©(o):i]o3iRii®(&s jiiLiDS^b^rc B OJI.N 1723 -.DIED 1736. HISTORY TOWN OF DUXBURT, MASSACHUSETTS, GENEALOGICAL REGISTERS. By JUSTIN WINSOR •TO ATTEND TO THE NEGLECTED, AND TO REMEMBER THE FORGOTTEN." BUBKE BOSTON : CROSBY & NICHOLS, WASHINGTON STREET ; SAMUEL G. DRAKE, CORJNHILL. 1849. F7^ . Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, Bv JUSTIN VVINSOR, in the Clerlt's Office of the District Court for tlie District of Massachusetts. BOSTON : JOHN PUTNAM, PRINTER, 81 CORNHILU 01-/13^7 T HE i J\ II A B I T A JN T S THE TOWN OF DUXBURY, llcciuii ul lljefv ^ncestvi) ^nX} Sluceslial Jilouoi, IS INSCRIBED PREFACE More than two years have now elapsed, since the writing of thjs work was commenced by the Author. That the matter which he then began to collect would ever, or at least in so short a tiirie, be submitted to the press, was a thing unthought of. As no opportanily was passed l)y for adding to the stock, which soon became gradually to increase, he had accumulated at the end of this time such a store of historic and genealogical inform- ation, that it was deemed advisable by many to whom the manuscripts were shown, that they should be put into a more durable form in print. With their request he was induced to comply, and although conscious of its many imperfections, he now submits it to them in their desired form, and also to those for whom it was more especially designed, the inhabitants of the town, and to professed antiquaries elsewhere, it is now given emanating from himself alone, and entitled to what consideration each may be per- suaded to confer upon it. The work has been one of much care and research. To the Author it has been one of amusement, though oftentimes subjecting him to considera- ble labor and toil ; yet it has been more than recompensed, when with feelings of pleasure he has traced the nearly obliterated and illegible records of the past, and discovered in the languagie of their writings the spiritual character and heroic nature of the actors, in their struggles for religious freedom and civil independence. Where is the land that can look back to a race of founders worthy of a higher and truer distinction, than can the people of New England? and where shoilld there be their existing influence, mightier and more etfectual, than among the descendants of that Pilgrim band, in whose midst were the abodes of a Brewster, a Standish, and an Alden ? May they cherish that natural character of their inheritance, may they preserve it in its original purity, guard it with the w atchfulnes.s of their christian fathers, make their lives, as theirs, an example,*and their end a monument of worldly excel- lence, worthy to be cherished. Tn regard to the arrangement ol' the work it seems scai'cely necessary t(» say a word. The matter embraced on the first eighty-eight pages seemed to be better placed by itself, distinct from the General Plistory, than em- bodied in the latter. The Ecclesiabtica! llistorv has been arranged in a Vi PREFACE. chronological order, and biographical sketches of the pastors intToduced. Of the Genealogical Registers, which have been prepared with considerable care, more will be said hereafter. My acknowledgments are due to many, who have cheered me by their countenance, and afforded me aid in the compilation of the work, as well as to those whose advice and counsel in matters relative to its publication have been of much and valuable service. To Messrs. Samuel G. Dhake and James S. Loring I have to express my indebtedness. To the Rev. Benjamin Kent, the present Librarian of the Roxbury Alhenffium, I feel under great obligations for the loan of his MS. Notes on- Duxbury, made during his ministry in the town, as also for the use of his volume of original MS. Collections. To Messrs. Charles Ewer, William H. Montague and others, who have aided me in different portions of the work, and encouraged me in the undertaking, I return my thanks; and especially to the Rev. Joseph B. Felt, the courteous Librarian of the Massachusetts Historical Society, and to Dr. Nathaniel B. Shurtlepf, the accurate genealogist of the Old Colony. To many of the aged inhabitants of the town, to whose talcs I have listened with interest, and whose words I have taken from their lips, I must express my indebtedness. In regard to others whose assistance I have received, my acknowledgments will be recorded in their proper places. Where such a multitude of dates, and variety of matter is recorded, it^ would seem almost impossible that some mistakes should not occur, though it has been a special care, that everything erroneous in its nature, arising from carelessness or a mistake in facts should be excluded from the work. Traditional authority has been received for what it is worth, and in no case is credence allowed it, except it is corroborated and substantiated by unquestionable proof. J. W. Boston, October, 1849. C N T E W T S. PAGE Settlement ........ 9 Incorporation . . . , . . . 11 Name . . . . . . . .11 Bounds ........ 13 Paths, Highways and Bridges . . * , ,17 Surveyors of Highways ..... 21 Ancient Landmarks . . . . . .23 Town's Commons . . . • . , . 35 Mills, Dams, etc. . . . . , • . .43 Bounties, Fines, etc. ...... 45 Ordinaries ........ 46 First Settlers ....... 48 Schools and Education . . . . . .71 Indians ........ 74 Town Officers . . . . . , .77 " Representatives ...... 77 " Selectmen . . . . . . .79 ■i Constables ... . . 81 " Treasurers . . . . . . .82 " Clerks . . . . . . . 82 " Records . . . . . . .82 m1scellane011.s ....... 83 General History (Civil and Military) . . . .89 Philip's War . . . . . . 103 Charter of IG9I . . . . . .112 Stamp Act . . . . , . .118 Revolution . , . . . .123 viii CONTENTS. PA G E Biographies of Revolutionary Men . . . 147 War of 1812 ....... IGl History of the Church ..... 171 Formation . . • . . . • 171 Rev. Ralph Partridge ..... 171 Rev. John Holmes ....... 178 Rev. Ichaijod Wiswall ..... 180 Rev. John Robinson ...... 184 Rev. Samuel Veazie ..... 191 Rev. Charles Turner . ..... 202 Rev. Zedekiah Sanger ..... 205 Rev. John Allyn ...... 207 Rev. Benjamin Kent ..... 210 Rev. Josiah Moore ...... 210 Genealogical Registers ..... 213 Appendix I. . . . . . . . . 348 " H 348 HI. . . . . . . .349 Index ........ 353 HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF DUXBURY SETTLEMENT. The town was first settled about the year 1G32, by the people of Plymouth. Twelve years had elapsed since the first settlement of New Plymouth, and their numbers had greatly increased by emigration from the mother land, and larger allotments were called for by the inhabitants, so that by degrees the circle of the bay was occupied. We find this early record of the settlement, under the date 1632: — '■ This year the people of [Plymouth] begin to grow in their outward estates, by the fiowing of many People into the coun- try, especially into the M. (J : [Mass. Colony.] By which means Cattle and Corn rise to a great price, Goods grow plen- tiful, and many are enriched. And now their Stock increas- ing, the Increase vendible ; there is no longer holding them together. They must go to their great Lots : they can no otherwise keep their cattle; and having Oxen grown, they must have more land for Plowing and Tillage. By this means they scatter round the Bay [of Plymouth] quickly, and the Town wherein they lived till now compactly, is soon left very thin, and in a short time almost desolate. The Church also comes to be divided, and those who have lived so long together in Christian and Comfortable Fellowship must now part." That before this period in JG30 or 1631, there were some settlers in Duxbury is most probable; but they returned to Plymouth in the winter to insure their better attendance at Public AVorship, as well as on account of their exposed situa- o 10 SETTLEMENT. tion, which would be hable to the attacks of the Indians at that remote distance from immediate rehef Their cottages here, too, being probably of hasty construction for the sum- mer, they wished to resign for their more substantial abodes at Plymouth. Alden, Standish, Brewster and Prence, and also Collier, Delano, and some others, were the earliest set- tlers, and they could not be spared from the Town, unless under a promise of return at winter. We find the following in the Colony records : — " An° 1G32 '( The names of those which promise to remove Aprell 2 ) their fam[ilies] to live in the towne in the winter time, that they m[ay] the better repair to the worship of God. John Alden, Capt. Standish, Jonathan Brewster, Thomas Prence." The year previous to the incorporation of Duxbury, the question was agitated about uniting the two Churches of Ply- mouth and Duxbury at some convenient place between the two settlements ; and there to build a town, for the purpose of imiting for prompt protection in time of danger. And at a Colony Court held at Plymouth, March 2, 1635-6, persons were appointed "to confer on reuniting with them of Dux- burrow at Jones River or such place as shall be most conve- nient." And again there was a meeting of the Court on the 21st of March, and " At this mccling, after much conference about the neerer uniting of Plymouth and those on Duxbur- rough side, divers were apointed to view Jones his river and Morton's hole, w^f^ were thought the fittest plac^ & to render a reason for their judgement. The pties for Duxburrow side Avere Mr. William Collier. Stephen Tracy. Mr. Job Howland, Edm Chandler, Joshua Pratt; for the other side Capt. Myles Standish, Manasseh Kempton, George F^enrick, John Jenney, & Edward Bangs; All these but Edward Bangs went and conferred together, and on the 21st of s^ moneth of March brought in their opinions and rendered their reasons for the same, w'^^ are many and still extant ; seaven of the said nine holding Jones River* to be the fittest place for the uniting of both pts unto a neerer society & there to build a meetinghouse and towne. And the two preferred the other, w<=h is Morton's Hole t before Jones River. * This region, for many years a part of Plymouth and Duxbury, seems first to have been made a district about 1641, when separate surveyors of roads were appointed. Many years after, the portion belonging to Ply- mouth was incorporated under the name of Kingston. f Morton's Hole is the name given to a round and deep hole on the flats, to thewest of Captain's Hill, and the vicinity thereabout was without doubt the situation here intended. INCORPORATION. — NAME. U " Afterwards the Govr. & Council sumoned sd psoiis depu- ted as before had done, & read their reasons of their judgem*. And after long debating of the thing it was at length referred to the two churches on each side as churches to agree upon and end the same." — Old Col. Rec. Ct. orders. I. 90. What conclusion the churches came to, we know not, as nothing more concerning it appears on the records, and the matter was probably dropped. INCORPORATION. On the Colony Records we find the following relative to the incorporation. " June 7, 1637. It is enacted by the Court that Ducksbor- row shall become a towneship and unite together for their better securitie and to have the p''veledges of a towne, onely their bounds & linmiits shalbe sett and appoynted by the next Court." This date is old style ; and here again I must repeat the fact, so often announced by historians, that style is old atid new. In 15S2, Pope Gregory corrected the calendar, and this correction was not adopted by the English Parliament until 17,51, when the 3d of September, 1752, was ordered to be call- ed the 14th, thus drop{)ing eleven days, for the purpose of bringing the vernal equinox on the 21st of March ; and the year was to begin on the 1st of January, instead of March 25th. Hence arose the practice of double dating between January 1st and March 25th, before 1752 ; thus March 2d, 1635-6, would be 1635 O. S., but 1636 N. S. In these pages the latter, or N. S. date, for the year is generally given ; but the O. S. for- the day. NAME. It received the name of Duxbury out of respect to Captain Standish, from Duxbury Hall, the seat of the Standish family in England. Even as early as 1306. it appears from English works on Pedigree, that there was living at Uuxbury, in Lan- cashire, Hugh Standish, (the son of Ralph, the son of Thurs- ton de Standish, who was living 1222), and in 1677, Sir Rich- ard Standish, the great grandson of Hugh, occupied the same 12 NAME. domain in England, wliich was held in 1S12 by Sir Frank Standish of Diixbury Park. This undoubtedly is the origin of the name of the New Eng- land town, and not, as the author of the Notes on Duxbury (Mass. Hist. Coll. II.) derives it, viz. — " The probable ety- mology is Dux [the Latin for Leader] and borough or burrow, as it was then written. It being a grant to the Captain or leader, it was called his borough." * The name is variously spelled among ancient writers. The spelling of the records is Duxborough and Duxburrow, and sometimes Ducksburrow. Johnson, in his " Wonder-working Providence," calls it "Dukes Berry," and says of it, that it is inthe "Plimouth government, scitnated upon the sea-coast." Captain Underbill, in his history of the Pequot war, calls it " Dukesbury," and says of it and "Cap Cod" and "New * Various names have been given at different times to the several por- tions and villages, which are included within the bounds of Duxbury. Ashdod is the name given to a small village in the north-west part of the town. A portion of the south-east is called Weechertovvn, and sometimes Loringtown. The name Weechertown is said to have been derived from Abijah Sprague, who built a small hut here, and called it his " weecher," the Indian for wigwam. A village in the upper part is called Tarkiln, or Chandlcrtown, and forms a school district. Here, at the junction of the road from Plymouth to Boston with the road from Duxbury, was the " Tree of Knowledge," so called ; and a box nailed to this was the depository for the Duxbury letters, many years ago, when a regular conveyance was es- tablished betvveen Plymouth and Boston. Here the towns-people repaired to obtain their letters and papers, or some one was despatched to get them and distribute them. The mail was afterwards conveyed here to meet the Plymouth stage for Boston. And before the establishment of a direct mail between Duxbury and Boston, the Duxl)ury mail was carried to Kingston, and there met the Plymouth. A guide-board is now standing on the place where the tree stood, bearing a representation of it. Tinkertown is another village in the upper part of the town. The portion of the main street of the town, to the south of the Methodist churches, is generally styled " the Village," and sometimes "Sodom." The occasion of the latter name is said to have been as follows : — On one of the roads leading from the inland towns, was situated the house of Dr. John Wadsworth, who was noted as rather an eccentric individual, and concerning whom some anecdotes of an amusing nature arc still current. By his door frequently passed the adven- turesome sons of farmers of the interior, eager to ship themselves on board some of the comparatively many fishing vessels, wliich were then often leavincr Duxbury at the proper season. At one tiine a party of these going by, asked the Doctor the distance to " the villaije," and other questions concerning the prospects before thein, who met them with the reply, " Ah, you are going there; are you? That place is Sodom. I tell you it is going to be sunk ; it is ! Well now do you want me to make you a rhyme ? Well then— The Swampinncrs avoid all fears, A fishinn; they will jro. If they "scape h — II, it will be well, But that they will ii't, I know." And with this most solemn warning he dismissed them. BOUNDS. 13 Plimoutli," that they are " well accommodated for the receiv- ing of people, and yet few are there planted, considering the spaciousness of the place." Indian Name. The Indian name was Mattakeeset; but the north-western part (now Pembroke,) was called generally Namasakeeset or Namasakiset. BOUNDS. 1640. The bounds between Duxbury and Plymouth are "from a little brooke, running from Stephen Tracy's, to an- other little brooke, falling into Blackwater from the commons left to Duxburrow and the neighborhood thereabouts." The bounds of the Town were fixed at a Court, held March 1, 1640-1. Ordered, " that the bounds of Duxburrow Towne- ship, shall begin where Plymouth bounds do end, namely at the brooke falling into Blackwater [ut supra] and so along Mattachusetts payth to the North River. The said payth to be the westerne bounds thereof; excepting and reserving all iliose lands granted w'^'^in the said limmits to pticuler psons in Plymouth, Greens Harbour and Scituate, whose cattell may likewise depasture upon the said comons w'^'^ them." * Between Duxbury and Green's harbor these bounds were fixed ; — "It is concluded and agreed betwixt Captain Miles Standish, Mr. John Alden, Jonathan Brewster & William Basset, and Mr. Edward Winslow the xxviiith day of Decem- ber, 1640, that from a great rock that is flatt on the topp, call- ed parting rock, shalbe the p''sent bounds betweene Greens liarbour and Duxburrow and shall range from thence norwest to the South river, & on the contrary South East w^^ payth between Scituate and Duxburrow, and from thence the payth to divide them to the bridge over Greens harbour fresh." Soon after the town was ordered to appoint men to define the bounds with Marshfield.f * The bounds of Duxbury originally included what is now within the limits of Duxbury, Marshfield, Pembroke, Hanson, and the Bridgewaters. Marshfield was bounded off in 1610; Pc»(i?-oAe incorporated in 1711-12; Hanson set off from Pembroke in 18'J0 ; and Brid geivatcr (now four towns) was incorporated in 1656, having been granted to the inhabitants in 1645. For the grantees of Bridgewater, see Appendix I. The " Major's Pur- chase," an earlier grant to the town, was the great cedar swamp in Hanson. f Marshfield was incorporated March 2d, 1640, though its bounds were not fixed until 1642. It was first called Rexham and Green Harbor, and afterwards, from the characteristic nature of its surface, Marshfield. Its 14 BOUNDS. 1658. Namasakeesel was ordered to belong to Duxbury about this year. 1()(3."). Jlobinson's Creek was ordered to be the bounds be- tween Duxbury 's land and Scihiate. 1674. A dilliculty, which for some time had existed be- tween Duxbury and Major Winslow of Marshfield, in relation to the division of a piece of piarsh between the towns, was this year settled. Marshfield sent an order for the final settle- ment of it to Duxbury, bearing date May 21, 1674. There- upon the town appointed Mr. John Alden, Mr. Samuel Sea- bury, Wm. Pabodie, John Tracy, and John Soule, "or any three of them to treat with the said Winslow, and make a full issue and settlement of said controversy.'' They accordingly met, with the exception of Mr. Alden, on 16th June, 1674, and "after some agitation and treaty," concluded thus; — From the Easterly side of Careswell Creek to another creek, and along its banks to its mouth, where it flows into the Ma- jor's River ; and then crossing the river pursues the bank of an opposite creek, which flows a little north of Little wood Island, and thence across to Gotum River, and along its banks to a creek on the Easterly side, and from its mouth across to Cut River. Duxbury was to make over to Marshfield a mea- dow at Cut River, near its mouth, and, say the Records, "this instrument being brought to publique record shalbe a finall and perpetuall isshue of the abovesaid controversy." " June, 1678. This Court have settled the easterly bounds of y^ towne of Duxburrow to be y^ sea near Creen harbour, Indian name was Missaucatucket. In 1G39, the Court granted vinto ]\Ir. Winslow and the others of Green harbor " a competent peon of uplands and medowe betwixt the rivers [Green harbor and South] for a farme for a minister, and one other competent porcon of land, nere unto the said lot for the minister, cither for Nehcmiah Smyth or some other as the said inhabit- ants shall place in." Mr. Richard Bltnman, who arrived from Wales in 1612, was the first minister, and who soon after went to Gloucester, to New London in J648, to New Haven in 1(5.58, to Newfoundland in 1650, and then to Entrland, and died in the ministry at Bristol in a jjood old ape. Bet). Ediixtrd Bidkky was pastor from 1012 to 1658, when he removed to Concord, and succeeded his father Rev. Peter in 1659 (who was son of Rev. Edward, D. D., of Enijland). and died at Chelmsford 2d January, 1696, and was buried at Concord. His son John died at Marshfield in 16.58. The town purchased his house for a parsonajre, which was occupied by his successor. Rev Samuel Arnold, who was settled near the close of 1659, and who received jC40 salary per annum. The town agreed with Benjamin Church to build a new parsonafje in 1667. There were no Church records kept during his ministry. He died Sept. 1, 1693, leavinp a library valued at £7 lO.s-., and bequeathintr to Rowland Cotton " his jrreat Laten Rook called Aujjusline Marloret, beinir an exposition of the New Testament." It is said he was a carpenter by trade. His son Samuel received his divin- ity books. The town records of M. are extant; but the early volumes are in a fragmentary state. — Miss M. A. Thomas's Communication ; Dcane's Sciluale ; Farmer's Register ; Col. Records and Probate do. BOUNDS. 15 where y® line cutts betweene Marshfield and Diixbiirrow to y® Gurrnett's Nose, excepting y^ Giirnett, Clarks Hand, and Saqiiaquash, wh are not to be within y^ jurisdition of Duxbo- rough ; saveing also every man's property and right to him, yt is now in possession of any lands or Meadowes within these bounds, whether by grant or purchase, without disturb- ance as touching property by vertue of this grant, yet to be within ye jurisdition olf Duxborough townshipp." 1684. Marslifield and Duxhunj. From a rock near Cle- ment King's house, northwest to North River, ranging near Samuel Hach's house: and again from said rock southeast to a cartway between Samuel and Seth Arnold's, thence to Green's harbour path, thence to Edw. Bump's at Duck hill, including his land within Marshfield. Signed Feb. 23, 1684. William Pabodie, \ ^ ^ ^ Nathl. Thomas, } , ,, ,^ ,, T rii ,■ loi' Duxbury. <~< cn ' / for Marshfield. John Iracy, \ Saml. Sprague. \ This from the Colony Records: A confirmation of previous grants : 1685 : " Hinckley, Gov*"- Duxbury Bounds. At the Generall Court held at Plimouth the twelfth day of Jun, A no Domini 1685. Whereas, William Bradford, Esq*"- «fc his asociats in the yeare 1637, did grant unto Capt. Miles Standish & others the inhabitants & proprietors of the lands within the townshipe of Duxborrough, from and after the said yeare, so called, besides the farmes formerly granted to them, a certaine Tract of land for the settleing A plantation & making of a Townshipp. [Here follows a recapitulation of the several bounds mentioned above.] This p^sent Court doth hereby declare it so to bee, and doe hereby Ratifye, Establish & confirme all former grants of land made by the said William Bradford & his aso- ciats to particular pi'sons there, before the said place became a Townshipp, &all other the Lands within the said Townshipp, to the respective owners thereof, wlieather Inhabitants or oth- erwise, According to the true intents & meaning of the said grants. [Here follows a confirmation of a grant made in 1660, viz., of one half of a tract of land, bounded southerly by Plymouth line, and westerly by Jones River Pond and Indian head River ; the other half being granted to Marshfield.] To have & to hold the said Lands & meadows or marishes to the said town in Generall, & owners & propriettors in perticular, whether Inhabitants or not of the said town, & to their sue- cessours, heires & assignees for ever to bee holden of our Sover" Lord, the King, as of his mannor &■ tenure of East 3|g POPULATION. Greenwich in the county of Kentt, &c. They the grantees yeilding &payeing to our Soveraign Lord, the King, his heires dered the publicke scale of this colony to be ( Country. ) afixed to these p''sents." 1686. Dnxbiiry and Scitiiate. This year there was a con- troversy between these towns about the division of a tract of land. June 24th, Francis Barker was empowered to treat with Scituate, and defend the rights of the town. John Wads- worth and Edw. Southworth petitioned against it. 1714. The following more particular bounds between Dvxbury and Plymouth^ are from the Town Records. Beginning at the beach on the northerly end of the highland at the Gurnet, on the easterly side, and ruiming due west to a rock at the north end of Clarks Island, thence to Clarks Island Channel, which comes from Powder point, and down that to Jones River Channel, thence up this channel and Jones River to Stoney Brook, up said brook, and thence up Tussock's creek to the head of the western branch, thence northerly across Mile brook, and thence westerly to the mouth of Jones River Pond. Signed April 30, 1714. John Bradford, ) John Wadsworth, ) James Warren, ^^^^1^^ John Alden, 'tSy""'" Nathl. Thomas, 3 Thomas Loring, 3 1735. Voted, That the line between Kingston and Dux- Awry remain the same, as it was between Plymouth and Dux- bury. Kingston, which had been previously known as Jones River Parish, w^as set off from Plymouth and incoVporated in 1726, although no mention of the line between it and Dux- bury appears before the above date. 1751. The line between Duxbury and Pembroke, estab- lished. Pembroke was set off from Duxbury in 1711-2 ; yet I lind in the Records no mention of a line earlier than this. POPULATION. We have no satisfactory means of ascertaining the popula- tion of the town at early periods. In 1643, however, there are eighty-two persons mentioned as able to bear arms, being between the ages of 16 and 60, and allowing that they were HIGHWAYS, ETC. 17 one in five, which is a fair estimate, we should judge the popu- lation at that time to have been over 400. We might also conclude that the town was less populous than many others of the colony, from the fact that her quota of the various bodies of men raised by the colony was uniformly lower. In 1646 there were 27 freemen ; in 1670, 34 ; in 1683-4, 40. In 1710. there were 175 heads offlimilies, and allowing that they were one in six or seven, we estimate the number at that time at about 1100. In 1790, it was 1454 ; in 1800, 1664 ; in 1810, 2201; in 1820, 2403; in 1830, 2716; and in 1840, 2798. PATHS, HIGHWAYS, AND BRIDGES. 1634, Oct. 1. The Colony Court appointed Capt. Standish, William Collier, Jonathan Brewster, William Palmer, and Stephen Tracy to lay out highways in Duxburrow, before Nov. 15 of the same year. 1637. A Jury of 12 (four from Duxbury, viz., Love Brew- ster, Experience Mitchell, Philip Delanoy, Moses Simmons,) were impanneled, "to set forth heigh wayes about Plymouth, Ducksburrow and the Eele River." The road through Duxbury began at the ferry at Jones River, and thence by Stephen Traci/s to the bridge at Jo/m Rogers', thence by Jonatlian Brewster's cowyard, through a valley near the house of JMr. Prence, thence by Christopher Wadsii'orth' s " whose pallasadoe is to be removned," thence to Francis Spragiie's, and then fell into the way, that leads " from Morton's hole to Ducksburrow Towne." From this main path there branched oft" one, going to the Nook to accommodate Standish and Brewster, and returning by William Basset's and Francis Sprag-uo's, through an an- cient path, joined again the highway.* There was also a path from the "Cut," passing between Basset's and Sprague's to the town. From Wadsworth's, the path led through Sprague's and Basset's orchards, thence through John Washburn' s land to Wni. Palmer's gate, thence through Peter Brown s land to the westward of Henry Hoidand's house, thence through a marsh to Mr. John Allen's, thence through a valley by the corner of Philip Delanoy' s farm to EdiLiard Bi/mpasse's, and thence by Roioland Leyhorne's house to Greens harbor. * This was, however, in 1G38, made over to these parties, to be kept in repair by them as a private way. 3 is' HIGHWAYS, ETC. From Howland's an upper path was laid out. Note. From the above record the position of the first settlers' habitations can be readily ascertained. 1638. Ordered that the bridge over Jones River be made passable for carts. Court ordered John Washburn and Joseph Rogers to repair the highways. 1G39. Ordered that six from Plymouth and three from Dnxbnry be appointed to assess the charges of both towns for Jones River bridge. 1644. John Rogers and Joseph Rogers were appointed to lay out roads. 1647. The treasurer (Standish) was ordered to have Jones River bridge repaired. 1650, this bridge was presented as being dangerous for man and beast. 1655, John Rowland and Constant Southworth were ordered to agree with work- men to mend the same. 1665, a new bridge was ordered over Jones River. 1650. A way from Jones River through John Rogers' farm to the Massachusetts path was laid out. 1665. A highway, 40 feet wide, laid out through John Holmes' " to the common rode into the bay." 1665. These were "impaneled upon a jury for the laying forth of a footway through the lands of Moses Simons and Samuell Chanler," — George Soule, Sen., William Philip Delano, Sen., Roger Glass, Experience Mitchell, Joseph Prior, Edmund Weston, Samuel Hunt, Francis West, John Sprague. Abraham Sampson, 1682. North Rive?' Bridge. A cart bridge was ordered to be built over the North River, near Barstow's foot bridge, by Scituate, Marshfield and Duxbury ; and Duxbury was then freed from ,any longer repairing Jones River bridge. The cost was for Scituate £10, for Marshfield and Duxbury £5 each ; but Mannamoiett was to bear 20s. of Duxbury's part. 1684, Oct. 24. These were a jury to lay out "the rode from Marshfield bounds to Plimoth Rode," and a " hiway from Jones River bridge to North River bridge." Edw. Southworth, Abraham Sampson, Jr., Isaac Barker, John Russell, Francis Barker, Caleb Sampson, Lt. Hunt, Benj. Bartlelt, Jr., Elnathan Weston, Josiah Holmes. John Sprague, HIGHWAYS, ETC. 19 1702,' Nov. 30. There were appointed to lay out public roads, — Seth Arnold, Francis Barker and Samuel Bradford. 1715. Road from the Nook was laid out, 30 feet wide. Mar. 26th ; and one from the point, 40 feet wide. May 21st. 1722. Road laid out, 30 feet wide, from Asa Delano's, by the Cranberry factory, to the meeting house. 1741. A highway was laid out over South River, at the Saw-mill dam. 1766, March 31st. A road, laid out from the Captain's Nook to the Plymouth Road, was accepted by the Town. Sept. 22. Yoted, to lay out a road from the Plymouth Road to Powder point. 1768. Road across the Major'' s pasture. — May 14, Major Alden may have liberty to place a gate at the highway gomg into Powder point, if he will allow a cartway into Powder point across his farm. [Two or three years since, this road was accepted by the town, and has become a public highway.] 1798. Washhi gto7i Street, now so called, is the main tho- roughfare of the town, and was this year projected, extending from Powder point to the head of the road, coming from the Nook. The first projectors of this road for a long time were its only advocates. They were Seth Sprague, Ezra Weston, Joshua Winsor. and Samuel Delano, and among the number of the most influential citizens of the town. They at their own expense employed an attorney to plead their cause before the Court of Sessions, where he was met by another attorney, who acted in behalf of the town. Their project was never- theless sanctioned by the Court, and the road was accordingly laid out. and completed in the course of two years. — Soule's Sprague Family Memorial. 1 SU3. Blue-fish River bridge. In order to fully accom- plish the design of the last mentioned road, it was necessary that a bridge should be built over the Bluelish River ; and this was opposed with equal exertions on the part of most of the inhabitants, who argued that, as the river was navigable, the Court had no power to order an erection of a bridge over it. At various meetings, from 1800 to 1803, this question was agitated with much animated discussion, and opposed chiefly on account of its great cost (.4i?3000 at least). To meet this objection a scheme was formed by the projectors, who agreed, privately, to build the bridge and dam conjointly, according to a prepared model. They then petitioned for a town meet- ing, which was accordingly convened on the second Monday in February, 1803; when, as they expected, the arguments of opposition turned upon the enormous expense. At this junc- ture, Mr. Sprague moved that the town agree to build the bridge, after the model there exhibited, provided any respon- sible man would undertake the work for |>1500, which motion 2U BRIDGES. was carried without any opposition. Thereupon one of them, Joshua Winsor, arose and accepted the offer of the town, rather to its surprise. On the following day preparations were commenced for the immediate erection of the bridge, by the contractor and his associates. Yet some of the opposition threatened to call another meeting to reconsider their vote ; but the work pro- ceeded so rapidly, that before this threat could be executed, it was quite too late to think of retracting. The work, which was begun in April, was finished on the 3d of July following, to the satisfaction of the Committee of the town (Samuel A. Frazar, Ezra Weston and Isaiah Alden), who had been appointed to oversee and inspect the work of construction. The next day, being the Fourth of July, was one of uncom- mon interest to the inhabitants of Duxbury. The bridge was in some measure decorated, and a temporary arch erected over it, on which was perched a broad spread eagle of wood, bore this motto — from Jefferson's inaugural address — "Peace, Friendship, and Commerce with all Nations; entangling Alli- ances with none." And on the reverse, ''Commerce, Agricul- ture, Fishery." The two military companies of the town, under Captains Dingley and Alden, paraded, and after escort- ing a large party of ladies and gentlemen to the bridge, they formed in a line on each side, wliilc the procession passed between, and then proceeding a short distance they turned, and recrossing the bridge marched to the hill on the southerly side of the River, where the projectors had prepared a bomi- tiful entertainment. Mr. Sprague presided at the tables, and in the devoration of the sumptuous viands before them, many of the opposition received a check to their feelings of animosity, (if they had any,) and amid the scenes of mirth and rejoicings, many were the thanks expressed for the final completion of that much opposed, yet ably vindicated scheme. The day was remarkably pleasant, and everything that transpired seemed to pass off" in happiness, and it is still re- membered by the aged yet amongst us, as one of peculiar gratification and enjoyment. The contractors were losers to some extent by their imder- taking; but the ultimate cost of the work to the town was only $400. the mill privilege, created by the dam, having been disposed of for .$1100*. — Sprague Memorial. There is an amusing account of some of the incidents con- * This was bought by Jerlediah Holmes, of Kingston, who sold it to Samuel A. Frazar, Reuben Drew, Dea. George Loring and others, and the mill was soon afterwards built. It next passed into Mr. Edward Winslow's hands. SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS. 21 uected with the erection of this bridge, which has once before been in print, yet still will bear it again. The authorship has been attributed by some to Dr. Rufus Hathaway, and by' others to Major Judah Alden. One short paragraph is omit- ted, as it seems " to mar the imity of the subject by irrelevant matters.^' ^' And it came to pass in the days of Coesar, the King, that he commanded his servant Joshua, saying, get thee up a jour- ney into the land of the Hanoverites, to Benjamin, the Scribe, and say unto him, I, Csesar, the King, have sent forth my de- cree, and commanded that the people in the land of Sodom shall no longer be separated from the Westonites, the Drew- ites. and the Cushmanites, that dwell on the north side of the great river Blue-fish. And also command Benjamin, the Scribe, that he forthwith make out a petition and convey it to the judges and magistrates of our land, commanding that they straightway direct the Sodomites, the Westonites, and all the other Ites. within our borders, to build a bridge over the great river Blue-fish. So the Judges and Magistrates, fearing Csesar, the King, and Joshua, his servant, commanded that the bridge be built according to Caesar's decree. But it came to pass that there arose up certain of the tribes of Judah and Levi and of Samuel, and of the Chandlerites, and others most learned in the law, and showed unto the Judges and Magis- trates, that Csesar, the King, had done wickedly, in command- ing what was unlawful to be done, and so by the voice of the multitude the decree was set aside. And it came to pass that Caesar and the Sodomites wrought the minds of the people, and cast such delusions before their eyes, that they had fear before Csesar, the King, and at length resolved to build the bridge, and connect Caesar's dominions to the land of Sodom. And now behold Caesar, the King, has erected an arch fifty cubits high, on that bridge, which the people, in their folly, have built, — and set up an image over on the top of the arch, and commanded all the people from the land of Sodom on the south, the Westonites and all the other tribes in the north to assemble on the fourth day of the seventh month, and bow their heads to the image which the King has set up. And behold the people assembled according to the King's decree, and did as he had commanded." EARLY SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS. There appear to have been none appointed before 1640, when the bounds of Duxbury were first fixed. 1(340. Experience Mitchell, Constant Southworth. 1G41. Joseph Bidle, Samuel Nash. 22 • SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS. 1642. Edmund Hawes. 1644. John Rogers, William Sherman. 1645. John Maynard, Edmund Hunt. 1646. William Merrick, Moses (?) Truant. 1647. Edward Hall, John Brown. 164S. Francis Sprague, Abraham Sampson. 1649. John Starr, John Washburn. 16.50. John Starr, John Washburn. 1651. Thomas Gannet, John Aimes. 1652. Edmund Weston, Thomas Boney. 1654. Joseph Andrews, Robert Barker. 1655. Thurston Clark, Zachariah Soule. 1656. Henry Rowland, John Tracy, Thomas Ensign. 1657. Moses Simmons, Francis Sprague. 1658. Experience Mitchell, Francis West. 1659. Jonathan Shaw, Wm. Clark. 1662. Christopher Wadsworth, Moses Simmons. 1663. Mr. Samuel Seabury, Samuel Hunt. 1666. Joseph Wadsworth, Samuel Cliandler. 1668. Ccorge Partridge, Henry Rowland. 1669. John Rogers, Sen.. Roger Glass. 1671. John Wadsworth, Samuel West. 1672. Robert Barker, John Soule, Joseph Rowland. 1673. John Rudson, Joseph Wadsworth, Josiah Wormall. 1674. John Rogers, Jr., Peter West, Isaac Barker. 1675. John Rogers, Sen., Joseph Wadsworth, Joseph Rogers. 1676. John Rogers, Jr., Thomas Uelano. 1677. George Partridge, Peter West, Robt. Barker, Sen. 1678. John Rogers, Abraham Sampson, William Tubbs. 1679. Robt. Barker, Sen., John Tracy, Wrestling Brewster. 1680. John Wadsworth, Peter West, John Rudson. 1681. George Partridge, Joseph Wadsworth, Josiah Holmes. 1682. John Rogers, Edmund Weston, Abraham Peirce. 1685. John Simmons, Joseph Rowland, William Tubbs. 1687. Wrestling Brewster. K. Barker, Jr., Elnathan Weston. 1689. Joseph Wadsworth, John Russell, John Simmons. 1690. James Partridge, James Bishop, John Tracy. 1691. Philip Delano, John Boney, James Partridge. 1692. Elnathan Weston, John Russell. 1694. Wrestling Brewster, John Boney, John Soule. Note. Those for 1043, 53, 60, 61, 61, 65, 67, 70, 83, 84, 80, 88, and 91, appear not to have been recorded. 23 ANCIENT LANDMARKS. Allerton's Hill. An early mention is made of a hill of this name, which was probably called after Isaac AUerton, one of the first Pilgrims, thongh I cannot find him mentioned as a resident of Dnxbury at any time. North Hill. This name was given to the eminence which now bears it, by the earliest settlers, in whose vicinity were settled some of the principal men of the town, and aronnd which large grants were made. Captain's Hill. This hill formed a part of an early grant to Captain Standish, who settled near its base, and whose name it still bears. It is sitnated on a peninsnla, which ex- tends in a southeasterly direction, between the bays of Dnx- bury and Plymouth, and contains about two or three hundred acres of good soil, little inferior to any in the country in fertil- ity. While in other portions of the town the soil is sandy and unproductive, and a considerable part in no state of cultiva- tion, this peninsula is furnished with a deep and fertile soil. The same may be said of the highland on the Gurnet, Saquish and many other similar spots around the bay, where the soil is in immediate proximity to the sea. Clark's Island in some parts possesses a mould, which if equalled, is scarcely surpas- sed in the county ; and while the northern and western sides offer the most desirable qualities for pasturage and grain, its southern and eastern declivities present a perfect garden, abounding with trees, through whose foliage, even during the summer's hottest months, stir the breezes from the sea.* * This Island, called by Hutchinson " one of the best islands in Massa- chusetts bay," contains 80^ acres of land, and was anciently well covered with a fine growth of trees, (as were also the Gurnet and Saquish,) as ap- pears by various records, wherein are mentioned " the woods thereupon." Morton erroneously describes it as between the Gurnet and Saquish. Of its original forest of red cedar, only three decayed trunks now remain, and having borne the blasts of many a winter, still stand " silent monitors of the past." It is memorable as being the spot, where that devoted Pilgrim band first landed in their voyage of discovery from Cape Cod. Having come under the lee of the island during the night of Friday, December 'Jth, they landed on the following day, and here kept the Christian Sabbath, while " the dim woods rang to the anthems of the free." Ought not this to cause peculiar attractions hither ^ Should not a descendant like to wit- ness the scene of his father's rejoicings — rejoicings, as it were, on the threshold of eternity ? Think of their situation ; — in an unknown harbor, separated from their wives and children, did this band of discoverers pro- long the strains of anthems and i-ejoicing chorus, till the woods reechoed their praises, and sent their thanksgiving to a propitious Heaven. It received its name from Clark, the mate of the Mayflower, who, it is said, " first stepped on shore thereon." In early times salt was made on the Island, and it was also reserved for 24 CAPTAIN'S HILL. The summit of the hill is abont 400 yards from the sea, and 180 feet above its level, and when once attained presents a view to him Avho communes with nature, and who has pon- dered over the history of the early Pilgrims, is acquainted with their character, and has conceived the purpose of their exile, — to him it presents a spectacle which has in times past, and which, I conceive, must ever cause an impression on his mind, not easily forgotten and scarcely to be eradicated. Full as it is of the most pleasing associations, it calls up in the mind of the beholder those reminiscences, which gladden his heart and arouse his soul into being, and clothe him with all the nobler feelings of mankind, dormant as they niay lie with- in the deep recesses of his heart. Nor is the loveliness of the scene itself any the less an effi- cient agent of holy influences, — both cause one to tremble, irresistibly, and to offer praise to his Maker. The circum- stances, to be sure, add to the attractions of the spot ; but its beauty, its simplicity of grandeur, its busy scenes, and its still silent loneliness give to it a power, whose effects need not be mentioned. Select, should you visit it, the closing hours of a siunmer's day, when the burning heat of the dechning sun is dispelled by the cooler shades of approaching evening, and ascend to its height. Now as the retiring rays of day form on the heavens above a gorgeous canopy of variegated hues, so on nature's face below, all brightens into richness, and the verdure of her covering softens into mildness ; — the shining villages around, and the village spires towering against a background of un- fading green, add gladness to the scene. The glassy surface of the bay within, with its gentle ripplings on the shore be- neath, — the music of the dashing waves on the beach with- out, give quiet to the mind and peace within. Before yon, in the distance at the east, appear the white the poor of the town of Plymouth, who obtained their wood and pastured their cattle there. It was early set apart for the jjasturage of sheep, whose increase the colonists much strove for, and as early as July 1, 1G33, it was ordered, that " no sheep be sold out of the colony, under penalty of forfeit- injT their due value." During- Philip's war it became an asylum for some of the praying- Indians of the colony, and a protection against the attacks of their hostile brotliers. In 1075, the Council of War ordered, that the " Namassachusett Indians be speedily removed to Clarkes Hand, and tlier to remaineand not to depart from thence without lycence from authoritie upon paine of death." The island was sold in 1G90 to Samuel Lucas, Elkanah Watson, and Geo. Morton. A descendant of Watson now resides there. It is often a resort of parties of pleasure in the summer season from the neighborinir towns, who find in the cool and shady retreats on its southeastern slope a place to make merry with dance and song, and an appetite to ease their tables of their delicious viands. CAPTAIN'S HILL. 25 sand hills of Cape Cod, shining beyond the blue expanse, and seeming to encircle by its protecting barrier a spot dear to the heart of every descendant of that Pilgrim band. Still nearer, at your feet and before you, are the pleasant bays of Plymouth, Kingston and Duxbury, enlivened by passing boats, and shel- tered from a raging ocean by the beach, crowned at its south- ern extremity by a light-house, and with the extending arm of Saquish enclosing the Island of the Pilgrims ; — turning your eyes to the south, they fall in succession on the promon- tory of Monamet ; on the ancient town of Plymoutli, rising beneath, and as if under the protection of the mound beyond, the resting-place of the pilgrim's dead ; on the villages of Rocky Nook and of Kingston : — Extending your eye over the extent of forest to the northwest, you see the Blue Hills of Milton, ascending far above the surrounding country ; while nearer, at the north, are the villages of Duxbury and Marsh- field, scattered over the fields, whose white cottages, shining in the sun, offer a pleasing contrast to the scene. Below you and around you once arose the humble abodes of the Pilgrims. Who can gaze upon the spot which marks the site of the dwelling of Standish, without feelings of emotion ? who can but give thanks that that spirit, " A spirit fit to start into an empire, And look tlie world to law," had been sent amongst them, to be their counsel in peace and their protection in danger 7 Who can but admire its ready adaptation to a sphere of action so totally different from the school of his youth 7 Here also arose the dwelling of Brews- ter, who having followed in his youtli in the retinue of kings and princes, preferred a solitary retreat in the western wilds, and there to worship his God in peace. Here too was the abode of Collier, who under every circumstance of danger strove with unceasing toil in the discharge of every duty ne- cessary to the welfare and prosperity of the colony. Here too can be seen the spot whereon was the habitation of Alden, whose prudent counsels and whose rigid justice attained for him a rank in the estimation of the colony, alike an honor to himself and a subject of pride to his descendants. Turn your vision as you may, and. you will feel that you are gazing on a scene of more than ordinary interest, full of the most grateful recollections, and of a nature the most agree- able and pleasing. " Scenes must be beautiful, wbich, daily viewed. Please daily, and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years, — Praise justly due to those that I describe." iH DUXBURY BAY, ETC. Duck Hill, situated in the northeastern part of the town, was called so at a very early date. The Bay, comprising the harbors of Plymouth, Kingston, and Duxbnry : It is well known that the pilgrims selected the shores of this bay as their settlement, because they found it commodious and " fit for shipping." The writers of " Mourt's Relation " — which has been ascribed to Bradlbrd and Winslow — thus speak of it in 1022. " This harbour is a bay greater than Cape Cod, compassed with goodly lands, and in the bay two fine islands* uninhabited, wherein are nothing but woods, oaks, pine, walnut, beech, sassafras, vines and other trees, which we know not. This bay is a most hopeful place, innumerable store of fowle, and excellent good ; and cannot but be fish in their season : Skate, Cod, turbot [i. e. flounder or halibut], and herring, we have tasted of; abundance of muscels, the greatest and best we ever saw ; crabs, lobsters in their time infinite. It is fashion like a sickle or fish-hook." This is a proof of the abundance of forest trees, in the im- mediate neighborhood of the bay, in early times; and even now the space between the shore and the woodland would not average over a mile in breadth. Of all trees the pine is in the greatest abundance, and chiefly of that species styled pinus rig-ida, or the pitch pine, as it is commonly called. It is stated by Bradford, in his •' Typographical Description of Duxbury," (Hist. Coll. n.) that Capt^ Samuel Alden, the son of David, and the grandson of the Pilgrim John Aldcn, re- membered the time when the white pine {pinus slrobus) first began to grow in Duxbury. Capt. Alden died in 17S0, set. 93, and consequently the date of its appearance must have been about 1700. The oak is also found in many places. Maple, birch, ash, cedar, and walnut also grow here. At the present day nearly one half of the territory of the town is covered with forest, and it is said that no town in the county in pro- portion to its size has larger tracts of woodland. The forests * That there were formerly two islands in this bay, there appears no doubt in my mind. Yet some say, that Brown's Island was always a siioal, as it now is ; and that Clark's Island and Saqiiish must be the two islands intended, supposing-, in the case of the latter, that the water once flowed between it and the Gurnet, or that the writers of this Relation were misled by the appearance of Saquish, which at this day has the semblance of an island from the main. But with all deference to these opinions, emanating from the most respectable sources, I cannot but think tliat Brown's Island was at that time above the water, since we have the fact, that stumps of trees have been seen there by persons now living. Mr. Nathaniel Winsor, who died in 1839, aged 93, often assured his children and others, that he himself had seen the stumps of trees on this shoal. See also Judge Davis' Morton's Memorial, Dr. Young's Chronicles of the Pilgrims, and Richard Soule's Sprague Memorial. COMMERCE. — WILD FOWL, ETC. 27 in times past have afforded large quantities of timber for build- ing ships; and a large number of which have been built on its shore ; and none have ever stood higher in point of workman- ship and linish than the Duxbury ships. The Duxbury me- chanics have long been distinguished in this art, and the spe- cimens of their skill have always met with approbation for their fine appearance in the exterior, as well as for their strength and durability. In years past large nimibers of ships and barks, as well as of smaller vessels, have been built in Duxbury. In the single year 1837, there were built 11,711 tons. Large numbers have also been owned in Duxbury, and some of the largest ship owners in New England have resided here. The late Mr. Ezra Weston for many years was consid- ered the largest owner in the country, and his sons now living are extensively engaged in the same business. In the year above-mentioned there were owned in Duxbury forty-six ves- sels engaged in the cod and mackerel fishery. — Appendix ni. The bay has been, from the earliest times, a resort of wild sea fowl of every kind, which has often drawn hither crowds of sportsmen. And as early as 1737, the town, through fear of the total destruction of the game, voted to petition the Gen- eral Court to regulate the fowling, "because y« wild fowle have almost forsaken y^ said bay." In the northern part there are several islands, formed by the various creeks flowing through the marshes in different directions.* These marshes have always been a favorite place for gunners in search of the flocks of marsh birds, with which they abound ; though of late years their numbers have greatly decreased. Few now can boast of having secured seventy of a flock at one shot ; or that he has by his gun furnished materials for eight feather- beds. Previous to the Revolution, and during that period, while there was a scarcity of powder, it was frequently manufac- tured by the town's people themselves, for their own con- sumption ; and private powder mills and magazines were not of uncommon occurrence. The Beach. This narrow neck of land, extending in length about six miles, and varying at different points in width, * The Bay is quite free from rocks, except a few at Powder point, the Nook point, and the northern end of Clark's Island. There is however two rocks of some size, to the westward of the Nook, and lying near the shore, to the eastward of the mouth of Island creek, called Cripple rocks. Two others, lying near together in the northern part, and off some distance from Powder point, are known by the name of " Zadiary^s rocks.'''' They are on the very edge of the channel, and are about four or five feet under water at high tide. They probably received their name early from Zach- ary Soule, the son of the pilgrim George jSoule, who lived on Powder point. 28 DUXBURY BEACH. forms the harbor of Duxbury. It runs from Marshfield in a southeasterly direction, and is entirely disjointed from the main land by the Cut River canal, as it is called, flowing be- tween. The name of Salt-house beach was very early given to it, though now it is more commonly known by the name of Duxbury beach. One of its most remarkable features is the clump of pitch pines, situated about two-thirds of the distance from the Cut to the Gurnet, and known to this day by the name of High pines, Avhich name was given to them as early as 1637, or before. At this place the beach is wider than at any other, and they are placed on a slight elevation of land, and nearly surrounded by marshes, with which almost the whole extent of the beach on the inner side is bounded. Another eminence at the northern end is known by the name of " Rouse's hummock,''^ which transmits to us the name of John Rouse, an early settler in that vicinity. About twenty- five years ago, the first house on the beach, which was erected by the Humane Society, was burnt down, and in it James Southworth was burnt to death ; and a few years after the present one was built.* Fears have been entertained, in times past, that at some time the sea might force its way through the beach at various places, and to guard against this, there was built, some years ago, with much labor and expense, at many points throughout its whole extent, a kind of sea-wall, placed for the greatest part on the inner side of the beach, and formed by a double line of fences, made by stakes driven in the ground, and sea- weed thrown between. This was accomplished nnder the direction of L. G. Sampson, Esq., then deputy collector of Plymouth district for the port of Duxbury, and paid for by an appropriation of Congress, amounting to several thousand dollars, and a large number of men were there employed for three or four weeks. At this time an appropriation was made by the town, and the whole extent of the beach purchased, and it is now the town's property. One of the best methods of preventing the destruction of the beach, is to attend to the preservation of the beach grass. Several times the seed has been sown at different points, and even as early as 1751 the town took measures to prevent the grass being eaten by cattle. At a town meeting this year, on the 20th of May, they voted " to petition the General Court to get an act to prevent neat cattle going upon or feeding on Duxbury beach for the future." In connection here, it may not be improper to give some account of the promontory, which forms the southern extrcm- * For a brief account of the vessels which have been wrecked upon the beach, see Appendix No. II. THE GURNET. 29 ity of the beach, though it belongs poHtically to the town of Plymouth, as does also another small promontor}^ * connected with this by a beach, which extends in a southwesterly direc- tion into the bay. The Gurnet contains about twenty-seven acres of good soil. The name is derived from the gurnet-fish, which abounds in great numbers on the coast of Devonshire, England ; and in the English channel there are several headlands bearing the name, having taken it probably because of the number of these fishes in their neighborhood ; and from one of these, it is pro- bable, the Gurnet of Plymouth received its name, wtiich was very early given to it by the Pilgrims. This is probably the famous promontory, called by the Northmen, in their discoveries along the coast of the continent in the eleventh century, by the name of Krossaness. In the spring of 1004, Thorwald, son of Eric the red, sailing east- ward in his large ship from his winter quarters at Vineland [Providence], and then northward, passed a remarkable head- land [Cape Cod] inclosing a bay ; and came to another, but smaller one, on the other side of the bay, covered with wood [Gurnet.] f This spot so charmed Thorwald, that he ex- claimed, — "This is a beautiful spot, and here 1 should like to fix my dwelling." He was soon after wounded in a skir- mish with the natives, and perceiving that his wound was mortal, he said to his companions : " 1 now advise you to prepare for your departure as soon as possible ; but me ye shall bring to the promontory, where 1 thought it good to dwell. It may be that it was a prophetic word, which fell from my mouth, about abiding there for a season. There shall ye bury me, and plant a cross at my head, and another at my feet, and call the place Krossaness in all coming time." This commandment was obeyed. — Autlquitates AmericancB of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries of Copenhagen. At the Garnet Creek^ in the early days of the colony, bass * This peninsula is known by the name of Saquish, which, says the author of Notes on Plymouth, is an Lidian word, and " signifies, doubtless, clams." The name has been variously spelled, as Sagaquab, Sagaquash, Saquaquash, Sasaquish, Sauquish, &c. In early times the town of Ply- mouth, were " forbade felling trees at Saquish, within 40 feet of the bank." Of its original forest, there were left in 1815, but two solitary trees, standing on the point ; one of which stood for several years afterwards. It contains from twelve to fourteen acres of land. On a flat, and a dangerous shoal, which makes off" from Saquish point, there was built by the United States, in 1813, a stone pier. It is placed upon a muscle bed, and is about twelve feet square at the bottom, ^and eighteen feet high, and at high tide six feet above the water. f By a few it is thought to be point Alderton, (or more properly Aller- ton,) at the entrance of Boston harbor. 30 GURNET MEADOWS, ETC. were caught in great abundance, and a point is still called " Singe point,''^ where fishing stages were erected in 1648. Light houses. An order was passed the legislature of Massachusetts bay, Feb. 17, 1768, authorizing the erection of a liglit house on the Gurnet, which was to be 30 feet long, 20 feet high, 1.5 feet wide. It showed two lights, one in each end, with two lamps of four large wicks in each. This was burnt down on the evening of July 2, 1801, and the present ones erected in 1803. They show two steady lights about 70 feet above tlie level of the sea. Gurnet Meadows. These meadows anciently belonged to the town of Duxbury, though now they are within the juris- diction of Plymouth. The following, relating to their dispo- sition by the town, is from the Town records. 1610. " Where ag in year [sixteen hundred and] forty the bounds of Duxborrough were set by the Court of New Ply- mouth, and it was ordered by the s^ Court, that the medow att the gurnit should belong to s^ Duxborrough : and about the year [sixteen hundred and] sixty, the said medow was despossed of by the Town of Duxburrough, as followeth. To Francis West, Edmond Weston, William Clarke, Zachariah Soule, Joseph Alden, John Soule ; and ordered Lieuetenant Samuell Nash and Phillip Dilano to lay forth the said medow unto the aboves<^ men : which was accordingly dun and bounds made and was recorded in the Towne book : but since that time, the s'i booke being burn'd, their record was lost. But on the 14*'' day of this instant [May, 1688J, the now pro- priators met to-gether, whose names are as followeth : Samuell JSeabury in the Right of Francis West : Edward Southworth in the right of Edmund Weston : Samuell West in the right of William Clarke : Jonathan Alden in the right of Joseph Alden : John Soule in the Right of Zechariah Soule : Joseph Rowland in the right of John Soule : And on the said four- teenth day renewed the bounds of s^ medow : which s'i bounds are as followeth ; " [here follow the bounds, which are not of enough interest to be inserted here.] In this record there is mention made of a place on the beach " where the Saltpan stood," hence it is inferred that salt was once made here, and that works for its production were erected. Also the " crike that makes the Gurnit Island " is named. The Gurnet creek dividing into two channels at its mouth, forms an island of marsh. Blue-Fish-River. This stream rises in the eastern part of the town, and flowing north through the meadows, in the form of a brook, it widens and makes what is now called the mill- pond, and then, contracting itself, it runs into the bay, on the southerly side of Powder point. It received its name in the earliest infancy of the settlement RIVERS. 31 from the number of blue-fish, which frequented the waters in that vicinity. This fish, known to naturahsts by the name of the temnodon saltaior, is of a species alHed to the mackerel ; but larger and of a strong and vigorous frame. It was a com- mon fish on the shores of New England ; but entirely disap- peared from the coast about the year 1763 ; * but has withhi a few years reappeared. The bay, which in years past has been in the proper season abundantly supplied with mackerel, which were caught in great numbers, on the appearance of this fish two or three years ago, was wholly left by them ; nor have they since appeared there. The fish is of a delicious flavor, and those which have been caught have found a ready market. Josselyn, an early voyager in thesep arts, thus describes the mode of taking these fish by the natives: "The Bass and Blew fish they take in harbours, and at the mouth of barr'd RiA^ers, being in their canows, striking them with a fisgig, a kind of dart or staff, to the lower end whereof they fasten a sharp jagged bone (since they make them of iron), with a string fastened to it : as soon as the fish is struck they pull away the staff", leaving the bony head in the fishes body, and fasten the other end of the string to the canow. Thus they will hale after them to shore half a dozen or half a score great fishes." Indian Head River was anciently within the bounds of Duxbury, and near it many of the first settlers had extensive grants of land. It is the outlet of Indian head pond, and flow- ing north empties into the North River, near the angle of the bounds of Hanover, Hanson and Pembroke. Jones River, which now forms the bounds between Dux- bury and Kingston during the last part of its course, received its name from the Captain of the Mayflower. It rises in Jones River Pond in Kingston, and flowing easterly a short distance, it turns to the south, and afterwards to the east, and running throughout the greatest part of its course in that direction, it turns again to the north, and then to the southeast, and finally flows in a northerly direction into the bay. South River rises in little Island Creek pond in Duxbury, in the south central part, and, flowing north through Cran- berry pond in Duxbury, it afterwards changes its course to northeast through Marshfield, and runs into Massachusetts Bay. Holly stiamp is mentioned as early as 1(338, as the source of the South river ; and a large rock is mentioned as being near it and called Otter rock. * This date is given by Bradford, in the New England Chronology. Another species of fish of this name is found on the shores of Cuba, and about the Bahama islands. 32 BROOKS, STREAMS, ETC. Island Creek. This creek, taking its rise in Island Creek pond, flows in a southerly direction into the bay in the south part of the town, forming in its course, by widening, two smaller ponds, at one of which is now the tack factory of Mr. Samuel Loring. Herring Brook, so called early, rises in Furness pond in Pembroke, and first flows east and then north into the North river. Tussocks Brook. In 1714 mention is made of " a creek that leads up to y^ place called y^ Tussocks." The word tussock or tussuck, now obsolete in English writing, signified a fnft of grass or twigs, which was probably the characteristic herbage of " y" TussocksJ'' The creek, now called as above, rises on the southern borders of Duxbury, and flowing south- east, runs into Stoney brook (which empties into Jones River), forming in its course the bounds, in part, between Duxbury and Kingston. Mile Brook rises on the southern edge of Duxbury, and flows southerly into Blackwater pond in Kingston. Pine Brook rises in Pembroke, and flowing south forms the southeastern bounds between Duxbury and Pembroke, and running through the northern part of Kingston, empties into Jones River, opposite to Jones River creek. Stoney Brook. There were anciently two brooks of this name, one in the northern part of the town (which flowed into Duck hill river, and after the erection of a mill there in 1640, was called Mill brook, and is now so called) ; and the otlier in the southern part, on the borders of Kingston, and ^flowed into Jones River. Phillips Brook. Yide Mills. Black Frier Brook. Vide Mills. Hounds-ditch. This brook, which rises in the vicinity of North hill, flows into the Mill pond. It passed through the farm of the pilgrim, John Alden, and is supposed to have been named from some similar stream in the old country. Duck Hill River. This is a name given to a stream, which meanders tlirough the marshes in the northeastern part of the town, forming several islands, and flowing by the north of Powder point into the bay. Pine Point River flows through the marshes in the north- east of the town, and empties into the bay to the eastward of Pine point. Cut River. This river, flowing through the lowlands in Marshfield, originally emptied into the ocean, to the north of Rouse's Hunnnock ; but about forty years ago, during a very severe northeast storm, its mouth was barred up by tlie accu- mulation of sand, which was soon increased, and in a short time scarcely a vestige of its previous condition remained. PONDS.— HOBOMOK. 33 The river now turned its channel through a canal, which had been dug connecting the Cut with the Pine point river, to ac- commodate sportsmen, and save them the trouble of proceed- ing around the Gurnet. A few years after it broke out with a new channel, which run out near Branches Island. This last occurred in the fall of 1810, and, in a few days after the water was first discovered oozing through the bank, the chan- nel was snfiiciently deep for all purposes for which the former mouth had been used. The project of cutting the canal, above named, when first proposed, was considerably opposed, and an attempt was made on the part of some persons to fill it up in the night. A bridge was soon after built over it, connecting the beach with the main. Eagle Nest. A point and creek of this name are at the " Nook," and were called so by the earliest settlers. In 1639 a wear was ordered to be placed here. Beaver Pond is mentioned, 1638, as being near the South river. Fresh Lake is mentioned, 1638, as being in Duxbury. Jones River Pond is the source of Jones river. It is a large and beautiful sheet of water, and is now included within the bounds of Pembroke, Kingston, and Plympton. It is now named Silver Lake, and furnishes a large quantity of ice, which is conveyed in the summer season over a branch road to the Old Colony Railroad, and thence to Boston market. FuRNEss Pond in Pembroke. HoBOMOK * Pond in' Pembroke. * Hohomok. This friend of the English early adopted the Christian reli- gion, and became an inmate of Captain Standish's family, whom he was accustomed to accompany on his expeditions, as a guide and interpreter, and was often of great service to the English, with whom he continued until his death in perfect friendship. It is said that he was a notable pinese or chief counsellor of Massasoit ; yet he preferred to remain true to the interests of the English, rather than live in the perfect enjoyment of those honors which his high rank in the councils of his nation would secure to him. His attachment to the English was ever manifested, and in all the secret plots of the Indians, he was their steadfast friend and adviser. It is said of him, thatduring the severe drought in 1G23, (which lasted from the third week in May to the middle of July, whereby the English were in- great danger of fimine on account of the destruction of their crops,) when visited by Mr. Alden, he broke out in language like this : " I am much troubled for the English, for I am afraid they will lose all their corn by the drought, and so they will be all starved '; as for the Indians, they can shift better than the English, for they can get fish to help themselves." But when afterwards he met him, after their supplications for rain had been answered by Divine Providence, he said : " Now I see Englishman's God is a good God, for he hath heard you and sent you rain, and that without storms and tempests and thunders, which usually we have with our rain, which breaks down our corn, but yours stands whole and good still ; surely your God is a good God." He died in 1642, having served the Colonists for nearly twenty years faithfully and cheerfully. 5 34 PONDS, ISLANDS, POINTS, ETC. I Great Sandy Bottom Pond ^ j^ Pembroke Little Sandy Bottom Pond \ Stetson Pond in the southern part of Pembroke. Oldham Pond in Pembroke and Hanson, Maquand Pond in Hanson. Indian Head Pond in Hanson, bordering on Pembroke. Note. The last nine ponds, though not within the present bounds of Duxbury, were anciently included in its limits. Island Creek Pond. This fine sheet is the head waters of Island Creek, and is situated in the east central part of the town. Little Island Creek Pond is the source of the South river, and is situated a short distance northwest of Island Creek pond, and is sometimes called Round pond. Cranberry Pond. See South river. Merrick's, Hamar, Soule's, Brant, Skirt and Long Islands are in the northeast part of the town, and are composed of salt meadows. Great Wood Island, mentioned 1037. Powder Point. The first mention I find of this point is in the Col. Rec. 1636 : "Richard Beare, Maurice [Truant?], George Partridge, John Vobes, & Will Merick were appointed to have five acres of land for each pson together next to the Glade on Pow- der point." 1637 : The Stoney marsh at Powder point is mentioned, and also the "iland and the glade at Ponder poynt." Long Point. This neck of marshy land, extending into the bay, was so called before 1638. Pine Point, early so called, extends into the bay in the northern part, between Pine point river and a creek which runs through the marshes to the westward of it. MusQuiTO Hole, mentioned 1639. Morton's Hole was so called as early as 1635, or before. A wear was placed here in 1639. Vide Settlement. This place, now so called, is situated to the westward of Captain's Hill, and its vicinity was thought of, as a fit place for uniting the towns of Plymouth and Duxbury in 1636, and building a new town. Cedar Swamp. This swamp was in what was called the " Major's Purchase, near Mattakesett ponds, allias Namasa- kesett." The ponds thus named are that collection which now are within the bounds of Pembroke and Hanson. The swamp was (14 Oct. 1672) divided into seven lots, of five shares each, which were distributed to proprietors thus : I. Tho. Prence, Maj. Winslow, Capt. Bradford, Lt. White and Benj. Church. TOWN'S COMMONS. 35 II. Geo. Partridge, Philip Delano, Mr. Alden, John Soule and Francis West. III. John Turner, Benj. Bartlett, Francis Walker, Francis Cook and Tho. Dogged. IV. Nathl. Warren, John Nelson, the Minister, Wm. Pon- tus and Edward Bumpus. V. Sanil. Fuller, Isaac Howland, Stephen Bryant, Mistress Sarah Warren and Saml. Eedy. VI. Edward Gray (3 shares), Francis Billington and An- drew Ring. VII. Capt. Fuller. John Thompson, William Nelson, Isaac Howland and Thomas Burman. TOWN^S COMMONS. Grants of land were early made to the several towns of the colony, by the Court, to be reserved for their benefit, and were called the " Town's commons." Portions of these were sold at different times by the towns for raising revenues to meet the towns' expenses ; while other parts were let out to individuals, also as a means of revenue ; and grants made by the towns of other parts, and some remained perfectly free. 1640 : The Court ordered a tract of land, on the Duxbury side, extending from Black water brook, and thence along back of Island creek pond to " houndsdich," to be reserved for the Town's commons, " to depasture their cattell upon." 1644 : The Town requested a grant of land, twelve square miles, in the woods at Jones River. 1661 : Granted to the towns of Duxbury and Marshfield, a tract of land lying between Jones River and Indian head river. 1686, Jtilp IS : "The common medow continewing free from hire & lying free for anny of Duxbury to cute, are Mer- icks Island, Hamar Island, Soule's Island, Brant Island, Skirt Island, Long Island, & the lower point of Wood neck." " The town have let out the comon medows for 6d. a load, excepting the Islands before mentioned, which are free. The Town have agreed that no man shall cut anny Grase at the comon medows, untill the last Munday in August, 1686, & imtill the sun Rise upon that day, and in case anny man cut anny before that time, then he shall forfeit 5 Shillings per load unto the Town's use, unless it be upon the Islands before ex- cepted."— T. Rec'ds. 36 TOWN'S COMMONS. 1687. The common meadows between Gotum and Cut rivers, was leased for seven years, at 13s. per annum (August 12) to John Thomas and Peter West, and (Mar. 14, 1694.) was continued to Peter West and Samuel Delano for seven years longer. 1690. These hired common meadows of the town : John Thomas, Peter West, John Dillano, John Simmons, David Alden, ^ Triphosa West, ^ Lt. Arnohl, ) Tliomas Dillano, Roger Glace, Nathl. Cole, John Michel, Thomas Boney, Jr 13jC. 7 £. 8 £. >I-2 £. Francis West, Widow Clarke, Joseph Prior, Samuel Hunt, Philip Delanoy, Samuel Bartlett, Samuel Howland, Joshua Chandler, John AVeston, Benjamin Bartlett, John Peterson, Abram Sampson, Sen., ) Abram Sampson, Jr., ^ 4£. >10jC. 6 £. Caleb Sampson, Mr. Allix Standish, l£. V,d. " David Alden has paid all his rent for ye common medows." 1698, 3Tai/ 28 : A tract of land lying between the bounds of Plymouth and Duxbury, and held in common by the towns of Duxbury and Marshfield, was divided between these two towns by John Soule, Isaac Little, Seth Arnold, Samuel Sprague and Robert Barker. 1699, Maj'cli 7 : Town chose Abraham Sampson, Benony Delano and Samuel Sprague, "either to act on y^ former act made to prevent y® cutting and carrying away coarde wood or any other timber out y° towne, or to malce and prosecute such acts as they shall se cause to prevent y^ carrying away such timber; y^ towne voating to stand by them in y^ prosecution of y« same." June 15 : Town ordered a fine to be imposed on those who should cut timber on the commons, unless they carry it to the saw-mills; and further that no wood shall be cut to be carried from the town. July 17 : Appointed Francis Barker, Robert Barker, Joseph Rogers, John Boney, James Bishop and Isaac Barker a com- mittee to prevent the cutting and the carrying off the timber from the town's commons. 1703 : Measures were about to be taken by the town for a division of the commons ; but was deferred on the remon- strance of Ihe following, May 17th : Edward South worth, Thomas Delano, Sen., Philip Leonard, John Delano, Stephen Samson, Caleb Samson, John Simons, Filnathan Weston, Philip Delano, Sen., Thomas Boney, Peter West, John Glasse, PROPRIETORS OF COMMONS. 37 Joseph Chanler, Sen., Edmund Chanler, Nathaniel Cole, John Weston, Benj. Delanoe, Abraham Sampson, Philip Lathley, Samuel Hill, Thomas Fish, Thomas Southworth, Samuel Delano, Josiah Wormwoal, William Tubbs, Jonathan Delano, Joshua Turner, John Bishop, Benj. Prior, Isaac Oldham, Isaac Peirce, Sen., Thomas Delanoe. 1707, Sept. 12. Voted to every freeholder and housekeeper twenty acres of the commons, and to those, who had had pre- vious grants, enough more to make up the said twenty acres ; and, June 5^ 1710, it was divided among the freeholders of the town, as follows :f Robert Barker, Sen., Robert Barker, Jr., Francis Barker, Lt., Isaac Barker, Francis Barker, Jr., Josiah Barker, Thomas Barker, Elisha Barker, James Barker, Samuel Barker, Jabez Barker, 11 *Phiiip Delano, deceased, Philip Delano, Samuel Delano, Samuel Delano, 2d., Samuel Delano, 3d., , Jonathan Delano, Dr. Thomas Delano, Benony Delano, Joseph Delano, John Delano, Thomas Delano, Jr., . . . 11 Abraham Sampson, Sen., Abraham Sampson, Jr., Stephen Sampson, Benjamin Sampson, John Sampson, Caleb Sampson, Ichabod Sampson, Nathl. Sampson, David Sampson, 9 Benjamin Bartlett, Sen., Benj. Bartlett, Jr., Ichabod Bartlett, William Bartlett, Samuel Bartlett, Joseph Bartlett, *Ebenezer Bartlett, 7 John Simonson, Sen., John Simonson, Jr., John Simonson, 3d., Benj. Simonson, Isaac Simonson, Joseph Simonson, Joshua Simonson, 7 Edmund Chanler, Samuel Chanler, John Chanler, Benj. Chanler, Joseph Chanler, Sen.^ Joseph Chanler, Jr., . . . ,6 Abraham Peirce, Sen., Abraham Peirce, Jr., John Peirce, Samuel Peirce, Isaac Peirce, Thomas Peirce, 6 *Mr. John Wadsworth, Christopher Wadsworth, Elisha Wadsworth, Ichabod Wadsworth, John Wadsworth, *Joseph Wadsworth, .... 6 William Brewster, Sen., William Brewster, Jr., Benj. Brewster, Nathl. Brewster, Jonathan Brewster, .... 5 Mr. David Alden, John Alden, Jonathan Alden, Benj. Alden, Samuel Alden, 5 Thomas Boney, f This division was made by F. Barker, S. Bradford, and S. Seabury. 38 PROPRIETORS OF COMMONS. Joseph Boney, Ebenezer Boney, John Boney, James Boney, 5 Josiah Kcin, Sen., Josiah Kein, Jr., John Kein, Benj. Kein, Matthevv Kein, 5 Benj. Peterson, John Peterson, Jonathan Peterson, Joseph Peterson, Isaac Peterson, 5 Joseph Sonle, Moses Soule, Joshua Soule, Aaron Soule, Josiah Soule, 5 Mr. Edw. Southworth, Constant Southworth, Benj. Southworth, John Southworth, Thomas Southworth, ... 5 James Bishop, John Bishop, Hutson Bishop, Ebenezer Bishop, 4 Samuel Sprague, Sen., **Samuel Sprague, Lt., * **John Sprague, William Sprague, 4 Edward Arnold, Capt. Seth Arnold, Benj. Arnold, 3 Nathl. Cole, Sen., Nathl. Cole, Jr., Ephraim Cole, 3 Josiah Holmes, John Holmes, William Holmes, 3 Joseph Rogers, Timothy Rogers, Francis Rogers, 3 William Tubbs, Sen., Joseph Tubbs, Samuel Tubbs, 3 Elnathan Weston, Samuel Weston, John Weston, 3 Josiah Wormall, Sen., Josiah Wormall, Jr., Ebenezer Wormall, .... 3 Thomas Hunt, *Samuel Hunt, dec'd. ... 2 James Partridge, John Partridge, 2 Isaac Stetson, Timothy Stetson, 2 Caleb Thomas, James Thomas, 2 Samuel West, Pelatiah West, 2 Abraham Booth, Mr. Samuel Bradford, Lt., Lambert Despar, Nathl. Chamberland, Thomas Fish, Samuel Fisher, John Glass, Samuel Hill, Widow Hutson, Thomas Lambert, Jr., Mr. Thomas Loring, Ens., Elias Magoon, John Magvarland, Joseph Michell, Isaac Oldham, Thomas Parris, Benj. Prior, Nehemiah Randall, Mr. John Robinson, John Saunders, Mr. Samuel Seabury, Israel Silvester, Miles Standish, Robert Stanford, Joseph Stockbridge, Japheth Turner, George Williamson, Mr. Peleg Wis wall, John Russell. . 29 of one each. Note. Those marked with a ** should be read : — " The proprietors of the farm that [the name] lives on." Those marked with a single * to read " The proprietors of the farm of [the name]." In has been deemed proper and desirable to insert several lists oi'a similar character to the foregoing, which, on acconnt of their genealogical importance, ought to be preserved. Nor are they entirely devoid of a general interest, for they serve to show us the ratio which one family bore to another in regard to their numbers at that time. Of the 100 persons abovcnam- ed, there are 58 family names ; and of the liarker family, PROPRIETORS OF THE SECOND DIVISION. 39 which was then, it will be seen, one of the most numerous in the town, there is now scarcely a representative, and the same can be said of other families mentioned in the list. 1710. January 30 : Voted, that every proprietor of a lot, with a dwelling thereon, if he had been a townsman ten years, should have 40 acres allotted to him ; and those, who have had previous grants, to have enough more to make up the 40 acres. Elnathan Weston, Joseph Peterson, Samuel Chandler, John Simmons, Sen., Stephen Sampson, Joseph Chandler, Sen. and Edmund Chandler petitioned against it. At an adjourn- ed meeting, on February 1st, Lt. Samuel Bradford, John Par- tridge and Joseph Stockbridge were appointed to procure a surveyor to lay it out. At the same meeting a petition was presented from the young men, asking one half a share in the intended division; which was granted to them, notwithstand- ing the remonstrance of Israel Silvester, Benj. Chandler, Caleb Thomas, Aaron Soule and Thomas Fish, and of Mr. Loring and Benony Delano, who were opposed to the division at all. These commons (salt meadows *) were divided into 33 lots of five shares each, and not until June 16, 1712, were they distributed by lot to the proprietors, who were as follows : — Delano, Samuel, Sen., " Samuel, 2d., " Samuel, 3d., * " Philip, " John, " Benoni, " Thomas, Sen., " Thomas, Jr., " Jonathan, " Joseph, Philip, 11 Barker, Thomas, " James, " Elisha, deceased, " Josiah, " Lt. Francis, " Francis, Jr., " Isaac, " Samuel, " Robert, 9 Sampson, Stephen, " Benj., John, Nathl., " Ichabod, " Abraham, Sampson, Caleb, " David, 8 Simmons, John, Sen., " John, Jr., Benj., " Joseph, " Joshua, " John, deceased, Benj., 7 *Bartlett, Ebenezer, " Benj. Sen., " Benj. Jr., " William, " Samuel, " Joseph, 6 Chandler, Samuel, " Edmund, " Joseph, Sen., " Joseph, Jr., " John, " Benj., 6 Peirce, Samuel, " Abraham, Sen., " Abraham, Jr., " Isaac, " John, * This vote was passed at a town meeting, May 16th, 1711 : " That all their salt marsh, common meadows, with all their salt and sedge islands and sedge flats that are above the Cove of the beach, so called, sliould next be laid out." 40 PROPRIETORS OF THE SECOND DIVISION. Peirce, Thomas, Wadsworth, Elisha, * " Joseph, deceased, " Christopher, * " John, deceased, " John, " Ichabod, Alden, David, " Benj., " Samuel, " John, " Jonathan, .... Boney, John, " Joseph, " James, " Thomas, " Ebenezer, .... Brewster, William, Sen., " William, Jr., " Nathl., " Benj., " , John, Kein, Josiah, Sen., " Josiah, Jr., " Matthew, " John, " Benjamin, .... Peterson, Jolin, " Joseph, " Benjamin, " Jonathan, " Isaac, Soule, Josiah, " Aaron, " Joshua, " Moses, " Joseph, Southworth, Edward, " Thomas, " Constant, " Benjamin, " John, Bishop, James, " Ebenezer, " Hutson, John, Arnold, Capt. Seth, " Edward, " Benjamin, . . . . Cole, Nathaniel, Sen., " Nathaniel, Jr., " Ephraim, . . . . Holmes, Josiah, John, " William, . . . . Thomas, Samuel, Caleb, " James, 3 Sprague, William, " Lt. Samuel, " John, 3 Weston, Elnathan, " John, " Samuel, 3 Wormall, Josiah, Sen., " Josiah, Jr., " Ebenezer, 3 Rogers, Timothy, " Joseph, " Francis, 3 Hunt, Thomas, * " Samuel, 2 Hutson, Widow, " Anne, 2 Partridge, James, John, 2 Magoon, James, Elias, 2 Stetson, Timothy, " Isaac, 2 Tubbs, Sumuel, " Joseph, 2 West, Samuel, " Pelatiah, 2 *Wiswall, Ichabod, [dec'd ?] Peleg, 2 Booth, Abraham, Bradford, Lt. Samuel, *Clark, Henry, Despar, Lambert, Fish, Thomas, Fisher, Samuel, Class, John, Hill, Samuel, Howland, Thomas, Loring, Thomas, Magvarland, John, Oldham, Isaac, Parris, Tliomas, Prior, Benjamin, Randall, Nehemiah, Roljinson, John, Russell, John, Saunders, Joiin, Seabury, Samuel, Silvester, Israel, Standish, Miles, Stanford, Robert, Stockbridge, Joseph, Williamson, George. . 24 Note. Of the 165 persons Those marked *, to be read, " above named, there are 5G family names, the proprietors of the farm of [the name]." TOWN'S COMMONS. 41 1712, Oct. 6 : Town appointed Capt. John Alden, Joseph Stockbridge and John Partridge to assist the surveyors in lay- ing out these lands. Capt. Alden refusing to serve, Capt. Thomas Barker was chosen in his stead. 1713, Dfc. 11 : Lots were drawn in the last division "of upland and swampy^' lands in Duxbury and Pembroke, (ex- cepting the Cedar swamps), by 152 proprietors. The Cedar swamps were divided into 34 lots in June, 1714. 1747, ^ept. 28 : At a meeting of the proprietors of Duxbury and Pembroke, of the second division, Edward Arnold, Esq., Capt. Nehemiah Cushing and Joshua Soule were authorized to receive the claims of those who had not had any grants, and make report ; which they did Nov. 30. This said meeting adjourned to the 2d Monday in March, when they chose Dan- iel Lewis, Esq., Mr. Samuel Seabury and Mr. Samuel Weston to take the claims of persons in the Salt meadows, and to see who were qualified to vote at the proprietors' meetings. 174S, May 10. The said committee brought in a list, which was recorded.* They then voted to divide the common mea- * The list was as follows : " John Wadsworth, (4 rights), Joshua Soul, (12 rts'.), Elisha Wadsworth, Thomas Boney,* Joseph Delanoe, Thomas Loring-, dec'd,* (2rts.), Gamaliel Bradford, Esq., Joseph Freeman, James Partridge, Mr. Samuel Seabury, Cliristopher Wadsworth, (2 rts.), Benj. Wadsworth, Ehen'r Samson, Abraham Samson, (2 rts.), Benj. Bartlit, (dec'd),* Wm. Bartlit's (dec'd) heirs, Philip Delano, (2 rts.), Thomas Hunt, (U rts.), Thomas Delano, Jr.'s (dec'd) heirs, Benj. Peterson, Benj. Prior, Mr. Peleg Wiswall, Thomas Prince, Miles Standish, Joseph & Joshua Brewster, William Brewster, Israel Silvester, Robert Stanford, (2 rts.), John Sampson, (3 rts.), Samuel Sprague, JohnSprague, >(,^^) Abijah Sprague, ^ ^ " . Jonathan Delanoe, Nathl. Samson, Josiah Soul, John Peterson's heirs, Isaac Peterson's heirs, Joseph Soul, Samuel Delanoe's heirs, Samuel Alden, Jr., Jonathan Alden, Thomas Southworth's heirs, Joshua Delanoe, John Southworth, (2 rts.), Wm. Southworth, Benj. Southworth, Moses Simmons, John Simmons, Jr.'s heirs, Benj. Simmons, Isaac Simmons, Joseph Simmons, Joshua Simmons, Samuel Baker, Samuel Chanler's heirs, John Chanler, Benj. Chanler, (2J rts.), Joseph Chanler, Sen.'s heirs^ Capt. John Chanler, Joseph Chanler, Jr.'s heirs, James Glass, Moses Soul, Benj. Alden's heirs, (2 rts.), Samuel Alden, Nathl. Brewster, Nathaniel Cole, Sen.'s, heirs. 42 PROPRIETORS OF COMMONS. dow ill tliis manner, — to divide the 168 shares into three portions, and tiiat some indiflerent person should draw lots tor each portion ; and the same committee, last named, were chosen to perform this division. 1749. Diliicnltics afterwards arose between the town and the above named proprietors, and at a meeting of the town, June 19, they voted that they would not leave the contentions to be settled by referees. The proprietors then, through their agent, Mr. Joshua Soule, commenced an action before the Court for " trespass and ejectment" in the town's mowing the salt meadows. The action was not brought on at this time ; but in January 1750, Mr. Soule was again chosen with full power to sue the town for the damage done them at Rouse's point, to the amount of £200. A summons was soon after served upon the town, by the proper officer, to appear before the In- Jabez Cole, Ephraim Cole, Isaac Partridge, Samuel Weston, (2 rts.), Samuel Delano, ye 3d's heirs, Ebenr. Fish, Caleb Samson, David Samson, James Thomas, Samuel West, Palitiah West, Henry Clark, (dec'd),* John Weston's heirs, Joseph Boney's heirs, Josiah Wormal, Jr.'s heirs, Edward Arnold, Esq., (4 rts.), James Arnold, Benj. Prior, Jr., Geo. Partridge, Ebenr. Bartlit, Joseph Bartlit, Joseph Stoclvbridge, Lt. Francis Barker,* Josiah ]5arker's heirs, Elisha Barker's heirs, John Boney's heirs, Timothy Rogers' heirs, Timothy Stetson, Morris and Jacob Tubbs, for Joseph Tubbs' right, Joseph Rogers,* John Bnshop, James 'Bishop,* Nehemiah Randall, Thomas Lambert, Jr.'s heirs, Samued Jacobs for ?_• ■. Saml. Barker's ^"»"^' Note. Those marked [*] to be J Hudson Bishop, Isaac Oldham, Jolin Russell, John Mackverland, Josiah Kein's heirs, Isaac Kein for Josiah Kein, Jr.'s heirs Matthew Kein's heirs, Benj. Kein's heirs, Lambert Dcspar's heirs or assigns, John Saunders's heirs, Francis Rogers' heirs, James Magoon,* Nathl. Chamberland's heirs, William Tubbs, Sen.'s, heirs, Isaac Barker, (2 rts.). That was Abraham Booth's,* Josiah for John Kein's right, Isaac Stetson, Isaac Tul)bs for Tho. Parris' right, Henry Joseling for James Boney, Tho. "Burton for \ Abra. Peirce, Jr., \ Isaac Crooker for Isaac Parris, Thomas Peirce, Aaron Soul, Jr., (3 rts.), Isaac Hatch for Josiah Holmes, David for Elias Magoon, Robert Barker, Jr.,* Beriah for Dr. Thomas Delanoe, Benoni Delanoe, Eph. Norcut & wife and Mercy Curtis for Ebenr. Boney, Eben. Wormal's heirs, Benj. Brewster, Benj. Bartlett, Jr.'s heirs." read " the proprietors of the farm of — ." MILLS, DAMS, ETC. 43 ferior Court at Plymonth in May. This action was continued, tliougli not completed by Mr. Soule, until April 20tli, 1752, when the proprietors transferred the power granted him to Messrs. John Sampson and Briggs Alden. The decision of the Court was not however in their favor; but recovered damages from them for the town in the sum of £1. 9. 6. On account of the refusal of the proprietors to remunerate Mr. Soule for his trouble in the prosecution of the above named case, another action was commenced against them at the Plymoutii Court ; whereupon the Proprietors met and chose an agent to meet the said Soule at Court. MILLS, DAMS, ETC. Grist Mill. 1639 : Previous to this date, the town's people had been obliged to procure their grist from Plymouth, which was very inconvenient, and now began to be much in want of one of their own. Having foimd two individuals, Thomas Hilie?- and George Pollard, who would agree to erect it and sustain it on the following conditions, the town also agreed to be bound to the contract on their part, for securing to them certain privileges. At a meeting of the town, Nov. 7th, Ililier and Pollard agreed " at their owne pper cost and charges to build, frame and set up one sufficient water milne to grind corne on both English and Indian, within the terrae of one whole yeare next after the date hereof. As also Stampers to beate Indian corne at, as speedy ly as possibly they cann, and to build the said milne and Stampers upon a certaine brooke comonly called or knowne by tiie name of Stony Brooke." (This brook was afterwards called Mill brook.) The town then agreed : — I. To allow no other mill to be erected in the town, initil they shall not be able to supply the town's wants. II. To exert their influence in procuring for them the com- mons, next north of the brook. II. To allow them £0 pounds to purchase the adjoining lands of John Irish and Henry Wallis. IV. To grant them other lands, and to permit them to charge a "pottle of corne for grinding every bushell," and to allow them to hold it, themselves and their heirs, forever. This was signed by VV^illiam Collier, Jonathan Brewster, 44 MILLS. Christopher Wadsworth and Myles Staiidish in behalf of tiie town. 1040 : They petitioned the Colony Court for liberty to place a mill here, &c., whereupon Mr. Collier, Capt. Standish, Mr. Alden, Mr. Brown, Mr. Winslow and Jonathan Brewster were appointed " to take view of the water course, that should be turned to the milne and make report of it, how p'Judiciall it may bee." The above committee soon after reported, " that the same will not be any way prejudiciall to any man ;" and then the Court granted unto said Hilier and Pollard, that they "shall have liberty to turne that part of the said streame so viewed into the said milne." At a later period the mill came into the hands of Constant Southworth. In 1746 John South- worth owned it, when he shared it with Dr. Harlow, George Partridge and Joshua Delano. 17G7. Liberty was given to Joseph Drew to build a grist mill on Bluefish river. Saw Mills. 1701 : " Capt. Seth Arnold with some other partner or partners, whom he may take into partnership with him, having an intention to build a Saw-mill on Green's har- bour brook, y^ said Town did by vote, give free liberty to y® inhabitants of y^ said town of Duxborough to cutt and carry off any timber from y*^ comons of y^ said town to y^ said saw mill, to keep y® said mill in Imployment." The only saw mill in the colony for forty years after the settlement at Plymouth, was within the present limits of Pem- broke, then Duxbury. 1742. Reuben Peterson owned a saw-mill on Phillip's brook ; but the stream being small, he made an agreement (1770, Nov. 23) with Consider Simmons, so that, for 12^. yearly, he might have the stream of the Black-Frier-brook by a ditch, where it runs through the said Simmons' land. Dams. 1693, Maij 10 : Liberty was given to Robert Bar- ker to build a dam on Pudding brook at the Beaver dam. 1702, June 15. Town gave liberty to Ensign Saml. Sea- bury to make a dam " upon Island creek pond brook, provided that he leaves a sufficient and free passage for y^ herrings up and down, and also makes a sufficient cartway over y^ said brook." 45 BOUNTIES, FINES, ETC. '1655 : A bounty was early offered by the Colony Court for every wolf and other wild animal, that should be killed ; and in the records frequent mention is made of various wolf-traps belonging to the settlers ;* and a report of the number of wolves killed was generally made to the Court. This year there was reported one wolf which was killed in Duxbury by an Indian. 1061 : The Court ordered that there should be given to every Indian, who should kill a wolf, one half a pound of powder and two pounds of shot or lead. These animals were sometimes killed near the thickest set- tled parts of the town, though they generally frequented the woods in the western part in the greatest numbers; audit was not without some difhculty that one of them could be slain ; yet they were not unfrcquently taken in traps. In 1686, in the town's book of expenses, we find this, — " For a wolfe to an Indian, 7s. Oof.," and many other records of a similar character. 1693 : May 10. Ordered by the town that " every house- holder shall kill one crow and six blackbirhds, or twelve black- birds. Such as kill no crow, between May 1 and July 1 must pay 1.5. for Town's nse." 1731, March 1 : " Voted that there should be payd out of y« s^ Town's Treasury Twenty Shillings for every wild cat, that may be killed within this town, by any of y^ inhabitants thereof, to y^ persons that may kill them, viz.. Twenty Shil- lings above what is allowed for killing wild cats of y*' province Treasury." 1737, Marrli 14 : The Town ordered that to any person, who shoidd kill a crow, six pence should be given ; and for a crow-bill black bird three pence ; and for a bluebird, •' of that kind, which usually destroys Indian corn," three pence. 1758. Herrmg FisJung. The Town voted " that no her- rings shall be caught upon Saturday or the Sabbath day dur- ing the present year ; nor between sunset and sunrise on other days," and Joseph Russell was appointed to see it obeyed. 1770, March. Town voted that herrings may be caught on Saturdays and Mondays between sunrise and sunset. * Collier's " vvoolflrap " is mentioned as early as 1G38 ; also Dingley's and others. 46 ORDINARIES.— COLLIER, SOUTHWORTH, ORDINARIES. These puritan taverns could not be kept, according to law, without a license by an express order of the Court. And it has been said, that it was only to the grave and sober that this license was given, and upon them it was enjoined that perfect quiet should be required in their apartments, and that care should be taken that none " drink over much." The rigid justice of the magistrates did not overlook the slightest deviations from propriety, and the records of their proceedings bear ample testimony to the efficiency of their own labors, and those of their not less scrupulous constituents. None escaped the searchings of their suspicious eyes, and both the high and low, on their complaint, were forced to receive jus- tice by the law, and have their names recorded, to be handed to posterity as memorials, perhaps, of their own folly, in that they behaved themselves "in a beastly manner," and acted " unseemly in the sight of God." Nor can the searching eyes into musty rolls of the present day complain of this, as regards their own desires, for many, and worthies too, but for their trifling imprudences, have not a record of their being, save in the chronicle of crimes. That men of the highest respectabil- ity were selected to retail the " strong water " was certainly the case ; for we find that in 1600, Mr. Collier, who Avas eminently distinguished in the public alfairs of the colony, was licensed to sell the beverage to his neighbors in Duxbury ; and it can be justly considered that one, who is well known to have been one of the wealthiest among them, would not have selected this as a means of gain, but rather at the in- stance of the magistrates, who well knew him to be a sober and discreet man, and one who would not be likely to suffer any transgression of their laws. Constant Southwoj-th, who is likewise known to have been a man of the highest respecta- bility, and one of the Deputies, was permitted, in 1648, to sell wine in Duxbury. However, the Jirst Ordinary in the town was kept by Fran- cis Spragve, who, though he may have manifested an ardent temperament on some occasions, * yet it must be presumed he * He had been previously fined to the amount of jC20 for killing a mare of Thomas Ilatherly on some provocation, and had recently been arraigned for beatinjT Wm. Holloway, a servant of William Basset. We also find him a transgressor of that law, which the Colonists saw fit to enact for the more perfect security of their lives, that none should sell fire-arms to the Indians. Such Indians, however, as the magistrates knew to be well-disposed and sober, were permitted, by the express order of the Court, to purchase arms for themselves. SPRAGUE, AND SEABURY. 47 was of the sober class. His license was granted, Oct. 1, 1638, '' to keepe a victualling on Diixbiirrow side," and was recall- ed by the Court in 1G66, though for what reason is not stated. In the discharge of his duty, he did not always act in that strict conformity and exactness to the notions of the rulers, which would have removed his name from connections which, at this distant day, seem rather disreputable. He appears to have been somewhat independent in his feelings, and not en- tirely free from those charges, which in nowise became his situation ; and in the same year that he received his license, he was fined to the amount of 40 shillings, for — what it was incumbent on him to admonish — '■' drinking overmuch." His license was once withdrawn for a short time in 1639; yet continuing "draweing and retayleing wine contrary to the expresse order of the Court," he was lined, and in 1641 was prohibited " to dray any wyne or strong water imtill the next gen[er]all [Court], without speciall lycence." The latter part of his life, however, is marked by none of those misdeeds which we find in his earlier days. He was succeeded by his son, John Spragve. who was licensed in October, 1669. He partook somewhat of the character of his father, and contin- ued as keeper of the ordinary until liis death, in 1676. In 167J , the Court passed a law " for the prevention of great abuse by the excessive drinking of Liquors in ordinaryes," wherein it was required that every keeper should make, to the Court, a report of those, who " doe not attend order, but carry themselves uncivilily, by being importimately desiious of drink, when deneyed, and do not leave the house when re- quired." Any disregard of this order would impose on the keeper a fine of £.5. Mr. Samuel Seabury and Francis West were also appointed by the Court " to have inspection of the ordinaries and other suspected places" in Duxbury. This Court also settled the price of rum to be five shillings per gal- lon, or at retail two pence per gill. The next license was granted to Mr. Seahvry^ in 1678, " to sell liquors unto such sober minded naighbours, as hee shall thinke meet, soe as hee sell not lesse then the quantie of a gallon att a time to one p''son, and not in smaller quantities by retaile to the occationiuff of drunkenes." 48 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF FIRST SETTLERS. The first settlers of Duxbury were, many of them, of the highest respectabiUty, and in the colony affairs took prominent and active parts. Of the twenty subscribers to the civil com- pact, signed in the cabin of the Mayflower, November, 1620, who survived the fatal first winter, these became at some future time inhabitants of Duxbury, — Elder Brewster, Capt. Standish, Mr. Alden, Mr. Howla'nd, Francis Eaton, Peter Brown and George Soule. Most of these were men of high repute among the Pilgrims, and often elevated to the highest offices among them, and in their number appear the names, which we find, with so much honor to themselves, recorded in their civil and ecclesiastical history, and imprinted on their mil- itary annals with imperishable fame. The name of Brewster is a token of their purity and religion; and that of Standish a memento of their persevering endurance, their heroism, and their fortitude; while the names of Alden and of Rowland have come down to us, as fit memorials of that never-varying justice which has so nobly characterized the lives of their rulers. Brewster was the very soul of the colony. Striving with the holy design of meliorating the condition of his fellow-men, he voluntarily left the enticing allurements of a life at court, and preferred the enjoyment, with the people of God, of those dearest liberties — the freedom of conscience and the pure worsliip of their God in peace — even tliougli in a wilderness it might be, to the magnificence and splendor of palaces, and the presence of their haughty inmates. The accompanying cut is a fac-simile of the Elder's auto- graph, written somewhat late in life; and the original is be- lieved to be the only signature of his to be found. mtLlyM %r Standish affords ns not only an instance of the nen^e of the Pilgrims, but a type of their hearts. It is not only his indom- itable spirit and unceasing exertions in the performance of every hazardous duty which was committed to him, but also his openness of heart, his frankness, and sincerity of purpose, which has gained for him that respect from posterity, which is due to the memory of one, whose life was spent in the service CAPT. STANDTSH. 49 of those, who to him owed mnch for then' existence, and for whose security he encountered all the hardships and dangers of a then unexplored region, faced in open conllict, or in the deadly ambush, the cruel attacks of the uncivilized savages, and forced them to a submission to laws of justice and neces- sity. Nor in the council were his services of scarce less im- portance ; remaining in the office of an assistant, during the whole of his life, and treasurer of the Colony from 1644 to 1649, and once sent to England as their agent. A friend of the Indians in peace, but in war his very name was a terror; not on account of a wanton cruelty, for none have ever attempt- ed to ascribe to him more than a perfect fulfilment of the com- mands which were given him. His profession was that of a soldier, which he had chosen not merely from inclination, but " being heir apparent to a large estate of lands and livings, surreptitiously detained from him," he was early forced to seek employment for a livelihood. Though of a small stature, "he had an active genius, a sanguine temper and a strong constitution ;" and entering into the service of Queen Eliza- beth, in aid of the Dutch, he soon proceeded to the Nether- lands, the seat of tlie war, where, on the establishment of peace, he settled, and soon after joined the English refugees at Leyden. On their embarkation for America, he joined the first company, and soon after their arrival was chosen to the command of the first party sent on shore for discovery, con- sisting of sixteen men, and soon elected to the chief military command, an office of much responsibility. His courage was indisputable. In all his expeditions he wanted but a few men, and the choice of these he claimed for himself. He was always their leader in every hazardous undertaking, and the people, confiding in his bravery and prudence, were ever ready to place themselves under his command, and in the most try- ing conflicts felt themselves secure. His actions show a for- bearance rarely met with in one of his profession : but in the time of decisive action, his courage and perseverance were equal to the boldest resolutions, ever formed upon the impulse of the mind. Perhaps on some occasions he may have shown some slight degree of passion ; but then, says Hubbard, seem- ingly in his defence, " he had been bred a soldier in the Low Countries, and never entered into the school of Christ, or of John the Baptist ; or if ever he was there, he had forgotten the first lessons, to offer violence to no man, and to part with the cloak rather than needlessly contend for the coat, though taken away without order. A little chimney is soon fired ; so was the Plymouth captam, a man of very small stature, yet of a very hot and angry temper. The fire of his passion soon kindled, and blown up into a flame by hot words, might easily have consumed all, had it not been seasonably quenched." 7 50 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF The account, thus giveu by Hubbard, has been considered, and rightly too, as grapliic, but flippant and unjust. Nor does Hnbbard himself invariably give the same tone to his subject; but, evidently in a state of less excitement, he calls hiui " a gentleman very expert in military service, by whom the people were all willing to be ordered in those concerns. He was like- wise (he continues) improved to good acceptance and success in affairs of the greatest moment in the colony ; to whose in- terests he continued firm and steadfast to the last, and always managed his trust with great integrity and faithfulness." In 1623, Standish was sent by tlie governor, with orders to break up a plot of the Indians, which, it was learned, had been form- ed to destroy the settlement, and massacre the inhabitants of the English colony at Wessagusset, now Weymouth. On this expedition, the most celebrated one of his life, an(i which is possibly a fair criterion of his character, he chose but eight men, refusing any more. On arriving at the settlement he found the people scattered, and wholly unconscious of their impending danger. Having quickly assembled them, he in- formed them of their situation, not, however, without exciting the suspicions of the Indians. Soon after, an Indian bringing the Captain some furs, he treated him "smoothly;" yet the Indian reported, that he " saw by the Captain's eyes, that he was angry in his heart." And at another time, Pecksuot, an Indian warrior of reputed courage, said to Hobomok, Stand- ish's guide and interpreter, and an inmate of his liousehold, that " he understood that the Captain had come to kill him and the rest of the Indians there ; but tell him (said he) we know it, but fear him not; neither will we shun him, let him begin when he dares ; he shall not take us unawares." And again, a little after, in the presence of Standish, whetting his knife before his face, and boasting of its quality, he said to him — "Though you are a great Captain, yet you are but a little man ; and though I be no sachem, yet I am a man of great strength and courage." On the following day, Pecksuot, Wittovvamat, and his brother, a youth of eighteen, and another Indian, with Standish and about the same lunuber of his own men, being in a room together, the signal was given by the Captain, and the door instantly closed and fastened. Then seizing Pecksuot, he snatched his knife from his belt, while his men fell upon the others. A short struggle ensued, which ended in the death of Pecksuot by Standish, and that of the other Indians, save the youth, whom they afterwards hung. Hobomok, who stood by, a silent spectator of all that passed, then smilingly exclaimed, — '-Yesterday, Pecksuot bragged of his own strength and stature, and told you that though you were a great Captain, yet you were a little man ; but to-day I see you are big enough to lay him on the ground." CAPT. STANDISH. 51 When Robinson, their pastor at Leyden, heard of this en- counter, he wrote to the Church of Plymonth, " to consider tlie disposition of their captain, who was of a warm temper. He hoped that the Lord had sent him among them for good, if they used him right ; but he doubted whether there was not wanting that tenderness of the Hfe of man, made after God's image, which was meet; and he thought it would have been happy if they had converted some before they had killed any." Truly are these words a momuTient to the character of Robin- son, alike honorable and Christianlike. But consider the sit- uation of Slandish. Upon his decisive action at this moment, we cannot but feel that depended much, not merely the pre- servation of the company to whose succor he had come, but the existence, perhaps, of the whole colony. Had they been successful in their designs here, elated by their recent victory, they would have made the settlement of Plymouth the next object for their depredations, and the lives of the whole colo- ny would have fallen victims to their cruel barbarity. This was not distant from the foresight of the Captam. He struck a mighty blow, and by determined action in a time of doubt, dispelled the fears of his followers and sent terror upon the enemy. His action needs no apology. He acted but the part of a brave defender of his country, who feels that upon his own vigorous exertions the defence of the people depends. And, says his biographer, men of his profession will admire his courage, his promptitude and decision in the execution of liis orders. No one has ever charged him either with failures in point of obedience, or of wantonly exceeding the limits of his commission. He is called by Prince, one of those heroes of antiquity " who chose to sutler afHiction with the people of God; who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought right- eousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, waxed valiant in fight, and turned to flight the armies of the aliens." The following cut is a copy of the signature of the Captain, which is written in rather a bolder style than he generally subscribed himself He settled in Duxbury about 1631, in the southeastern part of the town, on the peninsula, from which arises the hill 62 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF known to this day as the Captain's hill. Brewster was also a settler on this neck, and in the neighborhood of the Captain, whose house was situated to the southeast of the hill, on a knoll, near the shore. The sea, it is said traditionally, once flowed between this and Captain's hill, thus forming a neck, at the extremity of which was situated his house, which stood probably about thirty rods from the bank, although now it is not more than as many yards. The bank here has been con- tinually washing away, and since the beginning of the present century, thirty feet are known to have gone. And within the same period, there have been seen, about sixty feet from the present bank, two stumps of trees, each larger than a barrel. To tlie south of the house, where is now a salt flat, not many years ago were to be seen four acres of good corn, and was originally covered with a srowth of hickory. This is the fact as given to me by Mr. Kent, who received it from Ezekiel Sonle, Esq., who was informed of it by Mr. Ebenezer Bart- lett, who died in 17S1, aged 87 years, and who related it from his own experience. There is but little doubt, that at the time of the settlement of .Standish here, this whole peninsula, or nearly the whole of it, was one thick forest. Until a few years ago, there were standing in another part of the neck, five large sized and aged white-vv^ood trees, which bore the appellation of " the Brewster trees," and situated near the Nook point. Primeval forest trees were also standing at other places until of late years. The point called " Eagle's Nest," without doubt took its name from circumstances which the name indicates, as the trees, a few years ago standing here, continued to be a favorite place of these birds. The surface of the land in this vicinity is probably now two or more feet higher than it was two centuries ago, owing to the vast drifts of sand which have been here formed. Standish probably built his house about the time of his first coming to Duxbury, or about the year 1632. It was occupied by him until his death in 1656. His son Alexander then suc- ceeded to the estate, who it is said built an addition to it, in which he kept a store; and in corroboration of this tradition, it may not be known, that leaden weights have been found in the remains of this part of the building. A few years ago, when discoveries were first made here by Mr. Kent, the found- ation stones were nearly in their original positions. The ce- ment employed was evidently ground clam-shells, and the roof was thatched. The outline of the house is now hardly distinguishable. We have a tradition that it was burned down — and this is substantiated by the evident traces of fire still to be seen — but at what time is not precisely known. CAPT. STANDISH. 53 though it lias been supposed about the year 1GG5. About twenty or more years ago Mr. Kent, then pastor of the church in the towu, first opened the ground about the site. The first substance discovered was a quantity of barley, perfect!}' char- red, and apparently mwrapped in a blanket. I'his was found in the east corner of the site, which was thought to i)e a small cellar. At the chimney in the new part were found the ashes, as perfectly fresh as though the fire had but just been extinguished, and here also was found a portion of an andiron, an iron pot, and other articles. In other parts of the ground there were discovered a buccaneer gun-lock, a sickle, a ham- mer, a whetstone, a large liinge, a scythe-wedge, portions of stone jugs and other pieces of earthen ware; large quantities of glass, and some beads, some of which show the appearance of the action of great heat ; several buckles, and among others a sword-buckle; a brass kettle, a pair of scissors, a small glass phial, chisels and files, parts of pipes, and other articles of household use. There were also found a deer's horn, and a tomahawk of fine workmanship, possibly the veritable instru- ment of Hobomok. Here 1 may observe, that numerous im- plements of Indian manufacture have been ploughed up in various parts of the town, such as stone axes, tomahawks, arrow heads and gouges, generally all of perfect form.* Some few rods to the sonthwestward of the house, in a hol- low towards the shore, is situated ^/af/dish's Spring: It has probably never been disturbed since the hero himself, more than two hundred years ago, first laid the stones around. Its water is clear and is with a white sandy bottom, and has never been known to have been dry. No stone marks the resting-place of his ashes, and we must seek in vain the place where reposes what was mortal of the immortal Standish. He was probably, however, buried on his farm, or perhaps in the old burying-ground in that vicinity at Harden hill. He thus alludes to his burial in his will : — " ]\ly will is. that out of my whole estate my fmieral charges to be taken out, and my body to be hurried in a decent man- nar, and if I die in Duxburrow. my body to be layed as neare as conveniently may be to my two deare daughters, Lora Standish, my daughter, and Mary Standish, my daughter-in- law." There are, a short distance easterly from the site, two stones of considerable size, which are about six feet apart, and were thought to mark, perchance, the grave of some one of the * Many of these curiosities are in the cahinet of the Rev. Benjamin Kent, whose museum, at the close of his labors in Duxbury, contained upwards of four thonsand specimens, collected by many years assiduous attention to the subject. 54 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF family. A few years ago investigations were made, but with- out affording any foundation for the supposition.* Tlie hmdcd possessions of Standish were extensive, and his estate at his death, for the times was considerably large, amounting to £358 75. His house and farm were valued at £140. Here are given some of the items of the inventory, chiefly for the purpose of showing the condition of the first settlers generally, as regards their domestic and household possessions. Two mares, two colts, one young horse, u'ith equipments, two saddles, one pillion and one bridle. Four oxen, six cows, three heifers, one calf, eight sheep, two rams, one wether, and fourteen swine. Three muskets, four car- bines, two small guns, one fowHng piece, a sword, f a cutlass and three belts. His furniture : four bedsteads, one settle bed, five feather beds, three bolsters, three pillows, two blankets, one coverlid, four pair of sheets, one pair of fine sheets, and four napkins. One table and table-cloth, another table, one form chair, one common chair and four rugs. Four iron pots, three brass kettles, a frying-pan, a skillet, a kneadiug-trougli, two pails, two trays, one dozen trenchers or wooden plates, * Their peculiar shape, though evidently in their rough state, and the fact that their position to each other was exactly east and vest, induced some persons to dig between them, in hopes of making a discovery. Exca- vations were accordingly made to the depth of eight feet, without, however, any success. In a biographical sketch of the Author, appended to Captain Samuel Delano's Voyages, and written in 1817, it is stated, in speaking of Capt. Standish, " Here he died ; and some aged people in the close of the last century pointed out the spot where he was buried." An antiquarian friend, whose researches in Duxbury commenced about ten years after the writing of the above sketch, and who, as he has inform- ed me, in his conversations with the Octogenarians of that day, always es- pecially inquired relative to the burial-places of the first Pilgrims, tells me, that he could neither find the slightest confirmation of the statement above, in the language of those who were, at the time specified in the account living in their prime ; nor moreover in the testimonies of such aged persons as also had manifested in their early days a desire to be informed by their elders on the same point, was there anything in its nature that could in the least degree substantiate the belief. As to the credit, which that sketch is entitled to in this respect, we can- not, of course, judge, as it is indefinitely chargeable to " A Friend of Capt. Delano." f His identical sword is said to be in the cabinet of the Pilgrim Soci- ety. His coat of mail has been seen by a descendant now living, but at that time was in sucli a slate of decomposition as to crumble into pieces at the touch. He left a library, valued at jClO 195., and among the volumes were " Cesers Comentarys " and " Barifte's Artillery," and several histo- ries. There is, in the possession of the Massachusetts Historical Society, another sword, which is also said to have belonged to Standish ; but the history of the one at Plymouth is said to be established, without a doubt. It was in the possession of his son, Capt. Josiah Standish. See Miss Caul- kin's History of Norwich. JOHN ALDEN. 55 one bowl and a clinrn. Two spinning-wheels, one pair steel- yards, a warming-pan, three beer casks and a malt mill ; and personal apparel to the valne of £J0. Regarding his landed property in England, for the recovery of which, measures have been taken during the last few years, but which was never enjoyed by Standish himself, we find the following clause in his will : " I give unto my son and lieir apparent, Alexander Standish, all my lands as heir appa- rent by lawful descent in Ormistick Bouscohge, Wrightington Maudsley Newburrow Cranston and in the isle of Man, and given to mee as right heire by lawful descent, but surrepti- tiously detained from nice my great grandfather being a second or younger brother from the house of Standish of Standish." Alden. As he was the youngest* of the Pilgrims, who engaged in tlieir government, so did he attain the greatest age, surpassing the allotted length of life on earth, and sustaining to tlie last that high rank in the councils of the colony, to which he was repeatedly elevated. While yet very young, he fearlessly joined the followers of Clifton and Robinson, and voluntarily gave himself up to the persecutions and trials of a dissenting church. Sufiering in common with his companions the edicts of the Star-chamber, he accompanied them on their pilgrimage to Amsterdam and Leyden, and afterwards formed one of the first company who, arriving on the bleak and inhospitable shores of New England in the dead of winter, laid the foundation of a future republic. On the landing of the company from the shallop, December 21st, 1620, it is said traditionally, that there was a rivalship between Mr. Alden and a lady,t as to the first landing on New England ground. "No investigation," says Dr. Thacher, '•can now decide the claim, be it more or less important to those concerned. The name of John Alden does not occur in the list of those who landed from the sliallop on the 11th of December [O. S.j, and it is not supposable that a lady would subject herself to such hazard and inconvenience; besides, such an exploit in a female must have been considered as de- * The ages of the principal men of the colony, only, are known. On their arrival in 16"20, Carver was probably the oldest ; }3rewster was 5() ; Standish 36 ; Bradford 32; Allerton 31 ; Rowland 28; Winslow 20, and Alden 21. Robinson, the Leyden pastor, was at this time 45 years of age. f This was Mary Chilton. Among those who came in the Mayflower, were James Cliilton (who died Dec. 8, 1621), his wife (who also died dor- ing the first winter), and a daughter Mary. She married John Winslow before 1027, and removed to Boston in 1657, where siie died in 1679. His daughter Susannah married Robert Latham, and had two children, James and Chilton, and their descendants are in Bridgevvater, and tiioseofMr. Winslow are in Boston. The tradition is in both families. [S. Davis, Esq. 4 50 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF serving particular record at the time. Tiie tradition, which renders the fact questionable, must have reference to the boats which landed the families after the Mayflower arrived in Ply- mouth harbor. Tlie point of precedence must, however, re- main imdecided, since the closest investigation discloses no authority for the tradition, nor a shadow of evidence in favor of any individual, as being the lirst who landed." \V"e are disposed, however, (says Mr. Davis,) to generalize the anecdote. The first generation doubtless knew who came on shore in the first boats ; the second generation related it with less identity; the third and fourth with still less: like the stone thrown into the calm lake, the circles, well defined at first, become fainter as they recede. For the purposes of the arts, however, a female figure, typical of faith, hope and charity, is well adapted." The case, of however great inter- est to their descendants of the present day may be its deci- sion, is nevertheless doomed to an everlasting uncertainty; and on this account, says Judge Davis, it is not only grateful, but allowable to indulge the imagination, and we expect from the friends of John Aldcn, that they should give place to the lady. In the division of the company (Dec. 2S, 1G20,) into nine- teen families, Mr. Alden was assigned a place in tlie family of Captain Standish, and of his fanuly contjnued a member until his marriage, which occurred in the early part of 1621. The circumstances connected with it are doubtless well known to my readers, yet still it would be hardly allowable to omit them here. Thus runs the tradition: — "in a very short time after the decease of Mrs. Standish, the Captain was led to suppose, that, if he could procure the hand of the lovely Miss Mullins, the breach in his family would be happily re- stored. This lady was the daughter of Mr. William Mullins, one of the first comers, and a worthy man. Captain Standish, therefore, according to the manner of his times, sent to ask of the father permission to visit his daughter.* The person chosen by the Captain to perform this delicate embassy, was Mr. xVlden, then an inmate of his famUy, and who, though a Pilgrim, was young and comely. He went, and faithfully communicated the wishes of the Captain. The old gentleman did not object, as he might have done on account of the recen- cy of the Captain's bereavement : but readUy gave his consent, stating, however, that the young lady must first be consulted. * Tfiis was laid down at a later period, as one of the laws of the colony, when it was ordered, that if any man nitike a motion of marriage to anotiier man's daughter or maid, without first ohtainino leave of her parents or mas- ter, he shall he punished by fine, not exceedin": live pounds, or corporal punishment, or both, at the discretion of the bench, according to the nature of the offence. Col. Rec. JOHN ALDEN. 57 The damsel having been called into the apartment, Mr. Alden, who is said to have been of a most excellent form, and of a fair and ruddy complexion, arose, and, in a courteous and prepossessing manner, delivered his errand. The young lady listened with respectful attention, and at last, after considera- ble pause, fixing her eyes on him, replied with perfect naivete, '' Prithee, John, why do you not speak for yourself?" He blushed, and bowed, and took his leave, but with a look which indicated more than his diffidence would permit him otherwise to express. Suffice it to say, however, that he soon renewed his visit, and it was not long before their nuptials were cele- brated in ample form.* What report he made to his constitu- ent after the first interview, tradition does not unfold. It is said that the Captain never forgave his friend Alden to the day of his death. But as he was soon after united to an- other lady of his choice, we must think that this account of his lasting jealousy is exaggerated. Their long connection in tlie administration of the government, tlie intermarriage of their children, and their close commimion in the same church, serve to convince us that none other than perfect friendship existed between them ; and we are much more inclined to think, that the good humor of the Captain turned upon that circumstance not unfrequently with feelings far otherwise, and that congratulations for his success were extended to his more comely rival. In 1626 he engaged with Standish, Brewster, Rowland and others of the principal men of the colony, to pay their debts, contracted in England, and otherwise to prevent the ruin of the colony by want of credit ; and during the following year bargained with the people for a consignment of the trade to them, promising to free them from the payment of the colo- ny's debts. In 1631 he removed to Duxbury, and settled on the land which had been granted him on the south side of Bhie-fish river. He built his house on a rise of land, near Eagle-tree pond,t and the site is still identified to the eastward of the present build- ing, near the dike; and here was his well, which long since having been filled up, it is now with difficulty that its precise * On prnceedinp: to the nuptials, it is said that he covered his bull with a handsome piece of broadcloth, and rode on his back; but on the return he seated his bride upon the animal, and walked by her side, leading tlie bull by a rope fixed in his nose ring. f The several oak trees in the region of this pond were formerly a favor- ite resorting place for eagles, and even to the present day occasionally one is there seen. Mr. Alden, it is said, planted the first orchard. The pear tree, lately standing in full vigor, was probably planted by the pilgrim, though perhaps by Jonathan, his son, and was considered a very old tree ninety years ago. 8 -m BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF situation is found. The second house stood a Htlle further to the westward : and the present house, which was erected by his grandson, Col. John Alden, stands still further towards the west, which is now occupied by a descendant of the sixth generation. The farm, which has been in the possession of the family from the first settlement, is one of the best in the town. The original grant to Mr. Alden contained over 169 acres. In 1633, he was chosen a member of the Board of Assist- ants to the Governor, and of this body he continued, with few interruptions, to the time of his death. In 1640, however, and for the ten succeeding years, he was not of that number, being most of that time a deputy from Duxbury. In 1666, he was the first on the Board of Assistants; and through the re- mainder of his life he continued of that rank, and was frequently styled the Deputy Governor, and on him devolved the duty of presiding in the absence of the Governor, and on these occa- sions he ruled with dignity and perseverance. Holding ofiices of the highest trust, no important measure was proposed, or any responsible agency ordered, in which he had not a part. He was often one of the council of war, many times an arbi- trator ; a surveyor of lands for the government as well as for individuals, and on several important occasions was authorized to act as agent or attorney for the colony. He was chosen teasurcr in 16.36, and held that oflice for three successive years. In these times of our ancestors, the honors of a public trust were not so alluring, as their duties and expenses were formi- dable, and it was perhaps on account of a reluctance of the worthies to accept these public appointments, that the Court was led to pass, at a somewhat earlier period, the following acts : — " January, 1627. It was enacted by the public con- sent of the freemen of this society of New Plymouth, that if now or hereafter any were elected to the oflice of Governor, and would not stand to the election, nor hold and execute the olfice for his year, that then he be amerced in twenty pounds sterling fine; and incase refused to be paid on lawful demand of the ensuing Governor, then to be levied out of the goods and chattels of the said person refusing. It was further or- dered and decreed, that if any were elected to the oflice of Council and refuse to hold the place, that then he be amerc- ed in ten pounds sterling fine ; and in case refused to be paid, to be forthwith levied. Also, that in case one and the same person should be elected Governor a second year, having held the place the foregoing, it should be lawful for him to refuse, without any amercement, and the company to proceed to a new election, except they can prevail with him by entreaty." The salary of the magistrates was in the bcginiung very Iri- JOHN ALDEN. 59 fling, and it was not until a late period that any considerable recompense was allowed them. In 1665, it was ordered, that the old magistrates shonld receive £20 for their services per annum, and the charge of their table be defrayed, and those newly elected to have the charge of their table only ; but in 1667, all the Assistants were allowed £50 per annum. Mr. Alden's constant employment in the government, little time being aflbrded him for attending to his own private affairs, so reduced his estate, that it came under the notice of the Court, who were conscious of his valuable services, and well knew their loss, should he be obliged to resign his labors ; and took immediate action, as appears by the following record : " In regard that Mr. Alden is low in his estate, and occationed to spend time att the Courts on the Contreyes occations, and soe hath done this many yeares; the Court have alowed him a small gratuity the sume of ten pounds to bee payed by the treasurer." — Col. Records. He was possessed of a sound judgment, and of talents, Avhich though not brilliant, were by no means ordinary and disputa- ble. The writers who mention him, bear ample testimony to his industry, integrity and exemplary piety, and he has been represented as a worthy and useful man, of great humility, and eminent for the sanctity of his life. He was decided, ardent, resolute and persevering, indifferent to danger, a bold and hardy man ; stern and austere and unyielding, of exemplary piety and of incorruptible integrity, an iron-nerved puritan, who could hew down forests and live on crumbs. He was a puritan^ both in theory and practice ; and a pro- fessed disciple of .Tesus Christ, he lived in accordance with his profession. He was a meek, humble, sincere, pious and faith- ful follower of the blessed Redeemer, and his end was peace and triumph. The object which in his youthful days he anx- iously sought, was fully attained. He came to the howling wilds of America, to enjoy the sweets of religion, pure and undefiled. Like the saints of old, he was willing to endure hardships with the people of God, while he might be instru- mental in extending the kingdom of Immanuel, and looking to a better and an eternal state of existence for the reward of grace. He was unmolested in the exercise of the rights of conscience and in the worship of the Most High. In addition to his spiritual blessings, he was crowned with that compe- tence, which is vital to content, with an uncommon length of days, and with a goodly number of children, all of whom de- lighted in the ordinances of God, and finally left that good name in the world, which is better than precious ointment. He was always a firm supporter of the clergy and the church, and eveything of an innovating nature received his determined opposition. 6i. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF Though in his earlier days he was possessed of an abundant property, and held a high place among the first settlers in that respect, yet at his death he only left an estate of about £50 sterling. He at one time owned land on the North river in Bridge water, which he afterwards gave to his son Joseph. He also had land at Taunton. His farm in Duxbury he gave to his son Jonatlian before he died. In 1637, he had an addi- tion made to his farm, of a small hill or knoll on the northerly side of the river Blue-fish, " in lue of a pcell of land taken from him (next unto Samuel Nashes land) for publicke use." Old Col. Rec. In 1657, the Court ordered him to look out and obtain land for his sons, and present it to them for their approval. In 1659, he had a grant of some of the commons in Duxbury. In 1661, he purchased a neck of land at Monu- met. In the latter part of his life he divided his property among his children, and lived with his son Jonathan. He died at Duxbury, September 12, 1686, at the advanced age of 87 years. He was, at the time of his death, the last surviving signer* of that original compact of government, signed in the cabin of the Mayflower, at Cape Cod, November, 1620 — the last of the first exiled pilgrims. In his last sick- ness he was patient and resigned, fully believing that Cod, who had imparted to him the love of excellence, would perfect the work which he had begun, and would render him com- pletely holy in heaven. — Alden^s Epitaphs, Allen's Biogra- phy. Prince's Chronology^ Belknap's and Bradford's Biog. The following Elegy, supposed to have been written by the Rev. John Cotton, of Plymouth, though it has before appeared, is still deserving of a record here, not on account of any merit of the style, but for its pure and liealthy tone. " The staff of bread, and water eke the stay, From sinning Judah God will take away The prudent counsellor, the honorable, Whom grace and holiness make delectable, The Judge, the prophet, and the ancient saint ; The death of such cause sorrowful complaint. The earth and its inhabitants do fall, The aged saint bears up its pillars all. The hoary head in way of righteousness A crown of glory is. Who can express Th' abundant blessings by disciples old ! . In every deed they 're more than can be told. * The last surviving passenger of the Mayflower, was Mary, daughter of Mr. Isaac Allerton, and wife of Elder Thomas, son of Robert Cushman. She died, aged about 90, in 1699. JOHN ALDEN. 61 The guise 'tis of a wanton generation To wish the aged soon might quit their station. Though truth it be, the Lord, our God, does frown. When aged saints by death do tumble down. What, though there be not such activity, Yet in their prayers there's such fervency, As doth great mercy for a place obtain, And gracious presence of the Lord maintain. Though Nature's strength in old age doth decay, Yet the inward man renew'd his day by day. The very presence of a Saint in years. Who lifts his soul to God with pray'rs and tears, Is a rich blessing unto any place. Who have that mercy to behold his face. When sin is ripe and calls for desolation, God will call home old saints from such a nation. Let sinners then of th' aged weary be, God give me grace to mourn most heartily For death of this dear servant of the Lord, Whose life God did to us so long afford. God lent his life to greater length of days, Li which he lived to his Redeemer's praise. In youthful time he made Moses his choice. His soul obeying great Jehovah's voice, Freely forsook the world for sake of God, In his house with his saints to have abode. He followed God into this wilderness, Thereby to all the world he did profess, Affliction with his Saints a better part, And more delightful to his holy heart, Than sinful pleasures, lasting but a season. Thus said his faith, so saith his carnal reason. He came one of the first into this land, And here was kept by God's most gracious hand Years sixty-seven, which time he did behold. To poor New England's mercies manifold, All God's great works, to this his Israel, From first implanting that to them befell ; Of them he made a serious observation, And could of them present a large narration. His walk was holy, humble and sincere. His heart was filled with Jehovah's fear. He honored God with much integrity, God therefore did him truly magnify. The hearts of saints entirely did him love, His uprightness so highly did approve, 62 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF That whilst to choose they bad their liberty, Within the limits of this Colony, Their civil leader him they ever chose. His faithfulness made hearts with him to close. With all the Governors he did assist ; His name recorded is within the list Of Plymouth's pillars to his dying day. His name is precious to eternal ay. He set his love on God and knew his name, God therefore gives him everlasting fame. So good and heavenly was his conversation, God gave long life, and show'd him his salvation. His work now finished upon this earth. Seeing the death of what he saw the birth, His gracious Lord from Heaven calls him home, And saitb, my servant, now to Heaven come ; Thou hast done good, been faithful unto me, Now shalt thou live in bliss eternally. On dying bed his ails were very great, Yet verily his heart on God was set. He bore his griefs with faith and patience, And did maintain his lively confidence, Saying to some the work which God begun. He would preserve to its perfection. His mouth was full of blessings till his death To ministers and Christians all ; his breath Was very sweet by many a precious word, He uttered from the spirit of* his Lord. He lived in Christ, in Jesus now he sleeps. And his blest soul the Lord in safety keeps. John Alden. ANAGRAM. End al on hi. Death puts an end to all this world enjoys. And frees the saint from all that here annoys. This blessed saint has seen an end of all Worldly perfections. Now his Lord doth call Ilim to ascend from earth to Heaven high. Where he is blest to all eternity. Who walks with God as he, shall so be blest, And evermore in Christ his arms shall rest. Lord, spare thy remnant, do not us forsake. From us do not this holy Spirit take. Thy cause, thy interest in this land still own. Thy gracious presence ay let be our crown. J. JOHN ROWLAND. 63 His bible, in the cabinet of the Pilgrim Society, bears this imprint: ■' Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, printer to the King's most excellent Majesty. Anno Dom. 1620. Cum Priniligio." Tlie text is in the Old English characters. The autograph of Mr. Alden is exceedingly rare, consider- ing his position in the colony, and the number of times he pro- bably must have written his name in official capacities. His style in his younger days was more open and bolder than when he became further advanced in years. The signature here given, is from a deed bearing date 1670, which was acknowledged before him, as one of the Assistants. HowLAND. The descendants of this pilgrim are numerous, and very respectable. He was a member of Governor Car- ver's family, wliose daughter, Elizabeth, he married. He removed to Duxbury at an early date ; but continued in the town for a {%\v^ years only, having had grants of land in that vicinity, a large tract at Island creek pond, and also two small islands at Green's harbor, viz.. Spectacle and Ann islands; and afterwards removed to Plymouth, where the site of his house is identified in Summer street ; and then he next re- moved to Rocky Nook, in Kingston, before 1665, when he petitioned for a way to his house ; and there he died, February 22d, 1672, aged SO years. He was one of the leading men in the colony, and a partaker of their hazardous undertakings, and eminent for his devotions to its interests both in civil and religious matters. He was for many years a deputy from Plymouth, and likewise an Assistant during the greater part of his long and valuable life. In speaking of his death, the Old Colony Records speak of him as "a godly man, and an ancient professor of the ways of Christ; one of the first com- ers, and proved a useful instrument of good in his place, and was the last male survivor of those who came over in the Mayflower in 1620, and whose place of abode was Plymouth." He was honorably interred at Plymouth, where his remains rested for upwards of a century without a stone, until a few years ago a suitable gravestone was placed over them by his descendant in the fifth generation, Hon. John Howland, Presi- dent of the Rhode Island Historical Society. The same may be said in regard to his autograph, as of Mr. Alden's. The following is a copy of the only one, that the author has as yet seen. It was written but a year or 64 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF two previous to his death, and in his old age, which may ac- count for the error in spelling, which will be noticed. The following account of a mishap, which befell him on the voyage hither, is found in a fragment of Gov. Bradford's MS. History, recently discovered [New Eng. Hist. Geneal. Keg. U. 187.] : — " In a mighty storm, John Howland, a Passenger, a stout young man, by a keel of y^ ship was thrown into y^ sea. But it pleased God, He caught hold of y^ Topsail Halliards w^ hung overboard and run out y"" length : yet He kept his hold, tho several Fathoms under water, till He was drawn up by y^ same Rope to y^ surface, & by a Boat Hook & oth"" means got into y^ ship: & tho somew'^ ill upon it liv'd many years n___ George Soule. This ancestor of a numerous ftimily, was one of Governor Winslow's family on their arrival, and early settled near Eel river; but, in 1637, we find that "a garden place is graimted to Gcorg Soule on DucksbiuTOW side by Samuel Nashes to lye to his ground at Powder point," and here he soon settled. Though not a man distinguished in the government of the colony, yet he was of essential service in his town, oftentimes representing it in the Court of Deputies, and holding other ofhces, to which he could not have been elevated, had he not been a man of integrity and probity. The children of all the preceding, with the exception of those of Howland and Brown, remained in the town; and of the others, the name of Eaton has now become extinct in the town, and that of Standish also. Of the twenty-seven heads of families, who arrived in the ship Fortune in 1621, these became at some future time pro- prietors of land in Duxbury: Robert Hicks, Thomas Prence, Moses Simmons, Philip Delano, Edward Burnpus, William Palmer, Jonathan Brewster, Thomas Morton and William Basset. Simmons and Delano became permanent residents in the town ; and here most of their descendants have resided. SIMMONS, DELANO, STARR, SEABURY. (35 Simmons, or Moyses Symonson, as he was called, received a grant of forty acres at Duxbury in 163S-9, where he settled, and from him have sprnng a numerous posterity. Delano. His name was originally spelled Dc-la-Noye, and he is said to have been a French protestant, who joined the church at Leyden. He M'as aged nineteen years on his arri- val ; was admitted a freeman January 1st, 1632, arid early removed to Duxbury, and settled a little north or northwest of Aldeii, on the north side of Stoney or Mill brook, below the site of the late tack factory. His farm was confirmed to him in 1637, extending from the marsh at the farther end of the town on the nortli, to Alden's on the south, and from Bum- pus' land on the west, to the sea at the east, comprising about forty acres. He was a man of much respectability, and em- ployed in surveying lands, and was often one of the grand inquest of the colony. — Vide Geneal. Registers. The earliest physician of the town was, it is believed. Comfort Starr, who came from Ashford, Kent, England, to Cambridge in 1633, and then removed to Duxbury, and bought a house of Jona. Brewster, and received a large grant of 120 acres between the North and South Rivers in 1638, — was admitted a freeman in 1639 ; but finally removed to Bos- ton, where he died January 2, 1659. The autograph below given, is a copy of his signature to his wih. Samuel Seabury, probably the next in the town, came from Boston and settled in Duxbury before 1660, and was a worthy man, and employed in the business of the town for a number of years. He died in 1681, bequeathing " his surjean bookes and instruments" io \\\s sow Samuel, who succeeded him as the physician, and was likewise a prominent man in the town, serving as their treasurer and representative, and also a principal member of the church, and an ensign of the militia. 9 66 COLLIER, CHURCH, BASSET. William Collier. He was one of the merchant adventur- ers in England, and a wealthy merchant, and quite early came to Plymouth, and soon removed to 13nxbnry and settled in the southeastern part, near Standish and Brewster. He also had land west of North hill (granted 1635), and a tract called Bil- lingsgate. He was an enterprising man, and engaged much in business, and during most of his life employed in the gov- ernment of the colony, as Assistant and otherwise. In 1658, " The Court ordered a servant to him, because he can not easily come to public business, being aged and having much private business." He died in 1671 at an advanced age. William Maycumber, a cooper, who appears in Uuxbury as early as 1638, having had that year a grant of an island of three or four acres north of Powder point, was allowed to set- tle, '• if the coinitees of Duxburrow do consent," and in the same year we find liberty granted him " to fetch tymber to make Hoopes of, for vessells for the Colonies nse at Clarks Hand &!Sagaqnash;" and in 1640, he was granted the " wood fitt for coopery growing npon Wood Island, to be used by him so long as he followeth his trade, and forbidding all others to cutt any there, except for the loading of boats and vessells to carry away the hey." Richard Church. This person, a carpenter, was at an early date in Duxbury. We find him at Eel river and Ply- mouth until about 1649, when he appears soon after at East- ham ; and then of Charlestown in 1653, when he bought land in llinghani of Thomas Joye of Boston. [Sutlblk Deeds] whither he removed, and, it is believed, continued during the remainder of his life. His death occurred at Dedhani, Dec. 27th, 1668, though he was buried at Hingham, where his will is dated. — Hist. Bridgewater. Ralph Chapman, a sliip carpenter, was in Duxbury as early as 1640, when he had a grant of four acres at Stoney brook, and also more to the north towards Green harbor. In 1645 he bought a ferry privilege at "^qw Harbor marshes of Robert Barker, and soon after petitioned the Court to excuse him, '• as it would bring him to extreme poverty," which they did, "ex- cept on special occasions, as bringing over tiie magistrates who dwell there." William Basset, or Bassite, a passenger of the second ship, the Fortune, removed to Duxbury before 1639. He had two in his family on his arrival in 1621. In 1640, he received a large grant of 100 acres at Beaver pond, and was a very large land owner. He left at his death a valuable library. He was one of the early deputies of the town, and a man of some note in the colony. PABODIE, PARTRIDGE, SAMPSON. 67 William Pabodie, a man of considerable note in the earlier days of the town, was the son of John Paybody (as his name was spelled). He was much employed in the affairs of the town, and often engaged in the colony g6vernment. He was admitted a freeman of the colony in 1650, and frequently was one of the Court of Deputies from Duxbury ; and sometimes appeared before the same, as an attorney for individuals, as well as for the town. He removed to Little Compton about 1684, where he was selectman and an Associate of the colony. He was also town clerk of Duxbury, and was possessed of considerable landed property. George Partridge. His name is spelled Partrich, Partick, and Patrick. He was one of the most respectable yeomanry of the colony, and came from the county of Kent, England, about 1636, where he was possessed of an estate, which he mentions in his will. In the same year he received a grant at Powder point, and received permission from the Court to settle there, and to build. The next year he was allowed 20 acres at Green harbor path, and in the following year 30 at Island creek, and at the same place, in 1666, a lot of 40 more ; and 50 acres at Mile brook, which he sold to Thomas King. Jr., of Scituate, in 166S. He was not admitted a freeman until 1646, and it is not known what relation he was, if any, to Rev. Ralph Partridge. His will, witnessed by Alexander and Josi- ah Standish, is dated June 26, 1682, and an inventory of his estate (£86 7.) was taken Oct. 10, 1695 ; so that his death was between these dates. His descendants have not been numerous. Henry Sampson. This ancestor of a very numerous and respectable family is said to have come over in the Mayflower, and on their arrival, being quite young, was not a signer of their compact. He was admitted a freeman 1637, and early removed to Duxbury, — had a large family, and was allowed in 1667 to look for land for them. Abrahabi Sampson was of Duxbury in 1640, and lived at Bluetish river ; and admitted a freeman in 1654. He is not known to have been any relation to Henry, though he may have been a brother. His conduct was not always in strict accordance with the sentiments of the magistrates, and on several occasions he incurred their censure. 68 SOUTHWORTH. Constant Southworth, a son of Mrs. South worth, (the daughter of Mr. Carpenter,) who came from England in 1023, and liad two sons. Constant, and Thomas,* and who soon after married Governor Bradford. Constant was admitted a freeman in 1037, and in 1040 received a grant of 5U acres at Nortli river. He was for many years a Deputy from Uuxbu- ry, and often employed more immediately in the government of the colony — having iield, from 1659 to 1078 the office of treasurer, often an Assistant, and acting as Commissary-Gen- eral in Philip's war. He owned land east of North hill, and at Hound's ditch, which he sold to Roger Glass; and in 1057 he bought land at Namasakeeset. It was narrated traditionally by Mr. Edward Southworth, a direct descendant of Constant, and who died in 1S33, aged 80 years, that his house in Duxbnry was burned down by the carelessness of his negro, who unintentionally set it on fire with a candle, when he returned home late in the evening; and " that Mr. Southworth was County Registrar, and all the records were burned therein." But it ha})]:icns that the colony was not divided into counties imtil some years after Mr. South- worth's death. The tradition may perhaps admit of the in- terpretation, that he was the town-clerk of Duxbury ; and, if so, here must have been destroyed the missing records of the town, and the accident would have happened about 1005. This, however, is wholly conjectural, although it may appear to have far greater affinity to the truth than either of the other * " He was a man eminent for the soundness of his mind and the piety of his heart." He early attracted the attention and won the respect of the people, and on the death of Elder Brewster, was selected to succeed hiui in that office ; hut Gov. Bradford, thinking that he would be of greater ser- vice in the civil affairs of the colony, the design was abandoned. An As- sistant as early as 1G52, he continued in that office, with few interruptions, until his death. He was a Commissioner of the United colonies in 1659, and three years after, and in 16G4, (Governor of the colony's territories at Kennebeck. He married his cousin Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. John Rayner of Plymouth ; and their only child, Elizabeth, married Lt. Joseph Howland. He died 8th December, 1609, and his death is thus mentioned in the Colony Records : — " Capt. Thomas Southwortii changed this life for a better, being then about the age of fifty-three years ; who was a magis- trate of tliis jurisdiction, and otherwise a good benefactor to both Church and Comon wealth ; and that which is more than all hath bine named, bee was a very godly man, and soe lived and died full of faith and comfort, being mucli lameuteil by all of all sects and condetions of people within our jurisdiction of New Plymouth." STANDISH, WADSWORTH, 09 Statements. Mr. Southworth, also, was such a man as they would have been most likely to have selected for that office. Alexander Standish, a son of the renowned Captain, was admitted to the tVeedom of the colony in 1(348 ; and was often the town's deputy at Plymouth, and was one of its first clerks. He iniierited the homestead, and also possessed land in the neighborhood of John Alden's, at the Eagle Trees. J^r^^cu^'^ He was the chief heir of his father's estate. In his own will appears the following clause : " Also my will is, that whatso- ever estate either in New England or in Old, which I have committed unto y^ hands of Robert Orchard to recover in England, by letters of attorney from imder my hand and seal, and' Jolm Rogers of I?oston in New England, by a letter of attoney from under my hand and seal, be recovered after my decease, my will is that my wife have her third part, and y« remainder to be divided equally between Thomas Standish, Ichabod Standish, and Desire Standish." He appointed his son Miles, executor of this will, which was dated July 5, 1702, and proved August 10. 1702. His estate amounted to over £G00. Christopher Wadsworth, or, as it is early spelled, " Xxofer Waddeswortli." He was one of the earliest settlers, and the first constable of llie town, an office, at thiit time, to which none but the most faithful and honest were elevated. Also a deputy and selectman ; and a perusal of the records will at once assure us of his worth and respectability, which his de- scendants of every generation have well retained ; and no fam- ily of the town presents a greater array of honored men, — men who have been distinguished in the civil and religious government of their native town, who have held a high rank in the literary institutions of New England, and whose names stand with honor on the muster-rolls of the Revolution. He had land, in 1G38, at Holly swamp; and, in 1(555, bought land of John Starr, as also of Job Cole. He dwelt in the southeastern part of the town, in the same vicinity where his descendants reside at the present day. Edmund Weston. This enterprising ancestor of an enter- prising family, having served an apprenticeship with John Winslow and Nathaniel Tliomas, entered into partnership with John Carew, for planting and farming, in 1639 ; and in 7e$, DWELLINGS, ETC. 1640 had a grant of four acres at Stoney brook, and a tract of land towards Green harbor. His descendants have been nu- merous, and most of them have resided within the town. For notices of others of the settlers, the reader is referred to the Genealogical Register, at the close of this volume. The earliest residents were for the most part respectable, and some of them possessed of considerable property. The following list, containing, in part, the names of those in the colony who were taxed by order of the Court, March, 1033, will show the comparative wealth of some of them. Philip Delano, 18s. Francis Weston, (West?) 15 Christopher Wadsworth, 12 George Sonle, 9 Robert Bartlott, (Ply.) 9 Francis Eaton, 9 Roger Chandler, 9 Samuel Nash, 9 Moses Symons, 9 Henry Rowland, 9 Edw. Bum passe, 9 Samuel Chandler, 9 Their habitations were chiefly ])altsa(Ioes, or fortified cot- tages, and in some instances the gambrel-roofed houses, gene- rally containing one large room, a bed-chamber and kitchen on the lower floor, with two large and two small chambers above and sometimes an attic above all. Tlie style of building which we sometimes see in ancient houses, that of a high front with the roof behind reaching nearly to the ground, was then frequently employed, though this seems to have been the prevailing style of a somewhat later period. Tiie one-story additions, now so generally adjoined to the main house, were then scarcely known. Barns were very few in number, and their places were supplied by less substantial sheds and other temporary buildings. Their stock of cattle was generally abundant, usually consisting of one or more horses, with oxen, cows, sheep and swine. Several orchards were planted at an early date by the settlers. Some of them owned slaves, which was not uncommon, and even to a comparatively late period. Samuel Seabury, who Mr. Wm. Collier, £2 5s. Mr. Edw. Winslow, (M.) 2 5 William Basset, 7 Elder William Brewster, 7 Mr. Jonathan Brewster, 7 Gov. William Bradford, 7 Richard Church, 7 Mr. .John Alden, 4 Mr. John Rowland, 4 Capt. Statidish, 18 Francis Sprague, 18 Experience Mitchell, 18 SCHOOLS AND EbUCATION, 71 died in 1681, mentions in his will his negro servants, Nimrod, who was to be sold, and Jane, whom he gave to his wife. Other instances can be named.* SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION. In early days, the only schoolmasters were the clergy of the towns, who exercised this office in many instances in addition to the ardaons duties of their peculiar avocation. Youths were received into their families to receive a preparation for college, and over the whole body of the younger portion of the inhabitants they extended their care. In 1663, during the administration of Gov. Prence, who, it is known, was a distinguished patron of learning, the follow- ing order was passed the Court : — It is proposed by the Court unto the several townships in this jurisdiction, as a thing that they ought to take into their serious consideration, that some course may be taken, that in every town there may be a school master set up, to train up children in reading and writing. And, in 1670. the "Court did freely give and grant all such profits as might and should accrue annually to the colony, for fishing with net or seines at Cape Cod for mackerel, bass, or herrings, to be improved for and towards a/ree school in some town in this jurisdiction, for the training up of youth in litera- ture for the good and benefit of posterity, provided a beginning bcmade within one year after said grant." This school was established at Plymouth, and continued until 1677, when it was ordered, " In whatsoever township in this government, * At a later period, Colonel John Aldcn owned a negro slave, named Hampshire, who was married, April 16th, 1718, to Mary Jones, an Indian woman. Lt. Thomas Loring, who died 1717, lel't three ncgioes, valued at X'lOO ; and his son Thomas owned a " negro man Bill, alias William For- tune," whom, it appears by the records, he determined (Dec. Isl, 17.31)) to free " from the yoke of servitude and bondage, for divers good and valuable reasons and causes and considerations," after the 1st day of May, 1752. And in 1759, we find in Chh. Records, " Died Richard Louden's negro girl, about 10 years old." I have now before me a deed, dated 1741, given by John Cooper, of Ply- mouth, to Geo. Partridge, of Duxbury, conveying to him " a negro man named Dick, aged about 23 years, of middling stature." Lidians, who had been convicted of certain crimes, were condemned to be sold as slaves in the early times of the colony, as well as tiio&e who had been captured in war. A rather unpardonable offence in the opinion of the philanthropists of the present day. 72 SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION. consisting of fifty families or upwards, any meet man shall be obtained to teach a grammar school, such township shall allow at least twelve pounds, to be raised by rate on all the inhabi- tants of said town, and those that have the more immediate benefit thereof, with what others shall voluntarily give, shall make up the residue necessary to maintain the same, and that the profits arising from the Cape Fishing, heretofore ordered to maintain a grammar school in this colony, be distributed in such towns as have such grammar schools, not exceeding five poimds per ann. to any town, unless the Court treasurer or others appointed to manage that affair see good cause to add thereunto. And further this Court orders, that every such town as consists of seventy families and upwards, and hath not a grammar school thereui, shall allow and pay unto the next town, that hath a grammar school, the sum of five pounds, to be levied on the inhabitants by rate, and gathered by the constable of such town by warrant from any magis- trate in this jurisdiction." This continued in force for eleven years, during part of the time Duxbury was receiving its share per annum. In 1683, the sum of £8 was granted to the Duxbury school. This school was kept by Mr. Wiswall, the pastor of the church, and continued to be kept by him many years, and under his guidance many young ni^en were fitted for their collegiate course. His powers were well adapted to the duty, and his school, which was well sustained, was car- ried on with universal satisfaction. Mr. Wiswall died in 1700 ; but by whom the school was continued we cannot find, nor does there appear any record of a school until February 24, 1714, when there is recorded the liberality of Mr. Benja- min Chandler, who "freely gave to y® s'^ town liberty to build a school house upon his land neer y*' Rhoad for s*^ town's ijse to be set near y^ fence, that is y partition fence between ye s^* Benjamin Chanler and John Glass their lands, and that ye s'l school house might there be settled & kept, with y^ priv- ilege, or use of about half an acre of land adjacent so long as ye s'^ town shall se cause to keep their s*' school house there."* And the next year (1715) the town appropriated lor a school £30, and appointed Mr. Edward Southworth their agent to procure a schoolmaster for the year, and in their behalf to mana<2;e the whole atfair, relating to the school, as the law directs. In 1723, £27 pounds were paid to a school master. * The town soon after voted to set the building in the corner of the lot ; but through some accident the house was placed in the centre ol the Jot, whereupon the rhyme was made — It is to me a mystery, It is to me a riddle, That there should stand, uijonjnny land A corner in the middle. K. SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION. 73 In 1734, January 16, " at a town meeting y^ s*^ town 1)y their vote desired '^ American Regiment of foot command- ed by the Hon^ie Col" Wilham Gooch, the Capt., First and Second Lieut's, one Ensign, four Serjants, four Corporals, two Drurners & fifty-five private men, this muster being for sixty- one days commencing the Twenty fifth of April, & ending the 24*''- of June 1741, both days inclusive. John Winslow, Joshua Barker, I do hereby certifie that the above were efective in my com- pany from ye twenty fifth of April, 1741, to the twenty fifth of June folowing, excepting twenty privet men, that dyed on ye days following, viz.— Peleg Samson, April 27th. Seth Burge, Ditto 27ih. Moses Ralph, Ditto 29th. Joseph Cocknehew, May 1. Robert Davis, Hezakiah Zackari, Amos Robens, Jacob Chipman, Abraham Jonas, John Miller, Ditto 2. Ditto 2. Ditto G. Ditto 8. Ditto 12. Ditto 14. Ebenezer Jackson, May 19th. John White, Ditto 20. Hezekiah Robins, Ditto 28. James Samson, June 2. Timothy Quake, Ditto 2. Daniell Simon, Ditto 5. Benjn Tray, Ditto 10, Daniel Weed, Ditto 11. Joseph Coquish, Ditto 15, Joseph Pryer, Ditto 22, John Winslow, CapL Jamaica, June ye 25th 1741." Ensign Eells died May 9, 1741, and belonged to Hanover. 1759. A company under the command of Capt. John Wadsworth, from Duxbury, joined the English forces in Ca- nada, against the French. In the Town Records, under date of April 6, 1759, the names of the following persons are given as having served in this company for different periods during the time that it was in the field. The fraction shows what part of the term each man served. 118 ITHE STAMP ACT. [1765. Joseph Chandler, i Samuel Winsor, i Enock Freeman, k J. Feagon, (Indian), Paul Sampson, i John Alden, h John Phillips, Jr., Israel Silvester, Jr., i Job Brewster, h Ezekiel Chandler, i Blanie Phillips, h Robert McLaughlin, i Judah Hunt, k Paul Sampson, k Ichabod Wadsworth, k Perez Chandler, \ Thomas Loring, i Israel Delano, k John Roberson, i Sylvanus Prior, % Zadock Brewster, i Benj. Prior, Jr., h Wra. Sprague, \ Samuel Alden, Jr., 4 Joshua Thomas, i Abner Ripley, \ James Glass, i Seth Weston, k Levi Delano, h Micah Weston, k Benj. Snow, i Benjamin Peterson, k 1765. We have now come to a period in the history of New England of striking and peculiar importance. The infringement of the liberties and rights of the Colonies had been continued by the English parliament. The passage of the obnoxious Stamp Act was more than they could endure. Spontaneous in all parts of the province were the protests against it. The towns assembled in meeting, deliberated, and nobly vindicated their rights. Sustained by the exam- ple of Boston, they loudly cried for repeal, and their humble voices, reaching the throne, effected their object. A meeting of the Town was called Oct. 21st, and Major Briggs Alden was placed in the chair. Major Alden then arose, and in his usual dignified manner stated, that the object of the meeting was to see, if the Town " would willingly comply or unite with the late act of Parliament, and rest contented with the stamp act as it now stands with the English empire in America; or else to show their resent- ments against said act, and to use any measures or means, that they shall think proper to prevent said act being imposed upon us, by giving their representative instructions to stop said act, or to use any other means they shall think proper." He then put the question, and they decided that they ivoiild not comply. Capt. Wait Wadsworth, Capt. John Wadsworth, Ebenezer Bartlett, Isaac Partridge and Ezra Arnold were then chosen " their Committee to prepare a draught, and to give their reasons why the town would not accept of said act, and to show as far as they were capable of it." The meeting was then adjourned to the 23d of Oct., when the Committee reported the following instructions : 1765.] THE STAMP ACT. 119 " To Briggs Alden, Esq., Representative of the inhabitants of the Town of Duxbnry, in the Great and General Court of the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England — "Sir, — Whilst all America is in a ferment, and every patriotic breast is glowing with resentment at the heavy and intolerable burthens imposed upon ns, by the late act passed in the Parliament of Great Britain, — We, your constituents, the freeholders and other inhabitants of the ancient and first incorporated town of Duxbury, think it their incumbent duty to inform you of their sentiments upon this important and alarming alfair. that you, Sir, may be able in the approaching session of the Great and General Court to act according to their declared mind. W"e esteem the said Stamp Act to be nnconstitutional and subversive of the Rights and Privileges of His Majesty's American Subjects, contrary not only to the Royal Charter granted to our ancestors, and to the Great Charter of British Liberty ; but likewise to the grand preroga- tives of human nature, and to that Liberty, wherewith our Blessed hath made ns free. W^e likewise think that if this act should take place in the Province in the present distressed condition, we should be involved in inevitable ruin. We do now therefore enjoin and instruct you, that you neither directly nor indirectly be aiding, favoring, countenancing, assisting, or any ways instrumental in promoting the putting the said act in existence; but that you oppose the same with all the eloquence and address you are master of, and that you use your utmost endeavors to vindicate our precious rights and privileges, — those privileges for which our forefathers bled; for which those heroic spirits bid adieu to the tyranni- cal, to the all-boding names of the Stuarts, traversed the vast Atlantic, and sat down in these then deserts of America ; and which, Sir, we their descendants esteem dearer to us than our lives. We likewise enjoin it upon you to oppose in the strongest terms any motion or motions, that may be made in the General Assembly, to make a relation or compensation for the riotous proceedings at Boston." Thus did the inhabitants of Duxbury plainly and distinctly protest against the unwarrantable proceedings of the mother country. Thus did she proclaim to the world, in full defiance of England's power, that iiifrmgements of her Charter rights were not to be home. A repeal of the Stamp Act passed the British Parliament, January 16th, 1766 ; and on the arrival of the news at Boston, great was the rejoicing. In Duxbury the excitement was of no ordinary nature, and even one half of the town's stock of powder was given away to be used in expressing their unbounded joy for the blessing of a repeal. This was ordered at a meeting on the 31st of March. 120 THE STAMP ACT. [1765. Soon after the arrival of the news, it was proposed that there should be a meeting on Captain's hill. Accordingly great numbers assembled, formed themselves into a proces- sion, paraded around the town, and finally marched to the hill, whither they brought six carriage guns and fired a salute. They also carried to the summit elfigies of Lords Grenville and Bute, and hung them upon a gallows, which they erected for the occasion. They now selected an orator in the person of Joseph Russell, whose simple wit, and unadorned lan- guage, as he addressed himself to the images before him, caused considerable merriment, and his untutored gestures with the exceedingly comic appearance of his figure, caused a forgetfulness of the true solemnity of their rejoicings. Turning to the effigies he began, "Gentlemen, you see now what you've come to. You remember Haman and Mordecai, do ye .^ You tried to make slaves of them that ought to be free, and you've come to the gallows yourself that built it for us, ye have ! Such men as you don't have any fear. And there ye are before the gallows for being so set in your own ways! It would ha' been just upon ye, if they had taken that paper ye sent over to us, and wrapped ye up in it and burnt ye up, it would ! But 'twould have been too honorable a death for ye. The gallows was what ye deserved, and there ye are now hanging before us, ye are. You're spited at home and abroad, indeed ye are. Your own kith don't like a traitor, they don't I know." The efiigies which had during this time been burning, now fell to the ground, and Russell continued, "There I thought your station was below. I didn't think it was above. If ye'd been now an honest old ditcher as I am, ye'd never come to this, ye would n't."* The remainder of the day was passed in pleasure, and at * Rev. Benj. Kent's notes. Another story is told of Joe, equally humor- ous. It happened that there had been a " skimminoton fooler," as it was called, in which a man had been ridden on a horse, followed by a crowd of men and boys dressed in the manner of negfroes. The person had been cruel to his family. Some of the individuals were afterwards prosecuted by the kinjr's attorney at Plymouth ; and, while the trial was going on, Joe was called as a witness. Taking the stand he began to relate several laughable stories, which vexed the attorney, who appealed to Gen. Winslow, the presiding judge, and said. " Is it sufferable that this man should stand here and talk so." The General however who was much amused suffered him to finish his talk. The attorney then asked him, if he could not think of any one, who was engaged in the aflair, when Joe turning to the General, said, " Yes I do. May it please your honor 'twas you." "Me!" replied the Judge, "why did you think it was me I " "0! " returned Joe "he was dressed up in a great surplice, and looked very like you, any how he did." The Court now joined heartily in a laugh, and the old General, laying aside the dignity of his office, engaged in it as loudly as any of them. 1773.] RESOLVES OF THE TOWN. 121 night each returned home with a strong hope of future happiness for his country. The flame which had been kindled by James, and which had enwrapped the destinies of Andros, had not died out from the hearts of the people. Before the return of another century, this fire was renewed, and the cries for freedom were no longer to be suppressed. They arose spontaneously from every part; from the humble cottage and the lordly mansion, " One common right the great and lowly claim." Nor was it in vain, — action, forcible and impetuous, — resistance, powerful and effective, followed on the heels of oppression. Eloquence was not wanting in the language of her people, in support of tlieir cherished wisli. Relying on the examples set them in the annals of the past, they saw in the future the consummation of their most ardent aspirations. Their dependence on the parent country they knew and felt. Their attention was turned to the encouragement of their own manufactures. The town of Boston, ever foremost in their struggles for liberty, passed a vote for the support of home manufactures. Other towns soon followed, and among the number Duxbury resolved in concurrence with the orders of Boston. This occurred as early as Dec. 22d, 17(32. 1773. Early in this year, the Town of Boston addressed a pamphlet to the inhabitants of Duxbury, on the wrongful subversion of the rights of the Provinces. To take into consideration the contents of this pamphlet, a town meeting was called (March 12th,) and a connnittee consisting of George Partridge, Capt. Wait Wadsworth, Dea. Peleg Wads- worth, Dr. John Wadsworth, and Bildad Arnold, were appointed " to draw proper resolves or other remonstrances against the invasion of our charter rights and privileges." The meeting was then adjourned to the 29th, when the com- mittee reported the following reply, which was unanimously accepted. It was written, it is said, by the Chairman, Mr. Partridge. " To the Committee of Correspondence of the Town of Boston, — Gentlemen, — We, the freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of Duxbury, in said Town meeting legally assem- bled, upon due examination of the contents of a pamphlet from the town of Boston, directed to be laid before us, are truly of the opinion that the rights of the people are therein well stated, and that the list of infringements and violations of the same is just ; which gives us the distressing and very alarming apprehensions, that a plan is laid and prosecuted with unrelenting risjor, which will, if thoroughly completed, ^IG 122 REPLY TO THE COMMITTEE OF BOSTON. [1773. reduce the colonies, and this province in particular, to a state of vassalage and desperation. It would give ns uneasiness, Gentlemen, should you imagine from our so long neglecting an answer, that we are in any degree careless, idle spectators of tlie calamities and oppression under which we groan. We inherit the very spot of soil, cultivated by some of the first comers to New England, and though we pretend not that we inherit their virtues also in perfection ; yet hope we possess at least some remains of tliat Christian and heroic virtue and manly sense of liberty, in the exercise of which, they in the very face of danger emigrated from their native land to this then howling wilderness, to escape the iron yoke of oppression, and to transmit to posterity that fair, that amiable inheritance — Liberty, civil and sacred. And give us leave to add that we esteem it not only detracting from the virtue of their design ; but an affront to their natural under- standing, should we adopt the sentiments lately expressed to the public, viz, — that our worthy ancestors, when they first took possession of this country, when they necessarily lost a voice in the British legislature, consented, at least tacitly, to be subject to the unlimited control and jurisdiction of that very government, the merciless oppression of which was intolerable by them, even when they had a voice in that legislature. We glory in a legal, loyal subjection to our sov- ereign ; but when we see the right to dispose of our property claimed and actually exercised by a legislatiu'e a thousand leagues off, and in which we have no voice; and ships and troops poured in upon us to support the growing, or rather overgrown power of crown officers in exercising that same power; the power of our Vice Admiralty courts enlarged beyond due boimds; our principal fortress, built and main- tained by us for our defence against a foreign enemy, taken out of our hands, as though we were not worthy to be trusted, and committed into the hands of the standing army; our Governor forbid signing any bill of our Assembly, subjecting a certain number of crown officers to pay any proportion of the charge of the government they live under ; our Gover- nor's usual dependence on the people unnaturally and imconstitutionally cut off; the Judges of our Superior Courts, on whose determination life and property so much depend, made to the great danger of the people solely dependent on the crown; and many things of a like nature take place — shall it then be deemed disloyalty and even faction to complain? By no means: Ave esteem it a virtue and a duty, which people of every rank owe to themselves and posterity, to use their utmost exertions in all reasonable ways, so far as their influence may extend, to oppose tyranny in all its forms, and to extricate themselves from every dangerous and oppres- 1773.] MINUTE COMPANIES. 123 sive innovation. And it gives us the greatest pleasure to see so much unity of sentiment in the several towns of this province, and trust there is and will soon appear that una- nimity in the several colonies on the continent; and we look upon ourselves peculiarly obliged to the town of Boston for their care and vigilance in this day of darkness and danger, and shall be ever ready to co-operate with them, and our other brethren through the Province, in all reasonable and constitutional measures, for the vindication of our wounded Liberties, and the restoration of the same to their former estate. Imploring the divine benediction on our honest endeavors to maintain and promote constitutional liberties in our land, and hoping to see the time when liberty shall again flourish here, and harmony and concord betwixt Great Britain and the Colonies be restored and confirmed." 1773. This year the first minute company in the town was raised. Previous to this the towns people were in the habit of frequently assembling for military exercise, and were usually drilled by Maj. Judah Alden. The officers of the company now raised were as follows. Ichabod Alden, captain ; Andrew Sampson, lieutenant, and Judah Alden, ensign. Among the other individuals, who composed the company, the following are remembered. Samuel Loring-,'] Joshua Cushinsf, ) ^ , T. Ti .^ T ^' S- Corporals, reter Bradford, I ^ James Shaw, > John Hanks, j ° ' John Drew, drummer, Daniel Loring, J Amherst Alden, fifer. Privates. Saml. Alden, Thaddeus Ripley, Thomas Chandler, John Southworlh, Saml. Chandler, Joshua Sprague, Thomas Dawes, Thomas Sprague, Nathl. Delano, Saml. Sprague, Luther Delano, Uriah Sprague, Berzilla Delano, Wm. Sampson, Thomas Delano, Ichabod Sampson, Seraiah Glass, Joseph Wadsworth. Peleg Gullifer, Chas. Thomas, John Glass, Prince Thomas, John Oldham, Consider Thomas, John Osyer, Wait Wadsworth, Kimball Ripley, Seneca Wadsworth, Some time after this a regiment of minute men was formed out of Plymouth County, and '^I'lieophilus Cotton of Ply- mouth was chosen colonel ; Ichabod Alden of Duxbury, It.- colonel; and Ebenezer Sprout of Middleboro', major. 124 ADDRESS TO GEN. GAGE. [1774. Mr. George Partridge was now chosen commander of the company. Tlie officers of the two companies of mihtia at tliis time were, of the first — Capt. Levi Loring, Lt. Bildad Arnold, Ens. Benjamin Freeman; of the second — Capt. Calvin Par- tridge, Lt. Elijah Baker, Ens. Adam Fish. The next officers were, of the first — Capt. Samnel Loring, Lt. Benjamin Free- man, Ens. Nathaniel Spragne; of the second — Capt. Elijah Baker, Lt. Nathan Sampson, Ens. Cornehus Delano. Capt. Baker was next promoted to a Major. Another body of men was organized about this time, consisting of all the men over 50 years of age, who were styled the "alarm list," and were under the same officers as the mihtia. Sentries were also stationed at different points in time of danger, and at Captain's Hill. 1774. These were appointed a Committee of Correspond- ence, (May 30th) : Capt. W. Wadsworth, Dea. P. Wadsworth, Geo. Partridge, Capt. Samuel Bradford and Micali Soule, to unite with the Committee in general for the Province. They also chose (Sept. lUth) Geo. Partridge, Capt. VV. Wadsworth, and Dea. P. Wadsworth, a Committee, to join the County Committee, in order to act upon the pohtical afi'airs of the Province. On the 6th of .Tuly. the justices of Plymouth county ad- dressed a letter to General Gage, and after congratulating him on his appointment to the office of Governor-General, and his safe arrival, continue in substance as follows : — " We con- sider you a person in whom are centred all the qualifications necessary for the discharge of that important trust ; and though sensible that the endeavors of your predecessors were met with bad success, yet we think that your Excellency has power to check every disorder, and to secure for us our constitutional privileges. We have seen with serious concern the infiuenccs of those persons calling themselves Comniittees of Correspond- ence^ and against these and their abettors we promise our in- cessant aid." To this Gen. Gage returned an answer, dated July r2th, assuring them that he would " take every step in his power to secure to tliem the peaceable enjoyment of all their constitutional privileges, and to give that free course to the laws, on which every State depends for its support, and without whicli no government can subsist." Among the sign- ers of the address of Plymouth, were I\Iajor Briggs Aldcn and Capt. Gamaliel Bradford of Duxbury. These, liowever, after- wards at a town meeting (Sept. 19th,) made each a public recantation, and craved the forgiveness of the town. Their declarations were nearly as follows : — " The Address to Tiio- mas Gage, Esq., Captain General and Governor, &c., of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, of the General Sessions 1774.] REVOLUTIONARY ANNALS. 125 of the Peace, and Justices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for tiie county of Plymouth, published in Draper's & Byles' papers [Boston Newsletter] of the 14th of July, 1774, I acknowledge 1 voted for. For which I am sorry from my heart and humbly ask the forgiveness of the town of Duxbury and all the inhabitants of the Province; and I likewise pro- mise and declare upon the true faith of a Christian, that I will not take a commission, nor act upon any under this new plan of government, if offered to me." Beside Maj. Alden and Capt. Bradford, the following Jus- tices also subscribed the above Address : Thomas Foster, Joseph Josselyn, Abijah White, Edward Winslow, Pelham Winslow and Gideon Bradford. The political affairs of the province were now fast drawing to a crisis. On the arrival of Gen. Gage, this year, the Gen- eral Court assembled at Boston, of which Mr. Partridge was a member from Duxbury. This was soon adjourned to Salem. Here they met. and a secret caucus was proposed, and many of the leading whigs accordingly met in the night, a short dis- tance from the town. Mr. Partridge was present, and took, with others of those noble spirits, those decisive and determin- ed positions, which could not be mistaken, and which much conduced lo the completion of that efficient organization of opposition, which was then in embryo. We have the words of Mr. Partridge relative to the occasion of this conclave, — "Gen. Gage (said he) had come over with his troops and pro- clamations, to frighten us rebels into submission ! We soon had his mandate, dissolving the Court, and directing us to meet at Salem, in order, as he said, to 'remove us from the baneful influences — the baneful influences of Boston!' So we met there. And in a short time one began to ask another, 'What can we do? the worst must come to the worst!' ' Why, we will have a caucus and see what can be done.' Then, when we met a member in whose eye we saw one true to the cause, we touched him on the shoulder — ' Be silent — meet with us to-night — at such an hour — in such a place — and bring your tnan? All were prompt to the hour. The meeting was full. Order was called. ' Shall we submit to Great Britain, and make the best terms in our power, or shall we resist her encroachments to the point of the sword'?' — There was a pause. We looked at each other ; and the unan- imous answer was given, ' We will resist her encroachments to the point of the sword ! ' Now came the question — •' What shall be done ? The gulf is passed ! ' ' We will have a Con- gress at Concord. We will send letters to all the colonies, and urge them to send delegates to meet at Philadelphia. We will have committees of safety. We will take care of our arms. We will go to our homes, and wake every one that sleeps.' " [Rev. Benj. Kent's Address.] 126 REVOLUTIONARY ANNALS. [1775. A provincial congress was convened at Salem on the 7lh of October; but adjourned on tlie same day. It was again con- vened at Concord, on Tuesday the 11th. A meeting of the town was held (Oct. 3d,) and Geo. Partridge was cliosen to attend in their behalf at the adjourned meeting of the congress, with these instructions : "To Mr. George Partridge, — As it is unlikely, in the present situation of our public affairs, that the House of Representatives should sit to do business, we instruct and require you to join with the intended Provincial Congress to be holden at Concord, in order to deliberate and determine on the most wise and prudent measures to be adopted for the true interest, happiness and freedom of the Province." Previous to this, a congress of Plymouth county had been held on the 2Gth of September, at Plympton, when it adjourn- ed on the next day to the Plymouth court-house, when a committee reported some resolves ; and of this number Mr. Partridge of Duxbury was one. The congress at Concord adjourned on the 15th ; again assembled at Cambridge on the 17th, and adjourned on the 29th ; it met again at Cambridge on the 23d of November, and dissolved on the 10th of De- cember. 1775. The town chose (Jan. IGth) Mr. George Partridge to attend as their representative to the Second Provincial Con- gress at Cambridge on the 1st of February ; and also voted £32 Ss. Ad. in aid of the same. This congress adjourned on the IGth ; met again at Concord on the 22d of March, adjourn- ed on the 15th of April; again met at Concord, on the 22d, and adjourned the same day ; then at Watertovvn on the 24th, and finally dissolved on the 29th of May.* At the same meeting, (Jan. IGth,) these were appointed a Committee of Inspection^ to see the resolves of the Provincial Congress duly executed: Capt. Saml. Bradford, Joshua Hall, Maj. Gamalial Bradford, Jr., Dea. Perez Loring, Capt. Bcnja. Wadsvvorth, Jacob Weston, and Peleg Wadsworth. '^I'he town afterwards (Jan. 30th) voted to procure thirty fire-arms with bayonets, for the use of the town ; and Geo. Partridge, Ichabod Alden and Wm. Thomas were appointed to obtain them, and £G0 were furnished them. A meeting had been called previously, to see " if y^ town will provide proper fire- arms and all other warlike instruments, and amunition suita- ble for to defend y^ town and country as need may require." Some time before the open rupture of hostilities, Gen. Gage, at the solicitation of the tories, had stationed at Marshfield a body of the British troops, the Queen's Guards, for their pro- * Mr. Partridjre was, this year, a member of the General Court from Duxbury, and was one of the Committee ordered to wait upon General Washington, on his arrival. 1775.] MARSHFIELD LOYALISTS. 127 tection. An address, dated at Pembroke Feb. 7tl), 1775, was sent to Gen. Gage by the selectmen of Plymouth, Kingston, Duxbury, Pembroke, Hanson and Scituate, protesting against placing an armed force among them in time of peace, assuring him that there was no truth in the statements of those of Marshfield and Scituate, who declared that this was necessary to protect them from the exasperated fury of the whigs. They declared that no plan of attack had been formed, and begged that his Excellency would examine the case, before he com- plied. On the 15th of the same month, the Massachusetts Provincial Congress voted that these six towns are highly ap- proved of in finding out the malicious designs of their enemies in requesting Gen. Gage to station there a body of troops. They recommended them to continue " steadily to persevere in the same line of conduct, which has in this instance so justly entitled them to the esteem of their fellow-countrymen ; and to keep a watchful eye upon the behavior of those who are aiming at the destruction of our liberties." Gen. Gage, how- ever, thought fit to comply. The following letter, from a tory in Marshfield, to a gentleman in Boston, gives some of the cir- cumstances of the case; which must he read, however, as a loyalist's account. It is dated .Ian. 24th, 1775. " Two hundred of the principal inhabitants of this loyal town, insulted and intimidated by the licentious spirit, that unhappily has been prevalent among the lower ranks of people in the Massachusetts Government, having applied to the Gov- ernor for a detachment of his Majesty's troops to assist in pre- serving the peace, and to check the insupportable insolence of the disaffected and turbulent, were happily relieved by the appearance of Capt. Baltour's party, consisting of one hundred soldiers, who were joyfully received by the Loyalists. Upon their arrival, the valor of the minute men was called forth by Adams' crew; they were accordingly mustered, and to the unspeakable confusion of the enemies of our happy constitu- tion, no more than twelve persons presented themselves to bear arms against the Lord's annointed. It w^as necessary that some apology should be made for the scanty appearance of their volunteers; and they colored it over with a declara- tion, that, ' had the party sent to Marshfield consisted of half a dozen battalions, it might have been worth their attention to meet and engage them; but a day would come when the cour- age of their minute host would be able to clear the country of all their enemies, howsoever formidable in numbers.' The King's troops are very comfortably accommodated, and pre- serve the most exact discipline ; and now every faithful sub- ject to his King dare fully utter his thoughts, drink his tea, and kill his sheep as profusely as he pleases." 128 MARSIIFIELD LOYALISTS. [1775. The following letter, from a loyalist of Boston to a gentle- man of New York, also relates to the affair, and is dated Jan. 26th, 1775. " About a week ago one hundred and fifty of the principal inhabitants of Marshfield entered into Gen. Rugglcs' associ- ation against the Liberty Plan, ^\^hen this was known at Plymouth, the faction there threatened to come down in a body and make them recant, or drive them otf their farms. On this the Marshfield association sent an express to Gen. Gage to acquaint him of their situation and determination, and begged support. This was readily granted, and a captain and three subalterns and a hundred private men were imme- diately detached on board two small vessels to Marshfield, where they landed very quietly last Monday; and, when last accounts came, there was no appearance of the Plymouth rebels. The detachment carried with them 300 stands of arms for the use of gentlemen of Marshfield; one hundred and fifty more having joined the association on advice of the Plymouth threatenings ; the whole three hundred have solemnly engaged themselves to turn out in case of attack. That the liberty rebels of this town [of Boston] might save their own credit, and that of their adherents in Plymouth, and that they might have something to say for not opposing the detachment, they, on first hearing where the soldiers were going, wisely sent off an express to their confederates, begging them to desist from doing what tliey really had no mind to do." In speaking of this case Gen. Gage in a letter to the Earl of lliclimond said: "It is the first instance of application to Government for assistance, which the faction has ever tried to persuade the people they would never obtain ; but be left to themselves." The town of Marshfield, in town meeting assembled on the 20th of Feb. 1775, voted not to adhere to Congress; and also to make addresses to Gen. Gage, and Admiral C^iravcs. Dr. Winslow was moderator of the meeting, and framed the addresses. Their original answers are now before me.* Gen. Gage's is as follows : " To THE Loyal Inhabitants of the Town of Marshfield. Gentlemen, — I return you my most hearty thanks for your address, and am to assure you, that I feel great satisfaction in having contributed to the safety and protection of a people so eminent for their Loyalty to their King, and afl'ection to their country at a time, when Treason and Rebellion is making * Rev. B. Kent's MS. Coll. 210, 211. 1775.] BALFOUR'S TROOPS. 129 such hasty strides to overturn our most excellent constitution and spread Ruin and Desolation thro' the Province. I doubt not that your duty to your God, your King and country will excite you to persevere in tlie Glorious Cause in which you are engaged, and that your laudahle example will animate others with the like Loyal and Patriotic Spirit. Tho. Gage." Admiral Graves replied as follows: " "^1^0 THE Inhabitants of the Town of Marshfield. Gentlemen, — The warmth with which you declare your principles of Loyalty to your Sovereign and his Constitutional Government cannot fail of being grateful to the mind of every lover of his country : and it is much to be wished that the uniform propriety of your conduct will extend its influence to the removal of those groundless jealousies, which have unhappily warped the atfections of too many of your coun- trymen from the parent state, and which are now tending to raise violent commotions, and involve in Ruin and Destruction this unfortunate Province. The approbation you are pleased to express of His Majes- ty's appointment at this critical juncture to the command of his American fleet, is flattering; and you may be assured that my countenance and support shall never be wanting to protect the Friends of British Government and reduce to order and submission, those who would endeavor to destroy that Peace and Harmony, which is the end of good Legislation to produce. Saml. Graves." A protest was circulated against the proceedings of the above meeting and received G4 signatures. This detachment was under the command of Capt. Balfour, and consisted of one hundred men witli two held pieces. The presence of these troops caused but little uneasiness to the inhabitants, as they were under good discipline, and used no improper conduct towards them. They frequently visited Duxbury in various numbers; and one Sabbath surrotmded the meeting house, during the services, and amused them- selves in looking in at the windows, somewhat to the discom- posure of the more timid within. Toward the close of March. Capt. Balfour devised a project of attacking Plymouth, and accordmgly a conference was had at the house of Edward Winslow, Esq., and in the discussion of the question Capt. B. enquired of John Watson, Esq., "Will they fight?" " Yes, like devils," was the cheerful assurance of Mr. Watson, and upon further consideration the plan was abandoned. Immediately after the news arrived of the bloodshed at licxington, Col. Cotton with his regiment formed for an attack on Balfour's party. On the 20th Col. Cotton and Maj. Sprout 17 130 BALFOUR'S TROOPS. [J 775. met in Diixbury, at Col. Briggs Alden's for consultation. Maj. Jndah Alden, who was in Rhode Island when the news came of the fight, had just returned, having ridden all day on horseback, and soon after learning the circumstances of the case, he met Gato, a negro who had been sent by Capt. Balfour to ascertain the numbers of the men who were march- ing against him. Maj. Alden suspecting his design, told him to tell Balfour, they were coming in a host after him, and dis- missed him. Col. Cotton again returned to Plymouth ; and, about 7 o'clock, on the morning of the 21st, marched for Marshficld with a portion of his regiment, consisting of the Plymouth company under Capt. Mayhew, the Kingston under Capt. Peleg Wadsworth, and the Duxbury under Capt. Geo. Partridge. They proceeded to Col. Anthony Thomas', about a mile N. W. of Capt. John Thomas', where were Balfour's troops. At this juncture Col. Cotton and Lt. Col. Alden held a long conference, as to the course to be taken. At noon there were assembled about 500 men, including the crews of many fishing vessels in the harbor. In the afternoon Capt. Clapp's con)pany from Rochester and Capt. Harlow's from Plympton arrived. Capt. Peleg Wadsworth was greatly dissatisfied with the delay, and moved forward his company until within a short distance of the enemy, and then halted as his numbers were too small to venture an attack. About 3 o'clock, P. M., two sloops hove in sight and anchored off the Brant rock. Balfour then conveyed his company through tlie Cut river in boats, and reaching the sloops soon sailed lor Boston, leaving however several sentinels behind to watch the movements of the Americans, who also set guards for tlie night. The British watch finally left and in going to their boats, they passed one of the American sentry posts, where were stationed Blanie Phillips, and Jacob Dingley, both of Duxbury. Dingley was seized, and conveyed to their boat, when they concluded to release liim. Phillips escaped, fired his gun, and gave an alarm, wliich roused the country for many miles around. Balfour, it is reported, said that if he had been attacked, he should have surrendered without a gun. In their hurry to escape they left much of their camp equipage behind. He fought with his company at Bunker Hill, and, as he afterwards told an inhabitant of Duxbury, whom he recognized in New York, he left the field with but five men following him, upon which he had entered with as fine a company as was in His Majesty's service. On the 1st of May, four companies of the Regiment were ordered to Plymouth. The company from Duxbury was now commanded by (Samuel Bradford, whose oliicers were the same as had been previously. These were stationed at Ply- mouth until the 1st of Sept. as a guard. During this time a 1775.] COL. COTTON'S REGIMENT. 131 detachment of twelve men under Maj. Jiidah Alden performed guard duty at Captain's Hill. In August, Col. Davis, the quartermaster, came from Roxbury with orders for the regi- ment to embark in whaleboats, and proceed to Sandwich to receive 100 barrels of flour, wliich had been brought from New York, and conveyed across the isthmus. Twenty boats were immediately despatched under the care of Capt. Sylva- nus Drew, and tlie command of the expedition was given to Capt. Samuel Bradford. Converting their blankets into sails they reached Sandwich about one o'clock, having been five hours on their passage. In passing the bar they had to encounter a strong wind, in which some of the boats were swamped, though none of the men were lost. Having loaded then' boats with the flour, they started on the next day, and landed it safe about five o'clock in the afternoon on Cohasset beach, and it was conveyed by land to Roxbury. On the 26th of June preceding, the committee of correspondence of Plymouth, those of Duxbury and Kingston joining in the prayer, sent a memorial to the Provincial Congress, expressing their regret that they had made a determination to move to Roxbury a portion of Col. Cotton's Regiment. " We know," said they, " that Admiral Graves has said we were a rebellious people, and because we have built a fort, it would not be long before he would blow the town about our ears;" and we now request thatthe troops may be permitted to remain, or else the town will be left. On the 1st of Sept. Col. Cotton moved his regiment to Roxbury, which formed a part of the detachment ordered to throw up entrenchments on Dorchester heights, March 4th, 1776. The oflicers of the regiment at this time were — Theophilus Cotton, Col. ; Ichabod Alden, Lt. Col. ; William Thomas, Surgeon; John Thomas, Surgeon's mate; John Cotton, Jr., Q,Liarter-master ; Joshua Thomas, Adjutant. Cajptains. Tho. Matthew, Earl Clapp, John Bradford, John Brigham, Joshua Benson, Isaac Wood, Peleg Wadsworth, Amos Wade, Saml. Bradford, Edvv. Hammond. Lieutenants. Nathl. Lewis, Isaac Pope, Jesse Sturtevant, Edw. Sparrow, Wm. Thompson, Abiel Townshend, Seth Drew, Archelaus Cole, Andrew Sampson, Timothy Ruggles. Ensigns. Benj. Warner, Chas. Church, Tho. Sampson, Nehemiah Cobb, James Smith, Foxwell Thomas, Joseph Sampson, Lemuel Wood, Judah Alden, Nathan Sears. On tlie removal of the Americans to New York in 1776, several others of Duxbury joined Capt. Bradford's company, 132 COL. ICIIABOD ALDEN. [1775. and proceeded on with the regiment. Among others were Isaac and Nathl. Delano, and Consider and Oliver Glass. The company remained in New York about a year, when Capt. Bradford resigned his commission, and came home with a ijreat part of his company, many of whom soon again enfisted. Commissions were now granted to Joseph Wads- worth, Adam Fish, and Jndah Alden, all of Dnxbnry, to be Captains. Each of these immediately raised their companies, and had many Duxbury men under their command. In the summer of 1777, Capt. Wadsworth having raised a company in Dnxbnry, marched to Boston, to proceed to join the army of Gen. (»ates. Col. Cotton's second in command, Lt. Col. Ichabod Alden of Duxbury, had not. previous to the commencement of hostili- ties, seen any mihtary service, except that he had been for a short time an ofticer of the militia. He inherited much of the fortitude and independence of his ancestors. His feelings were in perfect unison with the whigs, and he denounced the provoking usurpation of their rights as tyrannous and not to be borne, and was among the foremost to resort to means of violence for the protection of those privileges bequeathed to him from his ancestors, and to whose memory he owed it to preserve them for posterity. He thought, that "To fight In a just cause and for our country's glory, Is the best office of the best of men ; And to decline, when these motives urge, Is infamy beneath a coward's baseness." He was soon after promoted to the rank of Colonel, and after the capture of Burgoyne, at Saratoga (Oct. 17th, 1777), was stationed with a regiment of the continental army at a place called Cherry Valley, sixty miles west from Albany, for the defence of the frontiers. In consequence of its exposed situation a fortification had been erected here, during the preceding spring, by order of Lafayette, and its connnand was at once solicited by Col. Gansevoort, with the regiment which had so greatly distinguished itself in the preceding year in the defence of Fort iSchuyler. It was nevertheless given to Col. x\lden, under whose superintendence it had been built, who soon after arrived with his regiment. We have now to relate his sad and mournful end, while in command of this post. He was attacked by surprise by the enemy under Capt. Walter N. Butler, a royalist, and Brant, a noted Indian JMohawk Chief, with about 7U0 loyalists and Indians. Col. Alden with a large portion of his officers and men fell victims to their savage cruelty. He had received due notice 1775.] COL. ICHABOD ALDEN. 133 of this preconcerted plan of the tories and Indians, for on the 8th of November he received a despatch from Fort t^chuyler, conveying the intelhgence, which had been received there by an Oneida Indian, who reported that he had learned it from one of the Onondagas, who had been present at a great meeting of the Indians and lories at Tioga, at which this determination had been formed. Col. Alden discredited it, and for good reasons perhaps, as a mere idle Indian rnmor, yet he took precantions, bnt refused the inhabitants of the village permission to deposit their valuables in the fort, (from, whence they had been removed, not anticipating farther hostilities before spring,) giving as a reason that it would only be a temptation for his soldiers to plunder; and at the same time assured them, that he would use all diligence against surprise, and by means of vigilant scouts be at all times prepared to warn them of approaching danger. Accord- ingly scouts were sent out on the 9th, and proceeding down the Susquehannah, as it were in the very face of the enemy, they kindled a fire in the evening, and by the side of which very foolishly laid themselves down to sleep. The result might have been foreseen, for they were prisoners when they awoke. Had they followed the dictates of prudence, the scenes to follow would probably have never occurred, and the charges of imprudence, now sometimes so unjustly imposed on the vigilant colonel, would have missed their record on the page of the historian. In the mean time the enemy, drawn thither by the light of the fire, soon surrounded them, and, having extorted all necessary information, moved forward on the 10th, encamping, however, for that night on the top of a hill thickly covered with evergreens, about a mile southwest of tiie fort and village of Cherry Yalley. There was a light fall of snow in the night, but it turned to rain in the morning, with a thick and cloudy atmosphere. The ofhcers of the garrisons were accustomed to lodge about among the families near the fort, and from the assurances of their colonel the ap- prehensions of the people were so much allayed, that they thought themselves reposing in perfect security. Col. Alden. with Stacia, his lieutenant-colonel, lodged with Mr. Robert Wells, a gentleman of great respectability. The enemy hav- ing ascertained the localities of the officers, approached the unsuspecting village in the greatest security, veiled by the haze which hung in the atmosphere. An alarm was however given before the enemy had actually arrived at the village, by the firing of an Indian upon a settler upon the outskirts, who was riding thither on horseback. He was wounded, but nevertheless pushed forward, and gave instant information to the colonel, who still disbelieved the approach of an enemy in force, supposing the shot to have proceeded from a straggler. 134 COL. ICHABOD ALDEN. [1775. He was soon convinced of his error, for, before the guards could be called in, the Indians were upon him. Unfortunately for the inhabitants, Butler, with his rangers, had halted just before entering the village, to examine their arms, the rain having damaged their powder. During this pause the Indians sprang forward, and the Senecas, being at that time the most ferocious of the six nations, were in the van. The house of Mr. Wells was instantly surrounded by the warriors of that tribe, and several tories of no less ferocity, who rushed in and massacred the whole family. Col. Alden himself escaped from the house, but was pursued down a iiill by an Indian, who repeatedly demanded of him to surrender. This he refused to do, turning upon his pursuer, and repeatedly snapping his pistol at him, but without elfect. The Indian ultimately hurl- ed his tomahawk with unerring aim, and, springing forward, seized in an instant his scalp. Thus in the outset fell the commander, who unfortunately was but little accustomed to Indian warfare ; and had he been as prudent as he was brave, might have averted the tragic scenes of that hapless day.* — W. S. Sto?ie's Life of Brant. Although some blame should be attached to the incredulity of Col. Alden, yet it must be recollected that many rumors of a like nature (though to be sure not always in the form of a despatch) were constantly reaching his ears, and all proving to be ecjually false and without foiuidation. And, perhaps, still further it may be urged in his favor, that the extreme lateness of the season would have seemed almost a guaranty, that no attack would be attempted, even upon the outermost posts of the frontier. Yet there are some who view his course more harshly, and consider him guilty of a " most criminal neglect of duty." As an odicer, Col. Alden was brave and persevering; as a gentleman, he was accomplished and agreeable ; and in all his relations of life, he formed aroimd him lasting and stead- fast friends, and in his intercourse with others was honor- able and just; and his untimely death could not but be lamented by all who knew him. His widow in Duxbury received official tidings of the event, as she was proceeding toward Boston in her chaise ; though none of his effects ever reached her. 1775. The town appointed (April 2(3th) Capt. Joshua Hall, Ezra Weston and Ichabod Alden a committee to pur- * Lieut. Col. Stacia was taken prisoner, and most of the guard at Mr. Wells' house were captured or slain. Thirty-two of the inhabitants, mostly women and children, fell victims, while the garrison in the fort remained secure. — Sione. 1775.] REVOLUTIONARY ANNALS. 135 chase a cargo of corn in a vessel at Duck hill, and store it for time of need.* A third provincial congress was convened at Watertown on the 31st of May, and dissolved on the 19th of July. This congress, June 29th, " Resolved, that thirteen thousand coats be provided as soon as may be, and one thereof given to each non-commissioned officer and soldier in the Massachusetts forces, agreeable to the resolves of Congress on the 23d of April last ; and in order to facihtate their being procured," provisions were made for the several towns to furnish a cer- tain number of the 13,000. Plymouth county was to provide 1054; Essex, Worcester, Middlesex, Hampshire and Suiiblk alone furnishing none. The towns of Plymouth furnished in this proportion : Bridgewater 188, Middleboro' IGO, Scituate 125, Plymouth 100, Rochester 86, Pembroke 66, Plympton 56, Marshfield 54, Abington 46, Duxbury 44, Kingston 38, Hanover 37, VVareham 30, and Halifax 24. A resolve was afterwards passed, advising the inhabitants to kill no more sheep, except in cases of necessity. These were chosen (July 10) a Committee of Safettj : Ezra Arnold, Levi Loring, Joshua Stanford, Dea. Southworth, Gapt. Hall, and Isaac Partridge ; and afterwards (Aug. 7th,) it was voted not to use powder, except to shoot destructive vermin. 1776. Liberty or Death ! was now the prevailing sentiment of the land. The Hag of freedom flying from the Liberty-poles throughout the province, bore tins far-famed motto to the skies, and its holy influences upon all the assemblies of the people were exerted. " We leave the a [fair relating to indepevdency to ike Continental Congress, to stand or fall with them," was the emphatic declaration of the town (May 23d), who were willing and ready to place in the hands of the chosen of the people the destinies of their lives and fortunes. To stand by them in prosperity, or to fall with them in adversity, was a duty, which they alike owed to the memory of those, of whose happiest boons they were the grateful recipients; which they owed to each other, and which they owed to posterity. The Co?nniitiee of Correspondence for this year (chosen May 11th,) were G. Partridge, Isaac Partridge, E. Arnold, Peleg Wadsworth, James Southworth, Perez LiOring, Levi Loring, Gaml. Bradford, Jr., Bildad Arnold, Eliphas Prior, Judah Delano, Joshua Stanford and Reuben Delano, Mr. Partridge was also this year the town's representative. He was appointed one of a committee of three of the General * During the operation of the Boston Port Bill, supplies were sent to the suflijrinff inhal)ilants of tliat town by many of the towns throughout the province. Duxbury forwarded (March 13th) twenty-one cords of wood, and (March 27th) the sum of JC4 5s. 8d. 136 REVOLUTIONARY ANNALS. [1776. Court, to visit the Commander-in-chief at New York, and ob- tain his advice concerning the term of enhstment, and the amount of bounty of the Massachusetts quota of troops. They liad been instructed by the IMassachusetts General Court to raise the men for one year; but on their arrival at New York. Gen. Washington requested Mr. Partridge to proceed to the National Congress, then sitting at Philadelphia. There he Avas advised to propose first to Washington a compliance with this instruction; but if the Commander-in-chief should disap- prove of it. to propose the enlistment of men for three years, or during the war. When Mr. Partridge returned, he mentioned first the Massachusetts instructions to Washington, who, rais- ing his eyes to heaven, and clasping his hands, exclaimed, — " My God ! Sir, are you going to give me an army to last but one year ? I cannot consent to be commander-in-chief of such any army." Mr. Partridge then advanced the second propo- sition, and the men were raised for that period. — Rev. Bcuj. Kent's Address. Early in the spring of this year, 700 bushels of corn, from a Virginian vessel, were purchased, to store it for time of need, at an expense of £99 3^. Ad. Other expenses attending it, made it amount to £106 135. 9c/. Late in the year (Oct. 7) a meeting of the town was called, and it was decided, that it was not expedient for the General Court to form a new constitution or plan of government ; but " to go on in the same method as is usual, or as heretofore they have done." However, early in the next year (May 14th, 1777), they instructed their representatives " to act upon a new plan of government." A fort was, early in this year, built at the Gurnet by the towns of Plymouth, Kingston and Duxbury. On the part of Duxbury, Isaac Partridge and Dea. Peleg Wadsworth were chosen (Feb. 20th,) their agents in the work of erection. No attack, it is believed, was made on this during the war. A few shots, however, were exchanged with the British frigate Niger, Capt. Talbot ; and at this time one of the balls from the frigate pierced the light-house ; and the vessel grounded on Brown's Island shoal, but soon got off. A beacon was also erected on Captain^s hill, and in the night time in any danger of attack by the enemy, tar barrels were fired, which called the neighboring towns to assistance. The Gurnet fort mounted three r2-poundcrs, one 6-pounder, and two 9-pounders. The garrison consisted of about 6() men, nearly one half of whom were from Duxbury. The first ollicers were Capt. Wm. Weston of Plymouth, Lt. A. Sampson, and Ens. Nathl. Carver. These were succeeded by Capt. Andrew Sampson of Duxbury, Dea. Smith and Ebenczcr Barker, both of Pembroke were lit. and Ens. ; and 1777.] RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN. 137 afterward Capt. Stephen Churchill, whose second in com- mand was Lt. John VVaslibnrn. Early in this year an incident occurred, which caused con- siderable confusion in the country around. The valiant Capt. Manly with a number of valuable prizes approached the harbor, and entering it anchored ofT Saquish point. It was supposed at the time that it Vv^^s a British fleet, come to burn the towns around the bay. A beacon was immediately fired on Saquish, which was soon followed by another at Captain's hill, and at Monk's hill in Kingston, and at Plymouth. Troops came pouring in from the neighboring towns, and the companies of Duxbury assembled under arms at Captain's hill ; but soon after the facts of the case were known, and the crowd dispersed. This was a time of general fear along the coast by those who were expecting the execution of the threats of Admiral (jJraves. Sentinels were constantly posted, and they attended divine service on the Sabbath, witli their arms. In General Sullivan's campaign in Rhode Island, nearly the whole body of militia in the county were ordered to liis aid. The two companies of Duxbury marched under the conmiand of Capt. Calvin Partridge, and were gone about two months. Arriving at Little Compton, they were placed under the immediate command of Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, who had charge of the militia, then assembled to the number of about 2000 men. On one occasion, while Gen. Sullivan was skir- mishing with the British at some distance, Gen. Wadsworth by his command drew up his militia in a body and formed them ready for an attack, whenever orders came for advanc- ing. While thus arrayed, he was informed that they would probably be soon ordered forward. Gen. Wadsworth then for a short time harangued his men, and prepared them for the onset; but as no orders came they saw no fighting on that day. This occurred late in the summer of 1777. During the absence of the men, the harvesting was done by the matrons of the town, who divided themselves into two companies, the one commanded by Miss Rachel Sampson, and the otiier by Mrs. William Thomas, and met by turns at the different farms, and gathered the crops; there being none but the old men remaining in the town. 1777. The following were chosen (March 17) a comm'iUee of correspnndejice and safety: Deacons Wadsworth, South- worth and Loring, Capt's Hall and Arnold, Ezra Arnold, Eliphas Prior, Reuben Delano, Judah Delano, Joshua Stan- ford, and Perez Chandler. There were but few towns in the province, who did not number among their inhabitants some of the supporters of the British C:rovernment, who were induced to act the part, more from fear, than from a sincere 18 138 LOYALISTS. [1777. belief in their duty of loyalty; though doubtless there were some of the latter class. Few towns were destitute of a tory house, where these bondmen of British tyranny were wont to congregate, either in secret or openly. In Duxbury (and to its honor may it be said,) there was not a single tory ! None dared to profess themselves the friends of British tyranny. Liberty-pole recantations in Duxbnry were not numerous, as there were none to recant. However the tories of other towns did not altogether escape their strict regimen, which they judged perhaps conformable to the duties of perfect patriots. An attempt was made to seize upon Nathaniel Phillips, one of the principal loyalists of Marshfield; but he contrived to escape their vigilance. At one time Dr. Stock- bridge, Paul White, and Elisha Ford, three of the leading tories in Marshfield, were seized and carted under the liberty pole in Du:3>ibury, and forced lo sign recantations. The liberty pole was placed on the hill near Col. Bradford's and stood several years after the war. However it appears from the records that (May 14th, 1777) the town appointed John Sampson with instructions " to procure all evidence that he could get against all the eticmies of the State, and to make report thereof to proper authorities." Marshfield was the centre of tory ism in this quarter. A large number was also collected at Sandwich. There were some at Plymouth, Halifax and Taunton, and a few in Bridgewater; and these seemed to constitute nearly the whole tory legion in the Old Colony. The associated loyalists at Marshfield numbered about 3l)0 persons. Among the princi- pal characters of this body may be mentioned nearly every member of the ancient Winslow family, and the residence of Dr. Isaac Winslow was one of the chief places of their meeting; yet he alone of the family was permitted to remain on his estate during the war. He died here\in 1819, ajt. 81, having lived a life of usefulness in his profession. Another member of this association, Nathaniel Ray Thomas, bore the odious office of mandamus counsellor. Fie embarked for Halifax on the evacuation of Boston by the British army in 1770, where he died in 1791. He is called in McFingal, " That Marshfield blunderer, Nal. Ray Thomas." In the month of July in the year 1774, about seven hundred persons from different parts of the county assembled in Marshfield, and marched to the dwelling of Mr. Thomas, to endeavor to compel him to resign his commission of manda- mus counsellor. Arriving here they were told that he had gone to Boston; however they searched his house, and put the family under oath, administered by a justice of Pern- 1777.] LOYALISTS. 139 broke, who was present, and they solemnly declared that he was absent. Another, Abijah White, who had been the representative of the town in the General Court, and a government man of great zeal, but of little discretion, carried to Boston the cele- brated Marsh field resolves, censuring the whigs, and caused them to be published, which drew upon him their wrath, and he sunk under the burden of general ridicule. He was obliged to flee to the protection of the British in Boston, to escape the fury of the whigs, and here in remuneration for his services, the English General appointed him superintendent of a turnip field, wliich had been planted (where now is the Boston Latin School,) by the troops to furnish themselves with vegetables for the sick, the town at that time being deprived of all intercourse with the country without. This proved scarcely consistent with the dignity of the Marshfield loyalist. In McFingal, in recounting one of his exploits, it says, — " Abijah White, when sent, Our Marshfield friends to represent, Himself while dread array involves, Commissions, pistols, swords, resolves. In awful pomp descending down, Bore terror on the faction town." He was of the party of tories and marines, captured by Maj. Tupper at the light house in Boston harbor, and was wounded in the encounter. Isaac Joice, Seth Bryant, Caleb and Melzar Carver, Israel Tilden, Thomas Decrow and .foseph Phillips were likewise odious to the friends of liberty, and were proscribed and banished in 1778. The mob some- times acted with indiscretion, though it is not known that the town on any occasion forced upon these enemies of their liberties any unwarrantable punishments. Some, it is true, were compelled to sign recantations of sentiments under the liberty pole. The following account is given* of the treat- * Lorenzo Sabine^s American LoijaUsts. Of the colonies, says the same authority, New Yoric was undeniably the loyalists' strong- hold, and con- tained more of them than any other colony in all America. Massachusetts furnished 67,907 whig soldiers between the years 1775 and 1783, while New York supplied but 17,781. In adjusting the war balances after the peace, Massachusetts had overpaid her share in the sum of $ 1,248,801 of silver money ; but New York was deficient in the large amount of $ 2,074,- 816. New Hampshire, though almost a wilderness, furnished 12,490 troops for the continental ranks, or quite three quarters of the number enlisted in the Empire State. One mure fact may serve to throw a still stronger light, to illuminate more brightly the nearly unanimous whig principles of the old Bay State. Virginia, whose established quota was the next highest and within four thousand of that of Massachusetts, failed to comply therewith in the 140 REVOLUTIONARY ANNALS. [1778. inont of a Halifax tory, at the hands of some of the furious whigs. One Jesse Dnnbar by name, having bought some fat cattle of a mandamus conuseUor in 1774, drove them to Plymouth for sale. The whigs soon learned with whom he had presumed to deal, and alter he had slaughtered, skinned and hung npoue of the beasts, commenced punishing him for the offence. His tormentors, it appears, put the dead ox in a cart and fixed Dunbar in his belly, carted him four miles and required him to pay one dollar for the ride. He was then delivered over to a Kingston mob, who carted him four other miles and exacted another dollar. A Duxbury mob then took him and after beating him in the face with the creature's tripe, and, endeavoring to cover his person with it, carried him to counsellor Thomas' house, and compelled him to pay a further sum of money. Flinging his beef into the road, they now left him to recover and return as he could. When he was received from the Kingston mob, he was put into a cart belonging to Mr. William Arnold. By the command of Capt. W^ait Wadsworth, he was first allowed to walk by the cart: but while some of the boys, who were collected in great numbers, were dancing around him, he tripped some of them up with his feet, which so irritated the people, that they placed him again in the cart with renewed violence; and soon again transferred him to another ox cart, which carried him and finally tipped him out in front of the counsellor's door. The town chose (Nov. 24th) Bezaleel Alden, Nathan Chand- ler and Joseph Soule a committee '• to fulfil the resolves of the Court, relating to the soldiers in the Continental army." 1778. Early in this year (Jan. 15th), the town assembled, and voted to instruct their representatives to comply with the resolves of the Continental Congress, and to keep a confede- rate union with the United States, to be entered upon for the good of the whole. Dea. Loring, Capt. Arnold, and Mr. Par- tridge were appointed to draw up instructions, which they reported as follows : — " To George Partridge and Dea. Pcleg Wadsworth, Representatives ; — You are directed to act and to do in the matter, relating to a compliance of a perpetual union and confederate commerce with the United States, as you shall judge most meet for the advantage of this and the other United States, for the good of the whole relative to the matter." These were appointed (April Gth) a committee of inspection and safety. — \V resiling Alden, James Freeman, Jr., Judah Delano, John Sampson and Dea. Loring. number of about 22,000 men; wbile Massachusetts overrun over 15,000 men. Thus Massacluitctts, thouffh required by Congress to furnish only 4,000 more men, raised over 37,000 more I 1778.] REVOLUTIONARY ANNALS. 141 At the above-named meeting in January, Jacob Weston was authorized by the town " to procure one hundred pounds in lawful money, to buy s*^ money's worth in arms and am- munition for ye town's store." It was afterwards voted, that the selectmen dispose of the arms, thus procured, by lot ; but this vote was rescinded at the next meeting, and it was order- ed that tliey be apprized, and that the selectmen retain them until further orders. At a meeting, March 23d, the town "voted to grant the petition of Capt. Arnold and Lt. Hall, for establishing the several votes passed in the first company of militia m Dux- bury, for raising soldiers for the Continental and State service, agreeable to said petition." At a very large meeting of the town, on the 1st of June, called to consider the expediency of the country's adopting a new plan of government, it was nearly unanimously decided in the negative (103 noes and 3 ayes). Assessors were chosen to raise money for the militia companies; Col. Alden, Benj. Alden and Judah Delano for the north ; and Joseph Freeman, Jr.. Capt. Andrew i^ampson and Saml. Chandler for the south. Capt. Bildad Arnold was chosen to attend the convention to be lield at Concord in October next. The Hoard of War delivered (Nov. 2Sth,) "to Capt. Sylva- nus Drew, 19 firearms for the town of Duxburough at £6." 1779. The town voted (May 17th) that their representa- tive. Mr. Partridge, be instructed, that if the major part of the State be for a change of government, he should vote for a committee for that piu'pose. The vote was then taken as re- gards a new constitution, which was decided in the negative by a majority of 21 votes (neg. 30, aff. 7). They then re- quested Capt. Hall, Lt. Elijah Baker, Capt. Calvin Partridge, Lt. Saml. Chandler and Ezra Weston, to engage three soldiers for the Continental army, and four for . Voled, that a tax be levied to pay the soldiers' polls, which were 35. 6d. on the hundred. At a meeting, Aug. 16th, they chose " Col. Briggs Alden and Mr. Eliphas Prior to attend the county convention to be held at Mr. Caleb Loring's, the 24ih day of this instant August." 1780. This year exhibited greater activity on the part of the inhabitants, to bring the struggle for freedom at an end. They appear to have entered upon the year with more deter- mination and greater fortitude. The war, which had now been raging for nearly five years, demanded their most stren- uous exertions to bring it at once to a speedy and honorable close. Discouragement and discontent became to be manifest- ed among the troops. Their families at home beggared, them- selves receiving but poor pay and a scanty subsistence, they turned from the ranks in despair. To retain them in the ser- 142 REVOLUTIONARY ANNALS. [1780. vice was of the greatest moment to the country. To do this, large sums of money must be raised by taxation, and meas- ures were undertaken throughout the provinces to raise the requisite amount. With high expectations of a future ac- knowledged independence, or at least with the consciousness of doing all in their power to secure this blessing for posterity, many of the towns immediately came forward to the assist- ance of their common country. Early in the opening of this year, (Feb. 8th,) this town assembled, to take into considera- tion means for procuring the necessary sum which would be required of them to discharge the debts already contracted by the war, and to furnish money for the removal of the same. Most of those who had enlisted for the term of nine months, had received no remuneration. After some discussion, it was voted to raise £5000 for the payment of these. Dea. James >Southworth, Capt. Bildad Arnold and Eliphas Prior were appointed (Mar. 7th,) the committee of corresjyond- ence for the ensuing year. The form of government was, at a meeting held on the 22d of May, presented to the town for their approval or rejection. It was duly considered; and, on taking the question, the vote stood 44 for it, with five dissent- ing voices. The terms of service of the troops were now fast expiring, and recruits were wanted to supply their places. The town took all necessary measures to supply her quota of men in the coming campaign. It was not however until somewhat late in the season, that a company could be gathered. They assembled on the 19th of June, but without transacting any business, save voting to unite in the forming of the company, they adjourned to the next day, and met at the house of AVrestling Alden. Eighteen men were now selected, who were required to provide one man each. The meeting then adjourned to the meeting-house, where the following votes for raising more money were next passed. First, to raise £800 by a tax on the polls and estates of the town, to pay the sol- diers raised pursuant to the three resolves of the General Court, for reenforcing the Continental army. Second, to raise £10,000 to pay the nine months' men, last in the army. At an adjourned meeting, it was voted tliat the above committee of eighteen be empowered to engage the men "at 20 hard dol- lars a month, including the State's bounty, which the town is to have the benefit of, or 20 bushels of corn, or 15 bushels of rye, or other produce at this same rate." A vote was also passed " to indemnify the officers in case there is a fine amerc- ed on them." On the 3d of July the town again assembled, when it was ascertained that this committee, with the excep- tion of six, had procured each a man to serve for six months. Six others were now added to the committee, to exert their 17S1.] REVOLUTIONARY ANNALS. 143 influence in procuring the residue. The company was called together by their officers, ready for the departure on the 10th instant. Now came anotlier demand for 22 militia men. to serve three months ; and they agreed to raise these at their own expense ; and a committee, corresponding to the number required, were authorized to procure each a man, and to agree with him. At this time the town determined, that those who shall pay the tax levied for paying the three and six months men m sil- ver, shall be exempted from paying more for said purpose. It will be observed, that the currency was required to be liard ; for at this time the paper currency had so much depreciated, that one dollar in silver would purchase nearly an hundred in paper. A call was also made on the town by the State, for her quota of beef, which was 6190 pounds, and a tax was voted to be levied to procure funds for purchasing the same, estimating the beef at ^4 per pound, which would make the amount .$24,760. Eliphas Prior was afterwards (Oct. 3d) appointed to purchase it, and to hire a sum equal to the amount, if he could; and to deliver the beef to a person authorized to re- ceive it, by the General Court. The treasurer was also told to issue notes, payable in six months, to any person who would sell the beef or lend the money. The following men, of Duxbury, at this period served three months in Baron Stuben's infantry : — Isaac Delano, Joshua Brewster, Consider Glass, Oliver Delano, and James Weston. 1781. The Committee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safely of last year, were reappointed for the present year. The town met on the 1st of January, and determined to raise 14 more men to serve for three years; and a committee of the same number were appointed to procure each a man. The militia officers were requested to assist in the levy ; and, at an adjourned meeting (Jan. 5th), a new plan was agreed upon, by dividing the town into classes, and requiring each class to provide one man, agreeing with him as tliey may think best. Assembling again on the 29th, no further steps were taken, except they passed a vote, stimulating the inhab- itants to renewed action. Afterwards (April) they voted to pay the twenty men, who were to march to Tiverton, three shillings per day, including the State's pay. A committee was also appointed to settle accounts with those before chosen to settle with the three, six, and nine months men. This committee consisted of Col. B. Alden, Bezaleel Alden and John Peterson. In July three men were enlisted in the west part of the town to serve in the Rhode Island campaign for five months. Some farther resolves were made at a meeting on the 9tli of 144 REVOLUTIONARY MARITIME ANNALS. [1775-Sl. this month, in relation to the three months men. They voted to allow them £6 per month, exclusive of the State's pay ; and voted to raise for this purpose £36 ; and also agreed to indemnify the officers if they did not draft the men. In this place it may be well to give some accoimt of the part the inhabitants of Duxbury took in the maritime affairs of this period. In the early part of the war, a fishing schooner, belonging to Elijah Sampson of Dnxbnry, was taken and burnt by the enemy, off the beach within sight of the town. She was commanded by Capt. Lewis Drew, and manned by Ezra Howard, Joseph Delano, Zebdiel Delano, Abiathar Alden, and Zadock Bradford. They were taken to New York and put on board the Jersey prison ship, where they all died excepting Alden and Bradford, who returned home. The English forty-gunship Chatham took the schooner Olive, belonging to Capt. Nathaniel Winsor, by whom she was at that time commanded, and manned by Wm. Winsor, Thomas Sampson and Lot Hunt. They were finally released on parole with the loss of their mainsail, which the enemy retained. Shortly after the above, Samuel Chandler's schooner Polly Johnson, conmianded by Capt. John Winsor, and manned by Consider Glass, Thomas Chandler, Asa Tour, and James Weston, was taken by the English thirty-two gunship Perse- verance. The enemy put on board the schooner several of their crew, who started on a cruise for the purpose of ascer- taining her sailing qualities. They however returned on the next day, and, putting on hoard her original crew with the crew of another prize, which they had taken, belonging to Cape Ann, released them on parole, giving to the two crews the schooner, which they afterwards returned to the rightful owner. Capt. Eden Wadsworth, George Cushman, and Joshua Brewster served in the public armed vessels. In the summer of 1779, Freeman Loring, Studley Sampson, Amasa Delano, and Joseph Bestow joined the crew of the privateer Mars, an armed vessel of 22 guns, fitted out at Boston by Mr. David Sears and commanded by Capt. Ash. James Tour and William Ripley served aboard the Alliance frigate. Messrs. Warren Weston, Abel Sampson, Bisbee Chandler, Howard Chandler, and Samuel Delano were with Capt. Simeon Sampson in a brig, when he was taken by the English ship llainbow. Abel Sampson died in the Halifax prison. The llainbow was soon after nearly lost in a fog in the vicin- ity of Cape Sable; but was finally rescued from her perilous situation by the skill of a Marblehead captain who was a 1783.] PEACE PROCLAIMED. 145 prisoner on board, and who thus obtained his Uberty, which was granted to him as a recompense for his services. In^the year 1781, a small vessel, called a '^Shaving Mill,'''' was built and equipped at Kingston, to proceed along the coast to the Penobscot, and there to plunder and seize the British stores. She was a long craft, had three lateen sails and fourteen oars. She sailed from Captain's hill under the command of Capt. Joseph Wadsworth, whose lieutenant was Daniel Loring, and was absent on her cruise about three weeks. 1782. On the 1st of August an order came from the Hon. Henry Gardner for the town to furnish the sum of £222| for three men in the State service, in accordance with the resolve of the State, March, 17S2. 1783. The blessing of peace at last came uf)on the States, and with it, too, the consummation of their most ardent aspi- rations. Liberty and independence had been acquired, though through rivers of blood and plains of desolation. As to the founders of New England we owe the blessing of religious hberty ; so to the heroes of the revolution must we look, as the source of our civil independence. Both the choicest favors in the gil\ of Providence. Temporary has been the admiration bestowed on the mightiest exploits; but lasting as the soil upon which they trod, must be the love and venera- tion ever to be manifested for the memory of those who first acquired and handed to posterity, the richest of Heaven's blessings, civil and religious liberty. They acted from principles, — principles, which made them look rather to the future, than the past, rather to the acquirement of liberty and prosperity for their children, than to the augmentation of their own personal happiness. They strove for the establishment of those institutions now so endeared to our hearts, and so beneficial to our security. They strove in unity, — unity of purpose and of deed, and may their example ever be before us, and may it prompt us to a regard for the union of our States, and may our dying ejaculations be in anticipation of an eternal concord, peaceful and happy. They bequeathed to us the choicest boons. It is to the character of the primitive settlers of New England, that we are indebted for our system of general education, now so justly the subject of our own pride, and the object of universal admiration; and their children, drinking in the spirit which actuated their fathers in the performance of those deeds, still and ever will uphold that native energy and inborn perseverance, which has made New England what she is, her sons the models of uprightness, alike distinguished for integrity and probity, and the possess- ors of that enterprising spirit, which has caused the world to ll) 146 REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS. [1783. be encircled by ber numbers, and every sea whitened with her sails. lint few of the participators in that struggle are now left amongst us. In 1840, there were in the town nineteen survi- vors, who received pensions from the government, but since then many of them have died.* Their names were Joseph Kinney, aged 85 years, Rowland Sampson 85. Andrew Samp- son 91, Thomas Chandler 87, Samuel Gardner 76, Howard Chandler Si, James Weston 79, Oliver Delano 81, Reuben Dawes 95, Nathaniel Hodges 78, Isaiah Alden 81, Abner Sampson 88, Levi Weston 83, Judah Alden 89, Uriah Sprague 92, Seth Sprague SO, Joshua Hrewster 77, Jeptha Delano 81, and Edward Arnold 92. The aggregate age of these was 1603 years ; the average age 84 ^-'^- There were four over 90; eleven between 80 and 90; and four between 70 and 80. At the same date there were thirteen widows receiving pensions, whose husbands had served in the war. Their aggregate age was 1025 years, and the average 78 '^-'^ years. Of all the towns in Plymouth county, no other, except Middleboro', had a larger or so large a number. * Under the first pension law, there were 22 pensioners in Duxbury. It has been estimated that there were about sixty individuals from Duxbury actively engaged through the revolution in the army and navy. The following' is an imperfect list of those men belonging to Duxbury, who were either killed in action or died in the army during the war : of Capt. S. Bradford's company, Elisha Sampson, Asa Hunt, and Thomas Sprague, at the battle of While Plains. Col. Ichabod Alden at Cherry Valley, and of his regiment in the retreat from Ticonderoga to Albany, Carpus White, and also James Wright and Nathaniel Weston, who died by disease. Joshua Sprague, asergeant under Capt. Bradford, died at New York, Aug. 20. 177fiffit25. Ira Bradford served on board a privateer and was killed in a fight on Long Island Sound. Samuel Alden received a mortal wound in the Penobscot expedition. 14/ BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE MEN OF THE REVOLUTION. Col. Briggs Alden. He was quite young elected an officer of the militia, and in 1762 elevated to the office of Major, and in 1776 received the rank of Colonel. During the war he con- tinued in firm opposition to the proceedings of the Enghsh government, and his exertions in support of the measures of the Continental Congress were untiring, truly believing that in that the fate of the country could be safely intrusted. At most of the meetings of the town during his long and active life, he presided, and his customary stately and digni- fied mien secured for him the respect of the people, for whose interests he toiled much, and whose services were by them duly appreciated. It is true, he was in the commencement of the troubles with England, opposed to tlie proceedings of the provincials, and an esteemed friend of Gov. Hutchinson. When however the English Parliament asserted their right to tax the colonies in every case without their consent, he was convinced of their unjust purpose, and felt true indignation at their course, declared that they ought to be resisted, expressed himself prepared to fight them, and came out a warm and decided whig. He was an active member of the church, for many years a justice of the peace, and much interested in the cause of education. In person he was portly and of great size, weigh- ing about 220 pounds ; dignified in his manner, and of lofty bearing. The portrait of Col. Alden, which accompanies this work, is copied from a jniniature likeness, taken by the late Dr. Rufus Hathaway, but a few years previous to the Colonel's death, and is said by his grandchildren, in whose possession the original now is, to have been a striking likeness. Having faithfully served his generation he departed this life on the 4th of Oct. 1796, aged 74 years. His son Samuel served in the Penobscot expedition under Gen. Lovell, where he received a wound from which he afterwards died, Nov. 1778, aged 27. Major Judah Alden, son of Col. Briggs Alden, served during the first years of the war in Col. Bailey's regiment as a Captain, and was a brave and valiant officer ; and like- wise an officer of the minute company in the town, and in the 148 JUDAH ALDEN.— GAML. BRADFORD. capacity of clevk of which he commenced his mihtary career. As an officer, Major Alden was skilfnl and prudent. He was an intimate and confidential friend of Washington, and of whom he always spol^e with freedom ; yet nothing ever escaped him but in praise. In the use of arms he was dex- terous, and his fine manly form manifesting great physical strength, eminently qualified him for the profession he led in early life; but which he chose from a conscientious regard for duty, and though of a disposition much averse to the bloody consequences of war, he pursued it for his country's good, and regardless of his own private happiness, he spent the vigor of his days, amid the turmoil of the camp, and the confusion and dm of strife, to secure for his children an ever- lasting freedom. Living to an extreme old age and enjoying it in comparative health, preserving his erectness of figure until within a few years of his death, he died in the full possession of his intellectual powers, on the 12th of March, 1845, aged 94. While at Roxbury in 1776, he accompanied Col, Learned into Boston with a flag of truce, immediately after the news came of the defeat of Montgomery at Quebec. As they approached the British out-sentries, a British Colonel, with half a dozen subordinate officers, met them. They inquired the news from Quebec, and were very freely informed. Their interview was about one half of an hour. Maj. Alden inquired of tlie Colonel, why they did not come out and make the troops at Roxbury a visit. "Ah!" replied he, "we sfiould have to think of that some time first." About this time a party of the British landed and took possession of one of the islands near Quincy. Gen. Tliomas determined to dislodge them, and sent Col. Tupper with Maj. Alden and others, and a party of men in the Plymouth whale boats. The English, however, left the island before they arrived there, and were too far to the eastward for pursuit, and the party then returned safe. Maj. Alden was for several years preceding his death President of the Massachusetts Society of Cincinnati, of which he was an active and devoted member. He was also a member of the Pilgrim Society. Capt. Bildad Arnold. He was early one of the minute men of the town, and commanded a company of its militia. He also had command of a conifiany in Col. Thomas Lath- rop's regiment, and continued in the war during a greater part of its continuance. Hon. Gamaliel Bradford. He was a son of Lieutenant Samuel Bradford of Duxbury, and a great-grandson of Hon. William, the second Governor of Plymouth colony. He shar- COL, G. BRADFORD. — CAPT. G. BRADFORD. 149 ed largely in all the duties of the public offices of the town, and was always selected to bear the responsibilities of its im- portant agencies. He was a friend of education, and did much towards the maintenance and improvement of the public schools. He for several years represented his town in the legislature, and during the trying period from 1764 to 1770, was a member of the executive council. He was for many years a justice of the peace, and judge of the county court. He also held command of the company of militia in his native town ; and about 1750, was raised to the rank of major, and afterwards promoted to the command of the regiment, with the rank of colonel. In his declining days he witnessed with patriotic ardor the uprising of the Sons of Freedom ; and though his heart was with them, he was unable by active ex- ertion to assist in the crowning glories of true-born freemen. He died in Duxbury on the 24th of April, 1778, having nearly reached his seventy-fourth year. Col. Gamaliel Bradford, a son of the subject of the preced- ing sketch. Like his father, he was a man of eminence and worth in his town, serving it in various capacities, and intrust- ed with its highest honors. During the period of 17.56-8, he was in command of a company of militia, and on the com- mencement of hostilities at the beginning of the Revolution, he held the rank of major. He was one of the magistrates of the county, and formed one of the number who presented an address to Gen. Gage, for which act he afterwards asked the forgiveness of the town and signed a recantation of sentiments. His future career, however, was entirely free from any dis- affection to freedom. Soon after the commencement of the war, in 1776, he was appointed to the command of one of the continental regiments, and in this capacity he served until the close of hostilities. He was likewise a colonel of the militia, and also for some years the representative of the town. He died in Duxbury, Jan. 9th, 1807, aged 76 years. He was father of Captains Gamaliel, Daniel, and Gershom, and of the Hon. Alden Bradford, late Secretary of the Commonwealth. Capt. Gamaliel Bradford, a son of Col. Bradford, the sub- ject of the preceding notice. He was born at Duxbury on the 4th of November, 1763, and received his early education under the tuition and care of the Hon. George Partridge. On the eve of the birth of American freedom, when at the youthful age of thirteen, he accompanied his father to the American camp, and ever after, amid the confusion and turmoil of the scenes of war and in the din and strife of conflict, he remained true and steadfast in his country's cause, until he witnessed her possession of acknowledged independence. Jn 1779, he 150 CAPT. DREW. — CAPT. S. LORING. received the rank of ensign, and in tlie following year was pro- moted to the station of a lieutenant. After the establishment of peace, his active and energetic nature led him to the deci- sion upon a life at sea as a means of his livelihood. In 1784, he performed his first voyage to France. While remaining and travelhug on the continent, he gave his attention to the study of the modern European languages. Of the French he acquired a thorough and accurate knowledge, and spoke it with ease and fluency. Of the Spanish, Italian and Latin he also acquired considerable knowledge. His letters to his friends at this period evince his literary attainments, and his account of his ascent of Mount Vesuvius, and description of the entrance of Napoleon into Venice, are fine examples of epistolary literature. In 1798, at the time of the difficulties with France, he was offered the command of the Boston frigate by President Adams, but he declined the appointment. In 1799, while in command of a merchant ship of 400 tons, he was attacked in the Mediterranean by four French priva- teers, and made a successful resistance. And again, in the following year, while on the coast of Spain, he was assailed by two large French armed vessels, and in the engagement which ensued he received a wound in his thigh, which ren- dered amputation necessary. Now for a short time he engaged in commercial pursuits at home; but soon after, though laboring under such great dis- advantages, he again assumed the duties of a commander at sea, and thus continued until the year 1808, when he returned once more to mercantile engagements on the land, and finally in 1813, received the appointment of Warden of the State's Prison. He died March 7th, 1824, aged 61. — See a Memoir in Mass. Hist. Coll. 3d ser. I. 202. Capt. Sylvanus Drew. In the beginning of the Revolution he had command of a small schooner, the Lady Washington, and a number of whale-boats, which were^ employed as cruisers in Boston harbor. On one occasion, the schooner was chased by a British frigate, when, running into shoal water, out of tlie reach of the enemy's guns, boats were sent by the frigate to board her; but they were repulsed, and driven olf with great loss, and the schooner escaped unharmed. Capt. Samuel Loring. Soon after the commencement of hostilities, he joined the company raised in the town, and was chosen their lieutenant. With his companions in arms he served in the memorable campaigns of 1776 and 1777 in the Jerseys. But by the many exposures and hardships of the camp, his constitution was weakened and Ids health impaired. COL. JOTHAM LORING. 151 Suffering from an attack of a fever, he was obliged to return home, as were many others of his company. He was then shortly after chosen to the command of the company of militia in his native town, and in the possession of this othce he con- tinued until somewhat late in life. He was at one time of Capt. James Lincoln's company, Col. Cotton's regiment. x\fter the war, he was appointed by the government one of the asses- sors for levying a land tax m Plymouth county, and perform- ed the duty with that integrity which was conspicuous in his more private concerns. His brother, Judak Loring, also served in the ranks in the early part of the war. Another brother. Daniel Lor'ing, was in the army, and accompanied the expedition to Rhode Island in 1775, — was at the escape of Putnam at Horseneck, and at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, October, 1781. Setli Loring, also brother of the preceding, was clerk of the Duxbury company in 177G, and at a later period an officer in one of the Boston companies, and at the time of his death he was secretary of the Massa- chusetts Board of War, under Gen. Heath. The records of the Board, much of which are in the elegant hand- writing of Mr. Loring, are in the State archives. He was in Boston dur- ing the siege, and suffered, in common with others, the priva- tions to which they were subjected. He was bred a merchant in the counting-room of Samuel Partridge, and was a large dealer in teas. At the early age of twenty-four, and in the midst of his usefulness he died, at Boston, Sept. lOth, 1779. He held a high standing in society, and was a true gentleman in feelings and deportment, and his early death was greatly lamented by a large circle of friends and relatives, and of which honorable mention is made in the public prints of the day. Col. Jotham Loring was a native of Hingham, though a resident of Duxbury in his latter years. He served in the Old French War, as a private, under the command of Col. Benja- min Lincoln, and was at Fort William Henry when it was taken by Gen. Montcalm, in 1757. On the commencement of hostihties in 1775, he was one of the committee of Hingham, chosen to have inspection of the militia, and shortly after re- ceived a captain's commission in the regiment of Col. Greaton in Roxbury ; and in June we find him a major in Col. Heath's regiment, and soon after fighting in the ranks of aspiring free- men on the heights of Bunker's Hill. At the time of the land- ing of tlie British at Naniasket, Maj. ] joring, with Maj. Vose and others, succeeded in escaping with about a thousand bushels of barley, which they had cut. They then proceed- ed to the light-house at the entrance of the harbor, burned it, and captured three boats of the British, who were out on 152 COL. C. PARTRIDGE.— HON. G. PARTRIDGE. a fishing excursion from Boston, and succeeded in effecting their escape, bringing off with them three casks of oil and fifty- pounds of powder. They also burned a barn and some hay on the Brcwsters. Although this was done amid an almost incessant fire from the British men-of-war and tenders lyiug in the harbor, yet they escaped, having only two men slightly- wounded. Col. Loring was also present in the assault on Danbury, and in the affair his horse was shot from under him. — MS. Records of the Loring Family. Col. Calvin Partridge. Soon after the commencement of the war, he was chosen to the command of one of the militia companies of the town ; and in the Rhode Island expedition he had command of the forces sent by Duxbury. He was afterwards elevated to the rank of colonel of the regiment, and was a man of usefulness in his town. The character of Col. Partridge was such, that he secured by its nature of joviality and jocoseness, and by his agreeableness of manners, the re- gard of his cotemporaries. Hon. George Partridge. He was born on the 8th of Feb- ruary, 1740, of reputable parents. His mother was a daugh- ter of Dea. Foster of Plymouth, and his father was the grand- son of one of the first settlers of Duxbury, who bore the name of his descendant, and who ranked high among the most re- spectable yeomanry of the period, and whose family connec- tions bespeak him to have been a man of substance. The subject of this sketch pursued his early studies under the care of the Rev. Charles Turner, and doubtless partook something of the ardent patriotism of that worthy divine. Having traversed the course of study preparatory to entering upon a collegiate course, he joined the University at Cam- bridge, where he graduated in 1762. He was next engaged as an instructor of youth in Kingston, and afterwards this was relinquished for llie study of divinity, which had always been his cherished purpose. He was, however, soon alRicted with a disease which blasted his prospects as a public speaker. He now again turned his attention to the education of youth, and in this capacity was employed from 1770 until 1773, when he emerged more openly into public view, by the grounds he took in that troubled and momentous period. His services during this time were valuable, as will be seen in connection with the history of the town. His name stands conspicuous on the annals of the State, and the records in her arcliives bear ample testimony to his character and his services. His patriotism was sincere, yet ardent and zealous. He strove for a purpose, — for a purpose, whose only object was the political independence and advancement of his country- DR. JOHN WADSWORTH. 153 men. His zeal was rational; it was no blind conductor of the will; it was not that zeal which, as Johnson has expressed it, is an eagerness to subvert, with little care what shall be estab- lished — but it was considerate and prudent. In 1777, he succeeded Gen. Warren as sheriff of Plymouth county, and held the office with little interruption until 1812. Tn 1781, he was a delegate to Congress under the old Con- federation, and at his death was the last surviving member, with the exception of the venerable Charles Carroll of Mary- land. He remained there constantly until the close of the Revolution, and was on several important committees, and was at Annapolis when the news came that our Independence was acknowledged, and was present in 1783, when Washing- ton delivered up his commission — a scene, as he often de- scribed it, of the most thrilling interest. In 1784, he was again a delegate to Congress ; in 1788, once again a represent- ative, and in 1790 was again chosen for another term of two years. In 1792, he was one of the electors of the President and Vice President, and afterwards a member of the State Legislature. In his latter days he lived a life of usefulness in his native town, and finally died on the morning of the 7th of .Inly, 1828, at the advanced age of 88 years, universally beloved as a Christian, a friend and pillar of the Church, a supporter of the cause of education, and esteemed as an example of patriotism and morality. His memory is still perpetuated by his own endowment of a seminary of learning, which shall transmit to future generations the name of a devoted friend of learning, and a Christian philanthropist. Dr. John Wadsworth. He had served in the Canada war as an officer, and on the commencement of the Revolution was a Captain of the militia. His opposition to the tyranni- cal power of Great Britain was firm and steady ; and he used his utmost endeavors to instigate his fellow-townsmen in that path, which he truly believed led to their own happiness and to the acquirement of their liberty. During the stifled con- tentions between the colonies and the mother country, which preceded the open outbreaks of hostilities, he was a member of the legislative assembly of the province, and his exertions in the cause of freedom were manifest and open. His actions and words breathed that same spirit of independence which characterized the declarations of the town on several occa- sions, and in the formation of which he so largely contributed. In his private cliaracter. Dr. Wadsworth was eccentric, and the manner of his life was characteristic and amusing. In his speech he was rapid and witty. He was a man of strong passions and prejudices, and when excited was as invincible 20 154 DR. JOHN WADSWORTH. by remonstrance as lie was immovable in his opinions. It is related of him that when a mere boy, he once accompanied his father, Dea. Wadsworth, on a trip to Boston by water. On the passage he discoursed considerable with his father on logic, and finally his conversation tended to the point "that it was best for us in this world to let all things take their own course." Shortly afterwards the vessel was accidentally set on fire in the cabin, and John immediately went to work with all haste to extinguish it. "Ah, John!" said his father, "stop! It is best to let all things in this world have their own course." "True," replied John, '.'if yon can't help it." His father, who was a very pious deacon, confessed that he had seen one instance, where terrible language did good. The Doctor, being with him bound out of Boston harbor in a sloop, they run afoul a British frigate. They made no effort to clear him until the Doctor opened upon them a battery of profaneness so tremendous, that they stood aghast and soon pushed him clear. They were about to cut his jib stays, but forbore in awe of him. The Doctor was remarkable for the neatness of his farm, and the fine order in which he kept his fences. It so happened that his next neighbor's fences were continually out of repair. Meeting with her one morning he assailed her with his volcanic battery. Being members of the same church she applied to Mr. Turner for redress, who called upon the Doctor on the next day, and in vain tried to expostulate. He listened for some time; but at last inter- rupted and said, "Parson, it's of no use, it isn't, that woman wont keep her fences in repair. I wish her ribs were a grid- iron to roast her soul upon!" "Good morning. Doctor," said Mr. Turner and left him. Dr. Wadsworth prided himself much on possessing the art of prophecy, and was frequently consulted by the credulous concerning stolen property, absent friends, and coming events. It is still reported that he conjured with wonderful accuracy, and individual instances are often related. He always denied that his power was superhuman; but affirmed that it was capable of being learned and as simple as any operation in arithmetic, and that all errors in his foretelling were occa- sioned by mistakes in his calculations. As a physician. Dr. Wadsworth was self taught, and of considerable eminence in his profession. He was a man of energy and activity, and retained his physical powers until late in life. His talents were by no means disputable. He died in 1799, at the advanced age of 92 years. TUTOR JOHN WADSWORTH. 155 His son John Wadsworth, a gentleman of excellent talents, having completed a collegiate course, graduated at H, C. in 1762, and was considered a good scholar. He was engaged in Duxbury during a few following years as an instructor of youth, and as a teacher he was surpassed by few. He had a taste for metaphysical and logical discussions, and gave much of his time to the study of treaties on those subjects. He had a discriminating mind, and was indeed thouglu by some of his friends to be unprofitably critical in the distinc- tions he nrged or proposed. He intended to have been a lawyer; but was however chosen a tutor in Harvard Univer- sity in 1770, and had the reputation of an able logician, and his superior power in metaphysical discussions was universally acknowledged.* This office he held during his life and was from 1774, as he was the eldest tutor, e.r officio a member of the corporation. He was distinguished more for fine talents, than for extensive erudition. No tutor was ever better adapted for the branch of instruction which fell to his share. As an acute logician, he made accurate distinctions, was fluent in speech and copious in ideas. He could make the worse appear the better reason, which from love of dispu- tation he frequently did; or defend truth in the most lively and ingenuous manner. He was as fond of politics. He was in Duxbury at the time of the first difficulties with England, and strongly favored the loyalists. This was how- ever not much to the surprise of his friends, who clearly understood the motives which actuated him in the preference he had given. It was in fact no other than a love of argu- ment which moved him. All others around him were urgently favoring the opposite side, and he gloried in the prospects of discussions and bandied disputations. With Mr. Turner he had been previously on terms of great intimacy, and used frequently to accompany him in his walks. Turner, who was an ardent whig, now took his walk rmaccompanied. A friend one day meeting him asked him the reason. " Why," * In the various branches of science lie was also a close student, and to the suhject of electricity he was particularly partial. It is said of him that soon after Dr. Franklin had made his discoveries, and declared them, he undertook to construct an electric machine. His father, the Doctor, who was rather incredulous, laughed at him considerably and spurned the idea. John not in the least daunted still continued his work, and finally finished it. Having satisfied himself of the efficacy of the instrument, he deter- mined that the Doctor should suffer for his incredulity. The old gentleman consented, still disbelieving, and did as John commanded, who gave him so severe a shock as nearly to prostrate him, when rising up in considerable heat, he exclaimed, " You rascal you, do you mean to kill your father ? " He confessed himself convinced, and seldom after dared to be skeptical. — Rev. B. K.'s notes. 156 TUTOR JOHN WADSWORTH. replied he, " that John Wadsworth is a turn-coat, and I'll have no more to say to him now." Thus in several instances he sacrificed to his love of argument friendsliip of years standing. At one time during the absence of Mr. Turner from town, he thought it would be a good time for him to preach, and urged it hard upon Dea. Wadsworth, who abso- lutely refused Inm, knowing him to be a tory, and thinking it probable that he wished to give the people a blast from the desk. His tory principles would have lost for him the tutorship but for the attachment of his pupils and the exertions of iiis friends, who urged in his favor his remarkable faculty of communicating his ideas, so necessary in an instructor. It was likewise suggested that his political errors were more in appearance, than reality. His fondness for talking had led him to express himself imprudently on some occasions, yet it was no more in his heart, than in his power to injure the commonwealth. Nevertheless he was retained by a vote of only one majority. He fell a victim to the small pox, July 12th, 1777. He had long before anticipated death by this disorder. Having declined inoculation through fear of the result, he was much alarmed when he learned that he had taken it. He was greatly lamented by the students, for the older ones could appreciate his talents and learning, and the younger ones regarded him with affection for his mild and courteous deportment. " He was a man of eminent talents, of clear conceptions, a perspicacious reasoner, fluent in speech, and above all mild in the exercise of authority. In the midst of his usefulness he was snatched from the University by a fatal disease. The bosoms of the students were filled Avith consternation. ' What honors shall we pay to the memory of so beloved a tutor?' They address the government of the College, — ' Do not by appointing one of your own body, deprive us of the melancholy pleasure of pronouncing his panegyric. Let one of our number be the organ of the rest and speak the grateful sentiments of our hearts.' The request was granted, and Mr. Minot was selected to deliver the funeral oration. With what pathos and eloquence he per- formed the duty, his cotemporarics will remember. They never can forget his impassioned tones, the deep sorrow which clouded his own brow, and the grief which filled the hearts of all his hearers," Thus says the eulogist of Judge Minot, in speaking of the character of Mr. Wadsworth, in its influences upon him as his pupil. In 1808, there was erected in the old burying ground at Cambridge, a monument to his memory " by a few contem- porary friends, who loved and honored his character, and DEA. PELEG WADSWORTH. 157 several pupils who enjoyed at the University the benefit of his instruction." It bears the following epitaph. Huic tumulo mandantur exuviae JOHANNIS WADSWORTH, A. M. Duxburgiee nati Collegii Harvardini Alumni, Cujus Septem per annos fideliter utilissimeque ' Tutoris officium prjestitit et modo aptissimo, facillimo, gratissimoque optiniis prfficeptis ac institutis Juvenum animos imbuit moresque ipsorum amice ac sedulo curavit. Hujus temporis tres per annos et ultra Senatus Academici Socii munera perite explevit. Ingenio sagaci et acutissimo Literis Scientiis-que penitus instructo, etiam facilitate mira Sententias impertiendi. Omnium observantiam sese attraxit. Amicitia ingenua atque constanti, et consuetudinis suavitate facetiisque, Amor ac deliciaj fuit amicorum. Inter alias virtutes Pietas erga Parentes et affectio Fraterna prascipue fuerunt insignes. Viri tam boni ac utilis omnibusque carl, in ^tatem senectam spes vitam produxerat. Ah spes inanis ! Variolis (illo generi humani flagello) correptus, Animam eiflavit Die Julii 12mo Anno Salutis MDCCLXXVII ^tatisque suee XXXVII. Dea. Peleg Wadsworth was a brother of the Doctor, though quite a ditTerent man ; yet was also a great wit. In his language his style was characteristically quaint and fanci- ful, often indulging in expressions which struck the stranger's ear not only as singular, but also as wonderfully significant. At the time when the modern innovation of singing the psalm in church, without first reading it line by line, began to be established, many were opposed to it, and were strongly in favor of continuing in the old method. Some, it is said, even left the church, shocked at the idea of the impending extinc- tion of that time-honored practice. One individual, in partic- 158 GEN. PELEG WADSWORTH. ular, frequently went out. This same person shortly after having purchased of the Deacon a barrel of cider, which had beiiuu to work, was assisted by him in placing it upon his wagon, and was about leaving, wlien the deacon called out to him, in a tone of admonition, " Have a care, have a care, neighbor Delano, this cider may sing before you get home, without reading." The cut was irresistible, and Mr. Delano henceforth gave up his prejudices. Gen. Peleg Wadsworth was a son of Dea. Peleg Wads- worth. He graduated at Harvard College in 1769. and it was the intention of his father that he should be educated in the ministry. However, he unknown to him opened a private school in Plymouth. At the same time Gen. Alexander Scammel, famous in the Revolutionary annals, was likewise teaching there. They had been very intimate friends through- out their college course. Gen. W. afterwards kept a store in Duxbury, and soon after removed it to Kingston. In 1775 when minute companies were formed and manual exercise arrested general attention, he devoted much of his time in the instruction of young men in the use of hrearms, and mstilling into, the minds of youth a true sense and value of Liberty and Freedom. He had at this time the command of a com- pany of minute men in Kingston ; and immediately after the battle of Lexington, joined Col. Cotton's regiment. In Sep- tember he joined the army at Roxbury, and was employed as an engineer; but afterwards as Gen. Ward's aid-de-camp. In 1776 he was appointed Captain in Col. I^ailey's regiment. In 1777 he received the appointment from tlie State, of brigadier General, and had command over the whole district of Maine. In the spring of 1778, while he was in Boston, General Lovell was appointed to command an expedition against the possessions of the British on the Penobscot; and Gen. W. was chosen second in command. Capt. Saltonstall was charged with a fleet to cooperate with them. They landed and made an attack; but failed of complete success. At this time Samuel Alden of Duxbury was mortally wound- ed. A British fleet now hove in sight, and their ships were run up the river, and set on fire; and soon after they marched off their men through the forests. Gen. W., in 1780, had the command of a detachment of State troops at Camden, Me., and here he was assaulted and captured by a host of the enemy, and in the affair was wounded in the arm. He was at first treated with great humanity; but soon- confined in prison, to await his removal to England to be tried as a nhcl of ronseqiwnrc. He iiowever escaped from his confinement. After the war he was a very successful merchant in Portland, and built the splendid mansion, since ()ccuj)icd by his son-in- ALEXANDER SCAMMEL WADSWORTH. 159 law, Stephen Longfellow, Esq. He took as pay for his services from the State 7000 acres of land on the Saco river, which was then valued at the rate of 12^ cents per acre. He afterwards removed and settled on this tract, and was consid- ered the patriarch of the settlement. Here he built him a house, and passed his old age, and died in 1829, aged 80. He was for eight years, while he resided in Portland, a member of Congress. Gen. W. was very energetic in his nature, and quick and rapid in his motions, and of restless activity. Mr. Ward of Boston, who was fellow aid-de-camp with him in Roxbury, used to say of him, "It makes no difference what yon do with Peleg Wads worth. If he were a porter, he would have the office respectable."* His son Alexander Scammel Wadsworth, was second lieutenant on board the Constitution, when she captured the Guerriere. The citizens of Portland, his native place, in testimony of their high sense of the brave and important part he acted on that memorable occasion, presented him with an elegant sword, decorated with appropriate devices. Aldeti's epitaphs. Another son, Henry Wadsivorlh, became a lieutenant in the navy, and fought under Com. Preble at the seige of Tripoli. He was one of tliat devoted band of thir- teen, who conducted the attack, and, says Com. Preble, " determined rather to suffer death and the destruction of the enemy, than captivity and torturing slavery." And by the resolves of Congress he was esteemed "an honor to his country and an example to all excellent youth." He was buried at Portland, and his monument bears this inscription: In memory of Henry Wadsworth, Lieutenant in the United States Navy, who fell before the walls of Tripoli on the evening of the 4th of September, 1804, in the 20th year of his age, by the explosion of a fire ship which he with others gallantly condivcted against the enemy. My country calls, This world adieu, I have one life, This life I give for you. — Alden^s Epi. * Hist. Plymouth, Dwight's Travels, Thacher's Military Journal, and B. Kent's notes. 160 ANNALS SUBSEQUENT TO THE REVOLUTION. 17SS. The town chose Geo. Partridge delegate to the Con- vention to be holden at Boston on the second Wednesday in January. 1795. At a meeting, called to consider the question of re- vising the Constitution, it was decided that it was not expe- dient, all the votes (47) being against it. 1808. The Embargo Act of Congress fell upon the inhab- itants of this town like a thunderbolt. They were solely dependent on the sea for support, and the interruption of their business, occasioned by the enforcement of this act, soon brought them to a deplorable situation. Assembled in town meeting, they resolved to petition, and. accordingly a memorial was sent to the President, dated Sept. 5lh, 1808. Therein they stated, that they were chiefly dependent on the sea for support; and the sterility of their soil was such, that means for their subsistence could not be raised. That the fishermen, who could before but hardly support their families, were now wholly dependent on the fish caught previously, which still remained unsold, and that they had no means to support their households. That there was a large quantity of fish in the town, which must perish if liberty is not given to export them. They represented their inability to enter into manufactures, and want of skilful men to instruct them, and of money to purchase materials, and of buildings necessary for carrying it on, and their reluctance to have their sons and daughters en- gage in that unhealthy employment, and be reduced to the state of that class in the old country. They granted, that without doubt the legislators thought it for the good and hap- piness of the country; but the embargo, when not felt in Eu- rope, brought injury and ruin upon themselves. They also thought, that as large an armed force would be required to prevent the citizens from exporting their perishing commodi- ties, as would serve to protect their commerce against any foreign power ; that merchants and seamen, heretofore exem- plary, would acquire habits of evading the laws and cheating the revenues of the country; that the prostration of our com- merce would afford other nations the opportunity of building up flourishing trades, and turn its channels into new kingdoms, which it might be impossible to prevent. To this President Jeft'erson returned an answer, stating, that the embargo could not be raised, consistent with the good of the country, until a repeal of the obnoxious edicts of Europe. At one time fears were entertained by the authorities of the 1812.] WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN. IGl ciistom-Iioiise at Plymouth, that an attempt would be made to run the embargo, on the part of some vessels in Duxbury ; and. accordingly an armed sloop was stationed in the bay to pre- vent any violation of the Government orders. Nevertheless, taking advantage of a thick and foggy night, a schooner, laden with tish, and belonging to Mr. Samuel A. Frazar, succeeded in an attempt to escape, and on the next morning was not to be seen. She was commanded by Capt. Asa Hewitt, and it is supposed went to the West Indies, where she was disposed of. 1S12. War WITH Great- Britain. As New England was distant from the principal scenes of the war, her towns suffer- ed not much from the immediate incursions of the enemy, — their sufferings being chietly occasioned by the interruption of business and the scarcity of foreign commodities. Her fish- ermen suffered most from the numerous disguised vessels of the enemy, which often cruised along her coasts. Most of the townsmen, as were a majority of the State, were decidedly opposed to the war and the measures of the admin- istration, and favored the principles of the Federal party. Soon after the declaration of war by the Government (.Tune ISth), the friends of peace in this county determined to hold a meeting for deliberation ; and the 29th of July was appointed as the day. On the 27th the town assembled, and chose Capt. Samuel Loring, Reuben Delano, Ezra Weston, Judah Aldcn, and Capt. Abner Dingley to attend ; and at the same meeting this delegation was authorized to circulate a memorial for peace, — to obtain as many signers as they could, and to print it in the Boston papers. Capt. Loring. at the head of this delegation, though now far advanced in years, was a firm opposerof the war. Having in his younger days assisted in the establishment of that liberty too precious to be hazarded, he now looked upon the preparations for war with no feigned feeling of regret. Major ^/c/e« was also strongly in favor of the Federalists, and one of the most influential on their side, as were most of the older inhabitants of the town, who had seen the victories and defeats of one war, and naturally shun- ned another, though, in time of danger from their country's foe, they were ever ready to act and fight for their country's good. They would oppose the war in the beginning; but when once entered upon, it was in accordance with their honor and patriotism to repel all hostile aggressions. Preparations were afterwards made for the defence of the town. Many of the larger vessels in the harbor were drawn up the river to prevent their falling into the hands of the ene- my. There were at one time two ships, one brig, and six schooners here secured. At the entrance of the river two small forts were built. For the fortification of these a commit- 21 162 PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENCE. [1812. tee of safety was chosen to devise ways and means. Mr. Seth Sprague, one of the number, was directed to make apphcation to the Board of war, then sitting at Boston, for cannon and aminiinition. In reply to their appHcations, General Cobb, a member of the Board, remarked, that it would be idle to listen to it ; for, he alleged, the inhabitants would not know how to use cannon and amnnmition if they had them. Governor Brooks thought differently, and influenced the Board to com- ply ; and accordingly a quantity of powder and balls, and two field pieces were granted.* Thyee other field pieces were pro- vided by the custom-house at Plymouth, and others were pro- cured by the inhabitants.f The upper fort mounted three six- pounders, and the lower two twelve-pounders. Cannon were also placed at other places along the shore, where it was ex- 'pected the enemy might land. There were two on the wharf of Mr. Sampson, and one near Mr. Lot Hunt's. These were manned in the night-time by a company of Sea-Fencibles, formed among the inhabitants for the defence of the coast, consisting of between thirty and forty men. They were com- manded by Capt. Gershom Bradford. Thomas Winsor was first lieutenant, Capt. Thomas Herrick the second, and Wm. Sampson, clerk. There was a company of militia stationed at the barracks, amounting to nearly ninety men, from the neighboring towns, and commanded by Capt. John Alden. The entrance to the harbor was guarded by the fort at the Gurnet, which mounted six or eight cannon, some of them forty-two pounders, and was manned by a detachment of State troops, consisting of about thirty men, under the connnand of Capt. Pope of Salem, and afterwards of Lt. Simmons of Scitu- ate. Alarm-boats constantly plied in time of danger between Plymouth beach and Saquish. One was furnished by Ply- mouth, and another by Duxbury. This was manned by the row-guard, who served six at a time, under the command of Capt. Zenas Winsor. Instructions were given them to fire a gun on the approach of any of the enemy's barges, which was to be answered by the cannon at the batteries and along tlic shore, and a lighted tar-barrel at Captain's Hill, and similar demonstrations in Plymouth and Kingston. Notwithstanding their vigorous preparations for the defence of the town, it was proposed by some members of the Com- mittee of safety, while they were making out an official report, to recommend that a messenger be sent to the British ships * Soule's Sprague Memorial. •f- The owners of the shipping, Messrs. Reuben and Charles Drew, Na- thaniel and Joshua Winsor, Ezra Weston, Job and Levi Sampson, at an expense of $140, purchased two nine-pounders, and also two casks of powder, containing each one hundred weight. 1S12.J PROPOSED NEUTRALITY. 163 cruising between the capes, with the assurance of the neutral- ity of the inhabitants. These measures were favored by the majority, and the vote was about to be taken, when Mr. Seth Sprague, one of the number, arose, and most strenuously op- posed it; stating that it was cowardly and treasonable, and inconsistent with their previous means of defence ; but still the motion prevailed, and the report was made to the inhabitants legally assembled. Before this town meeting Mr. Sprague again protested, but yet the report was accepted. However, at a later stage of the meeting, Capt. John Alden, in a few remarks, so influenced the meeting, that the vote was recon- sidered and the motion rejected. But still a message of this kind was sent by some persons, though unauthorized and unldiown to the greater part of the inhabitants, to the com- mander of the British ship, as the reply of the latter is still preserved. " His Britannic Majesty's Ship Leander, ) 10th August, 1S14. \ " To the Selectmen and the Commktee of Safety } of the Town of Duxbury : j^ Gentlemen : I am to acknowledge your letter of the 9th instant. I can easily understand the motives which have in- duced your addressing me; and, much as I deplore this war, and deeply hs I feel for the distresses of innocent individuals, a sense of public duty will always compel me to follow up the utmost extent of my instructions. But in the belief that your town has neither the means nor intention of carrying on otien- sive war, I shall, as far as lies in my power, endeavor to respect it accordingly. The schooner you require, [i. e. the Despatch, see following,] shall therefore be returned as soon as opportunity permits, and that [as soon as] I have obtained the sanction of Captain Ragget, which I shall urge by every honest means in my power. But I must again remark, in addition to the observations contained in a letter to the magis- trates of Plymouth, which you allude to, that nothing but neutrality the most perfect will induce me either to respect your fishing craft, or the town itself It is not in the charac- ter of Englishmen to act harshly towards the unoffending, — though in a state of war, — unless provoked to a system of retaliation. And thus far (though not authorized) I am sure I only speak the sentimenis of my superior officers. Be there- fore tranquil ! carry on war only to defend your homes, and do not permit your fishermen to assist directly or indirectly, — as any deviation will be marked some day or other ! The fishermen who took possession of the Rover did wrong ; but not more so than those who towed in the barge sunk off the battery near Plymouth. Had they left her to her fate, no 164 WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN. [1S14. mischief would have perhaps ever threatened the fishermen of Plymouth ; but, as it is, until that barge is returned, it must be supposed that the fishermen of Plymouth are authorized by their Government to intrigue in war. I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, Your most Obedient Servant, George R. Collier, Captain H. B. M. S. Leander. " P. S. — As there are some American armed boats disaids- ed as fishermen, is is necessary that every fishing boat should be examined ; and unless they bring to when fired at, they will be punished accordingly." [The allusion to the Rover and the barge will be explained in the sequel, pp. 1G6-7. — Sprague Memorial.^ Gen. Dearborn, of Boston, was immediately informed of this, and orders were despatched to the fort at the Gurnet to allow no boat of the enemy to pass that point, if it could be prevented. Shortly after, a boat from the British vessel ap- peared with a white flag, and the oflicer desired permission to visit the town. He was told to make his communication, if he liad any, to the commander of the fort; and if he proceed- ed further he would be fired upon; when, taking the hint, he quietly returned to the ship. During 1814, there were three of the enemy's ships cruising between the capes. They were, the flag-ship Spencer ; the La Hogue, Capt. Ragget, and the Leander, Capt. Collier. These were a source of great annoyance to the various fishuig and other small craft of the bay, and especially to boats run- ning along the shore with commodities from New York, which had been transported across the isthmus, as it was imsafc to proceed around the cape, owing to the enemy's vessels. They were also in constant danger of capture by the many boats and barges of the English, many of which were disguised crafts taken from the Americans. At times, one or more of the British frigates were seen oflf Duxbury beach, and their presence was the cause of greater vigilance on the part of the inhabitants, who feared an attack from the numerous barges of the enemj^, who would attempt to burn their shipping. This year the town records, which heretofore liave been destitute of every thing relating to the war, show that the town voted (June I'Jth), that the committee of safety appoint sentinels and posts of alarm. In the autumn (Oct. Sth) they determined that if the exempt militia form themselves into a company, those who are unable to furnish themselves, be provided from the equipments in the town's possession. The militia were to be furnished with provisions, if called out of 1814.] MARITIME AFFAIRS. 16.5 town on camp duty. They also agreed to continue prepara- tions for defence.* Tliongh no indication was made on the part of the enemy of attacking the town ; yet an incident occurred from which we may judge that they would not quietly have submitted to the invasion of their soil and the devastation of their proper- ty.. One clear moonlight evening it was agreed upon among the members of the roio guard to execute a sclieme for testing the courage of the people. They accordingly gave the usual signal for the approach of the enemy, which was immedi- ately answered, as they had expected, when they returned with all haste to the town. The report spread like electricity from house to house, the forts were instantly manned, all assumed the attitude of defence, and their cannon pointed in the direction of the looked for enemy. The militia were paraded on the hill by the barracks, and counlermarclied in the streets. A body of about thirty men with Captain Seth Sprague at their head, were despatched to reconnoitre the shores, and sentries were immediately stationed at the posts. The inhabitants of the neighboring towns came pouring in to their assistance; wliile the women and children were con- veyed to places of security. A few minutes of silence prevailed, all were endeavoring to espy the awaited foe, but the clear beams of the moon as they fell on the smooth and unruffled surface of the harbor, and the glowing light of the beacon towering to the sky, disclosed to their extended visions naught but the silent waves, untouched by hostile keels! f In the summer of this year (July 23d, 1S14,) while two of the enemy's barges were chasing a small boat, loaded with flour and bound for Boston, the American ran under the guns of the Gurnet fort, where the men landed. At this time .the barges were fired npon by the fort, and the second shot, aimed by the commander himself, though at a distance of nearly * Mar. II, 181G. Voted to make up the first detachment of soldiers' pay, including State's pay, $ 14 per month. — Town Rec. f Tiiis trick of the guard was suspected by some on the same night, though it has never yet been fairly acknowledged. The officers of the two companies of militia at this time were of the South — John Alden, Capt. ; Prince Bradford, First Ll. ; and Martin Sampson, Second Lt. : of the North — John Partridge, Capt.; Eleazer Harlow, First Lt. ; and Daniel Weston, Second Lt. These belonged to the coast division of Gen. Wm. Gooding, consisting of four brigades. The previous officers of the militia companies since the Revolution, had been — of the first (after Capt. S. Loring,) Capt. Samuel Delano, and Lt's Joshua Brewster and Eliphalet Waterman ; Capt. Seth Sprague was the next commanding officer, who was succeeded by Capt. Alden, whose officers at first were Lt. Wm. Freeman and Lt. James Weston — of the second, (after Capt. Baker,) were Captains Nathan Sampson, Ichabod Sampson, Abner Dingley, and John Partridge, as above. 166 WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN. [1814. three miles, struck one of them, wounding some of the men. The boat immediately filled, and the crew were taken up by the other barge, which then returned to the ship then lying off the beach. A small English fiag, which they recovered from the sunken barge, was afterwards displayed at the fort in token of victory. In revenge for this Capt. Epworth of the Nymphe frigate burnt and sunk a Plymouth schooner of 25 tons. An inhabitant of Duxbury, having occasion a short time afterwards to visit the enemy's frigate La Hogue, Capt. Ragget, while speaking of this affair, the Captain praised in high terms the courage and skill of the troops at the battery, and did not blame their firing; but coming to the fact that one or more shots were fired after the men were in the water, he gave vent to his rage in a characteristic manner, accom- panied by no ordinary imprecations, threatening vengeance upon them. However the Englishman's threats were never executed.* The following are some of the fishing and other crafts, belonging to Duxbury, which were captured by the enemy during the war. — The schooner Clteriib, owned by Joshua Winsor, and manned by John Winsor, George Winsor, (son of Joshua,) and James Chandler, who were taken by the La Hogue. — The schooner Ospra^ owned by Ahira Wads- worth, was captured by the Leander, and her crew, (Stephen Churchill, James Woodward and a small boy) were retained for a short time as prisoners. — The sloop Lady Jane^ owned by Perez H. Sampson, James Soule and Richard Soule, was sailing in the bay on a pleasure excursion, with a party, when an enemy's barge suddenly appeared and gave chase. The sloop was run aground on Plymouth fiats, and the com- pany escaped. The barge coming up endeavored to float her; but seeing the beach thronging with men, they retreated. * An eye witness to the scene testifies, that a third shot was fired ; but at the other bargee which came to rescue the men of the fii'st. Soon after the sails, water casks, &c. of the barge were picked up by the schooner Despatch of Duxbury, and carried into port. The barge was raised and towed into Plymoutli on the afternoon of the same day. These affairs were the cause of a special deputation to the authorities at Plymouth on the part of the English commander, who sent a barge with a white flag to the town. The oflicer had an interview with Gen. Gooding, who agreed to return the barge, which gave ample satisfaction to the officer, whom they dismissed, having filled his barge with a large quantity of fresh provisions. When returning from Plymouth, they were met by a boat having on board Mr. David Turner and others of Duxbury, who held a short conversation with the liritish officer, who showed much feeling in regard to the outra- geous conduct, as he alleged, of the commander of the fort, expressing himself in strong terms, and declaring that he should he delivered 1o the exasperated fury of his men, should he be taken at any time. The officer of the fort, when informed of this shortly after, replied with perfect cool- ness, that " he would be a hard one to catch." 1S14.J ' MARITIME AFFAIRS. 167 — The schooner Desjiatch, owned by Nathaniel Winsor, Jr., EUphalet Waterman and David Turner, and manned by Samuel Hunt, Noah Simmons, Joseph Prior and George Winsor (son of James,) sailed from Diixbury about the 15th of July, 1814, and was captured at night on the following day by a barge from the lieander, and the prize sloop Rover, from the La Hogue, sailing in company. A transfer of their crews was made, those of the Despatch being placed in charge of the Rover, and ordered to follow the former. This they did for some time, using drags however to impede her progress; but night coming on, tliey ventured to make their escape, and putting about for the Gurnet, they reached the harbor in safety, and the Rover was aflervv^ards claimed by her rightful owners. The Despatch was then recovered by a series of cunning devices on the part of a single individual. After her capture, as above, she continued to cruise in the bay, and when near the Gurnet took a boat which was manned by Captains Matthew H. Mayo and Winslow L. Knowles,* whom they conveyed on board the flag ship Spencer, where they were kept three days, when they made an offer of $300 to ransom themselves and boat. Knowles was permitted to go to Boston, where he was advised by his friends and a certain naval ofhcer to give up the scheme. After seven days Mayo was placed on board the Despatch as pilot, with three British officers and twenty men, with a brass four-pounder and other warlike implements. They were ordered to cruise in the bay; but after two days they experienced a severe north- wester, and were advised by Mayo to make a harbor under Billingsgate point. To make the schooner sail faster a portion of the ballast Wiis thrown overboard, and Mayo hinted that it would be well to throw over more to make comfortable sleeping quarters. Being thus lightened, the schooner, as Mayo had expected, would not bear a sufficient press of canvass to reach the proposed harbor. Afterwards when ordered to anchor, he took occasion, while letting the anchor go, and just as the cook had called all hands below for dinner, to cut the cable nearly otT with his knife. This * These men belonged to Eastham, and had been to Boston with a load of rye, and having sohl their cargo, and purchased articles for their own and other families, and exchanged their boat for a larger one were now returning home. The Despatch lie at anchor and apparently fishing and showing five men on deck. Suddenly a cannon was fired and the shot struck within fifty feet of the boat; but keeping on their course another was fired, which skipped over them, when they hove to, and were boarded and taken as in the text. Previously, however, Mayo had secretly thrown overboard his valuable spyglass to prevent its falling into the enemy's hands. Rco. Enoch Pratt's Hist, of Eastham, Orleans and We/fleet, 1845, from which the facts of the text are derived, as also from Soule's Sprague Memorial. 168 WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN. [1814. done, he followed the rest to the repast. In a few moments the schooner was observed to be rolling and tossing about, and some of the crew rushing on deck cried out, " She's adrift ! " IMayo pretended to be much alarmed and exclaimed " Pay out ! " But it proved in vain, for the anchor itself was gone. He then hauled in the cable, carefully rubbing the end, that no mark of a knife might be seen. He next advised them to make a harbor to the leeward ten miles distant. The place selected was about three-fourths of a mile from his own door at Eastham, where he ran her ashore on the flats. The officers now began to suspect him; but he only assured them that iliey were on the outer bar and would soon beat over, and advised the men to go below that they might not be suspected by the people on the shore, who were fast gather- ing; and giving them a 2:imlet they tapped a cask of New England rum and soon became intoxicated. As the tide ebbed the schooner heeled, when the officers finding them- selves deceived, ordered their men on deck for resistance; when Mayo, throwing overboard the arms on deck, threat- ened to shoot any who should attempt his life. He had previously picked the lock of the first officer's writing desk, and secured a brace of brass pistols and secreted them under his jacket. Going on shore the authorities were notified of his circumstances, and the militia ordered out, and they took possession of the vessel and men, who were marched to Mr. Thomas Crosby's tavern, and placed under guard for the night; but they were removed on the next morning to a barn, and then permitted to escape to the ship. The commander of the station demanded of Eastham the sum of !{pl200 in specie, and if not paid in twenty-four hours, he threatened to destroy the town, which was then paid. The owners of the schooner afterwards obtained her of the Government officer, who claimed her for the United States.* — The schooner Thomas Harchj^ belonging to Mr. S. A. Frazar, was captured in the early part of the war, and her crew were soon released. — A small boat, the Liberty, owned and commanded by Capt. Joshua Brewster, was taken by the Lcander, and soon alter Capt. Brewster was allowed to return in his own boat, under pretence of obtaining a ransom, and thus effected his escape. — A sloop called the Cliristoplier Colwnhus, owned by Joshua Winsor, and commanded by Capt. John Winsor, while near the shore of Scituate, discovered an enemy's barge in full pursuit of them, from the harbor of Scituate, where they had been to fire the shipping. They then abandoned the sloop in * The Despatch, as were other of the enemy's prizes, was often seen nfl' the Gurnet in disguise, with chairs hangin{j over her quarter, as if trans- porting merchandize along the coast. 1814.] MARITIME AFFAIRS. 169 a boat and made for the shore, when the British boarded her, and having fired her in her cabin, left her. The crew now again tooli possession and having extinguished the fire, pro- ceeded on their cruise. — The schooner Maria, owned by Nathaniel Winsor, Sen., and under the command of Capt. Joseph Fish of Duxbury, was taken, and carried into Hali- fax, and the crew afterwards returned home safe. Capt. Fish afterward performed three voyages in privateer David Porter, a large schooner of two hundred and six tons, and mounting eight guns, with one long 24-pounder. These of Duxbury also accompanied him in different cruises, — Capt. Charles Soule, prize master and boarding officer; Capt. Geo. Soule, prize master; Asa Weston, prize master and quarter master; Capt. Otis Baker; Nathaniel Holmes; Eden Wads- worth, and a brother of Capt. Fish. The David Porter was a fine sailing vessel, and owned in Boston. On the second cruise, proceeding from Fairhaven in the month of August, 1813, they soon fell in with, and captured, an English brig, and on the next day, they took a valuable prize, a large English ship, laden with hides and tallow; and soon after a British brig, with an American captain, and first ollicer, bound for Halifax, from Liverpool, having on board the rigging and anchors for a frigate building on the Lakes, and mounting herself four guns, which were thrown overboard. On the next day, they fell in with the English privateer schooner Pictou, and gave chase; but, however, soon perceiv- ing that they were gaining upon the enemy, they put about, as they were not in a proper state for an engagement, their guns being so blocked up with the captured commodities, that it would have been almost impossible to have worked them, and having accomplished their object in frightening her away, they shaped their course in another direction. One prize, a schooner which they captured, was afterwards lost by the artful designs of two English boys, who were on board. Soon after her capture, they transferred the English crew, with the exception of these two boys, on board their own vessel, and putting on board a prize master with six or eight men, they ordered him to make for the nearest port. Some wine, which was on board, having been too freely indulged in by the officers and crew, watching an opportu- nity, when the captain was prostrate upon the deck in an intoxicated state, and the remainder of the men, with the exception of the man at the helm, were carousing in the fore- castle, they suddenly locked them down, and one seizing a handspike, threatened the life of the other man if he attempt- ed any resistance, while the other bound the captain, hand and foot. And thus having taken the vessel, they carried her unharmed into Halifax. Capt. Fish after having taken five 22 170 ESTABLISHMENT OF PEACE. [1815. prizes in fifteen days, three of whom arrived safe in port, entered the harbor of Boston. Proceeding from this port on his third cruise, he shaped his course for the rock of Lisbon, and there fell in with and captured an English brig, bound for Trieste, and which was originally an American privateer. The English crew were taken out, and Capt. George Soule and a prize crew were put on board, and after a passage of seventy days, Capt. Soule made the American continent ; but unfortunately at this time, an English seventy-four hove in sight and took them. She was however afterwards recovered according to the treaty, for she happened to be re-taken' after the declaration of peace; yet this was not accomplished with- out considerable expense. From the coast of Portugal, Capt. Fish went to South America, and after cruising with little success for some time, finally returned to New York, after the settlement of peace. Capt. Fish was an officer of great abilities, and his enterprizes were conducted with prudence and skill. He was afterwards lost at sea, and as he never was heard of, his vessel probably foundered. The receipt of the news of the establishment of peace, which arrived late in an evening in February, was the occa- sion of much joy on the part of the inhabitants, and early on the following morning a salute was fired from the fort; and soon after a company of about seventy persons walked to the Gurnet on the ice, and spending here three or four hours in amusement, performing feats of agility and otherwise enter- taining themselves, returned in a body. On the next day salutes were fired again at the forts, at the Gurnet battery and at Plymouth. 171 HISTORY CHURCH OF DUXBURY, FORMATION. The Church of Duxbury was gathered about 1632, though they had not a settled pastor until some years after. Before this period, self-preservation dictated the policy which forbade the "erection of cottages remote from prompt protection;" and we find the principal settlers of the suburbs of Duxbury town-dwellers (of Plymouth) in winter, that "they better repair to the worship of God." * " In the year 1632, a number of the brethren inhabiting on the other side of the bay, at a place since called Duxborough, growing weary of attending the worship of God at such dis- tance, asked and were granted a dismission; and soon after, being embodied into a church, they procured the Rev. Mr. Partridge (a gracious man of great abilities.) to be their pas- tor." Thus Duxbury appears to have been the second church in Plymouth colony. Previous to the settlement of their pastor, Elder Brewster, of the Plymouth church, who resided in Duxbury. assisted in the services. Rev. Ralph Partridge was the first minister, who was set- tled over the church in Duxbury in 1637. He had previously been a clergyman of the church of England, and had arrived at Boston on the 17th of November, 1636. The vessel in which he came had had a very boisterous passage, and was short of provisions. * Their removal to Plymouth in the autumn was not required, however, a year or two after. Still, great precautions were necessary to insure their perfect security from the depredations of the savages ; and in 1634, we find that in the south-eastern part of the town, where Standish, Brewster, Pabodie, and others resided, a palisade was ordered to be erected beyond Eagle-nest creek. Among other considerations which prompted its erec- tion, doubtless was the defence which it would afford their cattle, and pre- serve them from the depredations of the Lidians, to which they were greatly exposed. Their stocks were now considerably increased, and even as early as 1632, the Court had deemed it necessary to require that they should he confined in fenced pastures, and in 1638, it was considered desirable that an annual fair should be held at Duxbury, for the improvement of their cattle, and for the show of various commodities. 172 REV. RALPH PARTRIDGE. [1637. He soon came to Duxbury, at the invitation of the church, and was admitted a freeman on the 6th of March, 1637-S. In the same year lie received a grant of forty acres to the southeast of North Hill, and also about this time bought land of William Basset and Francis Sprague in the southeastern part of the town ; and in 1639 bought a house * of William Latham. It would seem by the following record, in 1637, that the character of the settlers which were pouring into the newly established town did not agree in all respects with the feelings of the founders. " Upon peticon p''ferred to us by Mr. Partrich on behalf of the Cliurch and neighbourhood of that side, wherein they shewed the danger of the disolution of their church estate, except the Court would bee pleased to consider their necessyty, and help them therein. That seeing the church of Plymouth now called home their members who held much lands on that side, and they being but few, and the lands there were desposed in a great part to servants and other yeong men, from whom they could expect little help, they humbly requested that such lands, as were yet migranted betwixt the North and South rivers might be reserved for farms to such fitt men, as they should approve of, and might be litt and help- full unto them. It was therefore granted unto them by the * This was a two-story gambrel-roofed building, somewhat superior to the common habitations ot'tlie settlers. On the lower floor was tlie pailor, an ordinary room, carpeted however, and furnished m a manner which might be considered luxurious. Here in tlie centre was a round table ; and another, though ot" less pretensions, was placed against the wall. In the fire-place were the andirons and tongs, and against the wall hung a looking glass. In the corner was his staff and cane. Here Was also kept the silver plate, and on the table was placed " his silver beer cup," which was re- tained in the family of his daughter Mary, as a family heir-loom. Three high chairs, and one wooden one, with two cushions, completed the furni- ture of the room. Adjoining this was his study ; in the midst was a small table, and a desk, before which was placed a cushioned stool. Two book- cases were placed against the wall, one called his Latin case, wherein were arranged his library of about four hundred volumes. An old safe stood in the corner, and various kinds <>f personal apparel were scattered around the room. Next to this was another but smaller room, and on this floor was also the kitchen. In the cellar below were nine beer casks, affordmg, no doubt, abundance of the beverage to his visiting parishioners. In the second story was the parlor chamber, furnished with a valanced bed, and a cupboard of drawers, with a cloth upon it. The kitchen chamber had like- wise a bed. On each side of these was a small leanto chamber, having in them two beds, and one truckle bed. And above all was the attic. Near the house was his orchard, and a cow-house. His slock of cattle was four o.xen, one bull, seven cows, two yearlings, two calves, two ewes, and two swine ; with also six hens and five chickens ; and a cart, plough, &c., con- stituted his farming implements. These items are given to show the state of the earliest inhabitants in tlieir domestic situation. The above was the condition of the estate of Mr. Partridge at his death, as appears fr'om the inventory. He died possessed of about ir)0 acres of land. 1637.J REV. RALPH PARTRIDGE. 173 Court, that not any of those lands should he granted, hut such as these foure, viz., Mr. William Collyer, Mr. Ralph Partrich, Jonathan Brewster and Willm. Basset should approve of as iitt for their societie." They feared, it seems, the dissolution of their church for want of support; the motley throng which would assemble there, if left entirely open and free, would not be able or willing to contribute to their aid; and they thus wished for measiu'es to insure to them a congregation of men, which would be a benefit to the town. 1638. A. Sampson was presented to tlie Court, "for strik- ing and abusing John Washburn the younger in the meeting- house on the Lord's day." 1641. There were eight churches in Plymouth colony, eight in Connecticut, and twenty-three or four in Massachu- setts Bay. 1650. Edward Hunt fined for shooting deer on the Sab- bath. Abraham Peirce, for idleness and neglecting public worship. 1651. Nathaniel Basset and Jo : Prior were fined twenty shillings each, for disturbing the church; and at the next town meeting or training-day each to be hound to a post for two hours in some public place, with a paper on their heads, with their crime written thereon in capital letters. 1652. James Lindall, at his death, left to the church one cow and one calf George Russell was fined for not attending church at Namasakeeset in the liberties of Duxbury. 1658. The church suffered a sad bereavement in the death of their beloved pastor, which occurred iu the present year. And here it seems best to follow the words of Secretary Mor- ton, who, in recording his death in his Memorial, thus men- tions him : " Mr. Ralph Partridge died in a good old Age, having for the space of fourty years dispensed the Word of God with very little impediment by sickness. His pious and blameless life became very advantageous to his Doctrine; he was much honored and loved by all that conversed with him. He was of a sound and solid judgement in the main Truths of Jesus Christ, and very able in his Disputation to defend them; he was very singular in this, that notwithstanding the paucity and poverty of his Flock, he continued in his Work amongst them to the end of his life. He went to his grave in peace, as a &hoc/c of Com full!/ ^''P(^i and was honorably buried at Duxbnry. " In whose Remembrance, one who was a true Admirer of his worth, presented these at his Funerall : " Not Rage, but Age ; not Age, but Cod's decree, Did call rne hence my Saviour Christ to see 174 RKV. RALPH PARTRIDGE. [1658. And to embrace, and from his hand receive My Crown of Glory : Oh who would not leave A flattering World, nay Friends, or what's most dear, The Saints' Communion that's enjoyed here. At once to have God, Christ, Saints, Angels, all, To make compleat, and sum our Joyes totall 1 Now I behold God's Glory face to face ; Now I sit down with Christ, who've run my race ; Now I sing praise to God, and to the Lamb ; Now I Companion to the Angels am ; Now I behold with greatest joy my Sons And Daughters all ; I mean Converted ones, Which I was instrumental! in my place To bring to God, but all of his Free Grace. How am I changed ! that of late was weak, Above the force of Satan now to break ? How am I changed ! Son of Sorrow late. But now triumphing in my heavenly state. How was I vex'd with pains, with griefs molested ! How in a moment am I now Invested With Royal Robes, with Crowns, with Diadems, With God's Elernall loves? Such precious Gems, He hath in Store for them his Saints that are ; For such indeed he counts his Jewels rare. Oh Brethren, Sisters, Neighbours, Country, Friends, I'me now above you : Hark to them God sends, As yet surviving in their worthy Charge, Whose work it is God's Vineyard to enlarge. God and my Conscience, your Experience knows, Whiles I was with you, I was one of those, That labour'd faithfully God's Vineyard in, Sowing his Seed, and plucking up of Sin. Now is the Harvest to my self indeed ; The Lord grant a supply of one to feed Your Souls with heavenly food, and one to lead In wayes of God, untill his Courts do tread. Next to God's love, my Flock, love one another, And next to Christ, preserve love to thy brother. Let ever precious be in your esteem God's holy Word, and such as slight it, deem Of Serpents brood : whatever they pretend. By no means to such Blasphemies attend. Decline all wanderings, lest from all you stray ; If stept aside, return in this your day : Keep close to God, so he that is Most High Shall you preserve as Apple of his Eye, 1658.] REV. RALPH PARTRIDGE. 175 And give you peace, on Earth Tranquillity, Mansions in Heaven to Eternity ; Where we that Death doth for a time now sever, Shall meet, Embrace, and shall not part forever. " R un is his Race, A nd his work done ; L eft Earthly place, P artridg-e is gone. H e's with the Father and the Son. P m-e joyes and constant do attend. All that so live, such is their End. R eturn he shall with Christ agen. To Judge both just and Sinful men. R ais'd is this Bird of Paradise : I oy heaven entred breaks the ice. D eath under foot he trodden hath ; G race is to Glory Straitest Path, E ver En joyes Love free from wrath." His ministry was peaceful and happy. No jars served to disturb the quiet of the church, and his gentleness of spirit and meekness of heart brought upon him the afiection of his people, and secured for him that name, which has been hand- ed to posterity as a token of holiness. The fanciful Mather in his Magnalia in giving the life of Mr. Partridge, thus wrote : — " When David was driven from his Friends into the Wilder- ness he made this Pathetical Representation of his Condition. ' Twas as when one doth hunt a Partridge in the Mountains.^ Among the many worthy persons who were persecuted into an American Wilderness for their Fidelity to the Ecclesiastical Kingdom of our true David, there was one that bore the Name, as well as the State of an hunted Partridge. What befel him, was, a Bede saith of what was done by Foelix^ Juxta no7ninis sui sacramentum. "This was Mr. Ralph Partridge, who for no Fault, but the Delicacy of his good Spirit, being distress'd by the Eccle- siastical Setters, had no Defence, neither of Beak, nor Claiv, but a Flight over the Ocean. • " The Place where he took covert, was the Colony of Ply- mouth, and the Town of Duxbury in that Colony. " This Partridge had not only the Innocence of the Dove, conspicuous in his blameless and pious Life, which made him very acceptable in his Conversation; but also the Loftiness of 176 REV. RALPH PARTRIDGE. [1658. an Eagle, in the great Soar of his intellectual Abilities. There are some Interpreters, who understanding Chvrch Officers by the living Creatures, in the Fourtli Chapter oi' the Apocalypse., will have the Teacher to be intended by the Eagle there, for his quick Insight into remote and hidden things. The Church of Duxbnry had such an Eagle in their Partridge, when they enjoy'd such a TeacherJ^ Mr. Mather then continues to speak of his connection with the Cambridge Synod of 16 17, at which Mr. Partridge was the only delegate from Plymouth Colony, but whether he went at the instance of his church is not known. " By the same token, when the Platform of Church Disci- pline was to be compos'd, the Synod at Cambridge appointed three persons to draw up each of them, A Model of Chnrch- Governnient. accordiug to the Word of God, unto the end, that out of those, the Synod might form what should be most agreeable ; which three persons were Mr. Cotton, and Mr. jyjather, and Mr. Partridge. So that in the opinion of that Reverend Assembly, this person did not come far behind this first three, for some of his accomplishments. "After he had been Forty Years a faithful and painful Preacher of the Gospel, rarely, if ever, in all that while interrupted in his works, by any Bodily Sickness, he dy'd in a good Old Age about the Year 1658." Jn conclusion Mr. Mather presents a striking illustration of the character of Mr. Partridge, truly expressive of his lowli- ness and humility of spirit. "There was one singular instance of a iveaned Spirit, whereby he signahzed himself unto the Churches of God. That was this: there was a time when most of the ministers in the Colony of Plymouth, left tlie Colony, upon the Dis- couragement which the want of a competent maintenance among the needy and froward inhabitants gave unto them. Nevertheless Mr. Partridge was, notwithstanding the Paucity and Poverty of his Congregation, so affraid of being any thing that look'd like a Bird wandering from his Nest, that he remained with his poor People, till he took v^ing to become a Bird of Paradise, along with the winged Seraphim of Heaven. Epitaphiubi. AVOLAVIT ! " Mr. Partridge was probably interred in the first burial place of the town, which was a knoll in the south eastern part at Harden Hill, as it is called. If any stones were ever placed here they have since been destroyed by the ravages of lime or otherwise, as none at the present day exist. Probably, how- ever, none were erected, in hopes of concealing from the Indians their loss by death, and consequent weakness; or in the earliest periods the difficulty of procuring stones from 1658.] REV. RALPH PARTRIDGE. 177 England was so great, that few, if any, could have been placed here. This was probably used as a place of sepulture for about sixty years, and here were, doubtless, buried most of the founders of the town and church. Here, probably, rest the remains of Standish, Alden, Collier, Partridge and others, whose memory we delight to cherish, but whose graves must forever remain miknown. We have the most positive evidence that there was a bury- ing ground here. Some years ago, while a sloop was building in this vicinity, there were found by the workmen, the bones of a female and an infant buried together. About the close of the last century a small sloop grounded on the marsh near by in a severe gale, and a party of workmen proceeded to get her off. While here, they discovered in the bank lately washed by the sea, the appearance of a coffin, and on closer examination tliey perceived the nails, though all were in a very decayed state. On the shore beneath there were found three skulls and several bones, apparently of the thigh. The teeth in one were perfect, and in one there were two. On one there was some light sandy liair. The bank here has washed away some twenty teet within fifty years. Some, however, incline to the belief that this was an Indian yard, but the fact that it was near the first church, and other considerations influence me to believe that it was an English burial place. There were fifty or seventy years ago, traditional reports, that there was a burying ground a short distance to the West of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Esq. Sprague, when plowing, used always on that account to leave imdisturbed this portion. Maj. Alden was accustomed to observe that he believed John Alden, the Pilgrim, was buried here, and that this was the first burying ground, and the one at Harden Hill cliff was an Indian one. However, there is no positive evidence on this point either way. Mr. Partridge preached in a very small building in the south eastern part of the town, near the water, and tradition now marks its site. This l)uilding probably stood for about 70 years, and in it preached the first three pastors of the church. It is a matter of much regret, that we have not the records of the early state of the church, which would no doubt throw much light on the subject, and be of peculiar interest. Of the first one hundred years of the existence of the church, we have no authentic records; and all the infor- mation respecting the progress and history of it during this period is derived from other and various sources. Mr. Partridge's will bears date Sept. 20th, 1B55 ; and was proved May 4th, 1658. His wife was Patience , who survived him. He mentions in the will his daughter Eliz- 23 178 REV. JOHN HOLMES. [1661. abeth^ who married Thomas Thacher,* May 11th, 1643, and died June 2fl, 1664. To this daughter he gave all his landed property, botli in Old and New England, and after her decease to her second son llalpli Thacher, who was living on the estate in Duxbnry as late as 16S1: but afterwards was settled over the church at Martha's Vineyard, in 1697. His daughter Mary married John Marshallf in England. His will also names his sister Elizabeth Tidge, and his man servant Joseph Prior, and maid servant Anna Rainer. Rev. John Holmes succeeded in the ministry. He had a peaceful and happy settlement, and was, it would appear, respected by his people. As a preacher he was sincere, but mild and gentle, and though, says tradition, he caused not deep impressions, yet he is said to have been endeared to his flock by the meekness and lowliness of his soul. 1661. Zoeth Howland fined 10 shillings for breaking the Sabbath. 1664. There is a deed, bearing date, Sept. 0th, 1643, con- veying to Thomas Bird of Scituate, one half of a fifty acre * He was son of Rev. Peter of Old Sarum, I'^rifrland, and was born May 1st, lfi-20, arrived at Boston, June 4lh, 1035, ordained at Weymouth, Jan. 2d, 10-15, and at Boston was installed first pastor of the Old South Church, Feb. 10th, 1070, and died Oct. 10th, 1078, Kt. 58. His children were Thomas, died at Boston, April 2d, KiSO ; Ralph, mentioned in the text; and Peter, who was born July 18th, 1051, H. C. 1071, ordained at Milton, June 1st, 1081, was married thrice, had nine children, and died 27th Dec, 1727, ffit. 77 years. Farmer. He had also a daughter Patience, who married William Kemp of Duxbury. Of the mother of these. Cotton Mather says — " She was a person of the most amiable temper, one Pious and Prudent, and every way worthy of the man to whom she became a Glory." f Concerning this marriage in the Suffolk deeds, we find the following, (an abstract.) " Sybil Marshall of Lenham, county of Kent, widow, and John Marshall of Lenham, Grocer, sonne and heir apparent of the said Sybil Marshall, to Ralph Partrich of Sutton near Dover, county of Kent, Clark, & Gervase Partrich, ciltizen and cordwainer of London. In consid- eration of a marriage between the said John Marshall and Mary Partrich, one of the daughters of the said Ralph Partrich. Several parcels of Laud and Buildings in Rinnarton alias Rcnardington in the county of Kent, England, as a jointure for the said Mary in case she shall survive the said John Mirshall. Nov. 2()th, 1031. Recorded Jan. 4th, 1000." Then follows, bearing the same dates, " John Marshall to Ralph Partrich, i:200 Bond, respecting the marriage described in the above writing." In Mr. R. P.'s will he mentions Mary's two sons, John and Robert. The latter married Mary Barnes in 1660, and had John and Robert (born 15th Aug., 1063). 1675.] REV. JOHN HOLMES. 179 lot at " Mattacheessita," which was given by Daniel Hicks. This afterwards became the property of the church, as appears from the following record, and was afterwards deliv- ered to Mr. Holmes, as is recorded, July 10th, 1666: "On the fourth day of October, 1664, Anlliony Uodson, & Ann, the wife of Thomas Bird of Scituate. late deceased, appeared in Court and certified that this deed and y^ land therein expressed was freely given by the said Thomas Bird unto the church of Duxburrow : Pr. me Nathaniel Morton, Clarke of the Court for ye Jurisdiction of New Plymouth." 1666. Edward Land, John Cooper & John Simmons were fined 10 shilhngs each, "for prophane and abusive carriages each towards other on Lord's day at the meeting house." 1666. Mr. Samuel Seabury was summoned before the Court to answer to the charge, that " hee hath busied him- selfe to scandalise and defame the minnestry of Duxbury." He gave the Court no satisfaction, and was exhorted and reproved, and admonished to desist from such action in future, and was then released with the assurance, however, that on its repetition, he must expect to be again questioned. 1667. Nathaniel Soiile was brought before the Court for abusing Mr. Hohnes, " by many false scandulous and appro- buouse speeches," and was sentenced to make a pubhc acknowledgment, to pay a fine of £20 and to sit in the stocks at the pleasure of the Court, which last was revoked at the urgent request of Mr. Hohnes. He confessed that he was gnilty of " wickedly speaking and with a high hand contume- liousl'y villifying and scandnhzing Mr. John Hohnes, and," said he, "that this my wickedness in soe speaking of soe godly a man is greatly agravated in that it hath a tendency to the hinderenceof the efficacye of that great and honorable worke of the preaching of the Gospell, unto which he is called." 1669. "It is enacted that any person or persons that shall be found smoking of tobacco on the Lord's day, going to or coming from the meetings, within two miles of the meeting house, shall pay 12 pence for every such default for the Colony's use.'^ 1675. This year died 3Ir. Hulmes* on the 24th of Decem- ber. His ministry though not remarkably long was produc- tive of much good. He was buried in the old burying ground. He married Uth Dec, 1661, Mary, da. of John Wood,t * It is said that he came from England. I have not ascertained that he belonged to any of the families of Holmes in the Geneal. Registers. f " John Wood, sen., m. Sarali, and his ch'd were John, Mar. 4th, 1650; Nathaniel, Isaac, 27th Feb., 165:5, Mary m. Rev. Mr. H., Sarah m. Fallo- wcil, Abigail m. Leonard, Mercy, Elizabeth, and Hannah." John Atwood, perhaps father of the preceding, was of Plymouth early. 180 REV. ICHABOD WISWALL. [1676. alias Atwood of Plymouth. She survived him and became the third wife of Major WilHam Bradford. Rev. Ichabod Wiswall was next settled the pastor of the church in 1676. He was born about 1638, and, it has been said, came from England while a youth. Some have made him the son of one of the three of this name, who early settled in Dorchester: John, Thomas, and Enoch. But I think it more probable that he was not. There was an Ichabod Wis- wall, who was in the colony in 1667, when his name and that of Remember Wiswall (perhaps his wife), are attached to an iiistriunent on record in the colony books. Mr. Ichabod Wisewall, of Mass. took the oath of fidelity, 1674. He m. Priscilla Pabodie Sept. 2d, 167-, and had ch'd — Manj {ox Mercy,) Oct. 4th, 1680, m. John Wadsworth Jan. 25, 1704; Hannah, Feb. 22d, 1681, m. Rev. John Robinson, Mr. W.'s successor; Pgleg, Feb. 5tb, 1683, grad. H. C. 1702, head mas- ter of the North free grammar-school of Boston from 1719 to his death, Sept. 2d, 1767, eet. 84 ; Perez, Nov. 22d, 1686; Deborah, m. Samuel Seabury, Oct. 21st, 1717; PriscWa, m. Oershom Bradford, 1716. His will bears date May 2oth, 1700, and makes his wife his chief heir. The witnesses were Alexander Standish, John atid Samuel Sprague, and John Wadsworth. Inventory of his estate, taken August 9, 1700 : whole amount was £351 15^. including money and clothing, £170, books £60, plate £15 ; horse, cattle, sheep, swine. &c., £21 IO5., and six bee-hives. His oldest son Pelcg, of Boston, named above, m. Elizabeth , and had Elizabeth, 4th Nov. 1720 ; Daniel, 13th Feb. 1722; Priscilla, 17th Dec. 1725: John, 15th April, 1731. Mr. Wiswall had been at Harvard College three years, but did not graduate. He was a man of energy and piety ; and imder his ministry the prospects of the church were bright, and tlie highest prosperity was secured to his people. He was assisted in the affairs of the church by Dea. John Wadsicorth, an humble and pious man, whose highest aim was for the wel- owned a house in town valued at jC150, and the Plain Dealing Estate (X"1G2,) and other property amounting to X125. His wife Ann, died June 1st, 1G54. He died late in 1C43. His will nanries "his little kins- man Wm. Crowe," and his brother Lee and his wife, and their ch'd Ann and Mary. Stephen, (perhaps his son,) Plymouth, had Hannah Oct. 14, 1649. Henry, Plymouth, had Jonathan, Jan. 1, 1G50, and Sarah, who m. John Nelson, 28 Nov., 1007. A Mary Wood b. at Sandwich, Mar. 29, 1649. Abigail m. Jonathan Pratt, 2 Nov, 1004. 1676.] REV. ICHABOD WISWALL. 181 fare of the cliiirch. His equal in age, he joined his exertions with those of the pastor, and continually strove in the per- formance of the duties allotted. His death occurred a few months previous to Mr. VViswall's ; and it appears by the re- cords, he " deceased May y^ 15th, Anno Dom. 1700, very early in y^ morning before y*^ dawning of y« day, being about sixty-two yeares of age." It is worthy of remark, that the descendants of this gentleman for four generations have held the same office in the church — all worthy men. In these times of our fathers, it would not seem, it appears, inconsistent with the dignity of the deacon's office, to be engaged some- times in more servile occupations ; for we frequently find Dea. Wadsworth mentioned as receiving pay for sweeping the meeting-house. In the public business of the town, as vv^eil as in the civil government of the colony, Dea. Wadsworth was employed, and for sev^eral years represented his town in the General Court. The salary of the minister at this date was small, (about £50.) and he was chiefly dependent on the liberality of a few for his support ; for there were some who refused to pay their just share of the contribution necessary for his maintenance. And it was with a sensibility peculiar to himself, that soon after he had recovered from a severe attack of sickness at this time, that he addressed a letter * to Gov. Hinckley, contain- ing serious considerations in regard to the sufficiency of the support of ministers and their famihes. It was, said he, a mournful reflection, when I thought what would be the condi- tion of my family after my death. " It was no small exerci>:e in my sickness," he continues, "to think y' when my eyes were closed by death, their eyes would be forcibly kept open by streames of teares, in part because they must be turned out of dores, and could chalenge no habitation." " Therefore, Sr. for as much as you are iti utrnmqiie paratus, viz., have conversed with both law and gospel!, which direct professors, but especialy preachers of divine truth, howe they should walice with God and man, especialy with their owne flesh and bone, I humbly crave your serious consideration and resolution of a few queries." He then proceeds to institute a set of inquiries ; in^ the first place suggesting for reflection the meaning of the text, to be found in the first epistle of Timothy, v. S. Secondly, he asks, whether God has not provided for the support of the ministry; and, thirdly, whether He has delegated power to any people to call a pastor to their service without providing a suitable maintenance for him. Fourthly, he inquires, whether the civil authorities should not be "a nurseling father," according * Hincklcv MSS. II. 12 — a framiienl. 182 REV. ICHABOD WISWALL. [1G7G. to Isaiah xlix. 23 ; and lastly, he asks, " whether my case, all circaiiistances considered, can be paraleled in the coloney." And, in continuance, he proceeds : " Sr, probably you may looke on it as ominous, if not pro- digious, that 1 sakite you with a script of this nature ; and therefore, that you may not wander in uncertaine conjectures concerning y^ nature of y*' present phenomenon, be pleased to consider that y^ mature and grey-headed observation of y^ Ro- man orator (non nobis solum nati sumus) hath a weighty and abiding impresse on my spirit." 1 plead for all (he continues in substance), not for myself alone, but for all the ministers of the colony. Like the man of ages, who planted a young tree by the roadside, and inscribed it with the motto, posteiutati, I keep the emblem of futurity before me, and strive to acquire that competence, that shall provide for my widow and orphans for a time, that security and prosperity which T may know in my dying moments will preserve them from trouble and dan- ger. Having thus proceeded with language of emotion, he concludes witluthe divine benediction ; — '• The Father of Lightes cloathe you with a spirit of wise- dom and resolution to understand, project and effect w* may be acceptable to Him through Christ Jesus, that in this Col- oney there may be no extinguishing, but a lasting progressive continuance of the brightness of that Lamp ordained for the Anointed. So prayes he, who is, Sr, your humble servant, ICHAROD WiSEWALLE. Duxbury : G: : 9:: 85." The town, liowever, at a meeting, Sept. 10th, 1687. voted to raise his salary, provided he does not charge " those debtor that pay their proportions, for the neglect of those that refuse or neglect to pay their dev/s, p'vided that the town doe adres themselves to authority for the obtaining of the whole."* This was not passed, however, without some opposition, and at the same meeting several townsmen remonstrated against it. Thev were John Soule, Isaac Barker, Robert Barker, Joseph [lowland, James Bishop, Abraham Sampson, Jr., and Josiah Holmes. In the Ibllowing year Mr. Wiswall received a grant of Bump's meadow. Grants of land were commonly made to the ministry, or to the individual holding at the time the oflice of pastor, either to be left to his disposal with a right to sell, or only to enjoy the improvement thereof. In 1694, we find the first mention of a parsonage, when a committee was appomted to give Mr. W. a deed of "the * About this time a petition was addressed to his excellency, " in order to get in Mr. Wiswall's erariges for the work of the ministry among us." 1676.] REV. ICHABOD WISWALL. 183 towne house," and " the land he now hves on." At this time the town granted him "halfe y^ meadow cahed Rouse's meadow, y*^ belonged to y^ ministry, to him and his heirs forever, and y^ use of y^ whole his lifethne." The house above named was built by the Rev. John Holmes, on land which he purchased of'.Tohn Spragne, and was situated West of the road, " leading from the meeting house into the Noock, or Capt. Standish's point," containing about five or eight acres. The house was afterwards sold by Major William Bradford, who married the widow of Mr. Holmes, to the town. At the same time they gave him one half of Bump's meadow, and the old pasture, bounded N. E. by the before mentioned house lot; N. W. by Mr. Ralph Thacher's home- stead ; S. W. by Morton's hole marsh ; and S. E. by Thomas Honey's. The town also appointed Mr. John Wadsworth, and Capt. Jonathan Alden to give him a deed; but they dying without doing it, the town. May 7th, 1700, chose Samuel Seabury and John Sprague, then agents to do it. Mr. Wiswall at this time acquitted the town of all arrears from 1678 to the end of 1694, and also quitclaimed all former grants. The original deed, bearing date May 20th, 1700, is now before me, signed by the agents, and witnessed by Alex- ander Standish and John Wadsworth ; and acknowledged be- fore Major William Bradford. Mr. Wiswall died in Duxbury, July 23d, 1700, aged 62 years, much lamented by his people, among whom he had been as a friend, an adviser, and instructor. He was a gen- tleman of piety and learning, and was of much use in the Colony, sometimes serving in civil capacities, and for many years was an instructor of youth. He was buried in Duxbury, in the second burying yard, and his monument bears this inscription. — " HERE lyeth BURIED Y^^ BODY OF Y^ ReVEREND M'^- IcHABOD WiSWALL, DEC° July y^ 23, anno 1700, in the 63° year of his age." This stone, the oldest in the yard, is still perfectly legible; and free from moss — emblematic of the good man's purity, whose remains lie buried beneath. How long before 1700, this yard was first used is not known. Its original bounds were some- what smaller than the present; for in 1734, the town (April 8th,) voted to exchange a small lot of land with Benjamin Prior, for a lot of his, '• which lyeth joining the burying ground for the enlargement of said burying ground." The second church stood at the easterly end of this yard, where its site is now identified, and was probably erected in the latter part of Mr. W.'s ministry, though from the following record it would seem not until somewhat later. "Reckoned with ye town agents Feb'y y<^ 25th, anno 1707. Then rec'd of said agents the sum of one hundred and eighty pounds in 184 REV. JOHN ROBINSON. [1702. full for building y*^ meeting house in Duxbnry. I say vec'd by me Samuel Sprague." This building was not torn down until June 7th, 178.5. It is related of him, that while in England with Mr. Math- er, in 1091, endeavoring to obtain a distinct charter for the Colony, and strenuously striving to prevent the iniion with New York or Massachusetts; but belugas strongly opposed and baMed by the endeavors of Mr. Mather, that some feelings of animosity arose between them, and a paper war- fare ensued. Plymouth was, however, joined to Massachu- setts, and Mr. Mather, after their return home used to taunt him with his defeat, familiarly calling him the Utile tceazel. Mather writing home from England, after Wiswall had lost his cherished project, says, he hopes llie "old iceazel will be content in his den." He was, as one who observed in after years the influences of his ministry has said, nearly a fault- less man, very high in the estim-ation of the whole Plymouth Colony for his talents, piety and incorruptible integrity. A sound preacher, though not remarkable for popular eloquence.* He wrote much, and some of his compositions are highly creditable to him. His style was plain, though forcible and effective. A poem of his, written on the Comet of 1680, and published in London, is preserved among the papers of the Historical Society. Mr. Wiswall is said to have been famous as an astrologer, and to have predicted the death of one of his children, which happened while he was in England. Rev. John Robinson! was next settled as pastor in 1702. He graduated at II. C. in 109.5, and for a few years, possibly, preached at Newcastle, Pennsylvania. At a meeting of the town, Sept. 2d, 1700, it was " voted to call Mr. John Robin- son to y<^ work of y^ ministry here; they also voted to give * Rev. Benjamin Kent's notes. f He was horn at Dorchester, April 17th, 1G75, and was son of James Robinson, who m. Mary Alcock, .Tuly 27th, 16G1, and died 1694, and whose other children were Thomas, April 15th, IfitiS, Samuel, Sept. 14th, 1670. James, 1G65, Mary, Mar. 17th, 1673, and Ehenezer, July 5th, 1682. Mr. R. m. Hannah, dau. of his predecessor, Mr. Wiswall. Their children were Mary, Feh. 23d, 1706 ; Hannah, Nov. 2d, 1708, ni. Nathaniel Thomas, Esq., Sept. 1st, 1729, (he was the father of Hannah, who m. Col. John Thomas, and their children were Col. John Thomas, and the wife of Rev. Z. Willis of Kingston ,) Alc/hra, May 26th, 1710, m. Air. Ripley of Abington ; EUzabeth, Sept. 28th, 1712, m. Rev. Jacob Eliot of Lebanon, Ct., May 4th, 1732; John, April 16th, 1715, removed to Wilkes- 1714.] REV. JOHN ROBINSON. 185 £60 a year annually towards his maintainance in y^ afore- saide worke, one halfe silver money, and y^ other halfe, corn or provisions at y^ common price; they allso made choice of Mr. Seth Arnold, Mr. Edward Southworth, Mr. Samuel Sea- bury, and Mr, William Brewster as their agents to acquaint Mr. Robinson Avitii their proceedings herein, and allso to discourse with him concerning his acceptance thereof in order to his settlement amongst us in y^ aforesaid worke of y^ min- istry." He accepted and was settled Nov. 13th, 1702. The ministry of Mr. Robinson was long, and in the begin- ning comparatively quiet, yet there were some in the town who continually opposed him, and delighted in thwarting his plans, especially in the latter part of his ministry, when troubles of a pecuniary nature disturbed the quiet of the church. 1714. The town gave leave to John Chandler, Ichabod Bartlett, Philip Delano, Nathaniel Brewster, Pelatiah West, Constant Southworth, Jonathan Alden, John Simmons, Jr., and Benony Delano, " to build a seat in s^ town's meeting house adjoining y^ front gallerie." At the same meeting (Feb. 24th.) " Y^ said town also gave to their agents formerly chosen by s^ town to pew s^^ meeting house round, &;c., Lt. Saml. Bradford, Mr. Thomas Loring, Mr, Saml. Seabury, Mr. John Partridge, and Capt. John Alden y^ front or free seat in y^ uppermost or second gallerie in y^ north west end of ye s ^, . r ,i i / 1^ o i the vote oi the chli. lliZEKIEL feOULE, ) "The church having thus dismissed the Rev"*^ Mr. Veazie, the council do declare that they look upon this as a regular and valid dismission, and do heartily join with the church in recommending Mr. Veazie to the work of the Gospel ministry, hoping that Divine Providence will open a door for his ser- viceableness m that work in some part of Christ's vineyard. Finally this council declare their hearty sympathy with this church, under their present broken circumstances, and would earnestly beseech and advise them, together with their breth- * The originals of the two following papers (on one sheet) are in ]\Ir. Kent's MS. Col., 152. The first in Mr. Soule's, and the second in Mr. Cotton's hand. 1749.] REV. SAMUEL VEAZIE. 199 ren of the congregation, to humble themselves before God for what has been amiss in them in tliis lime of division and temptation; and we would particularly take notice, that we think this town very faulty in wholly withholding from their minister his temporal support for several years, and also in suffering the House of God to lye waste, which we take to be a great contempt of the Divine Majesty, and beg leave to express our earnest wish, that every man would lay his hand upon his heart and solemnly inquire, ichat have I done? And we would entreat them all for the future to pursue those measures, that tend to peace, so far as is consistent with truth and holiness, and particularly to endeavor to unite in settling a pious and orthodox minister in this place, as soon as conve- niently may be, withal praying that the great shepherd of the sheep would undertake for this flock, and heal the divisions subsisting in the town, and give them another pastor after his own heart, that may prove a lasting blessing to them and theirs. And now. Brethren, we recommend you to God and to the word of his grace, who is able to build you up, and give you an inheritance among them that are sanctified. Amen. Israel Thomas, Benjamin Bass, Mod^ John Atvvood, Nathaniel Leonard, Ebenezer Fuller, Jno. Cotton, Sabiuel Skiffe, Saml. Hill." He was afterwards presented with letters of recommenda- tion to the churcii of Hull, over which he was settled April 12th, 1753, and here he died in 1797, at the advanced age of 86 years. There are extant* several drafts and addresses, written in these contentious times; but without dates, so that it is diffi- cult to place them under their proper year. It appears there was an address framed for His Excellency, stating the sad condition of the church and town; that nothing could be procured to pay the minister, who has had nothing but by particular men for several years ; that a vote to pay him was passed in the negative by five or six majority; that "several big men " persuade the lesser, that Mr. Veazie can never get his salary at law, if they do not pay him; that after two years non-payment, Mr. Veazie was persuaded to bring it before the Quarter Sessions, and procured Mr. Kent, a lawyer of Boston, but the action was withdrawn ; that several coun- cils had been held between the minister and one man, all of which were decided in the minister's favor; that notwith- * Mr. Kent's MS. Coll. 122, 137, 19'J, 200 REV. SAMUEL VEAZIE. [1749. standing he has so many hot headed fellows, who come to meeting on all occasions, and so many neglect, that the case is brought to this pass; that we have spent as much in law as would support a minister for a year, and that many are willing to pay the minister, but not to be at an expense of keeping hiai from his just dues. In conclusion they desired His Excellency's advice, that they might be set at peace, and be able to build a new meeting house, or repair the old, which they affirm to be a shame to the town. Another paper is a note, addressed thus: "To the Rev^ Mr. Yeazie, a number of your aggrieved people make our complaint, and request as follows." This was because he had not complied with the advice of an ecclesiastical council, which sat here "last summer," and has since given us offence; 1st, because he asserted that a true saint is merely omnipotent ; 2d, be- cause he said that imbelief was the only soul damning sin, and that sin against the Holy Ghost was not a sin under the Gospel; 3d, in declaring that conversion was but the return of the soul to itself; 4th, that the devil has not a greater stratagem to delude souls to hell, than waiting God's time, &c. Thus going on and giving nine reasons in the substance of the paper of Sep. 2()th, 1743, they conclude, asking for redress or an ecclesiastical council. Another paper, a draft of an address of the adherents of Mr. Veazie, of which this is an abstract : "Although we have had divisions, yet we have reason to say with the Psalmist, the Lord reigneth. Although we were much divided in our thoughts, what would be most for the glory of God, and for the peace of this place ; and were almost broken up, (which was a great joy to our enemies, who have been a long time striving to molest our peaceable worship,) we were brought to such a pass, that we may well say, that our feet had well nigh slipped, and had we not had God's help, we had despaired of ever again having a reconciled church here. The door our minister was to be thrust out of, appears now to be nearly shut, and that it may be shut quite, we the subscribers do think well of him, and desire to over- look his faults, and that he would forgive ours. We forgive our brethren, and may they forgive us. We are fully resolved not to part with our minister without other grounds, than merely to satisfy the Spirit, which has arisen among us. We resolve that our minister have an honorable support, and as soon as can be a suitable house of worship. AV'e pray that the ditference among us may not prevent any from joming-our church. We do not think that our bad case would be made better by dismissing our pastor, and pray that we may all seek peace in doing justice to our Minister and one another." 1749.] REV. SAMUEL VEAZIE. 201 In his farewell sermon, Mr. Veazie used these words : — " Brethren, (said he) I shall probably not come to you again in this place until I come in the clouds ! " which occasioned the remark of one of his elder hearers as he was leaving the house, who said to a particular friend, " Why, the creature does not expect to come again iniiil it rains toads P'' * 1749, March 15th. Ezekiel Soule was chosen Deacon of the Church ; he removed to Woolwich in 1766. 1750, Dea. John Wadsworth " deceased, May y^ 3d, Anno Domini, 1750, between ten and eleven a clock at night, being seventy-elglit years, one month and twenty-one days old." — He was clerk of the town until his death, and for many years a selectman. A virtuous and honorable man.f 1750. The town voted to raise £400 for the ministry. May 7th. The church " think it proper to have a day of fasting and prayer under their present broken circumstances." May 14th. It was voted to build a new meeting-house, and three gentlemen of the neighboring towns were chosen to select the site ; but it was afterwards agreed to enlarge the old one. July 25th. Gaml. Bradford, Geo. Partridge and Saml. Sea- busy were chosen to join the church committee to choose a preacher as a candidate for the winter. 1751. Voted by the town £500 for the ministry. 1752. Appropriation for the ministry £53 65. 8c?. The question of building a new church was again agitated ; but in 1754, the old one was repaired at an expense of £176, and fifteen new pews were built and sold, £20 135. M. being the highest price paid for one. 1753. The church and town (Sept. 3d) united in extend- ing to Mr. Jonathan Vinal an invitation to become their pas- tor, which he, in a communication dated Oct. 13ih, declined. The church, April 18th, (confirmed by the town May 27ih.) voted to call Mr. Cornelius Jones, who also declined. * Rev. Benj. Kent's MS. Notes; where is related another anecdote, Mr. Veazie was frequently visited by Gideon Soule, a crazy person, whom he generally put in the attic to lodge, where he spent the night in boister- ous preaching. On coming down one morning, Mr. Veazie said to him in a passion, " Gideon, I wont have it. You must not disturb me so over my head with your eternal preaching ! I cannot sleep a wink all night for your bawling and clatter ! " "Preaching, Brother Veazie," returned Gideon, "You can't sleep a wink all night for my preaching! Well, I can sleep soundly all day in spite of yours." f Dea. Wadsworth acquired, and lost, in different ways, a large estate. In the time of his prosperity, he bought and paid for Lindall's Row, a lane leading from Merchants' Row to the north of Long wharf in Boston. He afterwards lost this, with his money also, as another person appeared with a better title than the one who sold it. — B. K. 26 202 REV. CHARLES TURNER. [1755. Rev. Charles Turner,* a graduate at Harvard College, of the class of 1752, was the next settled minister. An invita- tion was extended to him by a vote of the church, Nov. 14th, 1754, which was concurred in by the town, Dec. 16th, and Samuel Alden and .Tames Arnold were chosen to wait upon him and ask his acceptance. He complied, and was ordained July 23(/, 1755. The services at his ordination were a prayer by the Rev. Jacob Bacon of Plymouth ; a sermon from Eph. V. 8, by Rev. William Rand of Kingston ; the charge by Rev. Ebenezer (iay of Hingham, and the right hand of fellowship by Rev. Thomas Smith of Pembroke. A large concourse of people was assembled, and scarcely more than half could get within the church. The sermon by Mr. Rand was published. 1755, Aug. 7th. "Voted, that y^ sacrament of y^ Lord's Supper should be administered seven times in a year ;" also, "Voted, that when persons should desire to join with the church in full communion, previous to their admission into i, their knowledge, &;c., should be inquired into by y*^ pastor, with two or more of the brethren, unless the persons choose rather to make relations." 1755, August 21st. Peleg VVadsworth, son of Dea. John Wadsworth, was chosen a deacon, which office he held for thirty-five years, until 1790 ; serving for a part of the time as the treasurer of the church also. 1755, Sept. 25th, died Dea. James Arnold, aet. 56 years, who held that office fourteen years, having been chosen after the death of Dea. Alden, June 24tli, 1741. 1760. The town chose a committee to take care of the wretched boys on the Lord's day. 1762, Sept. 25th. Dea. Samuel Seabury died, aged 70, hav- ing for many years held the office ; though not, at the same * lie was born September 3d, 1732, and was a descendant of Humphrey Turner, an early seuler of Scituate. This Humfhrey, a tanner, married Lydia Gainer, and died in 1673. His children were Thomas, John, Joseph, younjT son John, Daniel, Nathaniel, Mary Parker, and Lydia Doughty. r/tom«s married Sarah, da. of Thomas Hyland, in 1652, and had several children, one of whom, Charles, was born 1664, and married Mercy, da. of Samuel Curtis, and was the father of C/iarles, who married Eunice, da. of John James, and he was the father of Rev. Charles, born as above. He married Mary, da. of Rev. Mr. Rand of Kingston, and had children, — I. Hon.Charkx Turner, June 20th, 1760, member of Congress, and master of Marine hospital at Chelsea, who married Hannah, da. of Col. John Jacob, and was the father of Theodore, and Samuel A. Turner, Esq., (who m. Lvdia Turner) ; H. i^wnire, June 9lh, 1738 ; HI. William, April 8, 1762 ; IV. John, July 7, 1763 ; V. Mary, June 5, 1764, died June 26, 1769 ; VI. Persis, April Id, 1768, died July 5, 1769; VII. Mari/, Nov. 27, 1770.— Deane's Scituate; Duxbury Records. Mr. Turner's annual salary was je73 Qs. Sd. 1775.] REV. CHARLES TURNER. 203 time, exempt from the civil duties of the town, being employ- ed frequently in the town offices, and representing it in the General Court. 1770. Voted, "to desire Dea. Peleg Wadsworth to pur- chase a silver tankard for the church as soon as he can con- veniently." 1772, March 16th. They voted to build a new meeting- house, if a place could be agreed upon. And two years later, (March IGth, 1774) they passed a vote to place it on Joshua Cushman's land; which vote was reconsidered, and the old site preferred. Nothing, however, was done. 1775. The ministry of Mr. Turner was particularly happy, and by far more productive of good than either of his prede- cessors since the days of Mr. Wiswall. During his settlement one hundred and thirty-one were admitted into the church. Nothing happened to sever the ties of friendship and break the bonds of happiness between the pastor and his tlock. Possess- ed of eloquence and judgment, and with fine powers of com- municating his thoughts to others, he was met on the Sabbath day by a concourse of his people, who listened attentively to his teachings. And finally, when the limit he had assigned to his ministry in the town had expired, it became necessary, as also on account of continued ill health and bodily infirmi- ties, for him to ask a dismission. This was granted (April 10th), though with reluctance, feeling that they should be de- prived of an instrument of the greatest good among them. It was concurred in by the town on the same day. In a letter of recommendation to the second church in Scituate, they thus speak of " their late worthy and beloved pastor:" — "We lament that the righteous Governor of the world has in his Holy Providence deprived us of the ministerial labors of a man, so universally esteemed by us as a friend, a minister, and a Christian, and with whom we have lived in peace and happiness for this almost twenty years. But while we deplore our important loss, we heartily wish him the restoration of health, that he may yet be extensively useful in the world, and largely contribute to the happiness of mankind, in such a way as God in his wisdom shall see fit." Mr. Turner then returned to his father's house in Scituate. As he was the most popular man in the district at the time, when a convention was called to act upon and ofier to the people the Federal Constitution, he was chosen one of its number. He was at first decidedly opposed to it, thinking it not liberal enough, and, as he had previously expressed him- self in Duxbury, determined to resist it step by step. He w^as however convinced of his error by Theophilus Parsons and others, and declared in the assembly just before the final question was given, his determination to vote in the affirraa- 204 REV. CHARLES TURNER. [1775. live, and his reasons for it. This came rather unexpectedly on tlie ears of the opposite side, and one of their number, Dr. Matthew Spring, a member from VVatertown, immediately rose and exclaimed, "//e//w. Lord, for the godly man ceas- etli!^^ He was also a member of the convention which formed the State constitution, and several years a State sen- ator. He was appointed chaplain of the castle in Boston harbor, and for three years preached there to the convicts. After his establishment in 1790, he was met by Judge Par- sons, who esteemed him very highly, and who congratulated him on his appointment. "Why do you so ?" asked Mr. Turner. " Because," replied the judge, " your hearers are convicted already, and you will have nothing to do but to convert them." Another anecdote is related of him. On one occasion on leaving the chapel, he passed the famous Stephen Burroughs, who had been compelled for some misdemeanor, "to ride the wooden horse." Mr. Turner observing him, said, "Why, Burroughs, what are you doing here?" "I am running, sir, the christian race, steadfast and immove- able," was the quick reply of Burroughs.* Mr. Turner afterwards settled in the town of Turner, Maine, where he died in 1813, at the advanced age of 81. In his private and public life, virtue and integrity, firmness and decision, equali- ty of feelings, mildness of disposition, and a bland and courteous deportment, secured for him the affections of those with whom he was associated ; and the happy influences of his holy deeds of benevolence, of purity and of religion, still breathe upon the mind of the present generation, exerted by a kind remembrance in the hearts of their elders, who were the partakers of his toils, and the recipients of his goodness. Going from their midst, he carried with him the good wishes of all who knew him. In his character, Mr. 'I'urner was thoughtful and contemplative,f and his life a continual series of thoughts and meditations. His mind was studious, and his heart eager for the discharge of every duty which became him as a Christian, and a man. He was, as one of his people called him, a man with whom yon could not dili'er, a peace maker, and yet a man of few words. During the interim between the dismission of Mr. Turner and the settlement of another minister, invitations vi^ere given * Rev. Benjamin Kent's notes. * Mr. Kent tells the following anecdote. It happened that a short time after his return to his father's house, as one morning his father entered his room, he said "Father, I have been contemplating." " Yes, Charles," said his father interrupting, "you are always contemplating ; but 1 wish you would go to work and do something." 1776.] REV. ZEDEKIAH SANGER. 205 by a vote of the church, July 23d, 1775, (concurred in by the town, Aug. 7th,) to Mr. John Shaw; and by another, Nov. 7th, (by the town Dec. 25th,) to Mr. Samuel Henshaw, to settle in the ministry : but both of these gentlemen refused. Rev. Zedekiah Sanger,* a graduate of H. C. of the class of 1771, was the next settled pastor of the church. The church voted to invite him to become their pastor on the 8th of Feb., 1776, which was concurred in by the town (May 11th,) and Mr. Sanger returned the following acceptance on the 19th of the last month : — "Honored Fathers and Brethren — Not long since you were pleased to give me an invitation to settle with you in the work of the Gospel ministry. And that being a matter of great importance, I have taken it into my most serious and deliberate consideration, and have been seeking direction of God, the father of lights and the foun- tain of wisdom. And as God often makes nse of instruments to communicate his mind, and as in his word he has told us, that in the multitude of counsellors, there is safety, I have taken the advice of my Rev"/i, May 15, 1668. Note. The days of the month are recorded differently in two separate places as above. 7. Nathaniel, Dux., 1679, had 26 acres granted him east of S. R. ; m, Sarah , and was ahve in 1710. Chd. Rebec- ca, Sep. 21, 1680; Mary, Nov. 13, 1682; Nathaniel, Oct. 11, 1685, m. Abigail West, Aug. 4, 1714; Ephraim, June 14, 1688 (8). 8. Ephraim, (s. of 7,) Dux., removed to North Yarmouth, 1753; m. Susanna Waste, March 2, 1724, and had chd. Job, Mar. 20, 1725; Noah, Mar. 26, 1727; Rebecca, Nov. 28, 1729; Ebenezer, Oct. 28, 1732; Ruth, May 5, 1735; Eunice, Feb. 12, 1740. 9. Jabez, m. Grace Keen, Aug. 23, 1744, had West, 1745, and removed to Pembroke about 1750. Note. John Co\e m. Elizabeth Ryder, 21 Nov., 16G7. Col. Rec. — Sarah, m. Jolin Delano, July 2, 1718; Samuel, d. at Dux., 1756, Dec. 4, fet. 59; James, Scituate, 1653, had perhaps Ambrose, also of Scituale. Hist. Scituate ; Gforge, Lynn, removed to Sandwich, and d. 1653 ; Samuel, Boston, arrived 1630, kept a house of entertainment, a confectioner or com- fit maker, m. Margaret Greene, d. 1667, had a da. Mary, who m. Edmund Jackson, cordwainer ; Isaac, Charlestown 1040, d. June 10, 1674, had Abraham, 1636, and Jacob, 1641 ; Richard, Hampton, 1643. Suffolk Deeds. COLLIER. 1. Mr. W'illiam, Dux., vide first settlers. He d. a. 1671 ; m. Jane (?); chd. Sarah, m. Love Brewster, May 15, 1634, m. 2d, Parks, and d. 1650; Elizabeth, m. C. Southworth, Nov. 2, 1637; Rebecca, m. Job Cole, May 15, 1634; Alary, became the 2d w. of Gov. Preiice, xApr. 1, 1635. COOPER. 1. John. Dux., 1666. Vide chh. history. CORVANNEL. 1. William, Dux., yeoman, 1637, fined for breaking into Robert Paddock's house (1638) and taking from a chest 135. Sd. GUSHING. 249 CULLIFER. Name also spelled Gulliver. Henry, m. Mary Trasie, Jan. 27, 1712; Charity, m. Seth Bartlett, Feb. 27, 1736; T/iomas, m. Keturah Sampson, Oct. 26, 1743, and d. at the eastward, Sep. 8, 1762, get. 42 years ; John, m. Betty Delano, Aug. 31, 1769; Peleg, m. Ruby Sampson, Dec. 15, 1774, had two sons, one Peleg m. a da. of Jephthah Delano, and the other removed to Maine ; John CulUfer, a mariner, was in Boston 1656. CURTIS. EUsha m. Amy West, May 17, 1705; David, of Hanover, m. Bethiah Sprague, Dec. 14, 1732; i^ylvanns, of Plymouth, m. Dorothy Delano, Nov. 26, 1734, had Hannah 1739 and Sylvanus, b. at Dux., who served in Capt. Sturtevant's com- pany in 1755, and d. in the West Indies 1766, ffit. 26 ; Sitneon, of Scituate, m. Acenith Sprague April 20, 1742 ; Elijah, m. Abigail Soule 1756, and had Zynthia Bartlett and Capt. Eli- jah ; Hannah m. Zebdiel Weston Feb, 22, 1769; Jesse, xa. Hannah Phillips July 28, 1774. CUSHING. Joshua, Dmx> 1711. Joshua m. Mary Freeman, Sept. 27, 1763, and had children — Nathaniel, Joshua, and Benjamin — Joshua (s. of Josh, and Mary) m. Joanna Prior and had chd. ; Joshua m. Caroline Bradford (and had Joshua, George, and Thomas B.) ; Joanna m. Capt. M. Waterman; Nancy; Sally m. George Peterson, m. 2d Mr. Atkins of Provincetown ; Jane m. Peleg Cook of Dux.; and Mary. — Jairus, d. at sea, get. 26, Jan. 1765 ; Mary, d. July 4, 1769, eet. 25 ; Belhiah, m. Benjamin Peterson 1758; iVa//ia«ie/, and Jemima Ford, both of M., m. April 16. 1747 ; Lydia, m. Isaac Simmons Oct. 24, 1732. CUSHMAN. 1. Joshua (perhaps s. of Thomas of Dux. in 1701,) had chd. Joseph (2) ; Joshita (3) ; Mary, m. Joshua Soule, Jr. Feb. 14, 1765; Ezra; Paid; Apollos, bap. 1744; Cephas, 1746; Soule, 1748. 2. Joseph, (s. of 1,) Dux., m. Elizabeth , had chd. George, Jan. 5, 1759 ; Hannah, Nov. 8, 1761 ; David, 1767, 32 250 DAMMON. d. 3''0img; David; Joseph Soule ; Abigail; Lydia Soide : Sarah ; ^Elizabeth. 3. Joshua, (s. of 1,) Dux., m. Mercy Wadsworth Nov. 17, 17G3. did. Joshua, Aug. 14, 17G4, d. Nov. 12, 1776 ; John Wadsu-orth, Aug. 29, 17GG, lost at sea; Mart/, Aug. 15, 1768; Cap/. Ezra, Oct. 24, 1770, m. Sarah Bradford, and had JuHus Bradford, Sept. 1801, d. Nov. 8, 1804, Sarah, who m. William Bradford; Meraj, March 25, 1774. m. Mr. Owen of Portland ; Charlemagne, June 30, 1776, m. Miss Owen of Portland, where he settled. 4. George, (s. of 2,) lived at Powder point, had did. Anna, 1788 ; George, 1791, m. Saba Ripley ; Abigail, 1793, m. Dura Wadsworth; Hannah; Betsy, 1798; Joseph, 1800; Briggs, 1807. 5. David, (s. of 2,) Dux., had chd. Capt. David, m. Mary Alden. widow of Daniel Sampson ; EUsha. Note. Allertoii of Plympton m. Aletbea Soule, Jan. 30, 1735 ; Marcia of Plymouth m. John Barker, Dec. 10, 1732 ; Joshua of Lebanon, Conn., m. Mary Soule, Jan. 2, 1733. ^Vidow Mary Casement d. Aug. 25, 1735, " about y^ mid- dle of y^ forenoon." Job Crooker^s wife, Elizabeth, d. 1789. DAMMON. Is?'ael m. Zeruiah Wattles, jMarch 8, 1769, had Mason and Irene ; Thomas had Ezekiel, who d. 1778, ajt. 6 years ; Gam- aliel m. Huldah Delano, 1780, 'who d. Dec. 18, 1781; Sam- uel, d. Dec. 1795. DARLING. Samuel, (s. of Samuel, who d. May 31, 1790, set. 55,) Dux., m. Priscilla . Chd. Lydia 1774; Mary ; Mercy C, d. June 1, 1792; Hannah 1784; Betsey 1786; Sainuel 1789; Abigail \7^i; John 1793; Joseph 1796; Weston 1798; Peter 1801. Note. Joseph m. Betty Chandler, 1130 — John, Braintree, 1660-90. DAVIS. Dolor, Dux. 1640, had land N. W. of North hill : and same year 50 acres at Namasakeeset. Removed to Barnstable. DELANO. 251 DAVY. John, (planter,) owned 100 acres north of Pine point, wliich he sold 1650. 'J'here was a /oA«, ad. 1637, Mass. Colony; Georo-e, Wiscasset, 1666 ; Daniel, Kittery, 1652 ; Hiimplirey, ad. 1665, Boston, asst., merchant. DAWES. 1. Ambrose, Dnx., m. 1st Mehitablc ; m. 2d Mary Chandler, .July 8, 1714. Shed. Feb. 1, 1768, aH. 81). Chd. Prisci/la, Sep. 13, 1712 ; Ebenezer (2) and Thankful (twins) April 16, 1715 ; Gideon, Sep. 26. 1718. 2. Ebenezer, (s. of 1,) Dux.; m. Mary , and had chd. Atnbrose, July 21, 1740, m. Deborah, had Nancy April 22, 1761; Muldah Jan. 18, 1766; Rispah June 23, 1767; Reuel April 22, 1769; Diana, Oct. 30, 1741; Gideon, Feb. 7, 1743, m. Sarah Phillips Dec. 26, 1771, d. in the camp at Roxbury, March 26, 1776 ; Thomas, m. Rebecca Phillips July 31, 177J ; Ebenezer, 1750, m. Priscilla, d. at Kingston May 2, 1822, a;t. 72, and she d. Dec. 13, 1838, get. 86 years. Their son Abra- ham m. Deborah, and is the father of Capt. Allen, Capt. .To- sephus, James H., and Harriet; Reuel, 1744, d. at sea Nov. 18, 1767, set. 23 years. Note. William, bricklayer, Boston, ad. 1646, d. 2-1 March, 1703, zet. 86, had Ambrose, at Braintree, July 25, 1642, William, at Boston, 1655, and Robert 1G56. Diadcma m. Nathan Brewster 1784. DELANO. 1. Philu', (vidc^/-5/ sellers,) b. 1602; ad. Jan. 1, 1632; m. Dec. 19, 1634, Hester Dewesbury ; m. 2d Mary, widow of James Glass, in 1657; d. a. 1681, aot. 79 years, leaving an es- tate of £50. Tliey had chd. Philip (2) ; Thomas (3) ; John (4); Jane; Rebecca; Samuel {5); Ma/y, m. Jonatlian Dun- ham 29 Nov. 1655 ; she d. and he m. Mary Cobb 16 Oct. 1657 ; Jonathan (6) ; Hester. 2. Pmup, (s. of 1,) Dux. Chd. Philip 1678 (7). 3. Thomas, (s. of 1,) Dux., m. Mary, da. of John Alden, hcfore 1667; in. 2d, widow Hannah Ba'rtlett, Oct. 24, 1699; had Thomas, who lived in the southeast part of the town. 4. John, (s. of 1,) Dux., was alive 1690. Lived on the north side of the path, which led from the Mill to South river. 252 DELANO. 5. Samuel, (s. of 1,) Dux., m. Elizabeth, da. of Alexander Standish. In lOSG, he was allowed to settle on land north of G. H. bk. 6. Jonathan (s. of 1,) removed to Dartmouth, where he was selectman and lieutenant. Had Jabez, who m. Mercy Delano of Dux. Feb. 8, 1710. 7. Philip, (s. of 2,) Dux., a prominent member of the Chh. ; m. Elizabeth , who d. Nov. 7, 1756, set. 75. He d. May 24, 1761, JEt. 83^. Chd. Mary, Oct. 27, 1717, m. John Hanks Jan. 16, 1735 ; Elizabeth, Nov. 12, 1719 ; Ma/achi, Sept. 20, 1721; Judah, Aug. 16, 1724 (8); Abigail, Sept. 30, 1725, m. Abisha Soule May 14, 1741. 8. JuDAH, (s. of 7,) Dux., m. Lydia . He d. May 1816, a3t. 92. Chd. Alpheiis, bap. 1744, m. Margaret Sides, 1770, had Nathan 1771 ; Saliima, bap. 1746 ; Malachi, bap, 1748, m. Patience Burgess 1770, who d. 1776, m. 2d Sybil Delano, 1778.. and had Jabez 1772, Asa 1773, Nathaniel 1774, and Nathan ; Judah, bap. 1752 ; Noami ; Jephthah, Oct. 29, 1754, m. Rebecca, who was b. Oct. 25, 1764. He d. Dec. 23, 1843, and had Salomi 1785. Martha 1786, Abigail 1787, Joanna S. 1789, d. 1792, Asa C.'l791, d. 1792, Joanna S. 1796, Asa C. 1799, Rebecca M. 1801, Henry S. 1803, Jephthah 1806; Pris- cilla, bap. 1756; Philip, bap. 1761, m. Mary Fuller 1783; Tirzah, bap. 1765 ; Eunice, bap. 1768. 9. Jonathan, (s. of — ,) Dux. He was b. 1676, m. Hannah Doten Jan. 12, 1699. He d. Jan. 6, 1765, set. 89. She d. April 12, 1764, aged 87f years. Chd. Jo/ni, Oct. 11, 1699, m. Sarah Cole July 2, 1718. The widow Sarah d. Feb. 19, 1764, set. 70; Jonathati, Nov. 3, 1701 ; Nathan, Oct. 26, 1703 ; Atnasa, Nov. 15, 1705, d. May 14, 1706; Ruth, May 25, 1707; Amasiah, Aug. 7, 1709 (10) ; Hannah. Dec. 28. 1711 ; Doro- thy, April 3, 1714, d. Dec. 10, 1714; Dorothy, Oct. 14, 1715, m. Sylvanus Curlis of Plymouth, Nov. 26, 1734 ; Ebenezer, March 29, 1717 (11); David, June 3, 1720, m. Abigail Chandler May 28, 1740, and d. m the army at the westward, of small pox, 1760. 10. Amasiah, (s. of 9,) Dux. ; m. Ruth Sampson Jan. 8, 1730. He d. Aug. 5, 1790. Chd. Zenas, 1741, killed by the Indians at the westward 1760 ; CorneVms, 1742, m. Sarah Peterson June 24, 1762, who d. 1816. Their chd. were George, Zenas m. Lydia Chandler 1789, and Sylvia, who m. Aaron Chand- ler ; Jemima, 1745, m. Benja. Gooding, of Pembroke, Oct. 11, 1764; Thomas, 1748, m. Azaba Wormall Dec. 23, 1762; Silcia, 1750; Ezelciel ; Hannah; Rutli, 1753; Barzilla, 1756, m. Elizabeth Delano 1779. 11. Ebenezer, (s. of 9,) Dux., familiarly styled " old king Eben," m, Lydia Wormall May 16, 1745, she d. Sept. 4, 1756; DELANO. 253 m. 2d Deborah Delano Dec. 29, 1757 ; he d. March 23, 1794. Chd. Nal/umiel, m. Deborah Spragiie March 3, 1774, had Na- thaniel, the father of Nathaniel, Alden, Luther, John, and otliers ; Lnther m. Irene Sampson Jan, 20, 1774 ; Bernice m. John Glass May 30, 1773. 12. Ebenezer, (s. of — ;) Dnx., m. Martha Simmons, Dec. 29, 1699. She afterwards m. Samuel West, June 20, 1709. CM. Joshua, Oct. 30,1700(13); Thankful June 8, 1702; Abia, Aug. 17, 1704, m. Nathaniel Bartlett, Dec. 10, 1725. 13. Joshua, (s. of 12,) Dux., m. Hopestill Peterson. Chd. Lydia^ July 12, 1723; Rhoda, Feb. 28, 1731, m. Samuel Winsor, Feb. 18, 1746; Silvia, Jan. 22, 1733; Hopestill, (son,) June 19, 1735; Beza, (da.) Nov. 24, 1737; Martha, Sep. 21, 1739, m. Asa Chandler, June 30, 1763; Wealthea, Dec. 7, 1741 ; Joshua, Sep. 30, 1744 ; Thankful, d. Jan. 13, 1749. 14. Samuel, (s. of — ,) Dux., m. Elizabeth Boney of Pem- broke, May 1, 1719; she d. Mar. 17, 1777. Chd. Riith, Feb. 25, 1720; Ellsha, May 25, 1722; Priuce, Apr. 26, 1725; Ichahod, Apr. 28, 1728, m. Huldah, and d. May 8, 1778, had a son Samuel, who d. 1778, ait. 18 years. Huldah Delano m. Gaml. Dammon, 1780; Betty, June 30, 1730, m. Ephraim Waterman, "late of Kingston, now resident in Dux.," June 4, 1746; Abigail, Nov. 12, 1734. 15. Beriah, (s. of — ,) Dux., m. Naomi, and had chd. Ich- abod, June 7, 1735, m. Huldah Sampsou, Feb. 15, 1759; William, May 31, 1737 ; Sylvanus, June 15, 1739, m. 1st, Azuba, who d. Jan. 17, 1764, set. 21^ years, m. 2d, Huldah "Woodcock, Dec. 3, 1764; Lemuel, Sep. 24, 1741, m. Rachel Gurnet of Abington, Nov. 11, 1768, and removed to Hanover; Elizabeth, May 28, 1743. (Betty Delano m. John Cullifer 1769) ; Benjamin, 1745. 16. Benjamin, (s. of — ,) Pembroke, removed to Scituate 1770, a ship builder for 40 years; m. Mary, da. of Wm. Brooks 1774, had chd. William, 1775, d. 1814, m. Sarah Hart, had 3 sons and 4 das.; Mary, 1776, m. widower Rev. Elijah Leonard of M. ; Sarah, 1782, m. Samuel Foster. 17. Berfah, (s. of — ,) Dux., m. Ruth Carver, Apr. 11, 1772, had Ichaljod, June 7, 1773 ; and Beriah, June 25, 1775. 18. Reuben, (s. of — ,) Dux.; m. Deborah . He d. 1797. Their chd. Elizabeth, Sep. 10, 1755, m. Barzilla Dela- no, 1779; Rebecca, Sep. 25, 1727; Reuben, June 26, 1761, m. Luna , who was born Feb. IS, 1766, and had Elijah 1792, Anna 1795, Cynthia 1797 and Celia 1802 ; Deborah, July 25, 1765, m. Peter Winsor, Oct. 1783; Sarah, Feb. 18, 1771 ; Beri, Oct. 9, 1772. 254 DELANO. 19. Lemuel, (b. 1712; s. of — ,) Dnx. ; m. Lj^dia Bartlctt, July 9, 1741, and d. Sep. (3, 1778, a3t. 66, nearly. Chd. Esther, m. Ezra Howard, Dec. 17, 1772 ; Lydia, never m. ; Rebecca, m. Joseph Peterson, Apr. 21. 1773; Jerusha ; Iclia- bod removed to Maine; Hannah, rn. Joshua Wmslow, Dec. 3, 1772 ; Mary, inim. 20. IcHABOD, (s. of — ,) Dux., m. Lydia. and had chd. IIul- dah,Sep. 17,1788; Beisy, Mar. 23, 179U ; Lydia, Nov. 3, 1791; Rebecca, June 9, 1793; Olive, July 2, 1795; Sophia, Aug. 7, 1797; Sa?nuel, Oct. 22, 1798; Na?icy, May 16, 1800; Mary, June 3, 1801. 21. Capt. Samuel, (s. of—,) Dnx., b. 1739, d. Nov. 6, 1814, set. 75; m. Abigail Drew, Apr. 5, 1762 ; she d. Sep. 25, 1811, ait. 69, nearly. Their chd. were Cajji. Amasa Delano, Feb. 21, 1763; Samuel, m. Lucy Winsor, and had Franklin, Olive T., Alexander, Lucy VV., Samuel, Almira, Henry T., Benj. F., Nancy and Winslow; William, m. Fanny Sampson, and was lost at sea, and two sons with him; Alexander, 1780; Lroie, Blay 6, 1765, m. Joshua Bates; Betsy, m. 1st Mr. JMoody, m. 2d Mr. Thaxter; Abigail, Sep. 28, 1771, m. Wins- low Thomas; Elizabeth Turner, Nov. 25, 1778; Nancy, m. Dea. George Loring. 22. Isaac, (s. of — ,) Dux.; m. Elizabeth White Ripley, Aug. 26, 1782; chd. Lucy, July 4, 1784, m. Saml. Loring; Elizabeth, 1788, m. John Partridge; Dorcas, 1790; Benja- min, 1794, d. in Dartmoor prison, 1814; Hannah, 1796, m. George Winsor; Sally, 1799; Nancy, 1801, m. Mr. Drew of K. ; Judith, 1803; Lsaac, 1805; James, 1808. 23. Joseph, (s. of — ,) Dux., m. Hannah , who d. Jan. 16, 1763, ajt. 73; he d. May 22, 1770, eet. S4| years. He was the father of Elijah, who d. Jan. 1, 1739. 24. Daniel, (s. of — ,) Dux. His chd. Levi, 1741, d. in the army at tlie westward, of small pox, 1760; Martha, 1743: Zispah, 1745; Jonathan, 1748, ni. Ruth Delano, Sep. 14, 1774. Note. Ilamdiah, b. 1691, d. Dec. 9, 1770; Mary, b. 1G92, d. May 7, 1771 ; Jane, 1085, d. Apr. 7, 1705 ; the sclecUnen were ordered " lo take care of her and improve her estate ; " Lydia, m. Josiah Soule, 1704 ; Mer- cy, m. Jabez Delano, 1710 ; Mercy, m. Wm. Spooner of Dartmouth, Nov. 25, 1713; widow Mary, d. Jan. 4, 1781, ajt. 72i, b. 1709; Nathaniel, m. Mercy Boney, Oct. 24, 1714 ; Hannah, m. Eleazer Harlow, Oct. 6, 1715 ; Rebecca, m. Benj. Southworth, 1715 ; Priscilla, m. Benj. Simmons, 1715 d. "in ye night," Feb. 7, 1740; Elizabeth, m. Joseph Chandler 3d, 1720; hrad, b. 1720, d. Sep. 4, 1705, eet. 44 years 11 months ; Mary, b. 1732, d. May 12, 1783, xi. GO ; John, Jr., m. Ruth Prior, Jan. 30, 1724 ; Rebecca, in. Amasa Turner, May 2, 1727; Sarah, m. Joshua Simmons, 1728; Ju- DINGLEY. 255 dith, b. 1728, d. May 6, 1773, set. 45 ; Mercy, m. John Prior, 1735 ; Lydia, m. Ichabod Worraall, 1736 ; widow Delano, alias Curtis, had Mary and Nathl., bap. 17tl ; Abigail, 1756, d. 1771; Jesse, d. "in ye army at ye westward," Aug. 8, 1758, Elijah, b. 1756, d. Jan. 8, 1785, at. 29;' Joseph, Jr., had Mary, 1764 ; Isaac, d. 1777 ; Salome, m. Joshua Winslow, 1780 ; Nathan, Sep. 8, 1780, m. Mercy, who was b. Sep. 10, 1781 ; Icha- bod, m. widow Delano, 1780 ; Oliver, m. Mary Chandler, 1783 ; John, May 5, 1789, ni. Sally, who was b. Oct. 4, 1785 ; Dr. Benony, d. Apr. 5, 1738 ; two Samuels are mentioned 1710. DESPARD. Lambert, Dnx., 1701. "The town gave their consent to Mr. Despar to purchase about fourteen acres of land within this township of an Indian named Jeremiah." In the town as late as 1712. DEVELL. William, desired land in Duxbury, 1640. DINGLEY. 1. John, Lynn, Sandwich, 1637, Marshfield, ad. 1644, had chd. Jacob (2); Mary^ m. Josiah Standish; Hannah^ m. J. Kein. 2. Jacob, M. d. 1091, m. Elizabeth, had John (3), and Jo- seph. 3. John, M. d. 1690, m. Sarah Porter, had Jacob (4). 4. Jacob, Dux., d. Dec. 24, 1772, ajt. 69, m. Mary , and had chd. Abner, Jan. 21, 1732 (5) ; Mary, Nov. 10, 1735, m. Simeon Cook Jan. 1, 1756; Sarah, April 11, 1742; Abigail, May 5, 1745 ; Jacob (6). 5. Abner, Dux., m. Ruth , had Amasa, Feb. 15, 1760 ; Abner, July 23, 1761 ; Nathaniel Barker, June 19, 1764. 6. Jacob, m. Susanna, who d. March 17, 1782, ait. 48, had chd. Elkanah, Nov. 9, 1754; Levi, Oct. 18, 1756 (7) ; Desire, Feb. 7, 1758, m. Mr. Bisbee ; Susanna, April 26, 1764, m. Capt. Bailey Young of M. 1782; Jacob, Nov. 1, 1767; Ezra, Aug. 5, 1770 ; John, June 6, 1773. 7. Levi, Dux., m. Hannah Peterson, 1778, had Sjwncer, April 14, 1779. 8. Joseph, (s. of — ,) m. Hannah, and had Joseph, June 29, 1793; Hannah, Nov. 9, 1794; Esther, Oct. 14, 1796. 256 DREW. DREW. 1. John, a Welshman, and ship-carpenter, arrived at Ply- mouth 16G0, had five sons, of whom three settled in Plymouth and two in Duxbury — so says an authority; but I find no mention of a Drew in Dux. previous to Samuel, No. 3. He had a da. Elizabeih^ 5 Feb. 1673. His son Samuel d. 21 May, 1678 ; " going on board of a shallopp, finding there a bottle of liquor and drinking too much of it, that as he went to gett out of the boate, he fell from the boate into the water and sand" and was drowned. 2. Samuel, prob. gd. s. of John No. 1, m. Lydia. 3. Samuel, (s. of William, who was b. in Dux., but lived and died in K.) Dux. ; b. Aug. 1713. He m. Anna, da. of Richard and Katuen White of Plymouth, Dec. 28, 1736. She was b. March 1716, and d. May 27, 1745, set. 29. He m. 2d Faith Peterson, Oct. 22, 1746 ; he d. in 1800, a^t. 89. Chd. Joseph, who m. a da. of Dea. Thomas of M. ; Sylva?iits (4) ; Perez (5) ; Isaac, 1748 (6) ; Consider (7) ; Leu-is, bap. 1758 ; Sarah, m. Dea. James South worth, 1762 ; Abigail, m. Capt. Samuel Delano 1762 ; Lucy, bap. 1740; Eujiicc, bap. 1741; Lydia, bap. 1742; AfDi, bap. 1750, m. Joseph Wadsworth, 1773. 4. Sylvanus, (s. of 3,) Dux., m. Mercy Clark, and had chd. Charles, Nov. 3, 1765, who had Betsy 1795, m. John Frazar, m. 2d Capt. Winthrop Babbage ; Clark, 1797, m. Catharine Wadsworth; Sylvanus, 1799, m. Miss Nickerson ; Sally, 1800, m. Briggs Thomas; JEIannah, 1801, m. George Winslow; Charles, 1803, m. Hannah Thomas ; George, and Lucy died young — Reuben, Dec. 27, 1766, m. Sally Loring, m. 2d Temperance Brooks of Scituate, who d. Nov. 8, 1838. They had Mary 1793, Reuben 1795, and Joseph 1797; and by 2d w., Wilham 1806, m. Mary Basset, Henry 1808, Temperance 1810, George 1812, John B. 1817, m. Frances James Winsor 1848, Edward 1814, Alfred 1821 — Clark, April 3, 1769, m. Eliza Bosworth 1792 — Sally, m. Daniel Bradford — Hannah m. Dea. George Loring 1802, he d. July 1819 — WeaUhea, m. Dea. G. Loring 1820 — Lucy — Joshua, killed accident- ally Dec. 11, 1790 — Zilpha, m. Capt. Jonathan Smith. 5. Perez, (s. of 3,) m. Zilpha Wadsworth Feb. 6, 1772, who d. Jan. 3, 1778. 6. Isaac, (s. of 3,) Dux.; m. Wealthea Bradford, Oct. 1, 1781, and had Timothy, m. Miss Thompson of Bridgewater ; Lazarus ; WeaWiea ; Capi. Joshua, m. Mcritida AVadsworth; and John. A da. m. Dr. Snow of Boston, and six others. EATON. 257 7, Consider, (s. of 3,) Dux. ; bap. 1745, m. Jane; and had Ellis^ Jan. 15, 1769; and Lucia, June 16, 1771. Note. Cornelius of K. m. Sarah Bartlett, Feb. 27, 1729 ; Perez of K. m. Abigail Soule, Sept. 3, 1730, who d. Oct. 23, 1767, aged 51i; he d. Nov. 12,1774, set. 70, had Lemuel and John; Hannah, m. Benjamin Switzer 1757.* DWELLEY. Richard, of Dux., early m. Eamie Glass, m. 2d Elizabeth Simmons. He was also of Hingham, and had chd. there in 1660. Mary, (Scituate) m. Nathaniel Brewster, 1705. Jeremiah Dillingham, Dux., 1758 ; his w. d. Oct. 10, 1778, cet. 82 — Princee Dillingham (Pemb.) m. Nehemiah Peterson Dec. 13, 1764 — Joseph Z>ace, Dux., 1800, m. Lydia (b. June 13, 1773), had Susanna and Hannah C. EATON. 1. Francis, arrived in 1620; a carpenter; removed to Dux. His 1st w. d. before 1627, and he next m. Christian Penn, and d. in 1636 or 7. He had Samuel (2) ; Benjamin, of Dux. 1648, of Plym. 1650 ; m. Sarah ; had William, who d. before 1691 ; perhaps Rachel, who m. Joseph Ramsden March 2, 1645. 2. Samuel, (s. of 1,) Dux., bound himself an apprentice to John Cook in 1636 for seven years. He bought land of Love Brewster, and sold it in 1663 to Josiah Standish ; removed to Middleboro', and d. intestate a. 1684. He m. Martha BiUing- ton 10 Jan. 1660. A Samuel m. Elizabeth, da. of Rev. Saml. Fuller. ENSIGN. Thomas, Dux. 1656. A Thomas Ensign had land in Scit- uate, 1640, m. Eliz. Wilder, 1638, and d. 1663. His son John was killed at Pawtucket in 1676. — Hist. Scit. Hannah Ensign was bap. at Hingham July 6, 1640. — Hobart's Journal. * Drew. From Boston Records. Mr. Robert m. Jemima, had Eliza- beth July S2, 1660 ; John, Oct. 17, 1663. Richard and Mary had Mary Oct. 14, 1679, Elizabeth July 23, 1682, and John July 21, 1689. Samuel aqd Anq had Ann April 26, 1691.— B. Rec. John Prew bap. at Hingham April 1641. — Hobart's Journal. 33 258 FERNISIDE. EVERSOR. Abraham, Dux. m. Lydia Chandler Jan. 11, 1763, and had Abraham and Lydia. FERNISIDE. John, Dux., owned house and land, sold it to R. Barker, 1G48, m. Elizabeth Starr, and both d. in Boston. Was in Dux. in 1643 ; name spelled " Farnyseede ; " had at Boston, Mary, May 8, 1646; Hannah, May 8, 1650; Lydia, Apr. 3, 1653; Elizabeth, 26 Oct., 1658, and Ruth, 20 Aug., 1661. FISH. Thomas, Dux., chd. Thomas, May 22, 1700; Ebenezer, Dec. 13, 1703, d. Mar. 23, 1791, had Abel 1740, Lydia 1742, m. Jeptho Taylor, 1771 ; Joseph, Jan. 28, 1706 ; Lydia, Mar. 24, 1708, m. Eliakim Willis of' Dartmouth, July 20, 1738; Samuel, Oct. 18, 1710, m. EHzabeth Randall of Scituate, Mar. 1, 1733; Nathaniel, Apr. 11, 1713. Note. John, Lynn, Sandwich, m. Cecelia, d. 1G63, had Jonathan (who had Nathaniel, 18 Dec, 1050,) and Samuel. Nathaniel, had John at Sandwich, 13 Apr., 1651; Nathaniel, b. at Sandwich, 27 Nov., 1648; Ruth, m. Nathl. Chandler, 1782 ; JIuldah, m. Ezekiel Sprague, 1785. FISHER. Samuel, Dux., 1710, m. Deborah, had Rebecca^ Aug. 25, 1717; Samuel, Nov. 12, 1722. FOBES. Spelled Vobes, early. John, Dux., 1636, land at Powder point, 1637 at G. H. path; I3ridgewater, m. Constant, sister of Ex. Mitchell; she after his death (which occurred 1661.) m. John Briges, 1662. Ciid. John, d. at Sandwich, 1661 ; Dea. Edvard {Wde Mitch- ell's Hist.); Alary; Caleb, Norwich; William, Dux., Little Compton, m. EHzabeth Southworth; Joshua, kid. at Paw- tucket, 1676; and Elizabeth. FORD. 259 FORD. 1. William, Dux., 1643, a miller, b. 1594, lived near Gav- elly beach iii M., before 1640. d. 1676, set. 82; m. Ann; sold land in Dux., 1661, to F. West. did. Dea. William, m. 1658, Sarah Dingley, and had John 1659, Mercy, 1662, m. Samuel Thomas, Josiah 1664; Michael, m. Abigail Snow, 1667, m. Bethiah Hatch 1683, had a large family, one of whom, Thomas (1685) had Amos (1714), who m. Lillys, who d. at Dux., Sep. 29, 1756, get. 41| ; a second wife of Amos d. Dec. 18, 1781. [Hist. Scituate.] — MilUcent, m. John Carver; Margaret. 2. Widow Foord, came in the Fortune 1621, with William (No. 1 7), Martha, and John. 3. Andrew, Weymouth, ad. 1654, had Nathaniel 1658, Eb- enezer 1660, Silence 1661, Prudence 1663. His wife was Eleanor. Note. John, d. at M., 1693, his w. was Hannah ; Bathsheba, (M.) m. Eben Sherman, May 4, 1730 ; Jemima, m. Nathaniel Gushing^, both of M., Apr. 16, 1717 ; Othniel, m. widow Mary Barnes, Jan. 10, 1758 ; Hannah, m. Nathaniel Rogers, (M.) 1781; Nathaniel, m. Lydia Simmons, 1783; Lydia, (b. Feb. 2, 1783,) m. Tho. W. Peterson ; Joshua T., (b. June 29, 1766,) m. Deborah , (who was b. May 10, 1765,) m. 2d, Abigail, and had Oakman, Benjamin, Elisha, George, Celia, Elizabeth and Ruth. — Dux. Rec. FRAZAR. 1. Capt. Thomas,* Dux., m. Rebecca Alden, Nov. 27, 1760, who d. July 21, 1818, a3t. 88. He d. Nov. 18, 1782, aet. 47|. Chd. kSam/iel Alden, 1766 (2); Rebecca, 1769, d. Nov. 7, 1840, a3t. 71, and in her will left .$500 to the Pilgrim Society. " Warm in her friendship, and of a generous heart, the tears of the poor are her eulogy." 2. Samuel A., (s. of 1,) Dux., m. Abigail Drew, 1791, d. Aug. 28, 1838, get. 72. A funeral discourse delivered at his burial by Rev. J. Moore, was published. Chd. Thomas, 1793, d. June 24, 1807; Jolm, 1794, m. Betsy Drew, d. Mar. 3, * His name is spelled on the records Frasher ; on his grave stone Fra- zier ; but by his descendants Frazar. He is said to have been of Scotch origin. The name Eraser or Frazier is of French derivation, and derived from the French /raise, signifying a strawberry, hence the well known heraldic object of the family is explained. The French word was probably derived from the fragrance of the fruit, as was the Latin fragaria. Cham- ber's Encyc. 260 FREEMAN. 1S22, had Elizabeth ; Abigail, 1796, m. Nathaniel Weston ; Mercy C, 1798, unrn; Samuel A., 1800. m. Maria Winsor; George, 1801, m. Ann Little, who d. July 28, 1842, a3t. 37; Amherst Alden, 1804, m. Sarah D. Bradford, merchant of Boston; Rebecca Alden, 1808, m. Rev. William Augustus Stearns of Cambridgeport, Mass., Dec. 14, 1831; Sarah D., 1810, m. Mr. Mansfield of Braintree; Thomas, 1812, m. Frances Bradford. Note. John, Dux., 1733, when he was chosen petty juror ; perhaps the one of M., who m. Anne Fullerton, Nov, 12, 1729, and had John, May 1, 1731. A John of M. had John, 20 Dec, 1761, and Thomas, 22 June, 1764; John drowned off Nantasket, Feb., 1782. Dux. Rec— Daniel Frazier m. Hannah Hatton, Nov. 7, 1733 ; James m. Mary Rankin, July 3, 1733 ; Elizabeth Frazer m. Edward Carpenter, Oct. 21, 1714.— Boston Records. FREEMAN. 1. Mr. Edmund, Lynn, 1632, Dux., Sandwich, 1637, d. a. 1682, leaving an estate of £180. Had chd. Edmund, m. Re- becca Prence, 1646; Jolm, (2) m. Mary Prence, Feb. 14, 1649; Alice, m. 1639, Dea. William Paddy, m. 2d, Samuel Wensley; a. da. m. Edward Perry; Elizabeth, m. Mr. Ellis (the father of Mathias). 2. John (s. of 1,) Eastham had John, 2 Feb., 1650, d. young; John, Dec. 1651; Thomas, Sep. 1653; Edmu)id, June 1657; Mercy, July, 1659; Prence, 3 Feb. 1665; Na- thaniel, 20 Mar. 1669. 3. Samuel, Watertown, 1630, returned to England. His widow m. Gov. Prence. His chd. were Henry, d. 1672, had James of Boston ; Dea. Samuel, 1638, d. 1700, m. Mercy Southworth, and had Samuel (m. Elizabeth Sparrow, had Judge Enoch), Constant, 31 Mar. 1669, Edward, Aphia, d. young, Elizabeth, Mercy, m. Mr. Cole, Alice m. Mr. Merrick, and Aphia, Jan. 1, 1666. Note. Henry was of Watertown, 1648. 4. Joseph, (s. of — ,) Dux., m. Miss Tobey. He d. June 6, 1790, oat. nearly 92. Chd. Benjamin, m. Hannah Bradford, Nov. 13, 1774, and had Bradford (who had Hannah, m. Capt. Benj. Winsor, Eunice, m. Mr. Washburn, Joseph, Elizabeth, Sally and others), Eunice m. Capt. Phineas Sprague, and Nancv, who is num.; Enoch June 1, 1737, m. Abiaail Wes- ton, Dec. 20, 1764. She was b. Mar. 26, 1739, and d. Aug. 7, 1812 ; they had Abigail, Oct. 6, 1765. m. Amasa Sturte- vant; Enoch, July 28, 1767; William, 'May 25, 1769, m. Wealthea Sampson, (who was b. Apr. 22, 1773, they had FULLER. 261 William, Enoch, Sally, Wealthea, Martin, Deborah and Abi- gail;) Lydia, July 29, 1771, m. Nathl. Sonle; Daniel, Nov. 14, 1773; Sally, Nov. 25, 1775, m. Dea. Martin Sampson; Weston, P^eb. 6, 1777; and Mary, Dec. 29, 1779, m. James Loring. — Edmimd, bap. 1740, m. Lucia Arnold, Apr. 9, 1771, and had Abijah, Feb. 4, 1772, m. a Chandler; Ed- mund, Feb. 19, 1773, d. at sea; Lucia, Nov. 21, 1774; Arnold, May 15, 1777; and Acenith m. Joseph Simmons. — Joseph^ lived S. of Is. Ck. Bk. had Irene, m. Rev. Z. Sanger; Ohve m. James Shaw, Apr. 1, 1772; Sarah, m. Ira Wads- worth, 1783; Samuel; Chandler. — Sarah, m. Dea. Perez Loring. — Lydia, unm. — Mary. m. Joshua Gushing, Sep. 27, 17(33. 5. Silas, (s. of — ,) Dux., m. Mary Brewster, Dec. 8, 1763, had Brewster, 1765. 6. Emanuel, (a Portuguese,) m. Lucia, and had Alice Nov. 1, 1769, and Joseph, May 13, 1775, m. Althea Joice, (b. 1774) and had James 1799, Henry, John and several das. FROST. Isaac, Dux., m. Anna Wadsworlh, who d. April 26, 1843; had chd. Samuel, 1797, d. 1821, Judith, William, Elizabeth, Charles, Nancy, Anna, Abigail. FULLER. 1. Abiel, Dux., ni. Sarah , who d. April 27, 1737. They had chd. Sarah, April 11, 1737, d. young; Gamaliel, 1745; Sarah, 1747; Anice, 1749. Note. James came from Dartmouth a. 1740, a blacksmith, soon remov- ed to Plymouth ; had Hannah, bap. 1741 ; Capt. Zephajiiah, m. Polly Lor- ing Dec. 11, 1781, and had Sarah ; Dr. Jabez, m. Lucy Loring, Aug. 1781 ; Many, m. Philip Delano 1783. GANNET. Thomas, (B. of Matthew of Scit.) Dux., 1642, removed to Bridgew, and d. 1655. Widow Sarah survived him. — Deatie's Scit. and MilcheWs Bridgew. GARDNER. John, Dux. 16 10, owned land north of the Mill, towards G.H. 262 GLASS. GLASS. 1. James, (s. of — ,) Dux., apprenticed to Hy. Coggen, 1639, and then to Mr. Kempton ; m. Mary Pontiis Oct. 31, 1645. He came to his death Sept. 3, 1652; " it being very stormy weather, riding att the Gurnetnose in a boate," he was forced by stress of weather on shore back of the beach, and was knocked from oif the " fore cuddey," into the surge and was drowned. His w. m. P. Delano. Chd. Hannah, 2 June, 1()47, d. 15 June, 1648 ; W^bra, 9 Aug. 1649 ; Hannah, 24 Dec. 1651 ; Mary. 2. Roger, (s. of — ,) Dux. ; was put out to John Crocker; but because he treated him barbarously, he was transferred to John Whetcome in 1639; m. Mary ; d. in 1691 or 1692 ; estate £90; lived at Hounds ditch, also owned land east of North hill; and had chd. Elizabeth; James, d. in Canada Expedition, 1690; Eamie, m. R. Dwelley ; Mary ; John, m. 1st , m. 2d Esther Chandler, Feb. 14, 1705. 3. James, (perhaps s. of John, s. of Roger 2,) Dux.; d. Oct. 17, 1759, ast. 50 years. Chd. John, 1739 (4) ; James, Jan. 16, 1740, m. Lucy Burgess, and had James (May 18, 1792), m. Silvia Soule, and d. Aug. 20, 1827, and Nancy 1796 ; Serajah bap. 1744 (5) ; Ezeldel 1747 ; Jonathan 1750, d. 1756 ; Mary; Nathaniel 1755, d. J 756 ; Sarah 1758, m. Jacob Burgess Mar. 25, 1779, and Consider 1766. 4. John, (s. of 3,) Dux., m. Bernice Delano May 30, 1773, d. 1829, a3t. 89 ; had Ezekiel, Sept. 10, 1775, m. Miss Tho- mas of M., served in the flying artillery in Canada in 1812, had Ezekiel, John, and Daniel ; Jonathan, Sept. 23, 1776, m. Desire Chandler, (who was b. Nov. 22, 1778,) and had Levi, Seth, Jonathan and others ; Eevi; Lydia ; Mary. 5. Serajah, (s. of 3,) Dux. ; m. Hannah Oldham Dec. 26, 1771; had Hannah; Nathaniel, m. Sarah Ripley, (who d. June, 1826), had Nathaniel 1799, Sarah 1803, Lucy 1805, Daniel B. 1808, killed at sea 1839, Charles B. 1810, d. June 1815; Amasa, m. Desire Weston ; Mary, m. William Read, who came from North Carolina ; Arispah, m. William Henry ; Wealthea, m. Spencer Burgess. Note. Amy m. Richard Willis, lf>39 ; Est/icr m. Nathan Chandler, 1770.— Co/, cj- Dux. Rec. Richard, of Mass., took oath of fidelity 1G74.* * Glass. From the Boston Records. .Tames m. Elizabeth, and had William Jan. 11, 1G87 ; Robert, Sept. 11), 1G92 ; Elizabeth, Nov. 0, 1695. John m. Martha Temple, April 1, 1703, had Martha Jan. 3, 1704. Mary m. John Lattatiy Sept. 22, 1715. HALL. 263 GODFREY. Francis, Dux., 1638, had land at G. H. brook ; bore arms 1643. GOOLE. Francis, Dux., 1643, a planter, lived near Jones River. GORHAM. Ralph " Goarame," Dux., 1637, lived near P. Delano. His son John was of Marshfield 1643, m. Desire Rowland Nov. 6, 1644, lived at Plymouth, M., Yarmouth and Barnstable, and d. of a fever while in command of a company in Philip's war, at Swansey, Feb. 5, 1676. She d. 13 October, 1683. Chd. Desire (at Ply.) 1644, Temperance (at M.), 1646, Elizabeth 1648, James, 28 April, 1650, John, 20 Feb. 1651, Joseph (at Yarmouth) 10 Feb. 1653, Jabez (at Barnstable) 3 Aug. 1656, wounded in Philip's war, Mercy 1658, Lydia 1661. [N. E. Hist. & Geneal. Reg. II. 67. HADEN. [Hayden?] One of this name bore arms in Duxbury 1643. HALES. A George early asked a grant of land in Duxbury, which was given him ; but he not settling upon it, it was granted to another. HALL. 1. Edward, Dux., 1638, permitted to build in Dux.; 1637, ten acres at G. H. path ; 1638, sold his house to Wm. Wither- ell ; 1641, he appears of Taunton; 1642, had a house at Hounds ditch ; 1645, prop, of Bridgew. ; 1652, left the colony a debtor. An Edward Hall sold, 1665, land in Duxbury. An Edward was at Cambridge 1636, ad. 1638 (perhaps s. of John of Lynn), and d. 1669, leaving w. Sarah, and Joseph, Ephraim, and several daughters. An Edward of Braintree m. Hester, and had John 1651, and Hester Oct. 23, 1654. 264 HARLOW. 2. George, Dux., 1637, owned land at G. H, path. 3. Capt. Joshua, (s. of — ,) Dux., m. Alethea Soule, Sept. 30, 1762 ; had Joshua, Oct. 26, 1769, who had Joshua 1794, Harriet I. 1796, Henry 1798, d. 1804, and Catharine 1811; Daniel, March 27, 1772, had Daniel 1799 ; Lot, July 14, 1774, m. Ursula Chandler, he d. July 25, 1840, she d. April 4, 1838, had Alethea 1797, Lot 1804, Nancy, Martin, Lucy, Jane, Laura; David, May 10, 1777. Note. Sarah (K.,) m. Joseph Sampson, .May 6, 1747 ; Ashehel m. Abigail Barnes, 1771. John, Yarmouth, 1655, had Samuel ; Samuel, Taunton, had Samuel Dec. 16G4, John Oct. 1G66, Nicholas Oct. 1670, Mary Oct. 1672, Ebenezer March 1677, Sarah March 1679, George Jan. 1680. John, Taunton, m. Hannah Penniman 4lh Feb. 1679, had John June 1672, Joseph April 1674, James Dec. 1675, Benjamin Dec. 1677. Nathaniel, " a maimed souldier in the late Indian warr," 1684, allowed £5 per annum. HANBURY. Mr. William, Dux., 1639, bought John Brown's house near Jones River ; was living there in 1643. HANDMER. John, Dux., 1640, had land north of the Mill towards G. H. HANKS. John, Dux., m. Marj?^ Delano, Jan. 16, 1735; had Chloe ; John, m. Abigail Sampson March 25, 1773 ; and Nathaniel. HARDLNG. John, Dux., 1643. perhaps the one of Mass. Bay, and ad. 1640. For descendants see Mitchell's Bridgew. HARLOW. ]. Serg't William, Lynn, 1637, Sandwich, Plymouth; m. 1st, 1649, Rebecca Bartlelt; m. 2d, July 15, 1658, Mary Faunce, who d. 4 Oct. 1664; m. 3d, Mary Shelly 26 Jan. HARRIS. 205 1665, who survived him. Chd. W/Ulam, b. and d. Oct. 1650; Samuel, 27 Jan. 1652 ; Rebecca, 12 June, 1655 ; William, 2 June, 1657 ; Man/, 19 May, 1659 ; Repentance, 22 Nov. 1660 ; John, 19 Oct. 1662; Nathaniel, 30 Sept. 1664; Hannah, 2S Oct. i666 ; Bathsheha, 21 April, 1667 ; Joanna, 24 Mar. 1669 ; Mehetabel, 4 Oct. 1672 ; Judith, 2 Aug. 1676. 2. Joseph, (s. of — ,) Dux., 1687, constable. 3. Eleazer, (s. of — ,) Dux., m. Hannah Delano Oct. 6, 1715, had Eleazer (4). 4. Dr. Eleazer, (s. of 3,) Dux., m. Abigail Thomas, of M, March 1739 ; she d. Nov. 24, 1743 ; m. 2d Abigail Clark of Plymouth Sept. 11, 1745; and m. 3d widow Dabney of Bos- ton, and had chd. Arunah ; Gideon (5); Thomas ; Asaph; Abigail ; and William, d. young. 5. Gideon, (s. of 4,) Dux., had chd. Eleazer, Nov. 4, 1784; m. Alethea Thomas of M., had Judah 1811, Briggs 1815, Alden, Thomas, Henry, the two latter d. young ; Gideon, m. Olive Thomas of M., had Thomas, Hannah, Lydia, Mary, Henry, Gideon, and others; Lydia, d. young — (for the de- scendants of the remaining three sons, see Ward's Shrewsbury) — Arunah, Shrewsbury, m. 1799, Sarah Bannister; Dea, Thomas, Shrewsbury, m. 1798, Thankful Bannister; Abner, Shrewsbury, m. 1st Persis B. Oakman of M., who d. 1814, March 14, aet. 36 ; m. 2d Sarah McFarland of Worcester, who d. 1847, set. 67. HARMON. John, Dux., 1657, took oath of fidelity. HARRIS (or Harrison). 1. Arthur, Dux., 1640, had land in Dux. woods given him, "due for his service," also at the Mill Brook; removed to Bridgew. ; ad. 1668 ; removed to Boston, and d. there 1673 ; m. Martha . (For descendants see Mitchell's Bridgew.) 2. Samuel Harris, Dux., had John, bap. 1756. HARTUB. William, Dux., 1643, was able to bear arms. HATCH. Samuel, Dux. 1684, lived near M. line. 34 266 HAYWARD. HATHAWAY. 1. Arthur " Hadaway," M. 1643, m. Sarah Cook 20 Nov. 1652, had John, 17 Sept. 1653, and Sarah, 28 Feb. 16.55. — There was a John m Barnstable, of Taunton, 1689, had a son John, may have been a B. of Arthur, 2. Dr. Rufus, Dux., m. Judith Winsor ; he d. Oct. 13, 1822, had chd. Mary, Feb. 7, 1796, m. Lewis McLaughUn ; Joshua W., Dec. 14, 1798, m. Prudence McLaughhn; Silvia Church, Feb. 1, 1801, m. Andrew Stetson; Deborah, April 20, 1802, m. Mr. Latham, and she d. Oct. 16, 1831 ; Isaac W., April 16, 1804 ; Juliet, Aug. 11, 1806, m. Jairus Magoon, his 2d w. ; Maria, Jan. 23, 1809, m. Jairus Magoon, she d. Oct. 18, 1833; Rufus, Sept. 25, 1812; Nancy P., Aug. 21, J 815; Thomas D., May 13, 1818; John, Dec. 24, 1821, m. Miss Faunce. HAWES. Edmund, Dux., 1637, had ten acres at G. H. path ; m. Lucy ; yeoman; removed to M., sold his land there to Thos. Bourn ; removed to Yarmouth before 1649. HAYWARD. Thomas, Dux., before 1638, ad. 1646, prop, of Bridgew. 1645 ; 1640 in Dux., had a grant of land northwest of North hill, and also at Namasakeeset ; sold his land to \Vm. Pabodie 1669; removed to Bridgew. d. 1681; m. Martha ; had a large family, for whose descendants see Mitchell's Bridgew. HEWITT. Joseph, Dux., m. Abigail 1796, and had Nancy, Eli- zaheth, and Joseph. Note. John Hewet of M. m. Marlha (who d. 1G91, mentioning in her will sister Anne, and niece Anne Turner and son Winter). She was da. of Christopher Winter, and had chd. — Solomon, Christopher, Bridget, Elizabeth, Mercy, and Lydia. HICKS. Mr. Robert, arrived 1621, Dtix. before 1634, removed to Scituate, d. before 1662. He m. 1st, Elizabeth, m. 2d, Mar- HOLMES. 267 garet; had Samuel^ m. Lydia Doan, 1645, Plymouth, removed to Nauset, had Dorcas, 14 Feb., 1651 ; Margaret, 9 Mar., 1654; Ephraim m. EUzabeth Rowland, 13 Sep., 1649, he d. Dec. 12, 1649, she then m. John Dickarson, 10 July, 1651 ; Lydia; Phebe. Note. Daniel Hicks m. Elizabeth Hanmore, Sep., 1657 — Sarah m. Joseph Churchill 3 June, l(i72. — Col. Rec. HILLIER. WiLLiABi, Dux., carpenter, first miller in 1639; in 1640 had a grant of 40 acres " on the milne brook." HILL. Samuel, Dux., m. Phebe Leonard, Nov. 6, 1694, had chd. Abigail. May 26, 1697; Philip^ Aug. 8. 1699; Samifel^ June 25, 1701, m. Hannah Turner, Nov. 1, 1722, had Joseph, July 31, 1723, and Hannali, June 7, 1725; Richard, Feb. 3, 1703; Ebenezer, Dec. 6, 1705; Ephraim, Dec. 13, 1707; Joseph, (d. July, 1711,) and Lydia, (twins,) b. 25 Aug., 1710. HOLMES. 1. Lt. William, Plymouth, ad. 1634; a commander in Pe- quod war, a major in Mass. forces ; had laud in Dux. 1638, which he sold to Mr. Howland; d. 1649, leaving no children. 2. William, Scituate, removed to M., settled on North river before 1662, d. 1690, m. Elizabeth, who d. 1693, had chd. Abraham^ 1641, in. 2d, Abigail Nichols of Hingham, 1695; Israel, 1642, m. Desire Sherman, and was drowned with Joseph Trewant in Plymouth harbor, Feb. 24, 1684; Isaac, 1644; Sarah, 1646; Rebecca, 1648; Josiah, 1650; Mary, 1655; Elizabeth, 1661. An Abraham Holmes m. Elizabeth, da. of Rev. Samuel Arnold of M., and had chd. Elizabeth, Isaac, Rose, Bathsheba, who in. Samuel Dogget. Was this Abraham the one b. 1641, and was Elizabeth his 1st wife? 3. Mr. John, Dux., had (1665,) a large grant at Robinson's ck., and in 1672 a small one in Dux. ; m. Patience Faunce, 20 Nov., 1661, and d. a. 1697, had John, 22 Mar. 1662; Richard; Patience; Mehetable ; Sarah; George; Nathan- iel ; Ebenezer ; Thmnas ; Joseph ; Desire ni. John Churchill before 1695. 268 HOWARD. A John Holmes was of Plymouth, ad. 1634, and messenger of the General Court. 4. JosiAH, (s. of — ,) Dux., ni. Hannah Sampson, Mar. 20, 1665; had Hannah, Oct. 11, 1667; Darbons, Aug. 4, 1669; Josiah, Aug. 13, 1672; Mary, Nov. 5, 1674; John, May 28, 1678, m. Joanna Sprague; William, Jan. 18, 1679. 5. Samuel, M., m. Mary, and d. 1690. A Samuel was in Rehoboth, and had a son Samuel, 6 Sep., 1674. A Samuel in Dux., had Consider, who was b. 1702, and d. Sep. 28, 1770. 6. Bartlett, of Manomet ponds, Plymouth, was the father of the following who settled in Dux. — Bartlett, m. Sarah Winsor, 1796, who d. Nov. 1807, ajt. 30, and had William, 1797, Melzar, 1799, and Lucy, 1801 — Nathaniel, m. Anne Prior ; JoJui ; Calvin, m. a da. of Reuben Peterson ; Nao~ man ; Sarah, m. Jabez Prior of Dux. 7. Nathaniel, Dux., m. Hannah Weston, 1795. He d. at Labrador. He had Lucy, George, Thomas, Charles, Sarah and Samuel. Note. "Mj5s Sara" d. at Plymouth, Aug-. 18, 1650 ; Nathaniel, m. Mercy Faunce, 29 Dec, 1667 ; Experience of Dartmouth, m. Hannah Sampson of Rochester, Dec. 13, 1737; George, Dux., 1740; Urany, m. Ichabod Sim- mons, 1783 ; widow Rebecca of K., m. Rer. Wm. Rand, Feb. 11, 1779, HOUSE. Amos, Dux., m. Sarah Ripley, Jan 11, 1748. He d. of small pox, Dec, 1762; she d. Sep. 7. 1790, had Mary, Lot, Irene, Mary, Lucinda, Sarah, Thankful. Note. Caleb m. Elizabeth Randall, July 12, 1759 ; Samuel of Scituate, d. Sep. 12, 1681, leaving Samuel and Elizabeth. — In Boston, William m. Mary before 1660. HOWARD. ^ 1. John and Jabies, (brothers) are said to have come to N. E. with Standish ; were of Dux. ; James went to Bermuda, and John to W. Bridgew. Vide MitchelTs Bridgew. 2. Ezra, Dux., m. Esther Delano, Dec. 17, 1772; he d. Nov. 25, 1781, a3t. 31; had Ezra, Aug. 1, 1773; Parmelia, Feb. 27, 1776; Daniel, Mar. 16, 17rS. 3. A WIDOW Howard had a da. Leonice bap. in Dux., 1757. HOWLAND. 269 ROWLAND. 1. Hon. John Howland, arrived 1620, Plymouth, removed to Dux. (Vide first settlers.) He m. Gov. Garvei-^s da. Elizabeth. She d. 16S7, a^t. 81. His chd. John (2) ; Jabez, m. Bethiah Thacher, and settled after the conquest of Mt. Hope at Bristol, had Jabez, Nov. 15, 1669; John, Jan. 15, 1672, d. same month, Bethiah, June 3, 1674, Josiah, Aug. 6, 1676, John, July 26, 1679; Isaac, m. Elizabeth, da. of G!eo. Vaughan, and settled at Middleboro' ; Josej)h, Plymouth, m. Elizabeth Southworth, Dec. 7, 1664; Desire, m. John Gor- ham; Hope, m. John Chipman of Barnstable, had large family; Elizahetli, m. E. Hicks, 1649, m. 2d, July 10, 1651, John Dickarson ; Lydia, m. James Brown of Swansey ; Ruth, m. Thomas Cushman of Plymouth, Nov. 7, 1664. 2. John, (s. of 1,) M., removed to Barnstable, where he was ensign, lieutenant, and selectman, and authorized to retail cider of his making; m. Mary Lee Oct. 26, 1651. [She was da. of Mistress JMary Lee, who d. Oct. 1681, having lived for the last eight years of her life with her son-in-law Howland. John Atwood's will, 1643, names brother and sister Lee, with their chd. Anne and Mary. J Their chd. were Elizabeth, May 17, 1655, m. John Bursley Dec. 1673; Isaac, 25 Nov. 1659, m. Ann Taylor Dec. 27, 1686 ; Hannah, 15 May, 1661, m. Jonathan Crocker 20 May, 1686; Mercy, 21 Jan. 1663; Lydia, 9 Jan. 1665. m. Joseph .ienkins ; Experience, 28 July. 1668 ; Anne, 9 Sept. 1670, m. Joseph Crocker, 18 Sept. 1691 ; Shobal, 30 Sept. 1672, m. Mercy Blossom, 1700: John, 31 Dec. 1674 (3).— N. E. Hist. Geneal. Reg. 3. John, (s. of 2,) Barnstable, m. 1st ; m. 2d Mary Crocker. The oldest child by the 2d m. was John, Feb. 13, 1720. This son John graduated at H. C. 1741, and was ordained at Carver 1746. "This exemplary pastor, of hum- ble desires, of primitive simplicity of manners, of cheerful and of hospitable disposition, after having lived to see his parish become a town, and surviving that era fourteen years, died, Nov. 4, 1804, in his 84th year." He m. a da. of Rev. Daniel Lewis of Pembroke. Four sons and three daughters survived him. One son, John, a promising young man, educated a merchant at Plymouth, d. in the West Indies early in the Re- volution. One of the das., Anna, m. Rev. Ezra Weld, of Braintrce, and d. July 10, 1774, set. 31 ; another da. m. Noah '^rhomas. One of his sons, Daniel, lived in Pembroke, m. Thankiul Morse of Falmouth. She d. Sept. 21, 1828, set. 76. and was da. of Theodore, who d. 1795, set. over 80. This Daniel d. Dec. 19, 1824, act. 76, and was the father of Capt. 270 ROWLAND. John, who was b. Nov. 23, 1780, and m. Nancy Winsor; Daniel, who was lost at sea; Josiah, who m. Eunice Salmon ; Lucia, who m. Mr. Cushman of Plympton ; Betsey, who m. Mr. Folger of Nantucket; Cynthia, who m. Mr. Chaddock of Nantucket; and Susan, who m. Mr. Bartlett of Bridgewatcr. The chd. of Capt. John (s. of Daniel,) of Dux., were Ann Thomas, Feb. 12, 1809, m. Nathl. Winsor, April, 1829; John, March 30, 1812, killed by lightning at sea, Sept. 20, 1832; Cordelia Maria, Dec. 16, 1813; Lucian Lorenzo, July 25, 1819, m. Ehza Newell, da. of Mr. Jonas Smith of Barre, June 4, 1846, who d. Nov. 1847, leaving one son, Lucian Herbert, who was b. March 8, 1847 ; Jerome, d. young; Jerome F., Feb. 23, 1827, m. Harriet, da. of James Fowle, Esq. of Bos- ton, and has one da., Ella Fessenden. 4. Henry, Dux., 1633; lived by the bay side, near Love Brewster ; " one of the substantial landholders and freemen ;" prop, of Bridgew. 1645, m. Mary, who d. June 16, 1674 ; he d. 1670. 5. Arthur, M., 1643 ; ra. Margaret ; owned land near Thos. Chiliingworth ; 1669, considering his age and low condition, the Court freed him from paying the minister's fee; her will, dated Jan. 1683, mentions grandson (son-in-law, say Col. Rec.) John Walker. Their chd. were Arthur (6), and Deborah^ who m. John Smith, Jr. of Plymouth, Jan. 4, 1648 (and had Hazadiah 1649, John 1651, Josiah 1652. Eleazer 1654, and Hezekiah 1655). 6. Arthur, (s. of 5,) M. ; 1660, fined £5 for making propo- sals to Elizabeth, da. of Gov. Prence, contrary to their parents' mind and will ; and in 1667, he promised not to make any further offers to her. They were, however, m. ; and had Ebenezer, Thomas of Dux., and Arthur. From him came Robert Howland, "who m. Margaret Sprague July 5, 1733, and had Prince, who m. Abigail Wads- Avorth in 1779, lived in Dux., and had Eden, Peleg B., Qind Alice. 7. ZoETH, Dux. and M. before 1657. He m. . 8. Samuel, Dux. ; 1662, for carrying, on the Lord's day, a grist from mill, fined \{)s. or be whipt ; 1662, he was charged with "discharging of a fowling pcece on the body of William Howse " of Sandwich, while gunning at the " high pyne on Salthousc beach.'' A verdict was given by the jury, " not guilty of willful! murder, yett we find that the said House re- ceived his deadly wound by Samuel Howland's gnn goeing off, as it lay on his shoulder." He appears in Dux. in 1690-2. A Samuel Howland was selectman of Freetown 1690. HUNT. 271 9. John, (perhaps s. of 4,) m. Mary Walker, Jan. 29, 1685, at Dux. 10. Joseph, Dux. 1679; in. 1683, Rebecca, da. of John Hns- sey of New Hampshire, who survived him, and m. Samuel Collins of Lime, Aug. 6, 1695. He d. June 15, 1695. His estate £500, including a negro servant, lands (£224) at Little Compton and Duxbury. did. Jedediah, 1685, Little Comp- ton ; Patience, 1687 ; Lydia, 1689. 11. Perez, Dux., m. Deborah, who d. 1790; m. 2d, Ruth Delano, 1791, had Rouse, Feb. 15, 1793; John, Oct. 15, 1794; Benjamin, Sep. 10, 1796, Note. Rebecca m. Samuel Thomas, (both of M.,) Feb. ]5, 1727; Saha m. Capt. Andrew Sampson, Jan. 3, 1779; Benjamin (of Pembroke) m. Experience Edgarton of Halifax, Feb. 10, 1743 ; Ruth ra. Luke Stetson, June 10, 1762, she d. 1764 ; Alicem. Beriah Sampson, May 6, 1756 ; Abi- gail m. Isaac Bisbee, Sep. 5, 1781. Dux. Rec. Nathaniel m. Abigail Lane, 22 Nov., 1739 ; Richard m. Mercy Mousall, Sep. 29, 1720. Boston Records. HUDSON. John, Dux., d. a. 1683. His will (Nov. 20, 1683,) witness- ed by Thomas and Elizabeth Palmer. His wife, Ann Rogers, survived, and to her he bequeathed, "provided she keep her- self a widow," his house, tillage land, &c. His chd. were Hannah m. Japheth Turner ; Rhoda, m. Palmer; Eliza- beth m. Vicory ; Abigail m. a Stetson. HUNT. 1. Edmund, Cambridge, 1634; Dux., 1637; prop, of Bridgew., 1645. 2. Edward, Dux., owned land at Hounds ditch, d. a. 1655. An Edward, perhaps his son, sold land in Dux., 1665, to R. Barker. 3. Samuel, of Dux., 1663 — 1690. 4. Thomas, of Dux., kid. at Pawtucket, 1676. 5. Thomas, of Dux., m. Honor Stetson, Jan. 15, 1708 ; she d. Aug. 22, 1739. 6. Thomas, of Dux., m. Geen Weston, Apr. 28, 1748. He d. Nov. 6, 1806. Chd. Anne m. William Winsor, July 23, 1775; Acenith m. Samuel Winsor; Abigail m. Ichabod Kent, 1771; Melzar A. young; Thomas, Oct. 3, 1761, m. Susanna Fuller of K., who was b. May 30, 1761, and he d. June 7, 1840, and had Elizabeth, 1781, Capt. Samuel, 1784, (m. Deb- 272 HUSSEY. orah Kent and had Hiram, Allen M., Edward G., Hannah G., and d. Dec. 26, 1823,) John, 1786, Susanna, 1788, Melzar, 1791, Lucy, 1793, Anna, 1796, Lewis, 1799, d. 1807, and Barker, 1SU2 (m. Lucy Louden). 7. John, (s. of — ,) Dux., m. Esther, who d. June 18, 1743; m. 2d, Deborah Soule, May 1, 1746, had Judah (8) ; John m. Mary Simmons, Apr. 24, 1764; Mary (1st w.) ; Samuel^ d. at Liverpool, 1771 ; Lot m. Mary Sampson, Mar. 4, 1773, had Sarah, Nov. 28, 1773, Samuel, Sep. 22, 1775, Asa, Mar. 21, 1778, Ziba, July 26, 1780, Jane, Mar. 6, 1784, Lot, Apr. 15, 1789, d. at sea; Deborah m. Joseph Brewster, 1773; Asa, d. 1776, at N. Y. 8. Judah, (s. of 7,) Dux., m. 1st, Betsy Oldham, Dec. 18, 1764, who d. June 11, 1774, aet. 32; m. 2d, Deborah Weston, Aug. 21, 1776. He d. Apr. 18, 1826, a3t. 89. Chd. Esther, Sep. 21, 1765; Jiulah, drowned 1771, set. 3; Seth, July 22, 1778, m. Huldah Wadsvvorth ; Elizabeth, 1780, m. Nathaniel Delano. Note. Martha m. Joseph Chandler, Jr., 1701 ; Mary m. Jacob Bur- gess, Apr. 27, 1704; Anne m. Ichabod Wadsworth, 1736; -.45am. Sarah Partridge, Dec. 2, 1736 ; Abigail m. Hezekiah Ripley, Dec. 3, 1739 ; Lxjdia m. Wm. Ripley, 1756; Lucy m. Jona. Peterson, Apr. 23, 1771; Judah d. Aug. 26, 1776. Dux. Rec. Christian m. Richard More, Oct. 20, 1630 ; Hannah m. Daniel White, 1674; Lt. Peter, Rehoboth, 1650, had Daniel, Sep. 15, 1673; Enoch, Weymouth, had Sarah, July 4, 1640 ; Enoch, Rehoboth, m. Mary Paine, 29 Oct., 1678, had Enos, Jan., 1679, Mary, Sep., 1679, Elizabeth, Oct., 1682; John, Swansey, had Peter, Feb., 1679; Samuel (aet. 17 in 1657,) and John were brothers. Col. Rec; Ephraim, Ct., 1642, Weymouth, 1655, m. Ebbet, a rep. and Capt., and had William, 1655 and Enoch, 1657; John, Boston, 1676, butcher, m. Martha; John m. Ruth Quincy at Hingham, Oct., 1686; Thomas m. Elizabeth, had Jabez, June 11,1654, and John, Apr. 11, 1056; Thomas m. Hannah Paine, Feb. 15, 1694; Thomas m. Susanna Saxton, June 21, 1694; Samuel ra. Mary Langdon, Apr. 24, 1712. — Boston records. HUSSEY. Robert, Dux., bore arms 1643. IRISH. 1. John, Dux., 1640, had a " meadstead " granted him, and the next year land at Stoney brook; prop, of Bridgew., a JACKSON. 273 roper, m. Elizabeth, went to Little Compton, d. 1677; had Joh7i, Dax., m. a sister of Col. Church ; Elias m. Dorothy Witherell, 26 Aug., 1674, went to Taunton. A John was in Middleboro', 1671. 2. George, Dux., early. JACKSON. 1. Samuel m. Elizabeth, had Rebecca., Oct. 29, 1727, and Mercy, Mar. 5, 1733. 2. Dr. Ransom, had Hannah, a. 1740, and John, a. 1743. Dr. J. removed from Plympton to Dux., a. 1740, and bought an interest in a forge on the South river, and lived near by. JOICE. Asa, b. July 2, 1766, m. Lucy Ann Southworth, who was b. June 25, 1772, had Willioni, John, Lucy, Peter, Stejyhen had Wealthea, 1795, and Hannah, 1798, Abigail, Deborah., Alethea and Hannah. Note. John Joice, Lynn, removed to Sandwich, 1637, Yarmouth, d. a. 1666. Walter was of M., before 1668. KEIN (Kean or Keen). Josiah, Dux., 1665, m. Hannah Dingley, had chd. Josiah m. Lydia, and had Beniamin, July 26, 1682, Josiah, Sep. 27, 1683, Abigail, Apr. 7, 1685, Nathaniel, Nov. 11, 1692; and perh. John, alive 1710; MaUheio, alive 1710; Hannah m. Isaac Oldham, Nov. 21, 1695. Note. Samuel m. Ruth Sprague, Apr. 18, 1719 ; Sarah m. Timothy Rogers, Apr. 6, 1710 ; Grace m. Jabez Cole, 1744 ; Diana m. Noah Sim- mons, 1771 ; Lemuel, Dux., a. 1750, removed to Pembroke, Bridgew. Vide Hist. Bridgew. ; Alice d. Oct. 1, 1771 ; William (Bristol), m. Celano Wadsworth, 1784. KEMP. William, Dux., m. Elizabeth; inventory taken Sep. 23, 1641 ; estate £150; 1640, had land at Beaver pond, S. river, and Namasakceset. He had a son William, who m. Patience Thacher(7); was of Dux.; his da. Patience m. Samuel Seabury. 35 274 LAMBERT. KIDBYE. John, Dux., 1640, land at Namasakeeset, mentioned 1665. KNIGHT. Walter, Dux., 1638, requested land in Duxbury. A car- penter. LAMBERT. Thomas, Jr., Dux., 1710 ; no other mention of him. Note. TAo^/ias Lambert, Sen., Barnstable, 1639, d. 1663, m. Joyce ; had Jemima, m. Joseph Benjamin, 10 June 1661, Thomas, Caleb, Bar- nard (ensign of Barnstable Co.), Jedediah, 20 Sept. 1640, Benjamin, 26 Aug. 1642, Joshua, and Margaret, who m. Edward Coleman. — Bernard, Barnstable, b. 1607, had Martha 1640, and Jabez 1642. — Col. Rec. John, Hingham, Scituate, 1093 — Thomas, Scituate — Thomas, of Boston, m. Mary, had Thomas, Nov. 6, 1659, Susanna, Feb. 28, 1662. — Boston Rec. LAND. Edward, Dux., 1666. See Church History. LATHAM. 1. William, yeoman, Plymouth 1623, Dux., 1637, sold his house to Rev. Mr. Partridge, 1639, M. 1643, his house burnt 1648. Gary Latham was perhaps his brother. 2. Robert, (perhaps s. of 1,) M. 1643; Cambridge; con- victed of abusing his servant, John Walker, so that he d. Jan. 5, 1654, ajt. 14; m. Susanna, da. of John Winslow ; for de- scendants see Hist. Bridgew. LATHLEY. Philip, Dux., 1694, alive 1703. AnneoiM. m. John Rouse of Little Compton, June 29, 1720. LATHROP. Mark, Dux., removed to Bridgew., d. 1686 ; had Elizabeth, LEONARD. 275 m. Samuel Packard ; Mark d. in Canada Expedition, Samuel, and Edward, who. d. 1696, s. p. Vide Bridgew. Hist. Note. Rev. John, Scituate, Barnstable, d. Nov. 8, 1653, had Thomas, Barnstable; Saniuel, Ct. ; Joseph, Barnstable; Benjamin, Charlestown ; John, m. Mary Cole 3 Jan. 1671 ; Barnabas, 1635, d. 1715, aet. 79, m. Susannah Clark, 13 Nov. 1658 ; Jane ; Barbara. Who was Abigail, who m. James Clark, 7 Oct. 1657 ? LAWRENCE. William, Dux., 1643, able to bear arms ; m. a da. of Fran- cis Sprague. LAZELL. John, Hingham. 1647, m. Elizabeth, da. of Stephen Gates, Nov. 29, 1649, d. 1695 ; of Bridgew. ; had John, bap. Sept. 8, 1650; Thomas, bap. Sept. 19, 1652, Dux., m. Mary Allen, April 26, 1685, removed to Plympton, Falmouth and Wind- ham, Ct. ; and others, for whom see MitcheWs Hist., HobarCs Journal. Joshua, Dux., 1709, was son of Joshua (bap. May 6, 1655) who was a son of the first John. A John Lazell d. at Hing- ham May 14, 1665. — Hobarfs Journ. Abigail m. Barnabas Hatch June 7, 1728. LEONARD. 1. Solomon, Dux., 1637, spelled " Lenner ;" had land at Bluefish; d. 1686; m. Mary; had /S'amwe/ (of Worcester per- haps) ; John, Jacob, Isaac, Solomon (for descendants of these see Mitchell) ; Mary, m. John Pollard 24 Dec. 1673. 2. Philip, M. 1678, a nailer, Dux., m. Lydia, who d. Nov. 13, 1707; he d. July 3, 1708 ; had Phebe, m. Saml. Hill, 1694. Note. James, Jr., Taunton, m. 2d Caliphar, of Milton, 29 Oct. 1675; had Eunice 1668, Prudence 1669, James 1677, Lydia 1679, and Stephen 1680 — Joseph, had Mary 1680 — Benjamin, m. Sarah Thrasher 15 Jan. 1678, had Sarah 1680, and Benjamin 1683 — Thomas, m. Mary Watson 21 Auff. 1662.— Col. Rec. LEURICH. William, 1637, "houselott of Mr. Will""- Leurich, now layed forth for him" in Dux. — Old Col. Deeds. 276 LORING. LEYHORNE. (Leighorn.) Rowland, Dux., 1G3G, land granted him. James, Dux. ; March 4, 163S-9, '-is hyred to serve Francis Sprague for a yeare for vi £ xs. and two pounds of tobacco, his tyme began the first of Februar last past." — Col. Rec. LINDALL. James, Dux., 1640, a garden place was granted him in Dux. on Mill brook ; m. Mary ; both d. a. 1652 ; had Twiothy^ b. in Dux. 1641 ; ad. 1678, removed to Salem, representative; d. Jan. 6, 1699 ; m. Mary Verren, had nine chd., of whom Timothy, H. C. 1695, was Representative, Speaker of the House, Judge of Common Pleas, and d. 1760, oet. 83, — and Abigail. Note. James of Boston m. Susanna, had Elizabeth .July 16, 1680, and James May 28, 1681. LORING. 1. Dea. Thomas, arrived from Axminster, Devons?iire, Eng. ; of Hingham, 1635 ; ad. 1636, m. Jane Newton ; had chd. Thomas (2), Benjamin^ Josiah and John. 2. Thomas, (s. of 1,) b. in Eng., 1629; ad. 1673; settled at Hull, ni. Hannah, da. of Nicliolas Jacob, Dec. 13, 1657, who survived him, and m. Capt. Stephen F'rench, and d. Oct. 20, 1720; had Hamiah, Aug. 9, 1664, m. Rev. Jeremiah Gushing, m. 2d, John Barker; Thomas {2')] DthoraJi^ Mar. 15.1668, m. Hon. John Cushing ; David, 1671, Barnstable; Caleb, 1674, m. a da. of Edward Gray, Plympton; Abigail d. 1679. 3. Lt. Thomas, (s. of 2,) b. Mar. 15, 1668, bought land in Dux., 1702 ; held offices of responsibility in the town ; m. Deborah, da. of Hon. John Cushing, Apr. 19, 1699, at Bos- ton, who d. Nov. 30, 1755, aet. 78; he d. Dec. 5, 1717; had Tho7nas{A); Joshua, 1701 (5); Nathaniel (6); Benjamin (7); Hannah; Deborah, va Sylvester Richmond, Esq., Feb, 18,1727. 4; Thomas (s. of 3,) Dux., m. Mary Southworth, Feb. 3, 1724; had Tho?nas, Apr. 12, 1725, m. Zilpha, da. of Capt. Robert Bradford; Simeon; Levi {S) ; Perez, Aug. 26, 1729 (9); Joshua, Feb. 5, 1735, d. Feb. 3, 1754; Deborah, Mar. 31, 1738. LORING. 277 5. Joshua, (s. of 3,) Dux., was never m. ; d. Oct. 28, 1781, set. 80; was buried iu the old grave yard, and his stone bears these lines. " O death thou'st conquered me, And by thee I am slain ; But Jesus Christ has conquered thee; And I shall rise again." By his will he left the sum of £13 65. Sd. to the church. 6. Nathaniel, (s. of 3,) Dux., m. Priscilla Bailey, 1736 ; had William (10); Nal/umiel {11) ; Priscilla, m. D. Baker; Hannah ; Abigail. 7. Benjamin, (s. of 3,) Dux. He was bred a farmer, and passed a life of quiet happiness in his chosen pursuit. He was esteemed for his sound judgment, and respected for his uprightness and integrity, — a man of remarkable piety. He early joined the church in his native town. He built the house in which his grandson, the late Samuel Loring lived, and to which, says the tradition, he carried his wife on a pillion behind him, and then after partaking of a frugal meal, reading the Scriptures and returning thanks, retirecl for the night. His family devotions he never omitted until a short time previous to his death, which occurred from consumption, " 1781, March y^ 1st, three quarters after 8 in y« morning in the 73d year of his age; " and at his funeral a mourner pro- nounced a eulogy ; which, though brief, was all that could be desired — repeating the passage of Scripture, Woe unto him that every one speaks well of, he added — This man's, my friends, this man's woe was never taken away. He m. Anna Alden, Feb. 8, 1739. She was a kind mother, and endeared to her children, who always spoke of her with affection. Among the excellent qualities of her character, the benevolent na- ture of her heart was perhaps the most marked. Those memorable words which she was accustomed to repeat, are still vivid in the imagination of her grand children — Give to him that asketh ; and from him that would borrow turn not away. She d. July 1, 1804, act. 89. Their chd. were Mary, Mar. 31, 1739, d. Jan. 5, 1740; Benjamin, Mar. 31, 1742, d. Aug. 8, 1745; Sarah, Feb. 14, 1744, d. Aug. 11, 1745; Ben- jamin, Nov. 25, 1745, d. Nov. 11, 1752; Samuel, May 1, 1747 (12); Judah, June 5, 1749 (13); Daniel, Jan. 8, 1751 (14); John, Sep. 27, 1752, d. Oct. 27, 1753; Selh, Feb. 7, 1755 (15) ; Lucy, Apr. 23, 1758, d. Nov. 8, 1847, eet. 89, m. Dr. Jabez Fuller of Medfiold, Aug., 1781, and he d. Apr. 12, 1813, a3t. 59, and his son, Dr. Seth, d. Sep. 4, 1807, set. 25. 8. Lt. Levi, (s. of 4,) Dux., m. (when 60 years old,) Alethea, widow of Joshua Hall; and she d. June 5, 1823, set. 81. 278 LORING. 9. Dea. Perez, (s. of 4,) Dux., m. Sarah Freeman, (da. of Joseph,) Feb. 23, 1758, and she d. Aug. 26, 1806; he d. 1827, a3t. 98 ; had Mary, Dec. 26, 1758, m. Zephaniah Fuller, Dec. 11, 1781; Braddock, Aug. 21, 1760, m. Mary Matthews, 1783; Freeman, July 25, 1762 (16) ; Deborah, Oct. 22, 1764; Barak, Apr. 4, 1766, d. in West Indies ; Belinda, Mar. 6, 1768, m. Rev. Calvin Lincoln of Fitchburg; Sarah, Mar. 4, 1770, m. Reuben Drew, Feb., 1793; Perez, Mar. 10, 1772, d. in West Indies; Persia ; Levi, Feb. 13, 1775 (17). 10. William, (s. of 6,) Dux., m. Alethea Alden, Jan. 8, 1767, who d. Apr., 1820, set. 76 ; he d. Oct. 18, 1815; a jus- tice of the peace ; had William, May 9, 1768 (18) ; George^ Feb. 2, 1770 (19); Ichabod, Apr. 14, 1774, d. in W. 1. ; Joshua, Dec. 5. 1774 (20); Samuel, Nov. 3, 1775 (21); Alden, 1780 (22) ; Sophia, 1783, m. Elisha Tilden of M. ; Clarissa, 1785, m. Abner Stetson; Bailey, Dec. 10, 1786 (23). 11. Nathaniel, (s. of 6,) Pembroke, m. Miss Baker; had Deborah, m. Mr. Barstow; Sarah, m. Charles Little, m. 2d, Dea. White; Nathaniel, m. Catherine Smith Thomas, and had Nathauiel ; Baker; Seneca; Emily m. Mr. Barstow. 12. Samuel, (s. of 7,) Dux., m. Prudence Chapman, Dec, 25, 1777, whod. Mar., 1829; he d. Oct. 16, 1816, set. 79; had A7ina, Nov., 1778, d. Oct. 25, 1779; Hannah, May 16, 1780, m. Nathl. Winsor, Dec. 9, 1800; Benjamin, Jan. 9, 1784, d. July 2, 1788; Prudence, Aug. 11, 1789, m. Capt. Richard Sonle; Lucy, Sep. 8, 1790, was the 2d w. of Capt. R. Soule; Samuel, July 17, 1798 (24). 13. JuDAH, (s. of 7,) Dux., a house carpenter; went to Broad Bay, Me., carried on there the salt business ; returned to Dux. ; never m. ; d. Oct. 4, 1832, set. 83. 14. Daniel, (s. of 7,) Dux. ; Braintree; m. Mary Thayer of Braintree, 1779 ; had James, June 18, 1780 (25) ; Mary ; Ju~ dah (26) ; Barnabas Thayer, 1790. d. s. p. ; Nathaniel W., m. Joan Bowditch, Braintree; Esther ; Anna. 15. Seth, (s. of7,) Boston, d. Sept. 10, 1779, set. 24. 16. Freeman, (s. of 9,) m. Deborah Bradford Oct. 25, 1791 ; of Dux. ; d. Nov. 7, 1820, set. 58 ; had Belinda, Dec. 22, 1793; Freeman, April 25, 1796, m. Ann Sprague, settled at Medina, Ohio; Seth, Jan. 11, 1799; Deborah,^ (JgX. A, 1800, m. Mr. Gilson; Barak, Dec. 28, 1802; Rufus. June 18, 1804: Eliza, May 1, 1806 ; Caroline, Nov. 18, 1807 ;' Cynthia, July 23, 1809. 17. Levi, (s. of9,) Dux.; deacon of Chh. ; m. 1st Joanna Josselyn of Pembroke, who d. April 10, 1805 ; m. 2d Sarah Brooks, who d. April 10, 1838 ; m. 3d Joanna, who d. April 10, 1845 ; had Sarah, Feb. 19, 1804, m. Lewis Ripley of K. ; LORING. 279 Levi Edwin, Jan. 28, 1812, d. Nov. 15, 1835 ; Sarah Brooks, Aug. 20, 1813; Perez, Feb. 17, 1817, m. a da. of Asa Chand- ler. 18. William, (s. of 10,) Dux. ; m. Judith Little, 1794; had William Little, June 15, 1796, H. C. 1820, Springfield, m. Lucy W. Smith of Hanover, d. 1840, had Lucy W. 1822, Benja. W. 1824, Maria F. 1826, Bailey 1828, Eliza 1834, Sophia B. 1836; Judith, Oct. 1, 1801, m. Geo. B. Standish; Emiline, Jan. 8, 1806, m. Alfred Rogers ; Bailey Hall, June 3, 1809. 19. Dea. George, (s. of 10,) Dux.; fell from a load of hay, July 12, 1847, and, striking his head, broke a blood-vessel and expired immediately ; m. Nancy Delano, Nov. 24, 1796, who d. Sept. 22, 1797, set. nearly 22 ; m. Hannah Drew Jan. 31,1802, who d. July 25, 1819; m. Wealthea Drew 1820 ; had Charles, Dec. 3, 1802 ; Zilpha D., Nov. 15. 1804, m. Capt. Nath. Thomas Aug. 28, 1825 ; George, Nov. 30, 1806, d. at sea May 16, 1830 ; Capt. Bailey, May 3, 1813, m. Mary Basset, who d. May 28, 1848 ; Clarissa, Oct. 14, 1810, m. Chas. Jas. Fox Binney, Esq. ; Frederic W., Jan. 12, 1816, d. June 27, 1842; John Smith, Feb. 4, 1823; Omar, Oct. 13, 1825. 20. Joshua, (s. of 10,) Dux., m. Hannah Dingley 1810; had Joshua 1812; Thomas D., m. Adeline Sherburn 1847 ; Wi7islotD ; George W. ; Anna P., m. Asa Sherman ; Alethea Alden, m. James Hunt 1829 ; Sarah D. ; Sophia B. ; Han- nah ; Elizabeth. 21. Samuel, (s. of 10,) Dux., m. Lucy Delano; hd.A Abigail Soide, Dec. 1, 1805, m. Peleg Barker Nov. 7, 1847; IchabodA., Feb. 17, 1807; Samuel, May 21, 1809; Lncy, July 7, 1812; Laura Anne, Feb. 19, 1815, m. Samuel Loring ; Beiijamiti D., May 16, 1817; Isaac D., Aug. 18, 1820. 22. Alden, (s. of 10,) m. Lucinda Muggs; had Lucinda 1809, m. George Bailey; Laura 1811 ; Elisha 1813; William 1815; Hannah D. 1819; John Alden 1821; Elizabeth 1823; Sophia 1825; Gustavus 1828 ; Barnard 1831 ; Emily 1833. 23. Rev. Bailey, (s. of 10,) grad. Brown Univ. 1807, stud- ied with Dr. Allyn ; ord. at Andover Sept. 19, 1810, resigned March 1, 1849, on account of ill health ; m. 1816, Sarah Pick- man, only da. of Isaac Osgood, Esq. of Andover; had George Bailey, 1807, H. C. 1838, appointed, 1842, surgeon U. S. Hos- pital ; Isaac Osgood, 1819. m. Ellen Maria, da. of Hon. D. P. King, Dec. 1, 1847, who d'. March 4, 1849 ; Gaijton P., 1822, of Ware; John Alden, 1824, counsellor at law. 24. Samuel, (s. of 12,) Dux., m. Mercy Sprague Oct. 6, 1819, who d. Oct. 1847. Chd. Samuel, Oct. 6, 1820. m. Laura Loring ; Harrison, Oct. 25, 1822, m. Eliza H. Tobey, who 280 LOUDEN. (1. 1848 ; Seth Loring Spragtce, Aug. 23, 1824, grad. Middle- town College, Ct., physician, Boston ; Julia Norris, Aug. 6, 1826, m. Nathan Brewster ; A7in, Nov. 25, 1828, d. Nov. 26, 1846; Martha, Nov. 23, 1831 : ^m%, Jan. 27, 1834, d. Nov. 1846; Prudence C. May 20, 1837, d. 1839; Charles Carrol, Jan. 2, 1840 ; Abbott, Feb. 15, 1844. 25. James, (s. of 14,) Dux., m. Mary Freeman, who d. Nov. 9, 1816 ; m. Ruth, widow of Nathaniel Delano, and she d. Feb. 10, 1830 ; had Daniel, Feb. 8, 1807, m. Hannah Nor- ris of Gardiner, Me.; Judah, April 15, 1809; Baruabas Thay- er, Nov. 8, 1811, m. Frances E. Porter of Boston; James Thayer, July 1, 1816; Mary ; Frances, Dec. 29, 1827. 26. JuDAH, (s. ofl4,) Braintree, m. Elizabeth Nash; had Samuel Clark ; Judah Alden, m. Martha V. Edson, 1847 ; An7ia Alden ; and Mary. 27. CoL. JoTHAM. (He was a son of Thomas Loring and Sarah llearsey of Bingham, and grandson of Elder John, of Hull, who m. Jane, da. of Samuel Baker, and who was son of John, of Hull, whose father was Dea. Thomas, No. 1.) Hing- ham. removed to Dux. ; m. Mary Richmond, who d. Nov. 14, 1776, get. 43 ; m. 2d in Dux., Luna, widow of Benja. Wads- worth, and she d. June 20, 1815 ; he d. Sept. 28, 1820. He had Sarah, May 8, 1769, ra. Philip Chandler Nov. 3, 1792; Sylvester Richmond, June 15, 1775, d. Nov. 18, 1796 ; Jotham, June 12, 1772, d. 1776 ; Polly, 1776, m. Ezra Leavitt 1806 ; by 2d w., Wadsworth, Oct. 9, 1786, m. Lucy Sampson, who was b. Nov. 17, 1787, and d. June 27, 1837, had Wadsworth Sept. 7, 1809, Mary R. Sept. 13, 1812, d. July 21, 1839, Ed- ward T. Nov. 27, 1814. Note. 1 am much indebted to a MS. account of the Loring family, by Mr. James S. Loring of Boston. LOUDEN. Abner m. Mercy, who afterwards m. Robert Keen of Bris- tol, 1780. He d. Jan. 2, 1766, ait. 40, had Josiah, Feb. 9, 1774; Mercy, July 3, 1776. Sylva7ius, (b. Feb. 30, 1768,) m. 1790, Elizabeth, who was b. Nov. 9, 1770, and d. Aug. 1, 1840, and had Betsy, 1792, Eunice, 1794, Joanna, 1796, Huldah, 1799, Lydia, 1801, and Mary, 1804. Richard, Dux., about the middle of the last century. Nathaniel, Dnx., removed to Bridgewater, m. Experience Pratt, 1762. Vide Mitchell. Bethiah m. Jona. Crookcr, Jr. of Pembroke, Jan. 11, 1743; Michael m. Eunice Prior, Nov. 25, 1760; Ruth m. Bezaleel MAGOON. 281 Merrick of Rochester, 1760; Michael m. Martha, 1796, and had a family, MAGOON. Early McGoun, now Magoon and Magoun. 1. James, Dux., m. Sarah, had James^ Mar. 25, 1697. 2. Elias, Dux., m. Hannah, had David, Nov. 1, 1703, m. Rachel Soule, Sep. 26, 172S : Mart/, Mar. 24, 1705 ; Elias, Oct. 9, 1707. Note. Elias, the elder, may have been the son of John of Scituate, in 1666, who had John, 1668, Elias, 1673, and Isaac, \%15 — Hist. Scit. This was probably the John " Makoon " of Cambridge, in 1663. A John " Maggone " was m. at Hingham, 1662, and had a da. 1663, and a son, James, June 25, 1666. — HobarVs Journal. Sarah m. Stephen Bryant, Nov. 23, MIO.— Dux. Records. MAYCUMBER. 1. William, Dux., 1638. See Jirsi settlers. M., 1667; a William of Dartmouth, 1684. 2. John, Taunton, carpenter, 1644; a John of Taunton, had Thomas, Apr. 30, 1679, William. Jan. 31, 1683. A Sarah of M., m. Wm. Briggs of Taunton, 6 Nov., 1666. MAYNARD. John, Dux., 1643, and after. McFARLAND. 1. John, Dux., spelled Magvarland, had John, Feb. 11, 1706 (2); Hannah, June 8, 1709. 2. John, (s. of 1,) Dux., m. Martha, had Robert, removed to Pembroke, and Sarah (3). 3. Sarah, (da. of 2,) was b. 1739, and for an account of her, see The Sprague Family Memorial. McLaughlin. John, K., d. Sep. 14, 1772, set. 77\ ; had John, m. Jedidah Sampson, July 7, 1763 ; Jenny m. Samuel Sampson, Aug. 22, 36 282 MERRICK. 1769; Daniel, Dux., m. Acenith Stetson, 1779, had Accnith m. Joseph Ford, Mary m. Benj. Prior, Sophia m. Levi Samp- son, Prudence m. Joshua Hathaway, Bartlett, Simeon, and Lucy; Joseph had Capt. John, who m. Parmeha, removed to Shrewsbury, d. Nov. 17, 1831, set. 42 (see Ward's Shrews- bury) ; Margaret, d. July 31, 1776, ffit. 27. Note. Mr. Robert, d. at K., Sep. 26, 1825, eet. 85 ; Capt. Robert d. at K., Dec. 28, 1836, set. 66. MENDALL. Robert, Dux., 1639, sold house and land to John Phillips. A John was of M., 1677. MENDAME. Robert, Dux., 1639, m. Mary. MENDLOWE. Mark, Dux., 1640, presented for drawing eelpots on the Lord's day, but it was shown to have been done " of neces- sytie meerly." MERRICK. William, Dux., 1636. allowed .5 acres next the glade at Powder point; 1637, 20 acres at G. II., 1645, prob. of Bridge- water. A William Merritt (Merrick?) was constable, 1647. Note. William, Eastham, had William, Sep. 1643, m. Abigail Hopkins, 23 May, 1667, (had Rebecca 1668, and William 1670,) Stephen, May 1616, m. Mercy Bangs, 28 Dec, 1070, Rebecca 1648, Mary 1650, Ruth 1652, Sarah 1654 and John, Jan. 15, 1656.— Co^. Records. John Merrick d. at Hingham, July 2, 1647. HobarVs Journal. MITCHELL. Experience, arrived 1623, Plymouth, Dux., 1645, Bridge- water, d. 1689, set. 90, m. Jane Cook, m. 2d, Mary; had Thomas ; Jacob, Dartmouth, d. ]()75; John, Dux., m. Mary Boney, Dec. 14, 1675, who d. May 13, 1677, m. 2d, Mary Lathrop, Jan. 14, 1679, who d. Feb. 13, 1680, m. Mary Prior, May 24, 1682, sold his house in Dux., to Geo, Williamson, MOORE. 283 had Mary, Feb. 28, 1682, Hannah, Feb. 13, 1683, Joseph, Mar. 23, 1684, Dux., 1710, Ehzabeth, Mar. 25, 1685, Eliza- beth, May 29, 1686, John, Jan. 13, 1689, Sarah, May 9, 1690, Esther, Jan. 22, 1692; Edward m. AHce Bradford, Hingham, sold land in Dux., at Bhiefish to Samuel Sprague ; Elizabeth m. John Washburn, 1645; Sarah m. John Hay ward; Mary m. James Shaw, 1652, d. 1679; Hannah m. Joseph Hay- ward. — For an extended account of this family, see Mitch- ell's valuable history. MOORE. 1. Richard, Dux., yeoman, lived near Wm. Brewster, sold (1637) his land at Eagle nest. 2. George, was of Edw. Dotey's family, 1630, Plymouth, 1637; kept ferry at Jones' River, was allowed to charge a penny; Scituate, 1642; d. 1677, "by a fainting fit, or a sud- den stoppinge of his breath." MORREY (Morey). George, Dux., 1640, was granted land for a house in Dux., near North hill, and d. same year. MORTON. 1. Nathaniel, Dux., 1638, had land at '-long poynt" meadow. 2. Thomas, Dux., 1639, had land at Mosquito hole. MULLINS. William, arrived 1620, with wife and three others, (one a da. m. John Alden,) he d. Feb. 21, 1621. William, perhaps his son, is mentioned in connection with land in 1637, Dux., 1640, had 10 acres at G. H. path ; alive 1662, and styled one of " the first borne children of this Gov^ment." A William MvUings m. Ann Bell, widow, at Boston, May 7, 1656. Jo- anna m. John Laugh ton, 21 Sep., 1659, at Boston.* * We find also these on the Boston Records. — John Mailings m. Ann Bowden, Feb. 17, 1708 ; Thomas Mailings m. Hannah Bullard, Feb. 10, 1708. 284 NASH. MYNOR. John, Dux., early, took oath of fidelity. NASH. Lt. Samuel, Dux., b. 1602, was sheriff of the colony for many years, appointed 1652; a Rep.; prob. of Bridgew. ; lived in his old age with his son-in-law, Clark; had Martha m. Wm. Clark; m. Abraham Sampson; — His will names his grand daughters Elizabeth Delano and Mary How- land. Note. James va. Sarah Simmons, Dux. ; James, Weymouth, 1655, had Jacob, James, Joseph of Scituate; John, Boston, cooper, 1656; James, shoemaker, Boston, 1651 ; Robert, butcher, Charlestown, 1642, and d. Sep. 3, 1661, and had Elizabeth, who m. John Conney, June 4, 1654. Joshua and Elizabeth at Boston, had Elizabeth, 17 Feb., 1661, Sarah, Feb. 20, 1663, Joseph, Feb. 14, 1671. John and Rebecca at Boston, had Mary, 26 Nov., 1667, John, 9 Mar., 1671. Timothy m. Mary Foster, Apr. 2, 1694, and had Rebecca, 1695. NEAL. John, Dux., m. Sarah Wadsworth, Feb. 3, 1774, had John, Aug. 6. 1775; Charlotte, Aug. 25, 1778; Barker, Feb. 12, 1792; Parmenia, Jan. 12, 1785. Note. John, above, was probably the son (b. 1744,) of Job Neal, (and Sarah Barker), the son of Joseph, who went from Provincetown to Scit- uate, 1700. Deane's Scituate. NELSON. Samuel, appears in Dux. 1740. Abiel m. Benj. Prince 1717. NORCUT. Ephraim, Dux., m. Elizabeth, had John, April 6, 1732. Note. William, d. 1693 ; m. Sarah, had Ralph, the heir, William (who had John), John, Thomas, Isaac, Ephraim, Ebenezer, Lydia, Anne, Sarah, Patience, Experience. His will calls Ralph Chapman his brother- in-law. OLDHAM. 285 OLDHAM. 1. Thomas, Dux. 1643, cooper, Scit., 1650, m. Mary With- erell Nov. 20, 1656; d. 1711; had Mary, Aug. 20, 1658; 2'liomas, 30 Oct. 1660, m. Mercy, da. of Robert Sprout, 1683, had Mercy m. Andrew Newcome 1708, Desire m. Samuel Til- deii 1717, Joshua and Mary (twins) 1684; Sarah ; Hannah ; Grace; Isaac, m. Hannah Kein Nov. 21, 1695, of Dux.; Ruth ; Elizabeth ; Lydia, 1679. 2. John, Dux., m. Ehzabeth Chandler 1779, d. June 19, 1832, set. 78; had Elizabeth, Jan. 6, 1780; /o^?^, March 1, 1782, removed to Pembroke ; Chandler, June 28, 1784 ; Tho- mas, April 25, 1786; A?ma, March 15, 1789; Hannah, Feb. 14, 1792; Sally, June 17, 1794. 3. Peleg, (B. of 2,) Dux., m. Anna Simmons, Nov. 29, 1764, had Josiah, Caleb, Mercy and Anna. Note. Sarah m. Samuel Sprague 1741. Bcthiah (sister of 2 and 3,) m. Micah Weston 1761. Hannah (sister of 2 and 3,) m. Serajah Glass 1771. Betly m. Judah Hunt 1764. Oliver d. in Canada Expedition, Oct. 1759. Hannah m. Eliphalet Bradford 1758. OSBORN. Christopher, Dux., 1638, presented to the Colony Court for being disorderly. Note. John, of Weymouth 1657, had Ephraim. PABODIE. The name is also spelled Paybody, though the family at the present day spell it Pabodie, which also was the usual spelling of the signatures of William of Dux., though sometimes he spelt it Paibody. 1. John, 1637, had 10 acres at Bluefish ; ad. Jan. 2, 1637-8 ; prop, of Bridgew. 1645 ; will dated July 15, 1649 ; d. a. 1666 ; m. Isabel, who survived him; had Thomas ; Francis; Wil- liam (2) ; Anice, m. John Rouse. 2. William, (s. of 1,) Dux., b. 1620; was "a man much employed in public affairs and of much respectability ;" m. Elizabeth Alden Dec. 26, 1644, and d. Dec. 13, 1707, set. 87. The following account of her death is from the Boston News- letter, June 17, 1717: — "Little Compton, 31 May. This morning died here, Mrs. Elizabeth Paybody, late wife of Mr. 286 PADDOCK. William Paybody, in the 93 year of her age. She was a daughter of John Alden, Esq. and Priscilla his wife, daughter of Mr. William Mullins. This John Alden and Priscilla Mul- lins were married at Plymouth in New England, where their daughter Elizabeth was born. She was exemplarily virtuous and pious, and her memory is blessed. She has left a nume- rous posterity. Her grand-daughter Bradford is a grandmo- ther." Mr. Pabodie lived in Dux., east of Eagle nest creek, and near Brewster and Standish ; had John, Oct. 4, 1645, d. Nov. 17, 1669, set. 24; the verdict of a jury was, " that hee ryding on the road, his horse carryed him underneath the bow of a young tree and violently forceing his head into the body thereof brake his skull;" Elizabeth, April 24, 1647, m. John Rogers 1666 ; Mary, Aug. 7, 1648, m. Edw. Southworth 1669; Mercy, Jan. 2, 1649, m. John Simmons 1671 ; Martha, Feb. 24, 1650, m. Samuel Seabury 1677; Priscilla, Nov. 16, 1650, d. young; Priscilla, Jan. 15, 1653, m. Rev. Ichabod Wiswall ; Sarah, Aug. 7, 1656, m. John Coe 1680; Ruth, June 27, 1658, m. Benj. Bartlett, Jr. 1672 ; Rebecca, Oct. 16, 1660, m. prob. Wm. Southworth; Hannah, Oct. 15, 1662, m. Samuel Bart- lett 1683 ; William, Nov. 24, 1664, removed to Little Comp- ton and m. Judith, who d. July 20, 1714; m. 2d Ruth, who d. Dec. 14, 1717, and he d. Sept. 17, 1744; and Lydia, April 3, 1667. PADDOCK. 1. Robert, Dux., 1638, a smith ; m. Mary ; d. July 25, 1650, at Plymouth ; had Robert ; Susaniia, m. John Eedy, Nov. 6, 1665, d. March 14, 1670; Zachariah,2Q Mo^xch, 1636; Mary, 10 March, 1638; Alice, 7 March, 1640, m. Zachariah Eedy 7 March, 1663 ; JoJtn, 1 April, 1643, Swansey, m. Anna Jones (1) 21 Dec. 1673. His son-in-law William Palmer was b. 27 June, 1634. Note. Zachariah (prob. father of 1), it is said, came over in the May- flower, at that time a minor. Mary m. Thomas Roberts 24 March, 1650, at Plymouth. PALMER. Lt. William, Dux. 1632, ad. Jan. 1, 1634, owned land at Eagle nest ; 1638, sold his house in Dux. to Thos. Besbeech ; 1643, Yarmouth; a " nayler." PARTRIDGE. 287 PARRIS. Thomas came from London to Long Island 1683, removed to Newbnry 1685, Pembroke 1697, of Dux. 1710. He was son of Rev. John of Ugborough, Eng., who was son of Tho- mas, a mercliant of London. His clid. were Thomas^ May 8, 1701, at Pembroke, m. Hannah Gannet 1724, d. 1786, and for whose children see Deane's Scituate, and Mitchell's Bridgew. John Parris m. Mary Judd, at Braintree, 30 Aug. 1663. — Elizabeth, da. of Tho. and Elizabeth, b. at Boston 10 July, 1693. — Boston Rec. PARTRIDGE. 1. George, Dux., yeoman, 1636, (see first settlers) ; m. Sarah Tracy Nov. 1638, d. about 1695 ; had John, Nov. 29, 1657 (2) ; Lijdia, m. Dea. Wm. Brewster 1672, and d. Feb. 3, 1743; Ruth, m. Rodolphus Thacher Jan. 1, 1669; Triephosa, m. Samuel West, Sept. 26, 1668; Mercy; Sarah, 1639, ra. Dea. Samuel Allen of Bridgew. ; James (3). 2. John, (s. of 1,) Dux., inherited lands in Middleborough ; m. Hannah Seabury Dec. 24, 1684; m. 2d Mary Brewster May 23, 1700; had Sarah, Sept. 21, 1685, d. Nov. 18, 1685 ; Samuel, March 10, 1687 ; George, Aug. 17, 1690 (4) ; Mary, May 2, 1693, m. Jona. Brewster Mar. 6, 1710; Jolm, Dec. 27, 1697; Benjamin, March 5, 1701; Isaac, March 2, 1705 (5). 3. James, (s. of 1,) inherited his father's lands in Dux.; m. Mary Stetson of Scituate, April 24, 1712, who d. set. 50, Sept. 27, 1727, " about nine of y^ clock in y^ evening." He d. Jan. 20, 1744. 4. George, (s. of 2,) Dux., inherited his estate from his fa- ther ; m. Hannah, da. of the first Dea. Foster of Plymouth and widow of William Bradford, who d. Dec. 17, 1778, aet. 84; he d. Jan. 24, 1768, set. 78 ; had George, Feb. 8, 1740 (6) ; Hannah, m. Nov. 23, 1758, Bartholomew Richardson, the father of Capt. Geo. P. Richardson, who lives on the estate of his uncle George Partridge, in Dux. ; and Sanwel, (7). 5. Isaac, (s. of 2,) Dux., lives on the homestead; m. Grace Sylvester March 10, 1730, who d. April 2, 1768, set. 61, he d. Jan. 26, 1794; had Riiih, May 23, 1730, d. Jan. 15, 1756. get. 24; John, May 28, 1732, d. Sept. 14, 1755, set. 23^ ; Lucretia, May 2, 1735, never m. ; Calvin, May 29, 1739 (8). 6. Hon. George Partridge (s. of 4). He d. on the morn- ing of July 7th, 1828, in the 89th year of his age. See p. 152. An address was delivered at his funeral by Rev. Mr. Kent, 288 PEIRCE. which was pubHshed, and from which I have frequently ex- tracted. 7. Capt. Samuel (s. of 4). He resided in Boston, where he was a merchant successfully engaged in business. He was twice married. His second wife was Miss Hubbard. His da. Rebecca m. Benj. Barker oi" Pembroke, who removed to Scit. 8. CoL. Calvin, (s. of 5,) Dux., m. Mary, widow of Col. Ichabod Alden, Oct. 24, 1779. He d. Nov. 27, 1815 ; had John, Nov. 22, 1781, m. Elizabeth Delano of M., who was b. Sept. 30, 1788, and had Elizabeth, Lucretia, Ruth, Mary and John; Ralph, Nov. 13, 1783, m. Hannah Sprague, had Alrae- da 1815, m. Wm. Ellison, Ralph 1816, d. at sea 1836, Weal- thea L. 1821, m. Capt. Ebenezer Howes, George Leroy 1829 : Marij, Dec. 10, 1786, m. Nathl. Soule, Jr. ; Rebecca, m. Con- stant Sampson ; Ruth ; Hannah, Dec. 12, 1792 ; Ichabod Al- den, May 1, 1798. Note. Mehetable m. John Soule 1730 ; Sarah m. Asa Hunt 1736.* PEAKES. William, Dux., constable, 1666. PEIRCE. 1. Abraham, Plymouth, 1627, Dux., 1643, prop, of Bridgevv. 1645, d. before 1673, had Abraham (2) ; Isaac (3) ; Rebecca, m. Wills ; Mary, m. Baker ; Alice, m. Baker. 2. Abraham, (s. of 1,) Dux., had land in Dnx. ; had Abra- ham, who removed to Pembroke, and m. Abigail Peterson, Sept. 25, 1729, and Hannah, April 1706. * There was a family of Partridge early in MeJfield, but it is not known what connection, if any, existed between them and the Duxhury branch. I jrlean the foMowing from tlie Boston records : W///ifl;?i, of Med field, m. Sarah Peirce, Nov. 23, 1654, and she d. May 16, 1656, m. 2d Sarah Col- burne, Nov. 19, 1656, and had Eieazer, May 13, 1656, Nathaniel, Nov. 3, 1660, John, Feb. 13, 1662, Elisha, Feb. 27, 1665. John, of Medfield, m. Maijdalen Bullard, Dec. 18, 1655, had John Sept. 21, 1656, Hannah April 15. 1658, Deborah Aug. 16, 1662, and Eieazer Feb 20, 1064.— Boston Rec. Priscilla m. Joseph Plympton Aug. 22, 16'J'J. Elizabeth m. Wm. Caswell May 10, 1716 ; Elizabeth m. Joseph Ellis 12 Dec. 1710. William m. Ra- cliel Goss Nov. 15, 1711. Magdalen, of Medway^ m. David Daniels 11 Feb. 1724. Stephen, of Medway, m. Mary Maccane April 7, 1737. Deb- orah m. Zach. Barhar 24 Dec. 1717. Sarah m. Joseph Marsh Feb. 24, 1717. Lydia, of Medfield, m. Nathl. Smith 24 June, 1717. Margery, of Medfield, m. Thomas Mason April 23, 1653. — Boston Rec. PETERSON. 289 3. Isaac, (s. of 1,) Dux., 1684, alive 1710 ; owned land west of Namasakeeset brook. 4. Samuel, m. Mary Saunders, Jan. 18, 1703, Dux. 1710, removed to Gloucester. John and Thomas were also in Dux. 1710. 5. Benjamin, Dux., m. Lucia Burgess, May 11, 1775, had John, who was drowned; Benjcwiin, who lived at Saquish. 6. Joseph, Dux., d. Jan. 5, 1796, m. Olive, had Joseph, July 25, 1774; Luther, May 9, 1776; Calvin, July 26, 1778 ; Seth, March 7, 1786. Note. Abigail m, Lemuel Simmons 1770 ; Joseph d. Jan. 1, 1813, et. 82. PETERSON. 1. John, Dux., d. 1690, m. Mary Soule. 2. Joseph, (B. of 1,) Dux., had Jonathan (3) ; Benjamin, 1670 (4) ; David, Oct. 1, 1676, d. Sep. 30, 1760, at. 84, near- ly ; Isaac (5); John, Dux., 1710. 3. Jonathan, (s. of 2,) Dux., m. Lydia Thacher, who d. May 26, 1756, aet. 77\ ; had John, Aug. 22, 1701 ; Hoj)estill, Jan. 2(t, 1703, m. Joshua Delano; Jonathan, Sep. 20, 1706 (6) ; Reuben, Apr. 8, 1710 (7). 4. Benjamin, (s. of 2,) Dux., m. Hannah Wadsworth, Feb. 9, 1698, who d. the "night following the 6th day of Febru- ary, anno, 1733." He d. Feb. 11, 1760, aet. 90| years; had Jacob, Feb. 22, 1711 (8). 5. Isaac, (s. of 2,) Dux., m. Mary Hobart, da. of Daniel. She was b. 1689, and d. Mar. 22, 1763, aet. 74; had Priscilla, m. Eliphas Weston. 6. Jonathan, (s. of 3,) Dux., d. May 5, 1765, aet. 58 ; had Joh7i (14); Jonathan (16); Laurania m. Charles Rider of Plymouth, Apr. 20, 1773 ; and committed suicide. Mar. 9, 1791 ; David, a. 1757 ; Turner, a. 1760. 7. Reuben, (s. of 3,) Dux., m. Rebecca Simmons, July 6, 1732, who d. Jan. 25, 1764, get. 50; had Elijah (9); Mary, d. aet. 38, Jiuie 25, 1772; Nehemiah (10); Abigail m. Zenas Thomas, Feb. 14, 1765; Sarah m. Cornelius Delano, 1762; Lydia, a. 1742; Thaddcus {XV); Luther m. Priscilla Cush- nian, 1789; Reuben (12). 8. Jacob, (s. of 4,) Dux., m. Mary, who d. Oct. 20, 1777, set. 60. He d. Jan. 27, 1784, had Benjamin, Mar. 4, 1739, who m. Bethiah Cushing, June 22, 1758, and had Sarah, Apr. 16, 1759; Hannah, Jan. 2, 1761, m. Levi Dingley, 1778; 37 290 PETERSON. Benjamin, July 10, 1763 (13) ; Bethia m. Joseph Prior, Apr. 18, 1769. 9. Elijah, (s. of 7,) Dnx., m. Abigail Whittemore of M., Oct. 24, 1765, and had Whittemore, Apr. 13, 1784, m. Jeru- sha, wlio was b. Oct., 1791, and Joel, who was twice m. 10. Nehf.miah, (s. of 7,) Dux., m. Princee Dillingham, Dec. 13, 1764; had Nehem'iah, removed to Me.; Lydia ; Mary m. Stephen Churchill; Prbicee m. Joshua Bryant; Elis/ia, drowned ; Ezias, Dec. 12, 1782, m. Lydia, who was b. Apr. 26, 1779. 11. Thaddeus, (s. of 7,) Dux., m. Anne Wadsworth ; he d. July 27, 1825, a3t. 82; had *SW«A, Feb. 22, 1771; Luke, 1773 ; Frederic, Dec. 25, 1775 ; A7ine, Jan. 30, 1780 ; Icha- bod Wadsu-orth, May 14, 1782; Rebecca, July 22, 1784; Mary, Ang. 23, 1787; l^ophia, Aug. 16, 1790. 12. Reuben, (s. of 7,) Dux., m. Abigail, who d. Jan. 13, 1842 ; had Samuel G., 1779 ; Ichabod, 1781, d. 1805 ; Abigail, 1783; Thomas, \7S^; Charles, 1788; Reuben, 1791 ; Clark, 1793; Sarah, 1797; Lucy, 1799. 13. Benjamin, (s. of Benj., s. of 8,) Dux., m. Sarah Prior, 1783; had Henry, Oct. 30, 1783, d. at Gnadaloupe, May 19, 1799; Alle?}, Nov. 17, 1785; Haruiah, Apr. 4, 1788; Louis, July 25, 1790 ; Benjamin, Nov. 20, 1793 ; Africa, Oct. 12, 1796; Sarah, Oct. 11, 1800. 14. John, (s. of 6,) Dux., m. Sarah Hewitt of M., Sep. 20, 1765 ; removed to Me. ; had John, lost at sea ; Levi ; Charles b. at Me. ; Heivett b. at Me. ; Sarah b. at Me., m. Robert Bos- worth. 15. Jonathan, (s. of 6,) Dux., lived at Mill Brook, m. Lucy Hunt, 1771 ; had Leicis, m. Sarah Fuller of K., lost at sea; George m. Sarah Prior ; WeaUJtea m. a Robinson ; Olive. 16. Joseph, (s. of?) Dux., m. Rebecca Delano, Apr. 4, 1773; had Daniel, Oct. 9, 1775, m. F3cthia Weston, and had Daniel, 1803, Hannah, 1806, Amanthis, 1807, Jerusha, 1809, George, 1812, m. Hannah Prior, Martha m. William Prior; Betsy m. Joseph Wadsworth. 17. Joshua, (s. of 7) Dux., m. Silvia Soule, Feb. 1780, had Joshua 1786, James 1792, and Mehetable. Note. Rebecca m. John Weston, 1717 ; Mercy m. Joseph Weston, 1721; Abigail m. A. Peirce, 1729; Rebecca m. Bethuel Packard, 1783; Mary m. Zadock Weston, 17G7 ; Alice ra. Aaron Soule, 1727; Packard d. May 10, 1843, set. 56 ; Tliomas W., Mar. 24, 1766, m. Lydia Ford ; Benja- min, lost at sea, Jan., 1765, act. 26 ; Faith m. Samuel Drew, 1*46 ; Mary d. Apr. 3, 1763, set. 75; Sarah m. Timothy Williamson, 1767; Susanna m. Gershora Ewell, Jr., 1767. PHILLIPS. 291 PHILLIPS. 1. John, 1639, Dux., 1640, had a garden place on Stoney brook, and land towards G. H. ; was b. 1602 ; lived also in M., m. 1st in England; m. 2d, widow Faith Doten, Mar. 14, 1667; he d. 1677,* and she survived ; had John {2); Samuel who had chd. ; Benjamin, M., 1685, had s. John ; Mary, of whom her father says in his will, that " by reason of y^ weak- ness of her reason and understanding, she is incapable to maintain and provide for herself" 2. John, (s. of 1,) Dux. and M., m. 2d, Grace Holloway, 1654, and d. July 31, 1658 ;f had Hannah, 1654; Grace, 1654; Joseph, 1656; Benjamin, 1658, m. Sarah Thomas, 1681, and had John, 1682, m. Patience Stevens, 1710, Joseph 1685, Benjamin 1687, Thomas 1691, Jeremiah 1697, Isaac 1702. 3. Thomas, (s. of?) Dux., d. Dec. 17, 1759, aet. 81, m. Re- becca, who d. Mar. 4, 1761, fet. 80; had John, 1707, d. 1791, Mar. 16, a3t. 84, m. Mary, who d. Mar. 21, 1791, a3t. 82; tSa77iuel, 1709, d. Nov. 26, 1734; Rebecca ni. Philip Chandler, 1725 ; Thomas (4) ; Blanie (5). * His first wife died June 23, 1666, as appears from a letter by the Rev. Samuel Arnold of Marslifield, to the Rev. Mr. Mather of Boston, in 1683, wherein the circums'.ances are thus related : — " We being sorely distressed with drought, had on the fourth day of the week made our address to the Most High God, by humble fasting and prayer. The drought continued until the last day of the said week, on which day it pleased God to answer us by terrible things in righteousness, who was yet the God of our Salva- tion ; for about the middle of the day thare arose in the North the most dismal black cloud, I think that ever I saw." It came up, and was very dark, and there was much thunder and lightning. There were at the house of John Phillips, fourteen persons. " Instantly a terrible clap of thunder fell upon the house and rent the chimney, and split the door in many places, and struck most of the persons, if not all." Three were "mortally struck with God's arrows, that they never breathed more." They were the wife of Mr. Phillips, and his son, aged about ten years, and one William Shertly, "who had a little child in his arms, which was wonderfully preserved." This Shertly had just before been burnt out of his own house, and with his family was at this time "a present sojourner " at said Phillips'. A dog also, which was under a table behind two small cliildren, was killed, while they were preserved. — Mather MSS. I The manner of his death was as follows : — Being at work in the meadow, making hay, a tempest suddenly arose, and he immediately started for the nearest house. Having entered, he sat down in a chair between the door and the chimney, when the lightning struck the chimney, and descending, passed out the door, knocking him lifeless upon the ground. Persons who were within three feet of him escaped unharmed. — Depositioji of Capt. Nathaniel Thomas, among the Mather MSS. 292 POLLARD. 4. Thomas, (s. of 3,) Dux., m. Jedidah, who d. Jan. 8, 1741 ; he d. Nov. 11, 1778, set. 73; had Mary, Jan. 29, 1731 ; Rebecca, May 18, 1732, m. Thomas Dawes, July 31, 1771 ; Abigail, Apr. 1, 1733 ; Thomas (6). 5. Blanie, (s. of 3,) Dux., m. Christian Wadsworth, May 23, 1733; had Samuel, May 9, 1734, d. young; Blanie, July 3, 1736 (7) ; Samuel, May 2, 1738, d. Sep. 18, 1756, of a fever; Christian, Apr. 7, 1740; Mercy, Mar. 10, 1742, d. Sep. 16, 1744; Mercy, Oct. 6, 1744; Seth, a. 1750; Lot, a. 1755 ; Betty, a. 1757. 6. Thomas, (s. of 4,) Dux., m. Abigail Chandler, 1771 ; had Abigail B., 1774, Rebecca, Luther, Mary, Chandler, and Silvia. 7. Blanie, (s. of 5,) Dux., m. Mary, who d. July 20, 1773; set. 35; he removed to Fitchburg, a. 1789; had Olive, Jan. 24, 1763, m. 1782, Robert Sampson; Eunice. Sep. 29, 1764, d. young; Samuel, Aug. 5, 1766: Eunice, June 30, 1768; Mary, Nov. 8, 1769; Huldah, Dec. 5, 1771. Note. Nathaniel m. Joan White, both of M., Jan. 16, 1635; Dea. Elisha m. Mary Wadsworth, July 1, 1756 ; Susanna tn, Abner Russell, Dec. 24, 1764 ; Amos m. Pri&cilla Seabury, Dec. 24, 1778; Asa m. Clyn- thia Southworth, Oct. 5, 1769 ; Sarah m. Gideon Dawes, 1771 ; Bethiah m. James Basset of K., Oct. 14, 1773; Hannah m. Jesse Curtis, July 28, 1774 ; Benjamin m. Olive, and had Joseph, Nov. 13, 1797. — Dux. Rec. John m. Ann Torrey, 1677 ; Richard Weynnouth, 1673 ; William, Boston, vintner, 1655 ; Jeremiah d. at M., 1666 ; Thomas, Yarmouth, 1657; Wil- liam, Taunton, d. a. 1654, m. Elizabeth, and had James; James, Taunton, had James, Jan. 1, 1661, Nathaniel, Mar. 25, 1664, Sarah, Mar. 17, 1667, William, Aug. 21, 1769; Samuel m. widow Cobb, May 15, 1676, and had Mehetable, Jan. 9, 1676. — Col. Rec. PIDCOCK. George, Dux., 1644, a tailor. A George Pidcoke was a householder of Scituate before 1640, m. Sarah Richards in the same year, and was living, 1670. — Hist. Scituate. POLLARD. George, 1639, Dux., miller, 1640, land North of Mill brook; came from Stokeslere, England ; yeoman ; had an elder broth- er, John Pollard, "of Belchamp, St. Paule, Essex, England," who in 1671, after his brother's death, made application for the share of his brother in the mill; but C. Southworth, who PRINCE. 293 now owned the other half, refused to give it up on account of the trouble lie had had with it, and was sustained by the Court. A John Pollard, had John, 20 Mar., 1675. — Col Rec. PONTUS. WmLiABi, d. at Plymouth Feb. 9, 1652, had Mary^ m. Jas. Glass, m. 2d P. Delano ; Hannah, m. James Churchill.* A William was in Namasakeefeett, 1663. PRENCE. Gov. Thomas, b. 1600, arrived 1621 ; Governor of the Col- ony, Plymouth, removed to Dux. 1635; Eastham 1644 ; m. 1st, 1624, Patience Brewster, she d. 1634; m. 2d, 1635, Mary CoUier ; m. 3d, Mary, widow of Samuel Freeman, 1662; and, d. April 8, 1673, aet. 73; his vv. survived — of Plymouth 1658. Had Thomas, went to England, ni. there, d. young, leaving Susanna, who is called in 1677, of "Catheren Gate, near the Tower, Loudon, singlewomaii ;" Elizabeth, m. Arthur How- land, Jr.; Mercy, m. Feb. 14, 1649, John Freeman; Rebecca, m. Edmund Freeman, Jr. 1646; Hannah, m. Nath. Mayo 13 Feb. 1649 (and had Thomas, Nathaniel, Samuel, Hannah, and Tbeophilus), m. 2d, Jona. Sparrow ; Jane, m. Mark Snow 9 Jan. 1660 ; Judith, m. Isaac Barker 28 Dec. 1665 ; m. Wm. Tubbs 1691; Mary, m. John Tracy of Dux. ; Sarah, m. Je- remiah Howes 1650. PPJNCE. 1. Benjamin (see note below), Dux., m. Abiel Nelson April 1, 1717; removed to North Yarmouth, Me., and ad. to the Chh. there a. 1730; he d. Dec. 1, 1737, set. 44, and she d. 15 Sept. 1744; and they had, — Benjamin, April 14, 1718, m. Re- becca Fisher at N. Yarmouth, m. 2d, Hannah a. 1742, atid she d. March 8, 1796 ; Paul, March 14, 1720, m. Hannali Gushing at N. Yar., and d. Nov. 25, 1809, get. 90, and she d. Feb. 6, 1814, a3t. 92; Sylvamis, Sept. 17, 1722, m. Elizabeth Johnson, and d. Sept. IS, 1790, set. 68, and she d. April 7, * John Churchill, who d. Jan. 1, 1002, had Hannah 12 Nov. 1649 ; Ele- azer, 20 April, 1652 (who had Hannah 23 Aug-. 1076, and Joan 25 Nov. 1678) ; and Mary, Aug. 1, 1054. Joseph Churchill m. Sarah Hicks 1672, and had John 22 July, 1678. John in. Desire Holmes before 1095. — Col. Records. 294 PRIOR. 1800, set. 71 years ; Sarah, April 8, 1725, and John, May 20, 1727. 2. Thomas, b. 1695, shipwright, Dux. ; bought a farm of Sartuiel Spragiie ; m. Judith Fox, Nov. 25, 1729; had Han- tiah, Oct. 22, 1730, m. Eliphalet Bradford 1751 ; Judith, m. Eden Thomas 1757. Note. Thomas, Dux., 1713, exchanged land ; Thomas in. Lydia, and returned to K. 1755 ; John, Jr. was of Namasakeeset 1669. — John b. 1610, (s. of Rev. John of East Strafford, Eng.) Nantasket 1638, Hull 1644, d. there Aug. 6, 1676, set. 66, had John 1638, d. 1690 ; Elizabeth, 1640 ; Jo- seph, 1642, m. Joanna Morton Dec. 7, 1670 ; Martha 1645 ; Job 1647 ; Mary 1648 ; Samuel, 1650 (father of Rev. Thomas, the chronologist). Vide Mitchell's Hist. Sarah 1651 ; Benjamin 1652 ; Isaac 1654, m. Mary Turner 1683 ; Deborah 1656, m. Wm. King ; Thomas, bap. Aug. 3, 1658, Sciluate, m. Ruth Thomas (who next m. Israel Sylvester of Dux.), and had Thomas, July 10, 1686, Benjamin 1693 (probably No. 1), Job 1695.— History Scituate. Mary Prince m. Joseph Joye Aug. 29, 1667. — Hobart's Journal. PRIOR. 1. Thomas came from England, Scituate 1634, and d. 1639 ; had Samuel, Thomas, Elizabeth, Maiy, all in Eng. in 1639 ; Joseph (2) ; John (3) ; Daniel, m. Mary. 2. Joseph, (s. ofl,) b. 1623, Dux. 1643; Hved with John Rogers of Dux. in 1644, then not quite 21 years old ; 1672, had a grant of land ; m. Hannah ; inventory of estate taken Feb. 12, 1690. 3. JoHi\, (s. of 1,) removed to Dux. ; m. there Eleanor Childs Aug. 1695. 4. Benjamin, (s. of-,) Dux., m. Betliiah Pratt Dec. 9, 1697, who d. Dec. 25, 1756, set. 77; had Beiijatnifi, Oct. 30, 1699 (5) ; Abigail Sept. 9, 1701; Ruth, Aug. 4, 1704, m. John De- lano, Jr. 1724; Joshua, Aug. 1, 1709; John, March 21, 1712 (6). d. Oct. 3, 1757, ait. 30; Lois, Jan. 25, 1729, d. Sept. 18, 1812, ait. 84; Eunice, Feb. 25, 1731, d. Sept. 2, 1734; Eliphas, Sept. 11, 1733 (7) ; Sylvanus, June 13, 1735, d. Jnne2S, 1738; Eunice, Dec. 15, 1736, m. Michael Louden 1760 ; Sylvanus,. Feb. 3, 1739, d. at Martinique Oct. 6, 1762; Benjamin, Oct. 23, 1740 (8) ; Ezra, a. 1743, d. Oct. 15, 1756 ; Joseph, a. 1745 (9). RANDALL. 295 6. John, (s. of 4,) Dux., m. Mercy Delano Oct. 14, 1735; had Hamiah, Aug. 10, 1736; Nathaniel, Oct. 31, 1739; Ruth, April 11, 1742; Joltn, Nov. 5, 1744, m. Lydia Osyer April 13, 1767, had Susanna July 7, 1768; Ellas, Dec 21, 1747. 7. Eliphas, (s. of 5,) Dux. ; m. Hannah, da. of Josiah How- ard, who d. May 31, 1776 ; had iSylvanus, Aug. 3, 1764 (lU) ; Sarah, m. Benj. Prior 1783; Hannah. 8. Benjamin, (s. of 5,) Dux., m. Sarah Soule Jan. 1765 ; had Jahez, Dec. 23, J 765; Joanna, March 22, 1766, m. Joshua Gushing; Mercy, April 22, 1767, m. Benj. Bosworth ; Anne, Oct. 21, 1770, m. Nathl. Holmes ; Jahez, April 26, 1772, m. Abigail, whod. Nov. 2, 1799; Matthew, April 2, 1774; Sarah, m. George Peterson ; Benjamin, m. Mary Mc Laughlin, who d. Nov. 22, 1832. 9. Joseph, (s. of 5,) Dux., m. Bethia Peterson April 18, 1769, had Mary, March 15, 1770; Joseph, Aug. 27. 1771 ; Ezra, Nov. 16, 1773; William, Feb. 22, 1776; Melzar ; Deborah. 10. Sylvanus, (s. of 7,) Dux., m. Christian Chandler Jan. 31, 1793, who was b. Feb. 20, 1770; had Eliphas Feb. 13, 1794 ; Charles Feb. 11, 1796 ; Lucy Chandler, Nov. 23, 1801 ; Sylvanns, Jan. 1, 1805; George C, Feb. 6, 1807; Henry, Oct. 16, 1808 ; Hannah, March 22, 1811 ; Allen, Oct. 5, 1813. 11. John, (s. of 2.) Dux., East Bridgewater, m. Bethia Al- len, d. 1742. VideMitchell. 12. James, (s. of — ,) Dux., m. Abigail, had Joanna, di. Jan. 20, 1757 ; Deborah, m. Ebenczer Thompson of Hahfax, 1781 ; Abigail. RANDALL. 1. Nehemiah, Dux. 1710. He was probably the s. (b. 1688) of Job, of Scituate. who was the son of Joseph, the son of William, who was of Rhode Island 1636, M. 1637, Scituate 1640. — Vide Deane's Scituate. An Elizabeth m. Caleb House July 12, 1759; and another of the same name m. Saml. Fish 1732. Job, of Dux., d. in Canada Expedition, Nov. 1759. 2. Thomas, Dux., had Thomas 1786, Washburn 1789, d. 1799, Luther 1792, John 1795, Asksah 1797, Betsy 1799, James 1803, Mary 1805, Sarah 1807, and Rufus 1810. READ. Benjamin, Dux., 1643, able to bear arms. 296 RICHARDS. RHENOLDS (Reynolds). William, Dux., 1636, in Feb. had a grant of land in Dux., and soon after the Government allowed him to build. 1637-8, presented to the Court for being "drunk at Mr. Hopkins his house, that he lay under the table vomiting in a beastly man- ner, and was taken up between two." He m. Alice Kitson, 30 Aug., 1638. John (and Ann,) Reynolds, Weymouth, 1660. RICHARDS. William, Dux., had Rispah, bap. Apr., 1740. Mercy m. Jona. Weston, May 8, 1728. RICHARDSON. 1. Dr. Edmund, Dux., d. May 30, 1761, set. 29, of "of plu- risy." He was a native of Woburn, and was there buried. 2. Bartholomew, m. Hannah Partridge, 1758, and was the father of Capt. Geo. P. Richardson of Dux. RIPLEY. 1. Capt. Hezekiah, Dux., m. Abigail Hunt, Dec. 3. 1739; removed to K., 1759; had Riifus a. 1741 ; Spetiser a. 1746; Olive a. 1749; Sab'm ; Hezekiah^ 1751, d. at K., Oct. 18, 1841, set. 90, had Rufus, 1787, who d. at sea, Nov. 10, 1810, 85t. 23. 2. Abner, (s. of?) m. Abigail Robbins, Mar. 14, 1746, who d. Dec. 12, 1773, set. 55. 3. William, (s. of 7) Dux., m. Lydia Hunt, 1758, who d. Dec. 23, 1774; he was cast away on Duxbury beach, and perished, Nov. 17, 1766, set. 32; had Rebecca, Sep. 5, 1760, m. Nathaniel Alden, 1783; Plram, Nov. 22, 1762; William, July 10, 1764; Pelham, 1766. 4. Kimball, (s. of?) Dux., m. Sarah Sprague, Jan. 24, 1771; she d. Mar. 28, 178-, a^t. 39; had Daniel, Kimball, and Sarah. Note. Sarah m. Amos Howes, Jan. 11, 1748; SoroA m. Consider Thomas, Mar. 10, 1774 ; Joshua had Alice bap. 1756 ; Abigail m. Gideon Wing, 1767 ; Elizabeth W. m. Isaac Delano, 1782. — Dux. Rec. A Joshua Ripley b. at Hingham, Nov. 9, 1658, d. May 18, 1739. — Hobart's Journal. ROGERS. 297 ROBBINS. 1. Nicholas, Dux., 1638, bought Thomas Burgess' house; 1640, land at North hill, and at Namasakeeset; a shoe maker; m. Ann; had John, who was of Dux., 1661, afterwards of Bridgewater, became helpless, m. Jehosabeth Jourdaine, 14 Dec, 1665, had Jeduthan 1667, for whose descendants, see Mitchell's Hist; Mary ; Hannalt ; Catherine. 2. Thomas, Dux., 1643, able to bear arms. Note. William, Hingham, m. Susanna Lane, 1665, and was perhaps son of Richard of Hingham, Cambridge, and Boston. — Abigail m. Abner Ripley, 1746. ROBERTS, Thomas, Dux., 1640, had land with George Morrey. ROBINSON. 1. Isaac, (s. of the Leydeii pastor, Rev. John) Plymouth ; Dux., before 1635 bought land at Is. ok. of Edmund Chand- ler, sold it to Thomas Bidle; Scituate, 1636; Barnstable, 1639; m. a sister of Elder Fautice; d. aet. 93. Deane^s SciL Note. George (Swanzey,) m. Elizabeth Gaille, Nov., 1680, had John, 1681; Samuel (s. of Geo. Jr.,) b. Nov., 1679. 2. John " Roberson ; " Dux.; m. Elizabeth; had jBe^/y, Sep. 16, 1754; Martha, Mar. 29, 1756; John, Mar. 1, 1768; Isaac, Sep. 6, 1760; Robert, Nov. 22, 1762; Nancy, Apr. 30, 1775. ROGERS. 1. John, 1634, bought land in Dux., of Edmund Chandler, for £12; will dated, Feb. 1, 1660; m. Frances; had John (2) ; Joseph ; Timothy, M., 1681, freed from bearing arms, being lame; Ann, m. John Hudson; Mary ; Abigail. Note. One of the daughters m. George Russell. 2. John, (s. of 1,) Dux., d. a. 1696; m. Elizabeth Pabodie, Nov. 1666; had Hannah, Nov. 16, 1668; John, Sep. 22, 1670; Ruth, Apr. 18, 1675; Sarah, May 4, 1677; Elizabeth. 3. John, M. ; by his will gives to gd.-son John Tisdell, for the use of his mother Anne Tenney, land in Middleboro' ; had Elizabeth rn. a Williams; John; Abigail m. a Rich- 38 298 ROSE. mond, and had Joseph and Edward ; Hannah m. John Tis- del], Jr., 23 Nov., 1664, she is called of Dux. 4. John, (Deane conjectures he was a descendant of the Springfield martyr,) Scituate, 1644, Mitchell says he was in Dux.; m. Ann Churchman, Apr. 16, 1639; he d. Feb. 11, 1661, at Weymouth ; had Lydia, Mar. 27, 1642 ; John (5) ; Thomas, M., had Samuel, who went to E. Bridgewater; Samuel, M. 5. John, (s. of 4,) Scit., m. Rhoda, da. .of Thomas King, Oct. 8, 1656; a quaker ; had JoA« of M., had Alice 1682, Daniel, Elizabeth, Thomas, Hannah, Joshua, Mary, Caleb 1718; Abigail m. Timothy White, 1678; Mary m. John Rouse, 1659; Lydia m. Joseph White, Sep. 19, 1660; Han- nah m. Samuel Pratt, Sep. 19, 1660. Deane's Scituate. 6. Joseph; a Lt. ; Sandwich; had Sarah, b. and d. 1633; Joseph, 19 July, 1635, m. Susanna Deane, Apr. 4, 1660, d. Dec. 2.5, 1660, because John Hawes "gave him a most deadly fall;"' had Joseph (who had Thomas) ; Thomas, 29 Mar., 1638; Elizabeth, 29 Sep., 1639, m. Jona. Higgins, 9 Jan., 1660; John, 3 Apr., 1642; Mary, 22 Sep.. 1644; James, 18 Oct., 1648, m. Mary Paine, 11 Jan., 1670(7); Hannah, 8 Aug., 1652. 7. Joseph, kept a ferry at Jones River, where he lived, and was allowed by the Court to charge a penny for transporta- tion. A Joseph was of Namasakeeset 1663, when he was or- dered to leave the colony for a crime. Joseph, Jr., d. at Eastham, Jan. 27, 1660. Joseph, Dux. 1643. Joseph, 1640, had 50 acres at North river. Joseph, Dux. 1689-1710. Note. Timothy m. Sarah Kein April 6, 1710 ; Francis, Dux. 1710 ; Elizabeth, of Abington m. Thomas Temll Sept. 13, 1720 ; Nathaniel, of M. m. Hannah Ford July 23, 1781 ; John, Jr. of M. m. Hannah Sprague Dec. 11, 1700. — T. Records. Lt. Bogers d. at Eastham 1078, leaving Thomas. Symon, tanner, Boston, m. 1st Mary, who d. Aug. 1, 1610, m. 2d Susan, had Nathaniel, Feb. 14, 1G12, Lydia Dec. 1, 1G45, Symon 28 April, 1651, Gamaliel March 26, 1657, Joseph July 29, 1662.— Boston Records.* ROSE. 1. John, M. ; he " was overcome by the violence of the weather, Feb. 13, 1676, while gunning on the beach." The * We also find on the Boston records — At Weymouth John Rogers m. Mary Bates Feb. 8, 1663 ; Susanna, da. of Joseph and Elizabeth Rogers, was b. Dec. 4, 1688. Jane, da. of Gamaliel and Mercy, was born Jan. 3, 1688. These two were probably sons of Symon. RUSSELL. 299 " ruens of Rose ould house " are frequently mentioned in Dux. records, as being near Mill brook. 2. Thomas, (13. of 1,) Scituate, 1660, had John, killed at Rehoboth ; Tkomas^ rn. Lydia Turner ; Gideon. See Deane's History. Note. Joseph^ M., 1657. Robert and John were of Conn, early. ROUSE. 1. John, M., and Dux. 1640; m. Anice Pabodie; his will is dated 1682 ; her will gives Samuel Cornish her servant, a "gun. sword and belt, w°h he useth," and her bible to Anna; had John; Simon, inherited land in Dux., Saconet 1681, kept a house of entertainment for strangers ; Mary m. a Price ; Atmava. a Holmes; Elizabeth m. Thos. Bourn April 10, 1681. 2. John, (s. of — ,) Scituate ; M. 1640 ; a quaker ; had Jolm 1643; George 1648. Note. A John m. Mary Rogers 1659. A John had a grant of land at Namasakeeset in 1665. A John, of Little Compton, m. Anne Lathley, of M., June 29, 1720.* ROWE. John, Dux., early, took oath of fidelity. RUSSELL. 1. George, Hingham 1636, Scituate 1646, m. 2d widow Jane James Feb. 14, 1640 ; had George (2), and Samuel. (who m. Mary, and was killed at Rehoboth,) by 1st w. by 2d w. 3Iari/, bap. April 1, 1641 ; EUzaheth, bap. Feb. 1643 Martha, bap. Oct. 9, 1645. — Hobart's Journal. 2. George, (s. of 1,) Dux., 1652; M. 1657; m. a Rogers; d. 1675 ; had George, who in 1684 had land at Robinson's creek ; and John, who had the same. 3. Nathaniel, Dux. 1657. 4. John, Dux., m. Esther Mayes Jan. 21, 170.2, had Samuel, Aug. 31, 1703, d. March, 1782; George, Aug. 2B, 1704; EUz- aheth, Dec. 21, J 705; Anne and Solomo?i {twins) Blarch 1, 1709. * Rouxe. William m. Sarah, and had Marv 29 Dec. 1676, m. Erasmus Harrison Jan. 3, 1694,— and William, May 25, 1678, m. Lydia Bell Nov. 15, 1705 (and jiad Joseph U July, 1706, and William 8 Nov. 1707.)— Bos- ton Records. Jonathan m. Martha Waters Dec. 15, 1710. Alexander m- Elizabeth Goff AprilO, 1713.— Idem. 300 SAMPSON. 5. Joseph, Dux., m. Abigail Wadsworth Dec. 31, 1740; she d. July 2, 1770; he d. Feb. 12, 1791, set. 79; had Silvina, Dec. 21, 1745, d. Aug. 4, 1764; Abner, May 28, 1744, m. Su- sanna Pliillips Dec. 24, 1764; Abigail, June 13, 1749, m. Ma- laclii Waterman March 30, 1772 ; /Saba, Jan. 9, 1754. SAMPSON. The name on the early records is generally spelt Samson. 1. Henry, arrived 1620, Dux., m. Ann Plummer Feb. 6, 1635-6; he d. Dec. 24, 1684; had Stephen (2); John, inher- ited land in Dartmouth ; James, settled in Dartmouth ; Caleb (3) ; EUzabefh m. Robert Sprout ; Hannah m. Josiah Holmes 1665 ; m. John Hammond ; Mary m. John Summers, (Mitchell says Simmons) ; Dorcas m. Thomas Boney. 2. Stephen, (s. of 1,) inherited land at Dartmouth; m. Eli- zabeth, lived in Dux.; d. 1714; had Benjamin, Cornelins, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth, John, Aug. 17, 1688 (4), Dor- cas Abigail. 3. Caleb, (s. of 1,) m, Mercy, da. of Alexander Standish ; had Rachel Dec. 5, m. Moses Simmons March 26, 1718; Lora m. Benj. Simmons Jan. 3, 1706. 4. John, (s. of 2,) Dux., m. Priscilla Bartlett, Dec. 31, 1718, who d. July 2, 1758, set. nearly 61 : had Snsanna, Aug. 30, 1720; Zil/juh, Feb. 27, 1722, d. July 1796. get. 74; John (d. Sept. 11, 1724) and Priscilla (gemini) May 21, 1724; Elizabeth, Feb. 1726; .Mm, Aug. 8,l727 (5) ; Elisha, April 6, 1730, d. at New York 1776; Sylvanns, March 13, 1732, d. in East Indies 1758 ; Elijah, June 7, 1734 (6). 5. John, (s. of 4,) Dux., m. Rebecca Brewster, who d. Aug. 6, 1759, set. 25; m. 2d, Abigail Stetson; had Lncy, who d. June 5, 1759, get. 4; Lncy m. Wm. Bradford; Celia, who d. Jan. 8, 1842; Dolly; Rebecca; Andreio ; Sylcanns(7) ; Lewis ; Cynthia, who d. Feb. 17, 1844, a3t. 68. 6. Elijah, (s. of 4,) Dux.; m. Ruth Bradford, Sep. 3, 1761; m. Hannah; he d. Mar. 16, 1805; hcid Elijah m. llan- nah Sprague, 1784; Stephen, Sep. 23, 1768, xu. Christianna Lewis, Dec. 12, 1802, who was b. Apr. 11, 1774; Bradford, Nov. 11, 1772; Martin, Oct. 10, 1783, m. Sarah Freeman; Thomas, Feb. 27, 1786, m. Mary Thomas, who was b. Apr. 25, 1791; Bartlett; Zophar ; Priscilla m. William Soule, 1784; Abigail; Elizabeth; Deborah; Weallhea ; Dorcas; Ruth, Apr. 24, 1767, m. Cyrus Brewster. 7. Sylvanus, (s. of 5,) Dux., m. Silvia Church W^eston, who d. 1836; had Silvia Church, Dec. 3, 1788, d. 1789; SAMPSON. 301 Church, Nov., 1790, d. 1793; Saliimlth Weston, Nov. 25, 1793, m. Otis Soule; Ezra Weston, Dec. 1, 1797, m. Celenah Wadsworth; Elizabeth, Oct 13, 1802; Silvia Church, Oct. 21, 1804, m. John Owen ; Sijlvamis, Oct. 12, 1807, m. Mary- Chapman Soule. S. Abraham, (perhaps B. of No. 1,) Dux., 1G3S ; ad. 1654; had land at Blue fish; alive 1686; m. a da. of fSaml. Nash; m. 2d, ; had Abraham (9) ; Isaac (10) ; Sa7niiel (11); and George, 1655 (12). 9. Abraham, (s. of 8,) Dux., m. Lorah Standish ; had Abra- ham, 1686 (13); Miles, 1690 (14); Ebenezcr (15); Rebec- ca; Sarah m. Joseph Sampson of Dartmouth, May 6, 1719('?); Grace, d. Jan. 2, 1786, ajt. 85. 10. Isaac, (s. of 8,) m. Lydia, da. of Alexander Standish ; he d. 1726; had Isaac, 1688, m. Sarah; Jonatfian, 1690, m. Joanna; Jnsiah, 1692, d. 1731; Lydia, 1694; Ephraim, 1698, m. Abigail; Peleg, 1700, m. Mary Ring, had Mercy, 1731, and Capt. Simeon, 1736, who was a naval commander of the Revolution, and who m. Deborah Gushing, 1759, who d. 1830, aet. 90, and he d. 1789 [see Hist. Plymouth] ; Pris- cilla, 1702, m. Jabez Fuller; Barnabas, 1705, m. Experience. 11. Samuel, (s. of 8,) Dux., kid. in Phillips' war; in. Esther, who after the death of her husband was granted £5 per year for two years ; had Sami/el, and Ichabod. 12. George, (s. of 8,) Plympton ; m. Elizabeth, a. 1678, who d. May 27, 1727, a^t. 70; he d. July 26, 1739, set. 84; had Jos(?/j//, July 14,1679; Abigail, Jan. 22, 1681; Judith, Mar. 3, 1683; Rnth, Dec. 22,^1684; Benjamiti. Sep. 19, 1686; Martha, Oct. 25. 1689; George, Mar. 10, 1691(16); Elizabeth, Dec. 22, 1692; TFi/Zmm, July 8, 1693; Seth, Dec. 22, 1697. 13. Abraham, (s. of 9,) Dux.; m. Penelope; bed. Nov. 16, 1775, set. 89; sold his farm to Joshua Soule, 1729, for £400; Ruth, Julv 2, 1713, m. Amasa Delano, Jan. 8, 1730; Han- nah, Nov.'4, 1715; Rebecca, Oct. 26, 1718. m. Nathl. Black- more of Dartmouth, May 22, 1740; James, Feb. 19, 1720; Abraham, July 31, 1721; Stephen, Oct. 23, 1722; Henry, Aug. 4, 1724, m. Joanna Sampson, May 11, 1749. 14. Miles, (s. of 9,) Dux., m. Sarah Studley, Apr. 28, 1713, who d. Nov. 2, 1782, set. 93 ; he d. Nov. 26, 1784, at. 92; h^diAndreio, Sep. 28, 1714(17); Alice, Feb. 21, 1717, m. Robert Sampson, Dec. 19, 1734; Joseph, Nov. 16, 1719, (IS); Sarah, Mar. 25, 1723; Deborah, i\me 12, 1726, m. Amos Sampson, Oct. 19, 1744; Beriah, Nov. 1, 1728, m. Alse Howland, May 6, 1756; Miles, May 13, 1731 (19); Judah, Aug., 1735. 302 SAMPSON, EZER, (s. of 9,) Dux., m. Zcruiah Soule April 23, I Dec. 21, 1782, set. 77; he d. Nov. 25, 1778, a?t. 15. Ebene; 1728, who d. , ^ , , , 82; had I^tmice ; Abigail, m. John Hanks March 25, 1773; Nathan ; Hannah. 16. George, (s. of 12,) Dux., Plympton, in. Hannali Soule of Dux. Dec. 10, 1718; he d. Feb. 6, 1774, set. 83; she d. d. Feb. 1733; Rebecca, Jan. 27, 1735; Elizabeth, June 19, 1737. 17. Andrew, (s. of 14,) Dux., m. Sarah, who d. Oct. 14, 1746 ; m. 2d Abigail Bisbee Feb. 1, 1745 ; he d. Sep. 6, 1776, a3t. nearly 72; had Samuel, m. Aug. 22, 1769, Jenny Mc Laughlin ; Jedidah, m. John McLaughhn July 7, 1763 ; An- drew, [2d w.] m. Saba Howard Feb. 3, 1779 ; he d. April 21, 1842, set. 93, had Saba Oct. 6, 1789, who rn. John Brown ; WilliaTn, Abigail. 18. Joseph, (s. of 14,) Dux. ; m. Sarah Hull of K. May 6, 1747 ; had Abel, d. at Halifax, Nov. 23, 1777 ; Isaiah, m. Betsy Sampson 1782 ; Ke?ielm, 1761 ; Sai-ah, 1762 ; Cela, 1764 ; Sijlvamis, 1667 ; Mercy, 1771 ; Daniel, 1774. 19. Miles, (s. of 14,) Dux., m. Deborah ; had Ichahod Feb. 5, 1753, who had Ichabod (who m. Elizabeth Thomas, and had Ichabod 1828, Elizabeth T. 1830), Nathan (who m. Waity Wadsworth), Spencer and Charles (who m. Mary Wood worth) —Ruby, Feb. 25, 1757, m. Peleg Cullifer Dec. 15, 1774; Ace- nith, Oct. 18, 1758; Betty, June 21, 1760. m. Isaiah Sampson 1782 (?) ; Ahira, June 15, 1762. 20. Zabdiel (s. of 16,) Plympton, m. Abigail Gushman Dec. 31, 1747, who d. May 4, 1751, set. 23, m. 2d Abia Whit- marsh Aug. 27, 1752, who d. Dec. 26, 1800, set. 76; he was killed at Haerlem battle, Sept. 16, 1776, rot. 49; had Sarah, June 2, 1749, m. Wm. Bent; Zabdiel, July 6, 1754, d. June 25, 1776 ; George, Sept. 3, 1755 ; William, Feb. 3, 1757 ; Abigail, July 11, 1758, m. Gideon Bradford; Gideo7i, March 15, 1760 (21) ; Hannah, March 3, 1762, m. Richard Cooper; Abia, Feb. 15, 1764, d. young ; Philemon, March 6, 1766, m. Fanny Drew of Halifax ; diUdlssachar, June 12, 1768. 21. Gideon, (s. of 20,) Plympton ; m. Lydia Ripley June 29, 1780, who was b. Oct. 1, 1759; he d. Sept. 22, 1839, act. 79; she d. Sept. 23, 1846, ict. 86 ; had Abiah, May 29, 1781 ; Lvcy, Dec. 28, 1783, m. Joseph Mitchell 1806 ; Sally, Dec. 4, 1785, d. 1819; Gideon, d. young; Lydia, Sept. 3, 1790, m. Jo- seph Wuisor Oct. 11, 1810 ; Gideon, d. young; Abigail, April 6, 1793, m. Capt. Ebenezer Fuller 1817; Deborah, Aug. 19, SAMPSON. 303 1705, m. Capt. Richard Cooper, Jr. 1817 ; John, Sept. 28, 179S, m. Hannah Wright 1828, m. 2d C. S. Parker 1835, m. 3d P. E. Parker 1841 ; Naucij, April 16, 1800, d. 1819; Wil- liavi Henry, Aug. 20, 1802, of Dux., m. Sarah Sprague of Dux., and had Oscar H., Eugene, Leonice, Lucy Sprague. 22. Nathaniel, (s. of — ,) Dux., m. Keturali Chandler Jan. 19, 1703, who d. Jan. 14, 1771. set. 88J yrs. ; had Noah, Jan. 24, 1705; Perez, Oct. 21, 1706; Fear, Nov. 16, 1708, m. Benjamin Simmons, 1731; Robert, April 2, 1712(23); Na- thaniel, Feb. 22, 1716 ; Ketiirah, Jan. 14, 1719, m. Thomas Cullifer 1743; Anna, Mar. 1, 1723; Abner, July 3, 1726 (24). 2.3. Robert, (s. of 22,) Dux., m. Alice Sampson, Dec. 19, 1734; he d. June 12, 1775, eet. 63 ; had Robert, m. Olive Phil- lips 1782; Levi, 1751, d. in the army Sept. 13, 1778, aet. 27; Co?islder ; Noah (25). 24. Abner, (s. of22,) Dux., m. Sarah; m. 2d Deborah Bis- bee April 20, 1756; had Manj, March 22, 1750, m. Lot Hunt Macrh 4, 1773 ; Abner, ApriflO, 1752, m. Pvuth Burgess 1781 ; Sarah, May 13, 1757, m. James Weston 1785; Isaac, March 21, 1760; Deborah, Oct. 18, 1761, m. Hon. Seth Sprague; Lucia, Feb. 6, 1763; Luna, March 29, 1765; Nathaniel, April 25, 1767, m. Hannah, who d. April 19, 1846, a3t. 75, he d. Aug. 23, 1813, £ct. 46; Aaron, Sept. 20, 1769; WeaUhea, April 22, 1773, m. William Freeman, and d. April 14, 1847. 25. Noah, (s. of 23,) Dux., m. Abigail; had Bei da h, Sept. 28, 1780, and Levi July 21, 1783, who m. Sophia Mc Laugh- lin, and who had Augustus Aug. 24, 1806, m. Sally Brewster, Erastus Aug. 28, 1808, m. Elizabeth Winsor (and had Eras- tus, b. July 19, 1832, and Agnes), Noah, Nov. 16, 1810; Da- niel Nov. 22, 1812 (m. Mary Alden), Simeon, Feb. 20, 1815, m. Caroline Sampson, lives in Illinois, Alexander 1817, m. Hannah Weston, George 1819, Lucy 1821, m. Edmund Gif- ford, who resides in Illinois, Charles Eddy 1826, and Frederic 1S2S. 26. Joshua, (s. of — ,) Dux., m. Mary , who d. Nov. 11, 1780, ffit. 87; he d. Aug. 4, 1741; had Amos, Nov. 6, 1725 (27) ; Anthony, April 16, 1728 (28) ; Sarah, Oct. 5, 1741 ; Huldah, June 23, 1734, m. Ichabod Delano 1759. 27. Amos, (s. of 26,) Dux., m. Deborah Sampson Oct. 19, 1744 ; he d. Dec. 1795 ; had Joshua ; Elijah ; Amos ; Sltidlcy April 27, 1759 (29); Lauraina ; Lydia, April 6, 1747, m. Uriah Sprague 1796, and d. Sept. 1, 1842. 28. Anthony, (s. of 26,) Dux., had AW// an ?e^ 1751 ; Oliver; Anna; Keturah ; Lncy, d. young; Thomas. 29. Studley, (s. of 27,) Dux., m. Abigail Prior, Nov. 16, 1780, who was b. .July 20, 1753, and d. Feb. 23, 1824, a^t. 70; 304 SAMPSON. m. 2d Peleg ChurchiU's widow, and he d. May 9, 1835; had Jabez P., 1781, d. 1782; Deborah 1783; Studley May 10, 1784, drowned Oct. 10, 1819; Gains, Jnne 26, 1785, m. Mary Sampson, removed to Boston, d. July 9, 1842, had Gains (who m. Sarah Harvey), George (who m. Isabella Soule), Mary m. Mr. Frothingham, Marcia, and Louisa ; Abigail, Sept. 24, 1787, m. Noah Simmons; Alfred, Sept. 1791, m. Wealthea Joyce, and has Alfred, George F., Stiidley, Catherine P., Olive R., Maria F., Mary F. ; Deborah, Sept. 26, 1793, m. Stephen Churchill, m. 2d Capt. Samuel Hunt; and Joanna, who d. young. 30. Caleb, (s. of — ,) Dux., m. Rebecca Stanford Jan. 30, 1729, had Martin, bap. 1741. 31. Paul, (s. of — ,) Dux., had Sylvia a. 1754; Olive; Martin, d. Sept. 4, 1760; Luther (32), Caleb, Martha, Esther a. 1766. 32. Luther, (s. of 31,) Dux.; m. Abigail, had David J din. 26, 1784; Harriet June 19, 1785; Charlotte June 12, 1787; Silvia March 19, 1790; Rozelle June 9, 1792. 33. Capt. Chapin, (s. of — ,) Dux., m. Betty; he d. in W, Indies Sept. 1, 1773 ; had Elizabeth June 10, 1762, m. Wm. Weston 1781 ; Chapin, Aug. 14, 1764; Job, Sept. 19, 1766, m. Betsy Winsor, and had Henry Briggs (who m. Nancy Turner), Betsy (who m. Thomas Power, Esq. of Boston), WilHam (who m. Caroline Sprague), and Judith; Judith Dec. 10, 1768 ; Briggs May 20, 1772, d. unm. 34. Perez, (s. of — ,) Dux.; m. Mary, had Aninah, Oct. 5, 1762 ; Stephen, Feb. 27, 1765. 35. Gideon, (s. of—,) Dux. ; had Abigail, b. 1773, d. 1781 ; Hepzibah, 1775. 36. John, Jr., (s. of — ,) Dux.; m. Hannah; \\?idi Sar-ah Aldan, Sep. 12, 1792 ; An7ie Green, June, and d. Sep., 1795. Note. David, Dux., 1710, d. May 10, 1772, set. 85 ; Jerusha m. Eben- ezer Bartlett, 1710 ; Elizabeth m. Jona. Thayer of Mendon, Feb. 21, 172.3; Hannah m. Robert Tyler of Mendon, Dec. 13, 1721; Hannah of Rochester, m. Experience Holnnes, Dec. 13, 1737; Joanna m. Henry Sampson, 1749; Sarah, h. 1729, d. 1759, Dec. 2 ; Rachel 1730, d. Apr. 20, 1789 ; Kelurah, widow, d. Feb. 18, 1791, aet. 70 ; Deborah m. Rev. S. Veazie, 1742 ; Irene m. Luther Delano, Jr., 1774 ; Edith m. Seva Chand- ler, 1782; Lucy m. Wm. Burgess, 1783; Mrx. Hannah d. Dec. 10, 1843, aet. 75 ; Dux. Rcc. High and Mary of Boston, had Hugh, Sep. 13, 1690. Edward and Lattice of Boston, had Edward, Nov. 22, 1715. Alexander of Boston, m. Rebecca, and had Elizabeth 1728, Alexander 1729, and John 1731. Boston Rec. SEABURY. 305 SAUNDERS. John, Dux., 1710, m. Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Wright, and had Edward. Note. Mary of Dux., m. Samuel Peirce, Jan. 18, 1703 ; Henry d. at Sandwich, 1685, leaving 2 sons ; Martin and John were of Braintree, 1657.^ SEABURY. 1. John, Boston, d. before 1662; m. Grace, had/o/i;/, went to Barbadoes ; Samuel^ Dec. 10, 1640 (2) ; and some daughters. 2. Samuel, (s. of 1,) removed to Dux.; a physician; — We find the following memorandum in Suffolk Deeds, vol. in: "Samuel Seaberry, sonne of the late John Seaberry of Bos- ton (now living in Duxbury), this 10th of April, 1662, enter- ed his claim to a certain house and parcel of land heretofore belonging to his father, now belonging to his brother John Seaberry of Barbadoes and himself, the said house and land being in possession of one Nathaniel Fryer, who detains it from them under a pretence of a purchase from Alexander Adams, and he from John Milom, the land being about half an acre more or lesse, and bounded with the land formerly Isaac Grosse, northwest, Walter Merry on the southeast and southwest, and the bay northeast, which claim he resolves to prosecute, ttc." His name is spelled variously, Sebury, Saberry, Saberrey (to his will), Sabery, &c. He owned land at Is. Ck., North river, the Gurnet, and at the brick-kilns. He m. Patience Kemp, Nov. 9, 1660, at Wey- mouth ; she d. Oct. 29, 1676; m. 2d, Martha Pabodie, Apr. 4, 1677; he d. Aug. 5, 16S1. His will gives to his son Samuel his landed properly in Dux. ; to son Joseph, " those great silver buttons, which I usually weare ; " to son .lohn ray birding piece and musket; '-I will tiiat my negro servant Nimrod (valued at £27) be disposed off either by hier or sale in order to the bringing up of my children, especially the three youngest now borne." The "Seabury house" stood where Wait Wadsworth's now stands, and was a large old fashioned building, very high in front, but with the roof near- ly reaching to the ground behind. He had Elizabeth^ Sep. 16, 1661, who probably removed from the town, as in her mother's will, she has given her a negro girl Jane, and a cow, "if she returns; " Sarah, Aug. IS, 1663, who also removed; Sam.iicl, Apr. 20, 1666(3); Hannah, July 7, 1668; .Tohn, Nov. 7, 1670, d. Mar. 18, 1672; Grace and Patience (gemi- ni), Mar. 1, 1673, G. d. Mar. 16, 1673, P. d. Mar. 17, 1673; 39 306 SHAW. Joseph^ June 8, 1678 ; Martha, Sep. 23, 1679 ; John, m. Elizabeth Alden, Dec. 9, 1697; and a posthumous child. 3. Samuel, (s. of 2,) Dux. ; m. Mrs. Abigail Allen, Dec. 13, 1688; had Benjamin^ Sep. 24, 1689; Patience, Apr. 11, 1691, d. Feb. 3, 1699; Samuel, Oci. 2A, 1692(4); /A/-ee sons and one da., each b. and d. same month ; Barnabas, Jan. 29, 1700, m. Mary, m. 2d, , settled in E. Bridgewater, soon removed, had Rebecca 1723; /wo das. each b. and d. same day; Abigail, Mar. 7, 1705, m. David Seabury, "now resident iu Daxborough," Jan. 3, 1727 ; Patience, Aug. 10, 1710. 4. Dea. Samuel, (s. of 3,) Dux.; m. Deborah Wiswall, Oct. 21, 1717, who d. Apr. 22, 1776, eet. 84; he d. Sep. 25, 1762; had Sarah, July 21, 1718; Hamiah, June 26, 1720, m. Benj. Clap of Scituate, Sep. 6, 1764; Hopestill, May 31, 1722, m. Robert Bartlett of Plymouth, Oct. 15, 1772; Faith, Oct. 12, 1724; Paul, Nov. 26, 1728, m. Ruth Thomas, Mar. 31, 1757, had Deborah, who d. 1764, a3t. 5 ; Oliver, Dec. 26, 1730, m. Alice Alden, May 7, 1760, and had Samuel, Alice, and Abigail ; Wisivall, Apr. 6, 1733, d. Sep. 20, 1768 ; Deb- orah, Apr. 13, 1727; Mercy, Nov. 10, 1735, m. Capt. Bildad Arnold, 1766. Note. Sarah m. John Bartlett, 1770 ; Stephen who d. Dec. 14, 1775, aet. 71, had son Paul ; — Of what family was Rev. Samuel of Groton and New London? Was he father of Samuel, D. D., b. 1728, grad. Y. C, 1751, first bishop of the Episcopal Chh. in U. S.I — See American Loyal- ists, and Alden's Epitaphs. SHAW. 1. Edward, Dux., 1637; ad. 1637; presented for "felon- iously takeing certaine money from the person of William Cornelly," and was sentenced to be "severely whipt, and burnt in the shoulder w'^^ ^ \^qi jj-on, w*-"*^ was accordingly executed upon him." Col. Rec. 2. Jonathan, Dux., 1659; m. Phebe Watson, Jan. 22, 1656. 3. Capt. James, Dux., m. Olive Freeman, Apr. 1, 1772; had James, Sep. 12, 1772; Olive, Feb. 16,1774; Caroline, June 7, 1776; Joseph, Oct. I, 1777; Samuel, June 7, 1779; and Sarah, Feb. 12, 1781. Note. John and Alice (" 6ih Mar., 1654, d. Alice, wife of John Shaw." Col. Rec), of Weymouth, had Elizabeth, Abraham, Mary, Nicholas and Joseph ; Jafnes m. Mary Mitchell, 24 Dec, 1G52, had James, 6 Dec, 1654 ; John, Rehoboth, had Anne, Mar. 15, 1682. — Col. Rec. SIMMONS. 307 SHAW SON. George, Dux., 1638, sold land to Thomas Heyward, and before 1640, removed to Sandwich. SHERMAN. William , Dux., 1637-S, had a grant of a garden place at Powder point, " if it can there be had;" and in 1640 "a 'meadstead' about the Stoney brooke," and land towards G. H. ; m. Desire Doten ; he " fell destracted " in Philip's war; she had £20 relief granted to her at that time; and next m. Israel Holmes, and then Alexander Standish. John and Peleg were of Dartmouth in 1684. SIMMONS. 1. MosEs, arrived 1621 ; Dux., 1638; had Thomas {2) a.nd Moses (3). 2. Thomas, (s. of 1,) servant of Saml. Fuller; perhaps of Braintree, 1640; Scituate, 1647; had Moses, d. a. 1675, m. Patience, (Q.u. : Is this the Patience who became the 2d wife of Samuel Baker of M. ?) and had Moses 1660, d. in Canada expedition, .John 1667, Sarah 1670, Aaron 1672, Job 1674, Patience 1676; Aaron m. Mary VVoodworth 1677, and had Moses 1680 (had a family), Rebecca 1679, Mary 1683, Eliza- beth 1686, Ebenezer 1689, (see Deane^s) Lydia 1693. Q,u. : What Moses m. a da. of Wm. Barstow of Scituate? 3. MosEs, (s. of 1,) Dux.; d. 1689; m. Sarah; had John (4) ; Aaron (o) ; Mary m. Joseph Alden ; Elizabeth was the 2d w. of Richard Dwelley, 1690 ; Sarah m. James Nash of Dux. — A " Moses Symous" was bap. at Hingham, Jan. 19, 1662. Hobarfs Journal. 4. John, (s. of 3,) Dux.; m. Mercy Pabodie, Nov. 16, 1669; had land granted him, 1686; had John, Feb. 22, 1670, m. Experience Picknel, Apr. 19, 1703; William, Sep. 24, 1672; Isaac, Jan. 28, 1674 (6); Martha, Nov. 1677, m. Ebenezer Delano, 1699. 5. Aaron, (s. of 3,) Dux. Perhaps the following were his chd. — John (7) ; Benjamin m. Sarah Sampson, Jan. 3, 1706, m. 2d. Priscilla Delano, July 7, 1715, and she d. "in y® night," Feb. 7, 1746; Joseph, 1683, m. Mary Weston, Feb. 8, 1709, he d. May 20, 1761, at. 78; Joshua 1688, m. Sarah Delano, 308 SIMMONS. Apr. 4, 1728(?), and he d. Jan. 15, 1774, set. 85| ; Rebecca m. Constant South worth, Feb. 10, 1715. 6. Isaac, (s. of 4,) Dnx. ; 1099, had a grant at Simmons' meadow; had Isaac, 1701 (8). 7. John, (perhaps s. of 5,) Dux. ; m. Susanna Tracy, Nov. 4, 1715; she d. Sep. 12, 1756, set. 82 ; hd.d John. A\^^. 22, 1716, d. Dec. 10, 1770; Ruth, Apr. 26, 1719; Joel, Feb. 5, 1723; Leah, Sep. 7. 1728. 8. Isaac, (s. of 6,) Dux. ; m. Lydia Gushing, Oct. 24, 1722, m. 2d, probably EHzabeth Sannns, May 11, 1737; he d. Aug. 30, 1767, aet. 66; had Consider, Apr. 30, 1734, m. Me- hetable Soule, Feb. 25, 1763, and had Jona. Soule, Lydia, Lucy, and Lvdia Soule; Martha, Feb. 20. 1736; Martha, Mar. 13, 1746. 9. Benjamin, (perhaps s. of Benj. s. of 5,) Dux. ; m. Fear Sampson, Oct. 26, 1731; shed. Apr. 13, 1772, set. 63; had Persis ; Micha ; Elizabeth; Keturah ; Lucy di. 1741. 10. IcHABOD, (s. of?) Dux. ; m. Lydia ; m. 2d, widow Mercy Sprague, 1781; had Consider, Sep. 27, 1744; Noah, Apr. 2, 1745 (11); Lemuel Feb. 22, 1749 (12); Abl;uail, May 24, 1753: Nathaniel, Apr. 3, 1757 (13); Ichabod, Mar. 25, 1761, m. Urania Holmes, 1783. 11. Noah, (s. of 10,) Dux.; m. Silvia Southworth, July 2, 1769; m. 2d, Diana Kein, Sep. 19, 1771; had Peleg S. ; Wealthea : Charles m. Lydia, had Joshua W., Alden, James, Peleg, Henry and two das. ; Nathan ; Datiiel. 12. Lemuel (s. of 10,) Dux.; m. Abigail Peirce, Mar. 15, 1770 ; had Anderson, 1776, d. 1779 ; Mary ; Beulah ; Lydia; George. 13. Nathaniel, (s. of 10,) Dux.; m. Lydia Sprague, Dec, 1780; had Bartliena 1781; Sarah 1784; Anna 1786; Na- thaniel 1788; Rebecca 1791; Alethea 1793; Lydia 1795; Lucy and Nancy (d. 1801,) (gcmini) 1798; Ichabod 1801; Mary 1804; Joshua S. 1807. ^14. Aaron, (s. of?) Dux.; m. Sarah; had Mary, Sep. 22, 1755; Abraham; Jesse, Sep. 19, 1760, m. Lucy, and had Weston 1783, Ruby 1786, Martin 1788, Sally 1791, Aaron 1797, Lyman 1807. 15. Moses, (s. of?) b. 1691, d. June 21, 1761, set. 702 ; had Dorothy m. Jacob Weston, Dec. 25, 1755; Lemuel hd.^. 1743; Abigail bap. 1745. 16. Dea. Nathaniel, (s. of ?) Dux.; m. Mercv Simmons. Jan. 12, 1739; had Mary, m. John Hunt, Jr., 1764; Zebe- diah ; Sarah ; Dorothy ; Stephen ; and Rachel. J.7. Thomas, (s. of ?) Dux.; m. Bethia Sprague, Feb. 8, 1769 ; had Joshua, who d. young. SMITH. 309 Note, Rebecca m. Reuben Peterson, 1732; PrisciUa 1710, d. Mar. 5, 1768, ffit. 58; Mary 1689, d. Jan. 23,1759, aet. 70; Artemas 1735, d. Oct. 20, 1760, aet. 25; Zachariah, s. of widow Deborah, bap. 1741, d. of small pox in the army at the West, 1760 ; Ahiel m. Deborah, who d. Oct. 1, 1762, aet. 24 ; Achsah b. 1751, d. 1769 ; Anna m. Peleg Oldham, 1764 ; Ci/rus m. Hannah Cook, Oct. 2, 1766; Siisonna m. John Pratt of Hing- ham, Jan. 11, 1774 ; Lydia m. Nathl. Ford, 1783 ; John had Susanna bap. 1777 ; Content d. 1784 ; Rxith 1725, burnt to death, 1790 ; Leuns Apr. 21, 1783, m. Lucy (who was b. Apr. 25, 1786) ; Seth Nov. 15, 1769, m. Ab- gail (who was b. Aug. 1, 1773), and had Seth, Abigail, and Hiram. — Dux. Rec. — John of Boston, m. Mary, had Joseph, Aug. 31, 1663 ; James m. Rebecca Gibson, Oct. 1, 1719 ; Benjamin m. Margaret Gibson, Sep. 19, 1720. Boston Records. SMITH. 1. Joseph, Dux., m. Lucia Wadsworth Aug. 20, 1771. 2. Benjamin, Dux., m. Sarah ; had Mary^ Aug. 5, 1776 ; Sarah, Jan. 16, 1778; Jacob, March 11, 1780, m. Betsy Sprague, m. 2d Persis, da. of Robert Cushman ; Patience, Feb. 17. 1782, m. Martin Sampson; Benjamin, May 25, 1784; Lucy, July 5, 1786 ; Judith, April 6, 1789 ; John, Jan. 4, 1792 ; Hannah, March 7, 1794; Polly, May 11, 1797; William, June 25, 1799, of Bridgew. 3. Capt. Jonathan, b. Oct. 29, 1780, m. Zilpah Drew, who was b. July 7, 1779 ; he d. May 6, 1843 ; had Capt. Sidney, who d, at sea ; Sylcanus, Wealthea, Zilpah, and Jonathan. SNOW. 1. William, came from England, an apprentice to Richard Derby 1637, and was b. 1624 ; settled in Dux. early, but re- moved to W. Bridgew. ; d. a. 1708, oet. 84 ; m. Rebecca Bar- ker ; had William, James, Joseph, Benjamin, Mary, Lydia, Hannah and Rebecca. Vide MitcheWs Hist. 2. Benjamin, Jr., (s. of — ,) Dux., m. Mercy Wadswortli Sept. 17, 1756; had Jemima 1758, d. 1781 : Benjamin 1763. Note. Anthony, Plymouth 1638, felt maker, M., m. Abigail, had Jo- siah, (who m. Rebecca, d. a. 1692, had eight das.), Lydia, Sarah, Alice, Abigail (d. before 1685) m. Michael Ford — Mark, m. Ann Cook, da. of Josiah, 18 Jan. 1654, Eastham, she d. 24 July, 1656, m. 2d Jane Prince, 1660, had Anna July 7, 1656, and Thomas Aug. 6, 16(j8 — Jabez, East- ham, m. Elizabeth . Sarah m. Wm. Walker Feb. 15, 1654. 310 SOIILE. SOULE. The name is early spelt Sole, Soal, Soul; and Soule seems to be of late adoption. 1. George, arrived 1620; 1623 had a grant of one acre, and next a lot " at the watering place," which he sold to R. Hicks 1639; lived north of Eel River bridge 1638, relinquished his land there to Constant and Thomas Southworth, and removed to Dux., and settled at Powder point ; prop, of Bridgew. 1645 ; sold his right to Nicolas Byram ; m. Mary Becket, or Bucket, whod. 1677; he d. 1680, very aged; had John, 1632 (2);' George, inherited half of his father's lands at Dartmouth; Benjamin, killed at Pawtucket March 26, 1676; Zacliariah, b. before 1627, ad. 16.53, m. Margaret, lived at Powder point, d. a. 1663 ; Nathaniel, Dux., inherited land in Dartmouth ; Elizabeth, m. Francis Walker of Middleboro' ; Susanna ; Mary, placed to Jno. Winslow 1652 for 7 years, married before 1672 John Peterson. 2. John, (s. of 1,) Dux., m. Esther, who d. Sept. 12, 1733, set. 95 ; he d. 1707, oet. 75 ; he was made the chief heir of his father, viz. " And for as much as my eldest son John Soule and his family hath in my extreme old age and weakness bin tender and careful of mee and very healpfull to mee ; and is likely for to be while it shall please God to con tine w my life heer, therefore I give and bequeath unto my said son John Soule all theremainder of my housing and lands whatsoever," «fcc, — Geo. Soule^s Will. He had .Toh?)., perhaps the one who d. at Dux. J 734; Joseph, July 31, 1679 (3); Joshua, Oct. 12, 1681 (4) ; Josiah, 1682 (5) ; Benjamin, m. Sarah Standish, one of the first settlers of Plympton, had Haimah, who m. Geo. Sampson ; a da. m. Edmund Weston ; a da. m. Adam Wright. 3. Joseph, (s. of2,) Dux., m. Mary; bed. .Tuly 11, 1763; had Mary, Dec. 18, 1711 ; Aleihea, Jan. 9, 1714, m. AUerton Cushman of Plympton Jan. 30, 1735 ; T^ydia, March 9, 1715; Hannah, March 6, 1717; Rebecca, May 3, 1722. 4. Joshua, (s. of 2,) Dux., m. Joanna Studley ; he d. May 29, 1767, set. 85 ; had Zeruiah, Nov. 2, 1705, m. Ebenezer Sampson 172S ; John, March 4, 1709 (9) ; Ezekiel, Feb. 17, 1711, m. Hannah Delano Jan. 4, 1733 ; Joshua, May 30, 1713 (10); Abigail, April 30, 1716, m. Perez Drew of K., Sept. 3, 1730 ; Joanna, April 18, 1719 ; Sarah, July 25, 1728, m. Aaron Bisbec, Nov. 26, 1747; Joseph, March 15, 1722 (11) ; Nathan, July 12, 1725 (12); and prob. Lydia, who m. a Simmons. 5. JosiAH, (s. of 2,) Dux., m. Lydia Delano May 25, 1704, who d. Nov. 24, 1763, a3t. 83 ; he d. June 25, 1764, oet. 82 ; SOULE. 311 had Jonathan., June 23, 1705, d. April 4, 1776 ; Mary, Dec. 5, 1706, m. Joshua Cushmau of Lebanon, Ct., Jan. 2, 1733; Abisha, Nov. 25, 1708 (13); Micah, April 12, 1711 (14); Nathaniel, Nov. 4, 1714 (15) ; Lijdia, Oct. 2, 1719. 6. Zaciiariah, (perhaps s. of Zachariah, s. of 1,) Dux., d. in the Canada Expedition, 1690 ; had early a large grant in Dux., which was confirmed to his brother John in 1690. 7. Moses, (s. of — ,) Dux., a householder, and had, 1707, an addition to his land granted. Moses, probably his son, rn. Sarah Chandler Jan. 15, 1729. 8. Aaron, (s. of — ,) Dux.; had a grant 1693, and in 1699 " a small tract of land ate y« South end off his lott iff he and. they (appointed to lay it out) can agree," and having paid 40 shillings, 15 acres were accordingly laid out. Aaron (perhaps his son ; though styled of Pembroke,) m. Alice Pe- terson, May 5, 1727. An Aaron d. at Pembroke, 1783, had John, Leouice, who m. a Brewster, Huldah, who m. Thomas Church, and three other das. Hist. Bridgeicater. 9. John, (s. of 4,) Dux. ; m. Mehetable Partridge, Aug. 5, 1730; he had Lyclia, May 6, 1733; Samuel, July 6, 1734 (16). 10. Joshua, (s. of 4,) Dux. ; m. Mary Cushman, Feb. 14, 1765; had Li/ther. Dec. 21, 1765, d. May 21, 177] ; Aleihea 1769, d. 1771, May 20; and Joseph. 11. Joseph, (s. of 4,) Dux.; m. Mercy Fullerton,* 1742; hdid Sarah, m. Ben]. Prior, Jan., 1765; Olive, bap. Sep. 2, 1750, m. Nathaniel Winsor ; Ezekiel {17); Silvina, 1754, d. May 16, 1771; Joanna m. Lot Stetson, May 8, 1777; Wil- liam (18) ; Rnby m. Eden Wadsworth ; Joseph (19) ; James 1746 (20). 12. Nathan, (s. of 4,) Dux. ; inherited the W. part of his father's farm; m. Sarah; had Thomas, July 8, and d. Sep. 24, 1748; Levi, Sep. 9, 1749; Simeon, Dec. 16, 1751 (21); William, May 15, 1754, d. Jan. 15, 1755; A7ina, Oct. 11, 1 762 ; Sarah. 13. Abisha, (s. of 5,) Dux.; m. Abigail Delano, May 14, 1741; he d. Jan. 4, 1778, a3t. 70; had Alethca bap. 1743; m. Capt. Daniel Hall, m. 2d, Levi Loring; Esther d. young; John bap. 1747, went to Maine; Esther bap. 1750; J^-ydia bap. 1752; Abigail; Dewsbury bap. 1761, m. Seneca Wads- * She was the da. of John Fullerton of M., who m. Ruth Sampson, in 1720, and whose chd. were Mercy, Nov. 11, 1721, m. as above, Mary, 10 Sep., 1723, William, 24 Dec, 1726, Ann, 20 July, 1728, Alethea, 1732, m. Ebenezer Joyce in 1754. A John Fullerton m. Rebecca Delano of Dux. , 1746. — Marshjield Records. 312 SOULE. worth ; Mary bap. 1763, d. iinm. ; Nathaniel hdi^^. 17^7 (22); Abisha bap. 1770. 14. MicAH, (s. of 5,) Dux. ; m. Mercy Southworth, May 30, 1740, shed. 1797; bed. Nov. 4, 1778, set. 67; hd^A Aphela a. 1740 ; Josiali a. 1742 (23) ; Constant S. a. 1744, " insane, drowned in a brook, Jnly 10, 1790 ; " Rebecca a. 1750, d. Oct. 14, 1778; Asa a. 1752, m. Olive Southworth, Apr. 15, 1773; Esther a. 1753 ; Lj/dia a. 1756, d. Oct. 19, 1778. 15. Nathaniel, (s. of 5,) Dux.; m. (when 60 years old) Abigail Tolman of Scituate, Apr. 27, 1775 ; she d. July 9, 1834; had Nathaniel, July 28, 1777, m. Polly Partridge, and had Nathaniel, Calvin P., Jane, and Polly ; Lydiam. Andrew Sampson ; Mary ; Alethea. 16. Samuel, (s. of 9,) Dux. ; m. Mehetabel White, Oct. 1, 1756; he d. Jan. 19, 1768, at Carolina; (a widow Mehetabel m. Ichabod Weston, 1769;) had Abigail, May 20, 1757; Sil- via, May 20, 1759, m. Joshua Peterson, Feb., 1780; Alice, May 3, 1763, m. Josiah Soule, 1782; Lydia, July 23, 1766. 17. EzEKiEL, (s. of 11,) Dux.; m. Clynthia Wadsworth, 1777 ; he d. Nov. 3, 1843, set. 92 ; had 'Marshall, Apr. 24, 1778, unm. ; Capt. George, Dec. 4, 1779, m. Ruth Sprague, who d. Mar. 25, 1836 ; and he d. at St. Thomas, W. I., Feb. 11, 1820, and had George, 1807, d. 1812, Laura, 1811, d. 1813, George Marshall, 1813 (m. Lucy Ford), Laura Ann, 1816 (m. Paul Wing 2d, of Sandwich), James 1818, Nicolas Brown 1820, d. 1842 ; Capt. Charles, Apr. 22, 1782, m. Mer- cy Sprague, who d. Dec. 17, 1840, and had Isabella 1811, (m. George Sampson,) Caroline 1811, (ni. George Holmes,) Harvy 1812, (m. Lydia Peirce,) Elizabeth 1814, d. 1837, Charles 1819, (of Boston, m. Prudence Soule, and has a da. Isabella,) Otis 1823, Edwin A. 1825, Susan A. 1825, m. Walter liartlett, Marcellus 1827, Peleg S. 1831, d. 1832, Mercy S. 1835 ; Harvey, May 29, 1785; Capt. Otis, Feb. 11, 1787, m. Salumith Sampson, d. 1821, and had Salumith, Mary Townsend (who m. J. A. Sampson) ; Clynthia, Apr. 20, 1791, d. unm., Aug. 4, 1846. 18. William, (s. of 11,) Dux.; m. Priscilla, da. of Elijah Sampson, 1784; had Lucy; E/ijah ; William: Samuel in. Nancy Bates ; Stephen m. a Peirce, had l^ydia, who m. Eden Sampson. 19. Joseph, (s. of 11,) Dux. ; he was the father of Bishop Joseph Soule. 20. James, (s. of 11,) Dux. ; m. Abigail, widow of B. Bos- worth (see under Bosworth,) Jan. 17, 1773. He d. Aug. 29, 1794, a3t. 48. Their chd. Sally, July 7, 1774, d. Sep. 12, 1775 ; Joseph, Dec. 27, 1775, d. Aug. 27, 1778 ; Joshua, Dec. SOULE. 313 19, 1777, d. Sep. 17, 1803; Joseph, Jan. 2, 1780, d. Jan. 5, 1806; Abigail, Sep. 20, 1784, m. Asa Hunt; James, Sep. 20, 1784, m. Mary Bradford, who was b. Sep. 7, 1789, and had James O. 1821, Justus 1823, Lucy B. 1823, and Henry M. 1825; Capt. Richard, Nov. 7, 1786, m. Prudence Loring, June 24, 1810, who d. Dec. 15, 1823, m. 2d, Lucy Loring, Nov. 24, 1824. and had Richard, Jime 8, 1812, (m. Harriet Winsor, and has Charles Carroll, Ella and Richard,) Mary Chapman, Oct. 27, 1814, (m. Sylvanus Sampson, Jr.,) Eliza- beth Seaver, Apr. 6, 1818, (m. Isaac Svveelzer, Esq..) Pru- dence Loring, Mar. 10, 1823, (m. Charles Soule, Jr.,) and by his 2d w., Horace Homer, Sep. 13, 1827, Helen Maria, Oct. 20, 1829, d. Jan. 20, 1834, and Charles Carroll, June 26. 1832, d. May 17, 1837. 21. Simeon, (s. of 12,) Dux.; m. Jane Weston, Dec. 29, 1776; m. 2d, Acenith Brewster, who was b. Mar. 8, 1778; he d. Dec. 21, 1831; had Mary, Dec. 14, 1777; Sarah, Aug. 19, 1779, d. Sep. 14, 1800; Nalhan, Jan. 18, 1781, m. Bethiah Freeman, and had Zeniiah, Lot (m. Elizabeth Brooks) and George; SUvlna, June 21, 1784; Thomas, July 24, 1786; Susanna, Sep. 1, 1788, d. Sep. 13, 1790; Simeon, Oct. 2, 1790; Jane, Sep. 23, 1794, d. Oct. 21, 1796; Alethea. July 4, 1797; Henry, Mar. 2, 1800; Charles, May 18, 1806.' 22. Nathaniel, (s. of 13,) Dux., m. Lydia Freeman ; had Daniel, Oct. 14, 1796 ; Lydia F., 1798, m. Capt. Martin Wa- terman ; Hannah, Abigail, Nathaniel, Mary, Capt. Freeman, John, and Enoch. 23. JosiAH. (s. of 14,) m. Alice Soule 1782, he d. Aug. 12, 1806 ; had Mir.ah, who m. Lucy Alden, had Micah, m. Sarah Wadsworth, Sarah and Lucy; Asa; Samuel, May 11, 1786. 24. Dea. Ezekiel, (s. of4,) Dux., m. Hannah Delano Jan. 4, 1733; she d. Sept. 25, 1768, set. 50; removed to Woolwich; had William a. 1738 ; Lucy a. 1740 ; Lydia, Amasa, Hannah, John, Deborah. Note. James, Middleboro', 1090, find £5 for refusing to go in the Canada expedition. — Rachel m. David Magoon, 1728; Jedcdiah m. Tab- itha Bishop, Nov. 4, 1741 ; Deborah m. John Hunt, 1746 ; Alethea m. Joshua Hall, 1732; Abigail m. Elijah Curtis, 1756; John m. Patience Wadsworth, Jan. 11, 1759; Nephcta m. Consider Simmons, 1763; Miss Ruth d. Mar. 17, 1777; Rebecca m. Gideon Sampson, 1784. — Dux. Rcc. Ann da. of John and Ruth Soule, b. Mar. 10, 1687, at Boston. Note. Tlie progenitor of this family, George, was a member of Gov. Winslow's family, and it is not known whence he came. The name of Sole is an ancient English name, (and we find the name so spelled in tlie Col. and town records,) and Guillim gives this armorial bearing of the family. — "He beareth argent, a chevron gules between three sole fishes 40 314 SOUTH WORTH. hauriant proper in a bordure engrailed sable" — and adds, "This coat belonj^s to the family of Soles in Brabanne in the county of Cambridge, according to the bearer's name, and it is very common for persons having their names from any kind of animals or vegetables to bear the like in their coat armour. Such sort of bearings the French call arms parlant, speaking coats, because they plainly declare the name of their owner." — Guillini's Banner displayed. Burke {General Armory) gives the same, except " gules " for " sable," and adds that they are borne by the Soles of Bob- bing place, Kent. Arms by the Soles of London (granted 1591) — " Gules a tower or. Crest, out of a mural coronet or, a demi lion sable, langue'd and armed or." Another — " Sole. Sable an inescntcheon within an orle of owls argent." — Burke''s Armory. SOUTHWORTH. 1. Constant, (s. of Constant,) b. 1615, came to New Eng- land in 1628,* an early settler of Dnxbnry ; m. Elizabeth Col- lier Nov. 2, 1637, and d. March 10, 1679 ; leaving an estate of £360 — among the items was an Indian boy £10 ; had Edtnard^ b. at Plymouth (2); Lt. Nathaniel, b. at Plymouth 164S, m. l^esire, da. of Edward Gray, Jan. 10, 1672, who was b. Nov. 6, 1651, — he d. Jan. 14, 1711, and she d. Dec. 4, 1690; their chd. were, Constant of Tiverton, b. Aug. 12, 1674, and d. be- fore 1706 ; Mary, April 3, 1676, m. Joseph Rider 1707 : Capt. Ichabod, March 1678, of Middleboro', m. Esther, and d. Sept. 20, 1757; Elizabeth, m. James Sproat ; Capt. Nathaniel, May 1684, m. Jael Howland, and he d. April 8, 1757, and she d. Nov. 1743, or 1745 ; Edward, of Middleboro' 1788, m. Brid- get Bos worth at Hull, June 25, 1711, and d. April 26, 1749, cBt. 60 years ; Mercy, m. Samuel Freeman May 12, 1658 ; Alice, 1646, d. March 5, 1719, cet. 72, m. Col. Benj. Church 1667; Mary,xu.. David Aldcn ; Elizabeth, m.. William Fobes. The following is from her father's will : " Item, I will and bequeath unto my daugliter E. S. my next best bed and furn- itiH-e, with my wife's best bed, provided shee doe not marry William Fobbes ; but if shee doe then to have five shillings;" Priscilla; William (3). 2. Edward, (s. of 1,) Dux., a deputy ; often employed by the town in running ranges and settling bounds; had grants of land 1674, 1685 at Mill bk., and in 1689. He inherited the homestead and mill. He m. Nov. 16, 1669, Mary Pabodie ; had Elizabeth, Nov. 1672, m. Saml. W'cston March 4, 1716 ; Thomas, 1()76 (4) ; Benjainiii, 1680, m. Rebecca Delano * Among the accounts of ihc Plymouth Company, published in the Mass. Hist. Coll., we find the following item ; " lG"i8, Paid for Constant South- er's passage and diet 11 weeks at 4s. 8l) may have been at sometime resident in Harwich. Abigail of M., m. Wm. Tolman of Scituate, June 23, 1740; Timothy ra. Sarah Peterson, Dec. 3, 1767. Alexander and Timothy Willimtis, were in M., 1613 ; Timothy Willia/zison kept an ordi- nary there in 1673, and a Mary Williamson one in 1678. WILLIS. 1. John, Dux., 1640, had land N. W. of North hill, and 50 acres at Namasakeeset; sold his estate to Wm. Pabodic, 1657; 43 338 WINSLOW. sold land to R. Barker, 1665 ; removed to Bridgew. ; a deacon there; m. Elizabeth [Hodgkins], widow of Wm. Palmer, Jr.; had John, Na/ha/iiel, Joiutthan., Comfort^ Benjamin, Ha?i- nah m. Nathl. Hay ward; Elizabeth m. a Harvey; Sarah m. John Ames. 2. Nathaniel, Lawrence, Jonathan, and Francis were brotliers of No. 1. Of Jonathan, we find in the Col. Rcc. "Jonathan Wilhs, who is at Duxbury for cure, shall not be maintained by Duxbury, but by Sandwich, whence became." 3. Richard, servt. of John Barnes, next of Thomas Prence, 1634, then lived in Dux., 1638, m. Amy Glass, Oct. 11, 1639, Plymouth, 1640, and Richard (prob. son) m. Patience Bonum of Plymouth, 1670. 4. Jeremiah, a youth at Dux. in 1638, brought before the Court for being disorderly, and the same ordered to procure himself a master. Vide Mitchell's Bridge water. Note. Eliakim of Dartmouth, ni. Lydia Fish of Dux., July 20, 1738. wn.soN. Richard, Duxbury, able to bear arms, 1643. WING. Gideon, Dux., m. Abigail Ripley, Feb. 25, 1767, had Wil- liam, July 11, 1768; Allen, Aug. 27, 1770. Note. Stephen was in Sandwich, and had Mercy, 1650 ; John, Yar- mouth, had a son, " drowned in the snow," 1018. Col. Kec. WINSLOW. 1. Joshua, Dux., m. Hannah Delano, Dec. 3, 1772, she d. Sep. 16, 1778, ait. 29, m. 2d, Mrs. Salome Delano, 1780, who d. Sep. 23, 1781, set. 35. 2. Edward, (s. of — ,) Dux., m. Phebe, and he d. May 29, 1803, and had Edirard, Nov. 8, 1769, who m. Rebecca, who was b. Dec. 10, 1770, and she d. Sep. 11, 1835, set. 64, and had George, 1796, d. 1798, Betsy, 1798, d. Sep. 5, 1817, George, Nov. 29, 1800, Polly, Aug. 12, 1802, d. Jan. 30, 1831, Seth, 1805, d. Mar. 7, 1828, Samuel, Sep. 26, 1808, Rebecca E., 1811, d. Dec. 9, 1826. Note. George m. Sarah G. Thomas 1781 ; Mehetahcl d. March 5, 1791, set. 86. WINSOR. 339 WINSOR. 1. Joseph, (his name sometimes spelt Windsor) Lynn,* re- moved to Sandwich 1637, and in 1()3S he was presented to the Court "for keeping house alone disorderly, after half a yeares warneing or thereabouts," bnt was released June 4, 1639; he bought land there of Thomas Chillingworth, and in 1639 was ordered to give it up to public use, the town allowing a fair compensation; he is mentioned in 1641, and in 1643 is able to bear arms in Sandwich, and took the oath of fidelity 1657. —Col. Rec. 2. Walter. We find this in the Col. Rec. under 1671 : — " Walter Winser for selling liquor to the Indians fined five pounds, but on consideration of some particulars about it, it was abated to thirty shillings." — llec. Vol. iiii. 3. Robert, Boston, lived on Ann street, next to John Bate- man. In the Suffolk Deeds, II. 343, is his acknowledgment of debt (£64) to Capt. Scottow, and an assignment of his house and land, dated Jan. 24, 1656, and cancelled 1693-4. And on p. 333 is a deed from Capt. S. to R. Winsor, of the estate, hav- ing the Conduit street on east and west sides, and towards the fiats on the east. This last is dated Jan. 2, 1656. He was a blockmaker and turner. His will is dated April 24, 1679, and gives his property to his wife Rebecca, and was proved on the 15th of the May following, so that he d. in Aprfi or May 1679. His estate amounted to £207, including house and land £150. His chd. were Thomas^ Sept. 30, 1652, d. July 8, 1654; Rebecca, Dec. 10, 1654; Constance, May 7, 1657; Thomas, Oct. 1, 1659 (4) ; Sarah, May 7, 1662 ; Sa^n- nel, Sept. IS, 1664 ; Lydia, Aug. 1, 1666, and John, April 22, 1669. 4. Thomas, (s. of3,) Boston, among the taxable inhabi- tants of Boston 1695 : m. Rachel, and had chd. Joshva and Caleb (gemini) Dec' 29, 1692 ; Rebecca, March 19, 1697 ; Robert, April 16, 1699; Alanj,\ March 24, 1700. A Thomas Windsor, Boston, m. Hannah Johnson 12 May, * Lewis (Hist. Lynn) gives a John Winsor, who removed from Lynn to Sandwich 1G37. f Probably the one who m. Solomon Jones of Hull, Nov. 17, 1720. Their chd. — were Rachel July 1, 1723; Sarah Oct. 22, 1724 ; Elizabeth June 15, 1726 ; Rebecca Jan. 3, 1727-8 ; Leah Feb. 12, 1729 ; Hannah, Dec. 10, 1731 ; Mercy April 0, 1731 ; Thomas Jan. 10, 1735-6 ; Solomon March 17, 1737, d. Dec. 25, 1738. A widow Mary Jones (prob. of Solomon) m. John Hayden, resident of Long Island (prob. the one in Boston haibor), July 19, 1761, Ijy Rev. Sa- muel Veazie. — InformaLion of C. J. F. Binney, Esq. 340 WINSOR. 1725, had Thomas May 26, 1726, and Hannah July 18, 1729. — A Thomas Windsor of Boston, m. Elizabeth Moor 24 Sept. 1747. She d. the next year, and he received letters granting administration on her estate Sept. 6, 1748. By the inventory of her estate it appears they owned a house and land at the North-end together, valued at £500. He was a shipwright. Rachel Winsor (perhaps a da. of 4, or possibly his widow,) m. George Lewis at Boston July 31, 1717. 5. John, Boston ; he d. about 1666, and an inventory of his estate (£20) was taken Feb. 15, 1666-7: his wife Mary sur- vived. They had Martha, Aug. 22, 1667. Mary (possibly his widow, or perhaps a da.) m. Benjamin Tour 29 Aug. 1691. 6. Joshua, was b. 1648, possibly a son of Robert, No. 3 ; admitted a freeman May 8, 1678 ; a member of the 2d church in Boston ; constable of Boston 1686 ; one of the taxable in- liabitants 1695 ; he d. Nov. 1717; his will is dated Nov. 19, 1717, and the inventory taken Dec. 6 — the amount was £214. His wife Sarah survived. He had William, Nov. 26, 1672, d. young ; Saroh^ Nov. 3. 1673, m. Mr. Alexander Sherard,* and d. before her father, leaving a family ; William Sept. 3, 1679 ; Jos/ma Nov. 7, 1679, d. young; Joslnia March 16, 1684; Elizabeth Dec. 23, 1689. The father's will names a daugh- ter, Rebecca Wilkinson, who was then living in his house. She m, 1st Thomas Leverett, a barber, who d. June 1706, and she m. 2d Edward Wilkinson Dec. 4, 1712. Her first hus- band is called in the settlement of the estate (£198) Mr. Tho- mas Hudson Leverett. 7. Robert, (s. of — ,) according to Hutchinson, he and his wife died in 1717, both aged over 70, and were buried in one grave. 8. Peter Winsor, (s. of-,) Boston, m. 1st, Elizabeth Smith 31 Nov. 1721 ; m. 2d, Martha Tucker 1 Oct. 1733 ; m. 3d, Sa- rah Nottage June 1, 1738. Sarah Winsor, widow (probably of Peter), died in Boston 1770, and widow Mary Brintnal was chosen to administer on her estate (£52) March 23, 1770. Note. In the Boston Town Records, under date of 1708, Mr. \Vinsor''s warehouse is mentioned, as being near the dock, at the end of Fishmarket * lie m. a second wife, Bethia, to whom he gave in his will jCIOO and his negro girl Esther Ned. This instrmncnt was dated June 5. 1721. He mentions his das. Sarah Vering and Hannah, and his sons Windsor, b. 1700, Thomas b. 1703, and Joshua b. 170G. Mr. Sherrar, as the name was sometimes spelt, lived on Cornhill, and also owned a warehouse and land at the Dock, and also land in Windham, Ct* His executors were Jon- atlian Williams, Nicholas Battolph and Joseph Thome. WINSOR. 341 street. The house of Capt. Winsoi- is also mentioned in Ann street, near Mrs. Pemberton's. 9. William. I have been able to learn nothing concerning the father of the first of the name in Dnxbury, except from vague tradition, which saj^s he bore this name — William, and that he came to Boston from Devonshire, Eng., and soon after m. a second wife, Betsy Smith, and that his chd. were Sami/el (10), who went to Dnxbury, and who was by his first wife, and WilUa/n, who was a jeweller, and remained in Bos- ton, where he d. without children; and Peter^ who was never married, but went to the West Indies, where he died. Possibly the tradition may have reference lo Peter (8), whose first wife was Elizabeth, alias Betsy Smith. 10. Samuel, (s. of 9,) was the first of the name in Dux- bury, and was born May 14, 1725, settled on Clark's Island in Dux. bay. The site of his house was a few rods north- west of the present building. Here he built several small vessels, and here sev^cral of his children were born. He next removed and built a house on the southern slope of Captain's hill. He m. Feb. 18, 1746, Rhoda Delano; slie died June 1, 1799; and he died May 22, ,1770, a3t. 45 years; they had chd. — Nathaniel, Jan. 15, 1747 (11); Joshva, May 1, 1749 (12); ^Samuel, Aug. 31,1751(13); William., Jan. 27, 1753 (14); /oA??, Aug. "31, 1756(15): James, .Inly 19, 1759, d. Feb. 21, 1767; Peter, Aug. 21, 1761 (16); Rlioda, June 5, 1764, in. Amos Brown, .Ian. 1, 1784; Betsy, Feb. 3, 1768, m. Job Sampson; James, Mar. 17, 1770 (17). 11. Nathaniel, (s. of 10,) Dux. ; m. Jan. 19, 1768, Olive Soule; she d. Oct. 28, 1833, set. 85, and he d. Oct. 17, 1839, aet. 93, and was buried in one grave with his wife; had chd. — Wealthea, Oct. 17, 1769, ni. Isaac Little of Pembroke, and had Wealthea m. Hon. Seth Spragne, Jr. of Dux., Olive m. Rev. Hiram Weston, Sally m. Isaac Barker, Isaac, Lydia, Ann m. Geo. Frazar of Dux., Betsy m. Benj. Stand ish, Otis m. Betsy Hoskins, and Samuel m. Elizabeth Simmons ; Silvina, June 19, 1771, m. Capt. Eliphalet Waterman ; Mahala m. Zenith Wadsworth ; Olive and Nathaniel (18) (gemini), Sep. 8, 1775, Olive d. July 31, 1776; Sally, d. Oct. 7, 1778; Samuel (19) ; Sally m. 1st, Capt. Thomas Herrick,* Sep., 1805, m. 2d, Rev. Thomas Asbury, now living in Columbus, Ohio; Martin (20) ; Betsy m. David Turner; Nancy, Dec. 27, 1788, m. Capt. John Howland. * He came from Gloucester, was a shipmaster, and d. at Richmond, A^a., in 1811, ffit. 40. lie was the son of Wni. Haskell Herrick, who d. 180G, and who was the son of Tliomas (d. 1781), the son of Thomas, Esq. (d. at Gloucester, 1787, act. 73). His descent can be traced to Robert Eyrick, living in England, 1450. — Herrick Genealogies, by Gen. Jedediah Herrick, Bangor, 1846. 342 WINSOR. 12. Joshua, (s. of 10,) Dnx. ; ni. Olive Thomas, who was b. Dec. 28, 1752, m. 2d, Ruth Thomas, who was b. June 14, 1755, m. 3d, Deborah Fish, who was b. Dec. 11, 1756, and d. May 6, 1843; he d. in 1827, and liad chd. — Lucy, May 17, 1775, m. Saml. Delano; Judith, Sep. 11, 1778, m. Dr. liufus Hathaway ; Thomas, July 22, 1780 (21) ; Seih, Apr. 5, 1782, m. Betsy Hunt, Sep. 30, 1802; Joseph, May 6, 1788 (22); George, Mar. 14, 1790 (23) ; Hannah, May 20, 1785, m. Sol- omon Washburn ; Ellis, May 29, 1797. There were two who d. young, Charles, Dec. 9, 177(3, and Olive, June 18, 1786. 13. Samuel, (s. of 10,) Dux. ; m. Acenith Hunt, Nov. 3, 1774, who d. Sep. 26, 1835 ; he d. Aug. 26, 1835. He had John, Aug. 5, 1775 (24); Speficer, May 10, 1779 (25); Charles, Sep. 17, 1781 (26) ; Abigail, Oct. 2, 1784, m. Josiah Morton; Otis, July 12, 1787 (27); Lcivis, July 24, 1790 (28); Alden, Feb. 2, 1793 (29); Sarah Barker, Jan. 13, 1799, m. Henry Louden of Pembroke; and one other Charles, b. Oct. 12, 1778, d. young. 14. William, (s. of 10,) Dux. ; m. Anne Hunt, July 23, 1775; m. 2d, Priscilia Delano, Mar., 1795; iiad Melzar ; Sally va. Barllett Holmes; Wait-y m. Bradford Freeman, Apr., 1802; Clark, May 3, 1783 (30): William, Sep. 18, 1785 (31); Nanry m. Saml. Chandler; Mary m. John Alden; Rhoda m. Chas. Sampson, m. 2d, Mr. Uerrish. 15. John, (s. of 10,) Dux. ; m. Nancy Thomas, Nov. 6, 1778; had Charlotte, Fanny, l-jucy, Susan, and William Thomas, all unm. ; CajH. Isaac (32) ; Nancy m. Mr. Beals of Abington ; Capt. Bejijaniin (33). 16. Peter, (s. of 10,) Dux., removed to K. ; m. Deborah Delano, Oct. 27, 1783, who d. Jan. 11, 1785, get. 21 ; m. Charlotte Delano; he d. Apr. 19, 1845, set. S3; had Zenas (34) ; Charlotte m. Mr. Coney of N. Carolina, and settled in Med ford; and William. 17. James, (s. of 10,) Dux.; m. Sarah Gray of Scituate; had Samuel Gray, Oct. 30, 1780 (35) ; Capt. George, Nov. 20, 1792 (36) ; Capt. Hosea, Aug. 29, 1794, m. Lucia Prior, and had Charles L., July 4, 1824, d. Sep. 25, 1825, and Sarah J., Dec. 30, 1835; Sophia, Dec. 20, 1796; Sarah, Feb. 21, 1799, m. Joseph Prior; James, Apr. 24, 1801, d. Mar. 4, 1818; Abigail, Dec. 23, 1803, m. Josiah Morton; Eleanor, Apr. 23, 1804, m. Capt. Church Weston; and Mary Saun- ders, June 17, 1809, m. Mr. Cushing of Scituate. IS. Nathaniel, (s. of 11.) Dux. ; m. Hannah Loring, Dec 9, 1800; and had chd. — CV/y^^. Gershom., Nov. 23, 1801, m Jane Winsor. Oct. 14, 1827, and he d. at sea, off Cape Hat- teras, Feb. 12, 1841, and had Horace Edwin, May 18, 1829, WINSOR. 343 Florence Gregorv, Aug. 15, 1832. Ada Jane, Aug. 17, 1834, Pauline, Mar.^l'i! 1S3G, and Gershom Crayton, Feb. 19, 1840; Capt. Daniel Loriiig; July 7, 1804, m. 8ally Bartlett Samp- son, and had Georgianna Lloyd, Feb. 24, 1830, d. Aug. 20, 1841, and George Lloyd, Aug. 14, 1843; Nafhauiel, June 30, 1806, a merchant of Boston, m. Ann Thomas Howland, Apr. 5, 1829. and has had Justin, Jan. 5, d. Jan. 8, 1830, Justin. Jan. 2, 1831, Arthur Herbert, Mar. 2, 1835, d. Dec. 8, 1837, Cor- delia Herbert. Mar. 11, 1839, d. Apr. 15, 1842, Cordelia Arthur, May 22, 1842; Elizabeth, July 25, 1808, m. Capt. Erastus Sampson; Mary, Aug. 18, 1810, m. Lloyd Granville Sampson, who d. July 6, 1838; Edward, Apr. 28, 1813, Bos- ton, m. Harriet B. Sprague, Sep. 7, 1835, and has had Parker, Aug. 16, 1836. Gustavus Adolphus, Jan. 15, 1838, Georgiana Lloyd, May 14, 1842, and Edward Sprague, June 22, 1846; Gustavus, Dec. 5, 1814, d. Jan. 31, 1836; Samuel Loriiig; Dec. 19, 1816, of Boston; Capt. Charles Frederick, May 7, 1819, m. Mary Ann Weston ; and Hetiry, Apr. 22, 1826. 19. Capt. Samuel, (s. of 11,) Dux. ; m. Olive Chandler, Oct. 22, 1801, and he d. at Jamaica (Kingston), Mar. 24, 1805, aet. 26 years ; had 3Iaria, Nov. 9, 1800, m. Saml. Fra- zar ; Eliza, Oct. 21, 1802, m. John Holmes; Samuel, Aug. 1, 1804. 20. Capt. Martin, (s. of 11.) Dux.; m. Hannah Rogers; and has had Capt. Albert Martin, Oct. 13, 1807, m. Augusta Merry, and has had Olive Soule, and Lysander, who d. young, and Olive Soule, now living; Susan, inXy 10,1809, ra. Capt. Thomas Winsor ; Caroline, Aug. 28, 1811, m. Capt. George Prior: Augusta, Dec. 2, 1815, m. Elijah Baker; and Olive Soule, Nov. 17, 1824, and d. June 14, 1835. 21. Thomas, (s. of 12,) went to Boston, m. Wealthea Sprague, and had Henry, Dec. 31, 1803, merchant of Boston, m. Mary Aim Davis, May 29, 1832 ; Jane, July 31, 1805, m. Capt. Gershom Winsor; Seth, Sep. 31, 1807; Capt. Thomas, Aug. 22, 1809, m. Susan Winsor, and has Thomas Irving, Sep. 11, 1841, Arthur Austin, Sidney Edgar; Alfred, Apr. 9, 1811, merchant of Boston, m. Ann Maria Bird, Apr. 11, 1833, now resides in Brookline, and has Helen. Mary Percival, Alfred, Frank, Rufus; Edwin, Nov. 5, 1812, d. Sep. 9, 1813; Harriet, May 25, 1816, m. Richard Soule, Jr.; Elizabeth Hale, Apr. 14, 1818, m. John Bird; Judith, Aug. 1, 1820; Rufus, d. Sep. 27, 1842; and Frederic. 22. Joseph, (s. of 12,) Dux., removed to Boston ; m. 1st, Ly- dia Sampson, in. 2d, Betsy Sprague, m. 3d, • ; and has had Capt. Allen Sept. 13, 1811 ; Ruth Thomas March 15, 1813, m. Mr. Bird; Lucia June 4, 1815 ; Maria Sept. 19, 1817, d. Oct. 3, 1817 ; Joseph May 6, 1819 ; Sarah Ann Sept. 13, 344 WINSOR. 1821; Frederic Zlpham Aug. 6, 1823, d. Nov. 11, 1824; So- phia ;^ Hannah. 23. Capt. George, (s. of 12,) Dux., m. Alice Turner, and has had George Aug. 12, 1812, m. Mary Thomas, who d. Jan. 25, 1836, m. 2d, Deborah Thomas, who d. July 23, 1839, m. 3(3, Abigail, and has had Georce A. 30 May, 1834. Henry F. Jan. 1, 1836, Deborah July 23,' 1839, d. July 24, 1839, Debo- rah Dec. 24, 1842; James April 14, 1817, m. a Gushing; Joshua Sept. 21, 1819, has had Corinda April 13, 1841, and Joshua F. April 21, 1842 ; Lorenzo Dow Jan. 4, 1822 ; Lucy Alice Nov. 11, 1824; WilUam W. Aug. 28, 1829. 24. John, (s. ofl3,) Dux., m. Martha Howitt of N.Carolina, and had St//vanus U. April 24, 1800, d. Aug. 19, 1836 ; Mar- garet April 7, 1806 ; William W. Nov. 29, ISll, m. Elizabeth Simmons; Martha April 26, 1814, d. Jan. 18, 1834; Harriet Hall Sept. 17, 1817, m. Thomas Verge; Baileij D. Aug. 24. 1820 ; John M. Aug. 28, 1824. 25. Spencer, (s. of 13,) Dux., m. Charlotte Howitt of N. Carolina; he d. Oct. 30, 1835; had Lijdia Jan. 12,1801, d. Jan. 19, 1836; Charles June 18, 1804, d. Oct. 19, 1835 ; Alden Dec. 21, 1806; Richard July 4, 1808, m. Deborah Weston, and has had Arabella, March 19, 1843 ; Elizabeth Noyes Dec. 18, 1811, d. Dec. 12, 1815; Charlotte May 10, 1815; Eliza- beth Noyes March 25, 1818, d. Oct. 31, 1835; Mary Ann Sep. 4, 1820 ; Lucy Ladonia and Maria Louisa (gemini) Feb. 17, 1823, Lucy L. d. Sept. 24, 1835; Spencer T. Sept. 14, 1826; Calvin Gardner Sept. 17, 1829 ; and Harriet, who d. Sept. 19, 1836. 26. Charles, (s. of 13,) Dux., m. Beulah Wadsworth; had Eden Aug. 4, 1806, m. Lucy Weston; Emily July 15, 1808, in. Thos. Waterman Herrick ; Nanci/ July 2, 1810; Acenith Aug. 14, 1813, d. Sept. 5, 1835; Hiram Nov. 10, 1814, m. Sally Baker, m. 2d Lydia Delano ; Whitman July 31, 1818 ; Ruby Soule Feb. 17, 1821, d. Mar. 13, 1837; Ahby O//5 April 11, 1823. m. Henrv Wadsworth; Laura Ann Oct. 28, 1825 ; Helen Mar Oct. 10, 1827, m. Mr. Burbeck ; Clara Aug. 31, 1829, m. Rufus Holmes. 27. Capt. Otis, (s. ofl3,) Dux., m. Kesia Sampson : had Catharine W. Oct. 4,' 1811, d. May 26, 1821; Ezra Morton April 2, 1813, d. at sea; Otis Oct. 19, 1815, m. Julia Hunt; Samuel Oct. 21, 1817, d. at sea ; and Kesia Jan. 15, 1820, m. Francis Cooper. 28. Lewis, (s. of 13.) Dux., m. Lydia Howitt; had chd. Adriana Oct. 23, 1818, m. Mr. Hutchins; Leiris April 31, 1821; Mahala Allen Nov. 1823, m. Edwin Peterson; Henry Otis Dec. 15, 1825 ; Augustus March 2, 1829 ; Lydia Nov. 23, 1830. WINSOR. 345 29. Alden, (s. of 13,) Dux., m. Eliza Perkins ; had Catharine Aug. 21, 1821 ; Maria Oct. 31, 1822; Harvey July 3, 1821; Eliza Ann March 15, 1828 ; Susan B. Feb. 2G, 1831 ; Sam- uel Alden March 22, 1830 ; James E. Sept. 23, 1840. 30. Clark, (s. of 14,) Dux., m. Mary Chandler, who was b. Sept. 6, 1785: had Mary Ann Sept. 2, 1806; Elbridge Aug. 20, 1808; Hiram July 30, 1810, d. March 19, 1812; Lydia Feb. 10, 1813, d. Dec. 17, 1814; William C. Nov. 2, 1815 ; Elizabeth H. July 16, 1820 ; Sa?miel T. June 16, 1826. 31. William, (s. of 14,) Dux., m. Sophia Chandler, who was b. Mar. 30, 1789; had Erastns July 9, 1809; ISeth Aug. 6, 1813 ; William Oct. 3, 1806. 32. Capt. Isaac, (s. of 15,) Dux., m. Betsy Howitt, and he d. Nov. 28, 1848, and had Frances Dec. 28, 1815, m. Rev. (now Elder) William Harlow; Betsy Sanderso7t June 21, 1819; Lncian May 15, 1825. 33. Capt. Benjamin, (s. of 15,) Dux., d. June 10, 1842; m. Hannah Freeman, and had Claudius Sept. 30, 1828; Eudora June 19, 1832 ; Edward, and Benjamin. 34. Capt. Zenas, (s. of 16,) Dux., m. Lucinda Wadsworth 1806, and has had Alexander Av\%. 11, 1811; Zenas Oci. 8, 1816 ; Debor-ah Jan. 26, 1808, m. Henry Brooks ; Liicinda Nov. 7, 1813; Jervsha R. Dec. 21, 1819; Larnelia June 7. 1825; Helen C. Feb. 6, 1823, d. Oct. 8, 1842. 35. Samuel Gray, (s. of 17.) Dux., m. Lydia Delano, and had Elizabeth Dec. 10, 1812 -^Daniel H. Oct. 14, 1814 ; 3faria June 13, 1817; Samuel Jan. 28, 1822; Elbridge Feb. 18, 1824 ; Harrison Gray Dec. 28, 1825, d. Dec. 25, 1826. 36. Capt. George, (s. of 17.) Dux., m. Hannah Delano; had Frances James July 22. 1820, m. John Drew 1848; George H April 8, 1823, d. July 22, 1824; George H. July 23, 1826 ; Walter June 11, 1829 ; Eugene Adolphus July 17, 1831 ; Julius Augustus Jan. 17, 1834. Note. The name and family of Windsor, in England, are very ancient. The name of the town (whence comes the family name) is said to have been derived from the winding shore of the river at that place ; and we find it early written Windleshore, then Windshore, Windsore, Windsor. In William the Conqueror's time, the town and castle came into the royal pos- session, and in his reign, we find Walter Fitz-Other, castellan or gov- ernor of Windsor castle, and from thence, we are informed, he assumed the name of Walter De Windsor, and he is the ancestor of the family of Windsor. He is said to have been the son of Sir Other, the son of 0th- oere, who some say derived his descent from ancestors in the kingdom of Norway, and was living, a powerful prince in K. Alfred's reign. Walter, above, bore arms, as some say, "Gules a saltire argent," or as others 44 346 WINSOR. affirm, " Arpent a sallire gules;" and the different aims of the family down to the present time are but modifications of the same. His sons were William DeWindsor, Robert DeWindsor and Gerald Fitz- Walter. Gerald's descendant have not the name of Windsor, but he is ancestor of the family of Fitzgeralds, and the houses of Leicester and Kildare. Robert is progenitor of the Windsors, Lords of Estaines. William DeWindsor succeeded his father as castellan of Windsor Castle and Berkshire Forest. The family seat was Stanwell, county of Middlesex, until they removed (temp. Henry VIII,) to Bordsley Abbey. He is ancestor of a numerous family, including the Lords of the Barony of Windsor. From this son, it is presumed, (though as yet I have not fixed with certainty their position) are descended the Windsors (Winsors) of Boston and Duxbury. A remarkable similarity of Christian names, between the first American generations, and the cotemporary Eng- lish families gave rise to the conjecture. The names of Peter, Robert, William and Thomas, appear in both branches. We learn by a proclamation of King James in 1590, that he returned from Denmark, "honorably accompanied with divers persons of honour," and among this retinue, as one of the " gentlemen of Denmark " stands the name of Owb Winsour. — Rymer's Foedera. In the London directories the names, both of Windsor, and Winsor occur. I think there have been Windsors in Maryland. Joshua Winsor was the ancestor of the family of Rhode Island, con- cerning which there appeared in 1847, a pamphle^ of twelve pages, entitled "A Genealogical Account of the ancient Winsor family in the United States ; collected principally from records in the several branches thereof, introduced by an account of their progenitors in the male line, for several generations previous to the emigration to America. By the late Olney Winsor." By this it appears Joshua arrived at Providence, 1638, and was son of Samuel, son of Jo/m, son of Samuel, son of Robert, a Roman Catholic knight (temp. Henry VIII). Here again we notice the same names common to the Boston and Duxbury branches. Joshua's children were Samuel, Sarah, Susanna and Mary. This Mary m. Jonathan Gary, son of James Gary, who d. at Charlestown, in 1G81. Jonathan was a deacon of the Charlestown church, and d. 1737, at. 92 years. His children were Jonathan, Samuel, James, Freelove and Abigail. Vide Alden Epitaphs, ii. WITHERELL. 1. William, h. IGOO, arrived 1634, removed to Dux. 163S; purchased a house and land of Edward Hall, between Rev. R. Partridge's farm and Nicholas Robinson's; had a grant, 1610, northwest of North hill ; also had land at North river, aftd at Namasakccset ; ad. 165S; removed to Scituate, settled there as pastor of the second cliurch, and d. Apr. 9, 1684 Chd. ; Samuel, John, Theophilus, Daniel, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah and Hannah. — See Deane's Scituate. WORMALL. 347 2. Charles, Dux., of late years; m. Anne, and had Ann, Acenith, Sally, Judith, Cimrles and Reuben. WORMALL. 1. James, Scituate, 163S ; removed to Dnxbury; had Josiah, Dux., 1670; Jo/ui m. Mary Barrows, Jan. 9, 1698, d. at Bridgewater, 1711, 2. Joseph (s. of — ,) Scituate, m. Mirriam; d. a. 1661, and had Josiah ; Sarah; Hester. A Joseph was a carpenter of Boston, 16.50. William of Boston, m. Sarah, and had Mary, May 1, 1704. Sarah m. Wm. Cullove, 14 July. 1715. — Boston Records. 3. JosiAH, (s. of I or 2,) Dux.; m. Patience Sherman, Jan. 15, 1695; had Josiah, who d. without issue; Melietabel m. Christopher Wadsworth, 1713; Mercy m. Wm. Merry, Oct. 28, 1720; Samuel {5) ; Irhabod {6). 4. Ebenezer, (s. of?) Dux.; m. Elizabeth Briggs, Apr. 22, 1717; had Kesia, Feb. 21, 1718, m. Isaac Tinckham, July 26, 1739; Betiy, Mar. 1, 1720; Abiah, May 4, 1725. 5. Samuel, (s. of 3,) Dux. ; m. Mary Forrest, Jan. 27, 1737, she survived him ; had Azubah, m. Thomas Delano, Dec. 23, 1762; Patience m. John Soule, Jan. 11, 1759. 6. IcHABon, (s. of 3,) Dux.; m. Lydia Delano, Dec. 13, 1736; had Ichabod ; Desire. Note. Hannah, 1674, d. July 7, 1758, zet. 84 ; Grace, 1679, d. Nov. 25, 1757, set. 78; Lydia m. Ebenezer Delano, May 16, 1745. There was a John in Bridgevv., m. Mary Bryant, 1729, and had Joseph, Benjamin, and John ; Sarah (Bridgew.,) m. Nehemiah Allen, 1707. Hist. Bridgew. Note. The abbreviation o't. has in the foregoing pages been used for aged, the meaning of the full form crtaiis being now so generally lost sight of in the abbreviation, that the author has found that the usages of his au- thorities have so conflicted in regard to it, that discrimination of the true meaning of the authority was in some cases almost impossible. When it has been satisfactorily ascertained that there had been a proper use of the abbreviation, the full form, " in the — year of his age" has generally been given. APPENDIX. I. The Grant of Bridgewater to the Inhabitant? of Duxbury, was niarle to the following- persons, at that time (1645) of course residing in Duxbury, and they form the original proprietors of Bridgewater. Many of them removed thither, while others conveyed their grants to their sons, who set- tled there, and others sold, or otherwise disposed of them. William Bradford, William Merrick, John Bradford, Abraham Pierce, John Rogers, George Partridge, .Tohn Starr, Mr. William Collier, Christopher Wadsworth, Edward Hall, Nicholas Robbins, Thomas Hayward, ISathaniel VViUis, John Wilhs, Thomas Boney, Mr. Miles Standish, Love Brewster, Mr. Ralph Partridge, John Pay body, William Paybody, Francis Sprague, William Basset, John Wash/nirn, John Washburn, Jr., John Ames, Thomas Gannct, William Brrft, Kdmnnd Hunt, William Clark, William Ford, Mr. Const. Southworth, John Cary, Edmund Weston, Samuel Tompkins, Edmund Chandler, Moses Simmons, John Irish, Philip Delano, Arthur Harris, Mr. John Alden, John Fobcs, Samuel Nash, Abraham Sampson, George Soule, Expc7irnce Mitchell, Henry Howland, Henry Sampson, John Brown, John Hau-ard, Francis West, William Tubbs, James Lindall, Samuel Eaton, Solomon Leonard. Note. Those in italics afterwards removed to Bridgewater. II. The following list of vessels, which have been wrecked on Duxbury beach, is given, without any pretensions to completeness, and are only such as have been remembered by persons now living. Nov. 25, 1792, the ship Rodney, of London, of between four and five hundred tons, Capt. Whytock, was cast ashore on the Branches ledge in a northeast storm, on her passage from Boston for Martinique, and loaded with lumber and brick, No lives were lost. Capt. Samuel Delano, Jr., APPENDIX. 349 of Duxbury, while endeavoring to render her assistance, scarcely escaped drowning, and for his heroic conduct was rewarded by the Humane Society with a gold medal. Her passengers were rescued by a sloop, and among their number were several females, the Captain's family. — See De/mio's Voyages. In March, 1792, the ship Columbia, of three hundred tons, of Portland, Capt. Isaac Chauncy, was stranded on the beach at the High Pines, and fourteen men lost, and two, the second mate and a boy, were saved. In April, 1801, a sloop was wrecked, and three men drowned and two saved . A few years after, a Swedish brig was driven upon the beach in a storm, and all the crew saved. By the aid of a force from Duxbury, she was soon got off; but shortly after was again driven on by another gale, when she was again floated and carried into Duxbury for repairs. Her crew remain- ed in Duxbury all winter ; and one of their holidays, which they celebrated during iheir stay, attracted considerable attention, and afforded some delight to the towns-people. This brig was bound for Boston, from the Mediter- ranean. A year or two after this, the brig Pomona was wrecked on Branches Island, at the north end of the beach. A Portland schooner, loaded with molasses, from the West Indies. And, a few years ago, a lumber schooner, from the Eastward, when two boys were lost. III. SHIP-BUILDING, COMMERCE, FISHERY, ETC. Mr. Thomas Prince, it is related, established the first yard, for building vessels, in the town. This was on the western shore of the Nook, directly opposite to Mr. William Soule's, and here was built the first vessel that was ever raised in the town, now about one hundred and thirty years since. It was a sloop, and constructed mostly of wild cherry, which was consider- ably used at that time, and found to be very durable. Alexander Weston, the grandfather of the first Ezra Weston, served an apprenticeship with him. The second was Mr. Israel Sylvester's, where lately was Mr. Frazar's. The third was conducted by Mr. Benjamin Freeman at Harden Hill. The fourth was Mr. Perez Drew's. The fifth was established by Messrs. Samuel Winsor and Samuel Drew, on the Nook shore, to the westward of Captain's Hill, where ]Mr. Winsor resided, in the house since known as the "Ned Soutliworth " house. In this yard the first large vessels were built. Mr. Winsor previously resided at Clark's Island, and here on the southern end built several vessels. The sixth was Mr. Isaac Drew's, who built at the Nook, and carried on the business for upwards of fifty years. During the last half century or more, the following are those who have been most extensively engaged in this business : — Captains Sylvanus and Joseph Drew, on the north side of Bluefisli river; on the south side, Mr. Levi Sampson at the bridge ; and adjoining, on the (!ast, Mr. Ezra Weston ; and, still further to the east, Capt. Samuel Delano. At the Mill-pond, Mr. Samuel A. Frazar on the north side, and Dca. George Loring on the soutli. Isaac Drew, James Soutliworth, and Joseph Wadsworth at the Nook. Benjamin Prior, Ezra Weston and Samuel Hail, near Harden Hill bay. Joshua Gushing and Seth Sprague on the easterly shore ; and John Oldham at Duck Hill. 350 APPENDIX. This business has of late years much decreased, owing to want of timber rear at hand, and the trouble and expense of procuring the materials from the eastward. At the present time, scarcely more than two or three vessels are built- here per annum, and these often of the smaller class. Until of late, vessels of the largest class have been built in Duxbury, and for supe- riority of model and excellence of workmanship have been justly praised. Most, if not nearly all of the inhabitants of the town, for the last half century, have been connected directly or indirectly, or at least dependent in some degree on the sea for support. Many of the inhabitants have been large ship-owners, and extensively engaged in the various branches of com- merce. The late Mr. Ezra Weston was distinguished as a successful mer- chani, and enjoyed the reputation of being the largest ship-owner in the country. Others might be named, who have held high rank as merchants, and been of considerable note in the mercantile community. A very large portion of the inhabitants have been engaged in the mer- chant service, and a considerable number have been Atlantic ship-masters. Fifteen or twenty years since, there were living in Duxbury forty-three ship-masters ; and within the recollection of a person then living, eleven had died. Although so larfje a number of vessels have belonged in past times to Duxbury, yet few other than the fishing vessels have ever frequented its harbor, as the port of the metropolis offers far superior advantages. The Fishing business has now engaged the attention of the inhabitants for nearly a century and a half, though of late years the aggregate of ton- nage engaged has been considerably less than was employed about ten or fiflecn years since. Among the first who embarked in this enterprise, was Mr. Joshua Dela- no. Messrs. Joshua and Josiah Soule were also largely engaged in it, and their vessels were constantly employed in the proper season at Cape Sable. Three or four was then the usual number of vessels on the fishing-grounds, and this gradually continued to increase, receiving, however, some detri- ment during the Revolution, until about the years 1785 or 178G, when there were sent and belonging to Duxbury, sixty-four Bank fishermen, having an average of seventy tons, and an aggregate of about forty-five hundred. At this period Messrs. Nathaniel and Joshua Winsor were probably the most extensively engaged in the business, and for several years continued to be of the most enterprising of the inhabitants. Schooners, sloops and perhaps larger vessels were engaged in the whale fishery from Duxbury as early as the beginning of the last century, and for some years quite a number of the inbal)itants were thus employed. Their resort was at first along the shore and between the capes ; but by the close of the first quarter of the century they had extended their grounds, and now the coast of Newfoundland became to be generally frequented, and even as late as 1760, or perhaps later, vessels were employed in the Saint Lawrence gulf. On a blank leaf in the account book of Mr. Joshua Soule of Duxbury, 1 find the following memorandum. — " Whale vieg begun, elisha cob sayled from hear March yc 4, from Plymouth ye 7, 1729." It is now about sixty or seventy years since the first wharf was built in Duxbury. This was constructed by Mr. Nathaniel Winsor, and was some years afler enlarged, though it has since gone to decay. About two years after a second one adjoining was built by Mr. .loshua Winsor, which is now standing. This afterward passed into the hands of Messrs. Levi Sampson, Georire Loriiig and Samuel A. Frazar, wlio sold it to George and Amherst APPENDIX. 351 A. Frazar, and is now owned by Messrs. Sampson & Knowles. It has been once rebuilt. A few years after Mr. Ezra Weston's at Powder point was built. Ten or more years afterward followed Cnpt. Samuel Winsor's on the easterly shore, and next Capt. Sylvaiius Sampson's at Harden Hill bay. The two next were Capt. John Winsor's at Eluefish, and Samuel Walker's at the Nook, both of which are now decayed. Messrs. Reuben and Charles Drew's on the river was the next. The next one was built by Zadock Bradford and Freeman Loring, near Harden Hill bay. Nearly seventy years ago, in 1781, the late Major Judah Alden estab- lished himself in Duxbury as a trader, and was the first one who carried on regularly that business. Previous to this some had enjoyed a lucrative business in furnishing to the fishermen their stores, provisions and other necessary articles, though in many instances these were provided by the owners themselves, who usually kept on hand a sufficient stock, to enable them also to meet the wishes of their neighbors occasionally, thereby precluding an earlier existence of a regular trader in the town. Alexander Standish is said to have been a trader in Duxbury even as early as the latter part of the seventeenth century. He is said to have made an addition to the house of his father. Captain Standish, and in this part to have conducted his traffic with the Indians and others. In the remains of that part of the house articles have been found, which would serve to strengthen the tradition. Joshua Soule was also a trader in Duxbury, as early as 1728. The ac- count book of Mr. Soule, now before me, plainly shows that by far the most profitable sales of this period were those of intoxicating liquors. Charges like the following repeatedly occur. "Apr. 21, 1730. Nathaniel Chand- ler to 1 q. rum Is. 6d ; at weden 2 g. 14s 46^." — "Dec. 5, 1732. Sam. Fish is dr. h p. rum swetened, 8d ; i p. spised rum, Sd; next morning i p. more. Id; and at night i p. more, 7^/." By the same it appears that from September to January, I'SO, he laid in a stock of over 450 gallons of rum, and in May following a barrel for his carpenters, and thirty-three gallons more to sell. Mr. Soule owned two sloops, the Seaflower and the Dolphin, which were employed coasting between Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas and the North. Maj. Aldan was followed soon after by Capt. Seth Sprague, Capt. Syl- vanus Sampson, Mr. Parker from Plympton, Mr. Winslow Hooper in 1811, and since that period there have been Messrs. William Sampson, Samuel A. Frazar, Charles Drew, Jr., N. and J. Ford, Eleazer Harlow and others. FISHING GROUNDS. In this place it may not perhaps be amiss to give the marls of the various fis/un< 260, 264, 270, 273, 298, 305, 307, 312, 328, 338, 339. Sanger, Rev. Zed. His min- istry, 205 ; letter of accept- ance, 205 ; his ances^tiy and family, 205; his ordination and first sermon, 206 ; his salary, 207; his dismission, 207 ; his character, 207 ; set- tles at Bridge water, 207 ; en''a"es in navigation, 207. Saqulsh, 15, 23, 26, 29, 66. Saunders, 305. Savage, 214, 331. Saxtim, 272. Scales, 315. Scammel, 1.58. Scarborough, 218. Schools, 71-4. High school, ScUuate, 13, 14, 16, 87, 90, 92, 127, 135, 168,178-9, 192, 196, O0''-3 207-8. Fam., 217, 222, 2-^4 297, 228-9, 237, 241, 248, 253' 261, 266-8. 274-5, 281, 283-4, 294-5, 297-9, 306-7, 316, 322-4, 326, 3.33, 337, 346, 347. Interm. 219, 220, 225, 230, 236, "239, 25C-8, 312, 342. Scottow, 339. Scouts, town ordered to main- tain a standing, 105. Seabuby, Fam., 305. Samuel, 22,44,47,65,73,80,82,112, 179, 183, 185, 187, 197, 201, 209, 267. Sea Fencibles, 162. Sears, 131. Seavcr, 229, 332. Seaward, 86. Selectmen, 79. Sentries at Captain's Hill, 124, Settlement of the town, 9. Shaving mills, 145. 238, 283 SHAWson, 307, Sheep, 24, 135. Shelly, 204. Sherard, 340. Sherburne, 205, 206, 979. Sherman, 307,-^2, 92,245,259, 267, 279. Shortly, 291. Ship-building, 349. Ship owners and masters, 3o0. Shore, 117. Shrewsbury, 265, 282. Sides, 2.-)2. Simmons, Fam., 307. 244, 284, 310, 341 mentioned, 64, 05, 162, 167, 179, 185, 186, 188. Simon, 117. Skiffe, 199, 230. Slaves, 70, 71. Small pox in Dux., 87. Smith, 14, 117, .131, 130, 902, 200. Fam. 309. Interm. 220, 229, 256, 270, 279, 288, 320, 340, :?41. Snell, 73, 220, 223, 324. Snow, 118. Fam., 309. In- termarriages, 222, 2S.'3, 247, 25(!, 259, 293. Sodom, 12. Sogkonntes, 107. Soldiers' equipments, 92, 94, 111 ; pay, 92, 102, 103. Somerby, 316. Souhegan, 73.' Soule, Fam., 310. Interm. 218, 334. Family arms, 313-4. George, 70, 77, 89, 92. John, 99, 182. Joshua, 187, 188, 194, 195, 350. Zachary, 27, 92. Others, 105, 140, 166, 169, 170, 179, 188, 198, 201, 350. Souther, 91. SouTHwoRTH, Fam., 314. Interm. 273. Pedigree in England, 316. Constant, 44, 4(1, ti8, 85, 89, 93-4, 102, 185, 231, 310. Edward, 16, 68, 72, 185, 187. Tames, 28, i:i5, 137, 142, 349. Tlio- 7H«.*, 68, 101, 188, 310. Others, 123, 192. Sparrow, 103, 131, 260, 293. Speer, 117. Spooner, 336. Sprague, Fam., 317. Interm. 225, 278, 309, 343. Francis, 17, 46, 47, 70, 93, 172, 276. rohn, 105, 183, 188. Sainuel, 82, 123, 184. Seth, 19, 79, 146, 162, 163, 105, 318, 319, 349, 351. Others, 12, 86, 118, 123, 124, 146. Spring, 204. Sproat. 314. Spr<)ut,;SO, 123, 129, 285. Squamaug, 75. Stacia, 134. Stamp act, 118. Kesolves of the town upon, 119; its re- peal, 119; and the rejoicing thereat, 119-20. Standish, Fam., 320. Interm. 279, 341. Fam. Arms, 96. Mezan/hr, 69, 82, 96, 180, 183, 351. Josiah, 77, 95, 101 102,109. CpLMyles, ]n-''> 15,17,23,33,48,5.1-6, 89,90,93-5. His house, 52; spring, 53 ; swords, 54, 98 ; coat of mail, 54, 98 ; proper- ty, 55, 09, 70, 96. -««'«, 197. Standlake, 324. Stanford, 322, 217,219,135, St^rr, Fam., 322. Comfort, ^^r, g'o 93._J- JuAn, 22, 09, 93. Stea'rns, 210, 260. Steel 231. Stetson, 323, 42, 223, 238, 243,206,271,278. .Stevens, 291. Stevenson, 233. Stockbridge, 323, 79, 138. Stocks, 83. . . Strangers, 87 ; entertaming them, fined, 87. Studlev, 228, 301,310. Sturtevant, 131, 200, 333. Stvle of dates, 11. Siidbury, 205. Sullivan, 137. Summers, 300. Swanzev, 102, 2.38, 240,247, 269, 272, 286, 297, 334. 1 Swectser, 313. SwiTZEB, 324, 2.'-)7. Sylvester, "524, 73, 112, 118, I 218, 349. Synod of 1647, 176. Tarkiln, 12. Tnrpits, 235. Taunton, 138, 205, 298, 939, 263,204,206, 273, 275,281, 299, 396. Taylor, 2.58, 2C9, 331. Temple, 212. Tennev, 297. Terrill, 298. Thacher, 325, 81, 82, 91, 101, 178, 183,269,273,289. Thanksgiving, 85. Thaxter, 245, 254. Thaver, 74, 278, 304. Thomas, 69, 73, 89, 91, 118, 123, 126, 130-1, 137-8, 184, 199. Fam., 325. Interm. 017 225, 2.54-5, 262, 269, 278-9, 991, 300, 309,317, 319, 342, 344. Thompson, 131, 256, 296, 331. Thorne, 340. Thorp, 326,223. Thrasher, 275. Thresher, 117. 'I'hump caps, 352. Tidge, 178. Tilden, 139, 226, 299, 978, 28.-). Tils(U), 947. Tinckham, 347. Tinkcrtown,'12. TisDELL, 326, 93, 205, 997. TiverUm, 314, 315, 324. Tobey, 117,260,279,319. Tolman, 312, 319, 331,337. Tompkins, 326, 92. Topography of the town, 23-3.5. Tories, of Marslifield, 127-9, 138. None in Duxbury, 138. Treatment of them, 139, 140. Torrey, 292. 360 INDEX. Tour, 144, 340. Tower, 326. Town officers. Surveyors of highways, 21 ; clerks, 68, 82 ; representatives, 77 ; se- lectmen, 79 ; constables, 81 ; treasurers, 82. Townshend, 131. Tracy, 326, 13, 17, 77, 70, 111. Trader, the first in Duxbury, 351. Training-field, 115. Tray, 117. Treasurers, 82. Tree of knowledge, 13. Treeble, 327. Trees, 26. Trewant, 267. Troop, 244. Trouest, 327. Truant, 327, 22, 92. Trumbull, 185, 189. TuBBs, 327, 22, 90, 92. Tucker, 340. Tupper, 139, 148. Turfrev, 214. Turner, 93, 166, 167, 188, 202. Fam., 327. Internt. 222, 225, 232, 236, 2li6, 271, 299, 304, 323, .341, 344. Turner, Rev. Charles. His ministry and salary, 202 ; his family, 202 ; his dismis- sion, 203 ; his character, 203-4 ; anecdotes of him, 203-4 ; afterwards a senator, 203-4 ; an ardent wliid, 154 ; prepares young men for col- lege, 74, 152. Tyler, 304. U, V. United colonies, confederation of, 90. UssEL, 327. Vassel, 91. Vaughan, 269. Veazie, Rev. Saml. Ilis min- istry, 191 ; his family, 191 ; his troubles with the socie- ty, 192 ; Whitfield converts him, 192 ; his labors objec- tionable, 193 ; his note to the ecclesiastical council, 195; asks his dismission, 196 ; his law-suit, 197 ; another council, 197 ; his dismission, 198 ; recommended to the chh. of Hull, 199; further accounts of the troubles, 199, 200 ; anecdotes of him, 201. Verdio, 329. Verge, 344. Vering, 340. Vermage, 320. Verren, 276. Vessels built, 27, 349. Cap- tured in the Revolution, 144 —in the war of 1812, 166. Viall, 216. Vicory, 271. Vinal, 201,219. Vincent, 328. Village, The, 12. Virsrtn, 335. Virginia, 139. Vobes, 92, 258. Vose, 151. W. Wade, 117, 131. Wadsworth, Fam., 328. In- term. 224, 272. Fam. arms, 328. Christopher, 17, 44, 69, 70, 77, 79, 81, 83, 90. John, 12, 16, 73, 74, 78, 80, 82, 110, J17, 118, 121, 153, 155, 180, 187, 201. Pelefr, 80, 121, 124, 126, 130-1, 135-7, 140, 157, 158, 202, 203. Wait, 80, 118, 121, 123-4, 140.. Others, 80, 116, 118, 123, 126, 132, 144, 145, 159, 166, 169,349. Waite. 328. Wakefield, 218. Walker, 332, 34, 79, 2.36, 270, 271, 274, 309, 310, 351. Walley, 214. Wallis, 332, 43. Wampanoags, 105. Wampatuck, 75. Wannapooke, 76. Wanton, 333. Ward, 158-9. Wards in the day, 104, 105, 112. Wareham, 135. Warner, 131. Warren, 31, 22,5, 231, 245, 31.5. Washburn, 333, 17,81, 93, 94, 137, 173, 239,342. Washington, (Jen., 126, 136. Waste, 243, 248. Watches in the night, 104, 10.5, 112. Waterman, 333, 165, 167, 217, 218, 221, 226. Waters, 299. Watertown, 204-5, 208, 222, 260. Watson, 334,24, 129,275,306. Wattles, 250. Wealth of the town, 70, 86. Wears, 84. Webb, 73. Weechertown, 12. Weed, 117. Weeks, 117. Welch, 220. Weld, 269. Wells, 327. Wensley, 260. West, 334, 22, 34, 47, 70, 80, 81, 83, 86, 185, 188, 190, 208, 227. West Indies, expedition against, 1U5-7. Weston, Fam. 334. Interm. 219,303,310,321, 322, 341. Edmtiml,{\0. Ezra, 19,27, 134, 141, 161, 162, 349, 350, 351. Others, 80, 118, 126, 136, 140, 143-4, 146, 165, 169, 187, 349. Weyborne, 337. Weymouth, 178, 231, 238, 259, 272, 284, 285, 292, 296, 298, 305, 306, 318, 324. W'haleboat Expedition. To Sandwich, 131 ; to Q.uincy, 148 ; in Boston harbor, 150. Whale fishery, 350. Whales, 86. Wharf, the first in Dux., 350. Whetconie, 262. Whipping-posts, 83. White, 33, 90, 105, 117, 125, 138, 139, 14U, 192. Fam 337. Interm. 226, 255, 272, 278, 292, 298. Whitefield, 192. Whitman, 74. W^hitmarsh,302. Whitney, 220. Whitteinore, 222, 290. Whytock, 348. Wilbor, 246, 315. Wilder, 257. Wilkinscm, 340. Willet, 94, 238. Williams, 89, 224, 297, 322, 337, 340. Williamson, 337, 282, 318. Williard, 214. Willis, 337, 90, 93, 184, 223, 228, 258, 262. Wills, 244, 288. Wilson, 338, 93, 230. Windham, Ct., 236, 275. WiNQ, 338, 312. WiNsLow, Fam., 338. Interm. 222, 229, 2,38, 310. Gov. Edward, 55, 70, 99. Gov. Josiah, 34, 101. Dr. Isaat, 128, 138. Others, 20, 69, 116, 117, 125, 129. WiNsoB, Fam., 339. Interm. 219, 274. Name, its origin, 345 ; the English family, 345-6 ; their armorial bear- ings, 345-6. The Rhode Isl- and family, 346. J^athanicl, 26, 80, 87, 144, 162, l(i7, 169, 350. -Joshua, 19, 20, l(i2, 166, 168, 350. Others, 118, 144, 162, 166, 167, 168, 349, 351. Winter, 74, 217, 266. Wiswall, 231. Wiswall, Rev. Ichabod. His ministry, 180 ; family, 180 ; his letter to Hinckley, 180 ; keeps a .school, 72 ; agent to England, 107-9, 112-15 ; his death and character, 183-4 ; an astrologer, 184 ; his sala- ry, 181, 182; his will and estate, 180. Witchcraft, 215. Wittowamatt, .52. WiTHERELL, .346, 90, 102, 103, 263, 273, 285. Woburn, 296. Wolcott, 18.5. Women gather the crops dur- ing the Revolution, 137. Wood, 131, 179, 180. Woodbcri-y, 117. Woodcock, 2.53. Woodman, 246. Woodward, 166, 220. Woodwortli, ;!02, 307. Woolwich, 201,313. WoBMALL, 347, 22, 189. Wright, 80, 146, 230, 237, 303, 305, 310, 322. Wyman, 315. Y, Z. Yarmouth, 214,222, 225,263, 264, 266, 273, 323, 338. Young, 2.55. Youths, required to perform military duty, 105. Zachary, 117. Zachary's rocks, 27. :?t> 6 907