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FOR THE YEAR 1856.
VOLUME X.
BOSTON:
SAMUEL G. DRAKE, PUBLISHER,
26 BROMFIELD STREET.
1856.
PUBLISHING COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 1856.
SAMUEL G. DRAKE, Editor.
Rev. William Jenks, D. D., Rev. Alonzo H. Quint,
Lemuel Shattuck, Esq., Mr. William Reed Deane,
Mr v John Dean, Mr. James Spear Loring.
Henry W. Duttoic, Printer— Transcript Office,
No. 37 Congress Street, Boston.
47478
GENERAL INDEX
TO THE TEN VOLUMES
[Note. — An Index of Names is at the end of each Volume.]
The design of this Index is to facilitate the labors of Genealogists and Town Historians. To obtain
all the facts contained in the ten volumes, relating to any name or town, the Reviews or Book Isotices
should first be examined, as they show what works have already been published. Genealogists should
also consult Biographies, Arms, Autographs, and Obituaries.
Wherever the month and volume are given in connection with a genealogy, there will be found an
account of the family in extenso ; but when the page and volume occur, a more brief notice maybe
expeCel.
The volumes are numbered from 1847, which is the first. w. H. W.
Adams, family bible, viii 2S3
Addison Co., Vt., items, vii 253
Allen monument, iv 103
Alumni of New England, i 77, 182, 178
Almanacs, interleaved, i 73 ; vii 205, 341 ; viii 18
Andover, Mass., Records, ii 377; hi 65
Anglo Saxon Language, iii 403
Antiquity, a Relic of, ii 110
Arms, engraved or described
Mather, vi 16, 19
Otis, ii 281
Parsons, i 159, 264
Peabody, ii 361
Pease, iii 27, 29
Rawson, see portrait of
Edward R.
Rolfe, iii 149
Rollins, viii 2, 54
Sanborn x 271
Sewall, see portrait of
Joseph S.
Shapleigh, v 345
Stowe, x 121
Sumner, viii 128d
Swett, vi 49
Tully, iii 157
Walter, viii 209
Wentworth, iv 321
Adams, vii 39
Amory, x 59
Balch, ix 233
Bradford, iv 39
Bradstreet, viii 313
Chauncy, x 105
Checkley, ii 349
Curwen x 305
Davie, i 169
Deane, iii 375, 376
Endecott, see portrait of
JohnEndicot
Farmer, i 33, 360
Gilbert, iv 223
Gookin, i 345
How, iv 63
Hutchinson, see por-
trait of Gov. H.
Leonard, v 406
Mascarene, ix 247
Attleborough, Crane's Centennial at, iii 403
Autobiography of Rev. S. Brown, iii 374
Autographs : —
Alden, John, ii 244
Bakar, Christine, vl95
Baker, Otis, v 204
Baker, Thomas, v 195,
204
Balch, John, ix 235
Barstow, Michael, viii
171
Baudouin, Pierre, x 79
Blake, James, Jr., vi
372
Bradford, William, ii
244; iv 42, 45, 46
Bradford, John, iv, 45
Bradstreet, Simon and
Anne, viii 314
Bradstreet, John, ix 37
Brainford settlers, iii
153
Church, Benjamin, v
385
Cogswell, Amos and Ly-
dia, v 207
Dane, John, viii 147;
ix37
Dane, Francis, viii 147
Deane, Silas, iii 382
Deane, Walter, 384
Deane, William and
Samuel, iii 385
Deane, Samuel, iii 386
Deane, Thomas, ix 93
Dearborn, Gen., ii 350
Drake, S. G , ii 4
Dudley, Thomas, v 295 ;
xl33
Dudley, Samuel, x 134
Dudley, John, x 139
•Dudley, Edmund, x 141
Fuller, Samuel, ii 244
Gookin, Daniel, i 350
How, John, iv 64
Hyslop, William and
David, viii 128k
Johonnot Daniel, vi 366
Kidder, James,vii 140
Autographs : —
Lane, Job, x 356
Leonard. Thomas, v 407
Lord, Robert, vii 188
Lovewell, John, vii 63
Mascarene, Paul, ix 247
Mascarene, John, x 147
Mather, Increase, ii 24
Philip, King-, v 358
Scollow, Joshua, ii 351
Shrimpton, Saml , viii
128r
Standish, Myles, ii 244
Sumner, William, viii
128d
Mavericke, Samuel, viii Sumner, Edw , viii 128g
378 Sumner, Increase, viii
128./
Swett, Benjamin, vi 53
Trask, William, vi 370
Michael, vi
Waldern, Richard,
181 ; vii 94
Ware, Robert, vi 146
Ware, Joseph, vi 148
Weare. Nathl., vi 50
Whitmore, John and
Rachel, ix 307
Wyman, Seth, vii 69
Yeamans,John, viii 128*
Metcalfe,
174
Metcalfe, Thomas, vi
173
Otis, John, ii 283
Otis, Paul, v 186, 187
Pease, iii 28
Pease, J C, iii 237 _
Pease, Nathaniel, iii'390
Pease, Calvin, iii 394
Pease, E. P. iii 395
Prince, Thomas, ii 244
A Word to Modernizers, iii 22
Barefoot, Walter, v 358
Barnes, Anne, ix 371
Barnestable First Settlers, ii 64, 194, 314, 388;
iii 84, 133, 271 ; iv 192
Church. See Scituate.
Battle Abbey, Roll of, ii 25
Bayard Family. See Rogers.
Belchertown, Mass., History of, ii 177
Indians attack, 208
Bellingham family letters, vii 186
Berwick, Me., Epitaphs, iv 37
Beverly, name of, ii 333
Items, viii 103
Bible, ancient, i 275
Biddeford, inscriptions, ii 386
Billerica Items, vi 85
Biographies and biographical notices : —
Allerton, Isaac, viii 265 Eddy, Joshua, viu201
Appleton, Saml , viii 1
Bigelow, Benjamin iii
196
Brant, ii 345 ; iii 59
Breck, Edward, ii 255
Brooks, Peter C, viii
297; ixl3
Carver, John, iv 105
Chauncy, Chas., x 105
Conant, Roger, ii 233,
329
Colman, Dr. Benjamin,
iii 105, 220
Crown, Col. Wm , vi 46
Endecott, John, i 201
Farmer, John, i 1
Farrar, Rev. Joseph, iii
185, 211
Fitch, Rev. James, ii
269
Frobisher, Sir Martin,
iiil
Frost,'Charles, iii 249
Gorton, Samuel, iv 201
Higginson, Rev. Fran-
cis, vi 105
Hull, Gen. William, ix
41
IV
General Index.
Biographies and biographical notices : —
Hutchinson, Got. Thos. Prince, Key. Thomas,
i 297 v 375
Lawrence, Abbott, x Rawson, Edward, iii 201
297 Sewall, Samuel, i 105
Lovewell, Capt. John, Stark, Gen. John, vii
vii 61 201
Mather, Increase, ii 1 Sullivan, Gen. John,
Mather, Cotton, vi 1 vii 137
Moore, Rev. Z. S., i 361 Sumner, Gov. Increase,
Morrill, Hon. David, iii viii 105
199 Upham, A. G., i 365
Parsons, Enoch, i 159 "Vane, Sir Henry, ii 121
Perkins, Thos. H.,x 201 Ward, Gen. Artemas,
Peters, Hugh, v 1, 231, v. 271
275, 415 Williams,' John Foster,
Pierce, Benjamin, vii 1 ii 98
Pomeroy, Dr. John, ii Wolcott, Oliver, iv 1
279
Black Art, ii 55
Black Point, attack upon, ii 206
Bloody Point, origin of name, ii 39
Books, Notices of. See Reviews and Notices.
Boston Records, ii 76, 188. 274, 400 ; iii 38, 126, 247 ;
iv 55, 181, 267, 359 ; v 97, 243, 333 ; vi 183, 377 ;
vii 159, 281; viii 37,-345; ix 165, 249, 309; x
67, 217
News Letters, Items from, x 33
Ministers of, i 134, 240, 318
Bradford, Mass., marriages in, viii 236
Bradford's History, Discovery of, ix 231; x 353
Branford, Conn., early settlers, iii 153
Braintree, Iron Mines, 63
Iron Work, v 404
Early Records of, 126-7, 247-8
Brattle's Advice to his Son, i 284
Brewster's Island, ix 368
Browne, Abraham, ii 45
Brown, Rev. Samuel, iii 374
Bunker, George, ix 150
Canada Expedition, ix 354
Candler MSS. in Brit. Museum, iv 178
Cape Ann, Colony of, 235
Capen, Family Record, ii 80
Casco, Me. , i 53
Charlestown Epitaphs, v 175
Charter Oak, x 358
Chatham, Mass, first settlers, vii 81, 153
Cherry Valley, massacre at, ii 348
Chipman Family, iv 23, 251
Cogswell, funeral sermon, i 294
Cold Spring, (Belchertown), ii 177
College of Arms, 343
Connecticut Archives, iii 167
Irish Charity to, ii 395
Copp Family, x 369
Copp's Hill Epitaphs, ii 391 ; iii 344
Cradock, Gov., bequest, ix 247
Craft, Alice, vi 178
Customs of New England, vi 23
Danvers, Epitaphs, viii, 73
Hanson's History of, ii, r 319
Davis, Dolor, iv 66
Dedham Items, i 99
Mann's Annals of, ii 224; iv 354; x 282
Deerfield, Indian House, ii 110
Description of New England, i 288
Discovery of America, vii 13
Doom's-Da} -Book, ii 29, 30
Dorchester Epitaphs, ii, 312, 381 ; iv 105, 275 ; v 89,
255; vi 179, 236
History of, v 389, 465
Dover, N. EL, First Settlement of, ii 38
Items, iv 30, 246 ; v 449 ; vi 35, 258.329 : vii 47,
165, 255, 353; viii 63, 129, 263 ; ix 65, 143, 364
Eastham, Mass , Items, vi 41, 167, 234 ; vii 279, 347
Elliot Bureau, ix 329
Endicott Rock, i 311
Pear Tree, ii 402
Engravings :—
Landing of the Pilgrims, i, Jan.
Church St. Edburg at Bicester, Eng., ix,
Oct.
Plan of Cocheco, N. H., v, Apr.
Ruins of Dudley Castle, x, Apr.
Engravings : —
Portrait of Samuel Appleton, viii, Jan.
Peter C. Brooks, viii, Oct.
Rev. Charles Chauncy, x, Apr.
Rev. Benjamin Colman, iii, Jan.
William Cothren, viii, Apr,
Mark Doolittle, vi, July
Paul Dudley, x, Oct.
Joshua Eddy, viii, July
Gov. John Endicott, i, July
John Farmer, i, Jan.
Timothy Farrar. vi, Oct.
Martin Frobisher, iii, Jan.
Gov. Thomas Hutchinson, i, Oct.
Abbott Lawrence, x, Oct.
John Leverett, iv, July
Cotton Mather, vi, Jan.
Increase Mather, ii, Jan.
Enoch Parsons, i, April
Thomas H. Perkins, x, July
Hugh Peters, v, Jan.
Benjamin Pierce, vii, Jan.
Rev. Thomas Prince, v, Oct.
Rebecca Rawson, iii, Oct.
Edward Rawson, iii, July
Joseph Sewall, x, Jan.
Samuel Sewall, i, April
Gen. John Stark, vii. July
Gen. John Sullivan, vii, April
Gov. Increiisi Sumner, viii, April
Jonathan Trumbull, ix, Jan.
John Winthrop, vii Oct.
Oliver Wolcott, iv, Jan.
Epitaphs, i 72, 195, 376 ; ii 200, 213, 264, 344, 354, 375,
376, 403 ; iii 58 ; iv 29, 32, 109, 264, 350 ; v 78, 84,
358; vii, 168, 190; viii 230; ix78,368; x 24
Essex and Old Norfolk Counties, Mass., early set-
tlers, vi 205, 243, 339 ; vii 83, 357 ; viii 49, 163
Evacuation of Boston, viii 77
Exeter, N.H., settled, ii 81
Freemen, viii 77
Wheelwright's deposition, ix 208
Family Register, form of, i 67 ; ii 227
Farmington, Conn., Indian Monument, ii 115
Porter's Discourse on, ii 120
Farrar, Stephen, iv 24, 91
Fathers of New England, deaths of, i 74, 286
First Settlers of New England, names of, i, 137
Foiger, family name, ix 308
Fowler family, iv 38
Foxcroft family, x 305
Franklin family, iv 170, 188
Freemen of Massachusetts, names of, iii 41, 89, 187,
239,345; iv25; vii 28
French War Papers, iv 275 ; vi 87
Freetown, Mass , Epitaphs, viii 285; x 53
Funeral Sermons, researches among, vii 241, 305;
viii 29, 179, 259, 363; ix 69, 173, 355
Genealogical Problem, ii 344
Genealogies : —
Abbe, vii 325 Billings,'vii 272
Abbott, vi 200 Bisbee, iv 99
Adam, ii 320 Blake, vii 372
Adams, ii 228, 321, 351 ; Boltwood, v 101
vii, Jan., Oct.; x, Bonner, v 174
Jan.; viii 41 Bowdoin, viii 247; x,
Addington, iv, April Jan.
Allen, x, July Bowes, x, Jan , April
Allerton, viii 270 Bowles, ii 192
Ames, iv 374 Boylston, vii, April,
Amory, x, Jan Oct.
Appleton, v 144 Bradford, iv, Jan., Apl.,
Ashley, ii, Oct. ; iii 286 July; ix, Apl., July
Bailey, viii 91 Bradstreet, i, Jan ; viii,
Baker, v 190 Oct.; ix, Jan., Apl.
Balch, ix, July Braman, ii, 119
Ball, ix 158 Breck, ii, July ; v, Oct.
Ballantine, vi 371 Bridges, viii, July
Bangs, x, April ; viii, Bromfield, v 100
July . Brooks, iii 401 ; v, July
Bates, v 101 Brown, ii, .luly; ix, July
Bean, v 202 Burr, v, Oct.
Beede, v 214 Butler, i, April ; ii, Oct. ,
Belcher, iii 281 ; iv 344 iii, Jan., Oct.
Bigelow, iii 196 ; x Oct. Calef, iv 16
General Index.
Genealogies : —
Carpenter, ix, Jan.
Carr, v 200
Caswell, iv 29 ; v 206
Channing, viii 318
Chaplaiae, iv 179
Chase, i, Jan.
Chauncy, x, April, Ju-
ly, Oct,
Checkley, ii, Oct
Chesley, v 205, 454
Chickering, iv 180
Chipman, iv23; vi272
Clap, vi 373; vii 163,
270, 335
Clement, v 473
Coffin, ii, Oct.
Cogswell, iv 291 ; vii 102
Colcord, ix 365
Collins, v 473
Colton, v 167
Copp, x 369
Cotton, i, April; iv,
Jan.; vii 305; ixll4
Cradock, viii, Jan; ix,
April, July
Crane /iv 180
Curwen, x, Oct.
Cushing, viii 41 45
Cutler, iv, April; vii,
Oct.; viii 259
Cutts, ii, July
Dam, ix 365
Dana, iii 287
Dane, viii, April ",
Danforth, vii, Oct.
Davenport, iv, April,
Oct.; ixl46
Davis, iv 66 ; vi 35
Dean, iv 13 ; vi 103
Deane, iii, Oct. ; ix, Jan
Dearborn, ii, Jan., Ju-
ly; vi, 60
Delano, iii 334
Dexter, viii 248'
Dodge, v 328
Doolittle, vi, July
Dudley , i, Jan. ; vi 280 ;
x, April, Oct.
Drake, iii 197; v 167
Drew, vi 36
Eddy, iii 334
Eliot, vi 277; viii 45;
x, Oct.
Ellery, viii 317
Emerson, vi 37
Endicott, i, Oct.
Farmer, i, Jan., Oct.
Farrar, iii 211 ; vi, Oct.
Fisher, iv 178
Fiske, iv 180
Firmin, ivll
Follet, ix 166
Foote, ix, July
Forbush, vii, April
Forward, ii 179
Fowler, ix 218
Foxcroft, viii 260, 364 ;
ix 305
Franklin, viii, Oct.
French, iii 292
Frost, iii, July ; v, Apl.
Frye, viii, July
Fuller, iii 334
Furber, ix 366
Gachet, i, Oct.
Gay, vi 373
Gerrish, vi 258
Gilbert, ii 278 ; iv, July,
Oct.
Gilman, v 210, 345 ; vi
376
Goddard ; vi 259
Gookin, i, Oet.; ii Apl. :
iv 79, 185
Greene, iv, Jan.
Greenleaf, x, Jan.
Gushee, i 344
Haines, ix 366
Hale, vii 271
Hall, ii 41 ; vi 259 ; ix
366
Ham, vi 329
Hancock, viii, April ;
ix, Jan., Oct.
Hanson, v 213; vi 329
Harlackenden, x, Apl.
Harris, ii, April; viii
172
Hayes, vi 333
Haynes, ix, Oct.
Heard, v 179, 187; vii
47 ; ix 366
Herrick, iv 101
Hilton, vii 50, 155
Hinckley, viii 170
Hirst, viii 260
Hobbs, ix, July
Hodges, v 414 5
Holmes, ivl6; x224
Hopkins, v, Jan. ; vi 43
Home, vii 156
Howland, ix 101
How, iv Jan.
Hubbard, v 142, 316
Humphrey, iv 198 ; viii
250
Huntington, i, Oct. ; v
163; viii, April; x,
July
Hussey, vii 157
Ingalls, v 474
Ingersoll, ix 157
Jenks, ix, July
Jennison, vii 71
Jessop, x 357
Johnson, iv, Oct ; viii,
July, Oct.
Johonnot, vi, Oct. ; vii,
April
Jones, vi, July
Josselyn, ii, July; iii,
Jan.
Kitchell, vii 267
Knight, v 474
Lane, x, Oct.
Lawrence, x, Oct.
Leighton, v 166; vii
255
Leonard,' v, Oct. ; vii
71
Leverett, iv, April
Lewis, viii 47
Lindall, vii,' Jan.
Litchfield, ix, April,
July
Livermore, iv 272
Lord, vii 71
Lorinoc, iv 374 ; vi 374 ;
vii 163, 326
Lougee, iii 407
Mack, vii 307
Mascarene, ix, July
Mather, i 166 ; ii 9 ;*vi,
Jan.
Matthews, vii 257
Maxwell, ii 223
Meader, vii 257
Meigs, iv, Jan.
Metcalf, vi, April; vii
168, 328
Minot, i, April, July
Morton, iv, April
Mosely, vii 329
Nash, iv 293
Nock, vii 258 ; viii, 367
Nute, vii 258
Oates, vi, April
Odlin, vi 272
Genealogies : —
Otis, ii, July ; iv, Apl, ;
v, April ; ix 368
Palmer, vii 330
Parsons, i, July
Payne, v, July; vii, Jan.
Pearce, vi, July; vii,
April
Peabody, ii, April, Oct. ;
iii, Oct.
Pease, iii, Jan., April,
July, Oct.; ix, Jan. ;
x, April
Perkins, iv 15 ; x, Ju-
ly; *., 369
Peters, ii, Jan.
Phillipse, x, Jan.
Phillips, vi 273
Pinkham, v 198, 450;
vii 353
Piper, iv 193
Pitman, vii 355
Plumer, v 267
Pomeroy, ii 279
Porter, viii 54
Prentice, vi 273, 276;
vii 71
Pre nee, vi 234
Prince, v, Oct.
Prescott, vi 274; x, Oct.
Purinton, v 215
Rawson, iii, Oct.
Richardson, v 475; x,
Jan.
Ricker, v, July, Oct.
Riddel, iv 199
Robie, viii 316
Roberts, vii 356;
63; x303
Robinson, v 464;
64, 172, 251
Rockwell, viii 164
Rodgers, x 352
Rogers, iv 12, 16; v,
April, July
Rolfe, iii, April
Rollins, vl68 ; viii, Ju-
ly; x306
Russell, vi 274
Sanborn, x, July, Oct.
Sanford, x, July, Oct.
Sargent, x, Apl., July
Sartle, vi, 274
Scammon, viii 65
Shapleigh, v, July
Sheafe, iv, Oct.
Shannon, v, April
Shepard, vi, April
Sherburne, ix 180, 208
Sherman, vii 308
Smith, ii 146 ; vii, Apl. ;
viii 65
Spofford, vii, Oct, ; ix,
Jan., July
Starbuck, viii 68, 129
Stebbins, v, Jan., July
Stoddard, v 21 ; x, Jan.
Stone, x, July
Storer, vi 275
Stoughton, v, July
Stowe, x, April, July
Strong, vii 100 ; viii 180
vm
via
Sullivan, iii 63
Sumner, viii, April ; ix,
Oct.
Swett, vi, Jan.
Taintor, ii 117; iii, Apl.
Talbot, ix, April
Taylor, ii, Oct. ; iv, 375
Temple, x, Jan.
Tibbetts, viii, 130-2
Townsend, viii 184
Tozer, viii 264
Tufts, ix 116
Tully, iii, April
Turner, v 466 ; vii. Apl.
Tuttle, v 188, 198, 216;
viii 132
Twombly. viii 263
Tane, ii, April
Yarney, v 197
Varnum, v, Jan., Apl.
Vaughan, v, April
"Vinton, vii 164
Waite, ii 210
Waldron, v 182, 205;
viii, Jan, ix 55
Wales, v 411
Wallingford, v 216
"Walter, vii 166; viii July
Walton, ix 57
Ware, vi, April
Watson, v 216
Washington, vi 384
Waterman, vii 308
Ware, vi, April
Webster, vii, Jan.; ix
159
Weeks, v 467
Weld, vii 309; viii, Ju-
ly ; ix, Jan.
Wells, iv 11
Wendell, viii 315
Wentworth,iv 103, Oct.;
v, Oct. ; vi, July ; vii,
July, Oct. ; viii, Jan.,
July
West, vi 282
White, iv 102 ; v 408-9
Whiting, iv, 180
Whitman, vi 376
Whitwell, viii 317; ix
119
Wiggin, viii 324; ixl43
Willard, iii 232 ; iv,Oct.
Willey, ix 143
Willet, ii, Oct.
Williams, v 414; viii
321 ; ix 115
Willis, v 476
Winget, ix 143
Winslow, iv, Oct.
Wiswall, v 468
Wolcott, i, July ; iv 9
Wood, ii 259
Woodbridge, vi 273, 281;
vii. 75
Woodman, ix 145
"Woodward, vi 214
Wormley, v 268
Wight, iv Oct
Wyman, iii, Jan.
Genealogy, i 290 ; x 82
Georgetown Centennial, ii 119
Gloucester, Mass., Items, iv 361
Golden Hind, passengers of the, i 126
Gookin, Daniel, iii 123
Gorham, Me., first settlers, ii 305
Graduates of Harvard College, i 34
Gray, Me., Items, x 163
Great Barrington, Mass., Indian deed of, viii 215
Great Torrington, England, Records, vi, 151
Greenwich, Conn., Records, iv 62
Groton Items, vii 114, 140, 266; x 58, 127, 186
Hale family, vii 300
VI
General Index.
Hammond family, ix 312
Harris family, v 307
Hartford Items, vi 369
Hawley's memorial, x 312
Harvard College, donations to, ii 265
Hayden family, iv 18
Henshaw farm, vii, 46
Heraldry, i 225 ; ix 288
Heralds' College, England, ii, 342
Visitations, ii 343
Hillsboro' County, N. H , Items, ix 306
Hill family, v 367
Hinckley family, i, 92 ; viii 170
Hingham, Mass., first settlers, ii 250
Holmes family, x 242
Huguenots, i 332
Hull, Mass., Items, iv 75; vi 338; vii 340
Hunt family, viii 357
Indian War, ii 206-7
Children in service, viii 270
Names of months, x 166
Summer, iii 26
Powow, ii, 44
War Papers, iii 23, 163; vii, 93, 219, 268; viii
239; ixl61; x 35, 65
Inscriptions at Merrimack, viii 185
Inventories, of Miles Standish, i 54
John Upham, vii 14
Ip6wich, Mass, early families, ii 174
Grammar School, ii 64, 159
Physicians, iv 11
Proceedings at, ii 50 ; vi 77
Irish donation in 1676, ii 245, 398
Jack-in-a-lanthorn, description of, ii 75
Jamaica Plains Epitaphs, x 20
Jessop family, x 357
Jews, how formerly treated, ii 57
Journals : — of
Blanchard, Jos., vii 184 Holt, Joseph, x 307
Bradstreet Simon, viii Russell, Noahdi., vii 53
325 ; ix 43, 78 Sewall, Samuel, vi 72
Coflin, Paul, ix 340 Stoddard, John, v 21
Dane, John, viii 147 Ware, Joseph, vi 129
Hardy, Capt., vii 352 Wright, Noah, ii 208
Judges and Bar of Merrimack Co., N. H., i 54,140
Kennebeck, Me., Items, ix 80
Kidd, Capt., vi 63, 77
Kilburn family meeting, ii 316
Kings and Queens of England, hi 88
Kingston, Mass., Epitaphs, x 55
N. H. See Physicians.
Kittery, Me., Items, vii 134
liegg, John, deposition of, ix 112
Letters : — from
Adams, John, v 414 Pendleton, Major, i 53
Badlam, Ezra, ii 48 Pepperell, William, v 88
Bradford, Gov., ii 240 Sargeant, Chief Justice,
Browne, Arthur, vi 264 i 237
Brown, John, viii 245 Sewall, Judge, i 111;
Corbin, John, iv 289 ix 271, 287
Cranch, William, i 65 Stoughton, William, i
Deland, Jabez, vii 136 317
Dummer, Jeremy, ii Smith, Richard, viii 357
146 Thatcher, Thomas, viii
Eliot, Andrew, viii 373 177
Eliot, John, ix 131 Watts, Dr., i 191
Faneuil, Peter, iv 260 Waldron, John, i 66
Gookin, Charles, i 113 Wheelock, Eleazer, ii
Hanctck, John iv 304 311
Harris family, v 307 White, John, ix 222
Hollis, Thomas, ii 265 Whiting, Samuel, ii 198
Jackson, William, x 284 Wolcott, John, ii 373
Mayhew, Thomas, ivl7 Wright, Noah, ii 207
Letters from England, vii 273
Longevity, i 73,196; iii 152; iv 110 ; v 229, 456,
472; viii 22
Lower Biddeford, Me., Epitaphs, ii 386
Lynn, Mass.. Terns, v 93, 251, 339 ; vii 188
Maiden, Mass., i 368 ; iii 279; iv 65
Records, vi 335 ; ix 319 ; x 161, 233
Mansfield family, iv 141
Mann, Rev. Samuel's Advice, vi 39
Marblehead Items, vii 70, 76, 276; viii 288
Marietta, Ohio, physicians, iii 47, 137
Marlborough, Mass.. x 230, 249
Marshfield births, &c, iv 315; vi 347; vii 276;
viii 191, 228
Mascarene Family, ix 239 ; x 143
Massachusetts Archives, ii 105, 217 ; viii 369
Maverick Family, viii 378
Mayflower, passengers of the, i 47
Medfield, deed of, vii 301
contribution to Harvard College, x 49
Medway Items, ix 51
Mendon Items, Ix 51
Middleborough, Mass., iii 213, 330; iv 265
Middlesex Co., Mass., Items, v 171
Middletown, Conn., Epitaphs, ii 70
Milford, Conn., Early Settlers, viii 176
Milton, Mass., Epitaphs, vii 89
Minas, battle of, ix 105|
Ministers, arrival of in New England, i 289
of Rockingham Co., N. H., i 40
Names, individual and family, ii 162
anciently in Boston and vicinity, i 193
Nantucket Records, vii 181, 261, 323
Narrative of New England's Deliverances, vii 209
Newbury, burial place, i 371
Items, vii 349 ; viii 72, 274
New England Historic -Genealogical Society, Origin
of, ix 1
MSS., v 164
New Hampshire, first settlers of, ii 37, 202 ; vii 115 ;
viii 233
New Haven, proprietors, i 157
baptisms at, ix 357
Northampton, Mass., deaths at, iii 175, 398
Norwich, Conn., Missionariefa from, i 46
Epitaphs, ii 404 ; iii 125
First Settlers, i 314
Obituaries : —
Adams, Samuel, ix 293
Addington, Isaac, iv 264
Ames, Alexander, iv 374
» Baker, Rev. Daniel, iii 183
Battell, Joseph, ix 293
Berrien, Hon. J. M. x290
Boltwood, Mrs. Jemima, v 101
Bowen, Mrs. Peddy, v 101
Bowen, Daniel, x 193
Bowles, John, ii 192
Brown, Charles, x 366
Calef, Jeremiah, x 290
Church, Col. Benjamin, iv 350
Clark, Mrs. Irene, x 97
Colesworthy, Daniel P., vi 389
Cotton, Rev. John, ix 164
Curtis, Hon. Edward, x 366
Cushman, Mrs. M. L., x 97
Davis, Isaac P., ix 195
Davis, Samuel, iii 288
Dodd, Rev. Stephen, x 193
Farrar, Hon. Timothy, iii 289
Fay, Hon. S. P P., x 291
Gorham, Hon. Benjamin, x 98
Gray, Rev. F. T., ix 196
Hall, Miss Martha C, ii 148
Harris, William Thaddeus, ix 98
Harris, Thaddeus William, x 194
Hentz, Mrs. Caroline Lee, x 194
Homer, Fitz Henry, x 291
Rowland, John,ix 101
Humphries, Col. David, v 448
Kidney, Jonathan, iii 292
Latham, Mrs. Anne, ix 145
Lawrence, Hon. Abbot, ix 374
Lincoln, Noah, x 366
McClintock, John, x 99
Nash, Cyrus, iv 293
Phillips, Mrs. Lydia, x 292
Pluuimer, Hon. William, v 267
Rogers, Rev. T. F., ii 56
Sprague, George J., ii 199
Sturtevant, Zenas, vi 211
Tappan, William B, iii 295
Trask, William, x 101
Tucke, Samuel J, x 197
Turner, Otis, ix 3/6
Upham, Timothy, x 101
General Index.
vn
Obituaries : —
Upton, Mrs. Hannah, x 197
Vose, Thomas, x 294
Waite, Luther, ii 210
Waldo, Jonathan, Tii 38
Warner, Phineas, x 103
Webster, Hon. Daniel, vii 101
Wentworth, Ariel, v 269
Wentworth, Benjamin, x 103
Wentworth, George W., v 103
Wentwortb, Isaac, x 368
Wentworth, Mr.*. Martha, vi 213
Wentworth, Mrs. Miriam, vi 213
Wentworth, Oliver, x 368
Wentworth, Paul, v 176
Whitmore, James M., x 295
Wi Hard, Paul, x 295
Winslow, Isaac, x 368
Orders in Council, viii 135
Paddy and Greenough Family, iv 78
Passengers per Golden Hind, i 126
per May Flower, i 47 : ii 186
for New England, i 132; ii 108. 399, 407; viii
77, 206; ix 265
for New England, (Scotch prisoners, 1651) i 377
for Virginia, ii 111, 211, 268. 374 ; iii 184, 388;
iv 61, 189, 261 ; v 61, 248, 343, 440; ix 58
Pedigrees. — See Genealogies.
Peekskill, N. Y., Epitaphs, v 45
Pennsylvania, its Genealogical Hist, proposed, iv 76
Penobscot Items, viii 287
Peterborough, Mass., Items, vi 367
Petitions of John Eliot, vi 297 ; John Fitch, vi 262;
Sarah Gosse, ii 44; Mary Hooke, viii 334;
William Trask, vi 370 , Rachel Whitmore,
ix307
of New Hampshire Settlers, viii 233
against Imposts, iv 81
Phipps. Sir William, iv 290
Physicians of Massachusetts, i 60, 178
of Kingston, N. H., i 95
of Rochester, N. H, i 276
Pilgrim Society, i 114 ; iv 350, 367
Pirates, ii 39e$
Plymouth, Mass., Epitaphs, iv 254
Assistants, ii 242
List of those able to bear arms, iv 255
Early Tax, iv 252
Wills at— See Wills.
Colony Records, ix 313
Poetry, An< ient, i 92 ; ii 272; iv 89; vii 257; ix
206, 356
Porter Family, ix 54
Portland Epitaphs, viii 76
Portsmouth, Early Settlers at, ix 179
Epitaphs, x 51
Pratt Family, v 224
Primer, New England, iii 209 ; x 184
Prince's Subscribers, Brief Memoirs of: —
Names of, vi 189
Abbe, Richard, vii 325
Abbot, Rev. Hull, vi 200
Abbott, Moses, vi 371
Adams, William, viii 41
Alford, John, vi 371
Allen, Rf v. Benjamin, vi 200
Allen, Rev. James, vi 376
Appleton, Rev Nathaniel, X 150
Ballentine, John, vi 371
Billings, Rev. William, vii 272
Blake, James, vi 372
Blake, John, ix 176
Blanchard, Joseph, x 152
Boutineau, Stephen, viii 247
Bowdoin, William, viii 247
Bowles, John, vi 372
Brown, John, vi 272
Bulkley, Rev. John, vii 269
Bulkley, John, vii 270
Cabot, Kev. Marston, ix 335
Chase, Josiah, x 45
Chipman, Rev. John, vi 272
Clap, Hopestill, ix 60
Clap, Nehemiah, viii 248
Clap, Rev. Nathaniel, vi 372
2
Prince's Subscribers, Brief Memoirs of: —
Clap, Noah, vi 373
Clap, Rev. Thoma?, vii 270
Clap, Rev. Thomas, vii 325
Clap, Thomas, vii 163
Collins, Rev. Timothy, ix 335
Colman, Rev. Benjamin, x 151
Coolidge, Amos, vi 200
Coolidge, Samuel, vi 373
Cradock, George, x 151
Crossman, Nathaniel, vi 200
Cushing, Rev. Caleb, viii 42
Cushing, Job, viii 45
Cushing, John, viii 41
Cushing, John, Jr., viii 44
Cushing, Nathaniel, viii 44
Cushing, Thomas, viii 44
Cushing, Thomas, viii 42
Dexter, Rev. Samuel, viii 248
Eliot, Andrew J., Jr., viii 45
Eliot, Kev. Jacob, viii 47
Foxcroft, Francis, viii 171
Foxcroft, Rev. Thomas, viii 171
Frost, Simon, x 45
Fiske, Nathan, vi 200
Flagg, Benjamin, Jr., vi 200
Freeman, Enech, vi 200
Gay, Ebenezer, vi 373
Gay, Samuel, vi 373
Gerrish, John, vi 272
Gilman, Josiah, vi 376
Greenleaf, Stephen, x 153
Greenleaf, William, x 153
Hale, Rev. James, vii 271
Harris, Peter, viii 250
Henchman, Daniel, vi 374
Hobart, Rev. Noah, x 149
Hull, Eliphalet, x 150
Humphrey, James, viii 250
Huntington, Hezekiah, viii 46
Jennison, Rev. William, vii 71
Jones, Ephraim, vi 200
Leonard, Zephaniah, vii 71
Lewis, Ezekiel, viii 47
Livermore, Thomas, vi 272
Lombard, Rev. Solomon, vi 376
Lord, Benjamin, viii 74
Loring, Benjamin, vi 374
Loring, Caleb, vi 374
Loring, Daniel, vi 374
Loring, Israel, vii 326
Loring, John, vi 374
Loring, Jonathan, vi 374
Loring, Nathaniel, vii 163
Messinger, Rev. Henry, ix 59
Metcalf, John, vii 328
Metcalf, Jonathan, vii 168
Mosely, Rev. Samuel, vii 329
Odlin, Woodbridge, vi 272
Oxnard, Thomas, vi 375
Paddock, Zechariah, viii 251
Palmer, Job, vii 330
Parker, Isaac, vi 375
Pecker, Daniel, vi 376
Pecker, James, vi 376
Phillips, John, vi 273
Phillips, Rev. Samuel, vi 273
Prentice, Rev. John, vii 74
Prentice, Joshua, vi 376
Prentice, Rev. Solomon, vi 273
Prescott, Benjamin, vi 274
Robinson, Rev. John, viii 172, 251 ; ix 339
Rockwell, Matthew, vii 164
Rossiter, Rev. Ebenezer, ix 336
Russell, Chambers, vi 274
Russell, Daniel, vi 274
Sartell, Nathaniel, vi 274
Sewall, Rev. Joseph, x 46
Shirley, William, x 47
Spring, William, vi 376
Storer, Ebenezer, vi 275
Sturgis, Samuel, x 150
"Vinton, John, vii 164
Vose, Nathaniel, x 177
Walter, Rev. Nehemiah, vii 166
Vlll
General Index.
Prince's Subscribers, Brief Memoirs of: —
Whipple, William, x 48
Whitman, Rev. Samuel, vi 376
Williams, Rev. Eleazer, x 155
Williams, Rev. Elisha, x 156
Williams, Nathaniel, x 156
Williams, Solomon, x 156
Williams, Rev. Warham, x 155
Williams, Rev. William, x 155
Woodbridge, Rev. Ashbel, vii 75
Wolcott, Alexander, ix 338
Printing Press, an old, ii 45
Provincetown, Mass., Births, &c, viii 217
Proclamation for Thanksgiving, 1676, ii 201
Public Library of Boston, vi 382
Quakers, Examination of, i 132
of Lynn, ii 149
Quebec Expedition, vi 129
Quincy, Mass., Epitaphs, ix 151
Ratification of the Federal Constitution, i 232
Rawlins Family, x 306
Reading, Mass., Early Settlers at, ii 46
Epitaphs, vii 25
Reminiscences of J. S. Boies, vi 255
Report of National Medical Convention, i 384
Refugees in London, iii 82
Reviews and Book Notices : —
Adams Genealogy, ii 320
Addresses before Alumni of Dartmouth, iv
195
New England Hist, and Genealogical Soc,
vi 217 ; vii 105 ; x 1
Cape Cod Association, vi 300
Norfolk District Medical Soc, viii 93
New England Soc. of Cincinnati, i 100; ii
222; U227; iv 195
Maine His. Soc, i 103
Maryland His. Soc, vi 388
Mendon His. Soc, vii 287
Rhode Island His. Soc, i 295; ii 322
New England ^'oc. of New York, i 294
Vermont His. Soc, i, 104
His. Soc. of University of North Carolina,
x93
Litchfield County His. Soc, x 364
Albany, Annals of, vi 304
Ames Genealogy, v 471
Annals of Dorchester Antiq. and His. Soc, iv
371
Mass. Mechanics' Charitable Mechanic As-
sociation, viii 92
Antrim, N. H, History of, vii 290
Appleton Genealogy, iv 368
Attleborough Centennial, iii 403
Belchertown, Mass., History of, vi 303
Sermon at, iv 193
Bedford, N. H., Centennial, v 369
Bellows Genealogy, ix 289
Biography of Self-taught Men, i 383
Boston, Siege of, iv 93
Orators, vi 299; viii 292
Registrar's Report, v 265
History of Second Church, vi 216
Epitaphs at King's Chapel. See Pilgrims.
Guide, v 370
Notions, ii, 324
History of, by S. G. Drake, vi 381
Bradford Mass., History of, x 286
Brookline Jubilee, Report of, i 296
Broomfield, John, Memoir of, v 99
Brown Genealogy, v 471
Brookfield, History of, ix 97
Burke, John, " The Patrician," i 104
Bury St. Edmunds, England, Wills at, vii 285
Buxton, Me., Centennial, v 369
Cambridge, Mass.. Discourse at, iii, 281
Epitaphs, i 102
Church Gathering, i 296
Camden, Me., Semi-Centennial, x 191
Candia, N H., History of, viii, 93
Cape Ann, Landing at, ix, 94
Casco Bay, Chronicles of. iv 373
Chapman Genealogy, ix 95
Charlestown, Oration at, iv 368
History of, i 101
Reviews and Book Notices : —
Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, vii
285
Concord, N. H., Directory, vii 192
Connecticut Settlers, (Goodwin), x 285
(Hinman), ii 117 ; vii 191
Register, i 200
Records, iv 372
History of. (Hollister), viii 290)
Copp's Hill Epitaphs, vi 367
Coquette, the, ix 191
Cushman Genealogy, ix 369
Family Meeting, x 93
Sermon, i 103
Danvers, History of, ii 319
Centennial, viii 290
Davenport Genealogy, v 469
Day Genealogy, v 470
Dedham, History of, ii, 224
Dorchester, History of, vi, 97
Celebration, ix 369
Dublin, N. H., Centennial, ix 290
Dudley Genealogy, iii 98
Durham, Conn., Church Dedication, ii 324
Duxbury, History of, iv 98
Ecclesiastical History of New England, ix 291
Eliot Genealogy, ix 96
Eliot, John, Life of, i 384; iv 72
Farmington, Historical Address at, ii 120
Foote Genealogy, iv 94
Fort Du Quesne Expedition, History of, ix 190
Founders of New Plymouth, ix 96
Freemasons, J Q. Adams' Letters on , ii 223
Frontier Missionary, viii 31
Funeral Sermons : — on
J. Q. Adams, ii 321
Peter C. Brooks, iii 401
Susanna Park Champney, x 191
Timothy Farrar ii 120 ; iii 99
Thomas Greenleaf, viii 195
Samuel Hubbard, ii 322
William M. Rogers, vi 215
Moses Stuarr, vi 302
Mrs.H. M. Treat, ii 225
Henry Wheaton, ii 323
Gardiner, Me., History of, vi 385
Georgetown Semi-Centennial, ii 119
Glastonbury, Conn., Centennial, viii 91
God's Promise to hi3 Plantation, ii 151, 318
Goodhue Monitory Writing, iv 372
Graduates of Yale, 1797, ii 321
1837, v 370
Grafton, N. H., History of, ii 320
Greenleaf Genealogy, viii 290
Groton, History of, ii 222
Hanover, Mass., Church History, ii 323
History of, vii 286
Harrington, Rev. Joseph, Memoir of, ix 97
Haven Genealogy, v 99
Hopkinton, Mass., Centennial, v 266
Houghton Genealogy, iii 404
Immigration into the United States, ii 227
Indians, Drake's Book of the, iv 370
Journal of the Pilgrims, iii 282
of Thomas Smith and Samuel Deane, iv 96
Kilbourne Genealogy, 1st ed , ii 320; 2d ed.,
x286
Family Meeting, vi 97 ; ix 192
Kings' Chapel Epitaphs, vii 369
Lancaster Centennial, viii 92
Lawrence, Amos, Life of, x, 93
Genealogies, ii 226 ; vii, 289
Academy Catalogue, iii 284
Leicester, Academy History of, ix 370
Leominster, History of, vii 289
Leverett Genealogy, x 364
Litchfield Co., Conn., History of, vi303
Locke Genealogy, vii 288
Londonderry, N.H., History of, vi 384
Lowell, Charles, Sermons by, x 92
Loyalists. See Sabine.
Lyndeboro, N. H. See Wilton.
Magnalia, Mather's, vii 369
Maiden, Bi-Centennial, iv 370
Manchester Veterans, Address before, ix 290
General Index.
IX
Reviews and Book Notices : —
Marshfield Memorials, ix 97
Mason and Dixon's Line, History of, ixl92
Massachusetts Gazetteer, i 101
Register, i 102 ; viii 194
State Record, i 199
Population of, i 102
Barry's History of, ix 291 ; x 365
Charitable Mechanic Association, Annals
of, viii 92
Maxwell, Col. Hugh, Life of, ii 223
Merrimack Centennial, ii 225
Middleborough, History, of, vi 387
M'Kendree College, 111., Address at, ii 324
Moody Genealogy, i 99 ; vi 97
Monson Academy, Semi Centennial, ix 192
Morse Genealogy, iv 94
Narraganset R. I. Church, i, 383
Nash Genealogy, viii 194
Natick, History of, x 189
Newark Church History, ix 191
Newbury, History of, i 295
New England Societies, ii 198
History of, I. Mather urged to write it, lb.
Society of Cincinnati, 222, 227
Researches for Pedigrees of, 399
Historical and Genealogical Society, ix 10
New Hampshire Celebration, iv 97
N"w Haven, history of ix 97
New Ipswich, N. H, history of, vi 32
New London, Conn., history of, vii 95
Newton, Mass., Monument, vii 96
History of, viii 290
Newtown, L. I., history of, vii 95
New York, history of churches in, ii 118
Norfolk Co., England, history of, vii 286
Norfolk, Conn., history of, ii 224
Norridgewicke, history of, iv 95
Northwood, N. H , sermon at, i 294
Norwalk, Conn., Centennial, v 471
History of, ii 319
Ohio Valley, history of iv 95
Olcott Genealogy, ix
Pennsylvania, Provincial history of, x 190
Annals of, iv 373
Pepperell, Sir William, life of, ix 291
Mass., Centennial, ii 117
Pilgrim Society, report of, iv 369
Pilgrims of Boston, x 287
Piper Genealogy, iv 193
Plymouth, Mass., Guide, i 100
Affairs of, ii 240
Sermon at, iv 194
Prentice Genealogy, vi, 304 ; viii 333
Princeton, Mass., history of, ix 370
Public Libraries, a Glance at, iv 368
Rawson Genealogy, iii 405
Riddell Genealogy, vii 191
Rice Genealogy, v 471
Rock Hill Cemetery Consecration, viii 94
Roxbury, Mass., history of, ii 226
Sabine's American Loyalists, i 293
Salem, Mass., annals of, iv 195
Sargent Genealogy, v 471
Scranton Genealogy, x 365
Sermons by Rev. David Merrill, ix 289
Sharpless Genealogy, ix, 371
Shattuck Genealogy, x 188
Sheldon Genealogy, x 190
Shephard, Thomas, life of, ii 119
Sherborn and Hollister Genealogies, x 285
Shrewsbury, history of, i 383
Simple Cobbler of Agawam, ii 221
Smith Genealogy, vi 386
Smith's Journal, ii 144
Societies. See Addresses. Also Am. Antiqua-
rian Soc. Transactions, iv 371 ; v 100
New England Soc. of Cincinnati Oration,
ii222
Spofford Genealogy, vi 98
St-tson Genealogy, i 294
Taintor Genealogy, ii 117
Taunton Ministry, vii, 192
Troy, reminiscences of, vii 371
Tucker Genealogy, vi 215
Reviews and Book Notices :—
Turner Genealogy, vi 385
Union, Me., history of, v 470
"Visitations of Seats and Arms, vi 300. 383
Ward Genealogy, v 368
Ware, Mass., historical discourse, iii 98
Warren Genealogy, ix 190
Mass , history of, vii 95
Water town, Mass , Genealogies, x 188
Washington Letters, vi 303 ; viii 94
Wells Genealogy, iii 98
Wenham, Mass., Centennial, i 384
Westchester Co., N. Y., history of, iii 99
Western Massachusetts, history of, ix 289
Whately, Ecclesiastical history of, iii 403
White Mountain history, x 94
Wight Genealogy, iii 404
Williams Genealogy, ii 116
Williams' Redeemed Captive, vii 370
Winsor Genealogy, ii 116
Winthrop's History of New England, vii 361 ;
viii 83
Wolcott's Administration of Washington , i 382
Woodbury, Conn, history of, viii, 193
Woodman Genealogy, ix 370 ; x 365
Woonsocket, R. I , history of, ii, 116
Worcester Genealogy, x 285
Worthington, Mass., history of, viii 93
Yale Genealogy, v 99
Revolutionary Memorials, iv 67, 78, 86 ; vii 139
Rhode Island, first settlers of, i 291
First General Assembly of, ii 118
Rochester, Mass., first settlers of, v 85
N. II. See Physicians.
Rockingham, Co , N. H. See Ministers.
Rodgers family, x 352
Roxbury, Ma?s., early records, ii 52
Epitaphs, vi 331 ; viii 243
Items, iii 132
Saco, Me., burying-ground, ii, 392
Salem Graduates, v 47, 153
Epitaphs, iii 128. 276
Items, vii 92, 151, 190, 288; x 66, 170, 363
First church covenant, i 224
Salem Village Difficulties, x 363
Salisbury, Mass., early settlers, iii 55; vii 311;
viii 79, 157, 223
Items, vii 221
Say brook, Conn., iv 19, 137 ; v 247
Scarboro', Me., settlers, v 264
Schenectady, N.Y., destruction of, ii 150
Scituate, Mass, Epitaphs. ixl78
Church Records, ix 279 ; x 37, 345
Sears family, viii 214 ; ix 13i
Seekonk Epitaphs, x 181
Sewall, Henry vii 46
Smith, Capt. John, birth of, viii, 251
Spofford family, ix 318
Springfield settlers, v 82
Stage coach statistics, ii 313 ; viii 103
Sturbridge lead mines, x 160
Superstitions, remarkable, ii 54
Surnames, iii 278 ; vii 135
Taunton schoolmaster, viii 156
Thompson Island, deposition about, ix 248
Topsfield Births, &c, viii 77
Uncas, pedigree of, x 227
Virginia Items, iv 73
Wadsworth Monument, vii 221
Waltham Epitaphs, v 249
Wells, Me., Epitaphs, vii 133
Westfield, Mass., records, vi 265
Weymouth, Mass., births, iii 71, 166, 269; iv 37, 171
Wills, Ancient, in Plymouth Co., iv 33, 172, 281,
319 ; v 259, 335, 385 ; vi 93, 185 ; vii 177, 235
Suffolk Co., ii 102, 180, 260, 383; iii 77,187,
265 ; iv 51, 285 ; v 239, 295, 441 ; vi, 89, 152,
283, 353 ; vii 167, 227, 333 ; viii 55, 128v, 275,
351 ; ix 35, 135, 223, 343 ; x 83, 173, 263, 359
Middlesex Co., iii 181
of Adams, Robert, ix 126
Andre, Major John, vi 63
Appleton, Thomas, vii 37
Avery, Anne, viii 170
Barstow Michael, viii 169
General Index.
Wills of '
Bibbell, John, ix 306
Brookin, John, viii 176
Bulkley, Peter, x 167
Corey, Giles, x 32
Gushing, William, x 79
Dennison, Daniel, viii 23
Dillingham, Edward, vii 225
Fairbanks, George, vii 303
Greene, John, v 246
Haffield, Richard, iii 156
Hills, Joseph, viii 309
Hills, Richard, ii 218
Ingersoll, Richard, ix 157
Lunt, Henry, ix 33
Pendieton, Bryan, iii 122
Stone, Gregory, viii 69
Stone, Elder John, viii 145
Stone, Mrs. Sarah, viii 71
Wills of
Townie , Ann, x 36
Whitmore, Francis, ix 134
Woodberry, Elizabeth, vii 320
Wilson family, vii 45
Wilton, N. H.. Items, viii 94
Winchendon, Mass., Items, vi 368
Windsor, Conn., marriages and births, v 63,
225. 359 457
Witchcraft, ii 54 ; v 263 ; viii 238
Woburn Epitaphs, ii 270, 387 ; iii, 46, 148, 268,
358
Woodbury, Conn., Items, iii 69
Woonsocket, R. I., Newman's Statistics of, ii 116
Worcester, Rev. Samuel, vi 301
Wrentham, Mass., iii 31 : iv 83 ; vii 183
Yale, Elihu, iv 245
York, Me., Epitaphs, v 67 ; ix 342
Yorkshire, England, pedigrees, x 314
NEW ENGLAND
HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
VOL. X. JANUARY, 1856. NO. 1.
A PAPER READ BEFORE THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY,
At its Meeting on the 1st of August, 1855.
[By the Rev. William Jenks, D. D.]
We are citizens of a country, on whose institutions civilized nations
have looked with growing inteiest. The advance which has been made
among us, in the establishment of free institutions, while it has excited the
jealousy of some, has animated the efforts of others, and encouraged their
hopes. We take rank, as a nation, with the old empires and kingdoms of
the world, on terms of reciprocal benefit. But not one century has closed
since the recognition of our nationality, and not more than three centuries
since our extended shores were visited by Europeans.
Every tongue recapitulates these facts. We are permitted to enjoy the
result of them. But such are the facts, and such the results, that it needs
not the spirit of an overweening fanaticism, or self-applauding supersti-
tion, to ascribe to their causes a higher origin than mere hazard, or the
express designs and continuous counsels of men. The hand of God, in
His providences, has often been recognized by our pious countrymen, at
various periods of their history, and devoutly believed to be concerned in
producing the events whence our prosperity has come.
We rank, as a nation, with old empires and kingdoms, I have said.
But we are not like them. We have been recognized more than half a
century, since our Revolution ; and in that period have seen a bloody
struggle of an oppressed people to shake off its government — which it
did, and proved itself unable to ordain a substitute ; at least, such a sub-
stitute as the necessities of the people seemed to demand : and we have
seen them, after years of anarchy, and its too sure follower, military des-
potism, relapsing again and again into monarchy. France, has, however,,
gained much, notwithstanding this relapse.
But we have also seen the colonies of another nation, which, from the
very discovery of this continent, occupied the highest eminence of power
for nearly two centuries, failing to obtain the advantages of revolution,
and becoming a mutual prey to contention, jealousy, the competition of
ambitious chieftains, and the incapacity of political leaders.
No horrors like those of France, no miseries like those of the Spanish
Colonies of South America, marked our revolution. It was conducted by
men of a different character. It concerned a people of different descent,
2
10 A Paper Read before the Society. [Jan.
habits, and history. And their descent, their habits, and their history,
may profitably be reviewed again and again. Our research will be
repaid.
It is a memorable fact, that our revolution did not alter what may be
termed the domestic character of the colonists. And yet they were
descended chiefly of ancestors born under kingly government, and
themselves had gloried in their loyalty to a kingly government, until the
operation of that government ceased, in their view, to be salutary ; or, to
speak more correctly, until the measures of that government appeared to
threaten their liberties, both sacred and civil, an interest which they
regarded dearer than life.
Our northern colonies were begun somewhat before the struggles com-
menced in England, which produced " the Commonwealth.'" The first of
the Stuarts had succeeded the last of the Tudors ; and both were the
unbending asserters of royal prerogative — tyrants in personal constitution,
and by no political constitutions bound to respect the rights of subjects.
And yet we neither have, and have never had, a nobility with heredi-
tary honors. How has this happened ? It were worth while to inquire.
Can it be regarded as a sufficient answer to this question, that the court
of the mother country did not migrate, but that the sovereign continued to
reside at home ?
Or, will it be asserted, that no respect to rank and title existed among
those who engaged in the enterprise of settling this country ?
Or, can it be maintained that only outcasts from decent society united
"in colonizing North America ?
Or, finally, did it simply " so happen," as we ordinarily say, in the
•common course of events, apparently without any forethought, design, or
agency of any prominent individuals, or of the body of settlers them-
selves ?
In the present address, it will be expedient to discuss each of these
questions, and, having shown the inapplicability of the several reasons to
the case, and the insufficiency of such replies to our question, to endeavor
that a satisfactory reason be given.
Previously, however, to entering distinctly on this discussion, it will be
proper to remark, in addition to the observations that have been made, in
reference to our nation, as such, that, though our population is of various
descent, blending harmoniously in the general cultivation of our free in-
stitutions, and enjoying the protection of equal laws, yet is it mainly of
British origin. This term I use in preference to " English," though the
latter be more common, and the mention of an Anglo-Saxon descent fre-
quent and popular. For both Scotland and Wales — yes, and I may add
Ireland, also — have furnished their several quotas. The German, Dutch,
Swedish, French, and other accessions, have been either posterior to the
British settlements, or their influence modified by them.
Now, our institutions exhibit palpably British features ; and this as actu-
ally, as our personal features, and constitutions, and minds, develop the
characteristics of our origin, or descent. But in Great Britain, kingly
power, as we have seen, was all but adored, and it was, and had been for
ages, a land of nobles, wearing hereditary honors.
And it may be remarked, in addition, that the forms of government
prevailing generally in Europe, at the period, w r ere monarchical, and ac-
companied with the usual apparatus of feudal governments — with several
exceptions, indeed. One of these exceptions was Venice ; but her gov-
1856.] A Paper Read before the Society.
ern merit was avowedly an aristocracy. Poland, too, called herself a re-
public ; simply, however, because her king was elective, and her heredi-
tary nobles, some of them bearing the title of princes, had a voice in
creating him. Holland was a republic ; but in her several states heredi-
tary nobles swarmed. Even Geneva, and the little mountain-gem of
republicanism, San Marino, did not abrogate the order ; and Switzerland,
with all her freedom, retained it, at least in most of her cantons, down to
the time of the revolution in France.
We now revert to the several replies to our question.
First, then : — Have we been left without the Corinthian capital to the
pillar of our state, solely because we were originally but colonies ; and
colonies, of course, carry not with them the monarch or the court, being
only offsets from the parent stock ?
Yet how many instances does history furnish of a different kind !
Colonizing is no novelty. The world has been familiar with the idea
and the effort from a very early period. Men could not be safely left
together, in an unobstructed country, for a long period. Their first dis-
persion produced colonies. And where these colonies found themselves
on the margins of seas, they learned to navigate them, in several instances,
and for various purposes.
In the book of Revelation, when the glory and blessedness of a future
age are presented in vision to the exile of Patmos, it is said, "And there
shall be no more sea."* But, however such an arrangement may answer
to the moral and religious state of our race in such a period of their pro-
gress, we may be certain that the existence of seas, hostile as it might
appear to the progress of civilization, has, nevertheless — since men have
not, thus far, yielded 1o the mild sway of a gospel of peace, and moulded
themselves on its benevolent maxims — subserved purposes of high impor-
tance. It has prevented the establishment of universal empire, that
dream of insane ambition. It has separated the enterprizing, hardy and
daring from the indolent and inefficient. It has sheltered the persecuted
from their oppressors. It has given opportunity to correct political mis-
takes, and to reconstruct society anew. It has rendered it necessary for
men to recur to the first principles of natural justice ; and, more than
all, it has called forth and developed the ingenuity, patience, fortitude and
courage of many, who, by remaining in the parent nest, would but have
bred down to insignificance.
But in these spirited efforts, Carthage had her queen, if what we term
history be not fable. The colonies of Greece along the coasts of Asia
the Less, and of other parts of the Mediterranean — many of which, in
their position and connection, as Heeren well observes, remind us forcibly
of the long line of British colonies on the Atlantic shore of North Amer-
ica — have little else in common with them. Cyrene was a monarchy
from the first, and so continued. Sicily nurtured its tyrants. The south
of Italy copied from Sparta ; and petty chiefs caballed and fought for
power, and obtained and transmitted it, in many an Asiatic colony. The
Phocsean migration, which originated, indeed, in such a cause, but event-
uated in the founding of Marseilles, and impressing a Grecian character
on the barbarous Gauls, was a noble enterprize, illustrative of the talent
and civilization of a people trained to instruct mankind, but to subjugate
them likewise.
* Chap, xxi., v. 1.
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More modern instances were not wanting. The " northern hive " had
sent forth its swarms. Neustria had received the Normans, but they in-
troduced hereditary sway, and furnished the conquerors of England and
of Naples, in both which countries a regal race and feudal nobles were
and are established. And so might it have been in regard to the coloniz-
ing of America. But so, in the kind providence of God, it happily was
not.
II. We attend to the inquiry, if, then, no respect was paid to title and
rank among the early settlers of this country ?
Far from such " levellism," to use a phrase of that day, were both their
feelings and their habits. For proof of this, an appeal might be made to
their history, from the earliest period, and even down to the revolution.
The discrimination with which the lowest titles were given is notorious.
Goodman and goodwife, Mr. and mistress, were so appropriately bestowed,
that the somewhat ludicrous punishment is recorded by Hutchinson, of
one offender, that he should thereafter be called only by his Christian
name, " and not Mr., as formerly he used to be " ; and he remarks, that
" not more than half a dozen of the principal gentlemen took the title of
esquire." The attention paid to Vane, as "-a man of quality," and that
by the people, generally, is well known. Though young, and a stranger,
the people chose him their governor.
In fact, a deference and respectful demeanor toward persons dignified
by station, title, descent, or wealth, were habitual. In these habits they
had been educated, and they preserved them. Unlike a lawless mob,
withdrawing themselves from the established forms of civilized society, to
live with unbounded license, free from the inspection and annoyance of
order and authority, they recognized and maintained the supremacy of
law, and reverenced the magistracy and its powers.
The exception to this remark, which must be made in reference to the
Merry-mount adventurers, who troubled, for a season, the Old Colony of
Plymouth, can hardly plead for an abatement of it, since the contrast be-
tween them and the generality of the early settlers was too marked to
escape the observation either of cotemporaries or historians.
I have spoken of the term " levellism," as expressive of the feelings
and action of a lawless mob, who desire to degrade their superiors to a
condition no better than their own. Such had been presented in English
history before this period, and peculiarly in the reign of the second Rich-
ard, as graphically depicted by Shakspeare. But, so far from partici-
pating in such a feeling, the eminent Cotton, an oracle of his day, says,
in a letter to Lord Say and Sele, in 1636 — "Democracy, I do not con-
ceyve that ever God did ordeyne as a fitt government eyther for church
or commonwealth. If the people be governors, who shall be governed ?
As for monarchy and aristocracy, they are both of them clearely ap-
prooved, and directed in Scripture, yet so as [God] referreth the sover-
aigntie to himselfe, and setteth up Theocracy in both, as the best form of
government in the Commonwealth, as well as in the church." And,
agreeably to this, within twenty years a model or frame of government
was published, having been drawn up from the Scriptures by this divine,
in which he proposes, that u all the Magistrates be chosen out of the rank
of noblemen or gentlemen" that may be "amongst them, the best that
God sendeth into the country, if they be qualified with gifts fitt for gov-
ernment, either eminent above others, or not inferior to others." This
sentiment, it appears, was enforced by him in several sermons before the
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General Court. To this sentiment, however, I shall have further occasion
to refer. It did not govern the community. It was not embodied into
the forms of law : and when the advice of the ministry was required " in
a contention between the Governor and Assistants on the one part, and
the House of Deputies on the other," "the Reverend Elders 1 ' being
" made umpires," had this question proposed, " Whether our government
be a pure aristocracie, or mixt with a democracie ? If mixt, whether it
should not be mixt in all the administrations of the same ? " To this
they replied, 1st, " Our government is not a mere aristocracy, but mixt of
an aristocracy and democracy, in respect of the generall courte. 2dly,
notwithstanding it be mixed in the generall courte, yet it followeth not
necessary thereupon, that it should be mixed in all other courtes and ad-
ministrations thereof."
The Marquis de Beccaria, in his celebrated treatise on crimes and pun-
ishments, lays it down as a maxim, " Would you prevent crimes, let lib-
erty be attended with knowledge." But our colonists of New England
had acted on the principle a century and a half, probably, before he
wrote. And their early establishment of free schools is proof that they
sought to frame their institutions for their whole community, full of respect
as they were in regard to persons of distinction ; and that it was far from
their desire as from their intention, to nurture, or permit by their neglect
to grow up among them, a mere populace. But I anticipate.
III. The question is to be discussed, " Could it be that only degraded
outcasts formed the first settlements, among whom no men of education,
or genteel accomplishments, were found ? " And is this the reason that
we have no nobility with hereditary honors?
Surely it was not thus. New England was not peopled by the mere
dregs of the community. It was no Botany Bay, to receive the convicts
of courts of law. And although, subsequently, not a few accessions were
made of persons " sold for their passage," and prisoners of war ; yet our
histories, our genealogies, our traditions, show us a totally different origin.
For if, on the one hand, no single chieftain, aided by subordinate chiefs,
with subject bands of warriors, invaded these shores to establish a military
and regal sway ; so, on the other, they were not resorted to by the mere
fugitives from justice, or those who, for misdeeds, were suffered no longer
to pollute their native country.
No! It is the glory and the happiness of New England, that, as was
asserted, with warm enthusiasm, indeed, but with some show of reason —
" God sifted three kingdoms, that He might plant His purest wheat in
America."
But, setting aside so suspicious an eulogy as this, we know that many
of those with whom originated the plan of emigration, and who carried it
into effect, were of that class of society .which is not too far separated
from the highest to be deemed unworthy of associating with them, nor
too far removed from the lowest to deem them unworthy of its regard.
How do our early historians dwell on " the sufferings of a daughter of
a noble earl," in encountering the hardships of an establishment at so
great a distance from her home ! Yet that lamented lady was the wife,
the helpmate of a colonist, and that colonist a gentleman — a gentleman
of landed estate, in easy circumstances, while in England — a " gentle-
man," technically and legally entitled — not in the sense in which a pro-
miscuous crowd is now so styled, by those
-" Who flatter mobs,
To gain their delegated power,"
14 A Paper Read before the Society. [Jan.
but in the sense in which Alexander the First, of Russia, understood it,
when he said, that, could he have his wish, he would rather be an English
gentleman, than occupy any other situation in the world. And Isaac
Johnson was not the only one of his class ; many whose names I need
not repeat before this audience, bore a similar character.
Yes ; and, as is said of them by the venerated author of the " Essay
on Canon and Feudal Law,"* who well understood the spirit of the
Fathers of New England, and well has aided in developing and adorning
the spirit of their descendants, " The leading men among them, both of
the clergy and laity, were men of sense and learning : To many of them,
the historians, orators, poets and philosophers of Greece and Rome were
quite familiar : and some of them have left libraries that are still in being,
consisting chiefly of volumes, in which the wisdom of the most enlight-
ened ages and nations is deposited, written however in languages, which
their great grandsons, though educated in European universities, can
scarcely read."
In fact, the leading men were admirably educated, it must be con-
fessed — thinking, sober, religious men — acting, not from hasty impulse
and blind passion, but from plan and foresight, and with design, and prin-
ciple, as well as energy. And they seem to have known, as well at least
as human frailty can permit, in what an enterprise they were engaged.
But there is an inquiry beside, which this remark, however, has almost
precluded.
IV. One supposition is, or may be, that " the case simply so hap-
pened," without special effort, or the intention of any.
From this idea it would follow, that, if the subject had been proposed
at all, it either might or might not have been accomplished — no one car-
ing to agitate the question, as having any peculiar predilections, or to
prevent the consideration of it, were it proposed. But such suppositions
are wholly at variance with the facts, to which it is necesary that attention
should now be drawn.
Sudden changes are not common in the world. There is a gradation
generally observable, if we be competent to observe. Even storms have
their precursors, and in our day an expositor. The seasons advance
leisurely, as it were ; and day sinks into night, and night breaks into day,
not by an abrupt, and immediate, and painful change, but rather by a
gradual process. And so has it been in society, and in great political
movements. The cause of changes may be remote, as well as near.
And changes do not occur without their adequate causes. These causes
we may not always see, as has been hinted, or be able even to trace, at
the period itself. But, in general, the sagacious observer of human
affairs will, sooner or later, effect the discovery.
Hence it is, that we cannot speak of the American Revolution as an
isolated fact, without precursor or cause — nor, similarly, of the Revolu-
tion of France, of which it has been said that the origin is to be looked
for as far back, at least, as the reign of Louis XIV — nor of the establish-
ment of the Commonwealth of England — nor, by parity of reasoning, of
its Revolution in 1689.
So neither can the character or circumstances of the Fathers of New
England be justly regarded as facts separate from all connection with
previous facts, isolated and solitary.
* Written in 1765.
1856.] A Paper Read before the Society. 15
God has not made men for a state of permanent slavery to their
fellow-men. Me has endowed them with powers capable of preventing
such a state, ami those powers need only to be faithfully developed. Nev-
ertheless, self-love is strong — ambition, daring — avarice craves with ea-
gerness — and sensual appetite demands indulgence. Either of these
passions may be found in connection with circumstances favoring the
gratification of them. Hence the " wars and fightings,' 1 which have rav-
aged the earth, producing subjection, enslavement and tyranny.
Not, however, that men are necessarily monsters, because they are
kings. What a vulgar prejudice were this! And how unjust to many
excellent men, who have received their power legitimately, and exercised
it, not with wanton licentiousness, hut moderately, legally, and with benefi-
cence ! There has been an Alfred, as there has been a Washington.
But, in the play of human passions, and the resistance they have en-
countered, we may discern the elements of human liberty. So has it
been in Great Britain. We trace its spirit in Galgacus* and his com-
patriots. We find it displayed, for a series of ages, in the mountain fast-
nesses of Wales. It gleams in the old gavelkind, a tenure, that, instead
of originating among the Saxons, in Kent, to which it is ordinarily traced,
as the tenure of " Ilis Majesty's manor of Greenwich,' 1 is a primeval
British institution, deriving its name from their ancient language, and the
very opposite of the unjust and oppressive laws of primogeniture, the
distinctive feature of the feudal system.
The elements of liberty arc discovered in the German forests,? and
were brought thence by the Saxon conquerors of England, and cultivated
on her genial soil. Alfred, the English personification of all that mon-
archy has of paternal care, and princely generosity, and heroic self-
devotion, and courageous patriotism, has left it, as his recorded wish,
" that the English shall be as free as their own thoughts."
And even after the Norman conquest, this spirit did not always slum-
ber. It awoke a/nong the nobles first, and at Runnymede they wrenched
from the feeble grasp of the least respected of all our ancient kings —
for I claim them all as ours down to the third George — the immunities,
pledges and privileges of Magna Charta.|
In the long and turbulent reign of Henry III., the weak but well-
meaning son of a weak and flagitious father, the elements of popular
liberty are detected afresh. " From seeming evil still educing good,"
the wise and gracious providence of God was preparing the way for a
representative government — or, to speak more accurately, for the enjoy-
ment by the people, through their own representatives, of a share in the
government of their country.
The hordes of barbarian nations who established themselves on the
ruins of the Roman empire, and laid the foundations of modern European
kingdoms, did not surrender, in the forms of government they adopted,
all their own natural rights. The physical force was theirs, and they
often blended with it political privileges. The estimable historian of
Isabella and Ferdinand has exhibited the features of ancient liberty in
*■ Tacitus, in Vita Agricolre. t See Tacitus, De moribus Gemianorum.
\ " When the barons originally took up arms against John, they exercised the indis-
putable right of resistance to oppression. They gave a wholesome warning to sove-
reigns, and breathed into the hearts of nations a high sense of their rights." — Mackin-
tosh, Hist. Engl., vol. i. p. 245.
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Spain, where the assembly of the states retained great power.* This insti-
tution, we are informed by Palgrave, was bestowed, in part at least, on his
states in the south of France, by that bigoted and cruel, but too fatally suc-
cessful leader of the crusade against the Albigenses, Simon, lord of Mon-
fort. A younger son of his, of the same name, inheriting his English posses-
sions, or rather rights, came into England, secured his title to the earl-
dom of Leicester, and the affections and person of the sister of the king,
and became, to use the style of the courtly Camden, " the English Cata-
line." In the tumults of the times, Henry was his prisoner for a year,
and, with his associated band of successful rebellious nobles, Monfort
governed the realm. Then it was, that, to secure, probably, his usurpa-
tions, he made court to the people, and in 1265, copying, I have little
doubt, his father's example, formed the nucleus of what is now the British
House of Commons, by calling to the parliament two burgesses for each
of the several shires.t His friends and followers canonized him as a
saint and martyr for liberty. But the energy of young Edward, first of
the name in the line of Plantagenet, prevailing, his party was conquered,
and royalty restored to its paramount honors. The surviving members
of his family were banished ; yet their posterity may be found among
the nobles of France and Italy, and his blood has again been mingled
with that of kings. But though Simon de Monfort perished on the field
of battle, and his name was attainted, his title and estates forfeited, the
institution he created has survived and flourished, and is still the most
important feature of the British government. For, notwithstanding its
frequent timid acquiescence in the regal will of Tudors and Stuarts, and
other occasional aberrations from duty, it not only holds the nation's
purse, but often makes the voice of the people reach the throne.
Such was a part of the education for liberty which the fathers of New
England enjoyed at home ; and this, beside all that early Rome and no-
ble Greece had taught them of a subject so stirring ; and beside iheir text
book, the Bible. For in that sacred fountain, more than anywhere else,
are we to look for the waters which have flowed through our country,
and "gladdened the cities of our God."
Yes, I repeat it, the Bible was their text-book, not for morals and religion
alone, but for politics. Hence their restriction of the privilege of voting
in their community, and this for a considerable time, to church members,
accounting them " the people of God," and considering the government
as their creation, under the supremacy of His revealed will in the Scrip-
tures. Thence had they learned to regard the condition and feelings of
* Sir James Mackintosh states, that in Spain, in 1 169, " the deputies of towns became
component members of the legislative assemblies;" — and that this was "the most
early infusion of a representative principle into an European legislature. — Hist. Eng.
VOl. i. p. 242.
t This parliament met at London, Jan. 22d, and the distinguished jurist and histo-
rian last quoted, says of it, " Simon de Montfort set the example of an extensive
reformation in the frame of parliament, which, though his authority was not acknowl-
edged by the punctilious adherents to the letter and forms of law, was afterwards legally
adopted by Edward, and rendered the parliament of that year [12651 the model of the
British parliament, and in a considerable degree affected the constitutions of all other
representative assemblies. It may indeed be considered as the practical discovery of
popular representation. The particulars of the war are faintly discovered at the dis-
tance of six or seven centuries. The reformation of parliament, which first afforded
proof from experience that liberty, order, greatness, power and wealth are capable
of being blended together in a degree of harmony which the wisest men had not
before believed to be possible, will be held in everlasting remembrance." — lb., p. 236.
1856.] A Paper Read before the Society. 17
the poor with fraternal compassion. And it is one of the most affecting
subjects of contemplation connected with their enterprise, that, in the
" Generall considerations for the plantation in New England, with an
answer to several objections " * — a tract, the authorship of which I have
good authority for ascribing to Gov. Winthrop himself — it is stated as the
third, that " the land growes weary of its inhabitants, so that man, which
is the most precious of all creatures, is here more vile and base than the
earth they tread upon ; so as children, neighbors and friends, especially
of the poore, are counted the greatest burdens, which, if things were
right, would be the highest earthly blessings." This is a beautiful addi-
tion to the "first" of all the considerations, and which is so familiar to
all, that the plantation "will be a service to the church of great conse-
quence, to carry the gospell into those parts of the world, and to raise a
bulwarke against the kingdome of Antichrist which the Jesuits labour to
rear up in all places of the world."
The Bible, I know, has passages which may be applied to the support
of various and even opposite forms of government. But it represents the
Israelites as setting out in the relation of brethren. When they should
choose a king, like the rest of the nations, he was to be of their brethren,
as the Lord should designate. When a malefactor was to be punished
with stripes these were not to exceed forty, " lest," says the sacred
record, u thy brother shall seem vile unto thee." And when, under the
Gospel, the Christian Church is established, that system wherein all that is
valuable in democracy — but I speak of New England Congregationalism
as scriptural — may be enjoyed — a recognition is made expressly of " the
brother of high degree," as well as " the brother of low degree," each
enjoying equal privileges within the church, notwithstanding the acknowl-
edged difference of worldly condition.
Here, then, we have arrived at the spirit of their institutions. And
who shall better expound it than that distinguished gentleman, who had
the honor of leading the principal colony of Massachusetts, the first
Governor Winthrop. " There is," said he, " a twofold liberty, natural
(I mean as our nature is now corrupt) and civil or federal. The first is
common to man with beasts and other natures. By this, man, as he
stands in relation to man simply, hath liberty to do what he lists ; it is a
liberty to evil as well as to good. This liberty is incompatible and incon-
sistent with authority, and cannot endure the least restraint of the most
just authority. The exercise and maintaining of this liberty makes men
grow more evil, and in time to be worse than brute beasts." — " This is
that great enemy of truth and peace, that wild beast, which all the ordi-
nances of God are bent against, to restrain and subdue it. The other
kind of liberty I call," says he, " civil or federal, it may be also termed
moral, in reference to the covenant between God and man, in the moral
law, and the politic covenants and constitutions, amongst men themselves.
This liberty is the proper object and end of authority, and cannot subsist
without it ; and it is a liberty to that only which is good, just and honest.
This liberty you are to stand for H with the hazard (not only of your goods,
but) of your lives, if need be. Whatsoever crosseth this, is not authority,
but a distemper thereof. This liberty is maintained and exercised in a
way of subjection to authority ; it is of the same kind of liberty where-
with Christ hath made us free." And to this he adds, " If you stand for
* See Hutchinson's Collection of Papers.
18 A Paper Read before the Society. [Jan.
your corrupt natural liberties, and will do what is good in your own eyes,
you will not endure the least weight of authority, but will murmur, and
oppose, and be always striving to shake off that yoke ; but, if you will
be satisfied to enjoy such civil and lawful liberties, such as Christian-
ity allows you, then you will quietly and cheerfully submit unto that
authority which is set over you, in all the administrations of it, for your
good. Wherein, if we fail at any time, we hope we shall be willing (by
God's assistance) to hearken to good advice from any of you, or in any
other way of God ; so shall your liberties be preserved, in upholding the
honour and power of authority amongst you.' 1 *
What an admirable description is this of genuine American liberty !
Certain noblemen at home, among whom were the lords Say and Sele,
and lord Brooke, offered to the consideration of those colonists a few pro-
posals, as conditions of* their own removing to New England. They first
required, " That the commonwealth should consist of two distinct ranks
of men, whereof the one should be for them and their heirs, gentlemen
of the country, the other for them and their heirs, freeholders."
To this they reply : "Two distinct ranks we wiilingly acknowledge,
from the light of nature and Scripture ; the one. of them called Princes,
or Nobles, or Elders, (amongst whom gentlemen have their place), the
other the people. Hereditary dignity or honors we willingly allow to the
former, unless by the scandalous and base conversation of any of them,
they become degenerate. Hereditary liberty, an estate of freemen, we
willingly allow to the other, unless they also, by some unworthy and
slavish carriage, do disfranchise themselves." Thus far was agreed.
But when it was urged, that civil offices should be bestowed on persons
of this rank, as such, and on their posterity, the reply was decidedly,
though respectfully given in the negative ;f and, though it was their
intention and practice to choose their governor " out of the rank of
gentlemen," they stated that personal qualifications, " a spirit and gifts
fit for government " must be the foundation of their choice. "And thus,"
says (another of our respected fellow-laborers) the able historian of the
United States, "the proposition for establishing hereditary nobility was
defeated."
What a happy escape for us ! But, though a legal aristocracy was not
established or countenanced by our Puritan Fathers, human differences,
as we have seen, and the decencies of civil life were carefully regarded.
Not only is there an express recognition of them, but respect was actu-
ally paid to them. Nor should it be otherwise. For it cannot be denied,
that there are and must be distinctions among men. Could you equalize
their external conditions to-day, these would be altered to-morrow.
Families differ in character also. And races of men differ. Their
moral sentiments, intellectual powers and animal propensities vary, to
say the least. They may all, nevertheless, have and enjoy their title to
civil liberty, and in the eye of the law are equal. Yet in the constant
bickerings concerning aristocracy and democracy, let us ever remember,
that there are other aristocracies besides those which are established by
mere law. We have them among ourselves, nor could we well be with-
out them. Possession of office creates for a time, at least, one class of
aristocrats — for they would not be invested with it, if their partizans did
not reckon them among the " best " men. Wealth is another form —
* See Winthrop's Journal, vol. ii. t See the Hutchinson Collection of Papers.
1856.] Interesting Geological Discoveries. 19
felt everywhere among us, but having no authority by law. The mystic
ballot-box is a decided leveller ; and the poor man's vote counts as does that
of the man of millions. Family, family, I repeat, even among ourselves,
constitutes another class, and establishes its own circle — and what unquali-
fied individual would wish to intrude, or be permitted with any personal
comfort if he did ? It is happy, in fact, that there are incitements to excel-
lence, if that be the avenue to the favored coterie. Eminent talents and
acquirements, too, constitute an aristocracy. And who more noble, than
those whom we customarily style " the nobles of nature?" In fact, what-
ever creates distinction has the eflect to produce, while it lasts, the aristoc-
racy whose existence among us we cannot deny. And even grace, and ele-
gance, and beauty claim the honor, and it is granted by young and old,
most cheerfully.
We are embarked, my friends, on " the tempestuous sea of liberty. "
And we may say to our cherished Massachusetts, to New England, to
our blessed country — in the words of the poet, but slightly altered —
"Through the wild waves, a< thej roar,
With watchful eye, and danntlos mi< n,
Thy Bteadr course of honor keep,
Nor tear the rock, nor seek the -liorc :
The Btar of ' Freedom' 'shines serene,
And gilds the horrors of the deep.' "
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Interesting Geological Discoveries. — The workmen employed in
making excavations for the proposed improvements at the Upper Water
Shops in this city, made a discovery on Monday of last week, which prom-
ises to be of great value to the geological world. In preparing the foun-
dations for the new buildings, it was found necessary to penetrate a con-
siderable depth of red sandstone, which in this valley is remarkable for its
fossil footprints, and here, at about six feet below the surface, a piece of
rock was turned up, found to contain a number of fragments of petrified
bones, some of which formed a complete bone eight inches in length and
about an inch in diameter. Subsequently other fossiliferous rocks were
found, containing similar bony fragments.
The bones that have been exhumed thus far have been examined by
President Hitchcock, of Amherst, Lieut. Benton, and others, and are re-
garded as portions of a skeleton, whether of bird or reptile is not yet
known. If of the former the discovery will be of the highest value, as it
will tend to convert European savans who are loth to agree with President
Hitchcock in his conclusions relative to the formations of the Connecticut
valley, because, as they claim, no bones have yet been discovered to es-
tablish his theory based on the " bird-tracks." The whole matter, how-
ever, is to be investigated by Mr. Hitchcock, and Profs. Agassiz, of Cam-
bridge, and Silliman, of New Haven. In addition to the above, other
interesting petrifactions have been exhumed ; among them two eels each
about two feet long, and several leaves perfect even to a minute represen-
tation of the fibres and stems. — Springfield Republican, 15 Oct. 1855.
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Crowfoot. — Mr. John Crowfoot of Springfield went to bed the Night
following the 20th of March [1727] as well as he had been for some
years, but dy'd in the Night, as is supposed, in an Epiliptick Fit. — N.
Eng. Week. Jour. 17 April.
20 Jamaica Plain Burial Ground. [Jan.
INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE JAMAICA PLAIN BURIAL GROUND
IN WEST ROXBURY, MASS., BEING THE WHOLE NUM-
BER THEREIN CONTAINED.
[Copied by Luther M. Harris, M. D.]
Samuel Keyes died Oct. 26, 1785, aged 9 weeks.
In memory of Mary Woods, Daught. of Mr. George Woods & Wife,
who died Apl. 17, 1795 ; aged 5 years and 6 months.
In memory of Mr. Sylvanus Woods, youngest son of Mr. George
& Mrs. Dolly Woods, who died March 25, 1808 ; aged 17.
In Memory of Mr. George Woods, ob l Oct r 15, 1815, Aged 73 years.
George, son of Mr. Richard and Mrs. Mary Lethbridge, died Sept. 21,
1818, aged 5 mo. 14 da.
In Memory of Mrs. Mary Lethbridge, wife of Mr. Richard Leth-
bridge, Who died Dec. 27, 1818, M. 32.
In Memory of Mrs. Martha Ellis, Wife of Mr. Amasa Ellis ; Who died
Nov. 26, 1812.
Erected in Memory of Mrs. Mary Harris, Wife of Mr. John Harris,
who died May 7, 1814, in the 57 th year of her age.
In Memory of Mr. John Harris, born Oct. 1, O.S. 1750, died Dec. 5,
1831, in the 82d year of his age.
In Memory of Mr. Robert Harris, who died April 8, 1826, Mi. 40.
In memory of William Henry Cobleigh, who died Aug. 21, 1836,
aged 17 years and 10 mo 8 .
In memory of Capt. Lemuel May, died Nov r 19, 1805, M. 67.
In memory of Miss Rebecca Goddard, Daughter of Mr. Samuel & Mrs.
Joanna Goddard, who died March 26, 1798, in the 12 th year of her age.
Erected to the Memory of Mr. Lyman Springer, Who died Nov. 25th
1839, aged 32 years & 11 months.
In memory of Mrs. Rosina Lawrence, wife of Mr. Reuben Lawrence,
who died Dec. 3, 1842, aged 36 years. Also Hannah S., daughter of
Reuben and Rosina Lawrence, who died Mar. 7, 1841, aged 8 years.
In Memory of Mr. David White, who died April 28, 1816, aged
70 years.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Margaret White, who died July 18,
1841, aged 92.
Sacred to the Memory of Capt. Isaac Sturtevant of Roxbury, who
died July 10, 1806, M. 66.
In memory of Mrs. Rebecca Sturtevant, who died June 7, 1827,
aged 69.
Sacred to the memery of Betsey S. Gregory, who died Jan. 4, 1834,
aged 17 years.
Sacred to the memory of Sila Pierce, who died Oct. 13, 1837, aged 30.
Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Esther Weld, wife of Mr. Thomas
Weld, who died July 1, 1811, aged 56 — and Mr. Thomas Weld, who
died May 12, 1821, aged 70.
In Memory of Mr. Samuel White, who died Sept. 8, 1793, iEtatis 52.
In memory of Thomas W. Seaverns, son of Josiah & Rebecca
Seaverns, who died January 29, 1802, aged 4 months.
In memory of Mrs. Anna Winchester, wife of Mr. Gulliver Win-
chester, who died April 18, 1797, ^Etatis 60.
1856.] Jamaica Plain Burial Ground. 21
Erected in Memory of Mr. Gulliver Winchester, who died Nov r . 12,
1811, ;Et. 79.
In Memory of Mr. Henry Winchester, who died June 12, 1801,
/Etatis 40.
In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Mr. William Holmes, who
died Jan. 6, 1835, aged 50 yean.
In Memory of Mr. Charles Stimpson, died Aug. 15, 1800, aged 27 years.
In Memory of Capt. John Gould, died Jan. 10, 1814, aged 41.
In Memory of Mr. Royal Gould, died July 13, 1822, Aged 35.
Sacred to the Memory of Mr. Lemuel JIarring, Obit June 20, 1815,
M. 20.
John Payson died Jan. 14, 1819, aged 6 yean.
[On a tasteful marble monument.] Passed into the Superiour State,
June 9, 1832, Frederick Chandler, A\\. 40 years. Elizabeth N. Angus,
Jan. 6, 1847, iEt. 53.
In memory of Frederick, son of Frederick & Elizabeth Chandler,
who died Dec. 14, 1830, aged 19 years.
In Memory of Mr. William' Shepherd, who died Aug*. 28, 1801, JEt. 38.
In Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Child, wife of Mr. Phineas Child,
who died Sept. 28, 1800, M. 49.
Sacred to the memory of Abigail Child, dan. of Mr. Phineas and
Mrs. Elizabeth Child, who died May 10, 1795, aged (> yean.
In memory of Mr. Phineas Child, who died March 17, 1813, aged 64.
In memory of Mr. Joseph Cranch, who died Nov. 17, 1806, JE. 60.
In memory of Maria Vietch Cranch, JE. 22, died May 29, 1810,
of a lingering and painful disease, which she bore with almost unex-
ampled patience.
In Memory of Andrew Riddle, who died Dec. 14, 1830, aged 58 years.
In memory of Jane Riddle, wife of Andrew Riddle, who died Sept.
18, 1830, aged 56.
In memory of John Riddle, who died July 24, 1836, aged 29 years.
Mrs. Margaret Smith died Sept. 25, 1812, aged 47.
Henry J., son of Morris and Esther Millet, died Aug. 24, 1836,
iEt. 2 years.
In memory of Mrs. Zibiah Randall, wife of Mr. Abraham Randall,
died Mar. 18, 1833, aged 78 years.
In memory of Mr. Abraham Randall, who died April 7, 1834, aged
78 years.
Joseph Randall, son of Mr. Abraham Randall, died Oct. 7, 1793,
aged 14 months.
Mary Jemerson died Aug. 31, 1839, aged 63 years — Louisa Jem-
erson died Oct. 15, 1844, aged 38 years. Wife and daughter of Wil-
liam Jemerson.
[A monument — on one side of the shaft is inscribed — ] A. P. H.
died Apr. 3, 1836, aged 3 years and 9 months. — J. W. H. died July
7, 1842, aged 2 years, children of Mr. Abraham and Mrs. Emily Hodg-
don. [On another side.] Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Emily Hodgdon,
wife of Mr. Abraham Hodgdon, who died July 1, 1843, aged 41 years.
Sacred to the memory of John Fessenden, Esq., who died Nov. 16,
1845, aged 75 years.
[Two monuments within an enclosure. On the shaft of one is in-
scribed — ] Mary Ashton died Dec. 15, 1840. [On the other — ] Sarah
E. H. Ashton, wife of Benjamin Callender, died Feb. 3, 1848, aged
31 years.
22 Jamaica Plain Burial Ground. [Jan.
[On a marble slab within an inclosure is inscribed] —
Williams.
Those flowrets fair, so lately given,
Have joined their Parent Rose — in Heaven.
Ellen, aged 30.
J. W., 14 m.
J. S. W., 3 m.
[The two next inscriptions were copied from head stones standing
in open fields.]
1st. " In memory of Miss Sarah Druse, who died Dec. 23, 1792,
aged 42 years."
[She was the housekeeper and intended wife of the late Dea. Nathl.
Weld. She died of natural small-pox. The Deacon had her buried
on his own ground, about 30 rods from his house.]
[On a marble slab standing in a field on the Boylston estate, about
20 rods from Boylston street.]
2d. " In memoria Doctoris Ludovici Leprilete, Mass. Med. Soc.
Socii, Nati Nante in Gallia, Oct. 10, Anno Domin MDCCL. Obiit
carcinomate in glandula prostata, Julii die 29, MDCCCIV. ^Etat suae LIV.
Celeberrimus in Chirurgia.
Hie etiam, ejus filius solus Ludovicus Leprilete sepultus est, natus
Jan. 12, Anno Domini MDCCLXXXV. Obiit Oct. 30, MDCCXCII.
iEtat. suaa octavo anno."
[The burial ground at Jamaica Plain is a part of the original parish
lot. At a parish meeting held March 14, 1785, it was voted, u that
the ground behind the meeting-house stable, when wanted, shall be
appropriated to a burying yard." The stable has been removed ; and
the appropriated yard now lies directly in the rear of the Unitarian
Church, and fronts upon Eliot street. There are within its area 24
tombs, which contain, probably, more remains than are deposited in
graves. Since the current of public opinion has set so strongly in
favor of cemeteries in retired locations, and particularly since the con-
secration of Forest Hills, comparatively few interments have been
made in this ground. It is even whispered, occasionally, that it would
be good policy to "remove the deposits" entirely; as by so doing two
or three good house lots might be gained. The ground belonging ex-
clusively to the Unitarian Society, they might authorize their Treasurer
to give warranty deeds of it ; but could he, or they, warrant that the
old occupants should not sometimes appear there to " revisit the glimpses
of the moon," or that the ghosts of "unmannerly corses," whose
names no monuments preserve, should not so infest u the allarge,"
that no one, except a butler who " speaks latin," or a spiritualist, could
lay them.
There are three other places within the limits of Jamaica Plain,
where burials have been made.
In the summer of 1775, one or more regiments were stationed on
the Plain, and many of the soldiers quartered in different houses, upon
the inhabitants. (See Dr. Gray^s Half Century Sermon.)
Three estates in the place were confiscated, and the houses stand-
ing on them used as hospitals ; viz., Commodore Loring's, Governor
Bernard's, and Capt. Benjamin Hallowell's. The Commodore's house,
built in 1760, on a corner made by the intersection of Austin and
South streets, after having weathered the storms of 95 years, is at this
day, taken in connection with its surroundings, hardly exceeded by
185G.J Jamaica Plain Burial Ground. 23
any modern built mansion in its neighborhood. About a quarter of a
mile baek of this then hospital, the soldiers who died within its walls
were buried.
Col. Ilenly, who had some charge over Burgoync's captive army
while at Cambridge, is recollected to have occupied the Loring house
at that time.
It came next into the possession of widow Ann (Hough) Doane,
who, in 1784, married David Stoddard Grecnough, Esq. Their son,
and only child, Col. David Stoddard Grecnough, owned it on the death
of his father. Col. David Stoddard Grecnough, of the third generation,
now owns and occupies it ; he also having a son David Stoddard.
It is creditable to the Grecnough family that, through their several
ownerships and occupancies, no violation of the graves of the revolu-
tionary soldiers, on their ground, has yet been allowed. The number
of burials made cannot now be ascertained, from the mounds having
become levelled by the rains of so many years, and by the tread of
cattle in feeding over them. But from the number of rude stones, prob-
ably taken from walls or picked up in the fields, and set up as head
and foot stones, they may be estimated at thirty — or more.
The following inscription, pretty well executed for the time, was taken
from the only headstone showing the mark of a graver's tool :
"Here lies y e Body of serg' 1 Dan 1 Niles of Easton, who Died Nov*. y°
2 nd A. D. 1775. Aged 41 years."
The Governor Bernard estate was situated on the westerly side of Ja-
maica Pond, having thereon a considerable extent of shore and a liberal
share of front on Pond street. After the removal of the soldiers from the
premises, the first remembered occupant was Martin Brimmer, Esq., who,
after a long residence, died there in 1804. Capt. John Prince bought the
estate in 1806, and in 1809 took down and removed the old house, a part
of which had stood 141 years; and in which no doubt many bumpers of
good wine had been drunk to the healths of the seven sovereigns of Great
Britain, who had flourished during that period.
Some few years before his decease, Capt. Prince procured a road to be
laid out and made through the premises, from Pond street to Perkins street ;
after the accomplishment of which, he divided the whole into good sized
building lots, on several of which beautiful houses have since been
erected.
The burial ground on the Bernard estate was near a small fish pond,
on elevated ground, at some distance back from the buildings. The
spot was ploughed many years ago ; and it is said some of the coffins
were disturbed in the operation. No one in the neighborhood remembers
to have seen the ground before the ploughing, and therefore no estimate
can be made of the number buried.
The Hallowell house, built about 1738, stands on a corner made by
the intersection of Austin and Boylston streets. It has lately been pur-
chased by Dr. B. F. Wing, who has thoroughly repaired it, and, by the
addition of one or more wings, has given it something more of quaint-
ness than it previously exhibited.
Capt. Hallowell married a Boylston, and in the right of his wife held
the above property ; but his sympathies happening to be with the Roy-
alist party, he left Roxbury in some haste for Boston in 1775, and thence
took passage for England, where he passed the remainder of his life.
While the Hallowell house was used as a hospital, the burials from it were
24 Bird. — NevilL — Brown. [Jan.
made near the road, about forty rods from the house, on the way to
Boylston street depot.
An octogenarian pair noted for their accurate recollections, who were
born and have always lived near the Hallowell house, think the first
occupant of the place, after the term of its hospital-ity, was a French-
man, whose name was Lefabre ; and that it was he who, to the aston-
ishment and universal indignation of the neighborhood, ploughed over
and obliterated all marks of the graves. They likewise say that people
who had set up marks whereby to distinguish the graves of their friends
or kinsmen, and came afterwards to remove them, returned home disap-
pointed and in sorrow.
About the year 1789, Dr. Leprilete bought the premises and kept pos-
session till after the decease of Capt. Hallowell, when a son of his
assumed the name of his mother's family — Boylston. This son, Ward
Nicholas Boylston, presuming, or being advised, that the confiscation
could hold no longer than his father's lifetime, came over, and in the
name and right of his mother, laid claim to, and by process of law ob-
tained the property, about the year 1800. It now belongs to Mr. Thomas
Boylston, by the will of his grandfather, the late Ward Nicholas Boyls-
ton, Esq.
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Bird. — In the chancel of Wendlebury church is a stone inscribed,
" Here lies the body of that reverend laborer in Christ's harvest, pastor
at Bisseter * Ann. 49, and at Wendelbury Ann. 39, deceased September
19, 1653, John Birde, anno setatis 77."
Anagram. — Birde, Bride.
" This Birdes the bride the lambe the bridegroom
This graves the brides retireing room
Old clothes mast off iicav ones be on,
Against a joyful resurrection
Thrice happy Birde thrice happy bride
Thus to be wedded next Christ's side
John Birde a bride mounting aloft doth fly
To the sacred hills of blest eternity;
Which place of rest now terminates his flight
Crowning his faith with his redeemer's sight."
Monumental Inscriptions, taken May 25, 1660, No. 4170 Harleian MS., from
History of Bicester, Eng., by John Dunkin, London, 1816, p. 89.
««»»«»»
Nevill. — The testimony of Jeremiah Cushin Aged forty years or
thereabouts testifye & saith he neuer knew nor Vnderstood more or les
that Jane Nevill was with child in all the voyage & further saith that he
had as little suspition of hir as of any in the ship, because she was instru-
mental for the discouery of one that was with chil d w ch was turned ashore
at the Dounes & father saith not. Deposed in Court, febr. 1665.
E. Rawson, Suffolk Court files.
Brown. — Wm. Brown, Major, & Benjamin, executors of the will of W m
Brown, Esq., of Salem, deceased ; s d W m Esq. owned the brick dwelling
house in Boston " formerly known by the name of the Castle tavern,"
1691.
* John Bird, B. A., presented February 15, 1604 — Mist, of Bicester, p. 87.
1856.] Philipse of Philipsbargh. 25
PHILIPSE OF PHILIPSBURGII.
(Connected with the Family of Robinson of Rokeby.)
[The following Communication was originally made to the " Yorkshire-
man," (a newspaper published at York, England,) by the Rev. F. O.
Morris, of Nunburnholme Rectory, Hayton, York, England ; under this
head, — " Genealogies of Yorkshire Families, and others connected with
them. Collated and written expressly for the Yorkshire man ; " and by
him, communicated also, (at the suggestion of Mr. Winthrop Sargent of
Philadelphia,) to the New Eng. Hist. Gen. Register. — Editor.]
The ancient Dutch family of Philipsc is presumed to have been origi-
nally of Bohemian extraction, and to have fled thence on the persecutions
that arose in the times of John Huss and Jerome of Prague. Cooper, the
American novelist, in his preface to the original edition of " The Water
Witch," speaks of them as the " Bohemian Felipses," and in the stand-
ard novel edition as having obtained a re-grant of their original manor of
Philipsbourg, from which they derived the title of M patroon," or " Phil-
ipse of that ilk," as it would be termed in Scotland.
Viscount Felyps was father, by Eva his wife, of
The honorable Verderych Felypsen, of Philipsbourg, unquestionably
one of the principal founders of New York, who emigrated from Holland
to America with Gen. Stuveysant, and arrived at New York in 1658, at
that time in the possession of the Dutch, and called Nova Belgia, or New
Netherlands. He brought with him money, plate, and jewels, having left
East Friesland with the consent of the stadtholder and the states-treneral, '
to take possession of a large purchase of land he had made in the prov-
ince of New York, Fredcricksbourg. called the Upper, and Philipsbourg,
called the Lower, Patent, with many houses he had purchased in the city
of New York, and land which he laid out in streets, and afterwards built
upon. He settled in the town, and also erected the house at Philipsbourg.
He married Margaret Dacres, and had a son and a daughter.
1. Verderych Felypscn, his heir.
2. Eva, (Felypsen), who married Jacobus Van Cortlandt, and had issue.
( See Family of Van Cortlandt.)
The son,
Verderych Felypsen, or Philipse, first lord of Philipsbourg (1656 : —
1702), married first, Margaret Hardenbrook, who died in 1662 ; and sec-
ondly, Catherine, widow of John Derval, Esq., and third daughter of the
Right Hon. Oliver Stephen Van Cortlandt, of the manor of Cortlandt (see
Family of Van Cortlandt), and had issue by her. He died in 1692 or
(1702?)
1. Philip Philipse, of whom presently.
2. Adolphus Philipse, born in 1657. To him his father left Fredericks-
bourg Highlands, Upper Patent, and other parts of his- large property,
which he, dying unmarried, bequeathed to his grandnephew and
grandnieces, Philip Philipse, Susanna Philipse (wife of Colonel Bev-
erly Robinson) and Mary Philipse (married, as hereafter shown, to
the Hon. Lieut.-Colonel Roger Morris ;) and if any of them died
issueless, their property was to be divided among the survivors. He
died in 1749.
3
26 Philip se of Philipsburgh. [Jan.
3. Eva Philipse, born in 1658, married Jacobus Van Cortlandt. (See
Family of Van Cortlandt.)
4. Annetje Philipse, married Philip French.
The elder son,
Philip Philipse, of Philipsbourg, born in 1656, who married, at Bar-
badoes, in 1697 (whither he had been sent by his father to an estate he
had there, called Spring Head, and where he quickly recovered his health,
having been before of a very delicate constitution), Maria, youngest of
the four daughters of Sparkes, Esq., governor of Barbadoes, by
Joyce, his wife, daughter of Farmer, Esq., (two of whom had re-
turned to their father's estate in Worcestershire, and the others accompanied
their parents to the island), and, dying in 1700, lefl a son and successor.
She also died in 1700.
Frederick Philipse, second lord of Philipsbourg, founder of St.
John's church, Yonkers, born in 1698, at Barbadoes, was sent, in 1701,
to New York, by desire of his grandfather, who immediately sold the
estate, called Spring Head, in Barbadoes, for <£10,000, that the property
might not afterwards be an inducement to his grandson to settle in that
island, an arrangement which so displeased his mother's relations, that
Mr. Farmer, dying soon after his neice, Maria, left all his large fortune
to Mrs. Sparkes, and only a legacy of .£10,000 to his grandnephew,
Frederick Philipse, who died of consumption A. D. 1751, aged 52, and
left Philipsbourg and most of his houses in New York (bequeathed to him
by his grandfather) to his son Frederick, with reversion to his son Philip,
if Frederick should not marry ; but if either of them married and had
only daughters, then the properties were to go to his own daughters,
Susanna, (afterwards Mrs. Col. Robinson,) and Mary, (afterwards Mrs.
Col. Morris). He married, in 1726, Johanna, youngest daughter of
Anthony Brockholes, Esq., (see Brockholes, of Claughton Hall,) fourth
Governor of New York after its cession to Great Britain, by Susanna
Maria, his wife, daughter of Paulus iEmilius Schrect, of the Pompton
Estate, in New Jersey, who had emigrated from West Friesland, and
had issue by her, who was killed in 1765 by a fall from her carriage, no
surgical assistance being at hand : —
1. Frederick, his heir.
2. Philip, part proprietor of -the Upper Patent (baptized in 1724, and
died in 1768), who married Margaret, daughter of Mars-
ton, Esq., and by that lady (who, by his early death, saved her
share, as she took no part in the Revolution, and who married,
secondly, the Rev. J. Ogilvie, of Trinity church, uncle of Admiral
Sir Richard Grant,) had issue : —
1. Adolphus Philipse, died in 1785. He took no active part in
the war.
2. Frederick Philipse, an officer in the British service, resident
in America, who married, first, his cousin Mary, daughter
of Marston, Esq., and, secondly, daughter of
Kemble, niece to Lord Gage. (See Family of Van Cortlandt.)
He died in 1829 ; she died young, after giving birth to a
daughter,
Mary Philipse, who married Samuel Gouvernier, by whom
she had issue : —
1. Frederick Gouvernier.
2. Adolphus N. Gouvernier, married Mrs. Gill, and died
Aug. 28, 1853, leaving a daughter,
1856.] Philipse of Philip sburgh. 27
Mary Gouvernier, born Jan. 8, 1852.
3. Samuel Mangin Warburton Gouvernier.
4. Margaret Philipse Gouvernier, married William .
3. Nathaniel, killed at Germantown.
3. Susanna, who married Colonel Beverley Robinson of Virginia. (See
Robinson.)
4. Mary, born 5th July, 1730, married, 19th January, 1758, to the
Hon. Lieut.-Col. Roger Morris, of York, (see Morris of Netherby
Court), and died 18th July, 1825, in her 96th year, leaving issue as
already shown. Her family appear to have been remarkable for
longevity ; her sister Susanna, who was married to Col. Beverley
Robinson, attained also the great age of 94, as appears above. " I
wonder,' 1 says Cooper, in his Water Witch, " there 1ms never been
an intermarriage among you with the Van Cortlandts ; that blood is
as good as an insurance to four score and ten of itself. 1 '
5. Margaret, died in 1752, aged 18.
The elder son,
Frederick Philipse, last Lord of Philipsbourg, a Colonel, married
Elizabeth Rutgards, widow, daughter of Charles Williams, Esq., and died
at Chester, in 1785, having had issue, with other children, who died
young^:—
1. Frederick Philipse, of whom presently.
2. Philip Philipse, an officer in the Roval Artillery, died unmarried, in
Wales, in 1829.
3. Charles Philipse, drowned in the Bay of Fundy.
3. John Philipse, Captain R. N., promoted to that rank for his part in
the gallant affair at Campertown, under Lord Duncan, and was after-
wards killed at the battle of Trafalgar.
5. Maria Eliza Philipse, married, 4th September, 1779, to Lionel, 7th
Viscount Strangford, and had issue. (See Peerage.)
6. Sarah Philipse, married to Mungo Noble, Esq., and had issue : —
1. Colonel Frederick Noble, O. S. P. in India.
2. Eliza Noble.
7. Charlotte Margaret Philipse, married to Lieutenant-Colonel (Cap-
tain?) Webber, (afterwards Lieutenant-General), of Caynton House,
county of Salop, and died in 1840, at Belle Vue House, near Oswes-
try, and had issue by him three children.
8. Elizabeth Philipse, died unmarried, at Bath, in March, 1828.
9. Susan Philipse.
10. Catherine Philipse, died young.
The eldest son,
Frederick Philipse, Esq., married Harriet, daughter of Thomas Grif-
fiths, Esq., of Rhent, Flintshire, North Wales, niece of General Sir
Alured Clarke, G. C. B., Captor and Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
in 1795, and Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies (his banner hangs
in Westminster Abbey), and had issue by her (who died in Park Street,
London, in 1843) : —
1. Frederick Charles Philipse, his near,
2. Charlotte Elizabeth Philipse, married, 8th of June, 1818, to William,
eldest son of Sir Henry Allen Johnson, Bart., (see Baronetage), and
had issue.
The son,
Frederick Charles Philipse, Esq., of Rhual, in the county of Flint,
28 Pliilipse of Philip sburgh. [Jan.
a Colonel in the army, married daughter of Palliser, of the
county of Tipperary. (See Baronetage.) He died in 1851, and had
Frederick, born in 1829.
Edwin William, born 1830, and three others.
Arms. — Azure, a demi-lion rampant, rising out of a coronet, arg.
Crest. — A demi-lion, rampant, as in the arms and in some of the most
ancient plate, also surmounted by a coronet.
Motto. — Quod tibi vis fieri facias.
There is in the possession of the Morris family, among other plate of
the Philipses, an extremely ancient silver canteen cup, with the initials
" V. F.," which stood, no doubt, for Verderych Felipse ; thus corroborating
the orthography of Cooper, given above.
Anna Philipse and Eva Philipse married respectively George Cham-
bers, Esq., and had issue, and John Jay, Esq., but their exact places in
the pedigree have not been correctly ascertained ; their marriages are
inserted in the old family Bible of the Van Cortlandts, in the possession
of Colonel Pringle Taylor, of Pennington House, Hampshire.
Anthony Brockholes, born about the year 1679, had issue : —
1. Anthony Brockholes, born , died unmarried.
2. Margaret Brockholes, born , died unmarried.
3. Judith Brockholes, born married Henry Vanvactor, and had
issue by him : —
1. A son.
2. A daughter.
4. Johanna Brockholes.
5. Anne Brockholes, born , married Philip French, Esq., and
died in early life, leaving issue by him : —
1. Susanna French, married William Livingstone, Esq., of New
Jersey.
2. Ann French, married David Vanhorne, Esq., of New York.
3. Margaret French, married David Clarkson, Esq., of New York.
4. Mary French, married William Brown, Esq., of Boston.
There are pictures at the Grange, (in America,) of Adolphus Philipse,
born in 1657 ; Philip Philipse, baptized in 1724 ; Mary Philipse, born in
1730 ; Margaret Philipse, died in 1762 ; Frederick Philipse, died in 1829.
< «»■—»-
Hoff. — On the 21 March [1765] d. at Fishkill, in Duchess co., in the
12.8th year of his age, Mr. Edglebert HofT. He was b. in Norway,
never used spectacles, and could read common print very fluently ; could
remember that he was a lad driving a team when the news was brought
to his country that King Charles the First was beheaded ; served as a
soldier under the Prince of Orange in the time of King James the Sec-
ond ; after which time he came to America, and went a privateering out
of New York, with the noted Capt. Claver, in Queen Anne's wars, being
then about 70 years old. When he returned he married, and became the
father of 12 children ; afterwards lived a widower 33 years. He had his full
senses, and strong memory till within a few hours before he died. The
immediate cause of his death was from a wound which he received in his
hip from a fall. He was in low circumstances, but of an honest principle,
and died seemingly a true Christian — Gazette and News Letter, 9 May,
1765.
1856.] Researches among Funeral Sermons. 29
RESEARCHES AMONG FUNERAL SERMONS, AND OTHER
TRACTS, FOR THE RECOVERY OF BIOGRAPHICAL AND
GENEALOGICAL MATERIALS.
[Continued from Vol. IX., p. 356.]
USHER. — u The character of Anna, the Prophetess, considered and
applied. — In a Sermon preach'd after the Funeral of that Honourable and
Devout Gentlewoman, Dame Bridget Usher ; who deceased at Boston,
N. E. May 25th, 1723. Being a Widow of a great Age. — Published
(icith some enlargements) at the desire of the honoured Executors to her
Will. By Thomas Foxcroft, M. A. And a Pastor to the Old Church in
Boston. With a Preface by the Rev. Mr. Wadsworth. Boston : Printed
by S. Kneeland, MDCCXX1II." 12mo. pp. 62.
There is nothing in the Preface by Mr. Wadsworth respecting the fam-
ily of Mrs. Usher. But her character he gives in these words : — " I never
heard to the contrary, but that aged Handmaid of the Lord, Madam
Bridget Usher, was from her youth up, sober, virtuous and religious. Ever
since I have known her (which has been many years) she has had (and
I think justly) the character of an holy, blameless, close walker with
God," &c.
In his Sermon Mr. Foxcroft dwells upon the character of u Anna the
Prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher," to whom
" our Anna" is compared. At page 13 he remarks : — " You need not (I
presume) be told the solemn occasion, which determined my thoughts at
this time to such a subject; it being known to all, what repeated bereave-
ments have lately befallen us, in the death of several excellent aged
women of our communion. " In a note to this the Author says, " Particu-
larly Mrs. Martha Dasset, who died suddenly, and went to rest on the
Lord's day, March 17th. — And Dame Bridget Usher, who finished her
long pilgrimage on earth, May 25th."
These are all the facts I have been able to discover in Mr. Foxcroft's
62 pages. But an account of the Usher family may be seen in the His-
tory of Med ford. Mass. Mrs. Usher was the widow of Dr. Leonard Hoar,
third President of Harvard College, and daughter of Lady Alice Lisle, of
whom (Lady Lisle) English history affords an account, at once lamenta-
ble, as it regards her, and monstrous as it regards the state of the times.
Her second husband was Hezekiah, son of Hczckiah Usher, a merchant
of Boston. He died 25 May, 1723.
WEBB. — " Genuine Christianity. — Or, a true Christian both in Life and
in Death, glorifying the most glorious Lord. A Sermon on the departure
of Mrs. Frances Webb, the virtuous Consort of Mr. John Webb, (a Pastor
to one of the Churches in Boston.) Who expired Sept. 14, 1721. In the
28th year of her age. By C. Mather, D. D. and F. R. S. Boston : 1721."
12mo. pp. 20.
The Sermon contains nothing of the personal history of Mrs. Webb, ex-
cepting her religious character, and a note stating that she was a daughter
of Edward Bromfield, Esq.
WEBB. — U A burning and shining light extinguished. — A Sermon
preached the Lord's Day after the Funeral of the late Rev. Mr. John
Webb, Pastor of the New North Church in Boston, who died April 16,
1750. JEtat. 63. By Andrew Eliot, A. M. Pastor of the same
Church. Boston : Printed by Daniel Fowle, for Joshua Winter in Union
St. opposite the King's Arms." 8vo. pp. 43.
30 Researches among Funeral Sermons. [Jan.
Mr. Eliot gave a fine Discourse, and in his "Application" there is
something about the subject of it. " His death," he observes, " is not
only a great loss to this Church, but it is also a great loss to the Town
and Land." On leaving College, Mr. Webb taught a School in Reading
about a year ; thence he went to the Castle, where he was " for some
time Chaplain, and afterwards preached a considerable time to one of
the Parishes in Newbury." But the Sermon contains nothing concerning
his family.
The following are a few disconnected items, some of which may be
valuable to persons of the name of Webb : — John, of Boston, sells house
and lands at Braintree to Samuel Allen of Braintree, sawyer, 19:2:
1648 — Suffolk Deeds, i. 90. Henry of Boston takes a mortgage of land
in Haverhill, of Richard Littlehale of H., 27 : 8 : 1648— lb., i. 96. Henry
(the same probably) owned a wharf in Boston, 1649 — Suffolk Deeds, i.
115. — Henry (same no doubt) Will, 5 April, 1660. To only dau. Mar-
garet, the late wife of my dear son Jacob Sheaffe, c£500, " in good pay,
with all that my store-house at the Dock, with wharf." Date of Inventory,
25 Sept. 1660. " Old Warehouse, wharf and land, .£200." Appraisers,
John Cullick, Henry Shrimpton, Wm. Davis. Articles of agreement
about dividing the property, dated 23d Aug. 1697, " between Jona. Cor-
win of Salem, and Elizabeth his wife, one of the daus. and coheirs of their
mother, Mrs. Margaret Thacher, late of Boston, also one of the surviving
executrixes of Henry W T ebb's will. And Sampson Sheaffe, of Boston,
merchant, and Mehetable his wife, the coheir of the daus. and coheirs of
said Margaret Thacher, deceased, and of the coexecutrixes to the last will
of said Henry Webb." — Orig. MS, in possession of Mr. M. A. Slickney
of Salem.
" We have an account that on Tuesday last the Seabrook [Saybrook]
Ferryboat overset, wherein were the Rev. Mr. Joseph Webb of New
Haven, and his son, a young woman and several others. The two former
were drowned ; the others with great difficulty got safe to shore." —
Boston Gazette and Weekly Journal, 27 Oct. 1741.
" William Webb, late of Boston, deceased, John Webb, executor."
Said John W.'s warehouse was " below the Swing Bridge." — News-Let-
ter, 12 June, 1760.
" The beginning of this week died here, Mr. Joseph Webb, se. 64, for-
merly a noted Barber in this Town." — lb. 14 Oct. 1762.
" Died in this Town [Boston] Mrs. Mehitable Webb, widow of the late
Rev. Benjamin Webb, in the 95th year of her age. Funeral from her
son's house in Fore street." — Herat of Freedom, 24 April, 1789.
"Died yesterday morning [30 Nov. 1789] Jonathan Webb, A.M., aged
53, son of the late John Webb. Funeral from the Rev. Dr. Lothrop's
house."— lb. 1 Dec. 1789.
WEBSTER.—" A Sermon, delivered July 20, 1796, at the interment
of the Rev. Samuel Webster, D. D., late Pastor of the Second Church
and Congregation in Salisbury. By Thomas Cary, A. M., a Pastor of the
First Church in Newburyport." 8vo. pp. 32.
" Death is the lot of all mankind. Good men have the same seeds of
mortality as the wicked, which spring up in diseases and ripen into
death." The fate of humanity is here beautifully expressed, and the
Sermon abounds in good and sensible remarks.
Mr. Webster " had a numerous offspring." A son, Samuel, Jr., was
ordained Pastor of the Church in Temple, N. H., Oct. 2d, 1771, and died
at the early age of 33, Aug. 4th, 1777. Page 24.— Mr. Webster, the
1S56.] Researches among Funeral Sermons. 31
father, was born [in Bradford] August, 1718, ordained Aug. 12th, 1741,
died July 18th, 1796, in the 78th year of his age, and 55th of his minis-
try." The Second Church in Salisbury was gathered Nov. 19th, 1718,
and on the 26 following, the Rev. Joseph Parsons, A. M. was installed
their Pastor. He died March 13th, 1739, in the 69th year of his age and
21st of his ministry. Page 28.
WINTHROP. — u The high value of a great and good name, and Death
and entrance into perfect Life. — A Sermon delivered in the First Church
in Cambridge, May 9th, 1779. Being the Lord's Day after the Interment
of the Hon. John Winthrop, Esq., Ilollis Professor of Mathematics and
Natural Philosophy in Harvard College, Cambridge, LL. D. and F. R. S.
Who departed this Life May the 3d, 1779, in the 65th year of his age,
and in the 41st of his Professorship. Bv Samuel Lang don, D. D. Presi-
dent of Harvard College. Boston : 1779." 8vo. pp. 23.
" The Hope of Immortality. — A Discourse occasioned by the Death of
the Honorable John Winthrop, Esq., LL. D. and F. R. S.," &c. " Delivered
at a Public Lecture in Harvard College. By Edward Wigglesworth, A. M.,
Hollis Professor of Divinity. Published at the request of the Students.
Boston, New England.'"
President Langdon's Sermon is what may be called a very good old
fashioned Discourse, and he tells us the important events in Mr. Win-
throp's life. He thus commences his " Application :" — " And now,
brethren, how can I forbear bringing into your view that remarkable ex-
ample of a great and good name which you have in our most valuable
deceased friend and brother, the Honorable Dr. Winthrop, whose remains
we followed yesterday to the grave.' 1 In referring to the ancestors of
Mr. Winthrop, he says, " It may he remarked, that through the various
civil commotions and revolutions in England, that family always took part
on the side of the liberties of the people.'"
In 1738 he was chosen Hollis Professor of Mathematics. In 1765 he
was chosen into the Corporation of Harvard College. In 1771 the Univer-
sity of Edinburgh conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws upon him. kt In
1773, when the contention with Great Britain for the liberties of these
American States bcjmn to run high, he was chosen into the Council of this
State [Colony] and gave his assistance in all the measures taken to secure
his country from the power of oppressors, and prevent the calamity of a
civil war."
Mr. Wigglcsworth is more particular respecting the personal history of
Mr. Winthrop. But as President Allen has nearly the same in his
American Biography, that need only be referred to. As the important
note on page 23 is omitted by Dr. Allen, it is here extracted : — " The
Doctor's descent was as follows : 1. Adam Winthrop, Esq., Sergeant at
Law, Lord and Patron of Groton in Suffolk ; his eldest son was, 2. Adam
W., Esq., Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and Vice Chancellor of that
University ; his eldest son was, 3. Adam W., Esq., of Groton ; his eldest
son was, 4. John W., Esq., of Groton, afterwards Governor of the Colony
of Massachusetts Bay, who was born the 12th of June, 1587, and died at
Boston the 26 of March, 1649. His fourth son was, 5. Adam W., Esq.,
one of the Council. He died Aug. 1700. His eldest son was, 7. Adam
W., Esq., one of the Council. He died Oct. 2d, 1743. His second son
was, 8. The deceased Professor." But Mr. Wigglesworth probably errs
in making out 8 generations ; he should strike off one of his first Adams.
The pedigree in the History and Antiquities of Boston is believed to be
entirely correct. See page 72 of that work.
32 Giles Corey's Will. [Jan.
GILES COREY'S WILL.
[Communicated by Joseph Moulton, Esq., of Lynn, Memb. N. E. Hist. -Gen. Soc.]
[This will was no doubt made in view of the distressing fate which awaited the
testator, who, it will be remembered, was put to death at Salem, on the 16th of Septem-
ber, 1692.— See Hist. & Antiqs. of Boston, p. 500.]
Gyles Coaree to Wm. Cleeves. — Recorded ye 25th July, 1692.
To all people to whome this p r sent wrighting shall come, I Gyles Coree
of y e town of Salem in y e County of Essex in New England (Send
Greeting) Know yee y 1 I y e said Gyles Coaree lying under great trouble
& affliction through w ch I am very weake in body but in perfect memory,
knowing not how soone I may depart this life, In Consideration of which
and for y e fatherly Love & affection w ch I have & doe beare unto my be-
loved sone in Law William Cleeves of y e town of Beaverly, in y e aboves d
Countye and to my sone in Law Jn° Moulton of y e town of Salem in
s d County both yeomen as also for divers other good causes & Consid-
erations, mee att y e p r sent Espetially moveing, Have Given, Granted and
by these p r sents doe Give Grant & Confirm unto y e said Will™ Cleeves
my sone in Law & to y e said Jn°. Moulton my full power strength and
auctority to occupie possesse & enjoye & manage in my stead & place all
my Land & Meadow lying & being in y e bounds of Salem town afores d ,
& being Butted & bound as p. my deed doth appeare & all my neat cattle
& all other my stocke upon s d Farme or elsewhere as Likewise all my
howsing & all my moveable estate whatsoever or wheresoever found w th
all y e p r viledges and app r tenance thereunto belonging or in wise app r tain-
ing in my stead & for my use & supply during my natural life And af-
ter my decease I y e said Gyles Coaree doe by virtue of these p r sents
ffreely Give Grant & Confirme unto y e aboves d Will™ Cleeves my sone in
law & Jn° Moulton my soiie in law all my aboves d Land Meadow Hous-
ing Neat Cattle Stocke & p r mises with all their p r viledges & app r tenances
w t{l all my moveable estate as mony houshold stuffe apparrell brass peauter
bedding & all other substance whatsoever, moveable or immoveable
Quick & dead of w tl kind Nature Quality or Condition soever y e same
are and in w tl place or places y e same bee shall or may bee found as well
in my owne custodye or possession as in y e Possession hands power &
custody of any other person or persons Whatsoever.
To have & to hold all & singular — y e Land Meadow Housinge Cattle
Stocke moveables or immoveables money apparrell & all other y e afore-
s d p r mises w tn their app r tenances unto y e said W m . Cleeves & Jn°. Moul-
ton their heirs Ex" Adm rs & assigns to them & their owne proper uses &
behoofs forever freely & Quietly without any maher of Challeng claime
or demaund of me y e said Gyles Coaree or of any other p r son or p r sons
w u soever for me in my Name or by my cause means or procurement
And I y e s d Gyles Coree all & singular y e afores d land howsing Cattle
moveables & immoveables & p r mises to y e said W m . Cleeves & Jn°.
Moulton their heirs Ex" Adm" & assigns to y e use afores d against all peo-
ple doe Warrant & for ever defend by these p r sents. In Witnesse where-
of I have hereunto sett my hand & fixed my seale this twenty fourth
day of Aprill anno dom one thousand six hundred ninety & two.
Gyles oxB Coree
Signed sealed & delivered ~) Ipsw ch July y e 25 tl » 1692 his mark & Seale.
in y e p r sence of us I Gyles Coree p r sonally appeared & did
Jn°. Gyles, Will m . Downton | acknowledge this instrument above-written
Richard Prytherche [?] J to bee his act & voluntary deed before mee
Thos. W^ade Justice of Peace in Essex.
1856.] Items from Boston News Letters. 33
ITEMS FROM BOSTON NEWS-LETTERS.
14 On Thursday night the Reverend Mr. Gardner, Minister of Lancas-
ter, was unfortunately shot by the Sentinel on the Watch, supposing him
to be an Indian climbing over the Walls of the fortification ; of which
Wound he dyed in an hour's space or little more." — Boston News Letter,
No. 28, October 30, 1704.
44 Boston. In our Numb. 28, As we then received it, we gave you the
Account of the Death of the Reverend Mr. Gardner, Minister of Lancas-
ter ; and having since had a perfect and exact account of the same from
Eye and Ear Witnesses ; we thought it expedient to insert it here, to
prevent various reports thereof: And is as follows.
44 That a man being killed the day before between Groton and Lancas-
ter, and the Indians having been seen the night before nigh the Town,
Mr. Gardner (three of the men belonging to his Garrison being gone out
of Town, and two of the remaining three being tyred with Watching and
Travelling in the Woods after the Indians that day) being a very careful
as well as couragious man, concluded to Watch that night himself; and
accordingly went out into the little Watch-house that was over one of the
Flankers, and there stayed till late in the night, whence and when he was
coming down (as it was thought) to warm him. The man that shot him,
who was not long before sleeping by the fire, came out, and whether be-
tween sleeping and waking, or surprized with an excess of fear, fired
upon him as he was coming down out of the Watch-house, through a
little Trap-door into the Flanker, where no man having the exercise of
his Reason could suspect the coming of an Enemy, or suspect him to be
so, when in a clear Moon light night he was so nigh him. Mr. Gardner
(though his wound was in his breast, being shot through the vitals) came
to the door, bid them open it, for he was wounded ; after he came in he
fainted away, but coming to himself again, asked who it was that shot
him, and when they told him he prayed God to forgive him, and forgave
him himself, for he believed he did not do it on purpose ; and with a
composed Christian frame of spirit, desired them that were bitterly
lamenting over him, not to weep but to pray for him, and comforted his
sorrowful wife, telling her he was going to Glory, advising her to follow
him ; and in about an hour Dyed, leaving his sorrowful friends to lament
the loss of so worthy and desirable a Person.'" — Boston News Letter,
No. 31,20 Nov., 1704.
Fire at Harvard College.
44 Cambridge, Oct. 29. About 1 of the clock in the morning there
happened a Fire in Harvard College, occasioned by a foul Chimney
which took fire, and the soot being blown into the Belfry, fired some old
ft Boards, and melted the Lead (wherewith the Colledge was covered) and
then fired the Planks ; but one of the Tutors having the Key of the
scuttle, which was lockt and barr'd, was absent, wherefore 2 of the Stu-
dents putting their backs to the scuttle, forced it open, and threw water
briskly, so that they quickly extinguished the Fire, which otherwise had
been of very ill consequence." — Boston News Letter, No. 29, Nov. 6,
1704.
Degrees conferred on Graduates.
44 Harvard College, Cambridge, November 1. This day there was a
Meeting of the Honourable and Reverend, the overseers of Harvard Col-
lege, in the Library of said College. And after the Business of their
34 Items from Boston News Letters. ' [Jan.
Convening was over, His Excellency Governor Belcher produced three
Diplomas from the University of Glasgow, which were directed and
inclosed to him. By them it appears the Senate of that Ancient and
Illustrious University have conferred the Honour of a Doctor's Degree of
Divinity on the Rev. Mr. Benjamin Colman, and Mr. Joseph Sewall,
Ministers in Boston; and of a degree of Master of Arts on Mr. Mather,
Chaplain to his Majesty's Castle William. The Gentlemen who have
been so honoured by the University, cannot but be gratifyed with the free
and generous manner wherein their Degrees have been conferr'd being
what they never sought. And indeed this must be mentioned as one,
among the many, distinguishing Honours of that University, That they
look on Real Merit in Foreigners, as worthy of their Encouragement,
without any application for it.
" After His Excellency the Governor had delivered these diplomas, the
Overseers order'd them to be inrol'd in the Publick Records of Harvard
College."— Boston News Letter, No. 1449, Nov. 4, 1731 ; and New
England Journal, Nov. 8, 1731.
Rev. Samuel Pai*r is, of Salem Village.
"Any Person or Persons who knew Mr. Samuel Porris formerly of
Barbadoes, afterwards of Boston in New England, Merchant, and after
that Minister of Salem Village, &c, deceas'd to be a Son of Thomas
Parris of the Island aforesaid, Esq., who deceased 1673, or sole Heir by
Will to all his Estate in said Island, are desired to give or send notice
thereof to the Printer of this Paper, and it shall be for their Advantage."
—Boston News Letter, No. 1433, July 15, 1731.
Jonathan Belcher.
" Piscataqua, January 11th. On Fryday the 4th Currant several Gen-
tlemen went from hence as far as Hampton, to meet Mr. Jonathan Bel-
cher, Merchant of Boston, where he was met, being accompanyed by
several Gentlemen, and arrived here the said night in order to his Mar-
riage on Tuesday the 8th inst., being his Birthday, unto Mrs. Mary Par-
tridge, Daughter to William Partridge, Esq., late Lieutenant Governour of
the Province ; But at the motion of the Gentlemen that accompanyed him,
they were Marryed the same night as he came off his Journey in his
Boots : The Wedding was Celebrated on the Tuesday following, when
there was a Noble and Splendid Entertainment for the Guests, and hon-
oured with a Discharge of the Great Guns of the Fort, &c. — Boston News
Letter, No. 91, January 14, 1705-6.
" On Tuesday, the 8th Currant, being the day designed for the Mar-
riage of Mr. Jonathan Belcher at Piscataqua, There was several great
Guns discharged at his Father Capt. Andrew Belcher, Esqr's. Wharffe,
and aboard of several ships." — Boston News Letter, No. 91, January 14,
1705-6.
Extract from Gov. Jonathan Belcher^s Speech, December 16, 1730, to the
General Assembly of Massachusetts.
" When you consider what a diffusive Blessing the College at Cam-
bridge has been to this Country, in its Learning and Religion, and how
much all the Estates among you have thereby been rais'd in their value,
and that while other Plantations are obliged to send their sons abroad for
Education at a great Expence, and often to the Ruin of their Morals, we
reap that Advantage at Home : I say I hope these things will make you
ready on all Occasions to Nourish and Cherish that Society. And what I
#
1856.] Indian War Letter.— Ward. 35
would particularly point at is, the Complaint of the sons of the Prophets
that they are straitened for Room. I am told that Stoughton College is
gone much to Decay, and not without danger of falling : I should be
therefore glad that a Committee of this Court might be chosen to view it,
and Report what may be proper to be done for the better Accommodation
of the Students there. "—Boston News Letter, No. 1403, Dec. 17, 1730.
4 — »». » 1
INDIAN WAR LETTER.
[Communicated by John S. II. Fogg, M. D.]
Boston, November the 3d, 1693.
To Capt John Hill,
Wee Having Advice from Majo r Francis Hooke that their Majesties
fort now erected at Sacoe Is made tenable, Have ordered Him to dismiss
the Soldiers Imployed in that service, Reserving only twenty of them :
or soe many as may make up that number, with such of those parts as
are willing to be Imployed In that Serviss. these are therefore to order
and Impower you forthwith to Repairc unto that place, & then to take the
Charge of said fort & the soldiers that shall be Appointed by Major
Hooke to keep that post, whoum you Arc to com'and, order & direct In
their duty, watchfuly & carefully to prevent surprize, & In Case any
Attempt be made upon the same By assault oi* otherwaise, to make the
uttmost defence ; and so far as you can you are to Imploy the soldiers
under yo r Com'and In the finishing the fort and Building & makeing the
Lodgings Convenient, & this untill you Have further orders from His
Excelency the Govourn r , whoc is daily expected to Arive from the
Eastern parts. Bartii . Gedney, ) Comissii™
John Walley, ]for if Warr.
If by any Accident supply s of provision should not come seasonable
for y e souldicrs in y e majesties service, you are hereby to furnish, or
cause to be furnished, what is of necessity untill supply 3 come, ffor w cl *
this shall be your warrant. Boston, y e 3 Nov : 1693.
< —«»■-»-
Ward. — On the 20th of last month, died at Salem, Deacon Miles
Ward, aged 92 years. He was of a chearful disposition, which he
retained with his memory to the last. He never had been ill till very
lately, and then only weak and lame with age. He was able to give a
very particular account of things done upwards of 80 years ago. He
was a person of good conversation, a good neighbor and friend, and a
sincere though chearful Christian. His first wife was daughter of Mr.
John Massey, who was the first English male child born in the Massachu-
setts Colony. — Boston Gazette and News Letter, 6 Sept., 1764.
" It is said the week before the death of that old gentleman, he told a
relation that went to see him, that he had had 19 weddings of his children,
and all married into different families ; that he had 91 children and grand-
children, 26 males of the name of Ward, now living; that he had 27
children of the fourth generation, and not a fatherless child in all his
family.— Ibid., 20 Sept., 1764.
36 Will of Ann Towne. [Jan.
WILL OF ANN TOWNE.
[Communicated by William B. Towne, Esq., Brookline, Mass.]
[Verbatim copy of the Will of Ann, widow of Richard Towne, of
Braceby, Lincoln Co., England, dated Dec. 10, 1629, and proved May
10, 1630.]
In the name of God Amen I Ann Towne of Bracebie in y e Countie
of Lincoln widdowe sicke in bodye but whole & pfecte of mind & mem-
orye thanks bee unto god doe make this my last will & Testam* in mann er
and forme followynge. ffirst I comitt my selfe to the mercy of Allmightie
god my Creato r redemer & soule savioure in &; by whome I hoope for
resurrection to eternall life & my bodye to be buried in y e meane time in
y e Chapell of Bracebie aforesaid. Ite m . I give to y e poore of Bracebie
fyve shillings. Itc m I give to my sonne Edward Towne one silver salte
pcell gilte, one peece of gold of x j s one pe of lyninge sheets. Ite m I
give to my daughter Elisabeth Phillip xx s & one linninge bordcloth.
Ite m I give to my daughter Hellen Oxman one linninge bordcloth &
xxs to buye her a feathe 1 " bedd ticke & one kertle. Ite m I give to my
daughter Prudence Walton xx s and one linninge bordcloth. Ite m I give
to my daughter Ann Armestone xx s the best Coveringe but one, one
sheete w th a black seameinge, one longe bordcloth, two pillowe beares of
y e same one pe of harden sheets, one pe of curtens. Ite m I give my
daughter Katherine Towne one bedstead w th featherbed & matris one tur-
linge boulster, one tycke boulster, two fustine pillowes, one pe of blanck-
etts w th broad yellowe lists, twoe Coverings, one blacke and yellowe, y e
oth r the best, one pe curtens of my own makinge, one lynen bordcloth,
one flax harden bordcloth, one trended Cowe, three pe hempen sheets,
three pe Lynen sheets, one sheet w th a seaminge of owne makinge,
twoe pillowe beares of y e same, halfe a dozen of hemp midlaie napkins,
one little putor dishe, one brasse pann, one charger, halfe a dozen of
pewter spoones, one lynen towell & xx 9 in monye. Ite m I give to my
daughter Mary Towne one matte ress, one ticke boulster, one bedstead,
twoe tartlinge pillowes, twoe coverings, one blacke & white, the oth r
white, one pe of tartling blancketts, twoe pe of hempen sheets, one pe of
Lynen sheets, one pe of harden sheets, one lynen towell, halfe a dozen
napkins, one pyde Cowe, one Charger one title pewter dishe, one sauser,
one brasse pott and xx 8 in money. Ite m I give to my daughter Margery
Towne one silke apron. Ite m I give to my grandchild Ellen Towne one
Ewe. Ite m I give to every godchild xij d . Ite m I give to everye grand-
child ij 8 \'f- Ite. I give to my grandchild Katheren Phillip one pe hemp-
en sheets. Ite. I give to my sonne Edwards children Twoe sheepe. Ite.
I give to my daughter Elisabeth her children Twoe sheepe. Ite. I give
to my daughter Ellen her children Twoe sheepe Ite. I give to my
daughter Prudence her children Twoe sheepe. Ite. I give to my sister
Ellen Parker one silke doublet. Ite. I give to my grandchild Leonard
Towne one cheste standing at y e bedds feete in the chamber, Ite. I give
to Richard Chopman ij 3 vj d . All the rest of my goods & Chatties my debts
& legacies beinge payde my funerall & testam 1 expences discharged I
give them to my sonne William Towne, my sonne whome I make &
ordayne full executo r of this my last will & testam 1 . In witness whereof
I have hereunto sett my hand the xth daye of Decemb r , 1629.
Redd published & delivered as my will in the p r esence of Katherine
Towne Marye Towne.
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SCITUATE AND BARNSTABLE CHURCH RECORDS.
[Concluded from page 287, vol. ix.]
Situate. Some Acts of y e People & Church.
Dayes of Humiliation.
1. Novemb 6 1634 att Mr. Cud worths
2. Decemb. 25 1634.
3. Janu: 8 1634 which day wee joyned into covenant
4. Janu: 19, 1634 att my house, uppon w c h day I was chosen Pastour &
invested into office
5. August, 13, 1635 y l God might direct us for further officers particu-
larly for Deacons.
6. Decemb. 15, 1635 our Brother Cobb was invested into the Office of a
Deacon.
7. Aprill. 7, 1636, in respect of p r sent outward Scarcity & in respect
of helpes in ministcry, as also for the p e vcntion of Enemies.
8. Novemb. 11 1636 Ffor a blessing uppon their consultation aboute
the Lawcs for Settling the State of this Patten. Some differences
arising aboute some p ticulars in judgement, wee were by the mer-
cye of God reconciled joyntly. Aprill y c 27, 1637 Ffor this pur-
pose I had taught out of Gen. 13, 8.
9. June 22, 1637. Ffor Successe in warring against the Pequeuts, as
alsoe for composing differences amongst o r Brcathren in y c Bey,
& for helpe in y e Ministerye in respect of our selves.
10. Ffcbru. 22, 1637, partly for the tow Deacons more, but especially for
our removeall, as alsoe for the remoueall of these Spreading opin-
ions in the churches att y e Bey, as alsoe for the preventing of any
intended evill against the churches here, uppon w c h day Broth
Ffoster, and Brother Besbetch were invested into the office of
Deacons
10. Novemb. 29, 1638 especially for the grevious affliction uppon Gods
people in Jermany & elsewhere, as alsoe for our further Successe
in our Remoueall.
11. Janu. 23 1638 Wee that were for Sippicann devided into 3 compa-
nies in this service for preventing of exceptions. Wherein wee
petitioned for Direction in Electing of Committyes for the Setting
downe of our towne, for good orders in beginning and proceeding,
for more Spirituall helpe for us, as alsoe for our Breathren here.
12. June. 13, 1639, First occasioned by reason of much drought, as
alsoe in regard of great dissentions in generall, as alsoe for Gods
directing & provideing for us in the point of remoueall.
June 26, 1639. Ffor the presence of God in mercy to goe with us
to Mattakeese.
Dayes of Humiliation at Barnestable.
Octob. 31, 1639. Ffor the grace of our God to Settle us here in
Church Estate, and to unite us togeather in holy Walkeing, and to
make us Faithfull in keeping Covenaunt w th God, & one to another.
2. Aprill. 15, 1640, att the investing of my Brother Mao into the office
of a Teaching Ellder, uppo whome, my Selfe Brother Hull, Broth-
er Cobb Lay on hands, and for the Lord to finde out a place for
meeting, & that wee might agree in it, as also y 1 wee might agree
aboute y e division of Lands.
3. August 5 1640, in the behalfe of England, the Sadd differences be-
38 Scituate and Barnstable Church Records. [Jan.
twixt it & Scotland as alsoe for direction and Successe in our pri-
vate com union and for the continuance of peace & good agree-
ment amongst us.
Dayes of Humiliation.
March 24, 1640. In regard of England & for others, & our owne
particular, our Brother Cooper then invested into y e office of a Deacon,
I Brother Mao, & brother Cobb laying on handes.
June, 10. 1641 In regard of y e wett & very cold Spring, as also for
the quelling of Strange & heretical tenets raised principally by the
Ffamilists, as alsoe for y e healing of a bloodye Coffe amonge children
especially at Plimouth.
Septemb. 23, 1642 Ffor old England & Ireland, & for the p r vention
of y e Jndians here, & our owne Sinnes
March. 21, 1642. Ffor old England — and Ireland — & for o r owne
P ticulars
May ye 10th 1643 Ffor old England— & for our Selves.
October, 3, 1643. Ffor old England & for ourselves.
Dayes of Humiliation.
November y e 30, 1643. Ffor old England & for ourselves
August y e 1, 1644. Ffor old England & for ourselves
August, y e 14, 1645, Ffor old England & for ourselves
July y e 22, 1646 Ffor the reforming of things amongst ourselves, espe-
cially y e Deadnes & drousynes in publique dutyes.
Aprill the 22, 1647, partly for old England, partly for the State of this
countrey, to prevent any evill that might come by their Synod, or by
discontented persons. & partly for ourselves Ministery with us beeing
uppon the pointe to be laid downe, & spirituall deadnes yett much con-
tinuing, & for reforming other thinges.
July the 22, 1647, partly for old England, partly for this countrey As
alsoe in Speciall for ourselves for the redressing of our Spirituall evills,
& for a Sanctifyed use of Gods generall correction of Sickness uppon
every fTamily — in a manner of every one in every ffamilye.
Dayes of Humiliation.
March 16 1647 principally for old England requested by Sr Thomas
Fairfax and the parliment, in regard of many feares of the presbyte-
rians, with many others to raise upp new warres in the Land, and not-
withstanding all their troubles much pride & excesse abounding, with
an unframed Spiritt to humble themselves by praying and Seeking unto
God.
November 15, 1649 — principally for old England & alsoe for our owne
particulars, God's hand beeing uppon us by Sicknesses & disease many
Children in the Bey dyeing bye the Chin cough & the pockes & wee
beeing alsoe many visitted to Sicknesses or diseases.
December 19, 1649. In regard of our owne particulars, very many
amongst us beeing visitted with colds and coughes in a strange manner
especially children theire coughing constraineing casting & bleeding
att y e nose & mouth, & principally in regard of my selfe beeing
brought very low by the cough & Stitch in my left side, by reason
whereof I was detained from Ministery seven weekes, but our God was
intrcated to shew mercye
Dayes of Humiliation.
August, y e . 7, 1650. Ffor the investing of my Brother Dimmicke into
the office of an Ellder
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• ^
Aprill y c 9, 1651. Ffor getting & obtaining an able & godly minister or
Teacher from God. As alsoe in speciall & particular in the behalfe of
my selfe toutching the Recovery of my weakeness, and the raising upp
of my Spirit with Cheerful lnes in performance of my Ministerye Upon
which day I was att home beeing weakc.
March, 30, 1653. Ffor the preservation of Gods people in this Land
from the purposed invasion of the Indians, especially the Narragansetts,
being instigated thereunto by the Dutch even to cutt of all y c Inglish,
uppo which day I was absent fro the people, haveing a great cold &
cough, & alsoe for our owne countrey beeing att warr with the Dutch.
May 11, 1653. Beeing requested by our Governours, Maiestraites &
Commissioners being att Boston in Consultation togcather aboute their
present conceived dangerous Estate of the Inglish, and haveing sent
Messengers unto the Dutch here in this Land.
Contraction.
John Smith & Susannah Hinckley contracted at o r Syster Hinckleycs
house — P me I: Lo:
May 22, 1643, exercised uppon this Scripture Lett yo: r conversation be
as becomes y e Gospel Phil: 1. 27.
Our Syster Hull renewed her Covcnaunt with us, rcnounccing her joyne-
ing w l h the at Jarmouth confessing her evill in soe doeing
wt Sorrow . . March. 11, 1642.
Henry xYctkins: & Elizabeth Wells contracted by my Brother Cobb, att
Brother Wells his house July y e 9, 1647.
Dayes of Thanks giveing.
1. Decemb: 22, 1636, in y e Meetinghouse, beginning some halfe an
houre before nine & continued untill after twelve a clocke, y e day
beeing very cold, beginning w l a short prayer, then a psalme sang,
then more large in prayer, after that an other Psalme, & then the
Word taught, after that prayer — & the a psalme, — Then makeing
merry to the creatures, the poorer sort beeing invited of the richer.
October. 12, 1637, performed much in the same manner aforesaid,
mainely for these tow particulars. 1. Ffor the victory over the
pequouts, y e 2. Ffor Reconciliation betwixt Mr. Cotton, and the
other ministers.
Dayes of Thanksgiveing since ice came to Barnestallc.
Decemb. 11, 1639, att M r . Hulls house, for Gods exceeding mcrcye in
bringing us hither Safely keeping us healthy & well in o r weake begin-
nings & in our church Estate. The day beeing very cold o r praises to
God in publique being ended, wee devided into 3 companies to feast to-
geather, some att Mr Hulls, some att M r Maos, some att Brother Lum-
beids senior.
Dayes of Thanksgiveings
September 2, 1641, Especially for good Tydeings fro old England, of
amost happie beginning of a gracious Reformation both of Religion
and State, the Lord in the tyme of Reformation, discovering & also
preventing sudry Treasons, one amongst others was this a diabolicall
intendment to sett y e cittye of London on fire att six sundry places
haveing an armie prepaired uppon it to massacre whome they thought
good, but that snare is broken, & Gods people in England are yett pre-
served blessed be God. as alsoe for Gods good hand of providence over
us & his churches here.
Octob. 14, 1647. Both in regard of our native countrey, God in his infi-
40 Scituate and Barnstable Church Records. [Jan.
nite Love, goeing on with his Servaunts raised upp by him to doe his
worke there, giveing them admirable successe, and in particular by the
hand of S r Thomas Ffarefax and his armie, as alsoe for many singular
mercyes bestowed uppon us here, and in and among the rest, ffor re-
covering us, & all the people in this countrey from a generall visitation
of sickenes, none or very few dyeing of it, and likewise for continue-
ing our outward peace and Liberty, with the blessed privilidges of Gods
House.
Dayes of Thanksgiveing.
March 13, 1649. Ffor God his gracious restoreing & recovering manye
of our Little children who hadd beene very nigh death with very vio-
lent coughings, & my selfe alsoe in my left syde God beeing by the
congregation sought unto herein, and beeing intreated, shewing mercy,
wee as duely required, rendered praise.
January, y e 8, 1650, Ffor gods exceeding mercyes towards old England
in the prosperous good successe of the armie there under the conduct
of Coronal I Crumwell, & particularly for their prevaileing against the
Rebells in Ireland, as alsoe their admirable victory against the Scotts,
The Inglish beeing but a Leaven thousand • att the most, But they at
Least one & twenty thousand.
March 24, 1652. Ffor the Lords admirable powerfull workeing for old
England by Coronall Crumwell & his Armye against the Scotts
June 14, 1652, w c h should have beene a day of humiliation for want of
Raine, but the Lord giveing us in mercy on the day before raine, itt
was turned into a day of Thankesgiveing
Children of the Church —
Martha Ffoxwell dwelling w* Goody Hull summoned before y e congrega-
tion in publique, & delt w* & reproved for ioyneing w* her Dame in
beateing the maide Servaunt of Samuell Mao. delt w* for itt, Ffebru.
22, 1651.
David Linnell & Hannah Shelley beeing questioned by the church uppon
a publique flame toutching carnall & uncleane carriages betwixt them
tow, beeing in y e congregation confessed by them, they were both by
the sentence & joynt consent of the church, pronounced to bee cutt off
from that relation w c h they hadd formerlye to the church, by virtue of
their parents covenaunt, acted & done by y e church, May 30, 1652.
— They both were for their ffaults punished with Scourges here in
Bernestable by the Sentence of Magestracye Jun. 8, 1652
Excommunicated out of the Church of Christ att Situate
Christopher Winter, partlye for marrying of one M M Cooper a woman of
scandalous carriage, beeing vaine, light, proud, much given to scoffing:
and partlye for his unchristian passages in his proceeding, as,
1. making a soelaim covenaunt to her not acquainteing any of the
Brethren therewith.
2. pretending sometymes to us hee had made noe absolute covenaunt
with her
3. Breakeing frequentlye his word & promise, in promising to us hee
would not proceed therein without the church consent.
Lastly in his finall Summons before the church he seemed to cast asper.
tions uppon the church, & raither to justifye than to humble himselfe-
Excomiinicated, Aug. 26, 1658.
Hereunto M r Vassell didd not consent, no r Goodman Raylings, who
purposely went out of the congregation before w . . . . delt with him.
1856.] Scituate and Barnstable Church Records. 41
Nor Mr. Hetherly who discontent to y e Greife of . . . . went
out, while wee w . . . . dealeing w l h him.
att Barnestable
William Carslej* excommunicated & cast out of the church att Bernesta-
ble for carnall carriages [&c, .... 9 lines omitted ] Hee was
alsoe much given to Idleness, & too much to Jearing and had of late
tymes slacked in the duty of prayer, observed alsoe by some to bee
somewhat proud. — The sentence of Excommunication was pronounced
by Brother Mao. William Carsley tooke it patiently. Excomunicated,
Septemb. 5, 1641
Mr. Hull excommunicated for his willfull breakeing of communion w* us,
& joyneing himselfe a member w* a companie at Yarmouth to be their
Pastour : contrary to y e advise and Counsell of o r Church, May, 1, 641
Mr. Hull in the acknowledgeing of his sinn, & renucing his covenaunt
was received againe into fellowshipp with us, August, 10, 1643.
Samuell Jacksonn excomunicated, & cast out of y e church for Lyeing &
sundry suspitions of stcaleing, as pinncs w c h were John Russclls &
divers other thinges from others, Ffebru: 23, 1644.
Samuell Jacksonn in the acknowledging of his Evills, & renucing his
covenaunt, was received againe into fellowshipp with us January 31,
1646, & went from us to live at Situate, beeing necessitated thereunto.
Ffebru: 10, att night 1646.
Goodye Shelley excommunicated & cast out of y e church though absent,
for shee would not come, setting att nought y e messengers of the
church sent to her, principally for slaundering of 2 systers, Syster
Wells & Syster Dimmick saying syster Dimmick was proud, & went
about telling Lyes but could never prove any thinge by any Testimo-
nye. And alsoe afirming that myselfe & Brother Cobb, to my syster
Wells att her house didd talke of her, uppon a day I went to see ....
.... Hukkins beeing sicke there, wee denying noe speach
of her ontinued from tyme to tyme
to affirme it as confidently as if shee hadd hadd a spirit of Revelation,
Saying also that I had confessed it, and after didd denye it: and that
all the church knew it was soe, but durst not or would not speake,
And that I deserved raither to bee cast out then shee, for shee was inno-
cent but I was guilty. Shee would never be convinced of any of her
conceived Jealousyes, was wondrous perremptorye in all her carriages,
many tymes condemning the Breathren that they delt not with her in a
way of God. wee had long patience towards her & used all courteous
intreatyes & persuasions, but the longer wee waited the worse shee
was. The Beginning of all this was, because uppon some occasion shee
was not called to a christian meeting which some of the Systers hadd
appointed among themselves, many untrueths shee haith uttered from
the beginning unto the end of this busynes. Excommunicated, June,
4, 1649.
Barnestable.
Brother Henricke dealt w l all for Lyeing & other evills — & some satisfac-
tion given by him, Aboute latter end of Octob. 1640.
We had a meeting uppo y e 7 th of Decemb. 1640 to expresse our greiv-
ances w l out takeing exceptions, but noe great satisfaction was in y e
thinge, yet wee concluded peaceably & promised not to speake of each
others infirmityes to any, but to deale in a way of God, onely we
thought it expedient by way of advise to propound a case in gen-
4
42 Scitaate and Barnstable Church Records. [Jan.
erall not nameing any person. M r Tillden & some of o
concluded peace with Love be them, Decemb. 28, 1636, att
our Brother Gillsonns. Divers of the people haveing some dista ....
to M r Vassell, & hee w* them, were recon & they & all of us
in generall renued our covena . . . . w* God & one another to walke in
Love & peace, Novemb. 20, 1637, att our Brother Gillsonnes, & there
& att that tyme, W» Tillden & Hennery Lazell were agreed, o r Broth-
er Hennery confessing his faileings in some termes towards him.
Christopher Winter beeing exhorted by my selfe, & other of y e Breath-
ren, Goodma Anniball, Goodma Cobb, Goodma Bessbetch M r Cud-
worth, Goodma Turner, Isaac Robbinson, Goodma Rowly, either to de-
sist in his suite toutching M ra Cooper, or at least not to proceed in it,
unlesse it might bee apparent that the Lord went on along with him in
the same, w c h exhortation after many Wordes hee accepted of &
promised soe to doe, March 21, 1637, att my house.
The Houses in y e planta
Situate
Att my Comeing hither, onely these
w c h was aboute end of Sept. 1634
1. M r Hatherlyes "
2. M r Cudworthes .... now Goodma Ensiynes
3. M r Gillsonns
4. Goodman Anniballs
5. Goodman Rowlyes
6. Goodman Turners .
all w c h small plaine pallizadoe Houses
now Goodma Jacksons
{now Goodma Rowlyes
now Goodma Vifialls
now Goodma Coopers
7. Goodman Cobbes . .
8. Goodman Hewes . .
9. Edward Ffosters \
Since my Comeing to Octo. 1636
10. My House
11. Goodman Ffoxwells . . Hennery Boornes
12. Watts house
13. Goodman Chittendens
14. Goodman Lumbers . . w c h is bought by goodma Winter
15. My sonnes
16. Goodman Haites . . . . w c M r Bower haith bought
17. Goodman Hatches
18. Goodman Lewice senio r . . now Goodma ....
19. Goody Hinkles
20. Mr Tildens
. . . The Smiths. Goodma Haits brother
22. Goodma Lewice junio r
23. Goodma Rowley es new house, on his Lott.
1636.
24. M r Vassells
25. Goodman Stockbridge y e wheeler
26. Goodma Stedmans
27. Goodman Lumbers uppon his Lott
28. Meeting House erected & on L . . . Aug. y« 2 d & 3 4 dayes 1636.
Exercised in Novemb. 10. & 11. 1636
29. Isaac Robinsons .... now Goodma Twisdens
30. M r Cudwoiths house on his Lott
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31. Brother Turners, on his Lott
32. Brother Cobbs, on his Lott
33. Goodman Hewes on his Lott
34. Goodman Lewice on his Lott . . now Goodma Williams
35. Goodma Lewice Juniour his new house haveing sold his other to Mr
Dorkins
36. Goodman Kenricks
. . . M r Bavers
. . . The young Mas. Edward Ffittsrandolfs
now Goodma Syllice
39. Robert Shellyes
40. John Hanmers .... now Goodma H . . . .
41. Henney Ewells . . w c Goodma Merritt haith bough
42. M r Hatches new House
43. George Suttens
44. Brother Crockers junio r
45. John Emmersonns
46. Goodman Hommes
47. John Hammers on the Cliffe
48. Goodma Birds
1637
49. Isaac Robinsonns new house
50. Goodma Ffoxwells on his Lott
51. My house on the Lott erected Sept. 26
52. Thomas Lapphams
53. Goodman Edendens
54. Goodma Hylands
55. Goodma Rawlings on his Lott
56. William Parkers
57. Goodma Lewice seniors
[Note by Dr. Stiles.]
Transcribed from the Rev d John Lothrops originall MS. being
all the Entries I find in his own Hand writing
By Ezra Stiles Aug* 24, 1769
« — »<» »
Hampton in New Hampshire, June 12 th 1731.
D — r B — r : — I think I shall not be with you at the Commencement.
I hope you and my other Friends will direct my Son in anything wherein
he wants : He is now to take his Degree, and I take the Occasion of it
to let you know the remarkable Kindness of my Neighbours to me ;
Since he has been at the College, they have by free Contributions given
me One Hundred and Fifteen Pounds, to assist me in Maintaining him
there ; and they did it with all the Freedom that can be imagined, I hav-
ing never asked them to do it, nor indeed, did I so much as think of such
a thing till of their own accord they offered it. You may inform who you
please of this, for, indeed, one end of my Writing it is, that other Con-
gregations may be stirred up by this good Example, to do the like for
their Ministers ; I boast of my Parishioners, hoping that their Zeal in this
matter will provoke many others to go and do likewise
I am, dear Sir, your affectionate B — r. G.
[Neivs Letter, July 1, 1731.
44 Note on the Swan Family. [Jan.
NOTE ON THE SWAN FAMILY.
[Communicated by Mr. William Whitmore.]
Samuel Swan of Charlestown, born 1720, was an only child of an only
child. His ancestors came from Manchester, England, in the reign of
Charles the Second, before 1685, on account of religious proscription ;
they had ample property, and purchased of government a patent for a
large tract, now Haverhill and Methuen. They were three brothers.
His father married Miss Austin of Charlestown, and died in 1746.
In March, 1746, Samuel Swan married Miss Joanna Richardson, of
Woburn. His house, in Charlestown Square, was burnt by the British
at the battle of Bunker Hill, April 1775, and he went with his family to
Concord. After the English army left Boston, March, 1776, he returned,
built another house on the Neck, and died there, August, 1808. As
lately as 1798, he was urged by a lawyer of respectability, of Cambridge,
to prosecute his claim to a large amount of productive real estate in the
settled part of Haverhill and Methuen, showing him he was the sole sur-
viving heir to the large property. From a delicate sense of justice he
firmly refused to entertain the idea, — saying he was happy to hear that
the title expired with him, as the honest purchasers would not now be
disturbed in their possession after his death. After this, the sheriff of the
county united in the application, and offered to purchase part of the
claim ; but Mr. Swan told him he would not dispossess so many people
of their houses and lands for the whole county of Essex. They then
applied to his son Samuel, of Medford, who told them he heartily con-
curred in the decision of his father.
Mr. Swan died Aug. 6, 1808, aged 88. Mrs. Swan died July 4, 1796.
Their children : Samuel, b. August, 1747, d. September, 1749 ; Samuel,
2d, b. Jan. 17, 1750, m. Miss Hannah Lamson, d. Nov. 14, 1825 ; Daniel,
b. 1752, m. Miss Elizabeth Tufts, d. 1780 ; Caleb, b. 1754, m. Miss
Joanna Burt, d. March, 1816 ; Joanna, b. 1756, d. Dec. 1791 ; Mehitable,
b. 1757, d. 1759 ; Timothy, b. Dec. 1759, an eminent physician Wash-
ington, N. C, Jan. 1788 ; Joseph, b. Aug. 1766, d. Nov. 1767.
Samuel Swan, Jr., served under General Lincoln in the Revolutionary
War. He was appointed Quarter Master General, with the rank of
Major, under General Lincoln, during Shay's Rebellion in 1787, and for
his conduct on that service, he received the written thanks of Governor
Bowdoin. He ^removed from Charlestown to Medford in 1790. He was
the first Treasurer of Maiden Bridge ; then Treasurer and Paymaster of
the Middlesex Canal, until its completion in 1804. He was appointed
Justice of the Peace by Gov. Bowdoin in 1787 ; and by General Wash-
ino-ton Deputy Collector of the U. S. Revenue, under General Brooks.
He m. Miss Hannah Lamson of Charlestown, 5 March 1778, he d. Nov.
14, 1825, aged 75 ; she d. Nov. 18, 1826, aged 70. Their children
were : Samuel, b. May 9, 1779, m. Miss Margaret Tufts, d. March, 1823 ;
Daniel, b. Feb. 17, 1781, m. Miss Sarah Preston ; Joseph, b. Sept. 8, 1784,
m. Miss Ann Rose, d. Jan. 21, 1853 ; Hannah, b. Aug. 13, 1785 ; Benja-
min Lincoln, b. June 15, 1787, m. Miss Mary C. Saidler ; Timothy, b.
Nov. 5, 1788 — he lived fifteen years in England, until 1829 — d. in St.
Croix, Jan. 20, 1830 ; Caleb, b. June 23, 1790, m. Miss Harriet Stone.
Children of Benj. L. Swan and Mary C. Saidler: Benj. L., b. July 7,
1818, m. Caroline Post ; Mary, b. May 26, 1820, m. Charles N. Fearing ;
Edward Henry, b. Mar. 14, 1822, m. Miss Julia Post ; Emily, b. Aug. 6,
1824, d. June 13, 1829 ; Robt. Jas., b. Aug. 26, 1826, m. Miss Margaret
Alex'r Johnston ; Otis Dwight, b. Oct. 23, 1828 ; Fred. Geo., b. 22 Feb. '31.
1856.] Memoirs of Prince's Subscribers. 45
BRIEF MEMOIRS AND NOTICES OF PRINCE'S SUBSCRIBERS.
[Continued from Vol. IX, p. 339.]
CHASE, JOSIAH, a student at Harvard College, was b. at Newbury,
30 November, 1713. [His father was Thomas, 3 his grandfather Thomas 2
and his great-grandfather Aquila 1 Chase, who came from England, settled
in Hampton, and afterwards removed to Newbury. See Hist, and Gen.
Reg., Vol. I, p. 68. He m., 5 April, 1743, Sarah, dau. of Rev. John
Tufts, of Newbury. Her mother was Sarah Bradstreet, her grandmother
Mercy (Cotton) Tufts, and her great-grandmother Dorothy (Bradstreet)
Cotton, dau of Gov. Simon Bradstreet.]* He graduated at Harvard Col-
lege in 1738, was ordained as the first minister in Spruce Creek Parish,
in Kittery, 19 September, 1750, and d. 17 December, 1778. Having
attended a wedding, and on his way home, in a snow storm [in the night,
which was most severely cold] he missed his way and fell into Spruce
Creek near his own house, ana perished. His widow, Sarah, d. 23 Oct.
1799. Their children were : —
1. Bradstreet? b. in Salisbury, Mass., 19 Jan. 1743-4; m. SheafF
of New Castle, N. H., and left children ; but it is not known to us
that there are any descendants now living.
2. Josiah? b. in Kittery, 16 April, 1746. He was a clothier, and settled
in York, Me., where his grandchildren now carry on that business.
He had several children. Josiah Chase, the present representative
from York is his grandson.
3. Thomas? b. 14 Aug. 1747. He lived in Kittery : m. Sally Dennett of
that place, 7 Jan. 1778, and d. 14 Sept. 1799. They had children,
1. Joshua T., G b. 6 July, 1778 ; m. Nancy, dau. of Rev. Joseph
Litchfield, 18 July, 1792. They were the parents of Dr. Charles 7
Chase, a surgeon in the United States Navy. 2. Folly, 6 b. 11 April,
1779 ; 3. Sally, 6 b. 27 Jan. 1781 ; 4. Thomas, 6 b. 13 Sept. 1788 ;
5. Nancy, 6 b. 16 March, 1792 ; 6. Ruth, 6 b. 27 Oct. 1796, m. Den-
nis Shapleigh.
4. John? b. 15 June, 1749. 5. Cotton? b. 21 Feb. 1750-1. 6. Simon? b.
8 Jan. 1754. 7. Sally? b. 31 May, 1757. w. f. of Kittery, Me.
FROST, SIMON, A. M., Deputy Secretary, was son of Charles 2 Frost,
Esq., of Eliot, (who was son of Maj. Charles 1 Frost, named in the Regis-
ter, Vol. Ill, page 261,) and who m. Sarah, the dau. of Simon Wain-
wright of Haverhill, Mass., 7 Feb. 1699, and for his second wife, Jane,
the dau. of Robert Eliot. Esq. of Portsmouth, N. H., and widow of Capt.
Andrew Pepperrell, 25 Nov. 1714. Pie d. the 14 Dec. 1724, se. 47. His
children were : —
1. Sarah, 8 b. 6 Nov. 1699.
2. Charles, 3 b. 21 May, 1701.
3. Mary, 3 b. 18 Sept. 1702, m. Rev. Edward Clark of Kingston, 1727.
4. John, 8 b. 9 Feb. 1704.
5. Simon, 3 b. 8 March, 1705.
6. Elizabeth, 3 b. 10 Nov. 1707.
7. Mehitable, 3 b. 23 Dec. 1709.
8. Abigail, 3 b. 6 Sept. 1712.
9. Jane, 3 b. 2 March, 1715-6, d. 9 May, 1716.
* The passages inclosed in brackets are from another communication in relation of
Rev. Josiah Chase, received from a descendant, Jotham G. Chase, Esq., of Springfield.
46 Memoirs of Prince's Subscribers. [Jan.
10. Eliot, 3 b. 29 June, 1718, m. Miriam, dau. [of Hon. John Frost of
New Castle, N. H., in 1742 ; built a large house in Eliot, which
is now standing, and d. 6 Jan. 1745. Left no children.
11. Jane, 3 b. 9 July, 1720, d. 3 July, 1721.
Simon 3 Frost, the 5th child, and 3d son of the said Charles, 2 was b. as
before stated, 8 March, 1705, graduated at Harvard College in 1729, and
was subsequently an assistant secretary of state iu Boston. At the age of
44, Feb. 20, 1749-50, he m. Mary, the widow of Joseph Harmon of York,
and dau. of Samuel Sewall of that place. He was a son of John Sewall,
and was b. in Newbury in 1688, and d. in York, 28 April, 1769.
Frost's children were : —
1. Sarah, 4 b. at York, 21 March, 1751, old style. She m. Rev. Alpheus
Spring, the second congregational minister in Eliot, 18 May, 1769,
and left three daughters, Sarah,* b. 15 Jan. 1772, m. Rev. Hezekiah
Packard, D. D., of Chelmsford. They were the parents of Professor
Alpheus Spring 6 Packard of Bowdoin College. Mary, 5 b. 19 June,
1773, m. A. Jackson, and left two daughters. Lydia, 5 b. 8 Jan.
1775, m. Rev. Samuel Chandler, a native of Lexington, Mass., and a
successor to her father in the ministry in Eliot, 3 Jan. 1793, and left
one son and two daughters.
2. Lydia, 4 b. 20 June, 1753, in Eliot, m. William Stacey, and settled in
York, d. and left children.
3. Mary 4 b. 1 May, 1655, m. Henry Sherburne of Portsmouth, 30 Dec.
1779, and d. in Eliot, 19 April, 1791. Left no children.
4. Simon, 4 b. 7 Aug. 1757, d. 10 Oct. 1803. Left children, but it is not
known that there are now any descendants.
On the south side of the road leading from South Berwick to Ports-
mouth, through the north side of Eliot, about fifty rods from the former
residence of Simon Frost, Esq., there is a small yard, inclosed by a rough
stone wall, in which there is an appearance of several graves, and lying
on the ground is a slate stone much broken, and, as far as can be seen,
it contains the following inscription : —
In remembrance of Simon Frost, Esq. Justice of y e Court of Common
Pleas and Register of Probate for y e County of York. He departed this
life y e 3 of Feb'ry, 1766, sb. 60. w. f. of K.
SEWALL, Rev. JOSEPH, D. D., son of the Hon. Chief Justice Sam-
uel Sewall, was born in Boston, 26 August, 1688, graduated at H. C,
in 1707, and by a regular course of studies prepared himself for the min-
istry. He was ordained over the Old South Church in Boston, as colleague
with the Rev. Mr. Ebenezer Pemberton, 16 Sept. 1713. It is remarkable that
he served with three colleagues, all of whom he survived. He died on the
27th of June, 1769, aged nearly 81 years. He was an excellent minister,
an honor to his calling, and his memory cannot fail to be cherished as
long as there is virtue in the world. His other colleagues were the Rev.
Thomas Prince, the Rev. Alexander Cumming, and the Rev. Samuel
Blair. The latter survived Mr. Sewall.
In 1724 Mr. Sewall was chosen President of Harvard College, but that
office did not appear inviting to him, and he declined its honors. His wife
was Elizabeth Walley, who died before him. One child only survived
him, a son, Samuel, Deacon of the Old South Church from 1763 to 1771.
He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of
Glasgow in 1731. He possessed a large estate, and he appropriated a
tenth part of his income to pious and charitable objects. He made a do-
nation in money to Harvard College, the income accruing from which to
1856.] Memoirs of Prince's Subscribers. 47
be appropriated to the aid of indigent scholars ; and when the library of
that institution Was destroyed by fire in 1764, Dr. Sewall was among the
first to contribute to the formation of a new one. His own publications,
though somewhat numerous, consists mostly of Sermons, the chief of
which are, a Sermon on Family Religion, 1716 ; Funeral Sermon on Wait
Winthrop, 1717 ; on George the First, Thomas Lewis, and Samuel Hirst,
1727 ; on his Father, 1730 ^ on Benj. Wadsworth, 1737 ; Josiah Willard,
1756 ; Thomas Prince, 1758 ; Alex. Cumming, 1763 ; Caveat against
Covetousness, 1718 ; Election Sermon, 1724 ; A Day of Prayer, 1728 ;
Ordination of three Missionaries ; Fast Sermon, 1740 ; Thursday Lecture,
1741 ; Day of Prayer, 1742 ; Ser. on Rev. v. 11, 12, 1745 ; Friday Even.
Lect. 1741-2 ; besides Prefaces, Introductions, &c. to the works of others.
SHIRLEY. — William Shirley, Esq., Governor of Massachusetts, and
Lieut.-General in the British army, was son of Thomas Shirley, Esq., of
Preston in Sussex, and was born in 1693. The immediate ancestor of
Thomas Shirley, Esq., was Sir Thomas Shirley of Whiston in the same
County. Thomas, the grandfather of the Governor, married Elizabeth,
daughter of Drew Stapley of London, by whom, inter alios, he had Wil-
liam, a third son, who had William, an only son, merchant of London.
This son married Elizabeth, daughter of John Goodman, and died in 1701.
These were the parents of the Subscriber for the Chronology. Gov.
Shirley's first wife (by whom he had his children) was Frances, dau. of
Francis Baker, of London. They had William, Secretary to Gen. Brad-
dock, and with that unfortunate Commander was killed on the banks of
the Monongahela, 1755. John, a Captain in the army, died at Oswego ;
Thomas, the only surviving Son, was born in Boston, Governor of the
Leeward Islands, a Maj. -General in the army, created a Baronet in 1786.
He d. in March, 1800, leaving a son, the late Sir William Warden Shir-
ley, of Oat Hall, Wivelsfield, Sussex, who, dying sine prole, Feb. 1815,
the Baronetcy became extinct. Of the daughters of Gov. Shirley, Eliza-
beth m. Eliakim Hutchinson ; Frances m. William Bollan, Esq. ; Har-
riet m. Robert Temple, Esq. ; Maria m. John Erving, Esq. Mrs. Bollan
d. 21 March, 1744, in her 24th year, in giving birth to her first child.
Gov. Shirley built the spacious mansion in Roxbury, since the well
known residence of the late Governor William Eustis. He d. in Rox-
bury, March 24th, 1771, aged about 77. Mr. Shirley came to this Coun-
try about 1734, and was Governor of Massachusetts Bay from 1741 to
1756. He was an honor to the Country, and did much to give it impor-
tance in England. It is unpleasant to note at this day, that the accounts
given of him partake of the partisan stamp of Mr. Shirley's time ; for he
was not without enemies ; and their accounts have been too much credited
by our most prominent historians, who have overlooked the other side of
the question. See Hist, and Antiqs. of Boston, pages 613-14, 621, 627-
8. — See also Allen, Biog. Diet, and Dr. O'Callaghan's able note in Doc-
umentary Hist of New York, volume now in press.
Had we space, it would not be to the present purpose to dwell upon the
different branches of the Shirley family, though their history is of much
general interest. This notice will therefore be closed by an inscription
once standing (and perhaps now) in St. Bartholomew's Church the Less.
It was legible one hundred years after Stow made his " Survey," and was
erected about 1456. Edward Hatton thus introduces it in his " New
View of London," which he printed in 1708 : —
" On the south side of the Church, near the Vestry door, a large grave-
stone, with the Effigies in brass of a Pilgrim and his wife ; he (towards
48 Memoirs of Prince's Subscribers. [Jan.
the right hand) having a bag, and she a bottel, with each a staff; round
which stone are the words following, done in brass letters (an old Church-
text character) and thus spelt ; beginning at the South-west corner of the
stone :
" Behold how ended is our poor Pilgrimage,
Of John Shirley, Esq. with Margaret his Wife,
That twelve Children had togycler in Marriage,
Eyght Sones and four Daigters withouten Stryf,
That in Honour, Norture and Labour floured in Fame,
His Penne reported his Lives Occupayon,
Saing peer his Lyfe time John Shirley by name,
Of his degree that was in Bruty's Albyon,
That in the Yeare of Grace dysesyd from hen,
Fourteen hundred Wynters and six and fifty,
In the Yerys of his Age fourscore and ten,
Of October Moneth the day one and twenty."
" This extends just round the Grave-stone ; also cross the stone in the
like brass letters (the first part of the line being razed out) there only ap-
pears, — c And ye yet levyn learn for to deye.' — I have inserted this ac-
count," continues Hatton, " chiefly for the sake of its antiquity ; that we
may see what kind of spelling was in use (even among men of learning
as this was) 250 years ago." Hence, if that Antiquary thought the an-
tiquity of the Epitaph of sufficient excuse for its insertion in his day, we
certainly need no apology for it in ours, now that we are removed just
400 years from the time of Iohn Shirley's death, and 150 from Hatton's
writing.
Stow copied the same Inscription, but he changed the orthography to
that of his own time, which does not appear to be more intelligible. But
the Old Chronicler added this curious piece of information : — " This Gen-
tleman, a great Traveller in divers Countries, amongst other his Labours,
painfully collected the Works of Geffrey Chaucer, Iohn Lidgate, and other
learned Writers ; which Workes he wrote in sundry Volumes, to remain
for posterity : I have seen them, and partly doe professe [possess ?] them."
This extract from Stow serves a double purpose. That already noted,
and also that there was no attempt in his time to spell with uniformity, or
to be uniform in the use of capital letters.
Near Shirley's monument in the same Church is one to William
Brooks, Esq., and another to Sir Robert Danvers (or as Stow has it
Danvars) and dame Agnes his wife, daughter to Sir Richard Delabar
[Dolbeare ?]
WHIPPLE, Capt. WILLIAM, was a merchant of Kittery, Foreside ;
he m. 14 May, 1722, Mary, the dau. of Robert and Dorcas Cutts of Kit-
tery, as stated in the Register, Vol. V. p. 246. He d. 7 Aug. 1751.
Their children were : —
1. Mary, b. 13 Jan. 1728, m. Robert Trail of Boston, 1 Sept. 1748.
2. William, b. 14 Jan. 1730, was a seaman until about 30 years of age,
then entered into mercantile business in Portsmouth, N. H. He
early took part in favor of the American revolution, and was one of
the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, as a Delegate from
N. Hampshire. He d. in Portsmouth, 10 Nov. 1785. Left no children.
3. Hannah, b. 15 Feb. 1734-5, m. Dr. Joshua Brackett of Portsmouth, 14
April, 1760. He was b. in Greenland, N. H., May, 1733, and d. in
Portsmouth, 17 July, 1801.
4. Robert Cutt, b. 6 April, 1736, d. 4 May, 1761, se. 25.
5. Joseph, b. 14 Feb. 1737-8, m. HannarTBillings of Boston, 9 Oct. 1762.
He was collector of the customs in Portsmouth. w. f. of K.
1856.] MedjielxPs Contribution to Harvard College.
49
MEDFIELD'S CONTRIBUTION TO HARVARD COLLEGE, 1678.
[Copied from the original MS. by Mr. John Dean.]
The 15 : 2 : 78. This is a true Coppye off the subscription of the
inhabitance of MedField towards the buillding of the new Collidg at
Cambridg.
lb. s. d.*
2 00 00
lb. s. d.*
Alexander Louet (b)
John Harding (t)
03 00 Nicholas Rockwood (g)
02 00
08 00
10 00
01 00
00
Imprimus
M r John Willson (a)
M' Rallph Whellock (h)
Thomas Wight se. (n)
John Frairy sen. (m)
Henry Smith (j)
Timothy Dwight (r)
William Partredg (Z>)
John Prat (c)
John Bowers (o)
Thomas Mason (c)
Thomas Elice (c)
Nathanell Whiting (b)
Ephraim Wight (h)
Thomas Thurston (/)
Joseph Cheny (b)
Edward West (h)
Benjam Clarke (b)
Benjam Whellock (b)
Samucll Bulling (b)
Thomas Boyden (f)
Ephraim Clark (/;)
John Turner se. (h)
Samucll Smith (/*)
Sam u ell Barbur (b)
Samucll Rockwood (b)
John Bulling (o)
John Elice ju. (b)
John Bullard (c)
Joseph Bullard (b)
Gamaliell Hinsdell (h)
Nathauell Sutlife (s)
John Medcallff (i)
Benjam Rockwood (o)
George Barbur, in the nam of the Select men.
Much Honored Gentlemen,
In obedience to the Comands Received from the Honoured Council
under the Secretarys hand Dated from 3 d of May last, we Judge it our
duty to declare that in this paper is Conteyned the whole and full Guift of
ye poore Inhabitants of Meadfeild in the day of it, w th what was then
paj'd in the specie giuen & subscribed, and had there bein any such
solicitous motion from the ouerse rs of that to haue p'served the
gift in Corne as exprestly Giuen, wee may say w th truth that it might haue
bein had & payd, but since God hath seen it meet to turne the wheele of
his good Providenc towards vs, in letting loose y e Barbarous natives vpon
* This column is headed, "A true account off what is payd in mony, & by home."
01 00
01
01 00
01 00
John Bowers se. (h)
Elizabeth Frairy (q)
George Barbur (e)
Joshua Fisher se. (d)
Joshua Fisher ju. (t)
John Plimpton se. (/<)
John Thurston, ju. (&)
George Farbank, ju. (o)
Samucll Wight (b)
Daniell Morse se. (&)
Obedy Morse (p)
Daniell Morse ju. (b)
Jonathan Morse (/)
John Peery (b)
Samucll Bulling se. (u)
Ephraim Bulling (o)
Elisha Bulling (o)
Benjam Bullard (/i)
Joseph Danielles (d)
Marye Farbank (o)
Henry Laland (v)
Joseph Morse (o)
John Elice se. (/)
Thomas Wight ju. (Z>)
Joseph Clarke se. (/*)
Eliezer Adams (b)
Seth Smith (5)
More payd in money as
apre. by receite 03 06
5 00 00
05 00
03 00
02 06
01 00
01 00
01 06
02 00
03 00
01 00
01 00
02 06
01 00
03 00
01 00
50 Interesting Relics. [Jan.
vs, that much of our Toune hath bein Consumed, many Hues & estates
lost, & some few, exprest in a noate hereto Annixt, by y° enemy brought
to great want & inability to p'forme, scarsly able to suport themselves y e
fourteen bushells of Indian Corne and one bushell of wheate then sub-
scribed we humbly desire those p'sons may be excused & Indulged and
for the Rest yet behind, if the Hono r ble Court shall see cause to appoint
one or two of ou r Towne & Impower to Gather it vp, it may and will be
had so as (M r Maning?) please to take care to gett it doune and Re-
ceive it. All which is hoped will Reach this Honorable Courts satisfac-
tion, w ch will be Acceptable to, Honoroble S rs ,
Your Very Humble Servant, George Barbur.
In y e name and by order of our Pastor & selectmen.
The names of those that sence their subscription to the new Collidge
were burned out by the Endians.
Thomas Mason (c), Nathaniell Whiting (£), Benja m Clarke (b), Joseph
Bullard (&), Thomas Thurston (k), Alexander Louet (&), Nicholas Rock-
wood (g), John Bowers se. (/i), John Plimpton se. (A), Samuel Wight (&),
Thomas Wight, ju. (&), Eliezer Adames (b).
The wholl som is 14 [altered afterwards to 17, which is correct] bush-
ells of Endian Corn & one Bushell off Wheat.
[In order to abbreviate the foregoing we have omitted the amount and
kind of each individual's subscription, and have supplied their places by
letters of reference, of which letters an explanation follows :
(a) payd in mony. — (b) 1 bushell off Endian Corne. — (c) 1 bushell off
Endian Corne & a halfe. — (d) 1 bushell of Endian & two shillings & 6 d
in money. — (e) 1 bushell of Endian Corne & three shillings in mony. —
(f) 1 bushell of wheat. — (g) 1 bushell & a half off Endian and a bushell
off wheat. — (h) 2 bushelles of Endian Corne. — (i) 2 bushelles of Endian
& one shilling in mony. — ( ;') in mony 8% and in Endian Corne 2 bush-
ells. — (Ic) 3 bushells of Endian Corne. — (Z) 3 bushelles of Endian Corne
& one shilling in mony. — (m) 4 bushelles of Endian Corne. — (n) 4 bush-
ells of Endian Corne, off which he haue payd 3 3 in mony. — (o) in mony
one shilling. — (p) in mony one shilling, six pence. — (q) in mony flue
shillings. — (r) ten shillings. — (5) in siluer one shilling. — (t) in mony
two shillings. — (u) 2 bushells of Endian Corne & three shillings in mony.
— (v) in mony three shillings.]
Interesting Relics. — At the meeting of the descendants of Israel
Putnam, recently, a number of articles were exhibited which served as
reminiscences of bygone and perilous times. The original commission
issued by order of the Continental Congress, dated 19th June, 1775, and
signed by John Hancock, was brought from Mississippi by W. W. Put-
nam, and was an object of much interest. The military coat which the
General wore in the war of the Revolution was forwarded by A. W. Put-
nam, Esq., of Tennessee. A bullet mould was exhibited, and also a
powder horn of curious workmanship, on which was delineated the route
of the army from Albany to Fort William Henry, together with all the
stations between those points ; and it bears the following inscription :
W. A. R.
Capt. Israel Putnam's Horn, made at Fort William Henry, Nov. the 10th, A. D. 1776.
[1756 ?] When bows and weighty spears were used in fight,
'Twere nervous limbs declared a man of might ;
But now, Gun-Powder scorns such strength to own,
And Heroes not by limbs, but souls are shown !
1856.] Inscriptions in Portsmouth Burying Ground. 51
INSCRIPTIONS IN PORTSMOUTH BURYING GROUND.
[Communicated by J. K. Rollins.]
Here lies interred the body of the Hon. Richard Wibird, Esq., who
departed this life Sept. 25, 1765, aged 63 yrs.
Also Thomas Wibird, Esq., who departed this life Nov. 12, 1765,
aged 59 years.
Hon. Hunking Penhallow, who died Sept. 24, 1826, aged 60.
[These three are on one stone.]
The monument of Mr. Jacob Treadwell, who died April y e 17, 1770,
aet. 71.
And Mrs. Sarah Treadwell, his wife, who died Mar. 16, 1770, set.
68 yrs.
John Treadwell, their son, who died June, 1759, set. 13 yrs.
Anna Treadwell Walden, mother of Jacob Walden, died 1806, aged
82 yrs.
[All these on one slab.]
Miss Harriet Claggett, daur. of Hon. Clifton Claggett & Margaret his
wife, died Dec r . 25, 1818, ait. 20.
Mrs. Sarah F. Claggett, wife of William Clagget, Esq., and daur. of
Governor Plummer, Sept. 18, 1818, set. 28.
In memory of Capt. Samuel Dalling, who died Oct 1 ". 15, 1788, aet.
77 yrs.
Mrs. Mary Jackson, relict of Hall Jackson, Esq., M. D., died March
30, 1805, set. 62.
Mary Elizabeth Symmcs, widow of Dr. Joshua G. Symmes, and
daughter of Dr. Hall Jackson, died Nov. 6, 1808, aet. 39.
Hall Jackson, Esq., M. D., died Sept. 28, 1797, aet. 58.
In memory of Clement Jackson, Esq., an eminent physician of this
town, who died Oct r . 10, 1788, set. 83 yrs. His whole life was one con-
tinued act of benevolence and charity. The man who raises a monu-
ment by his virtuous actions will be held in grateful remembrance, when
the boasting; marble and flattering brass are mouldered to dust.
In memory of Joseph Jackson, A. M., only son of Rev. Joseph Jackson
of Brookline, Mass 113 ., who died in the 23 d yr. of his age on the 19 l >» of
August, 1790, while pursuing his studies under the direction of Ammi
R. Cutter, an eminent physician of this town.
In memory of Theodore Jackson, only son of Dr. Hall and Mary Jack-
son, died Dec. 5, 1784, est. 18.
Daniel Hart, died Dec. 11, 1791, aet. 50.
Miss Sidney Cutts, youngest daur. of Samuel Cutts, Esq., died Oct r . 17,
1792, aet. 17.
Mary, daur. of Edward & Mary Cutts, died Aug. 12, 1797, aet. 5
weeks.
Mr. John Fernald died Nov. 23, 1792, aet. 50.
Mrs. Elizabeth MacClintock, widow of Rev. Samuel MacClintock,D.D.,
of Greenland, d. Aug. 24, 1813, aet. 68.
Joseph Allcock, merchant, died Feb. 14, 1795, aet. 77.
James Stoodly Lewis d. Oct. 21, 1783, aet. 5 y. 4 mo. Son of Capt
Thomas & Sarah Lewis.
James Stoodley, Esq. d. June 6, 1779, aet. 62 yrs.
Near this Stone, lies the body of Katharine Mclntire daur. of Mr.
Neil & Mrs. Mary Mclntire, who died July 27, 1781, aet. 4 yrs. 10 mos.
52 Inscriptions in Portsmouth Burying Ground. [Jan.
Clarissa, daiir. of Neil & Mary Mclntire, died Nov. 28, 1791, set.
19 mos.
Mr. Nathaniel Adams died Oct. 13, 1768, set. 40. The man who con-
secrates his hours by vigorous efforts and an honest aim, at once he
draws the string of life and death ; he walks with nature, and her paths
are peace.
This stone, erected by filial affection, is sacred to the memory of Mrs.
Elizabeth Adams, relict of Mr. Nathaniel Adams, who departed this life
Nov. 20th, 1814, aged 81.
In peace, amidst y e rage of noise and war, here rests the remains of
Col. John Hart, Esq., who departed this life Oct r . 30th, 1777, &{. 72 yrs .
Mrs. Sarah Hart, wife of Col. John Hart, died April 24, 1757, set.
42 yrs.
Mehitable, daughter of John & Sarah Hart, died July 2, 1753, set.
5 yrs.
Miss Martha Russell, died Sept. 21, 1798, set. 65.
Vivit post funera virtus. Eleazer Russell, Esq., naval officer for the
Port of Portsmouth, under the Govt. f Great Britain, which office he
retained under the government of New Hampshire, Collector of imposts
for the State of New Hampshire, and naval officer under the United
States from the commencement of the Federal Government till his death.
He was distinguished for his benevolence, probity, and the faithful execu-
tion, of the several trusts which were reposed in him. Died Sept r . 18,
1798, set. 76.
Samuel Drown, Jr., d. Dec. 20th, 1797, set. 18.
Here lies the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Fitch, who departed this life
Oct 1 ". 18, 1765, set. 84 ; the pious & virtuous consort of the Rev. Jabez
'Fitch, pastor of the first church in Portsmouth, who deceased Nov r . 22,
1746, set. 73, and daughter of the Hon. John Appleton, Esq., of Ipswich.
Stephen March, d. March 1 st , 1772.
Mrs. Jane Hill, wife of Mr. Elisha Hill, dec 3 . May 18, 1773, in her
29th year.
Hsec limina Victor, Christus Subiit. Mrs. Abigail Pickering, consort
of Hon. John Pickering, LLD, and daur. of Jacob Sheafe, Esq., died
Dec. 10, 1805, set. 62.
Nomen in exemplum Sero Seroabimus iEvo. Hon be John Pickering,
L. L. D. Having sustained the offices of Chief Justice & District Judge
of N. H., and various other civic honors, deceased April 11, 1805,
set. 67.
In peace, here rest the remains of Mrs. Hannah Sheafe, formerly wife
of Jacob Sheafe, Esq., died Nov r . 12, 1773, in the 55 th yr of her age.
Jacob Sheafe, Esq., dec d June 26, 1791, in the 76 th yr of his age.
His useful life was deservedly esteemed, and his death sincerely la-
mented. As a man, he was humane, just and generous ; as a merchant,
[The remainder of the inscription is buried.]
Dr. Benjamin Dearborn, d. April 9, 1775, set. 30.
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Walter. — Monday last [17 Sept. 1750] died, and on Thursday was
buried, the reverend and venerable Mr. Nehemiah Walter, pastor of the
first Church in Roxbury, in the 87th year of his age. — Boston Evening
Post, 24 Sept. 1750.
1856.] Inscriptions from Freetown, Mass. 53
INSCRIPTIONS FROM FREETOWN, MASS.
[Communicated by Ebenezer W. Peirce, of Freetown.]
The following arc copies of inscriptions to be found in the old burial
ground in Fall River, (near the line of Freetown), upon the land that
Samuel Lynde, of Boston, gave the inhabitants of the town of Freetown,
about the year 1730, and where the first meeting-house in Freetown was
erected. In the division of Freetown in 1803, this lot of land fell within
the limits of Troy, now Fall River.
Here lieth y e Body of Capt. Constant Church, died March y e 9 th
1726-7, aged 49.
Here lieth Nathaniel, y e son of Constant & Patience Church, died De-
cern 1 '" 14, 1726, aged 4 mo. 2 days.
Here lies the body of Capt. Charles Church, died March y e 9 th , 1727,
aged about 42 years.
IN MEMORY of Capt. Charles Church, who died May 6th, A. D.
1762, aged 52 years.
Here lies the body of James Barnaby, died July ye 5 th , 1726, in the
56 year of his age.
Here lies the body of Johannah, wife of James Barnaby, died Sept. ye
4, 1725, aged about 36 years.
In Memory of Capt. Ambrose Barnaby, he died April ye 18 th , 1775,
in the 69 th year of his age.
In Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth, the wife of Capt. Ambrose Barnaby, she
died Jany. 28, 1788.
In Memory of Mr. Ambrose Barnaby, who departed this life June 8th,
A. D. 1802, in the 57th year of His Age.
Id Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Ambrose Barnaby, she
died December ye 23 d , 1775, in the 32 d year of her age.
In Memory of Mrs. Philena, wife of Mr. Ambrose Barnaby. She died
Oct. 3 d 1790, in the 32d year of her age.
In Memory of Capt. Ambrose Barnaby, who died May 26, 1820, in the
36 year of his age.
In Memory of Lydia, ye wife of Mr. Nathan Simmons, died June ye
10, 1747, Aged 29 years.
Remember me as you pass by,
For as you are so once was I ;
But as I am now so must you be,
Therefore prepare to follow me.
In Memory of Abraham Simmons, died May ye 22 d , 1749, in ye 70 th
year of his age.
In Memory of Experience, the wife of Jeremiah Simmons, died
January, 1756, in ye 25 year of her age.
In Memory of Capt. NATHAN SIMMONS, who died June ye 26th,
1774, in the 65th year of his age.
Death, thou hast Conquered me,
1 by thy dart am slain ;
But Jesus Christ has Conquered the,
And I shall Rise again.
Inscriptions from stones found in the Evans burial ground in Freetown :
Here lieth Ebenezer, ye son of Ebenezer & Sarah Rumreill, died Feb.
1732-3, aged 3 years and 11 Mo.
Here lieth Abagail, ye Daughter of Ebenezer & Sarah Rumreill, died
Octo. ye 26, 1733, aged 6 months.
In Memory of Baly Evins, died June ye 12, 1748, in ye 37 year of
his age.
54 Inscriptions from Freetown, Mass. [Jan.
In Memory of Marey, Daughter of David & Sarah Evins, died June
ye 21 st , 1748, in ye 48 year of her age.
In Memory of Mrs. MARY PARSONS, Wife of Capt. David Parsons,
she died Nov. 24*, 1783, aged 58.
In all the foregoing, care was taken to copy capital letters where they
were used upon the stones, and the same is true of the following, the
oldest to be found in the old burial ground, near the First Christian
Chapel in Assonet Village.
In memory of Isaac Hathaway, died June ye 7 th , 1749, in the 45 th
year of his age.
In Memory of Bettey, ye Wife of Barnabas Canady, died Nov. 6,
1758, in ye 21 year of her Age.
In Memory of Betty H., dau tr of Zeph r . & Mrs. Hope Terry, she
died May 17 th , 1779 aged 5 years, 2 mts & 8 days.
Memento Mori. In Memory of Capt. Jael Hatheway, Obiit Jan. 10 th ,
1811, in his 92 d year.
Rejoice in Glorious hope
Jesus the Judge will come,
And take his Servants up
To their Eternal home".
In memory of M rB . Rebeckah wife of Capt. Jael Hatheway, who died
Jan. 24th, 1735, in ye 69th Year of her age.
My children dear, this place draw near,
A mothers grave to see ;
Not long ago I was with you,
And soon yoll be with me.
In memory of Mrs. Elizabeth, Wife of Mr. Jule Hathaway, Who died
May l 6t , 1816, aged 65 years.
Capt. Russel Hathaway, of Fall River, is a son of Capt. Jael Hathaway,
and Capt. Jael was the youngest son of Jacob Hathaway, of Freetown.
Capt. Jael was a workman in the forge owned in part by Jacob, and in
old deeds is called Jael Hatheway, Bloomer. Tradition tells us that in
the war of the Revolution, Capt. Jael took sides with the mother country,
and was a very strong Tory. An armed force being sent to arrest him,
he shut the door of his house against them, and as they entered, stood in
the attitude of defence armed with a broad axe, which he threw with
violence among them. The exasperated soldiers seized him and dragged
him out of the house by the heels, and to silence his cries crammed his
mouth with dirt and filth.
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Newell. — In ans. to a pet n . 10 June last [1735] of Samuel N. &
others, Canada officers and soldiers 1690, & representatives of such as
are decs d . of Capt. Andrew Gardner's compy. — grant confirmed. Capt.
Gardner was decs d . — Jour. H. Reps., 4 June, 1736.
On 5th June, 1695, Samuel Neioell of Roxbury, petitions, in which he
gives some account of his sufferings in the ExpecK agt. Canada ; that he
" with the company were Ship wrackd, were 6 weeks in the wilderness,
feeding sometimes on rotten wood & sometimes on such vermin as they
could find," some perished & the rest fell into the hands of the Indians.
" One of us they killed & others Dyed, & yo r Peticionr after one year of
Indian Slavery got to the French, which was somewhat better." Spent
all his father left him for his ransom, " & having been Near five year
gone hence," &c., prays for some allowance. They granted him ,£25. —
Cop*. Archs. 19.
1856.] Kingston Burying Ground. 55
INSCRIPTIONS COPIED FROM THE BURYING GROUND AT
KINGSTON, MASS.
Kingston, Sept. 20, 1855.
S. G. Drake, Esq. — Dear Sir: — I beg leave to hand you inclosed " Notes from
a Grave Yard," which I have made during my researches among the old tomb-stones
at Kingston, Mass., for facts concerning the genealogy of the Holmes'. The list is
not as lull as I could wish, not having the time to spare to attempt to copy but a few
of the most dilapidated ones ; but if I have an opportunity before returning to your
city, will avail myself of it, to make further copies from the yard at this place, or at
Duxbury — and remain, very truly yours, D. W. IIolmes.
" Notes from a Grave Yard"
In memory of Mr Ebcnezer Cobb who Died Dec br 8th 1801. Aged 107
Years 8 months 6 days.
Here lyes buried Mrs. Lydia, y e wife of M r Ebcnezer Cobb who Dec d
Sept br y e 10 th 1745 in y* 47 th year of her Age.
In memory of Mr s Joanna Cobb wife of M r Ebenezer Cobb who died
January y e 15 th 1791 in y e 87 th year of her age.
In memory of Deac n Wrastling Brewster, who dec d Jany ye 21 st 1761
aged 72 years 4 months 28 days.
In memory of Mr 8 Hannah Brewster, Widow of Deac n Wrastling
Brewster, who died Augs 1 y e 20- 1788- aged 90 Years, wanting 21
days.
Here lyes the body of Mary Partridge, wife to M r John Partridge. She
Dec d Nov br ye 12 th 1742- aged 80 Years 11 m & 29 Days.
Here lyes ye Body of James Stubbs* Who dec d Jany y e 20 th 173J- in
y e 30 th year of his age.
Mary Dau tr to M r Joshua & Bethiah Cushing his Wife, Dec d April
ye 6 th 1741 aged 4 years 4 months & six days.
In memory of Mr s Patience, Widow of Mr Samuel Gray, she died
April ye 23- 1782, in y e 76 th year of her age.
Eliza bth Dau^ To M r Samuell & Mr 3 Patience Graf who died Nov br
ye 4 th day 1740 aged 6 years 6 m n & 6 days.
Mary Dau tr To^Samuel & Patience Gray, His wife Dcc d Sept ye 10-
1728 aged 5 weeks.
Thomas Gray son of Co 1 John Gray & M rs Dezire his wife — Died De-
cern** 24 1707—7 yrs & 8 m.
In memory of M r Benjamin Bradford who died Nov ye 16, 1783 aged
78 years.
In memory of Zeresh Bradford the wife of M r Benjamin Bradford
dec d April y e 6th 1763 in y e 51 st year of her age.
Here lies buried Mr. Israel Bradford who died March y e 26-1760 in
y e 83 d year of his age.
Here lies buried Mr 8 Sarah y e widow to M r Israel Bradford who dec d
April y e 3 rd 1761 in ye 80 th year of her age.
In memory of M r Abner Bradford who died June y e 18-1784 in ye 78 th
year of his age.
Priscilla Croade dau to Thomas and Rachel Croade aged 1 month 18
days, dcc d Feby 18* 1724-5.
Rachel dau to M r Thomas and Mr 3 Rachel Croade his wife, dec April
2d 1726-7.
* Not perfectly legible.
t There was not room to put on the t, so they left it off, I suppose.
56 Humphrey Bradstreet. [Jan.
John son to M r Thomas & Mrs Rachel Croade his Wife, dec d Jany 30 th
1725-6 aged 15 days.
Thomas Croade son to M r Thomas & Mrs Rachel Croade Born 3 d 1722
died July 9-1729.
In Memory of Mr John Holmes who died January 23 d 1748 in y e 66 th
year of his age.
Here lyes 2 daugh trs To M r William and Mrs Johannah Goumer, his
wife — Priscilla Dec d April ye 14 th 1726 age 3 Weeks — Rebeckah, Dec d
Sept br y e 3 d 1728—18 months.
Here lyes y e body of Mr 8 Priscilla Wis wall widow of the Rev d Mr Ich-
abod Wiswall Ob* June y e 3 rd 1724— age 71.
Here lyes body of Mr 3 Elizabeth Bradford wife to Ln l Ephraim Brad-
ord dec d Dec br 5 th 1741 in y e 51 st year.
Deborah Bradford dau to Lieut Ephraim & Elizabeth Bradford his
wife, Dec June 10-1752 aged 19 years 11 m & 20 Days.
In memory of Mr Nathan Bradford who died Oct y e 14-1787 aged
65 years.
In memory of Mr 3 Elizabeth y e wife of M r Nathan Bradford who
Deed April y e 30 th 1773 age 42 yrs 11 mos 19 days.
In memory of Mr 3 Mercy Fuller widow of M r Jabez Fuller . . . (not
readable) ... 5 th 1782 in the 79 th year age.
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HUMPHREY BRADSTREET.
In the first note on p. 325, Vol. VIII., of the Register, there are some er-
rors which we wish to correct. John, 2 son of Humphrey 1 Bradstreet, was
of Rowley 1651, of Marblehead 1657, and died as early as 1660.* We
find no evidence that he was married, or had children. Dr. Humphrey
was certainly not his son, but the child of his brother Moses, 2 whose name
is omitted among the children of Humphrey, 1 in the above named note.
Joshua Coffin, Esq., of Newbury, states that Moses 2 Bradstreet " is styled
in the record Mr. Moses Bradstreet. He lived and was married in Ips-
wich, and had four children. The family," he adds, " was one of dis-
tinction in its day, and was probably related to that of Gov. Bradstreet."
Dr. Humphrey, 3 son of Moses 2 Bradstreet, Mr. Coffin also informs us,
" was born in Ipswich, Jan. 6, 1669-70, married Sarah , and had the
following children, born in Newbury, viz. : — 1. Deborah* b. 19 Dec,
1692, m. Mr. Nathaniel Sargent, 16 Oct., 1711 ; 2. Joshua* b. 24 Feb.
1695 ; 3. Sarah* b. 14 Jan. 1697, and m. 9 Dec, 1714, Rev. John Tufts,
of Newbury ; 4. Dr. Humphrey* b. 1700, d. 19 Dec, 1719 ; 5. Daniel*
b. 13 Feb. 1701-2 ; 6. Moses* b. 17 Feb., 1707 ; 7. Betty* b. 16 May,
1713, and m. 30 Aug., 1731, Rev. William Johnson. Dr. Humphrey 3
Bradstreet died in Newbury, 11 May, 1717, aged 49. His widow, Sarah,
was married to Capt. Edward Sargent, 9 June, 1719. Anne Bradstreet,
probably a daughter of Dr. B., was married to Benjamin Moody, 7 Nov.,
1728. Mr. Benjamin Bradstreet, probably a son of the Doctor, married,
9 Nov., 1726, Mrs. Sarah Greenleaf." j. d. & d. d.
* Hist. & Gen. Reg., Vol. VI., p. 244.
1856.] Inscriptions from S. Berwick Graveyard. 57
INSCRIPTIONS COPIED FROM THE OLD GRAVEYARD AT
SOUTH BERWICK, MAINE.
[By John S. H. Fogg, M. D.]
Here lyes buried the body of Ann Moore, deed Aug* y e 1st 1732 in ye
28 th year of her age.
Here lyes buried the body of M r Ebeneezer Crosbey of Braintree, aged
49 years, who died July y e 7 th 1744.
Here lyes y e body of Nathaniel Gerrish, Esq r , died April y e 10 th 1729
in y e 49 th year of his age.
Here lyes the body of Mrs Bridget Gerrish, wife of Nath 1 Gerrish Esq r ,
died Sep 1 15 th 1743 in y e 65 th year of her age.
In memory of Eunice, relict of the Honble Richard Cutts Esq. late of
Kittery, who departed this life March 29th 1795 Mt. 97.
Mrs. Hannah Goodwin, consort of Dominicus Goodwin Esq. died March
10th 1772, Mta.t 31.
Ichabod Goodwin, son of Dominicus Goodwin Esq. died July 21st 1793,
jEtal 16.
Gen. Ichabod Goodwin died May 25th 1829, aged 86 years. " Blessed
are the dead who die in the Lord."
In memory of Madam Molly Goodwin, consort of Maj Genl Ichabod
Goodwin, who died May 21st 1825, in the 74th year of her age.
In memory of Mr. William Hight, who died Nov 30th 1782 jEtat 75.
In memory of Mrs Elizabeth Hight, consort of Mr William Hight, died
April 18th 1776 Mi 63.
In memory of Mrs Mary Hovey, consort of Doct Ivory Hovey, daughter
of Mr William and Mrs Elizabeth Hight, who died Nov 7th 1770 M 25.
u Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."
In memory of Frances Hovey, consort of Doct I. Hovey, died Feb 3d
1816 aged 68.
Doct Ivory Hovey died Oct 17th 1818 aged 70 years.
In memory of Temple Hovey, son to Doct I. Hovey, died Aug 23d
1811 aged 36.
Here rests for a season, Fanny, daugt of Ivory and Frances Hovey ;
she was born Feb 7th 1779, and fell asleep May 3d 1799.
Parents ne'er lost a child more justly dear,
A lovelier sister ne'r resided here ;
Her Heavenly Father called her from our love
To join His family of saints above.
Let then each tear be dry'd, each sigh supprest,
Why should we mourn since she 's supremely blest ?
Let us like her a spotless life pursue,
Then we shall meet again no more to bid adieu.
Erected in memory of 3 children of Doct Ivory and Mrs Fanny Hovey,
viz*., Dominicus, born July 11th, and died July 12 1783. Dominicus 2d,
still born, March 4th 1790. Samuel, born March 4th and died the 27th
1790.
In memory of Mrs Sally Ham, wife of Capt Samuel Ham, who died
June 30th 1799 aged 26.
In memory of Joseph Hamilton, Jun., son of Jonathan Hamilton, Jun.
Esq, who died July 15th 1788.
Mary Goodwin, daughter of Mr Thomas and Mrs Elizab th Goodwin,
aged 3 years and 4 months, deed July 18 th 1736.
Here lies the body of Mrs Sarah Tompson, the truly amiable and vir.-
5
58 Groton Items. [Jan.
tuous consort of the Rev John Tompson. She died Augt 30th 1783 aged
33 years.
Here lyes the body of Ann Haggens, died Jany 26 th 1748 aged 4 years
and 6 months.
Dudley Hubbard Esq died April 26th 1816 aged 53 years.
Mrs Sophia Hubbard died Nov 10th 1828 aged 56.
Humphrey Goodwin, son of Mr Ichabod and Mrs Elizb th Goodwin,
aged 1 year and 8 months, deed Aug 26th 1736.
Here lyes the body of Capt Samuel Lord, who departed this life 11th,
May 1762.
In memory of the Hon John Hill Esq, who after 28 years successively
serving the Massachusetts Bay as a Member of his Majesty's Council, re-
signed his seat at the Board ; at the time of his death, and for many
years before, he sustained the offices of first Justice of the Inferior Court
and Judge of Probate for York County. Honesty and integrity marked
his path thro life with distinguished lustre. Died the 2d of March 1779
JE69.
Mrs Sarah Hill, wife of late Hon John Hill, and late widow of Rev John
Blunt, and daughter of Hon John Frost of New Castle, N. H. Died 1772.
In memory of Capt Elisha Hill, who departed this life June 1st 1764, in
the 54th year of his age. He left 14 children who all followed him to the
silent grave. He was in life universatly esteemed, and his death greatly
lamented. " An honest man's the noblest word of God."
In memory of Mary, relict of Capt Elisha Hill, who departed this life
Augt 6th 1785, in the 68th year of her age. Her numerous offspring
have erected this stone, as a tribute due to her memory. "Happy are
the dead who die in the Lord.''
Here lyes buried the body of the Revd M r Jeremiah Wise, who died
Jan 21st 1756, in the 77 th year of his age.
Here lies buried the body of Mrs Mary Wise, the wife of the Revd M r
Jeremiah Wise, who died Nov 12th 1742, aged 62 years.
Here lyes buried the body of Mary Wise, died Dec r the 22d 1736, in
the 19 th year of her age.
Here lyes y e body of Mrs Elizabeth Butler, deed December y e 2d 1728.
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GROTON, (MASS.) ITEMS.
[Communicated by Samuel A. Green, M. D.]
Groton. August : 5. 1673.
Received by John Lakin of Groton the full sume of fourty shillings
upon the account of a legacye of the said sume, bequeathed to mee by the
last will & Testament of my Loving friend Wm Martin deceased
Witnesse I say Received
William Lakin by me
Elizabeth Sherman Sami Willard.
Groton : August. 5. 1673.
Received by my Bro Jno Lakin of Groton, ten pounds in the pay of
Ralph Dix of Reading, upon the account of a legacy of the said sume be-
queathed to me, by my Father William Martin in his last will & Testa-
ment ; as also two ox chains, & faure wedges, & a beetle ring : be-
queathed to me in the said will : I say
Witnesse Received by me
Samuel Willard William Lakin
Elizabeth Sherman.
1856,] Memoir of the Family of Amory, 59
MEMOIR OF THE FAMILY OF AMORY.
In the Probate Records for the county of Suffolk, under
date of 1670, are found the names of Simon Amory, Mary
his widow, and William his son. They passed away, and no
descendant of theirs is known to have existed. Whence
they came, and if of kin to those of the name now here, how
nearly, cannot probably at this distant day be determined.
The ancestor, who first came to America, of a family now
amory.* somewhat numerous in Massachusetts, was Jonathan Amory,
who established himself in South Carolina about the year 1685. He was
born in the county of Somerset, in England, not far from the year 1640.
His father owned the estate of St. Anns, and other lands in that county,
which in the next century vested in his descendants in this country, but
too heavily encumbered to be of value.
This family, sometimes supposed to be a branch of the Montfort
PAmaury familyt of France, a supposition strengthened by the authority
of the learned antiquarian Hooker, was numerous in England during the
earlier periods of its history, in the counties of Dorset, Devon, Somerset
and Oxford. In the latter county, they were long seized of the manor
of Bletchingdon, and in Dorset still exists as a farm-house, D'Amory
Court, at one period in the family of Rives, with a famous oak once stand-
ing near by, called the D'Amory Oak. A father, son, and grandson,
named Thomas Amory, in succession, between 1560 and 1630, possessed
'* The shield annexed was taken from a silver tankard, brought over to this country
by Jonathan Amory of S. Carolina in 1686, and is the same, doubtless, mentioned in the
will of Mrs. Martha Amory his widow, who died in 1699. The tankard is now in the
possession of Mrs. Amory of Roxbury, and the shield is that of the family of the
name, formerly living in Oxfordshire in England. During the latter part of the last
century, as America was becoming democratic, coats of arms were regarded by many
persons as somewhat opposed to the spirit of our institutions, and their use very gen-
erally relinquished. This prejudice was soon considered unfounded, and arms not only
quite innocent, but of some value in distinguishing different branches of the same fam-
ily, or different families of the same name. About fifty years ago, and again later, in
1824, "different members of the family, not aware probably of the existence of the tank-
ard, which being somewhat out of fashion was possibly not often in sight, chancing to
be in London, applied at the Herald's Office, to ascertain the particular arms they were
entitled to bear according to the laws of Heraldry there recognized. Those most
usually borne by families of the name in England were in both cases assigned to the
applicants, and since have been used by some members of the family here. The shield,
in heraldic phrase, has, in addition to the bend, a barry nebulee of six, ar. and gu..,
is without the eaglets, and the crest is a talbot's head az. out of a mural coronet or.
These arms are those borne by the name in Somersetshire, in which county the immi-
grant ancestor to this country was born, and where his family had held lands for several
generations. The applicant of 1810 or thereabouts adopted for his motto the Spanish
words, Amor y Amistad. Love and Friendship. The English motto is " Tu ne cede
malis," taken from the 95th line of the sixth book of the JEniad, the rest of the sentence
being "scd contra audentior ito. Qua tua te fortuna sinet."
t Dr. Robert Amory, in a notice of his father, published in one of the London news-
papers of 1788, says, " We are lineally descended from Amory de Monfort, brother-in-
law of Henry III." As it was Simon de Monfort, now generally recognized as the
introducer of the principle of popular representation into the English constitution, at
least under the Normans, who married Eleanor countess of Pembroke, an earlier de-
parture, if any, from the main stem of the Montforts, is more probable. The statement
having been made so positively, it seemed best not to pass it entirely unnoticed, and
those of the name can pursue the inquiry, as they feel disposed and have opportunity.
No expression of opinion is here intended as to the reliance to be placed on the as.- er-
tion. It was made beyond doubt, on conviction, by a person of good faith and intelli-
gence, and there are circumstances enough to support it, to warrant some degree of
credence.
60 Memoir of the Family of Amor y. [Jan.
Barrow Hall in Essex, and many other places in England are mentioned
as at different times their property. Some of the name were summoned
as peers to parliament, and their barony is stated by Burke to be still ex-
tant in abeyance, in the family of Sir Walter Raleigh. Sir Roger
d'Amory married the granddaughter of Edward the First. Sir Richard
was long a leader in the wars of Edward the Third. Sir Robert fought
at Crecy, and the exploits of Sir John occupy some entertaining pages of
Froissart. In the last century, the R,ev. Thomas Amory of London, a
distinguished Unitarian Divine, published several volumes of sermons and
other theological works, and another Thomas Amory in 1756, John
Buncle and other writings, which are still read in England, and have
their admirers. The name has been variously spelt. The Darners, for-
merly earls of Dorchester, now represented in the female line by the
earls of Portarlington, bearing the name of Darner, traced in Collins their
origin to the same line of ancestry. There is believed to exist in the Ulster
Herald Office a pedigree, carrying the line of ancestors of Jonathan Amory,
the first settler of the name in Carolina, back through many centuries.
His father died about 1650. He left five sons and two daughters.
Thomas, the eldest, married a daughter of the 19th Lord Keny, ancestor
of the present Marquis of Lansdowne. In consequence probably of this
connection, he removed to Ireland, and purchased estates in Kerry, worth
<£600 a year. He died in 1667. In his will, on parchment, now in the
possession of Col. Thomas C. Amory of Boston, he is stiled of Galy in
the county of Kerry. He left one son, Thomas, and two daughters,
one of whom, Elizabeth, became Mrs. Croker, and the other Mrs.
Hart. The son, in several Biograghical Dictionaries called Counsellor
Amory, is in his will described as of Bunratty, a castle still standing on
the banks of the Shannon, where he resided. He died in 1728. He
married about 1700, Mrs. Luttrell of Luttrellstown, and afterwards
again, his widow surviving him till 1730. He was the father of Thomas
Amory, author of the Life of John Buncle, born in 1691, and who
died in 1788, at the age of 97, and of a daughter Lucy, who married
Terence McMahon. Dr. Robert Amory of Yorkshire was son of the
author, and at the time of his father's death in 1788, had three sons hold-
ing commissions in the British service. Robert, a brother of Thomas
of Galway, born 1635, settled in the West Indies. He purchased lands
in the county of Clare in Ireland, worth ,£800 a year, and died un-
married and intestate in 1710. John, another brother, born 1638, died
in Galway in 1730, aged over 90 years. Of Henry, another brother,
mentioned in the parchment will, nothing is known. Jonathan, the
first settler in this country, was the youngest of the brothers, and the
only one besides the eldest Thomas of Galy, who left descendants. Their
sisters were Mrs. Hoskins, who died in 1719, and Mrs. Conyers, still
living in 1730.
Jonathan Amory, born, as already stated, in Somersetshire, was brought
up under the care of his elder brother, and resided some time near him in
Ireland. He was at one time a merchant in Dublin. He married Miss
Rebecca Houston, who died in 1685, in the West Indies, where he, as
also his brother Robert, were then residing. Soon after her death, he
went to Charleston, S. C, married again, invested largely in lands and
houses, was elected Speaker of the Colonial Legislature, and subsequently
Treasurer of the Province, the first Treasurer of the Proprietors. He
died in the fall of 1699, of yellow fever, and his widow, Mrs. Martha
Amory, three months afterwards. We have copies of their wills, and in
1856.] Memoir of the Family of Amor y. 61
that of Mrs. Amory, Madam Sarah Rhett, wife of Col. William Rhett,
was appointed executrix. The children of Jonathan of Carolina were,
Thomas, Robert, who died young, a daughter, who married Joseph
Croskeys, Ann, wife of James Ramsay, and Sarah, wife of Governor
Arthur Middleton. Judge Johnson of Charleston, and Dr. Joseph John-
son, his brother, were descended from the Treasurer, but the descent
is not correctly stated in the Traditions of the Revolution, by the latter.
The Rev. Isaac Amory, their great uncle, was grandson of the Treasurer.
He studied Divinity, was ordained in England, and came out to South
Carolina, and became Rector of St. John's, on John's Island, in the year
1765. He returned to England before the Revolution, and obtained a
rectorship near Newark upon Trent, in Lincolnshire. His wife was Mary
Wilson. He had no children, and died 1789 at Rockingham. His widow-
lived till the year 1833. His elder sister Sarah was the grandmother of
Judge Johnson and Dr. Joseph Johnson, and his younger sister Mary died
unmarried before 1800.
Thomas Amory was born in Limerick, Ireland, in 1682, and accom-
panied his father to Carolina. In the year 1696 he was sent with his
sister Ann to their relatives in England, to be educated, placed under the
care of his cousin, Counsellor Amory, and sent to Westminster School.
After his father's death he entered the counting-house of M. Ozell, a
French merchant in London, who in the year 1709 sent him to the
Azores as supercargo. He here established himself as a merchant, was
appointed Dutch and English consul, and, making only an occasional
visit to Europe, remained many years on the Islands. Correspondence in
those days was not easy, and he had but little intercourse with his family.
His uncle John in Galway, and cousin Thomas of Bunratty, wrote him at
long intervals, and his sister, Mrs. Middleton, and Madam Rhett, who had
charge of his property in South Carolina, wrote him urgently and repeat-
edly to come to Charleston.
He was for a long time too much engrossed by his affairs and the duties
of his consulates to leave the Islands, and it was not before the 4th of
June, 1719, that, resigning his office and winding up his affairs, he em-
barked for Boston, and arrived there after a passage of thirty-nine days,
on the 13th of July. His letter and account books, of which many vol-
umes remain, written in English, French and Portuguese, in all of which
he seems equally at home, furnish many interesting particulars of his
plans and movements. He passed the following winter with his sister in
Carolina, and in the spring travelled over Pennsylvania, New York and
Rhode Island. Returning to Boston he met Miss Rebecca Holmes, daugh-
ter of Francis Holmes, who passed his winters in Charleston, and sum-
mers at the north, and by the Providence of God, as she says, married
her in May, 1721. He bought lands at the south end of Boston, built a
house and wharves, hired a counting-house of his friend Gov. Belcher on
the Long Wharf, engaged in commerce with England, the Azores, and
Carolinas, and died here in 1728. His widow long survived him, and
died in Boston, at the age of 70, in 1770. Their children were three
sons and two daughters. A copy of his portrait, after the style of Sir
Godfrey Kneller, is still in the possession of his family.
1. Thomas, his son, born April 22, 1722, graduated at Harvard
College in 1741. He studied Divinity, but never took orders. As eldest
son, he inherited a double share of his father's estate. He married in
1765, Elizabeth, daughter of William Coffin, and purchased the house
built by Governor Belcher at the corner of Harvard and Washington
62 Memoir of the Family of Amory. [Jan.
streets, the gardens to which extended to the water. He here resided till
his death, August, 1784. He engaged in commerce, and, had it not been
for the embarrassments to trade consequent on the Revolution, would have
left a large property. In 1776, at the request of the selectmen of Boston,
one of whom was his brother-in-law, Timothy Newell, he went with his
brother Jonathan to Dorchester Heights, to request General Washing-
ton to permit the British troops to retire from the place unmolested, on
condition it should be left by them uninjured. This was with the full
sanction of General Howe, but as it was not avowed, no agreement could
be entered into, though the understanding was respected on both sides.
His wife's family, the Coffins, were generally Refugee Loyalists, and he
was regarded with some suspicion, and passed some time at Watertown.
He died soon after the peace. His widow survived him many years, dy-
ing in 1823. The house built by* Gov. Belcher was burnt in the great fire
of 1790, and Madam Amory moved soon after into the house on Franklin
Place, now occupied by the family of the late Col. Winchester. Their
children were five sons and three daughters. Their portraits by Copley
and hers at a later period by Stuart are in the possession of her grand-
children.
2. Mary, born 1723, married Mr. Timothy Newell, long one of the
selectmen of Boston. They resided on Bowdoin Square. Mrs. Newell
died in 1804, leaving no children.
3. Rebecca, born 1725, married Edward Payne. They resided on
State street, then called King street. He was standing at his door at
the time of the Boston Massacre in March, 1770, when a musket-ball
struck his arm and broke it, as the troops fired on the people. He was
rich, and left a handsome fortune to his children. Mrs. Payne died in
1796. Their children were William Payne, who married Mrs. Doble,
born Gray, and had two sons, who grew up, but died unmarried. Rebecca
Payne married Gov. Christopher Gore, who left a large estate to Harvard
College, and for whom the Library building is called Gore Hall. He
built the fine old house at Waltham, now in the family of the Greenes.
He was for many years our minister in London. Two sisters of Mrs.
Gore, Miss Mary Payne and Miss Sally Payne, lived long in the house next
south of the Athenaeum on Beacon street. This family is now quite extinct.
4. Jonathan, born December 19, 1726, engaged early in business
with his brother John, on Dock Square, and afterwards where stands the
large warehouse with double pitched roof on Washington, near Franklin
street, still owned by the family of his nephew. Mr. Daniel Dennison
Rogers and Mr. Joseph Taylor were also at one period partners of the
house. Their Letter Books from 1760 to 1790 give very interesting
accounts of the events and agitations of that stormy period. They, long
before the war, predicted what actually ensued, a sanguinary conflict and
eventful separation from the mother country, if the government persisted
in its measures of coercion. Many of Mr. Amory's own letters were pub-
lished in the English papers, and to one, a correspondent a member of
parliament, ascribes the meril of influencing the repeal of the Stamp Act.
At the commencement of the war, the house owed their English creditors
thirty thousand pounds sterling, and while their debtors here, from inability
or taking advantage of the times, paid, if at all, in a very depreciated cur-
rency, their whole debt was remitted in full, within the year. Jonathan
Amory married Miss Abigail Taylor, and they resided on Washington,
near Winter street, in a house still standing, masked with shops, and
owned by his family. He had no children. He died in 1797, leaving a
1856.] Memoir of the Family of Amor y. 63
large estate to his brother John and John's children, who, during their
father's absence in Europe at the time of the Revolution, had been left to
his care.
5. John, born in 1728, was a partner with his brother Jonathan, and
married Catherine, daughter of Rufus Greene. He built and occu-
pied the house at the corner of Tremont and Beacon streets, where the
Albion now stands. In 1774 it became important that a partner of the
house should go over to England, and Mr. Amory was selected, and his
wife went with him. The war soon after broke out, and Mrs. Amory
lost her health, and after a protracted illness died in 1778. He was then
regarded as a Refugee, and not permitted to return. His sympathies
were, however, all with his countrymen, and the struggle in which they
were engaged for their liberties, and he left England and resided on the
Continent. Shortly before the peace he returned to America, but landing
in New York, then occupied by the British, he was not allowed to join his
family in Boston. His name had been placed on the list of proscribed,
and preliminary measures were taken to confiscate his property. His
brother wrote him, should this be done, he would always share what he
had with him. In 1783 he resided at Providence, some of his family
being with him, and the next year, through the influence of his friends,
and upon his petition to the legislature declaring his allegiance to the
new government, he was allowed to return to Boston. He died in 1805,
leaving six sons and four daughters. The portraits of himself and his
wife, by Copley, are in his family.
Of the children of Thomas Amory, the first settler in Boston, and
Rebecca Holmes, Thomas the eldest, and John the youngest, alone have
descendants now existing.
The ^lildren of Thomas Amory and Eliz. Coffin, were the following : —
1. I^fcecca, born 1766, married Dr. Aaron Dexter, a physician and
professor of chemistry at Harvard College. He long resided on Milk
street, opposite the head of Pearl street. His children were Thomas A.
Dexter, Charles P. Dexter, George M. Dexter, John M. Dexter, Mrs.
Wm. D. Sohier, Miss Catherine Dexter, and Miss Marian Dexter, d. 1830.
2. Thomas C, born 1767, married in 1795 Hannah Rowe Linzee,
daughter of Captain John Linzee, who commanded a British vessel of
war in our harbor at the time of the battle of Bunker Hill.
Mr. Amory was engaged extensively in commerce with his cousin,
William Payne, and after 1800 with his brother, Jonathan Amory, and
was very successful in his enterprises. It is the object of this sketch
merely to preserve facts and dates for those who may be interested in
them, and any attempt to portray character would be out of place. It
may be permitted to say, that he was among those of his day in Boston
most beloved and respected, and his death the cause of very general sor-
row and mourning. His residence in Boston was at No. 21 Franklin
Place, and in summer in Brookline. He died in 1812. Mrs. Amor)- long
survived him, and died Dec. 1846. His children were Col. Thomas C.
Amory, Samuel Linzee, who died in 1829, William, Charles, Mrs. Thom-
as A. Dexter, Mrs. William H. Prescott, Mrs. George M. Dexter, and
Mrs. Edward D. Sohier.
3. Elizabeth, born July 26, 1768, married Stephen Deblois. Their
children were Stephen Deblois, Thomas A. Deblois, late United States
District Attorney for Maine, John A. Deblois, late of Columbus, Georgia,
James Deblois of Florida, Edward A. Deblois, and Catherine Codman
Deblois, who d young, and two other daughters. Mrs. Deblois d. in 1852.
64 Memoir of the Family of Amor y. [Jan.
4. Jonathan, born in 1770, graduated at Harvard College in 1787, en-
tered the counting house of his uncles, J. & J. Amory, and engaged
in business with James Cutler. He married Ruth Wier, then resid-
ing where had stood the Belcher house, in which he was born. She
died in 1795, and after Mr. Cutler's death he married his widow, Mehet-
able, daughter of Governor James Sullivan. His eldest brother, Thomas
C. Amory, took him into partnership, and he accumulated property. He
resided from 1811 in Park street, where now stands the house of the
late Mr. Abbott Lawrence, and died there in August, 1828. Mrs. Amory
survived him, dying in 1847. Their children were Jonathan, James S.,
Thomas C, Jr., Mrs. Samuel Meredith, and three other daughters.
5. John, born 1771, married Sarah Gardner and resided at Dor-
chester. His children were John G. of Dorchester, Nathaniel of
Texas, George Frederick, who died 1849, Mrs. William Perkins, Mrs.
Amory Davis, and two other daughters. Mr. Amory died 1834.
6. Mary, born 1773, married Jonathan Davis. She died 1835. Their
surviving children are Francis Davis and I. Amory Davis.
7. William, born 1774, was a midshipman in the English navy, and
afterwards in our own. He was appointed lieutenant of marines in 1798.
He displayed great gallantry in several engagements, and was much
beloved by his brother officers. He died young in 1812.
8. Nathaniel, born 1777, was engaged in business in New Orleans
with Messrs. Nott and Callendar. He married Mary, daughter of Eben
and niece of Commodore Preble, and long resided at the beautiful place
in Watertown, now the residence of Mr. John P. Cushing. He was ap-
pointed navy agent at Pensacola, by President John Quincy Adams, and
passed the last years of his life at Newport, Rhode Island, where Mrs.
Amory, his widow, still resides. Mr. Amory died in Boston, le^jng no
children. ^
The children of John Amory and Catherine Greene, were —
1. John, born June 21, 1759, married Catherine Willard of Lancaster.
He was engaged in business with his brother Thomas, and left a very
large estate to his only child, Mrs. Henry Codman. He died 1832.
2. Rufus G., born 20 December, 1760, graduated at Harvard Col-
lege, 1778, studied law and acquired a good practice. He married
Miss Nancy Geyer, and resided on Beacon street in Boston, and on Elm
Hill, Roxbury. He died May 15, 1833. His children were Mrs. Joseph
L. Cunningham, Mrs. Coll Freeman, Mrs. Dr. Jeffries, and Mrs. Edward
Linzee Cunningham.
3. Thomas, born May 9, 1762, was a partner of his brother John,
and at one period had accumulated a large fortune. He erected for
his dwelling the large building at the head of Park street, now occu-
pied as three houses, but severe commercial reverses prevented his
occupying it, and he removed to Roxbury. He married Miss Elizabeth
Bowen of Providence. Their children were John H. Amory, who died
1836, Mrs. Robert Ives, Rev. Mrs. Howe, Mrs. W. Raymond Lee, and
two other daughters. Another son d. early. Mr. Amory d. Oct. 25, 1823.
4. Jonathan, born June 1, 1763, married Miss Ly^ja Fellowes of Cuba.
His children were Mrs. David Eckley, Mrs. John Lowell, wife of the founder
of the Lowell Institute, and Mrs. Poussin of France. He died Jan. 8, 1820.
5. William, born April 18, 1765, graduated at Cambridge, 1784. He
married Miss Lucy Fletcher. His children were Lucy, Mrs. Bennet, and
Caroline, who died April, 1792.
1856.] Indian (Philip's) War Letter. 65
6. Francis, born Dec. 28, 1766, married July 4th, 1804, Miss Sarah
Kirkland, sister of President Kirkland. He resided at Milton. His children
were Francis, George, and Mrs. Charles G. Loring. He died July, 1845.
7. Catherine, born March 24, 1769, married John Codman. She died
Dec. 20, 1832. Her children were George Codman, William Codman,
both deceased, Francis Codman, Mrs. Catherine Hurd of New York, Mrs.
William Ropes, and Miss Elizabeth Codman.
8. Rebecca, born Jan 8, 1771, married John Lowell. Their children
were John Amory Lowell and two daughters. Mrs. Lowell died April, 1842.
9. Mary, born Jan. 30, 1773, married George Bethune. She died
Jan. 24, 1844. Her children were Dr. George A. Bethune, and John
McLean Bethune.
10. Ann, born June 4, 1774, married John McLean, who left a large
estate to Harvard College and to the Massachusetts Hospital, the branch
of which at Somerville bears his name. After his death she married
William Lee. She had no children.
INDIAN (PHILIP'S) WAR LETTER.
Samuel G. Drake, Esq. Lenox, Nov. 28, 1855.
Sir, — I am indebted to Dr. Thomas Mcckins of Williamsburg, for the following let-
ter, which he says was " found at the ancient residence of the Mcekins family," in Hat-
held. As several names are mentioned in it, I send it to you. Thomas Meekins was
at Braintree as early as 1641, Deputy from that town in 1644, at Hatfield in 1661,
and died there in 1687. I should be glad to know whether Thomas Mekyn, Jr., free
May 25, 1636, and Thomas Mcakins, free March 9, 1636-7, are the same person 1 If
not, were they father and son, were they both of Braintree, and which settled at Hatfield 1
Yours respectfully, Henry W. Taft.
[Address.] — This for Louing Master Thomas Meekins living at
Hatfield — This deliver.
Loving and much respected Master.
My Love is remembered unto you and my dame Hopeing you are
wel as I am at the writing hereof, blessed be God for it. My wiff
desiars to be remembered unto you and my dame, and wee are yet in
our habitations thro' Gods marsi, but we are in expectation of the enimi
everi day if God be not the more marsiful unto us. I have been out
7 weeks my self and if provisions had not grown short we had folood
the enimi into your borders, and then I would have given you a visit
if it had been possibel, for I went out a volintere under Capt. Wards-
worth of Milton, but he is coled horn to reout about there owne toun,
so I left off the desire at present.
There is many of our friends are taken from us — Cap. Jonson of
Roxberi was slaine at Naragansit, and Will lincon died before his
wound was cured ; filup Curtis was slaine at a wigwame about Mend-
ham ; but we have lost but one man with us these wars. My mother
Vose is ded and my sister Swift. I pray remember my love to John
Elis* and his wiff and the rest of our frends, and however it is like
to fare with us God knows, and wee desiare to comit all our affairs into
his hands. So having nothing els desiaring your praiars for us I rest
Your Sarvant, John Sharfe.
Mudiriver 8 of the lmo. 1676.
* John Allis of Hatfield — son in law of Meekin.
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Petition of the Salem Troop.
[Jan.
PETITION OF THE SALEM TROOP FOR COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS, IN 1678.
To the Hon d . Maj. Gen 1 . Dan 1 . Dennison.
Hon d . Sir — We : the vnderwritten, belonging to the Reserve of Salem
old Troope, & being willing still in the best way Wee can to be ser-
viceable to God & y e Country, & being sensible of y e vnsettled estate
of y e Troope for want of Commission officers established amongst vs,
& thereby many vnsettled in o r Spiritts ; & the Troope vnfett to doe that
seruice to God and the Country w ch otherwise it might, (& Severall
that would), want vncouragemen* to Joyne & Compleat y e Troope. We
humbly make o r Address to yo r honors Favor, to take o r Case into yo r
Judecious Consideration. We haue Serious thoughts about Some meet
person to be Commander in cheife, in Whom the Country & o r selues
might Confide, & that the whole Troope might vnanimously acquiess in.
And wee humbly make bold to present M r William Browne, Junior, to
yo r Hono rs consideration, Who is well knowne to your hono", & wee
conceive meetely qualified, & would be to greate acceptance generally ;
& allso, Corporall John Puttman, for Lieu tnt , w ch if yo 1 Hon" be pleased
to Favor vs therein, & see meet to encourage yo r poore petition" herein,
wee hope the Isue will be o r mutuall settlem* & peace, & encouragem*,
to cheerfully attend that seruice. Humbly craveing pardon for o r Bold-
ness, desire to submitt to y e good will of God in what he shall see good
to direct yo r Honor in.
Yo r Hono rS humble servants.
Oct. 15, 1678.
Anthony Needham
John Beckett
John Norman
Manasses Marston
Joseph Home
Peter Cheevers
Ezekiel Cheevers
John Pickering, Jun r .
Thomas Flint
Eliezer [Kesar ?]
William Traske
John Turner
Steephen Haskell
Edmond Bishop
Isaack Cooke
Henry Kenny
Jonathan Knight
Phillip Knight
John Traske
John Micaster
Thomas Wilkins
Tho Fuller
Benj Wilkins
Jacob Fuller
John Stacy
Sam 1 Stacy
John Cooke
Henry Cooke
Jn° Rucke
William Reeves
John Proctor
Jn° Pudney
Willm Osborne
William Curtis
Daniel Bacon
Tho Putnam, Jn r
An Interesting Occasion. — An event which few men see, was cele-
brated at the Cataract House, Niagara Falls, on Wednesday evening last.
It was the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Gen.
Parkhurst Whitney and wife. For fifty years had this couple stemmed
life's vicissitudes, and on this occasion the numerous friends and kindred
of this remarkable couple gathered in social communion to bestow con-
gratulations, and renew the recollections of early days. The ceremonies
of the " Golden Wedding," were touching and imposing, and were
conducted by Rev. E. W. Reynolds of this city. Gen. Whitney emi-
grated to this country with his wife 45 years ago, and they have well
earned that health and happiness which is with them in their old age.
That it may remain with them for many years to come is the wish of all.
— Buffalo Commercial, 17 Oct. 1855.
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Early Records of Boston.
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Hunt
Fryer
Merry
Hawkins
Norden
Waker
Shaw
Scottow
Feild
Stoddard
Holloway
Pliipeny
Waker
East
Critchly
Purchase
Scottow
Waker
Hudson
Nanney
Haniford
Mason
Eggington
Wells
George
Coy
Ballentine
Coussins
Faulkner
Woo dee
Balston
Sandy
Viall
Flacke
Rocke
Chamberline
Fitch
Savage
Cole
Nanny
Cload
Davis
Grrijjine
Phillips
EARLY RECORDS OF BOSTON.
[Continued from page 254, vol. ix.]
[Copied for the Register, by Wm. B. Trask.]
Boston Birthes.
John sonne of Thomas and Elizabeth borne 11 Aprill 1656.
Sarah dau. of Nathaniell and Christian borne 20 July 1656.
Walter sonne of Walter & Mary borne 3 June 1656.
Sarah dau. of James & Mary borne 18 March 1655-56.
Benjamine sonne of Samuell & Johanna borne 15 June 1656.
Samuell sonne of Thomas and Ann borne 26 June 1656.
Elizabeth dau. of Anthony and Alice borne 21 May 1656.
Mary dau. of Ensigne Joshua and Lydia borne' 11 May 1656.
John sonne of Robert and Mary borne 9 June 1656.
Anthony sonne of Anthony & Christian borne 16 June 1656.
Benjamine sonne of William and Mary borne 8 July 1656.
Benjamine sonne of Benjamine & Wilmott b. 15 July 1656.
John sonne of Rober and Sarah borne 14 July 1656.
Rebeccah dau. of Francis & Mary borne 22 July 1656.
Elizabeth dau. of Richard and Jane borne 28 Nov. 1653.
Mary dau. of Richard & Jane borne 18 Jan. 1655.
John sonne of John and Elizabeth borne 3 Aug. 1656.
Joshua sonne of Thomas and Sarah borne 23 Dec. 1655.
Stephen sonne of Isaacke & Susannah borne 13 Aug. 1656.
John sonne of James and Mary borne 26 Jan. 1654.
Mary dau of James and Mary borne 22 July 1656.
John sonne of Robert and Catherine borne 12 Aug. 1656.
Sarah dau. of John & Abigail borne 8 Aug. 1656.
Anne dau. of Arthur and Johannah borne 10 Aug. 1656.
Elizabeth dau. of Jeremiah and Elizabeth b. 15 Aug. 1656.
Joseph sonne of Thomas & Naomi borne 7 June 1656.
Mary dau. of Richard and Mary borne 22 Aug. 1656.
Mathew sonne of Mathew & Elizabeth borne 5 Sept. 1656.
Dauid sonne of William & Hannah borne 24 Aug. 1656.
Sarah dau. of Isaac and Elizabeth borne 31 Aug. 1656.
Thomas sonne of Dauid & Mary borne 26 Sept. 1656.
Samuell sonne of Richard & Francis borne 11 Sept. 1656.
Lydia dau. of Jonathan & Mary borne 9 Oct. 1656.
Mary dau. of John & Anne borne 24 Oct. 1656.
Abigail dau. of John & Mary borne 21 Oct. 1656.
Hannah dau. of Samuell & Maiy borne 26 Oct. 1656.
John sonne of Joseph & Elizabeth borne 2 Nov. 1656.
Elizabeth dau. of John & Anne borne 25 Oct. 1656.
Martha dau. of Thomas and Martha borne 9 Nov. 1656.
Samuel sonne of Cap 1 . Thomas and Mary b. 16 Nov. 1656.
Samuell sonne of John & Susanna borne 24 March 1656.
Mary dau. of John & Susanna borne 6 Oct. 1658.
John sonne of Mr. Robert and Katherine b. 12 Aug. 1655.
Mary dau. of Andrew & Elizabeth borne 22 July 1656.
William sonne of Samuell & Sarah borne 4 Sept. 1656.
Elizabeth dau. of John and Susanna borne 26 Aug. 1656.
John sonne of Lieu 1 . W m . & Bridget borne 18 Sept. 1656.
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Early Records of Boston.
[Jan.
Travis Jeremiah sonne of Samuell and Ester borne 9 Sept. 1656.
Stephens Henry sonne of Henry and Mary borne 20 July 1656.
Messinger Lvdia and Priscilla, Twins, daus. of Henry and Sarah borne
*22 Nov. 1656.
Shattocke Exercise dau. of William & Hannah borne 12 Nov. 1656.
Shrimpton Jonathan sonne of Henry and Elino r borne 18 Nov. 1656.
Knight Sarah dau. of Richard & Johannah borne 6 Nov. 1656.
Ellis Edward sonne of Edward & Sarah borne 26 Nov. 1656.
Andrewes John sonne of John and Hannah borne 21 Nov. 1656.
Davis Mary dau. of Cap 1 . William & Huldah borne 3 Dec. 1656.
Peck Joseph sonne of Thomas & Elizabeth borne 11 Dec. 1656.
Wittoms Peter sonne of Peter and Reddigan borne 15 May 1656.
Browne Mary dau. of Edmund and Elizabeth borne 15 Dec. 1656.
Ingolsby Ebenezer sonne of John & Ruth borne 13 Dec. 1656.
Peirce Mary dau. of William & Ester borne 10 Dec. 1656.
Phillips Henry sonne of Henry & Mary borne 1 Oct. 1656.
Osborne Jonathan sonne of William and Friswith borne 16 Nov. 1656.
Keskeys Henry sonne of Henry & Ruth borne 3 May 1656.
Mellowes Elizabeth dau. of John and Martha borne 15 Dec. 1656.
Rex Ezekiell sonne of William and Grace borne 30 Nov. 1656.
Gill John sonne of John & Elizabeth borne 11 Jan. 1656.
Burrell Samuell sonne of George and Deborah borne 10 Jan. 1656.
Hicks Richard sonne of Richard & Mary borne 20 Jan. 1656.
Read s Elizabeth dau. of Thomas & Mary borne 28 Jan. 1656.
Browne Sarah dau. of William & Elizabeth borne 8 Jan. 1656.
Jackson Elizabeth dau. of Edmund and Mary borne 11 Feb. 1656.
Sumner William sonne of William & Elizabeth borne 9 Feb. 1656.
Ingram William sonne of William & Mary borne 9 Feb. 1656.
Negro Serv*t Rebecca dau. of Besse, the Negro servant of Mr. Thomas
Lake, borne 1 Feb. 1656.
Lake Thomas sonne of Mr. Thomas & Mary borne 9 Feb. 1656.
Pollard Joseph sonne of William and Anne borne 15 March 1656-7.
Broughton Thomas sonne of Mr Tho : & Mary borne 23 Dec. 1656.
Barrell John sonne of John & Mary borne [
Oris Jonathan sonne of George and Elizabeth borne [ ].
Phillips Nicholas sonne of Nicholas and Hannah borne 26 Feb. 1656.
Phipeny Rebecca dau. of Gamaliel & Sarah borne 12 Feb. 1656.
Gallop Samuell sonne of Samuell & Mary borne 14 Feb. 1656.
Crocum Hannah dau. of Francis & Joan borne 15 Feb. 1656.
Watkins Sarah dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth b. 1 March 1656-57.
Prout Ebenezer sonne of Timothy & Mary borne 14 March 1656.
Hawkins Mehitabell dau. of Thomas & Rebecca borne 27 Jan. 1656.
Cumbee Hester dau. of Humphery Cumby & Sarah b 1 March 1656-57.
Furnell Joseph sonne of William & Hellen borne 19 Jan. 1656.
Belcher Satisfaction sonne of Edward & Mary borne 23 Feb. 1656.
Jephson John sonne of John & Emm borne 1 March 1656-57.
Woody Mary dau. of Isaac & Dorcas borne 22 March 1656-57.
Rogers Gamaliel sonne of Symon & Susanna borne 26 March 1657.
Salter Lydia dau. of William and Mary borne 24 March 1656-57.
Coleman James sonne of Edward and Margaret borne 31 Jan. 1656.
Duncan Elizabeth dau. of Peter and Mary borne 28 Feb. 1656.
Phillips Zechariah sonne of Zekariah & Eliz. b. 5 March, 1656-57.
Bastar John sonne of Joseph & Mary borne 25 March 1657.
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Amee William sonne of John & Martha borne 24 March 1656-57.
Johnson Mary dau. of Capt. James and Abigail borne 27 March 1657.
Davis Grace dau. of John and Returne borne 4 March 1656-57.
Downes Mary dau. of John and Dorothy borne 4th March 1656-57.
Dawes Mary dau. of John & Mary borne 12 Aprill 1657.
Browne Mary dau. of William & Lydia borne 23 Aprill 1657.
Blower Mary dau. of John & Tabitha borne 25 Aprill 1657.
Howard Hannah dau. of Samuell & Isabell borne 11 Aprill 1657.
Page Sarah dau. of Edward & Elizabeth borne 13 Aprill 1656.
Winsor Constance dau. of Robert & Rebecca borne 7 May 1657.
Arnold Elizabeth dau. of Edward and Martha borne 7 May 1657.
Dod Elizabeth dau. of George & Mary borne 5 Aprill 1657.
Barnard Thomas sonne of Mathew & Sarah borne 14 Aprill 1657.
Robinson Elizabeth dau. of Nathaniell & Damaris b. 24 Feb. 1656.
Clarke Rebecca dau. of Christopher & Rebecca borne 4 May 1657.
Yeomans Edward sonne of Edward and Elizabeth borne 6 May 1657.
Anderson Anna dau. of John & Mary borne 5 May 1657.
Tiler Samuell sonne of Thomas & Hannah borne 1 May 1657.
Rucke Elizabeth dau. of Samuell & Margaret borne 11 May 1657.
Tozer Thomas sonne of Richard & Judeth borne 5th May 1657.
Evans Martha dau. of David & Mary borne 28 May 1657.
Felch Samuell sonne of Henry, Junio r & Hannah b. 3 June 1657.
Clarke Abigail dau. of Mathew of Winisemet, & Abigail borne 17
June 1656.
Mavericke Paule sonne of Elias & Anne borne 10 June 1657.
Lane Sarah dau. of William & Mary borne 15 June 1657.
Allen Leah dau. of Hope & Ratchell borne 16 May 1657.
Kibby Rebecca dau. of Edward of Muddy River, & Mary borne 1 May
1657.
Smaledge Abigail dau. of William & Mary borne 28 May 1657.
Roberts Simon sonne of Simon & Christian borne 22 Nov. 1656.
Dowse Sarah dau. of Francis & Catherine, borne 2 June 1657.
Allen John sonne of Edward & Martha borne 8 June 1657.
Blake Rebecca dau. of Henry & Elizabeth borne 5 July 1657.
Hamblelon Sarah dau. of William & Mary borne 7 Aprill 1657.
Mar tine Sarah dau. of Richard and Sarah borne 2 July 1657.
Curtis John sonne of Henry & Jane borne 2 July 1657.
Balston James sonne of James & Sarah borne 22 June 1657.
Shore Elizabeth dau. of Sampson Shore & Abigaile borne 25 June
1657.
Toy Jeremiah sonne of William & Grace borne 18 July 1657.
Ting Joseph sonne of Mr. Edward & Mary borne 12 July 1657.
Richeson Sarah dau. of Amos & Mary borne 19 July 1657.
Halsey Joseph sonne of William & Sarah borne 29 May 1657.
Willis Henry sonne of Henry & Mary borne 2 Aug. 1657.
Burgesse Benjamine sonne of Francis & Joice borne 11 Oct. 1654.
Davis Johannah dau. of William & Susannah borne 26 July 1657.
Cobitt Ruth dau. of Josiah & Mary borne 6 Aug. 1657.
Ley Richard sonne of Henry & Mary borne 27 July 1657.
Stockbridge John sonne of John & Mary borne 19 July 1657.
Bowen Mary dau. of Henry & Francis borne 14 Aug. 1657.
Adams Sarah dau. of Nathaniell & Mary borne 9 Aug. 1657.
Baker Joseph sonne of Thomas & Leah borne 16 Aug. 1657.
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Savage Samuell sonne of Cap*. Thomas & Mary b. 22 Aug. 1657.
Neighbour Rebecca dau. of James and Lettis borne 30 March 1657.
Bowd Elizabeth dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth borne 20 Aug. 1657.
Turrell Anna dau. of Samuell & Lydia borne 20 Aug. 1657.
Harwood Anna dau. of Thomas & Rachell borne 26 Aug. 1657.
Bushncll Elizabeth dau. of John & Jane borne 30 Aug. 1657.
Barker Thomas sonne of Edward & Jane borne 23 Aug. 1657.
Kelly David sonne of David & Elizabeth borne 18 Dec. 1647.
Barker Elizabeth sonne [?] of Edward & Jane borne 17 July 1650.
John sonne of Edward & Jane borne 15 Jan. 1653.
Mary dau. of Edward & Jane borne 15 Feb. 1652.
Brakenbury John sonne of John & Emm borne 9 Aug. 1657.
Place Sarah dau. of Peter & Alice borne 3 Sept. 1657.
Stevens Sarah dau. of Thomas & Sarah borne 31 Aug. 1657.
Mason Sarah dau. of Robert & Sarah borne 20 Aug. 1657.
Deuce Richard sonne of Richard and Jane borne 4 Sept. 1657.
Wiseman Sarah dau. of James & Dorothy borne 18 Sept. 1657.
Talbott Joseph sonne of William & Secilla borne 13 Oct. 1657.
Atkinson Abigail dau. of Theodore & Abigail borne 9 Dec. 1657.
Rawson Elizabeth dau. of Mr. Edward & Rachell b. 12 Nov. 1657.
Norden Elizabeth dau. of Samuell & Elizabeth borne 2 Sept. 1657.
Haviland Susan dau. of Edward & Susan borne 2 Sept. 1657.
Hamlin Joseph sonne of Ezekiell & Elizabeth borne 18 Aug. 1657.
Winthrop Sarah dau. of Mr. Deane Winthropp & Sarah b. 11 Feb. 1657.
Grosse Mary dau. of Mathew & Mary borne 17 Sept. 1657.
Scottow Sarah dau. of Thomas & Sarah borne 27 Sept. 1657.
Sweet Mehitabel dau. of John & Susanna borne 8 Oct. 1657.
Parnm John sonne of William Francis borne 24 Aug. 1657.
Snelling Sarah dau. of John & Sarah borne 4 Oct. 1657.
Kelly Samuell sonne of David and Elizabeth borne 9 Oct. 1657.
Belcher John sonne of Josiah & Ranis borne 9 Oct. 1657.
Frery Theophilus sonne of Theophilus & Hannah b. 20 Sept. 1657.
Hemes Hannah dau. of Leif fc Joshua & Alece borne 28 Oct. 1657.
Shaw Joseph sonne of John & Martha borne 11 Nov. 1657.
Barlow Elizabeth dau. of Thomas & Elizabeth borne 13 Nov. 1657.
Willborne Mary dau. of Michael! & Mary borne 30 Oct. 1657.
Fryer Elizabeth dau. of Nathaniell & Christian borne 1 Nov. 1657.
Woodward Elizabeth dau. of Ezekiell & Anna borne 22 Oct. 1657.
Davis Sarah dau. of Samuell & Sarah borne 19 Dec. 1657.
Lynde John sonne of Mr. Simon & Hannah borne 8 Nov. 1657.
Read Ephraim sonne of William & Ruth borne 23 Nov. 1657.
Eliot Abigail dau. of Jacob and Mary borne 16 Dec. 1657.
Travis Hannah dau. of Richard and Grace borne 21 Aug. 1657.
Coggan Sarah dau. of Mr. John & Martha borne 25 Dec. 1657.
Hurd Mehitabel dau. of John & Mary borne 21 Dec. 1657.
Ballentine William sonne of W 7 illiam and Hannah borne 20 Dec. 1657.
Lowell Mary dau. of John & Hannah borne 7 Jan. 1657.
Browne Jane dau. of Abraham & Jane borne 9 Aug. 1657.
Dinsdall Sarah dau. of William & Martha borne 7 Jan. 1657.
Blake Hannah dau. of John & Mary borne 16 Jan. 1657.
This aboue written & in the seuerall pages vnder the title of birthes,
was brought in by M r Jonathan Negus, Clarke of the Writts in Boston, as a
true transcript since what he brought in to the time he begins them, as he
Affirmed this 28 : 8 mo : 1657.
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Boston Deathes.
Vpshall Anna ye dau. of W m Vpshall dyed y e 7 th : 9 mo : (51.)
Houchine Jeremiah y e sonne of Jer: Houchine dyed y e 8 th 10 mo (51.)
Richards Hannah y e dau. of Thomas Richards, deceased and of Wel-
tham, his wyfe, dyed the lOth of 9 mo (51.)
Wayt Joseph y e sonne of Richard & Elizabeth aged 14 yeares
dyed the 20 : 9 mo (51.)
Webb Richard sonne of John & Anna dyed 30 : 10™° : (51.)
Hallsell Sarah dau. of George & Joan dyed 16 : 10 mo : 51.
Swan Sarah dau. of Henry deceased & Joan dyed 23 : 10 mo : (51.)
Webb * Susan y e dau. of Jo n & Anna dyed 17 : 10 mo : (51.)
Winthrop Joshua youngest sonne of y e Late Mr Jn° Winthropp Esq r
dyed 11 : ll mo : (51.)
Astwood Mary y e dau. of James & Sarah dyed 21 : ll mo : 1651.
Biggs Mary y e wife of John Biggs dyed 10 : ll mo : (49.)
Norton Richard y e sonne of Rich<J & Dorothy dyed 10 : 12 mo : 49.
Ingolsby John y e sonne of John & Ruth y e 3 : 6 mo : (49.)
Ting Rebeccah y e dau. of Edward & Mary dyed 16 : l mo : 49.
Savage Faith y e wife of Cap* Thomas dyed 20 : 12 mo : 51.
Phillips Susan dau. of Philip Phillips dyed 14 : 10 mo : 51.
Purchase Sarah y e dau. of Jn« & Elizabeth dyed 14 : 12 mo : 51.
Coggan Mary y e wife of Mr Jn° Coggan dyed 14 : 11 : 51.
Bishop Elizabeth dau. of Job & Eliz. of Ipswich d. 27 : 12 mo : 51.
Cullimore Margarett y e wife of Isaac Cullimore dyed 13 : 10 mO : 51.
Button Hannah ye dau. of Robert & Abigail dyed 20 : l mo : 51.
Souther Alice y e wife of Nathaniell Souther dyed 27 : 7 : 51.
Baker Mary y e dau. of Wm & Mary dyed 25 : 6™° : 52.
Tinker- Sarah y e dau. of Jn° & Allice dyed 28 : 6 : 52.
Waker Jno ye sonne of Rob 4 & Sarah dyed 22 : 5 mo : 52.
Addington Sarah y e dau. of Isaac & Ann dyed 2 : 6 mo : 52.
Farnum John y e sonne of Jno & Elizabeth dyed 26 : 6 : 52.
Turner Rob 1 y e sonne of Rob 1 deceased & Elizabeth d. 21 : 6 : 52.
Phillips Zechary y e sonne of Zachary & Elizabeth dyed 2:7: 52.
Josline Phillip y e sonne of Abram & Bitteris dyed 2:6: 52.
Allen Bozon Allen Dyed 14 : 7 : 52.
Ludkine William Ludkin Drowned 27 : lm° ; 52.
Olliver Samuel Olliver Drowned 27 : 1 : 52.
Bennet George Bennet Drowned 27 : 1 : 52.
Nichols David Nichols dyed 13 : 1 : 52.
Winthrop Adam Winthropp Esq 1 " dyed 24 : 6 : 52.
Woodward Jn° ye sonne of Rob 4 [&] Ratchell dyed 23 : 6 : 52.
Davis Ephraim y e sonne of W m & Margaret dyed 2:6: 52.
Cotton W m y e sonne of Wm & Anne dyed 29 : 6 : 52.
Webber Mehitabel y e sonne [?] of Thomas & Sarah dyed 7 : 7 : 52.
Shaw Samuel I y e sonne of John & Martha dyed 15:7: 52.
Long Joseph y e sonne of Phillip & Ann dyed 28 : 6 : 52.
Gill Nathaniell ye sonne of Arthur Gill dyed 2 : 7 : 52.
Knight James y e sonne of Rich' d & Johannah dyed 27 : 7 : 52.
Phipeny Gamaliell y e sonne of Gamaliell & Sarah dyed 8:7: 52.
Ivery W m Ivery Carpinter & Inhabitant of Lynn dyed 3:8: 52.
Vsher Francis y e wife of Hezekiah Vsher deceased 25 : 2 : 52.
Phillips Zechariah y e sonne of Zecha: & Elizabeth dyed 4:7: 52.
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Stephenson Joseph y e sonne of John & Sarah dyed y e 10 : 7 : 52.
Jackson Martha y e wife of Edmund Jackson deceased 12 : 9 m0 : 52.
Dure Thomas y e sonne of Thomas & Anne dyed 3 : 10 : *>2.
Hudson Ann y e wife of James Hudson dyed 3 : 10 mo : (52.)
Parker Mathew Parker the 19 : 7 : 52.
Stanbury Thomas Stanbury deceased 26 : 7 : 52.
Perry Arthur Perry deceased 9:8: 52.
Blanchard William Blanchard dyed 7:8: 52.
Cotton Mr Jn° Cotton Teacher of y e Church of Boston dyed 15 : 10 : 52.
Hull Elizabeth dau. of Jn<> & Judeth dyed 12 m0 : 52.
Mary dau. of Jn° & Judeth dyed 30 : 11 : 1652.
Pittney John y e sonne of Francis & Sarah dyed 17 : 8 mo : 5$.
Stark Jn° Stark Scottishman servant to Lieu 1 W« Hudson dyed
22 : 3 : 52.
Smith Mercy dau. of Francis & Elizabeth dyed 4:7: 52.
Haniford Jn° sonne of John & Hannah dyed 7 : 12 : 52.
Ting Capt W m Ting dyed 18 : ll mo : 52.
Jane wife of Capt W m Ting dyed 3 : 8 mo : 52.
Willis John sonne of Henry and Mary dyed 8:1 : 52 : 53.
Lindon Jane wife of Augustine Lindon dyed 16 : 1 : 52 : 53.
Samuell y e sonne of Augustine Lindon dyed 26 : 1 : 53."
Furnell Susan y e dau. of Strong Furnell dyed 21 : 7 : 52.
Alleson Jn° y e sonne of James & Christian dyed 2 : 2 mo : 53.
Barrell John y e sonne of John & Mary dyed 27 : 3 : 1653.
Critchett Clement Critchett servant of John Sunderland d. 29 : 3 : 53.
Wright John y e sonne of Robert & Mary dyed 22 : 4 : 52.
Merry Rebeccah the wife of Walter Merry dyed 4:5: 53.
Davis Margaret wife of Lieu 1 Wm Davis dyed 3:5: 53.
Peacocke Jane the wife of Richard Peacocke dyed 29 : 5 : 53.
Eire Lydia the wife of Mr. Simon Eire dyed 10 : 6 : 53.
Phipeny Elizabeth dau. of Joseph & Dorothy dyed 14 : 5 : 53.
Hanniford Hannah y e wife of Jn Hanniford dyed 16 : 6 mo : 53.
Lake Mary dau. of Thomas & Mary dyed 1 : 7 : 53.
Walters Rich** Walters Mate of Dickory Carwithy died 3:6: 53.
Millerd Tho Millerd of Newbery deceased 1:7: 53.
Fisher Mary Fisher Widdow deceased 6:7: 53.
Carwithen Dickery Carwithen shipmaster deceased 6:7: 53.
Dod Mary dau. of George & Mary dyed 4:8: 53.
Lord Thomas sonne of Robert & Rebeccah dyed 6:8: 53.
Andrewes Lucie y e wife of John Andrews dyed 1:7: 53.
Howen Elizabeth Howen Widow deceased 27 : 7 : 53.
Read Susana wif of W m Read dyed 12 : 8 mo : 53.
Boltin Robert Boltin of Saffron Walden in England, a seaman, was
accidentally slaine at Nantasket in New England, by a
shipp Gunne 28 : 5 : 53.
Michell Paul Michell, a fisherman, Liueing at Crafthold in England,
deceased at William Cousers house at Boston in New
England, died intestate 18 : 9 mo : 53.
Olliver Hannah dau. of Mr John Olliver dyed 11:9: 53.
Sellick Susanna dau. of David Sellick dyed 10 : 9 mo : 53.
Mason Henry Mason servant to James Everill of Boston dyed
10:9: 53.
(To he Continued.)
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AN ACCOUNT OF THE TEMPLE FAMILY.
[Communicated by Mr. W. H. Whitmore, of Boston, M. N. E. Hist. Gen. Soc]
To the Editor of the Register: — Boston, Dec. 1, 1855.
Dear Sir, — In handing you the accompanying record of the Temple and Bowdoin
families, allow me also to acknowledge that I am indebted to Hon. R. C. Winthrop, for
gome of the materials from which these records are compiled, and to him and to Hon.
James Savage, for correcting some errors in the Bowdoin pedigree, which have never
before been rectified, I remain with much respect, yours truly, W. H. Whitmobe.
1. Leofric, Earl of Mercia, husband of the famous Countess Godiva,
and founder of the great monastery at Coventry, was chiefly instrumen-
tal in raising Edward the Confessor to the throne, as also his successor
king Harold II. He died 31 Aug., 1027.
2. Algar, Earl of the East Saxons, son and heir, took that title upon
Harold's quitting it for the Earldom of the West Saxons, after Earl
Godwin's death. He died, 1059.
3. Edwin, Earl of the East Saxons, son and heir, was deprived of his
Earldom by the Conqueror, and killed in defending himself against the
Normans, 1071.
4. Edwin or Henry, son and heir, sometime styled Earl of Leicester
& Coventry, is said to have assumed the name of Temple from the
manor of Temple, near Wellesborough, county Leicester, and is sup-
posed to be Henry de Temple, lord of Temple and Little Shepey, temp.
King William I.
5. Geoffrey de Temple son and heir of Henry de Temple.
6. John de Temple, son and heir, temp. King Henry I.
7. Henry de Temple, son and heir, m. Maud, dau. of Sir John Ribbesford.
8. Henry de Temple, son and heir, Temp. K. John.
9. Richard de Temple, son and heir, married Katherine dau. of
Thomas Langley, Esq. Living 1295.
10. Nicholas de Temple, son and heir, married Margaret, dau. of
r Robert Corbet of Sibton, co. Leicester. Living 1322.
11. Richard de Temple, son and heir, married Agnes, dau. of Sir
Ralph Stanley. Living 1346.
12. Nicholas de Temple, son and heir, married Maud, dau. of John
urguillon of Newton, co. Leicester.
13. Richard de Temple, son and heir, married Joan, dau. of William
Shepey of Great Shepey, co. Leicester.
14. Thomas Temple, of Witney, co. Oxford, third son, married
Mary, dau. of Thomas Gedney, Esq.
15. William Temple, son and heir, married Isabel, dau. and heir of
enry Everton, Esq.
16. Thomas Temple, son and heir, married Alice, dau. and heir of
John Heritage of Burton Derset, co. Warwick.
17. Peter Temple, of Stow and of Burton Dorset, second son, m. Meli-
cent, dau. of William Jekyl of Newington, co. Middlesex, and had issue —
18. i. John, of whom presently.
19. ii. Anthony.
Peter Temple, Esq., died 28 May, 1577.
19. Anthony Temple, second son, had
20. Sir William Temple, son and heir, who married Martha, dau.
of Robert Harrison, co. Derby, and died aged 73, 15 Jan. 1627.
21. Sir John Temple, son and heir of this last, married Mary, dau. of
John Hammond of Chertsey, co. Surrey, and died 1677. Children:
74 An Account of the Temple Family. [Jan.
22. i. Sir William, Bart., who married Dorothy, dau. of Sir Peter
Osborne, and had an only son Peter, who left two daus., Elizabeth
married John Temple, Dorothy married Nicholas Bacon. Died aged
71, 1700.
23. ii. Sir John.
23. Sir John Temple, second son, married Jane, dau. of Sir Abraham
Yarner, of Dublin, and had — 24. i. Henry, ii. John, married Eliz. Temple,
his second cousin. He died, aged 72, 10 March, 1704.
24. Henry, First Viscount of Palmerston, son and heir, born 1673,
married 1st, Anne, dau. of Abraham Haublon, Esq., of London, and had
by her, who died 1735, issue —
25. Henry.
He married 2d, 1738, Isabella, dau. of Sir Francis Gerard of Harrow,
co. Middlesex, Bart., and widow of Sir John Fryer, but had no issue.
He was created Baron Temple of Mount Temple, and Viscount Palmer-
ston, 1722, and died aged 84, 10 June, 1757.
25. Henry, married 1st, Miss Lee ; and by Jane, dau. of Sir John
Barnard, Lord Mayor of London, his 2d wife, had issue — 26. Henry.
He died vita patris, 1740.
26. Henry, second Viscount, born 1739, married 1st, in 1767, Fran-
ces, dau. of Sir Francis Poole, and she dying without issue, he married
secondly in 1783, Mary, daughter of B. Mee. He died in 1802, his
children were,
27. i. Henry John.
ii. William, now Sir William.
iii. Frances, married Capt. Bowles, R. N., now Rear Admiral,
iv. Elizabeth, married Rt. Hon. Lawrence Sullivan.
27. Henry John Temple, born 20 Aug. 1784, Lord Palmerston, the
present head of Her Majesty's administration.
To return to the elder branch.
18. John Temple, Esq., of Stowe, married Susan, dau. and heir of
Thomas Spencer of Everton, co. Northampton, and had —
28. Sir Thomas Temple, Knight of Stowe, was created a Baronet ;
his will is dated 4th Feb., 1632, and proved 13 March, 1637. He mar-
ried Esther, dau. of Miles Sandys of Latimers, co. Buck, who died 1656,
and had thirteen children. Of these were
29. i. Sir Peter.
30. ii. Sir John of Biddleson and Stanton Bury.
29. Sir Peter Temple, married 1st, Anne, dau. of Sir Arthur Throg-
morton of Paulerspury, co. Northampton, by whom he had
i. Anne married Thomas Roper, Viscount Baltinglass.
ii. Martha married Weslon Ridgway, Earl of Londonderry.
He married secondly, Christian, dau. of Sir Richard Leveson, of Trent-
ham, co. Staff., and had
31. iii. Richard, born 1634.
30. Sir John of Stanton Bury, married Dorothy, dau. of Edmund Lee,
and died 33 Sept., 1632.
32. i. Peter.
33. ii. Edward.
34. iii. Purbeck.
35. iv. Thomas, Gov. of Nova Scotia, died s.p. 27 March, 1674.
v. Dorothy married John Alston,
vi. Hester married Edward Pascal.
viL Mary married Robert Nelson of Gray's Inn.
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31. Sir Richard Temple of Stowe, who died 15 May, 1697, married
Miss Knapp, and had
36. i. Richard.
ii. Hester, md. in 1710, Richord Grenville, Esq., of Wooton.*
iii. Christian, married Sir Thomas Lyttleton, Bart,
iv. Maria, married 1st, Dr. West, 2d, Sir John Langham.
v. Penelope, married Mercy Berangcr.
32. Sir Peter Temple of Stanton Bury, married Eleanor, dau. of Sir
Timothy Tyrrell of Okely, co. Bucks, who remarried Richard Gran-
ville, great-grandfather of the first Earl Temple. She died 24 May,
1671, aged 57. Issue —
37. i. William.
38. ii. John.
iii. Eleanor, married Richard Grenville, Esq., her step-brother.
33. Sir Edward Temple of Selby ; his will was proved 30 March,
1668.
34. Sir Purbeck Temple, was the father of
39. i. Thomas Temple.
40. ii. Sir John Purbeck Temple, of Edscombe, co. Surry, who
died 1694.
35. Sir Thomas Temple, Governor of Nova Scotia, died at Ealing,
co. Middlesex, 1674.
36. Sir Richard Temple, fourth Bart., was created Baron Cobham
and Viscount and Baron Cobham. He married Anne dau. of Edmund
Hulsey, and dying without issue 1749, the Viscounty devolved upon his
sister Hester, and her heirs male. She married Richard Grenville, son
of Richard Grenville and Eleanor Temple (daughter of Sir Peter, No.
32, vide ante,) and her descendant, the Duke of Buckingham, now enjoys
the dignity.
37. William Temple of Lillingstone Dayrell, had issue
41. i. William.
42. ii. Peter.
39. Thomas Temple, had issue, his eldest son,
43. Robert Temple of Ten Hills, Mass.
41. Sir William Temple, fifth baronet, married Elizabeth, dau. and
heir of Peter Paxton, and had by her
i. Henrietta, married William Dicken.
He married secondly, Elizabeth, dau. of Hugh Ethersey, Esq., and had
ii. Anna Sophia, married Sir Richard Temple, seventh baronet.
He died 10 April, 1760.
42. Sir Peter Temple, sixth baronet, succeeded his brother, and died
1761, leaving
44. Richard.
43. Robert Temple, Esq., of Ten Hills, married Mehitabel, dau. of
John Nelson, whose mother was Mary, dau. of Sir John Temple (No. 30.
ante.) Children :
45. i. Robert, died 1781.
46. ii. John, born 1731.
47. iii. William, married dau. of Gov. Whipple.
48. iv. Mary.
49. v. Margaret, m. Mr. Dowse and had an only dau., Mary, who
m. Com. Nicholson, U. S. N., and had three daughters..
50. vi. Elizabeth.
* From this marriage descends the present ducal house of Buckingham and Chandos..
76 An Account of the Temple Family. [Jan.
44. Sm Richard Temple, seventh baronet, m. his cousin Anna Sophia,
but dying s. p. in 1786, he was succeeded by his relative, John, No. 46.
45. Robert Temple, m. Harriet, second dau. of Gov. Shirley, and had,
i. Anne Weston, married Temple Emmett, a near relative of the
Irish patriot,
ii. Mehetabel, married Hans Blackwood, Lord DurTerin.
iii. Harriet.
46. Sir John Temple, eighth baronet, married Elizabeth, dau. of Gov.
Bowdoin, 20 Jan., 1767, and died 17 Nov., 1798. Children :
51. i. Grenville, born 16 Oct, 1768.
ii. James B. born 7 June, 1776, married Maiy, dau. of Thomas
Dickason of Fulwell Lodge, co. Middlesex, and died 1842.
51.* iii. Elizabeth B., b. 23 Oct., 1769, m. Hon. Thomas L. Winthrop.
52. iv. Augusta, born about 1780, married Wm. L. Palmer, Esq.,
and died 18 Aug., 1852.
51. Sir Grenville Temple, ninth baronet, married 1st, Elizabeth,
dau. of George Watson, Esq., widow of Hon. Thomas Russell ; she died
4 Nov. 1809, and had issue :
53. i. Grenville, born 20 July, 1799.
ii. John, b. 1801, m. in 1828, Jane, dau. of J. Marshall, Esq.,M.P.
iii. Elizabeth Augusta, married in 1829, Maj. Gen. Byam.
He married, 2d, in June 1812, Maria Augusta, widow of Sir Thos.
Rumbold, and died in 1829.
53. Sir Grenville-Temple Temple, tenth baronet of Stowe, married
5 May, 1829, Mary, dau. of Geo. Baring, Esq., brother of Lord Ashbur-
ton, died June, 1847, and had,
i. Grenville Leofric, born 5 Feb., 1830.
ii. George Ernest A., born 4 Jan., 1832. And six other children.
54. Sir Grenville Leofric
Female Branches.
1. Robert Nelson, married Mary, dau. of Sir John Temple. (No. 30.)
Will proved 4th Aug., 1698. Children :
1—2. John. *
3. Temple, died s.p. 1671.
4. Margaret.
1 — 2. John Nelson came to New England in 1734, and married Eliza-
beth, dau. of Lt. Gov. Tailer, and had,
2—5. Temple.
6. Pascal, died unmarried. Will proved 19 Sept., 1760.
7. Mehitable, m. Robert Temple, (No. 43, ante), and d. 1775.
8. Elizabeth, married Hubbard.
9. Rebecca, married Henry Lloyd, of Lloyd's Neck, N. Y.
2 — 5. Temple Nelson, married Mary, dau. of John Wentworth, Esq.,
Governor of New Hampshire, and had,
5 — 10. John, b. at Boston, d. on the the Island of Grenada, aged 52.
William Lance of Sandwich, co. Kent, married Maiy Temple (No.
48), and had,
David, born 1757, maried dau. of William Fitz.
William, married dau. of Gawin Elliott of Blackheath.
Mary, married John Paton of Grandhome.
51*. Hon. Thomas L. Winthrop m. Elizabeth B. Temple, and had ch. :
Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple, b. May 16, 1787, m. Rev. Dr. Tappan,
and has six children.
1856.] An Account of the Temple Family. 11
Sarah Bowdoin, b. June 3, 1788, m. George Sullivan.
Thomas Lindall, b. July 23, 1789, d. January 12, 1812, 5. p.
Augusta Temple, b. Nov. 3, 1791, d. Sept. 18, 1792.
Augusta Temple, b. April 23, 1793, m. Dr. John Smyth Rogers, d.
Dec. 7, 1828.
James Bowdoin, b. July 23, 1794, d. March 6, 1833.
John Temple, b. May 14, 1796, d. May 5, 1843.
Francis William, b. Dec. 1, 1797, d. June 23, 1798.
Francis William, b. May 31, 1799, d. March 7, 1819.
Jane, b. March 15, 1801, d. Feb. 22, 1819.
Anne, b. April 14, 1803, m. Dr. J. C. Warren, d. Dec. 16, 1850.
George Edward, b. June 15, 1805.
Grenville Temple, b. March 23, 1807, m. Frances M. Heard, and d.
Sept. 14, 1852.
Robert Charles, b. May 12, 1809, m. first, Eliza Cabot Blanchard, and
has children ; and secondly, Laura Derby Welles.
William L. Palmer married Augusta Temple, (No. 52), and had, —
John T., d. s. p. Charles C. Frederick T. William B. Anne E., born
1802, died 14 June, 1808. Augusta T., married Rufus Prime, of N. Y.,
and died leaving issue. Elizabeth.
Notes on the Preceding.
Burke's Peerage, 1854, gives Edward Temple [33] as the father of
Thomas [39], but a copy of the Temple pedigree from Johnson and Kim-
be r's Baronetage, now in the possession of Hon. R. C. Winthrop, formerly
belonging to Sir John Temple [46], and containing his own interlineations,
says as follows :—
" Sir John, the present baronet, is the son of Robert, eldest sorfof
Thomas, the son of Purbeck, who was second son of the aforementioned
Sir Peter Temple Bart, of Stowe, ."
47. William Temple, third son of Robert of Ten Hills, m. first, a dau.
of Gov. Whipple, and had, i. John, d. unm. ; ii. Sarah, m. Mr. Shields of
Granby, S. C. He m. second, Amy, dau. of Col. Eleazer Fitch of Wind-
ham, and had, iii. Nelson, b. 1781, drowned, aged 11 ; iv. Robert, b.
Aug. 29, 1783.
Robert Temple, m. Sept. 1805, Clara, only child of Joseph Hawkins,
and had, 1. Clara, b. Oct. 24, 1806 ; 2. Robert Emmett, b. Sept. 24, 1808 ;
3. Mary, b. Aug. 24, 1810 ; 4. Charlotte, b. May 13, 1813. His wife dy-
ing, Dec. 1814, he m. 2d, Charlotte, dau. of Doctor Green, and had, 5.
George, b. April 2, 1820, d. unm. ; 6. Charles, b. Nov. 1821 ; 7. Eliza-
beth, b. Jan. 1823, d. young ; 8. William Grenville, b. March, 1826 ;
9. Helen Augusta, b. April 9, 1828, d. unm. Feb. 1854.
Of these, 1. Clara, m. in 1827, Henry Chapman, Esq., and has issue :
2. Robert E. Temple, m. June 12, 1839, Catherine M. James, and had
William, b. March, 1842 ; Catherine, b. Aug. 1843 ; Mary, b. Dec. 1845 ;
Clara, Charlotte, and Grenville, who d. young; Ellen, b. Oct. 1850;
Henrietta, b. June, 1853. 3. Mary Temple, m. Edmund Tweedy, and
had issue ; 4. Charlotte Temple, m. Robert Sweeney, and had issue ; 6.
Charles Temple, m. Margaret, dau. of Major Lowe, U. S. A., and had
Edward, Arthur, Alice, Charlotte, and Eloisa ; 8. Wm. Grenville Temple,
m. Oct. 10, 1851, Catalina, dau. of Gen. Totten, U. S, Army.
78
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NOTES ON THE BOWDOIN FAMILY.
The following records relate to the Virginia branch, descended from
John, son of the immigrant : —
" At a Court held by her Majestie's Justices of the Peace for North-
ampton County, this 29 day of March, 1708. Present Capt. William Har-
manson, Capt. Benjamin Nottingham, Mr. Hillary Stringer, Mr. John
Harmanson, Mr. John Powell.
" This daye was Presented to this Court by John Bowden, a letter of
Attorney to his Brother, James Bowden, Mariner, living in Boston in
New England, which Letter of Attorney was acknowledged in open
Court by the said John Bowden, and proved by the Corporal Oaths of
Thomas Savage & Thomas Harmanson, Junior, and at the request of the
said John Bowdoin is ordered to be put upon Record.'"
The power of Attorney is still in record, but only adds the fact that
this John Bowdoin was also a mariner.
From a letter of Peter S. Bowdoin, Esq., of Cherrystone, Northampton
co., Va., dated in 1854, I learn that his father was Peter Bowdoin, who
d. 1825, leaving three sons and two daughters. His younger sons are
now living in Philadelphia ; his daughters married respectively Prof.
George Tucker, now of Philadelphia, formerly of the University of
Virginia, and Dr. Smith of Northampton co., Va.
Belthazer Bayard, who d. Dec, 1778, aged 71, had six children by
his wife, Mary Bowdoin; the names of three of them were, Samuel, b.
23 March, 1738 ; Mehitable, b. 26 April, 1741 ; Mary, m. Melatiah
Bourn, and had issue, Sylvanus and a dau., wife of Col. Greatton.
For the descendants of Hon. James Pitts and Elizabeth Bowdoin, see
Bridgman's " Memorials of the Dead in Boston, 1 ' pp. 274-6.
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WILLIAM CUSHING'S WILL, 1492.
[Copy of the will of William Cushing, of Hingham, dated 1492, and proved in the
Bishop's Court of Norwich, the next year. From this William, who is styled Gentle-
man in ancient deeds relating to his estates, descended, in the sixth generation, Matthew
Cushing, also of Hingham, who came to New England in 1639, and from whom
descended all bearing the name of Cushing in this country.]
In the name of god Amen, The xx th Day of the moneth of Septemb?,
in the yere of o r lord god M 1 cccc lxxxxij, I William Cusshyn of Henghm,
in my hoel mend And good memory beying, make my testament and my
last will Declare in this forme Folloyng. Furst I comende my sowle to
god Almighty, o r lady seint mary, & to all the blessed copany of heven,
and my body to be buryed in the churchyard of Henghm foreseid, To the
wich high Auter ther for my tithes negligently wtholden, I bequeth x".
Itm to the repawn and sustentacon of the same chirch, yj 8 viij d . Itm I be-
80 William Cushing's Will, 1492. [Jan.
queth to the high Aut. of the cbirch of Hardynghm for my tithes forgotn
xl d . It. to the repacon of the same chirch vj" viij*. Itm I bequeth to the
lights of sent Andre we, sent Peter, the Rode ov r the pke, the Bronn
Rode, o r lady in the chapell, to iche of them ij d . Itm to all oy r liglfts a
costom to be kepte in y e seid chirch, I beqeth I d . Itm I geve and bequeth
to the Gilde of Sent George in Hardynghm xl d . Itm I bequeth to the
house of the Grey fryrs in Norwich, in the wich I am a brother, x* to
sing and say placebo and Dirigo for me w l a masse of Requiem. Itm I
geve and bequeth to Emme, my wifT, my mease in the wich I dwell in
henghm, as it is edified, togeder w 1 xl acrs of my land wheare she shall
chose it, in close or feld, as wele in Hardynsrhm as in Hengham, To
haue and to hold them to the seid Emme, hir hyrs & assignes, in fee
symple fore v more, to gif and sell. Also I bequeth to the seid Emme my
wifF, all my utensils and stuff of my hous, to hold for ey, to gee w l all my
catali of what kende thei be of, to do yfore & yw l as she thenketh most
pleaso r to god and helth unto my sowle. Itm I bequeth to Elyne my
Daught r xxvj s viij d in money, And to Anable my Dought 1 " xxij s viija. Itm
to Margaret the wifT of Thomas Crowe, xiij* iiij d . Itm to William Crowe,
my godson, xl d . Itm I wull y l my detts be payde. And I wull and be-
queth to Thomas, my s^i 9 my mesuage as it is edified, in Hardynghm,
w l xx»i acres of pasture and land arrable, w l thapptenfics, to have to him,
his eyrs and assignes, in fee simple for e v . Itm I bequeth to John my
yongest son, my mesuage as it is edified and Lieth in frostrowe in
Henghm, togeder w l xiij Acrs of land, w* thepptennces, to have to the
seid John, his eyrs and assignes for e Y in Fe symple. And I wull y e seid
John have and entre into the seid messuage and lands at the age of xx^
yers. And if the seid John win tha age of xx li yers fortune to deceasse*
y l then I wull the seid mesuage and lands be sold by Emme my wifT or
by hir executours, and the money yof comyng to dispose for me & hir,
and o r befifactours. It. I wull and bequeth to Robt my Son, my litell
tefite as it is edified, sumetyme Thomas Brokholt, to have to hym, his
eyrs and assignes for ey, and he to have, occupie & entre the seid tente
at his age of xxiiij yere. And if he happe or fortune to disceasse w*in
the age of xxiiij yere, y fc then I wull the seid tenle be sold and the money
yf coming disposed like man and forme as foreseid. Itm I wull and re-
quire all my feoffs wich be infeoffed of and in my mesuages tents pasturs
fedyng meddows &c, and wods, yt thei & iche of them make and
delyv to Emme my wif my executrixe, or to other by her named, a
Sufficient astate whan so ey thei shall be required. Itm I woll have a
secular p'st to syng and p'y for my sowle & my faders and modir by
the space of two yere, yt is to sey oofi yere in the chirch of Henghm
and a nother yere in the chirch of Hardynghm. The residue of all my
goods & catali and londs in this my p'sent testament and last will, not
assigned nor bequethed, I gif and bequeath to the fore seid Emme my
wif, whom I chose, make and ordeyne of this my p'sent testament and
last will, myn executrixe : And I woll the seid Emme chese to hir whom
she will to helpe hir in the pformaunce and fulfillyng of this my testa-
ment, to the pleaso 1 " of god and helth unto my sowle, gevying to the
same pson so occnpyeing for his labo r as he desyrith. goven the day and
yere as above seid.
[Proved in the Bishop's Court of Norwich, March 11, 1493.]
I
1856.] Stoddard, Bowes and Hancock Pedigrees. 81
STODDARD, BOWES, AND HANCOCK PEDIGREE.
[The following letter will explain the reasons for inserting the accompanying Pedi-
gree. It will be perceived that had the Author of it been in possession of the previous
publications of the Register, he would have constructed a much more perfect account ;
yet it is valuable as it is, and could not be improved without redrafting, which might
do injustice to the ingenious Contributor. It is therefore admitted as it came to hand.
— Editor.]
Valentine House, Brook Street, Upper Clapton,
Near London, England, Sept. 25, 1855.
To the Editor of the New Eng. Hist, and Geneal. Register :
Sir, — On visiting the Library of the British Museum with a view of
tracing the connection of my family (which came from Boston on the
rupture of the United States with England) with that of Sir Martin
Bowes, Lord Mayor of London, temp. Eliz., I discovered the existence
of your Society, the volumes of which seem so full of interesting rec-
ords of a similar nature, that I have ventured to address you, in the
hope of your being able, by making my aim known, to assist me, through
some of your talented correspondents.
My object is to discover the individual of our name who first settled
in America, and I enclose a short Pedigree containing all I have yet
been able to learn of the families of Bowes, Hancock and Stoddard,
from my father's papers. John Hancock the first President of Congress,
and who as such signed the ever memorable " Declaration of Inde-
pendence," was my grandfather's first cousin ; and William Bowes and
John Hancock were left conjoint heirs to Thomas Hancock, Esq., their
mutual uncle.
I think that this circumstance will make the enclosed Pedigree of
interest to your readers, and perhaps induce them kindly to aid me in
my researches. I know from the Arms that the first Nicholas Bowes
mentioned in the Pedigree must have been a descendant of Sir Mar-
tin, the Lord Mayor, (of whose family I have full accounts from re-
cords in this country), and most probably he was the son of the first
of the name who emigrated to New England. The most common
name in our family is William (no Nicholas occurring in the Eng-
lish Pedigrees), and William, you will observe, is the name of the
eldest son in every descent of the American family tree. The only rela-
tives I have must be living in America at the present time.
As I may not have sketched the Arms (which I have copied from
the old family seals) correctly, I enclose my late father's old Book-Plate.*
I have made my communication as short as possible, not to encroach
on your valuable pages, and trusting you will have the kindness by insert-
ing this to aid the object I have in view, I remain, sir, your ob't serv't,
Arthur Bowes.
4 • « ■ ►
Wallis. — Ipswich, Oct. 16. [1728.] This morning died Dr. Samuel
Wallis of this place, about 40 years of Age ; a Man much employed in
the Publick Affairs of this Town, in which Trust he discharged himself
with singular Faithfulness ; and as he lived possessed of the great Es-
teem and Affection of the People, so his death is very much lamented
among us. — Boston Gaz., 21 Oct. 1728,
* As we cannot furnish a cut of the Arms accompanying Mr. Bowes's communica-
tion, a description is necessary. — Erm. three bows in pale gu. stringed sa. On a chief
az. a swan between two leopards' heads arg. Crest — a demi lion, ramp, holding a
bundle of arrows, banded vert. — Editor.
82
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ABSTRACTS FROM THE EARLIEST WILLS ON RECORD IN
THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, MASS.
[Prepared by Mr. William B. Trask, of Dorchester.]
[Continued from Vol. IX, page 348.]
Samuel Bidfield. — Will. 12 : 3 : 1659. I giue vnto my wife my
dwelling house and yard with the out house in the yard during hir life,
p r uided shee stay in this Cuntry and keepe the sayde house in repare, and
after her decease or going out of the Cuntrie into England, my will is,
saide house shall fall to Samuell Plumer, my grandchild, and to his heires.
If hee dye with oute issue, it shall goe to the next sonn and his heires,
and soe to the rest s,uccessiuly. Unto my wife, <£40, and halfe the hous-
hould goods ; the other halfe to bee devided to my tow dau's children, to
each of them Alike, that is to say, Samuell Plumer, John Plumer, Ephraim
Plumer, Mary Plumer, John Steuens, Samuell Steuens. Also, vnto John
Steuens and Samuell Steuens, <£10, to each ; also, my two mares and two
horses, after my decease, if non of them bee sold beefore ; and they to
receiue this gift at the age of 21 yeares. Vnto my sonn, Samuell Plumer,
all my wareing Cloths, both linell and wollin. To Mr Tompson, <£5 ; to
Mr Willson, 40s. ; to Mr Norton, £3 ; to James Penn, 40s. ; to John
Seirch, 20s. ; to William Dinsdale, my Joynter, axes, oders, and all my
other working tooles, w th on coat and a pare of britches. My wife ex-
ecutrix, and James Penn and Samuell Plumer, ouerseers. It is my will
that James Penn shall take the <£20 I doe giue to my two grandchildren,
and keepe it till they come to age.
Witnesses
Nathaniell Williams
Madott Enges.
Who deposed 20th Sept. 1660.
Inventory taken 13 th 7 th mo 1660, by Richard Dole, Joseph Armitage.
Amt. ,£512.
Elizabeth Bidfield, widow of Samuel, deposed.
Nathaniel Barnard. — Inventory of the Goods and Chattells of Na-
thaniel Barnard, of Boston, deceased, prized by James Euerill and God-
frey Armitage, 18th Nov r . 1659. Amt. <£11. 12. 01. Mentions Thomas
Baker, Smith, and Thomas Starr. Power of Administration granted to
Mary, Relict of Nathaniel Barnard, 13th Jan. 1659. She deposed, the
same day.
Estate indebted to Zachary Phillips, Nathaniell Adams, Capt. Thomas
Savage, James Greene, Richd Bennet, George Nowell, David Showell,
John Lewes, Mrs Susanna Gibbins, Esdras Read, Samll Sendall, Elieazer
Heaton, Jno Winslow, Jno Meers, Jno Roades, Tho : Baker, Tho Starr,
and others.
Mr. Jacob Sheafe. — Inventory of the Estate of Mr Jacob Sheafe, de-
ceased, taken by Anthony Stoddard, Edward Hutchinson, Tho: Brattle,
Henry Shrimpton. - Sum Total. ,£8528. 08. 03. Among the items men-
tioned, is " a quarter p* of 3 Mills at Roxbery,<£173 ; dwelling-house and
ground therevnto belonging, <£220 ; 50 thousand of sugar, at England and
84 Abstracts of Early Wills. [Jan.
Barbadoes, at c£10 p. thousand, <£500 ; a q r ter p* of y e Ketch Tryall and
the Cargo, <£155 ; for y e Sayles of provisions at Newfoundland, p r Mr
Croad, c£170. 02. 09. &c. &c. Mrs Margaret Sheaje, widow of Jacob,
deposed, 23: 9 mo: 59.
Robert Sharp. — 24 l h Aprill 1656. On request of the former widow
of Robert Sharp, Thomas Mekins and Peeter Aspinwall are appointed to
take the children of the said Sharp's Porcon, and to Improve them for the
best advantage of the sonne and daughters, defraying all necessary
Charges for their Clothes and keeping, by letting the Land and Improove-
ing the rest of the estate, belonging to the Children, to the best Ad-
vantage.
[See Lib. iii. fol. 67. for the Petition of said Mekins and Aspinwall, in
which it is proposed that Aspinwall " take y e two daughters and finde
them meate, drinke and Apparrell, learne them to read ; to knitt, spine
and such Houswifery and keepe them either to y e day of marriage, or
untill y e age of eighteene," for which said Peeter is to have " y e vse
and profitt of y e house and land y l was s.aid Sharps, only y e said Peeter,
besides bringing vp y e said daughters, in consideration of y e benefit of said
house and land, alow y e sonne £5 p. Annum, &c. ( u Tho Mekinnes had
the sonne to Bring up to His trade.'") Signed, 15 Jan. 1656. Witnessed
by Abigail Clapp, Relicte and Administratrix to the Estate of the Late
Robert Sharpe. See also Lib. iv. fol 228, for the Petition of said Abigaill
Clapp, to the Court, on the 15 April 1665, that said Meekins and Aspin-
wall be discharged, having fullfilled their trust. In this Petition it is
stated, that Robert Sharpe left three Children Behind him in the year 54,
one sonne, John, and 2 Daughters, Abigail and Mary. John being then,
(in 1665) 22 years of age, and married ; the eldest dau. about 17 yeares ;
the youngest, about 12 yeares ; &c. &c. Said Petition was witnessed by
John White, and Ja. Pemberton.']
See Register for July, 1854: p. 276.
Margaret Johnson. — Inventory of the Estate of Margaret Johnson.
Widdow, in the Towne of Hingham, Prized 10 th Jan. 1659, by John Per-
nig, Edmund Hubberd. Power of Administration to y e Estate granted to
John Tucker, 25 Jan. 59, in behalfe of Mary Tucker, his daughter, un-
less better Clayme appeare. John Tucker deposed, 25: 2 mo: 1660.
The Court Considering y e Evidence p r duced by Mr Hubbard, in Relatio
to y e good will and affection y* Thomas Johnson, Late of Hingham, did
beare to Mr Peeter Hubbard, Minister there, doe order y l y e Administra-
tors to y l Estate, pay vnto y e said Mr Peter Hubbard, £5. out of y fc
Estate, and y e Dau. of John Tucker to have the rest, when y e debts be
payd and account thereof Given. Edw. Rawson, Record 1 ".
Wee whose names are underwritten doe testifie vnto y e Hono r d Court
y l about 8 or tenn dayes before Margaret Johnson, Widow, dyed, she
being in p r fect memory, I y e said Thomas Lincoln, weaver, was at y e
dwelling house of Margaret Johnson, I fell into discourse with her Con-
cerning y l Estate y t she had, and Richard Wood was p r sent with me,
and wee, y e said Thomas and Richard, heard her say, y l when she dyed,
it was her husbands will (he expressed it before he dyed,) y fc when he
and Margaret, his wife, dyed y l y l Estate y* was Left, they would give it
to Mary Tucker, and as it was my husbands will & minde, so it is mine,
1856. J Abstracts of Early Wills. 85
yt all y* Estate y t I haue shall be Mary Tuckers, and she desired me, y e
said Thomas Lincolne, weaver, and Richard Wood, to beare witnes y l it
was her will, y l she should haue it in case she should dye wilhout a writ-
ten will ; and to this testimony wee set to o r hands, 10 Jan. 1659.
Thomas Lincoln and Richard Wood, deposed, 25 Jan. 1659.
Margarett Johnson's Estate, late of Hingham, Cred r . To Lycorice and
Sugar spent at her burryal, 15s. 4d. ; to the burryall, more, one bushell
wheate, 4s. 6d. ; to Mr Kimball, of Charles Towne, £2 ; &c. &c. Given
in by Joseph Church, 30 : 2 mo : 1662.
Whereas the Late Jno Tucker, senio r , of Hingham, tooke Administra-
tion to the Estate of Margarett Johnson, in behalfe of Mary Tucker, his
Daughter, 25 Jan. 1659. The Court order the said Jno Tucker, senio 1 *, to
pay Mr JIubbard, minister of Hingham, <£5., out of the same, the said
Mary Tucker being marryed to Joseph Church, of Hingham. On Request
of said Joseph, the Court order that the Estate Left in the hands of the
Administrator, Jno Tucker, senio r , be deliured to said Church. Allowed
30 Oct. 1662. Liv. iv. fol. 88.
William Paine, of Boston, having binn a longtime by the hand of God
much exercised with infirmity of body, yet in perfect memory, [do] make
my will. Vnto Hanna, my wife, c£200,and my dwelling house, sittuate in
Boston, with all the out houses, archard, gardens, &c. ; allso, my mill, at
-Watertowne, with the houses, lands, &c. ; allso all my househould stuffe,
the vse and Improuement of it for life. Vnto my three grand children,
which ware the Children of my dafter, Hanna Appleton, deceased, the
some of <£1500, viz. to Hanna, <£600, to Samuell, <£500, and to Judeth,
.£400. And if any of my sayd grandchildren depart this life, Leaueing
noe Issue, Then the sayd Legicie or Legicies shall remaine to them that
surviue and their heires for euer. If they depart this life leaueing noe
Issue, Then my will is, that the sayd <£1500, bee repayd back vnto my
sonn John Paine, to him and his heires. Said Legicies shall bee payd
vnto my grandchildren as they shall attaine vnto age, or vppon the day of
marridge. I giue to Hanna Appleton, my said grand child, all the house-
lould stuff that now standeth in the hall chamber, to remaine to her after
my wife depart this life. The rest of my househould stuffe I giue vnto
he other of my grandchildren, after my wifes decease. I giue vnto the
Children of Symond Eyers, sen r . deceased, viz : Beniamine, Mary, Re-
wkah, Christian, An, and Dorothy, £5 to each. To Symond Eyes the
;onn of Symond Eyes Jn. deceased, £5 to bee payd when of age. Vnto
ny Sister Page, £3. p r yeare dewreing life. Vnto my kinsman, John
Page, which now is in his hands the some of £5. and to the other Children
f my sayd Sister Page, viz. To Samuell, Elizabeth, Mary, Pheebee,
£5., to each. Vnto the children of my Sister Hament, viz : To John,
Elizabeth, and hanna, £5., to each. To my kinswoman, Elizabeth House,
lafter to Samuell and Elizabeth House, <£10. Vnto the two dafters of my
vosan, John Tall, 40s. to each, when of age. Vnto my sonn in law,
Samuell Appleton, <£10 ; to William Howard, £15 ; to Jerimy Belcher,
0s. ; vnto Mr Anthony Stodder, <£10 ; vnto Christopher Clarke, £10 ;
nto Mr Joseph Tainter, £\0 ; vnto Mr Oliuer Puerchis, £\0 ; vnto
Wary Ingion, 40s., yearely, dureing life. I giue vnto the free scoole of
pswitch, the little neck of land at Ipswitch, commonly knowne by the
ame of Jeferrys neeck. The which is to bee, and remaine, to the beni-
tt of the said scoole of Ipswitch, for euer, as I haue formerly Intended,
86 Abstracts of Early Wills. [Jan.
and therefore the sayd land not to bee sould nor wasted. I giue vnto the
Colledg at Cambridge, c£20., The which is now payd for that end into
the hands of the worshippfull Mr Thomas Dauenport, of Cambridge, and
shall remaine in the hands of the Committie and president of the Colledge,
and by them, for the time beeing, and theire suckcessers after them for
eucr, Imploy sayd Twenty pounds for the benifitt of the said Colledge.
But the sayd Twenty pounds not to bee expended But to remaine as A
stock to the College for euer. I giue vnto my reuerent freinds, viz :
Mr Norton, and Mr Willson, Paster and teacher of the Church of
Boston, 40s. to each. To Mr Shirman, Paster of the Church at Water-
towne, to Mr Browne, paster of the Church at Sudbery, to Mr Cobbit,
paster of the Church at Ipswitch, to Mr Fisk, passter of the Church at
Chensford, to Mr Phillops, teacher of the Church at Rowley, to Mr
Mayhoo, paster of the new Church of Boston, 40s. [each.] All the rest
of my estate vnto my sonn, John Paine. If John depart this life, leaue-
ing noe Issue, nor Children of sayd Issue, Then my will is that the
houses and lands which of right doe beelonge vnto mee, within the bounds
of Ipswitch, with the privileges, &c. I giue unto the Children of my sayd
dafter, Hanna Appleton, deceased, namely, Hannah, Judeth, and Samuell,
or soe many of them as shall bee then aliue, as Coe heires to the same,
to them and their heires for euer, according as there is p r vition made in
A deede of gift, formerly giuen vnto my sonn, John Paine. If John de-
part this life, leaueing no issue, nor Children of said Issue. Then my will
is, that the Children of my sister Page, mentioned aboue, shall haue out
of my estate the some of <£300, to bee equally deuided between them. If
my wife should depart out of this life beefore myselfe, Then my will
is, that the Children of Simond Eyers, sen., deceased, shall haue <£5
apeece, A deed to theire former <£5 ; and the Children of my sister Page
and sister Hanna, shall haue £5 apeece, aded to their former £5. I doe
heareby earnestly request Mr Olliur Purches, to be helpcfull to my sonne,
John Paine, concerning the Iron worke and the accounts thereof, whose
Abilities and faithfullness I haue had experience of, vnto whose Ceare I
doe Commit the sayd accounts. I make my sonn, John Paine, my Sonn
in Law, Samuell Appleton, and Mr Anthony Stodder, my executors. And
I doe request Mr Christopher Clarke, Mr Joseph Tainter, and Mr Olliuer
Purches, to bee my ouerseers and feofess in trust of this my will. My
will is, that if my sayd Ouerseeres with my Executors shall see Just Case
for some pyous vse and nesessary worke to giue c£100., They shall haue
power to take it out of my estate. 2 Oct r 1660.
Will Paine.
Postscript. — I giue vnto Doctter Clarke, £5 ; and I doe giue to Capt
Thomas Clarke Company, to bye them Cullers, the some ofjiue pounds.
In presence of vs,
John Mayo, Christopher Clarke,
Will: Howard.
14 Nov r 1660. Mr Samuell Appleton appeared beefore the Court and
declared by reason of his remote living and inability to manage such A
trust hee did renounce his excetership to the will. Also, Anthony Stod-
derd, on Request of Mr John Payne, sonn to the late Mr William Paine,
did renounce his executorship to this will, which was done before the
probate of the will. Edward Rawson Recorder.
14 Nov. 1660. Mr John Mayo, Christopher Clarke, and William
Howard, deposed.
1856.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 87
Inventory of the Estate taken by Henry Shrimpton, Joshua Scotlow,
John Richards, 22 : 8 : 1660. Amt. .£4239. 11. 05. Mr John Paine
deposed, 14 Nov 1660.
Martine Saunders. — Inventory of the Estate of Marline Saunders,
senior, of Brantrey, deceased, 4th: 6 mo : (58) Amt. £321. 17. Ap-
prizers, William Allis, Moses Paine, Edmund Quinsey.
For a full, fynall & Amicable Conclusion & Agreement betweene John
Saund r s, Martine Saund r s, Francis Elliott & Robert Parmenter, all of
Brantrie, sonnes & Sonnes in Law to y e Late Martine Saund r s, of Brain-
trie. It is agreed vpon, y e 10th 8 mo. 1658.
That John Saund r s, Eldest sonne to the Late Martine Saund r s, (the
will of y e said Martine, the father, notwithstanding,) shall haue the house,
barne, Cowhouse, together with y e yards, Orchards, Gardens & a Little
piece of meadow lyeing to y e house, all w ch y e said Martine Saund r s died
possessed of, with all y c liberties, &c.
2. It is agreed vpon, yt Francis Elliott, in right of his wife, shall haue
yt piece of meadow Lying on y e neck, 6 acres, more or less, to him & to
his heirs, &c. And also, with y e £7 he hath had, haue it made vp out of
y e Estate of Martine Saund r s. y e father, an equall portion with Martine
Saund r s & Robert Parmenter.
3. It is farther agreed vpon, y t Martine Saund r s, youngest sonne, to y e
late Martine Saund r s, shall haue a piece of vpland & meadow, form r ly
his fathers, in pumpkin hill, Running from his broth r John Saund r s Lyne
of 25 Rodds brooad, till it come to the sea, & shall also haue it made vp
an equall p r portion with y e rest of his sisters, with what he hath had, at
his marriage.
4. It is Lastly concluded & agreed, yt Robert Parmenter, in right of
his wife, shall haue all y e Lands Lying in Pumpkin hill, together with y e
meadow thereunto belonging, excepting 4 acres, yt is John Saund r s, as
aboue, & ye vpland & meadow yt is Martine Saund r s, w ch Lyeth at y e end
of John Saund r s, as aboue, to y e sea, & shall also receiue £15, of John
Saund r s, for his dau. in Law RachelVs, vse, & shall also haue it made vp
out of y e Estate Left by y e said Martine Saund r s, y e father, an equall
p portion, with his sister Elliott, accounting what his wife had at marriage.
Y e parties aboue mentioned bind ymselues in y e penall sum of £100.
This 10 Oct*. 1658.
John Saund r s
In p r sence of vs, Peter Bracket, William Ellis. Martine Saund r s
Francis Elliott
Robt Parmenter.
Whereas Francis Elliott, Sonne In Law to the Late Martine Saund r s,
p r senting a will signed by the Late Martine Saund r s, bearing date 5th 5
mo. 1658, about w ch y r was some difference & discontent between y e
sonnes of y e said Saund r s, w ch y e Court Considering of, advised ye Chil-
dren to Come to a Loueing Agreem* amongst ymselues, y r being seuerall
objections made against y e said will. [All things being amicably settled,
an inventory was made, and allowed by the Court, 2 Feb. 1659.]
Lewis Martine. — Inventory of y e Goods of Lewes Martine, deceased,
taken at y e Request of Thomas Trapp, by John Wiswall, Henry Powning,
John Phillips. Amt. £64. 16. llj.
Whereas Administration to y e Estate of Lewes Martine, was giuen, 21
88 Abstracts of Early Wills. [Jan.
July '59, to Thomas Trapp, in behalfe of Mr John Andrewes, to whom it
was giucn, & y e said Trapp failing in giueing securitie to y« Recorder,
who, finding y« said Thomas Trapp to be Conveying himselfe & ye said
Goods out of this Jurisdiccon, to Martin Vineyard, to Thomas Bur chard,
who marryed y e said Thomas Andrews mother, y e said Burchard hauaing
wrote to Mr Elliott to giue securitie to y e Court for y e said Goods till
Order Come from y e said Andrcwes for y e disposeing thereof, & y e
Magistrates finding y* y e said Trapp hath vsed £6 of y e said Goods for
paying his owne passage & other charges, & being informed of y e great
paines y e said Trapp tooke with y e said Lewes Martine, whiles aliue, &
about y goods, Judge meete y l he be allowed y e said £6. ; & whereas,
he p r tends his chest was broken vp & some goods taken out. The Magis-
trates Judge meete to Order, y fc y e Marshall, with y e said Trapp, in sight
of y e Record 1 *, overhale y e goods now in hand, with y e Inventory thereof,
& what is found to Comit into y e hands of Mr John Elliott, who is to
giue y e Recorder Securitie, &c. 22 Sept 59.
Mr Robert Gibbs, of Boston m r chant, p r ducing a Lett r of Atturney,
Signed by John Andrewes, of y e Cittie of London, m r chant Taylor, Im-
powering to Receiue Goods bequathed vnto him by Lewis Martine, de-
ceased, & in Custody of Marshall Richard Waite, secured by Order of
Court, p r serued from Imbecelling, It is ordered y 1 said Gibbs Record his
power with y e Recorded, & on Receipt of said Goods, to procure a dis-
charge from John Andrews, within two years, &c.
[An Invoyce of Goods, found in y e Chest of said Trapp, belonging 1o
Martin's Estate, on behalfe of said Andrewes, examined by JohnWiswall,
Henry Poivning, Richard Waite, Thomas Trapp. 23 Sept 1659. Re-
ceived by Robert Gibbs, 5 May 1660.]
Thomas Trapp, aged 20 yeares or thereabouts, saith Lewis Martine, of
Porley, in Essex, husbandman, to me well knowne, haueing wrought with
him seuerall times at harvest time, y e Last yeare, in England, was also
with him when he tooke vp a p r cell of goods, & borrowed seu r all times
money, of Mr John Andrewes, of Fanchurch Streete, London, Lynnen drap r ,
& Coming ouer with y e said Martine, In y e shipp Exchange, Capt John
Peirce, Comand r , who, falling sicke, on his death bed, called me, Thomas
Trapp to him, & said, Thomas, I am sicke & weake, & know not how y e
Lord will dispose of me, but, if I should dye, I would haue all y' I haue
on board, & y e p r duce of it, goe to yo r Coussin, John Andrewes, for he is
my best friend I haue in y e world ; and y e deponent further saith, y l y e
said Lewes Martine, for seu r all moneths, Lodged at y e said John An-
drewes, & had his dyet also free, for what euer he heard. Taken on
Oath, before y e Magistrates, 21 July 1659.
p r Edw. Rawson Record 1 ".
Thomas Trapp indebted to Thomas Smith, £6. 04. Power of Ad-
ministration to y e Estate of Lewis Martine, Graunted to Thomas Trapp,
in behalfe of Mr John Andrcwes.
Thomas Collier. — March 23, 1659. Inventory of the Estate of the
Late Thomas Collier, as it was Giuen in to y e Court, 1647, the goods be-
ing then Apprized by Jno Ottis & William Hersie, as in y e file of the
Courts may Appeare ; y e house & Lands being now Apprized, tho then
Giuen in, also, without price, by those whose names are vnderwritten,
George Lane & Thomas Hewct. Am 1 . £96. Moses Colier, son of said
Thomas, deposed, 22 April 1660. See Will. Reg. vol. vii. p, 173.
[To be Continued.]
1856.] Descendants of Matthew Adams. 89
DESCENDANTS OF MATTHEW ADAMS.
Mr. Editor : — Matthew Adams was one of three brothers, who flour-
ished in the first half of the last century ; all of whom were distinguished
men. The Hon. John Adams, of Nova Scotia, probably the eldest of the
three, was the father of the Rev. John Adams, who was graduated at
Harvard College, 1721, and died at Cambridge in 1740, aged 36, much
distinguished as a writer, preacher, and poet. The other of the three
brothers was the Rev. Hugh Adams, first minister of Oyster River Parish,
(now Durham,) in Dover, N. H. He was graduated at Harvard College
1697, settled in Durham 1718, where he died 1750. The family name
of his wife was Winburn, and they left several children, many of whose
descendants are living in this city and vicinity. Of Matthew, Dr. Franklin
says in his autobiography, (see Sparks's ed., p. 16,) he " was a merchant,
an ingenious, sensible man, who had a pretty collection of books, fre-
quented our printing office, took notice of me, and invited me to see his
library, and very kindly proposed to lend me such books, as I chose to
read." The most common editions of Franklin's autobiography are cop-
ies of the first English edition, which was, awkwardly enough, only a
re-translation from the French edition, which had been translated and
published in French, from the Dr.'s manuscript. The word " merchant"
by being translated into French, and then back again into English, came
to be " tradesman" and hence the authors generally, who have spoken of
Matthew Adams, have called him a mechanic. See the Biographical
Dictionaries of Elliot, Allen, A. Bradford, and the Mass. Hist. Collections,
vol. 5, p. 211. But I have the authority of your friend, the learned his-
torian of Boston, for saying that he was in fact a merchant, as Dr. Frank-
lin originally wrote. We know from other sources that he was a popular
writer, and that he, with Dr. Mather Byles and others, constituted a club,
which furnished literary essays periodically to the New England Journal,
and other papers published by the Franklins, and which essays were
afterwards reprinted in more formidable monthly magazines. The histo-
rian of Boston, p. 634, says that Elliot and Allen " appear to have known
nothing of his ancestry.' 1 For aught that appears, the same may, with
equal truth, be said of the learned historian himself, and every other au-
thor who has mentioned him. I certainly shall not have the presumption
to attempt to supply this deficiency, " for what can a man do that cometh
after the king" ? All I shall attempt will be to give an account of some
of his descendants ; but hope, nevertheless, that you may be able to find
some one, among your society of antiquarians, bold enough to undertake
to give you the much-desired information in regard to his ancestors.
His first wife and mother of his children was Katharine Brigdon, whom
he married Nov. 17, 1715. They had five children — Matthew, William,
Katherine, John, 2 b. June 19, 1725, and Nathaniel, 2 b. 1726. His second
wife was Meriel Cotton, whom he married June 10, 1734; and he died in
1753. Of the history of the three first children we have no knowledge.
John, 2 the third son and fourth child of Matthew, 1 was graduated at
Harvard College, 1745, and settled as minister in Durham, 1748. He
was dismissed in 1778, and soon after re-settled in Newfield, or Parsons-
field, Me., over a parish embracing several precincts. He moved his
family thither in Feb., 1781. See Greenleaf's Sketches of the Ecclesi-
astical History of Maine, p. 113. He is said to have been "a man of
6
90 Descendants of Matthew Adams. [Jan.
superior natural talents," and to have inherited much of the ability of his
father as a writer, a fine specimen of which is exhibited in an address
sent by the town of Durham to the town of Boston, with a donation, in
1774, signed by himself and Gen. John Sullivan as a committee. He is
honorably mentioned in the biographical dictionaries, among the distin-
guished men of New England. He married Hannah Chesley, who died
1814, and had 14 children, viz.: Sara, Catharine, John, Deborah, John,
Nathaniel, Thomas, Hannah, William, (grad. Dart. 1799,) Abigail, Eben-
ezer, Samuel, Eliza, and Amos Chase. He died June 4, 1792, aged 67.
Two of the daughters married and lived in Parsonsfield ; the one Morrill,
and the other Allen. Samuel, born Sept. 19, 1777, married Betsey
Prentice, daughter of the Hon. John Prentice, of Londonderry, and died
1815, leaving children. Thomas, the only child of Rev. John Adams
now living, was born Sept. 11, 1769, and married, March, 1803, Sally
Wilson. They have several children, one of whom, Samuel Chesley
Adams, Esq., of Newfield, born Oct. 11, 1807, married Oct. 15, 1833,
Theodate Drake Page, a grand-daughter of Simon Drake, Esq,, formerly
of Epping, N. H.
Nathaniel, 2 the fourth and youngest son of Matthew, 1 was a merchant,
and settled in Portsmouth, N. H. His first wife, Deborah Knight, married
1752, had one daughter, b. 1754, when she died. This daughter, Elizabeth,
married John Raynes, of Portsmouth, and died there without issue in
1834. His second wife, whom he married in 1755, was Elizabeth, born
1734, daughter of Hon. William Parker, of Portsmouth ; sister of Judge
Parker, of Exeter, (William); of Sheriff Parker, of Portsmouth, (John);
of Bishop Parker, of Boston, (Samuel) ; of Matthew, of Wolfborough,
N. H. ; of Mary, wife of Hon. David Sewall, of York, Me., of Lydia,
wife of Samuel Hale, mother of the late Hon. John Parker Hale, of
Rochester, N. H., the father of the present senator of the same name ;
and of Sarah, wife of Col. Toppan, of Hampton, N. H., the mother of Mrs.
Chas. H. Atherton and Mrs. Dr. Nath'l Thayer. They had six children —
1. Nathaniel, 3 2. Mary, 3 3. Deborah, 3 4. John, 3 5. Anne, 3 and 6. William. 3
He d. in 1766, aged 40, and she d. in Nov. 1814, aged 80. His talents, en-
ergy and success were somewhat extraordinary. Though he began with
nothing, and his life was comparatively so short, he died possessed of one
of the most valuable real estates in Portsmouth, including all the lots on
Pleasant Street, south of the Market House, to State Street, and on that
eastward to Col. Sheafe's estate.
His oldest son, 1. Nathaniel, 3 b. 1756, grad. Dart. 1775 ; began the
study of law with Gen. Sullivan, but, before his term had expired, was
appointed Clerk of the Superior Court of N. H. for the whole State, and
officiated as clerk, in that and other courts, for more than fifty years, and
till the end of his life. There is probably now existing, in his handwrit-
ing, a larger amount of regularly kept and well-written court records,
than can any where else be found as the work of any one man. He died
while attending court at Exeter, in the execution of the duties of his
office, Aug. 1829, aged 73. He was the reporter of the first volume of
the Decisions of the New Hampshire Court, published in 1819, and the
author of the Annals of Portsmouth, published in 1825. He married 1st,
Eunice Woodward, in 1784, and had three children ; and 2d, Martha
Church, in Oct., 1795, and had five more, to wit — 1. Nathaniel, 4 b. April,
1785, m. Nancy Payson, and lives in Milton ; 2. John Woodward, 4 b.
1786, and d. unm. ; 3. Benjamin West, 4 b. March 31, 1788, m. Sarah
1S56.] Descendants of Matthew Adams. 91
Hart, and d. leaving children ; 4. Martha Church, 4 b. Jan. 22, 1798, m.
Dudley Buck, Esq., Hartford, Ct. ; 5. Eunice Woodward, 4 b. Nov., 1801 ;
6. Charles W., 4 b. 1803, and d. unm. ; 7. Samuel Church, 4 b. 1806 ; 8.
Mary Elizabeth, 4 b. Aug. 1808, m. Samuel Williams, Esq., of N. York,
and d. Dec. 1843, leaving children.
2. Mary, 3 b. 1758, m. Dr. Abiel Pearson, of Andover, physician, who
grad. Dart. 1779. They had four children — 1. David Sewall, 2. Eliza
Adams, 3. Mary, who m. Rev. David Oliphant, formerly of Keene, N.
H., now of Andover, and 4. Samuel Moody. She d. in 1802.
3. Deborah, 3 b. 1759, m. 1786, Nathaniel Sparhawk, Esq., of Kittery,
grandson and heir of Sir Wm. Pepperrell. He was b. 1744, grad. Harv.
1768, and d. 1814. She afterwards, in 1816, m. Dr. Abiel Pearson, of
Andover, who d. in 1827, leaving her a second time a widow, and she d.
childless in 1838, ae. 79. Dr. Parsons, in his life of Sir Wm. Pepperrell,
erroneously calls her, at the time of her first marriage, Miss Parker.
4. John, 3 b. 1761, m. Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Haven, of
Portsmouth, and sister of the late Hon. Nathaniel Appleton Haven and
John Haven. He d. in 1802, leaving one daughter, Ann Hall, b. 1794,
who m. 1814, William Appleton, of Quincy, and d. leaving children.
5. Anna, 3 b. 1763, m. the Hon. Joseph Hall, late Sheriff and Judge of
Probate of Suffolk County, and d. in 1793, leaving one son, the late Jo-
seph Hall, Esq., of the Hamilton Bank, who m. Bartlett, and died a
few years since, in this city, leaving children.
6. William, 3 the youngest son of Nathaniel, 2 was b. in 1765, m. Han-
nah Hubbard, of Middletown, Ct., 1784, and d. in Nov. 1790, at 25 years
of age, leaving three daughters, each of whom have children and grand-
children in this vicinity and in various other parts of the United States,
and one son. 1. Eliza, the eldest, b. May 16, 1785, m. July 25, 1812,
Gen. Upham, (whose obituary is contained in a subsequent page of this
number of the Register,) and d. March 18, 1854 ; 2. Anna Maria, b.
March 23, 1787, m. Nov. 1813, Rev. William Allen Thompson, of South
Berwick, who grad. Bowd. 1808, and d. 1835; 3. Sarah, b. May 22, 1789,
m. Sept. 14, 1817, T. Farrar, a member of your Society ; and 4. Wil-
liam, b. Feb. 29, 1791, who d. young and unmarried.
Now, Mr. Editor, if you will persuade some of your antiquarian friends,
without disparagement to the learned historian of Boston, to give you an
account of Matthew Adams's ancestors, I shall hope they will, at the same
time, fill up the many blanks in this account of his descendants. f^ 3
< -»»•» »
Eldrington. — "Elizabeth-Town (in New-Jersey) Jan. 23, 1764. Last Friday de-
parted this life, Miss Mary Eldrington, an old virgin, in the 109th year of her age. She
was of an ancient family, born at Eldrington-Hall, in Northumberland, Old England,
and on the next day she was decently interred in St. John's Church-yard, at Elizabeth-
Town. — It is remarkable, that, notwithstanding her great age, she was very desirous of
getting a husband before she died ; and not two years since, nothing could offend her
so highly as to tell her that she was too old to be married. — Mass. Gaz. §• News-Let.,
16 Fe6.,"l764.
An Ancient Manuscript. — Mr. Arder, of London, having purchased from an
Arab, at the sepulchral diggings about Luxor, Egypt, a roll of papyrus, has been in-
strumental in the publication of two pleadings at the Greek bar of Hyperides, felicit-
ously deciphered from the reporter's notes, which, from the fact of their being 300 years
older than the Christian era, claims precedence in seniority before all known manu-
scripts. Longinus had a high opinion of" the orator Hyperides. — Newspaper, 2 Sept., 1 853.
92 Notices of Publications. [Jan.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
History of the Town of Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from
its First Settlement, in 1630, to the Present Time, 1855. By Charles
Brooks. Boston : James M. Usher, 1855. 8vo., pp. 576.
The History of Medford has been compiled in a comparatively brief period, and
when that is the case with any considerable historical Avork, expectations ought not to
be very high as it respects the manner of its accomplishment. Yet the industry of Mr.
Brooks has been untiring, and he has produced a very valuable book ; one which must
be very satisfactory to the people of that ancient town. And though the author has
not given a regular history of the town, he has given the most striking events in its
history. Indeed, to have gone more into detail would have required a much larger
work than was intended, or was practicable.
The " Register of Families," appended to the History of Medford, is comprised in
about 72 pages ; concerning which, the author says : — " It has been prepared by my
young friend, Mr. William II. Whitmore, of Boston. With the patience that belongs
to older scholars, with an accuracy that belongs to a true lover of genealogical inquiry,
and with a generosity that issues from a Christian heart, he has devoted himself to
these researches, and every family mentioned in the Register owes him a debt of grati-
itude. Collegisse juvat." We take pleasure in transferring this tribute to our pages,
because we know it to be well deserved. Some of these registers, or pedigrees, Mr.
Whitmore has printed separately, especially that of his own family, to be distributed,
with the hope of deriving aid in its future perfection.
In crediting gentlemen from whom the author has received assistance, he has no
doubt intended to be just, and no doubt is so, with a single exception. We refer to one
whom he has styled a " benefactor." We would not detract a hair's breadth from any
honors due to that " benefactor " ; but with all deference we submit, that it is our hum-
ble opinion, that in this case, the word or title benefactor is entirely misapplied ; and had
the author known what we know relative to the publishing and distributing the " Massa-
chusetts Colony Records," he never would have applied benefactor in the direction which
he has. In a proper time and place, we shall, life and health permitting, set the public
right about the publication and distribution of the "Massachusetts Colony Records."
Mr. Brooks is a sprightly writer, and his biographical and other sketches are exceed-
ingly interesting. The paper used in printing the work does not quite come up to what
it should be, and the binding is not up to the paper. But the engravings are many and
beautiful. The appropriate frontispiece — the portrait of Governor Brooks — cannot fail
to do every one good who looks upon it. That of Mr. Brooks, the author, is likewise
very fine and lifelike. The numerous views of residences are truly superb, and we
wish we had space to say more about them.
Sermons, Chiefly Occasional. By Charles Lowell, Senior Minister of
the West Church in Boston. Boston : Ticknor & Fields. 1855.
12mo., pp. 329.
The volume of Sermons, of which the above is the title, has been looked for by Dr.
Lowell's numerous friends, with very great interest. It is a beautiful memorial of a
Long and eminently useful life, which it is hoped may be much farther prolonged. This
collection of sermons is mostly composed of those upon historical occasions, in the
treatment of which the author is happily qualified, in all respects. It is dedicated to
Charles G. Loring, Esq. It is but a short time since there was published a volume of
Dr. Lowell's "Practical Sermons." That volume was highly gratifying to the com-
munity, as the present cannot fail to be.
Of the style in which the work is got up, it will be enough to observe, that it has
issued from the house of Messrs. Ticknor & Fields. It is accompanied by a spirited
and life-like engraving of the author, as he appeared in the prime of life.
Dealings with the Dead. By A Sexton of the Old School. Boston :
Button & Wentworth. 1856. 2 vols. 12mo., pp. 698.
To the readers of the Boston Transcript, (and their name is legion,) the names of
*■" A Sexton of the Old School," "Sigma," &c, &c, are as household words. They
do not require to be told that the writer of the essays over those signatures is Lucius
1856.] Notices of Publications. 93
Manlius Sargent, Esquire^ Nor do those essays require any praise from us, to aid in
giving them the wide circulation they deserve and cannot fail to attain. Of their
author we will take the liberty to observe, that if LL. D., &c, &c, has never been
attached to his name, it is not because his acquirements do not, in a superlative degree,
entitle him to such distinction. But it is quite probable, that, if a degree were tendered
him, he would not accept of it, judging from the manner he has recently spoken of
such titles, and the machinery now in use to obtain them.
We had hoped the " Sexton" would have profited in several parts of his essays by
our humble labors ; as, for example, in speaking of the Faneuil family, and the Wood-
bridge and Phillips duel. The History and Antiquities of Boston would materially have
aided him to correct some things, and to add to others. This is mentioned, because we
took occasion to call his attention to the subject. But he probably had not the time to
devote to any considerable revision of his original work ; nor was it, perhaps, necessary.
Messrs. Dutton & Wentworth have brought out these volumes not only in beautiful,
but in splendid style, and they have accompanied them with two indexes ; one of mat-
ters, and the other of names. It is a pity that both of these indexes do not refer to
the pages, instead of the chapters or numbers, which often extend over several pages.
Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the late Amos Lawrence ;
with a Brief Account of Incidents in his Life. Edited by his Son,
William R. Lawrence, M. D. Boston : Gould & Lincoln. 1855.
8vo., pp. 369.
There is no kind of reading more attractive, especially to the younger portion of the
community, than autobiography. And, while the work before us may not be, strictly
to speak, an autobiography, yet that element so far enters into it, that it possesses all
the charm of that class of works. The materials of which it is composed fell into the
hands of the proper person, Mr. Lawrence, the son, who has edited them with excellent
taste and judgment.
As a specimen of what the press of Boston produces in 1855, the Diary and Letters
of Mr. Lawrence are a very beautiful criterion. The volume is embellished with fine
portraits of Mr. Amos, and his distinguished brother the late Hon. Abbot Lawrence,
and a view of their birth-place at Groton.
Address delivered before the Historical Society of the University of
North Carolina, June 6, 1855. By Rt. Rev. Bishop Atkinson. Pub-
lished by, and at the request of the Society. Raleigh : 1855. 8vo.,
pp. 32.
It is very pleasant to meet occasionally with a few stray leaves, showing that there
are those, in a distant part of the Union, who, like us in the far North, are awake to
the importance of historical inquiries, and to the importance of preserving such facts as
yet remain, and placing them in situations of security, where they may eventually con-
tribute to perfect the history of a remarkable people and countiy.
The author of the address here alluded to seems to be well acquainted with what his-
tory should be, and that it has another eye besides those usually claimed as its sole con-
stituents — namely, that of genealogy. Although he has not said this, his work is a
convincing proof that he will fully subscribe to it. As Rome was " overcome with
Roman arms," Charles the First was overcome by Stuart arms in the hands of a Crom-
well, whom Mr. Atkinson makes " a far-oflf cousin " to that misguided monarch.
For a copy of the address we are indebted to Prof. F. M. Hubbard, of the N. C. U.
The Proceedings at the Cushman Celebration, at Plymouth, August 15th,
1855, in Commemoration of the Embarkation of the Plymouth Pil-
grims from Southampton, England ; together with an Account of the
Services at the Grave of Elder Thomas Cushman, August 16, 1855.
Boston : 1855. pp. 76.
Although it does not appear from the title-page, the most prominent of the "proceed-
ings " in the tract before us, is an eloquent and able discourse by the Rev. Robert W.
Cushman, D. D., formerly the minister of Bowdoin Square Church. This discourse
has for a motto, "Plymouth Rock" — "'The Rock whence we were hewn.'" It
extends to 31 pages.
The Cushman Celebration is a memorable epoch in the history of those bearing the
94 Notices of Publications. [Jan.
name of Cushman ; and it is proper that the descendants qf the same progenitor, in
distant ages, should know to whom they are chiefly indebted for the movement which
resulted in the agreeable and happy celebration, an account of which is the subject of
this notice. None of the name of Cushman, of the present day, require to be told that
they are primarily indebted to the Hon. Henry W. Cushman, for whatever of pleasure
and satisfaction they have derived from the gathering at Plymouth in August last. To
him they are indebted also for a family memorial, such as few families can boast, in
this or any other country.
It would be highly agreeable to the editor to give a synopsis of all that took place
on the interesting occasion, but the limits here assigned will not admit of such an
indulgence.
Love for the Sanctuary. — A Sermon : Preached in the High Street Con-
gregational Church, Providence, R. I., Sunday Morning, Oct. 21,
1855,ow the Re- Opening of the Church for Public Worship. By
Samuel VVolcott, Pastor of the Church. Providence : 1855. 8vo.,
pp. 26.
It is an excellent and highly commendable thing for societies and churches to com-
memorate occurrences of the nature of that upon which this sermon was composed.
If the sermon or discourse itself contains nothing of moment touching the event, the
title-page alone may be a record of inestimable value to the annalist or historian of re-
mote times. But Mr. Walcott, we can say from personal knowledge, is one of those
who highly appreciate historical matters in all their branches. He will let no opportu-
nity pass of making such use of such occasions as will always suggest itself to literary
men of enlightened minds. This is by no means the first of his productions in a simi-
lar field.
The New Hampshire Annual Register, and United States Calendar, for
the Year 1856 : with a Business Directory for New Hampshire. By
G. Parker Lyon. No. 13, New Series. Concord. 18mo., pp. 213.
. Looking at Mr. Lyon's Register by the side of this of Massachusetts, one might be
led to suppose that New Hampshire is an uncultivated waste, or that it is of exceeding
small dimensions. But such a judgment would be a very erroneous one, as will readily
enough be perceived, on examining the contents of the little 18mo. While Mr. Lyon
has managed to keep his work within a small compass, he has at the same time suc-
ceeded in crowding into it an immense amount of statistics, useful to every inhabitant
of the State ; and while it is not much larger than it was in the days of John Farmer,
it contains all of three times as much matter.
Incidents in Wliite Mountain History : Containing Facts relating to the
Discovery and Settlement of the Mountains, Indian History and Tra-
ditions, a minute and authentic Account of the Destruction of the
Willey Family, Geology and Temperature of the Mountains ; together
with many interesting Anecdotes illustrating Life in the Back Woods.
By Benjamin G. Willey. Boston : Nathaniel Noyes. 1856. 12mo.,
pp. 307.
There have been several works upon the "Wliite Mountains, (particularly how to get
to them), but this is far the most attractive of them all. It is very neatly got up;
well printed, and on good paper. There are in it some six or seven engravings, and a
large map. The latter is a very important accompaniment, but we do not think so
highly of the lithographs ; but the two wood-cuts are excellent — one of the " Willey
Slide," the other of the " Summit House."
Mr. Willey gives the following reason for publishing his book : — " Almost invariably
the question is asked me, on an introduction to a stranger, ' Are you a connection of
the family destroyed at the White Mountains ? ' And, on learning that I am, the ques-
tion is almost certain to follow, • What were the facts in regard to their destruction 1 '
The frequency of the inquiry, and the apparent interest with which the narration of
that fearful scene has been listened to, have led me to suppose that a particular account
of that terrible storm, and the destruction of my brother's family, would be interesting
to the public."
1856.] Notices of Publications. 95
The author has taken considerable range in his book, and it is all interesting ; written
in a plain, matter-of-fact way, as such a book should be written. The Indian history
contained in it is peculiarly interesting. The country of Paugus and the fate of Love-
well, are well described. Portions of the history of the towns of Fryeburg, Gilead,
Shelburne, Gorham, Albany, Franconia, and Bethlehem arc given. And when it is
considered that the work is done by one brought up and living " in the Mountains," it
is not a small recommendation to its accuracy.
Japan as it Was and as it Is. By Richard Hildreth, Author of iC History
of the United States," &c. Boston : Phillips, Sampson & Co. 1855.
12mo., pp. 576.
To those who would stay at home, and at the same time visit Japan, we can heartily
recommend the work of Mr. Hildreth. It is no small monument to his industry, and
to his ability, in bringing together the most complete account of that hitherto little
known country which has yet appeared. The publishers, Messrs. Phillips & Sampson,
have brought it out in excellent taste. The work has three indispensable accompani-
ments : a glossary, a map, and an index. Mr. Hildreth has gone considerably into the
antiquities as well as present condition of Japan.
Prospective. — We are authorized to state that Dr. Bond's great work on Water-
town and its Families, will be ready by Christmas next. To those who know the im-
mense labor bestowed on that work, by one so well qualified for it as that author is,
nothing need be said in this periodical. He has, we are informed, taken a wide range
in his family pedigrees, insomuch that it cannot fail to interest the majority of the
descendants of the early settlers of New England. It will be for sale at this Office, as
soon as it is issued.
« — »«» »
Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family. By Rev. Jonathan Greenleaf.
pp. 116.
We have ascertained that Enoch Greenleaf, Jr., of Maiden, Mass., who is mentioned
in this book, (recently noticed in this paper,) as a "common ancestor," was a grandson
of Edmund Greenleaf, the dyer, of Boston, and probably the one mentioned in his will.
This is proved by a deed recorded in Middlesex Registry of Deeds, vol. 3, p. 2, wherein
Edmund Greenleaf, of Boston, county of Suffolk, dyer, gives to " his son, Enoch
Greenleaf, of Maiden, county of Middlesex," a farm of 46 acres, with a new house,
cattle, &c, &c, thereon, " to the said Enoch aud his wife Mary, and the lawful children
of their bodies forever," — July, 1663.
In 1683, Middlesex Registry, vol. 8, p. 425, said Enoch, (who there styles himself a
dyer of Boston,) and wife, "and their children " — viz. : Enoch Jr., Joseph, Ruth, and
Rooksby — mortgage the said premises, "which was given to them by their father Ed-
mund." The facts that Enoch, senior, came to this country, and that he was related to
Edmund, were wholly unknown to the Rev. author. [Note 95, p. 109.]
It is probable that a thorough investigation will prove that Robert Greenleaf, the
"cabin boy," who settled near New York "about 1750," was also a descendant of old
Edmund the dyer.
In Johnson's History of New England, page 193, old Edmund is mentioned as "an
ancient and experienced Lieutenant" under Capt. Gerrish, in 1644. In Farmer's
" Genealogical Register of the first settlers of New England," Stephen, the son of said
Edmund, is mentioned as a resident of Newbury, where he was admitted a freeman in
1677, and elected representative in 1676 and 1686. In Thomas' History of Printing,
Joseph Greenleaf, the father of Thomas Greenleaf, the printer, who died in New York
in 1798, is mentioned as being "of Abington," not Maiden, as in this book.
Other omissions we may notice hereafter. — Bunker Hill Aurora, 1 Sept., 1855.
A Singular Relic. — We were shown, on Saturday, by Col. Ogle, of this county.
a small copper tobacco-box, about two by six inches. The history of this box is inter-
esting. When William Penn first began the settlement of Philadelphia, he gave it to
an Indian chief, as a present. The box then was perfectly plain. Long afterwards it
was procured from the Indians by a white man, and then it was discovered to be rudely
carved all over. One part of it represents Penn treating with the Indians, and the fig-
ures of Indians are scattered in many places. The carving has evidently been done
with a sharp stone — the cuts seem to be scratched out. It is a living illustration of the
artistic skill of the aborigines. The box has been in the possession of the family of
Col. Ogle for over 100 years. — Terre Haute (Ind.) Express, 17 Oct., 1855.
96
Marriages and Deaths.
[Jan.
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
MARRIAGES.
Gatch, Philip B., M. D. to Miss Elizabeth
Love, daughter of Mr. Josiah Drake, of
San Francisco, Cala., 17 Oct., by the
Rev. John F. Wright, at Milford, Ohio.
Veazie, Mr. William, bookseller in Corn-
hill, Boston, to Miss Mary Annette,
daughter of Mr. Harry W. Hatch, 25
Nov., at Chelsea, Vt., the residence of
Mr. Hatch.
DEATHS.
Aiken, Mrs. Elizabeth, Andover, 31 Aug.,
ae. 89 ; widow of Deac. Phincas A., of
Bedford, N. H.
Anthony, Mrs. Mary G. Providence, R.
I., 16 Nov., in her 91st year; widow of
the late Joseph Anthony.
Amsden, Mrs. Sarah, Northampton, 28
Sept., ae. 79 ; widow of the late Deac.
John Amsden, of Deerfield.
Atwood, Mrs. Hannah, Ludlow, 1 Oct.,
ae. 84.
Backus, Mr. Absalom, Pittsfield, 14 Sept.,
ae. 75.
Barker, Jacob W., Esq., Andover, 10
Oct., ae. 62 ; well known for his great
skill and success as a farmer.
Barnard, Mr. Isaac, Amesbury, 25 Nov.,
ae. 84. He fell dead suddenly from his
seat, while attending the Friends' meet-
ing in that place. He was highly re-
spected.
Bartlett, Mr. Elisha, Georgia, Vt., 30
Sept. ae. 100 yrs. 9 mo. 13 days, He
was born at Chatham, Ct., 16 Dec,
1754; was son of Minister, and the
youngest of 10 children ; served 13 mos.
in the Continental Army, under his
brother, Capt. Samuel B. Marched for
Boston, where he arrived just after the
battle of Bunker's Hill ; was at the evac-
uation of Boston ; at the capture of Bur-
goyne, and several other battles.
Baxter, Mrs. Sarah, West Newton, 11
Oct., ae. 93 yrs. 2 mo. 3 days ; widow of
the late Mr. Daniel Baxter, of Boston.
Belcher, Miss Eunice, Enfield, Mass., 20
Sept., ae. 80 ; formerly of Boston.
Bourne. — "Suffering and Death from Ex-
posure on the White Mountains. Gorham,
N. II., Sept. 14. Mr. Bourne, lady and
daughter of Kenncbunk, Me., left Glen
House at Mt. Washington, at 3 o'clock
yesterday P. M., to ascend on foot, with-
out a guide ; but, when a part of the way
up, became lost in a cloud, and remained
without shelter all night. All suffered
extremely. The daughter died during the
night. The others are now doing well."
The age of Miss Bourne is not stated.
Boltwood, Elijah, Amherst, 13 April, ae.
75. Mr. B. was a man universally re-
spected and beloved by all classes of the
community. Possessing the confidence
of his fellow-citizens, he was much em-
ployed in town business, and was Repre-
sentative to the General Court in 1829,
1834 and 1835. For many years he kept
the hotel now owned by Mr* A. P. Howe.
He lived and died on the same farm
where his father, grandfather and great-
grandfather had lived.
On his father's side, he was descended
from Robert Boltwood, one of the first
settlers of Hadlev, who died at H., April
6, 1684. Samuel was the son of Robert,
and was slain at the taking of Deerfield,
on the memorable 29th Feb., 1704. Sol-
omon, born at Hadlcy, July 2, 1694, was
the son of Samuel. He removed to
Amherst, where he died 20 April, 1762,
ae* 67. Solomon, Jr., born at Hadley,
26 Dec, 1727, was the son of Solomon.
He died at Amherst, 17 May, 1777, ae.
49. Samuel, born at Amherst, 12 Juno,
1754, was the son of Solomon, Jr. He
died at Amherst, 2 March, 1808. He
was the father of Elijah, who was born
at Amherst, 19 Feb., 1780.
On the side of his paternal grandmoth-
er, Mr. Boltwood was descended from
Elder John Strong, of Northampton, his
grandfather, Solomon Boltwood, having
married Mary, only daughter of Nehe-
miah Strong, of Amherst, and sister of
Judge Simeon Strong, of Amherst, and
Professor Nehemiah Strong, of Yale
College.
Burnham, Mrs. Mary, Ipswich, 10 Nov.,
ae. 88 ; widow of the late Mr. Thomas
Burnham, and daughter of the late Rev.
Dr. Dana.
Chauncy, Catherine, New York, 24 Oct.,
ae. 76 ; widow of the late Commodore
Isaac Chauncy.
Cheveldine, Mrs. Martha G., Cincinnati,
Ohio, 30 Oct, ; wife of Mr. G. R. Chev-
eldine, and daughter of the late Samuel
W. Phelps, Sen., formerly of Salem,
Mass.
Cleveland, Hon. Mason, Hampton, Ct.,
in his 66th year. He has held many im-
portant offices in the government of the
State.
Coffin, Miss Margaret, Boston, 21 Nov.,
in her 87th year.
Collins, Mr. Benjamin, New Bedford, 14
Sept., ae. 86.
Cooley, Mrs. Rebecca, Eaton, O., 25 Oct.,
ae. 96 ; formerly of Springfield, Mass.
Crofut, Mrs. Sarah, Danbury, Ct., 13
Sept., ae. 97 ; widow of Seth C, a sol-
dier of the Revolution.
1856.]
Quarterly Obituary.
97
Clark, Mrs. Irene, Amherst, 11 May, ae.
92 ; widow of Simeon. She was the
daughter of Noadiah Lewis. On her
mother's side, she was descended from
Roger Clapp, of Dorchester. On her
father's, from William Lewis, of Cam-
bridge, Hartford, Hadley and Farming-
ton, as follows : —
William Lewis== Felix.
d. 1683.
Capt. Wm. Lewis of=
Farmington, d. Aug.
18, 1690.
Nathaniel Lewis, of=
Farmington, b. Oct.
1, 1676, d. Feb. 24,
1752, aged 75.
Noadiah Lewis, of
Farmington, b. Apr.
27, 1708, d. Nov. 4,
1736.
Mary Cheever, d.
of Ezekiel, Nov.
22, 1671.
^Abigail Ashley,
Nov. 25, 1699.
Elizabeth Smith,
Dec. 4, 1735.
Noadiah Lewis, of=
Amherst, b. Nov.
24, 1736, d.
Irene Clapp, dau.
of Preserved, 1759.
Irene Lewis, b. April 20, 1763,
d. May 11, 1855.
Crowe ll, Mr. Thomas, W. Dennis, 6
Sept., ae. 95.
Crowell, Rev. Robert, D. D., Essex, 10
Nov., ae. 68 ; pastor of the Congrega-
tional Church in that town. He was
born in Salem, 9 Dec, 1787; graduated
at Dartmouth College, 1811, in the class
with Joel Parker, now of the Dane Law
School, Cambridge, Justice Shepley of
Maine, Gov. Arnold of Rhode Island,
Rev. W. Cogswell, Dr. Poor, Amos
Kendall, &c. He studied divinity with
the late Dr. Worcester, of Salem ; set-
tled in Essex, 10 Aug., 1814, where he
continued to the time of his death, over
41 years. He published a History of the
Town of Essex, 1853, a small 12mo.
This he intended to continue in another
volume, " now ready for the press," as
he wrote the editor, on the 24th of Au-
gust last. Dr. C. was brother-in-law to
the Hon. Rufus Choate.
Cushman, Rev. Henry, of Phillips, Me.,
at Newburyport, 12 Nov., ae. 74.
Cushman, Mrs. Maria Louisa, Bernards-
ton, 11 Oct., ae. 51 ; wife of the Hon.
Henry W. Cushman, and daughter of
the late Thomas Dickman, of the
same town ; after a sickness of but 31
hours. [The following obituary is extract-
ed from that in the Franklin Democrat, of
Oct. \5th, prepared for that paper by S. O.
Lamb, Esq.] : —
" The week preceding her death, Mrs.
Cushman was present with her husband
at the Farmer's Festival in tins town.
She was then apparently in excellent
health, and took a lively interest in the
exercises of the occasion. We saw her
then, as she moved among the happy
throng, with that unaffected cheerfulness,
ease and dignity which ever charmed all
who met her.
"Last Tuesday she was to all appear-
ance in good health, and was busy dur-
ing the day in making preparations for
the wedding of a young female relative,
a member of her household, whose mar-
riage was to have been solemnized there
on the morning, and within one hour of
the time when she died.
" Soon after retiring for the night, she
awoke in great pain ; but, as she had
been subject to attacks of the same kind,
the family felt no immediate alarm, and
applied those remedies which on former
occasions had proved efficacious, but
which failed to produce the desired ef-
fect. Early Wednesday morning, medi-
cal aid was called, and, during the day,
all that medical skill and experience
could suggest was done, and done in
vain. The disease baffled the skill of
physicians, and defied the power of med-
icine. Wednesday night, it became ap-
parent that she could not survive. Her
attendants expressed to her their fears.
She had anticipated, and was prepared
for the result. She was ready to die.
For her husband's sake, and for his sake
only, she wished to live. About four
o'clock on Thursday morning, after a
night of extreme distress and suffering,
the pain abated, and she slept quietly for
an hour or more ; then awoke, and, with
the icy hand of death upon her, proceed-
ed calmly to set her house in order for
her departure. She gave such directions
as she wished, and conversed freely and
cheerfully with her agonized husband
and the friends who gathered Aveeping
around her dying bed. She expressed
a lively hope of eternal life, relying
with implicit confidence on the blessed
Saviour, with whom she trusted soon to
be, and in whose presence she hoped
they would all meet again. About half
past six she became speechless, but
continued sensible till about half past
seven, when her gentle spirit took its
flight, and, ' by guardian angels attend-
ed,' winged its way to Him who gave it.
So peaceful and serene was her death,
that the watchers by her bedside were
hardly aware of the precise moment
when her spirit departed.
" This sad and unexpected event has
cast a deep gloom, not only over a large
circle of afflicted friends and relatives,
but also over the whole community in
which she dwelt, and to which she had
in an eminent degree endeared herself by
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the practice of those virtues which most
adorn and beautify the character of wo-
man. She was gentle, kind and benev-
olent, active and efficient in good works,
in labors of love to promote the happi-
ness of those around her. Placed high
in social position, the centre of a circle
as wide almost as her acquaintance ex-
tended, she was unaffected, modest and
approachable. With her, those in trouble
and distress ever found sympathy and
aid. As wife, friend, neighbor and chris-
tian, she was most e^Sfemplary in her de-
portment.
" The funeral services were attended
at the Unitarian Church in Bemardston,
yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. Rev. Mr.
Tenney, of Northfield, preached an im-
pressive discourse on the occasion, from
the 12th verse of the 90th Psalm. There
was a large audience, including many
people from Greenfield, Northfield, War-
wick, and other adjoining towns.
" The disease of which Mrs. C. died
was peritonitis."
Davenport, Mrs. T., Newburyport, 13
Nov., ae. 77 ; widow of the late John
Davenport.
Denison, Joseph A., M. D., Royalton,
Vt., Sept., ae. 81.
Derby, Mrs. Lucy, Roxbury, 4 Oct., ae.
84 ; widow of the late Gen. E. Hasket
Derby.
Doolittle, Hon. Mark, Bclchertown, 7
Nov., ae. 74; a gentlemen who has filled
important public offices, and an excel-
lent man. He took great interest in the
Hist.-Gen. Society, of which he was a
member. In 1852, Mr. Doolittle pub-
lished a " Historical Sketch of the Con-
gregational Church in Belchertown,"
which will always be regarded as a valu-
able contribution to the local literature
of the State. His portrait accompanies
our volume for 1852. At pages 295-6
of the same volume will be found a no-
tice of the subject of this sketch.
Duane, Miss Virginia, Philadelphia, Pa.,
27 Sept., ae. 21 years and 18 days ; only
daughter of William Duane, Esq., and
great-grcat-grand-daughter of Dr. Frank-
lin.
Eames, Daniel, Esq., Rutland, Jefferson
Co., N. Y., ae. 88 ; a native of Hopkin-
ton, Mass.
Farley, Geo. F., Esq., Groton, 8 Nov.,
ae. 62 ; an eminent lawyer of Middlesex
County. He graduated at Harvard Col-
lege in 1816.
Faxon, Mr. Elisha, of Boston, at New
York, 3 Oct., "well advanced in life."
He was accidentally killed, at a store
where he was transacting business in his
line ; falling through a scuttle, the dis-
tance of two stories, striking upon his
head. He did not speak after his fall,
and died immediately. He was of the
firm of E. Faxon & Co., 17 Fulton St.,
and long and well known as an upright
and talented merchant. His business
was dealing in leather, and the sign of
the Great Boot, near Dock Square, is in-
separably connected with the name of
Faxon. Mr. Faxon resided at Jamaica
Plain.
Field, Mrs. Elizabeth B., Middletown,
Ky., 20 Oct., ae. 71 ; formerly of Wal-
tham, Mass.
Fiske, Rev. Thaddeus, D.D.,tCharlestown,
14 Nov., ae. 93 years and 5 months. His
funeral took place on the 16th, at the
First Congregational Church in West
Cambridge, of which he was pastor for
40 years. He grad. H. C. 1785; made
D. D. Columbia College, N. Y., 1821.
He survived the 4th minister who had
been settled over his church, and wit-
nessed the settlement of the 5th. Three
of them he outlived, viz. : W. Ware, D.
Damon, and J. F. Brown.
Gorham, Hon. Benjamin, Boston, sudden-
ly, at his residence in Tremont St., 27
Sept., ae. 80.
Mr. Gorham was a son of Nathaniel
Gorham, who assisted in forming the
Constitution of the United States. He
grad. H. C. 1795, and read law with the
renowned Theophilus Parsons. The de-
ceased was an intimate personal friend
of Joseph T. Buckingham, who wrote a
brief sketch of Mr. Gorham, while on a
visit to Washington in April, 1828, which
was published in the Galaxy. We are
indebted to that source for most of our
facts. Mr. Gorham ably represented the
Suffolk District in Congress. While in
Washington, he made but few speeches,
but when he took the floor, he gave
proofs then of his abilities that were not
easily forgotten. He was remarkable for
the stern independence of his character,
for his unconquerable integrity, his moral
and physical courage.
At the time of his death, Mr. Gorham
was one of the oldest members of the
Suffolk Bar. When a young man, Judge
Parsons said he "possessed a logical
mind of great acuteness " ; and his sub-
sequent career proved that this opinion
was correct. Mr. Gorham was a manly
advocate ; he defended Mr. Buckingham
in the famous libel suits brought against
him while editor of the Galaxy, and
evinced a determination to sustain the
freedom and independence of the press
at any hazard. His professional services
were freely given at these trials, and he
declined to receive any pecuniary com-
pensation therefor. It is a noteworthy
circumstance, that while three of the
ex-members of Congress from this dis-
trict — Gorham, Webster and Lawrence —
have died within three years, the venera-
ble predecessor of them all, the Hon.
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Josiah Quincy, Senior, whose congres-
sional career commenced fifty years ago,
survives. Long may he continue to be a
connecting link between the revolution-
ary period and our own times. — Tran-
script, 28 Sept., 1855.
Hamblen, Mr. David, Boston, 29 Nov.,
ae. 35 ; an upright and active merchant,
beloved by all who knew him. His dis-
ease was consumption. Mr. Hamblen
was, almost from its beginning, one of
the best friends and supporters of the
New Eng. Hist. & Gen. Society, of which
he was several years an officer. His
contributions to the Register are many,
and of great value.
Haskell, Rev. Henry Mills, St. Peters-
burg, 31 Oct., of typhus fever. He was
ord. in March last, at the Central Church,
Boston, and immediately set out for St.
Petersburg, to enter upon his charge as
minister of the British & American Cong.
Church & Soc, in the capital of Russia.
Holden, Capt. Oliver, Poughkeepsie, N.
Y., 22 Sept., ae. 89£ ; formerly of Prov-
idence, R. I.
Horsford, Mrs. Mary G., at Shelter Isl-
and, suddenly, at the residence of her
father, Samuel S. Gardiner, Esq., 29
Nov., ae. 31 ; wife of Prof. E. N. Hors-
ford, of Harvard College.
Hoyt, Mrs. Harriet M., Newburyport, 15
Sept., ae. 56.
Jewett, Mr. Jonathan, Bolton, 29 Oct.,
ae. 81 ; formerly of Boston.
Kent, Mrs. Abigail, Duxbury, 13 Sept.,
ae. 90 \ ; widow of Capt. Nath'l Kent.
Kettell, Samuel, Esq., Maiden, 3 Dec,
in his 56th year; senior editor of the
Boston Courier, and one of the smartest
political writers in New England. New-
buryport was his native place. He has
left a wife, but no children. He had
been sick several months. His descent
from the first Kettell ancestor in this
country, is thus given by Mr. T. B. Wy-
man : — He was born 5 Aug., 1800. Son
of Jonathan & Mary (Noyes) K., New-
buryport ; of James & Sarah (Call) K.,
Charlestown ; of John & Mary (Bachel-
der) K., Danvers ; of James & Elizabeth
(Hay ward) K., Salem; of John & Eliz-
abeth Kettell, of Gloucester.
Lincoln, William Shattuck, Boston, 16
Oct., ae. 51 ; an industrious and j^rudent
merchant.
Long, Dea. William, Shelburne, 13 Sept.,
ae. 99| yrs. ; " the oldest person in
Franklin County."
Lorman, Mr. Jacob, near Barnsville, Mont-
gomery Co., Md., 13 Nov., in his 110th
year; a soldier of the Revolution. He
entered the army in 1775, as one of the
Pennsylvania line, and served through
the whole war; was at White Plains,
Trenton, Yorktown, and other sanguine
fields of those days.
Mallory, Mr. Amory, Barkhamstead, Ct.,
9 Nov., ae. 93.
Marston, Miss Martha Washington, Bris-
tol, R. I., (at the residence of her neph-
ew, Maj. Ward Marston,) 6 Nov., ae.
76 ; youngest daughter of the late Col.
John Marston, of this city.
Maxfield, Mr. Samuel, Roxbury, 19
Sept. ae. 88.
McClintock, Capt. John, Portsmouth, N.
H., 13 Nov. in the 95th year of his age.
When sixteen years old, he entered the
service in the private-armed ship Alex-
ander, of 20 guns, under Capt. Thomas
Simpson, who afterwards succeeded Paul
Jones in command of the Ranger. At
the age of 17, John McClintock was
master's mate, and was entrusted with
conducting a prize into the West Indies.
He remained in the service nearly four
years, but not being in any public ship,
he received no pension for revolutionary
service. After the peace, John McClin-
tock entered the merchant service, and
before the close of the last century, was
ship-master and owner. He was engaged
in mercantile pursuits for many years af-
ter. Capt. McClintock has been Naval
Officer for the city of Portsmouth for a
long time, having served during the ad-
ministrations of Harrison, Tyler, Taylor,
Fillmore, and Pierce. He was faithful
in the duties of his office, and remarka-
bly punctual and attentive in the dis-
charge of them. For more than seventy
years he had no occasion for a physician.
His seat in church was never vacant,
when the church was open, either in the
forenoon or afternoon, for nearly half a
century. At the time of his death, Capt.
McClintock was the oldest man in Ports-
mouth.
The genealogy of the family, as far as
is known to the writer of this article, is
as follows : —
William was in Medford, Mass., in
1757*
Children. — 1. , a farmer, and
was settled in Boothbay, Me., in 1776;
2. John, was living in Cumberland Co.,
Penn., in Oct., 1753; 3. Ruth, m. Rob-
ert Wier, a distiller in Boston, Mass. ;
they were living there in Nov., 1777 ; 4.
Rev. Samuel, D.D., b. in Medford, Mass. ,
1 May, 1732 ; grad. Princeton Coll. 1751;
m. Mary, daughter of and Eliza-
beth Montgomery, of Portsmouth, N. H.
(The latter was living in said town in
1756.) Dr. McClintock was a man of
note and influence in his day. He was
one of the chaplains of the provincial
* In the Addenda, p. 570, of the History of
Medford, by the Rev. Charles Brooks, a list of
names on the town records after 1718, is given.
Among these is Mac Clinton, 1750. Should
this not be McClintock ?
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troops in the " Old French War," and
accompanied the soldiers in their march.
He was also appointed chaplain of the
New Hampshire troops in 1775, and was
at the battle of Bunker Hill. In Trum-
bull's picture of this battle, Dr. McC. is
represented in the middle ground, distin-
guished by clerical bands, and ramming
down a musket. He was pastor of the
Congregational Church in Greenland, N.
H., where he died, 27 April, 1804, after
a ministry of 48 years.
The children of Rev. Dr. Samuel and
Mary McClintock were: — 1. Nathaniel,
b. 21 March, 1757, Major in Gen. Poor's
brigade, and died in the service ; 2. Sam-
uel, b. 21 Feb., 1758; 3. William, b. 4
Feb., 1759; 4. Mary, b. 4 Aug., 1760,
m. William Stoodley, of Portsmouth,
N. H. ; 5. John, b. 28 Aug., 1761, m.
Betsey Bigelow ; 6. Robert, b. 29 Aug.,
1762, m. Sally Sherbum; 7. Elizabeth,
b. 3 Sept., 1763 ; 8. Catherine, b. 14 Sept.,
1764, m. Tristram Morrill, of Saco, Me. ;
9. Ann, b. 30 Sept., 1765; 10. Joseph,b.
13 Sept., 1766, m. Sally Potter, of Ken-
sington, N. H. ; 11. Ruth, b. Dec, 1767,
m. Caleb Bartlett, of Pembroke, N. H. ;
12. Benjamin, b. 2 Jan., 1769; 13. Hen-
ry, b. 8 Aug., 1770; 14. Ann, b. 22 Nov.,
1771 ; 15. Henry, b. 5 Aug., 1773, m.
Nancy Halliburton.
The above list is remarkable, not only
for the number of births it contains, but
also from the fact that these fifteen births
are included in about sixteen years. The
mother of the above died 4 Aug., 1785,
aged 48 years.
Dr. McClintock married as a second
wife, widow Elizabeth Dalling, of Ports-
mouth, N. H., by whom he had one son,
Samuel, who died on Deer Island, 19
Oct., 1855. Dr. McClintock had in his
possession the portrait of a female in the
dress of by-gone days. He used fre-
quently to say that it was the likeness of
the great-aunt of his wife, and that the
original was a natural daughter of James
II., King of England. What was the
foundation of this assertion is unknown.
The picture is still in existence.
The children of William and Mary 4
(McClintock) Stoodley, were : — 1. Eliza-
beth, m. William Bartlet, Jr., of New-
buryport, Ms. (H. C. 1801) ; 2. Mary, m.
Capt. John Gookin, of Portsmouth, N.
H. ; 3. Nathaniel, m. Adelaide Hill.
The children of William, Jr., and
Elizabeth (Stoodley) Bartlet, arc:— 1.
Rev. William S., of Chelsea, Mass., m.
Hannah M. Stevens, of Pittston, Me. ;
2. Elizabeth, m. Charles J. Brockway, of
Newburyport, Mass. ; 3. Margaret, Brit r-
/y, d. ; 4. Edmund, m. Louisa Bartlett,
of Newburyport, Mass. ; 5. Margaret Ihi-
erly, m. Albert Holton, of Bangor, Me. ;
6. Caroline H., m. Frank Williams, M.
D., Yonkers, N. Y. ; 7. Mary M., unm. ;
8. Henry, m. Abbie M. Williams, of
Newburyport, Mass. ; 9. Adelaide S., m.
J. Deane Alden, of Hartford, Conn. ;
10. Nathaniel S., m. Frances Bartlett, of
Newburyport, Mass.
Mcnn, Mr. Stephen R., N. York, 1 Sept.,
ae. 90 ; a native of Massachusetts.
Nuttek, Rev. James, Newington, N. H.,
Oct., ae. 80. As he was standing in his
doorway, he fell dead instantly.
Parker, Miss Ann, Roxbury, 9 Sept., ae.
47 ; daughter of Isaac Parker, Esq.
Perkins, Mrs. Rebecca E., San Francisco,
Cala., 14 Oct., ae. 36 ; formerly of Mid-
dleboro', and wife of Mr. Dennis Per-
kins ; an amiable and excellent woman.
She had joined her husband in that coun-
try about two years ago, after a tedious
voyage of about five months from Bos-
ton, by way of Cape Horn. She was
daughter of Mr. Leonard Elmes, of
Dighton, and gn.nd-daughter, by the
mother's side, of the late Judge Wilkes
Wood, of Middleboro' Four Corners.
Pillsbury, Maj. Oliver, 5 Nov., ae. 81.
Plumer, Miss Kezia, Newburyport, 10
Oct., ae. 91 i.
Pomeroy, Hon. Benjamin, Stonington,
Ct., 20 Sept., ae. 68 ; judge, representa-
tive, &c, a prominent lawyer of New
London Co. for upwards of 40 years, and,
at his death, the oldest practising attor-
ney in the county. He was a native of
Hebron, Ct., and was descended through
Elihu and Lydia Barber, Benjamin, D.
D., and Abigail Wheelock, Joseph and
Hannah Seymour, Medad and Experi-
ence Woodward, from Eltwecd Pomeroy,
first generation in this country, who land-
ed at Dorchester, Ms., in 1635, settled in
Windsor, Ct., and d. in Northampton, Ms.
Pratt, Mr. Benjamin, Cohasset, 25 Sept.,
ae. 89.
Quintaro, Capt. Isaac, New York, 4
Nov., ae. 92; an officer in the Revolu-
tionary War.
Reed, Mrs. Mary, Brighton, 24 Nov., ae.
82 ; widow of the late Nathaniel Reed,
Esq., of Boston. .
Reynolds, Mrs. Jane, Tisbury, 28 Oct.,
ae. 85.
Rice, Mrs. Mary, Framingham, 13 Sept.,
ae. 92.
Sargent, Mrs. Sarah, Newburyport, 10
Oct., ae. 68 ; widow of the late Mr. Ne-
hemiah Sargent.
Smith, Mr. Joseph, Cornish, N. II., 28
Oct., ae. 95.
Smith, John A. Esq., Newburyport, 24
Sept., ae. 75. Though a native of N.,
Mr. S. spent about thirty years in Ha-
vana, most of which, as acting vice-con-
sul of the U. S. in that place. For the
last few years he had resided in the place
of his nativity.
Soutiiworth, Mrs. Ann Elizabeth, West
1856]
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Springfield, ae. 45 ; wife of Hon. Ed-
ward, and daughter of the late Rev.
Mase Shepard, of Little Compton, R. I.
Her father, Rev. Mase Shepard, was
born at Norton, 28 May, 1759 ; grad. at
Dart. Coll., 1785; was ordained pastor
of the Congregational Church at Little
Compton, K. I., 19 Sept., 1787, where
he remained until his death, 14 Feb.,
1821. He m., 6 July, 1788, Deborah
Haskins, dau. of John, of Boston.
Her grandfather, Thomas Shepard,
was born in Foxboro', part of Dorches-
ter, 24 March, 1706; m. Content, dau.
of Cornelius White of Taunton, 5 June,
1735; settled in Norton, where he died,
19 Oct., 1774, aged 68 years.
Her great-grandfather, Jacob Shepard,
was born probably in Maiden ; m. Mer-
cy, dau. of Dr. John Chickering, of
Charlestown, 22 Nov., 1699; settled first
in Medford, but removed thence about
1703, to " Wadeing River between Ded-
ham and Seaconck," what is now Fox-
boro', and died not far from Dec., 1715.
Her great-great-grandfather, Thomas
Shepard, was at Maiden in 1658, and on
19 Nov. of that year, m. Hannah Ensign,
dau. of Thomas, of Scituate. He died
at Milton, 29 Sept. 1719.
Spencer, Mrs. Nancy, Haddam, Ct., 11
Nov., ae. 88.
Strickland, Mrs. Lidoa, 27 Sept.ac 91.
Sumner, Bradford, Esq., Cambridge, 25
Sept., ae. 73 ; an honorable and upright
lawyer of the Suffolk Bar.
Sutton, Mr. Samuel, Sen., Roxbury, 21
Sept., ae. 754 ; a native of Alfreton, Co.
of Derby, England.
Talbot, Mrs. Eliza, Pontiac, Mich., 17
Oct., ae. 74 ; widow of the late Theo-
dore E. Talbot, and daughter of the late
Commodore Truxton, U. S. N.
Taney, Mrs. and Miss, died at Old Point
Comfort, Va., where they had been
spending the summer. These were the
wife and daughter of Chief Justice Ta-
ney. Mrs. T. died of paralysis, and the
dau. of yellow fever. — Bait. Pat., 2 Oct.
Titcomb, Mr. Ephraim, Boston, 16 Sept.,
ae. 73 ; formerly of Newburyport.
Trask, Mr. William, Dorchester, 5 Dec,
ae. 75. He was born in Dan vers, South
Parish, now South Danvers, 27 Oct.,
1780. This precinct was called " Salem
Village," until it was incorporated as a
distinct town in 1752. He was the only
son of William Trask, who died 22 Nov.,
1806, ae. 62 ; who was the son of Wil-
liam, born 10 Sept., 1702 ; who was the
eldest son of John, the son of William,
who was bap. 19 Sept., 1640, will proved
30 June, 1691; who was the eldest son
of Capt William, one of the pioneers of
Salem, who was born in England about
1587. He came to this country previous
to the arrival of Gov. Endicott, in 1628,
and was a conspicuous man in the Col-
ony. The house in which he died, in
1666, was, according to tradition, about
200 feet in the rear of the present one,
built by his son William, probably about
1680, which has been the birth-place of
his descendants for five generations. The
well, dug by the elder William, two cen-
turies ago, still remains, the water of
which is in constant use. The original
grist-mill, erected by him in 1636, was
situated on the river, back of his dwell-
ing-house ; and it is said, that remnants
of the dam are now visible, when the
water in the pond is drawn off.
William Trask, the subject of this no-
tice, m. Patience, dau. of Mr. John
Pierce, of Dorchester, 4 Aug., 1811.
She was a sister of the late Rev. Dr.
Pierce, of Brookline ; was born 26 Dec,
1787, and died 7th Dec, 1844. She had
four children, three of whom survive
her. Mr. T, m. 2d, Ann, dau. of
Andrews, 19 April, 1846, and was buried
on the 7th of December, eleven years
after the death of his first wife.
Tucker, Seth, Esq., Winchendon, Nov.,
ae. 98 ; a soldier of the Revolution. He
was a native of Milton, b. 1758, and was
one of the first settlers of Winchendon.
Tuckerman, William, Esq., Broadway,
S. Boston, 20 Sept., ae. 75 ; for many
years a hard-ware merchant in Liberty
Square. He was the father of the late
Treasurer of the Eastern Railroad.
Upham, Col. Timothy, Charlestown, 2
Nov., in his 72d year ; and on Monday
following, 5 Nov., his remains were tak-
en to Portsmouth, N. H., for interment,
and there rest in the family ground, in
Auburn Street Cemetery. The inter-
ment service was performed by the Rev.
Dr. Burroughs, whose church he was in the
habit of attending for more than 35 years.
Col. Upham was a descendant of John
Upham, who was born in England dur-
ing the latter part of the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, in the year 1597. It is sup-
posed that he came to this country in
1635, in company with the Rev. Joseph
Hull and 21 families, all of whom settled
in Weymouth, Mass. The son of John,
Lt. Phineas Upham, resided in Maiden,
Ms. ; was engaged in military campaigns
against the Indians, and died of wounds
received in the assault of an Indian fort,
while engaged under Capt. Johnson in
an attempt to destroy King Philip.
The father of Col. Upham, a descend-
ant of John Upham, was the Rev. Tim-
othy Upham, who was born at Maiden,
Mass., 20 Feb., 1748. He grad. II. C,
1768, being then 20 years of age. He
studied divinity under the Rev. Mr.
Trask, of Brentwood, N. H., and was
invited to settle in this city, but accepted
a previous invitation from a parish in
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Dcerfield, X. H. A year after his settle-
ment he married Miss Hannah, daugh-
ter of the Key. Nathaniel Gookin, of
Northampton, in this State. Her
father and John Wingate, graduates of
Harvard College, assisted in her educa-
tion ; she also received material benefit
from the instructions of her aunt, Mrs.
Col. Pickering, of Salem. Her piety
was said to he pure and fervid. The
Rev. Mr. Upham was distinguished for
rectitude of character, for being hospita-
ble to the extent of his means, and for
being respected and greatly beloved by
his parishioners. He d. 21 Feb., 1811, hav-
ing been an affectionate and faithful pas-
tor to his flock for more than 38 years.
Col. Upham was horn in Deerfiekl, N.
H., in the year 1783. He inherited the
amiable, generous, pious and hospitable
disposition which belonged to his parents.
They trained him up in a holy nurture
and admonition, which ever shone con-
spicuously in his life. He came to this
city in the year 1807, and at the early
age of 24 entered into business and had
a store in Market Street, where he se-
cured public favor by the strict integrity
of his dealings, and his gracious manners.
He had a strong passion for a military
life, to which his patriotism impelled
him during our contest with England
on the subject of impressment. In March,
1812, he received the appointment of a
major in the army, and was soon after-
wards placed in command of the forts
and harbor of Portsmouth, with the su-
perintendence of a recruiting service. In
the following July he received a com-
mission in the 11th regiment of infantry.
Two months afterwards, he joined the
army at Plattsburg, in New York. From
thence he went to Champlain, on the
borders of Canada, and was engaged in
many skirmishes. In the spring of 1813,
he was ordered to select a battalion of
500 men from his regiment, and proceed
to Sackett's Harbor, to be attached to
the forces under General "Wilkinson, to
descend the St. Lawrence and join the
troops of General Hampton, for the pur-
pose of an attack on Montreal. He
commanded one division of the boats,
and lost some of his men from a tremen-
dous cannonade poured on them while
passing the enemy's batteries at Fort
Prescott. On arrival at Cornwall, below
the rapids, they were followed by the
enemy with a considerable force and a
flotilla of gunboats. The troops debarked
at Chrystler's field. Col. Upham was
ordered to hold the enemy in check, till
ammunition could be procured from the
boats. This he did most gallantly for
an hour, when he was ordered to retreat
and return to Saekett's Harbor. The
object of the expedition was defeated.
Having just before this action been
promoted to a lieutenant colonelcy of
the 21st, Col. Miller's celebrated regi-
ment, he went to Fort Erie to resume
the command of his men. The fort had
been captured, and was then held, by
Gen. Brown ; but it was invested by the
enemy's force, which was twice as large
as that of the garrison. Gen. Brown
determined upon a sortie, to put to rout
the enemy. He earned his purpose into
action on the 17th of Sept., 1814. Gen.
Ripley's brigade, which included Col.
Upham's regiment, was posted as a corps
de reserve between the new bastions of
Fort Erie. Gen. Miller, at the begin-
ning of the action, pierced the enemy's
entrenchments. But he was in imminent
danger, so that Gen. Brown ordered a
regiment to his rescue. Col. Upham
eagerly and promptly replied to the or-
der, and rushed with ardor into the fight.
An explosion took place, and Gen. Rip-
ley was so much disabled, that Col. Up-
ham was obliged to take command of
the reserve. In ihe account of this ac-
tion, Gen. Brown said, that he wanted
words to express his satisfaction at the
gallant conduct of the officers and men,
as having been superior to their trials.
Col. Upham's health suffered so much
from his exposures and fatigue at tins
campaign, that he was kindly ordered to
a recruiting service on the sea-board.
On the cessation of hostilities, he re-
signed his commission in the army. In
1816, he was appointed, by President
Madison, Collector of Customs at Ports-
mouth; an office which he held for 13
years, and its duties he discharged with
acceptableness, honesty and fidelity.
In 1819, he was appointed brigadier
general of the first brigade of the N. H.
militia, and in 1820, was made major
general of the first division. In 1841, he
was appointed Navy Agent in this city,
by President Harrison. He soon resigned
that office. Political vicissitudes led him
again to mercantile pursuits, and he en-
tered on them with enterprise and zeal,
industry and ability. But success was not
the reward of his honest and faithful la-
bors.
But bright prospects were presented to
him in the city of Boston, so that, in the
year 1845, he was induced to commence
business there, while he resided in Charles-
town, Mass. Misfortunes visited him;
and those, with increasing ill-health, in-
duced him to retire from active life to the
more tranquil scenes of his happy home.
She on whom his hope, reverence and
heart most rested — his strongest staff and
dearest tie of life — was, about two years
since, snatched from his faltering strength
and support. An amiable son suddenly
sickened and died. Excruciating pains
1856.]
Quarterly Obituary.
103
crushed his own powerful frame. It
yielded under his accumulated infirmities
and sorrows ; but from them all he has
been mercifully released.
Vaughan, Betsey, Middleboro', 1 Sept.,
ae. 87 yrs. 5 mo.
Waldo, Gen. Samuel Lovett, New Or-
leans, 19 Oct., ae. 93.
Walton, Gen. Ezekiel P., Montpelier,
Vt., 27 Nov., ae. 66. He was editor of
the "Montpelier Watchman & State
Journal," and had been longer connect-
ed with the press of Vermont, than any
other man in that State. He was a pop-
ular military officer in the militia, and
a good citizen. Mr. Calvin Walton,
printer, of this city, was his brother.
Warner, Phineas, Amherst, 17 July, ae.
69. Mr. W. lived and died on the farm
allotted, April, 1703, to his great-great-
grandfather, Jacob Warner, in the laying
out of Amherst. The line of his descent
from Andrew Warner, one of the first
settlers of Cambridge, Hartford and
Hadley, is as follows, viz : —
Andrew Warner ==
I
Jacob Warner, of Hadlev,= Elizabeth
d. 29 Nov., 1711. I Goodman.
I
Jacob Warner, of Hadley, = Mary,
b. 29 Sept., 1691.
Aaron Warner, of Am-:
herst, b. at Hadley, Mch.,
1717.
i
David Warner, of Am-
herst, bapt. 1756; d. 10
Dec, 1828.
Ruth Shel-
don.
Mrs. Lucy
Orchard.
Phineas Warner, b. 28 April, 1786.
Wells, Hon. John, Boston, at his resi-
dence in Summer St., 25 Sept., in his
91st year; having been born in this city,
14 Oct., 1764; H. C, 1782, and at the
time of his death was the oldest gradu-
ate of that institution. He was son of
Arnold Wells, for some time President
of the first U. S. Branch Bank. He was
one of a banking-house established in
Paris, under the name of Wells & Co.,
that being the first American house of
the kind in that city. He served the city
in the legislature, was one of Gov.
Strong's council, president of the city
council, &c, &c.
Wentworth, Benjamin, Lodi, Columbia
Co., Wisconsin, 11 June; formerly of
New Lebanon, De Kalb Co., 111. The
deceased was born in Newent Society,
Norwich, Ct., 28 May, 1777. He m. in
Canaan, Columbia Co., N. Y., 4 Sept.,
1803, Rachel, daughter of Dan. Barnes,
and left children and grand-children. His
wife died at Canaan, N. Y., 12 Mav,
1818. He was son of William 4 Went-
worth, of Ashford, Ct., who m. Zerviah
Chapman, 9 Nov., 1766. He was grand-
son of William 3 Wentworth, of Norwich,
Ct., who m. Martha Armstrong, 16 June,
1731, and was born at Rowley, Mass.,
25 Dec, 1680. This latter William 3 was
son of Elder William Wcntworth's son
Paul, 2 Avhose wife was Catherine ,
believed to be Barnard. He removed
from Dover, N. H., to Rowley, Mass. ;
thence to New London, Ct. ; thence to
Norwich, Ct., and died in that part of
Norwich now known as Preston, about
1750.
Wentworth, John, Rollinsford, N. H.,
25 Aug., ae. 82; born 30 Jan., 1773.
He m., Oct., 1804, Joanna, daughter of
Capt. William Hall, of Berwick, Me.
He was the fifth in descent from Elder
William Wentworth, through Bartholo-
mew, 4 m. Ruth Hall ; Lt. Benjamin, 3 m.
Deborah Stimpson ; and Benjamin, 2 m.
Sarah Allen.
White, Mrs. Mabel, Belchertown, 20
Sept., ae. 88.
Whiting, Mrs. Abigail S., Roxbury, ae.
83 £ yrs.
Wilder, Peter Andrew, Leominster, 5
Oct., ae. 90 yrs. 1 mo. and 23 days. He
was a descendant of the sixth generation
from the Thomas Wilder who removed
from Charlestown to Lancaster, 1 July,
1659. On the maternal side, his geneal-
ogy may be traced back to the Rev.
Thomas Carter, the first minister of the
town of Woburn. He was also a de-
scendant from Peregrine White, who was
born in the Mayflower, before the Pil-
grim Fathers landed on Plymouth Rock.
He married Sally, a daughter of Abijah
Joslin of Ashburnham, and who was of
the fifth generation from the Thomas and
Rebecca Joslin who "were among the
passengers in the ship Increase, that em-
barked from London for New England,
17 April, 1635." She died 31 Oct.,1847.
They lived together more than 50 years,
and had a family of 12 children.
Williams, Mrs. Sarah, Providence, R. I.,
10 Nov., ae. 86; widow of Mr. Joshua
W., formerly of Dighton, Mass.
Winslow, Mrs. Hannah, Pittston, Me.,
17 Nov., ae. 91 ; one of the earliest set-
tlers of that town. — See Hanson's Hist.
Gardiner 8f Pittston.
Woodcock, Mrs. Ann, Boston, 22 Sept.,
ae. 91 ; wid. of the late Dea. Joseph W.
Wyman, Justus, Montgomery, Ala., 8
Sept. Born 16 Sept., 1798; son of Ben-
jamin and Hannah (Boynton) W. ; of
Benjamin and Elizabeth (Swain) W. ;
of Benjamin and Esther (Richardson)
W. ; of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Han-
cock) W. ; of Francis and Abigail Wy-
man; all of Wobum. Wife, Mary
Stokes, 6 sons, 4 daughters.
104 Miscellaneous Items. [Jan., 1856.
The Rev. Benjamin Huggles was the first minister of Suffield, Ct., where he was
ordained 26 April, 1698. He died, it is supposed, inRoxbury, Mass., his native place,
when on a visit there, 5 Sept., 1708, [ae. 54.] The town voted to erect a monument to
his memory. Was such monument ever erected ?
The Ballard Family. — Persons desirous of giving or receiving information re-
specting this family, can communicate with Ballard Smith, Esq., of Cannelton, Ind.
Candee, or Candy. — It is traditionally stated that the Candee family, of New
England, is of French extraction. It has been said that the family is descended from
John Candy, who resided in or near Boston from 1639 to 1650, and then left for Con-
necticut ; that he was a grandson of Jean de Cande, a soldier under Admiral Colignv.
I am desirous to know if there is any record showing an older member of the family
than Samuel Candy (or Condv) of Marblehead, 1664? — Address Avery J. Skilton,
M. D., Troy, N. Y.
Payments for the Register. — Albany, H. D. Paine ; Boston, A. Phelps, Glover
& Co., A. Sargent, T. C. Amory, A. Bugbee, F. A. Hall, M. P. Wilder, J. Brown, J.
Willard, T. Waterman, L. M. J. Mignault, N. W. Coffin, S. M. Allen.
Binghampton, N. Y, A. B. Knowlton ; Barrington, N. H., J. S. Fernald ; Chicago,
UL, B. Pomeroy; Cannelton, Ind., B. Smith ; Chelsea, W. S. Bartlet; Cambridge, C.
Lowell; Durham, N. H., V. Smith; Dorchester, T. Farrar; Dennisville, Me., P. E.
Vose ; Fort Edward, N. Y, B. D. Ames ; Gouverneur, N. Y, H. D. Smith ; Gloucester,
J. Babson ; Georgetown, S. Nelson ; Henniker, N. H, N. Sar,born ; Hampton, N. H,
J. Page ; Hartford, Ct., J. B. Hosmer, J. Ward, N. Goodwin ; Loioell, J. Avery, J.
Nesmith; Lynn, J. Moulton; New York, S. Wetmore, C. C. Gardiner, J. E. Bulkley,
J. S. Rockwell ; New Haven, Ct., T. R. Trowbridge ; Northampton, C. A. Dewey, E.
Barnard, D. Stebbins ; Philadelphia, Pa., T. Ward, H. Bond; Providence, R. I., J. A.
Howland ; Quincy, E. Woodward ; Rockingham, N. C, L. H. Webb ; Rocky Hill, Ct.,
H. Bulkley; Randolph, E. Alden; Springfield, J. Parker; Taunton, C. H. Brigham;
Troy, N. Y., J. M. Corliss ; Worcester, E. Washburn.
Donations to the Library of the Society have been received from the following per-
sons during the last quarter : —
Emoiy Washburn, Wm. H. Montague, Edward Everett, J. S. Loring, Wm. H. Kelly,
Wm. H. Whitmore, Benj. P. Richardson, Jas. W. Tucker, Wm. G. Brooks, J. B. Bright,
Wm. Duane, B. Homer Dixon, H. G. Somerby, Henry Harrod, John Jordan, Jr., N.
Wyman, J. L. Sibley, Cyrus Woodman, John Frost, Regents of University of New
York, Miss C. Butler, R. Famham, Jr., Jos. S. Clark, John Dean, S. H. Walley,
Nicholas Dean, William Appleton, F. Kidder, Samuel Wolcott, William S. Bartlett,
Samuel A. Green, Proprietors of Newburyport Herald.
Literary Curiosity. There is occasionally to be met with a tract of the follow-
ing title : — " A Discourse, uttered in part at Ammauskeeg-Falls, in the Fishing Season.
1739. Boston: Printed for S. Kneeland & T. Green in Queen-Street, MDCCXLIII."
It is in octavo, and contains 22 pages. Few people who are collecting rare and curious
pamphlets, know who was the author of this. The following is therefore extracted
from a manuscript memorandum, in a copy which belonged to the Rev. Josiah Dun-
s ter : — " The Author of this Sermon was the Rev. Joseph Secome [Seccombe] who was
settled not far from Merry mack River."
Newspaper Items.. — We have received from the editors of the Newburyport Herald
a file of their paper, containing valuable Genealogical Articles ; for which the Society,
(to the library of which they are a donation,) takes this opportunity to return thanks ;
and to say that, if other editors will forward their papers containing genealogical or
historical articles, they will be carefully preserved in the Society's archives, and may
be of great use hereafter.
< ~».«. >
ERRATA.
P. 357, (last Vol.,) among the children of John Allen, the date "1658, May 23,"
should be repeated before Lydia. Same p., among the children of Joseph Alsop, the
in Italic. P. 363, 1. 36, for Gale. r. Yale. P. 360, 1. 10, for 1841 r. 1641. Same p., I.
24, for Johson r. Johnson. P. 161, 1. 31, for Serqt. (Robert) Boltwood r. Sergt. (Samuel).
P. 163, 1. 25, for Ke&y r. Keny. P. 163, 1. 31, for Mosset r. Mojet.
, bs o i;i:,:\. I'l'ix- v ,
NEW ENGLAND
HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
YOL. X.
APRIL, 1856.
NO. 2.
Vl>
PRESIDENT CHARLES CHAUNCY AND HIS ANCESTORS
AND DESCENDANTS.
[By William Ciiauxcet Fowler.]
HIS BIRTH AND PARENTAGE.
Charles Chauncy, the second pres-
ident of Harvard College, was the
emigrant ancestor of all who bear the
name of Chauncey in the United
States. He was the fifth son of
George Chauncy of Newplace and
Yardley-Bury in Hertfordshire, who
died 1627, and the third, of his sec-
ond wife. His mother, Agnes, was
the daughter of Edward Welsh of
Great Wymondley, and the widow
of Edward Humberstone. He was
baptized and registered on the fifth of
November, 1592, 34 of Elizabeth, in
Yardley-Bury Church, Hert.
From long lines of ancestors, converging in him, he received those
intellectual and moral endowments, which, developed by education and
the grace of God, made him, in his eventful life, one of the lights of the
age in which he lived, both in England and in America. He was pre-
eminent among the Pilgrim Fathers, for his learning as a scholar, for his
genius as a poet and orator, for his piety as a Christian, and for his suffer-
ings and sacrifices as a confessor. If in some one of these particulars
there were those who equalled him, in the whole, taken together, he was
primus inter pares.
We feel, therefore, encouraged to believe, that, in presenting some
features of his character, some passages of his life, and some extracts
from his works, we shall have the approbation and sympathy, not only of
his descendants, but also of those who appreciate learning, who admire
7
106 President Charles Chauncy. [April,
genius, and who reverence that self-sacrificing yet buoyant piety, which
made him a moral martyr at Ware, and a triumphant saint at Cambridge,
New England. •
HIS PREPARATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY.
At the celebrated Westminster School, he received the training prepara-
tory to his entrance into the University. It w T as here that his love of
knowledge was developed, and his love of right strengthened. It was
here that on the fifth of November, 1605, he, with the other members of
the school, came near falling a victim to the famous " Gunpowder Plot,"
devised by the infamous Guy Fawkes. The edifice, where the school was
kept, was in close proximity to the parliament-house. And if the diabol-
ical design of Fawkes and his fellow-conspirators had succeeded, the
parliament and the school would have been involved in one common fate.
Upon a reflective mind like his, this event could hardly fail to produce
a deep and lasting impression, awakening not only gratitude for his deliv-
erance, but also abhorrence of that spirit which contrived the plot. And
we can easily believe, that associations, connected with this event in his
vouthful mind, must have contributed to give a certain shape to his opin-
ions, and a certain tone to his feelings, for which he was distinguished.
W r e can easily believe that the sentiments thus generated were, with his
ardent temperament, transmitted to his immediate descendants, to be
nourished and strengthened by every annual commemoration of the fifth
of November, by every remembrance of the fires of Smithfield, and by
every manifestation of ecclesiastical domination in the current events of
the times. The following quotation from Dr. Charles Chauncy of Boston,
his distinguished descendant of the fourth generation, shows his own pious
appreciation of this event. " I particularly mention this fact, because it
is emphatically an important one as relative to myself, and strongly points
out the special obligation I am under, to set an asterism on the fifth of
November, which, to this day, is commemorated in the colonies, as well
as in the mother country, as I hope always will be, with joy and gratitude.
My existence, with all its connections in this world and another, which
were then only possible futurities, were absolutely dependent on this
deliverance by an extraordinary interposition of God's all-governing
providence."
HIS CONNECTION WITH THE UNIVERSITY.
Having completed his preparatory studies, he entered the University as
a student of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he proceeded Bachelor in
1613, and Master of Arts in 1617. Here he prosecuted his studies with
so much diligence that he became a Fellow of the College, and was
honored, 1624, with the degree of Bachelor of Divinity.
In consequence of his distinguished attainments in Oriental literature,
he was chosen by the Heads of the Houses, Professor of Hebrew. But
1856] President Charles Chauncy. 107
Dr. Williams, the Vice Chancellor, preferring a relative of his own, Mr.
Chauncy resigned his pretensions, and was appointed to the Greek pro-
fessorship.
Cole, in his collections for an Athena Cantabrigiensis, has the follow-
ing note in respect to him : —
"Charles Chauncy, A. M., a Fell, of Trinity Coll., Cambr., made an
oration 27 Feb. 1622, 19 James I., at y e Departure of the Embassadors
fr. y e k. of Spain & Archduchess of Austria, who had been entertained
in Trin. Coll. during their stay in y e univ., where they were created
A. M. ; in Latin printed among, 8 True copies of all y e Latin Orations
made at Cambr. by y e Vice Chancellor and others, &c. Lond. 4°. 1623.' "
The Oration is given below. As it could not be obtained in this coun-
try, the present writer procured a transcript of it from the Bodleian
Library, in the University of Oxford, England. Whether the translation
was made by the author, or by another, does not appear. The antique
style as well as the date shows that it belongs to the epoch at which the
original was delivered. Following this are certain Latin and Greek
poems composed by Mr. Chauncy while residing in Cambridge, England.
As these could not be obtained in this country, the present writer obtained
transcripts of them from the British Museum in London. Here I ought
to express my obligations to Prof. C. C. Felton, who consented to trans-
late the Greek poem, and thus to honor an ancient President of the Col-
lege, which he in turn adorns by his learning.
Oratio Valedictoria habita coram Dominis Legatis in Collegio Sanctae
et Individual Trinitatis, in presentia Doctorum, per Carolum Chauncy,
Mag. Art. et Socium illius Collegii 27 Febr. 1622.
Viri Illustrissimi.
Summo cum studio, et perquam grata recordatione nunquam non
agnoscemus humanitatem Vestram, quibus (ut ex adventu vestro etiam
iterato conijcimus) pro judicii vestri candore placuit, nostras esse aliquid
putare nugas: neque nostram ver6 laetitiam, quas non arctissimis pectoris
angustiis circumscribi potest, celare volumus qui in hisce Musarum
aedibus, per se quidem si spectentur satis spatiosis, sed si cum vestra
Amplitudine conferantur sane perexiquis, in his inquam Musarum aedibus,
quasi maxima quaedam in minimo, tantos Heroes hospitio exceptimus :
qui Senatum Populumque Musarum tali corona donatum et ed decoratum
vidimus, vel Alexandri diademati praferenda. Sed quid de corona verba
facio? in coelo profecto se quis esse suspicetur, qui tot luminibus, et
quasi stellis Nobilitatis, sapientiae, fortitudinis se undiquaque cinctum
conspicetur. Et certe quam hoc unum spectarunt mod6 cogitationes
nostrae, ut concentu nostro, velut harmonia caelorum Pythagorica, quae
in aures vestras suaviter influeret, ita animos vestros permulcere, ita
sensus vestros xal ijvouaot xal iStouaoi pascere possemus, ut Vestra etiam
Celsitudo in coelo esse videretur? Verum orbes illi caelestes, ut ud
vaelocissime moveantur, tamen mensis saltern unius, aut anni, aut plurium
annorum spatium requirunt, ut circulum suum et harmoniam possuit
conficere : quanto minus ab orbiculo (ut ita loquar) Academico in hoc
108 President Charles Chauncy. [April,
vestrse apud nos commorationis biduo tantum negotium expectare potu-
istis ? Quamobrem id a Vcstris Clcmentiis summopere contendimus
(Viri Inclytissimi) ut siqua in re ingrato aliquo et injucundo sono vestras
aures ofFcndimus, errata saltern leviora velo humanitatis Vestrse contega-
tis : ncque ex imberbis juventutis laboribus, quos persepistis, vel de
Cantabrigice, vel de Collegii istius dignitate judicetis, sed cogitate potius
quanta sit horum grauissimorum virorum facundia, et quasi Mada
Medulla, quanta in suggestis et pulpitis fulminatio, quam mira in dis-
putationibus Theologicis subtilitas, et quam invictum robur ! illos si
audivissetis nulla hsee fuisset venial deprecatio, illos si audivissetis vel
Autarchi ipsius judicium non detrectassemus : verum ut se res habent,
humillime coram indulgentise Vestrse genibus procumbit Oratio nostra.
Sed et alia etiam nos arget infselicitas, quod tarn subito tantorum virorum
consortio, vel potius prsesidio carendum sit : nam nihil mirum videatur,
si, cum Vestras Excellentias, velut radios a sole in speculum transmissos
recepimus, radiis tarn fulgentibus ad Solem, id est, Regem Prseclarrissi-
mum recollectis, atra nos doloris caligio et obscuritas involuat; nihil
mirum, inquam, videatur, si, cum Vestras Excellentias, velut sanguinem
purissimum, et spiritus vitales diffusos a. corde ad cerebrum, id est a
Serenissimo Rege ad Academiam, intromissimus, si spiritibus ad cor
ipsum remeantibus, nos in subitum pallorem, squalorem, et Ut&o6vfiiav
incidamus. Sed unicum hoc nobis solatium superest, quod relicta Athe-
niensium arce pulcherrima radii ad Solem, id est, cor coeli, se recipiant ;
et quod deserto cerebro spiritus vitales ad ipsum cor, et Solem hujus
Microcosmi, Augustissimum nempe Jacobum, reuertantur: illius Majcstas
vere Regia, incredibilis prudentia, et stupenda plane in Principe eruditio,
facile supplere porsunt, si quid in Academia defuit : illi igitur, velut
Academiarum omnium quotquot sunt in Christiano orbe epitome, et com-
pendio, vol potius allcri Academico cuidam maxima? et fiorentissimse
vos jam restituendos esse, solidum gaudemus gaudium ; et quod superest
(Heroes Nobilissimi) Vestrse Celsitudini iter faustum, caelum propitium,
faelices nobis omnibus in Vestris tanti momenti negotiis comprecamur,
Deumquc impensi rogamus, ut Dominationes Vestras ad Rcip. Christianse
emolumentum, et Ecclesise totius militantis incolumitatem et tutamentum
benigne conservet, ac tueatur.
The Oration of Master Charles Chauncy, Master of Artes and Fellow
of Trinitie Colledge, 27 Feb., 1622.
Most illustrious Lords, Who (as wee conjecture by your second com-
ming) have beene pleased in the candor of your judgements, to thinkc our
triffles to bee something, wee shall ever with greatest affection, and most
thankfull remembrance acknowledge your favours : neither are wee will-
ing to conccale our joy, which can no wayes bee confined in the narrow
streights of our b rests, who have in these dwellings of the Muses, spa-
cious enough if considered by themselves, but if compared with your
Greatnesse, surely, of small capacitie, who have, I say, in these dwellings
of the Muses, received as greatest things contayned in the least so great
Heroes for guests : who have seen this Senate and Common-wealth of the
Muses, rewarded and beautified with such a Crowne as may well be pre-
ferd before Great Alexanders Diadem. But why make I mention of a
Crowne ? Surely, well might lie thinkc himselfe to be in Heaven, who
should behold himselfe circled on every side with so many Lights, and as
it were Starres of Nobilitie, Wisedome, Fortitude. And surely, how
1856.] President Charles Chauncy. 109
much our cogitations have beene bent on onely this, that with our .consent
of voyces, as with some Pythagoricall harmonie of the Heavens, which
might sweetly flow into your Eares, we might so please your Thoughts,
so feed your Senses with all dainties and delicious food, that your Excel-
lencies might also thinke themselves in Heaven. But those Celestiall
Orbes, how swiftly soever they are moovd, doe yet require the space at
least of a moneth, or of one or many yeeres, to the perfecting of their
Circle and Harmonie ; how much lesse could you expect so great a worke
from this (as I may say) small Academicall Orbe in this your two dayes
abode with us ? Wherefore (Most famous Lords) we earnestly entreat
your clemencies, that if in any thing wee have offended your Eares, with
any ingratifull and unpleasant sound, you would vouchsafe to cover, at
least our smaller errors, with the vaile of youre benignitie ; and that you
judge not of the dignitie either of Cambridge, or this Colledge, by the
labours which you have received from bcardlesse youth, but that you
rather thinke how great is the force of speech, and as it were pith of elo-
quence of these most grave persons ; how great is their thundering in
Chaires and Pulpits, how admirable their subtiltie in Theologicall Dispu-
tations, and how invincible their force. If you had heard them, there
were no neede of this request for pardon ; if you had heard them, we
would not have declinde the censure even of Aristarchus himselfe ; but
as things now are, this our prayer most humbly prostrateth it selfe at the
feete of your clemencie. But an other infelicitie also presseth us, that
we must so suddenly be deprived of the presence, or rather protection of
so great persons ; for, let it seeme nothing strange, if since we received
your Excellencies as Rayes cast in a mirrow from the Sunne, that those
so bright shining Rayes being called backe upon the Sunne, that is, unto
our most Renowned King, wee are over-whelmed with a black and dark-
some Mist of sorrow ; Let it, I say, seeme nothing strange, that if we re-
ceived your Excellencies as most pure Bloud, and vitall Spirits, diffused
from the Heart unto the Braine, that is, from our most Renowned King
unto this Universitie, that the Spirits flowing backe unto the Heart, we fall
into a sudden palenesse, horror, and deadly swound. But yet, wee have
this comfort left, that those Rayes departing from this most beautifull fort-
resse of Athenians, reflect themselves unto the Sunne, that is, the Heart
of Heaven ; and that those vitall Spirits, though they forsake the Braine,
reconvey themselves unto the very Heart, and Sunne it selfe of this our
little World, that is to our Most Imperiall James. His truely Royall Maj-
estie, his incredible Wisedome and Learning, even to amazement in a
Prince, can easily supply whatever hath beene wanting in our Academic
Therefore, because yee are to be restorde to him as to an Epitome, and
Sunne of all Academies, the Christian World contaynes, or rather as to
some one more great and flourishing then all the rest, we feele a joy most
solid, and complete. And that which now remaynes (Most Noble Heroes)
wee joyntly wish unto your Excellencies a prosperous iourney, faire
weather, and happie successe unto us all, in your affaires, of so great
importance, and earnestly beseech the Almightie, that hee would gra-
ciously vouchsafe to preserve and protect your Lordships to the good of
the Christian Common- Wealth, and to the Weale and safetie of the whole
Militant Church.
110 President Charles Chauncy. [April,
SPECIMENS OF POETRY.
Gratulatio Academic Cantabrigiensis in reditum Illust. Caroli
Wallio Principis. 4°. Cant. 1623.
Gratulor, haud cantarc tuum volo, Carole Princeps,
Fcelicem reditum, prcebit tibi mantua vatem.
Mn. fi. Concordes animee, # ]aetas advertite mentes, iEn. 5.
iEn. 8. Cingite fronde comas, # et vina reponite mensis. JKr\. 7.
Geor. 4. Namque *hoc ista sibi tempus spectacula poscit. J&n. 6.
Mn. 12. Conspectu in medio procerum # spes altera regni, iEn. 12.
Mn. 10. Quod votis optastis, ade^t, *quod ssepe petistis. iEn. 12.
Geor. 4. Quis dubitet? Nam # hinc ille avium concentus in agris. Geor. 1.
Et lsetae pecudes, et ovantes gutture corvi :
Eel. 5. Ipsi lsetitia voces ad sydera jactant
Intonsi montes, # strepitu collesque resultant. ^En. 8.
iEn. 8. Quare agite 6 juvenes, # pueri, innuptseque puellse, iEn. 2.
iEn. 1. 2. Invalidiq'; senes (*iterumque iterumque monebo) JE>n. 3.
^En. 1. Solvite corde metum, # nihil nisi carmina desunt: Mr\. 9.
Mn. 4. Et nunc # quse differre nefas, celebrate faventes, J&n. 8.
Eel. 10. Carmina sunt dicenda, *nihil nisi carmina desunt* Eel. 8.
JGn. 5. Ore favete omnes, # evincti tempora ramis. ^En. 8.
Mn. 7. Carole *avis atavisque potens, *lumenque juventee ; iEn. 1.
Mn. 6. Venisti tandem, tuaque expectata parenti
(Vicit iter durum pietas) datur ora tueri,
iEn. 12. Non ha?c humanis opibus *sine numine divurn. iEn. 2.
Eveniunt, # coelum et terras qui nnmine et torquet ^En. 4.
^En. 12. Major agit Deus, atque opera ad majora remittit.
Eel. 5 Tu decus omne luis; # patriis ut redditus oris, ^En. 11.
iEn. 12. LsBtitia exultans # magnas it fama per urbes JEn. 4.
iEn. 3. Delectos populi ad proceres, primumque parentum.
JE>n. 3. Maximus unde pater # oculos ad sydera laetus iEn. 1.
Extulit, et ccelo palmas : *pavor ossa reliquit JEn. 3.
Mn. 6. Magnanimura Heroum : nee solos tangit Atridas JE>n. 9.
^En. 11. Hie amor, hoc studium non cursu segnius illo ^En. 7.
Per medias urbes agitur # gentemque togatam : ^En. 1.
Mn. 7. Protinus hinc # adsunt evincti tempora ramis ^En. 2.
Hie juvenum chorus, ille senum, *tua dicere facta. Eel. 8.
iEn. 7. Idem omnes simul ardor agit, # clamore sequuntur iEn. 9.
Lffititiaque fremunt, animosque ad sydera tollunt.
JE,n. 3. Omnibus idem animus : # princeps, tu rite propinques, Mn. 10.
JEn. 8. ' Et nos, et tua dexter adi pedi sacra secundo.
iEn. 1. Parce metu, haud credo invisus ccelestibus auras ^En. 1.
Vitales carpis, *nunquam te crastina fallet Geor. 1.
Hora, *haud ille sinit superi regnator Olympi. ^En. 2.
Geor. 3. Ictibus et *pulsa? referunt ad sydera valles, Eel. 6.
Eel. 5. Ipsa sonant arbusta Deus, Deus # otia fecit. Eel. 1.
C. C. C. P.
In the signature c. c. c. p. we have Charles Chauncy to prince Charles.
Epithalamium illust. Principum Caroli Regis et H. Marine Reginje, etc.
4°. Cant. 1G25.
Adsunt nunc optata diu sponsalia nobis ;
Ad sua maturi tempora venit Hymen:
Atque mora? precium dulci pensabit amore,
Et steriles noctes diluet sequus Hymen :
Atque in se rediens designat pignus amoris
Annulus, seternae prolis adesse diem.
Et bene conveniunt sincero lilia amori,
1856.] President Charles Cliauncy. Ill
Gallica de gremio lilia lapsa Jovis.
Lilia jucundos quae spirant undique odores,
Et candore nivem qua? superare queunt:
Lilia taediferae Cereri et gratissima Florce,
Nee Clario nostro displicuere Deo:
'Eg nay.anwv n]aovq translata et in Albion ilia
Monstrant perpetuo veris adesse diem :
Lilia faecunda nunquam sine prole, Britannia
Sponsores multae posteritatis erunt:
Atque utinam vincant numero vel sydera coeli,
Si Carolum referant, si Carolive patrem.
In tres divisa est a Caesare Gallia partes,
A populo in partes mille resecta fuit:
Felix C(Bsarei nunc dicam gluten amoris,
Jungere quo partes tot Cytherea potest :
Felix quo potuit Sestum conjungere Abydo:
Quos undo? aequoreae dissociare prius,
Et felix toto divisos orbe Britannos
Jungere cum Gallis quo Cytherea potest.
Cantabrigiensium Dolor et Solamen, etc. Cant. 1625.
Nondum lugubrem Miseranda Britannia formam
Deponis qua Ca?sareis sub fascibus olim
Induta es ? turn te matronam turpiter atram,
Mcerentem pulla, succinctam Veste, capillis
Sparsis, Oceanum lacrymarum ob tristria fata
Undique fundentes oculos, quo brachia lassa
Tantum non submersa moves, ccelumque tueris,
Descripsit Victor Romanus ; et ilia doloris
Prassenti a luctu non multum abludit imago :
Hoc tantum dispar, quod turn de Caesare questa es,
Nunc (meminisse piget) nunc de non Caesare questa es,
Atque haec fertilior longe seges altera questus
Luxuriat, Vastique novum maris aequor arandum est.
Exul Agenorea numquis de stirpe creatus
Anguineos nostris, lethalia semina dentes
Sevit agris, cladis dira incrementa futurae ?
Aut fera fatali de pyxide fudit in orbem
Funestas Pandora faces ? Libitinave tandem
Delicias facit, et vulgaria fercula temnens
Regali gestit pretioso sanguine pasci ?
Non Hamiltonius, nee uterque Lenoxius Heros
Queis pia divinis ardebant pectora flammis:
Non JVbttinghamius, Belfastius, aut Sackvillus,
Pignore cum charo vel South-Hamptonius urriffi
Sufficerent ? Quern das finem Libitina dolorum ?
Quo tendes ? Vasto guttur distendis hiatu,
Utque lupus perstas dulcedine sanguinis asper:
Caesareumque petis jugulum, quo corpora tradas
Tergemini regni maestis exanguia bustis.
Sperasti erepto Palinuro, et in aequore merso
Atque gubernaclo fracto exundante procella,
Cui dolus harebat custos, cursusque regebat,
Nostra quod expoliata armis, excussa magistrOj
Deflcerit tantis navis surgentibus undis :
(Qui non deficeret clavum nisi protinus orbum
Exciperet pius JGneas, Geminique repente
Fulgerent/ra£res, perlucida sydera, nobis.)
112 President Charles Chauncy. [April,
Sed quis sustineat tanti momenta doloris ?
Non humero torquens axem, non caelifer Atlas.
Die ubi, mors truculenta, secundum auferre Jacobam
Terrarum e gremio possis, soliove superbo ?
Die ubi flos alter Clarius, suadaeque medulla
Consimilis ? linguam quis sic in nectare tinxit ?
Sic quis Urinator naturae arcana retexit ?
Seu te Triptolemi serpentes altivolantes
Traxere, aut totum Cybele circumtulit orbem,
Aut quo Bellerophon musarum prodidit undas
Ungula equi: Phcebusque suas tibi flectere soli,
Quos male tractarat Phaeton, concessit habenas ;
Haeremus taciti : doctrinae maxima nostras
Laus angusta tibi, spatiosa volumina nobis
Sunt argumento foliis aequanda Sibyllae.
Cujus enim a calamo defluxit principis unquam
Appello monumenta annalibus eruta priscis
Et longa serie signantes tempora fastos)
Melleus Euphrates, torrens rapidissimus, omnes
Sectae perrumpens objees atque undique sternens
Romuleae, vel qui compescuit arma minasque
Seu Bellarmini fuerint dudum Arminiive
(Namque habet haud falsum consensus nominis omen)
His nuper monstris ecclesia msesta marinis
Exposita est, dura Scopulis religata catena.
Sed tu devotee miseratus virginis, ales
Accedis Perseus, balaenas conficis, almam
Jlndromedam exolvis vinclis, et Gorgont victa
Servas incolumem Sponsam, fortissime Princeps.
Tuirigeros humeris Marti sacros elephantos
Duxisti domitos pariter, stimulisque subactos
Junxti Caesareos currus ad templa vehentes :
Sic tu qua possent muniri sceptra, docebas :
Nam non mobihbus nituntur regna columnis,
Non Crcesi gazis, populive examine denso,
Nee si rex vafram fallendi noverit artem.
In coelo regni sed fundamenta locanda :
Ilia Syracosius non conquassare valebit,
Haec Pyrius pulvis non conquassare valebit.
Per te sub patulae ficus vitesque canebant
Tegmine Brutigena coelestia cantica laeti,
Atque Caledonii saltus latuere sub umbra
Post desolatos ferro, flammaque penates.
Cum lyra nativo squalleret Hibernica tabo
Lugubrisque modos ageret; cumque undique fracta
Discordes raucosque sonos daret ; ipse, Jacobe,
Omnia componis, nervos distendis Apollo
Adque melos numerosque tuos stupet Orpheus ipse.
Singula non memoro, sed tecum gloria nostra
Substitit, atque alium tecum volitavit in orbem ;
Non aliter quam cum (ut perhibent) versatus Ulysses
Palladis obsessa. Danais sub dux it ab arce
Coelitus elapsam effigiem, sic Pergama vincens :
Turn primum Phrygii sine vi cecidere, sine armis,
Et meruit turn Troja capi: nee victor Achilles,
Ant AgamemnonifB tantum potuere Mycenct.
Tecum una columen patriae, sic gloria nostra
Haesit, et infaustam tecum migravit in urnam.
Accipe, quae pietas, patriis quae manibus una
Noster cum tenui farre litavit amor :
1856.] President Charles Chauncy. 11!
Accipe, tarn sacro stirps non indigna parente,
Nostraque connectas tristia damna tuis.
Omnibus ex aequo dolor est, exundat in omnes,
Angustos fines sanguinis exuperat.
Est pedibus jactura prior, mens quando recedit:
Nunquam cor solam dixerit esse suam :
Occasum citius vallis persentit opaca
Solis, quam quae sunt montibus alta juga.
Grancia transfossum cum deploravit Achillem
Enumcro Pyrrhus pars quotacunque fecit?
Orbatique sumus nos charo patri, Britannos
Dicatur solus qui genuisse suos :
Charior ille fuit nobis patre, spiritus oris,
Dextra, caput, cor, mens, omnia solus erat:
Ergo Jacobides non patrem, lege Jacobum,
Plus proprio cuivis patre Jacobus erat.
Car. Chauncy Bac Tiieol. Coll. Trin. Soc.
'Etj tov ydpov rov d>aiSip.u)TaTOV fiaaiXiwg,
KAPO'AOY, tTTidaXa^iov.
Tig wore <pf\<rei{.v av typtvoftiXyt'i ftaiov ZpuTa
"Aipsiv 'HtpaiaTov irvp roaov aiOo/xtvov,
"Hare Tro\v<p\oi(j0ov Jtac dneipirov olSpa OaXdaar/g
'EpTrpfjoat, vf\(jov ^djvtov r]ptripaq ;
Ovk dpCTprjTov epcjTOi dv vSacn Kavp.a Ylooeioojv
llavaEUv, siv awXircj TiKTopevov ncXdyef
Kai KcXtcjv j/i0o/?Arjrus del Kpvp.o')6eas"AXn£tg
'E£ai0»/>7? (pXtyidei Seo-rrtdaris <piXoTr)g'
Tovvcku koVKeXtui vipocvTES kcu fiopeaToi
Xaipopeu ol BpETCtvol ttJ (pXoyl Sconeciy
QdXipei J' dpcporCpovg 'Ypevaiov Seppos dvryifi,
Ewrf oaXafidvSpag Tzvpoip dyuXXopivovg.
Epithalamium on the Marriage of the Most Illustrious King, Charles.
[Translation by Prof. Felton ]
Who would believe heart-melting Love could raise,
Himself so small, of Vulcan such a blaze,
That the huge billow of the roaring sea,
Belt of our Isle, should so enkindled be.
Great Neptune cannot with his waves restrain
Love's endless ardors in the whelming main.
Instant the glow of heaven- inflamed desire
Sets Keltic Alps' eternal snow on fire ;
The chilly Britons, and the snow-beat Kelt,
Exult in fires* the gods themselves have felt;
Hymen's hot breath the souls of both shall tame.
Like salamanders sporting in the flame.
While residing in Cambridge he enjoyed a high reputation for learning
and eloquence, genius and piety. The following is an extract of a letter
to Dr. Samuel Ward from the distinguished chronologist and divine, Dk.
Usher, Archbishop of Armagh : —
" Remember me to Mr. Chauncy, and learn of him what he hath done
for Mr. Broughton's book. Entreat him also to look into the manuscript
Psalter in Hebrew and Latin in Trinity College Library ; and there trans-
cribe for me the last verse save one of the fifty-second psalm, which is
114 President Charles Chauncy. [April,
wanting in our printed Hebrew Bibles. The Latin of that verse begin-
neth, if I forget not, Consilium Moses, &c. I would willingly also hear
how he hath proceeded in the Samaritan Bible, and what Mr. Boys hath
done in the transcribing of the Greek manuscripts, which I left with him."
— From the Life of James Usher, Archbishop of Armagh. By Richard
Parr, D.D., Lon. 1786. Circ. 1626.
From the following translation of a Hebrew Anagram it appears, that
he must, before the date, to wit, A. D. 1626, have written a book, proba-
bly on some theological subject. But such a work has not come within
my knowledge. Neither have I been able to obtain the original Hebrew
Anagram, either from the Bodleian Library, or the British Museum,
where only was I able to find the poems and the oration. The transla-
tion of the anagram was obtained through the favor of Edward Herrick,
Esq., from President Stiles' Diary, vol. 9, p. 144.
CHARLES CHAUNCY.
ANAGRAM.
His shadow is without deceit.
Arise and look into the book the learned author has written, the pains he has
taken in it deserves a great reward : or the work therein is its own reward :
He is a powerful preacher, knowledge proceeds out of his mouth, he abounds in
reproofs proper to bring all men to a sense of their sins.
He delights in the fear of God, he excels in humility, it is his delight to speak
the words of wisdom.
His name is famous and renowned among' the wise and prudent, among the
upright ; and is great or illustrious among the Doctors or Divines.
Blessed is the man who hearkens to the instructions of his speech ; for he teacheth
sound doctrine, and all this is the desire of his soul.
He has planted his vine among the learned, good works are his secret, he is a
man mighty in the knowledge of divine things, none is equal to him in scholastic
disputations.
He is just and righteous in his actions, and speaks truth from his heart. She was
happy who brought him forth, a person so good and wise a 3 he is.
May his days be prolonged and those of his relations ; nny he live to raise the
honor of his house ; and may they, or the world bless him in the name of the
Lord.
In the honor of Charles Chauncy ; written in Hebrew by Maria Antonio, Anno
\&Z(i. Translated by T. Russell, Anno 1712.
HIS RESIDENCE AT WARE.
In A. D. 1627, 3 of Charles I., he became vicar of Ware in his native
county. The Master and Fellows of Trinity College were patrons of the
vicarage according to the grant of Henry VIII. He probably obtained
the place through them. It was rated at the yearly value of c£206.8.11.
Having, by his long residence at the University, disciplined his mind
and gained large stores of knowledge, having a fervid and bold imagina-
tion, and an ardent restless temperament, in the consciousness of mental
power, he applied himself earnestly and indefatigably to the duties of
his calling. He soon became eminent as a preacher of the gospel in his
vicarage, and in the whole region. Here he soon became involved in
difficulties with the government. The principal occasion of this was his
opposition to the Book of Sports.
185').] President Charles Chauncy. 115
This book, drawn up by Bishop Moreton, and dated from Greenwich,
May 24, 1618, in the 15 of James I., is to this effect : " That for his
good people's recreation, his Majesty's pleasure was, that after the end of
divine service, they should not be disturbed, letted or discouraged from
any lawful recreations ; such as dancing, either men or women, archery
for men, leaping or vaulting, or any such harmless recreations, nor of
having May-games, Whitsonales, or Moriscedances, or setting up of May-
poles, or other sports therewith used, so that the same may be had in
due convenient time, without impediment or let of divine service ; and
that women should have leave to carry rushes to the church for decorating
it according to their old custom ; withal prohibiting all unlawful games
to be used on Sundays only ; as bear-baiting, bull-baiting, interludes, and
at all times bowling."
The reason assigned for this imprudent measure was that the Puritan
preachers endeavored to raise the Sabbath, and to depress the festivals ;
and hence the popish priests took occasion to create the impression
that the reformed religion was incompatible with that Christian liberty
which God and nature had indulged to the sons of men ; so that to pre-
serve the people from Papacy his Majesty was brought under a necessity
to publish the Book of Sports.
To this Mr. Chauncy was strongly opposed, and as preaching in the
afternoon of Sunday was prohibited by statute, he would in that part of
the day, " catechise as many as he could, both young and old." A cate-
chism composed by him, which he probably employed for the instruction
of his people, I have lately procured in the Loganian Library, Philadel-
phia. It is entitled, " The Doctrine of the Sacrament, with the right use
thereof, catechetically handled by way of question and answer, by Mr.
Charles Chauncy, sometime Minister at Ware." The emblem on the
title page is an anchor wreathed with flowers. The motto is Anchora spei,
printed by G. M. for Thomas Underhill, at the sign of the Bible, in Wood
street, 1642. The Bishop was not satisfied with this substitution, and
said, " that catechising was as bad as preaching.''''
Most of the Puritan divines were now treated with the utmost cruelty.
Bishop Laud was determined to bring them to an exact conformity, or
stop their mouths, or cast them into prison, or drive them out of the land.
Mr. Chauncy did not escape the vengeance of this tyrannical prelate.
In January, 1629, he was questioned in the high commission court for
having used the following expression in his sermon : " That idolatry was
admitted into the church : that not only the prophets of Baal, but Baal
himself was received, and houses multiplied for their entertainment; and
that the preaching of the gospel would be suppressed. That there wanted
men of courage to remind their superiors of their neglect, and that there
was a great increase of atheism, heresy, popery and arminianism in the
church."
To the charge founded upon these expressions, Mr. Chauncy gave his
116 President Charles Chauncy. [April,
answer upon oath in the high commission in the month of April follow-
ing. The next day, the cause, by order of the court, was referred to the
decision of Bishop Laud. This was on condition, that if Mr. Chauncy
did not submit to observe what the Bishop should appoint, his Lordship
might, if he pleased, refer him back to be censured in the high commis-
sion. But he is said to have made his submission to the Bishop.
This, however, was not the end of his troubles, for in 1635, he was
again prosecuted in the high commission for opposing the railing in of the
communion table at Ware : when he was suspended, cast into prison, con-
demned to costs, and obliged to make a humiliating recantation. * f
This submission is said to have been forced from Mr. Chauncy, and
designed only to deter others from opposing the Archbishop's innovations.
After he had made this disgraceful recantation in the open court, the
Archbishop judicially admonished him " to carry himself peaceably and
conformably to the doctrines, the discipline, and rites and ceremonies of
the Church of England ; and that in case he should be brought before
them again for any similar offence, the court intended to proceed against
him with all severity ; and so dismissed him." J
Though Mr. Chauncy was overcome in the hour of temptation, and
enforced, by the terrors and censures of his cruel oppressors, to make
the above recantation, he afterwards felt the bitterness of it, and deeply
bewailed his sinful compliance. Though he obtained forgiveness of God,
he never forgave himself as long as he lived. He often expressed a holy
indignation against himself, as well as the superstitious innovations in
the church. He was a most exemplary man, and lived a most holy life ;
yet at the time of his death he made the following humiliating declaration
in his last will and testament : " I do acknowledge myself to be a child
of wrath, and sold under sin, and one who hath been polluted with innu-
merable transgressions and mighty sins ; which, as far as I know and
call to remembrance, I keep still fresh before me, and desire with mourn-
ing and self abhorrence still to do, as long as life shall last; and espe-
cially my so many sinful compliances with and conformity unto vile
human inventions, and will-worship and hell-bred superstitions, and other
evil things apatched to the service of God, with which the English mass-
book, I mean the book of Common Prayer, is so fully fraught.'" §
He appears to have preached for a season in Marston-Lawrence before
he was settled at Ware.
* Prynne's Cant. Doome, p. 362. Rushworth Collection, v. 11, p. 34.
t This persecution was procured chiefly by the tyrannical power and influence of
Laud ; and when Dr. Merick, counsel to Mr. Chauncy, endeavored to vindicate his
client, because the setting up of a rail was done by a few parishioners, and without any
warrant from those in authority, the Archbishop in a rage, threatened to suspend the
Doctor from his practice, for pleading thus in his favor. — Prynne's Cant. Doome, pp. 93,
95, 96. — Rushworth's Collect., vol. 2, p. 316.
% Prynne's Cant. Doome, pp. 96, 494.
$ Mather's Hist, of New England, vol. iii. pp. 134, 135.
1856.] President Charles Chauncy. 117
HIS EMIGRATION, .AND HIS RESIDENCE IN PLYMOUTH.
Mr. Chauncy left England the latter part of the year 1637, and
arrived in Plymouth, Mass., a fc\v days before the great earthquake,
which happened Jan. 1, 1638. Here he was employed to preach the
Gospel with the Rev. Mr. Reyncr, for something like three years. He
would have been called to settle in the ministry over this people, but for
his opinions in favor of immersing infants in baptism, and of celebrating
the Lord's Supper in the evening, and every Lord's day. The following
is Winthrop's account of the matter : —
" Our neighbors of Plymouth had procured from hence this year,
1639, one Mr. Chauncy, a great scholar and a godly man, intending to
call him to the office of Teacher. But before the fit time came, dis-
covered his judgment about baptism, that the children ought to be dipt
and not sprinkled, and he being an active man and very vehement, there
arose much trouble about it. The Magistrates and the other Elders then
withstood the receiving of that practice, not for itself so much as for fear
of worse consequences, as the annihilating of our baptism, &c. Where-
fore the church then wrote to all the other churches, both here and in
Connecticut, for advice, and sent Mr. Chauncy's arguments. The churches
took them into consideration and returned their several answers, wherein
they showed their dissent from him and clearly confuted all his argu-
ments, discovering some great mistakes of his about the judgment and
practice of antiquity. Yet would not he give over his opinions ; and the
church of Plymouth, though they could not agree to call him to the
office, being much taken with his able parts, they were loth to part with
him. He did maintain also that the Lord's Supper ought to be adminis-
tered in the evening and every Lord's day." — \Vinthrop''s Journal, p. 330.
He appears to have been greatly blessed in his ministry at Plymouth.,
both in respect to religion and learning. His influence was felt long after
he was in his grave. An examination of the catalogue of Harvard Col-
lege shows, that from 1661 to 1815, inclusive, forty-eight persons who
were born at Plymouth were graduated at Cambridge. First on the list
are the names of Nathaniel Chauncy and Elnathan Chauncy, twin sons
of President Chauncy.
HIS RESIDENCE IN SCITUATE.
tn 1641, he was elected pastor of the church at Scituate, as successor
of the llev. John Lathrop, who, with a part of his congregation, had
removed to Barnstable. At the renewing of his ordination, as Cotton
Mather terms it, he preached from Proverbs ix. 10, " Wisdom hath sent
forth her maidens." In allusion to the regretted recantation which he
made in England, he said, "Alas, Christians, I am no maiden; my soul
hath been denied with false worship ; how wondrous is the free grace of
Christ that I should be employed ' among the maidens of wisdom ! ' "
A controversy on the subject of baptism, which had existed in Mr.
Lathrop's church before they left England, and which had produced the
establishment of a Baptist church after they had settled in Scituate, and
which had caused Mr. Lothrop to remove to Barnstable, bad planted
118 President Charles Chauncy. [April,
roots of bitterness in the hearts of the people. At his settlement another
church was formed under the lead of William Vassal, a man of decided
ability. With him Mr. Chauncy soon found himself engaged in a con-
troversy on the subject of the seals, particularly on the mode of baptism.
This controversy must have been a source of great disquietude to him.
There are many evidences on record that Mr. Chauncy was unhappy
at Scituate. " The circumstances by which he was surrounded, together
with his ardent temperament, make an apology, in part, for his uneasi-
ness. He was a studious man beyond what is often known, and was
subject to the nervous sensibility peculiar to hard students. He was con-
sciously endowed with great talents and learning. He was devoted to his
profession, and he was too apt to accept it as an indignity that his powers
should not keep down all opposition, and his labors bring him at least the
comforts of life in temporal things." — Deane's History of Scituate.
In 1649 Mr. Chauncy made known the poverty of his circumstances to
the Governor and Assistants, though we do not find any grant was made
with reference to this application. The following is a list of his property,
extracted from the colony records : —
1. The house Mr. Hatherly bought of Mr. Vassal, with the enlarge-
ments. A new building and barn and other out-houses. 2. All the
ground about it being six acres. 3. An enclosed stony field near the
marsh. 4. An orchard behind the house. 5. The barn close, comprising
the barn. 6. Twenty acres of upland, ten of it enclosed, called the new
field. 7. Twelve acres of Cohasset marsh. 8. Twenty acres of land
on Hooppole Island, with undivided land among the Cohasset purchasers.
Charles Chauncy, 1649.
" In 1654, Mr. Hatherly, the untiring patron of the plantation, offered
to make a deed of gift to Mr. Chauncy of a house and land on Statuit
brook, on condition that he would spend his life in Scituate, which he
declined. Mr. Hatherly then made a deed to the church, and submits
the farm to their disposal. The same year the church conveys it to Mr.
Chauncy by deed of gift.
" Though this was given without any condition to be performed on Mr.
Chauncy's part, at least specified in the deed, yet on his retiring at the
close of the same year, the farm seems to have been relinquished to the
church."
Besides performing his ministerial labors, he practised, to a consider-
able extent, as a physician, for which, Mather informs us, he was emi-
nently qualified ; and moreover was engaged in instructing his own sons,
and preparing young men for the ministry. We state for a certainty that
the celebrated Mr. Thomas Thacher, who came out from England be-
fore his theological education had been completed, was under the care of
Mr. Chauncy at Scituate. He was the ancestor of the eminent ministers
of that name.
While in Plymouth, or in Scituate, it does not appear that he published
any of his writings. The following letter, written by him, is prefixed to
the second edition of Leigh's Critica Sacra, ed. Lond., 1646 : —
1856.] President Charles Chauncy. 119
'Etiihqktis amici cujusdam doctissimi, juxta atque piissimi.
Erudite vir,
Perlegi (ut pej^ alia negotia licuit) horis subcisivis Lexicon tuum
Sacrum, sive Critica Sacra; & videtur mihi certe opus elaboratissimum,
& multiplici eruditione refertissimum, & ab authore t«. aiadr^Tngia <5<«.
Ti]v i^iv yEivjxvauneva 'iyovxi n^o; diux,qi(jiv kuIS ts v,a\ j««jcS, concinnatum.
Verbo dicam, non solum tyronibus in lingua Gra3ca, sed etiam Criticis-
simis Philologis, imo & Theologis, & politioris literaturse studiovis quibus-
cunque, addo etiam, toti Reipublicse Christianas & literaria?, summe
profuturum esse judico. Tibi devotissimus, c. c.
HIS DEPARTURE FROM SCITUATE.
At length Mr. Chauncy made up his mind not to remain in Scituate.
He had encountered great trials during his residence there. He had
found a controversy raging from which his predecessor was glad to
escape with a considerable part of his church. He saw upon his settle-
ment a new church formed upon former issues, but also from dissatisfac-
tion with his doctrines. He found himself obliged to take a leading part
in the controversy that followed. His admiring friends there were indeed
faithful to him, and, for the times, generous, but he lived in actual want
even of some of the necessaries of life. Dr. Charles Chauncy, of Boston,
remarks, that he had more than once heard the Rev. Mr. Nehemiah
Walter, of Roxbury, say, that he had seen a letter of his, wherein was
his complaint to his friends, that his necessities were so great, that he
might with truth declare, " deest quidem panis" indeed I have not bread
to eat.
Thus situated, he could hardly fail to contrast the privations he suf-
fered, with the abundance he once enjoyed ; a new country and its
privations, with an old country and its improvements ; Puritan New Eng-
land with merry old England. We can believe that the same spirit of
dissent with which he sympathized while opposed to the powers that be
in England, would be somewhat disgusting to him in America. His heart
must have yearned for his mother country. Times had changed there.
Laud had given his head to the block to expiate his crimes and his un-
popularity. His old people in Ware had sent him an invitation to return
and be their minister. Accordingly he came to Boston to make arrange-
ments to remove his family to England.
HIS REMOVAL TO CABIBRIDGE.
But while he was in Boston in order to take passage, the Overseers of
Harvard College, not willing that the country should suffer the loss of so
valuable a man, " on November 2, 1654, deputed Mr. Richard Mather
and Mr. Norton to tender to him the place of President, with the stipend
of one hundred pounds, to be paid out of the county treasury, and also
to signify to him, that it is expected and desired that he forbear to dissem-
inate or publish any tenets concerning immersion baptism, and the cele-
bration of the Lord's Supper in the evening, or to expose the received
120 President Charles Chauncy. L^P r ^>
doctrine thereon." " He made no difficulty in complying with this desire,
and was after punctual in the regard he paid to it." W his opinions had not
undergone any change, his feelings, at least, had becoine mellowed by time.
His inauguration was solemnized Nov. 29, 1654. In the language of
Cotton Mather, " he concluded his excellent oration, made unto a venera-
ble assembly then filling the college hall, with such a passage as this, to
the students there : Doctiorem certe president, huic oneri ac staiioni multis
modis aptiorem, volts facile licet invenire, sed amantiorem, et vestri boni
studiosiorem, non invenistis."
He was now placed in his appropriate sphere in the new world, where
his influence could be proportioned to his talents and learning. Cotton
Mather, speaking of the manner in which he performed his duties, says,
" How learnedly he now conveyed all the liberal arts unto those who sat
at his feet ; how wittily he moderated their disputations and other ex-
cesses ; how constantly he expounded to. them the scriptures in the
college hall; how fluently he expressed himself unto them in Latin of
Terentian phrase, in all his discourses ; and how carefully he inspected
their manners, and above all things was concerned for them — will never
be forgotten by many of our most worthy men, who were such men, by
their education under him."
" He was a most indefatigable student, which, with the blessing of God,
made him a most incomparable scholar. He rose very early, about four
o'clock both winter and summer ; and he set the example of diligence
hard to be followed. But, Bene orasse, est bene studuisse; by inter-
weaving of constant prayers into his holy studies, he made them indeed
holy; and my reader shall count, if he pleases, how oft in a day, he
addressed Heaven with solemn devotions, and judge whether it might not
be said of our Charles, as it was of Charles the Great, Carolus plus cum
deo, quam cum hominibus loquitur, when I have told, that at his first
getting up in the morning, he commonly spent near an Hour in secret
prayer, before his minding any other matter ; then visiting the college
hall, he expounded a chapter (which was first read from the Hebrew)
of the Old Testament, with a short prayer before, and after, in his family ;
about eleven in the forenoon, he retired again about three quarters of an
hour for secret prayer. At four in the afternoon he again did the like.
In the evening, he expounded a chapter (which was first read in Greek)
of the New Testament, in the college hall, with a prayer in like manner
before and after ; the like he did also in his family ; and when the bell
rang for nine at night, he retired for another hour of secret prayer before
the Lord. But on the Lord's day's morning, instead of his accustomed
exposition, he preached a sermon on a text, for about three quarters of an
hour in the college hall. Beside this, he often sat apart whole days
for prayer, with fasting alone by himself; yea, and sometimes he spent
whole nights in prayer, before his Heavenly Father who sees in secret.
Many days of prayer with fasting, he also kept with his religious consort;
and many such days he also kept with his family, calling in the assist-
ance of three or four godly neighbors ; besides what he did more pub-
licly among the people of God. Behold, how near this good man
approached unto the strictest and highest sense of praying always ! "
(To be Continued.)
1856.]
The Stowes of London.
12L
THE STOWES OF LONDON.
[For the New England Historical and Genealogical Register.]
Stowe or Stow, (for the word is
spelt both ways,) is a very ancient
name in England, and is found par-
ticularly in Middlesex and Lincoln-
shire. My great-uncle, Timothy
Stowe of Dedham, who died some
thirty years since at a very ad-
vanced age, frequently told me. that
our ancestor was from Middlesex,
and that his wife, who was a Weth-
erbee, was from the adjoining coun-
ty of Essex. It is then from the
London branch of the family, and
not from the Lincolnshire, that we
are descended.
John Stowe came over in one of
the Winthrop companies, settled in
Roxbury, and took the freeman's
oath Sept. 3d, 1634. He was a mem-
ber of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company, which was instituted in 1638. Samuel Stowe, a
preacher, was graduated with the third graduating class of Harvard
College in 1645. Another of the same name took his degree at the
same university in 1716. I know nothing of his profession or his place
of residence.
The principal facts which I have been able to collect in regard to the
family previous to the settlement of this country, are recounted in the
following pages.
In 1285 King Edward II. presented John de Stowe, of London, to the
living of Rotherfield.
In 1297, Henry Stowe, draper of London, bought of Sir John Abel a
lot of land on the Thames, in Allhallows ad Foenum, where goods were
landed.
Two centuries after this, Thomas Stowe, tallow-chandler, dwelt in St.
Michael's parish, Cornhill, London. In his day a great prodigy occurred,
which excited the wonderment of the good citizens. The steeple of St.
Michael's church was famous for its superior chime of bells ; and on St.
James's day, as the ringers were ringing, there came up a dreadful tem-
pest of thunder and lightning, and suddenly there rushed in at the south
window an ugly shapen sight, and lit on the north side ; and presently
the terrified ringers let go the bells, and lay as dead for fright. When
they came to themselves, they found the stone sill of the north window
razed, and scratched and marked with a lion's claw, as i/*(says the narra-
tive) it had been a lump of butter. Stowe himself measured the depth of
the print with a stick, and found it to be between two and three inches.
Nothing in Cotton Mather is more marvellous than this.
Thomas Stowe died in 1526, and his will, which is recorded in the
Bishop of London's Register, is as follows : —
" In the name of God, Amen. In the year of our Lord God, 1526,
8
122 The St owes of London. [April,
the last day of December, I, Thomas Stowe, citizen and tallow-chandler
of London, in good and hole mynd, thanks to our Lord Jesu, make this
my present testament. First, I bequayth my soul to Jesu Christ and to
our blessed lady Seynt Mary the Virgin, etc. My body to be buryd in
the little grene church-yard of Seynt Mychel, Cornhill, between the
crosse and church wall, nigh the wall as may be, by my father and
mother, sisters and brothers, and also my own children. Also I bequayth
to the hye altar of foresaid church for my tyths forgotten 12 d . Item, to
Jesu's Brotherhedde 12 1 . I gyve to our Lady's and Seynt Brotherhedde
12 d . I gyve St. Christopher and St. George 12 d . Also to the vn altars
in the church aforesaid, in worship of the vn sacraments, every year
during three years, 20 d . Item, v shillings, to have on every altar a
washyng candel burning from vi of the clock till it be past vn, in
worship of the vn sacraments. And this candel shall begin to burn,
and to be set upon the altar, from Allhalloween day till it be Candlcmass
day following ; and it shall be washyng candel of vn in the lb. Also
I give to the Brotherhedde of Clerks to drynke 20 d . Also I give to them
that shall bayre me to church, every man 4 d . Also I gyve to a pore man
or woman every Sunday in 1 year l d to say v pater nosters and aves and
a creede for my soul. Also I gyve for the reparation of pales 8 d . Also
I will have vi new Torches, and n torches of St. Mychel and St. Anne,
and ii of St. Christopher, and n of Jesus, of the best Torchys.
Also I bequaith to Tho's Stowe, my son, xx lb. in stuff of household,
as here followyth, that is to say, my grate melting panne, with all the
instruments that longeth thereto. Also I bequaith to my son Thomas 6 lb ,
13 s and 5 d , as hereafter followith. Item, a nest of silver and gilt, 55 s , 4 d .
Item, a pounced piece weiing 6 ounces and more, 40 s . Item, a mass of
a pynt 26" 8 d . Item, a little maser, 13 s 4 d . Item, of this my present
Testament I make Elizabeth my wife mine executrix, and Thomas Stowe
my son my overseer, and Mr. Tindal as a solicitor with my son Thomas,
and he to have for his labor 10\"
Thomas, Jr., being thus enriched with his father's " grate melting
panne and all the instruments longing thereto," pursued his tallow-
chandler's trade with such success, that besides his city house in Corn-
hill, for his pleasure and diversion he rented a garden and cottage in
the country, situated on the back side of Throckmorton street in Broad
street ward, near to the place where Draper's Hall now stands. This
garden, which was five and forty foot in length, he rented of Sir Thos.
Cromwell, King Henry the Eighth's great minister and secretary of state,
for the yearly sum of six shillings and eight pence. Here an incident
occurred strikingly illustrative of the condition of our fathers in their
native land, which stands recorded as follows: u A garden house, close
by Stowe's south wall, stood somewhat in Sir Thos. Cromwell's way, and
obstructed his convenience, whereupon, without any more ado, or asking
leave of the proprietor, Sir Thomas's workmen loosed it from its foun-
dations, and bare it on rollers 2 and 20 foot, into Master Stowe's garden,
before he heard any thing thereof. Whereupon remonstrating with Sir
Thomas's steward, he got no answer, but that Sir Tho's commanded
them to do it, and none durst argue the matter. And notwithstanding he
was fain to continue to pay his old rent for the garden without any
abatement, though the half of it was covered with Sir Tho's his garden
house."
This Thomas Stowe died in 1559, and was buried in St. Michael's,
1.856.] T lie Stow es of London. 123
Cornhill. His will is not to be found. His widow Margaret, however,
left a will bearing date June 29th, 1568 ; which affords many graphic
illustrations of the times. She bequeathed her body to be buried by her
husband in the cloister, and 30s. to bury her decently — and 10s. to her
children and friends to drink withal after her funeral — to the poor 5s.
worth of bread — to the company of tallow-chandlers 6s. and 3d. to follow
her corpse to the church.
A comparison of her will with that of her father-in-law above recited,
shows the progress which the ideas of the Reformation had already be-
gan to make among the common people. She writes, u I bequeath my
soul unto Almighty God my Maker and Creator, and to his only Son our
Lord Jesus Christ, my only Saviour and Redeemer, with the Holy Ghost,
and into the fellowship of the Holy Host of Heaven.'" She makes no
provision for altar candles, aves or paters. Her father-in-law had left
five shillings for altar candles, and one penny a year for some poor per-
son to say aves and paters for his soul ; but she leaves ten shillings for
her friends to have a drink withal after her funeral, and five shillings to
buy bread for the poor, without either aves or paters in return.
John Stowe, the famous chronicler of the kings of England, and sur-
veyor of the city of London, a painstaking and voluminous writer, was
the oldest son of Thomas and Margaret. He belonged to the honorable
company of merchant tailors, a company which has now the most splen-
did and best conducted school in the old city of London. He endeavored
to make his living as a draper and tailor ; but by his enthusiastic devo-
tion to the study of antiquities, he exposed himself to many suspicions
and persecutions, was all his days plagued with poverty, and after a long
life spent in hard labor, he died in the depths of penury, leaving little
behind him except piles of MSS., to which posterity has paid all desira-
ble honor.
His first trouble was, that in the reign of the capricious tyrant Henry
VIII., he was accused by a priest of disaffection to the government, and
an inclination to Lutheranism, and brought to trial. He, however, de-
fended himself so well, that he was not only acquitted, but his accuser
condemed to stand in the pillory, and to have the letters F A {false
accuser) burned into his cheek with a hot iron.
A short time after this he took a house in Leadenhall street, near its
intersection with Fenchurch street, where an event soon occurred that
increased his horror of arbitrary government^ and which vividly illustrates
the spirit of the times and the condition of the people anterior to the
great Puritan movement. One Sir Stephen, the curate of Cree church,
during the time of some troubles in the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and
Essex, meeting one evening a plain, honest man from Essex, asked him
the news ; and the poor man making a blunt answer, Sir Stephen
accused him to the government, which immediately, without judge, trial
or defence, ordered the harmless rustic to be hung in the street. Early
next morning the gallows was erected on the pavement close by Stowe's
door. Aroused by the tumult, he left his bed and found the sheriff of
London and the knight marshall dragging the poor fellow to his death ;
who, when he came to the gallows, addressed the people to the following
effect : " Good people, I be come here to die, but for what offence I know
not, except it be words spoken yesternight to Sir Stephen the curate and
preacher of this parish, which were these : He asked me what news
from the country. Heavy news said I ; and when he said, What ? I
124 The Stowes of London. [April,
replied, There be many men up in Essex, but all are in good quiet about
us ; and this is all, as God is my judge". And so the well meaning
countryman was hung. Such was the security then for a poor man's
life ! This was perfect Lynch Law, though executed by an organized
government ; but the democracy of London were so irritated by it, that
Sir Stephen was obliged to flee for his life, " and (says Stowe) I never
heard of him after."
Stowe neglected his trade and studied with great assiduity the antiqui-
ties of England, (going on foot from cathedral to cathedral, throughout
the kingdom,) and especially of London, in which pursuit he was greatly
animated by the praises of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and Dr.
Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, who gave him plenty of good words and
flattering commendations, but very little of material aid. Living much in his
solitary chamber, and collecting great quantities of curious old publications
and MSS., his neighbors, not knowing how else to account for his conduct,
thought that he must be secretly a favorer of popery and a worshipper of
popish books. Accordingly he was denounced to Queen Elizabeth's
council as a suspected person, and Grindal, bishop of London, sent three
commissioners to arrest Stoioe the tailor and search his premises.
He had been in danger of dying for suspicion of Lutheranism in King
Henry's time, and was now prosecuted for popery in the reign of Eliza-
beth. Such were the annoyances to which our ancestors were subjected.
To Stowe's great Vexation the three commissioners entered his house
without ceremony, tumbled over his precious collection of old books and
MSS., dear to him as his heart's blood, ransacked his closets, eviscerated his
bundles of papers, and reported to the bishop that they " found books in
defence of the Papistry, which show him to be a great fautor of that
religion." His friends, the earl of Leicester and archbishop Parker,
here did him good service, and interposed for his acquittal. A discarded
servant, however, who had a spite against him, again accused him before
the archbishop, and drew up charges in one hundred and forty articles ;
but the learned prelate still stood by him, and he was again declared
innocent.
After publishing several large works, he became so poor and needy,
that he petitioned the lord mayor and aldermen of London for help. He
tells them he is of the age of threescore years and four, that he has for
the space of about thirty years last past, besides his Chronicles dedicated
to the earl of Leicester, set forth divers works to the honor of the city of
London. He, therefore, petitioned them to bestow on him some yearly
pension, whereby he may reap somewhat towards his great charges.
This petition seems not to have been very liberally responded to, for we
soon find Stowe at his tailor's board again, and that, too, in circumstances
which exposed him to great annoyance from his illiterate neighbors.
They were somewhat envious ; they disliked it that one of their own
rank in life should have the presumption to write and publish folios, and
number among his friends earls and archbishops ; especially one who had
no more sense than to spend all his earnings in buying useless old books,
and now in his old age have nothing left to live upon.
So many were the insults and abuses which came upon his harmless
old head, that he was fain to petition the magistrates for protection. This
was in the reign of Elizabeth, and the petition presents a curious picture
of the manners of the times. It begins as follows : " Pleaseth it your
worships to understand how your poor orator, John Stowe, hath of late
1856.] The Stowes of London. 125
been more than too, too much abused by one William Ditcher and his
wife, — said Wm. railing at him, and calling him pricklouse knave and
beggarly knave and rascally knave, and that he made a chronicle of
lies. That Wm.'s wife, before the stall of said John, railed at him more
than a long hour — but that he, John Stowe, kept himself above stairs
without any answer making. That one day said Wm. leapt in his face,
and he feared he would have digged out his eyes, — foully scratched him
in the face, drew blood from him, and was pulled off by the neighbors.
That said Wm. threw tilesherds and stones at said Stowe's apprentice,
till he had driven him off his stall from his work. Further, that said
Ditcher caused one John Snellynge, being drunken, to come to the stall
of said Stowe, and there call him by such a name as himself better
deserved."
It is to be hoped that the magistrates shielded him from such abuses
as these ; especially as they were brought upon him mainly in conse-
quence of his indignation against prevailing wickedness, and his, perhaps
sometimes, too open endeavors to expose and check it. He enjoyed the
confidence and friendship of the truly enlightened, and among others,
the poet Spencer was a frequent visitor to his library. Stowe himself
had a poetic taste, and it was chiefly by his labors that the first good
edition of Chaucer was given to the public.
In the year 1603, near the age of eighty, he was eight months confined
to his bed with the gout in his feet, whereupon he observed that his dis-
ease lay in those parts which formerly he had so much used in walking
many a mile in search of antiquities, ancient books and MSS.
In the year 1604, the second of the reign of James I., he applied to
that patron of literature for relief in his helpless and pennyless old age ;
and in October of that year the learned monarch was so kind as to grant
him a license " to collect the charitable benevolence of well disposed
people for his subsistence, in recompense of his labor and travail of
forty-five years in setting forth the chronicles of England, and eight
years taken up in setting forth his survey of London — and towards his
relief now in his old age — having left his former means of living, and
only employing himself for the service and good of his country.'" The
king in addition gave him a private letter, in his own hand writing, re-
commending his object. On the back of this letter of the king, Stowe
writes, that he first made application to the rich parish of St. Mary Wool-
noth, the result of which was a collection amounting in all to seven shil-
lings and eight pence ! ! as appears by the certificate of the church
warden, written with his own hand. The letters were originally granted
for a twelvemonth, and were to be read by the clergy from their pulpits ;
but they produced so little that at the end of the year they were renewed
for a twelve month longer. How much he finally obtained is unknown,
but probably very little. In 1605 he died, and was buried under the
eastern end of the north aisle of the old church of St. Andrew Undershaft,
St. Mary Axe, London, which had long been his parish church. Some
time after his death, his widow, Elizabeth, found means to erect to his
memory a very handsome alabaster monument, in which he is represented
at full length, sitting at his study table in a furred gown, surrounded by
books, with a grave, round face, high forehead and bald head.
[I give here the inscription upon Stowe's monument, as it is printed in
an edition (1633) of his Survey of London : —
126 The Slow es of London. [April,
Memorise Sacrum.
Resurrect lonem in Christo hie expectat Ioannes Stowe, Cwis Londi-
nensis : Qui in antiquis Monumentis eruendis accuratisima diligentia
usus, Angliaz Annates, fy Civitatis Londini Synopsim, bene de sua,
bene de poster a ait ate meritus, luculenter scripsit. vitaq ; Studio pie et
probe decurso. Obiit JEtatis Anno 80. die 5. Aprilis, 1605. Eliza-
betha Conjux, ut perpetuum sui amoris Testimonium, dolens posuit*
This inscription was copied in 1633, not long after it was placed upon
the monument which had been erected by his aged widow ; and nothing
could be more happily expressed, or could give a more excellent idea of
the merits of one of the most remarkable men, in the brief compass
which it occupies.
John Stowe's monument had stood about seventy years, when its inscrip-
tion was copied into an admirable account of London, accompanied by the
following : — " On the north side of the chancel [in the church of St.
Andrew Undershaft] is a monument for that laborious Antiquary, Mr.
John Stowe, to whose memory London is so much indebted for accounts
of her ancient state. It is a large marble monument with his effigies
sitting at study, and fenced in with an iron rail. Over his head are these
words, done in gold letters upon black :
Aut Scribenda f Aut Legenda |
Agere. Scribere.
Above which is a Cornish, and the Merchant Taylor's Arms ; and un-
der the figure of him " the inscription first given.
In his edition of his Survey, 1603, Stow, in copying the monuments
of St. Peter's in Cornhill, gives " Thomas Stow my grandfather, about
the yeere 1526, and Thomas Stow my father, 1559."
A handsome tribute to the value of Stow's works may be seen in
Bishop Nicolson's Historical Library, p. 18. — Editor.]
V
In St. Margaret's church yard, adjoining Westminster Abbey, I found,
when I was in London in 1838, the gravestone of a John Stowe, who
died since the commencement of the present century, and there is still a
draper of that name on Holborn Hill.
C. E. Stowe.
Andover, Mass., Christmas, 1855.
* Translation : —
To Memory Sacred.
A Resurrection in Christ here John Stowe expects, a citizen of London, who,
using most accurate diligence in investigating ancient monuments, wrote with great
clearness the Annals of England and the Survey of the City of London, meriting well
of his own generation and of posterity, his life being piously and honestly spent in
study. He died April 5th, 1605, in the 80th year of his age. Ilis mourning wife Eliza-
beth erected this as a perpetual testimony of her love.
t Either do things J Or write things
worthy to be written. worthy to be read.
i
1856.] Col. J. Uphani and the Attack on Groton, Conn. 127
COL. J. UPHAM AND THE ATTACK ON GROTON, CONN.
[Communicated by the Rev. J. L. Sibley.]
Extract of a letter from Lieutenant Colonel Upham, to his Excellency
Governor Franklin, dated Fort Franklin, Sept. 13th, 1781 : —
Immediately on the receipt of yours by Capt. Camp, I made every
preparation consistent with the necessary secrecy, to furnish as many
refugees for the proposed expedition as could be spared from the garri-
son. My first care was to put a supply of provisions on board the vessels.
I talked of an expedition and proposed to go myself, nor could I do more
until the fleet appeared in sight. Major Hubbill was too unwell to go with
me. T therefore left him to take charge of the fort, and, with as much
dispatch as possible, embarked one hundred Loyalists, exclusive of a suf-
ficient number to man the two armed sloops. With these we joined the
fleet in season to prevent the least delay. By the inclosed arrangement
you will see we had the honor to be included in the first division, and
I have the pleasure to add we were the first on shore. We advanced
on the right of the whole to a height at a small distance from the shore,
where we were ordered to cover the xxxviiith regiment from a wood on
our right, until the second division came up. We were then ordered to
change our position from the right to the left, at the distance of two hun-
dred yards from the main body. This alteration derived its propriety
from the circumstance of the rebels having gone over to the left, from an
apprehension of being too much crowded between our troops and the
river on their right. Thus arranged we proceeded to the town of New
London, constantly skirmishing with rebels who fled from hill to hill, and
from stone fences which intersected the country at small distances.
Having reached the southerly part of the town, the General [Arnold]
requested me to take possession of the hill north of the meeting-house,
where the rebels had collected, and which they seemed resolved to hold.
We made a circle to the left, and soon gained the ground in contest.
Here we had one man killed and one wounded. This height, being the
outpost, was left to us and the Yagers. Here we remained exposed to a
constant fire from the Rebels on the neighboring hills, and from the fort
on the Groton side, until the last was carried by the British troops. We
took the same rout in our return as in going up, equally exposed, though
not so much annoyed. Everything required was cheerfully undertaken
and spiritedly effected by the party I had the honor to command. A
small party from Vanalstine's post joined us, which increased my com-
mand to one hundred and twenty. They landed and returned with us,
and behaved exceedingly well. The armed vessels Association and Col.
Martin, went close into the shore, and covered the landing on the New
London side. At the request of the General I furnished boats to land
forty of the troops on the Groton side. Captains Gardner and Thomas
would gladly have gone up to the town, but were not permitted.
[The above is from an account of Arnold's expedition to Groton, Conn.,
contained in the New York Gazette, 24 Sept., 1781.]
Mr. Rivington. Sir. By giving the following letters a place in your
paper, you will oblige a number of refugees on Long Island : —
Sir. Permit us to return you our sincere thanks for the kind atten-
tion you have paid us during the time you acted as Deputy Inspector
General of Refugees on this Island.
128 Col. J. Up ham and the Attack on Groton, Conn. [April,
Driven from our respective homes, having left our property in the
country, and dependent on the bounties of government for a support,
we felt a sensible relief in having that support communicated to us
through a hand ever ready to relieve our wants.
Your easiness of access, and generous sympathy in our distresses,
proceeding from a heart enlivened with the strongest attachment to the
best of sovereigns ; as well as susceptible of the tenderest feelings of
humanity, impress our minds with the highest sense of gratitude to his
Excellency the Commander in Chief for your appointment, while we
lament our loss in being at this time deprived of so friendly a patron.
We have to add our warmest wishes for your prosperity, and earnest
prayers that you may yet have it in your power to do that good which
your loyalty to your king, and benevolence of disposition, would prompt
you to on every occasion.
We are with the greatest esteem and respect, Sir,
Your most obliged and most obedient, humble servants.
Signed by Thomas Gilbert, Joshua Chandler, Malcolm Morrison,
John Cochran, and a number of others receiving provisions on
Long Island.
Long Island, Feb. 10, 1782.
Lieutenant Colonel Upham,
Late Deputy Inspector General of Refugees.
Gentlemen, —
I take the earliest opportunity to acknowledge the receipt of your
obliging letter of the 10th inst., and to assure you how highly I think
myself honored by your kind approbation of my conduct when in office.
The distribution of a liberal, seasonable and most grateful donation
from a gracious, munificent king, to his faithful suffering subjects, has,
in every instance of my duty, afforded me the greatest pleasure and
satisfaction.
Convinced that your sacrifices of property and consequent distresses,
have proceeded from hearts enlivened with the strongest attachment to
the best of Sovereigns, I have ever, as well in obedience to the orders of
the Commander in Chief, as from motives of sympathy, paid the strictest
attention to the duties of my appointment. And now, though removed
from that employment, I have the highest satisfaction in assuring you,
that you cannot thereby suffer the least possible loss, as your wants
will need only to be made known to the Commander in Chief to be
relieved.
I cannot express how much I feel myself obliged by your benevolent
wishes for my prosperity ; in return, have only to lament that it is
no longer in my power to promote yours.
I am, with the greatest esteem and respect, Gentlemen,
Your most obliged and most obedient humble servant,
J. Upham.
Lloyd's Neck, Feb. 17, 1782.
To Col. Thomas Gilbert, Joshua Chandler, Esq., Malcolm Morrison,
Esq., Capt. John Cochran, and others receiving provisions on Long
Island.
[New York Gazette, 23 Feb., 1782.
1856]
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Ruins of Dudley Castle.
[April,
1856.] Gov. Thomas Dudley and his Descendants. 1 33
GOV. THOMAS DUDLEY AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
Of a family descended from the Barons of Dud-
ley, (whence he derived his name and armorial
ensigns,*) Gov. D. was born at Northampton,
as we are told, in 1576. He was the only son
of Capt. Roger Dudley,! a warrior slain in bat-
tle, when this son and an only daughter were very young. Of his mother
we know little, except that she was a relative to Sir Augustine Nicolls of
Faxton, Kt., one of His Majesty's Justices of his Court of Common Pleas
and Keeper of the Great Seal to Prince Charles. J She probably died
soon after her husband, since an early writer, § who pretends to have had
correct information, says of Thomas, when forsaken by both father and
mother, then the Lord took him up, and stirred the hearts of cerlain
friends, who assumed special charge of him in his childhood. One of
these special friends is said to have been a " Mrs. Purefoy." Probably
she was that sister of Judge Nicolls, who married Wm. Purefoy of
Muston, Leic. Of young Dudley's heritage we have no particular
account ; but five hundred pounds in money had been left in trust for
him, and was duly delivered into his hands, when he became of age.
He was trained up in some Latin school " by the care of Mrs. Purefoy,"
and, afterwards improving himself by self-culture, he became " as good
a reader of Latin as the best clerk in the country."
Then he was preferred by his best friends to be a page in the family of
the Earl of Northampton, || where he remained several years. Next he
became a clerk to his kinsman, Judge Nicolls, under whose instruction
he acquired much skill in the law.
At twenty, Queen Elizabeth sent him a captain's commission, and he
led a large company of the Northampton gallants over to the siege of
Amiens, in Picardy.
On his return, soon after, to Northampton, he married a gentlewoman
of that vicinity, and took up his abode for some time, where he enjoyed
the ministry of Mr. Dod,^| Mr. Cleaver and Mr. Winston.
Mr. Dudley soon became a zealous Puritan, and so continued through
* These are thus blazoned: Or, a lion ramp., vert. Crest : a lion's head, az.
t There is a crescent in the dexter chief of his escutcheon, signifying that he was
descended from the second son of the Baron Dudley.
| Sir Augustine's father was Thomas, Esq., of Pytchley, county of Northampton,
son of William, Esq., who died at Hardwick, 17th Eliz., aged 96. And his mother
was Anne, who died at the age of 82 years, a dau. of John Pell, Esq., (of Elkington,)
the former owner of Faxton, a hamlet in the county of Northampton.
§ The author of an anonymous manuscript, — which Dr. Cotton Mather evidently
used in making up his account of the Governor, for the Magnalia.
I! There was no Earl of Northampton during his minority ; but two personages were
living, who subsequently became such, viz. : Henry Howard, son of the famous Earl of
Surrey, and William Compton, son of Sir Henry, who died in 1589. Howard was
born at Shottisham, county of Norfolk, about 1539; created Earl of Northampton in
1603, and afterwards Warden of the Cinque Ports, Lord Privy-seal, &c; dying un-
married in 1614, at Northumberland-house, a noble mansion of his own building, near
Charing Cross, London. Compton seems to have been born about 1570, created Earl
of Northampton in 1618; was Lord Lieutenant of Wales, Worcester, Hereford and
Salop, died in 1630, and was buried with his ancestors at Compton, in Warwickshire.
His countess was Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir John Spencer, Lord Mayor of
London, called "the rich Spencer/' See Collins's Peerage.
Tl This was the celebrated Puritan, Rev. John Dod, who, at that time, preached at
Canons Ashby, in Northamptonshire. See Brooke's Lives of the Puritans.
134 Gov. Thomas Dudley and his Descendants. [April.
life. He was many years steward to Theophilus, fourth Earl of Lincoln,
and managed the vast estates of that earldom with great success. Toward
the close of King James's reign, he retired to a more private life at Bos-
ton in Lincolnshire ; but, ere long, was recalled by the Earl, who thought
he could not live without Mr. Dudley's advice and assistance. With the
Earl he continued, in a manner, till 1630, when a spirit of persecution
arising against the Nonconformists, " he came to the deserts of America
for the sake of enjoying his liberty to the utmost of what he desired."
Before leaving England, Mr. Dudley was chosen an Assistant and Deputy
Governor of the Massachusetts Company, John Winthrop, Esq., being
Governor. In 1634,* Dudley was elected Governor, and three times
afterwards, viz., 1640, '45 and '50. In 1644, he was elected Commander-
in-chief of the military forces of the Colony, with the title of Major
General. When not Governor, he was ever Deputy Governor or Assist-
ant, so that he came to be looked up to as a chief pillar of the new Com-
monwealth. He was greatly esteemed for wisdom, piety, justice and
zeal. His death occurred at his house in Roxbury, 31 Dec. 1653, and
his tomb may yet be seen in that city.
Rev. Samuel 2 Dudley, and Descendants.
/? f\ /) tne e ^est °f Gov. Thomas 1 D's eight children,
7 ' ^'VU&iAa/ ' an( ^ tne 011 ty son *^ D y ms fi rst wife, was b. ab'out
w/<^c. vvfy 1610,| probably at Canon's Ashby, Northamp-
<~-^ tonshire, Eng., and was educated for the ministry.
He came over to America with Winthrop, Johnson, and his father, in the
Arbella, 1630, resided at Newtown, now Cambridge, in 1631, and is
mentioned as one of the officials sent to capture Sir Christopher Gardner,
who had been accused of having two wives in England and a mistress
here.§ In 1632 or 3 he m. Mary Winthrop, dau. of Gov. W., and it was
on this account that the latter sometimes calls Gov. Dudley his brother, j J
He removed in 1635, with his father and his brother-in-law Bradstreet, to
Ipswich, and, two years after, went to help settle Salisbury.^ Here he
dwelt about twelve years, preaching a part of the time and holding marly
public offices. In the years 1641, 42, 43, 44 and 45, he was Deputy to
the General Court at Boston.**
Sometime about 1649 he appears to have been a temporary preacher at
Portsmouth, N. PI. The next year he settled as the minister of Exeter,
with a salary of c£40 a year, and " the use and betterments of the house
and land where he lived."
The people of Portsmouth offered him <£80 a year in 1656, but he de-
clined leaving Exeter. He labored assiduously to improve the morals of
the community, and to benefit the town. Pie built mills, cultivated farms,
and attended, somewhat, to the breeding of cattle. The town granted him,
on one occasion, 600 acres of land near the Great Hill, in that part of Ex-
eter called, since 1742, Brentwood, and here have some of his descendants
by the name ever since resided.
Mr. Dudley had been a judge, and held other appointments from the
* This period has been styled a new era in the history of the colony, being the first
time the representative principle was recognized. See Moore's Lives of the Governors,
t He is so called in the MS. life of his father, written in his own time.
\ Rev. Simon Bradstreet of New London, Ct., his nephew, so stated in his Journal.
\ See Gov. Dudley's Letter to the Countess of Lincoln.
|| Savage's Winthrop, II. 435, &c.
IT Felt's Hist, of Ipswich, p. 72. ** Salisbury Town Records.
1S56.] Gov. Thomas Dudley and his Descendants. 135
colonial government. He might, doubtless, have had more ; but he was
not ambitious, like his younger brother Gov. Joseph, so conspicuous in the
history of his time. He was a quiet, tolerant, Christian minister, and spent
his days in usefulness and honor. Though not celebrated like his sister,
Madam Bradstreet, for literary performances, yet he is said to have been
a person of good capacity and learning.* He died 10 Feb. 1682-3, and
was interred probably in the burial ground west of the road leading from
the Court House to Newmarkct,f where yet stands an old table tombstone
supposed to have been his ; but the inscription is gone. A fragment of it,
with the syllable " Sam' 1 still legible, was in the possession of Winthrop
H. 8 Dudley, Esq. of Brentwood, son of Hon. John S. 7 , in 1848. Rev.
Samuel 2 had been three times married. By his first wife, the dau. of Gov.
Winthrop, he had five children : Thomas 3 ; John, 3 bap. at Boston, 28 June,
1635, died young ; Margaret, 3 d. young; Samuel, 3 bap. at Cambridge, 2
Aug. 1639, d. in 1643 ; and Ann, 3 wife of Edward Hilton, Esq.
Thomas, 3 the eldest, was bap. 9 March, 1634, at Boston,- where his
mother was a member of the church,^ though residing at Cambridge.
He grad. at Harvard College in 1651, with the usual honors, taking his
second degree, that is, A. M., in 1654, and was elected Fellow of the
College. § He had been maintained at school by Gov. Dudley, his grand-
father. || He d. unm. at Boston, 7 Nov. 1655, aged a little over 21 years.
Ann, 3 b. 1641, the youngest child by the first wife, m. Edward Hilton,
Esq.,^j a very prominent citizen of Exeter, who d. 28 April, 1699. Their
eldest son, Col. Winthrop, 4 ** b. 1671 ; was a judge and leading military
man in N. Hampshire ; — killed by the Indians at Epping,tf 23 June, 1710,
leaving a widow Ann, dau. of Humphrey Wilson, and six children, viz. :
Judith,* m. 1st, Wm. Pike, 29 July, 1725, whose dau. Elizabeth 6 m. Dea.
Samuel Brooks, and had Elizabeth, 7 wife of Rev. Wm. Woodbridge, first
preceptor of Philips Academy, Ex. ; and Mr. Pike dying 1726, she mar.
2dly, 1731, Rev. Elisha Odlin, of Amesbury, Mass., and had by him
John, 6 a physician ; Winthrop, 6 William, 6 Anna, 6 and Elisha, 6 of Gilman-
ton. Ann 6 mar. Ebenezer Pierpont of Roxbury, Mass., and had John, 6
William, 6 Benjamin, 6 of Boston, and Ann. 6 Deborah, 5 wife of Samuel
Thing, m. 26 Dec. 1722, and, secondly, of Benj. Thing, in 1725. Eliza-
beth, 5 wife of Capt. John 5 Dudley of Brentwood. Bridget, 5 wife of An-
drew Gilman, son of Jeremiah G., which lady d. 10 Nov. 1736 ; and Col.
Winthrop 5 Jr., born 21 Dec. 1710, d. 21 Dec. 1781, leaving by his wife
Martha, who was widow of Chase Wiggin and dau. of Joshua Weeks of
Greenland, N. H., Winthrop, 6 who died in 1775 at Newmarket, leaving a
son Ichabod 7 , d. March, 1822, aged 82, who had a son Winthrop, 8 lately
residing upon the homestead of his ancestors in Newmarket.
The other children of Edward and Ann 3 (Dudley) Hilton were Dudley 4
of Newmarket, who m. Mercy, dau. of Hon. Kinsley Hall ; Joseph, 4 born
about 1681, mar. 1st, Hannah, dau. of Richard Jose, and 2dly, Rebecca,
widow of Adams, and d. in 1765 ; Jane, 4 wife of Richard Mattoon of
Ipswich and of Newmarket in 1699 ; Ann, 4 wife of Richard Hilton, Esq.
* Belknap's Hist, of N. H., I. 52-53. See also sketches of his life m the N. H. Hist.
Coll., I. 156, II. 237, and Hon. John Kelly's Collectanea in Exeter News Letter.
t N. H. Hist. Coll., I. 155 ; II. 237. % Boston Church Rec. of First Ch.
§ Harvard Triennial Catalogue. || See their wills in Suffolk Prob. Records.
T[ His father was Hon. Edward Hilton of Dover, who commenced the settlement of
N. Hampshire in 1*623, having come from London, Eng., where he was born.
** Col. W. had the chief command in one or more of the expeditions to the eastward.
See sketch of him in N. H. Hist. Coll., Vol. I.
tt This town was detached from Exeter in 1741.
136 Gov. Thomas Dudley and his Descendants. [April.
of Newmarket and Portsmouth ; Sobriety, 4 wife of Jonathan Hilton ; and
Mary, 4 wife of Joseph Hall, by whom she had Edward, 6 Esq. of New-
market, and Joseph, 6 Esq., who died in 1767; of whose children were
Love, 6 b. 10 June, 1716, m. Israel Bartlett of Newbury, and had Joseph
H. 7 of Massachusetts ; Sarah, 7 wife of Col. Winborn Adams, and after-
wards of Col. Hubbard ; Hon. Israel, 7 of Haverhill ; Mary, 7 wife of
Gen. Henry Dearborn ; Josiah 7 of Lee, and the late Judge Thomas
Bartlett of Nottingham, of whose sons are Hon. Bradbury 8 Bartlett of
Nottingham, and Hon. Josiah 8 Bartlett of Lee ; Mary, 5 dau. of Joseph and
Mary 4 (Hilton) Hall, m. Sargeant ; her sisters were Sarah, 5 wife of
John Burleigh of Newmarket ; Deborah, 5 wife of Folsom, and Re-
becca, 5 wife of Samuel Adams of Durham, and mother of Col. Winborn 6
Adams of the Revolutionary army, father of Col. Samuel 7 Adams.*
Rev. Samuel's 2 second wife, m. at Salisbury about 1643, was " Mary,"
perhaps sister of Mr. Henry Byley of S., who came from Sarum, Wilts.,
Eng., in 1634, she being then 22. f She d. about 1651. Children by this
wife : Hon. Judge Theophilus, 3 b. 31 Oct. 1644, a military captain in his
youth, and afterwards representative, &c, sat on the bench from 1707 till
his death, 1713 — never was married; Mary, 3 b. 21 April, 1646, died 28
Dec. same year; Byley, 3 Esq. b. 27 Sept. 1647, m. 25 Oct. 1682, Eliza-
beth Gilman, dau. of Mr. Moses G., son of the first Edward G., who came
from Hingham, Eng ; made his will 24 Jan. 1722, giving his estate to his
beloved wife, and kinsmen Theophilus 4 Hardy, Byley, 4 and Stephen 4 Ly-
ford ; Mary, 3 b. 6 Jan. 1649-50, m. at Beverly, 24 Jan. 1675, Mr. Samuel
Hardy, schoolmaster and physician, son of Mr. Robert H. of London,
Eng., haberdasher ;| Thomas, 3 m. " Mary,"§ and d. in 1713, — not known
to have left children.
Rev. Samuel 2 had eight other children, probably by his third wife Eliz-
abeth, who survived him, viz., Stephen, 3 James, 3 Timothy, 3 mentioned by
his brothers, in a paper dated Nov. 1702, as " our deceased brother" ;
Samuel 3 ; Elizabeth. 3 b. 1652; Abigail, 3 m. Mr. Watson of Northampton ;
Dorothy, 3 m. Moses Leavitt ; and Rebecca, 3 m. Francis Lyford.
Stephen 3 Dudley, Esq. sometimes called himself " planter.' 1 He m.
24 Dec. 1684, Sarah Gilman, dau. of Hon. John G. of Exeter, a judge,
speaker of the assembly, Royal Councillor, &c, and his wife Elizabeth
(Trueworthy), dau. of Mr. James T. and his wife Catharine (Shapleigh),
dau. of Alex. S. Esq.|| of Maine. Stephen 3 Esq.'s wife Sarah, b. 25 Feb.
1667, d. 24 Jan. 1713, after which he mar. Mary Thing, perhaps sister to
Jonathan T. of Exeter, and, after her death, before 1715, Mercy Gilman,
who survived him. He was sometimes elected to office, but his elder
brothers had most of such honors. Good sense, integrity and liberality
characterized this gentleman, who is now, doubtless, the common ancestor
of all the Dudleys descended from Rev. Samuel. 2 By will, signed 17
Feb. 1734-5, and proved 13 May following, he gives the homestead to his
sons James 4 and Trueworthy, 4 but the use and profits thereof to his " be-
loved wife Mercy, during her lifetime." The children of Stephen 3 and
Sarah were Mr. Samuel, 4 b. 19 Dec. 1685 ; Col. Stephen 4 ; James 4 ; John, 4
slain by the Indians in 1710 ; Nicholas, 4 Esq., father of Capt. John, 5 who
d. unm. ; Biley 5 of Newbury, N. H. ; Trueworthy, 5 whose son Nicholas 6
* Kelly's Collectanea, No. XXXIII.
t Ipswich (Eng.) Custom House Rec'ds, printed in Mass. Hist. Coll. 3d series, X. 144.
% Beverly, Mass., Town Records. § Reg. of Deeds at Exeter, N. H. vol. 4.
|| The town of Shapleigh, in York County, Me., was named for this family.
1856.] Gov. Thomas Dudley and his Descendants. 137
grad. H. C, taking his second degree (A. M.) in 1767, having been sup-
ported at College by his uncle Capt. John 5 Dudley, who, afterwards, himself
became poor, and spent his last days with this Nicholas, 6 then a Congre-
gationalist clergyman of Connecticut ; Joseph, 5 a soldier of the French,
and Revolutionary, wars ; — Joanna 4 ; Sarah, 4 mar. Major Ezekiel Oilman,
who died at the Louisburg Garrison, C. B., in 1746 ; Trueworthy, 4 who
commanded a company at the siege of Louisburg in 1745, whose son
Gilman 5 was father of the late Trueworthy 6 Dudley, Esq. of Pembroke, a
shrewd, intelligent and worthy man, father of Gilman 7 of New York,
and Trueworthy 7 and James H. 7 late of Boston ; Joseph, 4 born 1702, died
about 1728; Abigail, 4 mar. Mr. Lyford of Exeter; and Elizabeth, 4 mar.
Simon Gilman.
Capt. James 3 Dudley, son of Rev. Samuel, 2 was born about 1663, and
educated for the ministry, but chose a mariner's life, and soon became
master of a ship. He used to sail out of Newbury, Ipswich, and Salem,
to the West Indies, and thence to England with sugar. He witnessed the
awful earthquake at Jamaica in 1692, and saw Port Royal sink.
Capt. Dudley, usually styled " merchant," was a man of enterprising
spirit and solid judgment. He d. 14 Nov. 1720, in his 57th year, leaving
no children. His tomb, with an inscription, yet remains, on the west
bank of Exeter (i. e., Swamscot) river a mile below the falls. His wife
was Elizabeth Leavitt, dau. of Samuel L. of Exeter. She m. 2ndly, 8
Oct. 1724, Mr. Robert Briscoe, and 3rdly, 22 Sept. 1730, Rev. John
Odlin.
Mr. Samuel 3 Dudley, son of Rev. Samuel, 2 d. at E. in 1732. Scarcely
anything is known of him. His wife was called Hannah, and their
children were several daus. and two sons, Samuel, 4 and Jonathan, 4 Esq.
The former d. about 1758; the latter m. 13 Oct. 1720, Dinah Bean, dau.
of John B., lived at Brentwood, and made his will in 1761, bequeathing an
estate, worth <£1§,661, to his wife Dinah and his children, who were all
daughters, but three, Samuel, 5 Jonathan, 5 and John,* of whom only the
last married, and his children were all daughters ; so that this branch of
Rev. Samuel 2 Dudley's family became extinct in the male lines. Of Jon-
athan, Esq's daughters, Elizabeth 5 m. 2 Dec. 1741, Mr. Joseph Greely,
Jr.* of Gilmanton ; Sarah 5 m. Mr. Kelly, Dinah 5 m. J. Johnson, Mercy 5 m.
1st, Hunneford, and 2ndly, Johnson ; Catharine 5 m. Mr. Severance and
Mr. Hidden, son of Rev. Mr. H. ; and Joanna 5 m. Mr. Kimball of Gil-
manton.
Elizabeth, 3 daughter of Rev. Samuel 2 Dudley, m. 25 Sept. 1674, Hon.
Kinsley Hall, of Exeter, a Councillor, and sometime judge of the Superior
Court ; who lived at Beverly, Mass. in 1718, and d. at Exeter about 1736.
Their eldest child, Josiah, 4 m. 1st, a daughter of Woodbury of Beverly,
who bore him two children, viz., Elizabeth, 5 wife of Tobias Lear of Ports-
mouth, grandfather of Tobias L., who was Washington's private Secretary ;
and Mary, 5 wife of John Langdon of Portsmouth, mother of Hon. Wood-
bury L., 6 Gov. John L.,' Mary L. 6 wife of Storer, Elizabeth L. 6 wife of
Barrel, Martha L. 6 wife 1st of Barrel, 2nd of Simpson, and 3rd of Gov.
James Sullivan, and Abigail. 6 J. 4 Hall m. 2ndly, 10 May, 1719, Han-
nah, wid. of John Light, dau. of Robert Lord of Ipswich, by whom he had
six children, only two of whom lived to full age, viz., Abigail, 5 b. 20
June, 1726, and Samuel, 5 b. 20 April, 1724, d. 1774, had Kinsley, 6 of
* Lancaster's History of Gilmanton, p. 266.
138 Gov. Thomas Dudley and his Descendants. [April,
whose sons, were Samuel 7 of Gilmanton, and Kinsley, 7 father of Henrv
R., 8 Catherine N. 3 wife of Mitchell of Ky., Charles E., 8 Mary R. 8 wife of
Judge Hatch of Ky., and Benjamin E. 8
Mr. Samuel 4 Dudley, b. 1685, eldest son of Stephen, 3 Esq., was an
active, useful man, but d. in the prime of life, aged 32 years. He m. 24
Nov. 1709, Hannah Colcord, daughter of Samuel and Mary C, and had
John, 5 b. 22 June, 1711, d. young; Capt. John, 5 b. 4 Feb. 1713, a
military officer before the Revolution, m. Elizabeth Hilton, daughter of
the much lamented Col. Winthrop H. of Newmarket, and d. at his resi-
dence in Brentwood, 6 Nov. 1786. His son Samuel, 5 Representative, Sena-
tor, (?) &c, was father of Capt. Josiah 6 Dudley of Brentwood, an intelligent
and useful man, who had a son, Mr. J. R. 7 Dudley of Brentwood, d. 23
Aug. 1832, in the 30th year of his age. The other sons of Capt. John 5
were John, 6 father of Jeremiah 7 and Andrew 7 Dudley, late of Brentwood,
many years members of the State Legislature ; Capt. Winthrop, 6 father of
Hon. John S. 7 who m. Catharine Smith, daughter of the celebrated Judge
Ebenezer S. of Meredith. Another son of Samuel 4 Dudley was Samuel, 5
Jr., a man of strong mind, pure character, and large estate, a magistrate,
both before, and after, the Revolution, and many years m the Legislature,
father of Josiah, 6 an officer of the Revolutionary War.
Col. Stephen 4 Dudley, the second son of Stephen, 3 Esq., b. 10 March,
1 688, at Exeter, removed to Raymond, or that part of R. then called
Freetown, w r hich he had purchased of Peter Penniwit, an Indian, and his
squaw Abigail, who was daughter and heiress of Omacancanoe, Sagamore,
the former owner of this land. Col. D. was accustomed to wear commonly
a scarlet coat, laced jacket, ruffled shirt, and powdered wig, which occa-
sioned him to be called " gaffer," the rustic name for lord in those days.
He m., July, 1708, Sarah Davison, or Davidson, b. 1 Feb. 1682, dan.
of Mr. Daniel D., sheriff of Newbury, and they had children : Samuel Paul 5
of Andover, N. H., Davison, 5 Stephen, 5 Paul, 5 Margaret, 5 Sarah, 5 Joan-
na, 5 and Abigail. 5
Davison 5 was of Brentwood, a farmer and excellent blacksmith, doing a
good business, until a shock of palsy nearly paralyzed his hands ; d. of
the black jaundice about 1787. He m. Anna Ladd, and had at least
seven sons and two daughters, viz. : Davison, 6 slain in the last French war;
Davison 6 d. in the army of Washington at Cambridge, Mass. 1775 ; Ste-
phen 6 m. Phebe Webster, and removed to Maine ; Timothy, 6 a soldier
of the Revolutionary Army, in which he d. 1776 ; his wife was Mary
Leavitt) of Brentwood, and they had children, Stephen, 7 mentioned in
Bouton's History of Concord, N. H., p. 266, d. in the Revolutionary Army ;
Timothy, 7 Jr. m. Mercy Strong, and was living in 1850 in Vermont, their
children being Cyrus, 8 Hiram, 8 Timothy, 8 Col. Jonas G. 8 a merchant of
New York, m. Augusta Aikens, daughter of Hon. Judge Asa A. of Wind-
sor, Vt., and they have a son 9 ; Levi, 7 lately d. at Vershire, Vt., leaving
twelve children, of whom are Col. Lorin B. 8 of West Hartford ; Major
Timothy B. 8 and Rev. Hiram C. H., 8 who graduated in 1847, at Union
College, Schenectady, N. Y. True worthy 6 d. in Washington's army at
Cambridge; Peter Coffin 6 removed to Maine; Levi, 6 Margaret 6 m.
Nathaniel Chase of Brentwood, and Anna 6 m. Walden Webster of B.
Dea. Stephen 5 Dudley, (son of Col. Stephen, 4 ) b. at Exeter, 14 Oct.
1724, removed to Gilmanton with his family in 1764. He was chosen
Deacon of the church there 13 Feb. 1776, and held the office with honor
all his life. In disposition he was uniformly kind and pleasant, yet firm
1856.] Gov. Thomas Dudley and his Descendants. 139
and decided. His conversation was always instructive and interesting.
He d. 22 Aug. 1811. His wife Hannah, (m. Jan. 1745,) daughter of
Benj. Sanborn of Gilmanton, d. in 1816, having borne him eight children :
Nicholas 6 of Brentwood and Barnstead ; John, 6 Samuel, 6 and Peter, 6 of
Gilmanton; Daniel, 6 and Stephen, 6 of Alton ; Mehetabel, 6 and Sarah. 6 *
James 4 Dudley, third son of Stephen, 3 Esq., was b. 11 June, 1690; a
genial and agreeable man, and courageous in time of danger ; a Lieu-
tenant in Col. Moore's Regiment, of the victorious army which besieged
Louisburg, and took that place, the strongest fortress in America, 17
June, A. D. 1745; d. in 1746. He had mar'd Mercy Folsom, daughter
of Dea. John F. of Exeter, son of John, who came from England to
flingham, Mass. James 4 and Mercy had children : James 5 of Brentwood,
father of James 6 of B. ; Eliphalet 6 d. young; Stephen, 6 of Readfield, Me.,
a generous and fraternal man ; Jonathan, 6 b. 1752, a young man of
promise, but d. in his 24th year of lake fever, in the Revolutionary Army
at Ticonderoga, N. Y., 1776; John, 6 of Andover, N. H., d. 1776, and
Hannah, 6 living in 1817, a very sens ; ble woman, m. Mr. Oilman; Abi-
gail, 5 b. 31 Oct. 1716, m. Dea. Aaron Young of Kingston, a good man, but
high-tempered ; Samuel, 5 b. 1720, a Sergeant in his father's company at the
siege of Louisburg in 1745, and, by some bold exploit there, acquired a
reputation for bravery, had a strong mind, but became a public speaker
of the Friends' Society, never more engaging in war, not even that of our
glorious Revolution ; m. three times, and had seven enterprising and
respectable sons, and three daughters, well married : —
b. 9 April, 1725, at Exeter, a Judge
/</ S {J3//J VJ^ °f tne Superior (now Supreme Ju-
J^^T^L^. -^ZS£t UC--&4-/ dicial) Court ; Joseph, 5 of Raymond,
^^f /fb* 1728, who, at sixteen years of
// age, accompanied his father and
brother Samuel 5 in the expedition
against Louisburg ; a person of unbounded generosity, but strangely
enthusiastic in matters of religion ; Joanna 5 m. Daniel Ladd, who owned
iron works at Dccrfield, and manufactured iron from the native ore ;
Mercy, 5 m. Mr. Emerson of Maine ; and Sarah 5 never married. Samuel, 5
the second son of James, 4 was, as above stated, b. 1720, and became a
Friend or Quaker. His children were the following : Daniel, 6 of Mount
Vernon, Me., probably the same person mentioned in the pay roll of
Oapt. Nat. Wilson's company of Gen. Stark's brigade, A. D. 1777 ; a
man of excellent talents and an amusing conversationalist, whose chil-
dren were Rev. Daniel 7 of Ohio, Rev. Thomas 7 of Pittsfield, Me., Moses 7
of Ohio, Samuel 7 and David, 7 also of the West; Mary, 7 b. 6 March, 1777,
m. Mr. Judkins of Fayette, Me.; Susanna, 7 b. 3 Sept. 1781, of Fayette;
and Mehetabel, 7 b. 29 March, 1793, m. Mr. Jacobs, and d. 1833 ; Samuel 6
of Pownalboro', Me., second son of Samuel, 5 smart, generous and brave ;
was a lumberman, and drowned in the Sheepscot river, Me., 1795 ;
after which his family removed to the West, of whom were Samuel, 7
Aaron, 7 and James. 7 Micajah, 6 b. at Brentwood, N. H., according to his
own records, 9th mo. 27th day, 1751 ; many years a Quaker preacher,
says the account of Nathaniel 6 Dudley; he m. Susanna Forster, b. at
Attleboro', Mass., 4th mo. 15th day, 1751, and d. at China, Me., 1, 8,
1830; he d. at Durham, Me., 3rd mo. 1798; they had eleven children,
* Lancaster's History of Gilmanton, p. 237.
]40 Gov. Thomas Dudley and his Descendants. [April,
viz. : John, 7 b. at Winthrop, Me., 11, 5, 1775, m. Eunice Winslow, had
eight children, one of whom is Geo. P., 8 Esq., of Boston, Mass., and d. at
China in 1847 ; Samuel, 7 b. at W. 2, 22, 1777, m. Anna Wing, had four
children, of whom are Joseph 8 of Fall River, Mass., and the wife 8 of
David Kelly of South Yarmouth, Mass., and d. 2, 1, 1847 ; Susanna, 7 b. at
W., 12, 18, 1778, m. Ephraim Jones, who was b. at Brunswick, 2, 11,
1776, and they have had nine children, one of whom is Sybil 8 , a cele-
brated public speaker of the Friends' Society ; Mary, 7 b. 9, 3, 1780, m.
Aaron BufFum, 11th mo. 1804, had three children, and d. 1,3,1823;
Sybil, 7 b. at W., 3, 16, 1782, m. Benjamin Dunham, 3, 30, 1801, had
five children, and d. 11, 9, 1808; Thankful, 7 b. at Durham, 3, 31, 1784,
m. Chandler Alden of Green, Me., 1710, and d. 3, 25, 1835; Micajah, 7
b. at D., 10, 26, 1786, m. Experience Wing, had eleven children, and d.
at China, 3, 24, 1837 ; Lydia, 7 b. at D. 10, 22, 1788, m. Robert Jones,
who was b. 11, 21, 1785, and had seven children ; William, 7 b. at D. 7, 5,
1790, is the gentleman who furnished these dates, 1 Sept. 1848, evi-
dently a Friend, m. Sarah Davis 11, 22, 1814, who was b. at Lewiston,
10, 28, 1798, and had five children ; Anstras, 7 b. at D. 4, 30, 1792, d.
aged four years ; David, 7 b. at D, 4, 15, 1794, m. Eunice Buffum who
was b. at Berwick, 7, 8, 1796, and they have nine children. This David 7
is a well known public speaker of the Friends. Jeremiah, 6 Esq., b. 1755,
brother to Micajah, 6 and son of Samuel 5 , was a soldier of the Revolution,
an energetic, strong minded and benevolent man, removed to Bangor,
and from thence to Bath, Steuben county, N. Y., with his children, and
d. there, leaving a large estate and good family ; his brother, Rev. Moses, 6
was a Baptist minister, and removed to Mainesville, Ohio, in 1815. Of
his children, were Rev. Daniel, 7 Rev. Moses 7 of Mainesville, and Rev.
Sleeper, 7 all now deceased ; and Silas 8 , son of Rev. Moses, 7 resided, in
1848, upon the homestead of his father and grandfather, at Mainesville,
about twenty miles above Cincinnati. Eliphalet, 6 b. 1759, sixth son of
Samuel, 5 was a Friend and a public speaker, m. Miss Gilman, had a
respectable family, with whom he removed to western Virginia. James, 6
seventh son of Samuel, 5 a very sensible, active and worthy man, d. at
Hampden, Me. By his wife, dau. of Cheney, he had children : Sybil 7
m. James Gorton of H.; Hon. Elias 7 m. Sarah Crosby; Mary 7 m. Charles
Godfrey of H., removed to Taunton, Mass.; Capt. James, 7 d. at sea un-
married ; Pamelia 7 d. young; Edmund, 7 Esq., m. 1st., Maria Crosby, and
2ndly, Cath. R. Dutton ; Pamelia, 7 2nd., d. at twenty-one, unmarried, and
John, 7 Esq., of H., m. Eliz. L. Ilsley of Falmouth. Hon. Elias 7 and
Sarah, have had nine children, viz.: Sarah Crosby 8 m. Barnabas Free-
man, Jr., Esq., a lawyer of North Yarmouth, Me., graduated at Water-
ville College ; Mary Godfrey 8 m. Capt. Samuel Child, a shipmaster ;
Almira 8 m. Jacob W. Curtis of H.; Capt. George, 8 shipmaster, John
Crosby, 8 Ann Maria 8 d. young, Elias James, 8 • Irving, 8 and Ann Eliza. 8
Mary, 6 sister of James, 6 Eliphalet, 6 &c, m. Mr. John Haines, who was b.
1738, and d. 1810, at Hallowell, Me. ; Mehetabel, 6 another sister, m.
Daniel Stevens ; and Lydia 6 m. Mr. Ingraham.
Hon. John 5 Dudley, third son of James, 4 was b. 1725, as before noted,
at Exeter, where at an early age the town employed him much in its
municipal affairs. In 1766, he removed to his farm in Raymond, eight-
een miles northwest of Exeter. On hearing of the Lexington battle,
1775, Dudley was fired with an ardent zeal in the cause of his country.
He rushed from the quiet of home, and gave himself, body and soul
1856.] Gov. Thomas Dudley and his Descendants. 141
and fortune, to the work of the Revolution ; was a member of the Legis-
lature from 1775 to 1784, and always one of the Committee of Safety,
which sat in the recess of that body, being clothed with almost unlimited
power. On the 11th June, 1776, he was chosen by the assembly of New
Hampshire, one of a committee of three to draw up a Declaration for
the Independence of the United Colonies, to be transmitted to their dele-
gates in Congress. This committee, on the 15th June, reported, a Decla-
ration of Independence,* which was immediately, and unanimously,
adopted by the Assembly, being, perhaps, one of the precursors of that
made at Philadelphia the next month.
He was two years Speaker of the House, and, in 1785, elected Sena-
tor, but declined taking his seat. He sat on the bench of the C. C. P.
nineteen years, and was ten years judge of the highest State Court, having
taken the place of Judge Hubbard in 1785. Though not bred to the law,
he had those qualifications more essential for his station, than a law educa-
tion,! being one of nature's scholars, and improving till his death, which
occurred 21 May, 1805. He m., 22 June, 1749, Eliz. Gilman, who was
b. 7 Aug. 1727, and d. 13 May, 1806, being a daughter of Mr. Caleb G.,
of Exeter. Their children were, John, 6 b. 29 Dec. 1751, d. young ;
John, 6 b. 15 Jan. 1754, m. Susanna Smith, — an ingenious, upright and
useful man, removed to Maine, and d. at Mount Vernon, in 1828 ; James, 6
of Raymond, b. 4 Oct. 1761, much like the last, m. Polly Stevens; Na-
thaniel, 6 b. 25 Nov. 1763 ; Moses, 6 b. 29 Jan. 1766 ; Betsey, 6 b. 14 May,
1750, d. young; Eliz., 6 b. 18 May, 1756, m. Mr. Thos. Bean, and had
Betsey, 7 wife of John Prescott ; Susanna, 6 b. 3 July, 1759, m. Col. The-
ophilus Lovering of Raymond, in Jan. 1786, a soldier of the Revolution
at fifteen, and served during the war, d. at R. in 1853, aged 92.
Nathaniel, 6 son of Hon. John 5 of Raymond, b. at Exeter, 1763, was, at
fifteen years of age, a soldier of the Revolution ; at twenty-one, selectman
of Raymond, Lieut, of militia, and justice of the peace. He removed to
Maine, at that time a district of Massachusetts, and was soon appointed by
Gov. Samuel Adams, the renowned patriot, a magistrate for the county
of Kennebec. His townsmen confided many offices to him, and often
elected him to a seat in the General Court at Boston. \ He was a great
reader, a logical reasoner, and fluent speaker, remembering all the par-
ticulars of what he had learned. He wrote considerably on the genealogy
of his family in New Hampshire, furnishing many of the details in this
paper. He died 7 May, 1844, having had, by his wife Anna Smith,
daughter of Obadiah S., of Brentwood and Candia, many children, of
whom the eldest was
(~\ s — w ^^> b. 4 Oct. 1784, at Raymond, N. H.,
y (7 t^ fy^^jf^^^, a celebrated schoolmaster in his
'Ptsni ' C7 ^ *^\2Z- — — — * younger days and a teacher of mu-
(Z/ sic, afterwards a farmer ; of strong
mind and memory ; m. 1806, Rebecca Bangs, an excellent lady, yet
living, b. at Brewster, Mass., daughter of Dean B., a sea captain and mer-
chant, who removed in 1802, from Massachusetts, to Sidney, Me., when
this daughter was seventeen years of age. Of their children, are Elka-
* Belknap's History of New Hampshire, I. 367. Bouton's History of Concord,
N. H., p. 267.
t These facts are taken from the sketch of him in the New Hamp. Hist. Coll., I.
155—160.
J See Willliamson's History of Maine, II. 555.
142 Gov. Thomas Dudley and his Descendants. [April,
nah B., 8 of Maine ; Dean, 8 a lawyer of Boston ; Miss Eunice Sparrow 8 of
Salem ; Julia Octavia, 8 wife of Mr. J. A. Paine, merchant, of Salem.
Mass. ; and Mary Leavitt, 8 wife of Hon. M. E. Ames, of St. Paul, Minnesota.
The next child of Nathaniel and Anna, was Betsy 7 , b. 1786, m.
Thomas Atkins, son of Charles, (who was b. at Provincetown, Mass., and
in. a lady of P.) Betsy 7 Dudley and Thomas Atkins had three sons :
Rev. Thomas, 8 Joseph, 8 Esq., father of Mr. Henry J. 9 of Bowdoin Col-
lege ; and Rev. John W. 8 of Saco, Me.
Moses, 6 youngest son of Hon. Judge John 5 Dudley, was b. 29 Jan.
1766, dwelt upon the homestead of his father, was fifteen or twenty years
a member of the New Hampshire Legislature, a very unassuming man,
of extensive information, passionately fond of books, which he read most
of the time for the last forty years of his life ; a patriot of the stamp of
'76 ; like his venerated father, and his brother Nathaniel, liberal and toler-
ant in religion. He d. 2 July, 1843, having had, by his wife Nancy (Glid-
den), John, 7 Esq., an enterprising and honored citizen of Maine, late
Post Master of Waite, trial Justice, and member of the State Legislature ;
Oilman, 7 Esq., of Raymond, who d. in early manhood, but not before
having received many honors from his townsmen, and a seat in the legis-
lature ; Moses 7 removed to the West ; James, 7 Esq., a wealthy and intel-
ligent gentleman of Worcester, Mass. ; Guilford, 7 removed to the West;
Franklin, 7 father of Franklin B., 8 of Boston; Elbridge Gerry, 7 Esq., a
lawyer of Boston, graduated at I). C, 1839, with high honors ; Betsey, 7
wife of Rev. P. Philbrick of Deerfield, and mother of John Dudley 8 Phil-
brick, Esq., graduated at D. C, 1842, late Master of the Quincy School,
Boston, since Principal of the Connecticut State Normal School at New
Britain, and now Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Con-
necticut ; Sally, 7 wife of Barnard Tucker ; and Nancy, 7 wife of Gen. Henry
Tucker, (late a distinguished citizen of Raymond, brother to Barnard T.,)
and mother of Miss Josephine L. 8 of the Quincy School, Boston.
Joanna 4 , dau. of Stephen 3 Dudley, Esq., was b. 3 May, 1697, m.
Nich. Perryman, Esq., a lawyer of Exeter, and of their children, were,
John, 5 d. young; and Joanna, 5 b. 1.3 Nov. 1731, m. Noah Emery, Esq.,
and d. April, 1814. Noah and Joanna 5 (Perryman) Emery had children :
John, 6 Noah, 6 Elizabeth, 6 Nicholas, 6 Joanna, 6 Theresa, 6 Richard, 6 and
Margaret 6 b. 15 Oct. 1772, living 1848, unmarried. John 6 Emery m.
Margaret Gookin, and they had children : Hannah Tracy 7 , wife of Benj.
Abbot, LL.D., of Exeter Academy; and Robert, 7 b. 20 Sept. 1773.
Noah, 6 Esq., son of Noah and Joanna 5 , was clerk of C. C. P., m. Jane
Hale ; and their children were, Mary H., 7 never m. ; Betsy, 7 d. young ;
Nicholas, 7 graduated at D. C, 1795, Judge of S. J. C. in Maine, m. Ann
T. Gilman, dau. of Gov. J. T. G.; John, 7 Noah, 7 Jane, 7 wife of Gideon
L. Soule, principal of Phillips 1 Exeter Academy. Elizabeth, 6 dau. of
Noah and Joanna, 5 m. Col. Samuel Folsom, and had Eliz., wife of Rev.
Isaac Hurd. Richard 6 Emery had a dau. Cath., who m. Hon. Boswell
Stevens, of Pembroke, N. H. D. D.
Note. — The view of Dudley Castle, at the head of this article, shows a southern
portion of the ruins fronting the north. This fortress was the ancient home of the
Barons of Dudley.
1856.]
Mascarene Family Papers.
143
MASCARENE FAMILY PAPERS.
S. G. Drake, Esq.,
Dear Sir.— I hand you with this some more papers relating to Governor Mascarene,
being a continuation of those published in the Register for July, 1855.
You will observe that, though the name of Mascarene is extinct, yet the descendants,
through the female lines, bear the names of some of the most distinguished Boston
families. I remain yours, truly, W. H. Whitmore.
Jean Paul Mascarene, = Elizabeth Perry,
born 1684; died Jan.
22, 1760.
published in Bos-
ton, Apr. 21, 17J4.
Elizabeth, == Thomas
h. 1717; d. Perkins,
June 30, m. 1741.
1745.
Joanna, =
= James
John,
b. 1720.
Perkins,
b. Apr.
m. Mar.
11,
3, 1744.
1722.
Margaret, = Foster Hutchinson,
b. 1726; died 1799, in Nova
mar. 1750. Scotia, a refugee.
Thomas P.
b. June 30,
1745.
Miss Ap- == Thomas^
pleton.
= Anna James.
Powell.
Joanna = Wm.
Hub-
bard.
Foster,
died
1815.
Eliza.
Miriam = F. C. Anna =
Loring,
Esq.
J
— Rogers, Pow-
Esq. ell.
Abigail,
b. 1776;
d. July,
1843.
inter alios.
= Samuel, b. June 1. = Mary
Ann
Coit.
1788; died Dec. 24,
18+7. Associate Just.
Mass. Sup. Court.
Jean Paul Mascarene was bom at Castras in Languedoc, France, but
being obliged to leave his family and country when very young, he fled
first to Geneva, and thence to England. There he was naturalized in
1706, and in the same year made lieutenant. The earliest mention of
him in Boston is in 1714, at which time he is described as of Great
Britain. He probably resided in the town of Boston until the date when
the present extracts from his letters show him as an emigrant to Nova
Scotia. The imperfect examination which I have been able to make, has
not revealed the cause of his determination to go to that province, but per-
haps the death of his wife, and a proper anxiety to increase his income,
may have had weight with him. Indeed, he writes to his daughter very
soon after his arrival, " I have often represented to you that while I live
you may expect to live in no want, but that at my death you will find a
great alteration in your circumstances, and therefore I wanted, whilst it
was in my power, to lay up something for my children, to make this alter-
ation seem the less grievous to you.'" As to his duties and actions in his
new home, the following extracts will afford an indication.
These extracts are gleanings from a letter-book, still preserved by his
descendants, and kindly loaned me by them. They are, of course, uncon-
nected, and are, in fact, of interest chiefly, as the honest sentiments of a
prominent actor in a series of intrigues, the results of which were of great
importance to New England. The MS. from which they are copied is
numbered 3 in the series, and thus commences abruptly, and contains
reference to matters previously mentioned. There is a letter from Mas-
carene to Gov. Shirley, dated April 6, 1748, at Annapolis, printed in the
General Description of Nova Scotia. In Parsons's " Life of Sir William
Pepperrell," thereare two or three letters mentioned, but none of impor-
tance.
June 7, 1740, writing to his daughter Eliz., he says : — 1 am not sure
that this title of commander-in-chief over this Province will be of any ad-
144 Mascarene Family Papers. [April,
vantage to my income, butt rather an increase of charge, and as another
person may chance to be soon named att home to succeed me, this airy
title may soon vanish and leave me, perhaps, worse in my circumstances
than I was.
June, 1740, writing to Dr. Douglass : — I have kept my station pretty
well, notwithstanding some blocks thrown in my way, for to you only be
it said, I have to do with something like a Proteus or a weathercock, which,
though it shows fair wind to-day, may not do so the next.
Sept. 29, 1740, to the same : — We have had a report here by Thorn.
Donnell, who says he heard it from Mr Wm Clark, that Lt Col Cosby is
Lt Govr of the Province, but little credit is given here to it nor will it be on
such a slender authority, that he will be allowed to act here as such.
This however has elevated him, and made him act too rashly in the mat-
ter of the foresaid bills.
Dec, 1740, to his daughter Eliz. : — I seldom, of late, visit at Lt Col
Cosby but keep up a very friendly intercourse with Capt Handfield and
Lieut Amhurst and others of our officers.
December 1 to 23, 1740, to Dr. Douglass : — You. perceived in my
last that a coldness between Lt Col Cosby and I would naturally ensue
from his proceeding towards me. It has continued some time, and is
to like to do so, so far indeed as to interrupt any familiar conversation be-
twixt him and me, butt not as yet, and I hope will not break upon the
peace and quiett the place has enjoyed since my arrival. The affairs of
our Governmeat go on in an easy manner hitherto, and without inter-
ruption.
March 18, 1741, to the same : — I have had no conversation at all
for these six months past with our Lt Col who endeavors to swell his
power by military honors and other ways, thereby to depress mine.
We shall soon see what news will come from home, and till then I shall
hold in as much as possible.
Our French subjects here keep under obedience and in peace, and our
civil government has been hitherto carried on with tolerable decency. I
impatiently expect some lights from, home for regulating my future pro-
ceedings. Lt Col Cope having directed to C by the title of
Lt Gov of the Province makes him believe himself to be such, as has
gained the belief of others so far as to dread it.
April 20, 1741, to Dr. Douglass : — You'll see by the enclosed
copy of Lt Col Cosby's letter and my answer, what steps he would take
if it was in his power to get me away from hence, and how he was
mistaken in thinking I was not taken notice of at home in the station I
have sustained. His expectations, which he has kept here very warm all
winter, are very much cooled since he has had my answer to his letter ;
butt as he, leaving nothing undone, and makes use of any means that may
promote his views, I am always oblig'd to be upon my guard. He has
not dared to refuse from being putt up att the fort gate a proclamation
issued a few days ago, prohibiting the exportation of provisions to any
other port than what belongs, and is within his Majesty's Dominions, bear-
ing my title of President of the Council and Commander in Chief for the
time being of this Province.
You'll see three of our council by this opportunity. I would have
them received with civility, if they visit my family, butt without any great
fuss, being under no great obligations to them, especially to Phillips, who,
as farr as he could, has sett himself in opposition to me.
1856.] Mascarene Family Papers. 145
June 15, 1741, to the same : — Our affairs here go att the old rate.
Lt Col Cosby now and then breaks out, but my moderation and coolness
of temper, I have, much against his will and desire, kept every thing quiet
and in peace.
Aug. 4, 1741, to the same : — Our mighty expectations are vanished ;
the Governor in his letter to me doth not so much as mention the new
instruction he wrote me in his last he would apply for towards new set-
tling the government. He writes to me, indeed, in a very civil manner,
as att the head of the council, butt is cautious in giving me hopes of ex-
pecting anything for my trouble. The agent is pretty much on the same
strain, but more open in his telling me of the little hope there is for the
Lt Col and I to obtain the post of Lt Gov of this Province, there being
some persons of interest putting in for it, and that as the Governor intends
for these parts, the management of the affairs of this Province will continue
lodg'd in me till his Ex. arrival.
This is the substance on my side. On the other if I may judge by ap-
pearances and circumstances no very great satisfaction has been given.
For hopes which are very uncertain conditions hard are imposed, embar-
rassments by delays of paying Bills, &c. As for my part I have a fair
acct from the Agent, my bills all paid to December last, to which time the
acct reaches, and £62 stg balance, so that I am not crampt that way.
The Lt Col endeavours to keep up his Interest here by giving out that he
is certainly to be att the head of the Province, which I don't doubt his
Father-in-law will endeavour to support amongst you. Great endeavours
have been used to gain the members of the Council from me, even by
the greatest courtshipp paid to irreconcileable Enemies. This sometimes
has obtained so farr as to cool the Zeal with which some us'd to act their
part before ; but the Engine he thought would effectually procure his
Ends was his ordering me to Canso. You have seen how I withstood his
attack last spring ; he has since renew'd it, to which I writt an answer in
stronger terms than I did before, which to the surprise of every Body
he refus'd to receive from the hands of the officer I sent it by. Had I
comply'd, an effectual end would have been putt to the Civil Establish-
ment of this Government and the whole power lodg'd in the military.
In the midst of all these struggles and many underhand practices used
to weaken the authority on which I act, I have kept my temper and whilst
fire and tow was on one side I took care to oppose coolness and steadiness
on the other. This indeed begins to be tiresome especially as I do not
find the support I might reasonably have expected from home and there-
fore if at the return of our members they will not joyn in a representation
of our case att home, I shall be obliged to represent by myself that the
King's Authority over His Majesty's Subjects in this Province cannot be
supported with due weight in the circumstances we are now in. In which
representation I must make use of another channel than that of Messrs
Wilks and Kilby who I am afraid are too much influenced by our Agent
Gould, or too remiss on my ac. The New Governour may afford me
a conveyance of my letters to the Duke of New Castle by enclosing them
and making one word of mention only of ihem. I have writ a letter of
compliment and congratulation to him. If you could have some discourse
with him on this head and acquaint me with the result it would be a help
to my farther proceeding.
Nov. 23, 1741, to the same : — As for what relates to Great Brittain the
letter you sent me inclosed has given me hopes that my affaires there are
146 Mascarene Family Payers. [April,
in a good way and that my acting here is not reckoned so insignificant as
a certain Person of ours would fain make it appear. I shall endeavour to
build on that foundation and also make use of the Channell you have
open'd for me with Governour Shirley.
My antagonist here has received a very sharp letter from our Agent
wherein as I have heard his turbulent temper is in plain words laid to his
charge, and said to be the means which has debarr'd him from obtaining
any rule in civil authority.
We have here as well as in other Places what is call'd corruption.
I go on however hitherto in the Duty of my office of President and
Commander in chief over the Province and by all means in my power
endeavor to avoid or remove the blocks laid in my way, in which I have
hitherto happily succeeded.
April 12, 1742, to the same : — A little vessel from Salem, trading up this
bay without caution, was surprised by some roving Indians and plundered.
I am now taking his examination with the assistance of the Council.
Whether this beginning of troubles amongst us will have any conse-
quence, I don't know, nor how our French subjects will behave in case of
a warr with France. I have done my part to keep them in due decorum
and have not been wanting in making representations att home suitable to
our condition.
28th : — Since my writing the foregoing I have received letters from
Manis which acquaint me that the Inhabitants as soon as they heard of the
Robbery before mentioned, fitted out a Vessel, manned her with 20 hands
and went in pursuit of the Indians, and recover'd a good part of the goods ;
on which the master returned there again and had a faithful ac of his
goods so recovered, had them delivered into his hands and is since re-
turned hither. This is farr from being pleasant to my opposer who I am
apt to believe rather wishes all in confusion than any credit shall accrue
to my administration of the affaires of this Province, by the influence it
has in bringing the People to a sense of their Duty. It is certain they
never acted with such a vigour in any the like occasion which has hap-
pened often even in times of the most profound peace.
Nov. 23. To Dr. Douglass : — We were like to run into a great confu-
sion on acct of our Provisions and are not out of it yet. The Lt Govr of
the Garrison having undertaken to provide Beef instead of Pork and fresh
bread instead of Bisqt &c the Oxen droven for twenty miles from Mavis
in bad roads soon fell away, and prove when killed wretched meat, which
occasions murmuring amongst the men of ill consequence and if contin-
ued may turn to mutiny ; they have had no peace for these twelve months,
six months whereof by giving them Credit for Rhumm on the settlers has
been patched up, butt six months remain expected to be paid in specie.
[Note. Lt Col Cosby d. Dec. 27, 1742, leaving a widow and six children.
Gov. Mascarene then applied for both posts of Lt Col. and Lt Gov. feel-
ing that the late controversy being thus ended, it would be most advanta-
geous to have the military and civil power under one control.]
July 26, 1743, to Dr. Douglass : — It will be sufficient to tell you that
our Commissary here has been obliged to apply to Mr Borland for Fifty
Quintals of Bisq* which accordingly he has received and to buy what he
could here from the officers who had any thing due and would part with
it att the rate of a groat sterling for every man's allowance, which is more
than I believe Mr Borland receives. All this to prepare himself for a
survey I long ago intimated to him I would order on the Provisions.
1856.] Mascarene Family Papers. 147
This survey is over and he is still deficient. As I am not of a revenge-
full nature and what I do is more to prevent such embezzlements for the
future, I shall be satisfied when all is put to rights again. By a letter I
have received from Capt Heron who commands att Canso exery thing
there is well and if he tells true he has behaved betler than was generally
expected. He acquaints me with the arrival of Capt Robert Young of
the Kingsale who brings not other Public news than what w T e have had
before butt tells in regard to us that on representations made to the King
in Council it had been ordered that the Regiments in America Gibraltour
and Port Mohan should be relieved for the future every three years to
begin from 1843. If this is true a new scene of action will be open for
me which makes me the more impatient to hear from England Especially
in answer to my last application which must be att this time in agitation
att home and to which I may expect answers by the return of our fall
vessels in September.
Extracts of Letters from Gov. Belcher to Major Mascarene, 1740, 1741.
Sir, — Sometime the last Month I received your Favour of the 27th
March, by which I was glad to find you safely arrived at Annapolis
Royal and that you had been well received at the head of His Majesty
Province of Nova Scotia. * * * I see you had issued a Proclamation
for the Settlement of the Civil Government until your further Orders.
# # # *
Boston, May 2, 1740. Honoble Sir,
Maj Mascarene. Your most obedient, &c.
To the care of the young lady Jonathan Belcher,
his Daughter Miss Betty.
The following letter shows the standing of his son-in-law : —
Boston, May 19, 1741.
I have had the pleasure of knowing you personally for 2 and Thirty years
past. I can say without flattery, such things [animosities among the offi-
cers of the Government] cannot be imputed to Major Mascarene's Conduct.
* * * I Congratulate you, Sir, upon the Marriage of your pretty
and worthy daughter to as good a husband as this part of the world could
oblige her with.
Maj r Mascarene. Jonathan Belcher.
At his death his estate was valued at <£5688. 15. 10. 1. and his wife's
at her death at ,£1440. His house stood on School Street.
His son John Mascarene (whose signature is here given) was b.
April 11, 1722. He m. Margaret Holyoke, whose pedigree is here
inserted.
'£#sr&?rf>
igeny^^
148
Mascarene Family Papers.
[April,
Nathaniel Rogers = Margaret Crane.
John,
P.H.C.
b. 1620.
Elizabeth
Denison.
Nathaniel = Samuel =
Timothy =
Ezekiel =
Marga-
ret.
= Wm. Hubbard.
Eliza-
beth,
bom
3 Feb.
1661.
— John
Apple-
ton.
Mil!
Margaret, born Feb. 18. 1664.
John,
Daniel,
Nathaniel,
Patience,
July 7, 1666.
Sept. 25, 1667.
Feb. 22, 1669.
1676.
John, b. = Ann
1648; d. Lever-
1710, ett.
Jan. 8.
Na- =
than-
iel.
Mar- = John
garet. Pyn-
chon.
Dan- =
id,
b. 8
Au£.
1692.
= Eliz-
abeth
Ber-
ry-
Nath'l,= Mar-
born garet
Dec. 9, Gibbs.
1693.
Pris-=
cilia,
b. 3
Jan.
1697.
Rob-
ert
Ward.
Eliz. = Jabez
Fitch.
Marga-
ret, b.
March
19,
1700.
= Edw.
Hol-
yoke,
P.H.
C.
John,
b. 18
Aug.
1704.
Margaret = John Mascarene b. April 11, 1722 5
mar. Aug. 9, 1750; d. 1778.
He was Comptroller of the Customs in 1760. His son, the last of the
name, lived and died in Dorchester.
~^— »». ►-
A REMARKABLE MAN.
A correspondent of the Kentucky Statesman gives the following sketch
of an old citizen in Pulaski county, named Elijah Deny, who is perhaps
the oldest man in Kentucky. — 19 Nov. 1855.
" He was 118 years of age on the 10th of September, and is as active
as many men at forty. He works daily upon a farm, and throughout his
whole life he has been an early riser. He informed the writer that he
had never drank but one cup of coffee, and that was in the year 1848.
He served seven years in the war of the Revolution, and was wounded
at the siege of Charleston ; he was also at the siege of Savannah, and
at the battle of Eutaw Springs. He was also present at the battles of
Camden, King's Mountain, and Monk's Corner. He served under Col.
Horry and Col. Marion, and was an eye-witness of the sufferings and
death of Col. Isaac Hayne of South Carolina, an early victim of the Rev-
olution. He is sprightly and active, and would be taken at any time to
be a man of middle age. He is a strict member of the Baptist Church,
and rides six miles to every meeting of his church. He has four sons
and five daughters, all living, the eldest being now in his seventy-eighth
and the youngest in his fifty-first year. Such is a brief sketch of this
aged soldier and republican, who is perhaps the only surviving soldier of
Francis Marion, Sumpter and Horry."
1856 ] Memoirs of Prince's Subscribers. 149
BRIEF MEMOIRS AND NOTICES OF PRINCE'S SUBSCRIBERS.
[Continued from p. 48.]
HOBART, Rev. NOAH, of Fairfield, was the descendant of Edmund 1
of the village of Hingham in Norfolk, England, from whence he em-
barked in 1633, for New England. His second son, Peter, 2 born 1604,
was educated at Magdalen College in the University at Cambridge, 1625,
and became a preacher, but feeling oppressed by the impositions of prel-
acy, was induced to emigrate to America, where he arrived, with his
wife and four children, June 8, 1635. He soon after became the first
minister of Hingham, where he continued till the time of his death,
Jan. 20, 1678-9.
Five of his sons were educated at Harvard College, four of whom, with
two grandsons, became ministers, viz. : Joshua, 3 born in England, grad.
H. C. 1650, settled at Southold, L. ]., where he d. Feb. 1717, aged 89;
Jeremiah, 3 born in England, grad. H. C. 1650, first settled at Topsficld,
and afterwards at Haddam, Conn., where he d. Nov. 6, 1715 ; Gersham, 3
born at Hingham, Dec. 1645, grad. H. C. 1667, ordained Nov. 26, 1679,
at Groton, Mass., where he d. Dec. 19, 1707 ; Japhet, 3 born April, 1647,
grad. H. C. 1667, was lost at sea while employed as surgeon of a ship
bound to England ; Nehemiah, 3 born Nov. 1648, grad. H. C. 1667, was
ordained Dec. 23, 1674, where he d. Aug. 25, 1712.
David, 3 another son, who d. Aug. 21, 1717, was the father of Nehe-
miah, 4 David, 4 and Rev. Noah, 4 the last of whom was born Jan. 2, 1705,
grad. H. C. 1724, and was ordained at Fairfield, Feb. 7, 1732-3, as the
successor of Joseph Webb. At this place he continued till the time of
his death, Dec. 6, 1773, having been a successful preacher, and a dis-
tinguished controversial writer.
He married, Sept. 22, 1735, Ellen Sloss, of Plymouth, Mass., and was
the father of Ellen, 5 who m. a Mr. Lathrop of Plymouth, and of John
Sloss, 5 born 1739, who grad. Y. C. 1757, and became a distinguished
lawyer in New York, where he d. Feb. 4, 1805, having held successively
the offices of Judge of the Superior Court, and of the District Court, and
in 1797 that of United States Senator, as the successor of Aaron Burr.
He left no descendant.
Rev. Noah 4 Hobart published, in 1747, a Sermon at the Ordination of
Rev. Noah Wells ; 1748, a Serious Address to the Members of the Epis-
copal Separation in New England ; 1750, an Election Sermon; 1751, a
Second Address to Members of the Episcopal Separation; 1761, a Vindi-
cation of Congregationalism.
In a nuncupative will, recorded in the Probate Office in Fairfield, and
bearing date Dec. 6, 1773, he made the following bequests : —
First. " I give my son John Sloss Hobart, one hundred pounds, Cham-
bers's Dictionary, the London Magazine, and all my clothing except my
great coat, which I give to my brother David.
Second. I give to my loving wife all she brought with her, also ye use
of my house and home lot, so long as she has a mind to stay here, with
ye Negro boy Dauphin, and five volumes of Doddridge's Works.
Third. I give Justin Hobart, (a nephew,) his note, he balancing his
book account against me.
Fourth. I give Priscilla Burr the Negro boy Toney.
150 Memoirs of Prince's Subswibers. [April,
Fifth. I give the rest of my estate, real and personal, to my daughter
Ellen Lathrop.
We, the subscribers, understood from the conversation of the testator
that he requested yt his son John Sloss Hobart should act as his executor.
Declared in presence of us."
" Job Bartram, Justin Hobart, Sarah Penfield."
[The authorities consulted are Magnalia, Winthrop, Holmes, Allen's
Biographical Dictionary, and the local Records.] a. w. of f.
HULL, Mr. ELIPHALET, of Fairfield, was the descendant of George, 1
the ancestor of the numerous family bearing the name of Hull, in this an-
cient town.
First. In his will, bearing date Aug. 25, 1659, the devisees of George 1
are Josyas, 2 Cornelius? Elizabeth, 2 Mary, 8 Martha, 2 and Naoma 2 ; name
of widow not given.
Second. In the will of Cornelius, 2 Sept. 16, 1695, the sons are Sam-
uel, 3 Cornelius, 3 and Theophilus, 3 — daughters, Rebecca, 3 Sarah, 8 wife of
Robert Silliman, and Martha, 3 wife of Cornelius Liston.
Third. In the will of Theophilus, 3 June 4, 1710, the sons are Theoph-
ilus, 4 Eliphalet, 4 John, 4 and Jabish, 4 — daughters, Mary and Ann.
Fourth. In the will of Eliphalet, 4 bearing date March 9, 1736-7, the
devisees are wife Sarah, sons Seth, 5 John, 5 and David, 5 — daughters Mir-
iam, 5 Sarah, 5 Ruth, 5 and Mary. 5 This is our Eliphalet,* and his age at
death was 36, as shown on his monument.
Doct. Eliphalet 6 Hull, the graduate of Y. C. b. 1758, descended from
George 1 through Samuel, 3 by his son Cornelius, 4 the date of whose will
was April 18, 1734 ; and grandson Cornelius, 5 the date of whose will was
June 9, 1775, a. w. of f.
STURGIS, Mr. SAMUEL, of Fairfield, was probably a descendant of
Peter, 1 who settled here in 1680. His son Jonathan, 2 in a will, bearing
date Sept. 11, 1711, devised property to wife Sarah, — to sons Jonathan, 3
Peter, 3 and David, 3 — and to daughters Sarah, 3 Abigail, 3 and Eunice. 3
Our Samuel 4 was son of Jonathan, 3 by wife Jerusha, whose will bears
date Oct. 13, 1742.
It appears from the will of Samuel , 4 date March 27, 1763, that he had
by wife Ann Burr, sons Jonathan, 5 Andrew, 5 Samuel, 5 and David. 5
Jonathan, 5 born 1740, grad. Y. C. 1759, and became a distinguished
civilian, having been successively State Senator, Judge of the Superior
Court, Member of Congress from Connecticut from 1785 to 1787, and
from 1789 to 1793. He died in 1818. By marriage, early in life, with
Deborah Lewis, he had son Lewis Burr, 6 who grad. Y. C. 1782, and who
was a Member of Congress from 1805 to 1817. Another son, Oliver, 6
was engaged in business some years since, with a Mr. Burrows in Savannah,
which firm fitted out the first Steam-Ship that ever crossed the Atlantic.
Jonathan 7 Sturges,* Esq., now a distinguished resident of New York
city, and, we believe, a Vice-President of the New England Society, is a
grandson of the Judge. a. w. of F.
APPLETON, Rev. NATHANIEL, of Cambridge, was born at Ips-
wich, Dec. 9, 1693, and was the son of John Appleton, by his wife Eliza-
beth, dau. of President Rogers, whom he m. Nov. 23, 1681. She was b.
1663, and d. 1754. John A. d. 1739 ; he was the son of John Appleton,
* This name is now written Sturgcs upon the Tublic Records, and also by the living
descendants.
1856.] Memoirs of Prince's Subscribers. 151
who was b. 1622, at Little Waldingfield, and m. Priscilla Glover, 1651,
dau. of Rev. Jose Glover. This John Appleton was the son of Samuel
Appleton, the patriarch of the Appleton Family, who was b. in 1586, at
Little Waldenfield, Suffolk County, England, and who was the descendant
of an old family settled at that place since 1412. Samuel A. m. Mary
Evcrard, and cl. 1670. His name and upright character are equally
familiar to all students of our early history. To return to the subject of
this sketch. Nathaniel Appleton graduated H. C. in 1712, and in 1717
was ordained at Cambridge, where he continued in the ministry sixty-six
years. In 1771 he received from Harvard College an honor which had
before been bestowed solely on Increase Mather. He m. Margaret Gibbs,
who was b. 1700, and d. 1771. He d. Feb. 9, 1781.
Compiled by W. H. Whitmore, yro?w Memorial of Samuel Appleton of
Ipswich, with Genealogical Notices of some of his Deccendants. Boston,
1850.
COLMAN, Dr. BENJAMIN, was b. at Boston, New England, Oct. 19,
1673, and was the second son of William and Elizabeth Colman. This
William was the son of Mathew and Grace Colman of Satterly, near
Beckles, County Suffolk, England, and was baptized there, Aug. 31, 1643,
[and probably came to New England with his father, 1671, in the ship
Arabella, Richard Sprague, master. Reg. ii, 407.] Benjamin C. was a
pupil of the venerable and learned Mr. Ezekiel Chcever, and admitted to
Harvard College in 1688. He began his stated preaching at Mcdford in
1694, and in 1695 visited England. Taken prisoner on the voyage, he
was a prisoner in France, but reaching England at last he stayed there till
1699. Returning to Boston he was settled until 1716 in the ministry there,
when Mr. Wm. Cooper was chosen colleague, to whom the Rev. Samuel
Cooper succeeded as colleague on his death. Dr. Colman held a leading
place among the writers of his day, and many of his Sermons, &c, were
printed. He was offered the Presidency of Harvard College, but declined,
and for many years he had an extensive correspondence with the prom-
inent personages of Old and New England.
He m. 1st, June 5, 1700, Mrs. Jane, dau. of Thomas and Jane Clark, who
was b. March 16, 1680, and d. Oct. 26, 1731 ; he m. 2d, Sarah, dau. of
Richard and Sarah Crisp, May 6, 1732. [She was b. Sept. 15, 1672, and
m. 1st, April 1, 1695, Wm. Harris, who d. Sept. 22, 1721 ; 2d, Hon. and
Rev. John Leverett, April 5, 1722, who d. May 3, 1724; 3d, Hon. John
Clark, July 15, 1725, who d. 1728; and 4th, Rev. B. Colman.] She d.
April 24, 1744. He m. 3d, Mary, dau. of Wm. Pepperell of Kittery,
Aug. 12, 1745. [She was the widow of Hon. John Frost of New Castle,
and after Mr. Colman's death m. 3d, Rev. Benjamin Prescott, who d.
1766.]
His children were, Benjamin, b. Sept. 1, 1704, d. Sept. 18, 1704;
Jane, b. Feb. 25, 1708, m. Aug. 11, 1726, Rev. Ebenezer Turell of
Medford, and d. March 26, 1735, leaving a son Samuel, who d. Oct. 8,
1736. His other daughter, named Abigail, was b. Jan. 14, 1715, m. Mr.
Albert Dennie, Sept. 1737, and d. May 17, 1745, leaving an only son,
John. He d. Aug. 29, 1749. [Compiled from TureWs Life of Dr.
Colman. ,]
CRADOCK, GEORGE, is said by Hutchinson to have been a descend-
ant of Mathew Cradock, the well-known patron of the settlement here.
The pedigree of the Cradock Family is given in the Register for April,
1855, but there is no authority to support the statement of Hutchinson,
152 Memoirs of Prince's Subscribers. [April,
who probably mistook, by confounding the brother and nephew of Matliew
Cradock. The following account of George Ci'adock is condensed from
the Register for January, 1854 : — He m. Mary, dau. of Byfield Lyde, and
had Mary, m. l,Hon. Joseph Gerrish, Oct. 10, 1768, 2, Rev. Dr. Breynton ;
Deborah m. Robert Auchmuty ; Elizabeth m. Thomas Brinley, Jan. 25,
1749 ; Catherine m. Nathaniel Brinley, and d. April 3, 1807, aged 75,
her husband dying Feb. 10, 1814, aged 81. George C. was Collector of the
Customs, and Deputy Judge of the Court of Vice-Admiralty. He d. June
26, 1771.
BLANCHARD, Capt. JOSEPH, of Dunstable, was great-grandson of
Thomas Blanchard of Charlestown, who came here in the ship Jonathan
in 1639, and d. May 21, 1654. Thomas had a son John of Dunstable,
who left issue, Joseph and Thomas. Of these, Capt. Joseph Blanchard
m. Abiah, dau. of Joseph Hassell, May 25, 1696, who d. Dec. 8, 1746,
aged 70.
This Joseph Hassell was surprised by the Indians, Sept. 26, 1691, and
slain, with his wife Anna, and son Benjamin ; and two days afterwards,
they killed Obadiah Perry, husband of his daughter Esther, and took pris-
oner his son Richard.
Joseph and Abiah Blanchard had issue, Elizabeth, b. April 15, 1697,
who m. Jonathan Cummings; Esther, b. Julv 24, 1699; Hannah, b. Oct.
28, 1701; Joseph, b. Feb. 11, 1704; Rachel, b. March 23, 1705, d.
young; Susanna, b. March 29, 1707; Jane, b. March 19, 1709, who m.
Rev. Josiah Swan; Rachel, b. March 23, 1712; Eleazer, b. Dec. 1,
1715, d. April 29, 1717. Joseph, senior, d. 1727.
Col. Joseph Blanchard, the subscriber, only son of the preceding, m.
Rebecca Hubbard, (who d. April 17, 1774,) and d. April 7, 1758. His
children were, Sarah, b. 1706, d. Nov. 30, 1726 ; Joseph, b. April 28,
1729 ; Eleazer and Susanna, b. Nov. 15, 1730, of whom Eleazer d.
March 19, 1753 ; Rebecca, b. July 20, 1732 ; Sarah, b. Oct. 7, 1734, d.
young; Catherine, b. Nov. 11, 1736; Jonathan, b. Sept. 18, 1738;
Sarah, b. Aug. 2, 1740 ; James, b. Sept. 20, 1742 ; Augustus, b. Julv 29,
1746 ; Caleb, b. Aug. 15, 1749 ; Hannah, b. Oct. 21, 1751, m. Dr. Ebe-
nezer Starr, April 21, 1776, and d. March 22, 1794.
His father was a leader in the town, a selectman, &c, and Town
Trustee in 1721, to loan money issued in the form of bills of credit, by the
Massachusetts Legislature. He was also one of the first who had permis-
sion to put up a pew in the meetinghouse. On the death of his father he
was chosen Proprietors' Clerk, which office he held, with a little intermis-
sion, until his death. He was a noted surveyor, and, with Rev. Dr. Lang-
don, projected a map of New Hampshire, and did the greater share of the
necessary surveys. On the accession of Benning Wentworth to the
Gubernatorial chair he was appointed a mandamus Counsellor, an office
which he held probably till his death ; and in 1749 he was appointed a
Judge of the Superior Court. In 1755 he was made Colonel of the New
Hampshire regiment, raised for the French War.
His son, Hon. Jonathan Blanchard, succeeded, at his father's death, to
his business of Proprietors' Clerk and surveyor, though then only in his
twentieth year. In 1775 he was chosen a member of the Council of
Twelve, appointed with a House of Delegates, by the Revolutionary Con-
vention of the state. In 1777 he was made Attorney General, and in
1778 one of the Committee of Safety. In 1784 he was appointed Judge
of Probate for Hillsborough County, and in 1787 a delegate to the Conti-
1856.] Memoirs of Prince's Subscribers. 153
ne.ital Congress, and d. Sept. 18, 1738. He m. Rebecca Farwell, who d.
Aug. 20, 1811, and had Rebecca, b. May 4, 1766, m. Augustus Starr, d.
Oct. 19, 1810; Grace m. Frederick French; Sophia m. Oliver Farwell;
Charles, b. March 14, 1776, and d. March 16, 1811 ; and Abigail m Dr.
Joseph F. Eastman of Hollis. Compiled jrom Fox's History of Dun-
stable, w. h. w.
GREENLEAF, STEPHEN, M. A., was a descendant of Edmund
Greenleaf, who was born about 1600, and in 1635 came to this country,
and settled in Newbury, Mass., with his wife Sarah, whom he had married
in England, and had had several children by her there. About 1650 he
removed to Boston, and there m. a widow Hill. His will is dated Dec.
25, 1668, and proved Feb. 12, 1671 ; in which latter year he is sup-
posed to have died. He was a dyer by trade. His children were, Ju-
dith, b. 1628, d. Dec. 15, 1705 ; Stephen, b. 1630 ; Enoch ; another
son, name unknown ; Elizabeth ; and two daughters, who m. respect-
ively a Winslow and a Hilton. His daughter Judith m. first, Henrv
Somerby of Newbury, and secondly, Tristram Coffin, Jr.
Stephen Greenleaf, son of Edmund, lived in Newbury, where he m. in
1651, Elizabeth Coffin, his sister-in-law, and had ten children. His wife
(1. Nov. 19, 1678, and in March following he m. Mrs. Esther Swett,
who survived him, and d. Jan. 16, 1718.
He was a militia captain, and was drowned at Cape Breton, Dec. 1, 1690.
His eldest son was Rev. Daniel Greenleaf, who was b. Feb. 10, 1680,
graduate H. C. 1699, and a physician at Cambridge, where he m. Eliza-
beth Gookin in 1701. In 1708 he was ordained pastor of the Congrega-
tional Church in Yarmouth, Mass., in which charge he remained until
1727. He then removed to Boston, where he opened an apothecary's
shop, and lived until his decease, Aug. 26, 1763. His children were,
Dr. Daniel, b. Nov. 7, 1702, d. July, 1795; Hon. Stephen, the subject
of this sketch ; Mary, b. Aug. 29, 1706, who m. first, James Blinn, and
secondly, Josiah Thatcher, and d. 1774; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 24, 1708,
who m. 1, David Bacon, 2, Joseph Scott, 3, Rev. Joseph Parsons of
Bradford, and 4, Rev. Jedediah Jewett, and d. 1778 ; Sarah, b. April
16, 1710, d. unm. 1776; Samuel, b. May 9, 1712, d. unm. 1748;
Jenny, b. May 24, 1714, who m. Hezckiah Usher, and d. Dec. 10,
1764; Hannah, b. Oct. 3, 1716, m. John Richards, and d. 1799; Dr
John, b. Nov. 8, 1717, d. Aug. 27, 1778 ; Mercy, b. Nov. 29, 1719, m.
John Scollay, and d. 1793 ; Gookin, b. Sept. 1721, d. young ; Susanna, b.
Nov. 13, 1722, m. John Coburn, and d. Feb. 1783 ; and Hon. William, of
whom presently.
Stephen Greenleaf, the subscriber, son of the preceding Rev. Daniel,
was b. Oct. 4, 1704, graduate H. C. 1723, and was a distinguished mer-
chant in Boston. He was Sheriff of Suffolk County, and a staunch Roy-
alist. He m. Mary Gould, and had one son, who d. unm. and six daugh-
ters, of whom, one m. Admiral David Phipps, R. N. ; Anstice, m. Benja-
min Davis of Boston ; Abigail, m. Judge Howard, S. Court of South
Carolina ; and Hannah, m. John Apthorp of Boston. Stephen Greenleaf
(1. Jan. 26, 1795.
GREENLEAF, Mr. WILLIAM, was the brother of the above Stephen,
and b. Jan. 10, 1725; he was a druggist of Boston, where he m. Mary
Brown of Plymouth. He was one of the " Rebels," and was appointed
by the Provincial Congress Sheriff of Suffolk, in place of his brother..
10
154 Memoirs of Prince's Subscribers. [April,
After the war he removed to New Bedford, where he d. July 21, 1803.
He had a family of fifteen children, of whom four sons were married,
viz. : Daniel, of Quincy, who d. s. p. ; John, of Quincy, who d. there
March 24, 1848, leaving issue ; James, who d. in Washington, D. C,
Sept. 17, 1843, leaving two daughters ; and Robert, of East Greenwich,
who d. June 28, 1816, leaving two daughters. Compiled from the Green-
leaf Genealogy, by Rev. Jonathan Greenleaf ; New York, 1854. w. h. w.
WILLIAMS, Rev. EBENEZER, of Pomfret, was descended from
[I.] Robert Williams of Roxbury, who m. first, Elizabeth Stratton, and
had Samuel, b. 1632 ; Isaac, b. 1638 ; Stephen, b. 1640 ; and Thomas,
who d. young. His wife d. July 28, 1674, aged 80, and he is believed
to have married Martha Strong, who d. in 1704. He d. Sept. 1, 1693.
[II.] Samuel Williams, his oldest son, m. Theoda, daughter of Deacon
William Park of Roxbury, and d. Sept. 28, 1698. His widow m. Stephen
Peck, and d. Aug. 26, 1718, aged 81. Issue, Elizabeth, b. Feb. 1, 1654,
d- March 10, 1654 ; Samuel, of whom presently ; Martha, b. April 29,
1657, d. Feb. 1660; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 11, 1659, m. Stephen Paine;
Theoda, b. July 27, 1672, and d. 1678; John, b. Dec 10, 1664, minister
at Deerfield ; Ebenezer, b. Dec. 6, 1666, of Stonington ; Deborah, b.
Nov. 20, 1668, who m. Joseph Warren, grandfather of the Patriot General
Joseph Warren; Martha, b. May 19, 1671, m. Jonathan Hunt; Abigail,
b. July 12, 1674, m. Experience Porter; Park, b. Jan. 11, 1676, of
Lebanon.
. [III.] Samuel Williams, Jr., son of the preceding, b. April 15, 1655, m.
Feb. 24, 1679, Sarah May, who d. Dec. 29, 1712. He then m. April
28, 1720, Dorothy (Weld) Denison, and d. Aug 8, 1735. His children
were Samuel, b. April 6, 1681 ; Theoda, b. Dec. 8, 1682, m. Samuel
Scarborough; John, b. Dec. 1, 1684; Sarah, b. May 19, 1688, m. John
Pollv ; Ebenezer, of whom presently; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 13, 1692, m.
Rev"! Samuel Ruggles ; Eleazer, b. Feb. 20, 1694; William, b. April 24,
1698; Martha, b. Aug. 10, 1701, m. Thomas Cotton.
[IV.] Rev. Eleazer W T illiams, of Pomfret, the subscriber, and son of
the preceding, b. Aug. 12, 1690, grad. H. C. 1709, was ordained at Pom-
fret, Oct. 26, 1715, and d. March 28, 1753. He was a fine scholar, a
sound and discriminating divine, and of great influence with the neighbor-
ing churches and clergymen. His children were, Samuel ; Rev. Chester,
of Hadley ; Col. Ebenezer ; Nehemiah ; and Hannah, who m. Gen.
Huntington, and had children, Generals Ebenezer and Zachariah Hun-
tington. Williams's Genealogy, pp. 27, 35, 125. w. h. w.
WILLIAMS, Rev. JOHN, of Deerfield, is sketched in the Register for
April, 1854, but without his genealogy. He was the son of Samuel, [II.]
and b. Dec, 10, 1664- He m. Eunice, daughter of Rev. Eleazer Mather
of Northampton, by whom he had Eliakim, d. young ; Eleazer, of whom
presently; Samuel, b. Jan. 4, 1689, d. June 19, 1713; Esther, b. April
10, 1691, d. March 12, 1751; Stephen, of whom presently; Eunice, b.
Sept. 16, 1696 ; Warham, of whom presently ; John, b. Jan. 15, 1704,
killed by the Indians, 1704 ; Eliakim, d. young.
The stoiy of his captivity among the Indians is familiar to all. He d.
June 12, 1729. His second wife was Abigail Allen of Windsor, a cousin
of his first wife, by whom he had John, b. Nov. 23, 1709, d. June 11,
1714; Eliakim, b. Feb. 6, 1711 ; Elijah, b. Nov. 13, 1712, d. July 10,
1771; Abigail, b. Sept. 1708, d. Dec. 3, 1781; Sarah, b. Sept. 1716, d.
Jan. 25, 1734. Ibid. pp. 52-68. w. h. w.
1856.] Memoirs of Prince's Subscribers. 155
WILLIAMS, Rev. STEPHEN, of Springfield, was son of the pre-
ceding, b. May 14, 1693, grad. H. C. 1713. He was chaplain to the
army at Cape Breton, 1745, and Lake George, 1755-56. He received
the honorary degree of D. D. from Yale, 1741, and Dartmouth, 1773.
He published a Sermon at the ordination of John Keep, Sheffield, 1772.
He m. Abigail Davenport of Stamford, and had, John, b. March 8, 1720,
d. April, 1791 ; Rev. Stephen, b. Jan. 26, 1722, d. April, 1791 ; Eunice,
b. Jan. 26, 1722, d. Oct. 31, 1805; Rev. Warham, b. Jan. 7, 1726, d.
April, 1786; Samuel, b. May 31, 1729, d. July 29, 1807 ; Davenport, b.
May 11, 1731, d. Oct. 18, 1758; Martha, b. May, 1733; Rev. Nathan, b.
Oct. 28, 1735. His first wife, Abigail, d. Aug. 26, 1766, when he m.
2d, Sept. 6, 1767, Sarah (Chapin) Burt, and d. June 10, 1782. His
widow d. Nov. 10, 1790. Ibid. p. 71. w. h. w.
WILLIAMS, Rev. ELEAZER, son of Rev. John W. of Dcerfield, and
brother of the preceding, was b. July 1, 1688, was of H. C. 1708, and
was ordained Oct. 10, 1710. He m. Mary Hobart, (who d. 1766,) and
d. Sept. 21, 1742. Children, Eunice, who m. Col. Shubal Conant; Sarah,
m. Rev. Hobart Estabrook ; Hannah, b. 1713, d. 1760; and Mary, m.
Rev. Richard Salter. Ibid. p. 68. w. h. w.
WILLIAMS, Rev. WARHAM, of Watertown, brother of the last two,
was b. Sept. 16, 1699, grad. H. C. 1719, ordained June 11, 1723. He
m. Abigail Leonard, May 23, 1728. He was captured, with his father,
by the Indians, and, being in captivity, lost the knowledge of his own
language, and could speak only French. He was highly esteemed in his
ministry, as his tombstone witnesses. He was struck, in the pulpit, with
palsy, Feb. 18, and d. June 22, 1751. His children were, John, b. March
21, and d. March 24, 1728 ; s Abigail, b. March 21, 1730, d. June 4, 1805 ;
Ann, b. May 24, 1732, and m. Rev. Job Cushing; Eunice, b. 1753, d.
1843; Samuel, b. 1734, d. Feb. 27, 1742; Sarah, b. Sept. 20, 1737, d.
1800; Leonard, b. July 30, 1739, d. 1799; Eleazer, d. young; and
Samuel, b. April, 1743, d. January, 1817. Ibid. pp. 96-100. w. h. w.
WILLIAMS, Rev. WILLIAM, of Hatfield, was the son of Isaac, son of
Robert Williams, the emigrant. He was born Feb. 2, 1665, grad. H. C.
1683, ordained at Hatfield, 1685, m. a daughter of Rev. Dr. Cotton, and
had Rev. Solomon, b, June 4, 1700 ; Rev. William, of whom presently ;
Martha, b. Oct. 10, 1690, m. Edward Partridge ; and Elisha, of whom
presently. He m. secondly, , daughter of Rev. Solomon Stoddard
of Northampton, and had, Dorothy, b. June 20, 1713, m. Rev. Jonathan
Ashley ; , m. Mr. Barnard of Salem ; Elizabeth ; Col. Israel, b.
Nov. 30, 1709. " He was a person of uncommon natural abilities and
distinguished learning, a great divine, of very comprehensive knowledge,
and of a solid, accurate judgment; judiciousness and wisdom were em-
inently his character. * * * * His presence and conversation did par-
ticularly command awe and respect, yet it was at the same time humble
and condescending." Ibid. 160. w. h. w.
WILLIAMS, Rev. WILLIAM, of Weston, also a subscriber, was the
son of the preceding minister at Hatfield, b. May 11, 1688, grad. H. C
1705, and ordained at Weston, 1709. He m. Miss Stoddard, older sister
of his father's second wife, and had children, Col. William, b. 1713;
Elizabeth, m. Mr. Crocker of Ipswich ; Lucy, m. Mr. Buckminster ;
Mary, m. Rev. John Seccomb ; Anne, m. Col. Oliver Partridge ; Nathaniel ;
Esther, b. 1726, m. Dr. Thomas Williams, and Dr. Solomon. Rev.
156 Memoirs of Prince's Subscribers. [April.
William W. d. March 6, 1760. He was esteemed a scholar and a good
preacher, and preached the Artillery Election Sermon, 1737, and the
General Election Sermon in 1741. Ibid. p. 187. w. h. w.
WILLIAMS, Rev. ELIBHA, Rector of Yale College, was brother of
the preceding W T illiam W. of Weston, b. Aug. 24, 1694, grad. H. C. 1711.
He was ordained at Newington, in W 7 ethersfield, Conn. Oct. 22, 1722,
where he m. Eunice Chester, and had children, Elisha, b. Jan. 31, 1718,
d. May 30, 1784; Samuel, b. Aug. 16, 1720, d. 1740 ; William, b. Nov. 28,
1722, d, 1739 ; Eunice, b. Feb. 3, 1716, d. in 1741 ; Anna, b. April 30,
1732, d. in 1750 ; Mary, b. Aug. 5, 1735 ; and one other, name unknown.
In 1726 he was chosen Rector of Yale College, which office he held until
1739, when he resigned on account of ill health, and, after being elected
to the Legislature, was appointed Judge of the Superior Court. After-
wards he was Chaplain of the Connecticut Regiment at Cape Breton, and
soon appointed to the command of a regiment. His wife dying in
England, whither he had gone on military affairs, he married there
Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Thomas Scott of Norwich. He d. July 24,
1755, and his widow in June, 1776. Ibid. pp. 190-191. w. h. w.
WILLIAMS, Rev. SOLOMON, minister of Lebanon, Ct., was brother
of the last two, b. June 4, 1700; grad. H. C. 1719. He was ordained
Dec. 5, 1722, and d. either in 1769 or 1776. He was one of the distin-
guished men of his day. He published a sermon at the ordination of
Jacob Elliot at Goshen, in 1730, as well as several other sermons and
polemical pamphlets. He m. Mary Porter, and had, Rev. Eliphalet, b.
Feb. 24, 1727, d. 1803; Ezekiel, b. May 4, 1729, d. Feb. 12, 1818;
Mary, b. Feb. 11, 1733 ; Samuel, b. Dec. 5, 1741, d. January, 1742 ; Dr.
Thomas, b„ Nov. 12, 1735, d. Feb. 10, 1819 ; Moses, b. May 8, 1740, d.
1749; Eunice, b. May 22, 1745, d. June 14, 1836; Governor William,
signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. March 18, 1731, d. Aug.
1811. Ibid. pp. 162-5. w. h. w.
WILLIAMS, Rev. NATHANIEL, I suppose to be the graduate of
H. C. 1693, and of Barbadoes about 1698. He returned to Boston, and
being an excellent classical scholar, was chosen successor to " Master
Cheever." He continued in this office from 1703 to 1734, when his in-
firmities obliged him to resign to Mr. Lovell, his assistant.
He was a physician, and continued his practice while teaching school,
and after leaving that occupation. He d. Jan. 10, 1738, aged 63. His
name is to be found in connection with the " Inoculation" debates. Ibid.
pp. 325-6, and 362. See Hist, and Antiqs. Boston, p. 604. w. h. w.
Lake. — Stephen, bailiff of Exeter, 1219. — John, same office, 1401,
'11, '14, 1407.— Peter, id. 1550. John, b. in Halifax, son of Thomas
Lake, bapt. at H. 5 Dec. 1624. " Before he was complete 13 yrs. of
age, he was put under y e care of y e famous Mr. Cleveland, whose
Poems, Orations, Epistles, &c, he and his friend Dr. Drake, Vicar of
Pontefraet, collected into one vol., to which they prefixed his Life and
Parentage, and dedicated them to Bishop Turner. 8vo, Lond. 1687.
Hist. Halifax, 345-6, He d. 30 Aug. 1689. lb. 350.
1856.] The Bangs Family. 157
THE BANGS FAMILY.
Since the pedigree of this family was published in the Register, vol.
viii. p. 368, the following corrections and additions have been made.
Mr. Edvv. Bangs, the pilgrim, had a daughter Sarah, who m., in 1756,
Capt. Thos. Howes, Jr., of Yarmouth, and d. the last of Feb. 1682-3.
Capt. H. was bur. 20 Nov. 1676. They had children : Rebecca, b. Dec.
1657 ; Thos. b. 2 May, 1663 ; Jonathan, b. 25 Feb. 1669-70 ; and Sarah,
b. 29 Oct. 1673. John Bangs, son of Mr. Edw. B., m. Hannah Smalley
23 Jan. 1660-1. His brother, Capt. Jonathan, m. for his second wife,
"Sarah," who d. 11 June 1719, aged 78, and, 23 July 1720, published
his intention to m., for his third wife, Mrs. Ruth Young, in 1720. He d.
9 Nov. 1728. Thomasine,* mother of his first wife, Mary, (Mayo), was
daughter of Mr. Wm. Lumpkin and his wife Thomasine, original settlers
of Yarmouth. Lieut. Joshua was m., (according to the Plymouth records,)
I Dec. 1669, to Hannah Scudder, daughter of John S., of Yarmouth, she
having been baptized 5 Oct. 1651 ; and they had a son Joshua, that d.
young. Hannah survived her husband, and m., 2ndly, about 1700, the
first Moses Hatch. Bethia, dau. of Mr. Edw. Bangs, m. Gershom Hall,
who was b. 5 March, 1647, son of John H. of Barnstable and Yarmouth,
and they had children : Samuel of Harwich, Jonathan of H., and Mary,
m. Mr. Chase of H. Apphia, daughter of Mr. Edw. Bangs, m. 1st., Mr.
John Knowles, son of Richard, 28 Dec. 1670, and 2ndly, Joseph Atwood.
She had children by Knowles. — See Regr. vol. vi. p. 168. Her sister
Lydia had children also. — See Regr. vi. 46. Hannah, another sister, m.
Mr. John Doane, son of Dea. John, and had at least six children. The
tradition about his living one hundred and ten years is incorrect. f —
Rebecca, daughter of Mr. Edward B., m. Jonathan Sparrow, Esq., in
Oct. 1654, probably the 26th day. She d. before 1677, after which Mr.
Sparrow m. Sarah, widow of James Cobb, of Barnstable, and dau. of Geo.
Lewis. |
Capt. Jonathan Bangs, Jr., d. Feb. 1736-7. His will, dated 3 Feb.
1736-7,' and proved 17 March following, mentions his wife Experience,
as then living; so it must have been his father, that m. Mrs. Ruth Young in
1720. Experience was daughter of John Berry. Capt. Samuel Bangs' wife,
Mary, was probably daughter of Mr. Sunderland. Capt. B's sister, Mercy,
was not the lady who m. Benj. Hatch, and had a child b. in 1716. It
was her neice. Lydia, another of his sisters, m. Shubael Hinckley in 1712,
and had Sarah, b. 2 March, 1712-13, and Samuel b. 5 Jan. 1714-15,
and died ; after which Mr. H. m. Mary Snow, 7 Oct. 1718. Capt. Ed-
ward, and Ruth, Bangs had a daughter Ruth, b. 1699, and d. aged about
three years. They had, also, a daughter Mercy, who m. Benj. Hatch,
II Aug. 1715, by whom she had James, b. 1 May, 1716, Mary, b. 21
April, 1720, Benjamin, b. 11 May, 1724, and Ruth, b, 20 June, 1733.
Capt. Edward, and Ruth B., were the parents of Dr. Jonathan, and Capt.
Joshua, who m. Mehetabel Clark, 18 June, 1713, as stated in a foot
note of the pedigree ; and of Ebenezer, who m. Anna Sears, 18 Dec.
* This name is sometimes written Tamsen, Tamosin, &c.
t W. S. Russell, in his Recollections of the Pilgrims, says, on page 255, Deacon
John Doane of Eastham, died in 1707, aged 110; but this must be a mistake, for he was
b. about 1590, and d. 21 Feb. 1685-6, aged, according to a true record, 95 years.
\ This information, with much more of the kind, comes from Amos Otis, Esq.,
of Yarmouth, a relative to the illustrious Revolutionary patriots of that name.
153 The Ba?igs Family. [April,
1727, and had Barnabas, b. 11 March, 1728, Ebenezcr, b. 28 Oct. 1729,
Ruth, b. 28 Sept. 1731, Sylvanus, b. 10 Feb. 1735, at Harwich. An-
other daughter of Capt. Edward, viz., Rebecca, m. Thomas Young, and
had Thomas and Moses, both living in 1746.
Mr. Edward, Jr., m. Sarah Clark, 11 Feb. 1720, who d. 8 Aug. 1727.
Dr. Jonathan m. Phebe, (widow of Samuel Bangs,) Jr., daughter of Stephen
Hopkins and his wife Sarah (Howes), and she (Phebe) m. 3rdly, Rev.
Josiah Dennis. Dr. Jonathan and Phebe's son, Allen, b. 23 March, 1733-4,
m. 4 Jan. 1753, Rebecca Howes, and had children born at Yarmouth,
viz., Jonathan, b. 13 Feb. 1755, d. young; Joseph, b. 5 July, 1757;
Phebe, b. 17 Aug. 1758 ; Jonathan, b. 19 July, 1760 ; Zenas, b. 3 May,
176- ; Allen, b. 22 April, 1765, d. same year; and Allen 2nd., b. 15
Aug. 1770.
Susanna (Dillingham), widow of Mr. Elkanah Bangs, m. Mr. Benjamin
Freeman, of a wealthy and respectable family at Harwich. The two
children of Joshua Bangs, son of Benjamin, Esq., were Joshua, d. at 20 ;
and Sarah, m. Nathaniel Snow, and had three children, two daughters, d.
young, and a son, who is a lawyer. Capt. Samuel's son, Seth, m.
Deborah Nickerson, 23 Dec. 1726. Another son, (Samuel, Jr.,) m. Phebe
Hopkins, as before mentioned, 19 June 1729 ; and David, another of his
sons, m. Eunice Stone in 1731 — not 1721 ; Meletiah, sister of David, d.
young; Sarah, another sister, m., 24 Feb. 1736-7, Jonathan Snow, and
they had several children. The other two children of Capt. Samuel
and Mary, were Lemuel, b. 2 June, 1719, d. 15 Nov. 1739 ; and Abijah,
b. 29 July, 1743 — not Abigail. Enoch, son of David, above mentioned,
was b. 2 Oct. 1734 ; and Nathan and Mary, brother and sister to Enoch,
were twins, b. 2 May, 1736. Capt. Jonathan's son, James, m. Bethia
Wing in 1735-6; and Mercy, sister to James, m. Peleg Maker, 12 Oct.
1738.
Capt. Joshua Bangs, (son of Capt. Edward and Ruth,) who has already
been mentioned, was b. in 1685 at Harwich, Mass., and d. at Portland,
Me., 29 March, 1762. He was a shipmaster and merchant, a promi-
nent and highly valued citizen. On his removal to P., he settled on the
point east of Clay Cove, which he owned from the Cove to King (now
India) street. He also owned Bangs' Island, named for him. His death
occurred 23 May, 1762, in the 77th year of his age ; his wife Meheta-
bel (Clark), having d. 29 March, 1761, in her 65th year. Their children
were the following : Nathan, b. 23 Nov. 1714 ; Thomas, b. 28 Nov.
1716, m. Mehetabel Stone of Harwich, in 1751 ; Joshua m. Sarah, eld-
est daughter of John Waite, and d. 6 July, 1755, aged 32 ; Thankful, b.
13 Nov. 1720, m. Samuel Cobb in 1740 ; Sarah, m. Gershom Rogers in
1756 ; Mary, m. Nathaniel Gordon in 1754 ; Mehetabel,* m. 1st., John
Roberts, Jr., in 1752, and 2dnly, in 1754, Hon. Jedediah Preble, a noted
officer of the French war and brigadier general of the Revolution ; by
whom she had Martha, b. 1755; Joshua b. 1757; Edward, b. 1761,
Commodore in the U. S. navy, much celebrated for his bravery and mili-
tary exploits during the Tripolitan troubles, at one time being commander
of the U.S. frigate Constitution;— d. in 1807; Enoch, b. 1763 ; Henry, b.
1767, and Statira, b. 1770 ; both living in 1833 ; and Susanna m. Elijah
* Mr. Willis, in his edition of Smith and Deane's Journal, p. 252, says she was a
woman of character and energy, and well suited to the duties, which devolved upon
her. She survived her husband, and died at the same age.
1856.] Pease Ancestry. 159
Weare in 1761.* Mrs. Mehetabel, widow of General Preble, and dau. of
Capt. Bangs, was bur. 22 Aug., 1805, aged 77. Mary Hopkins, who be-
came the wife of Isaac Sparrow, and, afterwards, of Kenelm Winslow,
Esq., was b. 20 March, 1732-33. dau. of Ebenezer, and Rebecca
(Crosby), Hopkins, of Harwich. The latter was a descendant of Rev.
Thomas Crosby, srad. H. C, 1653, d. at Boston, 13 June, 1702.
D. D.
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PEASE ANCESTRY.
In volume iii. page 30, N. E. Hist, and Gen. Reg., there is mention of
John Pease, aged 27, and Robert Pease, aged 27, who came from Ips-
wich, England, to Boston, on board the ship Francis, in April, 1634, and
removed to Salem, where they were known to have been in 1637.
It was assumed that John was ancestor of the families embraced in the
account which was published in that volume, and his name was accord-
ingly placed at the head. But further research and more reflection have
served to transfer this honor to Robert.
Mr. Somerby, to whom much is due for his researches in England,
writes under date of June 6, 1854, that while making some genealogical
investigations in Essex, he met with the will of Robert Pease, of Great
Baddow, and considering it worth the trouble, he visited that place and
made extracts from the parish register.
Robert Pease of Great Baddow, Co. Essex, Locksmith. Will dated
May 10, 1623. Mentions his wife Margaret, sons Robert and John,
daughter Elizabeth, son-in-law Abraham Page, and brother-in-law Fran-
cis King. Will proved June 12, 1623.
From a long list of baptisms, marriages and burials, dating from 1540
to 1623, the following have been selected : —
John, son of Robert Pease, baptized May 24, 1593.
John, infant son of Robert Pease, buried January 10, 1599.
John, son of Robert Pease, baptized Nov. 20, 1608.
There is no record of the baptism of Robert, the other son mentioned
in the will, and Mr. Somerby thinks he must have been baptized in some
other parish.
It would be imprudent to assert positively that the John and Robert
whose names are in the will, are the same who came in the Francis ; but
it seems not improbable that Great Baddow is the locality, and the family
of Robert Pease that to which the ancestry of the family may be traced.
Great Baddow is in what is called the Hundred of Chelmsford, about
thirty miles north-east from London, on the thoroughfare to Ipswich, the
most convenient place of embarkation from that neighborhood, and old
Norfolk and Essex here were settled chiefly by people from counties of
the same name in England.
Frederick S. Pease.
Albany, 21 January, 1856.
* Capt. Joshua Bangs is mentioned in his father's will, dated 16 April, 1706, and
recorded at Barnstable Registry. See also Smith and Deane's Journal, above men-
tioned, pp. 194, 251.
160 Black Lead Mine at Sturbridge. [April,
BLACK LEAD MINE AT STURBRIDGE.
This was first discovered by the Indians, who used the lead to paint
their faces. When John Oldham came to Connecticut river in 1633, he
carried back, as Winthrop informs us, "some black lead, whereof the In-
dians told him there was a whole rock." In 1644, the General Court
granted to John Winthrop, Jr. " the hill at Tantousq, about 60 miles west-
ward of Boston, in which the black lead is," and gave him liberty to pur-
chase some land there of the Indians. The Winthrops subsequently pos-
sessed at Tantousq four miles square. John Chandler, Jr., a surveyor,
measured the land in 1728. He called the place " Tanteusque, or the
Black Lead Mines." When Sturhridge was incorpoiated in 1738, the
four miles square were a part of it.
Near two hundred years ago, some enterprising men in Boston expend-
ed a large sum at this mine. I find in an account book of John Pynchon,
of Springfield, that Mr. William Payne and Capt. Thomas Clarke, of Bos-
ton, employed men to work at the black lead mine, in 1657, 1658, and
1659, and perhaps some years later ; and that Mr. Pynchon procured pro-
visions for them, and paid the workmen a considerable amount from his
shop of goods. Mr. Winthrop is noticed two or three times as giving
orders, but all the charges are made against Payne and Clarke, and they
paid Pynchon's bills, in goods, at Boston. The name of the principal
workman, or overseer, was William Deins. Pork, bacon, peas, bread,
flour, Indian meal, cheese, &c, were conveyed from Springfield to the
mine on horseback. Pynchon's agency ceased in 1659, but the work
may have been carried on some years longer, or until 1663. In October
and November of that year, two yokes of oxen, two cows, a mare and colt,
and a sow, all belonging to Capt. Thomas Clarke, were brought to Spring-
field, where some were sold and others wintered. If they came from the
black lead mine, it may be inferred that there was a house and barn, and
some land cleared and cultivated, at Tantousque. Capt. Clarke was en-
gaged in other enterprises, and these animals may have been driven '
from another place. But there must have been a house of some kind
at the mine.
In 1658 Pynchon purchased in Springfield 26 barrels for black lead,
and Payne and Clarke paid for them. It is probable that these barrels,
and many more, were filled with black lead at Springfield ; and that it
was sent to Boston, and thence to England. But I know not how it
was disposed of.
In July, 1675, Ephraim Curtis, who was sent by the Governor and
Council, to see what the Nipmuck Indians were doing, came, he says,
"to the lead mine by Springfield old road, where he saw new footing
of Indians." This seems to be the road from Springfield to the mine.
In the records of Windsor, " a path near the mountains leading to the
lead mines," east of East Windsor, is noticed in the 17th century.
The noise of industrious laborers was heard in the forests of Stur-
bridge, before white men had taken possession of Norwich and Brook-
field. S. J. of Northampton.
1856.] Births, Marriages and Deaths in Maiden. 161
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS IN MALDEN.
[The following is a corrected copy of the list of births, marriages and deaths in
Maiden, which appeared jn the Register for 1852, p. 335, taken from the first and sixth
volumes of the Middlesex Probate Records, at East Cambridge.* It will be seen, that
the former transcriber took the liberty of giving the name of the month, instead of
its numeral. Unfortunately, he mistook the old style for the new, calling the 2 d mo.
Feb*., the 3 d mo. March, &c, thereby, unintentionally, making a birth, marriage or
death to have occurred two months before the actual time. Other errors in names,
dates, &c, it is unnecessary to mention. — w. b. t.]
Sarah Dickerman daughter of Thomas
Lidea daughter of Thomas Dickerman
Mary Tuffis of Peeter Tuffis
Mary Atvvood of Philip Attwood
Thomas Birditt of Robert Birditt
Joseph Hills sonne of Josep Hills Jun r
Mary Haward of Sam 1 Hawara
Sarah Haward da. of Sam 1 Haward
Tho: Greene son of Th Green Jun r
Mercy Wiglesworth daughter of Michael
Hannah Wayte da. of Jn° Wayte
Mary Peirce da. of Sam 1 Peirce
Hannah Birdit daughter of Robert Bird 4 .
Hannah Bunker da. of Jn° Bunker
Hannah Hills da. of Joseph Hills Jun r
Jonaih. Sprague sonne of Jn° Sprague
Deborah Hill da. of Joseph Hills sen r
Jacob Hills of Abram Hills
Edwd d Bucknam of Willm Bucknam
Triall Lewis daugh: of Jn° Lewis
Benj. Mussey sonne of Benj. Mussey
Jonath. Tuffts sonne of Peter Tuffts
Thorn 8 Dickerman so: of Tho: Dickerm
Thomas Peirce sonne of Sam 1 Peirce
Mathew Luddington, son of W m Luddg.
Rebecca Lane da. of Job Lane
Samuel Mudge so: of Tho: Mudge
Jn° Paul sonne of Jn° Paul
Mehetabell Wayte da. of Jn° Wayte
Elizabeth Haward da. of Sam 1 Haward
Philip Attwood so: of Ph: Attwood
Abigail Hills da. of Joseph Hills sen r
Hannah Greene da. of Tho: Greene Jun r
Mary daughter of Jn° Bunker
John Greene sonne of Thomas Greene
Samuel Sprague of John Sprague
Joseph Mussey of Beniamin Mussey
John Peirce of Samuel Peirce
* There are two, or more, books of records of births, marriages and deaths in Maiden,
and other towns in Middlesex county, to be found in the office of the clerk of the courts
for Middlesex, as also, some lists in the office of the registry of deeds, of earlier, inter-
mediate, and of later dates, than those here given.
In the volumes of the Probate Records, above mentioned, are returns from the dif-
ferent towns in the county, like those furnished in the present article. — t.
day.
mo.
8
jeares
53
4
55
19
4
55
11
55
7
55
8
55
6
54
12
55
12
55
12
55
9
7
56
20
6
56
9
56
8
56
1
8
5?
56
1
1
7
5f
5f
57
11
57
16 :
2
■ 57
19
4
57
6
57
7
11
57
16 :
10
57
2
58
3
58
25
6
. 58
15 .
7 .
58
25
7
58
7
58
6
8
. 58
16
8
58
29
10
. 58
26
11
58
21
12
58
1
1
58
6
58
162
Births ) Marriages and Deaths in Maiden. [April,
Jos. Peirce of Samuel Peirce
Hannah Dickerman of Thomas Dickerman
Hannah Greene of Thomas Greene Jun r
Mary Winslade of John Winslade
Joanna Call of Thomas Call Jun r
Lidia Paul of John Paul
Samuel Sprague of Samuel Sprague
Jonathan Tufts of Peter Tufts
Thomas Wayte of John Wayte
John Lane of Job Lane
Mary Sprague of John Sprague
Willm Aug r of William Augur
John Bunker of John Bunker
Mary Nicholls of James Nicholls
MARRIAGES.
Jn° Bunker & Hannah Miller, by Mr No well
M r Joseph Hills sen r . & Hellen Adkinson, by Jos: Hills
Samuel Sprague & Rebecca
Thorn 8 Michell & Mary Molton, by M r Ri: Belling
Willm Leraby & Eliz: Felt, by M r Ri: Bellingham
Jn° Paul & Lidea Jenkins, by Leift: Marshall
Thomas Call, Jun r & E lidea Shep r dson, by M r Ri. Russell
Phineas Upham & Ruth Wood, by M r Richard Russell
Thomas Shepard & Hannah Ensigne, by Leiv: Marshall
Thomas Greene sen r & Francis Cooke, by Cap 1 Marshall
Willm Green & Elizabeth Wheeler, by Cap 1 Marshall
Willm Augur & Ruth Hill, by Cap*. Marshall
Job Lane & Anna Reyner, by Capt Walden
James Nicholls & Mary Felt, by M r Richard Russell
John Greene & Sarah Wheeler, by Cap 1 Johnson
Walter Power & Triall Shepard, by M r Thomas Danforth
Phineas Sprague & Mary Carrington by M r Richard Russell 11
DEATHES.
Elizabeth wife of Richard Adams
Mathew Luddington sonne of Willm
Jonathan Tuffts sonne of Peeter TufTts
Elizabeth Greene wife of Th. Greene sen r
Sam 1 . Bucknam son of W«» Bucknam
Rebecca Sprague da. of Sam 1 Sprague
John Paul son of Jno Paul
Grace Grover da. of Tho: Grover
Richard Cooke husband of Frances Cooke
Jn° Lewis husband of Mary Lewis
Hannah Greene daughter of Th: Greene Jun r
Sarah Lane wife of Job Lane abt 19 th of May 59.
John Pierce of Samuel Pierce
Jonathan Web
Theophilus Jenkins of Joel Jenkins
Widow Sarah Learned
John Bunker of John Bunker
Joannah Call wife of Thomas Call sen r
Elizab. Hay ward daughf of Sam 1 Hay ward
day.
mo. ;
6.
'ears.
59
27 .
10 .
59
24.
12 .
59
27
11
59
1
59
9
1
59
4
3
60
3
1
60
1
7
60
8
60
13
2
61
20
2
61
11
60
1
1
60
7 .
55
11 .
55
9
55
9
55
3
. 3
. 57
22
. 5
57
14
.2 .
58
19
: 9
58
05
.7
59
13
.7
. 59
7 .
10
. 59
7
. 60
2
. 60
18 .
10
. 60
11 .
1
. 60
1 11 .
10
.61
9
. 56
12
11
57
22
4
58
6
58
13
7
58
15
6
58
14
7
58
3
8
58
14
8
58
7
57
25
1
59
19
3
.59
6
. 59
7
58
15
. 5
. 60
24
. 11
. 60
27
. 11
. 60
30
. 11
. 60
13
. 12
. 60
1856.] Births, Marriages and Deaths in Maiden. 163
day. mo. year.
Thomas Grover 28 . 08 . 61
Returned by Jn° Wayte, Clarke.
Entre d & Recorded. By Thomas Danforth, Record 1 ".
BIRTHS.
William Bucknam son of Joses & Judith his wife Febr 22 1688
Anna Lynd, Daughter of Joseph & Elisabeth his wife b. 29 th May 1688
Joanna Daughter of Phineas and Sarah Sprague born 27 Aprill 1688
Elisabeth Daughter of Jonathan & Sarah Knowlton born 22 Aprill 1688
Elisabeth Daughter of Thomas & Hannah Burdit born Aug* 28 th 1688
Mehetabell Daughter of Tryall & Priscilla Newberry born Sept 7th 1688
Sam 11 of John & Lydia Sergeant born 15th 7 br 1688
Sarah of John & Hannah Chamberlaine born 25 : 9 br 1688
Elisabeth of Phillip & Elisabeth Couel born Jan 14th 1688-9
Sarah of Nathan 11 & Sarah Upham Born Jan 22 1688-9
Sam 11 son of Michael & Martha Wiglesworth Born Febr 4 1688-9
Sam son of Sam 11 & Sarah Sprague Born Febr. 2 1688-9
Benjamin son of James & Hannah Chadwick Born Febr. 2 1688-9
James of James & Hannah Nicholls Born Jan. 28 1688-9
John son of Stephen & Sarah Grover Born March 2 d 1689
Sarah of Joseph & Mary Serjant Born March 22 d 1689
Sarah of Phillip & Sarah Attwood Born Aprill 13th 1689
Sam 11 son of Thomas & Rebecca Newhall Born Aprill 26 th 1689
Jacob of Henry & Esther Green Born May 9 l h 1689
Nathan 11 of William & Elisabeth Green Septem br 28th 1689
Abigail of John & Mary Lynde born Octob r 4 th 1689
Joseph of Joseph & Elisabeth Floyde born Aug 8 ' 22 d 1689
Elisabeth of Joseph & Elisabeth Lampson Born Aug 81 29 1689
Benjamin of William & Mary Teale Born Novemb r 2 d 1689
John of Jonathan & Mary Sprague Born May 7th 1689
Mary of John & Elisabeth Sprague born Novemb r 27 l h 1689
Benjamin of John & Sarah Waite Born Octob r 27th 1689
Mary of Phineas & Mary Upham Born Novemb r 25 l h 1689
John of John & Mary Serjant Born x br 22 1689
Elisabeth of Thomas & Mary Green born x br 22 1689
Abigail of Phineas and Sarah Sprague born March 2 d 1690
John of John & Abigail Upham Born March 20, 1690
Hannah of Sam 11 & Sarah Lewis Born Decemb 1 " 12 th 1689
John of Jonathan & Sarah Knower born March 22 d 1689
Mary of Tryall and Priscilla Newberry born March 13 th 1689
Obadiah of Obadiah and Mary Jenkins Born Aprill 4 th 1690
Thomas of Thomas & Sarah'Oaks Born Aprill 2 d 1690
Isaac of Sam 11 and Mary Green born 20 May 1690
Joseph of Joseph & Mary Serjant Born 28th May 1690
John of Jonathan & Sarah Knower 22. 1690
Samuel of Andrew & Elisabeth Kenne born Octob 1 " 28 th 1690
John of John & Martha Pratt Born Augt 24th 1687
Martha of John & Martha Pratt Born Sept. 26th 1690
Mary of Thomas & Elisabeth Burditt Born x br 25th 1690
Esther of James & Abigail Nickolls born Jan. 5 th 1692
Ebenezer of John & Lydia Serjant Born Septemb r 25 th 1690
Peter of Joseph & Mercy Wayt Born Jan. 20 th 1689
Jonathan of Joseph & Mercy Wayt Born Febr. 24 th 1691
Joseph of Joseph & Elisabeth Lynde bom Septemb r 2 1690
164 Material for the History of Gray, Me. [April,
Nathan 11 of Thomas & Mary Skinner Born Jan. 27 lh 1686
Abigail of Thomas & Mary Skinner born Febr. 17 lh 1691
Ruth of Nathan 11 and Sarah Upham born Apnll 2- 1691
Abigail of James and Hannah Chad wick born" Febr. 4 th 1691
Simon of Simon & Sarah Grover born Aprill 26 th 1691
Jonathan of Jonathan & Elizabeth Howard born June 3 1691
Nathan 11 of Joseph & Elisabeth Floyde born 27: 3: 1691
Sam» of John & Abigail Upham born Aug 1 25 ,h 1691
Mary of William and Jane Ashfeild born x br . 20 lh 1691
Rachell of Phillip & Sarah Attwood born 9 br 15 th 1691
Martha of John & Ruth Mudge born x br 25 lh 1691
John of John and Rachell Floyd born Augs 1 29 th 1687
Rachell of John and Rachell Floyde born x br 25 th 1690
Sarah of John & Mary Serjant born Jan 23 1691
Sam 11 of John and Mary Lynde born 9 br 29 th 1690
Edward of Joses & Judeth Bucknam born 22 March 1692
MARRIAGES.
Joseph Wayt married to Mercy Tuft Octob r 24 th 1688
John Upham married to Abigail Haward Octob r 31 1688
Phillip Couell married to Elisabeth Atwood 9 br. 26 1688
Thomas Oaks married to Sarah TufTt May 22 1689
Jonathan Haward married to Elisabeth Lee 24 lh May 1690
Jacob Winslow married to Elisabeth Whittemore 26 May 1690
Joseph Baldwin married to Elesabeth Grover June 26 lh 1691
Sam" married to Elisabeth Upham Octob r 28 th 1691
John Lynde married to Elisabeth Green Aug 1 25 th 1691
Reced of Sam 11 Sprague Clerk of y e writts
and Entered p r Sam 11 Phipps Cler.
MATERIAL FOR THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF GRAY, ME.
Petition to the General Court in 1735.
fThe town of Gray is in Cumberland county, Maine; 17 miles north by west from
Portland, and 44 south-west from Augusta. Previous to its incorporation, in 1778, it
was "called New Boston, because most of its proprietors had their meetings and dwelt
in Boston." See Williamson's Maine, ii. 465. It was named Gray, for one of its
proprietors.]
To His Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq r ., Captain General, Governour
of His Majestys Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England,
and Hon b!e . the Councel And Representatives in the General Court,
Assembled in Boston the 28 of May, 1735
The Humble Petition of us the subscribers for ourselves and our asso-
ciates, being about sixty in Number, humbly sheweth, That many of us
have Large Familys and are much straitined for Land where we dwell,
and we do Greatly Desire & propose directly to Bring forward & settle a
Township of the Contents six miles square, Wherefore your Petitioners
humbly Pray that your Excellency and this Great & honourable Court or
Assembly will be Pleased to grant to your Petitioners a Township of the
Contents of six miles square at the Back or Rear of North Yarmouth, in
Casco Bay, the land there being suitable and very Commodius for a
Regular & Compact Township, being near and adjoyning to the Township
your Excellency and the General Assembly lately Granted to Cap 1 How-
ard & others, of Marblehead, and your Petitioners will, at our own Cost
& Charge, speedily build Houses, & Clear, fence in, an Improve the
1856.]
Material for the History of Gray, Me.
165
Land, and build a Meeting House for the Publick Worship of God, settle
an orthodox Minister and Provide for his Honb la support. And also Lay
out a suitable Lott for the first Minister, and another Lott for the Ministry,
and a Lott for the school, and with diligence Compleat the Regular &
Compact settlement of said Township with sixty Familys under such
Rules & Regulations as your Excellency Honors shall direct and order.
The Regular settlement of s d Township will Encourage and Greatly
strengthen the Frontiers of that part of the County, and be of Advantage
to the Province as well as to your Humble Petitioners.
Jon a Powers
John Hunt
Benj a Prescot
Zach y Chandler
Thomas Chandler
Samuel Doyle
John tTill
Gideon Powers
Samuel Jones
Noah Parker
Ebenezer Parker
John Fowles
Nat: Brewer
Thomas Willson
John Compton
Ed: Lutwitch
John Fowles, Jun r .
Nath 1 Litle
Zachy Chandler
Will" 1 Nichols
James Lawton
Isaac Stone
Sam 11 Carey
David Jeffries
Enoch Parker
John Hammond, Jun r
John Boydall
John Lee
Job Almy
Thomas Chandler
Sam 11 Hunt
Zachy Chandler
James Allen
Thomas Hammond
Silas Houghton
Jon a Chandler,
Rob 1 Auchmuty
Eph m Jones
Jos*: Richardson
Thorn 8 Jones
Isaac Litle
Benj a : Lee
Sami. Wilson
Consider Sopar
Luke Vardy
John Powell
Jon a : Daking
Job Lewis
Jacob Sheaf
John Smith
Elisha Bisby
Peter Combs
Dan" Weld
Will- Bant
Will- Dudly
In the House of Representatives Dec r 3 d , 1735, in answer To the Peti-
tion of Jon a : Powers, John Hunt, and others, Voted, that the Prayer of
the Petition be Granted and sent up for Concurrence. J. Quincy, Spk r .
In Council, March 27th, 173(3. Read & Concurred.
Simon Frost, Dep y Seer.
Consented to. J. Belcher.
A True Copy. Exam d by Simon Frost, Dep y Secr y .
The Proprietors Mett According to the order of the Honourable Court,
raised several Taxes for building a Meeting-House for the Publick Wor-
ship of God, and for Clearing the Rhodds, Building of Bridges, dec, to
the amount of a Considerable sum ; The Meeting House was accordingly
Built, and the Major Part of the Proprietors built Dwelling Houses on
theire Respective Lotts ; they also Agreed for the Building a saw Mill
for the Use of the Town, but the war Braking out they were all drove off,
and the Meeting House and all the Dwelling Houses & Bridges are since
Burnt, as I have been Credible Informed.
Since the war, the Proprietors Mett, Raised a Tax of 20\ Law 1 Money,
on each Proprietor, chose a Committee to renew the Bounds of the Towns
& home Lotts, who went down on s d . Bisseness & Reported to s d Proprie-
tors Accordingly. John Hill, Prop 1 Clark.
Suffolk, ss. Boston, 4 th April, 1751.
Jn° Hill, Esq., appeared & made solemn Oath that the above return
to the best of his knowledge just & true. Before me,
[Massachusetts Archives, vol. 1 16, p. 18. T. Hubbard, J. Peace.
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Ib6 Indian Names of the Months. [April,
INDIAN NAMES OF THE MONTHS.
On one of the first leaves of an account-book of William Pynchon of
Springfield, is the following account of the Indian "months or Moons, in
the handwriting of his son, John Pynchon, written about 1650 : —
" Papsapquoho and Lowatanassick, they say, are both one. And if
they be reckoned both for one, they reckon but twelve months to the
year as we do. And they make the year to begin in Squanni kesos,
as far as I yet can understand them, and so call the first month : —
1. Squanni kesos, part of April and part of May, when they set
Indian corn.
2. Moonesquanimock kesos, part of May and part of June, when
the women weed their corn.
3. Towwa kesos, part of June and part of July, when they hill In-
dian corn.
4. Matterllawaw kesos, when squashes are ripe and Indian beans be-
gin to be eatable.
5. Micheennee kesos, when the Indian corn is eatable.
6. Pohquitaqunk kesos, the middle between eating Indian corn and
harvest.
7. Pepewarr, because of white frosts on the grass and ground.
8. Qunni kesos. [No remarks on this month.
9. Papsapquoho, or about the 6th day of January ; Lowatanassick,
so called, because they account it the middle of winter.
10. Squochee kesos, because the sun hath strength to thaw.
11. Wapicummilcum, part of February and part of March, because
the ice in the river is all gone.
12. Namossack kesos, part of March and part of April, because of
catching fish."
Mr. Pynchon had another list of the Indian months, but part of the leaf
has been torn off, and only the following lines are left : —
Pepewar, November.
Qunni kesos, December.
Papsapquoho, January.
There are some errors in the explanation of the months. If the 9th
month began on the 6th of January, the 11th month could not have in-
cluded any part of Februaiy. It is not improbable that the notions of our
Indians, as to the division of time, were somewhat vague and indefinite.
In Long's " Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River," the names of
the Chippewa months or moons are given ; but the writer doubts their ac-
curacy, and says, " it may be questioned whether the Chippewas have any
well defined ideas on that subject."
Our Indians on Connecticut river, above Windsor, were Nipmucks.
The sound of the letter I is frequent in their language, though not used
by the Indians about Boston. The letter I is not found in Eliot's Indian
Bible. Kesos, the Nipmuck name of the moon, in Pynchon's Indian
months, is nearly the same with that of the Chippewas of the West, and
that of the Eastern Indians of Maine, but very different from the Indian
word for moon in Eliot and Roger Williams. S. J. of N.
1856.] Will of Peter Bulkely. 167
WILL OF PETER BULKELY.
I Peter Bulkely minister of the Word, being now in the Seventy six
yeare of my age, & ready to go the way of all flesh, do make this my last
Will, & testament as followeth, first I do hereby testifie unto all that I do
dy in the fayth of that Doctrine, which I have here preached in Concord,
among my hearers, testifying & sealing the same with this my last con-
fession, that it is the saveing truth of God, and therefore do humbly desire
of God, that those who have opposed & gaine sayed may in time bethink
themselves, & repent, that they may find mercy with the Lord in that be-
halfe, even the same mercy as I desire unto myne owne soul, desireing
also that though I have manifested much weakncs in my dispensacion, yet
the hearers would labor to express the power of what they have received,
so that both I and they may rejoice together in the day of Christ. Now
as touching my worldly estate which is now very little in comparison of
what it was, when I came first to this place, I do dispose thereof as fol-
loweth. first I do give unto my Sonne Edward Bulkely, (to whom I did
at the time of his mariage give such a portion as I was then able to give)
if he continue and stay in this land, these books, following, hereafter to
be set downe in a Schedule anexed to this my will, or if he should remove
from this Country to England then (instead of y e books) before expressed
in gerfall, and to be particularly named in the Schedule) I give unto him
five pounds of English money to be paid him there in England by my
Sonne John. Item, I do give unto my daughter in law, the widow of my
Sonne Thomas deceased, the vallue of one kovv, to be payd unto her by
my Executor hereafter named, only with this exception, that if her neces-
sity do require the same to be payd unto her while I am liveing, then that
so given in my life time, shall be instead of the other here before named,
to be payd by my Executor, and my Executor to be discharged of that
legasy. Item I do give to my Sonne Eliezur, either the farme which is
now used by Widow Goble, & her sonne Thomas Goble adjoining to Mrs.
Flents farme, or my mill here in the Towne, or the hundred acres of land
be the same more or less, which lyes at the neerer end of the great mead-
ow, & together with this land I do give him also twenty acres of meadow
liing towards the further end of the great meadow, beyond the poynt of
upland, which shooles down into the meadow, towards the River, one of
these three, namely either the farme, or the mill, or the hundred acres of
land with the twenty acres of meadow, I do hereby give unto my said
Sonne Eleezur but which of the three to settle upon him, I do not at pres-
ent resolve, but I leave the consideracion thereof to my Executor & the
overseers of this my will hereafter named desireing them to let him have
that which will be most usefull & profitable to him, when he is fit to make
use thereof. Item I do give & bequath to my Sonne Peter, the next in
vallew of these three things before named, so that when Eliezurs portion
is sett out, then the next in worth to be for Peter, and the third of the three
to remayne to those that shall inheritt mine house in which I do now live.
Item I do give to my Sonne John, Mr. Cartwright upon the Rhemish testa-
ment & Willetts Sinopsis. Item to my Sonne Joseph, Mr. Hildersham
upon the one & fiftieth psalme, and y e History of the Councell of Trent
in English, and Cornelius Tacitry [?] in English, & Mr. Bolton on Gen. 6 :
concerning a Christian walking with God. Item, I do bequeath to my
Lord Oliver, St. John Lord Cheif Justice of the Common pleas, my great
168 Will of Peter Bulkely. [April.
English Bible in folio which hath the letters of his name (O & G.) upon
the cover of it ; intreating him to accept this small token of my due love
which I owe unto him, and as a testimony of my thankfull acknowledge-
ment, of his kindness and bounty towards me, his liberality, having been a
great help & support unto me in these my later times, & many Straytes.
Item I do give unto my cousen Mr. Samuel Haugh Dr. Twisse in folio.
against the Arminians. Item I do give to my Daughter Dorothy, the hun-
dred & fifty pounds of English money which I have in England, in the
hands of my Sonne John, the most part thereof came to me and my wife by
the death of one of my wives Sisters, 1 mencion here £ 150. be the same
more or less, — and though I suppose it is some what more, but what it is in
just and exact account I do not know, but whatsoever it is, to my daughter
Dorothy I give it, which being lesser then to suffice for her suteable disposall
in marriage, I do therefore desire my wife when God shall take her to him-
selfe, to add something more to the said 150c£. as God shall enable her.
and in the meane time I will that if my Sonne John do make any profitt
thereof, that then not only the said 150c£. be it more or less, but the profit
of it also, shall be reserved to the increase of my daughters portion. The
rest of my Estate unbequeathed before, whether moveables or unmovea-
bles, as namely my house, land, whether granted me first by the Towne
or bought by money from others, cattle or money, or household stuffe, or
plate or whatsoever, I do give unto my dear wife, & her heirs by me be-
gotten, giving her power, hereby to dispose by sale or otherwise to her
benefitt of any part of the lands I have in the Towne (except before be-
queathed & given) to her owne benefitt as her need shall require. And
in case any of my children before named by me in this my will, to whom
I have bequeathed the legacies named, should prove disobedient to their
mother, or otherwise vitious & wicked [which God of his mercy prevent]
then I will that the legacy before bequeathed to any of them so proveing
disobedient & wicked shall be- wholly in the power of my said wife their
mother, to deale with them therein, as shee herselfe in christian wisedome
shall think meet either to give them their legacy, or to keep it to herselfe,
and my will further is that if any the three children before named, Eliezer,
Peter or Dorothy, should dy before their legacyes be paid them, that then
the legacy of the deceased shall go to the other two surviveing, if my wife
do not stand in need of it, but if shee do stand in need thereof, for her
necessary mainetenance, then she shall have power to take it to herselfe.
It may perhaps be expected that I should bequeath something to the Pub-
liquc use of the Countrey, which practice I wish were more observed then
it is by those that are of ability. But were my estate better then now it is,
I suppose I may be therein excused, in regard, of what I have done for-
merly in the beginning of these plantations, wherein what I have done,
some few do know, but I will here be sparcing therein. This only I know
and may say, that which I did then was an help to the wcake beginning,
which then were, more then what was then done, I do not thinke God re-
quires of me now, considering my wasted estate, which I have here con-
sumed, haveing little to leave to the children what God hath given me,
and to my pretious wife whose unfeigned piety : and singular grace of
God shincing in her, doth deserve more then I can do for her. Her &
her children l>\ me, I do now leave to the goodnes, and mercifull provi-
dence & care of God, my mercifull father in Christ Jesus, beseeching him
that as he hath given them to mec so he would take them again as a gift
from my hands, owncing them as his owne, being a father to the fathcrlesse,
1856.] Will of Peter Bulkely. 169
and a Judge unto the widow : to defend her case, in case any should go
about to do her wrong. And of this my will & testament, I do make my
loveing wife mine only Executrix, desireing my loveing Bretheren, Robert
Merriam & Luke Potter, the faythfull Deacons of our Church, & William
Hunt & Timothy Wheeler to be overseers of this my will, and to assist
my said wife in any thing wherein shee shall stand in need of their help,
giving to Robert Merriam Mr. Rutherfords treatise upon the woman of
Canaan, to Luke Potter Mr. Rutherfords upon the dying of Christ, on Jn<>.
12. To W m Hunt M r . Cooper on the 8 th chapter to the Romans, & To
Timothy Wheeler M r . Dike on Jeremiah 17 th concerning the deceitfulnes
of mans heart, which, small toakens, though the be unanswerable, to the
care or paynes they may meet with upon these occasions, yet my hope
and confidence is that they will afford there helpe herein, more out of
conscience towards God, then out of respect of reward from man. And
to this my last will & Testament, I have set my hand and seal, this four-
teenth day of Aprill in the year one thousand six hundred fifty and eight.
1658. By me Peter Bulkeley & a seale and 17 th of febr. in the same
year.
An addition to this my Will added Jan. 13. 1658. Be it known also,
that as a part of my will now written, I do add this namely that whereas I
have agreed for a sixteenth part of the mill and for a like sixtenth part in
the Iron Works which is now in frameing, I do give all my interest in both
these unto my beloved wife Peter Bulkely Jan. 13 : 1658.
A request to the overseers of this my will & testament, These I do
earnestly intreate not to suffer any material I or substantial! point of my
Will to be altered or changed, on any pretence whatsoever, especially, if
it do concerne my deare wife, whose interest & welfare I do cheifely
respect, so that be the pretence either coulor of law, or matter of con-
science, yet I desire them to maintain the substance of my Will as I have
set it downe, as being that I have herein discharged my duty to each one,
so farre as my weake decaied estate will beare in Witness whereof I have
here subscribed my name this 26 th of febr. 1858 :
By me Peter Bulkeley.
Witness hereof,
John Joanes, The names of the books which I bequeath
Thomas Bateman, to my Sonne Edward :
Thomas Browne. 1 : I give him all Piscators Commentaries
on the bible.
2 : Dr. Willett on Exod. & Levitt, on Sam. 1. 2. & on Daniell.
3 : Tarnovious in 2 vollums upon prophetas minores.
4 : Dr Owen, against the Arminians in 4°.
5 : I give him one part of the English anotations upon the bible, the
other part to be to my Son Gershom these my two Sons shall divide the
books between themselves and if they desire to have the whole, they may
join together in buying the whole and then they may divide those two as
they have done these of mine, & so each of them may have the whole
worke.
6 : Mr. Aynsworth notes upon the 5 books of Moses & upon the psalmes.
Item whereas I above bequeathed the vallew of one kow, to my daughter
in law the Widow of my Sonne Thomas, I do hereby discharge mine
Executor of that legacy, I haveing already disposed the vallew expressed
to her use and benefitt. Peter Bulkely.
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170 Juliana Berners. — The First Child born in Salem. [April,
The witnesses above written gave upon oath to the truth of this will, the
20 th of the 4 th mo. 1659. Before me Simon Willard.
Entered and Recorded, June 21, 1659.
By Thomas Danforth Recorder.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, ss. In Probate Office, March 3, A. D. 1849. I hereby
certify, that the foregoing is a true copy of the last will and testament of
Peter Bulkely, deceased, as by record appears in the first volume of Rec-
ords in said office, page 204. Isaac Fiske, Reg. of Probate.
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JULIANA BERNERS.
Mr. Drake : — To elucidate early times, the following, from Wright's
History of Essex, Eng., might not come amiss. Yours, T. L. T.
Juliana Berners, dau. of Sir James B., of the parish of Roding Berners,
(6 miles from Ongar and 27 from London,) has been celebrated by various
authors as very learned ; and, undoubtedly, she had the best education
that could be obtained in that age, as she was appointed prioress of Sope-
well nunnery, near St. Albans, some time before the year 1460. This
lady was exceedingly beautiful, and fond of masculine exercises, particu-
larly hunting and hawking. On these subjects, and on heraldry, she wrote
treatises, which were so popular that they were amongst the first printed
books in the English language, in the infancy of the art. Her death is
not recorded. Her works are, " The Treatyses perteynynge to Hawk-
ynge, Huntynge, and Fishynge with an Angle ;" and also a " Ryght noble
treatyse of the lyguage of cot armours, endynge with a treatise, which
specyfyeth of blazing of armys, Lond. 1496, fol." The first edition of
her treatise on hawking was printed at St. Albans in 1481. The book on
Armoury has, near its commencement, the following curious piece of
sacred heraldry : " of the offspring of the gentilman Jafeth," (she cer-
tainly meant Shem,) " came Habraham, Moyses, Aron, and the profettys ;
and also the Kyngs of the right lyne of Mary, of whom that gentilman
Jhesus was borne, very God and man ; after his manhode Kynge of the
land of Jude and of Jues, gentilman by his modre Mary, prince of cote
armure" &c. — Wright., vol. ii. p. 280.
THE FIRST CHILD BORN IN SALEM.
" The question whether John Massey or Roger Conant was the first child
born in Salem, formerly received considerable attention. Facts in the case
follow. January, 1640, Roger Conant had land, as the first born child of
Salem. John Massey petitioned, March, 1686, for the Ferry, as 4 the
oldest man, now living in Salem, that was born here.' March, 1704, the
first Church voted John Massey an old Bible, * he being considered the
first town born child.' The truth is, that Roger Conant was the first child
born in Salem. But as he and his father were set off to Beverly years be-
fore Massey's petition, the last person, when petitioning for the Ferry, was
the oldest man then living in Salem, who had his birth here. The phrase
in the Church Records, which represents Massey as the first born of this
town, seems to have been either a misconstruction of the words in his pe-
tition, or a mistake of tradition respecting him." — First Edition of Salem
Annals, p. 256. See Genealogical Register, Vol. X., p. 35 ; notice of Miles
Ward, from Boston Gaz. and News Letter, Sept. 6, 1764. J. B. F.
1S56.] Phineas Rice. 171
PHINEAS RICE.
Phineas Rice, b. Aug. 24, 1684, m. Elizabeth Willard, Oct. 2, 1707,
and, after residing at Sudbury about 18 years, removed to Stow, and
thence, in 1730, to Grafton, that part since included in Milibury, where
he continued to reside until his death.
The following notice of him appeared in a Boston newspaper, a few
days after his decease : —
" Grafton, September 5, 1768. — Mr. Phineas Rice died yesterday morn-
ing of a rose cancer, aged 86. It was upon his face ; and when it first
appeared was a small red spot, but grew to the size of a large hen's
egg, and eventually wholly prevented his taking any nourishment.
" He was a member of the church, and formerly of Stow, and many
years Representative from that town. He lived 50 years with his wife.
She died March 9, 1761. He has left at Sudbury a brother in his 90th
year, whose lady, near the same age, still survives. His posterity is not
very numerous. He was a gentleman of an enlarged soul, bright parts, a
penetrating wit, tenacious memory, well acquainted with men and books —
had he been favored with the advantages of a liberal education, per-
haps his superior had scarce been found in New England. His vigor
of body and powers of mind were remarkable in his advanced years, and
his reason continued to the last."
Mr. Rice was a proprietor of Grafton, and one of its early settlers ; a
patron of learning, and one of the subscribers for that excellent work,
Prince's Chronology. His brother, left at Sudbury in his 90th year,
was Jonathan Rice, b. March 26, 1679, married Anna Derby of Stow,
March 25, 1702, was Deacon of Sudbury Church, and d. June 7, 1772, in
his 94th year ; and his widow Anna, Dec. 23, 1773, in her 93d year,
having lived together in the married state upwards of 70 years.
They were the sons, and the 8th and 10th children of Joseph Rice, (b.
about 1637,) and his 4th wife, Sarah — perhaps Sarah Wheeler — he re-
sided at Sudbury, Marlborough, and Watertown ; and again at Marlborough,
1682, which he had left for a few years, on account of Indian hostilities —
he was living in 1685 — son of the Pilgrim, Edmund Rice, known as "old
Edmond" who, b. 1594, came from Barkhamstead, England, with wife
Tamasin and several children, and settled in Sudbury, that part now
Wayland, in 1639, and d. at Marlborough, May 3, 1663.
John Rice of Sudbury (now Wayland), was born about 1647, and
married Nov. 27, 1674, Tabitha, born 1655, daughter of John, and
granddaughter of Deacon Gregory Stone, who was admitted freeman
1636, and d. at Cambridge, Nov. 30, 1672, aged 82. John Rice was
son of Deacon Edward Rice of Sudbury and Marlborough, and grandson
of "old Edmond." He lived in Wayland, on the easterly side of the
road leading from Weston to Saxonville, and on part of the homestead
of his grandfather Rice.
At his request and that of his brother, Dea. Edmund Rice, living near
him, and in the old mansion-house, the selectmen of Sudbury, in 1710,
" laid out a way from John's house by Edmond's house to the Spring."
That way was accepted by the proprietors of Sudbury, and recorded in
their Book of Records.
John had no doubt long enjoyed the privilege of a way to that spring,
but both the brothers, having past the meridian of life, seem to have
172 Certificate from Mayor Ceely of Plymouth, Eng. [April.
thought it best to have a way to it laid out in their lifetime, and appear of
record thereafter; perhaps for peace sake among their children, after they
themselves were taken away.
They lived near each other, and died not far apart — John, Sept. 5, 1719,
aged 72, the eldest of eleven children, and Dea. Edmund, Sept. 25, 1719,
in his 66th year.
Large two-story houses now stand on the premises where they lived ;
and four or five rods westerly of where was Dea. Edmond's residence is
" the Spring," whose gushing waters flow, as of old, in an undiminished
volume, summer and winter, be the seasons wet or dry.
This opportunity is taken to make public the information that the Gen-
ealogical History of the Rice Family, containing an account of twelve
hundred families, consisting of six thousand individuals, descendants of
Edmund Rice, who settled at Sudbury in 1639, is completed, and awaits
the action of a Rice Publishing Committee.
Andrew H. Ward, West Neivton, Mass.
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COPY OF A CERTIFICATE FROM MAYOR CEELY OF
PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND, IN 1660.
To all Xtian people to whome this p r sent writinge of true testimoniall
shall come, or the same shall read, heare, or see. I Olliver Ceely,
M r chant, Maio r of the Burrough of Plymouth, in the Countie of Devon,
and one of the Justices of the peace within the same Burrough, doe here-
by Certifie and make knowne, That the bearer hereof, John Cooke, of
this Towne, is the Lawfull husband of Elizabeth, the sister of Christopher
Smith (as I am informed) in New England, lately deceased, and was
Carpenter of the Shipp Called the Walsingham, whereof one Richard
Taprell is Commander, which said Shipp was lately at Boston in New
England aforesaid. And I doe hereby alsoe further Certifie That the
writinge hereunto annexed was signed and sealed in my p r sence by the
said Elizabeth, and one Bridgett Jowle, of Plymouth, aforesaid, widdow,
another sister of the said Christopher Smith. In testimony whereof I
haue not only subscribed my name, but alsoe my seale of office haue
herevnto caused to bee affixed geoven the Ninth day of October, in the
Twelueth yeare of the Reigne of our Soveraigne Lord Charles the Sec-
ond, by the grace of God King of England, Scotland, France, and Ire-
land, defender of the Faith, &c. Annoq. domini 1660.
Ollyver Ceely Maior.
[The purport of the paper above alluded to, is, that Bridgett Jowle, of
Plymouth, widdow, and Elizabeth Cooke, (wife of John Cooke, also of
Plymouth, planter,) sisters of Christopher Smith, lately deceased in New
England, do constitute said Cooke their Lawful Attorney. Dated 9 Oct r
1660.
In the p r sence of Bridgett X Jowle
Nicholas Voysey* Elizabeth x Cooke.
William Browne.
See Abstract of the Will of Christopher Smith, in Register, vol. ix.,
p. 228.]
1856.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 173
ABSTRACTS FROM THE EARLIEST WILLS ON RECORD IN
THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, MASS.
[Prepared by Mr. William B. Trask, of Dorchester.]
[Continued from page 88.]
Anne Orgraue. — Inventory of the Goods of Ann Orgraue, deceased,
apprized 7 th May 1660, by Richard Wayte, Tho. Baker. Power of Ad-
ministration to y e Estate, graunted to Ann Carter, in behalfe of her selfe
& sister, Dorothy Post. Anne Carter deposed, that this is a true Inven-
tory of her Late Mother, Anne Orgraues Estate. Edw: Rawson,Record r .
Thomas Buckmaster. — Inventory of the Goods and Estate of Thomas
Buckmaster, of Boston, Carpinter, deceased, made and approved by Rich-
ard Sanford, Roher[f\ Meeres and John Starr, the 15 Dec 1 ". 1659. Am 1 .
<£39. 16.
1 Feb. 1659. Administracon to the Estate of Tho: Buckmaster Graunt-
ed to Mary, his Relict, who deposed the same day, Mentions Richard
Knight, bricklayer.
Bridget Busby. — Inventory of y e Goods of Bridgett Bushy, Lately
deceased, taken out the 3 July, 1660, by Edrnond Eddenden, Ben j amine
Negus. Power of Administration to y e Estate of Bredgett Busbie,
Granted to Abraham Busby, her sonne, 5 July 1660, & to p r forme y e
deede made & signed by her, 14 th May 1651.
Mathew Cushin. — This is to Certify the Honnored Court now As-
sembled in Boston, That our honnored Father, Mathew Cushin, who lately
departed this life, on the 30th day of Sep 1 last, being some whiles beefore
his decease sensible of his Inabillety, through Age, to make Improuement
of his estate for his and his Deare wiues, our honnored Mothers, liuely-
hood, did call vs, his sonns & sonne in Law, whose names are heare vn-
der written, together, And acquainted vs thai hee was desirous to set his
house in order, and on termes to settle his estate on those his Children,
and to giue vs possession of our seuerall portions, that is to say, that all
his Cattle and Lands, his dwelling house and orchard, with on Cowe ex-
cepted which hee reserued for his owne mother vse, dureing theire nat-
urall Hues, with the howse hold goods, after theire death, shuld allsoe fall
to vs, and bee deuided Amongst vs in proportion, Following, to DanieU,
his Eldest sonne, hee gaue all the lands, at present, hee paying out of the
same, after A double portion to himselfe was taken out, what shuild make
vp A single share to such of his Brothers as had not theire share, or that
the Cattle fell short of makeing theire shares ; and for that end valued
the Catle and Lands with what was in his sonn in Law, Mathias Briggs,
his hand, to c£155. DanieU to haue A duble portion, and the rest, share
and share Alike ; and soe, allsoe, after y r mothers decease, the house,
orchard, household goods, and Cowe, to bee diuided, DanieU to haue the
house and land at an equall value, and paying what it Amounted to more
(then his double part there from, to the rest, thay, allsoe, During his life,
paying vnto him, £\4, and theire mother after his death, .£12 in goods
and suitable pav, DanieU, £4. 6s. Sd. Jeremiah Cushin, £2. 2s. lOd. and
Mathias Briggs, his sonn in Law, to pay 25s. lOd. ; which we all in-
174 Abstracts of Early Wills. [April,
gaged to pcrforme, &c. [They desire that Power of Administration vpon
upon the Estate of said Matthew Gushing may be given to Daniell, his
eldest son, their Brother ; which request was granted 15 Nov 1 ". 1660.]
This Petition was signed by Daniell Cushin, Mathew Cushin, John Cushin,
Mathias Briggs, Jeremiah Cushin.
Inventory of the Estate, aprised by Mathew Cushin and his sonns, in
his life time. Amt. ,£155. Mentions, " a house Lott in Batchalers streete,
.solt mash bought of Wakly, lands bought of Edward Hubbert & W m
Johns" &c. On the 12 th Nov. 1660, the remainder of the Estate was
apprised by Mathew Hawke & Edmond Pitts. Amt. £92. Daniell
Cushin deposed, 15 Nov. [An addition was made to this Inventory, and
given in to the Court, 30th April, 1662, by Daniell Cushin. See Lib.
iv. fol. 88.]
Mrs. Mary Glover. — Inventory of y e Goods & Estate of Mrs Mary
Glover, y e wife of Mr Nath. Glover, deceased, taken by Roger Clap, &
John Gurnell, the 13 : 12 mo. 1659, by y e Request of the said Mrs
Glover. Amt. c£478. 01. 06. This Inventory waj presented to y e
County Court, by Mr Tho: Hinckley, on his marriage to Mary, y e
Relict of said Nathl. Glover. Debts due, to Quarter Master Smith,
Thomas Danford, Samuel Chandler. On the 31 Aug. 1660, the Court
made a Division of the Estate of said Nathl. Glover ; and the said Tho.
Hinckley, in right of Mary, y e Relict of said Nathl. Glover, now his wife,
to have one third of the said £478. 01. 06. the other two thirds, to the
Children of said Nathaniel. The Reversion left by y e Will of y e Late
Mr John Glover, & y e <£40 due from Mr Habucucke Glover, to be
devided amongst y e Children of Nathl. & theire mother. Mr Habuckuck
Glover & John Gurnell were by this Court appointed Guardians to y e said
Children ; & the Administratrix was required to deliver up the Remainder
of the Goods to the value of £65., or thereabouts, with y e Lands, to said
Guardians, in behalfe of y e Children, they Giueing security to y e Recorder,
for y e said £65., & the Increase thereof, with y e Increase of y e Lands to
Runne to y e benefitt of y e said Children, Mrs Anne Glover & Mr Haba-
cuck Glover engageing on their owne charge & account, without Looking
for satisfaction from y e children's Estates, to bring them vp to schoole, &
find them meate, drinck, & Cloaths, till they be fitt to be disposed of to
good trads. Debts of the Estate of Mr Nathl Glover, demanded of the
Administratrix, viz. : to Mr Patten, for sheepe & sugar ; to Goody
Humphreys, for y e childrens schooling ; to Goody Tappin, for y e Chil-
drens Hatts ; to Goody Dyer, for Weaving ; to Goody Swift, for Lyquo r ;
to y e Tucker ; to Mr Greenleife, for Dying ; to y e Shearman ; to Mr
Tyng, for sundry p r ticul r s ; to Hannah Tolman, for wages ; to Sam 11 Jones,
for tanning; to Sam 11 Chandler, &c. Amt. £14. 5. 1. Said ace 1 of
Debts presented by Mr Thomas Hinckley, 2 Nov. 1660.
Richard Rockwood. — Inventory of the estate of Richard Rockwood,
late of Braintry, deceased, the 7 : 6 : 60. Amt. £38. 03. 04. Payd oute
of this estate to his Dafter, in yarne, p l of a Cowe, &c, £3. 8s. to Good'
man Belcher, for rent of Land ,£1. 6. 8. ; to Dormon Dorneing, for bords,
£1. 5s. ; to Francis Gold, lbs.; to Richard Thayer, to satisfie for a Cow
that was killed, p r Jo : Rockwood, £4. 13s. &c. Elder Kingsly and Ann
Rockett deposed, 15 Nov. 1660.
1856.J Abstracts of Early Wills. 175
Capt. Thomas Thornhill. — May 4 th 1660. Debts oweing by the
deseased, amounting to c£130. 10. 01. Accounts examined by Thomas
Clarke & Edward Tyng, and the returne accepted by the Court, 31 Oct.
1660. Estate indebted to Thomas Weborne, Capt James Johnson, Edward
Co well, M r Robeurt Pateshall, John Poades, John Shaw, Capt Nicolas
Sharpley; Goodwife George, of Dorchester ; Goodman Rogers, Hudson
Leuerett, Theodor Atkingson, Josiph More ; Thomas Clarke, of Wenesc-
nitt; John Sunderland, Euen Thomas, Ann Prince, Mr. John JollifTe, Mr
Robert Gibbs, Mr Thomas Kellon, Arther Macon, Goodman Edmons ;
Goodman Johnson, of Piscataway ; Capt Thomas Clarke, Leift William
Hudson, Mr Scarlett, George Browne; Francis Gray, of Pascataway ;
Mary Palsgraue, Christopher Lawson, Mr John Woodmancey ; Robeurt
Worse, of Dorchester ; Leiut Dauis, of Yorke ; Nicolas Lawrance, Maior
Nicolas Shapley, George Walton, Jonathan Ransford, Good Mettem.
Whole Amt. c£130. 10. 01. To Funerall charges & his sickness, 17 pr
white gloues, £1. 15. 6.; 31 J yds of Corle for scarfes, £3. 10. 10J. ;
black & white ribbin ; 20 lb. of suger ; spice & suger Cakes ; 15 Gall, of
Wine, o£3. ; for making his graue, bell ringing and Recording his name
at death, 6. ; p d Rob 1 Browne, 4s. 6d. ; p d Goodman Mesinger, for Coffin
and rayles, £1. ; &c. &c. Amt. 120. 09. 06.J. Estate Creditor by a
debt in hands of Joss More, w ch is good ; by a hhd. of Rume and a hhd.
mallasses, Mr John Cutts rece d at Pascataqua. Doubtfull and desperate
debts of Henry Lamperry & Jeremiah Belcher.
Lib. iv. fol. 1 & 2, contains an Inventory of the Estate of the late Capt.
Tho. Thornehill, taken & appraised by Thomas Clarke, Joshua Scottow,
Chrispin Hooper, John Winslow, John Farnam, in 1660.
Mr Thomas Lake, Mr Jno Richards & Mr Tho. Leland, deposed, 31
Oct. 1660.
Mrs. Martha Coggan. — Inventory of her Estate, taken 29 8 mo. 1660,
by Peeler Oliuer, Thomas Bumsted, Thomas Clarke. Amt. £1030. 03.
Elder James Penn, and Deacon Richard Trusdale, deposed 31 Oct. 1660.
They are also impowered to sell goods & Lumber not fitt to bee kepte &
perishable, that damage may be prevented. Mention is made in the In-
ventory of " sister Robinson," brother John Coggan Sf his sisters Mary
and, Elizabeth. The farm at Rumly marsh, valued at ,£450. ; ^ of y e
mill at Charles towne, <£40. ; 500 Ackers of Land at Ouborne, =£10.
5 May 1662. Administration granted vnto Joseph Rocke, vpon the
Estate of Mr Jno Coggan, deceased, w ch was in possession of Elder
James Penn, & Deacon Richard Trusdall, being betrusted with y e said
Estate by the Court since the death of Mrs Martha Coggan, executrix
vnto her late husband. Lib. iv. fol. 88. Joseph Rocke deposes 19 Aug.
1662, that this is a true Inventory of the late Mr John & Mrs Martha
Coggan, his late father & mother. Caleb Coggan, son & heir of John &
Martha Coggan. A bill paid for his schooling ; 75 Acres of Land in
possession of farm 1 " Greene in Maiden.
Robert Battile. — Inventory of his Estate apprized by Nathaniell
Williams, & Arther Mason, 13th Nov. 1660. Debts dew from Mr
Josiph Rock, Mr William Dauis, Mr Mayo, &c. Leift Richard Cooke,
deposed, 14 Nov. 1660, to the truth of this Inventory of the Estate of the
late Robeart Battle.
Lib. iv. fol. 150, contains a list of the Creditors of the said Robt Battile,
176 Abstracts of Early Wills. [April,
given in 6 : 6 mo. 1663 by Edward Ting & Anth: Stoddard. Allowed
of by the Court, 7 Aug. 1663. The names of the Creditors, were, Mr
Henry Bridgham, Mr Ralph King, Mr Jerimy Hutchin, Mr Thomas Wells,
Mr Edmund GreenlefFe, Mr Edward Lane.
John Kingsbury. — Will of John Kingsbery, of Dedham, made 2: 10:
1659. Vnto Mr John Allen, our pastor, 40s. To my Bro. Josiph Kings-
bury, of Dedham, one booke, that is allready in his possition, beeing I)r
Prestons workes, Called Paules repentence, and one other booke, of Mr
Dyke, his worke, called the deceatfullnes of the hart, and allsoe, one other
booke, of Mr Cowpers worke vppon Rom : y e 8. I giue vnto John Kings-
bur a, my kinsman, the sonn of my Brother, Aforesayd, my bible and my
Psalme booke. I giue vnto Margrett, my well bee loued w r ife, the free
vse of all the rest of my estate, both reall and p r sonall, during her life.
I giue' vnto my wife, one halfe of my estate, to her and her heires for euer,
[to be at her disposal, & after her decease to be divided into two equal parts,
the one p* to be disposed of to the heires of my wife,] the other halfe, to be
disposed as followeth : — vnto John Kingsbery, <£15, when hee shall obtaine
the age of 21 yeares. I giue vnto Thomas Cooper, of Seacanque, my kins-
man, <£5, in consideration of requitall of such paynes as hee may be occa-
tioned by this my will. My mind is that after [the] Two Legacies last
mentioned are set out, the remainder of halfe of my estate, beeing distinct
from that half beefore giuen to my wife, shall bee deuided into soe many
equall p ls . that my kindsman, Henry Kingsbery, of Ipswich, and each of
the Children, sonnes and daufters of my Brother, Josiph Kingsbery, of Ded-
ham, may haue one equall p 1 ., and that my said brother, Josiph, may haue
two pts, that is to say, twice soe much as any of the other Legacies in this
diuision ; allways to bee vnderstood that I entend such and soe many of
them as shall bee then suruiueing when this deuision shall bee made, [to
be paid within 6 months after the decease of my wife.] If any of the
sonns of my Brother, Josiph, at that time shall not attaine the age of 21
yeares, my will is, that my Executors, shall, within the time of 6 months
beefore p r fixed, deliuer that p* beelonging to the Leegacies vnder age, to
my Brother, theire Father, for their vse. I Apointe my two Loueing
Frinds and Kinsmen, Thomas Fuller, of Dedham, and Thomas Cooper, of
Seacungne, to bee the executors of this my will.
John X Kingsbury.
Signed & sealed in the p r sents of us,
Eliazer Lusher. John Howard.
John Howard testified before Eleazer Lusher, Commiss 1 ". 16 : 8 mo :
1660. Capt Eliazer Lusher deposed, before Court, 16 Oct. 1660.
Inventory of the Estate, taken the 9 : 8 mo. 1660, by Thomas Fuller &
Thomas Cooper who deposed, before the Magistrates and Recorder, Eliazer
Lusher, Henry Chickering, John Gay, John Howard, 16 Oct. 1660.
Amt. of Inventory, c£405. 06. [In addition to Dr Preston's, Mr Cowper's,
Mr Dyke's, & Mr Burrowe's works, is mentioned " 9 other smale bookes,
some being very olde." An additional Inventory is recorded, 22 May,
1662. See Lib. iv. fol. 84-87.]
Mahalaleel Munnings. Inventory of Goods of y c Late Mahalaleel
Munnings, taken & prized by Capt. Thomas Clarke, Sergeant Nathaniel
Williams & Jno. Richards, the 6th of March, 1659-60. The Goods
1856.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 177
were prized according to their Cost in England, as p r invoyce, & are
bought at 40 p Cent.
Paid to Mr. Jn°. Cutts, Richard Cutis, & others, bills to ye value of
o£550.
Inventory of the Estate of Mahalalcel Munnings, in Dorchester, taken
23 : 5 : 1659-60, by Robert Voce, & William Robinson. Mr John
Wisewall, Administrator, Mentions in the Inventory, Henry Gernsey.
Lib. iv. fol. 93 — 101, contains a list of Debts of Mahaliell Munnings.
Mentions John Phillips, Hannah Bates, James Bates, John Capen,
Abraham Dickerman, Robin Wright, Richard Bull, John Blower, Wil-
liam Searge, Henry Douglas, Sami 1 . Chandler, Thomas Andrewes, Rich d .
Mason, sister Vpshall, Mr. Barnet, senior; my brother Smith, Robin Ma-
son, Nathaniell Robinson, Pollard & Burges, Samn Bruet & Sweete,
Obediah Ward, Jack, & Sam 11 Clement ; Mr. Barnet & Zechariah ;
Nicholas Cady, Syth & Rub ; Adams & Cushing ; Walker, Brickmaker ;
John Baker, Mr John Cutts, William Blanton, Thomas Makins, Mary-
King, Moses Gillman ; Mr. Peter Coffine, Thomas Burd, Mr. Robt
Cutts, John Rose, Job Judkins ; " yo r . wife Susanna" Robt Thorn-
ton, Thomas Good wine, Robin Thornton, Rich d Trusdall, Jn° Haw-
thorne, Robine Mason, William Trescott ; Adams, Shipp Carpenter ;
Thomas Trewbridge, Thomas Baker, Arthur Mason, Daniell Turrine,
John Harrison, Nathaniell Williams, Sam" Rigby ; little Davy, the Por-
ter; Stephen Spencer, Sam" Arnold, Anthony Checkley, Nicholas Clap,
Randell Nichols; James Knap, of Watertowne ; William Cowell ; Peter
Gee, at the Mackrell ; Alexander Adams, John Cole, Nath Fryer, Jn°.
Marshall, Jn° Lake, Rich d Woody & George Speere, Mr Joseph Moore,
&c, &c.
Creditors : — Mr Eliazer Mather, Mr Eliazar Way, vncle Withington,
&c. &c.
28 : 11 : 61. Edward Ting & Anthony Stoddard were appointed to
Audit the Accounts of Deacon John Wiswall as Creditor and Admin-
istrator to the Estate of Mahalaleel Munnings, who examined said Ac-
counts in the p r sence of Hannah, the Relict of Mahalaleel, 1 : 3mo.
1662. — See Reg. vol. vii. p. 273, and vol. viii. p. 75.
[Thus far Abstracts have been made from the Records of Suffolk
Wills, to page 352 of vol i., which contains nought but wills. Also, Ab-
stracts of all the Inventories contained in vols. ii. and iii., which are made
up of Inventories.]
Henry Webb. — I, Henry Webb, of Boston, merchant, being now in
good health, doe make this to be my last will. First, that my debts be
payde, in y e same kinde or specie that I haue, or shall be engaged vnto,
at y e time of my departure ; for present, I owe very little to Any. To
my only dau. Margaret, y e late wife of my deare sonne, Jacob Sheafe,
.£500, which she shall haue, with such further benefitt Accrewing to her
by Vertue of her Executrixshipp to this my will, withall that my store-
house, Already built at y e docke, withall wharfe libertys, And privileges
thereto belonging, dureing her widdowhood. But, my will is, that before
she enter into a second marriage, shee shall by hir selfe, or by him with
whom she Intends marriage, or other sufficient security, giue bond to y e
overseers of this my will, immediately after her death, to pay vnto them,
their heires or Assignes, y e said ,£500, with the true Vallue of y e benefit
of such surplusage, by virtue of hir Executrixshipp with the said ware-
house and land, to be giuen to such Child or Children as shee shall leaue
178 Abstracts of Early Wills. [Apm,
behind hir by a second or other marriage. But, in Case shee haue noe
more, or other child or Children then y e Children she had by my deare
Sonne, Jacob SheafFe, then the same in like good specie to be given to it
or them. I giue vnto my said dau. dureing hir life, y e vse of my man-
sion and now dwelling house, with the land Adjoyneing it, soe as shee
keepc it in due re pay re. Provided also, that shee lett hir dau. Elizabeth
Sheaffe, my Grand Childe, dureing that tearme, or vntill y e heire male
hereafter mentioned shall Come to enjoy it, haue the sole vse and benefit
of hir owne now dwelling house and land to it belonging, she keepeing
it in good Repay re. I giue vnto my said dau., as a further remembrance
of my deare loue to hir, y e two best peeces of Plate I had from Jamaica,
with my Couch, And best suite of damaske Table Cloath, napkins, and
Cupboard Cloath. I giue vnto my Grandchild, Elizabeth Sheaffe, =£500,
three whereof to be payde her in money or Beavor, y e other two, in good
pay equivalent thereto, at y e age of 21 yeares or day of marriage. 1
giue vnto my said grand childe, my mansion now dwelling house, with
y e yard, backe side, Garden and other buildings that shall be thereon at
my decease, Imediately after my decease and her marriage, Vnlesse her
mother, my dau., shall Chuse to live in it, and Instead thereof Giue her
the sole benefit of y e house and Lands shee Hues in, otherwise shee, y e
said Elizabeth, to Enjoy it, keepeing it in good repayre till y e heire male
shall Attayne y e Age of 21, or day of marriage, with consent of his pa-
rents, till when, I Alsoe giue' vnto my Grandchild all my Garden that
Adjoynes to Capt Leueretts land, with all my other lands at fort hill, my
third part of A saw mill at Yorke falls, with y e land, timber, Atensills,
priviledges, &c, and then I giue my said mansion house, lands at fort
hill, third part of saw mill, &c, to y e heires male of my said dau. Mar-
garett. [In case neither Margaret, Elizabeth, nor Mehitabel leave heirs,
then, said property to go] to y e President and fellowes of Harvard Col-
ledge, forever, to be Improued for y e best Vse and benefit of y e Fellowes
or scholars there, as my overseers, with the Cverseers of y e said Col-
ledge, shall determyne, always Provided, that out of y e Rents thereof
they bee kept in due repayre, And with y e residue of y e said Annuall
Rents, to promote y e best good of y e said Colledge. I further giue to my
Grand Child, Elizabeth Sheaffe, my ware house now let out to builde,
withall libertyes of yarde roome, and the way reserued to it, and free
wharfage on y e wharfe ; alsoe, y e vse of all my Plate, bedsted, Chayres,
stooles, and Table, dureing her life and y e nonage of y e heires male, or in
defect thereof, to y e female heires, besides y e plate, for my other house-
hould stufTe, linen, Chests, Trunks, &c, I giue to my Grand Childe,
Elizabeth, forever. [If Elizabeth or Mehittabeli die, before marriage,
the survivor shall be the heir to the others portion. If both die, their
mother to inherit, vnlesse she haue other children ; in that case, they to
be heirs to each other.] To my Grandchild, Mehittabeli, ,£400, in good
special pay, at my decease, to be put out for her best Advantage, till the
age of 21, or marriage, by my overseers, takeing good security for
y e same. To y° first sonne or dau., as God shall please to bestow on
my dau., Margaret, by a second or other marriage, <£400, to be putt out,
as is aboue expressed. Vnto my sister, Jane, y e late wife of my brother,
John Webb, of Titherly, in Hampshire, <£20, if shee be aliue at my de-
cease, to be payde vnto hir in England, shee running y e Riscoe of y e sea
for y e same, and y l it be donne by ,£10 a yeare. Vnto Elizabeth Black-
leach, wife of John Blackleach, ouer and aboue y e .£100, I promised hir,
1856.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 179
and A good part thereof Already payd, the summe of £40. more, Pro-
vided good security be Giuen to my overseers that after y e decease of
my said Couzin, Elizabeth Blackleach, hir dau. Elizabeth Blackleach,
shall haue the said £40.; and in case Elizabeth, y e dan., dye, then y e sayd
legaty, After y e mothers death, remayne to the next childe, y e said Eliza-
beth, y e mother, shall haue by y e said John Blackeleach, or other husband ;
and, in Case of noe Children, then to y e said Elizabeth, forever, said
legaty to be payd within two yeares after my decease. To my Couzin,
Francis Grunn, and hir two Children, Elizabeth And Jone Grunn, £80.
Apeece, to be payde within 12 mounthes after my decease, provided I doe
not giue y e whole, or part thereof, before my decease, and that security
be taken by my overseers for y e children Legatyes, and that y e mother
and Children shall be each others heires. To my late sister, Elizabeth
Sanfords sonnes, John and Samuell Sandford, each, £80. apeece, they
to be heires each to other; to be payde in good English goods, or other
good pay, within two yeares after my decease, Provided I giue not soe
much or part of it to one or other of them before. To my wiues sister,
Barbara Sewell, y e wife of Reinold Sewell, of Salisbury, Joyner, £20.,
to be payde hir within two yeares by .£10. p r . Annum, she running
y e Risco of y e sea for y e same. Vnto David Sewell and Elizabeth Seicell,
my late deare wiues Couzins, £8. apeece, to be payde within 12 monthe
after my decease, Provided, [as before,] and they to be heires each to
other, till they be married. Vnto Captayne Edward Hutchinsons eldest
sonne, that shall be liueing, as a token of my loue to his father, £50. in
very good English goods, at merchant prises, remembring y e Cordiall
Loue and kindnesse of his father towards mee and mine, in the tyme
of my troble and afflictions, which I mett with in y e dayes of my
Pilgrimage, not to be forgotten of me and mine ; which somme to
be payde in 12 monethes after my decease. Vnto my louing friend
Mr Edward Raivson, A small token as A gratuity of his Ainecient loue,
Viz 1 , that accompt, which is betwixt him and my selfe, as standeth due
on my booke of Accompt, at this present day, w ch summe I doe Remitt
Vnto him, and doe make that Ballance y e Valiue of £50. 1 giue vnto
y e Towne of Boston, y e full Valiue of £100, for A stocke, for y e benefit
of y e poore of y e Towne, either to provide Corne, provissions of wood or
Coale for y e winters season, out of y e Increase, or otherwise to build some
meet house for y e annual 1 Releife of such as y e select men of Boston,
from time to time, shall see meete, y e whole Towne EngageingTo mayn-
tayne y e principle, by reedifying in Case of fier, If before my decease I
shall not otherwise bestow y e like somme on y e said some, And Prouided,
y c Towne of Boston giue mee, or my Executrixes, firme Assurance of
my land I purchased, with my money, 18 yeeres since and Vpwards, on
fort hill, which if they refuse to doe, one three monethes after it is desired,
my will is, that legacy of ,£100, shall Cease, and be, with y e £20 I lent
to M r Stoddard for y e Towne house, be Repayed and Returne to my
Executrixes Vse, forever. I giue to my much Honnoured and Respected
M r Richard Bellingham, or to his wife, as a token of my respect and
loue, two Jacobus peeces of Gold. I giue vnto Harvard Colledge, Imme-
diately after my decease, my house And land which I lately purchased of
Henry Phillips, and was y e late house of Samuell Oliuer, deceased, with
such deed or deeds that Concerne the same, the yearely Rent whereof to
be improued, after y e due and necessary Repayres thereof is provided
for, to be foreuer, either for y e maintanace of some poore schollars, or oth-
180 Abstracts of Early Wills. [April,
crwise for y e best good of y e Colledge, to be Improued by tbe Care And
discreiion of y e President and overseers of y e Colledge, and Approbation
of y e overseers of this my will. I further giue vnto y e said Colledge, c£50
more, to be payd in speciall good pay within 12 moneth after my decease,
to be layd out by y e Approbation of my overseers, and y e overseers of y e
Colledge, in some pasture ground, or small house, that may yeeld yearly
Rent, to bee Improued, as aforesaid, and that both it, and y e house aboue
mentioned, may Continue as A yearly Incombe, for y e ends aforesaid, for-
euer. Vnto M r John Wilson, our Pastor, if then liueing, as A token of
my Respects to him, <£5, to be payde in good pay, within 12 mqnethes
after my decease ; to M r John Norton, our Teacher, if then liueing, as a
token of my Respects, £5 ; vnto M r Thomas Thatcher, Pastor of y e
Church of Christ in Weimouth, my Antient friend, as a token of my love,
£4 ; [each] to be payd as before. I giue vnto M r Mayo and M r Powell,
Elders of y e new Church, as a token of my Respects, £5, or 50s- apeece,
if then liueing within 12 monethes after my decease. Vnto M r Miller,
teacher at Barnstable, if then liueing, as a token of my love, £3, within
12 monethes after my decease. My deare dau., Margarett Sheaffe, and
my two grandchildren, Elizabeth and Mehittabell Shtaffe, Executrixes of
this my last will, giueing equally vnto them, after y e paym 1 . [of debts,
legacies, & funeral expenses] all my other estate, goods, debts, merchan-
dises, Shipps, Chatties, not formerly given, to be devided Amongst them,
part and part like. I giue vnto such servants as shall be with me at y e
time of my decease, £5 apeece, to be payd within 12 moneth, in Good
pay as before. I Appoynt my Friends, Edward Rawson, Elde r James
Penn, M r Anthony Stoddard and Cap 1 Edward Hutchinson, to be over-
seers of this my last will, and hereby giue vnto each of them, or as many
as shall be then here liueing, in English Gold, £5. Tn Testimony that
what is Contayned in y e flue sheets of paper, hereto Annexed, to y e end
of each sheete haueing subscribed my name, is my last Will, I haue sett
my hand and seale. 5 Aprill 1660.
In p r sence of Thomas Buttolph, Henry Webb.
Thomas Scolto, Samuell Robinson.
Thomas Buttolph and Thomas Scottow deposed 13 th Sep 1 1660 ; p r sent,
Hi. Bellingham, Dep* Gou r no r , Majo r Atherton, M T Russell, & Record 1 ".
Entered and Recorded 2 Nov r 1661, Edw Rawson, Record".
Inventory of the Estate taken 25 Sep 1 1660, by John Cullicke, Henry
Shrimpton, W m Davis. Amt. <£7819. 05. 02. Mentions, "Garden by
M r ' Richards, in y e Lane."
Mrs Margarett Sheaffe deposed, 29 Oct 1 * 1662* tct this Inventory of y«
Estate of y e late Henry Webb, her father.
Thomas Pigge. — Administration to the estate of the late Thomas
Pigge, of Dcdham, lately deceased, is Graunted to John Pigge, his
Brother, in behalfe of himselfe & his sisters. An Inventory of the Goods
was taken, 5: 7 mo : 1660. Am 1 , including debts, due £42. 3s. Sd. as
witnessed by Nathan Atdis & Peter Woodard.
John Pigg deposed, 30th Ocf 1660.
[In the original, on file, the name is written Pigg', Pigge, and Pidge.
See Will of Thomas Pig, the father, in the Register, Vol. iii., p. 78.]
[To be Continued.']
1856.]
Seekonk In scrip tio?is.
181
SEEKONK INSCRIPTIONS.
Providence, Jan. 29th, 1856.
Mr. S. G. Drake :
Dear Sir, — Ten years ago I copied from the grave stones in an old burying ground
situated at the head of Bullock's Cove, in the town of Seekonk — originally a part of
Rehoboth — several inscriptions, some of which you may deem of interest enough to
occupy a page of the Register.
The first that I give will be those of Thomas Willett and his wife. The head stones
of the Willetts are about six inches thick by fifteen inches wide, and are above the
ground about twenty inches ; they are rough, without attempt at ornament, except the
top being curved, the lettering being legible and tolerably well executed. I copied
precisely as the lines, figures, and capital letters are on the stones. J. A. Howland.
[Head Stone.]
1674.
Here lye h y e body
of y e Wor 1 Thomas
Willet esq r who died
Avgvst y e 4 th in y e 64 th
year of his age anno.
[Foot Stone.]
Who was the
first Mayor
of New York
& twice did
sustaine y l place.
In memory of
Lieut James
Brown who
died April 15 th
1718 in ye 60 th
year of his
Age
In Memory of Mr
Nathaniel Brown
died Novem r y e
13 th 1739 In ye 79 th
year of his age.
In memory of
Samuel Brown
Esq. Dec d June
y e 2 d 1752 in y e
76 year of
his Age
In Memory of Mr
Daniel Brown
Who Departed this Life
December 25 1750
[Head Stone.]
1699
Here lyeth y e body of
the vertvovs Mrs Mary
Willett wife to thomas
Willett esq r . who died
Janiary y e 8 th about y e 65 tl >
year of her age anno.
[Foot Stone.]
Daughter to
the Worn John
Brown esq.
Deceased.
In memory of
Mrs Margaret
Brown
Relict of Lieut James
Brown, Who died on
the 5 th Day of May
1741 in ve 85 th
y
year
of her age
In memory of
Hannah y e Wife
of Nathanael
Brown died
Novemr 1736
In y e 66 th year
of her age.
In memory of
Mrs Sarah Brown y e
Wife of Mr Samuel
Brown Died y e 9 th Day
of June 1740 in y e
58 th year of
her Age
182
Seekonk Inscriptions.
[April,
In Memory of
Mrs Kezia
Brown Wife
of Capt. Benjamin
Brown Dec d May
17 lh 1755 in y e 52 d
year of her age
Here lies inter dd
ye Body of Mi-
Nathan Brown
Dec d July y e 3^
1737 in y e 46 th year
of his age
Here lyeth
the Body of
Josiah Brown
died April ye 14th 1724
in y e 29 th year
of his age
In Memory of
Mrs Anna Brown
Relict of Samuel
Brown Esq 1 " Deed
January y e 2<*
1753 in ye 63^
year of her Age
In memory of
Dorothy Brown
Relect to Nathan
Brown of Rehoboth
She died Jancwary
28 th 1786 in ye
66 ,h year of
her age
Departed this life mid of your tears
Here I shall lie till Christ Appears
In Memory of Mr
Benjamin . Brown
Son of Capt Benjamin Brown
& Mrs Kezia his wife
Departed this Life on the
29 lh Day of October 1754
in y e 28 th year of his age.
My Beauty great is all quite gone
My flesh is wasted i o the Bone
My house is narrow now and throng
Nothing but truth comes from my tongue
And if you should see me this Day
I do not think but you would say
That I had never been a Man,
So much altered now I am.
For Gods sake pray th' Heavenly King
That he my Soul in Heaven would bring.
All they that pray and make Accord
For me unto my GOD and LORD
GOD place them in his Paradice
Wherein no wretched Caitiff Iks
GENEALOGICAL SUGGESTIONS.
Bolton, November 28th, 1855.
Mr. Editor, — Allow me through your valuable publication to suggest
to antiquaries and genealogists the following method of abbreviation
and nomenclature ; devised, some months since, for my own conve-
nience ; to avoid, in cases requiring it, tedious and perplexing repetitions
of the word great; and to obtain, as it seemed, greater clearness and
precision of ideas.
be styled father.
" " grandfather.
" " grandfather 1 .
« " grandfather 2 .
" " grandfather 3 ; &c.
grandfather two, and so on,
Let father
" grandfather
" great grandfather "
" great great grandfather "
u great great great grandfather "
As father is removed one generation,
it appears, accordingly, that to obtain the remove of any specified ances-
tor, after father, from the generation on the stage of life, it will only be
necessary to add 2 to the exponent of the word grandfather (0, or zero,
being understood to be the exponent where none is expressed.) Thus,
adding 2 to 0, grandfather is removed two generations ; grandfather 1
(l-p2=3) is removed 3 generations, &c. The facility with which such
a sys'em can be applied, and the increased clearness it will often give to
1856.] Genealogical Suggestions. 183
one's ideas, when looking up matters of general history, or particulars of
family descent, will be apparent to your readers, at a glance. It is ap-
plicable to ancestors of either sex, and, by a slight alteration, can be used
by one going down the stream of time, as well as up it. Thus, taking
any one person in the line of a family, we may reckon downward to his
son, grandson, grandson 1 , grandson 2 , and so on. A slight use of this
system will show any one how much trouble it saves.
I avail of this opportunity to tell you something about the old Records
of Marriages, Births, and Deaths, in this town, of which I was speaking
to you some time since. Like all records of the kind, they are often
consulted ; but the trouble of examining them, formerly, was great ;
inasmuch as, no order of time or of the alphabet being observed, there
was no system, or but the slightest, in the manner of entry. Marriages,
births and deaths, were all mingled up together. Up to the introduction
of the admirable new folio record-book, by authority of the State, in
1844, there were three books containing these important writings ; but
they were of different sizes and shapes, and two of them were old, much
injured, dirtied, and torn from frequent handling and the effects of time ;
and, moreover, the ink, in several places, was fast fading out.
It was seen, that, unless something were speedily done, these records
would become obliterated, or otherwise lost, and with them, perhaps,
much knowledge of interest and importance, not to be recovered else-
where. Accordingly, it was recommended to the town to have them
copied, suitably distributed into different compartments, and alphabeti-
cally arranged. The recommendation was heeded ; and the Town passed
a vote, in the spring of '54, to have the work done, appropriating $100
to the necessary expenses. The Committee intrusted with the matter
proceeded at once to the performance of their duty, procuring for its
execution the best record paper they could find in the market, bound in
handsome folio volumes with Russia backs.
The arranging, indexing, copying of our records of the kind indicated,
from the foundation of the town in 1738 to the spring of 1844, when
the State folio volume was introduced, is now nearly completed, — in a
few weeks, if no accident occur, will be so entirely. In consequence of
these measures, the gain in time and in saving of trouble, whenever it
becomes necessary to consult our books for genealogical items, is very
great. What formerly required hours of perplexing search can now be
obtained with entire ease in a few minutes ; and the danger of the loss of
important parts of our records is, so far as human precautions avail, in
large measure obviated. I relate, Mr. Editor, what our town has done,
in the hope that other towns may be induced, by the example, to go and
do likewise. Respectfully, yours,
R. S. Edes.*
Bovvers, Benamuel, Cambridge, 1673, sentenced to imprison 1 & fined
40s. for neglecting to at d . pub. worship & his family. — Orig. Paper.
* The records of births, marriages and deaths in Concord were collected, arranged
alphabetically, and copied, several years since, under the superintendence of Lemuel
Shattuck. Those of Lancaster and several other towns have also been transcribed
upon a similar plan. We commend the suggestions of Mr. Edes, in relation to public
records, to the careful consideration of all concerned ; and we cannot too earnestly
urge upon all towns to imitate the excellent example of Bolton. — Pub. Committee.
184 The New England Primer, fyc. [April,
THE NEW ENGLAND PRIMER AND NOTES ON THE DE-
SCENDANTS OF WILLIAM SARGENT.
Mr. Editor, — In a communication in the Hist, and Gen. Reg., vol. iii.
p. 209, concerning the New England Primer, it is stated that somebody
had been collecting copies of the various editions, and had not been able
to find any of an earlier date than 1775. I have one, in a good slate of
preservation, printed in 1761. It originally belonged to my grandfather,
Ezekiel Sargent, and afterward to my father, Ezekiel Sargent, who was
very careful to preserve it from injury. It contains the Assembly of
Divines, and Mr. Cotton's Catechism, and a dialogue between Christ,
Youth, and the Devil ; besides other matters usually contained in the
New England Primer. It is a Boston edition, " Printed by D. and J.
Kneeland, opposite to the Prison in Queen Street, for J. Winter, opposite
the King's Arms in Union Street. 1761."
Having been engaged for several years, when I had opportunity, in
collecting materials for a history and genealogy of William Sargent (an
early settler in Amesbury) and his descendants, I feel desirous of obtain-
ing any information which may assist me in the attainment of that object.
The following you are at liberty to use as you may think will best help
promote the object which I desire; a full genealogy of the Sargent
family.
William Sargent was one of twelve men who commenced a settlement
at Ipswich in 1633. He soon after went to Newbury, and in 1638 or
'39, he, with several other residents of Newbury, with the Rev. Stephen
Bachilor, commenced a settlement at Hampton. (Coffin's Hist. New-
bury, p. 29.) He soon after removed to Amesbury, at that time a part
of Salisbury, where he remained through life. He was one of the origi-
nal townsmen or commoners of Amesbury, and had several lots of land
assigned him at different times. He was one of the selectmen in 1667.
The name of his wife was Elizabeth. [Was she a daughter of John
Perkins? — Hist, and Gen. Reg., vol. 7, p. 357.] They had two sons
and several daughters. He died about 1675, aged 73. — Hist. Newbury,
p. 317.
Thomas 2 son of William 1 and Elisabeth, b. 11th 4 m. 1643, m. Rachel
Barnes 2nd, 1 m. 1667-8. They had several children. He died 27 Feb.
1705-6.
William 2 son of William 1 and Elisabeth, b. 2d 11 tin. 1645, m. Mary
Colby 23 Sept. 1668. Had several children. Their descendants are
numerous in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
Thomas 3 son of Thomas 2 and Rachel, b. 15 Nov. 1676, m. Mary
Stevens 17 Dec. 1702. Had six children, three sons and three daughters.
The daughters died in infancy. He died 1 May, 1719, and his widow
m. Nathan Webster, of Chester, N. H.
Christopher 4 son of Thomas 3 and Mary, b. 4 Aug. 1704, graduated at
Harvard University, 1725. Settled in the ministry at Methuen, Mass., 5
Nov. 1759, m. Susanna Peaslee of Haverhill, 22 Jan. 1729-30. She
was of the same family from whom the Hon. Charles H. Peaslee, Col-
lector of Customs in Boston, is a descendant. Rev. Christopher Sargent
died 20 March, 1790. They had twelve children. One son, Nathaniel
Peaslee Sargent, b. 2 Nov. 1731, graduated at Harvard University, 17f>0.
Commenced the practice of law in Haverhill, Mass., and rose to be Chief
1856.] The New England Primer, fyc. 185
Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. He m. Rhoda Barnard,
of Amesbury, 3 Feb. 1759. He died Oct. 1791.
Moses 4 son of Thomas 3 and Mary, b. 21 Aug. 1707, m. Sarah Bayley,
14 Aug. 1727. His descendants are numerous and very respectable.
Many of them reside at West Amesbury.
Stephen, 4 son of Thomas 3 and Mary, b. 14 Sept. 1710, m. Judith
Ordway, of West Newbury, 26 Sept. 1730. Chosen Deacon of the Second
Congregational Church in Amesbury, 10 May, 1757 ; died 2 Oct. 1773.
His widow died 4 June, 1790. They had fourteen children, six of whom
settled in Hopkinton, Warner, and New London, N. H.; one in Methuen,
Mass.; six in Amesbury (West) ; and one died young.
Ezekiel, 5 son of Stephen 4 and Judith, b. 12 March, 1748, m. Betsy
Kelly of Amesbury, 29 Sept. 1784. She was a sister of the late Rev.
John Kelly of Hampstead, N. H. Had eleven children, two of whom died
in infancy. He died 15 Sept. 1821. She died 26 July, 1846.
Ezekiel, 6 son of Ezekiel 5 and Betsy, b. 31 Aug. 1785, m. Susanna
Dow of Plaistow, N. H., 7 Nov. 1816. They had five children, two of
whom died in infancy. He died 10 June, 1845. His widow is living.
Darius, 7 son of Ezekiel 6 and Susanna, b. 25. March, 1820 ; m. Hannah
H. Gould, 31 Oct. 1849 ; one child, Hannah Elvira, b. 15 Oct. 1850.
Erastus, 7 son of Ezekiel 6 and Susanna, b. 10 April, 1823, m. Dorothy
Ann Goodwin ; three children.
Calvin, 7 son of Ezekiel 6 and Susanna, b. 9 Dec. 1828, m. Love Elvira
Gould ; one child.
I will now conclude by inquiring whether any of the following persons
were related to William Sargent, the early settler of Amesbury.
1st. Capt. Edward Sargent, who had children born in Saco in 1684
and '87, and in Portsmouth in 1689, and was living in Newbury in 1705.
— Coffin's Hist. Newbury, pp. 171 and 317.
2nd. William Sargent, who came from England in 1638, and settled
in Maiden. — Gen. Andrew's Chart of the Sargent Family.
3rd. William Sargent [Seargeant], an early settler in Gloucester,
(Hist, and Gen. Reg., vol. 4, p. 365), from whom several distinguished
families of the name of Sargent in Boston and vicinity are descendants.
4th. Jonathan Sargent, who was living and had children in Branford.
Ct., in 1651.— Hist, and Gen. Reg., vol. 9, p. 363.
5th. Rev. John Sargeant, who was born in Newark. N.J. , in 1710,
graduated at Yale College in 1729, and commenced a mission among the
Stockbridge Indians in 1734. (Was he a descendant of Jonathan Sargent
above mentioned?) The first settlers of Newark, N. J., were from Bran-
ford, Ct. — Hist, and Gen. Reg., vol. 8, p. 186.
Yours Respectfully, Darius Sargent.
H --»-•->-
Knox. — Boston, July 26. Last Saturday, Mr. Henry Knox of this
town, stationer, being a Fowling on Noddles Island, in discharging his
Piece at some game, it burst near the breech, whereby his left hand was
shattered in a very dangerous manner ; his little finger entirely tore
away, and the two adjoining ones were obliged to be cut off at the middle
joints ; his thumb and forefinger only remaining, and his hand being
otherwise so much hurt that it is feared whether these will be saved." —
New Hampshire Gazette, July 30, 1773.
12
186 Materials for the History of Grolon, Mass. [April,
MATERIALS FOR THE HISTORY OF GROTON, MASS.
[Communicated by Samuel A. Green, M. D.]
To his Excellency Joseph Dudley, Esq r . Cap 1 . General and Governor
in Chief in & over her Maj tics Provinces of the Massachusetts Bay & in
New England, To the Hon ble her Maj ties Council in s' 1 Province and to the
Hon ble the House of Representatives now convened in General Assembly
within & for said Province, Octob r 25 th , 1704.
The Humble Petition of John Shepley of Groton Sheweth
That when Major Taylor was at Groton, having drawn off most of his
men from the place and marched to Col. Tyng's — yo r Petitioner and
Thirteen men more being reaping & y e rest Warding in a ffield at Groton
afor ,d the Indians to the number of about twenty came upon them when
yor Petitioner and the restbestook themselves to their arms and three others
being along with yo r Petitioner, the Indians ran round the ffield & met
them & the s d Indians made severall shott att the English, but amongst
the rest one lusty stout Indian with a holland shirt on ran about 8 or 10
Rodd side by side with yo r Petitioner & the other 3 men in his Compa-
ny about 10 Rodd to the right hand of them when he fired upon us, and
as soon as he had fired yo r Petitioner fired being loaded with a slugg &
another of the company at the same time fired a bullet at him whereupon
the s d Indian fell down & cryed out. These now 3 of our first company
killed or carried away, Afterwards ye s'd Indian was found dead & a
slugg & bullet in his Body, his scalp being sent up to his Excellency by
Major Taylor.
Yor Petitioner therefore humbly prays yo r Excellency & Hon ble to take
the Premises in yo v Consideration and he may be allowed such Encourage-
ment for his service herein as the Laws allow, or as your Excellency &
Hon ble in yo r Wisdom shall seem meet.
And yo r Petitioner shall pray &c John Shepley.
Octob r 26 1704
In Council Read & sent down.
In the House of Representatives, Octob r 27, 1704
Read & Resolved that the sum of four pounds be allowed and paid out
of the Public Treasury to the Petitioner, and the like sum of four pounds
to Samuel Butterfield, who this House is informed did also assist in the
killing of the Indian, mentioned in the Petition, and that no other of further
sum be allowed for the killing of said Indian.
Jam* Converse Speaker
Sent up for Concurrence
in Council Read & Concurred. Is a Addington, Sec'y.
From Boston News Letter, Oct. 30th, 1704. No. 28.
On Wednesday night [Oct. 25 th ] an Englishman was kill'd in the
Woods at Groton by the Indians which were afterwards descryed in the
night by the Light of their Fires, by a Person Travailing from Groton to
Lancaster, and judged they might be about Thirty in number ; pursuit
was made after them, but none could be found.
Josiah Parker of Groton testifyes that he is very well acquainted w th y e
Indian now in prison named Jacob Nonantinooah & that he can say of his
certain knowledge y t he hath seen him every month since y e last Indian
warr begun, except it was when y° said Jacob was in y e Countrey service
1856.] Materials for the History of Groton, Mass. 187
under y e Comand of Cap 1 Noah Wiswall in y e years eighty nine & ninety ;
also if he be required he can produce severall y t can testify y e same.
Hee further saith that as far as it is possible to know an Indian he is a friend
to the English & hath manifested the same both in word an Action &
whereas severall of y e Inhabitants of Groton have been out in y e woods on
hunting they have taken this said Jacob w th them who in y e night hath
shown his care more than any of them in his watchfullness, expressing
himselfe to them that it did concern him so to do, for if they were surprised
by y e enemy Indians he should be worse dealt w th then the English ; also
many other Instances might be mentioned. Josiah Parker.
Groton, Decembr 8th 1691.
The testomoneys of Josiah Parker aged 36 : years : and of Joseph Parker
aged 40 years Thomas Tarball aged 25 : years or thereabouts ; testify con-
earning Jacob Indean now in prison ; that the two winters last past y e sd
Jacob has bin ginerally in our towne with his famely except when he was
out a hunting and then the s d Joseph Parker or s d Tarball were out with him
or some other Inglish men who have geeven s d Jacob a good coment as to
his care and wachfulnes as to y e enemy boath by night and day and by the
best inquiery that we can make s d Jacob has never bin out a hunting above
once without some English Companey with him & then he was not gon
above a fortnight and that was about two years sence : the which if caled
too am redy too testify upon oath pr me. Josiah Parker.
Groton, Decembr. 8^ 1691.
Concarning the man that has accused the Indeins in prison he is a man
litell to be credeted for on the 2 th day of this Instent at evening : Lef t Bow-
ers and I at Mr. Sumers'is at Charlestowne discoursing him namly Abraham
Miller about y e s d Indeans and teling him that he was mistaken for thes In-
deans ware not at Canedy at that time when he charged them ; s d Miller sd
louudes [aloud ?] that if ever he saw them Indeans again out of prison he
would kill them ; and being a litell cautioned to be sober-minded be broke
out with an oath that if he were but out of ye countrey himselfe : he wished
the Indeans would knock out the braines of every person in Newe England.
This was spoke before Mr. Sumers and his wife and severall others : y e s d
person being asked whether he was not in a passion some time after he Re-
plyed no he was of y e same mind still that if he was out of y e country he did
not care if all the Rest ware knocked their braines out. — to which if caled
to am redy too testify upon oath pr me Josiah Parker.
To the Constable of Groaten.
These require you in his Maj tie8 name to sumone & require John Page &
such other of y e towne, y l went up to inquire for y e catle at Pennicook pres-
ently on the death of the Englishman murthured by y c Indians there late-
ly in a drunken fitt, as is sayd & others y l you know to make their appear-
ances before the Generall [Court] now sitting in Boston on 27 th instant at
eight of y e clock in the rnorning to give in their evidences iny e case relating
to y e s d murther & y e occasion thereof by selling strong liquors & by whom
as they know or have heard making y e return of this warrant to the Secretary
at or before y l time hereof you are not to faile dated in Boston the 15 of
October 1668 — By the Court Edw Rawson, Secretary.
Thes thre men namely John Page [illegible] Thomas Tarball, Jun &
Joseph Blood [illegible] are commanded to apeare at the Generall Court
according to the premises by mee
Matthias Farnsworth Constable of Grawton.
1S8 Notices of Publications, [April,
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
[The Editor is responsible, unless otherwise designated, for these and other Notices.]
Family Memorials — Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the
early settlers of Watertoum, Massachusetts, including WaVham and
Weston ; to which is appended the early history of the toicn. With
Illustrations, Maps and Notes. Bv Henry Bond, M. D. Boston :
1855. 2 vols, in 1, 8vo. pp. 1094.
The readers of the Register are aware that Dr. Bond of Philadelphia has, for several
years past, been engaged in preparing a history of his native town ; and that he has
given special attention to the genealogy thereof. It was expected, from the thorough
manner in which he was conducting his researches, that his work would be a model in
its department ; and that all the accessible sources of historical and genealogical infor-
mation in relation to his subject would be exhausted. The work has now appeared,
and fully justifies these expectations. No work of the kind yet published is so full and
complete as this ; and it would be safe, we think, to predict that many years will elapse
before it will be surpassed or even equalled. Nearly one thousand octavo pages are
devoted to genealogy, and so compactly arranged is the matter on these pages that at
least twice the quantity ordinarily given on a page is contained on each of these. Sev-
eral of the genealogies are quite full. We notice especially those of the Bigelow,
Bright, Bond, Brown, Cooledge, Lawrence, Phillips, Saltonstall, Stearns, Warren, and
Whitney. The Avork is illustrated by several well executed engraved portraits of per-
sons connected with the history or genealogy of Watertown, viz. : Sir Richard Salton-
stall, the founder of Watertown, from a painting by Rembrandt; Thomas Bright,
alderman of Bury St. Edmund's, England, who died in 1587, and who is the ancestor
of the Bright family in New England; Rev. Samuel Phillips of Andover ; Hon. John
Phillips, first Mayor of Boston ; Thomas Bond ; Moses Brown ; William C. Richards,
and Benjamin Goddard.
Prom an excellent notice of this work in the New York Christian Inquirer, we quote
the following just remarks : —
" The development and progress of the people of such a town, for more than two
centuries, is a matter for philosophical contemplation. - It is an epitome of the growth
of the State, exhibited in minute particulars. First, a feeble band, soon sending out a
large emigration to settle the valley of the Connecticut; then gradually sending offsets
to help fill up the middle and western counties of their own province ; next furnishing
emigrants to New Hampshire and Vermont, and gradually progressing into western
New York and Ohio, till they cross the Mississippi. And we believe that thousands of
their children, in almost every State, may here find some record of their descent, and
many yet unborn will have cause to bless the memory of Dr. Bond for preserving the
record of the early settlers of Watertown ; while the time is not far distant when it will
be esteemed a greater honor to be a descendant of these men, than it ever was to be en-
rolled among the posterity of those Norman fillibusters who followed William the
Conqueror into England."
About one hundred pages are devoted to the early history and topography of Water-
town. The same thorough research and industry which the author has bestowed upon
the genealogical portion of his work are visible in this.
We hope that others will be stimulated by the example of Dr. Bond to preserve, be-
fore it is too late, the genealogy and history of other ancient New England towns ; for,
every year that such undertakings are delayed, the task becomes more difficult, and the
rcsuit less satisfactory. t
Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck, the Progenitor of the
Families in America that hare home his Name ; including an Introduc-
lion, and an Appendix containing Collateral Information. By Lemuel
Shattuck, Member of the Massachu. Hist. Society, and of the American
Antiquarian Society ; and one of the original Founders of the American
Statistical Association, and of the N. Eng. Hist.-Gen. Society, &c. &c.
Boston : Printed for the Family. 1855. 8vo. pp. 414.
Lemuel Shattuck, Esq., is too well known in the literary world to require from us
any notice of him, personally. His historical labors have been before the public above
1856.] Notices of Publications. 189
a quarter of a century, and as a statistician, his authority is of the highest character.
There is much of originality in whatever is undertaken by Mr. Shattuck, and he de-
serves more credit than he has received for the plans of registration adopted in this City
and Commonwealth. We state this, because we have seen a disposition in some quar-
ters to give the credit due to him to another.
Mr. Shattuck has cultivated a genealogical taste for many years ; not on account of
a family pride, but with the high purpose of turning it to the benefit of the human race
in general. This is ably shown in his Introductory Remarks, in which he takes a phil-
osophical and physiological view of the great aggregate of the knowledge to be«gained
from genealogical inquiries ; that thereby future generations may be able to deduce
results which may tend vastly to better their condition. Hence the work of Mr. Shat-
tuck will be to genealogists (of every name) what Sir Richard Hawkins's Voyage to
the South Sea is to every seaman, from highest to lowest, "a book of good counsel."
Of the plan adopted by the author in making up his work, (we mean the genealogical
part,) but few words only need be said. When one sets out in a new field of labor, the
nature of his undertaking often requires machinery hitherto unknown to enable him to
prosecute his work successfully. Hence the inventive powers arc called into exercise.
It would be remarkable indeed if a first attempt should prove to be perfect, in laying
down plans and rules where much complication is liable to arise. Mr. Shattuck early
invented a system for displaying extensive genealogies, which is quite simple, and has
been adopted by many. And while we believe it to be far better than most others, our
preference is decidedly in favor of that system generally adopted in the Register, and
perfectly carried out in the " Cushman Genealogy," published last year, and noticed in
the Register, Vol. IX. 369. It avoids the greatest amount of repetition ; its references
are more full and complete than any other, and every individual named in it is at once
an ocular key to all the rest.
There has been no genealogical work published, to our knowledge, in a more finished
and beautiful style than this before us. The " Shattuck Memorials" is indeed a finished
and elegant production, both intellectually and mechanically. It reflects credit alike
on the printers and the author. As a frontispiece to the work there is a finely engraved
portrait of the author, which we are happy to see, especially as it is an admirable like-
ness ; and we need not add that the work is indexed in a thorough manner.
It is desirable, if possible, to ascertain the origin of surnames, and we believe it can
be done in most cases. In the present case we do not find that the author has been able
to decide from what that of Shattuck is derived, and we take the liberty to suggest, that
it may be derived from a well known weapon of defence, many ages since. There was
a long sword or rapier called a tuck or tucke, so called as late as the " civil Avars" in
England, time of Charles I., as appears from Butler :
" The^e b»-ing primed, with force he labor'd
To free's sword from retentive scabbard:
And after many a painful pluck,
From rusty durance he bait'U tuck."
That this word tuck is not an invention of that wonderfully inventive genius Butler,
may be seen on a reference to Shakspeare's Twelfth Night, and to Milton's History of
England. Hence it is inferred, that the inventor or bearer of that weapon took its name;
and thus came the surname of Tucke. In process of time, the tuck w r as improved by
teeth being cut in one edge, in the manner of a saw; hence the saw-tuck; and, by an
easy transition, Shattuck.
A History of Natick, from its First Settlement in 1651 to the present
time ; with Notices of some of the first White Families, and also an
Account of the Centennial Celebration, Oct. 16, 1851, Rev. Mr. Hunfs
Address at the Consecration of Dell Park Cemetery, 8fc. SfC. Sfc. By
Oliver N. Bacon, Attorney at Law. Boston: 1856. 8vo. pp. 261.
On glancing at the title-page of this work, a New Englander would readily enough
understand that Natick is in Massachusetts ; but persons bora out of New England,
and know it only from their geographies or maps, might be at a loss as to what State
it is in. This is a common defect of the title-pages of our Local Histories.
The name of Old Natick will always call up associations of an interesting nature, and
we hail every new accession to its history with pleasure. We have had a small work
by Mr. William Biglow, entitled a History of Natick, and the Rev. Martin Moore de-
livered a Discourse, many years ago, upon the history of the town ; but this work by
Mr. Bacon is far more extensive than either or both the others. There is also much
relating to the history of Natick in Mr. Moore's other work, — the Life of John Eliot,
the Indian Apostle, and also in a life of that good man by Dr. Convers Francis.
190 Notices of Publications. [April,
Mr. Bacon has interspersed his work with several engravings, among which are por-
traits of the Rev. Martin Moore, the Rev. Samuel Hunt, the Rev. Elias Nason, the
Rev. Dr. Stowe, Chester Adams, Esq., Edward Walcott, Esq., and William Biglow,
Esq., with lively and interesting sketches of each of them.
A Pictorial History of the United States, for Schools and Families. By
Benson J. Lossing, Author of the Pictorial Field Book of the Revolu-
tion, &c. Illustrated by over 200 Engravings. New York. [No date.]
12mo. pp. 343.
We should he glad to see this little unpretending work introduced into every school
in the United States. Mr. Lossing is a good writer, and, as a dealer in facts, his works
already hefore the public prove his great care and fidelity in that branch of history.
The numerous little engravings on almost every page, being so beautifully executed,
that they are a great ornament to the work, as well as attractive to the student from
their prominence in the history. Although Mr. Lossing has comprised the history of
the United States, from the earliest to the present time, in a small duodecimo volume,
it comprises more matter, we believe, than is contained in two volumes of Mr. Ban-
croft's work on the same subject.
The Shelden Magazine : or, a Genealogical List of the Sheldens in Amer-
ica, with Biographical and Historical Notes, and Notices of other
Families with ivhich this intermarried. Embellished with Portraits
and Fac-Similes. By Rev. Henry Olcott Shelden, Cor. Mem. of N.
E. Hist. Genealogical Society. Londonville, Ashland Co., O. 1855.
8vo. pp. 41.
The author of the Shelden Magazine has been many years, certainly more than ten ,
collecting materials for a full history of his family in this country, as is set forth, in
part, in the title above transcribed. The short preface accompanying this number of
the " Magazine" explains the author's present position respecting his work. " After
the MS. has been in the hands of the printers more than three years, we commence the
publication of that part of the Shelden Magazine which comprises the list [of names.]
This is not the promised work, but a cheap proof edition of the list, which is sent to
the subscribers and others for corrections or additions. We rely upon their kindness to
examine those parts within their acquaintance, and to furnish those corrections and ad-
ditions in their power."
Mr. Shelden's address is " The Shelden Magazine, Sidney, O."
Letters and Papers relating chiefly to the Provincial History of Pennsyl-
vania, with some Notices of the Writers. Privately printed. Philadel-
phia : 1855. 12mo. pp. cxxxviii. 1st part, 312 in 2d part.
We are sorry that this work was privately printed, (which means that it was not
printed for sale), because it appears to be of sufficient interest to warrant an edition for
the public in general. It is composed of copies of original letters and papers, chiefly of .
the period preceding the American Revolution. Among the correspondence are letters f I
from Judge Shippen, Charles Thompson, Geo. Croghan, Robert H. Morris, Sir John
St. Clair, Col. Hugh Mercer, Gov. James Hamilton, Thomas Ponn, Judge Yeates,
Col. Laurens, &c. &c.
What renders these volumes peculiarly interesting is the " Genealogical Notices of
those Families whose members have, more or less, contributed to the Correspondence"
contained in the work. That of the Shippen Family is of much interest to New Eng-
land people, as Boston was the first place of residence, in this country, of the ancestor of
the family. Edward Shippen, born 1639, was at Boston, and a member of the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery Company in 1669. Taking the part of the Quakers, he was
banished and went to Philadelphia. He owned considerable property in Boston, among
which was a wharf (1679) between Eliakim Hutchinson's and Mr. John Woodmansey's.
See Hist, and Antiquities of Boston, p. 435.
The accompanying autograph of Edward ~/%^ <2 —P*/^
Shippen is from an original paper in the C (/WC/S J fj I IflW/fi tJ
possession of the writer of this notice. 1/ (/
1856.] Notices of Publications. 191
Ministry at Large. Fourteenth Annual Report of the Ministry at Large
in the City of Providence, presented and read, at a Public Meeting
held in Westminster Church, Sunday Evening, Jan. 27th, 1856. By
Edwin M. Stone. Providence : 1856. 8vo. pp. 20.
This, though but a tract, a " report," ought to be read by every one of the Providence
community. It would show them not only what is done, but what there is to do, or
what ought to be done, to better the condition of a very large class of people. It shows
too the great labors which devolve upon a Minister at Large, and his greater responsi-
bilities. A single extract will give some idea of the immense labor which Mr. Stone has
performed during the past year. He says, " I have received and decided upon 2500
applications for assistance. These were made at my office, and are exclusive of the
cases of want brought to light in my daily explorations. They show an increase of 800
over last year, and 1800 more than were registered in 1849. These applicants repre-
sented every conceivable phase of human life, from the modest, worthy destitute, to the
bold, impudent and abusive mendicant."
When a gentleman undertakes in such an unenviable service, it must be at a great
sacrifice, and the community should do everything in its power to sustain him, and en-
able him to ojXTatc to the best advantage.
An Address delivered at Camden, Maine, Sept. 11th, 1855, at the expi-
ration of Half a Century from the Organization of the First Congre-
gational Church in that Town. By Rev. B. C. Chase. Also, a Brief
Sketch of the Revival there in the year 1836 ; Names of Church Mem-
bers, Sfc. Boston : 1855. 8vo. pp. 28.
Camden is a modern town, having been settled in 1769, but not incorporated till 1791.
According to Williamson, it took its name from Lord Camden, " a parliamentary friend
of the Colonies." We had supposed, however, that it was named by a proprietor, who
had, in the revolutionary struggle, fought in the battle of Camden, in South Carolina,
under Gen. Gates ; but Mr. Williamson is probably right, although Lord Camden's
parliamentary friendship did not amount to much.
Mr. Chase's Address is quite a valuable beginning in the history of Camden. The
Sketch of the "Revival of 1836," is by the Rev. E. R. Hodgman, a gentleman who
possesses much antiquarian taste, and he has performed his work with judgment and
ability.
The Christian Mother. An Address, delivered in the First Church,
Brighton, Feb. 14, 1855, at the Funeral of Mrs. Susanna (Park)
Champney, icho died Feb. 10, in her 95th year. With an Appendix,
containing a Genealogical Notice of the Champney and Park Families.
By Frederic Augustus Whitney, Pastor of the Church. Boston :
1855. 8vo. pp. 36.
We have here an excellent Sermon, or rather Address, the first paragraph of which
cannot fail to bespeak for the work a careful perusal. As about 24 pages of the Address
are devoted to the genealogies mentioned in its title-page, we can give no synopsis of
that part of it ; but we must do the author the justice to say, we were not prepared to
see so large an amount of valuable matter in so few pages ; done in good taste, and, so
far as we can judge, with accuracy. Mr. Whitney is a Member of the New England
Hist. Gen. Society.
Mrs. Champney was a native of Brighton, was born Oct. 10th, 1760, was the dau. of
Thomas and Elizabeth (Harrington) Park, mar. Nathaniel, son of Solomon Champney,
2 Feb. 1792. For other facts we must refer our readers to Mr. Whitnev's work.
192
Marriages and Deaths.
[April,
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
MARRIAGES.
Edgerly, Mr. Josiah D., of Strafford,
N. H., to Susan M. Hill, of Nottingham,
N. H., at Neponset, 24 Jan.
Wilson, Mr. Simon S., to Mary Adelaide,
dau. of David Edgerly of Newburvport,
atN., 2 Oct. 1855.
Worthylake, Mr. Ephraim, to Rebecca,
eldest dau. of David Edgerly of New-
buryport, at N., 16 Oct, 1854.
DEATHS.
Alger, Cyrus, Esq., S. Boston, 4 Feb.,
ae. 74 ; a well known and enterprising
citizen ; was a memb. of the 1st Com-
mon Council of Boston, &c
Andrews, Asa, Esq. We have to chron-
icle this morning the death of another
aged man. The venerable Asa Andrews
died at his residence in Ipswich, Mass.,
on Sunday, the 13th inst., in the 94th
year of his age. He was the son of
Robert Andrews, and was born in that
part of Shrewsbury which is now within
the limits of Boylston, on the 11th of
May, 1762. His father was a native of
Boxford. His mother — who was a Brad-
street, a native of Topsfield — was a de-
scendant of Governor Bradstreet. Mr.
Andrews graduated at Harvard College
in 1783, and at the time of his death he
was the oldest surviving graduate of
Harvard, and the oldest man in Ipswich.
Among his classmates were the Hon.
Harrison Gray Otis and the Hon. Wil-
liam Prescott, of this city, and the Hon.
Ambrose Spencer, of Albany. He stud-
ied law with Gov. Strong, of Northamp-
ton. After completing his legal studies,
he opened an office in Ipswich, where he
resided during the remainder of his long
life. In 1796, he was appointed by
Washington Collector of the Port and
District of Ipswich, which office he held
until 1829, when he was removed by
Jackson. — Daily Advertiser, 15 Jan.
Angell, Mr. Randall, Burrillville, R. I.,
5 Sept., x. 87.
Balcii, Mr. Joseph, Johnston, N. Y., 5
Dec, 8b. 96, nearly; a soldier of the
Revolution.
Baldwin, Dr. Cyrus, Goodrich, Mich.,
29 Aug., vc. 81 ; a native of Worcester
county, Mass.
Baruer, Mr. Ebenezev, Palmer, 28 Nov.,
a). 92 ; a soldier of the Revolution.
Barker, Mrs. Ruth, Cornwall, Vt., 16
Dec, te. 88.
BEECHES, Mrs. Esther M., Hartford, Ct.,
15 Dec, 3d. 75; sister of Dr. Lyman
Beccher.
Belknap, John, Esq., at his residence,
Mount Vernon street, Boston, 8 Feb., in
his 80th year ; son of the eminent His-
torian, the Rev: Jeremy Belknap, D. D.
Bennett, Mrs. Catherine, New Glouces-
ter, Me., 2 Eeb., a3. 101 years, 2 months,
20 days ; widow of Mr. Francis Bennett.
Bissell, Mr. Thomas, S. Windsor, Ct.,
31 Dec, £e. 98 years, 29 days ; a pen-
sioner of the Revolution.
Blake, Mrs. Elizabeth, Boston, 16 Dec,
3d. 78 ; widow of Mr. James Blake.
Boutelle, Hon. Timothy, Waterville,
Me., 12 Nov., ae. 77.
Bowen, Daniel. The Philadelphia papers
announce the death of Daniel Bowen,
Esq., who was for a long series of years
a resident of Boston. He died in Phil-
adelphia on Friday last, the 29th of Feb-
ruary, at the advanced age of 96 years.
He was well known as the proprietor
of the Columbian Museum, a place
of amusement remembered by many
of our oldest citizens. S. G. Drake,
Esq., author of a history of Boston, a
valuable work now in press, has fur-
nished us in advance of publication, the
following account of the Museum, and
Mr. Bowen's connection with it : — In
1791, Mr. Bowen commenced an exhibi-
tion of wax figures opposite the Bunch
of Grapes in Ann street. In 1796 he
established the " Columbian Museum,"
at the corner of Bromfield and Tremont
streets. This was destroyed by fire on
the 15th of January, 1803, and in the
month of May of the same year, he
opened another at the corner of Milk
and Oliver streets. In 1806, Mr. Bowen
in connection with Mr. William M. S.
Doyle, erected an extensive building,
five stories in height, in Tremont street,
between the Chapel Burying-ground and
Court street. This was burnt on the
16th of January, 1807. Another small
edifice was soon erected on the same
spot, and this was kept up until the 1st
of January, 1825, when it was sold to
the proprietor of the New England Mu-
seum. — [Boston Daily Advertiser, 4
March, 1856.
Blanding, Mrs. Martha, Rehoboth, 28
Jan., a3. 95 ; widow of Col. Christopher
Blanding.
Bunker, Capt. Reuben R., Nantucket, 26
Nov., ae. 81.
Burrill, Mr. William, West Newbury,
2 Dec, ae, 93.
Butler, Mr. Jona., West Hartford, Ct.,
3 Dec, re. 86.
Butler, Mrs. Mary, Gardiner, Me., 10
Jan., 8B. 100 yrs. 6 mos. 17 days.
Carpenter, Dr. Elijah Woodward, Ber-
1856.]
Marriages and Deaths.
193
nardston, 28 Nov., 83. 67 ; son of a
revolutionary patriot, born in Brattle-
boro', Vt., 7 Sept. 1788, settled in Bcr-
nardston 1814, m. Vallona Slate, 1822,
who survives him. Being attentive to
his duties as a physieian, and at the
same time a close observer of nature,
his success was great, and his practice
of forty years gained him numerous
friends, and gave him a reputation to
which few attain.
Chadbourne, Iehabod R., of Eastport,
Me., 8 Dec, 83. 68.
Chamberlain, Mr. Calvin, Dudley, 26
Dec, as. 87.
Chaining, Edward Tyrrell, LL.D., Cam-
bridge, 8 Feb. 83. 65'; was Professor of
Rhetoric and Oratory in H. C. for 32
years. He was brother to the late Rev.
Win. E. Channing, D. D.
Ckoules, John Overton, D. D., N. York,
5 Jan., at the residence of Nelson Rob-
inson, Esq., 83. 55. He was a native of
Bristol, England ; came to the United
States in 1824; preached at New Bed-
ford, Mass., and at Buffalo, N. Y., but
had been for some time a resident of
Newport, R. L, where he first preached
after his arrival in this country. He
was also a teacher, an author, and edi-
tor of several historical works. His
remains were taken to Newport for in-
terment.
Clap, Miss Rebecca, Dorchester, 1 1 Dec,
3d. 71 1 years.
Clap.k, Mrs. Eunice, Plymouth, 22 Feb.,
83. 89.
Coffin, Mrs. Mary, Nantucket, 10 Dec,
a3. 86; widow of Mr. Obadiah Coffin.
Coit, Mr. Jonathan, N. London, 12 Dec,
33. 85.
Crane, Elijah, Esq., at Savannah, Ga.,
Jan., at an advanced age; an eminent
cotton merchant of that city. He was
of Canton, Mass.
Crawford, Hon. Theophilus, Putney, Vt.
10 Jan. 83. 91}.
Crocker, Mrs. Sarah K., Boston, 16 Jan.,
a3. 50 ; wife of Uriel Crocker, Esq., and
dan. of Deacon Elias Haskell.
Curtis, Mr. Charles, Swanville, Me., 14
Jan., a3. 95.
Cushing, Mr. Joseph, Marblehcad, 1 Jan.,
as. 99J years.
Dean, Nicholas, Esq., New York, 23 Dec,
83. 65 ; one of the most estimable citi-
zens of that city. He had held many
highly important offices, all of which he
discharged with a fidelity never sur-
passed. He was a corresponding mem-
ber of our N. E. Hist, and Gen. Soc, in
which he took a deep interest.
De Forest, Capt. Abel, Binghampton,
24 Dec. 1855, a3. 94 years and 8 months,
a soldier of the Revolution. Commo-
dore Isaac Hull served under him as a
common hand, when Capt. De Forest
was master of a vessel trading to the
West Indies.
Degrand, Peter Paul Francis, Boston, 23
Dec, 83. 68. He was born in Marseilles,
France, 7 March, 1787, but had resided in
Boston since the year 1804. Probably
no citizen was known to more people
than Mr. Degrand. Boston will long
feel the efficiency of his far-seeing pro-
jects and energetic actions. To him,
perhaps, more than to any other, is the
City indebted for the Western Railroad.
He left a large estate, much of which he
willed to public uses. He was interred
at Forest Hills. On the third of March,
his mansion house in Pinckney street
was sold for $15,000.
Dodd, Rev. Stephen, E. Haven, Ct., 5 Feb.,
83. 79, nearly ; a worthy and respectable
descendant of Daniel Dod, who settled
at Branford, Ct., 1644. Mr. Dodd was
born in Bloomfield, N. J., 8 March,
1777, son of Moses Dodd by Lois Crane.
He in. 1st, Phebe Peirson, 1799; 2d,
Abigail Ann Law, 1816; ordained 1803,
supplied two congregations in Carmel,
Dutchess co., N. Y., for seven years ;
removed to Waterbury, Ct., in 1810, and
to E. Haven in 1817, where he preached
till within a few years of his death. Mr.
Dodd was early given to genealogical
studies, and in 1824 published " The
East Haven Register," which contains a
history of the town and a genealogy of
its first settlers. In 1839, he published
a genealogy of the Dodd family. He was
one of the early corresponding members
of the New Eng. Hist. Gen. Soc, in
which he took great interest. He died
childless, leaving a handsome property,
above half of which he willed to pious uses.
Dunbar, Deacon Thomas, Canton, 8 Dec,
83. 80.
Edminster, Mr. Noah, Dixmont, Me.,
21 Dec, 83. 91 ; a soldier of the Revolu-
tion, and native of Maiden, Mass.
Ellis, Mrs. Martha May, Dedham, 15 Feb.,
83. 88 ; widow of Mr. Abner Ellis.
Field, Mrs. Edith, North Amherst, 7 Oct.,
83.98; formerly of Leverett.
Forbes, Mrs. Margaret, Milton Hill, 9
Feb., as. 83 ; mother of Robert B. and
J. M. Forbes of Boston, and sister of the
late Thomas H. Perkins. The only
member of that family now living, is Mrs.
Mary, widow of the late Dr. Benjamin
Abbot, of Phillips Academy of Exeter,
N. H.
Frye, Mrs. Margaret Ann Choate, Boston,
27 Feb., 83. 36 £ years ; wife of Mr. I. W.
Frye of the Boston Courier, and dau.
of Capt. Richard Picket, of Newburyport.
Gardner, Miss Mary, Dorchester, 6 Dec,
83. 86.
Gates, Michael, Palmer, 15 Dec 83. 92, a
pensioner of the Revolution.
Green leaf, Mrs. Mary Deming, Quincy,
194
Marriages and Deaths.
[April,
21 Feb., fc. 88 years, 9 months, widow
of the Hon. Thomas Greenleaf.
Hall, Adin, Esq., Boston, 4 Jan., ae. 64 ;
the well known real estate broker.
Harris, Thaddeus William, M. D., Cam-
bridge, 16 Jan., a?. 60. The well known
and highly popular Librarian of Har-
vard College, for about 25 years ; and
without a superior in the science of En-
tomology in either hemisphere, it is be-
lieved. He was son of the worthy and
Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris, D. D., of
Dorchester, and father of the late tal-
ented William Thaddeus Harris, of
whose death we were latelv called to give
an account. (See Reg. vol. ix. p. 99.)
Harrison, Maj. Thomas, Boston, 27 Jan.,
03. about 70 years ; an officer of the war
of 1812, into which he entered with much
enthusiasm, and earned a high reputa-
tion for bravery. His company con-
sisted of 96 men, With which he went
into the battle of Chippewa, all but 15
of whom were cut down in that bloody af-
fair, himself among the number ; though
severely wounded, his life was saved,
but he lost a limb. Maj. Harrison had
been connected with the Boston Custom
House many years previous to his death.
Hathaway, Mrs. Sarah, North Adams,
11 Jan., a?. 96!f years.
Mrs. Eliza H., Boston, 18
; wife of Dr. Daniel Hench-
Caroline Lee. The follow-
of this eletrant and gifted
Henchman,
Jan., 03. 56
man.
Hentz, Mrs.
ing notice
writer will be read with more than usu-
al interest at this time, when the hand of
death has set its signet upon one who
filled so high a place in the social and
literary world.
Mrs. Hentz, whose maiden name was
Caroline Lee Whiting, was a lineal de-
scendant of the Rev. Samuel Whiting,
the famous minister of Lynn, whose
history is so closely identified with early
colonial times. She was born in Lan-
caster, in this State, where some of her
relatives now reside, and was the daugh-
ter of Gen. John Whiting, who served
in the Revolutionary army, and who
died at Washington in 1810. She was
also a sister of the late Gen. Henry
Whiting, who was no less distinguished
for his services in the army, than for his
literary attainments.
In 1825 Miss Caroline Lee Whiting
married Mr. N. M. Hentz, a French gen-
tleman of accomplished and varied abil-
ities, whose contributions have enriched
the scientific literature of our day. Mr.
Hentz was associated with Mr. George
Bancroft, now the distinguished scholar
and historian, in the management of a
seminary of learning at Northampton.
While there, Mr. Hentz was invited to a
professorship in the College at Chapel
Hill, North Carolina, which invitation
he accepted, and with his gifted wife left
New England and remained at Chapel
Hill several years. From thence they
removed to Covington, Kentucky, and
here Mrs. Hentz wrote her successful
tragedy for a prize of five hundred dol-
lars, entitled "De Lara, or the Moorish
Bride." This play was perfonned many
nights with applause at the Arch Street
Theatre in Philadelphia. After residing
some time at Covington, Mr. Hentz with
his family removed to Cincinnati, where
Mrs. Hentz became distinguished in lite-
rary life. Subsequently they established
a flourishing Female Seminary at Flor-
ence, Alabama, and for nearly ten years
devoted their various and accomplished
powers to the education of young ladies.
In 1843 they transferred their school to
Tuscaloosa, Florida, and in 1848 made
their residence in Columbus, Georgia.
In addition to the tragedy of " De
Lara," Mrs. Hentz occupied her leisure
hours in contributing to various standard
periodicals;, and wrote "Lamorah, or the
Western Wilds," a tragedy which was
published. She also wrote a play en-
titled the "Countess of Wirtemburg,"
besides many elegant and beautiful prize
poems and fugitive pieces. For the last
eight years Mrs. Hentz has devoted her-
self almost entirely to prose writings,
and it is to these chiefly that she is in-
debted for that literary reputation which
places her in the first rank of female
writers. In 1846, she published "Aunt
Pattv's Scrap Bag," which was followed
in 1848 by the "Mob Cap;" "Linda"
appeared in 1850; "Rena, or the Snow
Bird," in 1851; "Marcus Warland, or
the Long Moss Spring," and "Eoline,
or Magnolia Vale," in 1852; "Wild
Jack" and "Helen and Arthur," in
1853. These works have sustained a
high reputation, and many successive
editions attest their great popularity. In
1854, Mrs. Hentz published " The Plant-
er's Northern Bride," in two volumes,
which gave to the world the high evi-
dence of her fascinating and gifted pow-
ers. After an absence of twenty years
And more from her New England home,
Mrs. Hentz came to the North upon a
visit, and spent a large portion of the
year 1854 at Boston and the neighboring
cities, and among her relatives, where
she endeared herself to all who came in
contact with her, by the elegance of her
manners, by her rare conversational
powers, and by the "winning graces of
her spirit."
It is generally true that "authors
should be read — not known." Mrs.
Hentz is an exception, for she was not
only gifted as a writer, but nature had
been lavish of gifts upon her outward
1856.]
Marriages and Deaths.
195
person. A distinguished and elegant
person, once writing about Mrs. Hentz,
used the following truthful language:
" Never met I a more fascinating per-
son. Mind is enthroned on her noble
brow, and beams in the flashing glances
of her radiant eyes. She is tall, grace-
ful and dignified, with that high-bred
manner which ever betokens gentle blood.
She has infinite tact and talent in con-
versation, and never speaks without
awakening interest. As I listened to
her elocment language I felt she was in-
deed worthy of the wreath of immortal-
ity which fame has given, in other days
and other lands, to a De Genlis, or to a
De Scvigne.
"She has great enthusiasm of charac-
ter, the enthusiasm described by Mad-
ame De Stael as "God within us" — the
love of the good, the holy, the beautiful.
She has neither pretension nor pedantry,
and although admirably accomplished,
and a perfect classic and belles-lettres
scholar, she has all the sweet simplicity
of an elegant woman. There is a refine-
ment, delicacy and poetic imagery in all
her historiettes, touchingly delightful. A
calm and holy religion is mirrored in
every page. The sorrow stricken mour-
ner finds therein the sweet and healing
balm of consolation, and the bitter tears
cease to flow when she points to that
better land, where the loved and the
lost arc awaiting for us. She exalts all
that is good, noble and generous in the
human heart, and gives to even the
clouds of existence a sunny softness,
like the dreamy light of a Claude Lor-
raine picture."
After lingering amid the homes and
haunts of her youth, recalling the days
of her girlhood in New England, Mrs.
Hentz returned to the home of her adop-
tion, leaving hosts of admirers and
friends at the North. During the spring
and summer of 1855, she devoted her-
self to the composition of her last work,
which has just now appeared, entitled
"Ernest Linwood." The telegraphic
message conveyed the sad tidings of her
death upon the very day when her pub-
lishers issued her new book ; and the
work is indeed worthy to be the crown-
ing act of a literary life of such varied
and rare accomplishments. Its closing
part seems written with a pen of proph-
ecy, foreshadowing her own departure.
As a novel, the work will take a per-
manent place in American literature.
"Ernest Linwood" exhibits the varied
talents of Mrs. Hentz in their highest
range, combining great vigor of thought
with graphic delineation of character,
— the most touching womanly sympa-
thies with the strongest vitality of genius
and boldness of conception. A high
moral, religious charm pervades the en-
tire work, imparting a glow to the finest
feelings of our nature ; and from the
beginning to the end of the work,
strength is added to strength, and beauty
to beauty. Its characters are finely
drawn, and Mrs. Hentz seems to have
dipped her pen in the fountains of the
human heart, and with a wizard's wand
laid bare the various and conflicting pas-
sions of our nature. The great moral
tone which is always found in all her
works, is powerfully predominant in
"Ernest Linwood."
In the full strength and prime of wo-
manhood, this accomplished and elegant
writer, after a life of such great useful-
ness and literary honor, has been called
away from earth. The devoted wife and
mother, the light of social life, the orna-
ment of the literary circle, has departed,
and her star shines with increased bril-
liancy amidst the surrounding gloom.
On the 6th inst. she was seized with
sickness, which proved to be pneumonia,
and all that affection and high medical
skill could do, was given to her. With
unclouded intellect, among her family
friends, she lingered until the 11th inst.,
and died at the residence of her son, Dr.
Charles A. Hentz, at Marianna, Fla.
This elegant woman, this gifted writer,
has departed ; but the music of her life
is still sounding its rich and sweetest
melody in our hearts. In her death she
exhibited what gave the crowning glory
to her life, — a high Christian faith ; and
and although living and dying in the
land of the orange and the magnolia
blossoms, she never forgot, in the admi-
ration bestowed upon her in Southern
homes, the graceful elms which wave
over the birthplace of her ancestors and
kindred, nor the winding river whose
rippling music found an echo in her
youthful heart.
Mrs. Hentz having been bom in the
year 1800, her age corresponds with that
of the century. Her pedigree will be
found accurately traced, in the paternal
line, in Mr. Drake's Hist, and Antiqui-
ties of Boston, p. 363.
Heyer, Mr. Conrad, Waldoboro', Me., 19
Feb., as. 106 yrs. 10 mos. 9 days. He
was the first white child born in that
tOAvn, and his parents were from Ger-
many. He served three years in the War
of Independence, was a Pensioner, and
voted at every presidential election since
the formation of the Federal Govern-
ment. — Transcript. For a more extend-
ed account of Mr. Heyer, see Eaton's
Annals of Warren, Me.
Hill, Walter R., Concord (Asylum) N,
H., 8 Dec, a3. 66 ; brother of the late
Gov. Isaac Hill. He had been insane
above 40 years.
196
Marriages
and Deaths.
[April,
Hinman, Mrs. Sarah, Southbury, Ct., 23
Jan., 03. 93 k yrs. ; widow of Col. Joel
, Hinman of the Revolution.
Howard, Hon. Asaph, Auburn, Me., 1
Jan., ae. 87 yrs. 10 mos. A native of
Bridgewater, Ms.
Jackson, Charles, LL.D., Boston, 13 Dec.,
ae. 80; one of the ablest and most hon-
ored members of the legal profession in
this part of the country. He was born
at Newburyport, 31 May, 1775, and was
the oldest son of Hon. Jona. Jackson,
prominent during the Revolutionary era.
Judge Jackson removed to Boston about
1810, and received the appointment of
Judge from Gov. Strong in 1813.
Loud, Mr. David, Braintree, 18 Dec. £e.
95 ; a pensioner of the Revolution.
Leonard, Mrs. Betsey, Keene, N. H., 7
Dec, a3. 100 years, 9 mos. and 10 days;
widow of Capt. John Leonard.
Morris, Commodore. We learn from
Washington that Commodore Charles
Morris, the head of the navy department
of ordnance and hydrography — the first
man in the navy list after Commodore
Stewart — died in that city on Sunday, of
pleurisy and inflammation of the lungs.
Commodore Morris was a native of Con-
necticut, and he entered the naval service
of the United States in 1799.
He was the first officer of the Constitu-
tion, when, under Capt. Hull, that ship
met the Guerriere, in the first real naval
action of the war of 1812, and to him
much is due for the result of the first
naval victory which conferred eclat upon
the arms of the United States on the sea,
and took away from the British navy the
inordinate proposition that it was " mis-
tress of the seas." Capt. Morris has
commanded at different naval stations,
always with great popularity. He was
a great man in the navy, and he leaves
verv few people equal to him. — Courier,
29 Jan., 1856.
Niles, Mrs. Hannah, Stoughton, 5 Dec,
03. 98 ; widow of Lieut. Nathl. Niles of
Randolph, and his third wife, whom he
m. 1 Aug., 1802. He was son of John
Niles 3d of Braintree, where he was
Capt., 1735, and a descendant of John,
who was of Braintree, 1639, and had a
son John b. 4 March, same year. Lieut.
Niles served through a great part of the
Revolutionary War ; a judicious officer.
He d. 1 Nov., 1817.
Olmstead, Mrs. J., Meriden, Ct., 3 Dec,
03. 90 ; widow of Mr. Thaddeus Olm-
stead, formerly of Ridgefield.
Pierce, Col. Jesse, Dorchester, 3 Feb., ae.
67 ; formerly of Stoughton. He was
many years a distinguished school teach-
er, and lately a prominent politician.
Prentiss, Mrs. Diantha A., Keene, N. EL,
1 March, 03. 74 ; wife of the Hon. John
Prentiss.
Prince, Mrs. Joanna, Beverly, 10 Jan. as.
90.
Read, Mr. William, New Haven, Ct., 1
Jan., 03. 91 ; a native of Attleboro'.
Roberts, Mrs. Elizabeth, Boston, 16 Dec,
ac. 81 years, 5 months.
Safford, Hon. Daniel, Boston, 3 Feb., o?.
63; widely known for his benevolence,
uprightness, and moral worth. He was
a self-made man ; his father was a farmer
of Hamilton. Daniel was born there,
13 Oct., 1792; came to Boston in 1803,
with but $20, and soon earned a charac-
ter by his attention to his business, (that
of a blacksmith,) and was successful in
maintaining it.
Savil, Mrs. Esther, Quincy, 7 Dec, 03.
89 1 ; Avidow of the late Deacon Samuel
Savil.
Sayward, Mrs. Abigail, Gloucester, 17
Dec, 03. 84£ years.
Seaver, Hon. Benjamin, of Boston, at
Roxbury, 14 Feb., in his 61st year. He
was a native of Roxbury, b. there 12
April, 1795, was brought up at the auc-
tion business in the well-known estab-
lishment of Whitwell, Bond & Co., and
finally became a partner in it, until its
failure in 1837. Soon after that he be-
came associated with a similar house,
which went under the name of Whitwell
& Seaver, and was chosen Mayor of the
City in 1852. Having been defeated of
an election in 1854, he soon after visited
Europe. Not being in sound health
since his return, he had not been much
in active business, living somewhat re-
tired, enjoying the society of his friends,
by whom he was much respected.
Shaw, David, Esq., Bath, Me., 22 Feb., 03.
91 £ years.
Shelton, Thomas J., Esq., Boston, 5 Jan.,
ae. 54 ; a substantial citizen, and an en-
terprising mechanic ; had held important
offices, and discharged them faithfully.
Sherman, Mr. Roger, New Haven, 5
March, ae. 88 ; the oldest male resident
of that place. He was son of the Hon.
Roger Sherman, one of the immortal
Signers of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence.
Skidmore, Mr. Timothy, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
8 Dec, 03. 95.
Sparhawk, Mrs. Abigail, Conway, N. H.,
4 Feb., 03. 85 ; widow of Geo. K. S., and
daughter of Hon. Daniel Humphreys of
Portsmouth, N. H.
Spofford, Miss Mary A., Groveland,
Feb., 03. 31 ; daughter of Dr. Jeremiah S.
of that town, and late a teacher in the
Bradford Female Seminary.
Stearns, Jacob, Esq., Boston, 10 Jan., ae.
82 ; born in Waltham, Ms., spent a long
life in business, and d. much respected.
Stevens, Miss Lavinia, Marlborough, 2
Dec, ae. 94£ years.
Swain, Levi, Esq., West Dedhara, 9 Feb.,
1856.]
Marriages and Deaths.
197
in his 96th year ; a soldier of the Revo-
lution.
Symmes, Mrs. Elizabeth, Ludlow, Vt., 25
Jan., ce. 91 ; widow of Wm. Symmes of
Boston, and last surviving sister of the
Hon. Benj. Russell, of old Columbian
" Ccntinel'."
Thomas, Mrs. Temperance, Lowell, 2 Mar.
at the great age of 103 yrs. 11 mos. and 4
days. She was born in Dover, N. II.,
28 March, 1752, and had been a widow
31 years. Her husband served in the
Revolutionary War, and she received a
pension. Mrs. Thomas descended from
a long-lived ancestry, and what is re-
markable all her eight children are still
living, as follows: Mrs. Abigail Edgerly
of Lowell, 76 ; Mrs. Olive Odiorne of
Portsmouth, N. II., and Mrs. Betsey
Thompson of Durham, N. H., (twins)
73 ; Mr. John Thomas of Glenlmrn, Me.,
71 ; Mr. Bradbury Thomas of Centre
Harbor, N. II., 68; Mrs. Ruhamah Edg-
erly of Lowell, 64 ; Mrs. Lovey West of
Lowell, 61 ; and Mr. William Thomas
of California, 57. There are 31 grand-
children living, 53 great-grandchildren,
and 6 great-great-grandchildren. — Cou-
rier, 6 March, 1856.
Tucke, Mr. Samuel J., Nantucket, 30
Dec, ae 88 years, 7 mos. and 26 days ;
for many years an active and well-known
merchant of Boston. The generation
who knew him best have now nearly all
passed away. Mr. Tucke was a man of
great benevolence, as many at this day
can bear testimony ; but he was doomed
to misfortunes, which commenced with
the embargo of 1809, and, although
broken in worldly estate, no misfortunes
could break his energy and perseverance.
The situation of his property was such,
that the war which followed the embargo
left him scarcely a wreck of his previous
fortune. To improve this he removed
to Baltimore in 1816, where he remained
five years. Erom that city he returned
to Boston, and a few years* later to Nan-
tucket, where he has since resided.
Mr. Tucke was the fourth child of the
Rev. John Tucke, the first settled minis-
ter of Epsom, N. H., and was grandson
of the Rev. John Tucke, of Gosport, N.
H. He married in 1791 Miss Judith
Gardner, daughter of Mr. Uriah Gardner,
2d, of Nantucket. She has been dead
eleven years ; having died 8 Jan., 1845.
She was a lady beloved in every com-
munity where it was her lot to be known.
The father of Mr. Tueke was a Chaplain
in the Army of the Revolution, and died
in the service of his country, leaving a
family of eight young children, of whom
the subject of this notice was the fourth,
and then but ten years of age. Of four
brothers, three died at sea or in foreign
countries.
Mr. Tucke was interested in the prop-
erty on Fort Hill, and when the square
was laid out there, he gave it the name
of Washington square. — Trans., 5 Jan.
The paternal ancestor of the subject
of this notice was Robert Tucke, who
came from Gorlston in the County of
Suffolk, England, probably in 1636;
was at Salem and Watertown, but set-
tled finally in Hampton, N. II., among
the first of the English who planted
there. He is styled Chirurgcon, Vintner
and Tailor, and died at Hampton, 4 Oct.,
1664. His widow, Joannah, died at, the
same place, 14 Feb., 1673. Children,
Robert, 2 left in Gorlston ; Elizabeth, 2 m.
John Sherburn of Hampton and Ports-
mouth ; Mary, 2 m. John Sanborn of
Hampton; Edward, 2 m. Mary, dau. of
Thomas 1'hilbrick, about 1647, and died
1653, leaving a son John. 3
Robert 2 of Gorlston had a son Wil-.
liam, 3 who heircd the estate of his grand-
father, Robert 1 of Hampton, and came
to New England. He settled in the
County of Essex, and is the ancestor of
the Tuckes in that County, and their
descendants.
John, 3 only surviving son of Edward,
m. Bethiah, dan. of Maurice Hobbs, sen.,
9 Jan., 1677 ; was a gentleman of much
consideration. (See Farmer and Moore's
Hist. Co'ls., [., 127.) He died 4 Jan.,
1742, as. 90 years; had been a Repre-
sentative, Town Clerk, Selectman, &c.
He had by wife Bethia, 8 children, the
youngest of whom, John, 4 b. at Hamp-
ton, 23 Aug., 1702, grad. H. C, 1723,
m. Mary, dau. of Dr. Benjamin Dole of
Hampton, ord. at Gosport, I. S., 26 July,
1732, d. there 12 Aug., 1773. (Sec Rejj.
vol. i., pp. 247-8.) His name is found
among the subscribers to Willard'sBody
of Divinity, and the copy of that work
which belonged to him is in the posses-
sion of a great-grandson, and also many
other of the books which composed his
extensive library. Mr. Tucke's wife d.
a few months before him, viz., 24 May,
1773. These were the grandparents of
the subject of this obituary.
Mr. Tucke 6 received the middle name
of Jones from his maternal grandfather,
Mr. Samuel Jones of Boston, whose only
daughter, Mary, m. the Rev. Samuel
Parsons of Rye, whose daughter Mary
was the mother of our subject.
The ingenious Mr. Joseph Henry
Tucke of London, England, is his son.
Upton, Mrs. Hannah. We announced in
the Daily Advertiser of yesterday, the
death of this venerable lady, which took
place in this city on Sunday last, the 2d
inst. Mrs. Upton was born in Mendon,
Mass., on the 27th of December, 1768,
and had therefore attained to the ad-
vanced age of 87 years. Her husband,
198
Philipse of Philipsburg.
[April,
Daniel Putnam Upton, Esq., who was a
native of Heading, Mass., and a graduate
of Harvard College in 1797, was a highly
respectable lawyer in Eastport, Me., but
he was taken from her at an early period
of his life, having died in his native
town, on the 31st of December, 1805, at
the age of 31 years. Since that time, a
period of more than half a century, Mrs.
Upton has remained a widow. She was
a person of rare intellectual endowments ;
gifted with uncommon conversational
powers; of a cheerful, happy tempera-
ment, and was ever a welcome guest
among her many relatives and friends.
Of a well cultivated mind and a reten-
tive memory, she had a distinct recollec-
tion of the events of the Revolutionary
"War, being one of the few of the sur-
viving links which connect that interest-
ing period, with the present age. She
took a deep interest in political matters,
and being a disciple of the Washington
school, she ever entertained a deep re-
gard for that party which adopted and
adhered to the principles of its founder.
She was well informed on the current
events of the day, having been an exten-
sive reader, until within a few years,
when the loss of her eyesight deprived
her of that privilege.
Her religious principles were of the
liberal class ; her life was unblemished
and exemplary, and she was truly a
good woman. She lived to a good old
age, and has at last passed away, leaving
an example worthy of imitation, and to
her friends and relatives the satisfaction
of reflecting that her life was a life well
spent.
Mrs. Upton was the mother of our
well-known and highly esteemed fellow-
citizen, the Hon. George B. Upton. —
Boston Daily Advertiser, 4 March, 1856.
Wait, Mrs. Mary, Windsor, Vt., 5 Dec,
ae. 88 ; the first female child born in
that place, and the second birth.
Walker, Hon. Timothy, Cincinnati, O.,
15 Jan., in his 54th year; was born in
Wilmington, Ms., 1 Dec, 1802; grad.
H. C, through which he was enabled to
pass by the compensation which he re-
ceived for translating the scientific French
works for Prof. Farrar. He was the
author of a Treatise on Geometry, used
as a Text Book in schools some 20 years
ago. In 1830 he removed to Cincinnati ;
m. Miss Anna L. Bryant in 1832 ; estab-
lished a Law School in Cincinnati ; ap-
pointed a Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas in 1842. There is an extended
Sketch of Judge Walker in Livingston's
Law Magazine.
Wentworth, Ichabod French, at Pitts-
field, Mass., 31 July, in his 78th year,
having been born at Coventry, Ct., 19
Oct., 1776. He was son of Ebenezer 4
Wentworth, who married Sarah French
of Coventry ; grandson of Ebenezer, 3
who manied Ann Haskin of Norwich,
Ct. ; and great-grandson of Elder Wil-
liam Went worth's son Paul, 2 Avhose wife
was Catherine , and who died at
Preston, Ct.
Weston, Mrs. Hannah, Jonesboro', Me.,
12 Dec, ae. 100.
Whiting, Rev. George B., Beirut, Syria,
of cholera, 8 Nov., 1855. He had been
a missionary in Syria about 26 years.
Wiggin, Mr. William, Lynn, 8 Feb., ae. 92.
Willard, Mr. Samuel, Lancaster, 1 Jan.,
83. 96.
Woodman, Mr. Jeremiah, Portland, Me.,
12 Dec, ae. 86.
< -»• — »
PHILIPSE OF PHILIPSBURG.
A few emendations to this article, which was inserted in the Register
for January, have been furnished by a member of the family.
Commencing on p. 26, line eleventh from bottom, when corrected, it will
read thus : —
2. Frederick Philipse, an officer in the British service, resident in
America, who married, first, his cousin Mary, daughter of Thomas Marston,
Esq., and, secondly, Maria, daughter of Samuel Kemble, niece to Lord
Gage. She was born in England, and was of English descent. (See
Family of Van Cortlandt.) Frederick Philipse died in 1829 ; his first wife,
Mary (Marston) died young, after giving birth to a daughter, Mary Philipse,
who married Samuel Gouveneur, by whom she had issue : —
1. Frederick Gouveneur.
2. Aldolphus N. Gouveneur married Mrs. Gill, and died Aug. 28,
1853, leaving a daughter, Mary Gouveneur, born January 8, 1852.
3. Samuel Mangin Warburton Gouveneur.
4. Margaret Philipse Gouveneur, married William Moore.
5. Mary Gouveneur, unmarried.
1856.] Officers of the Society, $*c. 199
OFFICERS OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL
SOCIETY FOR 1856.
President — William Whiting, Esq., of Roxbury.
Vice Presidents — Maine, Hon. William Willis of Portland ; New Hampshire,
Hon. Noah Martin of Dover ; Vermont, Rev. John Wheeler, D. D. of Burlington ;
Massachusetts, Hon. Timothy Farrar of Dorchester; Rhode Island, Hon. William R.
Staples of Providence ; and Connecticut, Rev. Leonard Bacon, D. D. of New Haven.
Honorary Vice Presidents — New York, Hon. Millard Fillmore of Buffalo ;
New Jersey, Rev. John L. Blake, D. D. of Orange ; Pennsylvania, Hon. Samuel Breck
of Philadelphia; Maryland, Sebastian F. Streeter, Esq. of Baltimore ; North Carolina,
Edward Kidder, Esq. of Wilmington ; South Carolina, Rev. Thomas Smyth, D. D. of
Charleston ; Ohio, Hon. Elijah Hayward of McConnellsville ; Michigan, Hon. Lewis
Cass of Detroit ; Indiana, Ballard Smith, Esq. of Cannelton ; Illinois, Hon. John
Wentworth of Chicago ; Wisconsin, Cyrus Woodman, Esq. of Mineral Point ; Iowa,
Right Rev. Henry W. Lee, D. D. of Davenport; and California, Andrew Randall,
Esq. of San Francisco.
Corresponding Secretary — Samuel G. Drake, Esq. of Boston.
Recording Secretary — Hon. Francis Brinley of Boston.
Treasurer — Mr. John Dean of Boston.
Librarian — Rev. Luther Farnham of Boston.
Historiographer — Joseph Palmer, M. D. of Boston.
Committee on Finance. — The Treasurer; Samuel Nicolson, Esq., Col. Samuel
Swett, and George W. Messenger, Esq. of Boston ; and Nathaniel Whiting, Esq. of
Watertown.
Committee on the Library — The Librarian ; Messrs. Thomas B. Wyman, Jr.
of Charlestown ; Charles II. Morse of Cambridge ; William II. Whitmore of Boston,
and William B. Trask of Dorchester.
Publishing Committee — Rev. William Jenks, D. D., Lemuel Shattuck, Esq.,
and Mr. John Dean, of Boston ; Rev. Alonzo H. Quint of Jamaica Plain ; William
Reed Deane, Esq. of Brookline; and James Spear Loring, Esq. of New York.
Orcutt, Darius Curtis, was packhorse-master in the Western Army in 1791, and
was with St. Clair's troops when defeated at Miami, 4 Nov. of that year.
Moorey, Nicholas, came to America, 1675, was living in Freetown, Mass., 1721,
and had an estate of above £2000 — but no children or other relatives in New England.
He came from " East Wordlam alias Wordleham," Co. Hampshire, was third son of
Thomas and Mary Moorey of that place. He had brothers John, Thomas, Edward —
sisters Mary, Ann, Elizabeth, Katherine, living when he left England. — Original paper.
Correction. — The paper published in the Register for 1850, pages 23 and 24, is
entitled : " A Brief Declaration in Behalf of Jn° Chipman of Barnstable." It is not
an original paper, but a copy in the handwriting of John Otis, brother of Col. James
Otis. I have carefully compared the Declaration with John Otis's writing, and am
confident that I am right. In the printed copy^in important omission is made. Page
23, line 18 from bottom, after " told the s d John," one line of the manuscript is omitted,
viz. : " Chipman (being then a youth) that his father Christopher had done him wrong."
The following errors should also be corrected : — P. 23, 1. 18 from foot, for sold, read
told; p. 23, 1. 16 from foot, after make, insert more ; p. 24, 1. 17 from top, for Sister
those, read Sisters what those. A. O. of Y.
Notes and Queries. — There is in preparation an article on the Perkins family, to
appear in the July No. of the Register. Any one having information about the early
members of that family is requested to communicate it to the Editor without delay.
Jamaica Plain Burying-Ground. — Inscription omitted in our last: — "Henry
Lowder, died Dec. 30, 1851, aged 78."
Knowlton. — Augustus B. Knowlton, of Binghampton, Broome Co., N. Y., is en-
gaged in preparing a memoir of the Knowlton Family, and will gladly receive any
informatiou which may aid him in his undertaking.
200 Donations, Payments, $v\ [April, IS56.
Congress. — The first Congress in America assembled at New York, May 1st, 1690.
What Provinces were represented, and by whom ? See Bancroft's U. S. iii. 183.
Adams. — Who were the ancestors of John, Hugh, and Matthew Adams'?
Hickock. — Mr. W. O. Hickock, of Harrisburgh, Pa., is desirous to obtain informa-
tion relative to the early settlers of his name in this country, &c.
Donations.— From Samuel II. Riddel, C. H. B. Caldwell, L. Farnham, W. S.
Bartlet, John Dean, Henry Bond, Francis Brinley, S. A. Green, John W. Proctor, E.
Clapp, Jr., F. M. Hubbard, L. M. Boltwood, American Antiquarian Society, Henry
Clark, S. Wolcott, W. II. Whitmore, G. W. Manypennv, B. Pomerov, N. Wyman,
11. C. Swain, John W. Thornton, G. C. Haynes, J. B. Bright, T. Farrar, R. C. Win-
throp, E. Burgess, E. L. Keyes, F. A. Whitney, E. R. Hodgman, G. Davis, (Wil-
mington, N. C.j, AV. Willis, C. Lowell, B. J.Lossing, Pennsylvania Historical Society,
T. Baich, II. 0. Sheldon, E. M. Stone.
Payments.— Albion, N. Y, L. S. Paine ; Alton, III, W. Hayden ; Attld>oro', J. Dag-
gett ; Andover, S. Farrar; Amherst, L. M. Boltwood ; Boscaicen, N. II, W. Temple ;
Boston, 0. Carter, B. H. Dixon, J. M. Bradburv, J. AY. Thornton, E. Child, T. L.
Turner, S. T. Farwell, J. Palmer, Mrs. Lawrence, T. B. Wyman, F. M. Bartlett,
D. W. Holmes, I. Child, H. A. Whitney, H. N. Perkins, D.' Sears, J. H. Wilkins,
J. W. Warren, N. Emerson, D. A. Boynton, F. A. Henderson, J. Quincv, N. Apple-
ton, J. Bryant, C. F. Adams, P. Butler, J. H. Blake, J. K. Hall, T. C. Smith, A.
Child, J. Savage, J. F. Baldwin, N. T. Andrews, H. Davenport, D. Draper, E. S.
Erving, C. F. Eaton, T. A. Hall, H. H. Jones, F. Haven, J. R. Kimball, A. A. Law-
rence, H. Lee, Jr., C. G. Loring, W. M. Lothrop, J. A. Lowell, C. Carruth, S. T.
Snow, W. S. Thacher, H.Rice, J. Winsor, Jr., J. H. Wolcott, C. Adams, Jr., J. W.
Clarke, A. D. Hodges, N. W. Coffin, J. W, Page, T. W. Pierce, S. R. Smith, I. N.
Tarbox, S. E. Sewall, S. Swctt, J. L. Richards, J. Richardson, E. Palmer, AY. Pearce,
E. Pearson, G. W. Messinger, Mrs. Merrill, S. Mason, J. Merriam, J. P. Cook, A.
Davis, G. Upton, C. T. Ward, D. Barnard, A. AY. Thaxter, AY. AYhiting, J. Breck,
G. Lunt, AV. H. Prescott, J. Phillips, Mrs. AYhite, L. Shaw, Mrs. Parker, R. C. AVin-
throp, F. AY. Lincoln, Jr., J. P. Bigelow, S. Child, T. Parker, D. Dvar, AY. G. Brooks,
P. AVillard, Jr., AY. Lewis, AY. AY. Greenough, W. S. Leland, G. G. Smith, AY. B.
Bradford, J. C. AA'arren, AY. Parsons, J. Aikin, A. Phelps, J. G. Chandler, A. Bealc,
J. AV. Thompson, T. Kelly, P. Kelly ; Brookline, AV. B. Towne ; Bridgewcfier, W.
Latham ; Buffalo, N. Y, L. K. Haddock; Brighton, F. A. AA r hitney ; Bernardston, H.
W. Cushman; Cincinnati, 0., J. M. Bradstrcet ; Chelsea, AY/ S. Bartlet ; Cromwell,Ct.,
A. F. Warner ; Cambridge, L. R. Paige, G. Livermore ; Chapel Hill, N. C, F. M.
Hubbard; Chicago, III., J. AVentworth; Canton, E.Ames; Cleveland, O., W. AA r .
Mather; Dover, N II., N. Martin ; Duxbury, G. B. AVeston, J. F. Wadsworth ; Ded-
ham, E. AVilkinson ; Eagleville, Ct., E. Hibbard ; E. Middleboro', Z. Eddy ; Great Bar-
rington, I. Sumner ; Groton, J. Green, G. S. Boutwell ; Groveland, A. Poor ; Galena,
111., A. M. Haines ; Great Falls, N. II, M. Noble ; Hampton, Ct., J. Clark ; Hampton,
N. II, J. Dow; Harrisburgh, Pa., W. O. Hickock; Holyolce, J. B. R. AValker ; Ken-
dall, III., E. S. L. Richardson; Limington, Me., A. Mc Arthur; Little Compton, 11. I,
O. Wilbor; Lawrence, J. R. Rollins : Lenox, H. AV. Taft ; Lynn, AV. Bassett ; Middle-
town, Ct., J. A. Sumner; Meriden, Ct., C. Pomerov; Monson, J. R. Flynt ; New York,
G. Bancroft, J. Q. Thorndike, E. B. Corwin, G. Chapman ; Northampton, D. Stebbins,
H. Bright, S. Judd ; Nashua, N. H, B. B. AVhittemore ; N Abington, C. Orcutt ; N.
London, Ct., AV. AV. Billings, N. S. Perkins, R. Hallam; Putnam, O., A. Kingsbury;
Providence, R. I, J. Barstow ; Pahncr,i6p. Shaw ; Peacham, Vt., J. S. Pearson ; Ports-
mouth N. H, A. R. H. Fernald; PaivWcket, R. L, AV. Tyler; Petersburgh, 111., T. L.
Harris ; Peoria, III., C. H. Dean ; Quincy, J. Marsh ; Roxbury, J. W. Parker, I. Parker,
L. M. Harris ; Sandusky, O., E. Lane ; Savannah, Ga., E. S. Johnson ; South Reading,
L. Eaton ; Scarboro', Me., J. B. Thornton ; Sfmngfield, J. W. Crooks ; Waukegan, III.,
E. M. Haines; W. Meriden, Ct.., E. Hubbard; Watertown, B. Dane, Jr. ; W. Newton,
A.H.Ward; Waltham, J. B. Bright; W. Brattleboro' , Vt., S. Clark; Wdburn, B.
Buckman, N. Wyman, J. A. Boutelle ; W. Amesbury, D. Sargent ; West Point, N. Y.,
J. AV. Bailey ; Westfield, J. II. Stow ; Yarmouth, A. Otis ; Zanesville, O., Z. Athenaeum.
O^p* The above list is given as a correct catalogue of all those who have paid for the
Register since the issue of the previous number. Should any person find his name
omitted, he is requested to give the Publisher immediate notice, that any error may bo
corrected.
Errata. — P. 22, I. 14 of foot, r. cellarage. P. 100, Art. Perkins, I. 3 of foot, r. neice
for grand-daughter. P. 72, /. 6 of foot, read Coursers. P. 101, Art. Trask. William
Trask m. Ann, dau. of John and Mary Andrews, 26 April, 1846, not April 19th.
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HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
VOL. X. JULY, 1856. NO. 3.
THOMAS HANDASYD PERKINS.*
[It affords us much pleasure to make the following extracts from this
very interesting, well written, and filial tribute to an honored father, from
his well known and highly respected son-in-law. We regret the author
has not gone more extensively into the ancestry of his subject, but pre-
sume he had not the requisite information ; as Mr. Perkins himself, in
some memoranda made for his children, not many years since, thus most
touchingly says : — " It has often occurred to me that it would have given
me infinite pleasure to have known more than has come to my knowledge
of the early life of my father. He died when I was about six years of
age, and all I know of him is from report. My recollections of him are
very faint, though I have an impression that I remember him in an ema-
ciated state shortly before his death." — Memoir, p. 53.
The fine accompanying engraving is from a portrait by Gambardella,
an Italian artist, and is a most excellent likeness of this " noble-looking
man" at the age of 73.
We have added a few notices of some of the earliest ancestors of this
name, and of their descendants.]
Thomas Handasyd Perkins was born in Boston, Dec. 15, 1764, and
named for his maternal grandfather, Thomas Handasyd Peck, who dealt
largely in furs and the importation of hats. His father was a merchant,
who died in middle age, leaving a widow and eight children, three sons
and five daughters, most of them very young. She was a woman of
excellent principles and remarkable energy, and undertook the heavy
charge thus devolved upon her with deep solicitude, (as appeared from a
subsequent reference of her own to this passage of her life,) but with
firmness and ability. She appears to have assumed some part of the
business of her husband, who had been connected with George Erving,
one of the principal merchants in the town. Letters from Holland are
remembered which were addressed to her as Mr. Elizabeth Perkins ; and
* Memoir of Thomas Handasyd Perkins : containing Extracts from his Diaries and
Letters. With an Appendix. By Thomas G. Cary. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
1855. 8vo. pp. 304.
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204 Thomas Handasyd Perkins. [July,
the information which he had brought home, he sent a brig — the Hope,
Capt. lngraham — to the northwest coast, with the intention of terminating
the voyage at Canton. The most important result of this voyage appears
to have been the discovery of the northern portion of the Marquesas
Islands, as now laid down on the map of the Pacific. Its main object was
defeated by untoward circumstances.
He soon afterward joined his friend Capt. Magee, however, in building
a ship — the Margaret — of which the captain went master for the north-
west coast, and after an absence of two years and a half brought the voy-
age to a successful close.
In 1792 the insurrection began in St. Domingo, where his brothers had
continued their establishment, doing a prosperous business up to that pe-
riod. Mr. James Perkins, the eldest brother, and his wife were in a peril-
ous situation at the beginning of it, being in the interior on a visit to a
friend who had a plantation, next to the one first destroyed, on the plains
of the cape. They made their escape, however, from the frightful treat-
ment which waited all who lingered, and reached the cape. The brothers
(James and Samuel G.) returned to Boston, having lost most of their
property, to begin the world anew. He then formed a co-partnership
with his brother James, under the firm of J. & T. H. Perkins, which con-
tinued until the death of the latter in 1822, though the name of the firm
was altered on the admission of their sons in 1819. They used the in-
formation which had been acquired at St. Domingo with advantage, by
keeping two or three vessels trading to the West Indies, and shipping
coffee and sugar to Europe.
But their most important business was the trade of their ships on the
northwest coast and in China. They were concerned in numerous voy-
ages in that direction, and eventually established a house at Canton, under
the firm of Perkins & Co., which became one of great importance and
eminently successful.
In December, 1794, he took passage for Bordeaux in a ship belonging
to his own house and that of Messrs. S. Higginson & Co., — in which firm
his brother, Mr. S. G. Perkins, had become a partner — with a cargo of
provisions ; the demand for them in the disturbed state of French affairs
offering the prospect of a fair result to such a voyage.
About this time he was made commander of a military corps, the bat-
talion which constitutes the guard and escort for public occasions of the
Governor in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with the rank of lieu-
tenant-colonel, having for some time previously held that of major in the
same corps.
Soon afterwards he was chosen President of the Boston branch of the
United States Bank — quite a distinction at that time, when there were few
banks in the country, and a remarkable one for a man so young as he
was then. The choice was owing to a warm rivalry for the honor between
two distinguished merchants, much older than himself, whose friends at
length mutually agreed to end the contest by selecting a third candidate,
on whom all could unite. He was too much ensued in his own enter-
prises to retain the place long, nnd in a year or two he was succeeded by
the Ho .. George C k !xk, euiaieut not only as a commercial man, but as a
,.-. ;.^iur of ili<. L nited States.
In 1805, he was elected to the Senate of the State, as he frequently
was afterward ; and for eighteen or twenty years following he was, most
of the time, member of one branch or the other of the Legislature, but
1856.] Thomas Handasyd Perkins. 205
generally of the Senate, unless absent from the country. Being a man
of few words, he rarely took part in debate; but "his opinions were marked
by decision, what he said was to the point, his language was good, and
when he was strongly moved he spoke with power. One of his colleagues
in the Senate, who afterwards had long experience in Congress, and was
favorably distinguished there as well as at the bar, has remarked since,
that he had rarely heard public men make a short, off-hand speech with
more effect than Col. Perkins occasionally did when his feelings were
deeply engaged in the subject of debate.
He took an active and very important part in measures for establishing
the Massachusetts General Hospital with an Asylum for the Insane, the
necessity for which had begun to be deeply felt. He was one of those to
whom an act of incorporation had been granted for the purpose, with a
valuable donation from the Commonwealth, on the condition that the sum
of one hundred thousand dollars should be raised by subscription within a
limited time. His name was at the head of the first list of trustees, and
he undertook the work which his position involved with characteristic
energy. His influence and his services were highly appreciated by those
with whom he was engaged in that undertaking. The subscriptions were
made on the condition that the full sum of $100,000 should be obtained,
so that the whole depended on entire success. Besides his exertions in
rousing other subscribers, he and his elder brother contributed five thou-
sand dollars each toward the fund, and it was completed agreeably to the
terms of condition. It is well known that the efforts of those who were
engaged in this movement have been productive of all the good which
they hoped to effect.
His elder brother and partner, James Perkins, Esq., died in the year
1822. The following passages from a notice of his death, published at
the time, show the estimation in which he was held : —
" While his real and most eloquent eulogy is to be sought in the course
of an industrious, honorable, and most useful life, it is due to the virtues
he practised, to the example he set, to the noble standard of character on
which he acted, not to be entirely silent, now that nothing remains of them
but their honored memory. He had received in boyhood, under the care
of an excellent mother, the preparatory instruction which might have fitted
him for an academical education ; but the approach of the Revolutionary
War, and the discouraging aspect of the times, dictated the commercial
career as more prudent.
u In enterprises extending over the habitable globe, employing thousands
of agents, constantly involving fortunes in their result, and requiring, on
many occasions necessarily incident to business of this extent, no seconda-
ry degree of firmness and courage, not a shadow of suspicion of anything
derogatory to the highest and purest sense of honor and conscience ever
attached to his conduct. The character of such a man ought to be held
up for imitation.'"
Mr. James Perkins left a large fortune, acquired in this honorable course ;
and is still remembered for distinguished liberality in all appeals that were
made when he lived, for charity or public good, to the affluent and gener-
ous in the community ; for his liberal donations to several institutions ;
and especially for a munificent gift of real estate, of the value of about
$20,000, to the Boston Athenaeum, and the bequest of $20,000 more to
the University at Cambridge. The decease of such an associate in the
206 Thomas Hatidasyd Perkins. [Juty?
commercial vicissitudes of nearly, forty years was deeply felt by his sur-
viving partner and brother.
In 1838 his commercial firm was dissolved, and he withdrew from bu-
siness with a large fortune, after having been actively engaged in com-
merce for more than fifty years, though within the last ten his personal
attention to its affairs had been considerably relaxed. His success had
been great, but by no means uninterrupted. Severe disappointments and
disasters from causes beyond his control, made part of his experience ; and
while he had great confidence in his own ability to direct, he well knew
the importance of leaving as little as possible to accident in any enterprise
that he undertook.
After his retirement from commerce, Col. Perkins found sufficient
occupation in the management of his property ; in various matters of a
public nature which interested him ; and in the cultivation of trees, and
particularly of fruits and flowers, on his estate at Brookline. He was re-
markable for his love of nature ; and in travelling sometimes went far out
of his way to examine a beautiful tree, or to enjoy an interesting view.
Occasionally he made a voyage to Europe, renewing his observations on
the changes and improvements that were to be seen there. He had crossed
the Atlantic many times beside the instances that have been referred to,
always keeping a diary, which he filled with the incidents that occurred,
with the results of his inquiries, and with remarks worthy of an intelligent
traveller; and sending home works of art, some of which were bestowed
as gifts. He took a lively interest in the progress and welfare of American
artists, kindly aiding some who desired to improve by studying the great
models in Europe, and liberally purchasing the works of those who de-
served encouragement. He was generally very agreeable to those with
whom he incidentally fell in as fellow-travellers ; and where he became
known abroad as an American, he left a very favorable impression of the
character of his countrymen.
Numerous instances might be given of his kindness in promoting the
success of others, and particularly of young men engaging in voyages or
other commercial enterprises ; and he always showed a warm interest in
the Mercantile Library Association of Young Men in Boston, to whom he
made a donation to aid in the erection of a building.
In a general view of his character, he appeared as exercising the influ-
ence of one having a nice sense of propriety, with reference to the opinion
of others ; love of order ; a high standard of action ; and a desire to pro-
mote whatever tended to general advantage and respectability : with such
steadiness of purpose as gave power to his example. His manners, formed
in an age of ceremony which has passed, retained something of its cour-
teous dignity, divested of what was artificial, and united with the ease of
our own time.
His personal appearance so far indicated his character that an observer
of any class, who saw him for the first time, was very likely to be im-
pressed with a desire to know who that personage might be. "A very
noble looking man," said a young woman who was called to fetch him a
glass of water, when he stopped one day at the house of a friend some
miles from town. u Cie beau vieillard ! ' " — that beautiful old man! — ex-
claimed the wife of a foreign ambassador, in speaking of his reception of
her at his country-seat, when some one was showing her the environs of
Boston. And in repeated instances foreigners of rank have remarked in
a similar tone on his person and the high-bred courtesy of his manner.
1856 ] Thomas Handasyd Perkins. 207
Though fond of social intercourse, his opinions were often conveyed in
monosyllables or short and terse expressions, and he was more inclined,
whether abroad or at his own table, to promote conversation in others than
to talk much himself. But he listened with attention and contributed
readily, from the stores of his experience and knowledge, whatever oc-
curred to him as interesting; occasionally introducing an anecdote with
striking effect, but rather as if he were stating a fact than telling a story.
He used language with precision ; his expressions were concise ; and his
words carried the full force that belonged to them, all the more because
there was no attempt to exaggerate their true and precise meaning. The
instances that he gave were usually such as had occurred within his own
knowledge in reference to remarkable events or distinguished men, and
most of them might well have found place in history or biography.
It is not uncommon with those whose feelings are characterized by
great energy, as his were, that from an apprehension, perhaps, lest strong
emotion might escape control if expressed in any degree whatever, it is
guarded with such entire suppression and reserve that they seem to those
around them almost to have no feeling at all, when, in truth, they feel
most deeply. A striking instance of this nature may be mentioned of
him.
The death of his eldest son, who was named for him, and in person, as
well as in some points of character, bore a strong natural resemblance to
himself, occurred about four years before his own. They differed in
character as the son of a widow, moved by strong incitements to assist in
relieving her of care, and to secure his own advancement in the world,
might be very likely to differ from one born to the enjoyment and expec-
tation of wealth, and advancing in youth under the auspices of a parent
who stood high in public estimation and possessed powerful influence.
Like his father, he had preferred action to the life of a student, and went
eaily abroad, having sailed for China during the war of 1812, in a private
armed ship that was prepared to fight her way for a rich cargo, as was
successfully done ; and he took part in one bloody naval action beside
other encounters. Daring in spirit, of a buoyant and generous temper,
and eminently handsome, he was a favorite abroad, particularly among
the officers of our public ships as he met them in foreign ports; and he
had seen much of the world, with various adventures in China, in South
America, and in Europe.
He eventually joined his father's commercial house in Boston, and after
a few years of remarkable success, withdrew with a good fortune, and
lived in affluence and leisure, amusing himself with field sports, of which
he was fond, and varying his life with an occasional tour in Europe.
After rearing a beautiful family, he fell the victim of a distressing illness,
and died in the prime of life.
At his funeral, his father appeared tranquil as usual, advising on some
matters of detail ; and having followed the hearse to the place of inter-
ment, chose, rather against the suggestions of those near him, to descend
to the tomb under the church, that he might see that all was arranged as
he had intended. But when nothing more remained to be done, when the
single lamp, by the light of which the coffin had been adjusted in its place,
was withdrawn, and the doer was closed in darkness and silence on all
that remained of one who had been the object of so deep interest from
infancy upward, nature prevailed, for one moment only, over all restraint,
208 Thomas Handasyd Perkins. [July?
and an involuntary burst of grief disclosed the depth of sorrow that re-
mained beneath the habitual composure of his manner.
About two years after this, the death of Mrs. Perkins took place, and
the dissolution of a tie, which had continued for sixty-three years, had a
visible effect on him. His younger brother, Samuel G. Perkins, Esq.,
had died blind, past the age of eighty. His own sight was failing. Of
all the family left by his father, he and two sisters* only remained. His
friend through life, the Hon. Harrison Gray Otis, was dead. The com-
panions of his youth and middle age were nearly all gone. Of the asso-
ciation remembered as the " Saturday Club," consisting of some of the
most distinguished gentlemen of the town in their day, who, while they
found mutual enjoyment in dining successively at the houses of each other,
gave hospitable admission to such strangers as deserved attention, only two
survived beside himself. The impression had long been habitual with him
that the close of his own life was near, and he awaited it with tranquillity.
He had lived as he thought it was right to do. There appears to have
been no period in which he had been addicted to vice of any sort. His
life was marked by self-control ; but beside that, he seems to have had an
innate purity and love of order that made excess distasteful to him. In
the order of events he had found the enjoyment and incurred the respon-
sibility of great success in the acquisition of property, and he had shared
it freely with the community in which he lived ; his gifts and contributions
continuing numerous to the last.
After the decease of Mrs. Perkins, some important business in which
he was concerned required attention at Washington, and his courageous
spirit still rising above the infirmities of age, he made one more journey
there, resolved to see to it himself. While there he was concerned to
find that work was likely to be suspended on the monument to the memory
of Washington. On his return home, he took measures to rouse fresh
interest in the work, and a considerable sum was raised for it, through his
exertions. His action in reference to this has been publicly alluded to,
since his decease, by the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, late Speaker of the
House of Representatives in Congress, who, at the close of an eloquent
speech addressed to the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association,
at their annual festival in Faneuil Hall, in October last, spoke as fol-
lows : —
" The memory of your excellent and lamented President (Mr. dicker-
ing) has already received its appropriate and feeling tribute. I can add
nothing to that. But I will venture to recall to your remembrance another
venerated name. You have alluded, in the sentiment which called me
up, to an humble service which I rendered some years ago, as the organ
of the Representatives of the Union, at the laying of the corner-stone of
the National Monument to Washington. I cannot but remember that the
latest efforts in this quarter of the country to raise funds for the comple-
tion of that monument, were made by one whose long and honorable life
has been brought to a close within the past twelve months.
" I cannot forget the earnest and affectionate interest with which that
noble-hearted old American gentleman devoted the last days, and I had
almost said the last hours, of his life, to arranging the details and the
machinery for an appeal to the people of Massachusetts, in behalf of that
still unfinished structure. He had seen Washington in his boyhood, and
* But one, now — the venerable widow of the late Dr. Abbott, of Exeter, N. H.
1856.] Thomas Handasyd Perkins. 209
had felt the inspiration of his majestic presence ; he had known him in
his manhood, and had spent two or three days with him by particular
invitation at Mount Vernon, days never to be forgotten in any man's life ;
his whole heart seemed to be imbued with the warmest admiration and
affection for his character and services ; and it seemed as if he could not
go down to his grave in peace until he had done something to aid in per-
petuating the memory of his virtues and his valor. I need not say that I
allude to the late Hon. Thomas Handasyd Perkins. He was one of the
noblest specimens of humanity to which our city has ever given birth ; —
leading the way for half a century in every generous enterprise, and set-
ting one of the earliest examples of those munificent charities which have
given our city a name and a praise throughout the earth. He was one of
your own honorary members, Mr. President, and I have felt that I could
do nothing more appropriate to this occasion — the first public festive occa-
sion in Faneuil Hall which has occurred since his death — and nothing
more agreeable to the feelings of this association, or to my own, than to
propose to you as I now do —
" The memory of Thomas Handasyd Perkins."
For a long time he had been deprived of the use of one of his eyes
which was blinded by cataract ; how long he could not tell with accuracy,
for the discovery that it was useless, and that he saw only with the other,
was made by accident and much to his surprise ; but it must have been
more than twenty years. Opening it one morning while the right eye
was buried in the pillow, he found himself unable to perceive any objects
about him. For many years, however, he saw well enough for common
purposes with the other ; but more recently even that one had caused him
so much trouble that he lived in fear of total blindness. Early in 1853,
cataract appeared in that eye also, and was making such rapid progress
that in a few weeks all useful vision was lost. Under these circumstances,
he resolved to submit to an operation on the one that had been so long
obscured. It was successfully performed by Dr. H. W. Williams, of
Boston, the cataract being broken up in the month of March. Some time
was necessary for the complete absorption of the fragments ; but in less
than three months the pupil had become entirely clear, and by the aid of
cataract glasses, he could not only see large objects as well as ever, but
could read the newspapers, and even the fine print in the column of ship-
news. His sight was at times rendered feeble afterward by the general
debility of his system, and he never recovered the power of reading and
writing with entire ease ; but to do both in some degree was an advantage,
in comparison with total loss of sight, that could hardly be appreciated,
particularly as it enabled him still to manage his own affairs, which he
always wished to do, and did to his last day, even keeping his books with
his own hand, excepting for a i'ew months of his last year, when the
entries were made from his dictation.
In this, the last year of his life, he gave one more remarkable proof of
his continued interest in what was going on about him, and of his readi-
ness to aid liberally in all that he deemed important to public welfare and
intelligence. A large and costly building had been erected for the Boston
Athenseum by contribution from the public, liberally made for that pur-
pose, that there might be such an one as would correspond to the aspira-
tions of the accomplished scholars who, fifty years before, had founded
the institution. A fund was now to be provided for annual expenses and
for regular additions to the library. With this view, an effort was made
210 Thomas Handasyd Perkins. [July,
to raise a fund of $120,000. As Col. Perkins had already done a great
deal for the Athenaeum, no application was made to him for further aid.
He, however, voluntarily asked for the book containing the largest class of
subscriptions, and added his name to those contributing three thousand
dollars each. Soon afterward he inquired of the president of the Athe-
naeum what progress had been made, and was told that the subscriptions
amounted to eighty thousand dollars, all of them being, however, on the
condition that the full sum should be made up within the year; that every-
thing possible seemed to have been done ; but that as people were leaving
town for the summer, nothing further could be obtained until the autumn,
and that it was doubtful whether the object could be effected even then,
by raising forty thousand dollars more, as the applications appeared to
have been thoroughly made by a numerous committee. He then gave
his assurance that the attempt should not be suffered to fail, even for so
large a deficit as that, and agreed to be responsible for it, in order that
the subscriptions already obtained might be made binding ; stipulating
only that nothing should be said of this until the expiration of the last
day fixed, and that the efforts to obtain it from the public should not be
at all relaxed in the mean time. Further assistance from him, however,
was rendered unnecessary, chiefly by the noble bequest of Samuel Apple-
ton, Esq., a man of liberality and benevolence like his own, who died
during the summer, leaving the sum of two hundred thousand dollars to
trustees, to be distributed at their discretion for scientific, literary, religious,
or charitable purposes. The trustees appropriated twenty-five thousand
dollars of this to the fund for the Athenaeum, and the remaining sum of
fifteen thousand dollars was easily obtained by further subscriptions at
large. But the assurance given by Col. Perkins, although any call on him
thus became unnecessary, was useful in warranting that confidence of
success which helps, in such cases, to secure it.
In January following (1854) he found it necessary to submit to a slight
surgical operation for the removal of some obstruction that troubled him.
He had passed most of the day, the 9th, in attending to his domestic pay-
ments for the preceding year, arranging the papers himself with his usual
method in business. The operation was successfully performed by Dr.
Cabot, his grandson ; and he went to bed with the agreeable prospect of
finding himself relieved for the remainder of his life of what had, for
some time, made him uncomfortable ; but with a caution, too, from his
surgeon, not to rise the next morning, but remain in perfect quiet. In
such matters, however, he had habitually judged and chosen to act for
himself; and in this instance he gave too little heed to the caution, refus-
ing, too, to have any attendant in his chamber, as had been recommended.
He passed a good night, and feeling only too well after it, chose to rise
rather early the next day. iVfter being partly dressed, becoming faint, he
was obliged to lie down on the sofa, and never left it. He became more
and more feeble through the day ; and falling into a state of unconscious-
ness toward evening, he continued to breathe for some hours, sleeping
without pain or distress, and died tranquilly on the morning of the 11th,
soon after midnight, in the 90th year of his age.
The impression of his character left on the community was such as had
been sketched, a short time before, in language that admits of no improve-
ment, and needs no addition, by the Hon. Daniel Webster, in a note writ-
ten with his own hand on the blank leaf of a copy of his works, presented
to Col. Perkins: —
1856.] Perkins Genealogy. 211
" Washington, April 19, 1852.
u My Dear Sir : — If I possessed anything which I might suppose likely
to be more acceptable to you, as a proof of my esteem, than these vol-
umes, I should have sent it in their stead.
" But I do not ; and therefore ask your acceptance of a copy of this
edition of my speeches.
" I have long cherished, my dear sir, a profound, warm, affectionate,
and I may say, a filial regard for your person and character. I have
looked upon you as one born to do good, and who has fulfilled his mission ;
as a man, without spot or blemish ; as a merchant known and honored
over the whole world ; a most liberal supporter and promoter of science
and the arts ; always kind to scholars and literary men, and greatly be-
loved by them all ; friendly to all the institutions of Religion, Morality,
and Education ; and an unwavering and determined supporter of the
Constitution of the country, and of those great principles of Civil Liberty,
which it is so well calculated to uphold and advance.
" These sentiments I inscribe here in accordance with my best judg-
ment, and out of the fullness of my heart; and I wish here to record, also,
my deep sense of the many personal obligations, under which you have
placed me in the course of our long acquaintance.
Your ever faithful friend, Daniel Webster.
" To the Hon. Thos. H. Perkins."
Although private interment is most common now, it seemed inappro-
priate for one who had filled so large a space in public regard. The fu-
neral service took place at the church of the Rev. Dr. Gannett, where he
had long worshipped, and was marked by one incident peculiarly touch-
ing in its association. The solemn music, usual on such occasions, was
impressively performed by a large choir of pupils from the Perkins Insti-
tution for the Blind, who had requested permission to sing the requiem for
that friend through whem they enjoy the comforts of their spacious dwell-
ing. A further proof of their regard for his memory was seen, but lately,
in gleams of pleasure lighting their faces on being promised that they
should soon listen to the story of his life.
SOME NOTICES OF THE FAMILY OF PERKINS IN AMERICA.
I. TOPSFIELD FAMILY.
The Rev. William Perkins, of Topsfield, Mass., was an early ancestor
of this name.
He was the son of William and Catherine Perkins, of London, England,
where he was born Aug. 25, 1607, and the grandson of George and
Catherine Perkins of Abbots Salford, in the County of Warwick, Eng.
The first mention made of him, is in March, 1633, when, with the
illustrious John Winthrop, Jr., and eleven others, he began the settlement
of Ipswich. He was admitted freeman Sept. 30, 1634, and removed to
Roxbury, where he married Elizabeth Wooton, Aug. 30, 1636. In 1643
he removed to Weymouth, which town he represented in the General
Court in 1644. He was also a commissioner to settle small debts, leader
of a military company, and one of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company. In 1641 he had a grant of land in Roxbury, his father having
advanced the sum of i£50 to Harvard College. From 1650 to 1655, he
212 Perkins Genealogy. [July,
was preaching to the inhabitants, of Gloucester. From that place he came
to Topsfield, and after preaching a few years, spent the remainder of his
life in the calm pursuits of husbandry. He was probably one of the most
accomplished persons among the early settlers of Topsfield. A scholar
and a man of business, — a farmer, a clergyman, a soldier, and a legisla-
tor. In each of these relations, so unlike, and according to present notions
so incompatible, he bore himself, so far as we can learn, with ability and
discretion. One of his daughters married a son of Gov. Bradstreet, and
one of his sons, a relative of Maj. Gen. Denison. He left an interesting
written account of the births, baptisms, marriages, &c, of his children,
which was copied into the Topsfield town records, by the late Jacob Town,
an excellent man and a good antiquary. He often revisited his native
country, and died at Topsfield, May 21, 1682, aged 75, having the children
named below.
1. William, 2 born in Roxbury, Oct. 12, 1639 ; d. Dec. 23, 1639.
2. William 2 b. in Roxbury, Feb. 26, 1641 ; m. Elizabeth Clarke, dau.
of Daniel Clarke, of Topsfield, Oct. 24, 1669 ; d. Oct. 30, 1695, set. 54.
3. Elizabeth 2 b. in Weymouth, June 18, 1643 ; m. John Ramsdell of
Lynn, May 31, 1671 ; ch. Elizabeth, Nancy.
4. Tobijah 2 b. in Weymouth, Oct. 20, 1646 ; m. Sarah Denison, Nov.
4, 1680; d. in Topsfield, April 30, 1723, set. 77.
5. Catherine? b. in Weymouth, Oct. 29, 1648 ; m. John Baker, of Ips-
wich, May 13, 1667 ; ch. Eliz. b. 1670, John.
6. Mary? b. in Gloucester, Feb. 17, 1651 ; m. Oliver Purchis, Sept.
17, 1672.
7. John 2 b. in Topsfield, April 2, 1655 ; m. Anna Hutchinson, Aug.
29, 1695 ; settled in Lynnfield and died there Jan. 12, 1712, a)t. 57; she
d. 1717.
8. Sarah 2 b. in Topsfield, March 2, 1657 ; m. John Bradstreet (son of
Gov. B.) June 17, 1679.
9. Timothy 2 b. in Topsfield, Aug. 11, 1658 ; m. Edna Hazen of Row-
ley, Aug. 2, 1686.
10. Rebecca? born in Topsfield, May 4, 1662 ; m. Thomas Fiske, son
of Capt. Fiske, of Wenham, Nov. 3, 1678.
The children of William, 2 second son of Rev. William, were 1. Elizabeth 3 ,
b. July 21, 1670; m. a Wolcott. 2. Mary, 2 b. April 4, 1672; m. a
Smith. 3. William 3 . 4. John, 3 b. Feb. 20, 1675. 5. Dorothy, 3 b. April
30, 1678 : m. Jacob Robinson. 6. Timothy, 3 b. Feb. 23, 1680. 7. Na-
than, 3 b. April 24, 1683. 8. Rebecca, 3 b. Sept. 4, 1685, died unmarried
1728. The two youngest were minors when their father died. His es-
tate was valued at .£302.
The children of Tobijah* (known as Capt.) son of Rev. William, were,
with probably others, Priscilla, 3 b. April 21, 1689 ; Mary, 3 b. Jan. 19,
1691 ; Joseph, 3 b. April 1, 1695; Daniel, 3 b. June 15, 1697, graduated
Harvard, 1717, settled in Bridgewater, 1721 ; d. Sept. 29, 1782, in the
86th year of his age and the 62d year of his ministry, which was " not
long only, but peaceful and efficacious. "
His second wife was Madam Hancock, mother of the Gov. ; and his
son, Dr. Richard, 4 grad. H. U. 1748; m. Mary a sister of the Gov., 1760.
[See Judge Mitchell's History of Bridgewater.]
The children of John 2 (son of Rev. Wm.) were, 1. Anna, 8 b. Dec.
28, 1696. 2. John, 3 b. March 9, 1698 ; he was an eminent physician in
his time, had studied two years in London and practised physic forty years
1856.] Perkins Genealogy. 213
in Boston. In 1755 he published a tract on earthquakes, and also an essay-
on the smallpox, in the London magazine. He left a manuscript of 368
pages, containing an account of his life and experience, which is preserved
in the library of the American Antiquarian Society. His wife Clarissa
died in 1749, and he wrote a poem on her death. He died in Lynnfield
in 1781, aged 83. 3. Elizabeth, 3 b. March 9, 1700 ; m. Rev. Nathaniel
Sparhawk, and d. May 12, 1768, set. 68. One of their sons was the
Rev. Edward Perkins Sparhawk, grad. H. U. 1753, and another, John,
was a physician in Philadelphia. 4. Mary, 3 b. Aug. 20, 1702. 5. Wil-
liam, 3 b. Aug. 10, 1704. — [See Lewis's History of Lynn.]
The children of Timothy 2 (youngest son of Rev. Wm.) were, 1. Tim-
othy, 3 b. Sept. 21, 1687. 2. Nathaniel, 3 b. Sept. 13, 1689. 3. John, 3 b.
Sept. 2, 1692. 4. Richard, 3 b. Sept. 23, 1694. 5. Jacob, 3 b. Oct. 11,
1696. 6. William, 3 b. Nov. 11, 1698. 7. Hepzibah, 3 b. Oct. 6, 1702.
8. Hannah, 3 b. Nov. 14, 1703 ; m. a Nichols.
II. IPSWICH FAMILY.
John 1 Perkins, the elder, of Ipswich, as he is called on the records, and
probably a cousin of the Rev. Wm., was also an early and honored an-
cestor. He was born in Newent, (as supposed,) in Gloucestershire, Eng., in
1590. Dec. 1, 1630, he embarked with his wife and family for America,
at Bristol, Eng., and arrived at Boston Feb. 5th, 1631, after a " very tem-
pestuous voyage." They came over in the ship Lyon, Capt. Wm. Pearce,
and the famous Roger Williams was one of their fellow passengers. At
this time their youngest child was about seven, and their oldest seventeen
years. On the 18th of the following May, (1631.) he was admitted free-
man. Pie remained in Boston about two years, when in 1633 he removed
to Ipswich. He was a representative to the General Court from that town
in 1636, held various town offices and trusts, and appears to have been
a man of great respectability. He owned the large island at the mouth
of Ipswich River, which was then, and nearly to our own day, called
Perkins's Island. It is still believed to be in the family. His house,
which he gave, after his wife's decease, to his youngest son Jacob, stood
near Manning's Neck and close to the river. His will is dated March 28th,
1654, and he probably died not long after, as he then says he was " sick
and weak in body." It was proved Sept. 1654, and his estate was valued
at <£250. 05s. He was 64 years old at his death. The name of his wife
was Judith, and he left six children, as follows : —
1. John? jun., b. 1614; admitted freeman, May 17,1637; m. Elizabeth
, who died Sept. 27, 1684. He died Oct. 14, 1686, set. 72.
2. Thomas? b. 1616, settled in Topsfield ; m. Phebe, dau. of Zacheus
Gould, and d. May 7, 1686, set. 70.
3. Elizabeth? m. William Sargent, of Amesbury, and left descendants.
4. Mary? m. Thomas Bradbury, of Salisbury.
5. Lydia 2 ; m. a Bennet.
6. Jacob? b. 1624 ; lived in Ipswich ; m. Elizabeth, who d. Feb. 12,
1685, aet. 56. He died Jan. 29, 1700, set. 76. [See Jacob 3 .]
The descendants of John the elder, or senior, are very numerous and
respectable, and as many of them had the same name, it is extremely
difficult to trace them. We give an imperfect list of them :
1. John, 2 jun., his oldest son, lived and died in Ipswich. In Sept. 1633,
at the first settlement of the town, and when he was only nineteen years
old, he saved the inhabitants from destruction by the Eastern Indians, who
214 Perkins Genealogy, [July,
had come into the river with forty canoes " to cut them all off." Robin,
a friendly Indian, told him of their plot, and he, with a few others,
bravely defeated them. He is often called on the records " Quarter Mas-
ter Perkins." His children were, 1. John, 3 m. Judith ; d. 1659, leaving a
widow, one daughter, and a child " new born," an estate of .£103, which
the court gave the widow till her youngest child should be 18 years old.
2. Abraham? b. 1641 ; m. Hannah, dau. of William Beamsley, of Bos-
ton, Oct. 16, 1661. He d. April 27, 1722, set. 81. She d. Oct. 16, 1732,
set. 91. Representative in 1710. Ch., 1. Hannah, 4 b. Aug. 7, 1662. 2.
Beamsley, 4 b. April 7, 1673 ; d. 1719 ; wife Hannah. 3. John, 4 b. Aug.
23, 1676 ; grad. H. U. 1695. 4. Stephen, 4 b. 1683 ; Capt. d. 1733.
Ch., Margaret, 5 Mary 5 m. Norton, Elizabeth* m. Lowater. 5. Abraham, 4 b.
Dec. 22, 1685 ; d. 1718. Ch., Joseph, 6 Nathaniel, 5 and Abraham. 5
3. Jacob? m. Sarah Wainwright, 1667 ;* maltster, lived on Saga-
amore Hill and d. 1719. Had 1. John, 4 b. 1668. 2. Phillis, 4 b. 1667;
m. Thomas Emerson, 1683. 3. Hannah, 4 b. 1670. 4. Francis, 4 b.
1672 ; he died before his father and left Robert, 5 Wesley, 5 Francis, 5 and
Elizabeth ; 5 also probably David, ancestor of Benjamin Perkins, of Rox-
bury. His widow, Elizabeth m. George Giddings, of Gloucester, 1706.
5. Wesley, 4 b. 1674. 6. Sarah, 4 b. 1679. 7. Mary, 4 b. 1685. 8. Eliz-
abeth, 4 b. 1689. 9. Jacob, 4 b. 1690. 10. Eunice, 4 b. 1691. 11. John, 4
b. 1693.*
4. Luke? m. Elizabeth Jago [Jaques ?] April 26, 1677.
5. Isaac? lived at Chebacco ; d. 1725 ; wife Hannah. Ch., 1. John 4 , b.
July 1, 1670. 2. Abraham, 4 Sept. 1671. 3. Hannah, 4 b. 1673 ; m. a
Woodward. 4. Isaac, 4 b. 1676. 5. Jacob, 4 b. 1678. 6. Sarah, 4 b. March
28, 1685 ; m. a Marshall. 7. Mary, 4 m. a Proctor, 1684.
6. Nathaniel, 3 lived at Chebacco, in 1684 ; wife Judith. Ch., Nathan-
iel, 4 b. 1685. Jemima, 4 b. June 29, 1686.
7. Samuel 3 m. Hannah West, 1677 ; d. 1700. Ch., Samuel, 4 b. 1679.
Ebenezer, 4 b. 1681 ; Elizabeth, 4 b. June 13, 1685 ; John, 4 b. May 12, 1692.
8. Thomas? perhaps was a son of John, jun.
The children of Thomas, 2 second child of John the elder, were, 1. John. 3
2. Thomas. 3 3. Elisha. 3 4. Timothy. 3 5. Zaccheus. 3 A daughter 3 m.
Joseph Towne ; another, 3 a Lamson, and Judith, 3 b. Jan. 28, 1658. He
is usually called on the records, " Dea. Thomas Perkins, sen., of Tops-
field." His will is dated Dec. 11, 1685, and proved Sept. 1686. It is
quite long and minute, and his estate was large. He died May 7, 1686,
aged 70. His oldest son, John 3 m. Deborah Browning, Nov. 28, 1666,
and d. May 19, 1668, leaving a son Thomas, 4 b. Nov. 4, 1667, who went
to Enfield, Mass., and has descendants there as supposed.
Thomas, 3 second son of Deacon Perkins, m. Sarah Wailis, 1683, and d.
1719. Children : Martha, 4 b. 1695 ; Robert, 4 1697 ; Samuel, 4 1699 ; Sa-
rah, 4 Phebe, 4 Hannah. 4
Elisha, 3 his third son, m. Catherine Towne, Feb 23, 1680. She was the
daughter of Jacob and Catherine Towne, b. Feb. 25, 1662. Their child-
ren were, Thomas, 4 b. Oct. 15, 1681 ; m. Mary Wildes, Nov. 26, 1719,
and removed same year to Kennebunkport, Me. For his descendants, see
Bradbury's excellent history of that town.
Elisha, 4 b. May 27, 1683 ; wife Lucy d. 1751.
* Mr. Savage says that Jacob 2 m. Sarah, dau. of Francis Wainwright. His second
wife was Elizabeth , by whom he had Matthew, b. June 23, 16G5.
1856.] Perkins Genealogy. 215
John, 3 a house carpenter, was the third son of Dea. Thomas, b. Aug. 2,
1685 ; wife Mary died June 22d, 1750. Ch.: Elisha, 4 b. 1714; Isaac, 4 1717;
John, 4 1719 ; Thomas, 4 1723 ; Moses, 4 1732, m. Anna Cummings, 1754.
His son was the well known Capt. Thomas Perkins, a Salem millionaire.
Jacob 1 was the youngest child of John the elder, and inherited by will
all his father's real estate in Ipswich. In 1761 his house was struck by
lightning on the Lord's day, while many of the people were there to " re-
peat the sermon." In 1694 he described himself as " Serjeant Jacob Per-
kins, senior, and as having grown old, and given to each of his children
their respective parts of his estate." His wife Elizabeth d. Feb. 12, 1685,
set. 56. He d. Jan. 29, 1700, set. 76. Ch. : Elizabeth, 3 b. April 1, 1650.
John, 3 b. July 3, 1654, d. 1705; Judith, 3 b. July 11, 1655; Mary ,3 b.
May 14, 1658 ; Jacob, 3 jun. born Aug. 3, 1662, m. Oct. 15, 1684, Eliza-
beth, dau. of John Sparks, who d. April 10, 1692. Ch. : Jacob, 4 b. Feb.
15, 1686 ; Elizabeth, 4 b. March 18, 1691 ; John 4 and others.
Matthew, 3 b. June 23, 1665; m. a daughter of Lieut. Burnham ; d. 1755,
set. 90. Ch. : Abraham, 4 Matthew, 4 and others. Matthew, as is supposed,
was the grandfather of the well known inventor and mechanic, Jacob
Perkins, who was born in Newburyport, and died in London, July 30, 1849,
set. 83.
Joseph 3 and Jabez, 3 the youngest sons of Serjeant Jacob, 9 settled early
in Norwich, Conn., where they married and left many descendants, noted
as physicians, clergymen, and lawyers. [See the excellent and interesting
History of Norwich, by Miss Caulkins.
III. HAMPTON FAMILIES.
Abraham 1 Perkins was one of the first settlers of Hampton, N. H., in
1638. He was admitted freeman, May 13, 1640. He was a man of good
i education, an excellent penman, and much employed in town business.
His will is dated Aug. 22d, and proved Sept. 18, 1683. It is supposed he
was a brother of John the elder, of Ipswich. His wife Mary d. May 29,
1706, set. 88. Ch. : Abraham, 2 jun., killed by the Indians at North Hill,
June 13, 1677 ; wife was Elizabeth Sleeper, dau. of Thomas Sleeper.
Ch. : Mercy, 3 b. July 3, 1671, m. Samuel Chandler, July 12, 1694 ; Mary ,3
b. Nov. 20, 1673, m. John Moulton, Oct. 6, 1692 ; Elizabeth, 3 b. April 9,
1676, m. April 5, 1697, to Jeremiah Dow. The widow again married
Alexander Denman.
2. James? whose first wife was Mary and their child, Jonathan, 3 b.
May 6, 1675. His second wife was Leah, dau. of Moses Cox, m. Dec.
13, 1681. She d. Feb. 19, 1749, set. 88. He died before Dec* 9, 1731,
when his will was proved. Ch. : Elizabeth, 3 m. Joseph Philbrick ; Han-
nah, 3 b. Aug. 18, 1691, m. Simon Moulton, March 2, 1722 ; Mary, 3 b.
Dec. 1686, m. Jonathan Taylor ; James, 3 b. March 17, 1696, m. Sarah
Nason, Feb. 22, 1729 ; Moses, 3 b. July 13, 1698, m. Mary Marston, Feb.
26, 1730, d. Aug. 14, 1765, set. 67; David, 3 b. Nov. 30, 1701 ; Sarah, 3
m. Samuel Graves, and Lydia 3 m. a Clifford.
3. Caleb 2 m. Bethiah, dau. of James Philbrick. Ch. : Rhoda, 3 b. June
24, 1677, m. Elias Philbrick, May 24, 1700; Benjamin, 3 b. May 11, 1680;
Ann, 3 b. March 19, 1682.
4- Jonathan 2 d. Dec. 1687 ; wife was Sarah, and their daughter Abigail 3
was born April 30, 1687.
5. Abigail? b. April 12, 1655, m. Dea. John Folsom of Exeter, Nov.
10, 1675.
216 Perkins Genealogy. [July,
6. Timothy? b. June 2, 1659, d. Jan. 27, 1659.
7. Sarah, 2 b. July 26, 1659. -
8. Humphrey 2 b. May 17, 1661 ; representative in 1696 ; d. Jan. 7,
1712, set. 51. His wife was Martha, and their children were John, 3 b.
March 12, 1688 ; Jonathan, 3 b. Nov. 24, 1692 ; Mary, 3 b. Nov. 28, 1693, m.
Samuel French, Dec. 20, 1722. James, 3 b. Sept. 9, 1695, m. Huldah
Roby, Dec. 24, 1714; Martha, 3 m. Ephraim Leonard; Sarah, 3 Abigail. 3
His two youngest sons, David and Luke, settled, perhaps, in Bridgewater.
Isaac 1 Perkins, probably brother of John and Abraham, was an early set-
tler in that part of Hampton now called Seabrook, where he still has de-
scendants. He was admitted freeman in 1642, and died between 1683 and
1686. The name of his wife was Susannah, and iheir ch. were, 1, Jacob, 2
who m. Mary Philbrick, Dec. 30, 1669, and had Isaac, 3 b. Dec. 18, 1671 ;
Jacob, 3 Dec. 24, 1676; Mary, 3 Aug. 10, 1698; Benjamin, 3 Aug. 12, 1693.
2. Daniel 2 died Aug. 1, 1662.
4. Mary 2 b. July 23, 1658.
5. Ehenezer 2 b. Dec. 9, 1659 ; wife was Mercy ; son Jonathan, 3 b.
May 10, 1691.
6. Joseph 2 b. April 9, 1661. His wife was Martha, and their children
were, Joseph, 5 b. July 28, 1689. John, 3 b. June 4, 1691 ; Caleb, 3 b. July
8, 1693.
IV. DOVER FAMILY.
There was a William Perkins, at Dover, 1662 — 1675, born, it is said,
in the west of England, 1616; took the oath June 21, 1669; died in
Newmarket in 1732, aged 116. Several of his grand children have lived
above 70 years, and his great-grandson Thomas died in Wakefield, in
1824, aged 91. It is not known that he was related to the preceding
cousins of his name.
It is supposed that John " the elder," of Ipswich, and Abraham and Isaac
of Hampton, were brothers, and cousins of Rev. William, of Topsfield, and
all of them remotely related to that famous old Puritan nonconformist, Rev.
William Perkins, who lived in the reign of Elizabeth, and was a fellow of
Christ's College, Cambridge. His writings, in three large folio volumes,
were held in high esteem by the fathers of New England. His Life and
Portrait can be found in Fuller's Holy State, who says of him, that " he
would pronounce the word damn with such an emphasis, as left a doleful
echo in his auditor's ears a good while after.
And when catechist of Christ's College, in expounding the command-
ments, applied them so home, able almost to make his hearers hearts fall
down, and hairs to stand upright. But in his older age he altered his
voice, and remitted much of his former rigidness, often professing that to
preach mercy was the proper office of the ministers of the gospel."
The Editor, being personally interested, hopes, at some future day, to
get at the exact facts in this matter, and in the mean time will thank any
one to give him all the information in their power, or for any corrections
to this imperfect sketch.
It may rescue some facts from oblivion, and stimulate some one of this
excellent and honored name, now found in almost every State of our
Union, to make researches in both English and American records, and
give us a complete history of this family. In closing, he would express
his obligations to Horatio N. Perkins, Esq., of this city, from whose man-
uscripts much of the preceding has been obtained.
1856] Early Records of Boston. 217
EARLY RECORDS OF BOSTON.
[Continued from p. 72.]
[Copied for the Register, by Wm. B. Trask.]
Boston Deathes.
Ellias Manyard Marrincr of Sidmouth in Devonshire dyed 4:9: 53.
Thomas Oddingsalls a stranger deceased at Mr, Rucks house; at Boston in
New England 21 : 4 : 52.
Susan y e dau. of Edward Breeckc of Dorchester servant to Mr W* Paddy
deceased 11 : 9 : 53.
Richard y e Neger servant of Cap 1 Robert Kcayne dyed [
Sibbell y e wife of Richard Bennet deceased 13 ; 7 : 53.
David y e sonne of David & Mary dyed 2:9: 53.
John Looe dyed 1 : 10 mo : 53.
Malachy Browning deceased at M r Rob 1 Scotts house 27 : 9 : 53
Rachell ye Daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth Clarke dyed 16 : 9 : 53.
John y e sonne of James & Johanna Davis dyed 13 : 9 : 53.
Jonathan sonne of Thomas & Elizabeth Wi borne dyed 10 : 10 mo : 53.
Jn» Franckline kinsman to W m Franckline of Boston dyed 26 : 9 : 53
Rebeccah y e wife of James Hudson dyed 14 : 9 : 53.
Joseph sonne of Thomas Bell & of Ann his wife dyed 29 : 9 mo : 53.
Peter y e sonne of John & Abigail Jackson dyed 5:9: 53.
Benjamine sonne of John & Abigail Jackson dyed 11:9: 53.
Ezra Caue of Fingworth in Lecestershire dyed 4:7: 53.
John Robinson of Fiddingworth in Lecestershier dyed 7:7: 53.
James sonne of William Browne & of Hannah his wife dyed 15 : 9 : 53.
Richard done Neger servant to Cap 1 Rob 1 Keayne dyed 11 : 9 m0 : 53.
Richard sonne of Richard & Mary Chapman dyed 17 : 9 : 53.
Elizabeth y e Daughter of James & Abigail Johnson dyed 11:9: 53.
Mary y e Daughter of W m Cole m r chant & of Ann his wife dyed 23 : 10 : 5.T
Nathaniell Edwards m r chant deceased 2:11: 53.
Jn» Whittingham sonne in law to M r Simon Eire dyed 7:9: 53.
Zacheus sonne of Richard & Elizabeth Fairebanks dyed 10 : 9 : 53.
William King servant to Georg Hallsell dyed 14 : 10 : 53.
Elizabeth Daughter of Edward & Elizabeth Page dyed 19 : 9 mo : 53.
John sonne of James Hudson & of his wife Rebecca dyed 21 : 10 : 53.
Rebecca wife of Tho : Leader dyed 16 : 10 : 53.
Patience y e dau. of Samuell 011iver& of his wife Lydia dyed 26 : 9 : 53
Isabell wife of William Caustine dyed 25 : 11 : 53.
Johanna Daughter of Christopher & Ann Holland dyed 1:3: 52.
Richard sonne of Rich d & Sibbell Bennet dyed 26 : 12 : 53.
Elizabeth Daughter of Francis & Alice Bennet dyed 17 : 11 : 53.
Naomi Daughter of W m Cope & of Judith his wife dyed 8 : 8 : 53.
Ralph Waldren borne in Barbadoes dyed 29 : 9 : 53.
Sarah Daughter of Mr Robert Woodmansey dyed 10 : 9 : 53.
William Dening dyed the 20th f n« : 53.
Johannah Daughter of Christopher & Ann Holland dyed 2 : 1 : «
Joseph sonne of Hen: & Alice Largine dyed 14 : 1 : 53 or 54.
Pateson of Lyme in y e Countie of Dorset dyed aboard y e shipp
John & Sarah whereof was m mer M r John Greene 27 : 12 : 51.
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218 Early Records of Boston. [July.
Samuell y e sonne of Robert <k Hannah Read dyed 3^ : 1 : 54.
Judeth wife of Robert Hull dyed 29 : 1 : 54.
John sonne of James & Mary Dennis dyed 31 : 1 : 54.
Robert Woodward deceased 21 : 9 : 53.
Jeremiah sonne of Robert & Rachell Woodward dyed 26 : 9 : 53.
Joseph Shaw dyed 13 : 10 : 53.
Sarah Daughter of Hugh Browne & of Sarah his wife dyed 2:11: 53.
Hugh y e sonne of Hugh & Sarah Browne dyed 16 : 5 : 52.
Sarah y e Daughter of Hugh Browne dyed 3:2: 54.
John y e sonne of John Sweete & of Susan his wife dyed 3 : 2 : 54.
Johanna Daughter of Angell Hollard&of Katherine his wife dyed 29: 1 : 54.
William sonne of Anthony Shaw & of Alice his wife dyed 25 : 1 : 54.
Jane wife of John Anderson dyed 4:3: 54.
Ann wife of Thomas Trescott Marriner dyed 10 : 3 : 54.
Thomas Wheeler dyed 16 : 3 : 54.
Samuell sonne of Lyonell & EUinor Wheatly dyed 20 : 3 : 54.
Tabitha Daughter of Thomas & Ann Bell dyed 27 : 2 : 54.
Elizabeth Daughter of Peter Wittoms & of Redigon his wife 25 : 3 : 54.
Joseph y e sonne of Daniell Turrill & of Lydia his wife dyed 10 : 3 : 54.
Benjamine sonne of Benjamine & Wilmott Phipeny dyed 28 : 3 : 54.
Hannah Daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth Sowell dyed 2:11: 54.
John sonne of John & Joan Baker dyed 25 : 4 : 54.
Sarah Daughter of John & Mary Phillips Junio r dyed 29 : 4 : 54.
Hezekiah sonne of John & Elizabeth Harwood dyed 25 : 4 : 54.
Zechariah sonne of Zechariah & Elizabeth Phillips dyed 24 : 5 : 54.
Thomas sonne of Rob* & Rebecca Winsor dyed 8:5: 54.
Peter ^onne of Samuell & Mary Johnson dyed 19 :
Samuell sonne of John Anderson dyed 10 : 5 : 54.
Phillipee wife of William White dyed 5:5: 54.
Samuell Norton dyed 28 of June 1654.
James sonne of Arthur Kind & of Jane his wife 19 : 5 : 54.
Sarah Daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth Rocke dyed 27 : 4 : 54.
Hannah Daughter of Hezekiah & Elizabeth Vsher dyed 24 : 5 : 54.
Mary Daughter of Samuell Sendall & of Johanna his wife dyed 23 : 5 : 54.
Anna Daughter of Mathew Jyons & of Ann his wife dyed 26 : 5 : 54.
Mr William Hibbins dyed 23 : 5 : 54.
Elizabeth Daughter of Peter & Alice Place dyed 8:6: 54.
Elizabeth Daughter of Edward & Margaret Cowell dyed 7:6: 54.
John sonne of William & Hannah Townesend dyed 17 : 6 : 54.
Ann Daughter of John Sanford & of Bridget his wife dyed 26 : 6 : 54.
Mary Daughter of Samuell Wilson of Fairefeild & of Jane his wife dyed
[blank.]
Eliazer y e sonne of Robert Scott &of Elizabeth his wife dyed 3:6: 54.
Grace Daughter of Mr Rich d Bellingham, dyed 3:7: 54.
Thomas sonne of Thomas & Mary Broughton dyed 1 : 7 mo : 1654.
John y e sonne of Robert Nanny & of Katherin his wife dyed 20 : 7 : 54.
Hannah Daughter of William Holloway dyed Last : 8 rao . 1653.
Eliakim sonne of Robert & Sarah Waker dyed 30 : 7 : 54.
John Avery dyed 31 : 5 : 1654.
Naomi the Daughter of Francis Douce & of Katherine his wife deceased
14 : 7 : 54.
Lydia the Daughter of Francis & Katherine Douce dyed 6:8: 54.
Mary Daughter of Henry & Sibbilla Sands dyed 14 : 8 ; 54.
53
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Hannah the Daughter Ireson of Lynn servant to Sibbella Sands widdow
deceased 5:9: 54.
Ellinor y e Daughter of Henry Shrimpton & of his wife Mary deceased
9 : 1": 1652[?].
Martha y e Neger y e Daughter of Matthew & Dorcas deceased 26 : 6 : 54.
William y e sonne of Mathew Jyons & of Ann his wife dyed 1:9: 54.
Mary y e Daughter of John & Hannah Bateman dyed 17:8: 54.
Elizabeth Looe dyed 24 : 8 : 54.
John y e sonne of Robert & Elizabeth Sanford dyed 23 : 9 : 54.
Mathew Cenig deceased 4 : 10 : 54.
John y e sonne of John & Judeth Hull dyed 14 : 9 : 54.
Major Genn r all Edward Gibbons dyed 9 : 10 : 54.
Thomas y e sonne of Thomas & Elizabeth Sowell dyed 7 : 10 : 54.
Isaac y e sonne of Walter & Mary Sennot dyed 11 : 8 : 54.
Thomas Dinely dyed 15 : 11 : 54.
Joshua y e sonne of Joshua & Ann Rog r s dyed 15 : 12 : 54.
Mary Bigsby widdow dyed 5:11: 54.
Barnebas Farre dyed 13 : 10 : 54.
Gustavs the sonne of William & Mary Hambleton dyed 27 : 11: 54.
Barbary y e wife of M r Anthony Stoddard dyed 15 : 2 : 55.
Edmund Grosse deceased 1:3: 55.
Anne y e Daughter of Thomas &; Anne Waker dyed 20 : 2 : 55.
Susanna wife of Leiut W m Phillips dyed 16 : 4 : 55.
Silvanus sonne of Walter & Mary Mery dyed 16:4: 55.
Thomas Bell deceased 7:4: 55.
Nath Sowther deceased 27 : 4 : 55.
Mr Robert Knight deceased 27 : 4 : 55.
Samuell y e sonne of John Baker & of Joan his wife dyed 2:5: 55.
Hannah y c wife of Robert Read dyed 24 : 4 : 55.
Rob 1 y e sonne of Robert & Margery Brooke dyed 11:5: 55.
Margaret the wife of Henry Feltch dyed 23 : 4 : 55.
Ester Cogsall decease at Godfry Armitages house 7:5: 55.
Jn° Speres master of the Barque May Flower an inhabitant of Virginia
deceased at Evan Thomas his house 25 : 5 : 55.
Zakeus Bosworth deceased 28 : 5 : 55.
John Coddington deceased 18 : 6 : 55.
Thomas Bounty of Wappine or Redriffe in England deceased at Leiut
W m Hudsons 26 : 6 : 55, he dye d intestate.
John Foote a seaman of Manchester dyed 16 : 6 : 55.
John y e sonne of James & Mary Dennis dyed 10 : 7 : 55.
Benjamine y e sonne of Benjamine & Wilmot Phipeny dyed 20 : 7 : 55.
W r illiam Davis a seaman Liueing in Chadwell in England deceased at
Isaac Cullimors house 20 : 7 : 55.
Richard the sonne of Capt Thomas and Mary Savage dyed 23 : 7 : 55.
Rebecca Daughter of M r Joseph Rocke & of Elizabeth his wife dyed 19 :
7 : 55.
Dorcas Daughter of William & Phillip White dyed 30 : 7 : 55.
Chrestable y e wife of John Gallop dyed 27 : 7 : 55.
Elisha sonne of William & Mary Salter dyed 14 : 7 : 55.
William y e sonne of William & Hannah Balantine dyed 4:8: 55.
Margaret Mathewes deceased 23 : 9 m0 : 55.
Mary y e Daughter of Arthur Kind & of Jane his wife deceased 27 : 8 : 55.
John y e sonne of John & Ruth Ingolsby 15 : 10 : 55.
Mary y e wife of Leiut Joshua Hewes dyed 23 : 6 : 55.
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John Clemons seaman at a Towne neere Lee in England deceased at
Isaac Cullemors 13 : 8 : 55.
Elizabeth Daughter of Andrew Cload & of Elizabeth his wife deceased
the 17 : 7 : 55.
George Stevens a Cooper in London deceased at Isaac Cullimors house
2:9: 55.
Mary the wife of Ralph Roote dyed 15:9: 55.
Mary y e wife of W m Baker dyed 12 : 10 : 55.
Lydia y e Daughter of Jonathan & Mary Balston dyed 6:11: 55.
Judeth ye Daughter of W m & Scisly Talbot dyed 16 : 11 : 55.
Francis Bennet was drowned at Nodles Island dyed 4 : 10 : 55.
Em the wife of Thomas Rawlins dyed 27 : 10 : 55.
Mary y e Daughter of John & Hannah Keetch dyed 1:11: 55.
Phillip Sherman Apprentice of John Blower dyed 12 : 10 : 55.
Elizabeth Rose servant to Hugh Williams dyed 20 : 11 : 55.
Symon sonne of M r Simon Lynd & of Hannah his wife dyed 4:11: 55.
Mary y e wife of M r Thomas Purchase dyed 7 : 11 : 55.
Alice Fermase widow dyed 9 : 12 : 55.
Mary the Daughter of Moses Maverick of Marblehead dyed 20 : 12 : 55.
Judeth Whittingham Daughter in Law Vnto Mr. Symon Eire dyed 27 :
l mo : 56.
Abigail [?] sonne of John & Susanna Sweete dyed 16 : 3 : 56.
Mary y e wife of William Lane dyed 2:3: 56.
Hannah Daughter of M r Edward & Rebecca Rawson dyed 27 : 3 : 56.
Mathew y e sonne of Mathew Jions & of Ann his wife dyed 13 : 3 : 56.
Jarvis Goold deceased 27 : 3 : 56.
Gershom y e sonne of Jn° & Elizabeth Mathew dyed [blank.]
John y e sonne of John Wilford & of Bridged his wife dyed 12 : 4 : 56.
Thomas Johnson of Hingham drowned 29 : 3 : 56.
Stephen y e sonne of Isaac Waker & of Sarah his wife dyed 29 : 4 : 56.
Johannah y e wife of Samuell Norden dyed 29 : 4 : 56.
Nath y e sonne of John & Joan Baker dyed 13:4: 56.
John y e sonne of Thomas & Elizabeth Hunt dyed 19:6: 56.
Phillip y e sonne of Benjamine Brisco & of Sarah his wife dyed 16 : 6 : 56.
John y e sonne of James Hudson & of Mary his wife dyed the first weeke
in February (54.)
Sarah y e daughter of Thomas & Sarah Moore dyed 25 : 6 : 56.
Susanna Daught 1 * of Phillip & Ratchell Phillips dyed 15 : 6 : 56.
John Jellet dyed 13 : 6 : 56.
Zechariah sonne of M r Hezekiah & Elizabeth Vsher dyed 23 : 6 : 56.
Sarah y e Daughter of Francis Dawse & of Katherine his wife dyed 18 : 5 : 56.
Elizabeth Daught 1 " of Clemant & Mary Grosse dyed 1:7: 56.
Sarah Daughf of Samue 11 & Sarah Bucknell dyed 25 : 6 : 56.
Elizabeth Egginton wife of M r Jeremiah Eggington dyed 31 : 6 : 56.
Ester y e wife of Jeremiah Fitche dyed the 14 : 7 : 56.
John Jarvis m r chant dyed 24 : 7 : 56.
Ratchell Daughter of Thomas Harwood & of Ratchell his wife dyed 27 : 7: 56.
Thomas Wiborne deceased 2:8: 53.
Samue 11 Wilbore deceased 29 : 7 : 56.
M n Ann Levtjrit dyed 16 : 8 ; 56.
Sarah Daughter of John & Emm Coddington dyed 8:9: 56.
Jeremiah sonne of Danieli & Ester Travis dyed 1:9: 56.
Hannah Daughter of William Read dyed 25 : 9 : 56.
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Mary the wife of Samuell Flacke dyed 6:9: 56.
Anne wife of John Kenricke of Muddy River dyed 15 : 9 : 56.
Elizabeth wife of Isaac Coussnes dyed 14 : 10 : 56.
Dinah wife of Dorman Mahoon dyed 8:11: 56.
William sonne of William & Mary Ingram dyed 19 : 11 : 56.
Mehitabell Daught r of Thomas Hawkins & Rebeccah his wife dyed 14:3: 57.
Peter sonne of Samuell & Isabell Howard dyed 31 : 1 : 57.
Nicholas Busby dyed 28 : 6 : 57.
Priscilla Daughter of Henry & Sarah Messing"" dyed 21 : 4 : 57.
John sonne of Jer: Houchine & of Ester his wife dyed 2:5: 57.
Sarah y e wife of John Lewes dyed 12 : 5 : 57.
John Mosse dyed 26 : 3 : 57.
Jonathan sonne of Henry & Ellinor Shrimpton dyed 22 : 5 : 57.
Hannah Daughter of Henry & Elizabeth Powning dyed 6:5: 57.
John y e sonne of John & Emm Jephson dyed 19 : 5 : 57.
Nicholas sonne of Nicholas & Hannah Phillips dyed 1:6: 57.
William sonne of W m Greenoe & of Elizabeth his wife dved 7:6: 57.
John sonne of Leiut W m Phillips & of Bridget his wife dyed 8 : 6 : 57.
Mehitabell Daughter of Henry & Elinor Shrimpton dyed 29 : 5 : 57.
John sonne of Joseph & Elizabeth Rocke dyed 13 : 6 : 57.
John sonne of Jn° Woodeeof Roxbery & of Mary his wife deceased 12 :6: 57.
David sonne of W m Balantine & of Hannah his wife deceased 16 : 6 : 57.
John sonne of John & Elizabeth Picket dyed 14 : 6 : 57.
Stephen sonne of Walter & Mary Sennet 14 : 7 : 57.
John sonne of Nathaniell & Sarah Hunn 3^ : 7 : 57.
Joseph sonne of Thomas & Leah Baker dyed 30 : 6 : 57.
Mary Daughter of Edw d Coleman &; of Margaret his wife dyed 6:7: 57.
Leah Daughter of Hope & Ratchell Allen dyed 9 : 7 : 57.
Edwd Arnold dyed 8 : 6 : 57.
Thomas sonne of Thomas & Elizabeth Brattle dyed 5:7: 57.
William sonne of Samuell Davis & of Sarah his wife dyed 21 : 7 : 57.
Barthelmew Barlooe dyed 26 : 7 : 57.
Samuell sonne of Cap 1 Thomas Savage &; of Mary his wife dyed 22 : 6 : 57.
Sarah Daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth Watkins dyed 26 : 6 : 57.
Sam 11 sonne of Peter & Sarah Olliver dyed 9:7: 57.
Ann Daughter of Arthur Mason & of Johannah his wife dyed 11:7: 57.
John Stockbridge dyed 13 : 8 : 57.
Walter Merry was drowned 28 : 6 : 57.
Theophilus sonne of Theophilus Frery & of Hannah his wife dyed 24 : 7 : 57.
Rebecca wife of Mathew Barnes dyed 19 : 7 : 57.
Elizabeth Daughter of Henry & Hannah Feltch junio r dyed 18 : 8 : 57.
William Rix dyed 13 : 9 : 57.
Thomas Alcock dyed 14 : 7 : 57.
Richard y e Neger servant of Jn° Lowell dyed 7:9: 57.
Elizabeth Daughf of Sampson &; Abigaile Shore dyed 15 : 10 : 57.
Sarah wife of Job Judkine dyed 26 : 9 : 57.
John sonne of Robert & Sarah Waker dyed 3:11: 57.
Cap* Rob* Keayne dyed 23 : 1 : 56.
This aboue written was brought in by M r Jonathan Negus as a true
transcript of the seu r all deathes in Boston since w* he brought in before
to the beginning of this time as hee affirmed.
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Early Records of Boston.
[July,
Boston Marriages.
Phillips Nicholas Phillips was marryed to Hannah Salter the 4 : 10 : 51
p r Richard Bellingham Esq r .
Philpot William Philpot was marryed to Anna Hunn widdow 16 :
10 : 51 p r Richard Bellingham Esqu r .
Isaac Cole John Cole sonne of Isaac Cole was marryed to Susanna
Hutchinson v e Daughter of y e late W m Hutchinson of Road
Island 30 : i0 : 51, p r Rich d Bellingham Esq'.
Baker William Baker was marryed to Mary Eddington the Daughter
of Edmund Edington 23 : 7 : 51.
Madocks Edmund Madocks was marryed to Rebecca Munnings the
14 : 11 : 51 pr Thomas Dudley Dep* Govern 1 "
Davis Samuell Davis was marryed to Sarah Thayer Daughter of
Rich d Thayer 20 : 5 : 51 p' M r W m Hibbins.
Brisco Joseph Brisco was marryed to Abigail Compton the Daughter
of John Compton 30 : 11 : 51 p r M r W" Hibbins.
Phillips William Phillips Junio r was marryed to Martha Franklin
24 : 8 : 50 p' M r W- Hibbins.
Due Ambrose Due was marryed to Ester Barker Daughter of
Nicholas Barker 10 : 12 mo : 51 p r Mr W kW Hibbins.
Coggan Mr John Coggan was marryed to M" Martha Winthrop pr M*
John Endicott Governo r 10 : 1 : 51.
Till Peter Till was marryed to Elizabeth Nick 26 : 12 : 51 p*
M r W m Hibbins.
Cullimore Isaac Cullimore was marryed to Margery Page 22 : 11 : 51
p' Rich d Bellingham Esq r .
Saxton Thomas Saxton was marryed to Ann Atwood widdow 10 :
1 : 51 p r Rich d Bellingham Esqr.
Cheeckley John Cheeckley was married to Ann Eires Daught r of M*
Symon Eires 5 : 1 : 52 p r M r W ra Hibbins.
Allen Edward Allen of Boston was marryed to Martha Waye 7 :
3 : 52 p* Tho: Dudley Esq'
Gallop Nath: Gallop was marryed to Margaret Eueley the 11 : 4 : 52
p' Rich d Bellingham Esq r .
Sam 11 Gallop was marryed to Mary Phillips 20 : 11 : 50 p p
Rich d Bellingham Esq'
Yeomans Edw<» Yeomans was marryed to Elizabeth Joslin 21 : 4 : 52
p r Rich d Bellingham Esq r .
Lunerus Pol us Lunerus was marryed to Margaret Clemons widdow
1 : 5 : 52 p r Mr W<* Hibbins.
Howe Joseph Howe was marryed to Francis Willey 16 : 5 : 52 p r
M r W» Hibbins.
Ballantine William Ballantine was marryed to Hannah Hollard y»
Daughter of Angell Hollard 23 : 5 : 52 p' M r W- Hibbins.
Harbert Silvester Harbert was marryed to Lucie Adams the 21 : 7 : 52
pr W m Hibbins Esqr.
Paddy William Paddy of Plymouth was marryed to Mary Paiton of
Boston widdow 3 : 10 mo : 51 by Rich d Bellingham Esq 1 ".
Savage Cap 1 Thomas Savage was marryed to Mary Simmes the
Daughter of Zechariah Simmes Pasto r of the Church of
Christ in Charlestowne p r M r Increase Nowell 15 : 7 m0 : 52.
Lord Thomas Lord was marryed to Hannah Thurston the 23 : 7 :
p r Rich d Bellingham, Esq'.
1856.] Early Records of Boston. 223
Edzall Thomas Edzall was marryed to Elizabeth Ferman 16 : 7 : [
p r Rich d Bellingham Esq r .
Ellis Edward Ellis was marryed to Sarah Blott the Daught' of
Robert Blott of Boston p r Tho: Dudley Dept Gov r 6 : 8 : 52.
Grossc Mathew Grosse was marryed to Mary Trott p r M r Thomas
Dudley Dept Gov' 5 : 8 : 52.
Vsher Hezekiah Vsher was marryed to Elizabeth Simes the Daugh-
ter of Zechariah Simes Pasto r of y e Church of Christ at
Charles Towne 2 : 9 : 52 by Increase Nowell Esq r .
Adams Nath: Adams was marryed to Elizabeth Purmott the Daughf
of Philemon Purmott 24 : 9 : 52 p r Rich d Bellingham Esq'.
Jackson Edmund Jackson was marryed to Mary Gawdren widdow
7 : 11 : 52 pr Rich d Bellingham Esqr.
Burgesse James Burgesse was marryed to Lydia Meed y e 19 : 8 : 52.
Mosse John Mosse was marryed to Mary Jupc 24 : 10 : 52 by Rich*
Bellingham Esq r .
Robinson Thomas Robinson of Scittuat was marryed to Mary Woodev
Widdow 10 : 11 : 52 pr Mr W m Hibbins.
Hull Edw d Hull the sonne of Robert Hull of Boston was marryed
to Elinor Newman 20 : 11 : 52 p r M r W m Hibbins.
Hudson James Hudson was marryed to Rebecca Browne Daughter
of William Browne of Boston 3 : 12 : 52 p r M r W m Hibbins.
Samuell John Samuell was Marryed to Lucie Wight Widdow 24 : 10 :
52 p r M r Rich d Bellingham.
Bill Thomas Bill was marryed to Widdow Elizabeth Nichols
14 : 11 : 52 p r Rich d Bellingham Esqr.
Axobery W ra Avvbrey m r chant was marryed to Rachell Rawson the
Daughter of M r Edw d Rawson 18 : 11 : 52 p r W m Hibbins.
Lowle John Lowle was marryed to Hannah Procto r Daughter of
George Proctor of Dorchester 3 : 1 : H p r M r W m Hibbins.
Lynd Mr Simon Lynde was marryed to Hannah Newgate the
Daughter of M r John Newgate of Boston 22 : 12 : 52 p'
M r W Tm Hibbins.
Jay William Jaye was marryed to Mary Hunting the Daughter of
John Hunting of Dedham.
Mattock Samuell Mattocke was marryed to Constance Fairebanks Dau.
of Richard Fairebanks of Boston 30 : 1 : 53 p r W m Hibbins.
Shaw Anthony Shaw was marryed to Alice Stanare 8 : 2 : 53 p'
M r Increase Nowell.
Gilbert John Gilbert was marryed to Mary Eaton 5 : 3 : p r M r Tho-
mas Dudley Dept Governo'.
Beels Jeremiah Beels of Hingham was marryed to Sarah Ripley
Daughter of W m Repley of Hingham at Boston 26 : 8 :
pr ^r William Hibbins.
Glover Habbacuke Glover was marryed to Hannah Eliott y c Daugh-
ter of M r John Elliott Teacher of the Church of Christ at
Roxbery 4 : 3 : 53 p r Tho Dudley Dept Qov r .
Jewitt Joseph Jewitt of Rowley was marryed to Ann Allen widdow
formerly the wife of Capt Bozon Allen of Boston 23 : 3 : 53
p r Rich d Bellingham Esq',
Bull Isaac Bull was marryed to Sarah Parker the Daughter of
John Parker of Boston 22 : 4 : 53.
Sandy John Sandy was marryed to Ann Holines the 7 : 5 : 53 p r
M r W Hibbins.
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Early Records of Boston.
[July,
Dart Ambrose Dart was- marryed to Anne Adis the Daught* of
M r William Addis of Cape Ann 24 : 4 : 53.
Chamberline John Chamberline was marryed to Anne Browne Dau. of
William Browne of Boston 19:3: 53 p r M r W ra Hibbins.
Manning Georg Manning was marryed to Mary Haroden the 15:5: 53.
White William White & Phillip Wood were marryed 4 : 6 : 53.
Spaule Thomas Spaule and Marry Gutteridge was marryed 18 : 6 : 53
pr M r W m Hibbins.
Browne Abram Browne was marryed to Jane Skipper 19 : 6 : 53
pr M r W ra Hibbins.
Merry Walter Merry m. Mary Doling 18 : 6 : 53 by M r Glover.
Russell William Russell m. Alice Sparrow widdow the 7:7: 53.
Page Isaac Pag was marryed to Damaris Shattock 30 : 7 : 53 p«
M r William Hibbins.
Bennet Ambrose Bennet was marryed to Mary Simons 15 : 2 : 53
p r m- \y m Hibbins.
Rog r s Joshua Rogers was marryed to Ann Fisen 12 : 8 : 53 p r M v
W m Hibbins.
Cload Andrew Cload was marryed to Elizabeth Bugby the 29 : 7 : 53
by M r W m Hibbins.
Pretious Charles Pretious was marryed to Rebecca Martine 17 : 9 : 53
by Mr John Glover.
Endicolt John Endicott sonne & heire to the wor p full M r Jn° Endicott
was marryed to Elizabeth Houchin the Daughter of M T ..
Jeremiah Houchin of Boston 9 : 9 : 53 by Riclv 1 Belling-
ham Esq r .
Pittman William Pittman was marryed to Barbury Evons 29 : 9 : 53
by M r W" Hibbins.
Dobson Georg Dobson was marryed to Mary Bostwicke 24 : 9 : 53
by Mr John Glover.
Gillet John Gillet was marryed to Elizabeth Perry widdow 22 : 10 : 53
by Mr W m Hibbins.
Breck Robert Breck m'chant was marryed to Sarah Hawkins the
Daught 1 of Mrs Mary Hawkins widdow 4 : 11 : 53 by
Rich d Bellingham Dep 1 Gover r .
Bedwell Samuell Bedwell was married to Mary Hodgkinson the 2 :
12 : 53 by M r W m Hibbins.
Martine Richard Martine Merchant was marryed to Sarah Tuttle Dau>
of John Tuttle of Boston 1 : 12 : 53 p r M r W" Hibbins.
Prery Theophilus Frery m. Hannah Elliott Daughter of Jacob
Elliott of Boston deceased 4 : 4 : 53 -p r M r W m Hibbins.
iMwrence John Lawrence was marryed to Elizabeth Adkinson 8 : 12
53 by Mr W m Hibbins.
Robinson James Robbinson m. Martha Buck 21: 12:53 by M r W m Hibbins.
Read William Read was marryed to Ruth Crooke 20 : 1 : |J br
M r W m Hibbins.
Hinckesman William Hinckesman was marryed to Mary Philberd 20 i
11 : 52 By Mr Glover.
Sowther Nathaniel Sowther was m. to Sarah Hill, widdow, 5 : 11 : 53.
Shaw Joseph Shaw was marryed to Mary Sowther the Daughter of
Nath Sowther 1 : 10 : 53.
Parnum^ John Farnum was m. to Susanna Arnold the Dau of Thoma*
Arnold of Watertowne 7 : 2 : 54 by M r Increase Nowell.
(To be Continued.)
1856. J The Allen Family in New England. 225
A BRANCH OF THE ALLEN FAMILY IN NEW ENGLAND.
1. Samuel Allen and his wife Ann were among the first settlers of
Braintrce, Massachusetts. They had Samuel, 1632, and subsequently
Joseph, James, Sarah, Mary and Abigail. His wife Ann died 1641, and
he had a second wife, Margaret. Sarah married Lieut. Josiah Standish ;
Mary married Nathaniel Greenwood, 1655; Abigail probably married
John Gary, 1670.
2. Samuel, the eldest son of Samuel 1 , settled in the parish of Easi
Bridgewater as early as 1660. He was one of the original landed pro-
prietors of the town and held many offices of trust and honor from the
people. He was town clerk from 1683 to 1702, was a member of the
Legislature in 1693, was in many of the battles with the Indians in those
times, and once, while on a march to join Capt. Church with twenty of
his neighbors, took seventeen prisoners after a desperate conflict. The
records of the town still bear witness of his character for accuracy and
research. He was a deacon of the church and bore a good character to
his death. He married Sarah, daughter of George Partridge of Duxbury;
she was born in 1639. They had Samuel, 1660 ; Essiel, 1663 ; Mehita-
ble, 1665; Sarah, 1667 ; Bethiah, 1669 ; Nathaniel, 1672 ; Ebenezer,
1674 ; Josiah, 1677 ; Elisha, 1679 ; Nehemiah, 1681. He died in 1703,
aged 71. Mehitable married Isaac Alden, 1685; Sarah married Jonathan
Gary, who died about 1695, and she afterwards married Benjamin Snow,
1705 ; Bethiah married John Pryor.
3. Samuel, son of Samuel 2 , married Rebeckah, daughter of John Cary,
1685, and had Samuel, 1686 ; Ephraim, 1689 ; Timothy, 1691 ; Joseph,
1693 ; Mehitable, 1695. The mother died 1697, and he married Mary,
(supposed to be the daughter of Joseph Alden,) 1700, and had Joseph,
1701 ; Benjamin, 1702 ; Mary, 1704 ; Rebecca, 1706 ; Matthew, 1708 ;
Seth, 1710, and Abigail. His will 1736. Timothy, Joseph and Benja-
min are supposed to have settled in New Jersey ; Mehitable married a
Bushnell ; Mary married Henry Kingman, 1726 ; Rebeckah married John
Kingman ; Abigail married Shubael Waldo, of Windham, 1730. [There
was a Samuel Allen, who married Jane Turner, of Weymouth, 1728, and
died 1750, and called Jr., probably the son ; there is no farther record of
him.] Ephraim went to Berkley and was a blacksmith.
Nathaniel, son of Samuel 5 , married Bethiah, daughter probably of Na-
thaniel Conant, 1696, and lived at Conanfs Bridge, Bridgewater, and
afterwards at South Bridgewater ; and had Andrew, 1698 ; Hannah, 1700 :
and James, 1704. The mother died and he had a second wife, Abigail
(probably Mary,) and had Abigail, 1711 ; David, 1713 ; Andrew, Han-
nah, and David, no account of, perhaps they went to the Cape. Abigail
married Nathaniel Carver, 1736. Perhaps there was another daughter,
Mercy, who married , 1739.
Ebenezer, son of Samuel 2 , married Rebecca Scott, 1698, and had Sarah,
1699; Rebecca, 1701; Jacob, 1702; Joanna, 1704; Abigail, 1706; John,
1708; Ebenezer, 1709 ; Ephraim, 1711 ; Isaac, 1719 ; Joshua, James,
Jemima and Deborah. The father died 1730. Sarah married Jonathan
Crocker ; Joanna married David Pratt, 1722 ; Abigail married Samuel
Smith ; Ephraim died 1734, and Jacob settled his estate ; Rebecca was
baptized 1725, and died single.
Josiah, son of Samuel 2 , married Mary Reed, 1707, and perhaps daugh-
ter of Micajah Reed. Had Micah, 1708 ; Josiah, Mary, Esther, Sarah,
226 The Allen Family in New England. [July,
Nathan, 1722 ; Betty, 1724 ; William, 1726. Mary married Benjamin
Vickery, 1737 ; Ester married James Edson, 1749 ; Sarah married Ja-
phet Byram, 1742. The father was dead, in 1736. Micah, Nathan and
Betty sold to Benjamin Whitman, 1781.
Elisha, son of Samuel 2 , married Mehitabel daughter of Nicholas Bvram,
1701, and had Elisha, 1704; Japhet, 1705; Mathew, 1708; Samuel, 1710;
Mehitable, Susannah, Mary, Silence. Mehitable married Jonathan Alden,
of Duxbury, 1731 ; Susannah m. John Cary, 1733; Silence m. Edmond
Jackson, 1741. [Quere, if it was not Elisha's daughter that married
Benjamin Vickery, 1737, not Josiah's as above.] Samuel probably m.
Susannah, daughter of David Perkins, 1733, and died 1737.
Nehemiah, son of Samuel 2 , married Sarah Wormell, 1707, and had
Alice, 1707; Sarah, 1710; Martha, 1713; Nehemiah, 1715; Bethia,
Lydia. Alice m. Arthur Latham, 1733, and then Jonathan Allen, of
Braintree, 1739 ; Sarah m. Nathaniel Pratt, of Bridgewater, 1734; Martha
m. Deacon Jacob Haywood, 1736 ; Bethia m. Micah Turner, of Wey-
mouth ; Lydia m. Richard Vining, of Weymouth ; Jonathan Allen, of
Braintree, married Mary, daughter of Captain Chilton Latham, 1742,
and had several daughters married at Bridgewater ; two m. Ramsdeils
and one m. Seth Hobart.
Benjamin, son of Samuel 3 , m. Mehitable, daughter of Ephraim Cary,
1730, and had Benjamin, Ephraim, Hannah and Mehitable, 1737. The
father died and his estate was settled among the children 1754. Hannah
m. John Edson, 1751 ; Mehitable m. Benanuel Leach. Mehitable Allen,
the widow, m. Caleb Washburn, 1756 Benjamin went to Kingston and
married a Delano, and was a sargeant with Gen. Winslow, 1755, in secur-
ing the neutral French at Nova Scotia, where he died. He enlisted from
Plymouth, where he was a tanner.
Capt. Mathew, son of Samuel 3 , m. Sarah, daughter of Seth Brett, 1735,
and had Nehemiah, 1736; Ezra, 1739; Nehemiah, 1741 ; Sarah, 1747;
Mary, 1750; Simeon, 1753. He died 1787, aged 79 ; she died 1794,
aged 76 ; Sarah died single, 1812, aged 65. Simeon m. Huldy, daughter
of Ephraim Cary, 1785, and had Susanah, 1786 ; Simeon, 1788 ; Alfeus,
1792, who married two daughters in succession of Maj. Nathl. Wilder, of
Middleborough, and removed to Boston and there died, 1828, without
children. Simeon, the father, died 1805, aged 52, and Huldy, the mother,
died 1802, aged 50.
Deacon Seth, son of Samuel 3 , married Rebecca Rickard, Plympton,
1735, and had Betty, 1739 ; Mary and Rebecca, twins, 1743. He died
and the widow married Deacon Thos. Whitman, 1767 ; Betty m. Nathan
Whitman, 1761.
Mathew, son of Elisha and grandson of Samuel 2 , m. Sarah Hardin,
1734, and had Susanna, 1735; Samuel, 1737; Japhet, 1739 ; Sarah, 1743;
Mary, 1745 ; Mathew, 1747. The mother died 1793, aged 77 ; Susanna
m. Seth Gannet, 1754 ; Sarah m. Lot Dwelley, 1763 ; Mary m. John Ho-
bart, 1765, father of John Hobart, Esq., of Leicester, and afterwards a
Bearce. The father, Mathew, died 1784, aged 76.
Japhet, son of Mathew and great grandson of Samuel 2 , married Betty
Thomas, of Marshfield, 1761. She was a sister of Nathan Kingman's wife,
and had Sarah, 1765; Laban, 1766; Phebe, 1768 ; Japhet, 1771 ; Betty,
1773 ; Jenny, 1775 ; Lydia, 1778, and Isaac, (born at Tamworth, N. H.,
where the family all moved,) September 29th, 1782. The father was a
well educated man, but of feeble health for many years previous to his
1856.] Pedigree of Uncus. 227
death, which took place February 3, 1791, aged 50 years. He was active
in the revolutionary struggle and fought at the battles of Lexington and
Bunker Hill. He served three years in the army after those battles, and
was in a number of engagements while on duty. His health was broken
down while in the army, and he retired to live out the remainder of his
days in the wilds of New Hampshire. His wife died also at Tamvvorth,
N. H., Feb. 13, 1793 ; Laban died at Rodman, Jefferson County, N. Y. ;
Phebe m. Capt. Simon Gilman, of Tamworth, N. H., and had a large
family of children ; but is still living. Japhet went to sea, became
master of a vessel, and died at St. Mary's about the year 1815. Betty
married a Cotton, of Wolfsborough, N. H., and had a large family of
children, but died a few years since. Jenny married a Smith, of Tam-
worth, N. H., had a large family of children, and died about the year
1824. Lydia died young. Isaac married Betsey Gilman, daughter of
Col. Jeremiah Gilman, of Burton, N. H., who was an officer in the revo-
lutionary war. They were married in 1810, and had Ira, Jan. 3, 1812 ;
Abigail J., March 17th, 1815; Stephen M., April 15, 1819; Elizabeth G.,
April 15th, 1824. The family moved to Dover, N. H., and subsequently
to Corinna, in Maine, and from thence to Roxbury, Mass. The father
died May 3d, 1856, the mother is still living. Abigail J. married H. G. O.
Winter, and they removed to Hamilton County, Ohio. They have child-
ren ; Abby Elizabeth, Otis Warren, and Helen ; Elizabeth G. Allen died
at Roxbury, in January, 1845.
Ira, son of Isaac above-named, was educated as a physician. He mar-
ried Harriet S. Lock, daughter of Samuel Lock, of Dover, N. H., in 1832.
They had children. Lydia Ann, March 12, 1833 ; Amanda, January 3,
1835 ; Elizabeth G., January 25th, 1837 ; William, March 17, 1841 ;
Harriet Maria, Oct. 8, 1842 ; Ida Blanch, June 22, 1833. The family all
still live at Roxbury.
Stephen M., son of Isaac, married Ann Maria, daughter of William
Gridley, of Boston, April 15th, 1841, and had children. Maria Malville,
July 12, 1846; Agnes Elizabeth, October 12, 1848; Marietta Withington,
July 7, 1853, and Horace Gwynne, July 27th, 1855. Marietta died Sept.
11, 1854. The father moved to Jamaica Plain in 1845, where the family
still reside. S. M. A.
« — ■•■ »
PEDIGREE OF UNCAS.
Colony Records, Deeds, SfC, iii., 312.
(Saml. G. Drake, Esq. Sir, I am not aware that the accompanying Genealogy of
Uncas has ever before been printed entire ; it was, in October, 1692, upon Owaneco's re-
quest, allowed by the General Court to be recorded. De Forest, in his History of the
Indians of Connecticut, p. 66, refers to it, but spells the Indian names quite differently
from my reading of them, as will appear upon comparison. — C. J. Hoadly, State
Library, Hartford, March 26, 1856.]
March 1679.
The Genealogie and Lineage of Vncas Sachim of Monheag beginning
at Tama-qrawshad who was granfather to the said Vncas his father, and
so bringing it down to Vncas and his Successors, in which is also shewed
his native right to such Lands with their respective boundaries as are here-
after mentioned.
The abovenamed Tamaquawshad had many relations which lived above
Queenabaug River, and also up the Nipmuck Countrey who were never
priveledged by Marriage into the Royall Stock, for the said Tamaquaw-
shad had decreed to keep the Royall blood within the Realm -of the Mo-
heags and Pequotts.
228 Pedigree of Uncas. [July^
The great Granmother of said Vncas was a great Queen and lived at
Moheag her name was Au-comp-pa-chauge-Sug-gunsh.
His mothers Granfather was the Chief Sachim of the Pequot Countrey
in his time and lived at Au-cum-bumsk in the heart of the Countrey and
was named Nuck-quut-do-waus.
Uncas his Granfather was the sonne of Nukquut do waos above named,
and was the chief Sachim of the Pequot Countrey and lived at Aukum-i
bumsk abovenamed, and was named Woipequund.
His Granmother was the daughter of Weeroum the chief Sachim of
the Narragansetts and her mothers name was Kesh-ke-choo-Walt-ma-kunsh
the chief Sachims Squaw of the Moheags.
And she was neece to Ahadon who was the sone of Nuckquutdowaus'
and she was Sister to Aucomppachaug Suggunsh.
Uncas his father who was wholly of the Royall blood, his name was
Owaneco, and he was the sonne of Woipequund, and the said Woipequund'
and Uncas his mother had both one mother the said Uncas his mother was
called Muk-kun-nup and her mother before her was called by the same'
name, Tatobems fathers name was Wo-peg worrit
The said Uncas further declareth that about the time of his fathers de-<
cease his said father moved to Tatobem who was then the great Sachim
of the Pequotts countrey for a match between his eldest sonne and said 1
Tatobems daughter, the said Tatobem did readily imbrace the motion
abovesaid and gave his free consent. Alledging that by this coniunctionl
they should keep their Lands entire from any vio1atio[n] either fromi
neighboring or forreign Indians, but before the consumation of this match,
the said eldest sonne died, and then by the determination of the Indian;
Councill both of the Pequotts and Moheegs, it was concluded and joyntly 1
agreed, that Uncas the next brother to the deceased should proceed in the j
said Match, which thing Uncas accepted, and was married to her, about
ten years before the Pequott warres, and had three children by her, two
of which died Owaneco only surviving.
Further the said Uncas doth declare, and looks upon it a thing which
may be easily proved from the contract of the great Sachims (viz.) his
father and the sachim of the Pequot Countrey upon the making of that
match above specified, that his right to the Pequott countrey was good i
and unquestionable who although she was of the Pequott blood, she neither
would nor did forsake him in the time of the warre and also he himselfe j
though in such affinitie unto the said Pequitts yet his wife and he shewing
their fidelitie unto the English, himselfe adventuring for their assit" in
that warre, that it would look hard to him by this unhappy warre to be
deprived of his true and legall right to that countrey, which if it shall
seem good to my good friends the English to my successors so farre as
reason shall appear to maintain, it will without doubt be a friendly though
not a costly requitall of my former or later adventuring myselfe in my
own person with the lives of my Subjects for their assistance in offence of
the enemies of my good friends the English I shall thankfully accept it
from their hands.
Uncas also declares that his granmother and Momohoes great granmother
were owne sisters, and that Cattuppessit by Usorquene and Mau-gau-wan-
mett of Long Island are both derived of the lineage Nukquutdowaus, and
being of the Royall blood he desires the English would respect them as such.
[After this there follows "Articles of Agreement between the Governor
and Companie of his Majesties Colonies of Connecticut and Uncas Sachem
of the Moheegs." 2 pages.]
1856. J Memoranda of the Stone Family ) of Watertown. 229
ALMANAC MEMORANDA OF THE STONE FAMILY OF
WATERTOWN, &c.
Old Almanac of Rev. Nathan Stone, in which he kept a Family Reg-
ister, running back his ancestral line on both sides, the paternal to Simon
Stone, who came from London, April, 1635, the maternal to Thomas
Hinckley, the last Plymouth Governor. Lineage traced on the outside
blank leaves of the Almanac; the rest scattered through it according to
dates. W. F. Stone.
My Grandfather Stone was Simon
Stone of Watertown. who came out
of England when 4 years old with
my Great Grandfather Simon Stone,
whose wife was Joana daugt r of M r .
William Clark. He had one Brother,
whose name was John, & three Sis-
ters, which married Mr. Sterns, Green
<fc Orne — this last died young.
My Grandmother Stone was Mary
Whipple. She had 1 Bro r : who had
3 sons, John, Mathew & Joseph ; &
3 sisters, who mar'd Mr. Potter,
i Worth & Goodhue. My Grandfather
! 6c Grandmother had 7 sons, Simon &
I John, who lived at Groton ; Mathew
at Sudbury, Ebenezer at Newton,
N Nathaniel, my father, at Harwich,
I David & Jonathan at Watertown ; and
3 daugh u Mary who mar 4 Mr. Starr
& lived at Dedham, Elizabeth marr'd
Deacon Sterns, & Susannah who
married Edw d Goddard Esq. of Fra-
mingham. They were all together
at my Undo Jonathan's July 1724.
My Grandfather Hinckley was
Thomas Hinckley Esq. of Barnsta-
ble. He had 2 Brothers, Sam" who
had 5 sons, Benjamin, Joseph, Tho-
mas, Eben r & Isaac ; and John, who
had 4 sons, Iccabod, Sam", Job &
Jonathan.
My Grandfather Hinckley's first
wife was Richards, by whom he
had 2 sons, Sam" & Thomas, and 7
Daughters, who married Mr. Bacon,
Wyburn, Hall, Worden & Avery,
Crocker, Glover, & Whipple. His
second wife was y e widow of Capt.
Glover (I suppose her maiden name
was Mary Smith) by whom she had
Nath" & John & Aunt Rawson.
By my Grandfather she had 2
sons, John & Ebenezer, and 4 daugh**
Aunt Mercy Prince, Abigail Lord,
Thankful Mayhew, & my mother,
Reliance Stone.
My Uncle John mar d Thankfull
Trott of Dorchester about April or
May 1691, and died about Feb: or
March 1706.
My Grandmother Mary Hinckley
died July 29 th 1703 iET« 73.
PARENTS.
My Father born some time in April 1667 — Died Feb. 8. 1755, se 87
yrs. and 10 mos.
My Mother born 15 th Dec r . 1675, mar* 1 same day 1698, and died May
24, 1759, a?. 83 yrs. & 5 mos.
My Father Ordained the 16 th of Novemer 1700.
GRANDPARENTS.
My Grandmother Mary Hinckley died July 29, 1703, M* 73.
Grandfather Stone died Feb. 27, 1708, ]&■ 77.
Grandmother Stone died the 2 d of June, 1720, ffi 86.
UNCLES tc AUNTS.
My Uncle Simon Stone died Dec r 20, 1741.
My Uncle Mathew Stone died 12 Aug 1 1743.
230 Marlborough. [July
My Uncle David Stone died 7 Oct . 1750.
My Uncle Jonathan Stone died 7 Jan r * 1754, (N. S.)
My Uncle Ebenezer Stone died 4 Oct . 1754.
My Aunt Goddard died 4 Feb. (N. S.) & Uncle Goddard 9& Feb. 17M.
N. S.
MOTHERS-IN-LAW.
Mother Fox* died 5^ of Feb. 1764— Mother Thachert 1" Oct". 1771.
BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
Sister Mary born 16th Sept. 1669. She died Dec' 22. 1778.
Sister Kezia born 8. Apr 1 . 1701— mar 4 Apr. 10. 1729— and d. Nov. 2.
1763, 33. 62 y" & 7 mo\
Brother Lincoln died April 19, 1760.
Sister Reliance born 26 th April, 1703, and died March 26, 1735, se. 31
y r \ & 11 mos.
Brother Heman born 4th Sept. 1705, & died April 26, 1779, ee. 75.
I was b. 18 Feb. 1707-8— mar 4 y« 1st time Oct" 21, 1734, mar* y« 2«
time May 16, 1751.
Judith my first wife was b. Aug. 10, 1712 — she d. Feb. 1748-9, about
2 P. M., aged 36 years. J
Sister Thankful born 2 d March 1709— mar d . June 11, 1756.
Sister Eunice born 23 d June 1711.
Brother Nathaniel b. 29th Nov. 1713, and died Janr 7, 1777.
Sister Achsah b. 1* Sept. 1715.
Sister Hannah b. 30th of June 1718, & d. 30th of July 1718, se. 1 month.
Sister Hannah y« 2 d b. 26th March, 1720, & d. 7th of June 1720, 83. 2
mo. 12 days.
Sister Huldah born 6th f July, 1722, & d. 24th Q f Jan' 1727, ae. 4 yrs.
«& 18 days.
Sister Freeman's son Nathaniel died 22 d of Nov. 1743.
Sister Freeman's Mary born 18 th Augt. 1744.
< «»«— *-
MARLBOROUGH.
"On Monday last, the 16th Currant, Thirteen Indians on the Frontiers, surprized
two men at their labour in the Meadows at Marlborough about four miles distant from
the body of the Town, took them both alive ; and as they parted out of the Town took
a woman also in their marching off, whom they killed. How oneof the Prisoners broke
away in a 6cuffle, and brought home the Indians Gun and Hatchet, and acquainted the
Garrison and Inhabitants, who speedily followed them, and were joyned by 20 from
Lancaster, being in all 40 odd, " came up with the Enemy, who were also encreased to
36, and on Tuesday at ten of the clock found them, and in two hours exchanged ten
shot a man, in which skirmish we lost two men, and had two slightly wounded ; and no
doubt we killed several of the Enemy, whose Tracts of being dragg'd away we saw, but
recovered but one of them, tho' tis probably conjectured, that we kill'd 10 or 12 at
least ; we took 24 of their Packs and drove them off their ground, and are yet pin suad
by two Parties of the Forces from Lancaster and Groton, at our Forces overtaking and
attacking the Enemy they barbarously murdered the Captive." News Letter, 25 Ang.,
1707.
* Wife of Rev. John Fox, of Woburn.
t Wife of Thacher, of Attlebor , where Mary was mard.
X His 2 d wife, Mary Thacher, survived him, don't know how long ; child" by each,
all noted in the Almanac, but here omitted.
Rev. Nathan Stowe died May 31, 1781. Gravestone, Southh r . His son, Rev. Nathan,
of Dennis, died Ap 1 26, 1804. This entered in Almanac by another hand as were
some other facts which ought to have been extracted before I returned the precious old
thing to its keepers on Cape Cod, the greaf-great-grandchild n of Rev. Nathan 1 Stone,
of Brewster.— W. F. S.
1856.] Note on the Cradock Family. 231
NOTE ON THE CRADOCK FAMILY.
Boston, March 8, 1856.
S. G. Drake, Esq.,
Dear Sir : — As the name of Cradock must always interest the
antiquarians of this section of New England, I beg leave to hand
you, with this, some extracts from a rare county history, relating to
the family of Gov. Mathew Cradock, with a pedigree of a junior
branch copied from Burke's " Commoners/' In this latter work,
however, the compiler has failed to mark the connection.
I remain your friend and servant,
W. H. WlIITMORE.
Extracts from ErdeswicWs History of Staffordshire, ed-
arms of cradock. ited by Rev . Thomas Harcourt; Westminster, 1820.
44 Of Caverswall, was Lord in Richard the First's time, as I take it, one
Thomas de Carswall ; from whom it descended to Sir William de Cars-
wall, Knt., who had issue, Sir Richard Carswall, Knt., who had issue,
William de Carswell, (temp. Ed. 11,) who builded there a goodly castle,
and pools, the dams being of masonry, and all his houses of office like-
wise. He had issue, Richard de Carswall, who lived 19 Edw. 111. From
the Carswalls it came by descent to the Montgomerys, and from them to
the Giffords, and from them to the Ports, and from Port to my lord Hun-
tington, now (1596) owner thereof in right of the countess his wife.
[1820. From lord Huntington, it came by purchase to Mathew Cradock,
in whose family it remained in 1655 ; from Cradock it passed to Sir
William JolifFe, Knt., and from him, by marriage with his daughter, to
William, viscount Vane, if Ireland."] page 187.
44 George Cradock died seized of Pelsall Hall, and of lands in Pelsall,
Wolverhampton, Wirley, Essington, Bloxwich, Hammerwich, Goscote,
Houndhill, Handbury, Marchington, Acton-Trussel, Bedenhall, Brocton-
hall, and the Castle of Caverswall. Matthew Cradock, his son, bought
Ipstones, and built a new house at Caverswall, which he made his seat."
—p. 296.
John Cradock == Jane, dau. of Richard Needham, Esq.
John == dau. of Richard Middleboro', Esq.
Richard == Alice, dau. of John Dorrington, Esq.
Richard == William Thomas
d. s. p. ancestor of Gov. Cradock.
John = Alice, dan. of Roger Tempest, (See Register, April, 1855.)
ancestor of Cradocks, of Hartforth,
Co. York. (Burke's Commoners, iv. p. 256. )
44 Trent being past Barleston and Tittensor enters between Cubleston
and Darlaston, leaving the one on the east and the other on the west.
Cubleston is a goodly large manor containing these hamlets, viz. : Mayford,
Oldinton, Berryhill, Cotwaldeston, Mathershall, the Spot-Grange, Snell-
hall, and Woodhouses." — (Erdestvick, p. 28.) Caverswall, the above
mentioned seat of the Cradocks, is upon the river Blyth, a tributary of the
Trent. Mayford in Cubleston is thus very near to Cavers well, and was
formerly spelled Metford.
The deeds of Gov. Cradock's widow and daughter, relating to lands in
Medford, Mass., describe the property as being " in our manor of Metford
in New England."
232 Note on the Sargent Family. [July,
It is then no very hazardous conjecture to say that our town of Med ford
received its name from this place in England, and to hold until a better
surmise is made, that the Governor gave it this name from a place near
his ancestral possessions, in which moreover he may have had lands.
Edward Mainwaring, of Whitmore, married a Cradock, as shown in
the pedigree printed in this journal for April, 1855.
As Burke's " Commoners" does not show properly the method in which
that manor came to the Mainwarings, (see article Biddulph, of Biddulph,
in vol. iii. p. 280,) I copy the record from Erdeswick : —
Ricardus Forestarius held temp. Conq. several manors in Staffordshire,
among others Biddulph, Annesley, Buckenhall, and Whitmore. He had
a son, Ormusle Guidon, who married the daughter of Nicholas, vicecomes,
and had issue Robert, Edward, Thomas and Alured. Of these, Robert
married Amabilia de Perpant, and had Ralph, who d. s. p., and Alina who
fn. Ingenulfus, son of William de Gresley. She had Robert de Gresley,
who d. s. p., and three daughters, Avisia, Dionisia, and Petronella. Avisia
m. Henry de Verdon and had Petronella and Henry de Verdon, which
latter married his cousin Felicia, daughter of Stephen de Wiverston and
Dionisia. The issue of Henry and Felicia was Henry, who inherited the
possessions of these three daughters of Alina and Ingenulfus de Gresley,
which were the manors of Annesley, Biddulph, and Buckenhall. He had
a son Henry, who had an only daughter, Emme, wife of John de Whit-
more, (probably a descendant of Ormus, though untraced,) and they had
an only daughter, Elizabeth, wife of James Boghey, who carried with her
the four estates of her parents. James Boghey had issue John, who had
issue James, who had issue Robert, father of Humphrey ; who was father
of Robert, whose sole daughter married Edward Mainwaring, whose de-
scendants are still in the possession of these manors.
« «~»*» ■*-
NOTE ON THE SARGENT FAMILY.
" Jonathan Sargent" was one of those who about 1643, at New Haven,
with Theophilus Eaton, took the " oath of fidelity " to the government
then and there established. We find him there, in court, in 1647, testify-
ing concerning the bad quality of the leather of his shoes. " The insoales
and outsoales and all fell from the upper leather.'" From the Branford
records we learn that " goodwife Sargent" died Dec. 17, 1651, and Jon-
athan Sargent, Dec. 9, 1652. Jonathan, Hannah, Thomas, and John,
children of Jonathan Sargent, " a member of y e church at Branford,"
were baptized at New Haven, 10th 6th mo., 1651. Of these, Jonathan,
being a young man, was among the first settlers of Newark, N. J., where
John Sergeant, the missionary, his grandson, was born in 1710. The
father of the missionary, who was also named Jonathan, died about 1732,
leaving a widow, subsequently second wife of Col. John Cooper, and four
sons, Thomas, John, Jonathan, and Daniel. The late Hon. John Sergeant,
of Philadelphia, was the son of Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, and grand-
son of Abigail the daughter of Rev. Jonathan Dickinson, she having mar-
ried Jonathan Sergeant, the brother of the missionary. These facts,
though gathered from documents fragmentary and in localities wide apart,
may be relied on. S. H. C
1856.]
Early Records of Maiden.
233
EARLY RECORDS OF MALDEN.
[Communicated by Aaron Sargent, Jr.]
Births.
Thomas,
Sarah,
Mercy,
Elizabeth,
Thomas,
Abram,
Sarah,
Elizabeth,
Sarah,
Mercy,
Sarah,
Samuel,
Abraham,
Jonathan,
Thanks,
John,
Mary,
Mary,
Samuel,
William,
Joseph,
Elizabeth,
Mary,
Martha,
Thomas,
James,
Dorcas,
John,
Jacob,
Rachel,
Mary,
See p.
Benjamin,
Nathaniel,
Israel,
Mehetabel,
See p.
John,
See p
Samuel,
See p
John,
Samuel,
Sarah,
Anna,
Rebekah,
son of
dau. of
(C tt
It tt
son of
tt tt
dau. of
it tt
tt tt
tt tt
tt tt
son of
tt
it
tt tt
dau. of
son of
dau. of
tt tt
son of
tt tt
tt tt
dau. of
tt tt
tt tt
son of
tt tt
dau. of
son of
tt it
dau. of
tt tt
161 for
son of
tt tt
tt
tt tt
tt
dau. of
, 161 for
son of
. 161-2
son of
, 162 for
son of
tt tt
dau. of
tt it
tt tt
15
Thomas Skinner, born in Chichester,
July 25, 1645
John Lewis
Dec. 24, 1647
William Bucknam
Feb. 164J
John Chadwicke
April 1, 1648
Thomas Ozban
June 26, 1649
Thomas Skinner, born in Chichester,
, Sept. 29, 1649
Abraham Hills
Oct. 1649
Thomas Lynde
April 20, 1650
John Chadwicke
June 1, "
Richard Pratt
June 15, "
Wm. Bucknam
July,
Samuel Wayte
Oct. 11, "
John Lewis
Dec. 10, "
John Lewis
Jan. 4, 165?
Ralph Shepard
Feb. 10, "
John Sprague
March 9, "
Thomas Ozban
" 11, "
Abraham Hills
May, 1652
Joseph Hills
July,
Wm. Bucknam
Aug. "
Thomas Lynde
Dec. 13, "
Thomas Grover
Dec. 27, "
John Lewis
Jan. 165f
Samuel Howard
Mar. 15, "
Thomas Greene
April 1, 1653
John Chadwicke
" 15, "
Thomas Greene
May 1, "
Peter Tufts
May 7, "
Ralph Shepard
June, "
Philip Atwood
August, "
John Wayte
Aug. 31, "
birth in
tt
John Barrett
Dec. 18, "
Joseph Hills
Dec. 19, "
Ralph Greene
January, 165J
Thomas Hett
March, "
Thomas Ozban
April 30, 1654
Wm. Bucknam
August, "
birth in
tt
John Winslow
1655
for births in
1655 to 1659
Wm. Bucknam
Feb. 1659
births in
1660, 1661
John Bunker
May, 1662
Samuel Sprague
May, "
John Greene
Sept. "
Job Lane
Sept. "
John Wayte
Nov. 22, "
234
William,
Abigail,
James,
Hannah,
Joanna,
Lazarus,
Hannah,
Samuel,
Phineas,
Joseph,
John,
Ruth,
Jemima,
Rebecca,
Elizabeth,
Jonathan,
John,
Joses,
Lydia,
Ralph,
Dorothy,
Nathaniel,
Thomas,
John,
John,
Samuel,
Samuel,
Benjamin,
Thomas,
Thomas,
Thomas,
Elizabeth,
Mary,
Elizabeth,
Elizabeth,
Samuel,
Ann,
Jabez,
Elizabeth,
Daniel,
Elizabeth,
Hannah,
Sarah,
John,
Thomas,
John,
Isaac,
Abram,
Deborah,
Samuel,
Benjamin,
Sarah,
Elizabeth,
son of
dau. of
son of
dau. of
tt tc
son of
dau. of
son of
dau. of
tt
son of
u tt
dau. of
son of
dau. of
son of
tt
dau. of
son of
dau. of
son of
dau. of
son of
dau. of
it it
tt It
son of
ft tt
tc tt
U It
II II
dau. of
son of
ic ti
dau. of
It tt
Early Records of Maiden.
Wm. Augur
Philip Atwood
James Nichols
Richard Adams
Roger Kenicott
Lazarus Grover
Henry Swilloway
Samuel Tingle
John Sprague
John Bunker
Joseph Hills
Robert Burditt
Job Lane
Samuel Sprague
Samuel Pierce
John Winslow
Phineas Upham
Joses Bucknam
Roger Kenicott
Thomas Shepard
Joseph Hills
John Wayte
Samuel Tingle
Wm. Greene
Wm. Augur
John Shaw
Joseph Hills
Samuel Greene
Benj. Whittemore
Thomas Grover
Simon Melins
Thomas Skinner,
Wm. Greene
John Greene
John Paul
Gershom Hills
James Nichols
Samuel Howard
John Sargeant
Benj. Whittemore
Daniel Sheperdson
Philip Atwood
Joses Bucknam
Robert Carter
Roger Kenicott
Samuel Greene
John Greene
Isaac Hills
Abraham Hills
John Sprague
Thomas Greene
Benj. Whittemore
Thomas Grover
Samuel Lee
[July,
Nov. 30,
1662
December, "
LL
January,
January,
Dec.
166|
166£
1665
Feb.
166|
tt
tt
(1
tt
If
tt
March,
1666
May,
Aug. 19,
tt
tt
Sept.
Oct.
tt
tt
Oct.
tt
Dec. 9,
tt
Jan.
166f
it
tt
it
tt
April 13,
May 27,
July,
Oct.
1667
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
Dec. 16,
tt
tt
tt
Jan.
166?
tt
tt
March,
1668
Aug.
Nov.
tt
tt
tt
tt
Dec.
tt
tt
tt
Feb.
166f
March,
1669
tt
tt
April,
tt
tt
tt
June,
tt
Aug.
tt
tt
tt
Sept.
Oct.
tt
1*
April,
June,
1670
tt
Aug.
tt
Sept. 21,
Oct, 5,
tt
tt
Nov. 2,
tt
Nov.
tt
1856.]
Early Records of Maiden.
235
Noah,
son
of
Jo: Floyd
Dec.
1670
Phineas,
(4
u
Phineas Sprague
Dec. 27,
44
John,
44
u
Daniel Sheperdson
Jan.
167?
Richard,
IC
u
Simon Melins
March 2,
44
Oliver,
cc
t(
Philip Atwood
April,
1671
Sarah,
dau.
of
Wm. Greene
May 11,
44
Samuel,
son
of
Byran Bredune
June,
44
Susannah,
dau.
of
Edmund Chamberline
a
44
Samuel,
son
of
Edward Counts
July,
44
James,
44
a
John Scolle
Oct.
44
Elizabeth,
dau.
of
Zachariah Sawtell
Dec.
44
Samuel,
son
of
Samuel Howard
Feb.
1674
Lemuel,
(C
a
Lemuel Jenkins
March,
44
Mary, dan
. "
a
Gershom Hills
:t
44
John,
son
of
Samuel Greene
April 1,
1672
Ebenezer,
a
(4
Edmund Chamberline,
44
Joseph,
a
44
Patrick Fassett
Oct.
44
William,
it
44
Phineas Sprague
Nov. 21,
44
Henry,
a
44
Henry Greene
Jan.
167f
Lydia,
dau.
of
John and Lydia Greenland
Feb. 2,
44
Elizabeth,
a
44
John Egron
3,
44
Samuel,
son
of
Samuel Brackenbury
44
44
Sarah,
dau.
of
John Sprague
44
.4
John,
son
of
Thomas Skinner
April,
1673
Mary,
dau.
of
Abraham Hills
Aug.
44
Joseph,
son
of
Joseph Wilson
Sept. 27,
44
Andrew,
cc
44
Thomas Grover
Oct.
44
Elizabeth,
dau.
of
Peter Tufts
Nov. 22,
44
John,
son
of
John Greene
Mar. 21,
167f
Anna,
dau.
of
Thomas Dickerman
March,
m
CC
Samuel,
son
of
Joses Bucknam
April,
1674
Joseph,
it
44
Joseph Hills
July 3,
44
William,
u
44
Samuel Greene
Aug.
44
Hester,
dau.
of
Henry Greene
Sept.
44
Ralph,
son
of
Phineas Sprague
Nov.
44
Mary,
dau.
of
John Scolle
Feb.
167|
Mary,
(4
44
John Ross
April 24,
1675
John,
son
of
James Barrett
44
Daniel,
a
44
John Floyd
Dec. 28,
44
Hannah,
dau.
of
John Sargeant
Dec.
44
Richard,
son
of
Thomas Skinner, Jr.
Jan. 3,
167f
Edmund,
son
of
Edmund Chamberline
Jan. 31,
44
Judith,
dau.
of
Joses Bucknam
Aug. 7,
1676
Elizabeth,
it
44
Robert Carter
Aug. 28,
44
Joel,
son
of
John Paul
Oct.
44
Sarah,
dau.
of
John Greene
Jan. 14,
167f
Jonathan,
son
of
John and Lydia Sargeant
April 17,
1677
Jonathan,
a
44
James Barrett
1678
William,
((
44
John and Lydia Sargeant
Nov. 20,
1680
Sarah,
dau.
of
Joses Bucknam
44
Abigail,
u
44
Michael Wigglesworth
Mar. 20,
1681
Abraham,
son
of
Abraham and Hannah Skinner
April 8,
44
Hannah,
dau.
of
John and Hannah Vinten
Jan. 26,
1684-
236
Early Records of Maiden.
[July,
Mary
Thomas,
dau
son
of
of
Rebecca,
dau.
of
Martha,
t<
tt
Eleanor,
ct
tt
Joseph,
son
of
Sarah,
dau.
of
Mary,
Esther,
tt
tt
tt
tt
Mary,
John,
tt
son
tt
of
Susanna,
dau.
of
Lydia,
Sarah,
K
tt
tt
tt
John,
son
of
Thomas,
tt
tt
Thomas,
tt
tt
Tomazin,
dau.
of
Ruhamah,
tt
tt
Abigail,
tt
tt
Hannah,
tt
tt
Nathaniel,
son
of
John,
tt
tt
Sarah,
dau.
of
Mary,
tt
tt
John,
son
of
Richard,
tt
tt
Mary,
Ebenezer,
dau.
son
of
of
Elizabeth,
dau.
of
Sarah,
tt
tt
Ruth,
tt
tt
John,
son
of
Mary,
Mehetabel.
dau.
tt
of
tt
See p
. 164
: fol
Susanna,
dau.
of
Joseph,
Dorothy,
Mary,
Jemima,
son
dau.
tt
tt
of
of
tt
tt
John,
son
of
Lydia,
Benjamin,
Lydia,
David,
dau.
son
dau.
son
of
of
of
of
Sarah,
dau.
of
James,
son
of
Anna,
dau.
of
Mary,
Sarah,
dau.
tt
Ol
of
tt
Anna,
tt
tt
Michael. Wigglesworth
Thomas Burditt
John and Hannah Vinten
Michael Wigglesworth
Pelatiah Smith
Joseph and Elizabeth Lamson
Obadiah Jenkins
John Wayte
Michael Wigglesworth
Phineas Upham
John Sprague
Joses Bucknam
Henry Greene
Samuel Sprague
John Mudge
John Lynde
Jonathan Knower
Isaac Hill
Pelatiah Smith
Wm. Teale
Stephen Grover
Nathaniel Upham
Tryal Newbury
Phineas Sprague
Joseph and Elizabeth Lynde
John Pratt
Jonathan and Mary Sprague
Joseph Sargeant
Thomas Greene
Thomas Burditt
Samuel and Sarah Sprague
John Sargeant
John and Ruth Mudge
John and Hannah Chamberline
Samuel and Mehetabel Wayte
b. in
Philip and Sarah Atwood
Joseph and Elizabeth Lynde
Michael and Martha Wigglesworth
Simon and Sarah Grover
James and Hannah Chadwicke
Joseph and Elizabeth Lamson
Thomas and Rebecca Newhall
William and Elizabeth Greene
William and Sarah Bordman
David and Elizabeth Faulkner
Samuel and Sarah Lewis
Phineas and Mary Upham
.' /iin ami Mary Lyml«
John and Elizabeth Sprague
Thomas and Mary Dunnell
Pelatiah and Sarah Smith
Obadiah and Mary Jenkins
Sept. 21,
1682
Jan. 13,
168J
Mar. 26,
1683
Dec. 21,
tt
Feb. 17,
168£
July 28,
1684
March 9,
1685.
April 11,
" 16,
tt
June 18,
tt
July 28,
Aug. 8,
Aug. 11,
Sept. 16,
Oct. 15,
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
Oct. 24,
tt
Nov. 24,
.t
Dec. 11,
tt
Dec. 21,
tt
Jan. 1,
168|
Feb. 6,
tt
March 4,
1686
« 28,
tt
April 23,
" 30,
tt
tt
June 14,
tt
« 28,
t.
July 4,
Aug. 16,
Aug. 19,
tt
tt
tt
Sept. 26,
Oct. 26,
tt
tt
Nov. 21,
tt
Dec. 5,
tt
Dec. 22,
tt
Feb. 1,
" 13,
168f
tt
" 22,
tt
March 8,
1687
" 13,
tt
April 15,
« 17,
tt
tt
" 28,
tt
May 2,
" 17,
tt
June 4,
tt
Aug. 8,
" 13,
tt
tt
" 21,
tt
Sept. 4,
Oct. 25,
tt
tt
« 29,
tt
1856.]
Early Records of Maiden.
237
Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel and Mary Greene
Hannah, " " James and Hannah Nichols
See pp. 163 and 164 for births in
Abraham, son of Isaac and Sarah Hill
dau. of Phineas and Sarah Sprague
son of Abraham and Hannah Skinner
163 for births in
163 for births in
dau. of John and Hannah Vinten,
" " Abraham and Hannah Skinner,
163 and 164 for births in
Joanna,
Thomas,
See p.
See p.
Mary,
Mary,
See pp.
Esther,
lau.
of
should have been 169^.)
Elizabeth, dau. of Phineas and Elizabeth Sprague
Joseph, son of Jonathan and Mary Sprague
See pp. 163 and 164 for births in
Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel and Sarah Nichols
James and Abigail Nichols
Joseph and Elizabeth Lynde
Joseph and Mary Sargeant
John and Elizabeth Lynde
John and Hannah Vinten
Thomas and Elizabeth Burditt
Richard and Lydia Shute
Samuel and Elizabeth Greene
James and Elizabeth Whitney
Phineas and Elizabeth Sprague
Isaac and Sarah Hill
Jacob and Elizabeth Winslead
Simon and Sarah Grover
Jonathan and Mary Sprague
Jonathan and Sarah Knower
Thomas and Sarah Oakes
Samuel and Sarah Sprague
Thomas and Elizabeth Upham
Thomas and Elizabeth Baldwin
John and Mary Sargeant
Phineas and Mary Upham
Lazarus and Mary Grover
Stephen and Izebel Lerebe, latt
Nathaniel and Sarah Upham
James and Abigail Nichols
Joseph and Elizabeth Lamson
Joseph and Elizabeth Lynde
Samuel and Mehitabel Wayte
Isaac and Sarah Greene
Samuel and Sarah Lewis
Lemuel and Mary Jenkins
Joses and Judith Bucknam
Samuel and Elizabeth Greene
John and Hannah Vinten
Samuel and Sarah Hills
Joseph and Elizabeth Floyd
Abigail,
dau.
of
Mary,
tt
tt
Jabez,
son
of
Dorothy,
dau.
of
Mary,
«
John,
son
of
John,
tt
tt
Elizabeth,
dau.
of
James,
son
of
Mary,
dau.
of
Isaac,
son
of
Mary,
dau.
of
Simon,
son
of
Nathan,
tt
it
Thomas,
tt
tt
Sarah,
dau.
of
Mehetabel,
it
tt
Thomas,
son
of
James,
tt
tt
Mary,
dau.
of
Jonathan,
son
of
Ebenezer,
tt
tt
Abigail,
dau.
of
Noah,
son
of
James,
tt
tt
William,
tt
tt
Sarah,
dau.
of
Edward,
son
of
Isaac,
tt
tt
Abigail,
dau.
of
Nathaniel,
son
of
Lydia,
dau.
of
Rebecca,
tt
tt
Samuel,
son
of
John,
tt
tt
Ruth,
dau.
of
Nov. 16
, 1687
" 22
tt
»
Mar. 22
, 168J
Apr. 17
, 1688
Dec. 7
tt
>
1689
Aug. 20
, 1689
Sept.
1690
1690
5, 1692, (probably
Oct. 11,
1691
Oct. 24.
tt
1691
July 30,
1692
Aug. 25,
tt
t«
Dec. 20,
tt
tt
Jan. 2,
169f
Mar. 8,
1693
" 26,
tt
April 4,
tt
July 29,
tt
Oct. 15,
ti
Dec. 1,
tt
Jan. 7,
169f
" 25,
tt
Feb. 2,
tt
Apr. 28,
1694
May 23,
tt
last of June,
tt
July 7,
tt
Aug. 9,
tt
" 12,
tt
Sept. 2,
1694
" 22,
tt
end of Sept
tt
Oct. 2,
tt
" 22,
tt
" 25,
tt
Nov. 12,
tt
Dec. 2,
tc
" 27,
tt
Feb. 6,
169f
Mar. 9,
1695
« 24,
tt
April 4,
tt
May 3,
tt
" 23,
tt
July 25,
tt
238
Early Records of Maiden.
[July,
Edward and Dorothy Sprague
Thomas and Rebecca Dunnell
James and Deborah Hovey
Joseph and Mary Sargeant
Thomas and Elizabeth Upham
Jonathan and Elizabeth Howard
Samuel and Mehitable Wayte
Thomas and Mary Wayte
John and Mary Pratt
Samuel and Sarah Sprague
Joseph and Elizabeth Baldwin
daus. of Jonathan and Mary Sprague
Wm. and Mary Teel
Richard and Lydia Shute
Joseph and Elizabeth Lynde
John and Lydia Sargeant
Lemuel and Mary Jenkins
Wm. and Deborah Melen
Nathaniel and Sarah Nichols
Phineas and Elizabeth Sprague
Isaac and Sarah Greene
Simon and Sarah Grover
Nathaniel and Sarah Upham
John and Winefred Dexter
James and Abigail Nichols
Jacob and Susanna Wilson
John and Hannah Vinten
Stephen and Izebel Lerebe
John and Elizabeth Lynde
Edward and Dorothy Sprague
John and Mary Sargeant
James and Deborah Hovey
Joseph and Elizabeth Lamson
Samuel and Sarah Hills
Phineas and Mary Upham
Thomas and Sarah Oakes
Joseph and Elizabeth Baldwin
David and Elizabeth Faulkner
Samuel and Sarah Sprague
John and Elizabeth Lynde
Andrew and Mary Grover
John and Winefred Dexter
John and Abigail Upham
Thomas and Mary Grover
Joseph and Mary Sargeant
Thomas and Elizabeth Upham
Jonathan and Mary Sprague
Edward and Dorothy Sprague
John and Mary Greene
Jacob and Susanna Wilson
Elizabeth and Joanna, daus. of Richard and Lydia Shute
John, son of Samuel and Mary Lewis
Mary, dau. of Daniel and Maiy Floyd
William,
son of
Rebecca,
dau. of
James,
son of
Sarah,
dau. of
Elizabeth,
tt It
Elizabeth,
a tt
Jabez,
son of
Thomas,
tt tt
Mary,
Rebecca,
dau. of
tt tt
Jonathan,
son of
Hannah and Mary,
Elizabeth, dau. of
Lydia,
Rebecca,
It tt
tt tt
Mehetabel,
tt tt
Elizabeth,
tt tt
Deborah,
tt tt
Samuel,
son of
Tabitha,
dau. of
William,
son of
Caleb,
tt 11
Abigail,
dau. of
John,
son of
Joshua,
tt tt
John,
tt tt
Thomas,
tt tt
Benjamin,
Joanna,
tt tt
dau. of
Anna,
U tt
Ruth,
It tt
Deborah,
It tt
Caleb,
son of
Hannah,
dau. of
William,
son of
Lydia,
Samuel,
dau. of
son of
Benjamin,
Mary,
Mehetabel
it it
dau. of
tt tt
John,
son of
Winefred,
dau. of
Abigail,
dau. of
Thomas,
son of
John,
tt tt
Abijah,
David,
tt tt
tt tt
Dorothy,
John,
dau. of
son of
Jacob,
tt tt
Sept. 4,
" 16,
« 24,
Oct. 30,
Nov. 30,
Dec. 24,
Mar. 2,
Feb. 20,
Mar. 6,
May 8,
« 4,
« 25,
June 22,
July 14,
tt tt
Sept. 5,
Oct. 2,
« 5,
« 12,
Nov. lo',
" 28,
Dec. 21,
Jan. 3,
" 5,
" 25,
" 31,
Feb. 11,
« 22,
Mar. 20,
" 29,
April 2,
June 12,
Oct. 10,
" 30,
Nov. 27,
Jan. 30,
Feb. 25,
" 26,
Mar. 11,
" 12,
" 30,
Apr. 12,
May 7,
June 10,
" 19,
Aug. 15,
Sept. 9,
Nov. 25,
Jan. 7,
Feb. 20,
Mar. 14,
" 25,
1695
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
169f
tt
169-
1696
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
it
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
tt
it
u
u
l<
tt
69
tt
tt
tt
tt
u
tt
tt
tt
u
tt
1856.]
Early Records of Maiden.
239
Mary,
John,
Sarah,
Samuel,
Joanna,
Sarah,
Joshua,
Caleb,
Thomas,
Jonathan,
Elizabeth,
Jabez,
Edmond,
Oliver,
James.
Hannah,
Dorothy,
Elizabeth,
Winefred,
dau. of
son of
dau. of
son of
dau. of
dau. of
son of
U (l
U (4
U t(
dau. of
son of
it a
a ((
U U
dau. of
a u
a a
a u
Thomas and Mary Wayte
Jacob and Elizabeth Winslead
Richard and Sarah Dexter
Samuel and Deborah Bucknam
Nathaniel and Sarah Upham
Nathaniel and Sarah Nichols
Simon and Sarah Grover
James and Abigail Nichols
Tho^ & Agnes Degresha, b. at
Jonathan and Mary Howard
Lemuel and Mary Jenkins
Samuel and Sarah Hills
James and Deborah Hovey
William and Mary Teel
Andrew and Mary Grover
Joseph and Elizabeth Lamson
Joseph and Elizabeth Floyd
Joseph and Elizabeth Baldwin
Samuel and Sarah Sprague,
Mar. 26, 1699
" 29,
April 6,
« 7,
21,
24,
25,
27,
Chelsea, May 4,
May 23,
June 22,
" 24
July 10'
" 19
Sept. 7',
Oct. 9,
" 29,
Nov. 2,
Dec. 30,
tc
It
u
u
a
l<
a
u
l(
l<
it
CI
it
u
tl
a
u
tc
and
John Lewis
John Sprague "
Joseph Hills "
John Winslow "
Robert Burditt "
Joseph Hills, Jr. "
[See p.
Roger Kenicott and
Phineas Sprague "
Samuel Howard "
Samuel Lee "
Edward Counts "
Isaac Hills "
Abram Hills "
Samuel Greene "
John Winbourne lt
Daniel Sheperdson "
Thomas Greene "
Gershom Hills "
Zaehariah Sawtell "
Thomas Grover "
John Sargeant "
Benj. Web "
Phineas Sprague "
Lemuel Jenkins "
Samuel Howard "
John Martinu "
John Lappam "
James Barrett "
Henry Greene M
Joseph Wayte u
Joses Bucknam "
April 10, 1650
May 2, 1651
June 24, "
May 5, 1652
Nov. 1653
Nov. 1661
Dec. 11, "
Nov. 4, 1662
Feb. 25, 166|
June, 1666
Oct. "
Marriages.
Mary Brown
Lydia GofTee
Hannah Mellowes
Sarah Moulton
Hannah Winter
Hannah Smith
162 for marriages in 1655 to 1661.]
Joanna Sheperdson
Mary Carrington
Elizabeth Sweetser
Mercy Call
Sarah Adams
Hannah Howard
Hannah Stower
Mary Cooke
Elizabeth Hart
Elizabeth Tingle
Elizabeth Web Aug. 19,
Elizabeth Chad wick Nov. 11,
Elizabeth Harris April,
Sarah Chadwick May 23,
Mary Bense Sept. 3,
Mercy Bucknam Dec. 7,
Sarah Hasse Jan. 5,
Elizabeth Oakes July 12,
Susanna Wilkinson March,
Mary Mudge Apr. 14,
Hollis August,
Dorcas Greene Jan. 11,
Hester Hasse u "
Hannah Oakes Aug. 7,
Judith Worth May 1,
Apr. 11, 1667
a
1668
u
1669
it
1fi69
lD TT y
1670
1671
167^
it
1672
1673
Feb.
June
7,
12,
167$
1674
Aug.
12,
it
April
(C
1,
7,
1675
u
Aug.
Mar.
4,
22,
tt
167|
Oct.
11,
1676
Jan.
Feb.
11,
167f
u
Aug.
16,
1677
Nov.
18,
1686
240 Early Records of Maiden. [July,
Andrew Grover and Hannah Hills
John Wayte " Sarah Muzzy
John Shaw " Elizabeth Ramsdel
Benj. Blackman " Sarah Scottow
Philip Atwood " Elizabeth Grover
John Wayte " Sarah Parker
Thomas Greene " Mary Weeks
William Bucknam " Hannah Wayte
Obadiah Jenkins " Mary Lewis
James Chadwick " Hannah Butler
John Vinten " Hannah Greene
John Pratt u Martha [Pratt]
James Nichols of Maiden and Hannah Whittemore of Woburn, " "
Richard Wicks and Mercy Lee Dec. 2, "
Robert Smith of Charlest'n and Marg't Swillaway of Maiden, Aug. 15, 1687
[See p. 164 for marriages in 1688 to 1691.]
Edward Sprague, son of John Sprague, and Dorothy, dau.
of Job Lain,
Samuel Greene and Mary Wheeler
John Sterns V Joanna Parker
Jacob Wilson u Susanna Roas
John Brown u Rebecca Sprague
Thomas Grover " Mary Cox
Samuel Bucknam u Deborah Melen
Richard Dexter '* Sarah Bucknam
John Green " Mary Green
Samuel Smith u Priscilla Hovey
Deaths.
Margaret, wife of John Lewis,
Sarah, dau. of Abraham Hills
John, son of John Chadwick
Rose, wife of Joseph Hills
Ralph Sprague, husband of Joan Sprague
Jonathan, son of Ralph Sprague
Jonathan, son of John Lewis
John, son of Joseph Hills
Mehettabell, dau. of Joseph Hills
Thomas Bible
Gabriel Welding
Nathaniel, son of Joseph Hills
[See p. 162 for deaths in 1656 to 1661.]
William, son of William Augur
Martha, wife of William Howard
Deborah, dau. of Joseph Hills, sen.
Abigail, dau. of do.
Anna, dau. of Job Lane
Samuel Tingle
Robert Burditt
Margaret, wife of Thomas Greene
Mary, dau. of John Wayte
Mary, wife of Phineas Sprague
Thomas Greene, sen.
Nov.
24,
1693
May
Apr.
May
June
4,
22,
20,
24,
1694
1696
tt
1697
July
Sept.
Feb.
29,
22,
23,
tt
tt
1694
K
tt
tt
Nov.
23,
1699
Mar.
10,
1649
Oct.
tt
Mar.
n,
1650
Mar.
24,
tt
Nov.
tt
Dec.
tt
Feb.
10,
165*
June
28,
1652
July,
it
1653
tt
Jan.
Feb.
26,
166f
tt
Dec.
20,
1661
May
Oct.
6,
1,
1662
tt
tt
9,
tt
Nov. 2
tt
Dec.
1666
June
4,
1667
tt
22,
tt
Aug.
Dec.
9,
7,
ct
tt
tt
19,
u
1856.]
Early Records of Maiden.
241
Benjamin, son of Benj. Whittemore
William Brackenbury
Elizabeth, dau. of John Greene
Deborah, wife of John Sargeant
Anne, dau. of Samuel Howard
Mr. Benj. Bunker, Pastour of the Church of Christ at
Abram Hill, Sen.
Mary, wife of John Ridgaway
Alice Brackenbury, widow
Mary, wife of John Sargeant
Mary, wife of Thomas Skinner
Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Dickerman
Miles Nutt
Thomas Greene
Susanna, dau. of Edmund Chamberline
Ebenezer, son of do.
John Bunker
Rachel, wife of Philip Atwood
John Grover
Elizabeth Grover,
Hannah, wife of John Shaw
Thomas, son of Thomas Greene
Joseph Hills, Jr.
Andrew Grover
Hannah, wife of Andrew Grover
Rebecca Greene, widow
Joan, wife of John Chad wick
Hannah, wife of Joseph Hills
Ruth, wife of Lazarus Grover
Richard Adams
Rachel, wife of Philip Atwood
Mary, wife of John Wayte
George Knower
John Wilkinson, Sen.
Martha, of Ri: Newbury
Phineas Upham
Elizabeth, wife of Philip Atwood
Joel, son of John Paul
Ruth, dau. of Phineas Upham
Benjamin, son of Benj. Whittemore
William Bucknam
Sarah, of Phineas Sprague
Thomas Dickerman, Sen.
Sarah, of Samuel Sprague
Thomas, son of Jonathan Knower
John, son of John Mudge
Mary, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Lynde
Elizabeth Howard
John, son of John Pratt
Joseph, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Lynde
James Greene, Sen.
Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah Knower
Mary, dau. of Phineas and Mary Upham
Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Burditt
Mar. 31,
1668
August,
M
Dec. 20,
U
Apr. 20,
1669
Aug. 16,
u
n, Feb. 3,
1fJ69
" 13,
it
Dec. 24,
1670
Dec. 28,
1670
Feb.
167f
April 9,
1671
May 10,
July 2,
u
Feb. 13,
167£
May 6,
1672
Dec.
u
Sept. 10,
11
Feb. 5,
167}
Feb. 19,
u
March,
u
April 8,
1674
" 15,
u
" 19,
u
" 24,
u
May 30,
u
June 6,
It
July 11,
H
U U
i(
Sept. 27,
u
Oct. 6,
u
Nov. 7,
u
Nov. 25,
a
Feb. 13,
167|
Dec.
1675
May,
1676
October,
u
u
cc
Nov.
(C
Dec.
u
h
u
167f
Feb. 27,
1685
Sept. 6,
((
« 16,
U
Dec. 1,
U
" 21,
u
Apr. 30,
1686
May 12,
m
July 1,
u
Feb. 3,
168f
Mar. 29,
1687
June 5,
u
Aug. 20,
a
Feb. 23,
168J
L
242
Holmes.
[July,
Sarah, wife of Peletiah Smith
Elizabeth, wife of Philip Atwood, Sen.
Elizabeth, wife of Lazarus Grover
John Sprague
Sarah, dau. of John and Mary Sargeant
Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Lynde
William Bucknam
Thomas Lynde
Thomas Greene
James Nichols
Joses Bucknam
Margaret Every
Ephraim Greene
Samuel Sprague
Ruth Upham
John, son of John and Winefred Dexter
Elizabeth, dau. of Lemuel Jenkins
Winefred, dau. of John and Winefred Dexter
Elizabeth, wife of John Lynde
Samuel Lewis
[To be Continued. ,]
March 1,
168*
April 3,
Feb. 22,
1688
168f
June,
1692
May 16,
Sept. 2,
" 16,
1693
U
u
Oct. 15,
it
Apr. 28,
1694
Aug. 24,
u
Oct. 10,
u
Nov. 28,
It
Oct. 3,
1696
Jan. 18,
169f
Mar. 4,
u
Feb. 16,
1697.
June 30,
1698
Jan. 19,
169f
Feb. 1,
u
< — •— »
HOLMES.
Saml. G. Drake, Esq., Cor. Sect. N. E. Historic- Genealogical Society.
Enclosed I send you a copy of a " Letter of Direction " concerning one of the early
names of New England. John Holmes, the writer of the original, died in East Had-
dam, Conn., in 1734. His father Thomas, as he says, was a very aged man, being 98
years of age at his death. Andrew F. Warner.
" This letter of direction from John Holmes in Haddam in New Eng-
land to find the place where his father was born and brought in London."
" He was son to Thomas Holmes, Councler of Grason, who lived in
Saintlands parrish in Holburn, in the Keper Crown Corte in Grason lane,
upper side against Grayson Walk, — his mothers maiden name was Mary
Thatford — Grandfather was slain in the time of the civil wars at Oxford
Sege — Our Coat of Arms are the three spurred Cocks fighting in the golden
fields. My father came out of England in the time of the great plague
and he thought to have gone down into Norfolk, to a place called Lyn,
where he had a piece of land, One Edmund But was tenant, and had
been for many years before ; but all places being guarded he could not
pass, wherefore he came here unawares thinking to have returned in a
few years, but it was otherwise ordered for the country proved unhealthy
to him, and he was poor and low in the world — After a while he recruited
and as it was ordered, married in New York to one Lucia Dudley of Lon-
don daughter of Mr. Thomas Dudley who kept the laws court in Clans
Street in Common garden in London ; she had two brothers — but she
died about six and thirty years ago. My father died in De c . 12 th , 1724,
being a very aged man.* My father so long as he lived, lived in the hopes
of seeing England again, but he is dead and gone and left but only me
his son being 38 years of age. This direction taken by me John Holmes
on his fathers death bed."
* Died aged 98 years.
1856.] Materials for the History of Groton, Mass. 243
MATERIALS FOR THE HISTORY OF GROTON, MASS.
[Communicated by Samuel A. Green, M. D.]
Groton, Feb. 16 1706-7
1 o'clock in y e morning
May it please your Ex'cy
I rec. d your Ex'cys Letter, and immediately upon the returne of our
forces this evening call'd a Court Marshal and made pellicular inquisition
into Way mans affair, the Coppy of which I send inclosed, and pray your
Excellencys perticuler direction ; Tarbal who was the person who pre-
tended the discovery altho' imprudent and so blamable yet would begg
your Excellencys favour for him as a very honest man willing to do ser-
vice and infinitely concerned for this ill accident. So that the uneasiness
and trouble that has posses'd is in it self so considerable a punishment
that he Deems to need no other. Gladly should wee have found out the
Ringleaders of the mutinous and disorderly returne but after much Exam-
ination cant effect it. Wee all wait your Ex'cys ord.™ and shall proceed
accordingly and am
Yo r Ex'cys most obed 1 Serv 1
Ephr: Hunt
Die Solis Ferbuary 16 1706-7
At a Court Marshal Held at Groton By orders of his Excellency, For
the Tryal of Leiu 1 . Seth Wayman Serj 1 Thomas Tarbol and Comp a &c
Present
Col Ephraim Hunt Preside
Cap* Jonathan Prescott Cap 1 Jonas Prescott
Cap 1 losiah Parker Cap 1 Steph. Williams
Cap 1 Thomas Nichols Cap 1 Joseph Bulkley
Cap 1 Benjamin Willard
Col Eph. Hunt the Presid. 1 opened the Court By declaring themselves
by his Excellencys perticul 1 " Ord r to be a Court Marshal for y e Tryal of
Leiut Seth Wayman for a false report brought by s d Wayman of the dis-
covery of the Indian Enemy near Monadnock on the 6th instant, and for
their returne home, in a mutinous disorderly manner without Endeavours
after a sufficient discovery.
Leiu 1 Seth Wayman examined about the sending out of his scouts on
the Sixth instant sayth that On the
Sixth instant on our incamping on Sun about an hour high wee sent out
Two Scouts, of four men each ; one to march on the left wing ; the other
on the Right ; To march about a mile and a half right out upon discovery
from the Noyse of our Hatchetts.
He farther saith that after they had bin upon the Scout about an hour,
that he saw both scouts returning together, running towards our Camp, as
men affrighted, and called to me at a distance to put out our fires, for they
had discover'd a Body of the Enemy. Then Corp 1 Tarbol coming up to
me told me that he had discover'd the Enemy. The first of their Camps
that he discover'd he sd the Noyse of their Hatchetts, were as bigg as our
Company, and so reached a halfe a mile.
The other part of our Scout told me they had discovered the Track of
Doggs, which they Judg'd to be Twenty or Thirty. Corp. 1 Tarbol conduct
244 Materials for the History of Groton, Mass. [July,
of the scout March'd on the llight wing : being examined concerning his
discovery saith That they took a Circular March till they had Steared out
of the Noyse of our owne Camp ; and then thinking wee had heard the
Noyse of our own Hatchetts, wee took another Circle to the left that wee
might be sure wee were out of the Noyse of Hatchetts, upon the left wing
on the side of a Hill which was near us upon which wee march'd toward
the Place upon discovery : and presently 1 discover'd a Smoak and imme-
diately marched towards it till the smoke cover'd me (leaving the rest of
the men behind) I then heard a great discourse of men which I took to be
Indians and French, and so it held a Considerable way round the Hill, at
least a half a mile as I judged, upon which wee return'd another way till
wee came to our owne tracks ; and there wee met with the other Scout,
and upon our account to them of what wee had discover'd, they had met
with a track of twenty or Thirty Doggs, which they Judg'd to be the Ene-
mytb Doggs, upon which wee return'd together to the Camp, to make re-
port to our Cap. 1 Comander and thereupon Leiu 1 Wayman our Comand r
call'd his Ofnc'rs together, but before he had liberty to speak his men
interrupted him ; he bid them move off, Scatter, and Stand on their Guard,
upon which three quarters of our men ran away homewards, the Cap 1 ,
sent his Serjeant and went himself to Stop them, but could not do it, and
so wee were forced to march home.
Samuel Shaddock and William Nutting of Serj* Tarbol's Scout con-
firmed TarboPs account, and perticulerly that article of the disorderly
returning of our men or rurling away from their Cap. 1 upon the informa-
tion rec. d of this discovery.
The Examination of Samuel Scripture Conduct of the Scout on the left
wing who saith
That on the sixth of february upon our incamping I was sent on dis-
covery about Sun an hour high at night to march on the left wing, and
having march'd about a mile and a quarter, wee met with a Track which
Jonathan Butterfield who was w th me thought to have bin a bitch wolfe
and her whelps, but I thought to be Indian doggs, and followed their track
about a quarter of a mile, and after a small stop wee Saw Tarbols Scout
who calPd us away and told us they believ'd there was a thousand Indian
upon which wee hastened away but Tarbols Scout ran so fast that I could
not come up with him to und r Stand what their discovery was till I came
to the Camp : where Tarbol relating what he had seen, all our men
crowded to hear news : Leiu* Wyman ord r d his men to Stand farther off
and give room that he might discourse his affairs, upon which many of
them ran away, and the Cap 1 Sent Serj 1 Parham to stop them : Leiu 1
Wayman Seeing his men desert him, and TarboPs men representing y e
Enemy as so very numerous thought it advisable to draw off and accord-
ingly wee made the best of our way home.
The Exam, of Jonathan Buttefield being of the scout on the left wing
Confirmes Sam 1 Scriptures information and tells us Leiu 1 Wayman
talk'd of marching immediately to the Place of discovery but many of our
men moved off disorderly which the Cap 1 sent the Serj: u to Stopp but
could not do it and so were forced to returne home.
Serjt Jn° Parham being examined upon the article of Leiu 1 Wayman
men's disorderly and mutinous running away sayth
That above half of them ran away upon Tarbols Examination and that
Leiu 1 Wayman sent him after them with orders to turne about and fire in
case of an attack in the rear.
1856.] Materials for the History of Groton, Mass. 245
Leiu 1 Seth Wayman being examin'd of his proceedings upon his re-
cieving advice of Tarbols Scout Sayth
That upon recieving this account he incouraged his men by telling
them that they had a brave advantage of the Enemy, in that they had
discovered them and were not themselves discover'd, and there was a great
prospect of doing spoil upon them, and determined that those four Squad-
rons of men which wee had Stated, should fall on four scouts of the Ene-
my. My officers advised me not to go on, saying it would be presumption
and an apparent hazzard of mens lives to Encounter so great a Company,
upon which Serj 1 Tarbol threw down his Cap, and offer'd himself if but
four men would go with him, but officers advising to the Company and
many of my men withdrawing and running away disorderly I found my-
self too weak to attaque them and accordingly made the best of my way
home. \_Mass"' Archives, Vol. 51, Page 153.
To the honoured John Leveret Esquir
governour of the Massachusets Collony &c.
Honoured Sir with the rest of your Counsell I have made bold to inform
your worships how the case stands with us that the Indian are approaching
near to us our scouts have discovered severall tracks very near the habit-
able parts of the town and one Indian they discovered but escapt from
them by skulking amongst the bushes and some of the inhabitants of our
town have heard them in the night singing and halloeing, which doe de-
termine to us their great height of Insolency : we are in a very great strait
our Inhabitants are very much discouraged in their spirits and thereby
dissuaded from their callings I have received 20 men from the worship-
full Major Willard and Captain Mosselly men to help secure our town, but
notwithstanding we are in a very weak capacity to defend our selves
against the Insolency and potency of the enemy if they should apear in
number and with that violence that they did apear at Quabog the which
the good lord forbid if it be his good pleasure.
Much honoured and respected the good lord be with you In your con-
sultations that you may understand what to doe for your new england
Israeli at such a tim as this and in particular our selves and for our dear
neighbours at Lancaster, upon whom the enemy have made Inroad 6
persons are already found and buryed the 72 which they doe is kild is not
as yet found you may be pleased to tak notice that we shall want ammu-
nition spedily by reason that we have parted with som to Cap 1 Mosselly
men and som we spent in the fight at quabog as also I have suplyed the
souldiers with amunition that were sent to me that was suplyed in the ser-
vice they haveing spent their ammunition If you could help us with 20
good muskets for our pik men and I will return them again or else give a
valluable price for them in such pay as we can produce among our selves
not else at present but leave you to the guidance of the god of heaven
who is the only wise counsellor and remaining,
, from Groten Your servant to comand in
august 25 75 any service to my power
Mass"' Archives, Vol. 67, Page 244.] James Parker Capt
The humble petition and request of the greatest number
of the former inhabitants of y e Towne of Groton
Humbly sheweth to the Honored Generall Court
setting in Boston : as followeth viz :
We who have been great sufferers, by y c hand of God in the late wars
246 Materials for the History of Groton, Mass. [July>
by our heathenish enimyes, as is well knowne to all &c : by which we
have bin enforced to flye before our enimyes ; to our great and grervous
losse & trouble. By y e good hand of God to us, have had so much
repreave & respitt, as we have many of us, had y e liberty & opportu-
nity, to returne to the places, though not y e houses of our former abode.
And now being under and exercised with many & great difficultyes :
Apprehending it our duty, to addresse ourselves : not only to our heavenly
father : but earthly fathers also, in this time of need : do humbly begg
our case may be seriously considered, & weighed, & that some direction,
and releife may be afforded unto us.
Some of us y e Inhabitants have ventured our lives some while since to
returne againe, and many others have followed us whose welcome com-
pany is rejoyceing unto us. Yet our poverty, and the non residence of
others, doth occasion us great & unavoidable .trouble. We have (through
Gods goodness, & blessing our endeavors, & attempts) procured & ob-
tained the ministry of y e word among us, & have bin at some considerable
charge about it. And are willing (if God please) to keep & maintaine it
among us. Butt there is some discouragements, upon sundry accounts.
We have had severall towne meetings to consult the good, & welface of
the towne & place & how things may be caried on, as to defraing publiq
charges, And it hath bin voated in our meetings (our visible estates
being small) to lay it on y e lands, y fc to an equality in some respects might
be reached unto. This is by y e most Judged to be the present best yea
y e onely present possible way for us to proceed in. which we desire your
honoured selves to putt y e countenance of authority upon.
As also That our dredfull suffering ruines, and impoverishments may
by your honoured selves be so fare minded & considered, that we may
for the present (till we a little recover ourselves) be released from Coun-
trey charges. We would be rightly understood as to our first requeste
That the way by lands accommodations for the levying towne charges
may be stated butt for y e present few years till God by his providence
may alter our capacity & condition : Thus craving p done for this our
boldnesse That successe & a blessing may Attend you in all your affaires :
That God will accomplish his promises & built y e waste places, sett up
his house & ordinances whence they have been removed delight to build
& plant us againe, & not to pull us downe & pluck us up That we may
yet see This our Jerusalem a quiett habitation.
Thus prayeth your humble & unworthy petitioners :
Att A towne meeting at Groton James Parker
May 20th 1679 Then red & voated Selectman
by the inhabitants. And Clarke in y e
Mass"* Archives, Vol. 69, Page 224.] name of y e rest
We whose names are under written being appointed by y e Honord
County Court June 20^ 1682, To run the Ancient bounds of Nashobey,
have accordingly run the said bounds, and find that the Town of Groton
by their Second laying out of theire bounds have taken in to their bounds
as we Judge neer halfe Indian Plantation. Severall of the Select men
and other inhabitants of Groton being then with us Did See theire Erro r
Herein & Do decline that laying out So far as they Invaded the right of
y e Indians. Also we find y* the Norwest Corner of Nashoby is run into
y e first bounds of Groton to y e Quantity of 350 acres according as Groton
men did then Show us theire Said line, which they Say was made before
Nashoby was laid out, and which bounds they them selves are willing to
1856.] Materials for the History of Groton, Mass. 247
forego that Provided they may have it made up upon theire West line,
And we Judge it may be there added to theire conveniance.
2 : Octobr : 1682 Joseph Wheeler
Exhibited in Court 3 : 8 : 82 John Flint.
& approved T. D : R
A true Coppy of y e original on file w th y e Records of
County Court of Middx. Ened pr
Mass 1 " Archives, Vol 112, P. 331.] Sam 1 Phipps Cle'
The Humble Request of Joseph Parker to the Honoured Governo 1 " the
Honour'd magistrates & deputyes Humbly Requests in behalfe of the
towne of Grawton that the letter GrT may bee Recorded as the brand
mark belonging to the towne. I being chosen Counstible this year make
bold to present this, to the Honoured Court it being but my duty, in the
townes behalfe thus Hopeing the Honored Court will grant my request I
rest yor Humble servant Joseph Parker.
Boston : 31th may . \qqq
In answer to this motion the Deputies approve of y e letter Gr to be y«
brand mark of groaten.
Ye Hono red magists consenting hereto William Torrey Clerk.
Consented by the magists
Edw : Rawson Secret [Mass"' Archives, Vol 1, P. 21.
Ordered by the Representatives That Capt ne Jacob Moore w h his Com-
pany at Groton be forthw th drawne off and discharged desiring the Hon ed
the Gov r & Council Censent.
Novemb r : 6 : 1689 Ebenezer Prout Clerk.
Consent d to by the Gov r
& Councill Js r Addington Sec ry . [Mass"* Archives, Vol 35, P. 73.
" In a List of Frontier Garrisons Reviewed by Order of His Excel-
lency the Governour, In Novemb r 1711," the following is given of Groton.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
[Mass.
Serjt Gillson
Deacon Whittney
Lieut Lawrance
Capt Prescott
Samuel Parker
M r Bradstreet
Mr Hubbards
M r Lakins
Ens" Shipple
M r Shaddock
Corp Tarboll
M r Holdings
Ens° Farnsworth
M r Filbrick
Mt Stones
Chamberlain
y e Capt Mill
M r Farnsworth
Archives,t. f n,P.874.']
Familys
Inhabit 8
Souldiers
3
6
1
4
8
—
1
1
—
4
8
1
3
8
1
1
3
3
12
7
9
1
6
7
2
5
6
2
4
6
2
1
3
2
3
4
1
7
8
2
1
1
3
1
1
2
2
1
Ei
93
17
Souls
25
32
2
41
27
10
32
30
30
26
23
12
18
40
12
4
6
8
378
248 Materials for the History of Groton, Mass. [July,
To his Excellency the Governour and the Honourable the Council of
her Majestys Province of the Massachusetts Bay in N. England The
Humble Petition of John Derbyshire of Groton Sheweth.
That whereas yo r petitioners wife hath for the Space of Two years Last
past Seperated herself from yo r petition 1 ", living Sometimes out of the
Towne but at p r sent in it, yet wholly refusing to take care of her family
or to returne to yo r petition 1 ", after y e utmost Endeavours and perswasions
of her Neighbours to returne to her charge which is to the almost utter
undoing of your Poor petitioner and his family.
Wherefore yo r humble petitioner intreats the Honourable Board would
be pleased to take cognisance of his Cause, and that if possible his wife
might be reduced to her duty, and your petitioner shall as in duty bound
forever pray &c. his marke
John D Derbyshire
Groton Oct 12 1710 [Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 9, Page 164.
Groton May 28th 1724
May it please your Honour
I have Posted the men Committed to my care at the Towns of Lancas-
ter Groton Dunstable & Turkey Hill according to your Honours orders ;
and Improve them in the best manner I can for the protection of the Peo-
ple & Discovery of the enemy and I think to General Satisfaction I
have ordered one man to Mr. Prescotts Garrison During his attendance on
the Court. I beg Leave further to acquaint your Honour that y e people
in these Towns apprehend themselves in Great danger, and cannot (in
my humble opinion) be in any manner safe with so Small a number of
men. I am your Honours
Humble & most obedient
Serv 1
Mass tu Archives, Vol. 72, Page 176.] Jabez Fairbanks.
Groton July 20th 1724
May it please your Honour
I have attended your orders in posting the men at the Towns of Groton
Lancaster & Turkey Hill — precisely except at Turkey Hill there is but
eleven men Cap 1 Stevens having not as yet sent so many as ordered &
I have taken my post at Groton where I Improve the Souldiers in the best
manner I can agreeable to your order, & have ordered them to Lodge in
some of y e most Exposed Garrisons as often as may be, but I find it im-
possible to Improve so Small a number of men So as to answer y« Neces-
sities of the people here whose circumstances are so very Difficult &
Distressing that I am not able to Represent to your Honor the poor people
are many of them obliged to Keep their own Garrisons and part of them
Imployed as Guards while others are at their Labours whose whole Time
would be full Little enough to be expended in getting Bread for their fam-
families. my own Garrison at Lancaster is very much exposed & with
Humble Submission I think Requires Protection as much as any in that
Town, therefore I Humbly pray your Honor would be pleased to give
me Leave to post a souldier there Dureing my absence in the Service of
the province. I beg your Honours Pardon for giving you this Trouble ; and
as leave to Subscribe my selfe
Your most Obedient Humble
Servt
Mass"' Archives, Vol. 52, Page 17.] Jabez Fairbanks
1856.] Votes passed by the Inhabitants of Marlborough. 249
To his Excellency Jonathan Belcher Esq r Captain General & Governour
in Chief &c the Honorable Council and House of Representatives in
General Court assembled at Boston Jan y 1 1738
May it please your Excellency and the Honorable Court — Whereas
there is a Petition offered to your Excellency and the Honorable Court by
several of the Inhabitants of the Town of Groton praying to be annexed
to the Town of Littleton &c. The Subscriber as Representative for the
said Town of Groton and in Behalf of said Town doth hereby manifest
the willingness of the Inhabitants of Groton in general that the Petitioners
should be annexed to the said Town of Littleton with the Lands that belong
to them Lying within the Line Petitioned for, but there being a Considera-
ble Quantity of Proprietors Lands and other particular persons Lying
within the Line that is Petitiond for by the said Petitioners. The Sub-
scribers in Behalf of said Town of Groton & the Proprietors and others
would humbly pray your Excellency and the Honorable Court that that
part of their Petition may be rejected if in your Wisdom you shall think
it proper that they be sett off with the Lands only that belong to them
Lying within the Line Petitioned for as aforesaid, and the Subscriber in
Behalf of the Town of Groton &c will as in Duty Bound ever pray &c.
Mass. Archives, Vol. 114, Page 300.] Nathaniel Sartell
VOTES PASSED BY THE INHABITANTS OF MARLBOROUGH
AT A TOWN MEETING, MARCH 29, 1770.
The Inhabitants of the Town of Marlborough in the County of Middle-
sex, being legally assembled in Town Meeting, and taking into considera-
tion the deplorable and embarrassed state of America, the many distresses
it lies under, the violent assaults that are made upon our invaluable Rights
and Privileges, the unconstitutional and alarming attempts that are made
by an aspiring, audacious, arbitrary power, to strip us of our Liberty and
all those glorious Priviledges Civil and Sacred which we thro' the kind
indulgence of Heaven have long enjoyed, and to bring us into a State of
Slavery under such Tyrants who have no bounds to their aspiring ambi-
tion, which leads them to the perpetration of the blackest Crimes even to
the sheding the blood of Innocents, an instance of which we have very
lately had in that horrid, detestable and sinful Massacre committed in the
town of Boston ; and considering that our Estates are not sufficient to
satisfy the Avarice of a growing arbitrary Power, but that the lives of the
harmless Subjects must fall a sacrifice to the rage and fury of bloodthirsty
and mercinary wretches. We think that notwithstanding the unsuccess-
fulness of the many constitutional methods which have been taken to regain
to us the free and full enjoyment of our constitutional Rights and Liber-
ties ; yet it is now absolutely necessary to use our greatest efforts in a
constitutional Manner to recover our inherent Rights and preserve us from
a State of Slavery and Misery ; and as it so plainly appears that the Non
Importation agreement entered into by those truly patriotick Merchants in
Boston and other Places on the Continent, so directly tends with other
Methods that are taken to the Restoration of our Liberties which we have
held so sacred and dear to us and which cost our Predecessors an immense
treasure to secure, not only to enjoy themselves, but to hand down to their
Posterity : We are astonished to find that a number are at this critical
16
250 Willard. [July,
time so sordidly detached from the publick Interest and are so selfish and
impudent as to stand out and not comply with the Non-Importation Agree-
ment, or break the same when entered into, and remain obstinate and bid
defiance to their Country when entreated by the Committee of Merchants
in the most salutary Manner to enter into and abide by the same ; and as
they continue to practise those things that tend to the ruining and enslav-
ing their Country and Posterity, we think necessary, and an incumbent
duty on us to pass the following votes, — viz.
1. Voted. That we highly approve of the noble and manly spirited
conduct in those Merchants who have agreed (and firmly abide by the
same) viz.
Not to import Goods from Great Britain till the Revenue Acts are re-
pealed, sacrificing their own private Interest to the publick Good.
2. Voted the Thanks of this Town to the Town of Boston, for the
noble spirited Resolutions and Measures they have taken to promote the
cause of Liberty.
3. Voted, That we will as far as lies in our Power in and by every
constitutional Way encourage, strengthen and support those Merchants
and others who have discovered such a patriotick Spirit, as by the Non-
Importation Agreement appears.
4. Voted, That those who have not come into or do not abide by the
Non-Importation Agreement and those buy Goods of the Importers or
purchase Goods of those Traders who have them of the present Importers
are Enemies to their Country and Posterity, and that they ought to be
treated as such.
5. Voted, That we ourselves, or any by, from or under us, will not
directly or indirectly, purchase any Goods of John Bernard, James, and
Patrick McMasters, William Jackson, John Mein, Nath. Rogers, Theo-
philus Lillie, John Taylor, Ame and Elizabeth Cummings, all of Boston,
Israel Williams Esq and Son of Hatfield, and Henry Barnes, of Marl-
borough aforesaid (being Importers) until a general Importation shall take
place or they come into the Non Importation agreement of the Merchants
to their satisfaction.
6. Resolved and Voted, That the Names of those who purchase Goods
of the Importers or of those who buy of the Importers shall be made
publick so far as we have the knowledge of them.
7. Voted that Messieurs Peter Bent, Hezekiah Maynard, and Robert
Baker, be a Committee to transmit a Copy of the Above to the Committee
of Merchants in Boston.
Attest. Winslow Brigham, Town Clerk.
-« ■♦•— »
WILLARD.
" Lancaster, June 18. On Thursday last, Mr John Willard, senior, being
hoeing in his field of corn about a mile from the Garrison, he espied an
Indian between him and the garrison, about 7 rod oft' him, and not know-
ing but there might be more he ran another way to the garrison and got
safe into it and mist the Indian." — Boston News Letter, 25 June, 1705.
" Boston June 23 We hear from Portsmouth, N. H. that an express
arrived here last week from No. Four, and informed that one Mr. Willard,
his wife and 5 children, were taken and carried off from that place the 7th
inst by the Indians. Scouts were sent out after them, but were not come
up with when the express came away." — N. Y. Mercury, 30 June, 1760.
1856.] President Charles Chauncy. 251
PRESIDENT CHARLES CHAUNCY, HIS ANCESTORS AND
DESCENDANTS.
[By William Chauncy Fowler.]
[Continued from page 120.]
HIS OLD AGE AND DEATH.
Some minds never seem to grow old. Even on the verge of extreme
old age, they retain the same freshness of feeling and the same vigor of
intellect which they had in their early prime. The mind of President
Chauncy belonged to this class. It continued earnest, active and strong,
to the last, bearing fruit even in old age.
" After age had enfeebled him, the fellows of the college once leading
this venerable old man to preach a sermon on a winter day, out of affec-
tion unto him, to discourage him from so difficult an undertaking, told him
* Sir, you will certainly die in the pulpit? But, he laying hold of what
they said, as if they had offered him the greatest encouragement in the
world, pressed the more vigorously through the snow drifts and said, ■ How
glad should I be, if what you say might prove true ! ' "
" This eminent soldier of our Lord Jesus Christ continued still to endure
hardness as a good soldier of the Lord Jesus Christ. When his friend
pressed him to remit and abate his vast labors, he would reply, ' Oportet
imperatorem stantem mori ; ' accordingly he stood beyond expectation in
the learned camp, where he had been a commander. At length, on the
commencement of the year 1671, he made a. farewell oration, wherein he
took a solemn farewell of his friends, and then sent for his children upon
whom he bestowed his solemn blessing, with fervent prayer commending
them to the grace of God. Accordingly the end of this year proved the
end of his days. When illness was growing upon him, the Rev. Urian
Oakes, after his requested supplication, asked him to give a sign of his
hopeful and joyous assurances, if he yet had them, of his entering into
eternal glory. Whereat the speechless old man lifted up his hands, as
high towards heaven as he could lift them, and so his ripened soul flew
thither, Feb. 19, 1671, in the eightieth year of his age."-CoTTON Mather's
Magnolia.
The following encomium was bestowed on him by Increase Mather, a
successor in the presidency. Hie Chancaus, quern Carolum Magnum
jure optimo nominare possumus : Fuit ille senex venerandus, linguarum
et artium prcesidiis institutissimus, gynasiarcha prazclari doctus ; qui in
filiis prophetarum erudiendis, fidelem navavit operam omniumque dili-
gentiam adhibuit. Abitus et obitus tanti viri collegium quasi truncatum,
ac tantum non enecatum reliquierunt.
A considerable number of the best men in the country were educated
by him ; such as Mr. Gershom Buckley, Dr. Increase Mather, Mr. 8amuel
Willard, Mr. Solomon Stoddard, Gov. Dudley, Judge Sewall, and others,
of note both in Church and State. About half of the graduates under
President Chauncy became ministers of the gospel. Two of his pupils
were chief justices of the colony, and one was afterwards chief justice of
the colony of New York, and successively governor of New York and
New Hampshire, and three became presidents of colleges, viz : two of
Harvard and one of Yale. — See Sketch of Harvard College by Samuel
A. Elliot.
252 President Charles Chauncy. [July,
HIS CHARACTER.
In reviewing his eventful life, what strikes us forcibly, is the rare com-
bination of excellences which enter into his character.
He was endowed by nature with the susceptibilities of genius. Some
of the fruits of his genius are still visible in his poetry and public ad-
dresses, though they were especially adapted to a different age, in which
they could be better appreciated. Whenever he addressed men, his voice
was a voice of power, whether heard by the representatives of polished
courts in Trinity College, or by the people in Ware, in Plymouth, in Scit-
uate, or by the students in the halls of Harvard.
He was as distinguished for untiring industry even to the close of life,
as he was for the ardor of his feelings. His ripe scholarship was the
fruit of this industry. Such was the extent of his literary acquisitions,
and such was his skill and success in imparting them, that he is appro-
priately styled by Mather the " Cadmus " who brought letters to this coun-
try. He seems to have communicated his tastes for letters not only to
his six sons and to his distinguished son-in-law, but to all who came within
the sphere of his influence. This taste seems to have come down from
him, as from a living fountain, to his posterity, even to the present gen-
eration.
He was eminently conscientious in what he did and in what he said.
When he did what was wrong, he still listened to the upbraidings of con-
science as to the voice of a spirit, distressing though they were. He
never seems to attempt, by drawing metaphysical distinctions, to throw off
the blame from himself upon others, or upon the circumstances in which
he was placed. He never, in a mercantile way, endeavors to balance his
account with God, by crediting himself the good which he aimed to accom-
plish by his sins, or which he did accomplish. He never, by any pretence
of benevolence, or by any splendid act of charity, endeavors to conceal
his misdoing from the public. If, like Cranmer, he publicly yielded to
temptation, like Cranmer he was willing to do public penance. " He felt
compelled even to the teeth and forehead of his faults to give in evi-
dence."
In his endeavors to instruct and enlighten others, and lead them in the
way of their duty, he may sometimes have trusted too much to his own
clear perceptions of truth and to his honesty in imparting it, as the means
by which to win success, without taking sufficiently into view the dulness
and the prejudices of men. He engaged in no intrigues. He practised
no maneuvering. His was a frank, English, noble nature. " True to
imagined right beyond control," in the ends proposed, and in the means
employed, he trusted not to those arts by which the " worse may be made
to appear the better reason." So diligent was he in business, so fervent
was he in spirit, so ready was he to do with his might what his hands
found to do, that his appeared like an angelic earnestness, both in intensity
and constancy. His worldly wisdom might sometimes be doubted ; his
honesty, never.
In his views of religious duties he fell into some of the follies which
characterized some of the Pu -itnns of his day, as for instance preaching
against the sin of wearing .ong hair. His personal piety was of the highest
cast, whether estimated by the standard of the times in which he lived or
by that of the leading reformers, or by that of our own times. In the
sermons on justification he shows that he was thoroughly sound on the
doctrine called the articulus vel stantis vel cadentis ecclesice. In laying
1856.] President Charles Chauncy. 253
the foundations of the literary and religious institutions of New England,
he lived a life of labor and of devotion ; he died the death of the right-
eous ; and his memory is blessed, whether he is contemplated as a man
of genius, or a scholar, or a confessor, or a christian.
E p i T a p h .
Conditum
hie est corpus
Caroli Chaunc^ei
S. S. Theologise Baccalaur :
et
Collegii Harvardini Nov-Angl.
Per XVII annorum spatium,
prsesidis vigilantissimi,
viri plane integerrimi,
concionatoris eximii,
pictate
pariter ac liberali eruditione
ornatissimi
Qui obii in Domino Feb XIX
Am. Dom. M.DC.LXXI.
et setatis suae LXXX.
PRESIDENT CHAUNCY'S WIFE.
His wife was Catharine, daughter of the celebrated Robert Eyre, of
Sarum, Wilts, and Agnes or Ann his wife, daughter of John Still, Bish-
op of Bath and Wells. He married her on the 17th of March, 1630.
Mather speaks of her in the following terms : —
" The happy mother of these worthy sons, was Catharine, the daughter
of Robert Eyre, Esq., who dying a little before her consort, had her holy
life quickly after published ; namely, by the publication of the directions
for an holy life, which her pious father left as a legacy for his children ;
direction, whereof I shall say but this, that as they express the true spirit
of Puritanism, so they comprise the wisest, the fruitfullest, the exactist,
and the holiest rules of living, that ever I saw together in any short human
composure ; and the representing of them would not only give a descrip-
tion of the heavenly conversation endeavored by our great Charles Chaun-
cy, whom we have been considering, but also procure the admiration if
not imitation of them that read it."
EPITAPH.
MRS. CATHARINE CHAUNCY.
Aged LXVI Dyed Jan. XXIII
An° Dom. MDCLXVII
" We have found in manuscript the following epitaph :" — a. Harris.
u Upon y e death of y l pious mother in God
Mrs Katharine Chauncy, deceased 24. 11. 67.
Here lies interr'd w lh in this shrine
A spirit meek, a soule divine,
Endow'd w th grace, and piety,
Excelling in humility :
Preferring God's commands above
All fine delights, and this world's love,
Whilst here she lived she took delight
In reading, praying, day and night ;
254 President Charles Chauncy. [July,
In faith she was a Puritan
Daily from-selfe to Christ she ran
For aid and help whilst here she staid :
O This was ye sweet, heavenly trade
Of this renowned matron which
Was to all saints a pattern rich,
Most richly fraught w th grace sublime :
With meeknesse and with love divine :
By hope she lived in grace she stood
Washt in her sins w th X t8 own blood :
Active and constant she was here,
In heaven above y e palm she weares :
W lh X st she reignes, in heaven she sings,
Hosannas to her Lord and King.
Mm «M» Jfa jfc Jfc Jfa
■7T -7T *7T -7V* TV" "TT
Death was ye kev w ch let her out
* * # # *
Pale ghastly death hath sent his shaft
And hath by chance nigh broke our heart
Deaths volleys sound, sad storms appear,
Mourning draws on : poor Harvard fear,
Lest this sad stroke should be a sign
Of sudden future death to thine.— J. B., 24, 11. 67.
THE CHILDREN OF PRESIDENT CHAUNCY.
According to Deane, in his history of the town of Scituate, the children
of Charles Chauncy and of Catharine his wife were, ■ Sarah ; 2 Isaac ;
3 Ichabod ; 4 Barnabas ; 6 Nathaniel ; 6 Elnathan, who was a twin brother of
Nathaniel ; 7 Israel ; 8 Hannah.
t The sons were all educated at Harvard College and all became preach-
ers of the gospel. All, it is believed, studied medicine and became phy-
sicians. He bestowed scriptural names on all of his children. Deeply
versed as he was in the scriptures in the original tongues, we can easily
imagine that each name was given because it was significant. His first
child was named Sarah-a. lady. His first born son, in his joy at his
birth, he named Jsaac-laughter. The second son born amid his troubles,
was named Ichabod-the glory has departed. The fourth son, born the
year he left England, he named Barnabas-the son of consolation. The
fifth and sixth sons bore substantially the same name, Nathaniel, Elna-
than-the gift of God. The seventh son was called Israel-the prince of
God. The second daughter was called Hannah-B. place of rest. Those
of his children who left issue will be mentioned hereafter. Very little is
known of the last-named child.
Barnabas, the third son, was born in England, in 1637 ; was admitted
a member of the church in Cambridge, Dec. 10, 1656 ; graduated in
Harvard College 1657 ; was admitted to the degree of A. M., in 1660,
when he maintained the affirmative of the following question : Utrum
notitia entis primi sit homini naturalis 1 was a preacher and a physi-
cian ; is mentioned in the petition of Elnathan Chauncy to the General
Court as diseased ; died in early life ; left no issue.
Elnathan, the fifth son of President Chauncy, twin brother with Na-
thaniel, was born in or about the year 1639, in Plymouth, but baptized in
Scituate, 1641. "At his birth, Robert Hix, a merchant in Plymouth, gave
him 50 acres of land, so much were the people of Plymouth attached to
President Chauncy." Was graduated at Harvard, 1661 ; took his second
degree in 1664, when he maintained the affirmative of the following ques-
tion : Utrum detur concursus per modum principii ? studied theology and
1856.] President Charles Chauncy. 255
medicine ; was a preacher and a physician ; was a distinguished physician
in Boston, where he resided ; went to Barbadoes, where he died ; Dr.
Charles Chauncy says " that he left no children, but his widow was alive
since my settlement. I have seen and conversed with her." He had
one child, a son, named Theodore, who died young.
He presented a petition to the General Court, in which he stated " that
his father had been a servant of the country in the above trust, (i. e. as
president of the college,) seventeen years, in all which time he had never
received for allowance any other payment than what the country rate had
brought in, which had greatly impoverished his family, through the great
straits they had been put into ; so that if they had not relief in some other
kind, they could not have subsisted ; and now after his decease, his
children are left in a very poor condition, especially our brother, that
through the Lord's afflicting hand is so far distempered as to render him
wholly unable to do any thing toward his own maintenance, and he will
be an annual charge ; and it is a great addition to this so great affliction,
that his poor brothers have not in their hands to relieve him.
The petitioner asks nothing for himself, nothing for the other members
of President Chauncy's family, but only that what is now due may be
paid in money, and that our dear distressed brother may not perish for
want of support."
" On this petition the magistrates grant, that the arrearages due should
be paid in money, and the deputies assenting did further grant that ten
pounds a year should be paid by the treasurer of the county to the deacon
of Cambridge for the support of the petitioner's brother ; to which the
magistrates found it in their hearts to assent."
THE WORKS OF PRESIDENT CHAUNCY.
I. The Oration before the Spanish and Austrian Ambassadors, given
in this memoir.
II. The Latin and Greek Poems, given in this memoir.
III. The Catechism, the tille page of which has already been given.
IV. The Retractation of Charles Chauncy, formerly minister of Ware,
in Harfordshire, written with his own hand before going to New England,
in the year 1637. Published by his own direction for the satisfaction of
all such who either are or partly might be offended with his scandalous
submission made before the High Commission Court, Feb. 11, 1635.
London. Printed 1641. This work, the present writer has in his posses-
sion, transcribed from a copy in the Bodleian Library. It was carefully
prepared and exhibits great logical accuracy in the statement of the argu-
ment against the use of the Rail, &c.
V. A Sermon. God's Mercy shown to his People. Cambridge, 1655.
VI. A Sermon delivered the day after commencement, in 1665. From
Amos, II. 11. And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your
young men for Nazarites. In the course of the sermon, he has the fol-
lowing passage : " God hath wonderfully erected schools of learning
and means of education for your children, that these might be continually,
some comfortably supply our succession in the ministry. Is it not so, O
ye people of God in New England ? But then let me testify against you
in the Lord's name for great unthankfulness, fullness to the Lord for so
great a mercy. The great blessing of a painful ministry is not regarded
by covetous earthworms. Or some little good they apprehend in it, to have
256 President Charles Chauncy. [July,
a minister to spend the sabbath, and to baptize their children, and schools
to teach their children, and keep them out of harm's way, or to teach
them to write and cast accurately ; but they despise the angel's bread, and
count it light stuff in comparison with other things. Yea, there be many
in the country that account it their happiness to live in the waste, howling
wilderness, without any ministry, or school, or means of education for
their posterity ; they have much liberty, they think, by this want."
Dr. Charles Chauncy says of this sermon, " He takes occasion in this
sermon to bring in students and ministers, pleading for long hair from
obligations the Nazarites were under not to suffer a razor to come upon
their heads ; and rejects their plea with the utmost detestation, represent-
ing their wearing long hair as abominable in the sight of God, a heathen-
ish practice, and one of the crying sins of the land. It is strange that
men of learning, rich good sense, and solid judgment, should be able to
expend so much zeal against a trifle, not to say a thing absolutely indiffer-
ent to our nature. But the greatest as well as best men in this country, in
that day, magistrates as well as ministers, esteemed the wearing of long
hair as an enormous vice, and solemnly testified against it as such.
Though it seems " strange" that a " trifle " like this should be magni-
fied into so much importance, yet we can find something like it in the
fashionable morality of some portion of almost every generation of the
Puritans, from their first landing to the present time. There have always
been those who were ready to tithe mint, anniss and cummin, whether
or not they neglect the weightier matters of the law. There have always
been those who were ready to wage war with externals that were of little
more consequence in themselves than the cut of the hair. Men are gov-
erned more by associations than by reasons. The Cavaliers of the church
of England wore long hair, and, from the association, some of the Puritan
round-heads considered it as sinful. The Roman Catholics have a cross
on their churches, and, from the association, some of the descendants
of the Puritans consider this symbol of the religion of Christ as sinful.
VII. Twenty-six Sermons. This work is entitled WjP 1$ H'TH"' 1 or the
Plain Doctrine of the Justification of a Sinner in the sight of God. Printed
in London, 1659. The following is the dedication :
Honoratissimo et nobilissimo Heroi amplissimo utique et Piissimo domino
Gulielmo Vicecomiti Sey et Seale ; Nee non illustrissimo et dignissimo
viro, domino ; Nathaniel! Fiennes, uni e dominis custodibus magni sigilli
Anglise. Hoc grati animi et debitse observantise fivrnj.6ovfov y.al ^afjuiQcov
D.D.D.C.C.
It has been my good fortune to obtain this book from London in a good
condition. It is a small quarto of three hundred pages. It exhibits great
vigor and earnestness and vehemence and thought, arranged in logical
sequence, and thoroughly imbued with a christian and classic spirit.
VIII. His last published work, so far as is known, is entitled Anti-
synodalia Scripta Americana, or a proposal of the judgment of the dis-
senting ministers of the churches of New England, Assembled by the
appointment of the General Court, March 10, 1662, whereof there were
several sessions afterward.
The result of the Synod related to two points : 1. The Baptism of the
grandchildren of church members, and in what is called the half-way
covenant. 2. The Consociation of Churches.
The Anti-synodal ia related entirely to the first point. It exhibits great
force of reasoning in opposition to the result of the Synod, which was in
jprirtgrce of dUjatmcg.
Charlemagne, ob. 814. = Hildegarde,
I ob. 782.
Louis 1 st, le debonnaire == Judith, d. of Guelph,
ob. 840. | Count of Bavaria,
ob. 843.
Charles 2d, the Bald ; == Ermantrude, dau. of the
ob. 877. I Count of Orleans, ob. 869.
Louis 2d, le Begue == Adelaide,
ob. 879. I
Egbert == Redburg.
ob. 897.
Ethelwolf == Osburga
ob. 858.
Alfred the = Aswinte.
Great, ob.
900 or 901.
Charles 3d, the Simple,
ob. 929.
Edward 1st, == Elfiede.
or Elder, ob.
924 or 925.
Ogive, dau. of Edward 1st,
King of England.
Saxon
thum-
1055.
Earl of
Hun-
thamp-
100.
=Robert de Todenei,
a noble Norman,who
built Belvour Castle,
now owned by the
Duke of Rutland, his
descendant and heir,
ob. 1088.
Peter de Roos = Adeline
Espec.
Robert de Roos, == Sybyl de
2d Lord Hamlake. I Valoines.
Everard de Roos, = Rose
3d Lord Hamlake. I Trusbut.
Chauncy de Chauncy came into
England with William the Con-
queror 1066, from Chauncy, near
Amiens in France.
William de Chauncy, 1 Henry 1.
Waller de Chauncy, Baron de
Scirpenbeck, 5th Stephen.
Maud = Anfride de Chauncy,
12 Henry II., leaving
Walter and Roger;
Walter succeeding, died
without issue, leaving
his brother.
Robert de = Isabel, nat. dau. Pretiosa == Roger de Chauncy.
Roos. 1th
L'd Ham.
ob. 1227.
of Wm. Leo,
King of Scot-
land.
Wm. de Roos, = Lucy, dau.
5th Lord
ob. 1258.
of Reginald
Fitzpiers.
Robert de Chauncy, d. 42
Henry III. 1258.
Isabel, dau. == Thomas deChaun-
I
Robert de Roos, 6th Lord of
Hamlake, ob. 1285.
I de Roos.
and heir of
Sir Philip de
Chauncy.
cy, son and heir
of Robert, died 8
April, 2 Ed. II.
rt de Roos.
'l™.«r.«l heir == Ralph Gilford.
> l >crl dc Root.
John Giflbrd.
H n.. Gilford,
"•'lie slon.
T
William de Chauncy, son and
heir of Thomas and Isabel, died
1343, 17 Ed. II.
Thomas de Chauncy, son and
heir of William, died 49 Ed. III.
Sir William de Chauncy,
lasv D»;on of Scirpenbeck.
Louis d'Outremer, ob. 954. == Gerberge de Saxe.
Albreda, dau. of King Louis d'Outremer, == Renaud, Count de Reims.
l ob. 973.
Gilbert, Count de Reims and de Roucy, bur. in the Cathedral of Reims. ==
Ebles, Count of, Reims and de Roucy, ob. 1033. == Beatrix.
Hilduin IV. Count de Mont- ==Alex, Countess de
Gilbert or Giselbert, Earl
of Brion in Normandy.
T
didier and de Roucy. Roucy de Ebles.
Richard Fitz Gilbert,= Rohese, dau. of Walter Hugh, 1st Count == Margaret
1st Earl of Clare. | Gifford, 1st Earl of Buck- of Clermont. de Roucy.
ingham. 1
Gilbert, 2d Earl of Clare, == Alex de Clermont.
! Alice or Adeliza.
Alice, sis-= Rich'd de Clare, from
tertoEarl whom descended the
Chester. Plantagenet Kings of
England.
Gilbert, first
Earl of Pem-
broke,
ob. 1149.
Alberic de Vere = Beatrix, dau. of
ob. 1088. Henry Castelan.
Elizabeth, sister to Wal-
erine, Earl of Mellent,
& to Robert, Earl of Lei-
cester 3 and great grand-
dau. of Henry 1st, King
of France.
Richard, 2d = Eve, dau. of
Alberic de Vere == Adeliza, dau. of
Gilbert de Clare.
Earl of Pem-
broke,
ob. 1170.
Roger Bigod==Adeliza»
ob. 1107.
Dermot Mc-
Murrough,
King of
Dublin.
Hugh Bigod, Steward to = Julianna, dau. of
Isabel de=Wm. Marshall,
Henry I., 1st Earl Norfolk.
ob. 1177.
Alberic de Vere.
Clare,
only dau.
and heir.
Roger Bigod, 2d Earl === Isabel, dau. of Hameline,
Norfolk, ob. 1220. Earl Warren and Surry.
Hugh Bigod, 3d Earl Norfolk, = Maud, d.'of W. Marshall,
ob. 1225.
3d Earl Pem-
broke, Strigul
or Chepstow,
ob. 1219.
ob. 1248.
[
Hugh Bigod = Roger Bigod, 4th Earl of Nor- = Isabel, sister to Alexan-
ChiefJust. I folk, died without issue 1270. der, King of Scotland.
Sir John Bigod Roger Bigod, 5th and last E?rl of Norfolk.
Roger, youngest son of Sir John Bigod.
T „ i
: Joan, dau. of Roger. «;
Margery Giflbrd ==
John Chauncv,
died 22 H. 'ith.
^Jjj^^^P^^o^Chamicv,
1 m uia Wiltshire Family of Eyre enjoyed for several ccnturio*
the highest distinction within its native County.
Humphrey_Le Heyer.
Nicholas Le Heyer.
Galfredus_Le Heyer, (time of Edward II.)
J Til- ..L.iL .J-., nnrt ti*»ir ni
1851.] President Charles Chauncy. 257
favor of baptizing under the half-way covenant. It also exhibits a very-
catholic christian spirit, and must have had great influence in settling the
practice of the churches.
The Anti-synodalia was published in 1662. It closes in the following
characteristic way : " Now our good God which hath made hitherto sal-
vation for walls and bulwarks to us, and hath led his people like sheep
by the hand of Moses and Aaron, still make his people steadfast in one
faith, and the order of the Gospel ; and still call the name of our courts
and churches and families, Jehovah Shammah. Amen."
Besides these, he is said to have published an election sermon, preached
before the General Court in 1656.
NOTES ON THE PEDIGREE OF CHAUNCY.
In compiling the following table, great care has been taken to follow the
best authority, and such as are abundantly confirmed by general history
or collateral evidence. — W. C.
The paternal ancestry of President Chauncy is given with general
accuracy by Sir Henry Chauncy in his History of Hertfordshire. This
can be inferred not only from the authorities he gives, but from the fact
that from the time of the Conquest, 1066, to the birth of President Chaun-
cy in the year 1592, the family had but once removed. They occupied
their estates as hereditary Barons of Scirpenbeck, in Yorkshire, on the
river Derwent, from the Conquest to the year 1399, in the reign of Richard
2d, when, by consent of the king, the estates were alienated and sold, in-
cluding the title, which was then by tenure or attached to the estate ; and
they by purchase or exchange obtained the estate of Gedleston or New-
place, in Hertfordshire, which was entailed, and also that of Pishobury
by lease. See also Clutterbuck and Burke.
The name of Chauncy is Norman, and was taken from the name of
the place in Normandy, near Amiens, where the ancestors of all the
Chauncys in England and America resided. It has been spelt, at differ-
ent times, Canci, Cauncy, Chauncei, Chancy, Chauncy, Chauncey.
1. Chauncy de Chauncy, a Norman nobleman, came into England in
A. D. 1066, with William the Conqueror. See Roll of Battle Abbey, in
Stow, Hollinshed, and Grafton's Chronicles.
2. William de Chauncy, the eldest son of Chauncy de Chauncy,
was Baron of Scirpenbeck in the reign of Henry the 1st. Another son,
Auschar, flourished in the same reign.
3. Walter de Chauncy, son and heir of William, succeeded as 2d
Baron, 5th of King Stephen, gave ^£15 to the king for license to marry
whom he pleased. He was a great benefactor to the monastery of
W T hitby.
a The record of this payment by Walter de Canci, is in the pipe Roll,
p. 26. The editors consider that roll to have been made in the 31st of
Henry 1st, and not in the 5th of Stephen, as was formerly supposed. In
their preface, p. xxi, they mention the baronial house of Canci as one of
those whose antiquity is touched by this roll. The wife of this Walter and
mother of his son and heir Anfride, was Alicia, oldest sister of William
Fitz Helte (Placitorum Abbreviatio, pp. 56-7, tempore, 9th John.) That
Walter lived in the time of Henry 1st is proved by the Calendarium Rotu-
lorum Patentium, p. 206, 5 Richard II, where it is recorded that the king
confirmed to William de Chancy (so printed) blood relative, (consan-
guineo) and heir of Anfride de Chauncie, (so printed,) all the land of Wal-
258 President Charles Chauncy. [July*
ter de Chancie, (so printed,) in the county of York, " cum sac soc, &c."
granted by Henry the 1st. — N. C.
4. Anfride de Chauncy, son and heir of Walter, was a great benefac-
tor to the canons of St. Peters, at York. On the 12th Henry 2d, upon
the assessment of an aid for marrying the king's daughter, it was certified
that he held five knightly fees. He died 6th of Richard 1st, leaving
Walter and Roger, both under age. Hugh Murdock giving 100 marks
for the wardship of the heir.
5. Walter, son and heir of Anfride, came of age 8th of Richard the
1st. He also became a great benefactor to the York minster, by con-
firming the gift of his father and otherwise, but died without issue.
6. Roger de Chauncy, brother and heir of Walter, married Preciosa.
He died 15 Henry III. leaving Robert and Hugh. The latter became
afterward lord of the manor of Upton, in the county of Northampton,
and from him sprang the branch of the family in Edgcott in that
county.
6. Robert de Chauncy, son and heir of Roger, 23d of Henry 3d, paid
his 25 marks for five knights' fees for his barony of Skirpenbeck and
sundry manors connected therewith.
a He did not long survive his father ; for in the 30th of Henry III. the
king gave Robert de Cuppings, for his services, and one hundred pounds,
the custody of the heir of Robert de Chauncy, till his lawful age and his
marriage, (Excerpta de Rotulis finium, vol. i., p. 458.) — N. C.
7. Thomas de Chauncy, son and heir of Robert, 23 years of age, 56
of Henry III., to whom he did homage. He married Isabel, daughter
and afterwards only heir of Sir Philip de Chauncy, another branch of the
family. Lord of the manor of Willoughton, in the county of Leicester,
by whom he became possessed of a large addition to his estate. He was
one of the barons who joined in a letter to Pope Boniface, 1301, to main-
tain the king's right to Scotland against the pretensions of the pope. He
died on the 8th day of April, 2d of Edward II.
a This is stated by Sir Henry Chauncy. But in the list of those who
joined in the letter given by Sir Nicholas Harris, (synopsis of the passage,
vol. ii., p. 761, it says,) " the name of Thomas de Chauncy does not ap-
pear. That of " Thorn de Chaunes Du's de Norton " was probably
mistaken for it. — N. C.
8. William de Chauncy, son and heir of Thomas, 20 years of age,
did his homage 7th of May, 2d of Edward II. He held, in addition to
his Barony of Skirpenbeck, the manors of Willington, in right of his
mother, also Hogham, Camelstown, Bogthorp and Thoraldy.
9. Thomas de Chauncy, son and heir of William, succeeded the 17 of
Edward III.
a There appears to be a clerical error in the statement in the tables that
Thomas de Chauncy, son and heir of William, succeeded in the 37th of
Edward III., 3 having been written for 1. From the Calendarium In-
quintionem post mortem, vol. ii., p. 110, it seems clear that William
Chauncy was deceased in the 19th of Edward III., having been seized
of Skirpenbeck manor and other property. And in the new edition of
the Monasticon, vol. 1, p. 418, there is a deed dated in 1346, which was
about the 19th year of Edward III., given by Thomas de Chauncy, filius
Wilhelmi De Chauncy de Skirpenbeck, confirming the gifts of his an-
cestors to the church of St. Peter and St. Hilda, at Whitby, and adding
something of his own.
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According to the account of Sir Henry Chauncy, a second Thomas,
the father of William, succeeded the first Thomas, son of the first Wil-
liam, and held a short time. If there were two of these Thomases, it
was the first that held a short time, but it is more probable there was but
one, son of the first, and father of the last, William.
The first William died in 17th Edward III. (1344.) In the 31st of the
same king, only fourteen years after, Thomas Chauncy gave twenty
marks, for leave to enfeoff William, his first born son (primo genitum)
and Joan (Johannan) daughter of Roger Bygot with rectine, lands, and
tenements in Thoraldby and Skirpenbeck, (Rotulorum Originalium in
Abbreviatio, vol. ii., p. 246, column 1st, at the foot), and the next year it
appears by Cal. Inq.,post mortem, vol. ii., p. 208, that said Thomas did
enfeoff William his son and " Joh'an " his wife with six booates of land,
&c, part of the manor of Skirpenbeck.
Thus in fifteen years after the death of the first William, the second
was already married and his father in possession of the baroncy. This
was ninety-one years after the 1268, when the father of the first William
was 23 years old. There is a bare possibility that generations succeeded
each other in this case so rapidly, as they must have done, had there been
two Thomases between the two Williams, but it is more agreeable to the
ordinary course of things, to believe that there was but one.
Another reason that leads me to the conclusion that there is but one, is,
that I found, after careful research, no records of the decease of two.
One appears to have died in 49th of Edward III., seized of the manor of
Skirpenbeck, of Bouthorp and Thoralby. He was certainly the father of
William, last Baron, as the references given sufficiently prove. They
also prove that the Miss Bigot, who became the wife of this William, was
named not Elizabeth, as Chauncy, Clutterbuck and Burke have it, but
Joan, and that she was the daughter not of John Bigot but of Roger, who
was John's younger son, that succeeded to the lordship of Settinington, after
the death of John's eldest son John. John, the brother of the 5th Earl of
Norfolk, died in the 5th of Edward II., the same year in which Thomas
de Chauncy died. It is impossible that, as the pedigree given by Sir
Henry Chauncey represents, that the one was great, great grandfather of
William de Chauncy, and the other father of William's wife. — N. C.
10. William de Chauncy was son and heir of Thomas de Chauncy.
He received from King Richard confirmation of all his titles, charters and
liabilities. He married, as mentioned above, Joan, daughter of Roger,
youngest son of Sir John Bigod, brother of the Earl of Norfolk, and not
Elizabeth the daughter of John, as stated by Sir Henry Chauncy Cluttu-
buck, and Burke, and in other genealogies. By her he had a son, 1399.
This Baron, namely, William, 22d of Richard II, obtained license from
the King to alienate his manor of Skirpenbeck, with the title, and other
estates in Yorkshire. Besides obtaining on lease the manor of Fishobury,
he purchased considerable estates in Stepney, near London, where he
died and was buried.
11. John Chauncy, son and heir of William de Chauncey, the last
Baron of Skirpenbeck, married Margaret, one of the coheirs of William
Gifford of Gedlestone. He died Feb. 22, Henry the VI.
12. John Chauncy, son and heir of John, married Ann, daughter of
John Leventhorp of Shingey Hall. He died May 7, 1749, and was
buried in the church of Sawbridgeworth.
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13. John Chauncy, son and heir of John, married a daughter of
Thomas Boyce. He died on the 8th day of June, 1510.
14. John Chauncy, son and heir of John, married Elizabeth, widow
of Richard Morfield, by whom he acquired a large accession to his estates.
He left issue three sons, Maurice, Henry, and Robert. He died June 4,
1546.
Maurice was educated at Oxford ; studied common law at Gray's Inn ;
became a Carthusian monk, and resided in a house of that order near
London, called by some the Charter House, and by others Sutton's Hos-
pital. At the dissolution of Religious Houses by Henry the VIII, he,
with his brethren, 18 in number, was committed to custody for denying
the king's supremacy over the church of England. At length, with much
difficulty, he escaped out of prison, and so consequently escaped death,
which all the rest suffered at several different times before the year 1539.
At length, settling himself at Bruges in Flanders, he became Prior of
some of his English brethren of the same order there.
But when Queen Mary came to the crown, he was advanced to be her
Confessor, and was so acceptable to her, in that station, that he became a
great favorite, yet never permitted the least matter of state affairs to in-
terrupt the duties of his province. But when that Queen died, he re-
turned again to his priory in Flanders, where he wrote the following
work : —
I. Historia aliquot nostri saculi Martyrum cum pia turn lectu jucunda
nunquam antehcec typis excusa : Printed at Mentz in Bavaria, Anno 1550.
IT. The Passion of 18 Carthusians at London. Printed at Cologne, 1608.
III. Some additions to a Book entitled Vita Carthusiana. Printed at
Louvain, 1572. IV. The Divine Cloud of JJnknowing. V. His Epistle
of private Council. VI. Liber Domus Salvatoris beatissimce Virginis *
Mariae juxta London Ordinis Carthusiani.
" Maurice Chauncy died on the 2d day of July, 1581, 23 Eliz. and his
body was buried in the Chapel belonging to the Carthusians at Bruges.
He left behind him a most celebrated name for his rare Piety, which is
preserved among those of his profession at Bruges and Newport, in Flan-
ders, and at other places ; neither doth any knowing or moderate Protest
tants deny, but that his name is worthy to be kept in perpetual memory."
See 1st Volume of Athena Oxonienses.
15. Henry Chauncy, second son and heir of John Chauncy, married
Lucy , by whom he had John and George. The family were at
his time possessed of the manors of East Latham and Cragford in Kent ;
Bancomb in Sussex ; Owen Hall, Nether Hall, and Gifford's in Hertford-
shire ; Great Sampford, Little Sampford, Hemstead and Passebury in
Essex, ten manors in four counties. He built a house called New Place,
on his manor of Gifford's or Gelston, where he removed, and where he
resided at the time of his death, April 14, 1587, 29th of Elizabeth.
John Chauncy, son and heir apparent of Henry Chauncy, married
Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Holliday, by whom he had issue, Wil-
liam, who died without issue.
16. George Chauncy, second son of Henry, and brother of John, be-
came the representative of the family. He married Jane, daughter and
heir of John Cornwall of Yardley, by which marriage he became pos-
sessed not only of the manor of Yardley, but of several other manors and
estates in addition to those of his paternal ancestors, of New Place, Gif-
fards, Netherhall, &c. By this marriage he had several children. After
1S56.] President Charles Chauncy. 261
her death he married Agnes, widow of Edward Humberston, by whom he
had George, Edward, and Charles, the last of which is the subject of the
preceding history.
As a Baron of the realm, in feudal times, each person above men-
tioned holding that title, was necessarily a military chieftain, absolute in
command in his Barony, having the power even of life and death, over
his own retainers, and, by the tenure of military service, which he was
bound on summons to render to the King, of whom he held his estates
and title, must sustain his military organization of Knights and Esquires,
his Arms, Heralds, and Pursuivants, his Banners, &c. But they enjoyed
a high social position, as founders and benefactors of churches, and insti-
tutions for the poor. They were more distinguished for their moral than
for their military achievements.
The maternal ancestry, or the families in the female line, include many
of the highest nobility, both Saxon and Norman, as may be seen by a
glance at the pedigree. A full history of them would be a history of
Europe during the middle ages, as well as after the Conquest.
Several females of the families named in the table were princesses, in
cases in which the male line had become extinct, so they merged not only
their estates but their names and honors in the alliance. Thus the arms
of their families are quartered with the original arms of Chauncy. Of
these there are Chauncy of Lincolnshire, Gifford, De Roos, De Albini,
Proffit Horn, Cornwall, &c.
The reader may be referred to English history for an account of such
names as the De Veres earls of Oxford, Bigods earls of Norfolk, who
were hereditary earls, Marshalls of England, Marshalls, Earls of Pem-
broke, the Strongbows, Gilbert and Richard, Earls of Pembroke, Chep-
stow, and conquerors of Ireland, Earls of Clare or Clarence, afterwards
merged in the Royal family of the Plantagenets.
Siward, Earl of Northumberland, commonlj- called Siward the great,
immortalized by Shakspeare as the conqueror of Macbeth, and as placing
'Malcolm, his son-in-law, on the throne of Scotland, when about to die,
arose from his bed, and arrayed himself in his richest and best armor,
saying, " It was a shame for a warrior to die in his bed.'" He left
Waltheof, Earl of Northumberland, to whom William the Conqueror
gave his niece in marriage, wishing to conciliate the powerful Saxon no-
bility. Notwithstanding which he entered into a conspiracy against the
king, was taken and beheaded at Winchester. His daughter Maud
married
Simon De St. Liz, Earl of Northumberland, Huntington and North-
ampton, a great favorite of the Conqueror, whose daughter Maud mar-
i ried
William de Albini Brito, son of Robert de Todenir, a noble Nor-
man, who came in with the Conqueror, who bestowed upon him immense
estates in the county of Leicester. Here he built Belvoir Castle, now
owned and occupied by the Duke of Rutland, who inherits them through
a female coheir of Lord De Roos. This Baron was distinguished by his
liberality, especially to the monastery at St. Albans, and also for his valor
on the field. At the battle of Jenarchebry, in Normandy, he was said to
have determined the fate of the day by breaking through the enemy's
lines by his single arm. He died leaving two sons, William, his heir,
and Ralph, from whom descended the Lords St. Daubeny, the Earls
of Bridgewater.
262 Hall. [July,
William de Albini Mesihems also Brito succeeded, and died 4 of
Henry II, leaving William his heir.
William de Albini, 4th, was distinguished as one of the rebel Barons
in the time of King John, and was their general. He it was who made
so noble a defence as governor of Rochester Castle. He afterwards
commanded the army for Henry III, at the battle of Lincoln. He died,
leaving
William de Albini, 5th and last of the name, who, dying, left a
daughter Isabel only heir, who married Robert de Roos, Lord of Ham-
lake.
Robert de Roos, 6th Baron de Roos of Hamlake, was also of a noble
race. He was chief of the rebel Barons at the battle of Lewes, where
the King and Prince Edward were taken prisoners, and had the care of
the Prince committed to him in the castle of Hereford. His grandfather,
Robert, married a natural daughter of the King of Scotland, and his son
William was one of the competitors for the crown of Scotland in the time
of Bruce and Baliol, to the latter of whom it was awarded. His grand-
father was also one of the twenty-five Barons elected by the whole body
to secure the Charter from King John, and the performance of its provis-
ions by the King. This Baron died, leaving two sons, 1. William Lord
de Roos, through whom Belvoir Castle and estates descended to a fe-
male heir of Edward Lord de Roos, who married Robt Manners, whose
descendants now enjoy them as Dukes of Ruthland. 2. Robt de Roos
and his heirs, ending in a female heir, who married Ralph GifTard, a de-
scendant of Walter GifTard, Earl of Longueville, in Normandy, who came
into England with the conqueror, was his kinsman, and was made by him
Earl of Buckingham. Indeed, the whole county, according to some ac-
counts, was given to him by King William. The heirs of Ralph GifTard
ended in a female, Margery GifTard, who was married to John Chauncy.
a. There are respectable authorities for the supposition that Maud de
St. Liz, the wife of William de Albini, was the daughter of Simon de
St. Liz, and his wife the daughter of Waltheop. The deeds recorded in
the Monasticon, vol. i, p. 370, and vol. ii, pp. 675 and 377, prove clearly
that there were three ladies who were called Maud de St. Liz. 1st. The
wife of Simon ; 2d. Their daughter, who married Robert de Clare, son of
Richard, son of Roger, Earl of Hatford, and 3. Their daughter, the wife
of William de Albini. N. C.
b. Roger Bigod had two wives, Ida de Thouy and Isabella de Warren.
After having made very extensive researches to ascertain which was the
mother of his heir, I am persuaded that it was Ida de Thouy. N. C.
HALL.
We are informed that, some days ago, died at Mendon, Mr. Robert
Hall, who was, last May, 106 years old. He was born at Hammersworth
in Old England, and served as a soldier under Cromwell for very many
years, was in the most if not all the Battles fought by that Warriour. He
was visited with blindness for several years before his death. If you en-
tered into conversation with him, his whole discourse assuredly turned
upon the Civil Wars, upon Expeditions, Campaigns, Fire, Smoke, and
Slaughter, &c— N. Eng. Weekly Jour., 23 Oct. 1727.
1856.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 263
ABSTRACTS FROM THE EARLIEST WILLS ON RECORD IN
THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, MASS.
[Prepared by Mr. William B. Trask, of Dorchester.]
[Continued from page 180.]
[In the following abstracts, names and dates do not always correspond, precisely,
with those on the record. Such disagreement, howover, need not be considered, neces-
sarily, as an evidence of their incorrectness here ; for, so far as practicable, the subject-
matter has been collated with the originals, on file ; the result of which was, that the
Probate Records, not infrequently, were found inaccurate. For example, in the will
of John Luson, of Dedham, (wrongly labelled "Joseph Layton" on the files,) the
name of William Bearstowe, of Scituate, occurs ; on the record it is William Brearton.
In the same will, the name of Edward Hawes occurs; but it is omitted on the record.
Henry Rigby, of Dorchester, reads correctly, Henry Kibby ; Cary, Gary; Powell,
Cowell; and so on, in many other instances that might be mentioned. — T.]
Philip Elliot. — Boston 2 Feb. 1660. Power of Administration to the
estate of the late Philipp Elliot, as it is left by Elizabeth Elliot, his relict,
is graunted to Rich. Withington, John Aldis, and Jn Smith, to make
division thereof amongst themselues, according to the late will of the said
Right of theire wiues.
Dedham 22 : 11 : 1660. An Inventorie of that part of y e Estate some-
times Philip Elliots, of Roxbury, deceased, which was in the possession
of y' men hereafter named after the death of Elizabeth Elliot, y e late wife
of y e said Philip, taken by John Hunting, Eliezar Lusher, Daniel Fisher.
Goods in possession of John Smith, of Dedham, John Aldis, of Dedham,
& Rich d Withington, of Dorchester. Mentions land near Daniell Ains-
woritis, one bill in y e hand of John Watson.
Richard Withington, John Aldis, & John Smith deposed 2 Feb. 1660.
John Dwight, of Dedham, yeoman, being in p r fect health, this 16 th
June 1658, doe make this my last will. To my wife, Elizabeth, that now
is, ,£50 sterling, to be payd her by my Executors, in Currant Country
pay, at my now dwelling house, at Dedham, within 3 monethes after my
decease, as by Couenant, before our marriage, appeareth ; also all her
weareing Apparell, both linen and woollen, alsoe that my said wife shall
haue dyet allowed her, at my said dwelling house, in Dedham, dureing
y e space of 3 monethes after my decease, if shee shall desire it, that soe
3hee may y* more Comfortably provide for y e remoueall of hir habitation
to some other place. I giue vnto my sonne, Nathaniell Whiteing, 20s ;
vnto my sonne, Henrie Philips, 20s ; vnto my sonne, Nathaniell Reinolds,
20s. My will is, that my dwelling house, land, and moveables in y e
Towne of Dedham, or elsewhere, which shall be founde to my estate, at
my decease, be equally devided into fiue pts, two pts whereof I giue vnto
my sonne, Timothy Dwight, and one part vnto y' Children of my son,
Nathaniell Wliiteing, and of Hannah, his wife, or soe many of them as
shall be surviueing at my decease, to be payde by my Executo r , as in
lis discretion will best conduce for their benefitt. I giue vnto my
jrand Child, Eliazar Philips, sonne of my sonne Henry Philips, and of
Mary his wife, my dau., one part of y e fiue ; and if y e said Eliazar shall
lot be surviueing at my decease, then my will is, that my Executo 1 ", at
lis discretion, shall dispose of that one part of y e fiue, vnto y* rest of y e
children of my son, Henry Philips, and of my dau. Mary, his wife. The
264 Abstracts of Early Wills. [July,
fifth part remayneing of y fiue, I giue vnto my dau. Sarah Reynolds, or
to her child or Children, as my Executo 1 * shall see cause to dispose of it.
Alsoe, my will is, that my son, Timothy Dwight, shall enjoy all that house
and land which I gaue him at hir first marriage with Sarah Sibly. Alsoe,
that my sonne, Nathaniell Whiteing, shall enjoy all that 6 Acres of land,
be it more or lesse, which lyeth in y* low playne ; and y e 2 Acres of
meadow lyeing In foule meadow, which I bought of Lieut. Joshua Fisher.
My will is, that it shall be at my Executo r ' liberty to pay said Legatyes,
either in land or Currant Country pay, and to pay them at y e same prise
as they were vallued at by y e prises at my decease. Alsoe, my will is,
that my Executor shall not be ingaged to pay y e said legatyes to any of
y e said Children, vnder age, vntill they canne legaly giue a discharge for
y e receipt of y e same. I Appoynt my son, Timothy Dwight, to be Exec-
uto 1 " of this my last will. John Dwight.
In presence of
Peteer Woodard
William Averey.
Peter Woodard deposed, 5 March 1660.
Dedham 8 th of 12. 1660. Inventory of the estate taken by Eliazar
Lusher, Timothy Dwight, sen r , Peeter Woodward. Am 1 .£506. 02. 10.
Isaack Heath. — I giue to my wife, this my dwelling house and orchard,
barnes, home lott, with all my land in y e lower Calues pasture, both Vpland
meadow and salt marsh, by estimation 27 acres, more or lesse, dureing
her life. If my wife thinke this too combersome for her, shee shall be
[at] liberty to Choose to haue y e new end of my house, and all roomes
appertayneing to it, and c£14, a yeare, payde duly vnto her by my sonne
Bowles, of y e Best that ariseth of y e lands, all these lands and all other
lands as they are in y e transcript of Roxbery (except about 6 acres in y e
great lott which I haue given my sonne Bowles, as long as he liueth, and
my part in y e 4000 acres, which I giue to y e schole in Roxbury) I giue to
my three Grandchildren, John Bowles, Elizabeth Bowles and Mary
Bowles, to them and their heires foreuer, immediately after myne and
their grandmothers decease. I giue vnto my sonne, Bowles, full power
to let, sell, and improue all these lands as they shall come into her hands
for ye best education of y e children. My will is, that John Bowles shall
be mayntayned at Schole and brought vp to learning, in what way I haue
dedicated him to God, if it please him to accept him. If my wife Choose
y e house and lands, and they be not by due estimation worth 14 ' b by y e
yeare, then my sonne, Bowles, shall make vp soe much worth vnto her
out of y e rent of my other lands I giue vnto my Cozin Martha Brand
2 lb ; to my kinsman, Edward Morice, 2 lb ; to my sonne, Bowles, my
searge coat and best hatt ; to Isaacke Heath, y e rest of my weareing Ap«
parell, my moueable goods, both within doores and without, and debts or
state what eue r of that kind, I will that they be divided into 4 equal p ts . be-
twixt my wife and my three Grand Children. I giue to Mary Mory, my
kinswoman, 20s. My will is, if there be no provission sufficient to afford
my wife what I haue giuen her, and to bring vp John to learning, I giue
full power to my sonne Bowles, with y e advise of my overseers, to sell my
pond lot, or woodlot, in y e middle divission for y 1 supply or both. I re-
quest my well beloued brethren, John Eliot and William Park, to doe
y e office of loue to oversee y e fulfilling this my last will, and giue counsell
at all tymes as need shall require, to whom I give as a token of my loue,
1856.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 265
each of them, 20s. My will is, before my moveables be divided, all my
debts be payde, and my houseing conveniently repayred. I allow my
wife convenient firewood out of my nether wood lot, for her life time, and
I make my sonne, Bowles, sole Executor of this my will, whom I invest
with full power to set, let, and Improve y e estate and lands of his three
Children, my grand Children, to aske, receiue and order all things till y c
time when Elizabeth Bowles shall attayne to 18 yeares, or day of mar-
riage, all her p l shall be given her. I giue to John Bowles when hee
cometh to ye age of 21 yeares, besids what falls to him of his share in my
goods, a double portion in my land ; to Mary Bowles, when shee attaynes
to 18 yeares of age, or day of marriage, her p l of my goods and lands.
If Benjamin Mory duely serue out his time, my will is, that at y e end of
his time he shall receiue £5, to be payde him by my executo 1 ".
Witnesses this 19th f y . nth 1660. Isaack Heath.
John Elliot, George Brand, John Stebbins,
who deposed, 31 Jan. 1660.
Entered and Recorded 2 Nov r . 1662.
The Inventory of the goods & estate of the said Elder Isaac Heath,
taken 25 : 11 : 1660. Am'. .£671. 06. 04.
Mention is made of " Benjamin Mories time," Willm Lyon, Joseph
Wise, Daniell Aynsworth, &c.
Isaac Marrell and Thomas Weld witnesse to an acco". accepted by the
overseers of y e will, before the Inventory was put into y e Court.
John Bowles deposed, 14 th March 1660.
Charity White. — Boston, 5 Feb. 1660. Whereas y e late Charity
White, a little before hir death, before diverse friends, declared that she
gaue hir house and land to the deacons of the Church of Boston,* for y*
vse of their Church, on Condicon shee be buried at the Churches charges ;
and also, that shee gaue the rest of hir goods and estate to Deliverance
Tearne, att request therefore of Miles Tearne, father to the said Deliv-
erance.
Power of Administration to y 8 Estate of the late Charity Wliite, is
granted to Miles Tearne, y e father, in behalfe of his daughter, in relation
to all the goods and estate of said Charity, y e house and lands excepted,
which is left to their dispose to whom it was left and given.
Inventory taken 1 Feb. 1660, by Chr : Batt & John Marion. AmU
£24. Goods at Mr Blyes, &c.
Deacon John Rogers. — 8 : 12 : 1660. Vnto his beloued wife, Judith
Rogers, his new end of his dwelling house, with one third part of y*
Barne, and halfe his orchard and p r duce thereof, and halfe his pasture,
adioyning to y e orchard, to be hers dureing her life. His will is, that his
sonne, John Rogers, shall pay vnto his mother, Judith, 20 bushells of
Corne, yearly, one third in wheate, one third peases, one third in Indian
Come. If his sonne, John, refuse or fayle in paym* of y e said Come,
then his mother shall haue halfe y e land to improue as long as she Hues,
viz. y e broke vpland. Hee bequeathes vnto his wife, his feather bed.
and all y e furniture thereunto belonging, with halfe of all his househould
goods, giueing hir power to bestow it on whom shee please ; provided it be
* " Charity White, a singlewoman," admitted to the First Church in Boston, 13:4:
1641. — First Church Records.
17
266 Abstracts of Early Wills. [July,
given to Deacon Rogers Children. Giues his wife, one Cow, and yVise
of y e other Cow y e yeare Insueing, except his sonne, John, marry, then
one Cow to be his. Hee giues one heifer to his wife, and halfe his swine
and halfe his Goates and halfe his sheep. It is his will that his sonne,
John Rogers, shall keepe one Cow for his mother, and six Goates at
winter, only, as long as shee Hues. If John Rogers fayle in refuseing,
then it is his will, that his wife, Judeth, shall have that part of his mead-
ow adjoyning deacon Whitmans meadow, dureing her life. Hee Be-
quathes vnto his dau. Mary Rane, his great lott which is 12 Acres,
Bounded by Deacon Philips great lot, and further, giues her 40s. ; vnto
his dau., Liddia WJdtte, six Acres of land lying on y* east necke, or £5.,
which he leaues to his executo r s discretion, either to giue her y c land or
y 8 fiue pound, soe it be donne in one yeares time after his decease. He
giues vnto his dau. Hannah Pratt, £5., to be payd two yeeres after his
decease. He giues his dau. Sarah, £15. ; ten pounds to be payde A
moneth after her marriage, y e other £&, two yeares after marriage. In
case shee marry not, shee is to haue .£15; ten pounds at 18 yeares of
age, and fiue pounds at 25 yeeres old. Vnto his sonne, John Rogers,
the Remaynder of all his estate, as houseing, Cattle, lands, &c. [said
John paying his sisters out of that part of the estate given to him.] If his
sonne, John, dy without wife or Childe, then his sonne in law, Joseph
White, shall haue y e land Adjoyneing Thomas Dons house, provoided
Joseph White pay out of it to his sonne in law, John Rane, <£10. It is
his will that his dau. Sarah haue y' Remaynder of his land, houseing and
orchard, in Case his sonne John dye as aboue expressed, viz. that which
belong to his sonne John. And Sarah, shall pay to John Rane, £5 ; and
to Samuell Pratt, £8 ; and to Joseph White, £4. Further his will is,
that William Richard, his Apprentice, shall serue y e Remaynder of his
Apprentiship with his sonne, John, and that his sonne shall cause y e said
William Richard shalbe taught his trade according to Indenture. It is
his will that his wife, Judeth, and his sonne, John Rogers, shall be ioynt
Executo r s of this his last will ; alsoe, that Thomas White & John Hole*
brooke be overseers,, and alsoe Thomas Dier.
Signed in y e p r sence of John Rogers.
William Charde, Thomas Dyar,
who deposed 30 April 1661.
Inventory of the estate taken 20 : 12 : 1660, by John Holbrooke. Am 1 .
«£275. Mentions " one se r vant boy that is apprentice," <£10. Judith
Rogers and John Roggers deposed, before Court, that this paper Containes
a true Inventory of y e estate of the late John Roggers 9 of Weimouth, to
the best of his knowledge.
Isabell Turner. — An Inventory of y e estate of Isabell Turner, wid-
dow, late of Dorchester, taken the 17 day of 10 1660, by Richard Baker,
Nicholas Clapp, John X Gornell. Amt. <£205. 18. 04. Left. Roger
Clap and Ensigne Hopestill Foster, deposed 8 Feb. 1660.
Andrew Pitcher, of Dorchester, being by y e present paynes and
weakenesse vpon mee sensable that my dayes will not be long here, and
willing to dispose of that little estate God hath lent mee, that it may pre-
vent trouble hereafter, hopeing ere long I shall be freed from what I now
Vndergoe, and shall be with the Lord, Therefore, after y e buriall of my
body and my debts payde, my will is, my wife, Margaret, shall haue all
1856.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 267
my estate within Dorchester, dureing life, for her own maintaynance, and
to bring vp my Children. My will is, that my Eldest sonne, Samuell,
shall haue halfe my land that lyes neere goodman Wods, behind Med-
feilde, and halfe y e meadow belonging to it ; that my sonnes, John and
Jonathan, shall haue y e other halfe of it, with y e other halfe of y e mead-
ow belonging to it ; that after my wifes decease, my sonne, Nathaniel,
shall haue my houseing and all my lands and Cattle within Dorchester,
and shall pay out of it to my eldest dau. Experience, £16, within four
yeeres [after] he comes to enjoy it, and to my yongest dau. Ruth, <£12,
within six yeeres after he comes to enjoy it. Further, my will is, that
what househould stuffe there is left after my wifes decease shall be de-
vided equally to all my Children. If any of my Children dye before they
come to enjoy theire portion, it shall be devided Amongst the rest, equal-
ly, except they leaue Children. I Appoynt my wife, and Eldest son
Executo™ of this my last will. 4 (10) 1660.
In p r sence of Andrew X Pitcher.
William Robinson, John X Gill
Samuel Wadsworth.
John Gill and Willm Robbinson deposed, 9 3 mo. 1661. Inventory
of the Estate taken 19 (1) 1660. Am*. .£286. 08s. Debts <£20. Samuel
Pitcher deposed, 9 May 1661.
William Peacocke. — An Inventory of y e estate of William Peacockes,
prized by Isaac Morell, and Griffen Crofts, the 22 of Jan. 1660 ; for
debts due to him, they do not yet apeare what they be, or whether any
thing be oweing him or noe. The summe exprest is <£78. 06. 04. The
debts demanded of him, besides several charges is, ,£126. 05.
Robert Seaver deposed, 21 Feb. 1660.
On the 30th Jan. 1660, the Court appointed William Parke, Edward
Denison and Thomas Welde to enquire into the estate of said Peacocke.
They found some difficulty in respect of Trading with the Indians in part-
nership with John Curtis and Philip Curtis. A proposition was made by
them for an amicable settlement, which was signed by the forenamed part-
ners, 29 : 1 : 1661. The commissioners made a return of debts due from
and to the estate, viz : to Arthur Gary, Thomas Smith, John Weld, Henry
Powning, John Collins, John Huntley, John Bowles, Henry Bowen, Abra-
ham Busby, Henry Phelph, John Mirriam, Edward Cowell, Mr. Henry
Shrimpton, Thomas Hawley, Mr Peter Oliuer, Theophilus Frairy, Isaac
Morill, Stephen Hoppin, John Jonsons Executors, Mr John Alcocke, Tobias
Bauis, Richard Meades, George Brand, Robert Prentiss, William Linck-
horne, Samuel Gore, Joseph Griggs, Robert Seauer, Phillip Curtisse, John
Peiropoynt, Joseph Wise, John Stebbins, &c.
John Luson, of Dedham. 15 : 12 : 1660. Age and y e Innrmityes
thereof increaseing dayly vpon mee, — doe make this my last will. I did
p r mise Thomas Battely, of Dedham, my kinsman, £60, whereof I haue
already payde him thirty ; I now giue order, y e other thirty be payde
him, within one yeare after my decease. I giue vnto said Thomas, and
his heyres, my now dwelling house, with my Barne, and all other my
buildings thervnto belonging, and all my orchyard, gardens, fences, &c. ;
also all my p r cell of land comonly called the Feild, on y e Backeside,
lyeing betwixt my house and orchard aforesaid, and y e Brooke next y e
Rockes ; all which houses and lands are given vpon Condicon that y e said
268 Abstracts of Early Wills. [July,
Thomas, his heyres or Assignes, pay ,£24, vnto Thomas, Robert and
Susan, y e Children of Robert Luson, in old England, late deceased, which
summe I giue them as a Legaty to be equally devided Amongst them, within
2 yeares after y e decease of Martha my wife. I giue vnto Mary Battely,
my kinswoman, dau. of y e said Thomas, £5., to be payde hir, or hir As-
signes, at y e time shee shall Attayne y e age of 15 yeeres ; vnto John
Batteley, sonne of Thomas, 40s, when [he] come to y e age of 15 ; both
to be payde in Current Country paym 1 . If John or Mary depart this life
before y e age before said, y e surviueing partie shall inherit y e Legacie
given to the deceased. To Edward Hawes, of Dedham & his heyres,
40s. Vnto Mr John All in, our deare and Reverend Pasto r , as a small
declaration of my thankefullness to God and to him for that Good I haue
receiued by his ministery, 40s. to be payd in equall sumes, in 4 yeers
after y e decease of Martha, my wife. Vnto my wife, for her life, and
one yeare after, all my houses & Lands withall y e privileges, &c. to her
or her Assignes ; alsoe, all y e Remaynder of my estate not disposed of.
If my wife shall not surviue me, then I giue vnto Anne Bearstow, my
kinswoman, y e wife of William Bearstowe, of Scittuate, £10, to be payde
her or her Assignes, in Dedham, in 5 yeares after y e decease of my selfe
or my wife, which of vs shall liue longest ; 40s. each yeare. The rest of
my estate, giuen to my wife, I giue to Thomas Batteley and his heires,
foreu r ; y e said Thomas Battely to be my executor, and my very Loueing
Friend, Ensigne Daniell Fisher, to be overseer.
In the presence of John ><! Luson.
Eliezar Lusher, John Kent,
who deposed 25 May 1661.
The Inventory of the Estate was taken by Henry Chickering and Dan-
iell Fisher, 18 (3) 1661. Am*. <£300. 11. 01. Thomas Battely deposed,
25 May 1661.
Christopher Batt, of Boston. — Considering y e fraylty of my nature,
that I am at all tymes and in y e most secure places and Imploym t9 subject
to many Accidents that might bring me to my End, being now enforced,
for the better provoideing for my family to goe a Voyage to Virginia, not
being Capable to Expresse myselfe soe fully as I would, yet haueing soe
long and large Experience of y e faithfull loue . of my deare wife, Anne
Batt, both to mee and my Children, doe therefore, Appoynt my wife,
Executrix of this my last will, and dureing her widdowhood, doe giue
vnto her y e Vse [of] my whole estate and power to sell house, lands,
Goods, Chatties, &c. and to Improue y e same for y e best Good of her
selfe and Children, both one and other which I leaue to her motherly
Care and Affection to bestow portions on them, as y e estate will beare,
and they need, onely, if in Case shee marry Againe, my desire is, then
shee dispose at least of two thirds of my estate to my Children, as shee
shall thinke best, but somewhat neer to an equallitie, my Eldest sonne ex-
cepted, which I hope shee will thinke on. 19 of [ ] 1656.
In p r sence of vs Christopher Batt.
Edward Rawson, Rachel
Rawsor,, Anthony Checkley.
Edward Rawson, Record 1 "., deposed, 19 Sept. 1661.
Abiell Everell. Inuentory of y e goods of Abiell Everell, deceased,
appraised by John Sunderland and John Sanford, being Chosen therevn-
1856.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 269
to by Mr John Aldin and Elizabeth, his wife, shee being formerly y e
wife, and after, the widdow of Abiell Everett, before said. Taken 15 :
12 : 1660. Am*. £119. Jn° Alden deposed, 22 Feb. 1660.
Mr. Ralph Smith. — 18 th Aprill 1661. Power of Administration to y e
estate of the late Mr Ralph Smith, is granted vnto Nathaniell Masterson,
his late wiues sonne, that liued A long time with him, and was servicea-
ble to him for y e most part of his time. Am 1 , of Inventory taken 16
Aprill (61) <£377. 04. 04. Nathaniel Masterson deposed same day,
Richard Langer, of Hinghame, being of perfect memory yet very
Aged, doe make this my last will. To my dau. Margarets Eldest sonne,
Joshua Lincon, all my land in Hinghame in New England, That is to
say, those two home lotts that I Bought of my sonne in law, Thomas Lin-
con, with my great lott, lyeing neere Glad tidings Rocke, and my lott of
meadow, at Conyhasset, whom I make my Executor. I giue my Greene
Rugg to my dau. Margaret, shee giueing as a gift from mee [to] my
other two dau 9 . Dinah, and Elizabeth, 4s. each. 20 Feb. 1659.
Witnes Nico Baker. Richard X Langer.
who deposed 2d May 1661.
Inventory of the estate, apprized by Mathew Hawkes &TJiomas Hewet,
18 Feb. 1660. Am*. £21. 02s.
John Wilkie. — Power of Administration to the Estate of John Wilkie,
granted to Elizabeth Wilkie, Relict of y e said John Wilkie, and Jeremiah
Cushin, hir now husband. Inventory taken 11 March, 1661, by John
Sunderland, and Edward Hutchinson. Am 1 . .£102. 1. Elizabeth Wilkie
deposed, the same day.
John Tucker, senior, of Hingham, deceased y e 5 th of August 1661.
Being by a Providence of God visited with a sad affliction, yet in his Right
minde, did verbally dispose of his estate as followeth, (viz) I giue vnto my
sonne, John Tucker, a double portion, and my dau., Mary Tucker, shall
haue y e Rest, and I would haue yo u to deale righteously by y e mother, and
said that God will deale righteously with you and wished them to remem-
ber Mr Hubberd, as a minister of Christ, as yo u and your sister shall
thinke fit to bestow, and said goodwife Jacob hath beene a mother to me
and mine, remember her, and remember Goodwife Beats, God by his
providence did afford me both helpe and Comfort from her. We whose
names are vnderwritten being at Joseph Churches house, A little before
he dyed, heard goodman Tucker, senior, speake these words.
An : Bates, O her marke, Martha Beals, Jane Bates. Taken vpon
oath, before y e majestrates, 15 Aug 1 . 1661.
Power of Administration to y e estate of y e late John Tucker, of Hing-
hame, deceased, is graunted to John Tucker, his sonne, 7 Aug 1 . 1661.
On the 8 th of Aug 1 , on petition of Anne Tucker, relict of John, power of
Administration was granted equally to hir as to John, the sonne. On the
15 th , she Renounct hir power of Administration, and gaue vp to John
Tucker, for providing for her till next County Court, before y e Gou r no r .
The Inventory of the Estate was prized the 8 th of Aug 1 . 1661, by
John Thaxter, and John Ferring. Am*. ,£512. 07. 09. John Tucker
deposed (9) 1 mo.
270 Abstracts of Early Wills. [July,
William Burnell. — Will. Vnto son John, my house & ground in
Boston, at 21 years of age. If he die before he come to age, & my wife
living, then, she to haue the use of it during life ; after my death it shall
be my son Samuel's. Vnto my dau. Sara, <£50 ; [also] two beddes & all
the rest of my goods in Part of Payment of the <£50., after the death of
my wife. [After her death,] the house & land to be let, till the Rent
make up the <£50, vnto Sara, & then I will it vnto Samuel, & not before.
I haue appointed two men to see this will fullfilled, — Namely, James Bill,
of Pulling Point, & John Doeletell, of Rumni Marsh, 5:1: 1660.
[It will be* seen from the above abstract of the Will of Wm. Burnell,
taken from the files, that it was neither signed nor proved, and that in it
he gives his house and land, in Boston, to his son John, when 21 years of
age. In less than six weeks afterwards, viz., on the 16 : 2 mo., Mr. B.
wrote another Will, in which he gives said property to John on arriving
at 21 years of age, provided he be not corrupted with the opinions of the
Quakers. Whereas, if he embraces their views, and conlinues to hold
them, he is to receive but .£50, to be paid him in instalments of £b a
year.
In the first Will, Sarah is to receive ,£50, in the second, but <£40.
James Bill, of Pulling Point, (so written on the files,) is called James Bell
and James Hill, on the record. See abstract of the Will and Inventory,
in Reg. for 1855, p. 230.]
Nathaniell Williams. — 22 : 2 : 1661. It is my will after my estate
is gathered in, that my wife shall haue y e third part of all my estate,
houses, lands, and moveables. To my dau., Belknap, beside what I haue
given her, I give to her & her two Children that part of y e garden next
Benia. Thwing ; for y e rest of my Children I giue them alike, as my
estate shall hould out. My wife sole executrix. I desire Mr Willm
Davis, John Hull, and James Perm to be overseers.
Nathaniel Williams.
Witnesse to this will
Theoder Atkinson, Henry Powning, who deposed 1 st of August.
Inventory taken of the Goods & Chattells of Nathaniell Williams, Late
deceased, upon this 7: of 3 mo 1661 by Thomas Clarke, Henry Powning,
John Wiswall. Am*. £994. 02. 08.
Debts due to the sume of ,£520. Estate indebted ,£700.
Mary Williams, Relict of the late Nathaniell, deposed 10. 7. (62.)
Thomas Loreing, of Hull, lately deceased. Inventory prized by
Willm Chamberlyne and John Lobdell, 5 June 1662. Amt. c£331. 15.
Estate indebted to Abraham Joanes, George Vickre, Nathl. Bosworth,
John Prince, Thomas Loreing, John Tucker, &c. ; due from John Oates,
10s.
27 June 1661. Thomas Loreing deposed to the Inventory of the estate
of his late father, Thomas Loreing.
[See Abstract of the Will of Jane, widow of Thomas Loring, in Bridg-
man's Pilgrims of Boston, p. 352.]
kj Richard Browne. Inventory of the goods of Rich d Browne, deceased,
taken by Abraham Browne, and Thomas Clarke. Am 1 . ,£80. 18. 02.
M r Hezekiah Vsher deposed 19 : 1 : 1661. Mentions M r Mead, Henry
Smith, Thomas French.
[To be Continued.^
1856.]
The Sanborn Family.
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THE SANBORN FAMILY.
[By Nathan Sanborn, M. D., Henniker, N. H.]
The first lineal ancestor of our
family, of whom we possess any cer-
tain knowledge, was a Sanborn, (tra-
dition says his name was John,) who
married a daughter of Rev. Stephen
Bachilor; had three sons and died in
England, leaving the widow and her
sons to the care of her father. Mr.
Bachilor was born in England about
1561 ; took episcopal orders, but was
ejected for non-conformity and retired
with others to Holland, and then to
America. He came over in ship
William and Francis, Capt. Thomas,
and landed at Boston, June 5, 1632,
and went directly to Lynn, where his
daughter, Theodate, who married
Christopher Hussey,had already set-
tled. Here they remained four or five years, while the old gentleman,
over 70 years of age, discharged the duties of pastor over a church he had
constituted, without regular installation, composed of the company he
brought with him, and such of the former inhabitants of the place as
chose to associate with them. On account of difficulties in the church,
owing in part, at least, to Mr. Bachilor's eccentric management, his resi-
dence here became unpleasant, and taking his company with him, now
increased by the addition of Mr. Hussey's family, and perhaps some others,
he removed to Ipswich, then to Newbury, and in 1638 settled in Hampton,
where he was regularly installed first pastor of the congregational church
in that place. Here John and William Sanborn lived and died. In
Hampton, then including Northampton, Hampton Falls, Southampton,
Seabrook and Kensington, and in Stratham, Exeter and Newmarket lived
their descendants for near a century, contributing their full proportion to
the bone and muscle as well as the intelligence and enterprise of the
community.
At the close of the first century after their immigration*, few of the race
had passed the limits of Old Hampton as then bounded ; and to the copious
and well preserved records of that town and its church, we are indebted,
chiefly