov. 16, 1803, at New York City, N. Y., to Josiah Hedden, b. Feb. 23,'
1781, at Newark, N. J.; d. Aug. 16, 1832, at New York City, N. Y.

Res. New York City. Graduate Union College. Special Judge New York City, 1832; Alderman New York City. i8ii, i8[l

1819, 1824-5; on Council to meet DeWitt Clinton.
Children: S.iniuel Penfieid. Elizabeth Lewis, S.irah Ann, Harriet June, Rachel Baldwin, Mary Frances, Susan Long. Josiab

Edward Long, Robert McEwen.

6. Edward Long Hedden, b. Dec. 24, 1828, at New York City; d. Feb. 6, 1893, at New York City; m

Jan. 17, 1855, at New York City, to Elizabeth Caroline Apgar, b. June 12 , at

d at

Res. New York City. Vice-President and Director of North River Bank; Collector of the Port ot New York; Director

Niagara Insurance Co.; Member of City Guard and ot Old Guard.
Children: Julia Apgar, Maria Louisa. Edward Long, Elizabeth Caroline, Duncan Cryder.

7. Julia Apgar Hedden, b , at New York City; d , at ; m. April 16, 1879, at New Yorl

City, to Charles Campbell Worthington, b at ; d , at

Res. She resides In New York City. Member D. A. R. .;,

Children: Julia Hedden, Henry Rossiter. Charles Campbell, Edwaid Hedden, Reginald Stuart. -'

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No. 20. GARDINER LUCRETIA THATCHER (PERRY) OSBORN

1. Lion Gardiner, b about 1559, at , Eng.; d 1663, aged 64, at Easthampton. N. Y.;

m at , to Mary Wilemson Deurcant, b about i6or, at Woredon, Holland;

d subsequent to 1665, aged 64, at

Res. Gardiner's Islaad, Loag Island Sound, N. Y. First proprietor o( Gardiner's Island.
Children: David, Mary, Elizabeth.

2. David Gardiner, b. April 29, 1636, at Saybrooke Fort, Conn. Colony; d. July 10, 1689, at Hartford, Conn.;

ni. June 4, 1657, at , to Mary ( ) Lerlngliam (wid.); at the time of her marriage to

David Gardiner she was a member of the Parish of St. Margaret in the City of Westminster,
Eng.; b , at ; d , at

Res. Gardiner's Island, Long Island Sound. N. V. Second proprietor of Gardiner's Island.

Children; John. David, Lion, Elizabeth.

3. John Gardiner, b. April 19, 1661, at ; d. June 25, 1738, at Groton, Conn.; m. (i) , 1691,

'It to Mary King, b. Aug. 7, 1669, at ; d. July 4, 1707, aged 37, at ; m. (2)

Sept. 2, 1708, at , to Sarali Chandter=Coit (dau. of John and Elizabeth (Douglas) Chandler

of Woodstock, Conn., and wid. of William Colt of New London, Conn.), b. Nov. 19, 1676, at •

d. July 3, 171 1, at ; m. (3) July 13 at to Ellzabetli Altyn-Allen (dau. of Tohii

Allyn and wid. of Alexander Allen of Woodstock, Conn.), b. Dec. i, 1669, at ; d , on

Gardiner's Island; m. (4) Oct. 4, 1733, at to Elizabeth Hedges=-Osborne (dau. of Stephen

Hedges and wid. of Daniel Osborne of Easthampton, L. I.), b , at ; d. May lo, 1747

aged 64, at ' ' • "

Res. Gardiner's Island, Long Island Sound, N. Y. Third proprietor of Gardiner's Island.

Children: ist m., David, John, Samuel, Joseph, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth; 2nd m., Jonathan, Sarah; 3rd m.. none; 4th m.. none

4. John Gardiner, b 1693; at ; d. Jan. 19, 1724-5, at New London, Conn.; m. May 6, 1716, at

New London, Conn., to Sarah Saltonstaii, b. April 8, 1694, at New London, Conn.; d

at She m. (2) Jan. 1, 1727, at New London, Conn., to Samuel Davis, b at ;

d at ; she m. (3) July 4, 1737, at New London, Conn., to Thomas Davis, b ',

at ; d at

Res. New London, Conn. Merchant and School Teacher in New London. Yale College, 1711.
Children: (Gardiner) Elizabeth, Jerusha, Jerusha, John.

5. Jerusha Gardiner, b. Oct. 6, 1723, at ; d. Feb. 18, 1754, at New London. Conn.; m. March 7, 1741-2,

at New London, Conn., to John Christophers, b. Feb. 27, 1718-19, at New London, Conn.; d

Jan. 15, 1787, at He m. (2) , before 1764, at to Elizabeth Manwaring (dau,

of Thomas and Esther (Christophers) Manwaring of iLyme, Conn.), b , at ; d

at ; m. (3) Nov. 10, 1768, at Norwich, Conn., to Sybel (Capron) Crocker, of Norwich, Conn

(wid. of Capt. Roswell Crocker), b at ; d at

Res. New London. Black Point, and Norwich, Conn. Member First Church of Christ, New London, Conn., from which he

dissented.
Children: ist m., John, Richard, Mary, Peter, Lucretia; 2nd m., Samuel, Elizabeth; 3rd m., none that are known of.

6. Lucretia Christophers, b. Jan. ig, 1749-50, at New London, Conn.; d. March ig, 1825, at New London,

Conn.; ni. May 13, 1770, at New London, Conn., to John Mumford, Jr., b. Dec. 3, 1740, at South
Kingston, R. L; d. July 14, 1825, at New London, Conn.

Res. " Elm Grove " Farm, Salera (Lyme), Conn., and New London, Conn. Large land owner in Salera, Conn.; Agent lor Col.

William Browne, the Tory Governor of Bermuda.
Children; Elizabeth, Mary, Lucretia, Catherine, Sarah, Lucretia Christophers.

7. Lucretia Christophers Mumford, b. Aug. 10, 1785, at Salem, Conn.; d. April 6, 1871, at New London,

Conn.; m. Feb. 24, 1806, at New London, Conn., to Anthony Thatcher, b. Jan. 7, 1782, at

Stratford, Conn.; d. Dec. 26, 1844, at New London, Conn.
Res. New London, Conn. Cashier of New London Bank.
Children: Nathaniel Woodbridge, Lucretia Mumford. Mary Woodbridge, John Christophers, Eloise Hardy, George Thompson,

Daniel .Anthony, Henry Perkins, Abbv Mumford, Julia Hubbell, Elizebeth Wetmore, Mary Perkins, .Anthony,

Antoinette.

8. Lucretia Mumford Thatcher, b. Sept. 30, 1808, at New London, Conn.; d. July 29, 1895, at New London,

Conn.; m. Jan. 28, 1828, at New London, Conn., to Nathaniel Hazard Perry, b. Nov. 27, 1802, at
Newport, R. I,; d. May 8, 1832, at New York City, N. Y.

Res. South Kingston, and Newport, R. I., and various posts in U. S. N. He was a purser (i. «., Paymaster) in U. S. Navy, and

jie was also a Royal Arch Mason.
Child: Alexander James.

9. Alexander James Perry, b. Dec. 1 1 , 1828, at New London, Conn. ; d at ; m. June 25, 1857,

at Augusta, Ga., to Josephine Adams, b. Nov. 3, 1834, at Augusta, Ga.; d at

Res. various posts U. S. .Army; settled at 200^ I Street, N. W., Washiogton, D. C; U. S. M. A., 1851; Brig.-Gcn'l and Asst.-
Quartermaster-General, U. S. A. Retired Dec. 11, l8g2. Member Mil. Order Loyal Legion; Soc. Sons of Rev.; Lay
Delegate Gen'l Convention Prot. Epis. Ch., N. Y. City, 1874.

Children; Lucretia Thatcher, John Adams, Alexander Wallace, Josephine .'\dams.

o. Lucretia Thatcher Perry, b. April 19, 1858, at Augusta, Ga.; d at ; m. Sept, 29, 1881, at

Governor's Island, N. Y. Harbor, to Prof. Henry Fairfield Osbom, b. Aug. 8, 1857, at Fairfield,
Conn.; d at

Res. She resided in Washington D. C, and at various army posts with her parents before marriage. After marriage at

850 Madison Avenue, N. Y. City. Summer home. Garrisons. N. Y.
Children: Virginia Sturges, Alexander Perry, Henry Fairlield, Josephine Adams, Gurdon Saltonstaii.

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No. 21. BREWSTER. . .lucretia thatcher (perry) osborn

1. William Brewster, b , at ; d in the summer of 1590, at Scrooby, Nottinghamshire,

Eng., estate administered by son William in 1590; m at , to Prudence

b , at ; d , subsequent to her husband, at Scrooby, Eng., prob.

Res Scrooby Eng "Post" (i. e.. Postmaster) at Scrooby, Eng., by appointment of the Crown; appointed by .Archbishop
Sandys of York; receiver of Scrooby and all its liberties in Nottinghamshire and also Bailiti of the Manor House to
hold office for life on Jan. ... 1575-6-

Child: William. " k\

2. Elder William Brewster, b , 1566-7, at Scrooby, Eng.; d. April 10, 1643, at Plymouth, Mass.;

m , at to Mary b at ; d. April 17, 1627, at Plymouth, Mass.

Res. Scrooby, Eng.; matriculated at Peter House College, Cambridge University, Eng., Dec. 3, 1580, but did not take his
degree; served as an assistant of William Davison, Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth; returned to Scrooby
where he was appointed, about i59t. Postmaster to succeed his father and held office there until Sept. 30, 1607; re-
moved to Holland and settled in Leiden until 1620; came over on the first voyage of the Mayflo-wer; 4tb Signer of the
■' Mayflower Compact." Nov. 11, 1620 (old style); Elder and Spiritual Guide ot the Pilgrim Fathers.

Children: Jonathan, Patience, Fear, a child, sex not stated, that died and was buried in Leiden, Love, Wrestling.

3. Hon. Jonathan Brewster, b. Aug. 12, 1593, at Scrooby, Eng.; d. Aug. 7, 1659 (1661 according to

Caulkin's New London ; also see Conn. Col. Records, vol. i, p. 362), at Poquetannock (near New t

London), Conn.; m. April 10, 1624, at to Lucretia Oldham, b at ; d.

March 4, 1678-g, at Poquetannock, Conn.

Res. Arrived on ship Fortune, Nov. 9. 1621; lived at Plymouth and Duxbury, Mass., and New London (Poquetannock), Conik ^_
Dep. G. C. Ply. Col., 1639, 1641. 1642, 1643; removed to New London, Conn., in 1649; Dep. G. C. Col. Conn., 1650, 165CUJ
1656, 1657, 1658; .Asst. G. C. Col. Conn., 1657. M

Children: William, Mary, Jonathan, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Ruth, Grace, Hannah.

4. Elizabeth Brewster, b. May i, 1637, at Duxbury, Mass.; d 1708, at New London, Conn.; m. (i)

Sept. 7, 1653, to Peter Bradley, b at ; d. April 3, 1662, at " Flushen," L. L, prob.,

as his inventory was taken there June .., 1662; m. (2) 1677-1678, at New London, Conn., ,

to Hon. Christopher Christophers, as his second wife. He b about 1631, in Devon-i

shire, Eng. prob.; d. July 23, 16S7, in 56th year, in New London, Conn. His first wife was
Mary who d. July 13, 1676, at New London, Conn., aged 55.

Res. Her ist husband resided in New London, and was a mariner in the coasting trade along Long Island Sound. Her 2nd '
husband resided in New London, Conn., and was a Deputy to the G. C. Col. Conn, from New London, 1683 and 1685.

Children: ist m. (Bradley), Elizabeth, Hannah. Peter, Lucretia; 2nd m. (Christophers), two (2), sex not stated, both bom
previous to 1674, and both supposed to have died in infancy.

5. Lucretia Bradley, b. Aug. 16, 1660 or 1661, at New London, Conn.; d. Jan. 7, i6qo-i, at New London,

Conn.; m. Jan. 26, 16B1, at New London, Conn., to Hon. Richard Christophers, b. July 13, 1662,
at Cherston Ferrers, on Torbay, near Dartmouth, Devonshire, Eng.; d. June 9, 1726, at New^i
London, Conn. He m. (2) Sept. 3, 1691, at New London, Conn., to Grace Turner, b. June 5,
1663, at Scituate, Mass., d. June l, 1734, at New London, Conn.

Res. New London. Conn. Merchant, mariner. Town Clerk, N. L., 1701-T706; Dep. G. C, Conn.; .Asst. G. C; J. P.; Judge of
County Ciourt; Judge of Probate; Judge of Superior Court of Conn.; one of the most important men in the Colony.

Children: 1st m., Christopher, Richard. Peter, John; 2nd m., Joseph, Mary, Jonathan, Grace (son), Lydia, Eury(ot«

Benie), Ruth, Joanna, Lucretia, Lucy.

6. Hon. Capt. Christopher Christophers, b. Dec. 2, 1682 (or 1683), at New London, Conn.; d. Feb. 5,

1728-9, at New London, Conn.; m. Jan. 22, 1711-12, at New Haven, Conn., to Sarah Prout, b.
Jan. 7, 1683-4, at New Haven, Conn.; d. April 18, 1745, at New London, Conn.

Res. New London. Conn. Commissary ot Colony: Member of Governor's Council; Naval Officer, Port of New London; Capt.ii^

Militia; Dep. and Asst. to G. C; Judge ot Probate.
Children: Peter, Mary, Christopher, John, Sarah, Lucretia. Lydia, Margaret.

7. John Christophers, b. Feb. 27, 1718-19, at New London, Conn.; d. Jan. 15, 1787, at ; m.(i) March

1741-2, at New London, Conn, to Jerusha Gardiner, b. Oct. 6, 1722, at New London, Conn.?

d. Feb. 18, 1754, at New London, Conn.; m. (2) before 1764, at to Elizabeth Man«>

waring, b at ; d at ; m. (3) Nov. 10, 1768, at Norwich, Conn., to

Sybel (Capron) Crocker (wid. of Capt. Roswell (Zrocker); she b , at ; d ,

Res. New London. Black Point, and Norwich, Conn. Member First Church of Christ, New London, Conn., from which ha
dissented.

Children: ist m., John, Richard, Mary, Peter, Lucretia; 2nd m., Samuel, Elizabeth; 3rd m., none that are known of.

8. Lucretia Christophers, b. Jan. 19, 1749-50, at New London, Conn.; d. March 19, 1825, at New London»i

Conn.; m. May 13, 1770, at New London, Conn., to John Mumford, Jr., b. Dec. 3, 1740, at Southi
Kingston, R. 1.; d. July 14, 1825, at New London, Conn.

Res. '* Elm Grove " Farm, Salem (Lyme), Conn., and New London, Conn. Large land owner in Salem, Conn.; Agent for Col.

William Browne, the Tory Governor of Bermuda.
Children: Elizabeth, Mary, Lucretia, Catherine. Sarah, Lucretia Christophers.

9. Lucretia Christophers Mumford, b, Aug. 10, 1785, at Salem, Conn.; d. April 6, 1871, at New London,

Conn.; m. Feb. 24, 1806, at New London, Conn., to Anthony Thatcher, b. Jan. 7, 1782, at Strat-
ford, Conn.; d. Dec. 26, 1844, at New London, Conn.

Res. New London, Conn, Cashier New London Bank.

Children: Nathaniel Woodbridge, Lucretia Mumford, Mary Woodbridge, John Christophers, Eloise Hardy, George Thompson,
Daniel Anthony, Henry Perkins, Abby Mumford, Julia Hubbell, Elizabeth Wetmore, Mary Perkins, AnthonJ,
Antoinette.

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BREWSTER— 0«/z«?«rt'.

10. Lucretia Mumford Thatcher, b. Sept. 30, 1808, at New London, Conn.; d. July 29, 1895, at New London,

Conn.; m. Jan. 28, 1828, at New London, Conn., to Nathaniel Hazard Perry, b. Nov. 27, 1802, at
Newport, R. I,; d. May 8, 1832, at New York City, N. Y.

Res. South Kingston, and Newport, R. 1., and at various posts in service of U. S. N. He was a purser (r. tf., Paymaster) in U. S.

Navy, and a Royal Arch Mason.
Child: .Me.^ander James.

11. Alexander James Perry, b. Dec. 11, 1828, at New London, Conn.; d at ; m. June 25, 1857,

at Augusta, Ga., to Josephine Adams, b. Nov. 3, 1834, at Augusta, Ga.; d at

Res. various posts U. S. Army: settled at soo'i I Street, N. W., Washington. D C; U. S. M. A., 1851; Brig.-Gen'l and Asst.-

guartermaster-General, U. S. \. Retired Dec. 11, 1892. Member Mil. Order Loyal Legion; Soc. Sons of Rev.; Lay
elegate Gen'l Convention Prut. Epis. Ch.. N. Y. City. 1874.
Children: Lucretia Thatcher, John Adams, .Alexander Wallace. Josephine .^dams.

12. Lucretia Thatcher Perry, b. April ig, 1858, at Augusta, Ga.; d at ; m. Sept. 29, 1881, at

Governor's Island, N. Y. Harbor, to Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn, b. Aug. 8, 1857, at Fairfield,
Conn.; d at

Res. She resided in Washington D. C, and at various army posts with her parents before marriage. After marriage at

850 Madison Avenue, N. Y. City. Summer home. Garrisons. N. Y.
Children: Virginia Sturges, Alexander Perry, Henry Fairfield, Josephine Adams, Gurdon Saltonstall.

No. 22. CHRISTOPHERS. . LUCRETIA THATCHER (PERRY) OSBORN

1. Hon. Christopher Christophers, b about 1631, at Devonshire, Eng., prob.; d. July 23, 1687,

in 56th year, at New London, Conn.; m, (i) in Eng., prob., to Mary b , 162 1,

in Eng., prob.; d. July 13, 1676, at New London, Conn., aged 55; m. (2) , 1677 or 1678, at

New London, Conn., to Elizabeth (Brewster) Bradley (wid. of Peter Bradley of New London,
Conn., and dau. of Jonathan and Lucretia (Oldham) Brewster of New London, Conn.), she b.
May 1, 1637, at Duxbury, Mass.; d 1708, at New London, Conn.

Res. Devonshire. Eng.. .\ew London. Conn. Dap. to G. C. Col. of Coun.. from New London. i&S'^ and i6S^.

Children; ist m.. Richard, John, Mary; 2nd m.. two (2). sex not stated, both b. previous to 1674. ^nd both supposed to have d. in
infancy.

2. Hon. Richard Christophers, b. July 13, 1662, at Cherston Ferrers, on Torbay, near Dartmouth, Devon-
shire, Eng.; d. June 9, 1726, at New London, Conn.; m. (i) Jan. 26, 1681, at New London, Conn., to
Lucretia Bradley, b. Aug. 16, 1660 or 1661, at New London, Conn.; d. Jan. 7, 1690-1, at New
London, Conn.; m. (2) Sept. 3, 1691, at New London, Conn., to Qrace Turner, b. June 5, 1663, at
Scituate, Mass.; d. June l, 1734, at New London, Conn.

Children: 1st m., Christopher. Richard. Peter, John; 2nd m., Joseph, Mary, Jonathan, Grace (son), Lydia, Eury (or

Benie), Ruth, Joanna, Lucretia, Lucy.

Res. New London. Conn. Commissary of Colony; Member of Governor's Council; Naval Officer, Port of New London; Capt. in

Militia; Dep. and Asst. to G. C; Judge of Probate.
Children: Peter, Mary, Christopher, John, Sarah, Lucretia. Lydia, Margaret.

"^ 4. John Christophers, b. Feb. 27, 1718-19, at New London, Conn.; d. Jan. 15, 1787, at ; m. (i)March7,

1741-2, at New London, Conn, to Jerusha Qardiner, b. Oct. 6, 1722, at New London, Conn.;
d. Feb. 18, 1754, at New London, Conn.; m. (2) before 1764, at , to Elizabeth Man-
waring, b , at ; d at ; m. (3) Nov. 10, 1768, at Norwich, Conn., to

Sybel (Capron) Crocker (wid. of Capt. Roswell Crocker); she b , at ; d

Res. New London, Black Point, and Norwich, Conn. Member First Church of Christ, New London, Conn., from which he

dissented.
Children: ist m., John, Richard, Mary, Peter, Lucretia: 2nd m., Samuel, Elizabeth; 3rd m., none that are known of.

5. Lucretia Christophers, b. Jan. 19, 1749-50, at New London, Conn.; d. March 19, 1825, at New London,
Conn.; ni. May 13, 1770, at New London, Conn., to John Mumford, Jr., b. Dec. 3, 1740, at South
Kingston, R. I.; d. July 14, 1825, at New London, Conn.

Res. " Elm Grove" Farm, Salem (Lyme), Conn., and New London, Conn. Large landowner in Salem, Conn.; Agent lor Col.

William Browne, the Tory Governor of Bermuda.
Children: Elizabeth, Mary, Lucretia, Catherine, Sarah, Lucretia Christophers.

6. Lucretia Christophers Mumford, b. Aug. 10, 1785, at Salem, Conn.; d. April 6, 1871, at New London,
Conn.; m. Feb. 24, 1806, at New London, Conn., to Anthony Thatcher, Id. Jan. 7, 1782, at
Stratford, Conn.; d. Dec. 26, 1844, at New London, Conn.

Res. New London, Conn. Cashier of New Loudon Bank.

Children: Nathaniel Woodbridge, Lucretia Mumford. Mary Woodbridge, John Christophers, Eloise Hardy, George Thompson,
Daniel Anthony, Henry Perkins, Abbv Mumford, Julia HubOell, Elizebeih Wetmore, Mary -Perkins, .'\Qthony,

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CHRISTOPHERS— Co«/j«J«far.

7. Lucretla Mumford Thatcher, b. Sept. 30, 1808, at New London, Conn.; d. July 29, 1895, at New London,

Conn.; m. Jan. 28, 1828, at New London, Conn., to Nathaniel Hazard Perry, b. Nov. 27, 1802, at

Newport, R. I,; d. May 8, 1832, at New York City, N. Y.
Res. South Kingston, and Newport, K. I., and at various posts ia service of U. S. N. He was a purser (i. e.. Paymaster) in U. S.

Navy, and a Royal Arch Mason.
Child; Alexander James.

8. Alexander James Perry, b. Dec. 11, 1828, at New London, Conn.; d at ; m. June 25, 1857,

at Augusta, Ga., to Josephine Adams, b. Nov. 3, 1834, at Augusta, Ga.; d at

Res. various posts U. S. .^rniv; settled at 200-, I Street. N. VV., Washington. D. C; U. S. M. A., 1851; Brig.-Gen'l and Asst.-

guartermaster-General. U. S. \. Retired Dec. it, i8q2. Member Mil. Order Loyal Legion; Soc. Sons of Rev.; Lay
elegate Gen'l Convention Prot. Epis. Ch., N. Y. City, 1874.
Children: Lucretia Thatcher, John Adams, .\lexander Wallace, Josephine Adams.

Lucretia Thatcher Perry, b. April 19, 1858, at Augusta, Ga.; d at ; m. Sept. 29, 1881, at

Governor's Island, N. Y. Harbor, to Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn, b. Aug. 8, 1857, at Fairfield,
Conn.; d at

Res. She resided in Washington D. C, and at various army posts with her parents before marriage. After marriage at
850 Madison Avenue, N. Y. City. Summer home. Garrisons. N. Y.

Children: Virginia Sturges, Alexander Perry, Henry Fairfield, Josephine Adams, Gurdon Saltonstall.

No. 23. ADAMS. .LUCRETIA THATCHER (PERRY) OSBORN

1. Henry Adams, b at , Eng.; d. Oct. 6, 1646, at Braintree, Mass.; m at

to b at ; d at

Res. Braintree, Mass., one of the original patentees of that town. He was a farmer and maltster; supposed to have arrived in
Boston, Mass., in 1632 or 1633 with wife, eight sons and one daughter. His will Wds proved June 8. 1647. John Adams.
President of the Umted States (his "reat-grcat-grandson), erected a monument to his memory in Quincy. Mass., on
which he stated that he came originally from Devonshire, Etig. John Quincy ."Vdams, President of the United States,
dissented from this opinion and believed that Henry Adams came trom Chelmsford. Essex Co., Eng.

Children: Henry, Thomas, Samuel, Jonathan. Peter, John, Joseph, Edward, Ursula.

2. Lieut. Henry Adams,* b 1604, at Eng.; d. Feb. 21, 1675-6, at Medfield, Mass.; m.|

Nov. 17, 1643, at Braintree, Mass., to Elizabeth Paine (dau. of Moses Paine, Esq.), b. . . .

at ; d. Feb. 29, 1675-6, at Medfield, Mass.

Res. Medfield. Mass., settled there in 1646. He was first Town Clerk of Braintree, and also of Medfield, Mass.; Rep. G. Ct

Mass., from Medfield. 1659, 1665. 1674, 1675; Lieut, in Medfield Militia Co., wliich fought against the Indians in 1675-63

He was killed by the Indians Feb. 21. 1675-6. and his wile was accidentally shot the same day and died Feb. 2g, 1675-6.?
Children; Eleazer, Jasper, Elizabeth, John. Henry, Moses, Henry, Samuel.

3. Hon. Henry Adams, b. Nov. 15, 1657, at Medfield, Mass.; d. Sept. 29, 1733, at Medfield, Mass.; m.

Dec. 16, 1679, at Medfield, Mass., to Pr