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 (CHARLES ESTIENNE) 
 HUGUENOT 
 
 1707-1909 
 
 BOSTON 
 
 Geo. H. Ellis Co., Printers, 272 Congress Street 
 
 1909 
 

 Copyright, 1909, by 
 EDITH LAURA HOUDLETTE 
 
 Melrose, Mass. 
 
 jTirfiiARYofGOilGReSS' 
 
 ITwo Copifes Received 
 MAY 14 W^^i 
 
 CLASS , 
 
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Charles Estienne Houdelette, Huguenot, was the 
 founder of the Houdlette family in America. 
 
 A fac-simile of his signature (from a document dated 
 June 1, 1754) appears on the title-page. 
 
 He was born in France in 1707, and during the persecu- 
 tion of Huguenots that followed the hollow Peace of 1748 
 fled with his family to Germany, thence by the way of 
 Rotterdam to Boston, landing there in 1751. He settled 
 in what is now Dresden, Maine, where he died in 1784. 
 
 Edith L. Houdlette. 
 Meleose, Mass., 
 March 1, 1909. 
 
Second Generation. 
 
 Charles Estiennc married (1st) Marie Gallois, daughter 
 of Comte Gallois, by whom he had four children : Marthe, 
 married Charles Jean Pochard; Lucy, married Francis 
 Rittal; Mary, married Philip Mayer; Louis, married 
 Mary, the daughter of Louis Cavalier. 
 
 Charles Estienne's second wife was Susanne Margaret 
 McCrae, by whom he had four daughters : Jane, married 
 
 Brown; Mary, married George Mayer; Dorothy, 
 
 married Abram Page; Ann Catherine, married Aaron 
 Bickford. 
 
 Third Generation. 
 
 Louis (2) (Charles Estienne 1) married Mary Cavalier. 
 Children : Louis, married Joanna Kendall ; Sally, married 
 George Goodwin; Charles, married Susanna Reed; 
 James, married Lucy Stilphen; George, married Mary 
 Theobald; Philip, married Hannah Blair; Mary, married 
 Seth Currier; Francis, married Nancy Theobald; Lucy, 
 married Nathan Call; Elizabeth, married Benjamin 
 Branch. 
 
 Fourth Generation. 
 
 Louis (3) (Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) married Joanna 
 Kendall. Children: Polly S.J; Sybil, married Joseph 
 Lowell; William, married (1st) Betsey B. Lowell, (2d) 
 
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 Jane Catherine Bickf ord, (3d) Eliza M. Robbins ; Louise, 
 married Obed Weeks; Cavalier, married Julia A. Alex- 
 ander; Jasper S., married Adaline Call, s. p.; Milton, 
 married Elizabeth Winslow; Mary C, married Henry 
 Lowell; Sarah A., married Benson Boutelle. 
 
 Charles (3) (Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) married 
 Susanna Reed. Children: Almira, married (1st) James 
 Stilphen, (2d) William Baker; Mary, married Ebenezer 
 Reed; Elizabeth, married Aaron Bickf ord; Abagail, 
 married George B. Emery; Lydia, married Andrew 
 Baker; Bradford, married Amanda Houdlette (daughter 
 of James); Susan, married Bradbury Blinn; Benjamin, 
 married Lucy Pushard; Charles G., married Louisa 
 Flint; William H. J; Margaret J., married Daniel 
 Curtis. 
 
 James (3) (Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) married Lucy 
 Stilphen. Children: Polly, married Charles Bickf ord; 
 Louis J; Theodore, married Lydia N. Yeaton; Washing- 
 ton, married Hannah Decker; Charles J; Francis J; 
 Philip J ; Lucy, married Charles Yeaton ; James, married 
 Jane Meserve; Amanda, married Bradford Houdlette 
 (son of Charles); Seth C, married Abbie Hufmeister, 
 s. p.; two sons f . 
 
 George (3) (Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) married 
 Mary Theobald. Children: Edward E., married Eliza- 
 beth Patterson; Nancy M., married Samuel Alley; 
 Philip F.t; Philip F., married Mariah G. Alley; Warren 
 R. J; Susan, married (1st) Warren Call, (2d) Truman 
 
F. Merrill; Sarah J. J; Helen L., married Erastus Bart- 
 lett; George T., married Louisa E. Goodwin. 
 
 Philip (3) (Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) married Hannah 
 Blair. Children: Martha A.J; Carleton, married 
 Maria Colburn; John B.f; Julia A., married Stephen 
 T. Reed; Lucy, married (1st) Jabez Swett, (2d) Stephen 
 T. Reed; Tryphosa, married Joshua Farnham; Han- 
 nah X; Philip Waterman, married Mary Elizabeth 
 Houdlette (5) (daughter of Edward E.); Helen Clymeraf; 
 Samuel T. f. 
 
 Francis (3) (Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) married 
 Nancy Theobald. Children: Franklin, married Harriet 
 Lilly; Rufus, married Lucy Cate; Sarah T., married 
 Beniah Cate ; Martha | ; Harriet f ; Antoinette | ; Harriet 
 Antoinette, married Thomas R. Carlton. 
 
 Fifth Generation. 
 
 William (4) (Louis 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) 
 married Jane Catherine Bickford (grand-daughter of 
 Charles Estienne). Children: Aaron B., married Harriet 
 E. Goodwin; William Henry, married Abbie J. Smith; 
 Betsey L. $ ; Catherine, married Louis Frederick Cavalier 
 Weekes (son of Louise Houdelette Weekes);* Jasper S., 
 married Emily A. Carlton; Mary Adaline. 
 
 * Catherine Houdlette (5) married L. F. C. Weekes. Cliildren: Viola B., 
 married Lester Woodward; Altena H., married Linwood H. Dorr. Viola, 
 B. Weekes (6) married Lester Woodward. Children: Louis B.; Bernice W.; 
 Dorr H.; Hazel E.; RoxieD.; Charles Estienne Houdelette; Elsie V.; Altena 
 H.; Kenneth A. 
 
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 Cavalier (4) (Louis 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) 
 married Julia A. Alexander. Children: Joanna K., 
 married Sewell Simpson; Mary E.f ; Edwin Fessenden, 
 married Mary Elizabeth Houdlette (daughter of Theo- 
 dore); Sarah Le. Etta, married Orlando W. Bradstreet; 
 Louis F.f; Adelia E.f- 
 
 Milton (4) (Louis 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) 
 married Elizabeth Winslow. Children : Ann Sarah f ; 
 Isaac W., married Sophia G. Hayland; William G., 
 married Sarah F. Brown; Joseph f ; Sibbel L., married 
 Seth D. Houdlette (son of Theodore); Catherine, mar- 
 ried Lemuel W. Carlton; David, married (1st) Hattie 
 E. Turner, (2d) Jennie Council; Joseph L., married 
 Fannie P. Cate. 
 
 Bradford (4) (Charles 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) 
 married Amanda Houdlette (daughter of James. Chil- 
 dren: Charles; Curtis D., married Flora E. Palmer. 
 
 Benjamin (4) (Charles 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) 
 married Lucy Pushard. Children: Roswell D., married 
 Lucy Shaw; Alvardo, married Flora Lowell; Luella, 
 married Alonzo Palmer; Frank, married Etta M. Albee; 
 Milton f ; Lincoln A., married Carrie B. Lowell; Florence 
 A., married Frank Bradstreet. 
 
 Charles G. (4) (Charles 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) 
 married Louisa Flint. Children: Wilbur W., married 
 Alice Averell ; Mary C, married Hiram Albee; Fred H."}". 
 
 Theodore (4) (James 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) 
 married Lydia N. Yeaton. Children: Francis Warren, 
 
married Elizabeth K. Averill; Luey Emnia|; Mary 
 Elizabeth, married Edwin F. Houdlette (son of Cavalier); 
 Seth DeOscar, married Sibbel L. Houdlette (daughter 
 of Milton); Theodore Allen, married Mrs. Mary S. 
 Hussey, s. p.; Laura F., married Henry Biekford. 
 
 Washington (4) (James 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) 
 married Hannah Decker. Children: George Washing- 
 ton, married (1st) Myra Phillips, (2d) Mary E. Bard; 
 Amanda, married Elbridge Allen; Polly f; Johnf; 
 Caroline A., married David Preble; LaFayettef ; Fan- 
 nie f; Amelia, married George E. Boynton. 
 
 James (4) (James 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) 
 married Jane Meserve. Children: John M., married 
 Ada Ford; Horace, married (1st) Nellie Tarr, (2d) 
 Ada Hopkins; Lot Morrill; Sidney; Faustina, married 
 Henry S. Marson. 
 
 Edward E. (4) (George 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) 
 married Elizabeth Patterson. Children: Frances P.J; 
 Mary Elizabeth, married Philip Waterman Houdlette (4) 
 (son of Philip); Edward E.{; Margaret P., married 
 Daniel W. Reed; Sarah J., married Abner C. Spaulding; 
 Henry Clay, married Kate Havens. 
 
 Philip F. (4) (George 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) 
 married Mariah G. Alley. Children: Abbie L. C.{; 
 Samuel A.f; Frederick A., married Elizabeth M. Baker; 
 Walter S., married Sarah C. Fisher. 
 
 George T. (4) (George 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) 
 married Louisa E. Goodwin. Children: Warren R., 
 
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 married Lillian Day; Joseph F., married Annie S. 
 Houdlette (daughter of Philip Waterman); Harriet T. ; 
 Blanche. 
 
 Carleton (4) (Philip 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) 
 married Maria Colburn. Children: John C.f; Olive 
 A.f; Annie C.f 
 
 Philip Waterman (4) (Philip 3, Louis 2, Charles Es- 
 tienne 1) married Mary Elizabeth Houdlette (5) (daughter 
 of Edward E.) Children: Harry Erwin, married Julia 
 Simpson; Bertha Frances, married Reuben Y. Gifford; 
 Annie Spaulding, married Joseph F. Houdlette (son of 
 George T.). 
 
 Franklin (4) (Francis 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) 
 married Harriet Lilly. Children: Harriet L., married 
 George W. Edge; Elizabeth J.f ; Mary Jarvis, married 
 Silas Wyman. 
 
 Rufus (4) (Francis 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) 
 married Lucy Cate. Children: Caro A.J; Ellen L. ; 
 Rufus Henry, married Edith L. Cleary; Annie f. 
 
 Sixth Generation. 
 
 William Henry (5) (William 4, Louis 3, Louis 2, 
 Charles Estienne 1) married Abbie J. Smith. Children: 
 four sonsf; Edwin Winfield, married (1st) Luella L. 
 Nickerson, (2d) Ella L. Randall, (3d) Elizabeth F. 
 Cail; Verner Elster; Lucie Forest, married Harry B. 
 Dunham. 
 
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 Jasper S. (5) (William 4, Louis 3, Louis 2, Charles 
 Estienne 1) married Emily A. Carleton. Child, Nola. 
 
 Isaac W. (5) (Milton 4, Louis 3, Louis 2, Charles 
 Estienne 1) married Sophia G. Hayland. Children: 
 Mary Ada, married William Nute; Everett M., married 
 Carrie Reed. 
 
 William G. (5) (Milton 4, Louis 3, Louis 2, 
 Charles Estienne 1) married Sarah T. Brown. Child, 
 Lucinda. 
 
 David (5) (Milton 4, Louis 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 
 1) married Hattie E. Turner. Child, Ellison Bates. 
 
 Joseph L. (5) (Milton 4, Louis 3, Louis 2, Charles 
 Estienne 1) married Fannie P. Cate. Children: Jessie 
 C, married William Ryfles Houdlette (son of Francis 
 Warren); Annie E. ; Frank; Edwin; John. 
 
 Curtis D. (5) (Bradford 4, Charles 3, Louis 2, Charles 
 Estienne 1) married Flora E. Palmer. Child, Milford S. 
 
 Roswell D. (5) (Benjamin 4, Charles 3, Louis 2, 
 Charles Estienne 1) married Lucy Shaw. Children: 
 Hattie; William White; Gladys. 
 
 Alvardo (5) (Benjamin 4, Charles 3, Louis 2, Charles 
 Estienne 1) married Flora Lowell. Children: Adelbert 
 A., married Ethel Baker; Carrol P. 
 
 Lincoln A. (5) (Benjamin 4, Charles 3, Louis 2, 
 Charles Estienne 1) married Carrie B. Lowell. Child, 
 Beulah. 
 
 Wilbur W. (5) (Charles G. 4, Charles 3, Louis 2, 
 Charles Estienne 1) married Alice Averell. Children: 
 
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 Bessie P., married Thomas W. Hunter; Hattie B.; 
 Melvin W. ; Jessie A. 
 
 Francis Warren (5) (Theodore 4, James 3, Louis 2, 
 Charles Estienne 1) married Elizabeth Averill. Children: 
 Herbert W.J; Maria R., married Joel P. Card; William 
 Ryfles, married Jessie C. Houdlette (daughter of Joseph 
 
 L.). 
 
 Seth DeOscar (5) (Theodore 4, James 3, Louis 2, 
 Charles Estienne 1) married Sibbel L. Houdlette (daugh- 
 ter of Milton). Children: Maud E., married Charles 
 T, Small; Emma Gertrude, married Winfield W. Morse; 
 Jennie S.f. 
 
 George Washington (5) (Washington 4, James 3, 
 Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) married (1st) Myra Phillips. 
 Children: Mae Emma, married Charles Goud; Carrie, 
 married George O. Farrar; Clarence A. W., married 
 
 George Washington (5) married Mary E. Bard. Chil- 
 dren: Wallace E.; Chester A.f ; George E. 
 
 Horace (5) (James 4, James 3, Louis 2, Charles Es- 
 tienne 1) married (1st) Nellie Tarr. Child, Harry 
 William, married Martha H. Taylor. 
 
 Horace (5) married (2d) Ada Hopkins. Child, Elmer 
 Clifford. 
 
 Henry Clay (5) (Edw. E. 4, George 3, Louis 2, Charles 
 Estienne 1) married Kate Havens. Children: Henry 
 Clay, Jr.; Ernst S.; Frank; Leslie; Chesterf. 
 
 Frederick A. (5) (Philip F. 4, George 3, Louis 2, 
 
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 Charles Esticnne 1) married Elizabeth M. Baker. 
 Children: Ethel B.; Mabel S., married Andrew F, 
 Crocker; Marcellus R., married Flora M. Burgess. 
 
 Walter S. (5) (Philip F. 4, George 3, Louis 2, 
 Charles Estienne 1) married Sarah C. Fisher. Children: 
 Bessie I., married E. B. Bloom; Fred M., married 
 Ethel Euders; Walter S.j; Ora May, married A. A. 
 Stewart; Ottie Scott; Hallie Louise; James Corcoran. 
 
 Warren R. (5) (George T. 4, George 3, Louis 2, Charles 
 Estienne 1) married Lillian Day. Children: Alfred 
 Day; George T.f; Marion Lilly; Melville P.; Emily 
 M.f; Harold A. 
 
 Rufus Henry (5) (Rufus 4, Francis 3, Louis 2, Charles 
 Estienne 1) married Edith L. Cleary. Children: Ruth 
 E. J; Helen t- 
 
 Seventh Generation. 
 
 Edwin Winfield (6) (William Henry 5, William 4, 
 Louis 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) married (1st) 
 Luella L. Nickerson. Child, Bernice. 
 
 Edwin Winfield (6) married (3d) Elizabeth F. Cail. 
 Children: Edwin Cail; Dorothy Elizabeth. 
 
 Everett M. (6) (Isaac 5, Milton 4, Louis 3, Louis 2, 
 Charles Estienne 1) married Carrie Reed. Children: 
 Elmer Hayland; Harold Louis. 
 
 Adelbert A. (6) (Alvardo 5, Benjamin 4, Charles 3, 
 
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 Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) married Ethel Baker. Child, 
 Rudolph. 
 
 William Ryfles (6) (Francis Warren 5, Theodore 4, 
 James 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) married Jessie C. 
 Houdlette (daughter of Joseph L.) Child, Robert 
 Bernard. 
 
 Clarence A. W. (6) (George W. 5, Washington 4, 
 
 James 3, Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) married . 
 
 Children: Carrie Mae; Clarence; Christine; Gertrude; 
 Arthur. 
 
 Marcellus R. (6) (Frederick A. 5, Philip F. 4, George 3, 
 Louis 2, Charles Estienne 1) married Flora M. Burgess. 
 Children: Kathryn; Miriam. 
 
 t died in childhood or infancy. 
 
 t died unmarried. 
 
 s. p., without children. 
 
 Note.— In 1853 there came to America Johann Ferdinand Houdlette, 
 born in Germany, of a Huguenot family. In 1857 also came his wife and five 
 children, four daughters and one son. 
 
 This son, Albert Houdlett, is now (1909) Uving in Brooklyn, N.Y. This 
 family may be descendants of Charles Estienne's brother who fled with him 
 from France. 
 
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