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Peters of New England 
 
 A Genealogy, and Family History 
 
 Compiled by 
 
 Edmond Frank Peters 
 
 and 
 
 Eleanor Bradley Peters 
 
 (Mrs. Edward McClure Peters) 
 
 Author of " Hugh Peter: A Mosaic" 
 
 Ube Ikntcfterbocfter ipress 
 
 1903 
 
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TO THE MEMORY 
 
 OF 
 
 EDMOND FRANK PETERS 
 
 AND OF 
 
 THOMAS McCLURE PETERS, S.T.D. 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 List of Illustrations and Signatures 
 
 iii 
 
 The Making of the Book .... 
 
 vi 
 
 Tradition 
 
 ix 
 
 Inference 
 
 XV 
 
 Corrections and Additions 
 
 . xvii 
 
 Explanation 
 
 . xxi 
 
 GENEALOGY 
 
 
 MASSACHUSETTS: Ipswich and Andover 
 
 I 
 
 Reading and Wakefield .... 
 
 . 53 
 
 The Revd. Andrew of Middleton 
 
 . . S6 
 
 Medfield ....... 
 
 . 63 
 
 Andover 
 
 102 
 
 MAINE: Blue Hill 
 
 . 112 
 
 Ellsworth 
 
 127 
 
 Boston 
 
 . 137 
 
 CONNECTICUT: Hebron 
 
 ■ 152 
 
 
 .186 
 
 General Absalom 
 
 . 241 
 
 
 • 257 
 
 New York State 
 
 267 
 
 Litchfield ....... 
 
 . 2S2 
 
 Lost Tribes 
 
 304 
 
 Ohio . 
 
 . 311 
 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE: Seborne 
 
 . 314 
 
 Andrew 
 
 • 349 
 
Contents 
 
 Appendix : 
 
 Beamsley 357 
 
 My Native Land, Good-Night! .... 361 
 Autobiography op Colonel John op the Queen's 
 
 Loyal Rangers 366 
 
 Peters Traits 387 
 
 Divers Families 394 
 
 Military Service 408 
 
 Allied Families . . . . . . . .412 
 
 General Index . . . * . . . 420 
 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND SIGNATURES 
 
 Title-page, Edmond Frank Peters (about 1874), 
 
 Signature 1893 (see page 203) 
 Gravestone of Andrew Peters, 1713 (1901) 
 Will of Andrew Peeters, 1702 . . . . 
 
 Gravestone of Phebe Peters, 1702 . 
 Site of House of Andrew Peeters (1901) 
 Common and Pond adjoining House of Andrew 
 
 Peeters (1902) ...... 
 
 Signature of Samuel Peeters, 1703 . 
 
 Grave of the Revd. Andrew Peters of Middleton 
 
 1756 (1901) 
 
 Signature of Joseph Peters (43), 1781 
 Signature of Capt. Adam Peters, 1781 
 Beulah Lovett, wife of Lt.-CoL. Andrew Peters 
 Lt.-Col. Andrew Peters (from an oil painting) 
 
 Signature, 1779 ...... 
 
 Lovett Peters, Westborough, Mass. 
 
 Gravestone of John Peters of Andover, Mass. (17) 
 
 1797; Signature, 1767 .... 
 
 Portrait of John Peters of Andover (213), (from 
 
 A miniature), 1836 ..... 
 Signature of John Peters of Andover (213), 1815 
 Sarah Peters (Mrs. Leopold Grozelier), 1857; Sig 
 
 nature, 1901 ...... 
 
 Nathaniel Peters of North Andover, Mass. (242) 
 
 188- ; Signature, 185- .... 
 Monument to John Peters of Blue Hill, 1821; Sig 
 
 nature, 1813 ...... 
 
 Portrait of Chief-Justice John Andrew Peters of 
 
 Maine, 1884; Signature, 1902 
 
 27 
 28 
 41 
 43 
 
 43 
 43 
 
 61 
 
 63 
 63 
 81 
 
 82 
 84 
 
 102 
 
 106 
 106 
 
 108 
 
 no 
 
 ^33 
 
IV 
 
 List of Illustrations and Signatures 
 
 Portrait of Edward Dyer Peters of Boston (from 
 an oil painting, 1839); signature, 1834 
 
 Country Residence of Edward Dyer Peters (built 
 1799, taken about 1861 ?) . 
 
 Portrait of the Revd. Thomas McClure Peters 
 (about 1885); Signature .... 
 
 Portrait of the Revd. John Punnett Peters, 1897 
 Signature, 1902 ...... 
 
 Portrait OF Edward Dyer Peters, 2d, 1901; Signa 
 ture, 1903 ....... 
 
 Gravestone of Colonel John Peters, Gilead, Conn. 
 
 1804 (taken 1902) ..... 
 
 ^'Signature of Colonel John Peters, 1783 
 
 ' Residence of Colonel John Peters, Hebron, Conn 
 
 (built about 1740), 1902 .... 
 
 Portrait of Judge John Thompson Peters 
 
 Portrait of John Samuel Peters, Governor of Con- 
 necticut (about 1845); Signature, 1844 
 
 Monument to Governor Peters (taken in 1902) 
 
 Monument to the Revd. Samuel Peters (taken 
 1902) ........ 
 
 Residence of Governor Peters (taken 1902), built 
 
 1806 
 
 ^Portrait of General Absalom Peters 
 
 Portrait of John Rogers Peters; Signature . 
 
 Portrait of Lt.-Col. De Witt Clinton Peters; Sig- 
 nature ....... 
 
 " Portrait of the Revd. Absalom Peters; Signature 
 1858 
 
 Signature of Major George Pierce Peters, 1814 
 
 Portrait of George Absalom Peters, M.D., (from an 
 oil painting); Signature .... 
 
 Portrait of Hannah Peters (Mrs. William Jarvis) 
 
 FROM A water-color (aBOUT 1787?) 
 
 Portrait of the Revd. Samuel Peters, from j 
 water-color (about 1787?); Signature, 1822 
 
 Graves of the Revd. Samuel Peters' Three Wives 
 (taken 1902) ....... 
 
 ^37 
 138 
 140 
 
 143 
 146 
 
 157 
 
 157 
 
 164 
 
 180 
 182 
 
 182 
 
 182 
 
 241 
 
 244 
 
 249 
 
 250 
 250 
 
 253 
 257 
 258 
 
 260 
 
List of Illustrations and Signatures v 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Portrait of the Revd. Samuel Peters (from a 
 
 MINIATURE on IVORY, by PuRCELLO, TAKEN JUNE, 
 1824) ...,.,... 262 
 
 Portrait of Samuel Jarvis Peters (from a da- 
 guerreotype, 185-?); Signature . . . 264 
 .Portrait of the Revd. Garret Eber Peters, De- 
 troit, 1903; Signature, 1902 .... 294 
 
 Portrait of John Peters of Henniker, N. H. (about 
 
 1862) 335 
 
 Will of William Beamsley, 1658 .... 359 
 
 Portrait of the Revd. Charles Russell Treat, 
 
 1899 387 
 
 Portrait of William Henry Peters, of Norfolk, 
 
 Va., 1898; Signature, 1899 ..... 388 
 
THE MAKING OF THE BOOK 
 
 Twenty-three years ago Andover was visited by the 
 present compiler, and for the first time the correct family 
 descent was ascertained. The work, however, was aban- 
 doned almost as soon as begun, to be resumed only in 
 1895. In the meantime, Edmond Frank Peters, a de- 
 scendant of the Tory colonel, as he is commonly called 
 (Colonel John of the Queen's Loyal Rangers), started on 
 his labors, and for six years toiled imceasingly on a 
 Peters history and genealogy, which at his death, in 
 1893, was practically finished. His papers were left to 
 his relative, the Rev. Thomas McClure Peters, who had 
 been greatly interested in and had given every encourage- 
 ment to the work, but his death also taking place the 
 same summer, the entire material passed into the hands 
 of the present compiler. For the past eight years she 
 has been correcting, adding to, and perfecting the book. 
 Sections of family history collected by some six or eight 
 different individuals have been studied and copied. At 
 least sixty towns have been visited for the personal in- 
 spection of town and parish records, probate, and some- 
 times deeds, being investigated as well. Between forty 
 and fifty graveyards have been visited, which in nearly 
 every case means the inspection of each stone. The 
 genealogy has been rewritten from end to end, the form 
 and system completely changed, and a number of sepa- 
 rate articles on subjects of family interest have been 
 added. Portraits, views, and signatures have been col- 
 lected, and, although very far from complete, the work is 
 believed to be in sufficient shape to justify its printing in 
 
The Makinof of the Book vii 
 
 fc> 
 
 the hope that, by publishing what there is, in time an 
 almost perfect history may be obtained. Far more 
 could have been accomplished had individuals shown 
 more interest in the matter, it being in many cases almost, 
 or quite, impossible to obtain even the common courtesy 
 of a reply, or if information was sent it was often done 
 with so little interest as to be of no value. 
 
 To all those who have in any way aided or encouraged 
 the compiler, her heartiest appreciation is due, especially 
 to the Hon. John Andrew Peters, of Bangor, Me., whose 
 active sympathy and generous assistance are most grate- 
 fully acknowledged. To Miss Augusta Peters of Blue 
 Hill, Miss EHzabeth Sewall of Medfield, Mrs. Grozeher of 
 North Andover, Mrs. Annis Welles of Hebron, Mr. Jesse 
 S. Reeves of Richmond, Ind., Mr. George Albert Taylor 
 of Albany, and Mr. F. C. Bissell of Hartford; to Miss 
 Charlotte Abbott of Andover, who is a mine of informa- 
 tion on all town matters; and to Mrs. Almira Clarke of 
 Woodville, Conn., whose sensible and valuable letters 
 have been of the greatest service, the compiler wishes 
 also to express her thanks, as well as to the Essex Institute 
 for the loan of a copy of Edmond Frank Peters' papers. 
 Town histories have often been quoted and have been 
 found of great value. 
 
 Distant members of the family, in many instances 
 total strangers, have loaned valuable papers, autographs, 
 portraits, etc., and have sent information which, in some 
 cases, they procured at the cost of much time and 
 trouble to themselves. It is impossible to name all whom 
 the compiler would thank, in person if possible, but she 
 assures them that their kindness is fully appreciated. 
 
 The present compiler has again, in person, gone over 
 much of the groimd already carefully studied by Edmond 
 Frank Peters, and can hold herself responsible for the 
 sections entitled Ipswich and Andover, Middleton, An- 
 
viii The Makine of the Book 
 
 & 
 
 dover, Maine, General Absalom, The Revd. Samuel, Lost 
 Tribes, Andrew in New Hampshire, nearly all of Reading 
 and Wakefield, and portions of other sections. The 
 articles before and after the genealogy and the illustra- 
 tions and signatures are furnished by the present com- 
 piler. Nearly the whole of Medfield, all of Colonel John, 
 most of Sebome, and the greater part of the sections im- 
 mentioned are wholly due to Edmond Frank Peters, and 
 the present compiler has everywhere been greatly assisted 
 by his thorough and conscientious labors. 
 
 The enormous amoimt of material he amassed in the 
 six years of his toil would have been remarkable had he 
 devoted his entire time to the work, but when one realizes 
 that it was the result of his leisure hours only, it seems 
 little short of a miracle. His system of collecting matter 
 was most elaborate, painstaking, and complete, and was 
 undoubtedly the principal cause of his remarkable success. 
 Were it not for him this work would doubtless never 
 have been written, certainly not by the present author. 
 Even in the portions more especially her own he has 
 been an ever-present guide, counsellor, and friend, often 
 presenting her with some curious bit of information, or 
 warning her of some rock or shoal. In short, the entire 
 work is founded upon and permeated by Edmond Frank 
 Peters, and as his face is the first one sees upon opening 
 the book, so is his guiding and sustaining spirit the last 
 one leaves upon closing the volume. 
 
TRADITION 
 
 A WELL disseminated tradition causes our family history 
 to begin in Boston, in 1634, with one WilHam Peters, a 
 merchant, who was educated at Leyden, was a brother 
 of the Revd. Hugh Peters of Salem, and of the Revd. 
 Thomas Peters of Saybrook, and removed to Andover, 
 where he built a church and was buried under the pulpit.* 
 This attractive fiction emanates from the Revd. Samuel 
 Peters, a gentleman of whom it may be truly said that he 
 was indebted to his imagination for his facts, the facts 
 necessarily changing with the amoimt of imagination 
 temporarily at his command, and thus producing varied 
 versions of one and the same event. For instance, he in 
 one letter says that William Peters came to Boston in 
 1634, in another that his great-grandfather went from 
 London, a merchant, in 1640.! Now he supposes his 
 
 * " William Peters Esq., of Boston, in 1634, was rich and noble, did 
 good in his day, built a meeting-house in Andover about twenty miles 
 from Boston for the Puritans and ordered his body to be buried under 
 the pulpit and turned his soul to God, to sing Praises with the pious 
 and venerable fathers who settled New England." — (Letter from the 
 Revd. Samuel Peters to Gen. Absalom Peters, dated New York, Oct. 
 10, 1821.) 
 
 t In the rough draft of a letter he is composing in London, November 
 14, 177s, to Lord Petre of Writtle, the Revd. Samuel says: "My 
 Lord, I lately came from New England to which country my Great- 
 grandfather went from London, in the year 1640, a Merchant, his son 
 bore his name William Peters, his Grandson bore the name of John, 
 his great Grandson bears the name of Samuel who is a clergyman of 
 the chiurch of England. The family have ever lived in Affluence in 
 America and with the Honorable Tradition that William who first 
 went to Boston was a nigh Relation of the then Lord Petre. I had 
 a manuscript copy of my great-grandfather giving an Account of his 
 Pedigree but the Rebels have Seized it and all my Property." 
 
X Tradition 
 
 great-grandfather to be William, and always so designates 
 him; but in fact his great-grandfather was Andrew (of 
 whose existence the reverend gentleman apparently had 
 never heard), bom in 1634 (we always find some sub- 
 stratum of truth at the bottom of the reverend gentle- 
 man's assertions) and of him we have no record before 
 1659. (Curiously enough there is record of a William 
 Peters in Virginia in 1634.) Nor has any record of any 
 William Peters been found in New England prior to that 
 date, or of any one there who could be Andrew's father. 
 Andrew did remove to Andover (about 1686), but there is 
 no mention of any of the family building a church or 
 being interred in any part of it, and if such an event had 
 occurred it is almost certain there would be some record 
 or recollection of it. As for William (who if he existed 
 would necessarily be the father of Andrew) being educated 
 at Leyden, again there is no record there of any such 
 person being in any way connected with that university.* 
 
 * Leiden, i April, 1896. 
 My dear Prof. Peters. 
 
 I have gone over our Album Academicum and compared all students 
 of the name of W. or G. Peters, Peter, Petri, Petrijii, Petraeus, in- 
 scribed between 1614 and 1634, but all of them were either Dutchmen, 
 by the name of Gerardus or Godofredus, or Danes, Swedes, or Germans. 
 Dickwood, Dirkwood or Duykwood, nor anything coming near, is to 
 be found among the students of our University. No Professor, Lector 
 or Master of a College of either name has taught at Leiden. I am 
 sorry that this is only a negative result, and though I have no idea in 
 what other way your forefather could be connected with our University 
 I will ask the Recorder of our Senatus if he can give any light. He is 
 just recovering from a serious illness, so I cannot trouble him for the 
 moment, but I hope to have his advice after a couple of weeks. I 
 don't think there will be any expense ; only if we shotdd be so happy 
 as to find some documents relating to Peters or Dirkwood, there might 
 be wanted a small remuneration for copying. I thank you very much 
 for your kind intention to send me an off-print of your last article 
 the subject of which most interests me. Believe me dear Sir, Yours 
 truly, 
 
 C. P. TiELS. 
 
 (Letter to the Revd. J. P. Peters.) 
 
Tradition xi 
 
 As to William's being a brother of the Revd. Hugh and 
 of the Revd. Thomas, and simultaneously "a nigh rela- 
 tion of the then Lord Petre," he might have been one or 
 the other, but hardly both, for Hugh and Thomas Peter 
 (not Peters) had parents whose names were, respectively, 
 Thomas Dirkwood and Martha Treffry * the former de- 
 scending from ancestors who fled from Antwerp on ac- 
 count of religious persecution in 1543. The name of 
 Dirkwood was changed to Peter between 1599 and 16 10, 
 for cause unknown, unless it might be from the marriage 
 of Deborah Treffry (sister of Martha, who married Thomas 
 Dirkwood), in 1609, to Henry Peter, M. P. for Fowey, 
 and descendant of a sister of Sir William Peter, who was 
 "secretary and of the Privy Cotmcil to four Kings and 
 Queens of this realm and seven times ambassador abroad 
 in foreign lands," said Sir William being also ancestor of 
 the Barons Petre of Writtle, Essex, which seat the Revd. 
 Samuel Peters persistently places in Devonshire. Now if 
 we descend from the Dirkwood family, it is difficult to see 
 how we are closely related to the family of Lord Petre, 
 imless it might be through the female side, several Peters 
 having married Treffrys ; but this is not what the reverend 
 gentleman intends. f Even at the present day there are 
 Peters who will insist, rmblushingly, — though Hugh Peter 
 left but a daughter — that they derive the name of Peters 
 from the fourth pastor of the First church in Salem. Being 
 closely connected with two families of such consequence 
 as that of Treffry and of Peter, it is not impossible that 
 lands and the coat -of -arms may have been given to the 
 descendants of the Flemish merchant to place them on an 
 equality with their relatives by marriage, — but even here 
 there is little hope for us. There is record of a William, 
 
 * Parish records, Fowey. 
 
 t "William, fourth son of Sir John Petre, Knt. of Exeter, is said to 
 have been father of Hugh." 
 
 (Letter from the Revd. Samuel Peters.) 
 
^ii Tradition 
 
 "son of Thomas Dirkwood," born in Fowey in 1600, but 
 there is also the burial of William, " son of Thomas Peter,* 
 17th October, 1609." It certainly is self-evident that we 
 could not descend from William, brother of Hugh, and 
 yet have the ancestry claimed for us by the Revd. Samuel 
 Peters. t Personally the compiler is of the opinion that 
 we descend from some branch of the Peter family form- 
 erly of Devonshire and Cornwall, and that the relation- 
 ship to the Revd. Hugh Peter — if relationship there 
 be — comes through the Treffrys and not through the 
 Peters. It might be worth the while of some one, with 
 idle pence and hours, to investigate the claim of descent 
 from "the fourth son of Sir John Petre, Knt. of Exeter, 
 in Devon" (this is the usual version), who actually did 
 live and did have four sons, the yoimgest being named 
 William. In the face of what has here been said it seems 
 unnecessary to make any comment upon the pedigree 
 given in the Revd. Samuel Peters' Life of Hugh Peters, 
 or to do more than remark that the Revd. Thomas 
 Peter was not the first Englishman to arrive at Say- 
 brook (in fact there is no evidence of his being there 
 
 * The names of Peter and of Dirkwood appear to have been used 
 interchangeably. 
 
 t In a letter dated New York, Oct. 10, 182 1, to his nephew Gen. 
 Absalom, he says: "You are the oldest surviving son of my oldest 
 brother Col. John Peters, the honest man, and son of John Peters the 
 good man, who was the grandson of William Peters Esq. of Boston in 
 A.D. 1634, who was the fourth son of the Right Honorable Lord John 
 Peters, Lord of Writtle in Devonshire, England, and one of the six- 
 teen Peers who educated King Edward VI and governed England dur- 
 ing the minority of that good King. J By the Herald's office of London 
 you know now the rock from which you descend, you cannot boast of 
 Royal blood in your veins, but you can boast of Noble Blood running 
 in your veins and arteries." 
 
 J (At the period mentioned there was no Lord Petre ; this title not 
 existing until 1603, when Sir John Peter was made baron. Our 
 reverend relative means Sir William, father of the first lord. That he 
 is often confused as to his own belief on the subject, these various 
 quotations from his writings sufficiently prove.) 
 
Tradition xiii 
 
 before the summer of 1645 ; a few months later he was 
 certainly at the Pequot Plantation, now New London, 
 and he returned to England in December, 1646) ; that 
 he did not found an academy in Saybrook which later be- 
 came Yale College, nor did he die after the restoration of 
 Charles II; neither did he "bequeath his library"* to 
 that College, all his books being left in his will to his 
 only son, John. 
 
 That the Revd. Samuel Peters, while in England, did 
 actively interest himself in the family pedigree is evident 
 from the following letter f : but he did not possess an 
 exact mind, and as years acctmiulated his impressions, at 
 least upon this subject, became greatly confused, imtil we 
 finally come upon this astonishing statement : " Therefore 
 King William in 1066, gave Sir John Peters, his secretary 
 of State, this motto in his Coat of Arms, Sans Dieu rien!" 
 (Letter from the Revd. Samuel Peters, dated Harsimus, 
 July 6, 1822.) 
 
 Another tradition, emanating from Mary Peters, 
 daughter of Col. John and Lydia Phelps, and wife of 
 
 * History of Connecticut, p. 51. 
 
 t Harlyn, 26th August, 1776. 
 
 Dear Sir : — Your last favor I received and am much obliged to you 
 for your friendly invitation sent. As I find you are not so happy as 
 to enjoy a good state of health perhaps a journey into Cornwall may be 
 of service to you and I will do myself the pleasure of meeting you on 
 any part of the Road to conduct you to my house where you may be 
 sure of meeting with a sincere welcome. I live in the country on my 
 Estate which is situated on a dry healthy spot near the sea. I am a 
 young man and had the misfortune of losing a very good father in 
 January last. My Mother and six sisters live with me and I have 
 a brother at a Latin school. I have made all the inquiries into our 
 ancestors and make not the least doubt but that you and myself came 
 from Padestow as five of the most capital Estates in that Parish were 
 in the possession of the Peters, viz., Treator, Trenarse, Tregewin, 
 Trengho and Trebouza. The latter is my possession and a Mr. William 
 Peters lives at Treator; the three other Estates are not in the family, 
 I see by a deed dated the 2nd year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth 
 [which would be in 1560] w^herein Mr. John Peters conveys Trebouza to 
 
xiv Tradition 
 
 Joseph Hosford of Thetford, Vt., is incorrect from end 
 to end, and is not worth quoting. It is said she left to 
 each of her children a paper entitled "Genealogy of the 
 Ancestors of Molly Gillette by her mother and written 
 by her own hand in the 66th year of her age." 
 
 his father John Peters of Trenara. My father's name was Wilham and 
 I had three uncles named Samuel. There was a family in the Parish 
 (St. Merryn) there were four brothers John, Hugh, Walter and William 
 Peters and they are extinct. My mother and sisters join me in best 
 comp'ts to you and am. Dear sir, your most obedient hurable servant, 
 
 Henry Peters. 
 
 To the Revd. Mr. Samuel Peters. 
 
 A somewhat curious paper in the handwriting of the Revd. Samuel 
 and inscribed "Veritas March 25, 1792, London. Kipha Bar lona 
 Cedras Libani Galilae" gives his pedigree as follows: 
 
 1736 Samuel Peters Hebron. 1696 John Peters, Hebron, Conn. 
 
 1640 William Peters, Boston, N. E. 1598 William Peters, Fowey, 
 Cornwall. 
 
 1574 William Peters, Fowey, Cornwall. 1550 John Petre, Exitor, 
 Deron. 
 
INFERENCE 
 
 Having shown in tradition what does not exist in our 
 family history, we now come to what does : this is soon 
 disposed of. We know nothing whatever of the antece- 
 dents of Andrew Peeters, barring certain safe inferences. 
 From the date of his death and of a deposition made in 
 Salem, we find him to have been born in 1634 or 1635. 
 He came to this country a young man, well educated, as 
 his will shows, — somewhat remarkably so for those days, 
 in fact ; for if, after a life of farming and distilHng (some 
 sixteen years of these being largely taken up with fighting 
 Indians), his hand and mind were still so docile to the 
 pen as to write and spell as he does in his will, it seems 
 probable that he possessed a liberal education. It is also 
 evident that he came to this country well provided with 
 money and that he possessed, or acquired, a social posi- 
 tion which gave him the title of Mr., a word of meaning 
 in those days. Inferences point to a residence in Hol- 
 land ; some have consequently inferred him to be Dutch. 
 It is safe, flatly, to contradict this theory. If in law a 
 man is judged innocent until he is proved guilty, so among 
 the early settlers of New England it is safe to assert that 
 a man is English until he has been proved a foreigner. 
 Were he the latter he would be referred to as the Dutch- 
 man, would not be persona grata among his neighbors, 
 and his spelling and writing — arts which he would be 
 little called upon to exercise after his emigration— would 
 assuredly not be of the character foimd in his will. His 
 education was certainly all European, whether Conti- 
 nental or British. The spelling of his name, Peeters, is or, 
 was, a recognized one in the west of England. It is by 
 no means impossible, as Miss Charlotte Abbott suggests, 
 that he came to New England from New York, from Vir- 
 ginia, or even from the West Indies, and not directly 
 from Europe. The compiler is of the opinion that, being 
 
xvi Inference 
 
 a distiller by trade, he would probably be a member of that 
 guild in England, and that his ancestry might thereby be 
 traced on the other side of the water. Being unable to con- 
 tradict the Revd. Samuel Peters' statement that Andrew 
 (or his father) was the fourth son of John Peters, or Peter 
 (Knt., or otherwise), of Devon, this or something approxi- 
 mate may be found to be correct, and those of the family 
 who now yearn for a coat-of-arms may be blessed with 
 satisfied, and, what is more, justified, aspirations. We 
 may be entitled to a coat-of-arms, even to that so long 
 used by some branches of the family, but the compiler 
 has done her best to produce a correct and exact history, 
 based only upon facts known and proved to be such. 
 Some one — probably the Revd. Samuel — is responsible 
 for a number of colored engravings of Peters coat armor, 
 all made at the same time, and which have spread from 
 Maine to California. It will be hard for many of the 
 family to part with these should they be proved to be 
 incorrect; but there is no trace of arms until our rev- 
 erend relative gave his attention to the subject. Old 
 Andrew's seal is a very different affair, and to the com- 
 piler's mind is far more interesting and valuable than 
 any number of European crests. An American heraldry 
 we might surely have ; then why not take his seal, which 
 the compiler believes to mean so much, and to tell of 
 that terrific fight in the Narragansett country and of 
 long years of border warfare,* and make that the father 
 of a new heraldry — a heraldry all our own? 
 
 * During his residence in Andover Andrew appears to have been cer- 
 tainly once, perhaps twice, burned out by the Indians. (Page 22.) 
 "1692 Mr Andrew Peeters (now an inhabitant in Andover), being 
 lately burnt out by ye Indians. " This may have occurred in 1689, or 
 it may have been more recent, but certainl}'' his son Samuel was too 
 young to be his partner at that time, and he saj'^s in his will: "whereas 
 I was Burnt out bij ye heathen Enemij hee ye said Samuell Peeters 
 hath been mij Copartner Euer Since." This second burning may have 
 been the one referred to in 1698 (see note at foot of page 28). 
 
CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS 
 
 P, 8 (line 8), quarter musters, not quarter masters. 
 
 P. 23 (note), 24 (line 5), 26 (note), Carleton, not Carlton. 
 
 P. 23 (line 8), John Aslebe was great-great-uncle, not great- 
 grandfather. 
 
 P. 36 (lines 15, 16), Andrew Allen was brother, not father; 
 this is proved by reference to the "widdowe Allen." 
 
 P. 54 (line 19), 25, not 55 miles. 
 
 P. 60 (line 24), 4/, not 44/. 
 
 P. 67 (line 13), July, 1780, not July 17, 1780. 
 
 P. 104 (line 14), Nancy Carney died in 1865, Her first 
 husband is said to have been drowned at sea. She was mar- 
 ried to Andrew Peters Oct. 14, 1798. 
 
 William (216 VI) died in Oakland, Cal., June 15, 1885; 
 md, in Parish of Portsea, Hampshire, Eng., , 1835, 
 
 Cicely, dau. William Silver, and Frances Nyren, his wife; she 
 died in 1839. 
 
 Cicely Frances (226), born in Le H^vre, was md. in Wash- 
 ington, D. C, to Francis Boarman. No children. 
 
 Andrew Vincent died in Eugene, Ore., 1901. 
 
 Mary Harriet, bom in Ingouville, France, died unmd. 
 
 Ignatius Kemble, bom in Georgetown, D. C, died Jan. 12, 
 1901, in Eugene, Ore.; md. in Eugene, Ore., Eudora, dau. 
 Richard Henderson. No children. 
 
 Joseph Chrysostom, bom in France, living 1903; md. in 
 San Francisco, Cal., Alice, dau. Edward Cain and Alice 
 
 his wife, bom in Eng. , 
 
 and had 9 children. 
 
 Arthur Silver, born in Lavana, N. Y.; md. in San Fran- 
 cisco, Cal., Agnes, dau. Lucas Lancaster, and had 7 children. 
 
 William Bonaventure, died in Oakland, Cal., 1875; md. in 
 Washington, D. C, 1864, Margaret, dau. John Major, bom in 
 
xviii Corrections and Additions 
 
 Ireland, died in 1876, and had 3 children, one of whom, Cecile 
 von Sieberlich, now lives in San Francisco. 
 
 William J. (233) has been connected with the U. S. Geo- 
 graphical Survey, and is now (1903) second in command of 
 the Ziegler Arctic expedition, being the representative of the 
 National Geographical Society. 
 
 Nancy Peters McNally died 1889. 
 
 Sarah Carney (217) died in 1888. 
 
 P. 113 (lines 17-19), reverse notes. Andrew 271 (8), see Ells- 
 worth, not Boston. Dyer 272 (9), see Boston, not Ellsworth. 
 
 P. 118 (line 7), Simeon Blanchard (md., ch.). 
 
 P. 144 (line 28), Vt., not Va. 
 
 P. 161, lines 18 to 27 do not belong to this Samuel, but to 
 Samuel 1107, on p. 309; line 26 is uncertain. 
 
 P. 161, Jan. I, 1781, Samuel is in Capt. Betts' Co., Light In- 
 fantry, under the Marquis de La Fayette, marched to the 
 southward. 
 
 P. 166 (line 9), may be William who enlisted from Norwich, 
 Conn., in the 6th Reg., Aug. 23, 1861-July 5, 1863. 
 
 P. 186 (line 4), Ann Bamet, dau. Robert Bamet of Windsor, 
 Conn. 
 
 P. 187 (line 25), Hublenston, not Hubleston. 
 
 P. 237 (line 9), Ellen, bom in Portland, Me.,md. in Port- 
 land, John Franklin Purinton, son John Purinton and Mary 
 Sweat, his wife, died Feb. 14, 1899. No children. 
 
 Susan Tucker (line 21), bom in Portland, Me., Jan. 6, 1836, 
 living 1903; md. in Portland, Nov. 22, 1872, George Clinton 
 Fobes, son Charles Fobes and Hannah Webster, his wife, born 
 in Portland, died in Baltimore, Md., June 14, 1892. No 
 children. 
 
 Caroline Robison (line 29), born in Portland, Me., July 28, 
 1839, living 1903; md. Edward A. Bailey, son Joseph S. 
 Bailey and Isabel Dix his wife, born in Portland, July 28, 
 1 83-, living 1903, and had 2 sons. 
 
 P. 239 (line 4), Charles Thomas, bom in Portland, Me., 
 March 31, 1866, living in Portland, 1903; md. in Portland, 
 Jan. 20, 1892, Cora Belle, dau. Benjamin Whitehouse and 
 
Corrections and Additions xix 
 
 Georgiana Webber, his wife, born in Portland, Dec. 20, 1869, 
 living 1903, and had one son, Walter Nauman, bom in Port- 
 land, Oct. 2, 1893. 
 
 P. 244 (line 21), Abby Louisa, died in Portland, Ore., Jan. 
 7, 1893; was md. in New York, Sept. 10, 1851, to Arthur Cook, 
 son Harry Cook and Anne Bradwin Wright, his wife, bom in 
 London, Eng., Oct. 10, 1819, died Mar. 24, 1879, near Pueblo, 
 Col., and had 6 children. 
 
 P. 282 (addition to notes), copy of a letter, July 12, 1896: 
 
 ". . . the enclosed is a copy from my history of Hugh 
 Peters amended as my mother and your mother told me. 
 William Peters, son of John Peters of Hebron, Conn., a.d. 
 1717, a planter, married Ruth Capel, and by her had one 
 daughter, Mary, wife of Philip Judd, and two sons. William, 
 his son, married Deborah Strong, and had six children. Eber 
 S. Peters, our grandfather, was one of the two sons. — Wm. 
 B. Rogers." 
 
 P. 298 (line 2^), demons, not Clemens. 
 
 P. 314 (note to line 15), 1726, the proprietors in a town 
 meeting in Andover, Mass., voted to build a block-house for a 
 fort and a meeting-house (in Concord, N. H.). 1730, Nov. 18, 
 the first church was organized with nine members (Concord, 
 N. H.). 
 
 The name of Sibbons, Seborne, Seaborn, etc., has been 
 spelled exactly as found in each instance. 
 
 P. 338 (line i), Joseph, perhaps son of James, and Rhoda 
 (see pages 318, 319). 
 
 P. 340 (line 19), John, perhaps son of James, and Elizabeth 
 Famham (see p. 317). 
 
 Pages 346, 347, 348, death of Obadiah quoted from History 
 of Hopkinion. 
 
 P. 352, Simon, bom Feb. 20, died in Bath, Me., Ap. 18, 
 1890. 
 
 Susan, died Feb. 4, 1890. ■ 
 
 Benjamin, died in East Pass, Fla., Sept. 22, 1885. 
 
 Sarah, died Feb. 26, 1901. 
 
 Mary, died Oct. 22, 1892. 
 
XX Corrections and Additions 
 
 Lydia, died March i, 1888. 
 
 Benjamin E., md. in Bath, , 
 
 Mary J. Hinckley, dau. Enoch H. Hinckley and Elizabeth 
 Small, his wife, bom in Bath, 18, 1830, 
 
 living 1903, and had two sons, George H., living in Bath, 
 1903, unmd., and Albert J., born in Bath, 1857, died in 
 Bath, Oct. II, 1862, aged 5 yrs. and 5 mos. 
 
 P. 356 (line 20), John Peters, not John Peter Peters. 
 
EXPLANATION 
 
 Large Arabic figures to the left of a name give the individual 
 number; smaller figures in parentheses give the order of 
 birth. Roman figures indicate the generation. The first 
 Andrew Peeters being a generation by himself has the Roman, 
 and not the Arabic, numeral. A number repeated, accom- 
 panied by an A, indicates discovery of individuals too late for 
 them to receive individual numbers. 
 
 Md. Married. 
 
 Dau. Daughter. 
 
 Ch. Children. 
 
 Int. mar. Intention of marriage. 
 
 Unk, Unknown. 
 
 Enl. EnHsted. 
 
 This being a Peters history only, the descendants of female 
 Peters are not given. A name in capitals indicates the an- 
 cestor of all those in that subdivision, or section, of the work. 
 Names in italics indicate all the males of the second genera- 
 tion in that particular subdivision or section. Every num- 
 bered individual is a Peters by birth. Old style and new 
 style have been avoided as much as possible. Before 1752, 
 March was the first month. Prior to 1752, eleven days should 
 be added to make a date correspond to the new style. There 
 are, however, exceptions to this rule. 
 
 Illustrations and Signatures. — The date to the right of the 
 portrait or picture indicates the year when it was taken. 
 The date to the left of the signature gives the year when it 
 was written. 
 
GENEALOGY 
 
MASSACHUSETTS 
 
 IPSWICH AND ANDOVER 
 
 I, Andrew Peeters. No record of birth (bom prob- 
 ably in England, in 1634-35), died in Andover, Mass., 
 December 14, 17 13, in the seventy-ninth year of his age; 
 md, (no record of marriage, probably in Boston, Mass., 
 early in 1659) Mercy, dau. of William Beamsley * and 
 Anne his wife and widow of Michael Wilboum,t bom 
 in Boston, the ninth day of the tenth month (December), 
 1637; died in Andover, Mass., November 6, 1726, and 
 had seven children. 
 
 Children of Andrew Peeters, "Church and Parish Records of the 
 Towyiof Ipswich" Mass.: 
 
 1(1). "John, son of Andrew Peeters, borne 28th of 
 February 1659-60." 
 
 3 (2). " Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Peeters, borne 
 
 26 of August 1662 " 
 
 3 (3). Andrew 
 
 4 (4). " Mary, J daughter of Andrew Peeters borne the 
 12 of June, 1668" 
 
 5 (5). " Mercy, daughter of Andrew Peeters borne the 
 
 27 of January, 1670." 
 
 6 (6). "Wry (WilHam) son of Andrew Peeters, borne 
 the 7 of February 1672 " 
 
 7 (7). Samuel." 
 
 * See article on Beamsley. 
 
 t It has been stated that they were md. in Ipswich, April 16, 1658. 
 X This made Mercy, the wife of Andrew, the mother of two living 
 Marys. 
 
 I 
 
2 Massachusetts 
 
 No record can be found of the birth of Andrew or of 
 Samuel, but the former is said to have been bom in 1664, 
 and Samuel's date must be 1674 or 1675. 
 
 Boston Marriages. Michael Wilboume and Mercy 
 Beamsley, daughter of William Beamsley of Boston, were 
 married the 17th day of the 8th month (Oct.), 1656, by 
 Richard Bellingham, Deputy Governor. 
 
 Boston Births. Mary of Michael and Mary Wilbome, 
 born October 30, 1657. 
 
 Michael Wilboume was a carpenter. There is no 
 record of his death, but Mercy appears to have been a 
 widow in September, 1658, when her father's will was 
 made. It will be seen that Mercy and Mary are used 
 interchangeably; probably the old pronunciation, and 
 consequent spelling "Marcy, " are responsible for this 
 error. 
 
 THE FIRST RECORDED MENTION OF ANDREW * IS IN BOSTON 
 IN 1659. SUFFOLK CO. DEEDS, III, 358. 
 
 This Indenture made the eighteenth day of November 
 in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six himdred fiff ty 
 and nine Betweene Andrew Peters of Boston in the 
 county of Suffolk in NEW England, Distiller and mercje 
 
 * The Wilson manuscript gives us the first gUmpse of our earU- 
 est ancestor in this country. Mercy Beamsley was one day stand- 
 ing at her window to watch the people wading through the trails, 
 which then served as streets, when her attention was attracted by "a 
 young Holland" picking his way through the mud. Andrew Peeters 
 had just arrived, and looking up he saw her watching. He then and 
 there resolved to marry her, it is said. This version calls Andrew a 
 Dutchman. It is certain that he was an Englishman though he 
 probably lived, and possibly was bom in Holland. He appears in 
 this country as a young man with sufficient worldly possessions and 
 a good education, especially for those days, — witness his will written 
 by himself and in which the spelling is quite remarkable and the 
 writing that of a man thoroughly used to the pen. For account of 
 the Wilson manuscript see note following the description of the deaths 
 of John and Andrew Peeters in 1689. 
 
Ipswich and Andover 3 
 
 his wife of the one parte and Martha Beamesley of the same 
 — Boston Widdow of the other part Witnesseth that 
 Andrew and Mary Peters hath on or before the day of 
 the date hereof, Received of said Martha Beamesley widdow 
 (mother of said Mercy) the full and whole summe of tenn 
 pounds sterling by the value thereof in Currant of and In 
 NEW England : and for and in Consideration of the sayd 
 summe Received The sayd Andrew Peeters and Mercy 
 his wife jointly and either of them particularly for him 
 and herself and the executors and Administrators of 
 either of them Doeth remise release and forever quit 
 clayme unto the sayd Martha Beamesley, her heires ex- 
 ecutors and Administrators all and all manner of Actions 
 cause and causes of Actions and suites bills, bonds, 
 Writings and accompts debts dutjes, legatje or legatjes — 
 reconings summe or summes of money and demands 
 whatsouer and howsoeuer to be made or demanded which 
 he the sayd Andrew or she the sayd Mercje or the Execu- 
 tors Administrators or Assignes of either of them in 
 tyme to come Cann or may haue to for or Against the said 
 Martha Beamesley her heires executors or Administrators 
 for or by reason of any legatje guift matter cause or thing 
 whatsoeuer from the beginning of the world untill the day 
 of the date hereof. 
 
 And further this Indenture, Witnesseth, That the 
 sajd Andrew Peeters and Mercy his wife for the Great 
 Goodwill & lowe on his part and the motherly affection 
 on hir part, wch they beare unto Mary Wilboiun 
 Daughter of the sajd Mercy — ^by hir former husband 
 Michael Wilboum late of boston aforesajd. Carpenter, as 
 also for and In consideration of the aforesajd sume of tenne 
 pounds which he the sajd Andrew hath received and doth 
 enjoy wth and by the sajd Mercy his wife. Itt is Co wen- 
 anted, Graunted, Condisended and fully agreed upon by & 
 between the sajd — Beamesley partjes to these Indentures. 
 
4 Massachusetts 
 
 That at the end of three yeeres from after the date hereof 
 the sajd Andrew Peeters his executors or Administrators 
 shall repay the afore sajd sume of Tenn pounds sterling 
 by the value there of in Current pay of and in NEW 
 England vnto the sajd Martha Beamesley her executors, 
 Administrators or Assignes for & to the use and behoofe 
 of the sajd Mary Wilboum, furthermore It is Concluded 
 Condesended and fully Agreed unto by the partjes to 
 these presents That in Case the sajd Mary decease before 
 she be married or be of fitt years to take the sajd sume 
 into her own Coustady and disposall — That then the 
 sume of tenn pounds shall be pajd by the value thereof in 
 Current pay in New England by the sajd martha beames- 
 ley her heires Executors or Administrators vnto the 
 Eldest Child of the sajd mercy — whether male or female 
 Issue of the body of the sayd Andrew Peeters and remaine 
 to be his or her vse for euer. In wittness where of the 
 partjes aboue named to these Indentures, Interchangeably 
 theire hands & scales have putt the day & yeere first 
 aboue written. 
 
 Signed, Sealed & 
 
 deHvered in the Andrew Peeters * 
 
 presence of vs and a scale 
 
 Humphrey Atherton 
 Thomas Clark 
 
 Endorsed 
 
 I the wthin named Martha Beamesley, Widdowe Doe 
 hereby Assigne all my right and power in point of Receiv- 
 ing the sayd sume wthine named of tenn pounds, the same 
 to be received by Mr John ff ownell of Charlestowne & by 
 
 * He spells it "Peeters" in all his signatures I have ever seen. 
 
 E. B. P. 
 
Ipswich and Andover 5 
 
 him to be Imployed for the benefitt & behoofe of the 
 wthin named Mary Wilboum wthin written 
 Witness my hand ye day & yeere wthin written 
 
 ye mark of Martha Beamsley 
 Witnessed by vs 
 
 Thomas Clark 
 Willjam Pearse 
 Entred & Recorded at Request of marth Beamesley 
 14, 2m 1660 
 
 Edw. Rawson, Recordr 
 
 166 1 Sept. 20 — Record of Andrew Peeters as a witness. 
 
 Essex County Deeds 
 Bridgett Varney for ;!^4o deeds to Andrew Peters " all 
 that my dwelling-house wherein the sayd Andrew now 
 dwelleth, together with the shop, outhouses, yards, gar- 
 dens. Orchards & all the appurtenances thereunto be- 
 longing; bounded S.E. on land & house of Mr. William 
 Norton; abutting on the street towards the north-east; 
 having a lane towards the N.W. and pasture-land of Mr 
 William Norton toward the S.W. 
 
 November 2, 1663 
 Simon Tuttle 
 
 Robert Lord, Marshall ' 
 
 Volume ii of Old Ipswich Records — Salem 
 
 1664 Andrew Peters has one share * in Plum Island, 
 Castle Neck and Hog Island. No. of lot 19 Feb, 14, 
 
 Town Records. 
 
 1665 May 20 Andrew Peeters, Ipswich, for 66;^ buys 
 of Richard Shatswell of Ipswich 15! acres of upland & 
 marsh at a place called Reedy Marsh, bounded N.W. and 
 N.E. on land of Thomas French Sr, & Thomas Lovell, 
 S.E. and S.W. on Mr Wm Norton and Joseph Quiller 
 
 Witt Richard Hubbert 
 
 Thomas Lovell 
 
 * The shares were according to amount of property taxed. 
 
6 Massachusetts 
 
 1665 May 29 Land sold by Richard Shat swell to 
 Thos. Lovell bounded by Andrew Peters marsh toward 
 the south — 
 
 Witness Richard Hubbert 
 
 Andrew Peeters 
 
 1665-6. A petition to the General Court in Boston, 
 protesting against certain aspersions cast upon them 
 relative to their feelings for the king and declaring their 
 loyalty ; signed among others by Andrew Peeters. Mass. 
 Hist. Coll. 1st series vol. viii, page loy. 
 
 1667 Jan 24. Deeds Conto — Andrew Peeters, Ipswich, 
 in consideration of a Barne for me alredy built and finished 
 neare my dwelling house in Ipswich, — deeds to Ezekiel 
 Woodward carpenter, my two small lots on Plum Island 
 containing 7 acres more or less. 
 Town Records, Ipswich. 
 
 1667 Granted to Andrew Peters timber for a lean-to. 
 
 1668 To Andrew Peeter for a leanto to his Barne 
 (timber) 
 
 1668 To Andrew Peeters, to fell for a cyder-mill.* 
 1668 Jan 22 Simon Tuttle for 6;^ deeds to Andrew 
 Peeters, Ipswich, distiller one and one half acres bounded 
 East on Simon Tuttle and north west on Muddy river and 
 the common, on the south side by the highway leading to 
 Rowley, 
 
 Suffolk Deeds, Book V, page 518. 
 Bee it knowne unto all men by these presents that I 
 Andrew Peters of Ipswich stiller for and in consideration 
 of a six acree Lott lying in the Common fence, on the 
 north side of the River in Ipswich aforesayd, bargained 
 sold and confirmed unto mee the sayd Andrew Peters 
 by Samuell Graues of Ipswich aforesayd and for Other 
 ualluable Considerations mee thereunto moving, haue 
 
 * The Revd. Augustine Caldwell informs me that the "cyder-mill" 
 indicated that Andrew had a large orchard. 
 
Ipswich and Andover 7 
 
 fully freely and cleerly bargained sold Enfeofed and 
 Confirmed, & doe by these presents fully freely and 
 cleerly, bargaine sell enfeofe & Confirme unto the aboue 
 mentioned Samuell Graues of Ipswich ffeltmaker, all my 
 right Title and interest into any inheritance or part of 
 Inheritance, Giuen or bequeathed by will & Testament, of 
 William Beamsley late of Boston deceased vnto Mercy the 
 wife of mee the sayd Andrew Peters, & the sayd Samuell 
 Graues To Hold possess & enjoy all my sayd shaire or 
 portion in the sayd Inheritance of Houses & Lands with 
 all the priviledges & Appurtinences thereto belonging, to 
 him the sayd Samuell his heires Executors Administrators 
 & assignes foreuer, Giuing & granting to the sayd Samuell 
 all my right & Titlepower & interest, to ask require de- 
 mand recouer, by suite of Law or other wise, all my sayd 
 right of inheritance in the sayd houses, Lands, Tene- 
 ments or heriditaments. To haue hold possess and enjoy 
 all the sayd premises, without let hinderance or molesta- 
 tion from mee the sayd Andrew my heires Executors 
 Administrators or assignes for euer. 
 
 In wittnes whereof I the sayd Andrew Peters haue here- 
 unto set my hand & scale this: 13th of April: 1668 
 Subscribed sealed & deliuered in the presence of 
 
 Andrew Peters Richard Hubbert 
 
 (a scale) Thomas Clarke 
 
 This was Acknowledged by the sayd Andrew Peters to 
 bee his Act and deed vpun the i6th day of Aprill 1668. 
 Before me 
 
 Samuell Symonds 
 
 And at the same time mercy the wife of the sayd An- 
 drew Peters did yeald vp her right of Dowre & possibility 
 of right in the premises. 
 
 Entered and Recorded word for word & Compared with 
 the Originall this 19th of Decem: 1668 
 As Attests Edw, Rawson Recordr 
 
8 Massachusetts 
 
 Town Records, Ipswich: 
 
 167 1 To Andrew Peeters for house over his cyder-mill. 
 (This was a grant of timber.) 
 
 167 1 At a meeting of the selectmen the 26 of January 
 — Ordered that the Gierke informe the Court that the 
 Selectmen of Ipswich "doe concieve that Andrew Peeters 
 (upon consideration of his carriage at mile brooke, his 
 miscarriage at quarter masters, his miscarriage to the 
 Constable and before the Selectmen) is not fitt to have 
 any licence for to sell any liquor." * 
 
 1673 Upon the petition of Andrew Peeters about 
 Sarah Ross living at his house. The Selectmen gave him 
 the liberty to entertain her till eleven weeks be expired 
 for her coming to Towne from Boston. She declaring 
 some inclination to live with her husband as a wife, and 
 to goe to him when he comes to Towne. 
 
 Essex Co. Deeds 
 
 1673 Andrew Peters of Ipswich in acct with the estate 
 of Thomas White 
 
 1673 Petter Andrew (91) in acct with est. of Thomas 
 White 
 
 New Hampshire Court Files. 167 4- 1677. 
 1673 Know all men by these presents yt I John pick- 
 erin of Strawbery bankf for and upon good Consideration 
 doo owne myselfe to be indebton to Andrew peters of 
 Ipswich ye full and just sume of nine pounds to be paid in 
 good mutble | Codfish upon the Isles of Shoals to be deliv- 
 ered at ye next Spring ensuing at waying season fitt to 
 be shipped aboard and to be paid at the price Currt as 
 marchts § take it and I John Pickerin doe by these 
 
 * His carriage at Mile Brooke was a fight between himself and a 
 friend on one side and two of his fellow-townsmen on the other. 
 They were all returning home from Wenham and Andrew and Bridges 
 refused to let the others pass. 
 
 t Now Portsmouth, N. H. | Merchantable. § Merchants. 
 
Ipswich and Andover 9 
 
 presents engage to fulfill this obligation to ye said peter 
 or his assignors, and for ye true performance hereof I 
 bind myself my heirs and assignors as witness my hand 
 this 7 th of November, 1673. 
 John pickerin 
 
 I doe assign this bill and all ye within mentioned 
 mchtble * Cod ffish vnto Francis Wainwright his heirs, 
 executrs Administ and assignors as witness my hand this 
 23d Decem 1673. Andrew peters. 
 
 Witness Tho Burnham Senr James Bumhams hands 
 Thomas Burnham Senr and James Burnham ye wit- 
 nesses swome say they were present and saw Andrew 
 peters sign and deliver ye aboue written assignmt to mr 
 Wainwright as his act and deed before me 
 
 Daniel Dennison. Sept. 25, 1674. 
 {Copy of Records of Court of Associates, held in Dover, 
 Sept. zg, 1674.) 
 
 1675 Andrew Peeters of Ipswich hath a browne bay 
 horse, a star in the forehead, mealy belly, browne nose, 
 noe ear-marke, nor brand that is seen, dock, alsoe a sorell 
 mare a white slip over the nose & white in the forehead 
 mealy under the belly, a little piece cut, a snip neare eare 
 doct & lame ; prized both of them at 405 by Simon Tuttle. 
 
 SOLDIERS IN KING PHILIP'S WAR 
 
 (Military Service), by G. M. Bodge 
 
 From ledger accounts of Treasurer John Hull, closing 
 with Sept. 28, 1676. 
 
 Later grants for military service 
 
 Ipswich, January 24 1676-7 
 
 Andrew Peters 02 14 00 
 
 List of Grantees, Heirs and later Proprietors of Narra- 
 gansett No 3, Souhegan West, now Amherst N. H. 
 
 * Merchantable. 
 
lO Massachusetts 
 
 1728 Andover Andrew Peters — — An- 
 
 drew, son Andrew Peters, Andover.* 
 
 History of Amherst, New Hampshire, by D. F. 
 Secomb, 
 
 "In the house of Representatives 19 Jan. 1731-32. 
 
 Whereas there have been several endeavours to accomo- 
 date the Narrhagansett Soldiers and their Descendants 
 with a suitable Quantity of Land for the Settlement as an 
 Acknowledgement & Reward for their great Service to 
 this Country which have failed hitherto of the desired 
 
 * The Revf Andrew, who inherited the land from his military an- 
 cestor, was son of Samuel, and grandson of Andrew who fought in 
 the Narragansett campaign. The following letter from the Revnd. 
 George Madison Bodge, author of Soldiers in King Philip's War, a 
 most exhaustive work and the authority on the Narragansett cam- 
 paign, is of great interest and value to us: 
 
 Westwood, Feby 26, 1900 
 
 Dear Mrs Peters 
 
 I have just come upon a letter of yours dated Sept. 25, 1898, which 
 1 fear has never been answered, but got covered up with some other 
 papers and forgotten. In regard to the questions contained I will- 
 say that (i) The soldiers who served in the Narragansett Campaign 
 from Dec. 10, 1675, to Feb'y 21 (or thereabouts), 1676 received a 
 grant of Land, — each equal to every other in value. 
 
 The seven townships were supposed to be of equal value and were 
 assigned to 840 (about) the number of Claimants either the soldiers 
 themselves or their heirs, then known to be in the country. 
 
 The companies of claimants were made up according to the resi- 
 dences of the men at the time of the assignment about 1733-1735. 
 This assignment took in the Plymouth Colony soldiers as Plymouth 
 had then become a part of Massachusetts. An officer who served the 
 whole war had no more than a private who served a week. 
 
 As to Andrew Peters. The sum with which he is credited would 
 indicate that he served from Dec. 10 to the end of the campaign. His 
 name in the list of Soldier Grantees is positive proof that he was in the 
 Campaign. My own ancestor John Harmon was in the same Township 
 allotment. (P. 24.) 
 
 I do not think the seal had any reference to the capture of the fort. 
 
 I have no further information about Andrew Peters, which would 
 assist you and I presume this is all too late to be of interest. 
 
 Yours very truly 
 
 George M. Bodge. 
 
Ipswich and Andover ii 
 
 Success, His Honor have thought it might tend to pro- 
 mote a good understanding & Harmony in this Court to 
 lay before the Hon'ble Board wherefore it is that the 
 Representat'ves have come into the Grant of a Tract of 
 six miles square to each number of one hundred & twenty 
 persons which they have made this Session, in answer to 
 the Petition of Thomas Tileston & others, a Comm'tee in 
 behalf of themselves and the rest of the Soldiers & their 
 Descendants who were in the Narragansett War, And 
 one great Reason is that there was a Proclamation made 
 to the Army in the name of the Govemm'nt, — as living 
 evidences very fully testify, — when they were mustered 
 on Dedham Plain where they began their March, that if 
 they playd the Man, took the Fort and Drove the Enemy 
 out of the Narragansett Country, which was their great 
 Seat, that they should have a gratuity in Land beside 
 their Wages ; and it is well known that this was done ; 
 and as the Conditions have been performed, certainly the 
 Promise, in all Equity and Justice ought to be fulfilled ; 
 and if we consider the Difficulties these brave Men went 
 thro' in Storming the Fort in the Depth of Winter and the 
 pinching wants they afterward underwent in pursuing the 
 Indians that escaped, thro' a hideous wilderness, famously 
 known throughout New England to this day by the name 
 of the hungry March; and if we further consider that 
 until the brave tho' small army thus played the Man, the 
 whole Country was filled with Distress & fear & we trem- 
 bled in the Capital, Boston, itself, and that to the Good- 
 ness of God to this Army we owe our Fathers and our 
 Safety & Estates, We cannot but think yt those Instru- 
 m'ts of our Deliverance and Safety ought to be not only 
 justly but also gratefully and generously rewarded & even 
 with much more than they prayed for. If we measure 
 w't they receive from us by w't we enjoy & have received 
 from them, we need not mention to ye Hon'ble Board the 
 
12 Massachusetts 
 
 Wisdom, Justice & Generosity of our Mother Country & 
 ye ancient Romans on such occasions, Triumphs, Ora- 
 tions, Hereditary Honors & Privileges; All the Riches, 
 Lands & Spoils of War & Conquest have not been thought 
 too great for those to whom they have not owed more, if 
 so much as We do to those our Deliverers, & we ought 
 further to observe what greatly adds to their merit that 
 they are not vagabonds & Beggars & Outcasts, of wh'ch 
 Armies are Sometimes considerably made up, who run 
 the Hazards of War to avoid the danger of Starving; so 
 far from this, that these were some of ye best of Our Men, 
 the Fathers and Sons of some of ye greatest & best of 
 Our famil'es and could have no other view but to serve 
 ye Country, & whom God was pleased accordingly in a 
 very remarkable manner to Honor & Succeed Of these 
 things the Hon'ble the General Court of the Late Colony 
 of the Massachusetts in those days was not insensible and 
 accordingly gave to ye Soldiers, being upward of Five 
 Hundred, abt Two Thirds of the Army that went from ye 
 Massachusetts & the Late Colony of Plimouth, a tract of 
 abt forty thousand acres in the Nipmug Coimtry, this or 
 the value of it these Soldiers would be contented with, & 
 take in their Brethren of Plimouth too, tho' that sh'd 
 take away two thirds of w't was granted them and would 
 after that have more in value than w't they now ask for 
 them all, for every one must own that 40,000 acres in the 
 Heart of the Country, as the Nipmug country is, is of 
 more value than five times that quantity in the Borders, 
 & in Danger if there should be a French war, as is & 
 would be the case with all the unappropriated Lands of 
 the Province w'ch they now ask for. 
 
 It is hoped that the neglect of these petition'rs so 
 long, or the provinces having disposed of the Nipmug 
 Country to others & so defeated their ancient Grants, will 
 not be thought to wear out any more than it reveals 
 
Ipswich and Andover 13 
 
 their merit. The Grant seems to be made in acknowledge- 
 ment both of ye promise & of ye fulfilling ye conditions 
 & being well entitled to it, & there is great Reason to 
 fear that public Guilt w'd ly upon the Country if we 
 should neglect & continue in the Breach of this Promise, 
 after it has been made & omitted for above fifty years. 
 
 As to the late Grant of two Townships to Seven or 
 Eight Hundred of these Soldiers, It is so far below the 
 value of the Land they conquered, & the Price the prov- 
 ince had for it when it was sold, & the money divided 
 In the Colonies that carried on the War, It is such a 
 Pittance of w't they obtained for us, so exceedingly be- 
 neath w't the Province has defeated them of, which was 
 granted to about Two thirds of them in the Nipmug 
 Country, that it is rather mocking and deriding them to 
 offer it. Beyond w't has been offered, it sh'd be con- 
 sidered that to grant the present petition and give such 
 a quantity of Land as may be worth Settling, & upon 
 Conditions of bringing forward Townships, is much more 
 agreeable to Charter & for the publick Good than to 
 Give away Tracts of Land & suffer & even tempt men 
 to let them ly waste & unimproved, for in the way that 
 has been proposed & in which some Progress has been 
 made the Lands will be divided into such scraps that 
 they will not be worth receiving. 
 In Council: Read" 
 
 Jan 19- 1731-32. The House ordered that further 
 grants be made so that each 120 persons should have a 
 township six miles square. 
 
 June 30 — 1732 The claims of 840 persons having been 
 allowed a grant of 5 additional townships was made to 
 the Narragansett soldiers by the House of Representa- 
 tives. 
 
 April 26, 1733 Governor Belcher gave his approval 
 to the new grant 
 
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 Andover Lot No. io6 was drawn by the Rev. Andrew 
 Peters for his father (should be grandfather). 
 Andrew Peters, lot exchanged. 
 
 1678 Feb. 18, A list of ye Names of those persons yt 
 have right of commonage according to law and order of 
 this town (Ipswich) Andrew Peeters (among 
 
 others) 
 
 Richard Shatswell, formerly of Ipswich now of Dracut, 
 near Chelmsford, conveys if acres to Andrew Peeters, 
 adjoining to that land said Andrew bought of Simon 
 Tuttle, running upon a straight line to take in two crooks 
 of Muddy River, which river is the division bettwixt me 
 the said Shatswell & Simon Tuttle. Also my part of a 
 parcel of land lying without the common fence on south 
 east side of muddy river containing 1-4 acre. April 4, 
 1679 
 
 Andrew Peeters,* Ipswich, aged 50 years his deposition, 
 that he being pr'sent at the bargain of saile of a p'cell of 
 marsh that Mr Richard Hubbard bought of Rich'd Shats- 
 well & the sd Hubbard was to pay the said Shattswell, 
 fifty shillings for the sd land to old Goodm Hart or Deacon 
 Kiiowlton & the said deponent did see the land delivered 
 & staked out for the bounds of it this was in Ipswich 
 
 Andrew Peters made Oath in Court to the truth of this 
 March 31, 1684. 
 
 Attest Jo. Appleton Cler 
 
 1686 Ipswich Town Records The Particulars which 
 the town rate is lay for And. Peeters & Capt. Appleton 
 for Bulls 3-08-00 
 
 1686 To Andrew Peters rate abated 00-05-07 
 
 Andrew Petters Ips. for 8o£ conveys to Philip Fowler f 
 
 * This places his birth in 1634. 
 
 t Great-great-grandfather of Phebe Carleton, who married John 
 Peters (i 705-1 797). 
 
Ipswich and Andover 15 
 
 Ips. land with an old barn thereon and an orchard & 
 other appurtenances adjoining to the dwelling house of 
 said Andrew bounded on one side by Fetters lot, bounded 
 on the other side by the hight St and land of Mr Wm 
 Norton which is one acre all the land Fetters bought of 
 Richard Hubbard, that ye said Hubbard enjoyed on the 
 South side of the said high St 
 
 9 April 1685 (The same deed is witnessed Ap 21 1685) 
 
 From Old Ipswich Records, Vol. v. Salem. 
 
 1687 By Andrew Feters rate allowed 00-05-01 
 
 Ipswich Town Records. 
 
 Andrew Feeters to William Baker, Deed 
 
 1687 Andrew Feeters, Ipswich, and wife Mercy, for 
 ;^65 deed to Wm Baker glover, "all my dwelling House 
 with all ye land about it and all ye other housing orchards, 
 yards, &c. in all containing i acre, with all the appurte- 
 nances thereunto belonging, excepting and reserving to 
 myself the cyder mill and the house that is over the same. 
 The said house and land being situated in the called Hill 
 street, bounded on the orchard of Mr John Whittingham 
 dec'd, now Fhillip Fowler toward ye east, and a lane or 
 highway toward ye west, abutting at the one end upon 
 the street above toward the North, at the other end abut- 
 ting upon pasture land of Mr Wm Norton Nov. 22-1687 
 
 This probably indicates his departure for Andover 
 which we know occurred about this time. That town had 
 first been called Cochichawick, and was settled about 
 1640-42, principally by Newbury and Ipswich men. 
 
 ANDOVER TOWN RECORDS 
 
 1689 Layd out to Andrew Feeters three Acres and 
 sixty rods of land, adjoining to the Land of Walter Wright 
 where it is thirty-three Rod in length; and from Walter 
 Wright comer to a swamp walnut tree marked, it is 
 
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 seven Rods, which is the south end of sd * and then 
 
 we run Northward to a groat white Oak eighteen Rods, 
 which La * so far makes a gore ; And then wee rim 
 
 from sd white Oak Northward to a great old stump by 
 the swamp, and from that stump we ran westward sixteen 
 Ro* to Walter Wright's corner fence next the 
 
 street This land was sold by the * and they have 
 
 received pay for it. Layd out by Thomas Chandler 
 Stephen Osgood ffeb. 19-1689.! 
 
 1689 Jan 6 — Sold to Mr Andrew Peters what land lyeth 
 on ye south side of what land he bought of ye towne 
 formerly, up to ye highway leading to John Abbotts, he 
 paying after ye rate of thirty shillings per acre. Capt. 
 Chandler and Steven Osgood to measure it to him. 
 
 "Deaths having occurred either in the wars abroad or 
 by savage violence at home 
 
 John Peters killed by the Indians Aug 14th, 1689 
 Andrew Peters killed by the Indians Aug 14-1689 
 
 1690-91 Mar 2 — Sold to Mr Andrew Peters a parcell of 
 land as it shall appear by measure for thirty shillings acre 
 sd land to lye on ye north side of Capt Chandlers lott and 
 joyning to ye westerly side of some of Corpll Thomas 
 Johnson's land ; goe in a straight line from Walter Wright 
 notherly bounds to ye lower end of Corpll Johnson's 
 swamp. 
 
 FROM Hutchinson's "history of Massachusetts bay," 
 
 VOL. II, page 44: 
 ' ' To the honoured Court of Assize held at Salem 
 
 The humble address of several of the inhabitants of 
 Andover.J May it please this honoured court, 
 
 * Illegible. 
 
 t In land laid out to Walter Wright there is mention of " Mr Andrew 
 Peeters " about this period. 
 
 X This was probably in August of 1692, but no date is given. 
 
Ipswich and Andover 17 
 
 We being very sensible of the great sufferings our 
 neighbours have been long under in prison and charitably 
 judging that many of them are clear of that great trans- 
 gression which hath been laid to their charge, have 
 thought it our duty to endeavour their vindication so far 
 as our testimony for them will avail. The persons, in 
 whose behalf we are desired and concerned to speak 
 something at present, are Mrs. Mary Osgood,* Eunice 
 Frye,t Deliverance Dane, J Sarah Wilson § and Abigail 
 Barker, || , who are women of whom we can truly give this 
 character and commendation, that they have not only 
 lived among us so inoffensively as not to give the least 
 occasion to any that know them to suspect them of 
 witchcraft, but by their sober, godly, and exemplary 
 conversation have obtained a good report in the place, 
 where they have been well esteemed and approved in the 
 church of which they are members. 
 
 We are surprised to hear that persons of known in- 
 tegrity and purity were accused of so horrid a crime, 
 not considering, then, that the most innocent were liable 
 to be so misrepresented and abused. When these women 
 were accused by some afflicted persons of the neighbour- 
 hood, their relations and others, though they had so good 
 grounds of charity that they should not have thought 
 any evil of them, yet through a misrepresentation of the 
 truth of that evidence that was so much credited and 
 improved against people, took great pains to persuade 
 them to own what they were, by the afflicted, charged 
 
 * Wife of Capt. John Osgood, daughter of the Rev. Robert Clemens, 
 of Haverhill. 
 
 t Eunice Potter, wife of Deacon John Frye, who was uncle of Phebe, 
 who md. Samuel Peters. 
 
 t Deliverance Hazeltine, wife of Nathaniel Deane. 
 
 § Sarah Chandler Wilson, aunt of Thos Chandler who md. Mary- 
 Peters. 
 
 II Abigail Wheelock, wife of Ebenezer Barker. 
 
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 with ; and indeed did unreasonably urge them to confess 
 themselves guilty, as some of us who were then present 
 can testify. But these good women did very much assert 
 their innocence; yet some of them said they were not 
 without fear lest Satan had some way ensnared them, 
 because there was that evidence against them which then 
 was by many thought to be a certain indication and 
 discovery of witchcraft, yet they seriously professed they 
 knew nothing by themselves of that nature. Neverthe- 
 less, by the unwearied sollicitations of those that privately 
 discoursed them, both at home and at Salem, they were 
 at length persuaded publickly to own what they were 
 charged with, and to submit to that guilt which we still 
 hope and believe they are clear of. And it is probable, 
 the fear of what the event might be, and the encourage- 
 ment that it is said, was suggested to them, that con- 
 fessing was the only way to obtain favour, might be too 
 powerful a temptation for timorous women to withstand, 
 in the hurry and distraction that we have heard they 
 were in. Had what they said against themselves pro- 
 ceeded from conviction of the fact, we should have had 
 nothing to have said for them, but we are induced to 
 think that it did not, because they did soon privately 
 retract what they had said, as we are informed; and 
 while they were in prison, they declared to such as they 
 had confidence to speak freely and plainly to, that they 
 were not guilty of what they had owned, and that what 
 they had said against themselves was the greatest grief 
 and burden they laboured under. Now, though we cannot 
 but judge it a thing very sinful for innocent persons to own 
 a crime they are not guilty of, yet, considering the well 
 ordered conversation of those women while they lived 
 among us, and what they now seriously and constantly 
 affirm in a more composed frame, we cannot but in 
 charity judge them innocent of the great transgression 
 
Ipswich and Andover 
 
 19 
 
 that hath been imputed to them. As for the rest of our 
 neighbours, who are under the Hke circumstances with 
 these that have been named, we can truly say of them, 
 that while they lived among us, we have had no cause 
 to judge them such persons as, of late, they have been 
 represented and reported to be, nor do we know that 
 any of their neighbours had any just grounds to suspect 
 them of that evil that they are now charged with. 
 
 Dudley Bradstreet 
 
 II 
 
 Wm. Peters 
 
 I Francis Dane, Sen. 
 
 12 
 
 Samuel Peters 
 
 2 Thomas Barnard 
 
 13 
 
 Walter Wright 
 
 3 Thomas Chandler, sen. 
 
 
 Hooker Osgood 
 
 John Barker 
 
 
 Benja. Stevens 
 
 Henry Ingalls, sen. 
 
 
 Ann Bradstreet 
 
 4 Wm Chandler, sen. 
 
 
 Joanna Dane 
 
 Samuel Martin 
 
 
 Eliza. Stevens 
 
 Samuel Ingalls 
 
 
 Eliza. Barnard 
 
 5 Ephraim Stevens 
 
 
 Phebe Robinson 
 
 Daniel Poor 
 
 14 
 
 Hannah Chandler 
 
 John Ingalls 
 
 15 
 
 Hannah Dane 
 
 John Abbot, sen. 
 
 
 Henry Ingalls, jun. 
 
 Samuel Blanchard 
 
 16 
 
 John Frie, sen. 
 
 Wm Ballard 
 
 17 
 
 James Frie 
 
 Thomas Hooper 
 
 18 
 
 John Aslet (Aslebe) 
 
 John Hooper 
 
 19 
 
 Samuel Holt 
 
 Wm Abbot 
 
 
 Joseph Robinson 
 
 James Russell 
 
 
 Thomas Johnson 
 
 Oliver Holt 
 
 
 Tho. Johnson, jun. 
 
 John Presson 
 
 20 
 
 Andrew Peters 
 
 6 Francis Dane, jim. 
 
 21 
 
 Mary Peters (Mercy) 
 
 7 George Abbot 
 
 22 
 
 Bridget Chandler 
 
 8 Wm Chandler, jun. 
 
 
 Mary Johnson 
 
 9 John Chandler 
 
 
 Robert Russel 
 
 10 Elizabeth Rite 
 
 
 Mary Russel " 
 
20 Massachusetts 
 
 o Captain and son of Simon Bradstreet. 
 1-2 Clergymen of Andover. 
 
 3 Father-in-law of Mary Peters Chandler. 
 
 4 Uncle of Thomas Chandler who married Mary Peters. 
 
 5 He married Sarah, daughter of Hannah Chandler and 
 George Abbot. She was own cousin to Mary Peters 
 Chandler's husband. 
 
 6 Son of the Revd. Francis Dane, and step-son to 
 Hannah Chandler, widow of George Abbot, and third 
 wife of the Rev"? Francis Dane. She was own aimt to 
 Thos. Chandler, jun. 
 
 7 Son of Hannah Chandler and George Abbot, and own 
 cousin to Thomas Chandler, husband of Mary Peters. 
 
 8 Brother of Thomas, Jr. and John Chandler. 
 
 9 Brother of Thomas and William Jr. 
 
 10 Oldest daughter of Andrew Peeters who married 
 Walter Wright for her second husband. 
 
 1 1- 1 2 Sons of Andrew Peeters. 
 
 1 3 Son-in-law of Andrew Peeters. 
 
 14 Hannah Abbot, wife of John Chandler sister-in-law 
 of Mary Peters. 
 
 15 Hannah Chandler, aunt of Thomas, Jr., widow of 
 George Abbot, and third wife of the Revd. Francis Dane. 
 
 16 Father of Deacon John and James Frie, and grand- 
 father of Phebe who three years later married Samuel 
 Peters. 
 
 17 Son of John Frie, Sen. 
 
 18 Lieut. John Aslebe, brother-in-law of Samuel Frie 
 and maternal uncle of Phebe who later married Samuel 
 Peters. 
 
 19 He married a sister of John Allen who married 
 Mercy Peters. 
 
 20-21 Our earliest ancestor and his wife Mercy. 
 22 Bridget Henchman, second wife of William Chand- 
 ler, senior. 
 
Ipswich and Andover 21 
 
 John Allen was brother of the well-known Martha 
 (Allen) Carrier, who was hanged as a witch. It will be 
 seen that the Peters family was in the very midst of those 
 accused as witches. The paper was a bold one to draw 
 up and it must have taken great courage to sign it. 
 
 FILES OF COURT PAPERS. 
 
 "Know all men by these presents, That we William 
 Chandler as principle & Andrew Peters & George Herrick 
 Suretyes do acknowledge ourselves to owe & be justly 
 Indebted unto our Sovereign Lord & Lady King William 
 and Queen Mary, their Heirs and Successors, for the Sup- 
 port of their Majesties' Government here, the sum of 
 Fifty pounds, for the true performance of which payment 
 well and truly to be made we bind ourselves each of us 
 and each of our Heirs Executors and Administrators 
 firmly by these Presents, Sealed with our Seals, dated in 
 Salem, this 17 day of Janry 1692. 
 
 The condition of this Obligation is such, That whereas 
 the aforesaid William Chandler is admitted and allowed by 
 their Majesties Justices at a General Sessions of the Peace 
 to keep a common house of entertainment and to use 
 common selling of ale, beer, syder &c till the General 
 Sessions of the Peace in . . . next in the now Dwell- 
 ing-house of said Chandler in Andover commonly known 
 by the sign of the horse-shoe,* and no other. If therefore 
 the said William Chandler during the time of keeping a 
 Publick House shall not permit suffer or have any playing 
 at Dice, Cards, Tables Quoits, Loggets, Bowles, Ninepins, 
 Billiards or any other unlawful Game or Games in his 
 house, yard. Garden or Backside; nor shall suffer to be 
 or remain in his House any person or persons not being 
 of his own family upon Saturday nights after it is Dark, 
 nor at any time on the Sabbath Day or Evening after the 
 
 * He was a blacksmith. 
 
22 Massachusetts 
 
 Sabbath, nor shall suffer any person to lodge or stay in 
 his House above one day and one night ; but such whose 
 Name and Surname he shall deliver to some one of The 
 Selectmen or Constables or some one of the officers of the 
 Town unless they be such as he very well knoweth and 
 will answer for his or their forthcoming; nor shall sell 
 any Wine or Liquors to any Indians or Negroes nor suffer 
 any servants or apprentices or any other persons to re- 
 main in his house Tippling or drinking after nine of the 
 clock in the night time; nor buy or take to Pawn any 
 stolen goods, nor willingly harbor in his said House, 
 Barn, Stable or otherwise any Rogues, Vagabonds, 
 Thieves, nor other notorious offenders whatsoever nor 
 shall suffer any person or persons to sell or utter any 
 ale, beer, cyder &c by Deputation or by colour of this 
 License and also keep the true assize and measure in his 
 Pots, Bread and otherwise, in uttering of ale, beer, cyder, 
 wine, rum, &c, and the same sell by sealed measure. And 
 in his said House shall and do use and maintain good 
 order and Rule : Then this present obligation to be void 
 or else stand in full Force Power and Virtue. 
 Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of 
 
 Jonathan Putnam 
 Stephen Sewal 
 William Chandler 
 George Herrick 
 Andrew Peeters" 
 
 Files of Court Papers 
 1692 This may certifye any that may be concerned yt 
 Mr Andrew Peeters, (now an inhabitant in Andover) being 
 lately burnt out by ye Indians & put by his husbandry 
 & being a stiller of strong liquors by his calling & having 
 sett up his still house in ye towne of Andover we ye 
 subscribers being ye selectmen of Andover doe desire & 
 
Ipswich and Andover 23 
 
 judge it a benefit to ye towne yt he may have Hberty to 
 retaile his Hquor by ye quart out of his owne house to the 
 householders of ye Towne or others which he may think 
 have need of it. We judging him a man carefull of 
 observing law & good order in those matters. 
 
 Dudley Bradstreet 
 
 John Abbot 
 
 John Aslebe * 
 
 Samuel Frie f 
 
 John Chandler, Selectmen of Andover 
 
 Andover, ye 21 December 1692 
 
 1692 "Granted to Mr Andrew Peters | to build a seat 
 in ye east gallery & to Joseph Wilson to build a seat over 
 ye north stairs." — Church Records, Andover. 
 
 1692 A rate made for ye minister in the year 1692 
 for the South end of the town of Andover (Assessors' 
 Records,) Andrew Peters is one of those assessed. 
 
 1692-3 Mar 6 Left. Christopher Osgood § moderator 
 for the day, Capt. Dudley Bradstreet, Capt. Osgood, I 
 John Chandler & Christopher Osgood are chosen select- 
 men for the year ensuing 
 
 1693-4 Jan. I Report of towne meeting, signed by 
 Dudley Bradstreet, Thomas Chandler Senr, Andrew 
 Peeters and others. 
 
 1693-4 Mar. 5 Report of towne meeting, Left. Chris- 
 topher Osgood, § moderator, Mr. Andrew Peeters (and 
 four others) selectmen. 
 
 * Great-grandfather of Samuel, 3 William, 3 Andrew 3 and John 3 
 Peters. 
 
 t Grandfather of Samuel,3 William,3 Andrew 3 and John 3 Peters. 
 
 I Miss Bailey, in her History of Andover says that only four men, 
 early in the settling of the town, were given the title of " Mr." 
 Andrew, after coming to Andover is, with two or three exceptions, 
 invariably spoken of as " Mr. Peters." 
 
 § Grandfather of Phebe Carlton, who married John Peters, 1733. 
 
 I This is Captain John Osgood. 
 
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 1693-4 Mr. Andrew Peeters treasurer, Capt. Chris- 
 topher Osgood representative for the town this year. 
 
 1694 July 30 Mr Andrew Peeters was chosen treas- 
 urer of ye towne. 
 
 1694-5 May 4 John Carleton * & William Lovejoy 
 constables Mr Andrew Peeters treasurer for the year en- 
 suing. 
 
 1696 May 4 Voted & passed yt these tenn men 
 hereafter named shall have the libertie of making a ware 
 for ye catching of fish in Merrimack River att a place 
 commonly called ye fishing place against Maj. Bradstreet 
 his Ground. According to these terms following : viz, to 
 sell to ye inhabitants of this town at any price not ex- 
 ceeding twelvepence ye score & ye inhabitants of this 
 towne to be supplied before strangers. Mr Andrew 
 Peeters, Left. John Chandler, Left. Thomas Johnson, 
 Sergt. John Aslebe, William Chandler Senr, Andrew 
 Foster, Walter Wright Sen, Henry Holt sr, Thomas 
 Osgood, Daniel Bigsbee are ye sd tenn men. 
 
 This above sd ware to be erected & finished as soon as 
 ye streame will permit upon ye forfeiture of ye grant. 
 
 1696 Aug. 13 William Peters killed by the Ind- 
 ians, f 
 
 ANDOVER TOWN RECORDS. 
 
 1696-7 Mar I — Maj. Dudley Bradstreet, Left. John 
 Osgood, Capt. Christopher Osgood, Left. Chandler, Mr 
 Andrew Peeters, selectmen. Mr Andrew Peeters town 
 treasurer. 
 
 1697-8 Mar 7 Mr Andrew Peeters treasurer. 
 
 * Father of Phebe Carlton, who married John Peters, 1733. 
 
 fThis is the same raid that was made on Haverhill, when Han- 
 nah Dustin was carried off and so many of the Haverhill people 
 were killed. William evidently lived near the river and some of the 
 Indians must have ovitstripped their companions and crossed to the 
 south side. 
 
Ipswich and Andover 25 
 
 Certificate to Andrew Peters, Andover, March i, 1698-9 
 
 This informes any that are concerned yt whereas 
 WilHam Chandler late of Andover deceased, was the Inn- 
 holder of our Towne & wee being likely to be vacant Wee 
 desire Mr Andrew Peeters may be the person for ye next 
 year for ye End; he having license from ye Quartr 
 Sessions for ye same formerly, and behaved himself with- 
 out offense soe farr as wee know * ; he is alsoe one of our 
 Selectmen, And our Town Treasr. 
 Dudley Bradstreet 
 
 John Chandler 
 
 John Abbot 
 
 Samuel Frie,t Selectmen 
 
 1698-9 Mar 6 Mr Andrew Peeters treasurer. 
 1699-1700 Mar 4 Mr Andrew Peeters treasurer. 
 1700-01 Mar 3 Mr Andrew Peeters treasurer 
 1701-02 Mar 2 Mr Andrew Peeters treasurer 
 1702 June 3 Ensign Jno. Aslebee and Mr Andrew 
 Peeters were chosen to goe down to Boston to manage the 
 concerns of ye towne against a petition yt may be putt 
 in to ye Gener Court by Mr Benjamin Woodbridge and 
 yt company concerns wh. him and $ by ye town of 
 
 Medford whomsoever any may thereby indeavor to in- 
 trude upon any part of our town rites and privileges, and 
 too hereby impower them to council, advise & implace 
 against them in J matter and also yt ye Town doe 
 
 hereby engage to bear their charges in ye management of 
 the sd affair and be also hereby allowed to see an attorney 
 to assist them Mr John t by Name if he be not 
 
 otherwise ingadged against us ; if he another in stead of 
 him or another to assist M C if need require; And for 
 
 * It is evident that the taking away of his license while in Ipswich 
 was from no serious cause. 
 
 t Father of Phebe Frie, who md. Samuel Peters. 
 t Illegible. 
 
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 ever to engadge him in ye civell law if they proceed 
 against us with any process 
 
 Voted and passed by a general vote ye day above." 
 
 1702 "Rid with Mr Woodman and Smith to Andover 
 which is a good In-land Town and of a good Prospect. 
 Some warned us not to goe to the ordinary, because 
 Mr Peters was dangerously sick of the Bloody Flux." — 
 Mass. Hist. Coll., Sewall Papers. 
 
 1703. For nearly thirty years the inhabitants of An- 
 dover lived in garrison the greater part of the time. In 
 1703 the following orders were issued to the military 
 officer of Andover, Capt. Christopher Osgood.* " I am 
 directed by his Excellency our Governor to build two 
 block-houses in your town upon the brink of Merrimack 
 river, one at the fording-place called Deare's Jump and 
 one at a fording-place commonly called Mr. Petters 
 
 wading-place . ' ' Miss Bailey's History of A ndover. 
 
 1703-4 Mr Andrew Peeters one of the selectmen. 
 1706-7 Mar 3 Mr Andrew Peeters treasurer 
 1707 Mar I Mr Andrew Peeters treasurer. 
 
 1 7 10 Nov 13 (Church Records) A committee con- 
 sisting of Mr Andrew Peeters and two other are impowered 
 to "make assessments and levy such moneys on the 
 north precinct." 
 
 171 1 Andrew Peeters assessor with two others is to 
 "give order for ye drawing out of money out of our 
 treasury." 
 
 1711-12 Feb I " Mr Andrew peeters, Richard Barker 
 Senier and En. Samuel Frie were chosen a committee to 
 seat the committee yt was chosen to seat people in our 
 meeting house according to the Instructions as hath bin 
 drawn up for seating said house." 
 
 ♦Grandfather of Phebe Carlton, who married John Peters, 1733. 
 
1713 
 
 GRAVE OF ANDREW PEETERS 
 
 NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 
 
Ipswich and Andover 27 
 
 A minister rate made and proportioned the 21 day of 
 November 171 2 and comited to John Osgood colecter to 
 gather and pay in to ye Reuerend Mr barnard forth with 
 — Andrew peter 1-6-0 
 
 1 712 July 18 Parish taxes. "Then Mr Andrew 
 Fetters with the Rest of the assors. Agreed with Deacon 
 Joseph Stivens for to Ring the bell one yeare for seventy 
 shillings." 
 
 1713 nov. 19 Mr andrew peeters 1-6-7. 
 
 1 7 1 3 April 17 "Mr Andrew Peeters, George Abbott and 
 Richard Barker sen are chosen a committee for the year in- 
 suing that is to say to make assessments for the precinct 
 in order to the paying our minister his salary and what 
 other grants of money they shall haue order to levy on sd 
 precinct and to warn precinct meetings as in time past. 
 
 1 7 13 Nov 16 Mr Andrew Peeters and two others are 
 assessors for the year ensuing. 
 
 "Mr Andrew Peeters dyed December ye 13th, 17 13; 
 
 aged about 77 years" Andover Tmvn Records. 
 
 The inscription on his gravestone in the North Andover 
 graveyard is as follows : 
 
 Here lyes the body of Mr Andrew Peters 
 
 who deceased December ye 14th 17 13 in ye 79th 
 
 year of his age * 
 
 Church Records "Jan 12 — 1713-14 Ephraim Foster 
 was chosen assessor to serve in ye room of Mr Peeters 
 deed for the year insuing 
 
 From the Proprietors book, Andover Town Records 
 1702-3 "Now the proprietors are to be stated — ac- 
 cording to the burthen of their particular taxes — to calcu- 
 late every proprietors money from 1681 to 17 13." — [The 
 proprietors had an interest in Andover town lands; we 
 
 * His gravestone is still standing and has been carefully enclosed 
 in a heavy granite slab. 
 
28 Massachusetts 
 
 see from this entry that Andrew Peters was rated as one 
 of the proprietors] : 
 
 " Mr Andrew petters paid from ye yere 1681 to 1714, as 
 it is last represented. To be privileged by it as the Rest 
 of the proprietors are in the common lands. ' ' The records 
 prior to the eighteenth century are comparatively meagre ; 
 the following vote shows why : 
 
 1698 "Voted that a committee be chosen to receive 
 anew the records of the town lands, according to what 
 papers may be found that have been upon record be- 
 fore ; our town records being taken away by the enemy 
 Indians." * 
 
 Andrew's will can now be seen in the court house in 
 Salem ; it is in excellent condition and reads as follows : f 
 
 WILL OF ANDREW PETERS 
 Endorsed in his handwriting "my Will & Testament." 
 ' ' I Andrew Peeters of Andover the county of Essex in 
 NEW England Being in Good health & memory (through 
 ye Goodness of God) & willing to settle ye Estate the 
 Lord hath Giuen mee after my Decease doe thus Ordaine 
 my Last will & testamt < 
 
 To my dear wiffe Mercij Peeters I will & bequeth my 
 whole estate in houses Lands & Cattle, goods, money &c 
 
 * Andrew Peters had the misfortune to leave a town which had 
 never been attacked by the Indians for a place which for many years 
 suffered from repeated raids by the "heathen enemy." 
 
 Judge Sewall describes this attack upon Andover: 
 
 "Feb. 24 — 97-98. Feb 22 at Break of day Andover is surprised 
 Lt/Col. Bradstreet's house, rifled, his ^kinsman Wade slain, Capt. 
 Chubb and his wife slain and three more. Some houses and Barns 
 burnt and in one a considerable quantity of corn and twenty head of 
 Cattel. Pulpit cushions taken away, fired but not quenched." 
 
 As Andrew Peters lived not far from the church and the Bradstreet 
 house it is probable that he suffered in this raid as well as his neigh- 
 bours. 
 
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 It is still worse. 
 
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 after her decease mij will is that mij son Samuell peeters 
 Shall haue & enjoij my whole Estate in houses, Lands, 
 Cattle, Stills, & Coppers & whatsoever I posses, — hee 
 Paieing all mij Lawfull debts & Receiving all debts — 
 Duw unto mee, and ye Reason is whereas I was Burnt 
 out bij ye heathen Enemij, hee ye said Samuelh Peeters 
 hath been mij Copartner Euer Since, & also hath pur- 
 chased a Great part of Said Land for himselue, of Collnl 
 Dudley Bradstreet &c: Only I make this Exception, I 
 Giue to my two daughters Tenne poimds in paij Each of 
 them, that is to Say Elizabeth Wright & Mary Chandler, 
 Itm : I Giue to my two Grand Children, Andrew & Mary 
 Peeters, which are ye Children of my Son John Peeters, 
 deceased. Each of them fiue pounds in pay, or ye Land I 
 bought of Sargt Jeremiah Belcher, on ye north side of 
 Merrimack Riuer * aboue Major dennisons farme where 
 their Father dwelt, Itm : I Giue to my Grandson Seber- 
 ence f peeters a paijer of oxren worth Tenne pounds in 
 paij, or tenne pounds other wise as mij Executors & he. 
 shall agree when he is of age, Itm : I Giue to my Grandson 
 John peeters ye son of Willm Peeters deceased, Tenne 
 pounds in paij when he shall Com to ye age of Twenty & 
 one years, Itm: I Giue imto my daughter in Law Mary 
 Chapman } Fourty shillings in Money and To my Grand 
 
 * Is this "Mr. Fetters' wading-place " ? 
 
 t We infer that this is the same as Sibbons. His brother Andrew 
 must have died in childhood, as his name is not mentioned in the will. 
 
 t Mary Wilbourn "called the daughter of Andrew Peters," Andrew's 
 stepdaughter, who December 30, 1674, was married to Nathaniel 
 Chapman, of and in Ipswich, Mass., son of Edward and Mary Chapman. 
 
 They appear to have had children as follows: 
 
 John, born in Andover, February 13, 1685. 
 
 Hannah, born in Ipswich, February 13, 1691. 
 
 Michael, born March i, 1694. 
 
 David, born August 14, 1695. Probably there were others. 
 
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 daughter Annis Chandler, as my Executors shall see 
 Cause, and as for my Grand Children John & hannah 
 Allin * haue been under my Care, I haue Reserved them 
 that which was their Fathers that is to Say for John Allin 
 ye farme that was his Fathers, and for hannah Allin The 
 household stuffe, as to a lead & pewter which I Gaue to 
 their mother, & tenne pounds in ye hands of their unckle 
 Samuel Holt, which will appear by an Instrument under 
 ye said Samuel Holt his hand & seal. 
 
 And if it should please God to Take my Son Samuell 
 Peeters out of this world before my dear wiffe, my will 
 is That my Estate shall be giuen unto his male Children 
 lawfully begotten of his Body and whereas I haue Taken 
 ye Care upon me for ye maintainance of Walter Wright 
 junr I doe hereby bind my Executor, Samuell peters to 
 Take ye Full Charge & Care of him, according to indent- 
 ment I haue made with his Father to witt : Walter Wright 
 Senr &c : I doe declare this to bee my Last will & Testa- 
 ment & of This I make mij dear wiffe Mercij Peeters & my 
 Son Samuel peeters my Executors, In Witness whereof I 
 haue here unto Sett my Hand & Seale this i6 Daye of 
 Novembr in ye year of our Lord God seauenteene hun- 
 dered & two, 1702 
 
 I haue written this with my owne hand. 
 Andrew Peeters 
 
 Signed and sealed in ye Presence of Thomas Barnard 
 Theophilus Cotton Mary Famum 
 
 * Their parents died of small-pox. 
 
 f The seal on Andrew's will is no longer in existence. When I first 
 saw it, in 1896, it was of black wax and in good condition. It 
 plainly represented what is given above, namely, two or three (ap- 
 parently) Indian arrow-heads about the sides, a log fort with flag 
 flying and something showing above the top, — possibly a small gun, — 
 over all the sun shines brilliantly; to me it is undoubtedly in memory 
 
Ipswich and Andover 31 
 
 Mary Famum Alice Johnson declared they saw An- 
 drew Peeters Signe & seale his last will & Testament 
 &c Dec 29, 1 7 13 
 
 Ipswich, May 3, 17 14 Mary Farnum appeared & made 
 oath to what is aboue written The Widow (illegible) " 
 
 Samuel Peters gave bonds in 200;^ with Thomas Bar- 
 nard of Andover as suretie Feb 5, 1713-14. 
 
 There is no settlement of this estate on record. 
 
 ANDOVER CHURCH RECORDS, 1686 AND LATER. 
 
 Admitted to full Communion Mrs Mary * Peters 
 
 Margaret Peters widow. 
 
 Mrs. Mary* Peters widow and Relict of Mr Andrew Peters 
 Died on the 5th of November 1726. 
 
 1 II. John, first child of Andrew Peeters and Mercy 
 Beamsley his wife, born in Ipswich, February 28, 1660; 
 killed by the Indians in Andover, August 14, 1689; mar- 
 ried in Ipswich, May 25, 1680, Mary Edwards, daughter 
 of John Edwards, bom in Ipswich , October 16, 1661, 
 died in Ipswich, January 11, 1733, ^^'^ had two children. 
 
 of the great event of Andrew's life, — the desperate struggle and victory 
 of the white men over the Indians, and the taking of their stronghold 
 in the Narragansett campaign. The seal is evidently a home-made 
 affair, but it is the more individual and valuable on that accotmt. 
 
 "The courage displayed during the action by every part of the 
 army, the invincible heroism of the officers, the firmness and resolu- 
 tion of the soldiers when they saw their captains falling before them, 
 and the hardships endured before and after the engagement are 
 hardly credible, and rarely find a parallel in ancient or modem ages. 
 The cold the day preceding the action was extreme, and in the night 
 the snow fell so deep as to render it extremely difficult for the army 
 to move the day succeeding. Four hundred of the soldiers were so 
 completely frozen as to be unfit for duty!" — History of the Indian 
 Wars, by Henry Trumbull. 
 
 (Out of eleven hundred and twenty-seven men two hundred and 
 ninety-nine were killed and five hundred and thirteen wounded. The 
 Massachusetts men were at the head of the army and led the charge 
 against the fort. — E. B. P.) * Probably written "Marcy." 
 
32 Massachusetts 
 
 ///. Children of John and Mary Edwards: 
 
 8 (1). Andrew,* born in Ipswich, December i, 1682. 
 
 9 (2). Mary. 
 
 John lived, according to his grandfather's will, "on ye 
 north side of Merrimack Riuer, aboue Major Dennison's 
 farme." As he lived out of the town it is probable that 
 there were other children whose births were not recorded. 
 Mary must have been one of them, and whether it is her 
 death which is recorded in Ipswich on the nth of Jan- 
 uary, 1733, or her mother's, it is impossible to say. 
 Probably the latter. John Peters was killed during the 
 raid on Haverhill of August 13, 1689, when so many in 
 that town lost their lives. There are two records in 
 Ipswich of his marriage to Mary Edwards, the first, April 
 12, 1680, is, imdoubtedly, a publishment. 
 
 3 II. Elizabeth, second child of Andrew Peeters and 
 Mercy Beamsley his wife, bom in Ipswich, August 26, 1662, 
 died in Andover, October 31, 1 703 ; was married in Ipswich, 
 November 25, 1678, to John Sady, and had two children. 
 
 ///. Children of Elizabeth Peters and John Sady: 
 
 (1). John, born (probably in Ipswich in 1679) died in 
 Andover August 13, 1702, "aged about twenty-four 
 years." 
 (2). Samuel, born (probably in Ipswich, in 1680), mar- 
 ried September 25, 1704, Mary Hamden. "Capt. 
 Samuel Sady died Oct. ye 8-1744 aged 64 years." 
 His gravestone is in Medfield, Mass. The intention of 
 marriage and his marriage are both recorded in Middleton, 
 Mass., town records. 
 
 Elizabeth Sady was married (2) to Walter Wright 
 (widower) September 9, 1684, by Mr. Russell (he married, 
 February 26, 1667, Susannah Johnson; "died June 3, 
 1684, Susannah wife of Walter Wright.") 
 
 * See New Hampshire. 
 
Ipswich and Andover 33 
 
 III. Children of Elizabeth Peters Sady and Walter Wright: 
 
 (1). Elizabeth, born in Andover, July 20, 1685. 
 
 (2). Dorothy, born in Andover, July 23, 1688. 
 
 (3). Joseph, born in Andover, October 28, 1693. 
 
 (4). Sarah, born in Andover, March 20, 1696. 
 
 (5). Abigail, born in Andover, January 31, 1699. 
 
 (6). Dorothy, born in Andover, 1701. 
 " 1 71 2, October 20 (25?), died Walter Write, aged about 
 seventy." 
 
 3 II. Andrew, third child of Andrew Peeters and Mercy 
 Beamsley his wife, no record of birth (probably bom in 
 Ipswich, in 1664), killed by the Indians in Andover, Au- 
 gust 14, 1689; married in Andover, February 8, 1685, by 
 Major Saltonstall, to Elizabeth Famham, dau. Thomas 
 Famham and Elizabeth Sibbons, his wife, bom in An- 
 dover, February 19, 1661, died in , 
 and had 2 children. 
 
 ///. Children of Andrew and Elizabeth Famham: 
 
 10 (1). Andrew, born in Andover, December 9, 1686; no 
 further record. Probably died young, as he is not mentioned 
 in his grandfather's will. 
 
 11 (2). Sibbons,* born in Andover, February 19, 1688. 
 
 He is undoubtedly the one called " Seberence " in his grand- 
 father's will, whence it may be inferred that the name was 
 written according to a careless pronunciation and that it was 
 not "Seaborn," as has been surmised. 
 
 Elizabeth Farnham Peters was married (2) by Captain 
 Danforth, April 2, 1692, to James Johnson, son of Thomas 
 Johnson and Mary Holt, his wife, bom in Andover, 
 February 4, 1672, died in Andover, October 14, 1748, and 
 had children. 
 
 Andrew ", the second son of Andrew ^ is curiously 
 enough, his only child not mentioned by name in his 
 will. He was killed at the same time as his elder brother 
 John. 
 
 * See New Hampshire. 
 
34 Massachusetts 
 
 FROM THE WILSON MANUSCRIPT.* 
 
 "The settlers were so much annoyed by the Indians at 
 this time, that they could with difficulty support their 
 families.! Their houses were burned, their crops de- 
 stroyed and their cattle driven away. During a period 
 of more than thirty years (1686-1725) they were com- 
 pelled to spend more or less of each year at the garrison. 
 (Blanchard's was the one at Haggett's Pond.) When 
 they went out to work in their fields, each man armed 
 himself in readiness to repel an attack. Notwithstand- 
 ing these precautions, many of the inhabitants were killed ; 
 among others the sons of Mr. Peters. 
 
 "A couple of Indians had been looking around the 
 settlements and had taken one prisoner and were cau- 
 tiously retiring when they saw two young men, John and 
 Andrew Peters, approaching. They had been at work 
 in the field and were returning to the garrison. The In- 
 dians immediately hid behind a log fence, and told their 
 captive, John Singletary, if he stirred or made any noise 
 they would instantly kill him. They suffered the brothers 
 to pass and then they both fired. One of the young men 
 fell dead from his horse, the other was mortally wounded, 
 the ball passing through his body and through the neck 
 of his horse. The wounded animal dashed off at full 
 speed, carrying the unfortimate rider to a considerable 
 distance from the spot where his brother fell." 
 
 4 II. Mary, fourth child of Andrew Peeters and Mercy 
 Beamsley his wife, bom in Ipswich, June 12, 1668, died 
 
 * Mrs. Margaret Wilson Mighill, of Danby,, near Wallingford, Vt., 
 died in 1820, aged ninety-one. She told the tale of John's, Andrew's, 
 and William's death, to her granddaughter, Sarah Ives Fox, who 
 wrote it down. Mrs. Mighill was the oldest daughter of Abigail 
 Whittemore and Thomas Wilson, son of Margaret Russ Peters (widow 
 of William Peters), and her second husband, James Wilson, of Cam- 
 bridge. James Wilson removed to Killingly, Conn. 
 
 t This was in Andover. 
 
Ipswich and Andover 35 
 
 in Andover, July 21, 1753, in the 86th year of her age; 
 was married, May 22, 1686, to Thomas Chandler, son of 
 Capt, Thomas Chandler and Hannah Brewer his wife, 
 bom in Andover, October 9, 1664, died in Andover, 
 January 20, 1737, and had nine children. 
 
 ///. Children of Mary Peters and Thomas Chandler: 
 
 (1). Mary, born in Andover, February 18, 1687. 
 
 (2). Annis, born in Andover, March 21 (24?), 1689. 
 
 (3). Thomas, born in Andover, June 4, 1691. 
 
 (4). Elizabeth, born in Andover, July 13, 1693. 
 
 (5). Timothy, born in Andover, March 29, 1695. 
 
 (6). Ephraim, born in Andover, October 2, 1696. 
 
 (7). David, born in Andover, January 11, 1699. 
 
 (8). Hannah, born in Andover, August 23, 1700. 
 
 (9). Mary, born in Andover, March 8, 1702. 
 
 5 11, Mercy, fifth child of Andrew Peeters and Mercy 
 Beamsley his wife, bom in Ipswich, January 27, 1670, died 
 in Andover, of the small-pox, December 25, 1690; was 
 married by Mr. Dane, May 22, 1686, to John Allen, son 
 of Andrew Allen and Faith Ingalls his wife, bom in An- 
 dover, March 16, 1662, died of the small-pox, November 
 26, 1690, and had three children. 
 
 ///. Children of Mercy Peters and John Allen. 
 (1). John, born April 30, 1687. 
 (2). John, born June 12, 1688. 
 (3). Hannah, born September 12, 1690. 
 John Allen and his yoimg wife evidently caught the 
 dread disease from his sister, the unfortunate Martha 
 Allen, wife of Thomas Carrier, who only a few years later 
 was hanged as a witch. The Carrier family came from 
 Billerica to Andover, and in 1690 some of them became 
 ill with small-pox. 
 
 "To Samuel Holt, Andrew Allen and John Allen, 
 Neighbors and ffriends. — We the subscribers of Andover 
 
$6 Massachusetts 
 
 have been informed that your sister Carrier and some of 
 her children are smitten with that contagious disease the 
 small-pox and some have been so inconsiderate as to 
 think that the care of them belongs to the salact men of 
 Andover which does not, for they took care when first 
 they came to towne to warne them out again and have 
 attended the law therein; and shall only take care that 
 they doe not spread the distemper with wicked careless- 
 ness which we are afraid they have already done. You 
 had best take what care you can about them, nature and 
 Religion requiring of it. We hope we have done faith- 
 fully in this information and are your friends and ser- 
 vants. Oct. 14th, 1690. 
 
 A most cold-blooded, selfish document! Samuel Holt 
 was brother-in-law of Martha Carrier, and Andrew Allen 
 was her father. It was the custom, when a new family 
 came to town to warn them out, otherwise, in case of 
 poverty or disease, they might become a charge to the 
 town. 
 
 Later, Walter Wright, brother-in-law of John Allen 
 and Mercy Peters Allen (through his marriage to Eliza- 
 beth, oldest daughter of Andrew Peeters), received the 
 following warrant. 
 
 " To Walter Wright, Constable ; Whereas it has pleased 
 God to visit those of the widdowe Allen's family which she 
 hath taken into her house with that contagious disease 
 the small-pox, it being as we think part of our duty to 
 prevent the spreading of sd distemper we therefore re- 
 quier you in their Majesties' names to warn sd family not 
 to goe near any house soe as to endanger them by sd 
 infection nor to come to the public meeting till they may 
 come with safety to others ; but what they want let them 
 acquaint you with; which provide for them out of their 
 own estates." 
 
 Dated the 4.9. 1690. 
 
Ipswich and Andover 37 
 
 6 II. William, sixth child of Andrew Peeters and 
 Mercy Beamsley his wife, born in Ipswich, February 7, 
 1672, killed by the Indians in Andover August 13, 1696. 
 (No record of marriage, but is said to have married Mar- 
 garet Russe in 1694, perhaps daughter of John Russ and 
 Deborah Osgood, bom in Andover, April 10, 1673?) 
 
 ///. Children of William and Margaret Russ: 
 
 13 (1). John * born in Andover, October i, 1695. 
 
 Margaret Russ Peters was married (2) April, 1704, to 
 James Wilson of Cambridge. 
 
 1696 "One Peters and Hoyt scalp'd at Andover this 
 week; were not shot, but knock'd in the head." 
 
 Mass. Hist. Coll. ^th series, vol. ii. 
 
 Dunstable, August 14, 1696 (Letter to Captain Lane) 
 "from Andover I have advice alsoe of two men being 
 murdered and scalped by ye Indian enemy, living in a 
 forsaken house half a mile from a garrison, whereof Peters 
 his son being one . . . Jonathan Tyng, major." 
 
 New Eng. Hist. & Gen. Register. 
 
 In the History of Billerica, Massachusetts, by Hazen, 
 there is a letter from Andover relating that William 
 Peters belonging to Samuel Blanchard's garrison, went 
 to his house with one Hoyt to fetch his horse, and not 
 returning, search was made and both men were foimd 
 killed and scalped. The house was about half a mile 
 from the garrison on the Billerica road in an open plain. 
 
 The Revd. John Pike records in his Journal, 1696, that 
 "old John Hoyt of Amesbury and young Peters of And- 
 over were slain upon the road between Andover and 
 Haverhill." The Revd. Samuel Peters, of Connecticut, 
 of Blue Law fame, made out of one man and one horse 
 a captain of cavalry, and out of two white men slain by 
 
 * Founder of the Connecticut line. See Connecticut. 
 
38 Massachusetts 
 
 some Indians a pitched battle. It is evident that the 
 Wilson manuscript is nearly or quite correct in its account 
 of the death of William Peters, the father of John, who 
 was the parent of all the Connecticut Peters. 
 
 EXTRACT FROM THE WILSON MANUSCRIPT: 
 
 " William Peters and Margaret Russe had been married 
 but two years when William shared the fate of his broth- 
 ers. It was in the month of August, 1696 and they were 
 living at the garrison (Blanchard's) according to Hazen 
 the historian of Billerica. Mrs Peters had that morn- 
 ing ventured to go back to the house to gather some 
 vegetables from the garden for dinner. It appears that 
 after her return to the garrison, the Indians came to the 
 house and hid themselves in a neighbouring corn-field. 
 After dinner, Mr Peters concluded to go and take care 
 of a lame horse that was in the pasture near the house. 
 Mrs Peters wished to accompany him, but as it began 
 to rain, he thought it would not be prudent for her to do 
 so. (Their young son John was a babe ten months old.) 
 She felt an uncommon anxiety to go with him, and fol- 
 lowing him out, said she could go, the rain would not hurt 
 her. Noticing her extreme agitation he turned and in a 
 tender manner replied, ' No, my dear, it will make you 
 sick; the grass will be very wet, you will wet your feet 
 and take cold.' He told her he would go to his father's 
 who lived at the distance of about a mile from there and 
 bring a fat lamb. He would also lead the horse to the 
 fort that she might see it. He then left her and she 
 watched him as long as he remained in sight. 
 
 "He went to the pasture, led the horse up to the house, 
 and stood examining his foot, when some Indians rushed 
 upon him, seized and carried him into the house where a 
 man by the name of Hoyt was making ropes. They in- 
 stantly knocked Hoyt down and scalped him. They 
 
Ipswich and Andover 39 
 
 then gave Peters a pair of mocassins, told him he must 
 put them on and accompany them. He sat down and 
 began to tie the mocassins, carefully watching an oppor- 
 ttmity to make his escape. The Indians were very busy 
 plundering the house, and when Peters saw the doorway 
 clear, he sprang forward, knowing if he could get out, he 
 could out run the Indians, as he had previously had 
 several races with them. Unfortunately the pole on 
 which Hoyt had htmg his hemp was so low that he hit 
 his head against it and fell back. The Indians sprang 
 upon him with their hatchets. He made a gallant de- 
 fense, throwing down three of them, when the fourth 
 struck him over the eye, with the head of his hatchet and 
 broke his skull. They scalped him, gathered their 
 booty and fled. The Indians, from whom an account of 
 this affair was afterwards obtained, said that they washed 
 the scalps in rain water which had caught on the heads 
 of some cider barrels that stood near the door. 
 
 ' ' Mrs Peters became uneasy at the length of time that 
 had elapsed since the departure of her husband. As hour 
 after hour passed away, her fears for his safety increased. 
 Unable to control her feelings of apprehension, she spoke 
 to the other women of the fort of her anxiety about him. 
 They only laughed at her fears. About sunset one of the 
 young men at the fort started to bring the cows from 
 pasture. Mrs. Peters could bear the suspense no longer. 
 As the path the young man would have to follow, led him 
 near her house, she said she would go with him. They 
 walked along in silence until they came to the path which 
 would separate them. She told him he must go with her, 
 she durst not go alone. Without saying a word, he 
 stepped into the path before her and walked towards the 
 house. When they came within sight of it, they were 
 surprised to see the hogs (which usually ran in the woods 
 and were very wild) around the house, and one of them 
 
40 Massachusetts 
 
 appeared to be feeding upon something that lay in the 
 doorway. As they came nearer, the path led them in 
 such a direction that they could not see the front part of 
 the house. 
 
 "When the young man, who was a few steps in advance 
 came round the comer of the hotise, he turned suddenly 
 with an exclamation of terror and fled. Mrs Peters ran 
 with him several rods and then stopped and asked him 
 what he saw, 'I saw,' said he, 'blood on heads of the 
 barrels and the hogs were eating Mr. Hoyt's head.' Ter- 
 rible as this description was, it afforded a gleam of hope. 
 ' Did you see anything else ? ' 'I thought I saw a heap 
 of cloth within.' The hope that had sustained her fled, 
 and she sank helpless upon the ground. The young man 
 caught her up and carried her toward the fort. His ap- 
 proach was observed by the inmates of the garrison, who 
 came out to meet him and assist in conveying Mrs Peters 
 into their little fortress. Happily for her, she was not 
 restored to consciousness for any considerable length 
 of time, during that night and for several succeeding 
 days. 
 
 " Three men armed themselves and went to the house. 
 They found Mr. Hoyt lying partly out of the door with 
 his head nearly gone. The body of Peters was lying on 
 the floor where he fell. One of the men raised him in his 
 arms and thought he felt the heart beat, but it soon 
 ceased. They laid him down again and, being too few in 
 number to carry the bodies to the fort, placed the remains 
 of Mr Hoyt within the house, closed the door and left 
 them until morning, when they were brought in and 
 buried. Margaret Peters thus early left a widow with 
 one child, had several offers of marriage, but remained 
 single until James Wilson, after the death of his wife, 
 hired Mrs Peters to take care of his family. Her kindness 
 and agreeable manners secured the attachment of father 
 
^M^: 
 
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Ipswich, and Andover 41 
 
 and children. Her second marriage was a happy union 
 for fifty years." * 
 
 7 II. Samuel, seventh child of Andrew Peeters and 
 Mercy Beamsley, bom (no record of birth, probably in 
 Ipswich, Mass., in 1674-75), died in Andover, May 2, 
 1736; md. in Andover, by Mr. Dane, Dec. 15, 1696, to 
 Phebe Frie, dau. Ensign Samuel Frie and Mary Aslebe, 
 his wife, bom in Andover, May 28, 1680, died in Andover, 
 May 14, 1757, in the 77th year of her age, and had nine 
 children. '^ 
 
 ///. Children of Samuel and Phebe Frie: 
 13 (1). Samuel, born in Andover, Aug. 14, 1697 (md. ch.). 
 14(2). Phebe, born in Andover, 26 day, 170 1 (record 
 very defective), died in Andover, Aug. 10, 1702.! 
 
 15 (3). Andrew, born in Andover, 1701 J (record defec- 
 tive) (md., no ch.). 
 
 16 (4). William, born in Andover, Jan. 7, 1704 J (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 17 (5). John, born in Andover, Nov. 6, 1705 (md., ch.). 
 
 18 (6). Beamsley, born in Andover, July 3, 1707, died 
 very young. 
 
 * Margaret Wilson, the eldest child of Thomas, the second son 
 of James Wilson and Margaret Peters, lived with her grandparents 
 till she was eighteen. In 1819 at the age of ninety, she related the 
 story of her ancestors in detail to her own granddaughter, who wrote 
 it down, and from her manuscript this copy was made. It is referred 
 to as the Wilson manuscript. 
 
 t This is the oldest known Peters gravestone. It stands in the old 
 North Andover graveyard close to her grandfather's, and next to the 
 depression in the ground which is said to mark the spot where stood 
 the first church in Andover. The inscription reads: " Phebe ye 
 daughter of Samuel and Phebe Peters aged 3 years died August ye 
 loth 1702." 
 
 t The records about this time are very defective. The Rev. 
 Andrew is said to have been bom September 26, but it could not have 
 been in 1701 if Phebe was bom in that year. The latter was un- 
 doubtedly bom in 1699, Andrew in 1701, and William January 7, 
 1703-4, but this last date is taken from Colonel Andrew Peters' family 
 Bible, the date in the Andover records being November, 1703. 
 
42 Massachusetts 
 
 19 (7). Beamsley, born in Andover, 1710 (md., one 
 dau.). 
 
 20 (8). Phebe, born in Andover, April 16, 17 19, died 
 (prob. in Middleton, Mass.) between 1757 and 1760; 
 was md. in April 17, 1744, to 
 Timothy Perkins * of Middleton, son of 
 
 Perkins and his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had five chidren. 
 
 21 (9). Joseph, born in Andover, May 25, 1723, died in 
 Andover, April 27, 1729. 
 
 FROM proprietors' BOOK, ANDOVER, 1715, JUNE 27 
 
 Voated and pegged out and granted to Samuell Fetters 
 the benefit of half the money that his father mr Andrew 
 petters paid from ye yere 1681 to 17 14, as it is last repre- 
 sented. 
 
 To be priviligd by it as the Rest of the proprietors are 
 in the common Lands. 
 
 Samuell petters 37 15 02 [Evidently the sum 
 total of his property. Every five poimds entitled a man 
 to a " voat " ; every fifty shillings to | a vote ; 25 shillings 
 to ^ of a vote. Samuell petters had 7 votes, ;^2 15 shil- 
 lings; 02 pence.] 
 
 1 71 5 the 6 of July Laid out to Samuel Peters five 
 acres of Land below the Lots joyning to his other land, 
 (botmded by Left. Thos. Johnson) 
 
 1 71 5 Sept. 15 Laid out to Samuel Peters two acres 
 and a half and eight Rods & a half of land lying on the 
 easterly side of his meadow called the den meadow, f 
 (boimds of Faulkner and Barnard) 
 
 * He may have been a cousin on the Beamsley side. After the 
 death of Phebe Peters Perkins, Timothy married Hannah Trowbridge, 
 and two of their sons, in succession , were named Beamsley. Hannah 
 Beamsley, sister of Mercy, married, in Ipswich, Comet Abraham Per- 
 kins. This Timothy is probably a descendant, though I have been 
 unable to find any record of him. 
 
 t See footnote on page 43. 
 
Ipswich and Andover 43 
 
 1 7 16 Jan. 24 Laid out to Samuel Peters two acres of 
 land toward his wood Lott division below the lotts be- 
 tween his own land and the way that leads to Paul 
 Faulkner's house. 
 
 1 7 16 Jan. 24 Laid out to Samuel Peters five acres and 
 half and eight rods of land wh. is in full for his wood 
 division Lying by the den hil.* 
 
 Andover the 24 of February 171 7-18 Laid out to 
 Samuell Peters a peece or parcel of land containing eight 
 acres be it more or less lying and being in Andover afore- 
 said lying on the southwardly side of the way that leads 
 to Wamassack near Bilicria line and is bounded as fol- 
 loweth beginning at the north east comer with a white 
 oak tree marked: with stones about it: then Runing 
 westwardly f ourty pols to another white oak tree marked 
 then runing southwardly thirty pols larg to a white oak 
 tree marked : standing on the side of a Ridge with stones 
 about it : then runing eastwardly f ourty pols to a black 
 oak marked with stones about it then runing north- 
 wardly thirty two pole to the first botmds. that is the 
 satisfaction of the said Samuell Fetters for the dammage 
 that the highway doth or may doe him the said Samuell 
 Peters or his heiers that hath bin laid out thorough the 
 land by the name of Aliens farme In witnesse whereof 
 the said Samuell Peters name was sett unto these presents 
 By his order Samuel Peters 
 
 Before us witnesses Ephraim Foster John frie 
 
 Laid out by us John frie John Chandler Benjamin 
 Barker selectmen. 
 
 1 71 7-18 "the old training-field And that between Capt. 
 John Chandler and Samuell Peterses and Ensign Henry 
 
 * The compiler believes this to be a reference to the Den Rocks, 
 which she thinks were in the family for nearly, or quite, two hundred 
 years, until sold, about 1890, by Mr. Nathaniel Peters. She must 
 confess, however, that Miss Charlotte Abbott, an authority on all 
 matters pertaining to Andover, is not of the same opinion. 
 
44 Massachusetts 
 
 Chandler — and that by the south meeting house; all 
 these places shall Lye common; for ever; as they now 
 Lye open." 
 
 1 718 Jime 7 Laid out to Samuell Peters four acres 
 and a half of land Lying on the Den hill.* Begun on the 
 west comer on a white oak marked by his former botinds 
 runing eastwardly by twelve rods to a white oak marked 
 Joseph Osgoods Bo\inds then fourty three Rods to pine 
 sd Osgoods bounds marked then fourty nine rods to the 
 first bounds; another parcel of it lying northerly of this 
 above Begun att the South West comer on a pine tree 
 marked Runing eastwardly on Wrights line fourty three 
 rods to a pine marked So on Twenty rods to a great Rock 
 att the comer of his pasture the northwest comer of ye 
 land he bought of Barnard then northerly on his own 
 land and Francis Faulkners land to Shawsheen river 
 then westwardly by the river to a great swamp oak 
 marked Ebenezer Barkers bounds then southwardly on 
 sd barkers line fourty eight rods to a Read oak marked : 
 another of sd barkers bounds then westwardly on sd 
 barkers line fourty eight rods to a pine marked then 
 southerly eleven rods to a pine marked sd peterses old 
 bounds then southerly bounded on sd peterses land to the 
 first Bounds. Laid out by us with allowance for Quality 
 
 John frie Stephen Osgood 
 Ephraim Foster Committee Joseph Bumap serveyer. 
 
 1 7 18 Dec. 10 Samuel Peters falling short of his meas- 
 ure of Land in his first division we doe allow him a small 
 groove of land Lying on the south end of the land his 
 father bought of Mr Dudley Bradstreet Esqr and the 
 three acres of land that was laid out to Robert bamard 
 near the den hill * Bounded on the northerly comer with a 
 Rock which is the bounds of his other land whear it is a 
 point. Then turning westwardly about nineteen rods to 
 * See footnote on page 43. 
 
Ipswich and Andover 45 
 
 a stake and stone which is Bamerd's line; then twenty- 
 rods to the first bounds Done by committee WilHam 
 Lovejoy Nehemiah Abbott (Committee) 
 George Abbott lott layer 
 
 The 26 December 1718 Third division Laid out to 
 Samuell Peters half an acre of land lying on a Lane be- 
 tween his own land and Joseph Wilsons land by ye den 
 hills Begun att ye South East comer on a stake sd Wil- 
 sons comer Run northerly by one rod and a half to a stake 
 and stone sd Peters comer boimds : before : then westerly 
 joyning on sd Peterses line thirty two rods to his other 
 stake and stone : then Southerly three rods to a white oak 
 marked sd Wilsons bounds then eastwardly on sd Wilsons 
 line thirty five rods to the first bounds. Laid out by us 
 John frie Ephraim Foster committee 
 Samuell Peterses land Recorded third Division the 13 
 of april 1 7 1 9 Laid out to Samuell Peters two acres of land 
 to his third Division lying by Bilicrea line by bilicrea 
 great meadows joyning to his former land Begun att a 
 black oak marked his former bounds Runing westwardly 
 thirty eight rods to a white oak both marked then south- 
 wardly sixteen rods to a walnut marked then eastwardly 
 thirty four rods to a white oak marked : then northwardly 
 nineteen rods to the first bounds with allowance for 
 quallity laid out by us the committee 
 
 John frie Ephraim Foster committee 
 Ensign Henry Chandler Joseph Osgood, John Wright, 
 John Wilson Stephen Osgood, Samuell peters and Capt. 
 John Chandler lands recorded to latter part of their third 
 division to each of the persons above named twelve rods 
 and fourteen foot of land lying in partnership. 
 
 The 21 of December, 1719, laid out to Ensign Henry 
 Chandler, Joseph Osgood, John Wright, John Wilson, 
 Stephen Osgood, Samuell peters and Capt. John Chand- 
 ler a certain peece of land lying between a two rod way 
 
46 Massachusetts 
 
 allowed between said John Wilsons land that was laid out 
 before and these lotts; now laid out; and the County- 
 road the whole peece of which is laid out to the several 
 persons above named ; is two rods wide att the west end 
 and thirty rods in length and four rods wide att the east 
 end lying between the said contey road that leads from 
 town along by Capt. Christopher Osgoods ; and the way 
 allowed for said Joseph Osgood ; to goe from his house to 
 the town two rods wide and the contey-road lieth on the 
 north side ; and is four rods wide ; and the said Osgoods 
 way lieth on the south side of the seven lotts following 
 which are laid out to the latter part of their third division ; 
 all and each of these lotts to each of them these persons 
 above named ; are thirty rods in length to each of them 
 and each lott is five foott wide at the west end and 
 eight foott wide att the east end the first lott on the south 
 side lyeth next to said Osgoods two rod way and is laid 
 out to Ensign Henry Chandler, the second is sd Joseph 
 Osgoods the third is sd John Wrights the forth is sd John 
 Wilsons the fifth is sd Stephen Osgoods, the sixth is sd 
 Samuell Peters and the seventh lott is sd Capt. John 
 Chandlers. Laid out by us John frie 
 
 Stephen Osgood Ephraim Foster Committee. 
 
 24 February, 1719-20 Laid out to Samuell Peters to 
 the latter part of his third division three acres of land 
 with allowance for quallity lying in the fals woods of Jo- 
 seph Peabodys farm Begun att a white oak tree marked 
 then run northwest and by north twenty pols to stone on 
 a rock ; then easterly twenty six pols to a twin white oak 
 tree marked ; then Southwardly twenty six pols to a white 
 oak tree marked : said peabodys farm botmds then west- 
 wardly twenty four pols to the first bounds. 
 
 Laid out by us John frie Ephraim Foster Com- 
 mittee 
 
 1719-20 Mar 24 Laid out to Samuell Peters to the 
 
Ipswich and Andover 47 
 
 latter part of his third division Two acres of land with 
 allowance for quality Lying neare to bilicrea line ; on the 
 east side and north end of his former land botinded on 
 the south easterly comer with a white oak tree marked 
 then run westwardly nineteen pols to a white oak tree 
 marked one of his former bounds then northwardly along 
 by his farm line nineteen pols and a half to a black oak 
 tree marked So on thirty three pols to a white oak tree 
 marked then westwardly fourty pols to a white oak 
 tree marked then northwardly four pols to a white oak 
 tree marked then eastwardly by the way not Damnifying 
 the way about fourty two pols to a white oak tree marked 
 Then south easterly eighteen pols to a white oak tree 
 marked then Southwardly thirty six pols and a half to the 
 first bounds and on the east side with a way that goeth 
 over the hill and to come within a pole of said way Laid 
 out By us 
 
 John frie Ephraim Foster, Committee 
 1720 the 25 of March then laid out to Samuell Peters to 
 the first part of ye third division half an acre and eight 
 Rods of Land And to the latter part of ye Division 106 
 rods of Land with allowance for quality in two pieces one 
 pice Bildreca Line at the south west comer of Mr Allen's 
 great Division of Land now in the possession of sd Samuel 
 Peters bounded on ye s. e. comer with a pine tree marked 
 a bounds of sd division then running west by Wm Fosters 
 land to bilceua* line then northwest joyning to sd bildreca* 
 Line to sd Peterses Dam then easterly joyning to said 
 Peters swamp Land to the line of his farm then south- 
 wardly to the first mentioned Bounds; the second piece 
 of Land Laid out to Samuell Peters in the west side of 
 Wilson farme on the north side of said Peterses swamp, 
 bounded on the north west comer with an elm tree 
 marked then running easterly by a white oak tree marked : 
 
 * Billerica. 
 
48 Massachusetts 
 
 Samuel Blanchards bounds so on to sd Peters farm line 
 that shall make a straight Line from sd elme by ye white 
 oak to sd farme with sd Fetters former swamp 
 
 Laid out by us Ephraim Foster John frie, com- 
 mittee 
 
 1 720 March 25 Laid out to Samuell Peters half an acre 
 of Land with allowance for quality on the west side of the 
 den hill by Shawshin River to the first part of his 3rd 
 division : bounded on the south west comer with a red oak 
 tree marked at the Lower end of Joseph Osgood's meadow 
 then running eastly 2 1 poles to a pine tree marked by sd 
 Peters former land then north about thirty four poles to 
 a pine tree marked on former bounds of sd Samuel Peterses 
 Land Joyning to Ebenezer Barkers Land then westerly 
 abt 32 poles to a swamp oak tree marked on the bank of 
 Shawsheen River, then south joyning to the river about 
 20 poles to the first bounds 
 
 Laid out by us Ephraim Foster John frie, com- 
 mittee 
 
 WILL OF PHEBE PETERS, WIDOW OF SAMUEL PETERS 
 
 In the Name of God Amen. I Phebe Peters of An- 
 dover in the County of Essex and Province of Massa- 
 chusetts Bay in NEW England Widow of Samuel Peters 
 Late of sd Andover Deceasd being Very weak in bod}'' 
 but of a disposing mind and memory do in Consideration 
 of my Mortality make this my last Will and Testament. 
 Firstly Commiting my Sole into the hand of God who gave 
 it, and my Body to the Earth from whence it was taken 
 to be Decently buried at the discretion of my son John 
 Peters.* and as touching such temporal Estate as it hath 
 pleased God to bestow upon me I give and Dispose of it in 
 the following manner (viz) 
 
 Imprs I give to my son John Peters * Six pounds thir- 
 
 * Old John of Andover, (1705-17 97). 
 
Ipswich and Andover 49 
 
 teen Shillings and f ourpence out of my part or Sheir of the 
 Estate that was my son Andrew Peters late Decesd 
 
 Item : I Give to my son William * Peters my Large 
 pewter Dish 
 
 Item : I Give to my son Bemsley Peters ten Shillings to 
 be paid to him by my son Samuel Peters 
 
 Itim : I Give to my daughter Phebe Perkins the Wife 
 of Timothy Perkins, my wering apperrel and household 
 Stuf . Except what I have already or Shall here after Dis- 
 pose of — To some other Parson in this my Last Will and 
 Testament. Item: I Give to my Grandaughter Phebe 
 Peters Daughter of my sd son John Peters three Pounds 
 out of the Estate of my sd son Andrew Decesd that is to 
 say out of my part of sd Estate and my will is that the 
 Books that were miy son Andrews and are not Disposed of 
 may be taken as so much of my part or Sheir of sd Estate 
 and I give them to my Grandson John Peters f the son of 
 my sd son John Peters. Itim: I give to my Daughter 
 Phebe Perkins aforesd any note of hand that I may have 
 against any parson at the time of my Decese. I also order 
 that my sd son John Peters pay my Funeral Expences 
 and the Residue of my part of the -Estate that was my sd 
 son Andrews I give to my sons Samuel Peters William 
 Peters and John Peters and to my Daughter Phebe Per- 
 kins aforsd to be equalty divided between them. It is to 
 be understood and my Will is that the ten shillings giuen 
 to my son Bemsly and the three Pounds given to my 
 Grandaughter Phebe be paid by my son Samuel out of 
 what I have given him in this my last will which sums I 
 order him to pay in six months after my Decese. Lastly 
 I do hereby Constitute mak & ordain my son Samuel 
 Peters aforesd the Sole Executor of this my last Will and 
 Testament Ratifieing and allowing this and no other to 
 be so In witness whereof I have hear imto set my hand 
 
 * William of Medfield. t John of Blue Hill. 
 
50 Massachusetts 
 
 and Seal this Sixth day of May AD 1757 and in the thirty 
 thd year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the 
 Second King &c 
 
 Signed sealed Published and Declared by the sd Phebe 
 Peters to be her Last Will and Testament in the Presence 
 of us 
 
 John Wilson Jnr Asa Foster Jnr * Daniel Foster Jnr 
 Phebe [her mark] Peters 
 
 [seal] 
 Value of estate 214L 5 11 ^ 
 
 A True Inventory of the Estate of Mrs Phebe Peters late 
 of Andover Deed taken By us the Subscribers a Commite 
 appointed and Sworn for that Purpose 
 Land at Middleton Lying Betwen Brad- 
 ford and the Meeting House Mow- 
 ing and Pastureing 23 Acres and 
 120 Pole Apraised at 6L o o Pr 
 
 Acre 142 10 o 
 
 Woodland By Middleton Pond 7 Acres 
 
 and 40 Pole at 3;^ 7 o Pr acre 24 5 9 
 
 Sum tot of ye Real 166 15 9 
 
 Personal 
 
 A Clock t 10 o o 
 
 A Pair of Boots 6 o 
 
 Greek and Latin Testament f 2 8 
 
 Cambrg Concorde f 12 o 
 
 29 Small Books 9 o 
 
 2 Yock Irons 4 o 
 
 4 Powder Horns 2 o 
 
 Clevice and Pin i 6 
 
 In Bonds & Notes for Money 28 o 4 1-2 
 
 39 15 6 1-2 
 Andover May 17 1759 
 
 * Later, husband of her granddaughter Hannah, child of Samuel. 
 
 t The clock and books she evidently inherited from her son, the 
 Rev. Andrew — probably also the powder-horns. As she left a very 
 fair amount of property it is likely that she had already given away 
 her personal effects to Phebe Perkins, who was her only living daughter. 
 
Ipswich and Andover 51 
 
 2 chairs 2 6 
 
 a Large Spinning whele 3 o 
 
 34 lb of Old Iron 5 6 
 
 an old Table i 4 
 
 A Stuff Gown 8 4 
 
 a Pair of Stays 2 o 
 
 an Apron & Cap i 2 
 
 A warming Pan 4 o 
 
 an old Bible 2 o 
 
 A note of John Martin on Interest Baring 
 Date March the 8th 1747 Supposed 
 
 to be ye four Double Money at ... . 3 15 4 
 
 The Interest of the Same 2 9 6 
 
 7 14 8 
 
 John Johnson Juner Daniel Ingalls Benjamin 
 Barker Com. 
 
 13 III. Samuel, first child of Samuel, and Phebe Frie, 
 bom in Andover, Mass., Aug. 14, 1697, died in Andover, 
 , 1781 ; md. in Andover, June 11, 1722, Mary Robin- 
 son, dau. Dane Robinson and Mary Chadwick, his wife, 
 bom in Andover, April 22, 1698, died in Andover, June 
 16, 1747, aged 49, and had six children. 
 
 IV. Children of Samuel and Mary Robinson: 
 
 33 (1). Mary, born in Andover, July 4, 1722, died in 
 Andover, Nov. 19, 1738. 
 
 33 (2). Samuel, born in Andover, May 30, 1726, died 
 June 25, 1738. 
 
 34 (3). Benjamin, born in Andover, Aug. 25, 1728 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 35 (4). Hannah, born in Andover, Dec. 14, 1730, died 
 (probably in Canterbury, N. H.) Jan. 11, 181 5; was 
 md. 1776, to Asa Foster, Jr., son of Capt. Asa 
 Foster of Andover, and Elizabeth Abbott, his wife, 
 
52 Massachusetts 
 
 born in Andover, Sept. ii, 1733, died in Canterbury, 
 N. H., Sept. 30, 1 814. No children by Hannah Peters, 
 ^ A^ who was his second wife. 
 *" 26 (5). Joseph, born in Andover, March 23, 1733-34, 
 died Aug. 21, 1736, "aged 2 years, 4 months and 3 
 weeks." 
 37 (6). Lydia, born in Andover, March 26, 1737, died in 
 Andover, June 30, 1738. 
 
 Samuel Peters* is, March 15, 1742, one of the collec- 
 tors. In 1754 he is one of a seating committee for the 
 new meeting-house ; the committee, in seating, are to be 
 governed by wealth, and are to give the best seats to 
 "persons highest in the taxes, equal and personal estate 
 that they have a due and proper regard to persons ad- 
 vanced in years, to men advanced by posts of honour, or 
 by a liberal education." His will is in Salem, and is dated 
 May I, 1 781. His daughter Hannah, wife of Asa Foster, 
 is to have forty Spanish milled dollars, or £ig lawful 
 money, a pair of small andirons and a small Fire pan and 
 a pair of small Tongs and a great chair ; his grandchildren, 
 Benjamin and Samuel Peters, his two grand -daughters 
 Hannah and Elizabeth, and his son Benjamin Peters are 
 mentioned. 
 
 * His wife died comparatively young (for those days) , undoubtedly 
 from a broken heart, having lost four children within less than three 
 years. This mortality was due to the dreadful "throat distemper" 
 which deprived many families of all their children and which raged 
 at intervals from November, 1735, to 1738. It is estimated that in 
 Essex County alone, during that period, fourteen hundred children 
 died from the disease. 
 
READING AND WAKEFIELD 
 
 24. IV. Benjamin, third child of Samuel and Mary- 
 Robinson, bom in Andover, Aug. 25, 1728, died in South 
 Reading, Mass. (now Wakefield), April 17, 181 2, aged 
 84; md., March 22, 1753, Hannah Chickering, dau. 
 Samuel Chickering and Hannah Osgood, his wife, born 
 in Andover, July 13, 1730, died in 
 , and had eight children. 
 
 V. Children of Benjamin and Hannah Chickering: 
 
 28 (1). Hannah, bap. in Andover, 1753, died young, 
 39 (2). Simeon, bap. in Andover, 1755 (no further 
 record; was undoubtedly either twin of Benjamin, or 
 the name should be Benjamin and not Simeon) ; Ben- 
 jamin married and had children. 
 
 30 (3). (Probably) Mary, born in 
 
 , died in Middleton, Mass., Nov. 
 21, 1846; was md., Oct. 14, 1779, to Jonathan Rich- 
 ardson, ninth child of Solomon Richardson and Abigail 
 
 , his wife, 
 born in Middleton, March 12, 1759, died March 15, 
 1798, and had eight children. 
 
 31 (4). Samuel, bap. in Andover, 1760, died very young. 
 33 (5). Samuel, bap. in Andover, 1763 (md., ch.). 
 
 33 (6). Hannah, bap. in Andover, 1766, died in 
 
 34 (7). Elizabeth, bap. in Andover, 1769, died in 
 
 June 17, 1852; was md., April 29, 
 1788, to Josiah Hutchinson, son of Josiah Hutchinson 
 and , his wife, bap. in Middle- 
 
 ton, Mass., Feb. 26, 1764, died in Middleton, Dec. 
 , 1 8 14, and had nine children. 
 
 35 (8). Naomi, bap. in Andover, 1774, died in 
 
 53 
 
54 Massachusetts 
 
 29. V. Benjamin (probably second), child of Benjamin, 
 and Hannah Chickering, bom in 
 
 , died in South Reading,* Mass., 
 Aug. 25, 181 5, "aged 60 years." (As this would make 
 the year of his birth 1755, it is probable that for Simeon 
 we should read Benjamin ; there is no record of any^ 
 Simeon, at any other time, in Andover) ; ,md. in Read- 
 ing, Mass., Oct. 9, 1783, Martha Brown, dau. Jeremiah 
 Brown and Ruth , his wife, bom in Read- 
 
 ing, Dec. 10, 1763, died in Andover, June 5, 1845, ^^d 
 had one daughter. 
 
 VI. Children of Benjamin and Martha Brown: 
 
 36 (1). Patty, born in Reading, Mass., Oct. 28, 1785, 
 died in South Reading,* July 22, 1845, aged 59 years 
 and 9 months. Unmd. 
 
 Benjamin Peters was one of the Lexington Alarm men. 
 His name is on the muster-roll of Capt. Peter Poor's 
 company, which marched from Andover to Cambridge, 
 fifty-five miles, on the 19th of April, 1775. 
 
 33. V. Samuel, fifth child of Benjamin, and Hannah 
 Chickering, bap. in Andover, Mass., 1763, died in South 
 Reading,* Mass., , 1830; md. in Reading, 
 
 April 21, 1 791, Elizabeth Steams, dau. Timothy Steams 
 and Lydia , his wife, bom in Reading, 
 
 April 2, 1 771, died in South Reading,* Aug, 21, 1849, 
 and had six children. 
 
 VI. Children of Samuel and Elizabeth Stearns: 
 
 37 (1). Samuel, born in Reading, Jan. 3, 1792 (md.). 
 
 38 (2). Benjamin, born in Reading, Dec. 29, 1795 (unk.) 
 
 39 (3). Timothy, born in Reading, Sept. 26, 1797 (unk.) 
 
 40 (4). Eliza, born in Reading, Oct. 21, 1801, died in 
 South Reading,* Nov. 26, 1844; was md. in South 
 Reading, April 29, 1822, to Jacob Parker, son of 
 
 * Now Wakefield. 
 
Reading and Wakefield 55 
 
 Parker and his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had five children. 
 41 (5). Lydia, born in Reading, May 4, 1806, died in 
 South Reading,* Aug. 12, 1848; was md. in S. Read- 
 ing,* Oct. J 6, 1 83 1, to Nathan Slocomb, son of James 
 Slocomb and Sarah Trask his wife, born in Eden, Vt., 
 Sept. 21, 1804, died in Wakefield, Mass., Oct. 30, 1877, 
 and had two children. 
 43 (6). Naomah, born in Reading, Jan. 5, 1810, died in 
 South Reading,* Sept. 13, 1844; was md., April 26, 
 1 850, to Peter Tucker, son of Tucker and 
 
 his wife, born in 
 , died in 
 , and had four children. 
 
 37. VI. Samuel, first child of Samuel and Elizabeth 
 Steams, bom in Reading, Mass., Jan. 3, 1792, died in 
 Philadelphia, Penn., Jan. 8, 1822; md. in South Read- 
 ing, Mass., April 30, 181 6, Ruth A Lovering, dau. 
 of Lovering and , his wife, 
 bom in , lost 
 at sea , and had children. (No further record.) 
 
 38. VI. Benjamin, second child of Samuel, and Eliza- 
 beth Steams, his wife, bom in Reading, Mass., Dec. 29, 
 1795, died in 
 
 No further record. Removed to the West. 
 
 39. VI. Timothy, third child of Samuel, and Elizabeth 
 Steams, his wife, bom in Reading, Mass., Sept. 26, 1797, 
 died in 
 
 No further record. Removed to the West. 
 
 * Now Wakefield. 
 
THE REV'D. ANDREW OF MIDDLETON. 
 
 15. III. Andrew, third child of Samuel, and Phebe 
 Frie, bom in Andover, Mass., Sept.,* 1701, died in Middle- 
 ton. Mass., Oct. 6, 1756; md. Hannah dau. 
 of , bom in 
 
 , died in Wobum, Mass., May 
 15, 1782, aged seventy-seven. No children. 
 
 He graduated from Harvard College, 1723.! 
 
 "1723 Sept. 2, " The Selectmen of Andover from the 
 day of the date hereof agreed with Mr Andrew Peters that 
 he should keepe a Grammar School a twelve month in the 
 said Towne, allso that he would Teach boys | to Read, 
 Rite and Cipher and that he would tech and keep School 
 in each precinct according to each Precinct's Pay, for 
 which Service the Selectmen of sd Towne promised to 
 Give the sd Andrew Peters forty-four pounds." 
 
 In 1729 he was ordained as a minister, and in November 
 of that year he removed to Middleton, Mass., being the 
 first pastor of that town. In 1734-35 he was on the list 
 of proprietors of Amherst, New Hampshire, land in that 
 township having been granted to his grandfather, Andrew 
 Peters of Andover, as one of the members of the Narra- 
 
 * Sept. 26. 
 
 t James Frie, brother of Phebe, who married Samuel Peters, was 
 the father of Jonathan, "good young Frie, who was our English chap- 
 lain," as the old ballad has it, and who was killed at Lovell's fight. 
 Jonathan and Andrew Peters were therefore cousins: moreover they 
 were near neighbors in Andover and classmates in college, being the 
 only ones there that year from Andover, and both became clergymen. 
 It is no great stretch of imagination, therefore, to picture them as 
 close friends, grieving with each other's grief and joying with his joy. 
 
 t Not girls! 
 
 56 
 
Middleton 57 
 
 gansett expedition. In 1741 he was present in Amherst, 
 N. H., at the ordination of Mr. Wilkins. He is said to 
 have been a large, muscular man, and a story is told of 
 him as resenting an assault upon his negro servant, and, 
 throwing his cassock aside, exclaiming: "Lie there, Di- 
 vinity, while I chastise this rascal!" Curiously enough, 
 his grave now lies almost in the shadow of the house of the 
 man who committed the assault. 
 
 It is also related that upon a visit to a near-by Indian 
 settlement he was invited to dine. ICnowing that the 
 fare for that day was skunk, he declined; but, another 
 time, receiving a similar invitation, he remained to dinner. 
 After the meal was over, the squaw, remembering his 
 former refusal, exclaimed, with much delight, "You no 
 eat skunk, but you eat rattlesnake!" 
 
 He appears to have suffered from ill health for some 
 years before his death.* 
 
 "A true inventory of all and singular the goods, chat- 
 tels, rights and credits of the Revd. Mr Andrew Peters late 
 of Middleton in the county of Essex, taken and approved 
 by us the subscribers, being a committee appointed and 
 impaneled by the Hon. John Choate, Esq. Judge of the 
 Probate of Wills, &c, and for the county aforesaid which 
 was shown to us by Mrs Hannah Peters being of the 
 estate of the said Revd. Mr Andrew Peters D.D. viz. 
 About 133 acres of Land Situate in said Mid- 
 dleton with two Dwelling Houses & one 
 Bam Standing on sd Land at 6£ per 
 
 acre 798 — o — o 
 
 About 44 acres of land adjoyning to Mid- 
 dleton pond at 67/ per acre 133 — 5 — 8 
 
 * His gravestone is still standing in Middleton. 
 
58 Massachusetts 
 
 Burkit upon ye New Testament o — 12 — o 
 
 Cambridge Concordance o — 12 — o 
 
 ye works of Thos Goodwin o — 12 — o 
 
 Chamocks works two volloms o — 13 — 4 
 
 one Byble 8/5 Sancas morels 2/8 11 — i 
 
 ye Body of Devinity by Thos Bray 2 — 8 
 
 ye Greek and latten Testament 2— 8 
 
 40 other boimd books i — 13 — 4 
 
 29 sermon books o — 9 — o 
 
 one Clock 10 — o — o 
 
 one Piece of Broad Cloath 4 — 8 — o 
 
 One Great 20/ one strait body'd Coat 2 — 15 — o 
 
 one Coat 30/ two linnen wast Coats 6/ . . . i — 16 — o 
 one Black flower'd Satten wastcoat one Do 
 
 per of Breeches 3 — o — o 
 
 one Black Russet wastcoat o — 16 — o 
 
 two pe of linnen Breeches o — 5 — o 
 
 one old Blue wastcoat o — 3 — o 
 
 one per leather Breeches 22/ 22 — o 
 
 one pr Do 2/ o — 2 — o 
 
 four per of Stockings 8/ three per of 
 
 Shoes 7/ 15 — o 
 
 one Bever hat 26/8 one old Do 3/ . . . . i — 9 — 8 
 
 five Duzen and four Black horn Buttens . . . o — 3 — 6 
 
 one Wigg 26/8 one Do 22 2 — 8 — 8 
 
 5 linen Shurts 45/ five cotton and linnen 
 
 Do 30/ 3—15—0 
 
 3 old feather Beds & 3 und Beds and Sum 
 
 other furniture 9 — o — o 
 
 Ten pr of sheets 40/ one Duzen piller 
 
 bears 10/ 2 — 10 — o 
 
 One case of Drawers 2 — o — o 
 
 one Chamber Table 10/ Table linnen 12/ 
 one Looking Glass 14/ one Do 24/ 
 
 one Do 30/ 4 — 10 — o 
 
Middleton 59 
 
 eight chairs 16/ Six Small Delf earthen 
 
 Dishes 1/ o — 1 7 — o 
 
 one warming pan 2/ one old fashinyd 
 
 Case of Drawers 20/ i — 2 — o 
 
 one Tea Table 6/ one Block Tin Tea 
 
 Pot 4/ o — 10 — o 
 
 Cheaney wair 10/ half a Duzen silver 
 
 Tea spoons & pr of Tongs 12/ i — 2 — o 
 
 Sum Glass wair & 2 salt Celers o — 4 — o 
 
 2 wooden Bottles o — 2 — o 
 
 one per of hand Irons one fire shovel & 
 
 Tongs o — 8 — o 
 
 2 old round Tables o — 18 — o 
 
 2 Small Do o — 2 — o 
 
 21 old Chairs i — n — 6 
 
 one per of hand irons o — 4 — o 
 
 2 Brass Candlesticks 3/2 Brass Kettles 
 
 20/ I— 3— 2 
 
 one fire shovel & one per of Tongs 3/ . . • . o — 3 — o 
 two Tramels 4/ one Spit 1/6 one per 
 
 of old hand Irons 5/ o — 10 — 6 
 
 2 old Iron pots & i skillett o — 5 — o 
 
 one frying pan & one old Box Iron o — 3 — o 
 
 one per of Bellowses & one Lan thorn o — i — o 
 
 7 pewter platters i — o — o 2 Duzen of 
 
 puter plates i — i^ — o 
 
 Sum old Puter o — 3 — o 
 
 one Silver Tankard 9 — o — o 
 
 four silver Spoons 18/ one skimer one 
 
 Basting ladle one basting Spoon 1/6 
 
 one old Chest & one Box 3/ i — 2 — 6 
 
 about ten Bushels of rie , i — 10 — o 
 
 about 20 Bushell Indian Com 2 — o — o 
 
 one Loom 10/ one reddleing sive 8d 
 
 one Sadie & Bridle 15/ 1—5 — 8 
 
6o Massachusetts 
 
 3 meat Barrels 2 — 10 — o one Chees Tub 
 
 1/6 about 150 pd chees 40/ one 
 
 Chees press 2/8 Twelve Barrels 48/ 7 — 2 — 2 
 
 2 hogs & 2 Spring Peggs . 4 — 12 — o 
 
 Beatle & 3 Iron Wedges o — 5 — o 2 Iron 
 
 Bars & one Barking Iron 9/ o — 14 — o 
 
 2 ox yokes & Iron belonging to them o — 4 — o 
 
 one Draft Chain & one Small Chain o — 6 — o 
 
 one ax 3/ i Iron tooth harrow 13/ 2 
 
 plows 26/ 2 sleeds 8/ 2 — 10 — o 
 
 one Cart & wheels 40/ one Cleavis & 
 
 pin 1/6 2 — I — 6 
 
 one horse 8 — o — o one per of oxen 15 — 6 — o 
 
 one per of Steers 3 years old 3 — 15 — o 
 
 one pr Do 2 years old 3 — o — o 8 Cows 
 
 at 32/ each 15 — 16 — o 
 
 one Bull 3 years old i — 4 — o one heifer 
 
 3 years old i — 12 — o 2 — 16 — o 
 
 one Do 2 years old i — o — o one heifer 
 
 I year old i — 1 5 — o 
 
 four calves i — 6 — 8 i — 6 — 8 
 
 • I negro man 40 — o — o 
 
 one negro woman 40 — o — o 
 
 one Desk 45/ one old chest & one Box 44/ 2 — 9 — o 
 
 One Birch Canoe & a paddle i — o — o. . . i — o — o 
 
 2 Gims 60/ 3 — o — o 
 
 five powder horns 7/ one case of Knifes 
 
 & forks 3/ o — 10 — o 
 
 3 reasors 3/ one Small per of Stilyards 
 
 1/6 o — 4 — 6 
 
 one hamer — 2 pr of nepers & i small Iron 
 
 to Draw nails o — 3 — o 
 
 one spade 6/ i old shovel 0/6 o — 6 — 6 
 
 Debts due on bonds & notes of hand Prin- 
 ciple & Interest 344 — 8 — 3 
 

 1756 
 
 GRAVE OF THE REVD. ANDREW PETERS 
 
 MIDDLETON, MASS. 
 
Middleton 6i 
 
 30 sheep & 28 Lambs 6 — 18 — o 
 
 14 pounds of Sheeps wool 14 — o 
 
 1510— 5— II 
 
 Middleton Nov 30, 1756 
 
 Hannah Peters Samuel Bradford Francis Peabody, 
 Juner Elijah Porter 
 
 Essex Co May 12, 1757 
 
 Mrs Hannah Peters made oath to the truth of this 
 Inventory and yt if more Estate appeared she would 
 cause it to be added Before me 
 
 John Choate Jus Probate 
 
 The estate was divided between the members of the 
 family of the deceased, the wife first getting one third.* 
 
 Samuel, William, and John Peters, and Timothy Per- 
 kins for Bemsley Peters " supposed to be out of the pro- 
 vince" and also representative of Phebe Perkins and 
 her heirs, and Phebe Peters, mother of the deceased, were 
 the heirs to the estate, each receiving ;^38 — 10/ and 1/15 
 of a farthing 
 
 Hannah Peters appears to have lived in Middleton for 
 many years after, as there is a record of her subscription 
 for the relief of the tow^n of Boston, which was suffering 
 under the oppressive Port bill, in 1 775. Her subscription 
 was 2;^ 5s She died in Wobum. 
 
 Middleton graveyard. Stone of the Revd. Andrew 
 Peters. 
 
 Here Lyes the Body of The Revd Mr Andrew 
 Peters 
 
 Who departed this Life October the 6 1756 
 Aged 55 Years. 
 
 * Some of the minutes of the proceedings are written upon some 
 sheets of paper which have served as a copy-book. Across one end in 
 a beautiful copperplate hand is, " Nothing is more certain than Death 
 the common enemy of all mankind. Andrew Fuller of Middleton La- 
 bour continually to improve your hand. Fiiller." 
 
62 Massachusetts 
 
 Foot stone. The Revd Mr Andrew Peters 
 
 1756. 
 
 In the graveyard of Burhngton, Mass. on the hill, is to 
 be found the gravestone of the Revd. Andrew's wife, 
 which reads as follows : 
 
 Redeem your hours My glass is run And so 
 must yours. 
 
 Erected in memory of Madam Hannah Peters 
 the relict of the Revd Mr Andrew Peters late Pastor 
 of the church In Middleton lies here inten-ed 
 She died in Wobum May xv. MDCCLXXXII 
 in the LXXVIII year of her age. 
 
 The foot stone is inscribed Madam Hannah Peters. 
 
^p^Uf-^ ei/€r' ^^^^^^S^t^*!/^*^ -^^^^^^U** 
 
 1798 HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA 
 
 
 (CAPT. ADAM PETERS) 
 
MEDFIELD. 
 
 16 III. William, fourth child of Samuel and Phebe 
 Frie, bom in Andover, Mass., Jan. 7, 1704,* died in Med- 
 field, Mass., Jan. 19, 1788!; md. in Medfield, March 18, 
 1729, Hannah Chenery, dau. and sole heiress of Benjamin 
 Chenery and Mary , widow of Thomas Clap, his wife, 
 bom in Dedham, Mass., Feb. 24, 1707, died in Medfield, 
 March 30, 1799,^ aged 92, and had ten children. 
 
 IV. Children of William and Hannah Chenery: 
 
 43 (1). Joseph, born in Dedham, Mass. (now Walpole), 
 Dec. II, 1729 (md., ch.). 
 
 44 (2). Benjamin, born in Dedham (now Walpole), Feb. 
 8, 1731 (md., ch.). 
 
 * From Colonel Andrew Peters's family Bible. Andover records say 
 November, 1703. 
 
 t "Mr. William Peters who died Jan. 19, 1788, in ye 85 year of his 
 age." (Gravestone in Medfield graveyard.) 
 
 X "Mrs. Hannah Peters relict of Mr William Peters who died 30 
 March 1799 in the 93 year of her age." (Gravestone in Medfield 
 graveyard.) 
 
 Hannah, wife of William, for several years before her death, wrote 
 verses on her birthday. She began in 1778; here are some written in 
 1790, which, if not perfect as to rhyme, are most excellent reason. 
 
 And now a thought comes in my head, 
 To tell the children I have had, 
 The number is ten and no more, 
 They are six sons and daughters four. 
 
 Joseph and Benjamin were first of the race, 
 Mary and Adam come next in their place. 
 Eve and Taphenes spoil my rhyme 
 Except I leave four to tell the next time. 
 Andrew and Jethro, I 've told you eight then, 
 Nathan and Finis they make up the ten. 
 
 63 
 
64 Massachusetts 
 
 45 (3). Mary, born in Dedham (now Walpole), Nov. 3, 
 1732, died in , May 23, 1813, aged 80; 
 was md. in Medfield, April 7, 1757, by the Revd. Jon- 
 athan Townsend, to Hezekiah Allen, son of Hezekiah 
 Allen and Mary his wife, born in Ded- 
 ham, Mass., April 15, 1724, died in , 
 and had ten children. 
 
 46 (4). Adam, born in Medfield, Oct. 30, 1734 (md., ch.). 
 
 47 (5). Eve, born in Medfield, Aug. i, 1737, died in , 
 Dec. I, 1823, aged 86; md. in Medfield, , 1759, 
 John Pepalow, son of Pepalow and 
 
 his wife, born in , died 
 
 in , and had children. 
 
 48 (6). Taphenes, born in Medfield, Jan. 29, 1739-40, 
 died in , Nov. 25, 1817, aged 
 77; md. in Medfield, May 4, 1769, Gershom Dunton, 
 son of Samuel Dunton and his 
 wife, born in Wrentham, Mass., , 1735, died in 
 
 , and had five children. 
 
 49 (7). Andrew, born in Medfield, Jan. 24, 1742 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 50 (8). Jethro, born in Medfield, June 13, 1744 (md., 
 ch.), 
 
 51 (9). Nathan, born in Medfield, Aug. 26, 1747 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 53 (10). Finis, born in Medfield, June 4, 1749, died in 
 
 , was md. in Medfield, March 4, 
 1784, by the Revd. Thomas Prentiss, to Daniel Gookin 
 of Dedham, Mass., son of (perhaps Richard Gookin 
 and Margaret his wife), born in 
 
 , bap. in Dedham, March 28, 1735-6, 
 died in , and had children. 
 
 William Peters was a cordwainer. In 1757 he removed 
 from Dedham to Medfield. He is said to have been a 
 soldier in the Revolutionary army, but this is doubtful. 
 There is, in the Massachusetts Archives, however, the 
 following record : 
 
Medfield 65 
 
 "Peters, William. List of men from Medfield drafted 
 to complete continental army according to warrant issued 
 by Lt. Baxter, May 8, 1777. Paid money in lieu of ser- 
 vice." William was seventy -four years old at this time. 
 His gravestone and that of his wife are in the Medfield 
 graveyard.* 
 
 43 IV. Joseph, first child of William and Hannah 
 Chenery, bom in Dedham, Mass. (now Walpole), Dec. 11, 
 1729, died in Feb. 13, 1800; 
 
 md. in Abigail Thompson,! 
 
 dau. of Thompson and his wife, 
 
 bom in died in 
 
 1797, and had three children. 
 
 V. Children 0} Joseph and Abigail Thompson: 
 
 53 (1), Abigail, born in 
 
 (about 1750), died in Medfield, Mass., Dec. 30, 1829, 
 aged 79.1 Unmd. 
 
 54 (2). Moses, born in Watertown, Mass., April 26, 1752. 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 * Extract from the Farwer'5 Monthly Literary Journal: "An acount 
 of the extraordinary longevity of the family of Peters has recently been 
 published in several of the papers. William the father died aged 85, 
 Hannah the mother aged 92, Joseph died 1800, aged 71, Benjamin 
 aged 72, Mary aged 80, Adam 78, Eve 86, Taphenes 77, Andrew 80, 
 Nathan 76, Finis 73, Jethro is still living, 80, and on the day when 
 he completed his 80th year he travelled on foot thirteen miles. The 
 average age of the children and parents is exactly seventy-nine years 
 and two months." 
 
 t Perhaps daughter of Jonathan Thompson and Abigail Fowle his 
 wife, born in Medford, or Wobum, Mass., July 16, 1729, probably died 
 in Halifax, N. S. 
 
 X Gravestone in Medfield graveyard inscribed: "Miss Abigail Peters 
 daughter of Mr. Joseph Peters and Mrs. Abigail Peters who died Dec. 
 30, 1829 aged 79 years." 
 
66 Massachusetts 
 
 55 (3). Alexander Abercrombie, born in Halifax, Nova 
 Scotia, 1764 (md., ch.). 
 
 Joseph Peters first settled in Mendon, Mass. ; later he 
 removed to Watertown, Mass., then to Halifax, Nova 
 Scotia. He was postmaster-general of Halifax; he was 
 judge of the supreme court; he was a member of St. 
 John's Lodge, Halifax; he was Grand Junior Warden in 
 1784. From 1784 to 1792 he was Grand Secretary of the 
 Provincial Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia. At the death of 
 his wife he left by will all his property to his daughter 
 Abigail, who lived for about thirty years after her father's 
 death. A codicil gave a silver cup, which had been pre- 
 sented to him by the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia, to his 
 son, Joseph Thompson Peters, but his aunt outlived him, 
 and he never received it. 
 
 54 V. Moses, second child of Joseph and Abigail 
 Thompson, bom in Watertown, Mass., April 26, 1752, 
 died in Mendon, Mass., Dec. 29, 1810, aged 58 years and 
 8 months, md. in (int. Mendon, Mar. 18, 1782) Eleanor 
 Penniman, dau. Penniman and his 
 
 wife, bom in Sept, 
 
 9, 1760, died in Mendon, May 15, 1826, and had three 
 children. 
 
 VI. Children of Moses and Eleanor Penniman: 
 
 56 (1). Royal, born in Uxbridge, Mass., Jan. 12, 1783. 
 
 57 (2). Alexander, born in Uxbridge, Feb. 4, 1785 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 58 (3). Mary, born in Uxbridge, May 17, 1787, died in 
 Medfield, Mass., Aug. 13, 1876 (unmd.).* 
 
 * Possibly she is the Mary whose intention of marriage is recorded 
 in Mendon, Mass., with Marvel Hopkins of Scituate, R. I., June 28, 
 1826. There seems to be no other possible Mary. 
 
Medfield 67 
 
 MASSACHUSETTS ARCHIVES. 
 
 Lexington Alarm Roll. Moses Peters, residence Med- 
 field. Capt. Ephraim Chenery's company, Col. John 
 Smith's regiment; service 11 days. 
 
 Moses, private; in Capt. Bullard's company. Col. 
 Read's regiment. Roll dated Aug. i — 75. Enlisted May 
 15, 1775; service 2 months and 22 days. Residence 
 Medfield. 
 
 Company Returns, dated Roxbury, Sept. 26, 1775. 
 Muster and pay roll. Capt. Thaddeus Read's company, 
 Col. Nathan Tylers' regiment, services" in Rhode Island; 
 enlisted July 28, 1780, discharged Aug. 7, 1780. Marched 
 to Tiverton by order of the Council, July 17, 1780. 
 
 56 VI. Royal, first child of Moses and Eleanor 
 Penniman, bom in Uxbridge, Mass., Jan. 12, 1783, died in 
 
 July 5, 1827, aged 44 years 
 and 6 months, md. in , dau. 
 
 of and his wife, born in 
 
 , died in , 
 
 and had children. 
 
 57 VI. Alexander, second child of Moses and Eleanor 
 Penniman, bom in Uxbridge, Mass., Feb. 4, 1785, died in 
 Mendon, Mass., Oct. 16, 1853, aged 68 years and 8 
 months ; md. in Medfield, Mass. (int. ent. April, 1809, with) 
 Elizabeth Bullen, dau. Bela Bullen and Elizabeth Harts- 
 horn his wife, bom in Medfield, Mass., 1787, died 
 in , and had 5 children. 
 
 VII. Children of Alexander and Elizabeth Bullen: 
 
 59 (1). Joseph, born in Medfield, Mass., March 24, 1810 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 60 (2). Prudence Bullen, born in Medfield, Nov. 6, 1813, 
 died in Medfield, Jan. i, 1820, "aged six years"; grave- 
 stone in Medfield graveyard. 
 
68 Massachusetts 
 
 61 (3). Sarah Bullen, born in Medfield, Oct. 6, i8i6, 
 died in Milford, Mass., Sept. 27, 1856. Unmd. 
 
 62 (4). Eleanor, born in Medfield, Nov. 13, 1818, died 
 in Milford, Mass., June 9, 1855; was md. in Mendon, 
 Mass., June 18, 1840, to Orrin G. Goodwin, son of 
 Goodwin and his wife, born in 
 
 , died in , 
 
 and had 3 children. 
 
 63 (5). Royal, born in Mendon, Mass., Aug. 3, 1821 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 59 VII. Joseph, first child of Alexander and Eliza- 
 beth Bullen, bom in Medfield, Mass., March 24, 1810, 
 died in April i, 1855; md. in 
 
 Aug. 30, 1834, Lucretia Rogers, dau. 
 Rogers and his wife, 
 
 bom in [1815], died Dec. 16, 1834, 
 
 aged 19 years. 
 
 Joseph md. (2) in June 2, 
 
 1836, Theodosia Thacher, dau. Thacher and 
 
 his wife, bom in 
 died in and had 
 
 one child. 
 
 VIII. Children of Joseph and Theodosia Thacher: 
 
 64 (1). Sarah Elizabeth, born in , 
 May, 27, 1838, died in ; 
 was md. in to 
 
 , son of and 
 
 his wife, born in , died 
 
 in , and had children. 
 
 63 VII. Royal, 5th child of Alexander and Elizabeth 
 Bullen, bom in Mendon, Mass., Aug. 3, 182 1, died in Mil- 
 ford, Mass., Jan. 3, 1872; md. in Uxbridge, Mass., April 
 18, 1850, Chloe Keith, dau. of Lyman Keith and Chloe 
 Rawson, his wife, bom in Uxbridge, Mass., Aug. 18, 1831, 
 
Medfield 69 
 
 died in Worcester, Mass., Dec. 21, 1901, and had four 
 children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Royal and Chloe Keith: 
 
 65 (1). Helen Augusta, born in Uxbridge, Mass., Feb. 
 21, 1 85 1, living in New York in 1903; was md. in 
 Milford, Mass., Nov. 7, 1869, to Charles C P 
 Hastings, son of Charles C. P. Hastings and Anna 
 W. Allen his wife, born in Mendon, Mass; died in Men- 
 don, May 24, 1874. No children. Helen Augusta 
 Peters was md. (2), in Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1883, 
 to Henry W Remington, son of Jefferson Reming- 
 ton and Naomi Paine, his wife, born in 
 
 , living in New York 
 in 1903, and had two sons. 
 
 66 (2). Lowell Mason, born in Mendon, Mass., Feb. 8, 
 1855, died in Milford, Mass., Sept. 19, 1856. 
 
 67 (3). Anna L , born in Uxbridge, Mass., June 8, 
 1857, died in Providence, R. I., Dec. 15, 1880; was 
 md. in Milford, Mass., Sept. 8, 1875, to Frank P 
 Horton, son of John Horton and Elmira Cook, his wife, 
 born in , died 
 in . No children. 
 
 68 (4). Minnie K , born in Mendon, Mass., May 24, 
 i860, died in Worcester, Mass., Nov. 3, 1897; was md. 
 in Worcester, Oct. 21, 1885, to Edward W Dodge, 
 son of Henry Dodge and , his wife, born 
 in 
 
 died in , and had 
 
 one daughter. 
 
 55 V. Alexander Abercrombie,* third child of Jo- 
 seph and Abigail Thompson, bom in Halifax, Nova 
 Scotia, 1764, died at Fort Johnstone 
 
 * He must have received his education abroad, as the Rev. Samuel 
 Peters, of Hebron, Conn., in a letter from London, dated August 30, 
 1787, speaks of him, says he is an M.D. of Aberdeen University, a very 
 clever man, is just going home, and that his father lives in Halifax. 
 
yo Massachusetts 
 
 (now Smithville), North CaroHna, "now called South 
 
 Fort at the mouth of the Cape Fear river," Nov. 26, 
 
 1802; md. in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Jan. 21, 1788, Sarah 
 
 Morris Salter, widow of Dr. Malachi Salter, and dau. 
 
 Judge Charles Morris of Halifax, N. S., and 
 
 his wife, bom in 
 
 died in and had five children. 
 
 VI. Children of Alexander Ahercrombie and Sarah Morris 
 
 Salter: 
 
 69 (1). Mary Elizabeth, born in Boston, Mass., , 
 1789, died in , 1864; 
 was md. in 1802, to Louis Landais, son 
 of Fran9ois Henri de Landais and , his 
 wife, born in San Domingo, June 7, 1779, died in 
 
 , and had seven children. His father was treas- 
 urer of the French Government for the island of San 
 Domingo. Louis Landais was a cadet at West Point 
 in 1798, being then 19 years old; he was afterwards 
 commander of Fort Moultrie. In 1803, by his father's 
 wish, he left the army and settled in St. Pierre, Mar- 
 tinique, as a merchant. 
 
 70 (2). Charles Morris, born in Boston, Mass., 
 
 , 1790 (or 
 1791), died in infancy. 
 
 71 (3). Joseph Thompson, born in Boston, Mass., March 
 23, 1792 (md., ch.). 
 
 73 (4). Harriet Smith, born in Rutland, Vt., Jan. 12, 
 1796, died in Waltham, Mass., Aug. 14, 1876; was md. 
 March 25, 1821, in Boston, Mass., to William Johnson 
 Bettis, son of Bettisand , 
 
 his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 , and had three children. 
 
 73 (5). Charlotte Abigail, born in Rutland, Vt., June 30, 
 1798, died in Waltham, Mass., March 10, 1875; was 
 md. in 
 
Medfield 71 
 
 1823, to Jacob Heard, son of Thomas Heard and Eliz- 
 abeth , his wife, born in Wayland, Mass., 
 Aug. 12, 1793, drowned in Boston harbor, Sept. 15, 
 1827, and had two children. Charlotte Abigail was 
 md. (2), in March 28, 
 1832, to Samuel Heard, son of Richard Heard and 
 
 , his wife, born in Wayland, Mass., Dec. 16, 
 1800, died in Waltham, Mass., Dec. 16, 1852, and had 
 three children. 
 
 Alexander Abercrombie settled in Halifax, N. S., as a 
 physician in Nov., 1787, two years later he returned to 
 the States, and was in Boston, Mass., where he was an 
 apothecary. In 1798-99 he lived in Rutland, Vt. In 
 1802 he was a surgeon in the United States Army, com- 
 mission dated April 21, 1802, and signed by Thomas 
 Jeflerson. 
 
 71 VI. Joseph Thompson, third child of Alexander 
 Abercrombie and Sarah Morris, bom in Boston, Mass., 
 March 23, 1792, died in Boston, Aug. 6, 1824; md. in 
 Gloucester, Mass., July 16, 181 5, Abigail Trask, dau. 
 Joseph Trask and Abigail his wife, bom in 
 
 Gloucester, Aug. 15, 1792, died in Gloucester, Sept. 6, 
 1843, and had four children. 
 
 VII. Children of Joseph Thompson and Abigail Trask: 
 
 74 (1). Harriet Louisa, born in Boston, Mass., Jan. 23, 
 181 6, died in ; was 
 
 md. in , 
 
 Nov. 26, 1834, to William Clark, son of Benjamin 
 Clark and Catherine his wife, born in Marl- 
 
 borough, Mass., Aug. 25, 1809, died in 
 
 , June 19, 1845, and had 
 four children. Harriet Louisa was md. (2), in 
 
 , 1847, to Nathan 
 Brooks Whitman, Jr., son Nathan Brooks Whitman, 
 
72 Massachusetts 
 
 and Ann Dix, his wife, born in Boxborough, Mass., 
 July 1 6, 1828, and had five children. 
 
 75 (2). Mary Elizabeth, born in Concord, Mass., Oct. 17, 
 1817, died in ; 
 was md. in , 
 July 27, 1839, to Woodbury Langdon Crockett, son 
 Charles Crockett and Sallie , his wife, born in 
 Meredith, N. H., Oct. i, 18 16, died in Salisbury, Mass., 
 June 3, 1852, and had three children. She was md. 
 (2), in , March 6, 
 1859, to John Clark, son Jacob Clark and Rebecca 
 Sanderson, his wife, born in Meredith, N. H., , 
 died in 
 
 No children. 
 
 76 (3). Charles Ives, born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 28, 
 1819 (md., ch.). 
 
 77 (4). Isaac Alexander, born in Concord, Mass., June 
 19, 1821 (md., ch.). 
 
 76 VII. Charles Ives, third child of Joseph Thompson 
 and Abigail Trask, bom in Boston, Mass., Oct. 28, 1819, 
 died in Gloucester, Mass., July 4, 1888; md. in Boston, 
 May 14, 1840, Eliza Ann Gardner, dau. William Gardner 
 and Sarah his wife, bom in Boston, April i, 
 
 1822, died in Cambridge, Mass., March 25, 1890, and had 
 five children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Charles Ives, and Eliza Ann Gardner: 
 
 78 (1). Charles Joseph, born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 14, 
 1840 (md., ch.). 
 
 79 (2). George Edwin, born in Boston, July 19, 1842, 
 died in Marlborough, Mass., Sept. 19, 1843. 
 
 80 (3). George Edwin, born in Boston, May 15, 1852. 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 81 (4). Carrie Eliza, born in Cambridgeport, Mass., Feb. 
 2, 1856, died in Cambridgeport, July 17, 1861. 
 
 82 (5). Carrie Eliza, born in Cambridge, Mass., Aug. i, 
 1864, died in Cambridge, Aug. 22, 1864. 
 
Medfield 73 
 
 78 VIII. Charles Joseph, first child of Charles Ives 
 and Eliza Ann Gardner, bom in Boston, Mass., Nov. 14, 
 1840, died in , 
 
 md. in Jan. 13, 1864, Mary Eliza- 
 
 beth Bates, dau. Abner L Bates and Mary Elizabeth 
 his wife, bom in Boston, Mass., Nov. 5, 
 1843, died in Maiden, Mass., Feb. 14, 1870, and had one 
 child. 
 
 IX. Children of Charles Joseph, and Mary Bates: 
 
 83 (1). Mary Lizzie, born in Maiden, Mass., April 20, 
 1866, died in , 
 was md. in , Oct. 15, 1884, to 
 John F Gilmore, son John Gilmore and Catherine 
 
 , his wife, born in Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 6, 
 1855, died in 
 and had one child. 
 
 Charles Joseph md. (2) in Yonkers, N. Y., Nov. 18, 
 1874, Helen Mary Southard, dau. Zibeon Southard and 
 Helen Maria , his wife, bom in Boston, Mass., 
 
 March 15, 1846, died in , 
 
 and had four children. 
 
 Children of Charles Joseph, and Helen Mary Southard: 
 
 84 (2). Arthur Gardner, born in Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 
 9, 1876. 
 
 85 (3). Edward Southard, born in Cambridge, July 2, 
 1877, died in Cambridgeport, Mass., Feb. 27, 1891. 
 
 86 (4). Charles Albert, born in Cambridge, Nov. 14, 
 1878. 
 
 87 (5). Helen Maria, born in Cambridge, Aug. 20, 1880. 
 
 84 IX. Arthur Gardner, 2d child of Charles Joseph 
 and first child of his second wife, Helen Maria Southard, 
 bom in Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 9, 1876. 
 
74 Massachusetts 
 
 86 IX. Charles Albert, 4th child of Charles Joseph 
 and third child of his second wife, Helen Maria Southard, 
 bom in Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 14, 1878, died in 
 
 80 VIII. George Edwin, third child of Charles Ives 
 and Eliza Ann Gardner, bom in Boston, Mass., May 15, 
 1852, died in , md. 
 
 in Oct. II, 1876, Mary Ella Viles, dati. 
 
 James Viles and Frances Ann his wife, bom in 
 
 Boston, Mass., Aug. 26, 1853, died in 
 
 , and had three children. 
 IX. Children of George Edwin, and Mary Ella Viles: 
 88 (1). Marion Frances, born in Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 
 24, 1877. 
 
 89 (2). Mary Edith, born in Cambridge, Feb. 12, 1879. 
 
 90 (3). George Edwin, born in Cambridge, Sept. 14, 1880. 
 
 77 VII. Isaac Alexander, fourth child of Joseph 
 Thompson and Abigail Trask, bom in Concord, Mass., 
 June 19, 1821, died in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 8, 1878; md. 
 in Oct. 25, 1842, Sarah Johanna Hawkes, dau. of John 
 Hawkes and Johanna his wife, bom in Bos- 
 
 ton, Mass., Dec. 9, 1824, died in Philadelphia, Penn., 
 July I, 1880, and had two children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Isaac Alexander, and Sarah Johanna Hawkes: 
 
 91 (1). Sarah Adelaide, born in Boston, Mass., Aug. 29, 
 
 1843, died in ; 
 
Medfield 75 
 
 was md., in May 31, 
 
 1863, to William Hobbs Chadbourn, son of George 
 Chadbotirn and Asenath , his wife, born 
 
 in Sanford, Me., Feb. 18, 1841, died in 
 
 , and had three children. 
 93 (2). Emma Eliza, born in Boston, Mass., July 27, 
 1845, died in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 14, 1874, unmar- 
 ried. 
 
 44 IV. Benjamin, second child of William, and 
 Hannah Chenery, bom in Dedham, Mass., Feb. 8, 1731, 
 died in July 13, 
 
 1803, md. in 
 
 Maria Van Wagner, dau. of Van Wagner 
 
 and his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had two children. 
 
 V. Children of Benjamin, and Maria Van Wagner: 
 
 93 (1). John, born in 
 
 , lost at sea 
 
 94 (2). William, born in 
 
 , 1773 (md., ch.). 
 
 Benjamin Peters was a physician ; he emigrated at an 
 early age to Marbletown, Ulster Co., New York. In 1 761 
 he served in the French and Indian wars. His grave- 
 stone can be seen in Bloomingburg, N. Y. 
 
 94 V. William, second child of Benjamin, and Maria 
 Van Wagner, bom in 
 
 1773, died in 
 
 1 814; md. Margaret Hasbrouck, 
 dau. of Hasbrouck and 
 
 his wife, bom in 
 
76 Massachusetts « 
 
 1774, died in 
 
 1857, and had four children. 
 
 VI. Children of William and Margaret Hashrouck: 
 
 95 (1). Benjamin, born in » i799' 
 
 96 (2). Eliza, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 
 to Jacob Blanchard, son of 
 Blanchard and , 
 
 his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 , and had children. 
 
 97 (3). Jacob, born in 
 
 98 (4). Hannah, born in 
 
 , 1805, died in 
 
 , unmarried. 
 
 William was a physician. 
 
 95 VI. Benjamin, first child of William, and Margaret 
 Hasbrouck, bom in 
 1799, died in 
 1877; md. in 
 
 dau. and 
 
 his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had children. 
 
 97 VI. Jacob,* third child of William and Margaret 
 Hasbrouck, bom in 
 
 , died in , 
 md. in 
 
 dau. and his 
 
 wife, bom in , 
 
 * Said to have removed to Michigan. 
 
Medfield ^^ 
 
 died in , and had 
 
 children. 
 
 46 IV. Adam, fourth child of William, and Hannah 
 Chenery, bom in Medfield, Mass., Oct. 30, 1734, died in 
 Medfield, March 12, 1813,* aged 78; md. in Medfield, 
 May 5, 1758, Olive Plimpton,! daughter of John Plymp- 
 ton and Abigail Fisher, his wife, bom in Medfield, Feb. 8, 
 1737, died in Medfield, Sept. 12, 1768, and had three 
 children. 
 
 Y . Children of Adam and Olive Plimpton: 
 
 99 (1). Hannah, born in Medfield, March i, 1760, died in 
 
 , 1850; was md. in Medfield, 
 Jan. 7, 1779, to William Clark, son of Asa Clark and 
 Zillah Cheney, his wife, born in Medfield, 
 1758, diedin , 1825, and had five 
 
 children. 
 
 100 (2). Amy, born in Medfield, Feb. 6, 1762, died in 
 Medfield, May 20, 1762. J 
 
 101 (3). Sarah, born in Medfield, April 16, 1767, died in 
 
 ; was 
 md., in Providence, R. I., , 1797, 
 
 to Eleazar Ellis, ist child of Nathan Ellis and Hannah 
 Bacon, his wife, born in Medfield, 17 53. 
 
 died in Providence, R. I., 1805 and had 
 
 children. She md. (2), in 
 
 , James Forbes of 
 Rutland, Vt., son of Forbes and 
 
 *" Captain Adam Peters died March 12, 1813, aged 78 years." 
 (Cross of the Sons of the Revolution on his grave.) 
 
 t Gravestone in Medfield graveyard: "In memory of Mrs Olive 
 Peters ye wife of Mr Adam Peters who died Sept. ye 12 1768 in ye 
 32nd year of her age." 
 
 t " Amy Peters daughter of Adam Peters and Mrs Olive his wife, who 
 died May 21, 1762." (Medfield graveyard.) 
 
78 Massachusetts 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had one child. 
 
 Adam md. (2) Nov. 30, 1769, Margaret Dunton, widow 
 of Benjamin Dunton (md. Aug. 25, 1763) and dau. of 
 Samuel Morse and Abigail Fisher, his wife, bom in 
 
 , Aug. 19, 1737, died in Medfield, Mass., 
 May 23, 18 16, aged 78,* and had six children. 
 
 Children of Adam and Margaret Morse Dunton: 
 103 (4). Amy, born in Medfield, Sept. 13, 1770, died in 
 
 ; was 
 md. in (int. Medfield, March 12, 1803) to Amasa Baker 
 of North Yarmouth, Me., son of Baker 
 
 and , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 , had children. 
 
 103 (5). William, born in Medfield, Aug. 26, 1772 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 104 (6). Olive, born in Medfield, June 6, 1774, died in 
 Medfield, Sept. 27, 1776. 
 
 105 (7). Samuel, born in Medfield, Oct. 17, 1776, died at 
 sea., 1799- 
 
 106 (8). Oliver, born in Medfield, Sept. 7, 1779 (md., ch.). 
 
 107 (9). Margaret, born in Medfield, Oct. 30, 1783, died 
 in Medfield, Aug. 26, 1785. 
 
 Adam Peters of Medfield received money for "turns 
 done in late w^ars in the days of Capt. Morse, the ist and 
 Capt. Coolidge." 
 
 MASSACHUSETTS MUSTER AND PAY ROLLS (76-173). 
 
 1776, 4th Sufifolk Regiment, April 23, Adam Peters rec- 
 ommended by Field officers as adjutant in Col. Ephraim 
 Wheelock's Regiment. Commission ordered April 23, 
 1776. 
 
 * "Mrs. Margaret Peters relict of Capt. Adam Peters died May 22, 
 1816, aged 78 years." (Medfield graveyard.) 
 
Medfield 79 
 
 1776, Dec. Capt. Sabin Mann's Co. Adjutant Pe- 
 
 ters, dated Cumberland. 
 
 1778. Col. Howe's Regiment, Capt. Adam Peters, en- 
 listment Aug. 15, 1778, dated Cumberland. 
 
 Discharged Sept. 12, 1778. {From " Various Services," 22, 6.) 
 
 1780. 5th Co. 4th Suffolk county Regiment, Capt, 
 
 Adam Peters. (Militia Officers, &c., 28-10) 
 
 1 78 1. March 2, Col. Seth Bullard's Regiment, Capt. 
 Peters, Medfield. (70-/5.) 
 
 As can be seen from these reports, he served in the Rev- 
 olution, and was afterward captain of militia in the town 
 of Medfield. He was a tanner. 
 
 103 V. William, fifth child of Adam Peters, and 2d 
 child of his 2d wife, Margaret Morse, bom in Medfield, 
 Mass., Aug. 26, 1772, died in Medfield, Feb. 26, 1843,*/ 
 aged 71 ; md. in Medfield, July 17, 1794, Mary Ellis, dau. 
 Jesse Ellis and Mary Harding, his wife, bom in Medfield, 
 1776, died in Medfield, March 18, 1835, aged 58, and had 
 two children. 
 
 VI. Children of William and Mary Ellis: 
 
 108 (1). Mary, born in Medfield, Dec. 27, 1794, died in 
 Medfield, Oct. 18, 1876; was md., in Nov. 27, 1814, to 
 James Hewins, M.D. (Harvard, 1804), son of Jacob 
 He wins of Dorchester, Mass., and of , 
 his wife, born in Sharon,. Mass., July 2, 1782, died in 
 Medfield, Aug. 8, 1846, and had two children. 
 
 109 (2). Amy, born in Medfield, Dec. 9, 1802, died in 
 Medfield, Aug. 15, 1872; was md., in Medfield, Mass., 
 Oct. I, 1823, to the Revd. Charles C. Sewall, son of Chief 
 Justice Samuel Sewall of Marblehead, Mass., and Abi- 
 gail Devereux, his wife, born in Marblehead, May 
 
 ♦Gravestone in Medfield graveyard: "William Peters Esq. died 
 Feb. 26, 1843, aged 72 years Mrs Mary his wife died March 18, 1835 
 aged|s8 years." 
 
8o Massachusetts 
 
 lo, 1802, died in Medfield, Nov. 20, 1886, and had ten 
 children. 
 
 William received a captain's commission in 1805; he 
 was several times selectman, and was representative in 
 
 1838-39- 
 
 106 V. Oliver, eighth child of Adam, and fifth child 
 
 of Margaret Morse Dunton, his second wife, bom in Med- 
 field, Mass., Sept. 7, 1779, died in Providence, R. I., July 
 7, 181 7; md. in Providence, Sept. , 1804, Abigail Price, 
 dan. of Edward Price and Mary Potter, his wife, bom in 
 Providence, Sept. 25, 1784, died in Providence, Feb. 5, 
 1825, and had 6 daughters, two of whom died in infancy. 
 
 VI. Children of Oliver and Abigail Price: 
 
 110 (1). Abby, born in Providence, R. I., July 26, 1806, 
 died in Providence, Dec. 24, 1888; was md. in Wood- 
 stock, Conn., Jan. 2, 1845, to Samuel Hopkins, son of 
 Jeremiah Hopkins and Susan Rice, his wife, born in 
 Coventry, R. I., May 16, 1796, died in Providence, 
 R. I., Oct. 12, 1874, and had three children. 
 
 111 (2). Mary, born in Providence, R. I., Oct. 5, 1808, 
 died in Coventry, R. I., Sept. 26, 1839; was md., in 
 Providence, May 19, 1834, to John Harris, son of 
 Joseph Harris and Catharine Greene, his wife, born in 
 Cranston, R. I., Nov. 13, 1797, died in Providence, 
 June 21, 1874, and had three children. 
 
 113 (3). Sarah, born in Providence, R. I., April 25, 1812, 
 died in Weston, Mass., July 2, 1871 ; was md., in Med- 
 field, Mass., Jan. 31, 1838, to John Pearson Bowker, 
 Jr., son of John Pearson Bowker and Mary Baker, his 
 wife, born in Walpole, Mass., July 17, 1814, died in 
 Walpole, May 14, 1885, and had 6 children. 
 
 113 (4). Rebecca, born in Providence, R. I., Aug. 7, 
 1814, died in Woodstock, Conn., June 16, 1871; was 
 md. in Woodstock, Conn., Sept. 5, 1841, to Elisha 
 Lyon, son of Judah L Lyon and Mehitable Childs, 
 
BEULAH LOVETT, WIFE OF LT.-COL. ANDREW PETERS 
 
Medfield 8i 
 
 his wife, born in Woodstock, Conn., Jan. 22, 1803, died 
 in Providence, R. I., June 19, 1877, and had seven 
 children. 
 
 49 IV. Andrew, seventh child of William, and Hannah 
 Chenery, bom in Medfield, Mass., Jan. 24, 1742, died in 
 Westborough, Mass., Feb. 5, 1822 ; md. in 
 March 30, 1768, Beulah Lovett, dau. Phinehas Lovett, 
 and Beulah Morse, his wife, bom in Mendon, Mass., Oct. 
 31, 1747, died in Westborough, July 29, 1810, and had 8 
 children. 
 
 V. Children of Andrew and Beulah Lovett: 
 
 114 (1). Lovett, born in Mendon, Jan. 19, 1769 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 115 (2). Daniel, born in Mendon, July 27, 1770. 
 
 116 (3). Sibyl, born in Mendon, Sept. 4, 1772, died in 
 
 ; was 
 md. in Mendon (int. Nov. 24, 1786) to Elijah Penni- 
 man, son of Josiah Penniman and Esther Ware of 
 Needham, his wife, born in Mendon, April 5, 1762, 
 died in Mendon, June 22, 1789, and had one child, 
 Lovett, born April 8, 1787. 
 
 117 (4). Amy, born in Mendon, Feb. 7, 1775, died in 
 
 ; was 
 md. in Westborough, Mass., March 27, 1796, to Sam- 
 uel Daniels Davenport of Boston, son of 
 Davenport and , his wife, born 
 
 in , died 
 
 in , and 
 
 had children. 
 
 118 (5). Rachel, born in Mendon, Nov. 12, 1781, died 
 Nov. 12, 1781. 
 
 119 (6). Silvia, born in Mendon, Nov. 8, 1783, died in 
 
 , March 12, 1810. 
 
82 Massachusetts 
 
 120 (7). Hannah, born in 
 
 , March 14, 1786, died in 
 
 , Aug. II, 1809. 
 
 121 (8). Joseph, born in , May 5, 1788. 
 
 Col. Andrew served in the French and Indian war in 
 1 76 1 . His name is on the Lexington Alarm roll as private, 
 1775, April 19, in Capt. John Albee's company; he 
 marched from Mendon to Roxbury, then serving eight 
 days. 1775, June 1 5 , he was captain in Col. Joseph Read's 
 regiment, and was probably present at Bunker Hill.* 
 
 1776, from Jan. i to Dec. i, he was captain in Read's 
 Massachusetts regiment, Continental infantry. 
 
 1777, Jan. I. He was major in Col. Bailey's 2d Massa- 
 chusett's regiment ; 1779, July i , commissioned lieutenant 
 colonel, 15th Massachusetts Reg., Col. Timothy Bigelow. 
 He was present at the siege of Boston, the invasion of 
 Canada, the surrender of Burgoyne, and continued in 
 service until Jan. i, 1781, having served five years and 
 nine months. His name continued on the rolls until 
 October, 1783. He was one of the original members of 
 the Cincinnati. In 1788 he taught school in Mendon, 
 Mass. 1788-89, he taught school four months in Annap- 
 olis Royal, Nova Scotia. 1789-90, he taught school in 
 Sturbridge, Mass. 1790, December, to April, 1791, and 
 November to April, 1792, from November, 1792, to 
 April, 1793, and from 1793 to 1794, November to April, 
 he taught school in Medfield. 1794, August 15, he was 
 employed by the town of Marlborough to survey for a 
 plan of the town. In October and November he made 
 a plan of the town which bears the date of December 
 30, 1794. He laid down the old post road and the 
 Concord road, ascertained the number of acres in the 
 ponds, and the grist- and saw-mills in the town. His 
 account was $11.25. i794' November, to March, 1795, 
 
 * (Massachusetts Archives, vol. Ixx., p. 40.) 
 
CP(^6yuJ yytc^tZ^rxr. ^J 
 
 
 LT.-COL. ANDREW PETERS 
 
Medfield 83 
 
 he taught school in Westborough, Mass., in different parts 
 of the town. In 1794 he bought a farm in Westborough, 
 where he Hved and died. In 1792-93 he was town 
 treasurer of Mendon, and was on several committees. 
 These records are taken from his family Bible, as well as 
 from some of his other books. 
 
 114 V. Lovett, first child of Col. Andrew and Beulah 
 Lovett, bom in Mendon, Mass., Jan. 19, 1769, died in 
 Westborough, Mass., Jan. 13, 1863 ; md. in (int. ent. West- 
 borough, May 24, 1796, with) Mary Plympton, dau. Capt. 
 Silvanus Plympton and Hannah Phipps, his wife, bom in 
 Medfield, Mass., Nov. 4, 1771, died in Westborough, Ap. 
 28, i860, and had nine children. 
 
 VI. Children of Lovett and Mary Plympton: 
 
 122 (1). Beulah Lovett, born in Westboro, April 2, 
 1797, died in Westboro, May 16, 1875, unmd. 
 
 123 (2). Andrew, born in Westboro, March 11, 1799, 
 died in Westboro, Ap. 11, 1840, unmd. 
 
 124 (3). Augustus, born in Westboro, Nov. 7, 1800 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 125 (4). Onslow, born in Westboro, March i, 1802 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 126 (5). Mary Plympton, born in Westboro, May 26, 
 1804, died at Fort Jessup, La., June 8, 1841; was md. 
 in Westboro, Dec. 3, 1835, to the Revd. Henry Lamb 
 of Boston, Mass., chaplain U. S. A., son of Dr. Jabesh 
 Lamb and Sally , his wife, born in 
 
 178 , died 
 in , and 
 
 had one daughter. 
 
 127 (6). William, born in Westboro, March 5, 1807 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 128 (7). Daniel, born in Westboro, Nov. 9, 1808, died in 
 Westboro, May 8, 1849, aged 40. Unmd.(?) 
 
 129 (8). John, born in Westboro, Dec. 26, 1810, died in 
 Westboro, Dec. 28, 1810. 
 
84 Massachusetts 
 
 130 (9). Hannah Phipps, born in Westboro, June 23, 
 1812, died in Westboro, Jan. 31, 1902, unmd. 
 
 124 VI. Augustus, third child of Lovett and Mary 
 Plympton, bom in Westborough, Mass., Nov. 7, 1800, 
 died in Westboro', 1848; md. in 
 
 Nov. 10, 1830, Lucy Pollard, dau. Andrew Pollard and 
 
 his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in Detroit, Mich., Nov. 30, 
 1852, and had one child. 
 
 VII. Children of Augustus and Lucy Pollard: 
 
 131 (1). John Lovett, born in Detroit, Mich., July 11, 
 1831 (md., ch.). 
 
 131 VIL John Lovett, bom in Detroit, Mich., July 11, 
 1831, died in , 
 md. in Worcester, Mass., Nov. 29, 1859, Mary Frances 
 Eddy, dau. Eddy and , 
 his wife, bom in , 
 died in , and 
 had four children. 
 
 VIII. Children of John Lovett and Mary Eddy: 
 
 132 (1). William Curtis, born in North Brookfield, Mass., 
 Feb. 10, 1861. 
 
 133 (2). John Eddy, born in Worcester, Mass., Oct. 17, 
 1866. 
 
 134 (3). Lewis Augustus, born in Worcester, July 22, 
 1869. 
 
 135 (4). Charles Adams, born in Worcester, June 29, 
 1875- 
 
 132 VIII. William Curtis, first child of John Lovett 
 and Mary Eddy, bom in North Brookfield, Mass., Feb. 10, 
 1861, died in , 
 md. in Worcester, Mass., Sept. 26, 1885, Minnie Augusta 
 Trask, dau. Trask and , 
 his wife, bom in , 
 
LOVETT PETERS 
 
 WESTBOROUGH, MASS. 
 
 185- 
 
Medfield 85 
 
 died in , and had 
 
 one child. 
 
 IX. Children of William Curtis and Minnie Trask: 
 
 136 (1). Lillian Mary, born in Worcester, Mass., Aug. 
 10, 1887. 
 
 133 VIII. John Eddy, second child of John Lovett and 
 Mary Eddy, bom in Worcester, Mass., Oct. 17, 1866. 
 
 134 VIII. Lewis Augustus, third child of John Lovett 
 and Mar>'- Eddy, bom in Worcester, Mass., July 22, 1869. 
 
 135 VIII. Charles Adams, fourth child of John Lovett 
 and Mary Eddy, bom in Worcester, Mass., June 29, 1875. 
 
 125 VI. Onslow, fourth child of Lovett and Mary 
 Plympton, bom in Westboro, Mass., March i, 1802, died 
 in Peoria, 111., Feb, 28, 1855; md. in Westboro, Mass., 
 Oct. 29, 1829, Hannah Parkman Tyler, dau. John Eugene 
 Tyler and Hannah , his wife, bom in West- 
 
 boro, Sept. 25, 1803, died in Westboro, 1857, 
 
 and had six children. 
 
86 Massachusetts 
 
 VII. Children of Onslow and Hannah Tyler: 
 
 137 (1). Mary Lovett, born in Westboro, Mass., Ap. 
 7, 1830, died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 
 , Oct. 26, 1858, to Henry B. Wiston, 
 D.D., president of Crozier Theological Seminary, Up- 
 land, Penn., son of Wiston and 
 , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 , and had children. 
 
 138 (2). Susan Tyler, born in Westboro, June 21, 1831, 
 died in ; 
 was md. in , May 9, 1852, to 
 George Blakely, son of Blakely and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 and had children. 
 
 139 (3). Onslow, born in Westboro, March 11, 1836 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 140 (4). Hannah Breck, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 , Oct. 26, 1856, to John F. Rollins, son of 
 Daniel Rollins and Mary , his wife, born 
 
 in , July 4, 1835, died in 
 
 , and had four 
 children. Resides at Fort George, Fla. 
 
 141 (5). Hugh, born in 
 143 (6). Eugene, born in 
 
 Onslow graduated from Brown University in 1825. In 
 1836 he was counsellor and attomey-at-law in West- 
 borough, Mass. In 1837 he removed to Peoria, 111., where 
 he was judge of the i6th judicial circuit of the state of 
 Illinois. 
 
 139 VII. Onslow, third child of Onslow and Hannah 
 
Medfield 87 
 
 Tyler, bom in Westboro, Mass., March 11, 1836, died 
 in 
 
 141 VII. Hugh, fifth child of Onslow and Hannah 
 Tyler, bom in , died in 
 
 143 VII. Eugene, sixth child of Onslow and Hannah 
 Tyler, bom in , died in 
 
 127 VI. William, sixth child of Lovett and Mary 
 Plympton, bom in Westborough, Mass., March 5, 1807, 
 died in Peoria, 111., Dec. i, 1862; md. in Steventown, N. 
 Y., Oct. 19, 1 83 1, Martha Hall, dau. Oliver Hall and 
 Deborah Williams, his wife, bom in Steventown, N. Y., 
 April 8, 1810, died in Richmond, Ind., Sept. 15, 1895, and 
 had six children. 
 
 VII. Children of William and Martha Hall: 
 
 143 (1). Mary Plympton, born in North Adams, Mass., 
 Aug. 13, 1833, living in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1903; 
 was md. in Milwaukee, Wis,, April 28, 1 851, to Edward 
 Joseph Cowell, son of John Van Hyst Cowell and Han- 
 nah Marache, his wife, born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 
 18, 1828, died in Erie, Pa., July 12, 1884, and had 
 seven children. 
 
 144 (2). Sarah Phipps, born in North Adams, Mass., 
 June 17, 1835, died in Chicago, 111., Nov. 29, 1901 ; was 
 md. in Peoria, 111., Jan., 1854, to Samuel Parker Haz- 
 zard, son of Stephen Hazzard and Mary Russell, his 
 wife, born in Dover, Del., Oct. 9, 1826, 
 
 and had three children. 
 
88 Massachusetts 
 
 145 (3). Hannah More, born in North Adams, Mass., 
 Aug. 5, 1837, living in Richmond, Ind., 1903; was md. 
 in , Feb. 16, 
 i860, to James Ireland, son of Fielding Ireland and 
 
 , his wife, born in New Paris, O., Jan. 
 10, 1835, died in New Paris, 0., Oct. 10, 1861. No 
 children . 
 
 Hannah More Peters was md. (2), in Peoria, 111., 
 Sept. 17, 1863, to James Eyre Reeves, son of Mark 
 Reeves of Gloucester Co., N. J., and Ann Ewan, his 
 wife, born in Berkeley, N. J., Nov. 27, 1814, living in 
 1903, and had two sons. 
 
 146 (4). Andrew Washington, born in Westborough, 
 Mass., May 22, 1843, died in Peoria, 111., Feb. i, 1878, 
 unmd. 
 
 He was a private in the 86th Illinois Volunteer In- 
 fantry in the Civil War. He was in Southern prisons 
 at Danville, Richmond, Anderson ville, and Florence. 
 His health was shattered, and he was an invalid until 
 his death. 
 
 147 (5). Charles William, born in Peoria, 111., Aug. 19, 
 1847, died in Kansas City, Mo., April 14, 1877. 
 
 148 (6). Deborah, born in North Adams, Mass., May 15, 
 1840, died in North Adams, Sept. 18, 1840. 
 
 149 (7). William Henry, born in Peoria, 111.,' March 18, 
 1845, died in Peoria, May 19, 1845. 
 
 138 VI. Daniel, seventh child of Lovett and Mary 
 Plympton, bom in Westborough, Mass., Nov. 9, 1808, 
 died in Westborough, May 8, 1849, aged 40; md. in (int. 
 Shrewsbury, Mass., with Eliza E Ruggles, July 6, 
 1836), dau. Ruggles and , his 
 
 wife, bom in , 
 
 died in , and 
 
 had children. 
 
Medfield 89 
 
 115 V. Daniel, second child of Col. Andrew and Beulah 
 Lovett, his wife, bom in Mendon, Mass., July 27, 1770, 
 died in (Harvard, 
 
 1793). Removed south 1793, or later, and died soon 
 after. No further record. 
 
 121 V. Joseph, eighth child of Col. Andrew and 
 Beulah Lovett, his wife, bom in Mendon, Mass., May 5, 
 1788, died in 
 No further record. 
 
 50 IV. Jethro, eighth child of William, and Hannah 
 Chenery, his wife, bom in Medfield, Mass., June 13, 1744, 
 died in Bolton, Mass., Feb. 16, 1824, aged 80; md. in (in- 
 tention pub. in Holliston, Mass.) Oct. 8, 1769, Rachel 
 Fairbanks, dau. Fairbanks and , 
 
 his wife, bom in , May , 
 
 1740, died in Medfield, Mass., May i, 1792, and had 7 
 children. 
 
 V. Children of Jethro, and Rachel Fairbanks: 
 
 150 (1). William, born in Northborough, Mass., Sept. 13, 
 1770 (md., ch.). 
 
 151 (2). Rachel, born in Northborough, July 20, 1772, 
 died in Medfield, Mass., Dec. 28, 1786. 
 
 153 (3). George, born in Northborough, Aug. 9, 1774 
 
 (md., ch.). 
 153 (4). Hannah, born in Northborough, April 13, 1777, 
 
 died in Bolton, Mass., April 22, 187 1 ; was md. in 
 
 , to James 
 
 Moore, son of Josiah Moore and Abigail , 
 
90 Massachusetts 
 
 his wife, born in Bolton, Jan. 7, 1777, died in Bolton 
 Nov. 6, i860, and had five children. 
 
 154 (5). Julia, born in Northborough, April 13, 1779, 
 died in ; 
 was md. in , 
 to Atherton, son of Atherton 
 and , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 155 (6). Peter, born in Northborough, April 15, 1781, 
 died in Medfield, Mass., Aug. 3, 1789. 
 
 156 (7). Peace, born in Medfield, March 25, 1783, (md.) 
 
 Jethro was a worker in leather. He settled in North- 
 borough, Mass., where he was town clerk in 1800, 1801, 
 and 1802. He was on the Lexington Alarm roll, being 
 sergeant in Capt. Samuel Wood's company, in General 
 Ward's regiment, which marched on the 19th of April, 
 1775, from Northborough; service eleven days. 
 
 150 V. William, first child of Jethro, and Rachel Fair- 
 banks, bom in Northborough, Mass., Sept. 13, 1770, died 
 in , md. in 
 
 , dau. of , and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had children. 
 
 153 V. George, third child of Jethro, and Rachel Fair- 
 banks, bom in Northborough, Mass., Aug. 9, 1774, died 
 in , Jan. 27, 1859; 
 
 md. in (prob. 
 
 1800), Lydia Maynard, dau. Ephraim Maynard and Eu- 
 nice , his wife, bom in Marlborough, Mass., 
 Nov. 7, 1779, died in , Nov. 2, 
 1 86 1, and had eight children. 
 
Medfield 91 
 
 VI. Children of George and Lydia Maynard: 
 
 157 (1). George, born in Feltonville,* Mass., Nov. 28, 
 1800 (md., oh.). 
 
 158 (2). Ephraim, born in Feltonville,* Dec. 26, 1801, 
 died in Feltonville, Sept. , 1803. 
 
 159 (3). Luther, born in Feltonville,* April 20, 1806 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 160 (4). Irene, born in Feltonville,* March 26, 1808, 
 died in Feltonville, Jan. 18, 1833, unmd. 
 
 161 (5). Adolphus, born in Feltonville,* June i, 1810, 
 died March 6, 1814. 
 
 163 (6). Adolphus, born in Feltonville,* Jan. 13, 1814 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 163 (7). John Howe, born in Feltonville,* Feb. 16, 1820 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 164 (8). Freeman S , born in Feltonville,* March 5, 
 1824, died in Feltonville, Sept. 5, 1825. 
 
 George removed to Marlborough, Mass., probably from. 
 Medfield, about 1798. 
 
 157 VI. George, first child of George and Lydia May- 
 nard, bom in Feltonville,* Mass., Nov. 28, 1800, died in 
 Ware, Mass., Oct. 28, 1849; md. in 
 
 , May 8, 1823, Hannah L Brigham, dau. 
 
 of Jedediah Brigham and Lydia , his wife, 
 
 bom in Marlborough, Mass., Oct. 3, 1802, died in Marl- 
 boro, March 31, 1832, and had two children. 
 
 VII. Children of George and Hannah Brigham: 
 
 165 (1). George Lewis, born in Marlborough, Mass., 
 March 3, 1825 (md., ch.). 
 
 166 (2). Lydia Brigham, born in Marlborough, Oct. 20, 
 1826, died in Ware, Mass., Nov. 22, 1849. 
 
 George mid. (2), in Boxborough, Mass., Nov. 23, 1833, 
 Lydia Whitcomb, dau. Moses Whitcomb and Anna 
 
 * Now Hudson. 
 
92 Massachusetts 
 
 , his wife, bom in Boxborough, April 25, 1813, 
 died in Boxborough, Aug. 5, 1841, and had two daughters. 
 
 167 (3). Hannah Maria, born in Boxborough, Sept. 16, 
 1836, died in Hartford, Conn., March 14, 1888; was 
 md. in , 
 April 8, 1859, to Merrick Whiting, son of Artemus 
 Whiting and Nabby , his wife, born in 
 Springfield, Mass., May 8, 1832, died in 
 
 , and had one daughter. 
 
 168 (4). Anna Elizabeth, born in Boxborough, July 9, 
 1841, died in ; 
 was md. in Worcester, Mass., March 28, 1872, to El- 
 bridge Gerry Hastings, son of Rozel Hastings and 
 Phebe , his wife, born in 
 
 , July 21, 1840, died in 
 
 , and had 
 four daughters. 
 
 George md. (3), in Barre, Mass., April 26, 1843, Lydia 
 E Sibley, dau. of Lyman Sibley and Hannah 
 
 , his wife, bom in Barre, April 28, 1819, and had 
 no children. 
 
 165 VII. George Lewis, first child of George, and Han- 
 nah Brigham, bom in Marlborough, Mass., March 3, 1825, 
 died in , md, 
 
 in , Ann Maria 
 
 Stevens, dau. Moses Stevens and Maria , his 
 
 wife, bom in . , 
 
 died in , and 
 
 had one daughter. 
 
 VIII. Children of George Lewis and Ann Maria Stevens: 
 
 169 (1). Effie, born in 
 
 159 VI. Luther, third child of George, and Lydia May- 
 nard, bom in Feltonville,* Mass., April 20, 1806, died in 
 
 * Now Hudson. 
 
Medfield 93 
 
 , md. in 
 , May 31, 
 1832, Abigail Holman, dau. Abraham Holman and Azu- 
 bah , his wife, bom in Bolton, Mass., 
 
 Feb. 5, 1812, died in Hudson, Mass., March 13, 1847, and 
 had four children. 
 
 VII. Children of Luther and Abigail Holman: 
 
 170 (1). Luther Holman, born in Feltonville,* Mass., 
 May 30, 1833 (md., ch.). 
 
 171 (2). Irene Freeman, born in Feltonville,* Feb. 16, 
 1836, died in 
 
 172 (3). Onslow Blake, born in Feltonville,* May 21, 
 1839 (md., ch.). 
 
 173 (4). Warren Sibley, born in Feltonville,* Oct. 7, 
 1845 (ind., ch.). 
 
 Luther md. (2) in , 
 
 April 12, 1848, Maria Gould, dau. John Gould and Anna 
 
 , his wife, bom in Ware, Mass., May 
 
 25, 1820, died in Feltonville, Mass., Nov. 12, 1855, and 
 
 had two sons. 
 
 Children of Luther and Maria Gould: 
 
 174 (5). John G , born in Feltonville,* May 8, 1850. 
 
 175 (6). Edwin R , born in Sterling, Mass., March 
 30, 1853, died in Feltonville, May 3, 1855. 
 
 Luther md. (3), in , 
 
 Sept. I, 1857, Lydia Howe, dau. Solomon Howe and Sarah 
 
 , his wife, bom in Berlin, Mass., 
 Aug. II, 1811, died in Berlin, June 6, 1882. No children. 
 
 170 Vn. Luther Holman, first child of Luther, and 
 Abigail Holman, bom in Feltonville, Mass., May 30, 1833, 
 died in , md. 
 
 in , Nov. 14, 
 
 * Now Htidson. 
 
94 Massachusetts 
 
 1 86 1, Ellen Maria Dyar, dau. Smith Dyar and Mary Jane 
 , his wife, bom in Charlestown, Mass., 
 Sept. I, 1842, died in Maiden, Mass., July i, 1883, and 
 had one daughter. 
 
 VIII. Children of Luther Hohnan and Ellen Maria Dyar: 
 
 176 (1). Cora Maria, born in Charlestown, Mass., Sept. 
 17, 1863, died in 
 
 173 VII. Onslow Blake, third child of Luther and 
 Abigail Holman, bom in Feltonville,* Mass., May 21, 1839, 
 died in , md. 
 
 in , Oct. II, 
 
 1863, Augusta J Brown, dau. Simeon Brown and 
 
 Catherine W , his wife, bom in Stowe, Mass., 
 
 died in 
 , and had one son. 
 
 VIII. Children of Onslow Blake and Augusta Brown: 
 
 111 (1). Albert H , born in Hudson, Mass., Nov. 28, 
 1864, died in ; 
 
 md. in 
 
 173 VII. Warren Sibley, fourth child of Luther and 
 Abigail Holman, bom in Feltonville,* Mass., Oct. 7, 1845, 
 died in , md. 
 
 in , Mary Susan 
 
 Maynard, dau. Maynard, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in , 
 
 Oct. 15, 1853, died in 
 
 , and had four daughters. 
 
 * Now Hudson. 
 
Medfield 95 
 
 VIII. Children of Warren Sibley and Mary Susan Maynard. 
 
 178 (1). Mary Augusta, born in 
 
 , March 15, 1874, died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 , to 
 , son of and , 
 
 his wife, born in 
 , died in 
 , and had children. 
 
 179 (2). Irene Abigail, born in 
 
 July 24, 1876, died in 
 
 , was md. in 
 to , 
 
 son of , and , his wife, born 
 
 in , died 
 
 in , and 
 
 had children. 
 
 180 (3). Nettie Bell, born in 
 
 , Jan. 6, 1 881, died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 
 to , 
 
 son of and , his wife, 
 
 born in , 
 
 died in , 
 
 and had children. 
 
 181 (4). Bertha Louise, born in 
 
 , Sept. 9, 1885, died in 
 
 , was md. in 
 to , 
 
 son of and , his wife, born 
 
 in , died 
 
 in , and 
 
 had children. 
 
 174 VII. John G , fifth child of Luther (first child 
 of Luther and Maria Gould, his 2d wife), bom in Felton- 
 ville,* Mass., May 8, 1850, died in 
 
 * Now Hudson. 
 
g6 Massachusetts 
 
 , md. in 
 , dau. of 
 , and ^ , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had children. 
 
 163 VI. Adolphus, sixth child of George, and Lydia 
 Maynard, bom in Feltonville, Mass., Jan. 13, 1814, died 
 in Ware, Mass., Dec. 12, 1846, md. in 
 
 Nov. I, 1840, Julia Ann Phelps, 
 dau. Samuel Phelps and Betsey , his wife, 
 
 bom in Chester, Mass., Jan. i, 1816, died in Ware, Mass., 
 Dec. 24, 1857, and had one daughter. 
 
 VII. Children of Adolphus and Julia Ann Phelps: 
 183 (1). Julia Augusta, born in Ware, Mass., Dec. 18, 
 1 841, died in , 
 
 was md. in Hardwick, Mass., June 17, 1863, to Rhesa 
 Griffin, son of Rhesa Griffin and Rhoda , 
 
 his wife, born in Salina, N. Y., April 25, 1841, died in 
 
 , and had 
 daughter. 
 
 163 VI. John Howe, seventh child of George and Lydia 
 Maynard, bom in Feltonville, Mass., Feb. 16, 1820, died 
 in Hudson, Mass., May 10, 1887; md. in , Sept. 2, 
 1840, Lucy Woods Hapgood, dau. Asa Hapgood and 
 Phebe , his wife, bom in Marlborough, Mass., Jan. 8, 
 1820, died in Feltonville,* Jan. 12, 1857, and had three 
 children. 
 
 VII. Children of John Howe and Lucy Woods Hapgood: 
 183 (1). Lucy Woods, born in Feltonville,* Mass., 
 June 28, 1 841, died in ; 
 
 was md. in , Jan. 25, 
 
 1866, to Charles Whitney Gleason, son of Benjamin 
 Whitney Gleason and Louisa Fessenden, his wife, born 
 * Now Hudson. 
 
Medfield 97 
 
 in North Andover, Mass., April 9, 1841, died in 
 
 , and had one son. 
 
 184 (2). John Melville, born in i^eltonville,* Sept. 22, 
 1843, died in Ware, Mass., Jan. 15, 1846 (1847?). 
 
 185 (3). John Melville, born in Feltonville,* Feb. 10, 
 1849 (md., ch.). 
 
 185 VII. John Melville, third child of John Howe, and 
 Lucy Woods Hapgood, bom in Feltonville, Mass., Feb. 10, 
 1849, died in , md. in 
 
 , Dec. 25, 1879, Mary 
 F Campbell of Machias, Maine, dau. of Alexander 
 
 F Campbell and Julia Patten, his wife, bom in Co- 
 
 lumbia, Maine, June 22, 1849, died in 
 
 , and had two daughters. 
 
 VIII. Children of John Melville and Mary Campbell: 
 
 186 (1). Lucy Gleason, born in Hudson, Mass., Feb. 28, 
 1880, died in ; was md. 
 in to , 
 son of and , his wife, bom 
 in , died in 
 
 , and had children. 
 
 187 (2). Maude Julia, born in Hudson, March 12, 1882, 
 died in ; was md. in 
 
 to , son of 
 
 and , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had children. 
 
 John Howe md. (2), in Feb. 19, 1868, Zil- 
 
 pah H. Leland, dau. of Eleazar Leland and Zilpah 
 
 , his wife, bom in Sherborne, Mass., Jtine 15, 
 1 841, died in , and had 
 
 one daughter. 
 
 188 (3). Gertrude L., born in Hudson, Mass, Dec, 26, 
 1868. 
 
 * Now Hudson. 
 
98 Massachusetts 
 
 156 V. Peace, seventh child of Jethro, and Rachel Fair- 
 banks, bom in Medfield, March 25, 1783, died in 
 
 , md. in 
 , Jan. 31, 1802, Hannah Maynard, dau. 
 Simeon Maynard and Silence , his wife, bom 
 
 in Marlborough, Mass., Dec. 28, 1782, died in 
 
 , and had children. (No further 
 record.) 
 
 51 IV. Nathan, ninth child of William, and Hannah 
 Chenery, his wife, bom in Medfield, Mass., Aug. 26, 1747, 
 died in , Feb. 7, 1824, 
 
 aged 77 ; md. in Preston, Conn., June 10, 1770, LoisCrary, 
 dau. Crary and , his wife, bom 
 
 in , died in 
 
 , and had nine children. 
 
 V. Children of Major Nathan, and Lois Crary: 
 
 189 (1). Benjamin, born in Preston, May 20, 1771, died 
 May 9, 1774. 
 
 190 (2). A son (Nathan ?), born in Preston, Dec. 26, 
 1772, died Jan. 8, 1773. 
 
 191 (3). William S ., born in Preston, Jan. 24, 1774, 
 died at Niagara, June , 1804. 
 
 193 (4). Sally, born in Preston, Feb. 2, 1776, died in 
 Chester, Conn., Jan. 4, 1845; was md. in 
 
 (probably 1798 *) to Joel 
 Canfield, son of Samuel Canfield and 
 his wife, born in , 
 
 died in Chester, Jan. 11, i860, aged 89, and had nine 
 children. 
 193 (5). Polly, born in Preston, May 30, 1778, died in 
 
 ; was md, in 
 
 * A child, Sarah, was bom to them in 1799. 
 
Medfield 99 
 
 Preston, Jan. 10, 1796, to Joshua Meech, son of 
 
 Meech and , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had seven children. 
 
 194 (6). Hannah, born in Preston, Dec. 18, 1780, died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 Preston, June 16, 1805, to Duncan McCollom of Say- 
 brook, son of McCollom and , 
 his wife, born in , 
 died in , and had 
 ■ children. 
 
 195 (7). Robert Crary, born in Preston, July 28, 1787 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 196 (8). Andrew, born in Preston, July 15, 1789, died in 
 
 , unmarried. 
 
 197 (9). Eliza, born in Preston, Conn., July 7, 1793, 
 died in Chester, Conn. ; was married 
 in to Ansel Ship- 
 man of Chester, son of Shipman and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 , and had six children. 
 
 Nathan Peters was on the Lexington Alarm roll, as 
 private, in Col. Wells' regiment, ser\dce 21 days, resi- 
 dence, Preston, Conn. 
 
 April 26, 1775, he was ensign in the 7th Co., 6th regi- 
 ment.* June loth and 17th, 1775, he is in Roxbury, 
 Mass., and signs receipts, as captain, for arms and supplies 
 for his company, which he has received from Aaron Blaney. 
 He was brigade major during the Rhode Island campaign 
 under Gen. Tyler. In 1780 he is credited with service 
 along the western coast, and did some privateering about 
 New London. In 1781 he made himself conspicuous 
 after the taking of Fort Griswold. Gen. Arnold's report 
 of Sept. 6, 1 781, says: "A very considerable magazine of 
 
 * Colonial Records of Connecticut. 
 
 l.cfC. 
 
lOo Massachusetts 
 
 powder, and barracks to contain three hundred men 
 were found in fort Griswold, which Capt. Lemoine of the 
 Royal Artillery, had my positive direction to destroy ; an 
 attempt was made by him, but unfortunately failed. He 
 had my orders to make a second attempt ; the reasons why 
 it was not done, Capt. Lemoine will have the honor to 
 explain to your Excellency." It is supposed that a train 
 of powder was laid from the barracks to the magazine. 
 As soon as the Americans saw the departure of the British, 
 they crossed the river in boats and hastened to the fort. 
 Major Nathan Peters is said to have been the first to 
 enter. 
 
 "Perceiving the barracks on fire and the train laid, 
 without a moment's hesitation, he perilled life by entering 
 the gate, and being well acquainted with the interior ar- 
 rangements, rushed to the pump for water to extinguish 
 the fire: here he found nothing that would hold water 
 but an old cartridge-box ; the spout of the pump likewise 
 had been removed ; but notwithstanding these disadvan- 
 tages, he succeeded in interrupting the communications 
 between the burning barracks and the powder." * 
 
 195 V. Robert Crary, seventh child of Major Nathan 
 and Lois Crary, bom in Preston, Conn., July 28, 1787, 
 died in Chester, Conn., Aug. 24, 1870, aged 83; md. 
 in , Rosalinda South- 
 
 worth, dau. Martin Southworth and Anna , his 
 
 * "The exploit noticed in the text has been attributed to others, but 
 documentary evidence, afterward exhibited at the Pension office, gives 
 to him the honor of having been the first man who entered the fort 
 after its evacuation by the enemy, and of having had the chief agency 
 in extinguishing the fire." — History of New London, by Miss Frances 
 Mainwaring Caulkins. 
 
 A letter written by his brother Joseph, in 1798, refers to Nathan's 
 being "busy in law matters," whence we may infer that after leaving 
 the army he became a lawyer. In 1818 he was a revolutionary pen- 
 sioner as of Massachusetts. 
 
Medfield loi 
 
 wife, bom in Chester, April, 1789, died in Chester, Dec. 14, 
 i860, aged 71 years and 8 months, and had four children. 
 
 VI. Children of Robert Crary, and Rosalinda Southworth: 
 
 198 (1). Sarah, born in 
 
 , 1813, died in Deep River, Conn., Sept. 17, 
 1877, aged 64; was md. in 
 
 to Daniel Ormistead Emmons of East Had- 
 dam. Conn., son of Emmons and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in Deep River, Jan. i, 1893, aged 65, 
 and had three children. 
 
 199 (2). Ann Webb, born in Chester, Conn., Sept. 7, 
 181 5, (living, 1902); was md. in Chester, Aug. 7, 
 1836, to John Nelson Sanders, son of John Sanders 
 and Martha Bates his wife, born in Lyme, Conn., 
 Aug. 7, 181 5, died in Chester, March 12, 1899, and 
 had three children. 
 
 200 (3). Betsey S , born in Chester, June 17, 1817, 
 died in Middletown, Conn., July 5, 1866, aged 49; was 
 md. in to John 
 W Bailey, son of William Bailey and Emma J 
 Manley, his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 . No children. 
 301 (4). Nathan, born in Chester, Sept. 4, 18 , died in 
 Chester, Jan. 19, 1881, unmarried. He was burned to 
 death in his own house. 
 
 Connecticut Troops. Militia. Robert Crary Peters, 
 private, in Capt. Eleazer Clark's Co. Aug. 2 to 13. 1813. 
 
ANDOVER 
 
 17 III. John, fifth child of Samuel, and Phebe Erie, 
 bom in Andover, Mass., Nov. 6, 1705, died in Andover, 
 1797, April 19; md. Phebe Carleton of and in Andover, 
 March 20,* 1733, dau. of John Carleton and Hannah Os- 
 good, his wife, bom in Andover, March 21, 1705-6, died in 
 Andover, March 31, 1752, and had seven children. 
 
 IV. Children of John and Phebe Carleton: 
 203 (1). Phebe, born in Andover, Mass., Nov. 8, 1733, 
 died July 3, 1738. 
 
 203 (2). John, born in Andover, June 10, 1735, died 
 June 23, 1738. 
 
 204 (3). Sarah, born in Andover, Dec. 19, 1736, died 
 June 29, 1738. 
 
 205 (4). Phebe, born in Andover, May 11, 1739, died 
 Dec. 5, 1822; md. in Andover, Aug. 7, 1760, Daniel 
 Faulkner, son of Faulkner and 
 
 , born in Andover, , died in 
 
 Blue Hill, Me., and had children. 
 
 206 (5). John.t born in Andover, Mass., Aug. 7, 1741 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 207 (6). Andrew, born in Andover, Mass., March 26, 
 1744 (md., ch.). 
 
 208 (7). Sarah, born in Andover, Mass., Oct. 24, 1751, 
 died about 1770, unmarried. 
 
 John Peters md. (2), in Andover, Aug. 7, 1759, Sarah 
 Peabody, widow of James Stevens, dau. of 
 Peabody, and , his wife, bom in 
 
 , 1742, died in Andover, Sept. 
 4, 1808, aged 86, and had two children. 
 
 * Church Records say March 20th; Town Records, March loth. 
 t See Maine. 
 
Andover 103 
 
 209 (8). Ariel, born in Andover, Mass., Jan. 31, 1762, 
 
 died Jan. 31, 1849, unmarried. 
 310 (9). Joseph, born in Andover, Mass., June 10, 1764 
 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 John left no will, and most of his property appears to 
 have been disposed of before his death. His gravestone 
 and that of his second v^ife are still standing in the old 
 North Andover graveyard. His first three children died 
 at the time of the "throat distemper," which wiped out 
 entire families in Essex County. 
 
 207 IV. Andrew, sixth child of John, and Phebe Carle- 
 ton, bom in Andover, Mass., March 26, 1744, died in 
 Andover, Oct. 6, 1824; md. in Andover, Oct. 18, 1768, 
 Hannah Kimball, dau. Daniel Kimball and Mehitable 
 Ingalls, his wife, bom in Andover, Oct. 29, 1744, died in 
 Andover, March 14, 1822, aged 78, and had five children. 
 V. Children of Andrew and Hannah Kimball: 
 311 (1). Mehitabel, born in Andover, March 5, 1769, 
 died in Blue Hill, Maine, April 11, 1818; md. in An- 
 dover, Nov. 12, 1795, Daniel Faulkner of Blue Hill, 
 Me., son of Faulkner and , 
 
 born in Andover, Mass., July 17, 1765, died Oct. 24, 
 1840, and had five children. 
 313 (2). Andrew, born in Andover, Mass., Oct. 26, 1771 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 313 (3). John, born in Andover, Feb. 4, 1774 (md.,ch.). 
 
 314 (4). Daniel, born in Andover, Mass., Jan. 3, 1778 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 315 (5). Hannah, born in Andover, Mass., Sept. 17, 
 1 781, died Aug. 12, 1820; was md. in Andover, Nov. 
 24, 1803, to Nathaniel Frothingham of Boston, son of 
 
 Frothingham and , born 
 
 in , died in 
 
 , and had children. 
 
I04 Massachusetts 
 
 Andrew's name is on the Lexington Alarm roll as 
 sergeant in Lieut. Peter Poor's company, which marched 
 from And over to Cambridge, on the 19th of April, 1775, 
 serving three and a half days. It is said that he was em- 
 ployed on the fortifications at Charlestown, and he may 
 have been at the battle of Bunker Hill. He also fur- 
 nished supplies to the Continental army. 
 
 1213 V, Andrew, second child of Sergeant Andrew, and 
 Hannah Kimball, bom in Andover, Mass., Oct. 26, 1771, 
 died in Wiscasset, Maine, April 9, 1825, aged 54; md. in 
 
 Nancy Carney, widow of 
 William Isbestos and dau. Mark Carney and Susanna 
 Goud, his wife, born in , 
 
 June 10, 1776, died in , 
 
 and had nine children. 
 
 VI. Children of Andrew and Nancy Carney: 
 
 316 (1). William, born in Newcastle, Me., March 9, 1799 
 (md., eh.). 
 
 317 (2). Sally Carney, born in Newcastle, July 14, 1800, 
 died in , unmd. 
 
 318 (3). Andrew, born in Newcastle, Jan. 17, 1802, died 
 at sea on board schooner Grecian, July 13, 1828, unmd. 
 
 319 (4). Albert Kimble, born in Newcastle, Sept. 4, 1803. 
 
 330 (5). Hiram, born in Newcastle, March 9, 1805, died 
 in Newcastle, July 21, 1805. 
 
 331 (6). Nancy, born in Newcastle, Sept. 21, 1806, died 
 in ; was md. in 
 
 to Thomas McNally, son of 
 McNally and , his wife, born 
 
 in , died in 
 
 , and had children. 
 333 (7). Kiah Bailey, born in Newcastle, March 27, 1808. 
 
 333 (8). Nathaniel, born in Newcastle, Jan. 20, 181 1. 
 
 334 (9). Harriet, born in 
 
 died in ; was md. in 
 

 Andover 105 
 
 
 , to Joseph Vankirk, 
 
 son of 
 
 Vankirk and his 
 
 wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 
 , and had children. 
 
 Andrew lived in Newcastle, Alna, and Wiscasset, Maine, 
 He was a trader and a shipbuilder on the Sheepscot river. 
 He built the old store at Sheepscot, near the bridge, and 
 gave the land in front of it for a road. His widow and her 
 three daughters in, or prior to, 1847 removed to New 
 Albany, Indiana, and the widow probably died in Ken- 
 tucky. 
 
 216 VI. William, first child of Andrew, and Nancy Car- 
 ney, bom in Newcastle, Maine, March 9, 1799, died in 
 
 , md. in , 
 
 Cicely Silver, dau. of Silver and , 
 
 his wife, bom in London, England, , died in 
 
 , and had eight children. 
 
 VII. Children of William and Cicely Silver: 
 
 225 (1). William Bona venture, born in Le Havre, 
 France (md., ch.). 
 
 226 (2). Cicely Frances, born in 
 
 , living in San Francisco, Cal., in 1903; was 
 md. in , to 
 
 Boarman, son of Boarman and 
 
 , his wife, born in , 
 
 died in , and had 
 
 children. 
 
 227 (3). Andrew Vincent, born in 
 
 228 (4). Albert Richard, born in Havre de Grace, 
 France, Feb. 10, 1835, living in Worcester, Mass., in 
 1903; priest of the Church of Rome and member of 
 the Society of Jesus. 
 
 229 (5). Joseph Chrysostom, born in 
 
 230 (6). Mary Harriet, born in 
 
 , died in ; was md. 
 
io6 Massachusetts 
 
 in 
 
 , to 
 
 son of and 
 
 , his wife, born 
 
 in, 
 
 died in 
 
 , and had 
 
 children. 
 
 331 (7). Arthur Silver, born in 
 
 
 332 (8). Ignatius Kemble, born 
 
 in 
 
 225 VII. William Bonaventure, 
 
 first child of Wilham 
 
 and Cicely Silver, bom in Le Havre, 
 
 , France, , 
 
 died in 
 
 > 
 
 md. in 
 
 » 
 
 dau. and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 
 , and had children. 
 
 
 VIII. Children of William and 
 
 233 (1). William J , born in Oakland, Cal., 
 1863. 
 
 213 V. John, third child of Andrew, and Hannah Kim- 
 ball, bom in Andover, Mass., Feb. 4, 1774, died in An- 
 dover, April 18, 1842; md. in Andover, Sept. 21, 1801, 
 Elizabeth Partington Davis, dau. Davis and 
 
 Ruth Farrington,* his wife, bom in Walpole, N. H., Dec. 
 19, 1780, died in Andover, Sept. 29, i860, and had twelve 
 children. 
 
 VI. Children of John and Elizabeth Davis: 
 
 234 (1). Willard, born in Andover, Jan. 11, 1802, died 
 in Colorabia, Tenn., Oct. 19, 1823, unmd. 
 
 235 (2). Louisa, born in Andover, March 11, 1803, died 
 in Andover, Sept. 20, 1881, unmd. 
 
 236 (3). John, born in Andover, April 22, 1806 (md., 
 eh.). 
 
 237 (4). Andrew, born in Andover, Oct. 10, 1807, died 
 while a member of the senior class of Harvard Univer- 
 sity, Sept. 15, 1 83 1. 
 
 238 (5). Clarissa, born in Andover, Feb. 12, 1809, died 
 
 * Niece of General Israel Putnam. 
 
/ 
 
 (T^ Sli^ 
 
 1815 ANDOVER, MA8S. 
 
Andover 107 
 
 in Boston, Mass., Aug. 12, 1854; was md. in Salem, 
 Mass., Feb. 19, 1839, to Moses B. Russell, son of 
 
 Russell and , his wife, born 
 
 in Woodstock, N. H., 1810, died in 
 
 , Jan. 30, 1884, and had one son. 
 239 (6). Charlotte, born in Andover, Nov. 30, 1810, 
 died in Andover, Sept. 14, 1886; was md. in Andover, 
 Jan. 22, 1835, to Abiel Stevens, Jr., of Methuen, Mass., 
 son of Abiel Stevens and Abigail , his wife, born in 
 Boston, Mass., Nov. 24, 181 1, died in Galveston, Texas, 
 Sept. 2, 1884, and had one daughter. 
 
 340 (7). Putnam, born in Andover, Feb. 18, 181 2, died 
 in the South (probably during the Civil War) ; is known 
 to have lived for some time in Mobile, Ala., after 1833. 
 
 341 (8). Hannah Kimball born in Andover, Dec. 3, 1814, 
 died in Andover, July 26, 1856; was md. in Andover, 
 July 12, 1838, to John Howlett of Saugus, Mass., son of 
 
 Howlett and , his wife, 
 
 born in , died in 
 
 , Nov. 23, 1877, and had six children. 
 24c2 (9). Nathaniel, born in Andover, Jan. 14, 181 7, 
 died in North Andover, March 16, 1891, unmd. 
 
 343 (10). Susan Elizabeth, born in Andover, May 28, 
 1 81 9, died in North Andover, May 28, 1840, unmd. 
 
 344 (11). Sarah, born in Andover, May 21, 182 1, living 
 in North Andover, in 1903 ; was md. in Andover, June 
 14, 1855, to Leopold Grozelier, son of Louis Grozelier 
 and Anne Lecrivain, his wife, born in Beaune, Cote 
 d'Or, France, , 1830, died at Clarendon Springs, 
 Vt., July 27, 1865. No children. 
 
 345 (12). Emily, born in Andover, Nov. 19, 1823, died 
 in Andover, May 15, 1871 ; was md. in Andover, June 
 I, 1847, to John H Clark, son Hon. Hobart Clark 
 and Elizabeth Farwell, his wife, born in Andover, Jan." 
 21, 1816, died in Andover, Dec. 29, 1891, and had 
 five children. 
 
 336 VL John, third child of John, and Elizabeth Davis, 
 
io8 Massachusetts 
 
 bom in Andover, Mass., April 22, 1806, died in Andover, 
 June II, 1840; md. in , June 15, 1834, Su- 
 
 sanna Thompson, dau. Stephen Thompson and Nancy 
 , his wife, bom in Thomaston, Maine, March 
 9, 1808, died in North Andover, Mass., Nov. i, 1881, and 
 had three children. 
 
 VII. Children of John and Susanna Thompson: 
 
 346 (i). Susan Elizabeth, born in Andover, Mass., April 
 19, 1835, died in , Sept. 
 
 14,1871; was md. in , 
 
 June 29, 1863, to Horace N. Stevens, son of Na- 
 thaniel Stevens and Harriet Hale, his wife, born in 
 North Andover, Dec. 14, 1837, died in North Andover, 
 May I, 1876, and had five children. 
 
 247 (2). Frances Louisa, born in Boston, Mass., July 2, 
 1837, died in New Bedford, Mass., July 21, 1869; was 
 md. in , July 2, 1858, to 
 
 James Henry Howland of New Bedford, Mass., son of 
 Captain Henry Howland and Elizabeth Lucretia 
 , his wife, born in North Andover, 
 1836, died in New Bedford, May i, 1876, and had 
 one child. 
 
 348 (3). John Hugh, born in Andover, April 7, 1839, 
 died in , April 29, 1840. 
 
 314 V. Daniel, fourth child of Andrew and Hannah 
 Kimball, bom in Andover, Mass., Jan. 3, 1778, died in 
 Andover, Feb. 2, 1844; md. in x\ndover, July 8, 1802, 
 Susanna Frye, dau. Lieut. John Frye and Hannah Dol- 
 liver, his wife, bom in Andover, May 7, 1782, died in 
 Andover, , and had five children. 
 
 VI. Children of Daniel and Susanna Frye: 
 
 349 (1). Hannah, born in Andover, Mass., Oct. 23, 1802, 
 died in Andover, April 13, 1879; was md. in Andover, 
 
1901 
 
 (MRS. LEOPOLD GROZELIER) 
 
 NORTH ANDOVEH, MASS. 
 
Andover 109 
 
 Dec. 22, 1825, to Isaac Wilson, son of 
 Wilson and , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in , 
 
 Jan. , 1870, and had two children. 
 
 250 (2). Mehitabel, born in Andover, Feb. 6, 1805, died 
 in Andover, Feb. 7, 1849; was md. in Andover, Dec. 
 25, 1834, to Daniel Foster, son of Foster 
 and , his wife, born in , 
 died in , March , 1851, and had 
 children. 
 
 251 (3). Daniel Kimball, born in Andover, June 3, 1807, 
 died in Andover, , 1852, unmd. 
 
 252 (4). William, born in Andover, Aug. 25, 1810 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 353 (5). Susanna, born in Andover, June 9, 181 2, died 
 in Andover, Feb. 21, 1816. 
 
 252 VI. William, fourth child of Daniel, and Susanna 
 Frye, bom in Andover, Mass., Aug. 25, 1810, died in An- 
 dover, Jan. 17, 1883; md. in Andover, Dec. 25, 1838, 
 Elizabeth P. Gardner, dau. Gardner and 
 
 , his wife, bom in , 
 
 died in Andover, , 1890, and had one daughter. 
 
 VII. Children of William, and Elizabeth Gardner: 
 
 254 (1). Rebecca Frances, born in Andover, Dec. 31, 
 1848, died in Andover, Aug. 2, 1864. 
 (Also other children who died in infancy.) 
 
 210 IV. Joseph, ninth child of John, and second child 
 of his second wife, Sarah Peabody Stevens, bom in An- 
 dover, Mass., June 10, 1764, died in Paris, Tenn., July 12, 
 1843; md. in Andover, Dec. 24, 1795, Mehitable Adams, 
 dau. Henry Adams and Sarah Emery, his wife, bom in 
 Newbury, Mass., Jan. 12, 1764, died in Andover, Dec. 25, 
 1827, and had five children. 
 
I lo Massachusetts 
 
 V. Children of Joseph and Mehitable Adams: 
 
 255 (1). Henry Adams, born in Andover, Aug. 5, 1796, 
 died in Andover, Aug. 8, 1827, unmd. He graduated 
 from Harvard University in 1818, and was an instruc- 
 tor in Clarksville, Tenn. 
 
 356 (2). John, born in Andover, Sept. 27, 1797, died in 
 Andover, Dec. 31, 182 1, unmd. 
 
 357 (3). Joseph, born in Andover, Jan. 21, 1799, died in 
 Paris, Tenn., July 20, 1839. Unmd. 
 
 358 (4). Sarah, born in Andover, June 5, 1800, died in 
 Andover, ; was md. in Andover, March 
 20, 1834, to David Grey, son of Grey and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 , died in , 
 
 and had one son, Henry Peters Grey. 
 
 359 (5). Jeremy, bom in Andover, June 14, 1803 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 359 V. Jeremy, fifth child of Joseph, and Mehitable 
 Adams, bom in Andover, Mass., June 14, 1803, died in 
 Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 9, 1883 ; md. in , Aug. 
 
 17, 1835, Joanna Carlton, dau. Capt, Benjamin Carlton 
 and Molly Merill, widow of French, of Salis- 
 
 bury, Mass., bom in Sandown, N. H., June 13, 1809, died 
 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 18, 1893, and had three children. 
 
 VI. Children of Jeremy and Joanna Carlton: 
 
 360 (1). Sarah Jane, born in Paris, Tenn., March 28, 
 1837, living in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1903; was md. in 
 
 , Jan. 16, 1 86 1, to William Alexander 
 McCall, son of James A McCall and Maria Walker, 
 his wife, born in Philadelphia, Penn., July ii, 1831; 
 living in Cincinnati in 1903. No children. 
 
 361 (2). Mary Tennessee, born in Paris, Tenn., Dec. 7, 
 1845, died in Cincinnati, June 15, 1849. 
 
 363 (3). Joseph Henry, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 
 13, 1849, died at Hot Springs, Ark., May 20, 1896, 
 unmd. 
 
NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. 
 
Andover 1 1 1 
 
 Jeremy left five hundred dollars to the north parish of 
 North Andover, Mass., for the care of the old burying- 
 grounds there. 
 
 19 III. Beamsley, sixth child of Samuel, and Phebe 
 Frie, bom in Andover, Mass., , 1710, died 
 
 in Woodstock, Conn, (prob.), 1762; md. in , 
 
 Jan. 8, 1735, Hannah Wright, dau. Joseph Wright and 
 Hannah , his wife, bom in Andover, Mass, 
 
 June 20, 1 71 7, died in , 1796, 
 
 aged 93, and had one daughter, 
 
 IV. Child of Beamsley and Hannah Wright: 
 363 (1). Hannah, born 
 
 In 1742-43, Beamsley subscribed lO;^ to the first 
 Episcopal Church in that part of the country, in Strat- 
 ford, Conn. He was a felt-maker. In 1757 he is referred 
 to in connection with his mother's will as being "out of 
 the Province." * 
 
 * Probate, Salem, Mass. Beamsley, Woodstock, Wenham Co. 1762. 
 Hannah Peters, spinster, sole heir. Land and house worth £100 in 
 Middleton, Essex Co. Whole value of estate, ;^i25-o-s. 
 
MAINE 
 
 BLUE HILL 
 
 206 IV. John, fifth child of John and Phebe Carleton, 
 bom in Andover, Mass., Aug. 9, 1741, died in Blue Hill, 
 Me., Aug. 20, aged 80 yrs. and one day*; md. in Blue 
 Hill, July I, 1770, Mary Dyer, widow of Nathaniel Gush- 
 ing, and dau. of James Dyer of Cape Elizabeth, Me., and 
 Mary Marriner, his wife, bom in Cape Elizabeth, Nov. 19, 
 1750, died in Blue Hill, June 23, 1826, and had twelve 
 children. 
 
 V. Children of John and Mary Dyer Gushing, 
 
 264 (1). John, born in Blue Hill, July 28, 1771 f (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 265 (2). Phebe, born in Blue Hill, March 18, 1773, died 
 in Bucksport, Me., May 15, 1839; was md. in Blue 
 Hill, Aug 24, 1794, to Daniel Spofford of Bucksport, 
 son of Amos Spofiford and Abigail Pearl, his wife, born 
 in Boxford, Mass., Feb. 18, 1766, died in Bucksport, 
 Oct. 10, 1852, and had seven children. 
 
 266 (3). William, bom in Blue Hill, May 4, 1774, died 
 May 5, 1774. 
 
 267 (4). James, bom in Blue Hill, May 11, 1775 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 268 (5). Molly, born in Blue Hill, March 13, 1778, died 
 in Blue Hill, Jan. 26, 1810; was md. in Blue Hill, Oct. 
 II, 1795, to Seth Kimball (2d wife), son of 
 
 Kimball and , his wife, 
 
 * The date of birth being old style it is necessary to add eleven days. 
 The Andover records say August 7th. 
 t See Ellsworth. 
 
MONUMENT TO JOHN PETERS 
 
 1821 BLUE HILL, MAINF 
 
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Blue Hill 113 
 
 bom in Bradford, Mass., Oct. 31, 1768, died in Blue 
 Hill, Jan. 16, 1821, and had six children. 
 269 (6). Sally, born in Blue Hill, Feb. 2, 1780, died in 
 Blue Hill, Sept. 17, 1850; was md. in Blue Hill, Jan. 
 16, 1799, to Reuben Dodge, son of Jonah Dodge and 
 Sarah Thorndike, his wife, born in Beverly, Mass., 
 Feb. 19, 1773, died in Blue Hill, Dec. 16, 1830, and had 
 13 children. 
 
 370 (7). Charlotte, born in Blue Hill, Jan. i, 1782, died 
 in , Sept. 12, 1833; was md. in Blue 
 Hill, Aug. II, 1805, to Sabin Pond, son of Eli Pond and 
 Huldah , his wife, born in Medway, 
 Mass., Jan. 14, 1775, died in Orono, Me., May 16, 
 1848, and had 2 children. Resided in Ellsworth, Me., 
 and in Boston, Mass. Was of the firm of Peters & 
 Pond. 
 
 371 (8). Andrew, born in Blue Hill, Feb. 7, 1784 *(md., 
 ch.). 
 
 273 (9). Dyer, born in Blue Hill, Nov. 14, 1785 f (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 373 (10). Aphia, bom in Blue Hill, March 17, 1788, 
 died in Bucksport, Me., March 5, 1862; was md. in 
 Blue Hill, May 3, 1808, to Elias Upton, son of Abra- 
 ham Upton and Susannah , his wife, 
 born in Lynnfield, Mass., Feb. 16, 1773, died in 
 Bucksport, June 16, 1857, and had 4 children. 
 
 374 (11). Lemuel, born in Blue Hill, April 3, 1790 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 375 (12). Daniel, born in Blue Hill, Feb. 15, 1792 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 John removed from Andover to Blue Hill, and was one 
 of the proprietors there in 1765. He was town clerk, 
 selectman, and served on various committees from 1769 
 to 1779. In July, 1775, he was a delegate, sent to meet 
 other delegates of "the towns, Islands and Districts" of 
 that locality. He was a member of the Committee of 
 
 * See Boston. t See Ellsworth. 
 
114 Maine 
 
 Inspection in 1776, and of the Committee of Safety in 
 1778 and 1779. " 1784 June 17, Blue Hill Bay. This is 
 to certify that John Peters of the town afore said this 
 day was chose by the Inhabitants of the Town to repre- 
 sent the true state of the Proprietors and Settlers in said 
 Township to the Committee chosen by the General Court 
 of the Massachusetts State to receive and examine the 
 Claims of land in the County of Lincoln," etc., etc. 
 
 In 1 788 he was deputy naval officer for the old Penob- 
 scot (Castine) district. " He was a noted land surveyor, 
 for many years in the employment of the agents of the 
 Bingham estate and surveyed many townships in the 
 Penobscot purchase, in Hancock and Washington coun- 
 ties. He will be remembered for generations, as ifts sur- 
 veys are the foundation for a large majority of the deeds 
 of lands in these counties." He was a ship-builder and 
 a ship-owner, owned one quarter of a grist-mill and one 
 quarter of a saw-mill. He was one of the original trus- 
 tees of the Blue Hill Academy, and its treasurer, and he 
 was justice of the peace. In 1790 his estate was the 
 largest and the best in town, consisting of 35 acres of 
 mining, 35 acres of pasture, and 1692 acres of wild land; 
 he was half owner of the potash works in Blue Hill. In 
 1813 he had a vessel seized by the British. "Sale by 
 Nathan Ellis to John Peters, one quarter of schooner 
 Sally, now Ajax, lying in the Penobscot river, x\pril 5, 
 1813, for $850." "I hereby certify that Samuel Upton 
 has given me security for six hundred dollars as a remu- 
 neration to the British captors for the return of the Schoo- 
 ner Sally and sloop Jewel of Blue Hill, to John Peters & 
 Nathan Ellis of that place, and they are therefore not to 
 be molested, but to be admitted to all the privileges of 
 vessels in this district, in a similar situation. Castine, 
 .Sept. 20, 1 814. L. Owen." 
 
 He gave a bell to the Congregational meeting-house in 
 
Blue Hill 115 
 
 Blue Hill, which was first rung on his eightieth birthday, 
 and was first tolled at his funeral. An old lady in Lowell, 
 Mass., now in her ninety-fourth year, remembers him 
 well. She says : "He was a man of medium height, with 
 brown hair, blue eyes, and fair complexion — a fine-look- 
 ing man and a man who was much respected for his good 
 judgment and integrity. His wife was a paralytic, and 
 he used to walk into her sitting-room and, offering her 
 his arm, lead her out to the table to her meals. He was 
 made an Esquire * and often served as referee, his judg- 
 ment being usually accepted as decisive." 
 
 267 V. James, fourth child of John and Mary Dyer, 
 bom in Blue Hill, Maine, May 11, 1775, died in Blue Hill, 
 Oct. 26, 1814; md. in Blue Hill, March 23, 1800, Sally 
 Cunningham, dau. John Cunningham and Aphia Brown, 
 his wife, bom in Nobleborough, Maine, Jime 15, 1782, 
 died in Blue Hill, Oct. 20, 185 1, and had six children. 
 Sally Cunningham Peters md. (2), Oct. 16, 181 7, in Blue 
 Hill, Ebenezer Hinckley, son of Ebenezer Hinckley and 
 Elizabeth Coggins, his wife, and had six 
 
 children. 
 
 VI. Children of James and Sally Cunningham. 
 
 276 (1). Maria Langdon, born in Blue Hill, Me., July 
 II, 1 801, died in North Reading, Mass., Nov. 8, 1880; 
 was md. in Boston, Mass., Nov. 18, 1824, to Joseph 
 Warren Flint, son of Daniel Flint and Priscilla Sawyer, 
 his wife, born in North Reading, Mass., 
 
 , died in North Reading, Mass., , 
 
 and had three children. 
 
 277 (2). Anson, born in Blue Hill, Dec. 28, 1804, died 
 in Philadelphia, Penn., June 8, 1831, unmd. 
 
 278 (3). Hannah Frothingham, born in Blue Hill, N« j. 
 18, 1806, died in Blue Hill, Nov. 5, 1870; was md in 
 
 * This means he was made a Justice of the Peace. 
 
ii6 Maine 
 
 Blue Hill, Jan. 24, 1827, to Johnson Wood, son of 
 Robert Haskell Wood and Mary Coggins, his wife, 
 bom in Blue Hill, July 26, 1796, died in Blue Hill, 
 Aug. 13, 1 86 1, and had 9 children. 
 
 379 (4). Salem Towne, bom in Blue Hill, July 2, 1810, 
 died in New Orleans, La., July 18, 1831, unmd. 
 
 380 (5). John, born in Blue Hill, July 4, 181 2, died in 
 New Orleans, La., March 8, 1833, unmd. 
 
 381 (6). Aphia Brown, bom in Blue Hill, Aug. i, 18 14, 
 died in Ellsworth, Me., May 27, 1900; was md. in 
 Ellsworth, Sept. 22, 1836, to Samuel Button, Jr., son 
 of Samuel Button and Nancy Jordan, his wife, born in 
 Ellsworth, • , died in Ellsworth, 
 
 , and had 4 children. 
 
 374 V. Lemuel, eleventh child of John, and Mary Dyer, 
 bom in Blue Hill, Me., April 3, 1790, died in Blue Hill, 
 Oct. 28, 1870; md. in Blue Hill, Sept. 7, 1813, Betsey 
 Wood, dau. John Wood and Polly Patten, his wife, bom 
 in Blue Hill, Nov. 2, 1794, died in Blue Hill, Oct. 28, 
 1 87 1, and had 12 children. 
 
 VI. Children of Lemuel, and Betsey Wood: 
 383 (1). Pearl SpofiEord, bom in Blue Hill, July 28, 
 1814 (md., ch.). 
 
 383 (2). Almira Parker, born in Blue Hill, Oct. 31, 
 1817, died in Blue Hill, Nov. , 1892; was md. in Blue 
 Hill, Jan. i, 1839, to Haswell Wood Johnson, son of 
 William Johnson and Molly Wood, his wife, bom in 
 Blue Hill, March 30, 181 5, died in Blue Hill, 
 
 1 89-, and had two children. 
 
 384 (3). Lemuel Edward Byer, bom in Blue Hill, Oct. 
 15, 1819 (md., ch.). 
 
 385 (4). John Hamilton, born in Blue Hill, Feb. 4, 
 1822, drowned July 15, 1845, while trying to save 
 others. 
 
 386 (5). Joseph Parris, bom in Blue Hill, April 13, 
 1824 (md., ch.). 
 
Blue Hill 117 
 
 287 (6). Simeon Parker, born in Blue Hill, Feb. 14, 1826, 
 died Nov. 17, 1847, unmd. 
 
 388 (7). Clarissa (Clara) Elizabeth, bom in Blue Hill, 
 July 25, 1828; living in Blue Hill in 1903; was md. in 
 Blue Hill, Oct. 14, 1851, to Thomas N. B. Holt, son of 
 Jeremiah T. Holt and Elizabeth (Betsey) Osgood, his 
 wife, born in Blue Hill, Nov. i, 1827, living in Blue 
 Hill in 1903, and had three children. 
 
 389 (8). Henry Franklin, born in Blue Hill, April 19, 
 1830 (md., ch.). 
 
 390 (9). Augustus Connate, born in Blue Hill, Dec. 7, 
 1832 (md., ch.). 
 
 391 (10). Augusta Maria, twin of Augustus Connate, 
 born in Blue Hill, Dec. 7, 1832, living in Blue Hill in 
 1903, unmd. 
 
 393 (11). William Ward, born in Blue Hill, Dec. 26, 
 1835 (md., ch.). 
 
 393 (12). Charles Tilden, born in Blue Hill, May 28, 
 1838 (md., ch.). 
 
 383 VI. Pearl SpofTord, first child of Lemuel, and Bet- 
 sey Wood, bom in Blue Hill, Me., July 28, 1814, died in 
 Farmington, Cal., February 22, 1893; ^d. in Blue Hill, 
 Feb. 4, 1840, Mary Augusta Erskine, daughter of Levi 
 Erskine and Hannah , his wife, bom in 
 
 Auburn, Me., May 5, 1814, died in Chelsea, Mass., Jan. 
 13, 1887, and had four children. 
 
 VII. Children of Pearl Spofford and Mary Erskine: 
 
 394 (1). Mary Frances, born in Blue Hill, April 25, 
 1 841, living in 1903; was md. in Boston, Feb. 4, 1862, 
 to Frank B. Bennett, son of William Bennett and 
 Hannah Barry, his wife, born in Sanford, Me., June 
 10, 1829, killed at the battle of the Wilderness, May 7, 
 1862. No children. 
 
 395 (2). Clara Augusta, born in Blue Hill, Feb. 22, 
 1843, living in Chelsea, Mass., 1903; was md. in Bos- 
 ton, Mass., Nov. 28, 1862, to Frank Warren Norton, 
 
ii8 Maine 
 
 son of Stephen Norton and Clara Carleton, his wife, 
 born in Blue Hill, May 2, 1 841, living in Chelsea, Mass., 
 1903, and had 4 children. 
 
 296 (3). Pearl Lawrence, born in Blue Hill, Jan. 25, 
 
 1845. 
 
 297 (4). Simeon Blanchard, born in Blue Hill, Nov. 5, 
 
 1847. 
 
 296 VII. Pearl Lawrence, third child of Pearl SpoiTord, 
 and Mary Erskine, bom in Blue Hill, Me., Jan. 25, 1845, 
 living in San Jose, Gal., 1903. 
 
 297 VII. Simeon Blanchard, fourth child of Pearl 
 Spofford and Mary Erskine, bom in Blue Hill, Me., Nov. 
 5, 1847, living in Chatham, Mass., 1903; md. in Steu- 
 ben, Me., Oct. 16, 1883, Jennie Brooks, daughter of Cal- 
 vin Brooks and Mary Parker, his wife, bom in Eastport, 
 Me., Jan. 23, 1856, living in Chatham, Mass., 1903, and 
 had two children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Simeon Blanchard, and Jennie Brooks : 
 
 298 (1). Charles Blanchard, born in East Boston; Mass., 
 Aug. 3, 1895. 
 
 299 (2). Joseph Frank, born in Chatham, Mass., July 
 23. 1897. 
 
 284 VI. Lemuel Edward Dyer, third child of Lemuel 
 and Betsey Wood, bom in Blue Hill, Me., Oct. 15, 181 9, 
 died in Blue Hill (the last male of his name there), Dec. 
 12, 1901 ; md. in , Oct. 14, 1849, Maria 
 
 D Westcott, dau. Joseph Westcott and Lucy 
 
 , his wife, bom in Blue Hill, Aug. 27, 181 8, died 
 in Blue Hill, Dec. 17, 1863, and had three children. 
 
Blue Hill 119 
 
 VII. Children of Lemuel Edward Dyer and Maria Westcott : 
 
 300 (1) George Lemuel, born in Blue Hill, March 21, 
 1851, died Aug. 26, 1858. 
 • 301 (2) Alma Maria, born in Blue Hill, Jan. 26, 1853, 
 died in Gilmore, Minn., Aug. 4, 1891 ; was md. in 
 
 , Sept. 8, 1873, to the Rev. Arthur Teb- 
 bets, son of Benjamin F. Tebbets and Sarepta Keyes, 
 his wife, born in New Hampton, N. H., Sept. 9, 1847, 
 living in Minneapolis, Minn., 1903, and had five 
 children. 
 303 (3). Lemuel Ward, born in Blue Hill, July 29, i860 
 (md., no ch.). 
 
 Lemuel Edward Dyer md. (2), March 6, 1865, Sarah 
 M Westcott, dau. Joseph Westcott and Lucy 
 
 , his wife, born in Castine, Me., March 27, 1820, 
 died in Blue Hill, Jan. 17, 1894, aged 74 years 9 months 
 and 20 days. No children. 
 
 303 VIL Lemuel Ward, third child of Lemuel Edward 
 Dyer and Maria Westcott, bom in Blue Hill, July 29, 
 i860, living in West Roxbury (Boston), Mass., 1903 ; md. 
 in Boston, Sept. 20, 1892, Charlotte Gardiner Snelling, 
 dau. Washington Gardiner Snelling and Harriet Hunt 
 Fowle, his wife, bom in Boston, April 23, 1867, living in 
 Boston, 1903. No children. Lemuel Ward graduated 
 from Middletown University, Middletown, Conn., 1884, 
 and from the Boston University Law School, 1887, with 
 degree of LL.B. 
 
 386 VL Joseph Parris, fifth child of Lemuel and Betsey 
 Wood, bom in Blue Hill, Me., April 13, 1824, supposed 
 to have been drowned at sea about Feb., 1863; md. in 
 Blue Hill, Sept. 28, 1848, Nancy Westcott, dau. Archi- 
 bald Westcott and Nancy Lymebumer, his wife, bom in 
 Blue Hill, May 15, 1826, died in Boston, Mass., May 12, 
 1866, and had two children. 
 
I20 Maine 
 
 VII. Children of Joseph Parris and Nancy Westcott: 
 
 303 (1). John Parris, born in Blue Hill, Aug. 22, 1849 
 (md., no ch.) 
 
 304 (2). Joseph Westcott, born in Blue Hill, Dec. 31, 
 1854, died in Portland, Me., Dec. 13, 1898. Un- 
 married. 
 
 303 VII. John Parris, first child of Joseph Parris and 
 Nancy Westcott, bom in Blue Hill, Aug. 22, 1849, died 
 in Boston, Mass., March 29, 1876; md. in Boston, Nov. , 
 1875, Alice Marion Friend, dau. of John Willard Friend 
 and Sarah Day, his wife, bom in Blue Hill, Oct. 31, 1856, 
 living in 1903. No children. 
 
 389 VI. Henry Franklin, eighth child of Lemuel and 
 Betsey Wood, bom in Blue Hill, Me., April 19, 1830, 
 died in Farmington, Cal., Sept. 4, 1895; md. in Blue 
 Hill, May 15, 1859, Sarah Peters Wood, dau. Johnson 
 Wood and Hannah Peters, his wife, bom in Blue Hill, 
 April 17, 1836, living in San Francisco, Cal., 1903, and 
 had two children. 
 
 VII. Children of Henry Franklin and Sarah Wood: 
 
 305 (1). Clarence Henry, born in Columbia, Cal., Sept. 
 4, i860 (md., ch.). 
 
 306 (2). Elizabeth Augusta, born in Farmington, Cal., 
 Nov. 30, 1869, living in San Francisco in 1903; was 
 md. in Farmington, Cal., Nov. 12, 1895, to the Rev. 
 John Stephens, son of Stephens and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 , died in 
 . No children. 
 
 305 VII. Clarence Henry, first child of Henry Frank- 
 Im and Sarah Wood, bom in Columbia, Cal., Sept. 4, i860, 
 living in Palermo, Butte Co., Cal., 1903 ; md. in Farming- 
 ton, Cal., April 4, 1883, Grace McKenzie, dau. of 
 
 McKenzie and , his wife, 
 
Blue Hill 121 
 
 bom in , living in Palermo in 
 
 1903, and had one child. 
 
 VIII. Children of Clarence Henry and Grace McKenzie : 
 
 307 (1). Arthur, born in Farmington, Cal., May 9, 1885. 
 
 290 VI. Augustus Connate, ninth child of Lemuel and 
 Betsey Wood, bom in Blue Hill, Me., Dec. 7, 1832, died 
 in Blue Hill, Jan. 14, 1897; md. in Bucksport, Me., Oct. 
 20, 1856, Abby Osgood, dau. Joseph Osgood and Phebe 
 P Hinckley, his wife, bom. in Blue Hill, March ir, 
 1834, died in Blue Hill, May 21, 1891, and had four 
 children. 
 
 VII. Children of Augustus Connate and Abby Osgood: 
 
 308 (1). Sarah Fla villa, born in Blue Hill, Sept. 23, 
 1857, died in Searsmont, Me., Jan. 13, 1893; was md, 
 in Blue Hill, Oct. 11, 1880, to Moses Fowler of Sears- 
 mont, Me., son of Enoch M Fowler and 
 Abigail Averill, his wife, born in 
 
 , died in , and 
 
 had one child. 
 
 309 (2). Edward Augustus, born in Blue Hill, Jan. 19, 
 1859, died Feb. 11, 1880, of consumption, in West Vir- 
 ginia, unmd. 
 
 310 (3). Elizabeth Lovering, born in Blue Hill, Jan. 23, 
 1862, living in Blue Hill in 1903 ; was md. in Blue Hill, 
 June 12, 1890, to Washington Irving Partridge, son of 
 Ellison L Partridge and Sarah Ann Cotton, his 
 wife born in , living in 
 Blue Hill in 1903, and had two children. 
 
 311 (4). Ida Augusta, born in Blue Hill, Feb. 27, 1864, 
 living in Bar Harbor, Me., in 1903; was married in 
 Blue Hill, May 3, 1886, to David Wellington Bunker, 
 M.D., son of John Edward Bunker and Mary Ann 
 Ally, his wife, born in , 
 died in , and had 
 children. 
 
122 Maine 
 
 Augustus Connate md. (2), in Blue Hill, Oct. 10, 1892, 
 Mary A Hargrave, widow of Hosea Horton of 
 
 Blue Hill and dau. Thomas Hargrave and Sophia Cole- 
 man, his wife, bom in Buckinghamshire, Eng., 
 
 living in Blue Hill in 1903. No children. 
 
 Augustus Connate was commissioned, Aug. 16, 1862, 
 second lieutenant, Co, K, i6th Maine Reg. Mustered 
 into U. S. service Aug. 14, 1862; wounded at battle of 
 Fredericksburg, Dec, 13, 1862, discharged for disability 
 occasioned by wounds, March 30, 1863. He lived on 
 Peters' Point in Blue Hill, in the old homestead, 
 
 392 VI. William Ward, eleventh child of Lemuel and 
 Betsey Wood, bom in Blue Hill, Me., Dec. 26, 1835, 
 living in Blue Hill, 1903; md. in Machiasport, Me., Sept. 
 9 1 85-, Abby Merean Crocker, dau. Timothy Crocker, 
 and Lois Merean, his wife, bom in Machiasport, July 14, 
 1840, living in 1903, and had two children. 
 
 VII. Children of William Ward, and Abby Crocker: 
 
 313 (1). Ella Mary, born in Machiasport, Nov. 8, 1859, 
 living 1903; was md. in Blue Hill, June 9, 1880, to 
 Eugene F. Hinckley, son of Benjamin F. Hinckley, 
 and Matilda Gray, his wife, born in Blue Hill, June 9, 
 1857, living 1903, and had four children. 
 
 313 (2). Augustus, born in Machiasport, April 26, 1864, 
 drowned in Blue Hill, Sept. 9, 1872. 
 
 293 VL Charles Tilden, twelfth child of Lemuel and 
 Betsey Wood, bom in Blue Hill, May 28, 1838, died in 
 Blue Hill, Jan. i, 1897; md. in Salem, Mass., Nov. 22, 
 1869, Ellen Cousens, formerly wife of Robert Morton, and 
 dau. of Isaac Cousens, and Betsey E. Peters, his wife, 
 bom in Brooklin, Me., March 16, 1838, living in Blue 
 Hill 1903, and had one daughter. 
 
Blue Hill 123 
 
 VII. Children of Charles Tilden and Ellen Cousens Morton: 
 
 314 (1). Nora Ellen, born in Blue Hill, Aug. 17, 1874, 
 
 living in Blue Hill, 1903. 
 
 Charles Tilden Peters served during the Civil War in 
 
 the 1 6th Maine Regiment, Co. K, enlisting Aug. 14, 1862, 
 
 and was wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 
 
 13, 1862. 
 
 ^75 V. Daniel, twelfth child of John and Mary Dyre, 
 bom in Blue Hill, Feb. 15, 1792, died in Blue Hill, March 
 20, 1878; md. in , Oct. 9, 181 7, Phebe 
 
 Billings of Sedgwick, Me., dau. Benjamin Billings and 
 Abigail , his wife, bom in , 
 
 Feb. 4, 1795, died in Blue Hill, March 17, 1877, and had 
 eleven children. 
 
 VI. Children of Daniel and Phebe Billings : 
 
 315 (1). Rufus Bailey, born in Blue Hill, May 7, 181 8 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 316 (2). Daniel Porter, born in Blue Hill, Jan. 28, 1820 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 317 (3). Sabin Pond, born in Blue Hill, Jan. 14, 1822, 
 died July 3, 1850, unmarried. 
 
 318 (4). Phebe Billings, born in Blue Hill, Aug. 22, 
 1823, died in Blue Hill, May 4, 1850, unmarried, 
 
 319 (5). Dudley Bridges, born in Blue Hill, May 28, 
 1825, died in Blue Hill, March 24, 1834. 
 
 330 (6). Moses Pillsbury, born in Blue Hill, May 25, 
 1827 (md., ch.). 
 
 331 (7). Thomas Hugh, born in Blue Hill, May 25, 
 1829, died in Blue Hill, Nov. 28, 1867, unmarried. 
 
 333 (8). Ephraim Dyer, born in Blue Hill, Sept. 21, 
 
 1 83 1, died Nov. 5, 1832. 
 333 (9). Francis, born in Blue Hill, Oct. 30, 1834, died 
 
 May 26, 1883, unmarried. 
 
124 Maine 
 
 334 (10). Julia Ann, born in Blue Hill, Dec. 13, 1836, 
 died , was md. in 
 
 Dec. 16, 1863, to Otis Farnham of Brooksville, 
 
 Me., son of John Farnham and Serena , 
 
 his wife, born in Brooksville, died 
 
 Jan. 25, 1885, and had three children. 
 
 335 (11). Caroline Maria, born in Blue Hill, Jan. 12, 1843, 
 living in Blue Hill, 1903; was md. in Blue Hill, Dec. 
 9, 1864, to Sewall Perkins Snowman, son of Alexander 
 Snowman and Susan , his wife, born in 
 Brooksville, Me., Oct. 27, 1838, living in Blue Hill, 
 1903, and had six children. 
 
 315 VI. Rufus Bailey, first child of Daniel and Phebe 
 Billings, bom in Blue Hill, May 7, 181 8, died in Blue Hill, 
 March 2, 1887; md. in Ellsworth, Jan. 31, 1855, Mary- 
 Jane Clark of Mt. Desert, Me., dau. of David Clark and 
 Sally Ally, his wife, bom in Surry, Maine, Oct. 5, 1828, 
 died in Blue Hill, April 9, 1886, and had seven daughters. 
 
 VII. Children of Rufus Bailey and Mary Jane Clark : 
 
 336 (1). Sarah Jane, born in Blue Hill, Jan. 25, 1856, 
 died in ; was md. in 
 
 , Jan. 26, 1876, to Seldon Kimball, son of 
 
 Kimball and , 
 
 his wife, born in , died 
 
 in , and had seven 
 
 children. 
 
 337 (2) Phebe Ann, born in Blue Hill, Oct. 3, 1857, died 
 in Lowell, Mass., Oct. i, 1875, unmd. 
 
 338 (3). Emily J., born in Blue Hill, June 29, 1859, died 
 in ; was md. in 
 
 , Aug. 20, 1884, to Peter Webster, son of 
 
 Webster and , 
 
 his wife, born in , died 
 
 in , and had one child. 
 
 339 (4). Mira Matilda, born in Blue Hill, Dec. 4, i860, 
 died Aug. 15, 1883, unmd. 
 
Blue Hill 125 
 
 330 (5). Caroline Maria, born in Blue Hill, May 5, 1863, 
 died in Chelmsford, Mass., , 189 ; was md, in 
 Chelmsford, Mass., Aug. 3, 1885, to Walter Stackpole, 
 of Lowell, Mass., son of Stackpole and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 , died in 
 , and had children. 
 
 331 (6). May Frances, born in Blue Hill, June 7, 1866, 
 died in Chelmsford, Mass., Feb. , 1902; was md. in 
 
 , June 4, 1887, to William Parlee, 
 son of Parlee and , 
 
 his wife, born in , died 
 
 in , and had children. 
 
 333 (7). Charlotte R., born in Blue Hill, Oct. 31, 1870, 
 died Dec. 10, 1889. 
 
 316 VI. Daniel Porter, second child of Daniel and 
 Phebe Billings, bom in Blue Hill, Jan. 28, 1820, died at 
 Mt. Pleasant Hospital, Washington, D. C, Aug. 8, 1864; 
 md . in , May 17,1845, Abigail Billings , 
 
 dau. Nathan Billings and Susan , his wife, 
 
 bom in Sedgwick, Me., Jan. 20, 1818, died in 
 , and had two daughters. 
 
 VII. Children of Daniel Porter and Abigail Billings: 
 
 333 (1). Martha Ann, born in Blue Hill, Aug. 18, 1845, 
 died in ; was md. in 
 
 , Aug. 15, 1865, to Leroy Farnham, 
 son of Farnham and , 
 
 his wife, born in , died 
 
 in . No children. Martha 
 
 Ann md. (2) in , John 
 
 Freethy, son of Freethy and 
 
 , his wife, born in , 
 
 died in , and had two 
 
 children. 
 
 334 (2). Susan Clara, born in Blue Hill, July 12, 1850, 
 
126 Maine 
 
 died in ; was md. in 
 
 , Nov. , 1867, to Charles Simmons 
 
 of Sedgwick, Me., son of Simmons and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 , died in , 
 
 and had children. 
 
 330 VI. Moses Pillsbury, sixth child of Daniel and 
 Phebe Billings, bom in Blue Hill, March 25, 1827, died in 
 Sargentville, Me., Jan. 6, 1903; md. in , 
 
 Dec. 15, i860, Salome Brown, dau. Edward Brown and 
 Permilla Billings, his wife, bom in Sedgwick, Me., Jan. 17, 
 1825, died in Sargentville, May 9, 1888, aged 63 years and 
 4 months, and had three children. 
 
 Vll. Children of Moses Pillsbury and Salome Brown: 
 
 335 (1). Otis Sewall, born in , June 
 21, 1863, died in , July 19, 1863. 
 
 336 (2). Sewall Everett, born in 
 Sept. 20, 1865 (md., ch.). 
 
 337 (3). Ida, born in , June 9, 1867, 
 died in , March 11,1897, nnmd. 
 
 Moses Pillsbury md. (2), in , Sept. 29, 
 
 1889, Mrs. Susan Dix, dau. 
 
 , bom in , June 25, 
 
 1 84 1, died in , and had 
 
 children. 
 
 336 VII. Sewall Everett, second child of Moses Pills- 
 bury and Salome Brown, bom in , 
 Sept. 20, 1865, living in , 1903; md. in 
 , April , 1896, Clara Gray, dau. 
 Gray and , his wife, bom 
 in , died in , July 
 , 1898. No children. 
 
ELLSWORTH 
 
 264 V. John, first child of John, and Mary Dyer, bom 
 in Blue Hill, Me., July 28, 1771, died in Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 July 30, 1843 ; md. in (probably Ellsworth, Me.), 
 Charlotte Langdon, dau. (prob. John Langdon and 
 Martha Forester, his wife), born in (prob. Wiscasset, Me.), 
 1783, died in Boston, Mass., Feb. 9, 
 182 1, aged 38, and had (7 ?) children. 
 
 VI. Children of John, and Charlotte Langdon: 
 
 338 (1). Alexander Hamilton, born in (prcb. Ells- 
 worth, Me., 1807), died in Boston, Sept. i, 1817, aged 
 10 years and 4 months. 
 
 339 (2) Charlotte, born in (prob. Ellsworth, 1809), 
 died in Brooklyn, N. Y., .1837, aged 
 28, unmd. 
 
 340 (3). John, born in 
 
 died in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 17, 1846, unmd. 
 Graduated Harvard University, 1831. 
 
 341 (4). Alfred Langdon, born in 
 
 (1814), died in Boston, Mass., May 13, 1832, 
 aged 18. 
 343 (5). Harriet, born in , 
 
 died in Texas, , was md. in 
 
 , to Dexter, son 
 
 of Dexter and , 
 
 his wife, born in , died 
 
 in , and had children. 
 
 343 (6). Eloisa Paine, born in 
 
 , died in , was 
 
 md. in , to John T 
 
 Rollins, son of Capt. George Rollins and Catherine 
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128 Maine 
 
 , his wife, born in , 
 
 1809, died in Jersey City, N. J., April 30, 1872, and 
 had three children. 
 
 344 (7). Alexander Hamilton, born in Boston, Nov., 
 1819 (md., ch.). 
 
 John md. (2) in South Berwick, Me., May i, 1822, Mary 
 Haggens, dau. Major Edmund Haggens and Susan Hamil- 
 ton, his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 
 and had six children. 
 
 Children of John and Mary Haggens: 
 
 345 (8). Mary, born in , 1823, died 
 in Boston, Mass., Dec. 25, aged 10 months. 
 
 346 (9). Edmund, born in Boston (April , 1824?), died 
 in Boston, Oct. 22, 1824, aged 6 months. 
 
 347 (10). Adrian, bom in Boston, (1825), died 
 in Boston, Jan. 22, 1826, aged i year. 
 
 348 (11). Susan Hamilton, born in New York, Oct. 8, 
 1828, died in Boston, April 8, 1898; was md. in 
 
 1846, to James Pierrepont 
 Haliburton, son Andrew Haliburton and Sarah Ann 
 Manning, his wife, born in 
 
 , died in Portsmouth, N. H., 
 
 , and had 
 two daughters. Susan Hamilton was md. (2) in 
 
 Oct. 18, 1858, to George Wallis Haven, 
 son John Haven and Anne Woodward, his wife, born in 
 
 , June 24, 1808, died in 
 Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 9, 1895, ^^^ had one son. 
 349. (12). Mary Elizabeth, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 Aug. 15, 1830, died in Santa Barbara, Cal., March , 
 1900; was md. in Brooklyn, N. Y., June , 1853, 
 
 to Gilbert W Bowne, son Samuel Bowne, and 
 
 Ann Skinner, his wife, born in 
 
 died in Brooklyn, Dec. , 
 
 1853. No children. Mary Elizabeth was md. (2) in 
 
 June i860, to Har- 
 
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 manus Barkuloo Duryea, son Cornelius Rapalyea Dur- 
 yea, and Ann Barkuloo, his wife, bom in 
 
 , July 12, 1 81 5, died in Navesink, 
 N. J., Aug. , 1884, and had two sons. 
 
 350 (13). Thomas, born in 
 drowned at sea. 
 
 344 VI . Alexander, seventh child of John, Jr., and 
 Charlotte Langdon, bom in Boston, Mass., Nov. , 1819, 
 living in Chicago, 111., 1903; md. in Southport,* Wis., 
 Feb. , 1847, Margaret Huguenin, dau. Daniel Huguenin 
 and Clarissa Van Horn his wife, born in 
 
 died in 
 , and had three daughters. 
 
 VII. Children of Alexander Hamilton and Clarissa Van Horn: 
 
 351 (1). Margaret, born in Southport, Wis., 
 
 , 1847- 
 
 352 (2). Joanna Sutherland, born in Southport, Wis., 
 
 , 1849. 
 
 353 (3). Cornelia Appleby, born on Lake Erie, 
 
 , 1852. 
 
 271 V. Andrew, eighth child of John and Mary Dyer, 
 bom in Blue Hill, Me., Feb. 7, 1784, died in Ellsworth 
 Me., Feb. 15, 1864; md. in Ellsworth, Jan. 16, 1812, 
 Sally Jordan, dau. Col. Melatiah Jordan and Elizabeth 
 Jellerson, his wife, born in Ellsworth, Aug. 28, 1789, died 
 in Ellsworth, March 13, 1878, and had 12 children. 
 
 VI. Children of Andrew and Sally Jordan: 
 
 354 (1). Charles, born in Ellsworth, Nov. 23, 181 2 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 355 (2). Sally, born in Ellsworth, Oct. 9, 18 14, died in 
 Ellsworth, Nov. 3, 1814. 
 
 * Now Kenosha, Kenosha Co., Wis. 
 
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 356 (3). Mary Elizabeth, born in Ellsworth, Feb. 23, 
 1816, died in Manchester, Mass., Sept. 14, 1902; was 
 md. in Ellsworth, Nov. 10, 1836, to George Nixon 
 Black, son Col. John Black and Mary Cobb, his wife, 
 born in Ellsworth, Jan. 15, 18 14, died in Ellsworth 
 while a resident of Boston, Oct. 2, 1880, and had four 
 children. 
 
 357 (4). Sally, born in Ellsworth, Jan. 12, 1818, died in 
 Ellsworth, Sept. 4, 1818. 
 
 358 (5). Ann Maria, bom in Ellsworth, April 3, 1819, 
 living in Greenfield, Mass., 1903 ; was md. in Ellsworth, 
 Sept. 22, 1848, to John Winthrop Jones, son Theo- 
 dore Jones and Catharine Sargent, his wife, born in 
 Ellsworth, Feb. 14, 1817, died in Greenfield, Mass., 
 Sept. 19, 1887, and had three children. 
 
 359 (6). Caroline, born in Ellsworth, Dec. 20, 1820, died 
 in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 26, 1873; was md. in Ells- 
 worth, March 28, 1849, to Frederick S. Mears, son 
 Matthew Means and Lydia Coggins, his wife, born in 
 Ellsworth, June 3, 1815, died in Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 Nov. 3, 1870, and had 3 children. 
 
 360 (7). John Andrew, born in Ellsworth, Oct. 9, 1822 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 361 (8). Sarah, born in Ellsworth, June 17, 1824, died 
 in Bangor, Me., Oct. 10, 1896; was md. in Ellsworth, 
 Aug. 5, 1850, to Arno Wis well, son John Wiswell and 
 Lucy Gilmore, his wife, born in Frankfort, Maine, 
 Aug. 5, 1818, died in Ellsworth, Nov. 6, 1877, and 
 had 3 sons. 
 
 363 (9). George Stevens, born in Ellsworth, June 2, 
 1826 (md., ch.). 
 
 363 (10). Harriet Upton, born in Ellsworth, Nov. 11, 
 1828, living in Brooklyn, N. Y., 1903; was md. in 
 Ellsworth, June 24, 1852, to Charles O. Butman, son of 
 Charles Butman and Lydia Alden, his wife, born in 
 Dixmont, Me., Nov. 28, 1828, died in Ellsworth, May 3, 
 187 1, and had one son. 
 
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 364 (11). Edward James, bom in Ellsworth, March 28, 
 1831 (md., ch.). 
 
 365 (12). William Bourne, born in Ellsworth, Aug. 23, 
 1833 (md., ch.). 
 
 354 VI. Charles, first child of Andrew and Sally Jor- 
 dan, born in Ellsworth, Me., Nov. 23, 18 12, died in Morris- 
 town, N. J., Aug. 16, 1894; md. in Castine, Me., July 14, 
 1835, Phebe Dyer, dau. Elisha Dyer and Sally Perkins, 
 his wife, born in Castine, Aug. 31, 1813, died in Brooklyn, 
 N. Y., Sept. 25, 1868, and had 6 daughters. 
 
 VII. Children of Charles and Phebe Dyer: 
 
 366 (i). Helen Frances, born in Ellsworth, Me., Sept 
 22, 1836, living in New York, 1903; was md. in Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y., , 1857, to Reuben Nickels, 
 son Jeremiah O. Nickels and Elvira Dodge, his wife, 
 born in Cherryfield, Me., Feb. 8, 183 1, died in New 
 York, May 29, 1901, and had 3 children. 
 
 367 (2). Sarah Elizabeth, born in Ellsworth, June 15, 
 1838, living in Manchester, N. H., 1903; was md. in 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 23, 1858, to Nathaniel Jones 
 Miller, Jr., son Nathaniel Jones Miller and Mary Wood- 
 man, his wife, bom in Hollis, Me., Jan. 26, 1824, 
 died in Portland, Me., April 18, 1873, and had 2 
 children. 
 
 368 (3). Maria Louise, born in Ellsworth, Nov. 29, 1840, 
 living in Brooklyn, N. Y., 1903; was md. in Brooklyn, 
 Feb. II, 1864, to Thompson Lewis, son Birdsey Lewis, 
 and Rhoda Foster, his wife, born in Cherryfield, Me., 
 March 18, 1831, died in Brooklyn, Sept. 23, 1896, and 
 had 3 children. 
 
 369 (4). Clara Howard, born in Ellsworth, May 7, 1843, 
 died in Hamden, Conn., Sept. 17, 1902; was md. in 
 Brooklyn, May 29, 1866, to Alexander Dunn, son 
 
 Dunn and 
 his wife, born in Plainfield, N. J., Oct. 24, 1883, died 
 
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 in , and 
 
 had 2 children. 
 
 370 (5). Phebe Ann, born in Ellsworth, Me., Oct. 4, 
 1845, died in Bangor, Me., April 29, 1887; was md. in 
 Bangor, Nov. 28, 1872, to Frank P. Wood, son Daniel 
 Wood and Mary Bartlett, his wife, born in Bangor, 
 Sept. 19, 1838, living in Bangor, 1903, and had three 
 children. 
 
 371 (6). Florence, born in Ellsworth, Me., June 3, 1849, 
 living in Morris Plains, N. J., 1903; was md. in Brook- 
 lyn, N. Y., Oct. 27, 1870, to Robert Andrews Granniss, 
 son George Benjamin Granniss and Laura Ann Dun- 
 ham, his wife, bom in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 28, 
 1840, living in Morris Plains, N. J., 1903, and had 3 
 children. 
 
 Charles mar. (2) in Bangor, June 3, 1869, Aravesta Huck- 
 ins, dau. John Huckins and Sarah Tibbetts his wife, bom 
 in Exeter, Maine, Sept. 16, 1831, living in Bangor, 1903. 
 No children. 
 
 360 VI. John Andrew^ oi^th child of Andrew and Sally 
 Jordan, bom in Ellsworth,; Me., Oct. 9, 1822, living in 
 Bangor, Me., 1903; md., imBangor, Sept. 2, 1846, Mary 
 Ann Hathaway, dau. Hon. Joshua' Warren Hathaway and 
 Mary Ann , his wife, bom 
 
 Ellsworth, Me., Jan. 31, 1826, died in Bangor, May 26, 
 1847, and had one son. 
 
 VII. Children of John Andrew and Mary Ann Hathaway: 
 
 372 (1). John Hathaway, born in Bangor, May 25, 1847, 
 died in Bangor, Aug. 2, 1848. 
 
 John Andrew md. (2) in Bangor, Sept. 23, 1857, Fanny 
 Elizabeth Roberts, dau. Hon. Amos M Roberts and 
 
 Charlotte Rich, his wife, bom in Bangor, Feb. 25, 1838, 
 living in Bangor, 1903, and had two daughters. 
 
1902 
 
 ^^iu^ (X. /^^^d. 
 
 CHIEF-JUSTICE OF MAINE 
 
 1884 
 
Ellsworth 133 
 
 Children of John Andrew and Fanny Elizabeth 
 Roberts: 
 
 373 (2). Fannie Roberts, born in Bangor, Sept. 3, i860, 
 living in Bangor, 1903. Unmd. 
 
 374 (3). Annie Charlotte, bom in Bangor, Oct. 25, 1865 
 living in Bangor, 1903; was md. in Bangor, June 2, 
 1898, to Prescott H. Vose, son George Vose and Abi- 
 gail Vose Tucker, his wife, born in Milton, Mass., 
 Sept. 3, 1856, living in Bangor, 1903, and had 3 chil- 
 dren. 
 
 John Andrew attended Gorham Academy. He gradu- 
 ated from Yale in 1842. Studied law at Harvard, 1843- 
 44. Was admitted to the bar in 1844, and settled in 
 Bangor. Member of the Maine Senate in 1862, 1863; 
 Representative, 1864; Attorney-General, 1864-67; Rep- 
 resentative to Congress, three terms, 1867 to 1873. 
 Appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of 
 Maine, 1873, ^^d Chief Justice, 1883 to 1900, when he 
 resigned on accotmt of advancing years. He is a member 
 of the Maine Historical Society, the New England Historic 
 Genealogical Society, and of the Colonial Society of 
 Massachusetts; a trustee of Bowdoin College, and LL.D. 
 of Bowdoin and of Colby College, and of Yale University. 
 "As a lawyer he commands profound respect. His knowl- 
 edge of the law is said to be encyclopedic, and his insight 
 unusually keen. His decisions, and those of the court 
 over which he presides, are quoted in every State in the 
 Union. As a public speaker he ranks high. He has the 
 faculty of winning and holding the attention of his au- 
 dience from the first word; this is due, in part, to his 
 keen, incisive way of putting things, in part to his com- 
 manding presence, and in part to the ever bubbling 
 stream of humor which runs through all he says. In his 
 old stump-speaking days, his political opponents, after 
 
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 being unmercifully roasted by him, used to leave the hall, 
 vowing that they had had a capital time." — {The Cadet.) 
 Judge Peters 's successor in the office of Chief Justice of 
 Maine, is his nephew, the son of his sister Sarah, Andrew 
 Peters Wiswell. 
 
 363 VI. George Stevens, ninth child of Andrew and 
 Sally Jordan, bom in Ellsworth, Me., June 2, 1826, died 
 in Ellsworth, Oct. 6, 1881 ; md. in Hallowell, Me., Oct. 6, 
 1848, Charlotte Ann Clark, dau. William Clark and 
 Elizabeth Bidwell, his wife, bom in Hallowell, Feb. 21, 
 1825, living in Waltham, Mass., 1903, and had 2 children. 
 
 VII, Children of George Stevens and Charlotte Ann Clark: 
 
 375 (1). Elizabeth Clark, born in Ellsworth, Maine, Nov. 
 24, 1849, living in Waltham, Mass., 1903. Unmd. 
 
 376 (2). Mary Alice, born in Ellsworth, Jan. 9, 1851, liv- 
 ing in Ellsworth, 1903; was md. in Ellsworth, Sept. 29, 
 1875, to William H. Drury, son William E Drury 
 and Martha K. Haskell, his wife, born in Worcester, 
 Mass., Jan. 12, 1842, living in 1903, and had 2 children. 
 He is a graduate of Bowdoin, 1867, and practised law 
 in Ellsworth, Me. 
 
 364 VI. Edward James, eleventh child of Andrew and 
 Sally Jordan, bom in Ellsworth, Me., March 28, 1831, 
 living in Brooklyn, N. Y., 1903; md. in New York, Oct. 
 II, i860, Mary Wilson Cruse, dau. Isaac Cruse and Mary 
 Elizabeth Kelso, his wife, bom in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 12, 
 1836, died in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 15, 1901, and had 2 
 sons. 
 
 VII. Children of Edward James, and Mary Cruse: 
 
 377 (1). Andrew, born in New York, Dec. 22, 1863. 
 
 378 (2). Isaac Cruse, born in Tarrytown, N. Y., Oct. 7 
 1866, died in Tarrytown, Dec. 4, 1866. 
 
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 377 VII. Andrew, first child of Edward James and 
 Mary Cruse, bom in New York Dec. 22, 1863, living in 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., 1903. Unmd. 
 
 365 VI. William Bourne, twelfth child of Andrew and 
 Sally Jordan, bom in Ellsworth, Me., Aug. 23, 1833, 
 living in 1903; md. in 
 
 May 6, 1863, Martha Elizabeth Chute, dau. Andrew 
 Chute and Maria Perry, his wife, bom in Orland, Me., 
 Jan. 4, 1841, died in Ellsworth, June 24, 1868, and had 3 
 children. 
 
 VII. Children of William Bourne and Martha Chute: 
 
 379 (1). John Andrew, Jr., bom in Ellsworth, Aug. 13, 
 1864 (md.). 
 
 380 (2). Charles, born in Ellsworth, July 20, 1866. 
 
 381 (3). William Chute, bom in Ellsworth, June 15, 
 1868. 
 
 379 VII. John Andrew, Jr., first child of William 
 Bourne and Martha Chute, bom in Ellsworth, Me., 
 Aug. 13, 1864, living in Ellsworth 1903; md. in Ells- 
 worth, Nov, 20, 1889, Mary Frances Cushman, dau. 
 Albert W. Cushman and Sarah Whiting his wife, bom in 
 Ellsworth, Nov. 24, 1865, living in Ellsworth, 1903. No 
 children. 
 
 Graduate of Bowdoin College, 1885. Admitted to the 
 bar 1887. 
 
 380 VII. Charles, second child of William Bourne and 
 Martha Chute, bom in Ellsworth, July 20, 1866, living 
 in 1903. 
 
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 381 VII. William Chute, third child of William Bourne 
 and Martha Chute, bom in Ellsworth, Me., July 15, 1868, 
 living in Boston, Mass., 1903. M.D., Tufts Medical 
 School, 1902. On staff Boston City Hospital, 1903. 
 
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BOSTON 
 
 273 V. (Edward) Dyer, ninth child of John and Mary- 
 Dyer, bom in Blue Hill, Me., No. 14, 1785, died at Forest 
 Hill (Boston), Mass., Oct. 21, 1856; md., in Boston, May 
 26, 181 7, Lucretia McClure, dau. Thomas McClure and 
 Nancy Hunter, his wife, born in Bristol, Me., May 26, 
 1793, died at Forest Hill (Boston), Sept. 11, 1862, and 
 had nine children. 
 
 VI. Children of Edward Dyer and Lucretia McClure: 
 
 382 (1). Edward Dyer, Jr., born in Boston, March 17, 
 1818 (md., ch.). 
 
 383 (2). Lucretia, born in Boston, Oct. 15, 1819, died 
 at Forest Hill, Sept. 22, 1850; was md. in Boston, June 
 6, 1844, to Joseph Porter EUicott, son of John A. 
 EUicott and Mary S. Porter (widow of John H. Ross), 
 bom at Avalon, Baltimore Co., Md., June 8, 18 18, died 
 in Boston, April 30, 1901. No children. 
 
 384 (3). Thomas McClure, born in Boston, June 6, 182 1 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 385 (4). George Haswell, born in Boston, Jan. 31, 1823 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 386 (5). Henry Hunter, born in Boston, May 23, 1825 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 387 (6). William Cowper, born in Boston, Aug. 12, 1827 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 388 (7). Andrew James, born in Boston, Feb. 9, 1829 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 389 (8). Mary Anne, bom in Boston, June 12, 1830, died 
 in Clarens, Switzerland, Dec. 4, 1879; was md. in 
 Boston, March 31, 1853, to Buckland Watson Bull, son 
 
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 of Ebenezer Watson Bull and Sophia Buckland, his 
 . wife, born in Hartford, Conn,, Nov. 5, 1824, died in 
 Hartford, Sept. 26, 1885, and had three children. 
 
 390 (9). Francis Alonzo, born in Boston, Feb. 2, 1833 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 Edward Dyer was baptized Dyer and prefixed to it the 
 name of Edward in 1810-11. The record of his bap- 
 tism may be found, with that of other Blue Hill children, 
 in the church register of Rockport, Mass., under the date 
 of Sept. 14, 1787. He was in the lumber business, at first 
 with his brother John, in Ellsworth, Maine, and then in 
 Boston, Mass. In 181 5 he went into partnership with 
 Jechonias Thayer, and, for one year, was a member of the 
 firm of Peters & Thayer. In 18 16 he gave his name to 
 the house of Edward D. Peters, later Edward D. Peters 
 and Co. He was well known for his business ability and 
 integrity. 
 
 382 VI. Edward Dyer, Jr., first child of Edward 
 Dyer and Lucretia McClure, born in Boston, Mass., March 
 17, 1818, died in Boston, Feb. 20, 1900; md. in Brooklyn, 
 N. Y., April 15, 1847, Jane Almira Gould, dau. of the 
 Revd. William R. Gould and Eunice York, his wife, bom 
 in Torrington, Conn., Oct. 14, 1828, died in Boston, Dec. 
 13, 1877, and had four children. 
 
 VII. Children of Edward Dyer, Jr., and Jane Gould: 
 
 391 (1). Edward Dyer, born in Boston, Feb. 25, 1848, 
 died March 8, 1848. 
 
 393 (2). Jane, born in Boston, April 10, 1850, died 
 March 28, 1857. 
 
 393 (3). Edward Gould, bom in Boston, May 9, 1853 
 (md., no ch.). 
 
 394 (4). WilHam York, born in Boston, March 12, 1858 
 (md., ch.). 
 
COUNTRY RESIDENCE OF EDWARD DYER PETERS 
 
 FOREST HILL, BOSTON 
 
Boston 139 
 
 393 VII. Edward Gould, third child of Edward Dyer, 
 Jr., and Jane Gould, bom in Boston, May 9, 1853, living, 
 1903; md. in London, Eng., 1898, 
 Mrs. Eva Cameron, dau. 
 
 born in 
 living 1903. No children. Graduated from Harvard, 
 1874; Boston Law School (1878?). 
 
 394 VII. William York, fourth child of Edward Dyer, 
 Jr., and Jane Gould, bom in Boston, March 12, 1858, living 
 in Boston, 1903 ; md., in Providence, R. I., April 25, 1893, 
 Amey Dexter Sharpe, dau. Lucien Sharpe and Louisa 
 Dexter, his wife, bom in Providence, July 4, 1864, living 
 1903, and had three children. 
 
 VIII. Children of William York and Amey Sharpe: 
 
 395 (1). Amey, bom in Boston, Jan. 17, 1895. 
 
 396 (2). Jane, bom in Boston, June 30, 1896. 
 
 397 (3). William York, Jr., bom in Boston, April 20, 
 1899. 
 
 Graduated Harvard, with degree, A.B., 1881. Studied 
 architecture in Paris. Is an architect in Boston. 
 
 384 VI. Thomas McClure, third child of Edward 
 Dyer and Lucretia McClure, bom in Boston, Mass., June 
 6, 1821, died in Peekskill, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1893; md. in 
 New York, June 29, 1847, Alice Clarissa Richmond, bom 
 July 6, 1828, living in New York, 1903, and had fourteen 
 children. 
 
 VII. Children of Thomas McClure and Alice Richmond: 
 
 398 (1). Lucretia, bom in New York, April 17, 1848, 
 
 399 (2). William Richmond, bom in New York, April 13 
 1850 (md., ch.). 
 
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 400 (3). John Punnett, born in New York, Dec. 16, 
 1852 (md., ch.). 
 
 401 (4). Andrew, born in New York, Jan. 19, 1855 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 403 (5). AHce, born in New York, Jan. 13, 1857, died 
 Sept. 10, 1858. 
 
 403 (6). JuHa, bom in New York, June 22, 1858. 
 
 404 (7). Edward McClure, bom in New York, June 21, 
 i860 (md., ch.). 
 
 405 (8). Frances, born in New York, March 11, 1862. 
 
 406 (9). Hubert, born in New York, Nov. 24, 1864; died 
 Feb. 22, 1865. 
 
 407 (10). Marion, born in New York, Feb. 11, 1866. 
 
 408 (11). Thomas McClure, Jr., bom in Great Barring- 
 ton, Mass., Aug. 25, 1867. 
 
 409 (12). EHzabeth, bom in New York, Sept. 10, 1869. 
 
 410 (13). Isabel, born in New York, Aug. 15, 1872, died 
 Jan. I, 1873. 
 
 411 (14). Sally Clarkson, born in New York, June 21, 
 1874. 
 
 The Revd. Thomas McClure Peters studied at the Boston 
 Latin School, and graduated from Yale in 1841, with de- 
 gree of A . B . He entered the General Theological Seminary 
 in New York the same year and remained there until he 
 sailed for Europe, in June, 1843. He travelled on that 
 continent, made a trip to Egypt, and was attache to the 
 American Legation in Constantinople, while Mr. Dabney 
 Carr was our minister there. The winter of 1844-45 ^^ 
 spent at Weimar, where he was attache to the British 
 Legation. At the end. of three years he returned home 
 and resumed his studies at the Theological School. He 
 was ordained on Trinity Sunday, 1847. That year he 
 married and became assistant to the Revd. William Rich- 
 mond, having, during his first stay at the Theological 
 School, been lay reader at Mr. Richmond's church, 
 St. Michael's. In 1853 he became rector of St. Mary's, 
 
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 €^^^' 
 
 THE REVD. THOMAS McCLURE PETERS, S.T.D. 
 
 RECTOR OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, NEW YORK 
 
Boston 141 
 
 at 125th Street, Manhattan ville, New York City. In 
 1858 Mr. Richmond died, and from that time, until his 
 death, he was rector of St. Michael's, being elected Sept. 25, 
 1858. He founded the Sheltering Arms in October, 1864, 
 and gave up to it, for a number of years, his own home 
 at I Gist Street and Broadway. He founded St. Timo- 
 thy's (now Zion and St. Timothy), St. Matthew's (formerly 
 Bethlehem Chapel, and where, for many years, he held 
 an evening service in German) . He was also, practically, 
 chaplain of the Bloomingdale Lxmatic Asylimi, and later 
 of the Leake and Watts Orphan Asylum. He was greatly 
 and actively interested in the House of Mercy, St. Barna- 
 bas House, and the New York Infant Asylum, all three 
 of which had been founded by Mrs. William Richmond. 
 He was also connected with the Mission to Public In- 
 stitutions and the New York City Mission. For several 
 years he was chairman of both, and chief of the work, as 
 well as chairman of St. Barnabas' House. He was 
 prominent in the organization of the Church Congress, 
 and he had much to do with dividing the diocese into 
 Albany, Central New York, Long Island, and New York. 
 He founded St. Michael's Cemetery on Long Island. 
 He was one of the first to preach, and to practise, a free 
 church, and the first to open his church to sisterhoods, 
 that of St. Mary being founded in February, 1864 (1865 ?), 
 in St. Michael's. He was also one of the first to increase 
 the number of services in his church, and to amplify and 
 beautify the ritual. He practically reorganized the 
 Children's Fold, the Shepherd's Fold, and the House of 
 Rest for Consumptives; he built a new parish church in 
 which was celebrated his jubilee the winter before his 
 death. About this time he was made Archdeacon of 
 New York. Mt. Mintum, an annex to the Sheltering 
 Arms, in the country and for boys only, he left unfinished. 
 He received the degree of S.T.D. from Trinity College. 
 
142 Maine 
 
 399 VII. William Richmond, second child of Thomas 
 McClure and Alice Richmond, born in New York, April 13, 
 1850, living in New York, 1903 ; md. in New York, June 
 II, 1879, Helen Russell Heiser, dau. Henry Anthon 
 Heiser and Rosalie Mercein, his wife, bom in New York, 
 Jime 28, 1852, living in 1903 and had six children. 
 
 VIII. Children of William Richmond and Helen Heiser: 
 
 412 (1). Isabel, born in New York, Oct. 13, 1881. 
 
 413 (2). Alice Richmond, born in New York, June 16, 
 1883. 
 
 414 (3). Mercein, bom in New York, Oct. 19, 1885, died 
 Oct. 19, 1885. 
 
 415 (4). William Richmond, born in New York, Dec. 13, 
 1886. 
 
 416 (5). Thomas McClure, born in New York, June 28, 
 1888. 
 
 417 (6). Helen, bom in New York, May 18, 1890, died 
 Nov. II, 1890. 
 
 400 VII. John Punnett, third child of Thomas Mc- 
 Clure and Alice Richmond, bom in New York, Dec. 16, 
 1852, living in New York, 1903 ; md. in Dresden, Saxony, 
 Aug. 13, 1 88 1, Gabriella Brooke Forman, dau. Thomas 
 Marsh Bryan Forman of Georgia, and Helen Brooke of 
 Fredericksburg, Va., bom in Fredericksburg, Sept. 20, 
 1858, living in 1903, and had seven children. 
 
 VIII. Children of John Punnett and Gabriella Forman: 
 
 418 (1). Thomas McClure Forman, born in New York, 
 Sept. I, 1883, died Feb. 21, 1885. 
 
 419 (2). Gabriella Brooke Forman, born in Philadel- 
 phia, Penn., Aug. i, 1885. 
 
 420 (3). John Punnett Forman, born in Philadelphia, 
 Dec. 4, 1887. 
 
 421 (4). Bryan Forman, born in Beirout, Syria, April 
 I, 1890. 
 
THE REVD. JOHN PUNNETT PETERS, D.D. 
 
 RECTOR OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH, NEW YORK 
 
Boston 143 
 
 422 (5). Frazier Forman, born in New York, July 20, 
 1895. 
 
 423 (6). Joan St. Michael Forman, born in New York, 
 July 30, 1896. 
 
 424 (7). Lucretia McClure Forman, bom in New York, 
 March 15, 1899. 
 
 John Punnett graduated from Yale with the degree of 
 A.B. in 1873, received Ph.D. from Yale in 1876, and was 
 at the same time elected tutor in that university. He 
 spent three years there instructing in Greek and Latin. 
 In December, 1876, he was ordained deacon, and in 1877, 
 priest, of the Protestant Episcopal Church. From Sep- 
 tember, 1879, to May, 1883, he studied the Semitic lan- 
 guages in Berlin and Leipzig, and was chaplain of the 
 American Church in Dresden, from March, 1881, to 
 October, 1882. In September, 1884, he was offered the 
 professorship of the Old Testament languages and litera- 
 ture at the Protestant Episcopal Divinity School in West 
 Philadelphia. In 1886 he became professor of Hebrew 
 at the University of Pennsylvania. In the autumn of 
 1888 he was director of the Babylonian expedition sent 
 out by that university. He returned to America in 
 November, 1890, and went back to the East the following 
 year. In October, 1891, he was assistant rector of St. 
 Michael's Protestant Episcopal Church, Amsterdam Ave- 
 nue and 99th Street, New York. In June, 1893, he 
 resigned his professorship at the University of Pennsyl- 
 vania and became rector of St. Michael's, succeeding his 
 father, who died the year before. In 1898 he published 
 an accoimt of his connection with the Babylonian expe- 
 dition, entitled Nippur; or, Explorations and Adventures 
 on the Euphrates. He is also the author of several works 
 on the Bible, and on Biblical literature, and philology. . 
 He is actively interested in municipal matters, and in 
 
144 Maine 
 
 various institutions and societies. In 1895 he received 
 the degree of S.C.D. from the University of Pennsyl- 
 vania, and he is D.D. of Yale. 
 
 401 VI r. Andrew, fourth child of Thomas McClure and 
 Alice Richmond, bom in New York, Jan. 19, 1855, living 
 in Brooklyn, N. Y., 1903; md. in Brooklyn, Jan. 16, 
 1889, Cornelia Halsey Cowles, dau. Henry Cowles and 
 Henrietta Kitchell, his wife, born in Jersey City,-N. J., 
 Aug. 12, 1865, living in 1903, and had three children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Andrew and Cornelia Cowles: 
 
 435 (1). Andrew, bom at Lake George, N. Y., Aug. 18, 
 
 1890. 
 426 (2). Alice Lillian, born in Chicago, Ills., March 22, 
 
 1892. 
 
 437 (3). Mildred, born in Chicago, Ills., Dec. 27, 1895. 
 
 404 VII. Edward McClure, seventh child of Thomas 
 McClure and Alice Richmond, bom in New York, June 
 21, i860, living in New York, 1903; md. in New York, 
 Feb. 2, 1892, Eleanor Bradley Peters, dau. Henry Hunter 
 Peters, and Emily Cummings Bradley, his wife, bom in 
 Southborough, Mass., July 6, 1855, living 1903, and had 
 one child. 
 
 VIII. Children of Edward McClure and Eleanor Peters: 
 
 438 (1). Edward McClure, Jr., bom in Jersey City, N. J., 
 Dec. 25, 1892. 
 
 Lieutenant U.S. N. during Spanish -American war, May 
 to October, 1 898. Navigator, U. S. S. Badger, from June to 
 October same year. Degree B.S., Norwich University, Va. 
 
 408 VII. Thomas McClure, Jr., eleventh child of Thomas 
 McClure and Alice Richmond, bom in Great Barrington, 
 Mass., Aug. 25, 1867, living in New York, 1903; gradu- 
 ated, Princeton University, 1888, A.B., M.A., from 
 
Boston 145 
 
 Columbia, 1889, and Ph.D., Columbia, 1890. Admitted 
 to the bar, 1891. 
 
 385 VI. George Haswell, fourth child of Edward Dyer 
 and Lucretia McClure, bom in Boston, Mass., Jan. 31, 
 1823, died in Philadelphia, Penn., Dec. 30, 1889; md. 
 in Boston, Oct. 27, 1847, Melancie Anna Williams, dau. 
 Samuel Williams and Elizabeth Winslow Whitman, his 
 wife, bom in Boston, June 26, 1824, died in Boston, June 
 23, 1897, and had three children. 
 
 VII. Children of George Haswell and Melancie Williams: 
 
 439 (1). Elizabeth Winslow, bom in Boston, Oct. 19, 
 1848. 
 
 430 (2). A daughter, bom in Boston, Feb. 5, 1854, died 
 Feb. 26, 1854. 
 
 431 (3). George Gorham, born in Boston, Dec. 10, 1858. 
 
 431 VII. George Gorham, third child of George Has- 
 well and Melancie Williams, bom in Boston, Dec. 10, 
 1858, living in Boston, 1903, unmd. A.B., Harvard, 
 1881. 
 
 386 VI. Henry Hunter, fifth child of Edward Dyer and 
 Lucretia McClure, bom in Boston, Mass., May 23, 1825, 
 died in Boston, April 6, 1877; md. in Dorchester, Mass., 
 July 12, 1848, Susan Barker Thaxter, dau. Edward 
 Thaxter and Susan Joy Thaxter of Hingham, Mass., 
 bom in Hingham, Sept. 16, 1827, died in Dorchester, 
 July 22, 1849, ^^d had one son. 
 
 VII. Children of Henry Hunter and Susan Thaxter: 
 
 432 (1). Edward Dyer, 2nd, bom in Dorchester, June i, 
 1849 (md., no ch.). 
 
146 Maine 
 
 Henry Hunter md. (2) in Lewiston, Me., July 6, 1854, 
 Emily Cummings Bradley, dau. Charles Bradley and 
 Sarah Ellen Cummings, his wife, bom in Boston, Mass., 
 Sept. 10, 1830, died in Jamaica Plain (Boston), March 28, 
 1902, and had five children. 
 
 Children of Henry Hunter and Emily Bradley: 
 
 433 (2). Ellen (Eleanor) Bradley, bom in Southborough, 
 Mass., July 6, 1855, living in New York, 1903; was 
 md. in New York, Feb. 2, 1892, to Edward McClure 
 Peters, son of the Revd. Thomas McClure Peters and 
 Alice Richmond, his wife, bom in New York, June 21, 
 i860, living in New York, 1903, and had one child. 
 
 434 (3). Henry Hunter, Jr., born in Southborough, Oct. 
 21, 1857, died in Southborough, May 17, i860. 
 
 435 (4). Charles Bradley, born in Southborough, April 
 
 16, 1861. 
 
 436 (5). Frederick Watson, bom in Southborough, July 
 
 17, 1864. 
 
 437 (6). McClure, bom in Nice, France, Jan. 27, 1867. 
 
 433 VII. Edward Dyer, 2nd, only child of Henry 
 Hunter and Susan Thaxter, bom in Dorchester, Mass., 
 June I, 1849, living in Dorchester, 1903; md. in Dorches- 
 ter, Sept. 28, 1 88 1, Anna Quincy Gushing, dau. Benjamin 
 Gushing, M.D., and Anna Thaxter, his wife, born in Dor- 
 chester, Feb. 23, 1857, living, 1903. No children. 
 
 Edward Dyer, 2nd, graduated from the Royal School 
 of Mines, Freiberg, Saxony, in 1869; was Territorial 
 Assayer of Colorado for two years ; built the Mt. Lincoln 
 Smelting Works and was their first superintendent; 
 returned East in 1874 and graduated at the Harvard 
 Medical School in 1877. He was the only medical gradu- 
 ate whose thesis was mentioned on the Commencement 
 program of that year. Practised medicine in Dorchester 
 from 1877 to 1880, then returned to his first profession. 
 He originated, or was associated with, some of the largest 
 

 Cc^dv^I^ ^ ^ 
 
 1903 
 
 DORCHESTER, MASS. 
 
Boston 147 
 
 American copper and nickel smelting establishments. 
 He was the first superintendent of the New York Works 
 of the Orford Nickel and Copper Co. He erected and 
 managed the then new smelter of the Parrot Copper Co., 
 at Butte, Mont. He built and managed the nickel and 
 copper works of the Canadian Copper Co. at Sudbury, 
 Ontario. In 1887 he published Modern American Methods 
 of Copper Smelting, which has now reached eleven editions 
 and is the recognized authority upon this subject. In 
 1892 he was called to Tasmania to advise upon the 
 Mount Lyell mine. He discovered, and, with his associ- 
 ates, proved up, the value of the extensive coal area in the 
 state of Coahuila, Mexico, which is now supplying the 
 railroads and smelters of northern Mexico with fuel. 
 At present his business is mainly consulting. 
 
 435 VII. Charles Bradley, fourth child of Henry 
 Hunter, and third child of his second wife, Emily Brad- 
 ley, bom in Southborough, Mass., April 16, 1861. 
 
 436 VII. Frederick Watson, fifth child of Henry 
 Hunter, and fourth child of his second wife, Emily Brad- 
 ley, bom in Southborough, Mass., July 17, 1864, living 
 in Boston, Mass., 1903. Unmd. 
 
 437 VII. McClure, sixth child of Henry Hunter, and 
 fifth child of his second wife, Emily Bradley, bom in 
 Nice, France, Jan. 27, 1867. 
 
 387 VI. William Cowper, sixth child of Edward Dyer 
 
148 Maine 
 
 and Lucretia McClure, bom in Boston, Mass., Aug. 12, 
 1827, died in Jamaica Plain (Boston), June 14, 1895; 
 md. in Hartford, Conn., Jan. 21, 1850, Gertrude Chene- 
 verd Morgan, dau. William Henry Morgan, M.D., and 
 Margaret Julia Cheneverd, his wife, bom in Hartford, 
 Conn., April 16, 1825, died in Jamaica Plain (Boston), 
 Dec. 5, 1890, and had four children. 
 
 VII. Children of William Cow per and Gertrude Morgan: 
 
 438 (1). William Morgan, bom in Jamaica Plain, Dec. 
 24, 1855 (md., ch.). 
 
 439 (2). Richard Dudley, born in Jamaica Plain, Aug. 
 13, 1858 (md., ch.). 
 
 440 (3). Maurice, born in Jamaica Plain March 4, i860, 
 died, March 11, i860. 
 
 441 (4). Gertrude Cheneverd, born in Jamaica Plain, 
 May 4, 1862, living in Brookline, Mass., 1903; was 
 md. in Jamaica Plain, April 29, 1886, to Henry Rossiter 
 Worthington Browne, son Causten Browne and Kath- 
 arine E. Maynadier, his wife, bom in Boston, April 11, 
 1858, living, 1903. No children. 
 
 438 Vn. William Morgan, first child of WilHam Cow- 
 per, and Gertrude Morgan, bom in Jamaica Plain (Bos- 
 ton), Dec. 24, 1855, living in 1903 ; md. in Jamaica Plain, 
 April 12, 1882, Cora Lucretia Bull, dau. Buckland Watson 
 Bull and Mary Anne Peters, his w^ife, born in New York, 
 Oct. 29, 1854, living in Chicago, Ills., 1903, and had two 
 children. 
 
 VIII. Children of William Morgan, and Cora Bull: 
 
 442 (1). Dora, bom in Jamaica Plain, Jan. 30, 1884. 
 
 443 (2). Pauline, bom in Chicago, Ills., July 28, 1894, 
 died Jan. 14, 1895. 
 
 439 VII. Richard Dudley, second child of WilHam 
 Cowper and Gertrude Morgan, bom in Jamaica Plain 
 
Boston 149 
 
 (Boston), Mass., Aug. 13, 1858, died in Jamaica Plain, 
 April 13, 1897; md., Oct. i, 1884, Priscilla Rice Quincy, 
 dau. George Quincy and Frances Rice, his wife, bom in 
 Boston, Mass., Aug. 30, 1861, living in Brookline, Mass., 
 1903, and had two sons. 
 
 VIII. Children of Richard Dudley, and Priscilla Quincy: 
 
 444 (1). George Quincy, born in Roxbury (Boston), 
 Mass., July 10, 1885. 
 
 445 (2). Richard Dudley, Jr., born in Roxbury, May i, 
 1889. 
 
 388 VI. Andrew James, seventh child of Edward 
 Dyer and Lucretia McClure, bom in Boston, Feb. 9, 1829, 
 died at Forest Hill, (Boston) Mass., Feb. 22, 1895; md. 
 in Jamaica Plain (Boston), June 13, 1866, Mary Richards 
 Whitney, dau. Eli Martin Whitney and Catherine Rich- 
 ards, his wife, bom in Boston, Jan. 5, 1848, living in 
 Boston, 1903, and had two sons. 
 
 VII. Children of Andrew James, and Maty Whitney: 
 
 446 (1). Andrew James, Jr., born at Forest Hill (Bos- 
 ton), Mass., April 3, 1872. 
 
 447 (2). Harold,born at Forest Hill (Boston), Mass., Jan. 
 13, 1888. 
 
 446 VII. Andrew James, Jr., first child of Andrew 
 James and Mary Whitney, bom in Boston, Mass., April 
 3, 1872, living in Boston, 1903. Unmd. Graduate 
 Harvard, A.B., 1895, LL.B., 1895. Admitted to the bar, 
 1897. Representative Massachusetts legislature, 1902. 
 
 390 VI, Francis Alonzo, ninth child of Edward Dyer 
 and Lucretia McClure, bom in Boston, Mass., Feb. 2, 
 1833, Hving in Boston, 1903; md., Oct. 7, 1857, Mary 
 
150 Maine 
 
 Elizabeth Austin, dau. Thomas Austin and Elvira Reed, 
 his wife, bom in New York, Nov. 24, 1833, living in 
 Boston, 1903, and had five children. 
 
 VII. Children of Francis Alonzo, and Mary Austin: 
 
 448 (1). Austin, bom in Jamaica Plain (Boston), June i , 
 1859 (md., ch.). 
 
 449 (2). Alice McClure, bom in Jamaica Plain, Feb. 9, 
 1 86 1, living in Milton, Mass., 1903 ; was md. in Jamaica 
 Plain, Oct. 12, 1882, to Isaac Tucker Burr, Jr., son 
 Isaac Tucker Burr and Anna Frances Hardon, his 
 wife, bom in Newton, Mass., Feb. 21, 1858, living, 
 1903, and had 4 children. 
 
 450 (3). Frank Reed, bom in Jamaica Plain, Feb. 27, 
 1867. 
 
 451 (4). (William*) Morris Austin, born in Jamaica 
 Plain, March 10, 1870. 
 
 453 (5). Lucien Haynes, born in Jamaica Plain, Dec, 18, 
 1872. 
 
 448 VII. Austin, first child of Francis Alonzo and 
 Mary Austin, bom in Jamaica Plain (Boston), Mass., 
 June I, 1859, living in Jamaica Plain, 1903 ; md. in Jamaica 
 Plain, Oct. 20, 1888, Frances Howey Lee, dau. James 
 Lee and Frances Van Dusen, his wife, bom in Charles- 
 town, Mass., Oct. 30, 1855, living in Jamaica Plain, 1903, 
 and had three children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Austin and Frances Lee: 
 
 453 (1). James Lee, born in Jamaica Plain, Aug. 13, 
 1889. 
 
 454 (2). Dorothy, born in Jamaica Plain, Jan. 13, 1892. 
 
 455 (3). Ruth McClure, born in Jamaica Plain, Feb. 22, 
 1895. 
 
 450 VII. Frank Reed, third child of Francis Alonzo 
 
 * Dropped "William" from his name by act of legislature. 
 
Boston 151 
 
 and Mary Austin, bom in Jamaica Plain, Feb. 27, 1867, 
 living in Boston, 1903. Unmd. 
 
 451 VII. Morris Austin, fourth child of Francis Alonzo 
 and Mary Austin, bom in Jamaica Plain, March 10, 1870, 
 living in Boston, 1903. Unmd. 
 
 452 VII. Lucien Haynes, fifth child of Francis Alonzo 
 and Mary Austin, bom in Jamaica Plain, Dec. 18, 1872, 
 living in Boston, 1903. Unmd. 
 
CONNECTICUT 
 
 HEBRON 
 
 The founder of the Connecticut line was John, only- 
 child of William (II), the son of our earliest ancestor, 
 Andrew (I). He was but ten months old when his 
 father was killed. He is mentioned in his grandfather's 
 will and is left "tenne pounds is paij." The following 
 accoimt of the death of William is given in a letter which 
 was written Aug. 14, 1696, by Capt. Christopher Osgood, 
 head of the militia in Andover, to express his fear that 
 the men who had been called away to serve in the East 
 should have been left at home, where they were sure to 
 be needed, as the force on hand was insufficient to cope 
 with the enemy should there be an attack; the river, he 
 said, was low, and could easily be crossed by the Indians, 
 and he wished men from the "inmost towns" sent to 
 Andover for their present help. " For we are in expecta- 
 tion every hour of an attack by a great body of the 
 enemy that hath been discovered this day, we are in- 
 formed, between Exeter and Haverhill upon the march 
 towards Haverhill and Andover. We have therefore no 
 other help under God but to make as speedy application 
 to your honour for present relief which we doubt not 
 but that your fatherly pity towards us will appear in 
 preferring the most humble addresses of him, that is in 
 behalf of our town. 
 
 "Your honours most humble petitioner 
 
 "Christopher Osgood of Andover." 
 152 
 
Hebron 153 
 
 Another paper pasted upon the first is as follows : 
 " Our Major being at this instant at Newbury I account 
 it nextly my duty to give your honour of some mischief 
 done upon us by our enemy, which in brief is as follows. 
 Yesterday in the afternoon William Peeters belonging to 
 Samuel Blanchard's garrison, went from the garrison to 
 his house to fetch up his horse and another man whose 
 name was hoyt was with him and as we conceive by the 
 effect, went both into the house which was about half a 
 mile from the garrison just upon Billerica Road " [he wrote 
 it Bildrecky] "in an open plain place and were both sur- 
 prised by the enemy and killed without any shooting so 
 that no discovery neither of the enemy nor of the tragedy 
 wrought by them till about sunset which were then dis- 
 covered by two persons going to the house to look after 
 them because of their tarrying longer than was expected 
 who found them both killed and scalped and lying in 
 their blood within the house and our enemy undiscovered. 
 Sir, I am sorry that I have the occasion to trouble you 
 with reading such news. Your honours most humble and 
 obedient servant 
 
 "Christopher Osgood. * 
 "Andover, Aug. 14, 1896." 
 
 12 III. John, only child of William and Margaret 
 Russ, bom in Andover, Mass., Oct. i, 1695, <iied in 
 Hebron, Conn., Oct. 20, 1754; md. in North Brookfield, 
 Mass., April 3, 17 17, Mary Marks, dau. Joseph Marks 
 and Mary his wife, bom in 
 
 Sept. , 1698, died in Hebron, July 25, 
 
 1784, and had twelve children. 
 
 * His granddaughter, Phebe Carleton, married John Peters in 1733. 
 
154 Connecticut 
 
 IV. Children of John and Mary Marks: 
 
 456 (1). John, bom in North Brookfield, Mass., Dec. 28, 
 1717 (md., ch.). 
 
 457 (2). Mary, bom in Hebron, Oct. 18, 1720, died in 
 
 ; was md. 
 in Colchester, Conn., Feb. 25, 1741, to Thomas 
 Carrier,* son of Thomas Carrier and 
 
 , his wife, bom in Colchester, June 20, 
 1711, died in 
 
 and had seven children. 
 
 458 (3). William, bom in Hebron, Aug. 30, 1722 f (md., 
 ch.) 
 
 459 (4.) Margaret, bom in Hebron, Aug. 5, 1724, died 
 in , June 2, 1769; was 
 md. in Hebron, Jan. i, 1741, to John Mann, son of 
 Nathaniel Mann and Elizabeth , his 
 wife, bom in Hebron, Nov. 20, 1720, died in 
 
 , June 4, 1806, and had ten 
 children. 
 
 460 (5). Joseph, born in Hebron, Aug. 20, 1726! (md., 
 ch.) 
 
 461 (6). Phebe, bom in Hebron, June 30, 1728, died in 
 
 ; was 
 md. in Hebron, Aug. 16, 1744, to Moses Case, son 
 Moses Case and , his 
 
 wife, bom in Hebron, July 24, 1724, died in 
 
 , and had 
 children. 
 463 (7). Mercy, born in Hebron, March 26, 1730, died 
 in was 
 
 md. in Hebron, Jan. 24, 1751, to Timothy Buell, Jr., 
 son of Timothy Buell and 
 his wife, born in Hebron, Nov. 20, 1732, died in Canada, 
 
 * Grandson of Martha Allen Carrier, who was hanged as a witch in 
 Salem, 1692. 
 
 t See Lost Tribes. 
 
Hebron 155 
 
 , and 
 
 had two children born in Hebron. He was a major in 
 the king's service. 
 
 463 (8). Andrew, born in Hebron, Aug. 31, 1732, died, 
 Aug. 31, 1732. 
 
 464 (9). Andrew, bom in Hebron, Nov. 16, 1733, died, 
 Nov. 5, 1754-* 
 
 ' 465 (10). Samuel, bom in Hebron, Dec. i, 1735 f (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 466 (11). Jonathan, bom in Hebron, Aug. 15, 1737 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 467 (12). Bemslee, bom in Hebron, Nov. i, 1743 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 John appears to have removed from Andover, Mass., 
 with his step-father, James Wilson, and to have settled 
 in Leicester, Mass., about 17 14. He removed to Hebron 
 about 1 717. His marriage and the birth of his first child 
 are both recorded in North Brookfield, Mass., and in 
 Hebron, Conn. His gravestone and that of his wife are 
 still standing in the old Hebron graveyard. | It is prob- 
 able that the old Peters house, now in decay, and standing 
 on the road between Hebron and Gilead, was built by 
 him about 1740. Sept. 5, 1746, he deeded to the Revd. 
 Ebenezer Punderson, of Groton, missionary, and to Samuel 
 Pennock and Thomas Brown of Hebron, and the Society 
 for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 30 
 acres for a glebe land lying about 3-4 of a mile northerly 
 from the church. This land was leased by the parish 
 for 9999 years, April 6, 1795, ^or the annual rent of one 
 
 * "Mr Andrew Peters Died Nov. 5, 1754 in ye 21st year of his age." 
 (Gravestone in old Hebron graveyard.) 
 
 t See The Revd. Samuel Peters. 
 
 t Inscriptions: " In memory of Mr John Peters who died Oct. ye 20 
 1754 in ye 60 year of his age." 
 
 "Here lies ye Body of Mrs Mary Peters widow to Mr John Peters 
 who departed this life July 25, A.D. 1784 in ye 86 year of her Age." 
 
156 Connecticut 
 
 grain of pure silver or either silver or gold equivalent (if 
 demanded) upon the festival of St. John the Baptist in 
 each year. In 1745 his name was on the tax list of the 
 Church of Engand. 
 
 His will is to be seen to-day in Colchester, Conn. He 
 appoints Mary, his wife, and his son Andrew, his execu- 
 tors, and he leaves to his sons John, William, and Joseph 
 all his land lying in Marlboro ; Samuel * has one thou- 
 sand pounds; his daughters, Mary Carrier, Margaret 
 Mann, Phebe Case, and Mercy Buell, receive each five 
 pounds, and Andrew, Jonathan, and Bemslee are to have 
 the rest of the property divided between them. The will 
 is probated Dec. 2, 1754. The signature is a mere scrawl 
 and of no value, — that of a very sick or a very weak man. 
 
 Mary Marks' father, Joseph Marks, was from Spring- 
 field, Mass., where he had a grant of land, on the west side 
 of the river, Feb. 2, 1685. He was a soldier in Capt. Bull's 
 company, which was sent to Albany and Schenectady in 
 November, 1689, to protect the English settlers there 
 against the French and Indians. In a skirmish, Marks 
 and Samuel Beamen were taken prisoners. Beamen 
 escaped, but Marks was carried to Canada, whence, after 
 a varied experience, he returned in 1692. He was a noted 
 Indian fighter. Marks' Garrison and Mountain were 
 named after him. 
 
 He soon after removed to Brookfield, Mass., where he 
 received a grant of 60 acres of upland for a house-lot. 
 He afterward had an additional grant of 180 acres. His 
 was one of the fortified houses named in connection with 
 the Indian wars. 
 
 456 IV. John, first child of John and Mary Marks, 
 bom in North Brookfield, Mass., Dec. 28, 1717, died in 
 
 * See The Revd. Samuel Peters. 
 
3S&1 ';;::^''i»'^?«<^ 
 
Hebron 157 
 
 Hebron* Conn., Nov. 9, 1804; md. in Hebron, Feb. 22, 
 1739, Lydia Phelps, dau. Joseph Phelps and 
 
 , his wife, bom in Hebron, Nov. 25, 1723, 
 died in Hebron, Feb. 15, 1784,* and had fifteen children. 
 
 V. Children of John and Lydia Phelps: 
 
 468 (1). John, bom in Hebron, June 30, 1740! (md., ch.). 
 
 469 (2). Lydia, born in Hebron, Feb. 24, 1742, died in 
 Bradford, Vt., Sept. 3, 1825; was md. in Hebron, Nov. 
 25, 1 761, to Benjamin Baldwin, Jr., son Benjamin 
 Baldwin and Elizabeth , his wife, bom 
 in Norwich, Conn., Dec. 9, 1733, died in Bradford, Vt., 
 Feb. 21, i8i8, and had nine children. 
 
 470 (3). Mary, born in Hebron, Jan. 19, 1744, died in 
 Thetford, Vt., Aug. 30, 1826; was md. in Hebron, 
 Sept. 27, 1764, to Joseph Hosford, Jr., son Joseph 
 Hosford and Abigail , his wife, bom in 
 Hebron, June 21, 1743, died in Thetford, Vt., Nov. 3, 
 1 81 9, and had twelve children. 
 
 471 (4). Susanna, bom in Hebron, Dec. 5, 1745, died in 
 Norwich, Vt., Oct. 14, 1834; was md. in 
 
 , April 24, 1 771, to John House, Jr., 
 son John House and , his 
 
 wife, bom in Lebanon, Conn., April 29, 1744, died in 
 Norwich, Vt., Feb. 17, 1825, and had seven children. 
 He was colonel in the American army during the 
 Revolution. 
 473 (5). Phebe, bom in Hebron, April 29, 1748, died in 
 Hebron, Jan. 20, 1794; was md. in Hebron, June 25, 
 1769, to David Sutton, M.D., son Seth Sutton and 
 
 , his wife, born in He- 
 bron, Dec. 26, 1736, died in Hebron, Jan. 29, 1804. 
 No children. He was a graduate of Yale, 1760. 
 
 * Gravestones in Gilead graveyard, Hebron. 
 t See Col. John of the Queen's Loyal Rangers. 
 
158 Connecticut 
 
 473 (6). Mercy, bom in Hebron, Feb. 7, 1750, died in 
 Hebron,* Feb. 16, 1753. 
 
 474 (7). Margaret, born in Hebron, March 29, 1752, died 
 in Piermont, N. H., March , 1821; was md. in 
 
 to Zenas 
 Case, son of Case and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 and had 7 children. 
 
 475 (8). Absalom, f born in Hebron, March 25, 1754 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 476 (9). Andrew, born in Hebron, Jan. 30, 1756, died 
 Dec. 26, 1758. 
 
 477 (10). Mercy, bom in Hebron, Dec. 9, 1757, died in 
 Cambridge, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1839; was md. in Hebron, 
 March 11, 1779, to Ruel Beebe, son Ebenezer Beebe 
 and Abigail , his wife, born in Lyme, 
 Conn., Jan. 8, 1752, died in Cambridge, N. Y., Jan. 20, 
 1 741, and had 3 children. 
 
 478 (11). Samuel, twin of Mercy, born in Hebron, Dec. 
 9, 1757 (md., no ch.). 
 
 479 (12). Andrew,! born in Hebron, Dec. 23, 1759 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 480 (13). Joseph Phelps, § born in Hebron, Nov. 7, 1761 
 (md. ch.). 
 
 481 (14). William^born in Hebron, March 11, 1764 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 482 (15). Sarah Popelia, born in Hebron, Oct. 24, 1768, 
 died in Cambridge, N. Y. (between 1836-1843); was 
 md. in 
 
 ♦Gravestone in old graveyard, Hebron. Stone inscribed: "In 
 Memory of Marcy ye Daugh'. of Ensign John Peters and Mrs Lydia his 
 wife who Died Feby i6th A.D. 1753 in ye 3 year of her age." 
 "Let not ye Dead Forgotten Lye 
 Lest Men Forget that they Must Die." 
 t See Gen. Absalom. 
 X See Ohio. 
 § See New York State. 
 
Hebron 159 
 
 to Ira Parmerly, son Parmerly and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 Cambridge, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1839, and had two chil- 
 dren. 
 
 John md. (2) in Hebron, Feb. 6, 1785, Mrs. Elizabeth 
 Murry, dau. Jonathan Phelps of Northampton, Mass., and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , Feb. 22, 1739, died in Hebron, 
 July 29, 1790. No children. 
 
 1755. He was established and confirmed by the As- 
 sembly to be ensign of the train-band in the parish of 
 Gilead and ordered to be commissioned accordingly. 
 
 1756, Aug. 17. John Peters of Gilead in Hebron, ensign, 
 in Col. John Trumbull's regiment, alarm for relief of Fort 
 William Henry, service 15 days. 
 
 1758. He was established by the Assembly to be lieu- 
 tenant of the train-band. 
 
 1762. He was established captain of the same in the 
 12th regiment. 
 
 It is said that a colonel's commission was sent to him at 
 the beginning of the Revolution, but that he returned it, 
 as he was in sympathy with the American cause. 
 
 The following is a copy of a letter he sent to his relatives 
 in Medfield, Mass. : 
 
 "Hebron, August ye 22, a.d. 1783 
 
 "Sir, i would in form you that my wife is sik and not 
 likely to be well ever a gain and i am old and not abel 
 to com and see you but i have not for got you and want 
 to see you and yours and would be glad you would right 
 to me, and let me know whether Mr Samuel* and John 
 peters * of Andover are alive or dead and how the world 
 
 ♦ Samuel (III.), son of Samuel (II.), son of Andrew (I.), and John, 
 his brother, second cousins of the writer, and brothers of the William 
 to whom the letter is written. 
 
i6o Connecticut 
 
 goes with you and yours and I want to no the eage 
 of WilHam peters of Medfield and the eage of his two 
 brothers at Andover my mother is 85 years old in Sep- 
 tember and is yet aHve and in great hopes to see her 
 two sons * that are now in old England and her datter 
 that is in Canedy * and thinks it hard that Rebels shall 
 keep Loylest out of their estates because they love thair 
 king and pray for him that he may conker all his inne- 
 mies which in duty bound they ever pray. This from a 
 a friend to trew liberty 
 
 "John Peters to Mr William peters 
 
 of Medfield if he is alive if not alive then to his children 
 my eage is 66 and nomber of my children 13 alive 2 dead." 
 
 The Boston Magazine of 1784 contains the following 
 notice : 
 
 "An obituary for March 1784 Died on the 15th of 
 February at Hebron Conn., Mrs Lydia Peters, wife of Col. 
 John Peters and second daughter of Joseph Phelps Esq. 
 She was married at the age of fifteen, and lived with her 
 consort three times fifteen years; And had fifteen living 
 children, thirteen now aHve, and the youngest fifteen 
 years cM; She had three times fifteen grandchildren; 
 She was^'ick fifteen months, and died on the fifteenth 
 day of the month, aged four times fifteen years." 
 
 Ia the graveyard at Gilead (Hebron) may be seen 
 the three stones with these inscriptions : 
 
 "In memory of Col° John Peters who died Nov 9, 
 1804 aged 86 years 10 months and 12 days. 
 
 "This modest stone, what few vain mortals can, 
 May truly say, here lies an honest man ! 
 Calmly he looked on either life, and here 
 Saw nothing to regret or there to fear." 
 
 * The Rev^. Samuel Peters and Bemslee, who was a captain in the 
 king's service. Her "datter" is Mercy, wife of Col. Timothy Buell. 
 
Hebron i6i 
 
 "In memory of Mrs Lydia Peters loving consort of 
 Coll° John Peters and Daught of Joseph Phelps Esq, She 
 Departed this life Feb . 15, 1 7 8 4 , in ye 6 1 st year of her age . ' ' 
 
 "Here lyes the Body of Mrs. Elizabeth Peters the 
 second wife of Col John Peters Second daughter of Mr 
 Jon?,than Phelps of Northampton She departed this life 
 July ye 29 A.D. 1790, 51 years 5 months and 7 days old 
 She was own Cousin to my first wife." 
 
 478 V. Samuel, twin of Mercy and eleventh child of 
 Col. John and Lydia Phelps, bom in Hebron, Conn., 
 Dec. 9, 1757, died in Hebron, Sept. i, 1821; md. in He- 
 bron, Sept. 25, 1782, Hannah Trumbull, dau. Deacon 
 Asaph Trumbull and Zilpher , his wife, 
 
 bom in Hebron, (1761), died in Hebron, 
 
 Dec. 28, 1841, aged 80. No children. 
 
 He served in the Revolutionary army, 1775, July 12 to 
 Dec. 17, under Capt. Abijah Rowlee, 3d Co., 2d Regi- 
 ment, and from July 11 to Dec. 17, 1776. 
 
 1776 Sept. Samuel Peters is a drummer in Capt. Well's 
 Co., 12th Reg., to West Chester. 
 
 1778 Aug. 2, Samuel Peters, drummer, enlisted in 
 Capt. Rudd's Co. to Sept. 12, in Col. Chapman's Regiment, 
 under Brig, -General Tyler, under Gen. Sullivan, engaged 
 in an attempt to dislodge the British at Newport, R. I., 
 Aug. 29, 1778 (Battle of Rhode Island). 
 
 1 781 Samuel Peters, paid from Jan. i, to Dec. 31, 1781. 
 
 His monument and that of his wife are to be seen in 
 the graveyard in Gilead, Hebron, Conn.* 
 
 * " In Memory of Capt. Samuel Peters who died Sept. i, 182 1, in the 
 64th year of his age. How lovd how valud now avails thee not, 
 
 To whom related or by whom begoc, A heap of dust, alone re- 
 
 mains of thee." 
 
 "In Memory of Hannah Relict of Capt. Samuel Peters, and daughter 
 of Deacon Asaph Trumbull, who died Dec 28, 1841. M 80." 
 
 She was on the list of pensioners of the Revolution, as of Hebron, in 
 1840. 
 
i62 Connecticut 
 
 466 IV. Jonathan, eleventh child of John and Mary- 
 Marks, bom in Hebron, Conn., Aug. 15, 1737, died Oct. 
 26, 1778, on Long Island*; md. in Hebron, Nov. 25, 
 1 76 1, Abigail Thompson, dau. John Thompson and Mary 
 uV^w,,. , his wife, bom in Hebron, Sept. i, 1737, 
 
 died in Hebron, April 9, 181 2, f aged 74, and had six chil- 
 dren. (It is April 9th in Hebron records and 6th on 
 her gravestone.) 
 
 V. Children of Jonathan and Abigail Thompson: 
 
 483 (1). Abigail, bom in Hebron, Oct. 16, 1762, died 
 March 28, 1764.$ 
 
 484 (2). John Thompson, born in Hebron, Oct. 11, 1764 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 485 (3). Jonathan, born in Hebron, Dec. 7, 1766 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 486 (4). Samuel Andrew, born in Hebron, Jan. 17, 1770 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 487 (5). Abigail, bom in Hebron, Aug. 19, 1773, died in 
 
 488 (6). John Hugh, born in Hebron, May 11, 1776, died 
 
 * The Rev. Samuel Peters, in a letter dated New York, March 17, 
 1821, says that Jonathan died of camp fever on board a British ship, 
 commanded by Lord Howe, between New York and Chesapeake Bay. 
 The Hebron records say "on Long Island." Which is to be believed? 
 The Rev. Samuel always tries to inflate every fact that relates to the 
 Peters family! 
 
 t Gravestone in Gilead graveyard : ' ' Abigail wife of Jonathan Peters 
 Died April 6, 1812, Aged 74." 
 
 t Stone in the old Hebron graveyard inscribed. "Mrs. Abigail 
 daughter of Mr Jonathan and Mrs Abigail Peters who died March 28, 
 1764, in ye 2d year of her Age. 
 
 Happy ye babe Who privileged by fate To shorten labour 
 
 and a lighter weight Received but yesterday ye gift of breath 
 
 . . . [illegible]." 
 
Hebron 163 
 
 in Chatham, Conn., Oct. 7, 181 1, unmd.* He resided 
 in Chatham. In 1798 he graduated from WiUiams Col- 
 lege. He studied law with his older brother, John T. 
 Peters. In 1803 he began to practise law in Middle 
 Haddam, Conn., and practised there and in Chatham 
 until his death. From 1804 to 181 1 he was postmaster 
 at Middle Haddam, being its first postmaster. He 
 was a man of superior intellect, but of singular habits. 
 
 484 V. John Thompson, second child of Jonathan and 
 Abigail Thompson, bom in Hebron, Conn., Oct. 11, 1764, 
 died in Hartford, Conn., Aug. 28, 1834; md. in 
 
 , Mrs. Elizabeth Caulk- 
 ins of Norwich, Conn., dau. Capt. John Famham, and 
 Elizabeth Chapman, his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in New York, Sept. 4, 
 1 84 1, aged 71, and had five children. 
 
 VI. Children of John Thompson and Elizabeth Famham 
 Caulkins: 
 
 489 (1). Mary Otis, born in Hebron, May 2, 1802, died 
 in Gilead (Hebron), Feb. 7, 1879. Unmd. 
 
 490 (2). Abigail Thompson, born in Hebron, Nov. 23, 
 1803, died in Darien, Conn., June , 1882; was md. in 
 Hartford, Conn., Dec. 25, 1827, to Selah Burr Treat, 
 son of Selah Treat and Anna Williams, his wife, born in 
 Hartland, Conn., Feb. 19, 1804, died in Boston, Mass., 
 March 28, 1877, and had seven children. 
 
 491 (3). William Thompson, born in Hebron, May 29, 
 1805 (md., ch.). 
 
 493 (4). Hugh, born in Hebron, Jan. 30, 1807, died in 
 Cincinnati, O., June 9, 1831. Unmd. Graduated 
 from Yale, 1826. Studied law with his father; 1828, 
 
 * Stone to be seen in the graveyard at Middle Haddam (Chatham) 
 Conn.: "Siste Viator. John Hugh Peters Esq. Died on the 7th day 
 of October A.D. 181 1 in the 36th year of his age. His remains are here 
 interred. He was a learned man and an honest lawji-er." 
 
1 64 Connecticut 
 
 was admitted to the bar and was a practising attorney 
 in Hartford, Conn., where he was also major and aide- 
 de-camp in the militia. In 1829 he removed to 
 Cincinnati, O., where he practised law and was 
 commissioner for the state of Connecticut. He was 
 a writer of verses at one time well known and much 
 esteemed. He was a contributor to the New England 
 Review, Cincinnati Chronicle, Illinois Magazine, etc.; 
 and, though but twenty-four when he died, had already 
 entered upon what gave every indication of being a 
 brilliant career. He had no enemies, and was gen- 
 erally admired and esteemed, and his sudden and 
 singular death,* not wholly devoid of mystery, was a 
 loss both to literature and the bar. His volume of 
 Yankee Lyrics is full of wit and humor, and his verses 
 entitled My Native Land, Good Night, were at one time 
 almost as well known as Home, Sweet Home, f 
 493 (5). Andrew, born in Hebron, July 26, 1809, died in 
 Centerville, Md., Oct. 15, 1829. Unmd. 
 
 John Thompson graduated from Yale, 1789. He 
 studied law in the office of Governor Smith, of Sharon, 
 After his admission to the bar he practised in Hebron 
 until 1 813, when he was appointed by President Madison 
 collector of Internal Revenue of the First District in 
 Connecticut. He then removed to Hartford. In May, 
 18 1 8, he was appointed a judge of the Superior Court, 
 which office he held at the time of his death. He held 
 divers local offices, and from 1834 to the time of his death 
 was brigadier general of the 3d Brigade in the State 
 militia. 
 
 491 VI. William Thompson, third child of John 
 Thompson and Elizabeth Famham Caulkins, bom in 
 
 * His body was found floating in the Ohio river. In the Hebron 
 churchyard are to be seen the gravestones of John Thompson, his wife 
 EHzabeth, and his sons, Andrew and Hugh. 
 
 t See^/Tj/ Native Land, Good-Night. 
 
JOHN THOMPSON PETERS 
 
 JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CONNECTICUT 
 
Hebron 165 
 
 Hebron, Conn., May 29, 1805, died in Waterbury, Conn., 
 July 5, 1885; md. in \-^Q^i tvri.vxA^ , -U-^^ rl,\y i- 
 
 Etha L Town, dau. Ithiel Town of 
 
 New Haven and , bom in 
 
 Boston, Mass., Feb. 12, 1809, died in Cheshire, Conn., 
 Feb. 26, 1 87 1, and had eight children. 
 
 VII. Children of William Thompson and Etha Town: 
 
 494 (1). William Thompson, Jr., born in Cheshire, Feb. 
 2, 1828 (md., ch.?). 
 
 495 (2). Hugh Florien, bom in New Haven, Conn., June 
 14, 1829 (md. ). 
 
 496 (3). Ithiel Town, bom in New Haven, May 27, 1834, 
 died in Cheshire, Dec. 2, 1855. 
 
 497 (4). Charles S , bom in New Haven, 
 July 25, 1837, died in Cheshire, Aug. 26, 1844. 
 
 498 (5). John Andrew, born in New Haven, June 6, 
 1843, died in Baltimore, Md., Sept. 5, 1863. In 1861, 
 Oct. 27, he enlisted in the ist Regiment of Connecticut 
 Cavalry and died in the service. He was a spy, and of 
 much aid to the cause. On several occasions he made 
 use of the disguise of an old woman. His name is on 
 the state Roll of Honor. 
 
 499 (6). Andrew Otis, born in New Haven, Aug. 5, 1846 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 500 (7). Charles W , bora in New Haven, 
 Feb. 3, 1848 (md., ch.). 
 
 501 (8). Florence, born in New Haven, Sept. 26, 1850, 
 died Sept. 3, 1852. 
 
 Wilham Thompson graduated from Yale College in 
 1825. He was a physician and a farmer. In 1841-43 
 he was recording secretary and treasurer of the New 
 Haven Horticultural Society. In 1852 he was town 
 treasurer of Cheshire, Conn., whither he had removed 
 about this time. In 1857 he was elected state senator. 
 
]66 Connecticut 
 
 and while of the Senate, being a farmer, he was appointed 
 on the Committee of Agriculture. In 1861 he was 
 elected representative from Cheshire, Conn., and served 
 on the Committee of Agriculture. In 1870 he was judge 
 of the Cheshire District of Probate. In 1873 he was 
 representative from Cheshire. 
 
 494 VII. William T., first child of William Thompson 
 and Etha Town, bom in Cheshire, Conn., Feb. 2, 1828, 
 died in * md. 
 
 in dau. of 
 
 and 
 his wife, bom in 
 
 died in and 
 
 had one son. 
 
 VIII. Children of William T. and 
 
 503 (1). 
 
 495 VII. Hugh Florien, second child of William 
 Thompson and Etha Town, bom in New Haven, Conn., 
 June 14, 1829, died in Cheshire, Conn., Oct. 4, 1856; md. 
 in 
 
 dau. and 
 
 his wife, born in 
 died in 
 and had children. 
 
 He graduated from Yale in 1849. 
 
 * Said to have died in a Soldiers' Home in New York State, and to 
 have left one son. 
 
Hebron 
 
 167 
 
 499 VII. Andrew Otis, sixth child of WilHam Thompson 
 and Etha Town, bom in New Haven, Conn., Aug. 5, 
 1846, died in Cheshire, Conn., Feb. 16, 1871; md. in 
 
 , Nov. 30, 1866, EHzabeth 
 Hubbard, dau. Hubbard and 
 
 his wife, born in Springfield, Mass., Jan. 26, 
 1849, died in 
 and had two children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Andrew Otis and Elizabeth Hubbard: 
 
 503 (1). Florence E , bom in Hartford, 
 
 Conn., Sept. 13, 1867, 
 
 504 (2). Andrew C 
 Conn., Nov. 19, 1870. 
 
 bom in Hartford, 
 
 504 VIII. Andrew C 
 Conn., Nov. 19, 1870, died in 
 
 , born in Hartford, 
 
 500 VII. Charles W , seventh child of 
 
 William Thompson and Etha Town, bom in New Haven, 
 Conn., Feb. 3, 1848, died in 
 ; md. in 
 Alice Roberts, dau. Roberts and 
 
 his wife, bom in 
 died in 
 and had children. 
 
i68 Connecticut 
 
 VIII. Children of Charles W and Alice Roberts: 
 
 505 (1). 
 
 485 V. Jonathan, third child of Jonathan and Abigail 
 Thompson, bom in Hebron, Conn., Dec. 7, 1766, died in 
 Hebron, Aug. 20, 181 2* ; md. in 
 
 Caroline Cone, dau. Zachariah Cone 
 and Mary his wife, bom in Andover So- 
 
 ciety, Hebron, Conn. (bap. Hebron, Ap. 29, 1770), died 
 in Hebron, Aug. 19, 1853, aged 85,* and had ten children. 
 
 VI. Children of Jonathan and Caroline Cone: 
 
 506 (1). Elizabeth, bom in Hebron, Aug. 29, 1788, died 
 in Hebron, Dec. 8, 1843 t; was md. in 
 
 , Nov. 26, 1806, to John Graves, son 
 Samuel Graves and Anne Heme, his wife, born in Ston- 
 ington. Conn., June 20, 1784, died in Hebron, July 15, 
 i868,t and had ten children. 
 
 507 (2). Abigail, bom in Hebron, Oct. 12, 1790, died in 
 Hebron, Aug. 21, 1866 f; was md. in 
 
 , March 28, 1809, to William Graves, son 
 Samuel Graves and Anne Heme, his wife, born in Ston- 
 ington. Conn., Feb. 9, 1780, died in Hebron, July 14, 
 1859, aged 79, and had 2 children. 
 
 508 (3). Jonathan, born in Hebron, July 23, 1792. (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 509 (4). Samuel Andrew, born in Hebron, Aug. 22, 1795. 
 
 510 (5), George, bom in Hebron, Dec. 12, 1797! (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 * Jonathan was buried in the old Hebron graveyard, but there is a 
 stone to his memory, and one to his wife, Caroline, in St. Peter's 
 churchyard in Hebron. 
 
 ■j" Buried in St. Peter's churchyard, Hebron. 
 
Hebron 169 
 
 511 (6). Mary Cone, born in Hebron, Dec. 4, 1799, died 
 in Hebron, Aug. , 1804. 
 
 512 (7). Caroline, born in Hebron, Sept. 5, 1801, died in 
 
 ; was 
 md. in , Sept. 13, 1826, 
 
 to Roger Loomis, son Joel Loomis and Jemima 
 
 , his wife, born in Columbia, Conn., Feb. 7, 
 1796, died in Columbia, Feb. 3, 1862, and had two 
 children. 
 
 513 (8). Emily, born in Hebron, Oct. 15, 1803, died in 
 Hebron, Aug. 19, 1857.* Unmd. Buried in St. Peter's 
 churchyard, Hebron. 
 
 514 (9). Joseph Priestly, born in Hebron, Nov. 9, 1805 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 515 (10). Otis Thompson, bom in Hebron, July 19, 
 1808, died in New York, Feb. 10, i86i. Unmd. Buried 
 in St. Peter's churchyard, Hebron. 
 
 508 VI. Jonathan, third child of Jonathan and Caro- 
 line Cone, bom in Hebron, Conn., July 23, 1792, died in 
 , Erie Co., O., ; md. in 
 
 , Lydia Bum- 
 ham dau. Joseph Bumham and Jerusha Kellogg, his wife, 
 bom in Hebron, Aug. 15, 1796, died in , 
 
 Erie Co., 0., and had five children. 
 
 VII. Children of Jonathan and Lydia Bumham: 
 
 516 (1). Marinda, born in Hebron, Nov. 10, 1816, died 
 in Vergennes, Mich., Oct. 11, 1877; was md. in 
 
 , March , 1841, to Andrew 
 
 Cole, son Abner Cole and Amy 
 
 , his wife, bom in New Berlin, N. Y., 
 
 , 1813, died in Vergennes, Mich., Aug. i, 
 
 1875, ^^d had 3 children. 
 
 517 (2). Laura, born in Hebron, , died in 
 
 , Ind.; 
 
 * Hebron records say Aug. 22. Her gravestone says Aug. 19. 
 
1 70 Connecticut 
 
 was md. in 
 
 to David Butler, son Butler and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 Ind., and had 
 children. 
 
 518 (3). Jonathan, bom in 
 Erie Co., O. (md., ch.). 
 
 519 (4). Otis, born in Hebron, (md. ch.). 
 
 520 (5). Hugh, bom in (md. ch.). 
 
 518 VII. Jonathan, third, child of Jonathan and 
 Lydia Bumham, bom in 
 Erie Co., O., , died in 
 
 ; md. in 
 Maria dau. 
 
 and his 
 
 wife, born in 
 
 died in and 
 
 had 3 children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Jonathan and Maria 
 
 521 (1). 
 
 523 (2). 
 
 523 (3). 
 
 519 VII. Otis, fourth child of Jonathan and Lydia 
 Burnham, born in Hebron, Conn., 
 died in New York, ; md. in 
 
Hebron 171 
 
 Rosamond Snell- 
 grove, dau. Snellgrove and 
 
 his wife, bom in 
 
 (Georgia, or N. Carolina)., died in 
 
 Dec. 5, 1842, and had chil- 
 
 dren. 
 
 520 VII. Hugh, fifth child of Jonathan and Lydia 
 Bumham, born in 
 
 , died in 
 md. in EHza 
 
 Mead, dau. Mead and 
 
 his wife, bom in 
 died in Richmond, Va., May 4, 1870, and had 3 children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Hugh and Eliza Mead: 
 
 524 (1). 
 
 525 (2). 
 
 526 (3). 
 
 510 VI. George, fifth child of Jonathan and Caroline 
 Cone, bom in Hebron, Conn., Dec. 12, 1797, died in 
 Hebron, March 15, 1881*; md. in Portland, Conn., 
 Sept. I, 1837, Almira Wells, dau. Roswell Wells and 
 Almira , his wife, bom in Portland, July 
 
 30, 181 7, died in , Ap. 29, 
 
 1895, and had two children. 
 
 * Buried in St. Peter's churchyard, Hebron. 
 
172 Connecticut 
 
 VII. Children of George and Almira Wells: 
 
 527 (1). Elizabeth, born in Hebron, June 25, 1858, 
 died in was 
 
 md. in , Nov. 3, 1875, to 
 
 Seth Daniel Clark, of Hebron, son Jonathan Clark and 
 Ann , his wife, born in Middletown, 
 
 Conn., June 12, 1852, died in 
 
 , and had three children. 
 
 538 (2). George Otis, born in Hebron, June 17, i860 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 538 VII. George Otis, second child of George, and 
 Ahnira Wells, bom in Hebron, Conn., June 17, i860, 
 died in Hebron, Aug. 25, 1888; md. in Hebron, Dec. 23, 
 1887, Margaret Jane Hanna, dau. George Hanna and 
 Rebecca , his wife, bom in Hebron, 
 
 , 1862, living in Hebron, 1903, and had one child. 
 
 VIII. Children of George Otis and Margaret Hanna: 
 
 529(1). Bessie Otis, bom in Hebron, Dec. 30, 1888, living 
 in Hebron, 1903. 
 
 514 VI. Joseph Priestly, ninth child of Jonathan and 
 Caroline Cone, born in Hebron, Conn., Nov. 9, 1805, died 
 in , Sept. 17, 1842*; md. in 
 
 , Jane Scaif, dau. 
 Scaif and his 
 
 wife, bom in , Eng., , 
 
 died in and had 
 
 children. 
 
 VII. Children of Joseph Priestly and Jane Scaif: 
 
 530 (1). Jane S , born in 
 
 , 1836, died in 
 , Nov. 4, 1852, aged 16.* 
 * Gravestones in St. Peter's churchyard, Hebron. 
 
Hebron 173 
 
 531 (2). Carrie Otis, born in 
 
 (bap. May. 2, 1842), died in San 
 Francisco, Cal. 
 
 486 V. Samuel Andrew, fourth child of Jonathan and 
 Abigail Thompson, born in Hebron, Conn., Jan. 17, 1770, 
 died in Colchester, Conn., Dec. 19, 1854; md. in Col- 
 chester, Conn., Jan. 17, 1799, Orrel Wyles, dau. David 
 Wyles, and Elinor , his wife, bom in Col- 
 
 chester, Feb. 14, 1777, died in Colchester, May 20, 1835, 
 and had three children. 
 
 VI. Children of Samuel Andrew and Orrel Wyles: 
 
 533 (1). John Thompson, bom in Colchester, Oct. 27, 
 1799 (md., ch.). 
 
 533 (2). Samuel Andrew, Jr., born in Colchester, Oct. 
 27, 1799, died Sept. 9, 1806. 
 
 534 (3). Abigail Thompson, bom in Colchester, May 
 12, 1807, died in Colchester, Sept. 9, 1841, aged 34, 
 unmd. 
 
 Samuel Andrew was, at his death, being then 85 years 
 old, probably the oldest member of the legal profession in 
 the state of Connecticut. In 1794 he graduated from 
 Yale College. From 1800 until his death he was a practis- 
 ing attorney in Colchester, Conn. From 1800 tmtil 1818 
 he was postmaster at Colchester. He was state senator 
 about 1808. From 18 10 to 1840 he was justice of the 
 peace for Colchester. Between 18 10 and 1843, for fifteen 
 years, he served as representative from Colchester. In 
 1825 and 1830 he was one of the burgesses of Colchester. 
 From 1828 to 1840 he was town treasurer for Colchester. 
 From 1838 to 1839 he was chief judge of the county court 
 of New London. 
 
1 74 Connecticut 
 
 533 VI. John Thompson, first child of Samuel Andrew, 
 and Orrel Wyles, born in Colchester, Conn., Oct. 27, 1799, 
 died in Colchester, March 21, 1867; md. in Colchester, 
 Sept. I, 1824, Sophie M Chester, dau. 
 
 David Chester, and Prudence , his wife, 
 
 born in Montville, Conn., July 4, 1803, died in Colchester, 
 Aug. 18, 1884, and had nine children. 
 
 VII. Children of John Thompson and Sophie Chester: 
 
 535 (1). Ellen R , born in Colchester. 
 Sept. 27, 1825, died in New London, Conn., May 12, 
 1870; was md. in Colchester, June 8, 1851, to Robert 
 Douglas Holt, of Waterford, Conn., son Joel Holt and 
 Hannah , his wife, born in Salem, Conn., 
 Aug. 3, 1820, died in Waterford, Conn., Jan. 24, 1902, 
 and had one child. 
 
 536 (2). Samuel Andrew, born in Colchester, Aug. 15, 
 1827 (md., ch.). 
 
 537 (3). Rebecca Wyles, born in Colchester, Sept. 13, 
 1829, living in 1903; 
 was md. in Colchester, Sept. 30, 1856, to Reuben 
 F Smith, son Edwin Smith and Amanda 
 F , his wife, born in Windham, Conn., 
 June 20, 1830, living 1903, 
 and had three children. 
 
 538 (4). John Thompson, born in Colchester, Aug. 13, 
 1831 (md., ch.). 
 
 539 (5). Sarah Cushman ("Kate"), born in Colchester, 
 Nov. 7, 1833, living 
 
 1903; was md. in Clenlana, O., July 7, 1863, 
 to Thomas Newton Bond, of Chicago, son Eli Bond 
 and Sarah E. , his wife, born in Paines- 
 
 ville, O., March 27, 18 18, died in Clenlana, O., Feb. 2, 
 1901. and had three children. 
 
 540 (6). Abigail Orrel, born in Colchester, Nov. 13, 1837, 
 died in ; 
 
Hebron 175 
 
 was md. in , Nov. 23, 
 
 1 88 1, to William P Maxey, of Miss., son 
 
 Zenas Maxey and Sarah T , his wife, born 
 
 in Powhatan Co., Va., Sept. 20, 1834, died in Norwich, 
 Conn., 1902. No children. 
 
 541 (7). Mary Sophie, born in Colchester, July 15, 1840, 
 died in Chicago, Ills., Ap. 8, 1899; was md. in Hart- 
 ford, Conn., Jan. 31, 187 1, to John P 
 Kline, son John P Kline and Elizabeth 
 
 , his wife, born in Buffalo, N. Y., Ap. 
 22, 1840, died in New Orleans, La., 
 1900. No children. 
 
 543 (8). Mariah Dickman, born in Colchester, 1842, died 
 1842, when five days old. 
 
 543 (9). William Hugh, bom in Colchester, Nov. 2, 
 1844, died Nov. 4, 1850. 
 
 536 VII. Samuel Andrew, second child of John Thomp- 
 son and Sophie Chester, bom in Colchester, Conn., Aug. 
 15, 1827, living in Norwich, Conn., 1903; md. in 
 
 , Nov. 2, 1859, Mrs. Sarah 
 
 Churchill Longley, dau. Jared Hurlburt and Elizabeth 
 
 , his wife, bom in Middle Haddam, Conn., 
 
 Nov. 2, 1826, died in Hartford, Conn., Aug. i, 1876, 
 
 and had two daughters. 
 
 VIII. Children of Samuel Andrew and Sarah Hurlburt Longley: 
 
 544 (1). Josie Clark, born in Colchester, Sept. 12, 1861, 
 living in Norwich, Conn., 1903; was md. in 
 
 , Oct. 15, 1889, to A 
 Thatcher Otis, son Amos T Otis and 
 
 Mary C , his wife, born in Norwich, 
 
 Conn., Aug. 25, 18 
 
 , and had children. 
 
 545 (2). Nellie Chester, born in Rocky Hill, Conn., Ap. 
 22, 1863, living in Thompson ville, Conn., 1903; was 
 
176 Connecticut 
 
 md. in , Oct. 21, 
 
 1884, to Willis Gowdy, of Thompsonville, Conn., son 
 Charles Gowdy, and Cynthia , his wife, 
 born at Sommers Corner, Conn., 
 
 , and had three children. 
 
 Samuel Andrew was clerk and registrar in Colchester, 
 1858. He was justice of the peace, 1859. The same 
 year he was also representative from Colchester. 
 
 538 VI I. John Thompson, Jr., fourth child of John 
 Thompson and Sophie Chester, bom in Colchester, Conn., 
 Aug. 13, 1831, died in Hartford, Conn., Jan. 9, 1891; 
 md. in , July 7, 1859, Mary 
 
 E Townsend of Providence, R. I., dau. 
 
 Thomas A Townsend and Mary A 
 
 his wife, bom in Newport, R. I., , died in 
 
 Washington, D. C, March 2, 1903, and had 3 children. 
 
 VIII. Children of John Thompson, Jr., and Mary Townsend: 
 
 546 (1). George H , born in Hartford, 
 Conn., , 1863. 
 
 547 (2). Jessie Townsend, born in Hartford, , 
 1866, died in 
 
 ; was md. in , Oct. , 
 
 1885, to Mahlon A Winter, son Alpheus 
 Winter, and Flora , his wife, born in 
 
 , Ills., Sept. 26, 1863, died in 
 
 and had one 
 child. 
 
 548 (3). Courtney Chester, bom in Hartford, July 9, 
 1871. 
 
 John Thompson, Jr., graduated from Brown University, 
 Providence, R. I., in 1855; he studied law with Judge 
 L. P. Waldo and Alvah P. Hyde. In 1853 he was ad- 
 
Hebron 177 
 
 mitted to the bar and settled in Hartford, Conn. In 
 1861-68 he was justice of the peace. He was for many- 
 years city auditor, and at his death was secretary to the 
 board of police commissioners. 
 
 546 Vin. George H., first child of John Thompson, 
 Jr., and Mary Townsend, bom in Hartford, Conn,, 
 
 , 1863, living in Washington, D. C, 1903; 
 md. 
 
 No children. 
 
 548 Vni. Courtney Chester, third child of John 
 Thompson, Jr., and Mary Townsend, bom in Hartford, 
 Conn., July 9, 1871, died in 
 
 467 IV. Bemslee, 12th child of John and Mary Marks, 
 bom in Hebron, Conn., Nov. i, 1743, died in Kingston, 
 Upper Canada, Oct. 16, 1798; md. in Hebron, May 24, 
 1762, Annis Shipman, dau. Dr. Samuel Shipman, and 
 Martha , his wife, bom in Hebron, 
 
 , 1739, died in Hebron, Jan. 12, 1819, and had seven 
 children. 
 
 V. Children of Bemslee and Annis Shipman: 
 
 549 (1). Clarinda, bom in Hebron, Nov. 27, 1762, died in 
 Hebron, Sept. 14, 1810; was md. in Hebron, Oct. 24, 
 1782, to Thomas Welles, Jr., son Thomas Welles, and 
 Prudence , his wife, bom in Hebron, 
 Aug. 16, 1760, died in Hebron, July 2, 1826, and had 
 seven children. 
 
 550 (2). Annis, born in Hebron, March 3, 1765, died in 
 Ballston, N. Y., July 16, 1802; was md. in 
 
 , to Ezekiel Hor- 
 ton, son of Ezekiel Horton and Lydia , his 
 
178 Connecticut 
 
 wife, born in Hebron, , 1765, died in 
 
 Ballston, June 16, 1843, and had three children. 
 
 551 (3). Bemslee, born in Hebron, July 21, 1767, died in 
 Hebron, Nov. 5, 1775. He is buried in the old grave- 
 yard in Hebron. The stone is inscribed: " In memory 
 of Bemsle son to Mr Bemsle Peters, & Annas his wife 
 he died Nov. 5 1775 in ye 9th year of his age. O 
 honored Father & Mother dear, dont Be concamed 
 sense I can hear, tis God that calleth me away No 
 longer with you Could I stay." 
 
 553 (4). Desdemona (Destimony), born in Hebron, Ap. 
 29, 1770, died in Verona, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1841; was 
 md. in 
 
 to Samuel Pease, son of Pease and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , 1769, died in 
 Marion, N. Y., July 24, 1835, and had five children. 
 
 553 (5). John Samuel, born in Hebron, Sept. 21, 1772, 
 died in Hebron, March 30, 1858, unmd. 
 
 554 (6). Mary Martha, bom in Mooretown, Vt., Dec. 6, 
 1774, died in Hebron, March 18, 1864, unmd. Buried 
 in St. Peter's churchyard, Hebron. 
 
 555 (7). Bemslee, born in Hebron, Ap. 28, 1777 (md., 
 oh.). 
 
 In 1774 Bemslee removed to Mooretovi^n, Vt., but a 
 year later he returned to Hebron, on account of failing 
 to obtain the title to certain lands for which he was 
 agent, as well as on account of the political troubles of 
 the times. He was a Tory. In 1777 he went to New 
 York, whence he sailed for England where he joined his 
 brother, the Revd. Samuel Peters, and his nephew, Col. 
 John Peters, and lived as a half-pay captain in London 
 until 1 794 when he drew a large tract of land near Toronto, 
 and removed to Little York, Canada. 
 
 Gravestones to himself and his wife in St. Peter's 
 churchyard, Hebron. 
 
Hebron 179 
 
 The house built by Bemslee before his departure from 
 America is still standing in Gilead, a fine example of a 
 rare Colonial type and apparently in perfect condition. 
 An outhouse belonging to it is the building in which 
 the Revd. Samuel Peters formerly housed his slaves. 
 
 The following letter, from Hannah Peters, daughter of 
 the Revd. Samuel Peters, is written to Clarinda, daugh- 
 ter of Bemslee. 
 
 London, August 20, 1784. 
 Dear Cousin. — Your favor by my cousin Mann was de- 
 livered in even (?) June it gave me great pleasure to hear 
 from you, after so long a silence; you ask what the reason is 
 that your papa cannot return! Are you, Dear, insensible of 
 the many difhculties that attend his return; first, that he 
 has rendered himself obnoctious to the state, by being what 
 they call a tory, secondly that he has been within the King's 
 lines, and perhaps fighting them, I mean the Americans, 
 thirdly that Congress have never repealed the act against the 
 tories, namely that it should be death to any one that has 
 been aiding or assisting against them, to return to his Native 
 country, these examples I think, my Dear, are sufficient 
 reasons to deter your Papa from returning to America, and I 
 think my Dear, under such circumstances, you would not wish 
 to see him a corpse, which I cannot suppose. And if it was 
 not death for him to return, and he could do it, what has he to 
 return for? his property is confiscated, his stock all gone, and 
 everything else — what better would he be, by his returning — 
 he has no money to buy a farm or fresh stock, and he is grow- 
 ing in years, and would not be able to set about to clear a wild 
 piece of land for the benefit of his family — these considerations 
 put together will in all probability prevent your papa seeing 
 you in Connecticut, what ever he may do, in any other place, 
 yet he must have as great regard for his family as ever, and 
 be as willing to do anything for them, that lay in his power, 
 but he has nothing in his power — therefore cannot assist 
 them. I wish you joy as a married woman, and in having 
 
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 increased your little family, but how came you to call him 
 Andrew, I should have thought that you would have named 
 him after your husband, as his father. My duty to your 
 mama, my love to your sister and compliments to your hus- 
 band and thank him for his letter. I am Dear Cousin, your 
 sincere friend, H, Peters. 
 
 Mrs. Clarinda Welles. 
 
 553 V. John Samuel, fifth child of Capt. Bemslee and 
 Annis Shipman, born in Hebron, Conn., Sept. 21, 1772, 
 died in Hebron, March 30, 1858. He was a physician 
 and surgeon of high standing. 
 
 1 814, Aug. 23 to Sept. 28, he was a surgeon in the 
 Conn. Militia in Col. William Belcher's regiment, stationed 
 at Fort Groton. He was vice-president, and then presi- 
 dent, of the Connecticut Medical Society ; he was a director 
 of, and of the examining committee for, the Society for 
 the Relief of the Insane. In 1827 he was president of 
 the Society for the Improvement of Connecticut Schools. 
 From 1827 to 1833 he was president of the Connecticut 
 Colonization Society. From 1828 to 1840 he was com- 
 missioner for the Connecticut River Company. In 1828 
 he was a director of the State Prison. From 1830 to 
 1842 he was president of the General Hospital Society of 
 Connecticut. From 1843 to 1858 he was vice-president 
 of the Connecticut Historical Society. He was of the 
 corporation of Yale College, and from 1831 to 1833 he 
 was medical examiner there. 
 
 In 1854 he was vice-president of Trinity College; from 
 1827 to 1845 h® was trustee of Washington College. He 
 held town, county, judicial, and state offices; from 1807 
 until 1826 he was almost continually representative; in 
 1808, and from 18 19-182 5, he was senator; in 181 7 clerk 
 of the House of Representatives ; in 1 8 1 8 he was delegate 
 to the convention, in 1 819 he was of the governor's council. 
 
Abt. 1845 
 
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 1844 GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT 
 
Hebron i8i 
 
 From i827toi83ihe was lieut. -governor, and from 1831 
 to 1832 he was governor. He was surgeon of the 2d 
 Regiment, from 1807 to 1816. In 1821 he was lieutenant 
 in the ist Regiment of the Rifle Brigade; from 1827 to 
 1 83 1 he was lieutenant-general, and in 1832 he was com- 
 mander-in-chief, and captain-general. He held several 
 high offices among the Masons. In 1825 he gave five 
 hundred dollars towards a new church in Hebron, and 
 in 1827 he gave three hundred more. In 1846 he gave 
 one thousand dollars towards an endowment fund. At 
 his death he left the church four thousand dollars and 
 land for a parsonage. He is buried in St. 'Peter's church- 
 yard, Hebron, his own house standing next to the church. 
 He built this house in 1806, and, strangely enough, though 
 there have been weddings and deaths in it, there has never 
 been a birth. 
 
 He received the degrees of M.D. and of LL.D. 
 
 He has left, in manuscript, an account of himself 
 which, in brief, is as follows. At the age of seven the 
 family finances were so low* that he was obliged to work 
 for a neighbor, Joel Horton, where he was employed to 
 take care of children and to do some light work. He 
 worked on farms in the summer and attended school in 
 the winter until he was eighteen, then, for five winters, he 
 taught a district school. At the age of twenty he began 
 the study of medicine with Dr. Benjamin Peters of Marble- 
 town, N. Y. After reading with him for six months he 
 returned to his school in Hebron. The next summer he 
 read with Dr. Abner Moseley of Glastonbury, Conn. In 
 November, 1796, he went to Philadelphia to attend the 
 anatomical lectures of Drs. Shippen and Wistar, the 
 chemical lectures of Dr. Woodhouse, and the Medical 
 Institute of Dr. Benjamin Rush. In March, 1797, he 
 
 * Their property had been confiscated because his father was a Tory 
 and held a commission in the British army. 
 
1 82 Connecticut 
 
 returned to Hebron, and in May he travelled up the 
 Connecticut River, nearly as far as Canada, looking for a 
 place in which to settle. He then passed through Ver- 
 mont to Saratoga Co., N. Y., visited friends, and returned 
 to Hebron. He says: "I had thus spent twenty-four 
 years of my life and all my money. I sat down tired and 
 discouraged. In a few days my neighbor called upon me 
 for medical advice and in a short time I had as much 
 professional business as I could do. I continued to prac- 
 tice forty years. In the meantime I was called upon 
 to render my part of service in the social and political 
 societies: school visitor, highway surveyor, selectman, 
 Town clerk, Representative to General Assembly, State 
 senator, Lieut. Governor, Governor of the state. At the 
 age of fifty-nine I retired from public life and left the 
 practice of physic as soon as I could leave my old friends 
 in the care of others." He then spent part of his time 
 on his farm and part in travelling. In 1835, in company 
 with the Revd. William Jarvis, he visited Saybrook, 
 New York, Philadelphia, and Washington. Introduced 
 to the President, he says he found Gen. Jackson the most 
 polite man he had ever seen, but when aroused he was a 
 tiger. A mutual friend, who was of the Senate, brought 
 up an old and favorite bill in which the Senate was op- 
 posed. The President's pipe came from his lips, his cane 
 rattled upon the floor, and he roared out, " I can do noth- 
 ing for this cursed Senate." The subject was changed, 
 so was the President. Afterward the mutual friend said, 
 "I have taken some pains to show you the whole of the 
 President." 
 
 555 V. Bemslee, seventh child of Capt. Bemslee and 
 Annis Shipman his wife, bom in Hebron, Conn., Ap. 28, 
 1777, died in Ballston, N. Y., May 6, 1841 ; md. in 
 
 , Feb. 8, 1798, Christya McEntyre, 
 
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 dau. Daniel McEntyre and Jean , his wife, 
 
 bom in Ballston, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1775, died in Ballston, 
 May 16, 1864, and had seven children. 
 
 VI. Children of Bemslee, and Christya McEntyre: 
 
 556 (1). Daniel McEntyre, bom in Ballston, Feb. 23, 
 1800, died in Burnt Hills,* N. Y., June 16, 1803. 
 
 557 (2). Annis, born in Burnt Hills, N. Y., Feb. 15, 
 1802, died in Ballston, N. Y., Sept. i, 1874, unmd. 
 
 558 (3). John Samuel, bom in Ballston, N. Y., July 30, 
 1804 (md., ch.). 
 
 559 (4). Jeannette, bom in Burnt Hills, N. Y., March 
 16, 1807, died in Burnt Hills, Ap. 19, 1868; was md. in 
 
 , July I, 1830, to Wil- 
 liam Sherman, son Hugh Sherman and Cornelia 
 , his wife, born in Amenia, Dutchess 
 Co., N. Y., Nov. 15, 1801, died in 
 . No children. 
 
 560 (5). Daniel McEntyre, bom in Burnt Hills, N. Y., 
 May 10, 1809, died in Ballston, N. Y., May 20, 1851, 
 unmd. 
 
 561 (6). Clarinda, born in Burnt Hills, N. Y., March 
 3, 1 81 2, died in Burnt Hills, June 11, 1840, unmd. 
 
 563 (7). Mary, bom in Bumt Hills, N. Y., Nov. 7, 
 1815, died in Ballston, N. Y., June 8, 1857, ; was md. in 
 
 , Ap. 14, 1841, to John 
 McKnight, son John McKnight, and Phebe 
 his wife, born in Ballston, Saratoga Co., N. Y., 
 1813, died in 
 
 , and had one son. 
 
 558 VI. John Samuel, third child of Bemslee and 
 Christya McEntyre, bom in Ballston, N. Y., July 30, 
 1804, died in West Troy, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1886; md. in 
 
 , Lucretia Valentine, dau. 
 Frederick Valentine and Rachel , his wife, 
 
 * Ballston. 
 
184 Connecticut 
 
 bom in Charlton, Saratoga Co., N." Y., 
 
 died in and 
 
 had one son. 
 
 VII. Children of John Samuel, and Lucretia Valentine: 
 
 563 (1). William, born in 
 
 John Samuel md. (2) in 
 
 Sarah Jones, dau. Jones and 
 
 , his wife, bom in Castle- 
 ton, N. Y., Sept. 2, 181 1, died in Glenville, N. Y., Aug. 
 29, 1 88 1, and had five children. 
 
 VII. Children of John Samuel, and Sarah Jones: 
 
 564 (1). Catherine, born in Glenville, N. Y., June 25, 
 1843, died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 
 , 1886, to John Gillette, son Gilbert Gil- 
 lette and Sophia , his wife, born in 
 Kinderhook, Columbia Co., N. Y., Feb. 28, 1848, died 
 in . No 
 children. 
 
 565 (2). Clarinda, born in Burnt Hills, N. Y., June 23, 
 1845, died in 
 
 ; was md. in Burnt Hills , 1866, 
 
 to James Manzer, son Manly Manzer and Jerusha 
 his wife, bom in Ballston, N. Y., 
 
 , died in Charlton, N. Y., Aug. 11, 
 1883, and had two children. She md. (2) Lewis 
 Potter. 
 
 566 (3). Jeannette, born in Glenville, N. Y., Feb. 5, 1851, 
 died in ; 
 was md. in , Ap. 2, 
 1870, to William Ferguson, son John Ferguson and 
 Sarah , his wife, bom in New Scotland, 
 
Hebron 185 
 
 N. Y., Nov. 30, 1850, died in 
 
 , and had two children. 
 
 567 (4). William Sherman, bom in Glenville, N. Y., 
 March 18, 1853 (md., ch.). 
 
 568 (5). Sarah E , bom in Bumt Hills, 
 N. Y., May 15, 1855, died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 . Dec. 25, 1870, to the Revd. H 
 L Grifhng, son of Frederick M 
 
 Griffing and Julia A Rikert, his wife, bom 
 in Hudson, N. Y., Ap. 21, 1850, died in 
 
 and had six children. 
 
 567 VII. William Sherman, fourth child of John 
 Samuel and Sarah Jones, bom in Glenville, N. Y., March 
 18, 1853, died in , 
 
 md. in , Jan. 16, 1878, Mary 
 
 Ella Cobb, dau. Benjamin Cobb and Mary 
 his wife, bom in Greenville, N. Y., March 9, 1852, died 
 in and had 
 
 one daughter. 
 
 VIII. Children of William Sherman and Mary Cobb: 
 
 567a (1). IdaBelle,borninCharlton,N. Y.,Sept. 7, 1879, 
 died in West Troy, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1889. 
 
COLONEL JOHN OF THE QUEEN'S LOYAL 
 RANGERS 
 
 468 V. John, first child of Col. John, and Lydia Phelps, 
 bom in Hebron, Conn., Jtine 30, 1740, died in London, 
 England, Jan. 11, 1788; md. in Hebron, Nov. 25, 1761, 
 Ann Bamet, dau. Barnet and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 , Ap. 30, 1740, died in 
 
 , and had nine children. 
 
 VI. Children of Col. John, and Ann Barnet: 
 
 569 (1). John, born in Hebron, Conn., Ap. 26, 1762 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 570 (2). Andrew Barnet, born in Hebron, Jan. 29, 1764 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 571 (3). William, born in Thetford, Vt., Dec. 21, 1766, 
 was killed by the fall of a tree in Mooretown,* Vt., 
 March 9, 1773.! 
 
 573 (4). Samuel, bom in Thetford, Vt., June 24, 1768 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 573 (5). Henry Moore, born in Piermont, N. H., Ap. 
 30, 1770 (md., ch.). 
 
 574 (6). Edmond Fanning, born in Mooretown,* Vt., 
 May 7, 1773, died in , 
 1798. 
 
 575 (7). William Barnet Tryon, born in Mooretown,* 
 Vt., June 10, 1775 (md., ch.). 
 
 * Now Bradford. 
 
 t Epitaph on gravestone: 
 
 "Death took me hence just as I did begin, 
 Thanks be to God! before I grew in sin." 
 186 
 
Colonel John 187 
 
 576 (8). Joseph, bom in Montreal, Canada, Nov. 11, 
 1779 (md., ch.). 
 
 577 (9). Ann Bamet, bom in Quebec, Canada, Jan. 18, 
 1782, died in , Jan. 4, 
 i860; was md. in Sydney, Cape Breton, June 17, 1802, 
 to William Watson, son Daniel Watson and Isabella 
 
 , his wife, bom in Albany, N. Y., 
 June 18, 1775, died in , 
 
 June 20, 1847, and had ten children. 
 
 William Watson was captain of a British revenue 
 cutter for a number of years. 
 
 In 1759, John graduated from Yale and received degree 
 of B.A. ; 1765, he removed to Piermont, N. H. ; 1765, 
 he was appointed by Gov. Wentworth captain command- 
 ant of militia; 1770, he removed to Mooretown,* Vt. ; 
 1770, he was appointed by Gov. Try on to be colonel of 
 militia, justice of the peace, judge of probate, and regis- 
 trar of Gloucester County, and judge of the Court of Com- 
 mon Pleas. He was several times mobbed on account of 
 his Tory sentiments, entered the British army (having 
 escaped to Canada) in 1776, and in 1777 was ordered to 
 raise a regiment, of which he was to be lieutenant-colonel, 
 and which was called the Queen's Loyal Rangers. He 
 joined Gen. Burgoyne, and was at every fight except 
 Hubleston, that took place in the campaign between that 
 general and the American forces. He commanded the 
 Loyalists at Bennington, where he was wounded. At 
 Saratoga he was obliged to flee before the capitulation 
 was concluded, as he had never received a commission 
 and would probably have been hanged, or shot, as a traitor 
 had he been taken. He escaped to Fort George, thence 
 to Ticonderoga, and later to Canada. He was most un- 
 justly treated by the British authorities, and in 1784 re- 
 moved to Cape Breton with his family, and from thence 
 
 * Now Bradford. 
 
1 88 Connecticut 
 
 to England, hoping to receive there the money and jus- 
 tice due him. He died in London, and was buried in 
 St. George's churchyard, Hanover Square. His stone is 
 inscribed : 
 
 "Here lies the body of John Peters Esq. Col. Queen's 
 Rangers in Canada bom Hebron, Conn. June 30, 1 740, died 
 London Jan. 4, 1788, with Gout in his head and loyalty 
 in his heart. His parents the Revd. Hugh Peters, Gen. 
 Thomas Harrison and John Phelps Esq. suffered for want 
 of loyalty in 1648 and he for having loyalty in 1788. 
 "Success is right [English thus] weakness is wrong 
 
 Put not your trust in Kings 
 
 Nor in Cromwell's mob 
 
 O, ye posterity of Peters 
 
 But put your trust in God." 
 
 Even at the present day it is believed that he obtained 
 his commission (which he actually never received) by 
 stealing his father's, escaping to Canada with it, and pass- 
 ing himself off as Col. John the elder.* 
 
 569 VL John, first child of Col. John and Ann Bamet, 
 bom in Hebron, Conn., Ap. 26, 1762, died in 
 
 , (living in Upper Canada, 
 i8i8);md. in , 
 
 Rogers, dau. Col. James Rogers and 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had six children. 
 
 VII. Children of John and Rogers: 
 
 578 (1). Mary Ann Barnet, born in 
 
 579 (2). John, bom in 
 * See Autobiography of Col. John of the Queen's Loyal Rangers. 
 
Colonel John 189 
 
 580 (3). Margaret McGregore Rogers, born in 
 
 581 (4). David McGregore Rogers, born in 
 
 582 (5). James Samuel Rogers, bom in 
 
 583 (6). Ann Barnet, born in 
 
 John was an ensign in the British army, in his father's 
 regiment, the Queen's Loyal Rangers. He settled on a 
 grant of land, which he received from the British Govern- 
 ment, in, or about, 1787, at Cateroqui.* 
 
 570 VI. Andrew Barnet, second child of Col. John and 
 Ann Barnet, bom in Hebron, Conn., Jan. 29, 1764, died 
 in Bradford, Vt., Aug. 10, 1851 ; md. in 
 
 , Jan. 18, 1787, Anna White of Newbury, Vt., 
 dau. White and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died of consumption within a year of her mar- 
 riage. No children. 
 
 * Fort Cateroqui stood where Kingston now stands. A settlement 
 was begun there in 1672, by the French, under De Courcelles, and 
 the fort subsequently received the name of Fort Frontenac, in honor 
 of the French Count of that name. This fort continued in the pos- 
 session of the French until destroyed by the expedition under Colonel 
 Bradstreet in 1758. In 1762 the place came into the hands of the 
 British, from whom it received its present name. 1838 it was in- 
 corporated as the city of Kingston. 
 
190 Connecticut 
 
 Andrew Bamet md. (2) in 
 
 , Dec. 16, 1790, Lydia Bliss of Bradford, Vt., dau. 
 Ellis Bliss of Hebron, Conn., and Tamar , 
 
 his wife, bom in , June 14, 
 
 1767, died in Bradford, Vt., March 5, 1816, and had seven 
 children. 
 
 VII. Children of Andrew Bamet, and Lydia Bliss: 
 
 584 (1). John, bom in Bradford, Vt., May 6, 1792 
 (md., no ch.). 
 
 585 (2). Anna, born in Bradford, Nov. 2, 1793, died in 
 Charlestown, Mass., June 20, 1848; was md. in 
 
 , 182 1, to Eleazer Smith, of 
 Washington, Vt., son Smith and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in Went- 
 worth, N. H., (abt. 1890), and 
 
 had two children. 
 
 586 (3). Samuel, bom in Bradford, Ap. 16, 1797 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 587 (4). Daniel C. bom in Bradford, Ap. 
 4, 1799 (md., ch.). 
 
 588 (5). Hannah, born in Bradford, Ap. 18, 1801, died 
 May 31, 1853. 
 
 589 (6). William, born in Bradford, Dec. 14, 1803 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 590 (7). Andrew Bliss, born in Bradford, March 14, 1812 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 Andrew Bamet md. (3) in , 
 
 Sept. 15, 1816, Keziah Howard of Tamworth, N. H., dau. 
 Howard and 
 
 , his wife, bom in Bridgewater, Mass., Nov. 25, 1783, 
 died in Bradford, Vt., Sept. 2, 1872, and had two sons. 
 
 Children of Andrew Bamet, and Keziah Howard: 
 
 591 (8). Joseph Howard, bom in Bradford, Vt., Oct. 7, 
 1817 (md., ch.). 
 
Colonel John 191 
 
 593 (9) Edmund Fanning, born in Bradford, Vt., Sept. 
 5, 1822 (md., ch.). 
 
 Andrew Bamet was, from his seventeenth to his twen- 
 tieth year, in the British navy; Sept. 16, 1783, Shank, 
 then at Quebec, gave him an honorable discharge, saying 
 that from the 27th of June, 1780, he had served on His 
 Majesty's ship the Wolf, also on board his Majesty's 
 armed schooner the Mercury, and in the year 1781 was 
 ordered upon Lake Champlain, where he served on sev- 
 eral vessels, at times being in command of one, until the 
 i6th of September, 1783, when he was discharged. He 
 was then not quite twenty years of age, but his com- 
 mander speaks highly of his conduct as an officer and a 
 gentleman, and recommends him to further consideration 
 in his Majesty's service. Receiving, however, no en- 
 couragement or hope of promotion, he returned to Brad- 
 ford and settled there. His uncle, the Revd. Samuel 
 Peters, writes him from London in 1797 : "I tried to have 
 you made a lieutenant in the navy, but did not succeed, 
 because you were bom in America. The Admiralty 
 treated all American bom midshipmen in like manner 
 after the independence of America. Perhaps it is for the 
 best." 
 
 He was town clerk of Bradford for forty-six years, and 
 was also Representative to the State Legislature for five 
 years. He was Justice of the Peace, and for half a cen- 
 tury occupied various public offices. He died on Sunday, 
 Aug. 10, 185 1, aged 87 years 6 months and 12 days. His 
 obituary, in the Vermont Family Gazette of August 12, 
 1 85 1, represents him as one of the fine, sturdy, energetic, 
 temperate country squires, than whom there are no better 
 men. 
 
 584 Vn. John, first child of Andrew Bamet and Lydia 
 Bliss, bom in Bradford, Vt., May 6, 1792, died in Jay, 
 
192 Connecticut 
 
 Vt., Oct. 19, 1858; md. in 
 
 , Dolly Rowe, dau. Rowe and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 . No children. He re- 
 sided in Jay, Vt. 
 
 586 VII. Samuel, third child of Andrew Bamet and 
 Lydia Bliss, born in Bradford, Vt., Ap. 16, 1797, died in 
 Benton, Vt., Jan. 22, 1875 J ^d. in 
 
 , March i, 1821, Margaret Nelson of Ryegate, Vt., 
 bom in , June 4, 1802, died 
 
 in , and had 
 
 eleven children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Samuel, and Margaret Nelson: 
 
 593 (1). Ann Eliza, born in Lyman,* N. H., Ap. 15, 
 1822, died in 
 
 ; was md. in Bath, N. H., Nov. 2, 1848, to 
 Myron Bailey, son Bailey and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 , died in 
 
 . No children. 
 Resided in Littleton, N. H. 
 
 594 (2). George Robert, born in Lyman,* N. H., Feb. 
 24, 1824, died March 3, 1824. 
 
 595 (3). William, twin of George Robert, born in Lyman,* 
 N .H., Feb. 24, 1824, died March 3, 1824. 
 
 596 (4). Lydia Bliss, born in Ryegate, Vt., June 30, 
 1825, died in ; 
 was md. in Haverhill, N. H., Jan. 4, 1855, to Andrew 
 Warden, son Warden and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 , died in 
 
 , and had six chil- 
 dren. Resided in Barnet, Vt. 
 
 * Now Monroe, N. H. 
 
Colonel John 193 
 
 597 (5). Nancy Nelson, born in Ryegate, Vt., May 19, 
 1827, died Dec. 9, 1848 (unmd.). 
 
 598 (6). Henry Nelson, born in Ryegate, Vt., July 18, 
 1829 (md., ch.). 
 
 599 (7). Milo Robert, born in Ryegate, Vt., March 20, 
 1832 (md., ch.). 
 
 600 (8). Margaret Flora, born in Ryegate, Vt., July 2, 
 1834, died in 
 
 ; was md. in , 
 
 March 5, 1857, to James B Trueworthy, 
 
 son Trueworthy and 
 
 , his wife, born in Unity, Me., 
 , died in 
 
 , and had six children. Resided in Lowell, 
 Mass. 
 
 601 (9). Helen Margaret, bom in Ryegate, Vt., Jan. 5, 
 1837, died in 
 
 ; was md. in Mantena, Ills., Feb. 7, 1866, to Paul 
 H Seagar, son Seagar 
 
 and , his wife, born in 
 
 , died 
 in . No 
 
 children. Resided in Kankakee, Ills. 
 
 602 (10). R Chastina, born in Ryegate, 
 Vt., Jan. 22, 1840, died in 
 
 ; was md. in Lowell, Mass., Oct. 18, 
 1875, to the Revd. Frank W Smith, son 
 
 Smith and 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 
 , and had one son. Resided in Cape 
 EHzabeth, Me. 
 
 603 (11). Jared H , born in Haverhill, 
 N. H., Aug. 15, 1848, died in Haverhill, Feb. 27, 1849. 
 
 Samuel lived in Ryegate, Vt. 
 
 598 VIII. Henry Nelson, sixth child of Samuel and 
 Margaret Nelson, bom in Ryegate, Vt., July 18, 1829, 
 
194 Connecticut 
 
 
 died in 
 
 ; md. 
 
 in Bath, N. H., Jan. 4, 1854, Charlotte E 
 
 Davies, 
 
 dau. Joseph Davies and Priscilla 
 
 , his wife. 
 
 bom in 
 
 , died 
 
 in 
 
 , and had 
 
 four sons. Resided in Mantena, Ills. 
 
 
 IX, Children of Henry Nelson, and Charlotte Davies: 
 
 604 (1). Fred Henry, bom in Bath, Me., Oct. 6, 1854. 
 
 605 (2). Charles Joseph, bom in Summer, Ills., May 30, 
 1861. 
 
 606 (3). Frank M bom in Mantena, Ills., 
 Nov. 10, 1866. 
 
 607 (4). Arthur N , bom in Mantena, 
 Ills., Sept, 27, 1873. 
 
 604 IX, Fred Henry, first child of Henry Nelson and 
 Charlotte Davies, bom in Bath, N. H., Oct. 6, 1854, 
 
 605 IX. Charles" Joseph, second child of Henry Nelson 
 and Charlotte Davies, bom in Summer, Ills., May 30, i86r, 
 
 606 IX. Frank M , third child of Henry 
 
 Nelson and Charlotte Davies, bom in Mantena, Ills., Nov. 
 10, 1866, 
 
 607 IX. Arthur N , fourth child of 
 
 Henry Nelson and Charlotte Davies, bom in Mantena, 
 Ills., Sept. 27, 1873, 
 
Colonel John 195 
 
 599 VIII. Milo Robert, seventh child of Samuel and 
 Margaret Nelson, bom in Ryegate, Vt., March 20, 1832, 
 died in ; md. 
 
 in Mantena, Ills., Oct. 22, 1856, Ellen F 
 Richardson, dau. Richardson and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had seven children. 
 
 IX. Children of Milo Robert, and Ellen Richardson: 
 
 608 (1). Minnie J , born in 
 
 , died in infancy. 
 
 609 (2). Nellie May, born in Mantena, Ills., May 3, i860. 
 
 610 (3). Margaret J , bom in Mantena, 
 Ills., Sept. 22, 1862, died in 
 
 , was md, in Mantena, Oct. 22, 
 1886, to William H Harney, son 
 
 Harney and , 
 
 his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 , and had children. 
 
 611 (4). George M , bom in Mantena, 
 Ills., Feb. 13, 1866. 
 
 612 (5). Mary J , bom in Mantena, Ills., 
 Aug. 23, 1869, died in 
 
 613 (6). William Ernest, born in Mantena, Ills., May 21, 
 1874. 
 
 614 (7). Florence E , born in Mantena, 
 Ills., July 26, 1882, 
 
 611 IX. George M , fourth child of 
 
196 Connecticut 
 
 Milo Robert and Ellen Richardson, bom in Mantena, Ills., 
 Feb. 13, 1866, died in 
 
 613 IX. William Ernest, sixth child of Milo Robert and 
 Ellen Richardson, born in Mantena, Ills., May 21, 1874, 
 
 587 VII. Daniel C , fourth child of An- 
 
 drew Bamet and Lydia Bliss, bom in Bradford, Vt., Ap. 
 4, 1799, died in Peoria, Ills., Dec. 3, 1891 ; md. in 
 
 , Jan. 20, 1825, Sarah White of Brad- 
 ford, Vt., dau. White and 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in Peoria, Ills., Aug. 12, 1885, and 
 had six children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Daniel, and Sarah White: 
 
 615 (1). Laura, born in Bradford, Vt., Jan. 8, 1826, 
 died in Peoria, 111., Sept. 22, 1862 ; was md. in 
 
 , Aug. 16, 1848, to Benjamin F 
 Robbins, of Lowell, Mass., son Rob- 
 
 bins and , his wife, 
 
 bom in , 
 
 died in a Confederate prison in Savannah, Ga., Oct. 22, 
 1864. No children. 
 
 616 (2). Andrew Bamet, born in Bradford, Vt., Jan. 29, 
 1829, died Aug. 12, 1833. 
 
 617 (3). Mary Ann, bora in Bradford, Vt., Nov. 22, 1832, 
 
 Resided in Peoria, 111. 
 
 618 (4). Sarah Maria, bom in Bradford, Vt., Oct. 3, 1835, 
 
 . Resided in Peoria, 111. 
 
Colonel John 197 
 
 619 (5). Elizabeth Pritchard, bom in Bradford, Vt., 
 March 22, 1838, died in Peoria, 111., Nov. 27, 1883; 
 was md. in , Aug. 14, 
 1855, to Col. Samuel R Baker, son 
 
 Baker and , 
 
 his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 
 , and had two children. 
 
 620 (6). Susan Augusta, bom in Lowell, Mass., Aug. 4, 
 1841, 
 
 . Resided in Peoria, 111. 
 
 589 VII. William, sixth child of Andrew Barnet and 
 Lydia Bliss, bom in Bradford, Vt., Dec. 14, 1803, died in 
 Chelsea, Vt., Aug. 14, 1887 ; md. in 
 
 , Sept. 2, 1830, Mary Johnson, dau. Capt. Haynes 
 Johnson and Jane , his wife, bom in Brad- 
 
 ford, Vt., Sept. 26, 1803, died in Charlestown, Mass., 
 Feb. 7, 1844, and had three children. 
 
 VIII. Children of William, and Mary Johnson: 
 
 631 (1). William Francis, born in Boston, Mass., Nov, 
 
 30, 1831 (md., no ch.). 
 633 (2). Charles Edward, born in Boston, Mass., Aug. 
 
 24, 1833 (md., ch.). 
 633 (3). Mary Jane, bom in Bradford, Vt., Jan. 11, 1840, 
 died in ; 
 
 was md. in , Oct. 22, 
 
 1867, to Thomas H Moore, son 
 
 Moore and , 
 
 his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 . No children. Resided in Denver, Col. 
 
 William md. (2) in , Jan. 
 
 19, 1845, Hannah Johnson (sister of his first wife), bom 
 in Bradford, Vt., Oct. 10, 1813, died in Boston, Mass., 
 Feb. 5, 1872, and had two children. 
 
198 Connecticut 
 
 Children of William, and Hannah Johnson: 
 
 624 (4). Alvah Henry, bom in Charlestown, Mass., Dec. 
 
 23, 1846 (md., ch.). 
 635 (5). Martha Nellie, born in Charlestown, Mass., 
 Aug. 17, 1851, died in Cambridge, Mass., April 22, 1869. 
 
 William md. (3), in , Nov. 
 
 21, 1882, Mary J F Tappan, 
 
 dau. Tappan and 
 
 , his wife, born in Lyndon, Vt., July 12, 18 19, died in 
 
 No chil- 
 dren. They resided in Chelsea, Vt. 
 
 631 VIII. William Francis, first child of William and 
 Mary Johnson, bom in Boston, Mass., Nov. 30, 1831, died 
 in ; md. in 
 
 , Aug. 24, 1885, Eliza 
 Reynolds, dau. Reynolds and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 , died in 
 
 No chil- 
 dren. They resided in Denver, Col. 
 
 William was a corporal in the army, enlisting Feb. 18, 
 1862, discharged Sept. 10, 1863. He served in a Vermont 
 regiment. He afterward enlisted again and served for 
 the remainder of the war. 
 
 633 VIII. Charles Edward, second child of William 
 and Mary Johnson, bom in Boston, Mass., Aug. 24, 1833, 
 died in ; md. 
 
 in , Aug. 24, 1855, Lucinda 
 
 E Hodgsdon of Piermont, N. H., dau. 
 
 Hodgsdon and , 
 
 his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had two children. 
 
Colonel John 199 
 
 IX. Children of Charles Edward, and Lucinda Hodgsdon: 
 
 636 (1). Charles Henry N , bom in Bos- 
 
 ton, Mass., May 25, 1857 (md., ch.). 
 627 (2). Lillian May, bom in Bradford, Vt., June 2, 1867. 
 
 Charles Edward enlisted as private in the Civil War, 
 Co. D, 8th Vermont Regiment. He re-enlisted Feb. 18, 
 1862, discharged July 18, 1865. He resided in Denver, 
 Col. 
 
 636 IX. Charies Henry N , first child of 
 
 Charles Edward and Lucinda Hodgsdon, his wife, bom in 
 Boston, Mass., May 25, 1857, died in 
 
 ; md. in 
 , Sept. 20, 1879, Etta C Ormsby, dau. 
 
 Rufus F Ormsby and Mary , 
 
 his wife, bom in Bradford, Vt., May 13, 1857, died in 
 
 , and had two 
 daughters. 
 
 X. Children of Charles Henry, and Etta Ormsby: 
 
 628 (1). Lou May, born in Bradford, Vt., June 13, 1880, 
 
 629 (2). Ethel Florence, born in Denver, Col., Feb. 12, 
 1887, 
 
 624 VIIL Alvah Henry, fourth child of William and 
 first child of his second wife, Hannah Johnson, bom in 
 Charlestown, Mass., Dec. 23, 1846, died in Boston, 
 
 ; md. in , June 17, 
 
200 Connecticut 
 
 1873, Etta J Damrell, dau. 
 
 Damrell and , his wife, born 
 
 in , died in 
 
 , and had one 
 daughter. 
 
 IX. Children of Alvah Henry, and Etta Damrell: 
 
 630 (1). Martha Nellie, born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 28, 
 1876, 
 
 Alvah Henry was city messenger of Boston for many 
 years. 
 
 590 VII. Andrew Bliss, seventh child of Andrew Bar- 
 net and Lydia Bliss, bom in Bradford, Vt., March 14, 
 1812, died in Charlestown, Mass., March 9, 1857; md. in 
 
 , Jan. 23, 1839, Susan M 
 Jones of Durham, N. H., bom in 
 , Oct. 9, 1814, died in 
 
 , and had two children. They 
 lived in Charlestown, Mass. 
 
 VIII. Children of Andrew Bliss, and Susan Jones: 
 
 631 (1). Lydia Ann, born in Charlestown, Mass., Jan. 9, 
 1840, died in Charlestown, July 17, 1864. 
 
 633 (2). Charles Franklin, bom in Charlestown, Ap. 12, 
 1842, died in the West, , 1883. 
 
 591 VII. Joseph Howard, eighth child of Andrew Bar- 
 net, and first child of his third wife, Keziah Howard, bom 
 in Bradford, Vt., Oct. 7, 1817, died in Bradford, Vt., 
 March 18, 1887; md. in 
 
 Nov. 25, 1 84 1, Clarissa Culver Washburn, dau. 
 
 Washburn and , his wife, 
 
 born in Lyme, N. H., Sept. 7, 1820, died in 
 
 , and had six children. 
 
Colonel John 201 
 
 VIII. Children of Joseph Howard, and Clarissa Washburn: 
 
 633 (1). Andrew Baraet, born in Bradford, Vt., March 
 10, 1843 (md., ch.). 
 
 634 (2). Mary Ann, bom in Bradford, Vt., June 23, 
 1845, died Aug. 20, 1846. 
 
 635 (3). Mary Ellen, born in Bradford, Vt., March 30, 
 1847, died in 
 
 ; was md. in , 
 
 Dec. 25, 187 1, to Charles A Leavitt, son 
 
 Leavitt and 
 , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 , and had one son. 
 
 636 (4). Clara Emma, bom in Bradford, Vt., June 15, 
 1849, died in , Sept. 
 17, 1883; was md. in , 
 Dec. 20, 1870, to Andrew J Tarleton, 
 son Tarleton and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 . No children. 
 
 637 (5). Arthur W , born in Bradford, 
 Vt., July 31, 1851 (md., ch.). 
 
 638 (6). Minnies , bora in Bradford, Vt., 
 Jan. 4, 1855, died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 , March 17, 1872, to Job M Clem- 
 
 ent, son Clement and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 , died in 
 
 , and had two children. 
 Resided in Fitchburg, Mass. 
 
 Joseph Howard settled on the old home farm in Brad- 
 ford, Vt. 
 
 633 VIII. Andrew Bamet, first child of Joseph How- 
 ard, and Clarissa Washburn, bom in Bradford, Vt., March 
 
202 Connecticut 
 
 10, 1843, died in 
 
 ; md. in , June 14, 1872, 
 
 Sarah J Young, dau. Young 
 
 and , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had one daughter. 
 Resided in Fitchburg, Mass. 
 
 IX. Children of Andrew Bar net, and Sarah Young: 
 
 639 (1). Sophie Louise, born in 
 
 , July 21, 1876, died in Bradford, Vt., Nov. 8, 
 1885. 
 
 637 VIII. Arthur W , fifth child of 
 
 Joseph Howard, and Clarissa Washburn, bom in Brad- 
 ford, Vt., July 31, 1 85 1, died in 
 
 ; md. in , 
 
 Nov. 14, 187 1, Velma Louise Jenkins of Bradford, dau. 
 Jenkins and , 
 
 his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in , 
 
 and had four children. 
 
 IX. Children of Arthur W and Velma Jenkins: 
 
 640 (1). Eva May, born in Bradford, Vt., May 4, 1873, 
 died Sept. 23, 1873. 
 
 641 (2). Frank Arthur, born in Bradford, Vt., Aug. 25, 
 1875, died Ap. 14, 1886. 
 
 643 (3). Andrew H , born in Bradford, 
 
 Vt., June 18, 1883. 
 643 (4). Joseph Edward, born in Bradford, Vt., March 
 
 2, 1890. 
 
 Arthur W , like his father, interested 
 
 himself in agriculture, and resided on the old home farm 
 in Bradford. He was well known for his high-bred 
 stock, especially for his sheep and horses. The county 
 fair grounds were situated on his land. 
 
Colonel John 203 
 
 642 IX. Andrew H , third child of Ar- 
 
 thur, and Velma Jenkins, bom in Bradford, Vt., June 18, 
 1883, 
 
 643 IX. Joseph Edward, fourth child of Arthur, and 
 Velma Jenkins, bom in Bradford, Vt., March 2, 1890, 
 
 592 VII. Edmond Fanning, ninth child of Andrew 
 Bamet and second child of Keziah Howard, his third 
 wife, bom in Bradford, Vt., Sept. 5, 1822, living in Chel- 
 sea, Vt., 1903 ; md. iji 
 
 , Ap. 6, 1848, Mary Ann Slack, dau. 
 Abner Slack and Mary , his wife, bom in 
 
 Wilmington, Mass., Nov. 13, 1827, died in Charlestown, 
 Mass., Aug. 17, 1883, and had three children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Edmond Fanning, and Mary Ann Slack: 
 
 644 (1). Mary Emma, born in Charlestown, Mass., Jan. 
 18, 1849, died in Charlestown, Jan. 5, 1874 (unmd.). 
 
 645 (2). Edmond Frank,* born in Charlestown, Mass., 
 Aug. 12, 1852, died in Somerville, Mass., July 10, 1893 ; 
 md. in Charlestown, Dec. 25, 1877, Alice Isabel Linnell, 
 dau. Joshua Linnell and Emily A. Meats, his wife, born 
 in Charlestown, Jan. 9, 1854, living 1903. No children. 
 
 646 (3). Carrie Louise, born in Charlestown, Mass., Dec. 
 25, 1865, died Oct. 28, 1866. 
 
 Edmond Fanning md. (2), in 
 
 , Aug. 31, 1885, Elvira Magoon, dau. 
 
 * The compiler of this work. 
 
204 Connecticut 
 
 Charles W Magoon and Charlotte M 
 
 Bagley, his wife, born in 
 
 , Jan. 20, 1849, died in 
 
 , and had one child, bom in 
 Chelsea, Vt., Feb. 22, 1886, which died shortly after 
 birth. 
 
 Edmond Fanning enlisted in the Massachusetts Cav- 
 alry during the Civil War, and served for some time as 
 bodyguard to Gen. Grant and to Gen, Mead. 
 
 572 VI. Samuel, fourth child of Col. John and Ann 
 Bamet, bom in Thetford, Vt., June 24, 1768, drowned at 
 Cape Breton, Aug. 9, 181 2 ; md. in 
 
 , Oct. 20, 1789, Catherine Grant, dau. 
 Grant and , his wife, bom in 
 
 Edinburgh, Scotland, , died in 
 
 , Oct. 15, 1853, and had 
 seven children. 
 
 VII. Children of Samuel, and Catherine Grant: 
 
 647 (1). Samuel, born in , 
 Jan. 4, 1792 (md., ch.). 
 
 648 (2). Ann, born in 
 
 Nov. 12, 1792, died in , 
 
 Jan. 9, 1881; was md. in , 
 
 Dec. 8, 18 1 1, to John Meloney, son Me- 
 
 loney and , his wife, 
 
 bom in , March 8, 1778, 
 
 died in , Ap. 17, 1874, 
 
 and had eleven children. 
 
 649 (3). John Robert, born in 
 
 , Jan. 27, 1799 (md., ch.). 
 
 650 (4). Mary, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 
Colonel John 205 
 
 to Capt. John Muggah, son 
 Muggah and 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 
 , and had nine children. 
 651 (5). Margaret Charlotte, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 (unmd.). 
 653 (6). Catherine, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 
 to Edward Morgan, son 
 Morgan and 
 , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 . No children. She died within a 
 year of her marriage. 
 
 653 (7). Peter Edmond, bom in Sydney, Cape Breton, 
 Aug. 27, 1804 (md., ch.). 
 
 Samuel was Comptroller of Customs at Sydney, Cape 
 Breton. 
 
 647 VII. Samuel, first child of Samuel and Catherine 
 Grant, bom in , Jan. 4, 1792, 
 
 died in , Ap. 6, 1876; md. 
 
 in , Sept. 28, 1820, Mary 
 
 Anderson, dau. Anderson and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , Dec. 5, 1 88 1, and had twelve children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Samuel, and Mary Anderson: 
 
 654 (1.) Catherine, born in , 
 July 27, 1 82 1, died young. 
 
 655 (2). Mary, born in , 
 Ap. 10, 1823, died in , 
 Dec. 4, 1885 ; was md. in 
 
2o6 Connecticut 
 
 , to Capt. William Muggah, son 
 Muggah and , 
 
 his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 , and had five children. 
 
 656 (3). Helen, bom in 
 March i8, 1825, died in 
 
 Unmd. Resided in Sydney- 
 Cape Breton. 
 
 657 (4). Robert, born in 
 Jan. 21, 1827 (md., ch.). 
 
 658 (5). Samuel, born in 
 Jan. 31, 1829 (md., ch.). 
 
 659 (6). John, born in 
 Ap. 23, 1831 (md., ch.). 
 
 660 (7). William, born in 
 
 July I, 1832, lost at sea, Aug. 24, 1875, being captain 
 of a vessel trading between Cape Breton and Boston 
 Mass. ; md. in , Feb. 1 2 
 
 1873, Eliza Styles, dau. Styles and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 . No chil- 
 dren. 
 
 661 (8). Ann, born in 
 May I, 1835, died in 
 
 ; was md. in Sydney, Cape Breton, Feb. 
 24, 1857, to Theopolis Spencer, M.D., son , 
 
 Spencer and , his wife, 
 
 born in , 
 
 died in 
 
 and had six children. 
 663 (9). James, bom in , 
 
 July 25, 1837 (md., ch.). 
 
 663 (10). Edmond, bomin 
 Nov. 20, 1839, died young. 
 
 664 (11). Andrew, born in 
 Dec. 14, 1840, died young. 
 
Colonel John 207 
 
 665 (12). Henry, bom in , 
 July 23, 1844 (md,, ch.). 
 
 657 VIII. Robert, fourth child of Samuel and Mary 
 Anderson, bom in , Jan, 21, 
 
 1827, died in ; 
 
 md. in , Feb. 12, 1863, Es- 
 
 ther Martell, dau. Martell and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had six children, 
 
 IX. Children of Robert, and Esther Martell: 
 
 666 (1). Kate F , born in 
 
 , Jan. I, 1864, 
 
 667 (2). Edmond W , born in 
 
 , Aug. 26, 1865, 
 
 668 (3). Robert A , bom in 
 
 , Feb. 16, 1867. 
 
 669 (4). Clarence N , born in 
 
 , Nov. 20, 1868. 
 
 670 (5). Frederick S , born in 
 
 , Oct. 30, 1870. 
 
 671 (6). Samuel G , born in 
 
 , June 21, 1874, 
 
 667 IX, Edmond W , second child of 
 
 Robert, and Esther Martell, bom in 
 , Aug. 26, 1865, died in 
 
 668 IX. Robert A , third child of Robert, 
 
208 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 and Esther Martell, bom in 
 Feb. i6, 1867, 
 
 669 IX. Clarence N 
 ert and Esther Martell, bom in 
 , Nov. 20, 1868, 
 
 fourth child of Rob- 
 
 670 IX. Frederick S 
 ert and Esther Martell, bom in 
 , Oct. 30, 1870, 
 
 , fifth child of Rob- 
 
 671 IX. Samuel G 
 and Esther Martell, born in 
 June 21, 1874, 
 
 , sixth child of Robert 
 
 658 VIII. Samuel, fifth child of Samuel and Mary An- 
 derson, born in , Jan. 31, 
 1829, died in 
 
 md. in , Feb. 13, 1866, An- 
 
 nie Muggah, dau. Muggah, and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 , died in 
 , and had four children. 
 
Colonel John 209 
 
 IX. Children of Samuel, and Annie Muggah: 
 
 672 (1). Isabel Sutherland, bom in 
 
 , Dec. 29, 1866, died March 7, 1869. 
 
 673 (2). George Edward, born in 
 , Jan. 17, 1868. 
 
 674 (3). William Grant, born in 
 
 Nov. 10, 1870. 
 
 675 (4). Emma Mary, born in 
 
 , Nov. 29, 1873. 
 
 This family lived in Wabasha, Minn. 
 
 673 IX. George Edward, second child of Samuel and 
 Annie Muggah, bom in , Jan. 
 
 17, 1868, 
 
 674 IX. William Grant, third child of Samuel and 
 Annie Muggah, bom in , 
 
 Nov. 10, 1870, 
 
 659 VIII. John, sixth child of Samuel and Mary An- 
 derson, born in , Ap. 23, 1831, 
 died in ; md. 
 in , Nov. 14, i860, Catherine 
 Julia Cossit, dau. Cossit and 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had nine children. 
 
 IX. Children of John, and Catherine Cossit: 
 
 676 (1). Mary Elizabeth, bom in 
 , Nov. 9, 1863, died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 , Jan, 20, 1884, to W 
 
2IO 
 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 
 M 
 
 Dobson, son 
 
 Dobson 
 
 and 
 
 in 
 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died 
 
 , and 
 
 had one daughter. 
 
 677 (2). Ellen, bom in 
 March 31, 1865, died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 , Feb. 2, 1886, to Douglas Hill, son 
 Hill and , his wife, 
 
 bom in * , 
 
 died in , 
 
 and had children. 
 
 678 (3). Herbert, born in , 
 June 6, 1867. 
 
 679 (4). Caroline, bom in , 
 Oct. 22, 1869. 
 
 680 (5). EHzabeth R , bom in 
 
 , Ap. 18, 1872. 
 
 681 (6). Emily S , born in 
 
 , June 18, 1875. 
 683 (7). John, bom in 
 
 Aug. 17, 1878. 
 Also two sons who died in infancy. 
 
 678 IX. Herbert, third child of John and Catherine 
 Cossit, bom in , June 6, 
 
 1867, 
 
 683 IX. John, seventh child of John and Catherine 
 Cossit, bom in , Aug. 17, 1875, 
 
 663 VIII. James, ninth child of Samuel and Mary An- 
 derson, bom in , July 25, 
 
Colonel John 211 
 
 1837, died in ; 
 
 md. in , Feb. 9, 1863, Mary- 
 
 Ann Logue, dau. Logue and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had nine children. 
 
 IX. Children of James, and Mary Ann Logue: 
 
 683 (1). James A , bom in 
 
 , Nov. 24, 1864. 
 
 684 (2). John, born in 
 Nov. 5, 1867. 
 
 685 (3). Anne, bom in , 
 Nov. 19, 1869, died in 
 
 686 (4). Samuel R , bom in 
 
 , Jan. 5, 1872. 
 
 687 (5). Henry Pierce, bom in 
 
 , Feb. 12, 1874. 
 
 688 (6). William, bom in , 
 Nov. 3, 1875. 
 
 689 (7). Charles C , bom in 
 
 , Ap. 27, 1878. 
 
 690 (8). George, born in , 
 May 6, 1880. 
 
 691 (9). Austin, born in , 
 Sept. 30, 1883. 
 
 683 IX. James A , first child of James, 
 
 and Mary Ann Logue, bom in 
 , Nov. 24, 1864, died in 
 
 684 IX. John, second child of James, and Mary Ann 
 
212 Connecticut 
 
 Logue, born in , Nov. 5, 
 
 1867, 
 
 686 IX. Samuel R , fourth child of James 
 
 and Mary Ann Logue, bom in 
 , Jan. 5, 1872, 
 
 687 IX. Henry Pierce, fifth child of James and Mary 
 Ann Logue, bom in , Feb. 
 
 12, 1874, 
 
 688 IX. William, sixth child of James and Mary Ann 
 Logue, bom in , Nov. 3, 
 
 1875, 
 
 689 IX. Charles C , seventh child of 
 
 James and Mary Ann Logue, bom in 
 , Ap. 27, 1878, 
 
 690 IX. George, eighth child of James and Mary Ann 
 
Colonel John 213 
 
 Logue, bom in , May 6, 1880, 
 
 691 IX. Austin, ninth child of James and Mary Ann 
 Logue, bom in , Sept. 30, 
 
 1883, 
 
 665 VIII. Henry, twelfth child of Samuel and Mary 
 Anderson, bom in , July 23, 
 
 1844, died in ; 
 
 md. in , June 9, 1882, Brid- 
 
 get Ormond, dau. Ormond and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had four children. 
 
 IX. Children of Henry, and Bridget Ormond: 
 
 693 (1). Albert, bom in 
 Ap. 25, 1883. 
 
 693 (2). Francis E , bom in 
 
 , Oct. 15, 1884. 
 
 694 (3). Ellen, bom in 
 Jan. 2, i886, 
 
 695 (4). Thomas Andrew, born in 
 , Aug. 15, 1888, 
 
 649 VII. John Robert, third child of Samuel and 
 
214 Connecticut 
 
 Catherine Grant, bom in , 
 
 Jan, 27, 1799, died in , 
 
 March 20, 1876; md. in , 
 
 March 5, 1829, Ann Cradus (or Crowdus), dau. 
 
 Cradus and , his wife, 
 
 bom in , Dec. 20, 1791, died 
 
 in , Aug. , 1876, and had 
 
 four children, two of whom died in infancy. 
 
 VIII. Children of John Robert, and Ann Cradus: 
 
 696 (1). Died in infancy. 
 
 697 (2). Died in infancy. 
 
 698 (3). Samuel, born in , 
 March 18, 1833 (md., ch.). 
 
 699 (4). John, bom in 
 
 June 15, 1835, died Oct., 1850. 
 
 698 VIII. Samuel, third child of John Robert and Ann 
 Cradus, bom in , March 18, 
 
 1833, hving in Peyallup, Washington, 1902, md. in 
 
 , Feb. 24, 1855, Charlotte 
 Richardson, dau. Richardson and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , 1898, and had three children. 
 
 IX. Children of Samuel, and Charlotte Richardson: 
 
 700 (1). Whitman Spurgeon, bom in 
 
 , Ap. 16, 1857, died March , i860. 
 
 701 (2). Sarah Ellen, born in 
 
 , Aug. 26, 1859, died Sept. 13, 1881. 
 703 (3). Bessie Amelia, born in 
 
 , Sept. 7, 1862, died Feb. 14, 1885; was md. in 
 
 , Nov. 10, 1883, to 
 
 Ronald McSween, son McSween and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 
Colonel John 215 
 
 , 1885, 
 and had one daughter. Resided in New Tacoma, Wash- 
 ington. 
 
 653 VII. Peter Edmond, seventh child of Samuel and 
 Catherine Grant, bom in Sydney, Cape Breton, Aug. 27, 
 1804, died in , 
 
 Nov. 30, 1884; md. in , 
 
 March 18, 1830, Elizah Muggah, dau. Mug- 
 
 gah and , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had ten chil- 
 dren. 
 
 VIII. Children of Peter Edmond, and Elizah Muggah: 
 
 703 (1). John Grant, bom in Braddeck, Cape Breton, 
 Jan. 18, 1831 (md., ch.), 
 
 704 (2). Samuel Joseph, bom in Braddeck, C. B., July 
 II, 1832 (md., ch.). 
 
 705 (3). Ann Mary, born in Braddeck, C. B., Dec. 23, 
 1833, died in 
 
 ; was md. in , 
 
 Oct. 4, 1865, to Charles R. Bown, son 
 Bown and , his wife, 
 
 bom in , 
 
 died in , 
 
 and had six children. 
 
 706 (4). George Muggah, born in Braddeck, C. B., Sept. 
 15, 183s (md., noch.). 
 
 707 (5). Catherine Isabel, born in Sydney, C. B,, Dec. 2, 
 1837, died in 
 
 ; was md. in , 
 
 Oct. 6, 1869, to George R Sutherland, 
 
 son Sutherland and 
 
 , his wife, bom in Lower Stewiacke, Nova 
 Scotia, Nov. 24, 1838, died in 
 
 , and had five children. 
 
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 708 (6). William Edward, born in Sydney, C. B., June 
 23, 1839 (md., ch.). 
 
 709 (7). Cornelia Eliza, born in Sydney, C. B., Feb. 2, 
 1 84 1, died 
 
 Unmd. 
 
 710 (8). Richard Burke, born in Sydney, C. B., March 
 15, 1843 (md., ch.). 
 
 711 (9). James Robert, born in Sydney, C. B., Nov. 11, 
 1844, died Ap. 29, 1876 Unmd. 
 
 713 (10). Mary Ann, born in Sydney, C. B., Sept. 22, 
 1847, died in 
 
 ; was md. in , 
 
 Oct. 27, 1869, to Alexander C Ross, son 
 
 Ross and 
 his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 , and had four children. 
 
 703 VIII. John Grant, first child of Peter Edmond and 
 Elizah Muggah, born in Braddeck, Cape Breton, Jan. 18, 
 i83i,diedin ; 
 
 md, in , Nov. 9, 1859, Mary 
 
 McNab, eldest daughter of Robert McNab and 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had two children. 
 
 IX. Children of John Grant, and Mary McNab: 
 
 713 (1). Charles McNab, bom at Low Point, Sydney, 
 Cape Breton, June 9, 1864. 
 
 714 (2). Eliza Margaret, bom at Low Point, Sydney, 
 C. B., Feb. II, 1866, 
 
 John Grant was appointed Hghthouse-keeper at Low 
 Point, Sydney, Cape Breton. 
 
Colonel John 217 
 
 713 IX. Charles McNab, first child of John Grant, and 
 Mary McNab, bom at Low Point, Sydney, Cape Breton, 
 June 9, 1864, 
 
 704 VIII. Samuel Joseph, second child of Peter Ed- 
 mond, and Elizah Muggah, born in Braddeck, Cape Bre- 
 ton, July II, 1832, died in 
 
 ; md. in Boston, Mass., Ap. 3, 1854, Mary Gates, dau. 
 Capt. Elias Gates of Wilmot, Nova Scotia, and 
 , his wife, born 
 , died in 
 , and had nine children. 
 
 IX. Children of Samuel Joseph, and Mary Gates: 
 
 715 (1). Henry Edmond, bom in Boston, Mass., May 12, 
 1855 (md., ch.). 
 
 716 (2). Charlotte Eliza, born in Boston, Mass., Nov. 25, 
 1857. 
 
 717 (3). Joseph Samuel, born in Ingerish, Cape Breton, 
 Jan. 21, i860. 
 
 718 (4). William George, bom in Sydney, Cape Breton, 
 Nov. 4, 1861. 
 
 719 (5). Charles Muggah, born in Sydney, C. B., Aug. 
 12, 1864. 
 
 720 (6). Matilda Mary, bom in Sydney, C. B., Feb. 13, 
 1866, died in Sydney, C. B., Jan. i, 1867. 
 
 731 (7). Branch Eldrich, born in Sydney, C. B., March 5, 
 
 1868, died March 20, 1868. 
 733 (8). Horatio Nelson, twin of Branch Eldrich, born 
 
 in Sydney, C. B., March 5, 1868, died March 20, 1868. 
 
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 723 (9). Ada Mary, born in Sydney, C. B., July 5, 1870, 
 died June 12, 1872. 
 
 715 IX. Henry Edmond, first child of Samuel Joseph, 
 and Mary Gates, bom in Boston, Mass., May 12, 1855, 
 died in ; md. 
 
 in , Feb. 4, 1886, Eliza Gib- 
 
 son, dau. James H Gibson, of Melrose, 
 
 Mass., and , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had two 
 children. 
 
 X. Children of Henry Edmond, and Eliza Gibson: 
 
 724 (1). Mary Crawford, bom in Boston, Mass., Nov. 
 27, 1887, 
 
 725 (2). Edmond Howard, born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 
 18, 1888. 
 
 725 X. Edmond Howard, second child of Henry Ed- 
 mond, and Eliza Gibson, bom in Boston, Mass., Dec. 18, 
 1888. died in 
 
 717 IX. Joseph Samuel, third child of Samuel Joseph, 
 and Mary Gates, born in Ingerish, Cape Breton, Jan. 21, 
 i860. 
 
 Resides in Manitoba. 
 
 718 IX. William George, fourth child of Samuel Joseph, 
 and Mary Gates, bom in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nov. 4, 
 
Colonel John 219 
 
 1 86 1, died in 
 md. in 
 
 719 IX. Charles Muggah, fifth child of Samuel Joseph, 
 and Mary Gates, bom in Sydney, Cape Breton, Aug. 12, 
 1864, died in 
 
 706 VIII. George Muggah, fourth child of Peter Ed- 
 mond, and EHzah Muggah, bom in Braddeck, C. B., Sept. 
 15, 1835, died in , July 25, 
 
 1886 ; md. in Boston, Mass., 
 
 (about 1870), Ann Raymond, dau. Ray- 
 
 mond and , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 . No children. 
 George Muggah was a sea captain for twenty-five years, 
 and never lost a vessel or a man. 
 
 708 VIII . William Edward, sixth child of Peter Ed- 
 mond, and EHzah Muggah, bom in Sydney, C. B., June 
 23, 1839, died in 
 
 ; md. in , Feb. 15, 1872, 
 
 Jane S Nisbet, dau. Nisbet 
 
 and , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had two children. 
 
 IX. Children of William Edward, and Jane Nisbet: 
 
 726 (1). Jennie E , bom in 
 
 , Dec. 4, 1872, 
 
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 737 (2). Abbie M , born in 
 
 , Feb. 7, 1875, 
 
 710 VIII. Richard Burke, eighth child of Peter Ed- 
 mond, and Elizah Muggah, bom in Sydney, C. B., March 
 15, 1843, died in 
 
 md. in , March 19, 1873, 
 
 Augusta Josephine Mulling, dau. Mulling 
 
 and , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had seven chil- 
 dren. 
 
 IX. Children of Richard Burke, and Augusta Mulling: 
 
 728 (1). Edmund Randolph, born in 
 
 , Jan. 4, 1874. 
 739 (2). George James, born in 
 , Oct. 8, 1875. 
 
 730 (3). Charles Herbert, born in 
 
 , Dec. 9, 1877. 
 
 731 (4). Arthur Mulling, bom in 
 
 , Ap. 13, 1880. 
 733 (5). Richard Alexander, born in 
 , May 3, 1883. 
 
 733 (6). Augusta Blanche, born in 
 
 Sept. 4, 1885, died Feb. 26, 1886. 
 
 734 (7). Blanche, born in , 
 Jan. 15, 1888. 
 
 Richard Burke removed to Newfoundland in 1870, and 
 has resided there since then. 
 
Colonel John 221 
 
 573 VI. Henry Moore, sixth child of Col. John and Ann 
 Bamet, bom in Piermont, N. H., Ap. 30, 1770, 
 
 , died on the island of Cape Breton, 
 May ,i8o8;md. in , Aug. 
 
 21, 1 791, Tamar Bliss, (half-sister of Lydia, his brother 
 Andrew's wife), dau. Ellis Bliss and Grace , 
 
 his wife bom in Hebron, Conn., Nov. 14, 1771, 
 died in Hebron, May 11, 1792, and had one daughter.* 
 
 VII. Children of Henry Moore, and Tamar Bliss: 
 
 735 (1). Nancy B , born in Hebron, 
 Conn., March 25, 1792, died in Mendon, N. Y., Nov. 5, 
 1867; was md. in , 
 Feb. 14, 1813, to Ezra Brown of Gilead, Conn., son of 
 
 Brown and , 
 
 his wife, bom in , 
 
 Ap. 19, 1784, died in Springwater, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1854, 
 and had eleven children. 
 
 Henry Moore md. (2), in 
 
 , Orilla Payne, dau. Payne 
 
 and , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had six children. 
 Lived at Cow Bay, Cape Breton. 
 
 Children of Henry Moore, and Orilla Payne: 
 
 736 (2). Bamet, born in 
 1799 (md., ch.). 
 
 737 (3). Ormond, born in 
 
 , 1801 (md., ch.). 
 
 738 (4). Anna, bom in , 
 1802, died in 
 
 , Feb, II, 1856; was md. in 
 
 , 1820, to Nathaniel Spen- 
 cer of Mira River, son of Spencer and 
 
 * Hebron records say May ii, 1802, but this is impossible. 
 
222 Connecticut 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 , died in 
 
 , Feb. i6, 1872, 
 and had fourteen children. 
 
 739 (5). Edwin H , born in 
 
 , 1805 (md., ch.). 
 
 740 (6) William Wentworth, born in 
 
 , 1807 (md., ch.). 
 
 741 (7). Lydia, born in 
 
 1809, drowned at Cow Bay, Cape Breton, when a child 
 of nine. 
 
 736 VII. Bamet, second child of Henry Moore, and 
 first child of his second wife, Orilla Payne, born in 
 
 , 1799, died in 
 , England, 
 ; md. in , 
 
 dau. of and 
 
 , his wife, and had children. 
 
 "He went to England, where he married, and died 
 there, in Middlesex." 
 
 " He was a shipwright and was lost at sea; he went on 
 board a ship that he had built, and on her way home near 
 the Scilly Islands she was lost with all on board." * 
 
 737 VII. Ormond, third child of Henry Moore and 
 second child of his second wife, Orilla Payne, bom in 
 
 , 1801, died at Cow Bay, C. B., 
 Jan. 29, 1880; md. in , 1825, 
 
 Elizabeth Sheppard, dau. Sheppard and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had eleven children. 
 
 * These appear to be the simultaneous, but necessarily separate, 
 traditions anent Bamet. The reader can take his choice. 
 
Colonel John 223 
 
 VIII. Children of Ormond, and Elizabeth Sheppard: 
 
 743 (1). Henry, born at Cow Bay, C. B., Nov. 24, 1826, 
 
 died 
 He was an invalid for forty years, most of the time being 
 
 confined to his bed. 
 
 743 (2). Annie, bom at Cow Bay, C. B., Aug. 6, 1828, 
 died in ; 
 was md. in , 
 to Charles Lee, son of Lee and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 
 , and had 
 children. 
 
 744 (3). Samuel E , born at Cow Bay, 
 C. B., Aug. 29, 1830 (md., ch.). 
 
 745 (4). Elizabeth, born at Cow Bay, C. B., Aug. 17, 
 1832, died in ; 
 
 ; was md. in 
 
 , to George Spencer, son Nathaniel 
 Spencer and Anna , his wife, bom in 
 
 , June 5, 1831, died in 
 , and 
 had eight children. 
 
 746 (5). Joel N , bora at Cow Bay, C. B., 
 Oct. 28, 1834 (md., ch.). . 
 
 747 (6). William W , bom at Cow Bay, 
 C. B., Feb. 7, 1836 (md., ch.). 
 
 748 (7). Emily, bom at Schooner Paw, C. B., Dec. 20, 
 1840, died , Dec. 18, 
 1868; was. md. in , 
 Jan. 20, 1863, to Nathaniel Spencer, son Nathaniel 
 Spencer and Anna , his wife, bom in 
 
 , Sept. 27, 1837, died 
 in , and 
 
 had four children. Resided at Cow Bay. 
 
 749 (8). Charles, born at Schooner Paw, C. B., Oct. 14, 
 1842 (md., ch.). 
 
224 Connecticut 
 
 750 (9). Bennory, born at Cow Bay, C. B., March lo, 
 1844, died young, at Cow Bay. 
 
 751 (10). Martha, bom at Cow Bay, C. B., Dec. 14, 
 1846, died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 
 , to Theodore Mostelle, son 
 Mostelle and , his wife, 
 
 born in , 
 
 died in 
 and had children. Resided at Glace Bay. 
 
 752 (11). Fanny, born at Cow Bay, C. B., July 29, 1851, 
 died at Cow Bay, June 17, 1853. 
 
 Ormond md. (2), in 
 
 , 1868, Sarah Robertson of Glace Bay, dau. 
 Robertson and , 
 
 his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in , 
 
 and had three children. 
 
 Children of Ormond, and Sarah Robertson: 
 
 753 (12). 
 
 754 (13). 
 
 755 (14). 
 
 744 VIII. Samuel E , third child of Or- 
 
 mond and Elizabeth Sheppard, born at Cow Bay, Cape 
 Breton, Aug. 29, 1830, died in 
 
 ; md. in , 
 
 Nov. 29, 1859, Maria J Holmes, dau. 
 
 Holmes and , his 
 
 wife, bom in , Ap. 12, 1838, 
 
 died at Cow Bay, Ap. 27, 1887, and had nine children. 
 
Colonel John 225 
 
 IX. Children of Samuel, and Maria Holmes: 
 
 756 (1). Alonzo I , bom at Cow Bay, C. 
 B., Sept. 16, i860, was lost at sea, Aug. 29, 1883, from 
 his father's ship as he was returning home from Bos- 
 ton. 
 
 757 (2). Samuel W , bom at Cow Bay, 
 C. B., Jan. 7, 1862. 
 
 758 (3). Herbert E , born at Cow Bay, 
 C. B., Oct. 17, 1863, died Jan. 17, 1884. 
 
 759 (4). Wallace A , born at Cow Bay, 
 C. B., Nov. 29, 1865, died June i, 1883. 
 
 760 (5). Edmond C , born at Cow Bay, 
 C. B., March 4, 1869. 
 
 761 (6). Galen H , born at Cow Bay, C. 
 B., Jan. 29, 1871. 
 
 763 (7). Annie Maria, born at Cow Bay, C. B., Feb. 19, 
 1873. Resided at Cow Bay. 
 
 763 (8). Lewis I , born at Cow Bay, C. 
 B., Dec. 9, 1874. 
 
 764 (9). Frank H , born at Cow Bay, 
 C. B., Nov. 6, 1883. 
 
 757 IX. Samuel W , second child of 
 
 Samuel and Maria Holmes, bom at Cow Bay, Cape Bre- 
 ton, Jan. 7, 1862, 
 
 Resided in Boston, Mass. 
 
 760 IX. Edmond C , fifth child of Sam- 
 
 uel and Maria Holmes, bom at Cow Bay, Cape Breton, 
 March 4, 1869, died in 
 
 Resided at Cow Bay. 
 
2 26 Connecticut 
 
 761 IX. Galen H , sixth child of Samuel 
 
 and Maria Holmes, bom at Cow Bay, Cape Breton, Jan. 
 29, 187 1, died in 
 
 Resided in Boston, Mass. 
 
 763 IX. Lewis I , eighth child of Samuel 
 
 and Maria Holmes, bom at Cow Bay, Cape Breton, Dec. 9, 
 1874, died in 
 
 Resided at Cow Bay. 
 
 764 IX. Frank H , ninth child of Sam- 
 
 uel and Maria Holmes, bom at Cow Bay, Cape Breton, 
 Nov. 6, 1883, died in 
 
 746 VIII. Joel N , fifth child of Ormond, 
 
 and Elizabeth Sheppard, bom at Cow Bay, Cape Breton, 
 Oct. 28, 1834, died in 
 
 ; md. in 1863, 
 
 Elizabeth Dillon of Catelone, C. B., dau. 
 Dillon and , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had twelve 
 children. 
 
Colonel John 227 
 
 IX. Children of Joel, and Elizabeth Dillon: 
 
 765 (1). William N , born at Cow Bay 
 C. B., Nov. 29, 1863, died , 
 
 1875- 
 
 766 (2). Austin C , born at Cow Bay, 
 C. B., Oct. 12, 1865. 
 
 767 (3). Joel S , born at Cow Bay, C. B., 
 July 13, 1867. 
 
 768 (4). Eva B , born at Cow Bay, C. B., 
 May 30, 1869, 
 
 769 (5). Theodore B , born at Cow Bay, 
 C. B., Feb. 7, 1871. 
 
 770 (6). Samuel I , bom at Cow Bay, 
 C. B., Feb. 21, 1873. 
 
 771 (7). John F , bom at Cow Bay, C. B., 
 Jan. 18, 1875, died 
 
 773 (8). Margaret A , bora at Cow Bay, 
 
 C. B., March 23, 1876, 
 
 773 (9). John F , bom at Cow Bay, C. 
 B., July 9, 1878, died 
 
 774 (10). Charles R , bora at Cow Bay, 
 C, B., June 23, 1880, died 
 
 , 1886. 
 
 775 (11). Joseph E , born at Cow Bay, 
 C. B., Nov. 14, 1883, died 
 
 , i886. 
 
 776 (12). George G , bom at Cow Bay, 
 C. B., Feb. 28, 1886. 
 
 766 IX. Austin C , second child of Joel 
 
228 Connecticut 
 
 and Elizabeth Dillon, bom at Cow Bay, Cape Breton, 
 Oct. 12, 1865, died in 
 
 767 IX. Joel S. third child of Joel and 
 
 Elizabeth Dillon, bom at Cow Bay, Cape Breton, July 13, 
 1867, died in 
 
 769 IX. Theodore B , fifth child of Joel 
 
 and Elizabeth Dillon, bom at Cow Bay, Cape Breton, 
 Feb. 7, 1 87 1, died in 
 
 770 IX. Samuel I , sixth child of Joel 
 
 and Elizabeth Dillon, bom at Cow Bay, Cape Breton, 
 Feb. 21, 1873, died in 
 
 773 IX. John F , ninth child of Joel 
 
 and Elizabeth Dillon, bom at Cow Bay, Cape Breton, 
 July. 9, 1878, died in 
 
 776 IX. George G , twelfth child of Joel 
 
 and Elizabeth Dillon, bom at Cow Bay, Cape Breton, 
 Feb. 28, 1886, died in 
 
 747 VIII. WiUiam W , sixth child of 
 
 Ormond and Elizabeth Sheppard, born at Cow Bay, Cape 
 Breton, Feb. 7, 1836, died in 
 
Colonel John 229 
 
 ; md. in , 
 
 Oct. 7, 1858, Jane Martel, dau. Martel and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had six children. 
 
 IX. Children of William, and Jane Martel: 
 
 111 (1). Charles, born at Cow Bay, C. B., May 18, i860. 
 
 778 (2). Elizabeth, born at Cow Bay, C. B., March 4, 
 1862, died 
 
 779 (3). Orlando, born at Cow Bay, C. B., Ap. 14, 1865. 
 
 780 (4). George, born at Cow Bay, C. B., Sept. 16, 1868. 
 
 781 (5). Jane, bom at Cow Bay, C. B., June 17, 1870. 
 
 782 (6). Orilla, born at Cow Bay, C. B., Dec. 13, 1874. 
 
 777 IX. Charles, first child of William and Jane Martel, 
 bom at Cow Bay, Cape Breton, May 18, i860, died in 
 
 779 IX. Orlando, third child of WilHam and Jane Mar- 
 tel, bom at Cow Bay, Cape Breton, Ap. 14, 1865, died in 
 
 780 IX. George, fourth child of WilHam and Jane Mar- 
 tel, bom at Cow Bay, Cape Breton, Sept. 16, 1868, died in 
 
 749 VIII. Charles, eighth child of Ormond and Eliza- 
 beth Sheppard, bom at Schooner Paw, Cape Breton, Oct. 
 14, 1842, died ; 
 
 md. in , Feb. 7, 1870, Rachel 
 
 Missant, dau. Missant and 
 
230 Connecticut 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had seven children. 
 
 IX. Children of Charles, and Rachel Missant: 
 783 (1). Bessie, born at Cow Bay, C. B., Dec. 16, 1871, 
 
 784 (2). Amanda, born at Cow Bay, C. B., Jan. 5, 1874, 
 
 785 (3). Edgar, born at Cow Bay, C. B. Feb. 8, 1878. 
 
 786 (4). Ollie, born at Cow Bay, C. B., Oct. 18, 1879. 
 
 787 (5). Louise, born at Cow Bay, C. B., Nov. 12, 188 1, 
 
 788 (6). Ellinor May, born at Cow Bay, C. B., July 12, 
 1884. 
 
 789 (7). Carrie A , born at Cow Bay, C. 
 
 B., June 18, 1887. 
 
 785 IX. Edgar, third child of Charles and Rachel Mis- 
 sant, bom at Cow Bay, Cape Breton, Feb. 8, 1878, died in 
 
 739 VII. Edwin H , fifth child of Henry 
 
 Moore and fourth child of Orilla Pavne, his second wife, 
 
Colonel John 231 
 
 bom in , 1805; 
 
 died at Catelone, Cape Breton, Nov. 12, 1885 ; md. in 
 
 , July , 1833, Jane Mat- 
 
 tel, dau. Martel and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had six children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Edwin, and Jane Martel: 
 
 790 (1). William, bom in 
 
 791 (2). Anthony, born in 
 
 792 (3). Joseph, born in 
 
 793 (4). Patience, born in 
 
 794 (5). Mary Ann, born in 
 
 795 (6). Orilla, born in 
 
 790 VIII. William, first child of Edwin and Jane Mar- 
 tel, born in 
 
 791 VIII. Anthony, second child of Edwin and Jane 
 Martel, bom in 
 
232 Connecticut 
 
 793 VIII. Joseph, third child of Edwin and Jane Mar- 
 tel, bom in 
 
 740 VII. WilHam Wentworth, sixth child of Henry- 
 Moore, and fifth child of Orilla Payne, his second wife, 
 bom in , 1807, 
 
 died in md. 
 
 in Newport, Nova Scotia, , 1837, Abigail 
 
 L Card, dau. Card and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had eight children. 
 
 VIII. Children of William Wentworth, and Abigail Card: 
 
 796 (1). Mary Matilda,* born in 
 , Nov. 24, 1841, died in 
 
 ; was md. in Portland, Nov. 23, 
 1870, to Joseph Weeks. 
 
 797 (2). Elizabeth,* born in 
 
 , Nov. 30, 1844, died in 
 
 798 (3). William Henry,* born in 
 
 , May 13, 1846. 
 
 799 (4). John Moore,* born in 
 
 , Feb. 6, 1849. 
 
 800 (5). Orelia Jane,* born in 
 
 , Nov. 29, 1857, died in 
 
 798 VIII. WiUiam Henry, third child of William 
 Wentworth, and Abigail Card, born in 
 
 * These entries are all in Portland, Me., with the remark: "Children 
 not bom in Portland." 
 
Colonel John 233 
 
 May 13, 1846, died in 
 
 md. in Portland, Me., June 15, 1876, Addie Fickett, dau. 
 
 Fickett, and his wife, 
 
 bom in died 
 
 in and had 
 children. 
 
 799 VIII. John Moore, fourth child of William Went- 
 worth, and Abigail Card, born in 
 Feb. 6, 1849, died in 
 
 575 VI. William Barnet Tryon, seventh child of Col. 
 John, and Ann Barnet, bom in Mooretown, Vt. (now 
 Bradford), June 10, 1775, died in Portland, Me., Oct. 3, 
 1837; md. in , 
 
 1794, Mary Purkitt of Boston, Mass., dau. 
 Purkitt and , his wife, born 
 
 in , Sept. 6, 1770, died in 
 
 , Oct. 19, 1825, and had 
 eight children. 
 
 VII. Children of William B. T., and Mary Purkitt: 
 
 801 (1). Mary Ann Waite, born in Boston, Mass., Dec. 
 21, 1795, died in , Ap. 
 
 6, 1875; was md. in Portland, Me., Oct. 30, 1842, to 
 Seth Winship, son Winship and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 . No children. 
 She md. (2) in 
 
 , the Revd. Stephen Bennett, son 
 
234 Connecticut 
 
 Bennett and , his 
 
 wife, born on Great Chebeague Island, Casco Bay, Me., 
 died in 
 . No children, 
 
 802 (2). Wilham, born in New Gloucester, Me., July 3, 
 1796 (md., ch.). 
 
 803 (3). Bamet, born in Portland. Me., Nov. 17, 1797 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 804 (4). Edmond Fanning, born in Portland, Me., Aug. 
 13, 1799 (md., ch.). 
 
 y 805 (5). Betsey Purkitt, born in Portland, Me., Sept. 4, 
 1802, died in 
 
 ; was md. in , 
 
 Oct. 15, 1832, to Samuel Cox Dadley, son George 
 Dadley and Eliza , his 
 
 wifC; bom in 
 
 , 1 801, died in 
 
 , and had one daughter. 
 
 806 (6). Sarah Byles, born in Portland, Me., July 16, 
 1804, died in Somerville, Mass., Jan. 22, 1870; was md. 
 in Portland, Me., Nov. 8, 1823, to Abraham Watson 
 Crowninshield, son Crowninshield and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 Portland, Me., Dec. 16, 1801, died in East Somerville, 
 Mass., May 12, 1883, and had seven children. 
 
 807 (7). Ann Christina, born in Portland, Me., Dec. 30, 
 1806, died in Portland, Oct. i, 18 12. 
 
 808 (8). Laura, born in Portland, Me., Oct. 18, 1809, died 
 in , Aug. 21, 1875; was 
 md. in Portland, Jan. 12, 1847, to John Connor, 
 son Connor and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 . No children. 
 
 William Bamet Tryon md. (2), in Portland, Me., March 
 25, 1827, Elizabeth P Patrick, dau. 
 
 Patrick and , his wife, bom 
 
Colonel John 235 
 
 in Stroudwater, Me., Dec. 13, 1786, died in Portland, 
 Sept. 30, 1849. No children. 
 
 803 VII. William, second child of William Bamet 
 Tryon and Mary Purkitt, his wife, bom in New Glou- 
 cester, Me., July 3, 1796, died in 
 ; md. in 
 , Susan Caroline Hicks, dau. William 
 Hicks of Halifax, N. S., and 
 his wife, bom in 
 
 died in and 
 
 had four children. 
 
 VIII. Children of William, and Stisan Hicks: 
 
 809 (1). Walter Hicks, bom in 
 
 , died in New York, 
 
 , 1867; buried in 
 New Orleans, La. Unmd. He was well known in 
 New Orleans as a poet and as a scholar. 
 
 810 (2). Mary Teresa Hicks, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 • , July 15, 1875; was 
 md. in 
 to Mitchell of Long Island, son 
 
 Mitchell and , 
 
 his wife. 
 
 They resided in New Orleans, where it is believed he 
 died; his widow first removed to Montreal, Canada, 
 then to New York State, where she died. 
 811 (3). Mary Louise, born in 
 
 , died young. 
 813 (4). Caroline Phinney, bom in 
 
 . died in 
 
 , was md. in 
 
236 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 , to R 
 
 
 W Gale, son 
 
 
 Gale 
 
 and 
 in 
 
 , his wife, 
 
 born in 
 
 , died 
 
 , and 
 
 had one daughter. 
 
 
 
 William removed from the Provinces to Portland, Me., 
 then to New York, and later to New Orleans, La. 
 
 803 VII. Bamet, third child of William Bamet Tryon 
 and Mary Purkitt, bom in Portland, Me., Nov. 17, 1797, 
 died in ; md. 
 
 in , Sophia 
 
 Hodgkins, of Bnmswick, Me., dau. Hodg- 
 
 kins and , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had five chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Vni. Children of Bamet, and Sophia Hodgkins: 
 
 813 (1). A son, born in 
 
 , died in childhood. 
 
 814 (2). A son, born in 
 
 , died in childhood. 
 
 815 (3). Mary Elizabeth, born in Portland, Me., Jan. 27, 
 
 1828, died in 
 
 , was md. in 
 Feb. 22, 1849, to Henry Locke of Lexington, Mass. 
 son Abel Locke and Eliza , his wife 
 
 bom in , Oct. 6, 1824 
 
 died in 
 1889, and had four children. 
 
 816 (4). WilHam Bamet, born in Portland, Me., July 20, 
 
 1829, died 
 
 817 (5). Sophia, born in 
 
Colonel John 237 
 
 804 VII. Edmond Fanning, fourth child of WilHam 
 Bamet Try on, and Mary Purkitt, bom in Portland, Me., 
 Aug. 13, 1799, died in Portland, July 4, 1838 ; md. in Port- 
 land, May 14, 1827, Susan Tucker Corey, dau. James 
 Corey and Esther , his wife, bom in 
 
 , July 13, 1805, died in 
 
 , and had five children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Edmond Fanning, and Susan Corey: 
 
 818 (1). Ellen Louise, born in Portland, Me., May 8, 
 1828, died in 
 
 ; was md. in Portland, Oct. 18, 1852, to John 
 F Purington, son Pu- 
 
 rington, and , his wife, born in 
 
 died in 
 . No 
 children. 
 
 819 (2). George Chase, born in Portland, Ap. 12, 1830 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 830 (3). Edmond Loth aire, bom in Portland, July 20, 
 
 1832. 
 821 (4). Susan Tucker, born in Portland, Jan. 6, 1835, 
 died in ; 
 
 was md. in Portland, Nov. 28, 1872, to George C 
 Fobes, son Fobes and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 
 . No children. 
 Resided in Mobile, Ala. 
 833 (5). Caroline Robinson, born in Portland, July 28, 
 1838, died in 
 
 ; was md. in Portland, Dec. 22, 1861, to Ed- 
 ward A Bailey, son 
 Bailey and , his wife, 
 bom in , 
 died in , 
 and had two children. Resided in Washington, D. C. 
 
238 Connecticut 
 
 819 VIII. George Chase, second child of Edmond Fan- 
 ning, and Susan Corey, bom in Portland, Me., Ap. 12, 
 1830, died in ; 
 
 md. in , June 4, 1854, Susan 
 
 Janet Burbank of South Paris, Me., dau. 
 Burbank and , his wife, 
 
 bom in , died 
 
 in , and had 
 
 four children. 
 
 IX. Children of George Chase, and Susan Burbank: 
 
 833 (1). Mary, bom in Portland, Jan. 9, 1857, died in 
 
 ; was 
 md. in , Jan. 7, 1885, 
 
 to William H Nauman, son 
 
 Nauman and , his wife, 
 
 bom in , 
 
 died in , 
 
 and had one son. 
 
 834 (2). Alice Manning, born in Portland, Me., Aug. 18, 
 i860, died in Portland, Aug, 27, 1862. 
 
 835 (3). Henry Burbank, born in Portland, Me., July 26, 
 1863 (md., oh.). 
 
 836 (4). Charles Thomas, bom in Portland, Me., March 
 31, 1866. 
 
 835 IX. Henry Burbank, third child of George Chase, 
 and Susan Burbank, bom in Portland, Me., July 26, 1863, 
 died in ; md. 
 
 in , Dec. 3, 1885, Calista 
 
 Fay of Maiden, Mass., dau. Fay and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had one son. 
 
Colonel John 239 
 
 X. Children of Henry Burbank, and Calista Fay: 
 
 837 (1). Clinton Noyes, born in 
 , Feb. 4, 1888. 
 
 826 IX. Charles Thomas, fourth child of George Chase, 
 and Susan Burbank, bom in Portland, Me., March 31, 
 1886, 
 
 830 VIII. Edmond Lothaire, third child of Edmond 
 Fanning, and Susan Corey, bom in Portland, Me., July 30, 
 1832, died in 
 
 576 VI. Joseph, eighth child of Col. John and Ann 
 Bamet, born in Montreal, Canada, Nov. 11, 1779, died in 
 
 ; md. in 
 , England, 
 
 VII. Children of Joseph, and 
 838 Mary Ann, born in 
 
 839 Nancy, bom in 
 
 , Oct. , 1836, died in Bradford, Vt., Sept. 
 10. 1839. 
 
240 Connecticut 
 
 In his youth Joseph resided with his mother at Cape 
 Breton ; when of age he entered the British army and was 
 sent with the forces under Wellington to Spain, where he 
 was engaged in various battles, and was one of those who 
 assisted in driving the French from the Peninsula, After 
 a long absence from his native land he returned to 
 America and settled in Bradford, Vt., near his brother 
 Andrew, where he engaged in agriculture. But his Eng- 
 lish wife longed for home, and in or about the year 1843 
 he went back to England where it is understood the old 
 warrior died soon after. 
 
• GENERAL ABSALOM PETERS 
 
GENERAL ABSALOM. 
 
 475 V. Absalom, eighth child of CoL John and Lydia 
 Phelps, born in Hebron, Conn., March 25, 1754, died in 
 New York, March 29, 1840; md., in 
 
 (abt.) Jan. i, 1783, Mary Rogers, dau. Nathaniel 
 Rogers of Leominster, Mass., and Rebecca Symonds, his 
 wife, bom in Boxford, Mass., June 14, 1756, died in Went- 
 worth, N. H., Oct. 5, 1819, aged 63 years, and had nine 
 children. She was buried in Wentworth. 
 
 VI. Children of Absalom, and Mary Rogers: 
 
 830 (1). John Rogers, born in Wentworth, N. H., Sept. 
 22, 1783 (md., ch.). 
 
 831 (2). Phebe, bom in Wentworth, N. H., May 13, 
 1785, died in New York, Aug. 29, i860; was md. in 
 Piermont, N. H., Dec. 25, 1806, to Josiah Fisk, son 
 Amos Fisk, and Mary Wheeler, his wife, bom in Haver- 
 hill, N. H., Sept. 8, 1 781, died in Keesville, N. Y., Aug. 
 10, 1844, and had 7 children. 
 
 832 (3). Lydia, bom in Wentworth. N. H., Feb. 23, 
 1787, died in Keene, N. H., July 25, 1871 ; was md. in 
 Wentworth, Aug. 18, 181 7, to Joseph Perry, son Silas 
 Perry and Catherine , his wife, born in 
 Westminster, N. Y., Mar. 30, 1788, died in Keene, N. H., 
 June 17, 1865, and had two sons. 
 
 833 (4). George Pierce, born in Wentworth, May 30, 
 1789 (md., no ch.). 
 
 834 (5). James Whitelaw, bom in Wentworth, June 20, 
 
 1 791, died in Blakely, Ala., Dec. i, 1822. He was one 
 
 of the first settlers and purchasers of Blakely in 181 7, 
 
 and was of the firm of Peters and Stebbins. He was 
 16 
 
 241 
 
242 Connecticut 
 
 elected representative to the Territorial Legislature, 
 1819, and was later Chief Justice of Baldwin Co. 
 
 835 (6). Absalom, born in Wentworth, Sept. 19, 1793 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 836 (7). Mary, born in Wentworth, Oct. 2, 1795, died 
 in Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1847; was md. in New 
 York, Nov. 23, 1837, to the Hon. Samuel Wilkeson 
 of Buffalo, N. Y., son John Wilkeson and Mary 
 
 , his wife, born in Carlisle, Penn., 
 , 1 78 1, died in Kingston, Tenn., July , 
 
 1848. No children. 
 
 837 (8). William (twin of Mary), born in Wentworth, 
 Oct. 2, 1795 (md., ch.). 
 
 838 (9). Myra, born in , 
 Aug. 3, 1797, died in , 
 Oct. 26, 1862 ; was md. in 
 
 , Ap. 22, 1824, to John W Mason of 
 
 Saratoga, N. Y., son Mason and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 , died in 
 
 , and had three 
 children. 
 
 Absalom md. (2) in Lebanon, Conn., Dec. 6, 1820, Mrs. 
 Mary Gurley, widov^ of the Revd. John Gurley of Lebanon, 
 and dau. of Deacon Pelatiah Porter and 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , 1757, died in Lebanon, Ap. 27, 
 1837. No children. 
 
 He had intended studying for a profession, but, his 
 health failing, he varied teaching with fighting (it is said 
 that he was at the battle of East Chester) until he settled 
 down as a farmer in New Hampshire. In 1775, while 
 teaching choirs to sing in Norwich, Conn., it is said he 
 composed the music for the ode, The American Hero, 
 which has been called the war song of the Revolution.* 
 
 * The tune is called " Bunker Hill." 
 
General Absalom 243 
 
 He graduated from Dartmouth in 1780. While in col- 
 lege he was captain of a volunteer company composed of 
 the students, who were armed and equipped ready to repel 
 an Indian attack upon the settlement, or to give other 
 needed aid* The class consisted of ten members, under 
 the first president, the Rev. Dr. Wheelock. They were, 
 Amos Case, E. Longfellow, Noah Miles, William Putten, 
 Absalom Peters, George Peirce, P^ter Poloquonnonquet 
 (an Indian chief of the St. Regis tribe), John Ralphe, 
 Joseph Stewart, and Daniel Story. In October, 1780, 
 great alarm was felt at the destruction of Royalton, Vt., by 
 the Indians, and by the report that 4000 Canadian troops 
 under the command of Col. John Peters, elder brother 
 of Absalom, had crossed Lake Champlain and were on 
 the march toward the Connecticut River. The younger 
 Peters immeditely started, at the head of six companies, 
 to join Gen. Bailey in Newbury, and was this officer's 
 aide-de-camp until the close of the war. It is said that he 
 sent to his brother a man thoroughly at home in the 
 wilds of Vermont, and who gained the confidence of Col. 
 Peters to such an extent that he was chosen to lead the 
 British troops across the state. This agent at once 
 started them on an endless journey, causing them to 
 cross and to recross their own tracks, until, wearied and 
 bewildered, they lost heart and returned to Canada.* 
 Col. John appears never to have suspected this trick of 
 his younger brother's. In 1781 he was member, for six 
 sessions, of the Vermont Assembly. He was justice of the 
 peace and high sheriff of the coimty for several years. 
 1785, May 10, he was commissioned captain of the 6th 
 Co. of the 13th Regiment of the State of New Hamp- 
 shire. 1793 he was commissioned major of the ist Bat- 
 talion in the 30th Regiment of militia. 1 794, Sept. 29, he 
 
 * From the Hartford Columbian, May 17, 1845. The compiler does 
 not vouch for the truth of these statements. 
 
244 Connecticut 
 
 was commissioned "lieutenant colonel commandant" of 
 the 13th Regiment of the New Hampshire Militia. 
 1 80 1, June 12, he was commissioned brigadier-general of 
 the 6th Brigade of the State of New Hampshire. In 1806 
 he "begged leave to resign his commission." 
 
 From 1832-40 he was postmaster in Lebanon, Conn. 
 
 830 VI. John Rogers, first child of Gen. Absalom, and 
 Mary Rogers, bom in Wentworth, N. H., Sept. 22, 1783, 
 died in New York, Ap. 24, 1858; md. in Troy, N. Y., 
 Oct. 3, 1815, Abbey Covell, dau. Silas Covell* and Re- 
 becca Thurber, his wife, bom in Troy, N. Y., May 27, 
 1792, died in N. Y., Nov. 23, 1837, and had twelve chil- 
 dren, t 
 
 VII. Children of John Rogers, and Abbey Covell: 
 
 839 (1). George Covell, born in New York, July 30, 
 1816 (md., ch.). 
 
 840 (2). John Rogers, Jr., born in New York, June 19, 
 1818 (md., ch.). 
 
 841 (3). Franklin Armstrong, born in New York, Jan. 2, 
 
 1820, died Feb. 10, 1821. 
 
 842 (4). Abbey Louisa, born in New York, Sept. 10, 
 
 1821, died in Portland, Oregon, Jan. 7, 1893; was md. 
 in , Sept. 10, 1851, to 
 Arthur Cook of London, Eng., son Cook 
 and , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in New York, , and had 
 
 four children. 
 
 843 (5). Mary Lorrain, bom in New York, Nov. 8, 1822, 
 living in Greenwich, Conn., 1903; was md. in Geneva, 
 N. Y., Aug. 19, 1847, to Henry John Overmann, son 
 Christian Frederick Overmann and Henrietta Ade- 
 
 * He is said to have been with Washington at Trenton, and to have 
 crossed the Delaware in the same boat with the commander-in-chief. 
 
 t The dates of birth are taken from John Rogers Peters' family 
 Bible. 
 
JOHN ROGERS PETERS 
 
General Absalom 245 
 
 laide Lind, his wife, born in St. Thomas, West Indies, 
 Oct. , 1822, died in New York, Ap. 2, 1884, and 
 
 had five children. 
 
 844 (6). Caroline Cora, bom in New York, Ap. 18, 1824, 
 died in Pewee Valley, Ky., May 6, 1870; was md. in 
 New York, Feb. 9, 1852, to Joseph Wesley Benson, son 
 James Benson and Anne Robinson, his wife, born in 
 Kingston, Canada, Nov. 23, 1821, died in Chicago, 111., 
 Dec. 23, 1884, and had eight children. 
 
 845 (7). Charles RoUa, born in New York, Jan. 26, 
 1826 (md., ch.). 
 
 846 (8). Franklin, born in New York, Oct. 23, 1827, 
 died Ap. 22, 1829. 
 
 847 (9). De Witt Clinton, bom in New York, July 30, 
 1829 (md., ch.). 
 
 848 (10). Frances Marion, born in New York, Ap. 8, 
 1832, died in New York, Feb. 17, 1835. 
 
 849 (11). Helen Frances, bom in New York, July 19, 
 1835, living in Albany, N. Y., 1903; was md. in New 
 York, Ap. 6, 1863, to James Truman Taylor, M.D., son 
 Nicholas Brink Taylor and Cynthia Hagaman, his wife, 
 born in Ingersol, Canada, March 13, 1840, died in 
 Utica, N. Y., July 27, 1892, and had seven children. 
 
 850 (12). Hamilton Lovett, born in New York, Nov. 5, 
 1837, died Aug. 18, 1855, while on a hunting expedi- 
 
 • tion in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. 
 
 John Rogers md. (2) in Albany, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1838, 
 Mary Lucretia Lovett, dau. John Lovett and Nancy 
 McClellan, his wife, born in Albany, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1791, 
 died in Albany, June 23, 1862. No children. 
 
 John Rogers began his business career in Groton, Mass., 
 in the same establishment with the late Amos and William 
 Lawrence, of Boston. He went from there to Troy, 
 N. Y., where he was with Silas Covell, whose daughter 
 he eventually married, and in 1814 he removed to New 
 York City. He did much to develop the cotton trade of 
 
246 Connecticut 
 
 the South, more especially of Mobile, out of which port, 
 his brother James, in 18 16, took the first cotton vessel. 
 He was assistant alderman of the Ninth ward from 1825 
 to 1829, and alderman from 1828 to 1831. After leaving 
 the Common Council he served as commissioner of the 
 Alms House for several years. These offices were at this 
 time purely honorary and the duties were arduous. He 
 identified himself with many progressive movements, 
 among others in turning Potter's Field into the present 
 Washington Square, in removing the Alms House to the 
 Island during the cholera epidemic, and he originated, or 
 seconded, the idea of a society for the Prevention of 
 Cruelty to Children. He was a social man, witty and full 
 of anecdote, and knew many prominent persons. 
 
 839 VII. George Covell, first child of John Rogers, and 
 Abbey Covell, born in New York, July 30, 1816, died in 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., Ap. 21, 1879; md. in New York, Oct. 
 II, 1843, Catharine Matilda Stout enborough, dau. William 
 Stoutenborough, and Caroline Henderson, his wife, born 
 in New York, June 20, 1823, died in Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 July 22, 1883, and had three children. 
 
 VIII. Children of George Covell, and Catherine Stouten- 
 borough. 
 
 851 (1). Mary Rogers, born in New York, Sept. 6, 1844, 
 living in Troy, N. Y., 1903; was md. in New York, 
 Feb, 20, 1867, to Alexander Masterton Knowlson, son 
 Richard Knowlson and Margaret , his 
 wife, born in Sand Lake, N. Y., May 16, 1842, living 
 in Troy, N. Y., 1903. No children. 
 
 852 (2). Catherine Covell, bom in New York, May 5, 
 1846, living in Brooklyn, N. Y., 1903; was md. in New 
 York, Jan. 9, 1867, to Chester Berkely Lawrence, son» 
 Effingham Nicoll Lawrence and Margaret Clendenning, 
 his wife, born in New York, Sept. 15, 1845, living in 
 1903, and had three children. 
 
General Absalom 247 
 
 853 (3). Frank Henderson, born in New York, July 7, 
 1848, died at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., July i, 1850. 
 
 840 VII. John Rogers, Jr., second child of John 
 Rogers and Abbey Covell, born in New York, June 10, 
 1818, died in Georgetown, Pa., Dec. 30, 1900; md. in 
 Pittsburgh, Pa., March 18, 1867, Susan Mary Calhoun, 
 dau. Capt. Richard Calhoun, and Elizabeth McCurdy, his 
 wife, born in Pittsburgh, Pa., , died in 
 
 Georgetown, Pa., Aug. 30, 1897, and had three children. 
 
 VIII. Children of John Rogers, Jr., and Susan Calhoun: 
 
 854 (1). Elizabeth, born in Georgetown, Pa., June 6, 
 1868, living in Georgetown, 1903. 
 
 855 (2). Henry Cogell, born in Georgetown, Pa., Nov. 
 14, 1870 (md., ch.). 
 
 856 (3). Grace, born in Dover, N. J., Jan. i, 1876, liv- 
 ing in McKeesport, Pa., 1903; was md. in George- 
 town, Pa., Nov. 23, 1901, to Addison Louis Petty, son 
 Asbury Louis Petty and Sara Eliza Taylor, his wife, 
 born in Sewickley, Pa., Nov. 9, 1875, living in McKees- 
 port, Pa., 1903. 
 
 855 VIII. Henry Cogell, second child of John Rogers, 
 Jr., and Susan Calhoun, born in Georgetown, Pa., Nov. 
 14, 1870, living in Georgetown, 1903; md. in George- 
 town, April 18, 1893, Parthenia Calhoiin Parr, dau. Capt. 
 Andrew H. Parr, and Elizabeth Calhoun, his wife, born in 
 Georgetown, Pa., died in 1902, 
 
 and had one daughter, 
 
 IX. Children of Henry Cogell, and Parthenia Parr: 
 
 857 (1). Pauline Marie, born in Georgetown, Pa., July 
 27, 1894. 
 
248 Connecticut 
 
 845 VII. Charles Rolla, seventh child of John Rogers 
 and Abbey Covell, born in New York, Jan. 26, 1826, died 
 in New York, May 17, 1881; md. in 
 
 , Ap. 14, 1859, Mary Watkinson Warrin, dau. John 
 Warrin and Mary E. , his wife, born in New 
 
 York, March 25, 1840, living 1903, 
 and had two children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Charles Rolla, and Mary Warrin: 
 
 858 (1). Mary Warrin, bom in 
 
 , March 12, i860, living in San Francisco, Cal., 
 1903 ; was md. in San Francisco, Ap. 22, 1889, to Robert 
 Joy Woods, son Isaiah C Woods and 
 
 Anne Eliza Fitch, his wife, born in San Francisco, 
 Dec. 2, 1856, living, 1903, and had one child. 
 
 859 (2). Charles Rollo, Jr., born in San Francisco, Cal., 
 Ap. 10, 1862 (md., ch.). 
 
 859 VIII. Charles Rollo, second child of Charles 
 Rolla and Mary Warrin, born in San Francisco, Cal., Ap. 
 10, 1862, living in Monterey, Cal., 1903 ; md. in San Fran- 
 cisco, Dec. 30, 1 89 1, Kathleen Murphy, dau. 
 Murphy, and Margaret Chambers, his wife, born in San 
 Francisco, 1870, died in 
 
 1902, and had four children. 
 
 IX. Children of Charles Rolla, Jr., and Kathleen Murphy: 
 
 860 (1). Charles Rollo, born in Paris, France, Sept. 29, 
 1892. 
 
 861 (2). Warrin Hugh, born in Monterey, Cal., Dec. 4, 
 1896. 
 
 861a (3). Kathleen Murphy, born in 
 
 Feb. 18, 1902. 
 861b (4) De Witt Clinton, twin of Kathleen Murphy, 
 
 born in Feb. 18, 1902. 
 
 847 VII. De Witt Clinton, ninth child of John Rogers 
 and Abbey Covell, born in New York, July 30, 1829, died 
 
LT.-COL. DeWITT CLINTON PETERS 
 
 SURGEON, U.S A. 
 
General Absalom 249 
 
 in Brooklyn, N. Y., Ap. 22, 1876; md. in 
 
 , Emily Stoutenborough, dau. 
 William Stoutenborough, and Caroline Henderson, his 
 wife, born in , 
 
 died in , and 
 
 had three children. 
 
 VIII. Children of De Witt Clinton, and Emily Stoutenborough: 
 
 862 (1). William Theodore, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 
 Ap. 6, 1862. 
 
 863 (2). De Witt Clinton, born at Fort McHenry, near 
 Baltimore, Md., June 11, 1865 (md., ch.). 
 
 864 (3). Emily Louise, born in 
 
 , Jan. , 1873, died July , 1873. 
 
 De Witt Clinton was a surgeon in the army, with the 
 rank of lieutenant-colonel, dtiring the Civil War. He 
 wrote a Life of Kit Carson at Carson's request. 
 
 862 Vin. William Theodore, first child of De Witt 
 Clinton, and Emily Stoutenborough, born in Brooklyn, 
 N. Y., Ap. 6, 1862, living in Paris, France, 1903; Unmd. 
 He has this year (1903) been made an officer of the 
 French Academy on account of his poems. 
 
 863 Vni. De Witt Clinton, second child of De Witt 
 CHnton, and Emily Stoutenborough, born at Fort Mc- 
 Henry, near Baltimore, Md., June 11, 1865, living in 
 Baltimore, 1903; md. in , 
 March 15, 1890, Adele Bacon, dau. Bacon, 
 and , his wife, born in 
 
 , living, 1903, and 
 had three children. 
 
 IX. Children of De Witt Clinton, and Adele Bacon: 
 
 863a (1). John Clinton, born in Paris, France, Jan. 24, 
 1891. 
 
250 Connecticut 
 
 863b (2). Margaret Elizabeth, born in Paris, France, 
 
 Aug. 25, 1892. 
 863c (3). Emily Ruth, born in Paris, France, Jan. 6, 
 
 1894. 
 
 833 VI. George Pierce, fourth child of Absalom and 
 Mary Rogers, born in Wentworth, N. Y., May 30, 1789, 
 died at Fort Gadsden, Florida, Nov. 28, 1819; md. in 
 
 , June 8, 1 814, Lorraine 
 Allen Hitchcock, dau. Judge Samuel Hitchcock, and 
 Lucy C , his wife, and granddaughter of 
 
 Col. Ethan Allen, born in Burlington, Vt., June 5, 1790, 
 died in Burlington, Ap. 22, 181 5. No children. 
 
 He was a graduate of West Point. 1808, he was en- 
 sign in the 4th Infantry. 1809, July, he was 2d lieutenant. 
 181 1, Oct., he was ist lieutenant. 181 1, Nov., he was 
 wounded at the battle of Tippecanoe where he distin- 
 guished himself by his bravery. 181 2, Aug. 9, he was at 
 the battle of Magnago and was again wounded. He 
 served with distinction through the war of 1812. 1812, 
 Dec. 14, he was regimental paymaster. 181 3, Feb., he 
 was assistant adjutant general with the rank of major. 
 1 81 4, Feb., he was captain of the 4th Infantry. 181 4, 
 May, he was captain of artillery. His likeness is en- 
 graved on a cannon by the equestrian statue of Jackson, 
 in Washington, Major Peters having taken the cannon at 
 Pensacola. His grave and that of his wife are in the 
 old graveyard in Burlington, Vt. 
 
 835 VI. Absalom, sixth child of Absalom, and Mary 
 Rogers, born in Wentworth, N. H., Sept. 19, 1793, died 
 in New York, May 18, 1869,; md. in 
 
 , Oct. 25, 1 8 19, Harriet Hinckley Hatch, dau. 
 Reuben Hatch and Eunice , his wife, born 
 
 in Norwich, Vt., Ap. 2, 1796, died in New York, May 27, 
 1890, and had seven children. 
 
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 1858 
 
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 THE REVD. ABSALOM PETERS, D.D. 
 
 1814 
 
 1AJOR GEORGE PIERCE PETERS, U.S.A. 
 
General Absalom 251 
 
 VII. Children of Absalom, and Harriet Hatch: 
 
 865 (1). George Absalom, born in Bennington, Vt., May 
 
 12, 1821 (md., ch.). 
 
 866 (2). Harriet Adaline, born in Bennington, Vt., June 
 
 13, 1823, died in New York, March 27, 1891 ; was md. 
 in Williamstown. Mass., Jan. i, 1845, to the Revd. 
 Winiam CHft, son William Clift and Nancy Denison 
 Avery, his wife, bom in Griswold, Conn., Sept. 12, 
 1817, died in Mystic Bridge, Conn., Dec. 9, 1890, and 
 had three children. 
 
 867 (3). Horace Hatch, born in Bennington, Vt., Nov. 
 4, 1825, died in Pittsfield, Mass., Sept. 15, 1827. 
 
 868 (4). Edward Payson, born in New York, Oct. 9, 
 1828, was killed in Cuba in Garcia's insurrection, in 
 Aug. or Sept., 1871, while fighting for the Cubans. He 
 was a captain of Volunteers in the Civil war. 
 
 869 (5). Frances Margaretta, bom in New York, March 
 6, 1831, died May 4, 1832. 
 
 870 (6). Mary Elizabeth, born in New York, May 13, 
 1835, ^i^d i^ New York, Jan. 2, 1864; was md. in Wil- 
 liamstown, Mass., June i, 1854, to Albert S 
 
 Ward, son William Ward and Electa Beach, his wife, 
 bom in Livingston, N. J., Jan. 16, 1828, died in New 
 York, Oct. 8, 1875, ^^^^ ^^^ three children. 
 
 871 (7). James Hugh, born in New York, Nov. 13, 1837 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 After ordinary home and school instruction and being, 
 for a few months at a time, a teacher in a district school, 
 Absalom graduated from Dartmouth College in 1816. 
 The same year he entered the Princeton Theological 
 seminary, and leaving it in May, 18 19, v^as licensed by 
 the presbytery of New York. For a few months he was a 
 missionary in northern New York, then pastor of the 
 first church in Bennington, Vt., from July, 1820, to Dec, 
 1825, when he left the church to become the secretary of 
 the United Domestic Missionary Society, and to aid in 
 the organization of the American Home Mission Society. 
 
252 Connecticut 
 
 May, 1826, he was its first corresponding secretary, and 
 held this office, during successive elections, until 1837, in- 
 clusive. During that time he was the principal agent of the 
 society in organizing and forming its system, and he was a 
 member of the executive committee until 1844. He says : 
 " In the twelve years of my agency for the American Home 
 Missionary Society I travelled in nearly all of the United 
 States and Territories, as they then were, a distance of 
 perhaps three times the circumference of the globe, 
 preached in churches of different denominations, at Pres- 
 byterian camp-meetings in the West, and on many inter- 
 esting occasions at the meetings of presbyteries, synods, 
 associations, and other public bodies." As secretary of 
 the American Home Missionary Society he edited the 
 Home Missionary and Pastor's Journal from 1827 to 1837, 
 and then took charge of the American Biblical Repository, 
 beginning January, 1838, and ending in the summer of 
 1842. In January, 1841, he also began the publication 
 of the American Eclectic which he continued until May, 
 1842. This year he became agent for the Union Theo- 
 logical Seminary of New York, of which he was one of the 
 original projectors and a director, and was collector for 
 its funds for two years. He was also professor of Homi- 
 letics and Pastoral Theology in that institution. In 1844 
 he resigned and was installed pastor of the first church 
 of WilHamstown, Mass. From 1845 tmtil 1869 he served 
 Williams College as trustee, and in 1852 as collector. In 
 1854 he resigned his pastorate, but this resignation was 
 not accepted imtil 1857. After this his life was less 
 active, but he continued to preach in divers towns, and 
 to write for sundry papers. At the age of seventy he 
 composed a long poem on Life and Time, and wrote a 
 sketch of his Hfe from which these facts are taken. He 
 had great executive talent, was deeply interested in his 
 work, and was generally beloved. 
 
GEORGE ABSALOM PETERS, M.D. 
 
General Absalom 253 
 
 865 VII. George Absalom, first child of Absalom, and 
 Harriet Hatch, bom in Bennington, Vt., May 12, 182 1, 
 died in New York, Dec. 6, 1894 ; md. in 
 
 , Ap. 10, 1849, Julia Coggill, dau. George 
 Coggill and Anne Atkinson, his wife, bom in New York, 
 Aug. 8, 1824, died in New York, Dec. 12, 1873, and had 
 two children. 
 
 VIII. Children of George Absalom, and Julia Coggill: 
 
 873 (1). Frederick Dennison, born in New York, Nov. 
 25, 1852, died May 30, 1859. 
 
 873 (2). Bertha Borodell, bom in New York, Feb. 13, 
 1855, living in Burlington, Vt., 1903 ; was md. in 
 
 , Oct. II, 1877, to Horace 
 Hatch Chittenden, son Lucius Eugene Chittenden and 
 Mary Yates Hatch, his wife, bom in Burlington, Vt., 
 Jan. 24, 1855, living in 1903, and had two sons. 
 
 George Absalom, after the usual preparatory educa- 
 tion, entered the class of 1842 at Yale college, but was 
 obliged by circumstances to leave, without completing 
 his course, at the end of the sophomore year. His father, 
 the Rev. Absalom Peters, was at that time in the pub- 
 Hshing business, and Dr. Peters, for a limited period, 
 entered that business with him in connection with the 
 Eclectic Magazine. After a time, preferring a profes- 
 sional life, he took up the study of medicine at the college 
 of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, and was gradu- 
 ated from there with honors in 1846. After his gradu- 
 ation he became an interne at the New York Hospital, 
 and after completing the usual course there began a 
 general practice in New York, which he continued until 
 the time of his retirement in the year 1890. 
 
 Dr. Peters' active work continued for a period of 
 nearly fifty years, and he attained great success during 
 all that time. 
 
254 Connecticut 
 
 Among the positions occupied by Dr. Peters in pro- 
 fessional life, the following may be enumerated : 
 
 Attending and consulting surgeon at New York Hos- 
 pital, from the time of his graduation until 1890. 
 
 Attending and consulting surgeon at St. Luke's Hos- 
 pital from 1859 until 1888. 
 
 Attending surgeon at the Presbyterian Hospital. 
 
 Consulting surgeon at St. Mary's Hospital. 
 
 Attending surgeon at the Hospital for the Blind. 
 
 President of the Academy of Medicine. 
 
 President of the Physicians' Mutual Aid Society. 
 
 Dr. Peters was quite as prominent in social life as he 
 was in professional life. At various times and for varied 
 periods, he was a member of the following clubs: Uni- 
 versity (being president thereof for three years) , Century, 
 Union League, Knickerbocker, and the Medical and Sur- 
 gical Society. He was also a member of various dining 
 clubs and many other social organizations of minor 
 importance. In his later years Yale University con- 
 ferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts. 
 
 Dr. Peters was distinguished for unfailing energy and 
 industry, and great personal attraction. These charac- 
 teristics not only inspired general respect, but general 
 affection, and it would be difficult to find, among the 
 men of his time in New York, one whose memory is more 
 fondly cherished by those who knew him. He had a keen 
 and kindly sense of humor and the sunniest of natures, 
 qualities which enabled him to endure the sufferings of a 
 painful and lingering last illness with a fortitude as rare 
 as it was admirable. , 
 
 837 VL William, eighth child of Absalom and Mary 
 Rogers, and twin of Mary, born in Wentworth, N. H., 
 Oct. 2, 1795, died in Bloomfield, N. J., Dec. 31, 1887; 
 md. in , Aug. 23, 1837, Ma- 
 
General Absalom 255 
 
 tilda McComb, dau. John McComb, and Elizabeth 
 
 , his wife, bom in New York, Feb. 12, 1801, died 
 in Bloomfield, N. J., Oct. 30, 1875, and had three children. 
 
 VII. Children of William, and Matilda McComb: 
 
 874 (1). Mary Matilda, born in Bloomfield, N. J.. March 
 8, 1839, died in Bloomfield, Jan. 24, i860. 
 
 875 (2). Elizabeth Glean, born in Bloomfield, N. J., Dec. 
 5, 1840, died in Bloomfield, Aug. 13, 1891; was md. in 
 Bloomfield, Oct. 9, 1867, to Charles H. Nash, son 
 John R Nash and Ann , 
 his wife, born at Niagara Falls, Canada, Feb. 10, 1839, 
 living, 1903, and had three children. 
 
 876 (3). Malcolm, born in Bloomfield, N. J., May 11, 
 1844 (md., no ch.). 
 
 876 VII. Malcokn, third child of William, and Ma- 
 tilda McComb, bom in Bloomfield, N. J., May 11, 1844, 
 living in New York, 1903 ; md. in Bloomfiield, N. J., June 
 3, 1868, Margaretta Artimesia Andruss, dau. Col. Isaac 
 Mix Andruss and Lydia Isabella Austin, his wife, bom in 
 Newark, N. J., July 31, 1840, living, 1903. No children. 
 
 871 VII. James Hugh, seventh child of Absalom and 
 Harriet Hatch, born in New York, Nov. 13, 1837, living 
 in Englewood, N. J., 1903 ; md. in 
 
 , Feb. I, 1866, Mary Ann Booth, dau. William A. 
 Booth, and Louisa Edgar, his wife, bom in New York, 
 Feb. 25, 1842, living, 1903, and had four children. 
 
 VIII. Children of James Hugh, and Mary Booth: 
 
 877 (1). Theodore Lewis, born in New York, June 26, 
 1869 (md., ch.). 
 
 878 (2). George Absalom, born in Englewood, N. J., 
 Oct. 14, 1871, died Oct. 17, 1871. 
 
256 Connecticut 
 
 879 (3). Louise Edgar, born in Englewood, N. J., Nov. 
 25, 1872. 
 
 880 (4). Hugh, born in Englewood, N. J., May 6, 1880. 
 
 877 VIII. Theodore Lewis, first child of James Hugh 
 and Mary Booth, bom in New York, June 26, 1869, living 
 in Englewood, N. J., 1903; md., in Englewood, Nov. 29, 
 1893, Alberta Louise Preston, dau. Col. Albert William 
 Preston, U. S. A., and Mary Elizabeth Ord, his wife, 
 bom in Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 9, 1871, living 1903, and 
 had one child. 
 
 IX. Children of Theodore, and Alberta Preston. 
 
 881 (1). Alberta Louise, born in Englewood, N. J., Sept. 
 8, 1894. 
 
 880 VIII. Hugh, fourth child of James Hugh and Mary 
 Booth, bom in Englewood, N. J., May 6, 1880, living in 
 Englewood, 1903. Unmd. 
 
HANNAH PETERS CMRS WILLIAM JARVIS) 
 
 (pros, taken in LONDON ; ABT. 173?) 
 
THE REVEREND SAMUEL 
 
 465 IV. Samuel, tenth child of John, and Mary Marks, 
 bom in Hebron, Conn., Dec. i, 1735, died in New York, 
 Ap. 19, 1826; md. in Hebron, Feb. 14, 1760, Hannah 
 Owen, only child of Silas Owen and Elizabeth 
 his wife, bom in Hebron, Dec. 29, 1740, died in Hebron, 
 Oct. 25, 1765, and had three daughters. 
 
 V. Children of the Revd. Samuel, and Hannah Owen: 
 883 (1). Hannah, bom in Hebron, Dec. 19, 1760, died 
 in Hebron, March 2, 1761. 
 
 883 (2). Hannah Delvena, born in Hebron, Jan. 2, 1762, 
 died in Queenstown, Canada, Sept. 20, 1845; was md. 
 in London, Eng., Dec. 12, 1786, to William Jarvis, son 
 of Samuel Jarvis and Martha Seymour of Norwalk, 
 Conn., born in , Sept. 
 II, 1756, died in York, Canada, Aug. 13, 1817, and 
 had 7 children. 1782, he entered, as cornet, the 
 (so-called) ist American Reg., the Queen's Loyal 
 Rangers. 1789, he was lieutenant of militia in Upper 
 Canada, and captain in 1791. Provincial secretary 
 under Lt.-Govs. Simcoe Hunter and Gore, and regis- 
 trar of Deeds. He was first Grand Master of Free 
 Masons in Upper Canada. 
 
 884 (3). Elizabeth, born in Hebron, Jan. 19, 1764, died 
 Aug. 27, 1765. 
 
 The Revd. Samuel md. (2), in 
 
 , June 25, 1769, Abigail Gilbert, dau. Samuel Gil- 
 bert, of New Haven, and Abigail , his wife, 
 bom in , Jan. 31, 1752, died 
 in Hebron, July 14, 1769. 
 
 '7 
 
 257 
 
258 Connecticut 
 
 He md. (3) in Stratford, Conn., Ap. 21, 1773, Mary 
 Birdseye, dau. William Birdseye and Eunice 
 
 , his wife, bom in Stratford, July 26, 1750, 
 died in Hebron, June 16, 1774, and had one son.* 
 
 Children of the Revd. Samuel, and Mary Birdseye: 
 885 (4). William Birdseye, born in Hebron, June 5, 
 1774 (md., ch.). 
 
 Samuel (or Samuel Andrew, as he sometimes wrote 
 himself) was left by his father's will (1754) one thousand 
 pounds. In 1757 he graduated from Yale and in 1758 
 went to England, where he was ordained deacon by Dr. 
 Shelton, Bishop of Chester, and priest, it is said, by the 
 Bishop of London and the Archbishop of Canterbury. 
 In 1760 he returned to the Colonies and was the first 
 officiating rector of Hebron and Hartford, which office he 
 held until 1774, when his pronoimced Tory feelings caused 
 his house to be attacked by the Americans during the 
 months of August and September, and he was obliged to 
 flee from the state and put himself in hiding. On the 
 27th of October, 1774, he sailed from Portsmouth, N. H., 
 and remained in England thirty-one years. His only 
 
 * In the old graveyard in Hebron are to be found these stones : 
 (i) "The Corse of Mrs. Hannah Peters bom 29th Decb. 1739 died 
 25th Oct 1765 Daughter of Mr Silas and Mrs Elizabeth Owen Consort 
 to ye Rev. Mr Samuel Peters is buried here, ye world Contends a 
 Second birth is past ye First begins at death on Virtue bent My mind 
 I Fixd Obeyd my Love Example to my sex." 
 
 (2) " Mrs Hannah Peters dau. Rev. Mr Samuel Peters and Mrs 
 Hannah born Dec. 19 1760 died March 3d 1761." 
 
 (3) " Ye corse of Mrs Elizabeth ye Daughter of ye Rev. Mr. Samuel 
 and Mrs Hannah Peters is buried here Bom Jan 19, 1764 died Aug. 
 ye 27 1765." 
 
 (4) " Here is interred ye Corpse of Mrs Abigail Peters a second 
 Consort of ye Revd. Mr Samuel Peters, a Daughter of Samuel Gilbert 
 Esq by Mrs Abigail his wife, bom J any 31st 1752 Married June 25th 
 1769 and died July 14th 1769. a wedding Changed to Lamentation 
 ye Greatest Greif in all Creation a Mourning Groom in Desperation." 
 
 (5) " Here is inter'd ye Corpse of Mrs Mary ye 3d Wife of ye Revd. 
 Samuel Peters, and only Daughtr to Mr William and Mrs Eunice 
 Birdsey of Stratford. She was Born Jttly 26th 1750 and Died June 
 16 1774 Leaving a son 11 days old Baptized Willm Birdsey The Law 
 of Kindness reigned upon her tongue." 
 
Prob. abt. 1/87 
 
 1822 
 
 t:foi>mAAtA. yi^Vn^ 
 
The Reverend Samuel 259 
 
 daughter, Hannah, was taken to England two years later 
 (so her father says) in the Somerset, British man-of-war.* 
 He received a pension from the British government, as 
 well as a grant of land, but in 1803-04, having quarrelled 
 with Pitt, his name was taken off the pension list. In 
 1805 he returned to America. He spent several years in 
 Washington, petitioning for confirmation of a grant of 
 land near St. Anthony's Falls, and in October, 18 17, then 
 in failing health and eighty-two years of age, he visited 
 that part of the country where he passed over a year 
 and spent the winter at Prairie du Chien. In 181 8 he re- 
 moved to New York and lived in that city and in Jersey 
 City imtil his death. He suffered from various physical 
 ills during a great part of his life. He was a man of 
 strong character, and of marked individuality. It is 
 probable that he had a violent temper. His nephew, 
 Governor Peters, says that he possessed an iron will in 
 an iron frame. He was impressive in appearance; six 
 feet in height, of powerful build, with light blue eyes, and 
 features strongly marked with the small-pox, of which 
 he nearly died in London in 1 7 5 8 . He was very arbitrary , 
 deeply impressed with a sense of his own importance, and 
 determined to receive full measure of consideration from 
 others. He was sensitive, and unforgiving, as his let- 
 ters testify, and he greatly admired and bowed to those 
 of high estate; but he possessed sound common-sense, 
 and real affection for, and interest in, his relatives, 
 giving them the best of hard, worldly advice, and helping 
 them out of his own pocket when he could not have had 
 great store for himself. His inflexible and indomitable 
 spirit enabled him to endure many and various ills, afflic- 
 tions, and losses, with imflinching stoicism. His History 
 of Connecticut, which first appeared in London, in 1781, 
 was signed "by a Gentleman of the Province," and was 
 
 * This is his own statement, but the compiler feels it to be doubtful. 
 
26o Connecticut 
 
 not acknowledged, for some time, by him. By its immiti- 
 gated exposure of the pecuHarities of the countryfolk, 
 and by his exaggerated descriptions, he brought upon 
 himself the wrath of his compatriots and earned 
 an unenviable reputation for mendacity. His imre- 
 liable history of Hugh Peter, and varied versions of a 
 mythical ancestry are not so well known, but are harder 
 to deal with. In the preface of his History of Connecticut 
 he says: "For three generations my forefathers were 
 careful observers of the proceedings of the Connecticut 
 colonists," when, as a matter of fact, his father had lived 
 less than twenty years in Connecticut when the reverend 
 gentleman was bom. He received an A.B. from Yale in 
 1757, and A.M. from the same college, as well as from 
 King's College (now Columbia) in 176 1. It is stated 
 that in 1776 he received an LL.D. from Trinity College, 
 Nova Scotia, and he claimed for himself an LL.D. from 
 Certona, Tuscany. Toward the end of his life he visited 
 Vermont, and, possibly with good reason, styled himself 
 the first bishop of that state though he was never con- 
 secrated. He was buried in St. Peter's churchyard, 
 Hebron.* 
 
 * The Revd. Samuel owned slaves, some twenty in all, and the fol- 
 lowing relation seems to be of sufficient interest to quote. Records 
 prove the tale to be correct. Descendants of Csesar, for many years, 
 dwelt in and about Hebron, and may be found there yet. Governor 
 Peters used to call them his " colored cousins." 
 
 "Caesar Peters was owned as a slave by the Revd. Samuel A. Peters. 
 During the Revolution the Revd. Mr. Peters left Hebron and went to 
 England, leaving Caesar and his family living upon land near by his own 
 house. Some time after, Nathaniel Mann, a nephew of Mr. Peters, 
 and who lived in Georgia, claimed to have a power of attorney from 
 his uncle to take Caesar and his family to the South. Mann engaged 
 two Northern men to capture the negroes, and to take them to some 
 convenient shipping point. They chose a day in autumn when all the 
 males had gone to East Haddam for regimental training. The women 
 of the neighborhood, however, learning what was going on at Caesar's 
 home, went to his house, and did everything in their power to prevent 
 their departure, cutting the harness, and using every means they 
 
GRAVES OF THE REVD. SAMUEL PETERS' THREE WIVES ''^^^ 
 
 HEBRON, CONN. (1765-1769-1774"! 
 
The Reverend Samuel 261 
 
 885 V. William Birdseye, fourth child of the Revd. 
 Samuel, and only child of his third wife, Mary Birdseye, 
 bom in Hebron, Conn., June 5, 1774, died in Mobile, Ala., 
 Jime 4, 1822; md. in Stamford, Conn., May 4, 1796, 
 Mary Martha Marvin Jarvis, dau. Samuel Jarvis and 
 Hannah Owen, his wife, bom in Stratford, Conn., Dec. 
 29, 1772, died in New York , 1842,* and 
 
 had nine children. 
 
 VI. Children of William Birdseye, and Patty Jarvis: 
 
 886 (1). Mary Elizabeth, bom in June 26, 
 1797, died in Little York, Canada, , 1801. 
 
 887 (2). Henrietta Erminie Albertina, bom in Stratford, 
 Conn., Feb. 11, 1799, died in New York, Ap. 8, 1891 
 Unmd. 
 
 could devise. At last the poor slaves, eighteen in number, were 
 loaded into a big waggon, but Caesar himself was compelled to walk at 
 the tail. He was given a certain length of rope, so that in going up- 
 hill he picked up stones, and put them into the waggon, to increase the 
 load, and impede their progress. The vessel lay at some point on the 
 river between Norwich arud New London. When the men reached 
 home that night, and learned what had happened (not knowing that 
 it was contrary to law to take slaves from the state) , they held a 
 council. Near by lived a Mr. Graves, a tailor. He had been making 
 clothes for Caesar, and as Caesar had called for the garments and taken 
 them away in the tailor's absence, they resolved, as the only means of 
 saving him, to get out a warrant for his arrest. It was near midnight 
 before Messrs. Phelps, Horton, Graves, Welles, and five others, 
 mounted on their fleetest steeds, and started in pursuit. It was re- 
 lated by one of the party, in after years, that, one of the horses having 
 steel shoes, fire flew from his hoofs at every stride as they galloped 
 down the hills. They must have presented a fine appearance, clad 
 in uniform as they were, with plumes waving in the breeze. Ere long 
 they overtook the party. Thomas Welles, who was constable, read 
 the warrant to Prior: the kidnapper said: 'What, Caesar, you've 
 been stealing? ' ' Dat 's none of your business,' was the reply. The 
 poor negroes had cried until their cheeks were wet with tears. They 
 were taken from the waggon, mounted each on a horse behind the 
 rider, and joyfully returned to their quiet homes." 
 
 * Her death was caused from inhaling smoke, her bed curtains 
 having caught fire. 
 
, 262 Connecticut 
 
 888 (3). Samuel Jarvis, born in York, Canada (now 
 Toronto), July 31, 1801 (md., ch.). 
 
 889 (4). Mary Elizabeth, born in 
 
 , Aug. 22, 1803, died in , Conn. 
 
 , 1837; was md. in 
 
 , 182 , to Capt. William 
 Thomas, son Thomas and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 , and had two children. 
 
 890 (5). Sally Hannah, born in 
 
 , Ap. 20, 1805, died in 
 
 1886; was md. in 
 
 , 1823, to Joshua Beal 
 Ferris, son Joshua Ferris and Letitia , his 
 
 wife, bom in Greenwich, Conn., , 1805, 
 
 died in Stamford, Conn., May , 1883, and had 
 
 six children. 
 891^(6). William Birdseye, born in 
 
 , June 21, 1807, died in Mobile, Ala., of 
 yellow fever, Oct. 11, 1824. 
 
 892 (7). Albert Jarvis, born in 
 
 , Dec. I, 1808, died in 
 , Canada, , 181 1. 
 
 893 (8). Harriet Augusta, bom in 
 
 , Aug. 25, 1810, died in 
 . N. J., 
 
 894 (9). Hugh Albert, born in Stamford, Conn., Sept. 
 12, 181 2, died in Stratford, Conn., Sept. 2, 1857, Unmd. 
 
 William Birdseye was brought up by his grandparents 
 until he was fourteen years of age, when he joined his 
 father in England and was educated there and at the 
 Jesuits' College in Arras, France. He returned to Eng- 
 land, entered Trinity College, Oxford, then entered the 
 Temple, in London, and became a barrister-at-law, and a 
 
la^ Souw^JL,. SCT^^l^^^*^' 
 
 
 THE REVD. SAMUEL PETERS 
 
 FROM A MINIATURE ON IVORY BY PUHtELLO, 
 NEW YORK, JULY, 1824 
 
The Reverend Samuel 263 
 
 special pleader. He removed to Canada, was ensign in 
 the British service, and was a lawyer in York (now To- 
 ronto) and Queenstown, Canada, until 181 7, or later, 
 when he removed to Mobile, Ala., where he died. 
 
 888 VL Samuel Jarvis, third child of William Birds- 
 eye and Patty Jarvis, bom in York (now Toronto) , Can- 
 ada, July 31, 1801, died in New Orleans, La., Aug. 11, 
 1855; md. in , Nov. 14, 
 
 1822, Marianne Angelique De Lilly, dau. Jean Philippe De 
 Lilly and Angelique Genevra , his wife, 
 
 born in Kingston, Jamaica, , 1804, died in 
 
 New Orleans, La., May 31, i860, and had seven children. 
 
 VII. Children of Samuel Jarvis, and Marianne De Lilly: 
 
 895 (1). Samuel Jarvis, bom in New Orleans, Dec. 13, 
 1823 (md.). 
 
 896 (2). Harriet Angelique. born in New Orleans, Feb. 
 16, 1825, died in Bay St. Louis, Miss., Aug. 28, 1854; 
 was md. in New Orleans, Dec. 20, 1842, to Jules 
 A Blanc, son Evarist Louis Blanc and 
 Fanny Labatut, his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had seven children. 
 
 897 (3). William, born in New Orleans, Ap. 25, 1826, 
 died in New Orleans, Ap. 10, 1827. 
 
 898 (4). Myrth6 Elizabeth, born in New Orleans, Feb. 
 27, 1828, died March 26, 1854. 
 
 899 (5). Corinne, born in New Orleans, May 28, 1829, 
 died March 19, 1832. 
 
 900 (6). Amanda, born in New Orleans, June 3, 1830, 
 died Ap. 2, 1832. 
 
 901 (7). Benjamin Franklin, born in New Orleans, July 
 23, 1831 (md., ch.). 
 
 Samuel Jarvis first spent some time in the counting- 
 house of a French firm in New York City. In 182 1 he 
 removed to New Orleans and in 1823 established the 
 
264 Connecticut 
 
 grocery firm of Peters and Millard, the largest grocery- 
 house of that day in the city, and of which firm he was a 
 member until his death. In 1824 he was a member of 
 the New Orleans City Council, and chairman of its finance 
 committee. He was the originator of the Pontchartrain 
 Railroad. In 1836 he was the first president of the 
 Chamber of Commerce, which office he held from its 
 founding until his death. He was president of the City 
 Bank. He was president of the State Bank of Louisiana. 
 In 1849 he was collector of the port, under Gen. Taylor, 
 He was instrumental in introducing the common school 
 system into New Orleans, in connection with which he 
 founded a public lyceum and a library. In 1863 he was 
 the mayor's adviser when the Hon. Mr. Crossman held 
 that office. He was director of many institutions. He 
 was instrumental in building the St. Charles Hotel, the 
 Merchants' and Commercial Exchange, the City Hall, the 
 Masonic Hall, the Commercial Bank, the water works, 
 etc., etc. He was president of the New England Society 
 for many years and until his death. In this connection 
 it is interesting to note in his character, as well as in his 
 personal appearance, several distinctive Peters traits. 
 
 895 VII. Samuel Jarvis , first child of Samuel Jarvis , and 
 Marianne Angelique De Lilly, born in New Orleans, La., 
 Dec. 13, 1823, died in New Orleans, Dec. i, 1863; md. in 
 New Orleans, April 25, 1847, Aspasie Lavillebonne, dau. 
 Jourdan Lavillebonne, and , 
 
 his wife, born in 
 
 died in ' , and 
 
 had one child who died in infancy. 
 
 901 VII. Benjamin Franklin, seventh child of Samuel 
 Jarvis, and Marianne De Lilly, born in New Orleans, La., 
 July 23, 1 83 1, living in New Orleans, 1903; md. in New 
 Orleans, Jan. 7, 1862, Marie Felicie LeMonnier, dau. Dr. 
 
^ ^aP, (^^^^«^^*_^ 
 
 SAMUEL JARVIS PETERS 
 
 NEW ORLEANS, LA. 
 
The Reverend Samuel 265 
 
 Y. R. LeMonnier, and Ad^le Communy, his wife, born in 
 Philadelphia, Penn,, March i, 1842, living, 1903, and had 
 nine children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Benjamin Franklin, and Marie LeMonnier: 
 
 902 (1). Myrth^ Marie, born in New Orleans, Feb. 28, 
 1866, living 1903. 
 
 903 (2). Marie Felicie, born in New Orleans, Dec. 12, 
 1870, died July 15, 1872. 
 
 904 (3). Samuel Jarvis, born in New Orleans, Dec. 13, 
 1873, died Aug. 15, 1878. 
 
 905 (4). Benjamin Franklin, born in New Orleans, Nov. 
 10, 1875, died Aug. 17, 1878. 
 
 906 (5). Joseph LeMonnier, born in New Orleans, Jan. 
 29, 1877, died Feb. 5, 1877. 
 
 907 (6). William LeMonnier, born in New Orleans, July 
 22, 1878. 
 
 908 (7). Samuel Jarvis, born in New Orleans, Nov. 15, 
 1879. 
 
 909 (8). Marie Amire, born in New Orleans, Dec. 21, 
 1 88 1, living 1903. 
 
 910 (9). Benjamin Franklin, Jr., bom in New Orleans, 
 Nov. 18, li 
 
 Benjamin Franklin entered the Harvard Law School 
 in 1850, and graduated in 1852. March 21, 1862, he en- 
 tered the Confederate service, under Gen. Polk, and 
 served until the ist of May, 1865, being paroled the same 
 day. 
 
 907 VI n. William LeMonnier, sixth child of Benjamin 
 Franklin, and Marie LeMonnier, bom in New Orleans, La., 
 July 22, 1878, living in New Orleans, 1903. 
 
266 Connecticut 
 
 908 VIII. Samuel Jarvis, seventh child of Benjamin 
 Franklin, and Marie LeMonnier, bom in New Orleans, 
 La., Nov. 15, 1879, living in New Orieans, 1903; md. in 
 New Orieans, April , 1903, LilHan Catherine Mollegen, 
 dau. Mollegen, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in , 
 
 living in 1903. 
 
 910 VIII. Benjamin Franklin, Jr., ninth child of 
 Benjamin Franklin, and Marie LeMonnier, born in New 
 Orleans, Nov. 18, 1884, living in New Orleans, 1903. 
 
NEW YORK STATE 
 (^^ Part I 
 
 ^itf V. Joseph Phelps, thirteenth child of Col. John 
 and Lydia Phelps, bom in Hebron, Conn., Nov. 7, 1761, 
 died in Portland, "Salem Cross Roads" (now Brocton, 
 Chatauqua Co., N. Y.), Sept. 21, 1843; md. in Danbury, 
 Conn., Ap. 28, 1785,* Azubah Case, dau. Zia Case and 
 Azubah , his wife, bom in Hebron, Conn., 
 
 Ap. 26, 1770, died (probably) in Thetford, Vt., of con- 
 sumption, , and had several children, all of 
 whom died young, the oldest being 
 
 VI. Children of Joseph Phelps, and Azubah Case: 
 
 911 Zia, born in 
 
 , died in Mendon, N. Y., when 15 years of 
 age. 
 
 Joseph Phelps md. (2) in Pittston, N. Y., Ap. 8, 1794, 
 Lydia Day, dau. Noah Day and Ann , his 
 
 wife, of East Mendon, N. Y., bom in Colchester, Conn., 
 Nov. 15, 1777, died in Portland, N. Y., May 8, 1858, and 
 had six children. 
 
 Children of Joseph Phelps, and Lydia Day: 
 
 912 (1). Azubah, bom in Hoosick, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1795, 
 died in Mendon, N. Y., Oct. , 1796. 
 
 913 (2). Joseph, born in Mendon, N. Y., July 31, 1796, 
 died in Mendon, Aug. 27, 181 2. 
 
 914 (3). David, bom in Cazenovia, N. Y., Nov. 23, 
 1800 (md., ch.). 
 
 915 (4). Lydia, born in Cazenovia, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1803, 
 died in Portland (now Brocton), N. Y., Oct. 29, 1884; 
 was md. in Murry, N. Y., March 21, 1824, to James 
 
 * The marriage is on the records in Hebron, Conn. 
 267 
 
268 Connecticut 
 
 Harvey Hurlburt, son of the Revd. David Hurlburt 
 and Elizabeth , his wife, born in Essex, 
 
 Vt., July 8, 1802, died in Portland,* N. Y., June 23, 
 1880, and had nine children. 
 
 916 (5). John, born in Mendon, N. Y., June 2, 1805, 
 drowned in the whirlpool at Niagara Falls, N. Y., July 
 25, 1828. 
 
 917 (6). Eliza, bom in Mendon, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1808, 
 died in Brocton, N. Y., 
 
 ; was md. in Portland,* N. Y., June 27, 
 1830, to John Chamberlain, son Phineas Chamberlain 
 and Rebecca , his wife, born in Litch- 
 
 field, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Dec. 25, 1804, died in Broc- 
 ton, N. Y., June i, 1885, and had nine children. 
 
 Joseph Phelps was a soldier in the Revolution, serving 
 (it is said) the last two years of the war. He drew a pen- 
 sion. After the Revolution he studied medicine with Dr. 
 Hosford in Pittsfield. He resided, in 1 793, in Thetford, Vt. ; 
 i794,heresidedinPittston, N. Y. ; i795,in Hoosick, N. Y. ; 
 1796, in Mendon, N. Y. ; 1800-03, ^^ resided in Cazenovia, 
 N. Y. From 1805-19 he resided in Mendon, from then 
 until 1825 he dwelt in Murry, N. Y., and then removed to 
 Portland, N. Y. He was a physician and surgeon, and 
 was considered a skilful man. He was five feet ten 
 inches in height and had dark blue eyes and brown hair. 
 He had a remarkable memory and used to teach his grand- 
 children mathematics, to count in Latin, etc. When a 
 boy he once visited the British army, ostensibly to find 
 his two uncles (Col. John and Capt. Bemslee) who were 
 officers there. He learned the intention of the English to 
 attack the saw-pits, where his brothers, Absalom and 
 Samuel, were stationed with troops to guard the American 
 stores. The attack was to be made the next morning 
 at sunrise. He managed to depart without being ob- 
 
 * Now Brocton, N. Y. 
 
New York State 269 
 
 served, hastened to his brothers' camp about eight miles 
 away, and told them of the plan. The camp was at once 
 fortified, troops were sent out, and other preparations 
 made. When morning came and the British appeared 
 they were met by the advance guard, which was mounted, 
 and they at once gave up the attack. 
 
 914 VI. David, third child of Joseph Phelps, and Lydia 
 Day, his second wife, bom in Cazenovia, N. Y., Nov. 23, 
 1800, died in Polo, Carroll Co., Ark., Nov. 21, 1880; md. 
 in Murry, N. Y., March 21, 1823, Matilda Lucas, dau. 
 Ira Lucas, and Lucre tia , 
 
 his wife, born in , N. Y., Dec. i, 1804, died 
 
 in , Lawrence Co., Mo., Sept. 
 
 2, 1866, and had nine children. 
 
 VII. Children of David, and Matilda Lucas: 
 
 918 (1). William Hugh, born in Clarendon, Genesee Co., 
 N. Y., June 8, 1824 (md., ch.). 
 
 919 (2). Ira, born in Cattaraugus, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1826 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 930 (3). Lucretia, born in Portland, N. Y., Aug. 23, 
 1827, died in 
 
 ; was md. in , 
 Oct. 23, 1848, to Josiah Loomis, son 
 
 Loomis and his wife, born in 
 
 , Broom Co., N. Y., Dec. 
 
 24, 1807, died in , July 
 14, 1882, and had four children. 
 
 931 (4). John, bornin Arkwright, ChatauquaCo., N. Y., 
 
 , died in Pewaukie, Wis., Feb. , 
 
 1842. 
 933 (5). Eliza Jane, twin of John, born in Arkwright, 
 N.Y., .died in Ark., Feb. 
 
 12, 1868; wasmd. in 
 
 1846, to George Franklin Loomis, son Warren Loomis 
 and Sibyl , his wife, bom in Co- 
 
 lumbus, Wis., Jan. 14, 1825, died in Columbus, Ap. 6, 
 
270 Connecticut 
 
 1855, and had four children. Eliza Jane was md. (2), 
 in , to Charles Root, 
 
 son Root and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 , died in 
 
 , and had one daughter. She was 
 md. (3), in 
 
 , to William Stubblefield, son 
 Stubblefield and , his 
 
 wife, bom in , Oct. 30, 
 
 1825, died in 
 
 , and had two children, 
 
 933 (6). Joseph, bom in 
 
 N. Y., , died in Wau- 
 
 kesha, Wis., Feb. , 1842. 
 
 934 (7). Lydia, bom in Buckeye, Chatauqua Co., N. Y., 
 July 4, , died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 
 , to William Hunger 
 Hooper, son Hooper and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had two children. She 
 md. (2) in 
 
 , George Davis of Harper, Kansas, 
 
 and had one daughter. 
 
 935 (8). Daniel, bom in , 
 Tmmbull Co., O. (md., ch.). 
 
 936 (9). David, born in 
 
 Henry Co.," O., , died in Chicago, 111., 
 
 Feb. 17, 1865. Unmd. He was taken prisoner at 
 
 Arkansas Post, Jan. 11, 1863. He died of pneumonia 
 at Camp Douglas, 111. 
 
 918 VII. William Hugh, first child of David, and 
 Matilda Lucas, bom in Clarendon, Genesee Co., N. Y., 
 June 8, 1824, died in 
 
 ; md. in , 
 
New York State 271 
 
 Jan. 26, 1847, Roxanna Graves, dau. Stephen Graves, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in Middle- 
 field, Hampshire Co., Mass., June 29, 181 7, died at Beaver 
 Dam, Dodge Co., Wis., Oct. 8, 1856, and had one son. 
 
 VIII. Children of William Hugh, and Roxanna Graves: 
 
 927 (1). Stephen William, bom at Beaver Dam, Wis,, 
 May 19, 1848 (md., ch.). 
 
 William Hugh md. (2) in 
 
 , Feb 17, 1857, Myra D. Clifford, dau. Rufus 
 Clifford and Lydia , his 
 
 wife, bom in North Danville, Vt., Dec. 2, 1837, died in 
 
 , and had 
 seven children. 
 
 Children of William Hugh, and Myra Clifford: 
 
 928 (2). Lydia M . bom at Beaver Dam, 
 
 Wis., Jan. 14, 1858, died 
 
 ; was md. in 
 
 , June 27, 1880, to Jacob 
 F Brewer, son Fletcher Brewer and 
 
 America , his wife, born 
 
 at Beaver Dam, Wis., Jan. 14, 1858, died in 
 
 , and had 
 six children. 
 
 929 (3). Mar}'^ Jane, bom in Dallas, Texas, Dec. 13, 1859, 
 died in ; was 
 md. in , Oct. 6, 
 1878, to George W Davis, son George 
 Davis and Nancy , his 
 wife, bom in , Dec. 13, 
 1859, died in 
 
 , and had three children. 
 
 930 (4). Martha Ann, born in Dallas, Texas, Jime 15, 
 1864. died in ; was md. 
 in , July 25, 188 , to 
 Edmund Reeve, son Thomas Reeve and Elizabeth 
 
272 Connecticut 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 , died in 
 , and had five children. 
 931 (5). Rodney Ira, born in Aurora, Mo., Ap. 15, 1867. 
 933 (6). Rufus S , twin of Rodney Ira, 
 
 born in Aurora, Mo., Ap. 15, 1867. 
 
 933 (7). WilUam A , born in Polo, Car- 
 roll Co., Ark., Ap. 13, 1871. 
 
 934 (8). Caroline A , twin of William 
 A , born in Polo, Carroll Co., Ark., Ap. 
 13, 1871, died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 , Ap. 28, 1889, to Rupert Martin, son Wil- 
 liam Martin and Elizabeth 
 , his wife, born in 
 , died in 
 , and had children. 
 
 937 VIII. Stephen William, only child of William 
 Hugh, and Roxanna Graves, bom at Beaver Dam, Wis., 
 May 19, 1848, died in ; md. 
 
 in , Nov. 23, 1863, Or- 
 
 lena Richardson, dau. Samuel Richardson, and Jane 
 
 , his wife, bom in Carleton, Ark., 
 June 29, 1856, died at Polo, Carroll Co., Ark., Nov. 18, 
 1879, and had three daughters. 
 
 IX. Children of Stephen William, and Orlena Richardson: 
 
 935 (1). Mary Alice, bom in 
 
 , Carroll Co., Ark., Nov. 30, 1870, died in 
 
 936 (2). Sophronia Jane, born in 
 
 , Carroll Co., Ark., Nov. 23, 1873, 
 
New York State 273 
 
 937 (3). Cornelia R , born in 
 
 , Cherokee Co., Kansas, Nov. 9, 
 1876, 
 
 Stephen Wilham md. (2) in , 
 
 March 7, 1882, Mary J. Rhodes, dau. Absalom Rhodes, 
 and Sarah , his wife, bom in 
 
 , Lawrence Co., Ala., June 
 6, 1853, died in 
 
 and had two sons. 
 
 Children of Stephen William, and Mary Rhodes: 
 
 938 (4). William Absalom, born in 
 
 , Carroll Co., Ark., Jan. 20, 1884, 
 
 939 (5). Joseph Franklin, born in 
 
 , Carroll Co., Ark., Aug. 4, 1887, 
 
 938 IX. WilHam Absalom, fourth child of Stephen 
 William, and first child of Mary Rhodes, his second wife, 
 bom in , Carroll Co., Ark., 
 
 Jan. 20, 1884. 
 
 939 IX. Joseph Franklin, fifth child of Stephen Wil- 
 liam, and second child of his second wife, Mary Rhodes, 
 bom in , Carroll Co., Ark., 
 
 Aug. 4, 1887. 
 
274 Connecticut 
 
 931 VIII. Rodney Ira, fifth child of William Hugh and 
 fourth child of his second wife, Myra Clifford, bom in 
 Aurora, Mo., Ap. 15, 1867. 
 
 933 VIII. Rufus S , twin of Rodney Ira, sixth child 
 of William Hugh, and fifth child of his second wife, Myra 
 Clifford, born in Aurora, Mo., Ap. 15, 1867, died in 
 
 ; md. in 
 , Ap. 3, 1890, Rhoda Cooper, dau, 
 James Cooper and Emeline , 
 
 his wife, born in Gooding Grove, Ills., Jan. 17, 1869 
 
 , and had chil- 
 dren. 
 
 IX. Children of Rufus S , and Rhoda Cooper: 
 
 940 (1). (son), born in 
 
 , Lawrence Co., Mo., 
 May 5, i8gi. 
 
 933 VIII. William A., twin of Caroline A., seventh 
 child of William Hugh, and sixth child of his second wife, 
 Myra Clifford, born in Polo, Carroll Co., Ark., Ap. 13, 
 1871. 
 
 919 VII. Ira, second child of David, and Matilda Lucas, 
 bom in Cattaraugus, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1826, died in Aurora, 
 Lawrence Co., Mo., July 3, 1869; md. in 
 
New York State 275 
 
 , Dodge Co., Wis., July 18, 1849, Elizabeth 
 Stagg, dau. Joseph Stagg and Sarah , his 
 
 wife, bom in Somerton, Somersetshire, England, Jan. 28, 
 1830, died in Galena, Kansas, Nov. 20, 1880, and had six 
 children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Ira, and Elizabeth Stagg: 
 941 (1). Sarah Ann, bom in 
 
 , Dodge Co., Wis., Ap. 23, 1850, died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 
 , Feb. 4, 
 1873, to J W Davis, son 
 
 Davis and 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had 
 
 943 (2). Eliza Jane, bom in 
 
 , Dec. 4, 1853. 
 
 943 (3). Joseph Eli, bom in 
 
 , July 12, 1856, 
 
 944 (4). Lucretia Matilda, bom in 
 
 , Jan. 20, 1859, died in 
 , July 18, 1869. 
 
 945 (5). Roxana Myra, born in 
 
 , Feb, II, 1863, died in 
 
 , March 18, 1875. 
 
 946 (6). David William, bom in 
 
 , Nov. 7, 1865, 
 
 925 VII. Daniel, eighth child of David, and Matilda 
 
 Lucas, born in , Trumbull 
 
 Co., O., died in ; 
 
 md, in , and had 
 one child. 
 
276 Connecticut 
 
 VIII. Children of Daniel, and 
 947 (1). 
 
 Although his sympathies were with the North he was 
 obUged to serve in the Confederate army. He was last 
 heard from at the battle of Yellow Bayou, La., and was 
 known to be in the service May loth, i8th, and 19th, 
 1864. 
 
 Part II 
 
 48^ IV. William, fourteenth child of Col. John, and 
 Lydia Phelps, bom in Hebron, Conn., March 11, 1764, 
 died in Bergen, Genesee Co., N. Y,, Aug. 18, 182 1 ; md. in 
 Hebron, Sept. i, 1785, Lydia Phelps, dau. Ichabod Phelps, 
 and Mary Trumbull, his wife, born in Hebron, Conn., 
 Oct. 12, 1766, died in , Oct. 
 
 14, 1855, and had six children. 
 
 V. Children of William, and Lydia Phelps: 
 
 948 (1). William, bom in Hebron, Conn., May 13, 1786 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 949 (2). Lydia, born in Hebron, Jan. 15, 1788, died in 
 
 , 1826; 
 was md. in 
 
 , to Jewett, M.D., 
 
 son Jewett and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 , died in 
 , and had 
 children. 
 
 950 (3). Daniel Phelps, born in Hebron, Sept. 25, 1790 
 (md., ch.). 
 
New York State 277 
 
 951 (4). 
 
 952 (5). 
 
 953 (6). 
 
 1 78 1, June 29, William was appointed ensign in the 
 8th Co., 2d Reg. of the New York line, Continental In- 
 fantry, Col. William Cortland. 1782, Jan., he was dis- 
 charged. His name appears on the half -pay roll. 1787, 
 Sept. 29, he was elected lieutenant in an infantry regi- 
 ment. 1 79 1, he was appointed adjutant. 1791, Nov., 
 he was appointed captain. 1792, he was captain of sub- 
 legion. 1794, July I, he was appointed major of sub- 
 legion. 1796, he was of the 4th Infantry. 1802, June i, 
 he was disbanded. 1806, he settled in Township No. 2 of 
 the Phelps and Gorham purchase. 181 2, he was ap- 
 pointed sergeant of a company of Silver Grays, raised at 
 Bergen, N. Y., and consisting of old men who were to 
 assist in repelling invasion. They did no service. 
 
 948 V. William, first child of William, and Lydia 
 Phelps, bom in Hebron, Conn., May 13, 1786, died in 
 Bergen, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1820; md. in 
 
 , May 13, 181 2, Susan Tuller, dau. Abel Tuller, 
 and Rhoda Phelps, his wife, bom in 
 , Ap. 6, 1790, died in 
 , May 31, 1867, and had two children. 
 
 VI. Children of William, and Susan Tuller: 
 
 954 (1). Marietta M , bom in 
 
 , Ap. 27, 181 3, died in Brockport, 
 N. Y., ,1898; was md. in 
 
 , 1833, to Isaac Joslyn, son 
 Joslyn and , 
 
 his wife, born in , 
 
 March 18, 1806, died in , 
 
 Dec. 20, 1878, and had children. 
 
 955 (2). William Hugh, bom in 
 
278 Connecticut 
 
 , Dec. 14, 1818, died in 
 , Ap. I, 1840 (md., no ch.). 
 
 William was lieutenant of troop in 2d Squadron of 
 5th Division of Cavalry of N. Y., May, 1800. ist Lieu- 
 tenant, 12th Regiment, N. Y,, June, 181 2. Captain 
 12th Reg., Ap., 1814. Lt.-Col., i6th Reg. Cavalry, N. Y., 
 Oct., 1819. In the war of 181 2 his name appears on 
 the roll from Sept. 26, to Oct. 31, 181 2, term charged, 
 one month, five days. Also from Dec. 20, 1 813, to March 
 25, 1 8 14, term charged, 3 months, 3 days, when he served 
 as first lieutenant in a company of cavalry attached to 
 the ist (Harris?) N. Y. Reg. of Militia. 
 
 950 V. Daniel Phelps, third child of WilHam, and 
 Lydia Phelps, bom in Hebron, Conn., Sept. 25, 1790, 
 died in , Mich., , 1837; 
 
 md. in , Abi- 
 
 gail Tuller, dau. Abel TuUer, and Rhoda Phelps, his wife, 
 bom in Symsbury, Conn., , 1799, died in 
 
 , Mich., , 1884, and had 
 
 three children. 
 
 VI. Children of Daniel Phelps, and Abigail Tuller: 
 
 956 (1). John W , bom in Bergen, N. Y. , 
 
 , 1814, died , 1843 
 
 (md., no ch.). 
 
 957 (2). Ida L , born in Bergen, N. Y., 
 
 , 1817, died in , Mich., 
 
 1883; was md. in 
 
 , to William Williams, son of 
 Williams, and , 
 
 his wife, born in 
 
 , died in Mich., 
 
 1883. No children. 
 
 958 (3). Marmion. born in Bergen, N. Y., Jan. 24, 181 9 
 (md., ch.). 
 
New York State 279 
 
 958 VI. Marmion, third child of Daniel Phelps, and 
 Abigail Tuller, born in Bergen, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1819, living 
 in Bergen, N. Y., 1903 ; md. in Bergen, , 1849, 
 Mary A. Mitchell, dau. William Mitchell and Martha Gib- 
 son, his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had nine children. 
 
 VII. Children of Marmion, and Mary Mitchell: 
 
 959 (1). John W , born in Bergen, N. Y., 
 
 , 1849 (md., ch.). 
 
 960 (2). Abigail S , born in Bergen, N. 
 Y., , 185 1, living 1903; was md. in 
 
 , to Frank 
 Merrill, son Wadsworth Merrill and Abigail Fairbank, 
 his wife, bom in 
 
 , living in Ohio, 1903. No children. 
 
 961 (3). Lydia Phelps, bom in Bergen, N.Y., 
 
 , 1853, living in 1903 ; was md. in 
 
 , 1876, to Elmer Root, son 
 Root, and , 
 
 his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 
 , and had one son. 
 963 (4). HughD , born in Bergen, N. Y., 
 
 , 1855 (md., di.). 
 
 963 (5). Ida L , bom in Bergen, N. Y., 
 
 , 1857, died in Sweden, Monroe Co., 
 N. Y., ,1895; was md. in 
 
 , 1883, to Frederick Root, 
 son Root and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 . No 
 children. 
 
 964 (6). Jervis T , born in 
 
 , 1859, died in 
 
28o Connecticut 
 
 , 1881. Unmd. 
 
 965 (7). Nellie M , born in 
 
 , 1863, died 
 
 , 1896. Unmd. 
 
 966 (8). Anna S , born in 
 
 ,1867, 
 ; was md. in 
 , 1884, toEliasP 
 Joslyn, son Joslyn 
 
 and , his wife, bom in 
 
 , liv- 
 ing in Ohio, 1903, and had one child. 
 
 967 (9). Frederick H , born in Bergen, 
 N. Y., , 1869, died in Bergen, N. Y., 
 
 . 1885. 
 
 Marmion now lives on the farm taken by his grand- 
 father in 1806. 
 
 959 VII. John W. , first child of Mar- 
 
 mion and Mary Mitchell, bom in Bergen, N. Y., 
 , 1849, living in 1903 ; md. in 
 , 1889, Amanda Randal, dau. Ran- 
 
 dal and , his wife, bom in 
 
 , living, 1903, 
 and had two children. 
 
 VIII. Children of John W. , and Amanda Randal: 
 
 968 (1). Bessie, born in , 
 1890. 
 
 969 (2). Lewis, born in , 
 1901. 
 
 963 VII. Hugh D , fourth child of Mar- 
 
 mion, and Mary Mitchell, born in Bergen, N. Y., 
 , 1855, living, in Michigan; 1903, md. in 
 
 , 1875, Jennie Strickland, dau. 
 
New York State 281 
 
 Strickland, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , and had several 
 children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Hugh, and Jennie Strickland: 
 970 (1). 
 
LITCHFIELD 
 
 Part I 
 
 Eber,* child of and 
 
 , bom in 
 , July 19, 1768, died in Litchfield, Conn., Oct. 14, 
 1 841, aged 73 ; md. in , May 
 
 23, 1787, Catherine McCollumn, dau. Daniel McCollumn,t 
 and , his wife, bom in 
 
 Scotland, , (1764?), 
 
 died in Litchfield, July 6, 1836, aged 72, and had six (?) J 
 children. 
 
 Children of Eber, and Catherine McCollumn: 
 971 (1). Norman, bom in Woodville,§ Conn., Feb. 11, 
 1788 (md., ch.). 
 
 * It is at p resent impossible to place Eber, although it appears more 
 than5^robatle)that he was a son of William and Deborah Strong, who 
 figurein ine Lost Tribes. Indeed, from the dates, it would be im- 
 possible for him to be the son of any one else. Beyond the records of 
 two of the children of this William, we have nothing of this family. 
 Tradition among Eber's descendants makes them members of the 
 Hebron family, and declares Eber to be the son of a William, and to 
 have had a brother Joseph. These are such thoroughly Peters names 
 that this tradition is probably correct, especially as we find the dis- 
 tinctive Hebron name of John Thompson in this line. It is to be 
 hoped that the publication of this volume will clear and straighten 
 out many obscure and uncertain lines. 
 
 t Daniel McCallum (or McCollumn), it is said, came to this country, 
 from Scotland, with the avowed purpose of giving his money and his 
 life to the American cause. He landed in New York about the time 
 of the occupation of that city by Sir Henry Clinton (1777), was taken 
 prisoner, and thrown into a prison ship, and his family scattered. 
 (Duncan McCoUom of Saybrook, Conn., married Hannah Peters of 
 Preston, 1805; perhaps he was of the same family. See page 99.) 
 
 X From the records of Sturbridge, Mass.: "Died, 1813, Dec. 28, 
 child of Eber Peters." 
 
 § In Washington, Litchfield County. 
 
 282 
 
Litchfield 283 
 
 9^ (2). Melinda, born in Woodville, Conn., March 28, 
 1792, died in 
 
 ; was md. in ^ ' 1^ 
 
 , to Alanson Morgan, son Jll P ^Wv-*~e. . 
 Morgan, and , his wife, 
 
 bom in , 
 
 died in , 
 
 and had five children. Removed to Henry, Putnam 
 Co., 111., abt. 1835. 
 
 973 (3). Eber Samuel, bom in Woodville, Conn., March 
 14, 1797 (md., ch.). 
 
 974 (4). Manley, born in Woodville, Conn., March 11, 
 1799 (md., ch.). 
 
 975 (5). John Thompson, bom in Litchfield (?), Feb. 11, 
 1803 (md., no ch.). 
 
 976 (6). Catherine B , bom in Litchfield* 
 Conn., June 23, 1807, died in Springfield, Mass., Dec. 
 
 , 1891 ; was md. in 
 
 to William Rogers, son 
 Rogers, and , his 
 
 wife, bom in 
 
 , died in New Haven, Conn., 
 and had five children. 
 
 Eber md. (2) in Litchfield, , 1836, Annie 
 
 Catlin, dau. Charles Catlin, and Sibyl Compton, his wife, 
 and widow of Mathias Dane, Elijah Stuart, and 
 
 , bom in , 
 
 Sept. 3, 1783, died in Litchfield, Aug. 18, 1867. No chil- 
 dren. 
 
 1788, Dec. 23, Eber was a resident of Washington, 
 Litchfield Co., Conn. 1794, he resided in Litchfield. He 
 had an iron foundry, and made tools, ploughs, etc. He 
 was also engaged in hauling iron ore from Salisbury. 
 He owned a good deal of land. In 1827 he built a stone 
 house about seven miles from the village of Litchfield. 
 On a marble slab over the door are inscribed the names 
 
284 Connecticut 
 
 and dates of birth of all his children, and below: "Eber 
 Peters built this house in 1827." This house stands on 
 the western side of the Shepaug River, which is the 
 boundary line between Warren and Litchfield. 
 
 971 Norman, first child of Eber, and Catherine McCol- 
 lumn, bom in Woodville (Washington), Litchfield Co., 
 Conn., Feb. 11, 1788, died in , N. Y., March 
 
 30, 1874, aged 86; md. in , 
 
 Nov. II, 1809, Abbie Smith, dau. Smith, 
 
 and , his wife, bom in 
 
 , Dec. 14, 1782,* died in 
 , Aug. 3, 1824, aged 34 years, 7 months, 
 19 days,* and had seven children. 
 
 Children of Norman, and Abbie Smith: 
 
 977 (1). William E , bom in Litchfield, 
 Conn., July 15, 1810 (md., ch.), 
 
 978 (2). Joseph L , bom in 
 
 , Ap. 29, 1812 (md., ch.). 
 
 979 (3). Abigail, bom in Litchfield, Conn., Feb. 26, 1814, 
 died in Cato, N. Y., March 20, 1853 ; was md. in Litch- 
 field, Ap. 5, 1832, to Josiah Eaker, son 
 
 Eaker, and , his wife 
 
 bom in 
 
 died in Cato, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1872, and had three chil 
 
 dren. 
 
 980 (4). Samuel Eber, born in Litchfield, Conn., Sept 
 25, 1816 (md., ch.). 
 
 981 (5). A son, bom in 
 
 July 15, 1819, died Sept. 10, 1819, aged i month, 26 
 
 days. 
 983 (6). A son, born in 
 
 Oct. 9, 1820, died May i, 1821, aged 6 months, 20 days 
 983 (7). Marie Louise, bom in 
 
 * Given to the compiler from Norman Peters' family Bible. Will 
 some one correct it? 
 
Litchfield 285 
 
 , Sept. 7, 1822, died in Elizabeth, N. J., Ap. 21, 
 1890; was md. in Clyde, N. Y., May , 1838, to 
 
 Robert S Gallt, son Joseph Gallt, and 
 
 Esther Dart, his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in Oswego, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1888, and 
 had four children, 
 Norman md. (2) in , Dec. 
 
 10, 1827, Mary E Hill, dau. 
 
 Hill, and , his wife, bom in 
 
 , Aug. 29, 1799, died in 
 , Ap. 24, 1874, and had eight 
 children. 
 
 Children of Norman, and Mary Hill: 
 
 984 (8). Johnson Hill, born in 
 
 , Ap. 16, 1829 (md., ch.). 
 
 985 (9). James Milton, born in 
 
 , Jan. 10, 1831 (md., ch.). 
 
 986 (10). Manly B , bom in 
 
 , Feb. 20, 1833 (md., ch.). 
 
 987 (11). Mary Ann, born in , N. Y., Dec. 
 5, 1834, died in Corsicana, Texas, July 12, 1902; was 
 md. in Snatchwine, 111., Oct. 11, 1859, to Joseph Huey, 
 son Huey, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 
 , and had seven children. 
 
 988 (12). Catherine E , bom in 
 
 , N. Y., Oct. 4, 1836, living in 
 Olivet, Mich., 1903; was md. in Battle Creek, Mich., 
 Dec. 4, 1864, to Russel G Walker, son 
 
 Walker, and 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in Olivet, Mich., July 31, 1870, 
 and had two daughters. Catherine md. (2) in 
 
 , Peter Willson, 
 son Willson, and 
 
286 Connecticut 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , living, 1903, in Olivet, Mich., and 
 had one daughter. 
 
 989 (13). Norman I., bom in 
 
 , Nov. 5, 1839 (md., ch.). 
 
 990 (14). Theodore C , bom in 
 
 , Oct. 28, 1841 (md., ch.). 
 
 991 (15). DeWittC , bora in 
 
 , June 16, 1844 (md., ch.). 
 
 About 181 7 Norman removed to New York State, 
 where he passed the rest of his life. 
 
 977 William E , first child of Norman, 
 
 and Abbie Smith, bom in Litchfield, Conn., July 15, 18 10, 
 died in Detroit, Mich. ; md. in Detroit, 
 
 Mich., Sept. 14, 1836, Catherine Crane, dau. 
 Crane, and , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had 
 (several) children. 
 
 Children of William, and Catherine Crane: 
 
 978 Joseph L , second child of Norman, 
 
 and Abbie Smith, bom in Warren, Conn, (or Litchfield?), 
 Ap. 29, 1812, died in Hanover, Mich., Nov. 18, 1878, aged 
 67 years, 7 months, and 19 days; md. in 
 
 , Jan. 20, 1837, Catherine Cole, dau. 
 Cole, and , his wife, 
 
 bom in , died 
 
Litchfield 287 
 
 in , and had 
 
 five children. 
 
 Children of Joseph, and Catherine Cole: 
 
 992 (1). 
 
 993 (2). 
 
 994 (3). 
 
 995 (4). 
 
 996 (5). 
 
 980 Samuel Eber, fourth child of Norman, and Abbie 
 Smith, bom in Litchfield, Conn., Sept. 25, 18 16, died in 
 Corsicana, Texas, Dec. 16, 1892 ; md. in Detroit, Mich., 
 Oct. 17, 1849, Mary Elizabeth Case, dau. Seth Case, and 
 Paulina Chapin, his wife, bom in Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 
 17, 1827, died in 
 
 , and had three children. 
 
 Children of Samuel Eber, and Mary Case: 
 
 997 (1). Eber Seth, bom in Detroit, Mich., May 2, 1852 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 998 (2). Charles Willis, bom in Detroit, Mich., Jan. 26, 
 1856 (md., no ch.). 
 
 999 (3). Susan Paulina, bom in Detroit, Mich., Jan. 14, 
 1859, died in Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 7, 1872. 
 
 997 Eber Seth, first child of Samuel Eber, and Mary 
 Case, bom in Detroit, Mich., May 2, 1852, living in Cal- 
 vert, Texas, 1903; md. in Calvert, Nov. 13, 1879, Mary 
 Whipple Hanna, dau. James Scott Hanna, and Martha 
 Cole, his wife, bom in Robertson Co., near Calvert, Texas, 
 Nov. 15, 1857, living 1903, and had six children. 
 
 Children of Eber Seth, and Mary Hanna: 
 
 1000 (1). Eber Hanna, bom in Corsicana, Texas, Dec. 
 20, 1880. 
 
288 Connecticut 
 
 1001 (2). James Scott, born in Calvert, Texas, June 5, 
 1884, died June 8, 1884. 
 
 1002 (3). Emma Pearl, born in Calvert, Texas, Sept. 3, 
 
 1886, died May 28, 1887. 
 
 1003 (4). Joseph Huey, born in Calvert, Texas, Dec. 20, 
 
 1887, died June 24, 1890. 
 
 1004 (5). Mattie, born in Calvert, Texas, Dec. 2, 1889, 
 died May 18, 1890. 
 
 1005 (6). Beulah, bom in Calvert, Texas, March 11, 
 1891, 
 
 998 Charles Willis, second child of Samuel Eber, and 
 Mary Case, bom in Detroit, Mich., Jan. 26, 1856, living 
 1903; md. in Corsicana, Texas, Feb. 4, 1880, Anna Car- 
 penter, dau. Carpenter, and 
 , his wife, bom in 
 . No children. 
 
 984 Johnson Hill, eighth child of Norman, and first 
 child of his second wife, Mary Hill, bom in 
 
 , Ap. 16, 1829, died in , 
 
 Texas, Ap. , 1890; md. in , Texas, 
 
 Theresa Walker, dau. Walker and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had two children. 
 
 Children of Johnson Hill, and Theresa Walker: 
 
 1006 (1). 
 
 1007 (2). 
 
 985 James Milton, ninth child of Norman, and second 
 child of his second wife, Mary Hill, bom in 
 
 , Jan. 10, 1 83 1, died in Brookfield (Mich. ?) , 
 
Litchfield 289 
 
 Jan. 9, 1893; md. in Adrian, Mich., , 185 , 
 
 Ellen Baldwin, dau. Baldwin, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had six children. 
 
 Children of James Milton, and Ellen Baldwin: 
 
 1008 (1). Dwight, bom in 
 
 , died in Snatch wine. Ills., 
 , 1856 or 1857. 
 
 1009 (2). Charles B , bom in 
 
 1010 (3). Lowell, bom in 
 
 1011 (4). Seward, bom in 
 
 1012 (5). James Milton, bom in 
 
 1013 (6). Nellie, bom in 
 
 986 Manley B , tenth child of Norman, 
 
 and third child of his second wife, Mary Hill, bom in 
 
 , Feb. 20, 1833, died in 
 
 ; md. in Cato, N. Y., 
 Oct. 26, 1853, Sarah M Sheldon, dau, 
 
 Sheldon, and , his 
 
 wife, bom in , 
 
 died in , and 
 
 had nine children. 
 
 Children of Manley B , and Sarah Sheldon: 
 
 1014 (1). Mary E , bom in 
 
 , Oct. 12, 1856, 
 
 1015 (2). Frank H , bom in 
 
 , Aug. 2, 1858, died 
 
 *9 
 
290 Connecticut 
 
 , Ap. 27, 1902. 
 
 1016 (3). Ella E , bom in 
 
 , Aug. 6, i860. 
 
 1017 (4). IdaS , born in 
 
 , Jan. 18, 1862, died Oct. 22, 1882. 
 
 1018 (5). Helen R , born in 
 
 , Aug. 19, 1866, 
 
 1019 (6). Lizette F , bom in 
 
 , Dec. 31, 1867, 
 
 1030 (7). Emma S , bom in 
 
 , Dec. 3, 1869, 
 
 1031 (8). Ada L , bom in 
 
 , Sept. 15, 1871, died in 
 , March 10, 1899. 
 
 1032 (9). Minnie B , bom in 
 
 , Sept. 4, 1874, died in 
 , March 23, 1875. 
 
 989 Norman I , thirteenth child of Nor- 
 
 man, and sixth child of Mary Hill, his second wife, bom in 
 
 , Nov. 5, 1839, died in 
 
 ; md. in Tishlewa, Ills., 
 , Susan Merritt, dau. Mer- 
 
 ritt, and , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had seven children. 
 
Litchfield 
 
 Children of Norman I 
 
 1023 (1). Floretta, bom in 
 
 291 
 
 , and Susan Merritt: 
 
 1034 (2). Joseph, born in 
 
 1035 (3). Frank, bom in 
 died in 
 
 1036 (4). Huldah, bom in 
 
 1037 (5). Dewitt I 
 
 , bom in 
 
 1038 (6). Edith, bom in 
 
 1039 (7). Chancey, bom in 
 
 990 Theodore C , fourteenth child of 
 
 Norman, and seventh child of Mary Hill, his second wife, 
 bom in , Oct. 28, 1841, died in 
 
 ; md. in Washing- 
 ton, Iowa, , Lizzie Kelley, dau. 
 
 Kelley, and , his wife, bom 
 
 in , died in 
 
 , and had four children. 
 
 Children of Theodore C 
 1030 (1). Birdie, bom in 
 
 , and Lizzie Kelley: 
 
292 Connecticut 
 
 1031 (2). Edith, bom in 
 
 1032 (3). Josephine, bom in 
 
 1033 (4). Walter, bom in 
 
 991 De Witt C , fifteenth child of Nor- 
 
 man, and eighth child of his second wife, Mary Hill, born 
 in , Jtine 16, 1844, died in 
 
 ; md. in Spring- 
 port, Jackson Co., Mich., , Elizabeth 
 Sheldon, dau. Sheldon, and 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had seven children. 
 
 Children of Dewitt C , and Elizabeth Sheldon: 
 
 1034 (1). Elmer, bom in 
 
 1035 (2). Loda, bom in 
 
 1036 (3). Mary Rachel, born in 
 
 1037 (4). Dewight, bom in 
 
 1038 (5). Emma Clare, bom in 
 
 1039 (6). Arthur, bom in 
 
Litchfield 293 
 
 1040 (7). Gertrude, born in 
 
 973 Eber Samuel, third child of Eber, and Catherine 
 McCollumn, bom in Litchfield, Conn., March 14, 1797, 
 died in Kent, Conn., Feb. 28, 1892 ; md. in 
 
 , Feb. 18, 1824, Harriet Winegar, dau. 
 Garret Winegar, and Lucy , his wife, bom in 
 
 Kent, Conn., Dec. 19, 1798, died in Kent, Feb. 26, 1857, 
 and had five children. 
 
 Children of Eber Samuel, and Harriet Winegar: 
 
 1041 (1). Garret Eber, bom in Warren, Conn., Jan. 30, 
 1825 (md., ch.). 
 
 1042 (2). Catherine Eliza, bom in Kent, Conn., Oct. 5, 
 1827, died in 
 
 ; was md. in , 
 
 Jan. 9, 1848, to Walter S Booth, son 
 
 Daniel Booth, and Sabra , his wife, bom 
 
 in Bridgewater, Conn., Sept. 28, 1827, died in 
 
 , and had five 
 children. 
 
 1043 (3). John Henry, born in Kent, Conn., Feb. 2, ^ 
 1829 (md., ch.). 
 
 1044 (4). Lucy Malinda, born in Kent. Conn.. June 11, 
 1830, died in Kent, Jan. 31, 185 1. Unmd. 
 
 1045 (5). James Hull, bom in Litchfield, Conn., Aug. 
 18, 1836 (md., ch.). 
 
 Eber Samuel md. (2) in 
 
 , Mary Ann Moultrop, dau. Solomon Moul- 
 trop, and , his wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 . No children. 
 1848, Eber Samuel was Justice of the Peace in Kent, 
 Conn. 
 
294 Connecticut 
 
 1041 Garret Eber, first child of Eber Samuel, and Har- 
 riet Winegar, bom in Warren, Conn., Jan. 30, 1825, living 
 in Detroit, Mich., 1903; md. in Amherst, Mass., June 29, 
 1850, Lucy Eliza Merrill, dau. Calvin Merrill, and Cor- 
 delia Amelia Leonard, his wife, bom in Amherst, June 6, 
 1828, living 1903, and had two children. 
 
 Children of Garret Eber, and Lucy Merrill: 
 
 1046 (1). Franc Noble Monnell, bom in Kewanee, Ills., 
 Aug. 18, 1854, living in Detroit, 1903; was md. in De- 
 troit, Oct. 21, 1885, to Robert Thomas Yeats, Jr., son 
 Robert Thomas Yeats, and Susan M , his 
 wife, born in London, Eng., , 1830, liv- 
 ing 1903, and had four children. 
 
 1047 (2). Mary Armstrong, bom in 
 
 , Feb. 10, 1878, living 1903. 
 
 1852, Garret Eber graduated from Trinity College, Conn. ; 
 1853, he was ordained priest of the Protestant Episcopal 
 Church, and is settled in Detroit, Mich. 
 
 1043 John Henry, third child of Eber Samuel, and Har- 
 riet Winegar, bom in Kent, Conn., Feb. 2, 1829, died in 
 N\Mit^^^ T-CR ,^f^r li^^' . md. in 
 
 Freeport, Stephenson Co., Ills., Sept. 3, 1853, Helen M 
 
 Kneeland, dau. Hector P Knee- 
 
 land, and , his wife, bom in 
 
 Binghampton, N. Y., , 1833, died in Lin- 
 
 coln, Cal., March i, 1885, and had three sons. 
 
 Children of John Henry, and Helen Kneeland: 
 
 1048 (1). Harry Kneeland, born in Delhi, Delaware Co., 
 Iowa, Dec. 22, 1854 (md., eh.). 
 
 1049 (2). Hugh Eber, born in Delhi, Delaware Co., 
 Iowa, June 2, 1856. 
 
 1050 (3). John Gerard, born in Delhi, Iowa, Dec. 8, 
 1862. 
 
1903 
 
 OU- 
 
 'S ^c^ 
 
 DETROIT, MICH. 
 
Litchfield 295 
 
 John Henry was educated at Trinity College and stud- 
 ied law with Truman Smith, afterward U. S. Senator from 
 Connecticut. 1853, he resided in Freeport, Ills. He was 
 admitted to practice in the Supreme Court. 1854, he re- 
 moved to Iowa. He was a member of the Constitutional 
 Convention which framed the present constitution of the 
 State of Iowa. 186 1, he enlisted as captain, Co. B, 4th 
 Iowa Cavalry, Volunteers. He was later major, lieut.- 
 col., and colonel of the same command. 1865, Sept., he 
 was mustered out of service. He was seriously wounded. 
 1867, he removed to Memphis, Tenn., and engaged in the 
 practice of law for one year, but his health failing, he re- 
 turned to Iowa and resided in Delhi, Delaware Co. 1886, 
 he removed to Manchester, Iowa. 
 
 1048 Harry Kneeland, first child of John Henry, and 
 Helen Kneeland, bom in Delhi, Delaware Co., Iowa, Dec. 
 22, 1854, died in Eldora, Iowa, Jan. 30, 1882 ; md. in 
 
 and • , nis wife, bom in 
 
 , died in '^"^'^' 
 
 , and had two children. 
 
 Children of Harry Kneeland, and , o5'^ ^^ -r-<^>r.( - -> 
 
 1051 (1). Helen, bom in , 
 March, 15, 1878, k/'?'^ «- 'Twi^-U/tii^ . b^ . 
 
 1052 (2). Solon, bom in sfc-^*---^-^ do, ^«-' 
 Dec.30,i88x^ ^ WUX^Ut 4^i. ^^^. '^-^^^ ^"^ 
 
 Harry Kneeland was a farmer in Delhi, Iowa. ^ st^LO-tva/^i-t .U<^ ^ 
 
296 Connecticut 
 
 1049 Hugh Eber, second child of John Henry, and 
 Helen Kneeland, bom in Delhi, Iowa, June 2, 1856, 
 
 Hugh Eber was a teacher in Delhi, Iowa. 
 
 1050 John Gerard, third child of John Henry, and 
 Helen Kneeland, bom in Delhi, Iowa, Dec. 8, 1862, 
 
 1045 James Hull, fifth child of Eber Samuel, and Har- 
 riet Winegar, bom in Litchfield, Conn., Aug. 18, 1836, died 
 in ; md. in 
 
 , Dec. 22, 1864, Welthy 
 Hungerford, dau, Ansel Hungerford, and Louisa 
 
 , his wife, bom in Pawling, Dutchess Co., N. Y., 
 Jan. 7, 1840, died in 
 
 , and had three children. 
 
 Children of James Hull, and Welthy Hungerford: 
 
 1053 (1). John Alva, bom in Kent, Conn., Dec. 26, 1868. 
 
 1054 (2). Hattie Louise, bom in Kent, Conn., Oct. 20, 
 1872, died in Kent, March 26, 1878. 
 
 1055 (3). Jessie Louise, bom in Kent, Conn,, Feb. 14, 
 i88i, living 1902. 
 
 1053 John Alva, first child of James Hull, and Welthy 
 Hungerford, bom in Kent, Conn., Dec. 26, 1868, 
 
Litchfield 297 
 
 974 Manly, fourth child of Eber, and Catherine Mc- 
 Collumn, bom in Woodville, Conn., March 11, 1799, died 
 in Norwich, Conn., Oct. 12, 1863 ; md. in 
 
 , May 22, 1827, Hannah Lucretia Griswold, 
 dau. Griswold, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in Hartland,* Conn., Aug. 26, 1805, 
 died in Norwich, Conn., Jan. 15, 1893, aged 87, and had 
 five children. 
 
 Children of Manly, and Hannah Griswold: 
 
 1056 (1). Delia, bom in Milton, Conn., Feb. 23, 1828, 
 died June , 1829. 
 
 1057 (2). Martha, bom in Milton, Conn., March 
 1830, died in Milton, , aged 7 years. 
 
 1058 (3). Delia, bom in Milton, Conn., Aug. 8, 1832, 
 living in Chicago, Ills., 1903 ; was md. in 
 
 , June , 1 8 5 3 , to Stephen Jared 
 
 Mowry, son Samuel Mowry, and Rebecca , 
 
 his wife, born in Bozrahville, Conn., June 26, 1828, 
 died in Norwich, Conn., Aug. 26, 1865, ^^d had two 
 children. 
 
 1059 (4). Julia, bom in Milton, Conn., June 22, 1834, 
 died in Petersburg, Tenn., Nov. , 1867 ; was md. 
 in Courtland, Ala., , 1863, to A 
 
 W Bentley, M.D., son 
 
 Bentley, and , his 
 
 wife, born in ,Va., , died 
 
 in Petersburg, Tenn., July , 1866, and had four 
 
 children. 
 
 1060 (5). Mary Griswold, born in Warren, Conn., Jan. 
 22, 1842, living in Norwich, Conn., 1903; was md. in 
 
 , Sept. 18, 1865, to 
 John S Mowry, son Samuel Mowry, and 
 
 Rebecca , his wife, born in Bozrahville, 
 
 Conn., Jan. i, 1826, died in 
 
 , and had six children. 
 
 * (Or Goshen.) 
 
298 Connecticut 
 
 Manly was educated at Yale and graduated from the 
 Pittsfield Medical School, 1826. For ten years he was a 
 physician in Milton, Conn. His father had an iron foun- 
 dry in Woodville, Conn., and about 1836 Manly engaged 
 in this business, the name of the firm being M. & J. Peters. 
 Later he was inspector of the iron and steel used in build- 
 ing the Collins line of steamers. In 1856 he bought a 
 tract of land near Knoxville, Tenn. Here was dis- 
 covered that rich vein of iron ore first developed during 
 the Civil war. The war began before the work was 
 finished. Dr. Peters returned to Connecticut in the fall 
 of i860, having been outspoken in his loyalty to the Union 
 he could not live in the South. But Jefferson Davis 
 needed this ore, and sent a letter to Dr. Peters offering 
 him protection, and promising money to complete the 
 furnaces, and that the property should not be confiscated. 
 This letter was delivered to Dr. Peters in Norwich. He 
 gave it no consideration, though to him it meant wealth. 
 He did not even speak of it, and Gen. Longstreet used the 
 lumber designed to build the hamlet, for Confederate cof- 
 fins, and Southern mules and horses fed on the farm. Dr. 
 Peters always retained his interest in his profession and 
 kept in touch with the march of science. He resumed 
 his medical practice, ministered to the families of the 
 soldiers, and did many charitable deeds, now but blessed 
 memories to those he cheered with his quaint humor 
 and his kindly ways. 1846-47-48-50, he was justice of 
 the peace in Warren, Conn. 
 
 975 John Thompson, fifth child of Eber, and Catherine 
 McCollumn, bom in , Litch- 
 
 field Co., Conn., Feb. 11, 1803, died in Litchfield, Conn., 
 March 23, 1878; md. in , 
 
 June 6, 1828, Lucy demons, dau. Abel demons, and Ma- 
 
Litchfield 299 
 
 hitable , his wife, bom in Litchfield, Dec. 
 
 12, 1798, died in Litchfield, Feb. 20, 1885. No children. 
 They adopted one daughter, now Mrs. S. Almira Clarke 
 of Woodville, Conn., to whom the compiler and all those 
 who read this book are indebted for the interest she has 
 taken and the help she has given in genealogical matters. 
 John Thompson was an iron-master. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 Joseph,* child of 
 
 and , 
 
 bom in , died 
 
 in Darien, Genesee Co., N. Y. ; md. in 
 
 Children of Joseph, and 
 
 1061 (1). Joseph, bom in Warren, Conn., July 8, 1783, 
 died in Darien, Genesee Co., N. Y., Feb. 16, 1846; md. 
 in , Sept. 8, 1805, Lu- 
 cina Curtis, dau. Augustus Curtis, and Lowena 
 
 , his wife, bom in Warren, Jan. 3, 1786, died in 
 Warren, May 7, 1855, and had one son. 
 
 Children of Joseph, and Lucina Curtis: 
 
 1062 (1). Theodore Curtis, born in Warren, Conn., July 
 30, 1806. 
 
 1776, Joseph, Sr., was a resident of Warren, Conn., 
 and was one of the subscribers of the following document : 
 
 "We, the subscribers, being convinced of the necessity 
 of a body of forces to defeat certain wicked purposes, 
 
 * This Joseph is supposed to be a brother of Eber, but nothing cer- 
 tain is known about him. 
 
300 Connecticut 
 
 formed by instruments of ministerial Tyranny, do sol- 
 emnly engage ourselves and enlist as private soldiers, in 
 a regiment to be commanded by Col. Andrew Ward, Jr., 
 under command of Major Gen. Lee, for the term of 8 
 weeks at the utmost, from the day we march from Fair- 
 field which is the place of rendezvous. The Hon. Major 
 Gen. Lee having given his word and honor, that we shall 
 not be detained a single day after said term. Dated at 
 Litchfield, 21st day of January, 1776." The list of 
 names comprises the leading men of Litchfield, Torring- 
 ton, Goshen, and Warren. 
 
 It is said he (or his father) md. (2), in New York State, 
 Mrs. Miller 
 
 1063 Theodore Curtis, only child of Joseph, and Lucina 
 Curtis, bom in Warren, Conn., July 30, 1806, died in 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., May 6, 1876; md. in 
 
 , Feb. 16, 1835, Ruth Lovett Miller, dau. John 
 Miller, and Rebecca , his wife, born in Hano- 
 
 ver, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1814, died in Brooklyn, N. Y., Ap. 24, 
 1879, and had four children. 
 
 Children of Theodore Curtis, and Ruth Miller: 
 
 1063 (1). Joseph Augustus, born in Darien, N. Y., Feb. 
 20, 1840 (md., ch.). 
 
 1064 (2). Hugh, born in Darien, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1843 
 (md., no ch.). 
 
 1065 (3). Genevra Mary, born in Darien, N. Y., June 24, 
 1846. 
 
 Unmd. 
 
 1066 (4). John Miller, born in Darien, N. Y., June i, 
 1850 (md., ch.). 
 
 Joseph, Sr., Joseph, Jr., and Theodore removed to 
 Darien, N. Y., about 18 10, the elder members having 
 
Litchfield 301 
 
 bought land there a few years before. The hardships of 
 the journey and of the early life of the settlement made 
 a great impression on Theodore. He was educated at 
 Middlebury Academy, N. Y. 1833 he was admitted to 
 the bar, and he soon after began the practice of law in 
 Biiffalo. He was city marshal of Buffalo, and later city 
 clerk. 1853-54, he was a member of the Assembly of 
 New York, i860 he was appointed one of the original 
 members of the State Board of Assessors. 1865, he was 
 elected president of the State Agricultural Society. About 
 1865 he removed to Maryland, but was soon appointed 
 to the Department of the Interior in Washington, as an 
 agent to visit the South, and to examine its agricultural 
 resources. After this he settled in Brooklyn, N. Y., and 
 was an officer of the Internal Revenue Department and of 
 the Appraiser's Department at the Custom House. He 
 was at one time associate editor of the Rural New Yorker. 
 He was associated with the World. He established in 
 Biiffalo a magazine called The Wool Grower. 
 
 1063 Joseph Augustus, first child of Theodore Curtis, 
 and Ruth Miller, bom in Darien, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1840, 
 died in St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 22, 1883 ; md. in 
 
 , Ap. 21, 1 86 1, Phebe Jane Williams, 
 dau. Williams, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in , Oct. 
 
 30, 1839, died in 
 
 , and had three sons. 
 
 Children of Joseph Augustus, and Phebe Williams: 
 
 1067 (1). Hugh Cowardine, bom in Darien, N. Y., Jan. 
 4, 1864. 
 
 1068 (2). George Llewellyn, bom in Buffalo, N.Y., Aug. 
 21, 1865. 
 
 1069 (3). Robert Howard, bom in Newark, N. J., July 
 26, 1873. 
 
302 Connecticut 
 
 Joseph Augustus md. (2) in 
 
 , dau. 
 and 
 his wife, bom in , 
 
 , died in , 
 
 and had four children. 
 
 Children of Joseph Augustus, and 
 
 1070 (1). 
 
 1071 (2). 
 1073 (3). 
 1073 (4). 
 
 1067 Hugh Cowardine, first child of Joseph Augustus, 
 and Phebe Williams, bom in Darien, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1864, 
 
 . Unmd. 
 
 1068 George Llewellyn, second child of Joseph Au- 
 gustus, and Phebe Williams, bom in Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 
 21, 1865, 
 Unmd. 
 
 1069 Robert Howard, third child of Joseph Augustus, 
 bom in Newark, N. J., July 26, 1873, 
 
 . Unmd. 
 
 1064 Hugh, second child of Theodore Curtis, and Ruth 
 Miller, bom in Darien, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1843, 
 
 ; md. in 
 , June 12, 1889, Maude Clark of Portland, 
 
Litchfield 303 
 
 Ore., dau. Clark, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 No children. 
 
 1066 John Miller, fourth child of Theodore Curtis, and 
 Ruth Miller, bom in Darien, N. Y., June i, 1850, 
 
 ; md. in 
 , Oct. 17, 1877, Mary Eskildson Whit- 
 ney, dau. James Frothingham Whitney, and Mary Hen- 
 derson, his wife, bom in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 2, 1852, 
 
 , and had 
 three daughters. 
 
 Children of John Miller, and Mary Whitney: 
 1074 (1). Ruth, bom in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1878, 
 
 1075 (2). Carrie Whitney, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 
 4, 1882, 
 
 1076 (3). Dorothy, bom in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 16, 
 1886, 
 
LOST TRIBES 
 
 458 IV. William, third child of John, and Mary- 
 Marks, bom in Hebron, Conn., Aug. 30, 1722, died in 
 Hebron, Ap. 23, 1760; md. in Hebron, Jan. 5, 1744, 
 Ruth Chap well, dau. Jonathan Chapwell, and Ruth 
 
 , his wife, bom in Hebron, Jan. 25, 1725, died in 
 Hebron, Feb. 20, 1751, and had four children. 
 
 V. Children of William, and Ruth Chapwell: 
 
 1077 (1). Mary, bom in Hebron, Sept. 29, 1744, died in 
 
 ; was 
 md. in Hebron, June 23, 1764, to Philip Judd, son 
 
 Judd, and , 
 
 his wife, born in 
 , died in 
 
 , and had six children. 
 
 1078 (2). William, bom in Hebron, July 17, 1746 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 1079 (3). Joseph, bom in Hebron, , 
 (1747?) (md., ch.). 
 
 1080 (4). Jonathan, bom in 
 
 , died in Hebron, Jan. 9, 1756. 
 
 William md. (2) in -- 
 
 , Abigail Moreau, dau. Moreau, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had five children. 
 
 Children of William, and Abigail Moreau: 
 
 1081 (5). Ruth, born in 
 
 304 
 
Lost Tribes 305 
 
 1083 (6). Lydia, bom in 
 , died in 
 
 ; md. in Scotland, Conn.,* March 2, 
 1775, Dean Manning, son Manning and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had 
 children. 
 1083 (7). Rachel, bora in 
 
 1084 (8). Andrew, bora in 
 , Ap. 2, 1758. 
 
 1085 (9). Margaret, bora in 
 , Ap. 12, 1760, 
 
 William removed from Hebron (Gilead) in i748.t 
 
 1078 V. William, second child of William, and Ruth 
 Chapwell, bom in Hebron, Conn., July 17, 1746, died in 
 
 ; md. in 
 Hebron, Ap. 10, 1766, Deborah Strong, dau. Eleazer 
 Strong, Jr., and , his wife, 
 
 bom in Hebron, Dec. 8, 1745, died in 
 
 , and had eight children. 
 
 * Marriage recorded in Colchester Church records as of Scotland, 
 Conn. 
 
 t In the old graveyard in Andover, Conn., is a stone with the follow- 
 ing inscription: "Here lyes ye Body of Mrs Ruth Peters wife Mr 
 William Peters Who Died Feb. 20, 1751 in ye 26th year of her age 
 Who lived Desired and Died Lamented by Mr William Peters and her 
 children Mary, William, Joseph and Jonathan." 
 
3o6 Connecticut 
 
 VI. Children of William, and Deborah Strong: 
 
 1086 (1). Deborah, bom in Hebron, Ap. lo, 1767, died 
 in 
 ' . 1087 (2). aa^/ ^^''^f^'' 
 
 1088 (3). ^ ^ 
 
 1089 (4). 
 
 1090 (5). William (?) born in Hebron, Sept. 27, 1773. 
 
 1091 (6). 
 1093 (7). 
 
 1093 (8). 
 
 1079 V. 5^05^/?/i, third child of William, and Ruth Chap- 
 well, bom in Hebron, 
 
 (1747?), died in ; 
 
 md. in Hebron, Conn,, June 23, 1768, Dorothy Owen, dau. 
 Amos Owen, and , his wife, 
 
 bom in Hebron, July 27, 1750, died in 
 
 , and had twelve children. 
 VI. Children of Joseph, and Dorothy Owen: 
 
 1094 (1). Amasa,* born in Hebron, Feb, 17, 1769. 
 
 1095 (2). 
 
 1096 (3), 
 
 1097 (4). 
 
 1098 (5). 
 
 1099 (6). 
 
 1100 (7), 
 
 1101 (8). 
 1103 (9). 
 
 1103 (10). 
 
 1104 (11), 
 
 1105 (12). 
 
 1084 V, Andrew, (probably eighth) child of William, 
 and (probably fourth) child of his second wife, Abigail 
 Moreau, bom in 
 
 * (Or Amos?) 
 
Lost Tribes 307 
 
 1775, July 12 to Dec. 18, Andrew Peters, private in 
 5th Co., 2d Regiment, Capt. Charies Ellsworth. (Officers 
 from East Windsor and Enfield.) 1778, Jan. 10, Andrew 
 Peters entered the service, Capt. Clark's Co. 1781, Feb. 
 8 to Dec. 31, Andrew Peters of Coventry, Conn., for 3 
 years, 2d Regiment. 
 
 PART II 
 
 460 IV. Joseph, fifth child of John, and Mary Marks, 
 bom in Hebron, Conn., Aug. 20, 1726, died in Chatham, 
 Conn., Jan. 21, 1761; md. in Hebron, Jan. 14, 1748, De- 
 borah Burchard, dau. Burchard, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had six children. 
 V. Children of Joseph, and Deborah Burchard: 
 
 1106 (1). Joseph, born in Hebron, Dec. 24, 1748, died 
 Dec, 26, 1751. 
 
 1107 (2). Samuel, born in Colchester, Conn., Dec. 9, 
 1750 (md., ch.). 
 
 1108 (3). Deborah, born in Colchester, May 4, 1753, 
 died in 
 
 Unmd. 
 
 1109 (4). Joseph, born in Colchester, Jan. 5, 1756 (md., 
 ch.). 
 
 1110 (5). Susannah, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 
 , to Hopkins West, son 
 Moses West, and Sarah , his wife, bom 
 
 in , 
 
 died in , 
 
 and had five children. 
 
3o8 Connecticut 
 
 1111 (6). Phebe, bom in Middletown, Conn., Oct. 26, 
 1760, died in East Hampton, in the town of Chatham, 
 Conn., June I, 1795; wasmd. in 
 
 , Dec. 12, 1780, to George Gates, son Nehemiah 
 Gates, and Ann , his wife, born in 
 
 Chatham, Conn., (bap. Nov. 2, 1760), 
 
 died in Chatham, Conn., Ap. 6, 1826, and had six 
 children. 
 
 Joseph was a physician and died of the smallpox. 
 When he found that he had been exposed to the disease 
 he settled all his affairs and made what provision he could 
 for his family. His gravestone is standing in Chatham, 
 Conn., and is inscribed: "In memory of Joseph Peters 
 bom Aug. 27, 1726, died Jan. 27, 1761, to ye great grief 
 of his relict five children & acquaintances, whose chari- 
 ties to ye poor entitle him to ye temple of everlasting 
 memory, ye blessings of God. Mortals must die to be- 
 come immortal. Heaven gained only through Death, 
 Faith in crucifixion Hope by resurrection." 
 
 He may be the Joseph who was in the 8th Co. (Capt. 
 Hobbey's), 1755, from Sept. 5 to Dec. 6; 1756, Aug. 3 to 
 Dec. i; and again, 1757, Ap. 5, in the 3d Co., under 
 Major Pateison, 3d Reg. If this is not our Joseph the 
 man mentioned must be from Massachusetts, and either 
 of the New Hampshire line or of the Salem family. 
 
 1107 V. Samuel, second child of Joseph, and Deborah 
 Burchard, bom in Colchester, Conn., Dec. 9, 1750, died 
 in ; md. in 
 
 , Huldah 
 Young, dau. Yotmg, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had three children. 
 
Lost Tribes 309 
 
 VI. Children of Samuel, and Huldah Young: 
 
 1112 (1). 
 
 1113 (2). 
 
 1114 (3). 
 
 1776, Sept., Samuel was in the 12th Regiment, Capt. 
 Wells's Co., as drummer, and marched to West Chester. 
 1778, Aug. 2 to Sept. 12, he was drummer in Capt. Rudd's 
 Co., under Col. Chapman, under Brig.-Gen. Tyler, under 
 Gen. Sullivan, and engaged in the attempt to dislodge the 
 British at Newport (battle of Rhode Island), Aug. 29, 
 1778. He was also in the service from Jan. i, 1781, to 
 Dec. 31, 1 781.* 
 
 1109 V. Joseph, fourth child of Joseph, and Deborah 
 Burchard, bom in Colchester, Conn., Jan. 5, 1756, died in 
 
 ; md. in 
 Hebron, Conn., Oct. , 1778, Sarah Welles, dau.. 
 
 Edmund Welles, and ' , his 
 
 wife, bom in , 
 
 died in , and 
 
 had children. 
 
 VI. Children of Joseph, and Sarah Welles: 
 
 1115 (1). Mary, bom in 
 
 died in . Unmd. 
 
 1116 (2). Sarah, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 
 , to Mathew Gibbs, son 
 Gibbs, and , his 
 
 wife, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 , and had five children. Resided Cambridge, 
 N. Y. 
 ♦This service was erroneously given to Capt. Samuel (478). It is 
 difficult to distinguish in many cases, but this is now believed to be 
 a correct division. 
 
3IO Connecticut 
 
 1117 (3). Joseph, born in 
 
 , died in 
 . Unmd. 
 
 1118 (4). James, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 . Unmd. 
 
 1775, Joseph enhsted in Capt. Abijah Rowlee's Co. 
 1776, July 12, Joseph enlisted in the 8th Regiment, 6th 
 Co.; discharged Dec. 17. 
 
OHIO 
 
 47^ V. Andrew, twelfth child of Col. John, and Lydia 
 Phelps, bom in Hebron, Conn., Dec. 23, 1759, died in 
 Columbia, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Feb. 25, 1825 ; md. in 
 
 , Sarah Taft, dau. 
 Taft, and , 
 
 his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in , 
 
 and had nine children. 
 
 VI. Children of Andrew, and Sarah Taft: 
 
 1119 (1). William, bom in 
 
 1120 (2). John, bom in 
 
 1121 (3). Simeon Andrew, bom in 
 
 1122 (4). Absalom Oliver, bom in 
 
 1123 (5). Azubah, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 
 , to Jenkens 
 
 son Jenkens, and 
 
 , his wife, 
 
 1124 (6). Sarah P , bom in 
 
 , died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 , to 
 Pritchard, son Pritchard, 
 
 and , his wife, 
 
 1125 (7). Bethia, bomin 
 
 311 
 
312 
 
 son 
 
 Connecticut 
 
 
 , died in 
 
 
 
 ; was md. 
 
 in 
 
 
 ,to 
 
 
 Anderson, 
 
 Anderson, 
 
 and 
 
 , his wife. 
 
 
 
 Lydia P 
 
 > 
 
 bom in 
 , died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 ,to 
 
 Rawson, son 
 
 
 Rawson, 
 
 1137 (9). Dolly P , bom in 
 
 , died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 , to 
 Green, son Green, and 
 
 It is probably this Andrew who served in the Revolu- 
 tionary army, entering 1778, April 10, for nine months, 
 in Col. Humphrey's regiment. 
 
 1119 VI. William, first child of Andrew, and Sarah 
 Taft, bom in 
 
 1130 Yl.-John, second child of Andrew, and Sarah 
 Taft, bom in 
 
Ohio 313 
 
 1121 VI. Simeon Andrew, third child of Andrew, and 
 Sarah Taft, bom in 
 
 , died in , Calhoun 
 
 Co., Ills., Jan. 16, 1842; md. in 
 
 , dau. , and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had five children. 
 
 VII. Children of Simeon Andrew, and 
 
 1138 (1). 
 
 1139 (2). 
 
 1130 (3). 
 
 1131 (4). 
 1133 (5). 
 
 1133 VII. Absalom Oliver, fourth child of Andrew, and 
 Sarah Taft, bom in Columbia, Ohio, Feb. i, 1808, died in 
 
 ; md. in 
 , 1840, 
 , dau. and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had children. 
 
 He was living in Clark Co., 111., in 1843. 
 
 VIII. Children of Absalom Oliver, and 
 
NEW HAMPSHIRE 
 
 SEBORNE {Seherance) 
 
 The descent of the New Hampshire Peters is purely 
 inferential, and the only clue — ^but which, fortunately, is 
 of serious importance— is the imusual name of Sebome. 
 The birth of the second child of Andrew 3 II of Andover 
 is recorded on the Andover records as Sibbons. In his 
 grandfather's will the name is Seberance.* It is evident 
 that this is the real name, and that Sibbons, Sebome, 
 Seaborn (and probably the name of Seavems) are spell- 
 ings according to the usual clipping English pronunciation 
 of long family names, like Cholmondeley, which is pro- 
 nounced Chumley, Beecham for Beauchamp, Sinclair for 
 Saint Clair, etc. The name is, therefore, our only clue, 
 but it is a fairly safe one to follow, especially in view of 
 the fact that Concord, N. H., was largely settled by 
 Andover people, that the dates correspond, and that Sib- 
 bons, or Sebome (Seberance), disappears from Andover. 
 
 The first mention of Sebome we find in New Hamp- 
 shire is in 1747, when he is in garrison in Mr. Jonathan 
 Eastman's house at the same time that his son (or brother) 
 James is in garrison in Capt. Henry Lovejoy's house. 
 Jonathan Eastman's house was on the Mill road, opposite 
 the home of Mr. Aaron Shute, in the West parish ; " Sea- 
 borne" Peters and William Peters are both there. In 
 1 75 1 Sebome is mentioned as follows: "I Sebom Peters 
 
 * According to his grandfather's will he is to have "a payer of 
 oxren worth tenne pounds in pay or tenne pounds other wise as my 
 Executors & he shall agree when he is a (fit?) age." 
 
 314 
 
Seborne 315 
 
 of Rumford in New Hampshire. Miller," and he sells to 
 Benjamin Fifield twenty acres of land by Turkey Pond ; 
 the land is boimded "south by land of Barachias Famum, 
 east and north by common land, and west on Turkey 
 Bogg ; also twenty-eight acres by Turkey river near river 
 Bank, bounded south east by Eastman's mill farm," etc. 
 The deed is signed Seborne Peters, 1751, Nov. 5. 
 
 In the list of church members Seborne Peters stands 
 No. 16, and Mary Peters No. 17; presumably they were 
 husband and wife, but whether of the first or second New 
 Hampshire generation it is impossible to say. There are 
 dates only at intervals; the date of No. 15 is 1744, but it 
 is possible that there were no admissions for some years 
 after. 
 
 In 1757 Seaborn Peters is mentioned: "One head, one 
 house, o land, i horse, o oxen, 2 cows." This gives the 
 impression of a very young man, just beginning life and 
 as yet unmarried. Probably he is of the third generation. 
 
 11 III. Seborne (Seberance), second child of An- 
 drew, and Elizabeth Famham, bom in Andover, Mass., 
 Feb. 19, 1688, died in 
 ; md. in 
 
 (Mary?) , dau. 
 
 and , his 
 
 wife, bom in , 
 
 died in , and 
 
 had (seven?) children. 
 
 IV. Children of Seborne, and 
 
 1133 (1). James, bom in 
 (1711) (md., ch.). 
 
 1134 Sebom, bom in 
 
 1135 Elizabeth, bom in 
 (abt. 1 716?), died in 
 
 ; "was md. in 
 
 , 1738, to William Walker 
 
3i6 New Hampshire 
 
 (both of Rumford, intention posted May lo, 1738), son 
 Walker, and 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 
 , and had children. 
 
 1136 WilHam, bom in 
 
 (abt. 1718?) (md., ch.)- 
 
 1137 Mary, bom in 
 
 (abt. 1722?), died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 , Ap. 17, 1743, to Nathaniel Rix 
 (both of Rumford), son James Rix, and Annah Her- 
 rick, his wife, bom in Preston, Conn., June 6, 17 14. 
 died in Concord, N. H., , and had six 
 
 children. In 1745 he enlisted in the expedition to 
 Crown Point. 
 
 1138 Obadiah, born in 
 
 (abt. 1725?), killed by the Indians at Pennacook, 
 N. H., Aug. II, 1746. 
 
 1139 Hannah, born in 
 
 (abt. 1726?), died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 , Aug. 15, 1747, to Benjamin 
 Fifield, son Fifield, and 
 
 , his wife, born in 
 , died in 
 , March 8, 1794, and had twelve children. 
 
 1133 IV. James (probably first child of Seborri, and 
 
 (Mary?), bom in 
 (17 11), died in Salisbury, 
 N. H., Oct. 16, 1801, aged 90 years; md. in Andover, 
 Mass., Dec. 31, 1736 (intention of marriage posted 
 on meeting-house door in Rumford, Oct. 16, 1736; mar- 
 riage in Andover records as above),* Elizabeth Famham, 
 
 * He is referred to as James Peters of Suncook (now Pembroke') , 
 N. H. 
 
Seborne 3 1 7 
 
 dau. Famham, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in Salisbury, N. H., Aug. 
 , 1793, and had children. 
 
 V. Children of James, and Elizabeth Famham: 
 
 1140 (1). James, bom in Concord, N. H., Jan. 14, 1738- 
 39 (md., ch.). 
 
 1141 (2). William, bom in Concord, N. H., Dec. 7, 1740 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 1142 (3). Sarah, bom in 
 
 , (bap. Sept. 20, 1746, by the Revd. 
 Timothy Walker, in Concord, N. H.), died Oct. 8, 1746. 
 
 1143 . (Perhaps) Ruth, born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 ; was md. in Thomp- 
 son, Conn., July 3, 1769, to Ebenezer Burrill, son 
 
 Burrill, and , 
 
 his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 
 , and had children. (She was "of 
 
 Douglas.") 
 
 1 144 S arah , b om in 
 
 , died in 
 
 ; was md. in Concord, N. H., May 
 22, 1772, to John Famham, Jr., son 
 Famham, and , his wife, 
 
 bom in , 
 
 died in , 
 
 and had children. 
 
 1746, Aug. II, James is in garrison in Mr. Henry Love- 
 joy's house, in the West Parish village. 1747, James 
 signed a petition, with other Rumford men, for a grist- 
 mill. 
 
 " 1748, a muster roll of men from the neighborhood of 
 Manchester in His Majesty's service, under command of 
 
3i8 New Hampshire 
 
 John Goffe, captain, employed in scouting on the fron- 
 tiers of the province of New Hampshire, Anno Domini, 
 1748: James Peters, Sentinel, entered June 10, dis- 
 charged Oct, 2; time of service 16 weeks, 3 days. Pay, 
 1-5-10." 
 
 Expedition against Forts Duquesne, Niagara, and 
 Crown Point. New Hampshire furnished a regiment of 
 600 men against Crown Point, ready April i, tmder Capt. 
 Joseph Blanchard. James Peters, sentinel, ent. Ap. 24, 
 dis. July 6, 1756. Expedition against Crown Point, 1756, 
 New Hampshire regiment of 700 men imder Col. Nathan- 
 iel Meser\^e of Portsmouth, James Peters, sentinel, ent. 
 May 12, dis. Nov. 3.* 
 
 He removed to Hopkinton, N. H. He was one of the 
 first settlers of Henniker, N. H., in 1761 (formerly called 
 New Marlborough, and referred to as Moolbury), where 
 he exchanges land with his son William. 
 
 1776, May, Henniker Alarm list, Capt. Adams' training 
 soldiers, James Peters. 
 
 1140 V. James, first child of James, and Elizabeth 
 Famham, bom in Concord, N. H., Jan. 14, 1739, died in 
 
 , md. in 
 , (prob.) Rhoda 
 Taylor, dau. Jonathan Taylor, and Rhoda , 
 
 his wife, bom in , 
 
 died in , 1812, 
 
 and had children. 
 
 VI. Children of James, and Rhoda Taylor (?): t 
 
 1145 (1). (Prob.) Mary, bom in 
 
 , (abt. 1760?), died in 
 , March , 1837; was md. (2d 
 
 * There appear to be two James here. They may be father and 
 son. 
 
 t This family is purely inferential. The persons named cannot be 
 placed elsewhere, and divers indications point to their home as here. 
 
Seborne 319 
 
 wife), in , 
 
 to Bigford Spooner, son Spooner, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , Dec. 18, 
 1743, died in 
 
 , Aug. 5, 1819, and had ten children. He was 
 of Dartmouth and Lisbon, N. H. 
 
 1146 (Prob.) Comfort, bom in 
 
 , 1760 or 1 76 1, died in Swan- 
 zey, N. H., March 11, 1833. 
 
 1147 James, born in 
 
 , 1763-64- 
 
 It is inferred that the first child of James and Elizabeth 
 Famham married Rhoda Taylor, — some James did, and 
 apparently about this time. If his son James is the one 
 who married Susannah Coombs, then Susannah was eight 
 years older than her husband, but this is possible. Among 
 the children of Mary, who married Bigford Spooner, are 
 to be found the names of Comfort, Barnabas, and Rhoda, 
 all uncommon names, and all significant. Mary's first 
 child was bom in 1779. There was a James hailing from 
 Douglas, and a Comfort from Worcester Co., and we are 
 told that Susannah Coombs used to live in Douglas, and 
 that in her old age she liked to talk of that town where 
 she may have been born. Comfort has record as follows : 
 
 {Massachusetts Archives.) 1777, May 4, to July 4, 1777. 
 Comfort Peters, private. Capt. Isaac Martin's Co., Col. 
 Joseph Whitney's Reg., Service 2 mos, 6 days. 
 
 1777, Dec. I, to Jan. 2, 1778, in Capt. Joseph Sibley's 
 Co., Col. Danforth Keyes' Reg. 1777, Dec. 8, service at 
 North Kingston, dated (Sturbridge, Mass., Aug. 3d, 1783.) 
 
 1779, May 17, to July i. Comfort Peters, private, 19 
 years of age, 5 ft. 5 in. Dark. Residence, Douglas 
 (Mass.), Capt. Whitney's Co., Col. Tyler's Reg. Marched 
 July 2d, 1779. 
 
320 New Hampshire 
 
 1779, July 22, in Capt. Webb's Co., 4th Reg., to Ap. 22, 
 1780. 
 
 1780, July 10, to Dec. 14, 1780. Service in Rhode 
 Island under Gen. Spencer. 
 
 Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Conti- 
 nental Army for the term of 6 mos. agreeable to resolve 
 June 5, 1780. Comfort Peters, private. Arrival at 
 Springfield, July 12, 1780, 13th Division. Marched to 
 camp July 12, 1780, under command of Ens. Gilbert. 
 
 1780, enlisted July 12, for twenty days, Capt. Japheth 
 Daniel's Co., Col. Thomas Nixon's 6th Reg., Aug., Sept., 
 Oct., Nov., Dec, 1780. 
 
 List of men raised for the 6 mos. service and ret\imed 
 by Brig. -Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a 
 return dated Camp Totoway, Oct. 2, 1780. Comfort 
 Peters, private. Col. Shepherd's 4th Reg. Engaged for 
 9 mos. Ap. 10, 1780. 
 
 Our James (or Jameses) of Worcester Co. and of Doug- 
 las have records as follows: 
 
 (Massachusetts Archives.) James Peters, Douglas, for 
 one year in Capt. Turtelot's Co., Col. Carey's* Reg., Service 
 at Rhode Island, dated June 4, 1778. 1778, 
 
 Jan, I to 1782, Dec. 31, clothing acct. James Peters, 6th 
 Reg. private. James Peters, private, 6th 
 
 Reg. Col. Thomas Nixon, 6th Co., to 1782, during war. 
 A return of men entitled to $80 gratuity for serving dur- 
 ing war. James Peters, private, 6th Reg., 
 Lt. Col.'s Co., 1780, clothing, Peekskill, Dec. 5, 1780. 
 (Has his signature attached.) 
 
 James Peters appears (probably the son, and the other 
 the father) on an order dated West Point, Jan. 28, 1783, 
 for wages for years 1781-82-83, as drummer in the 6th 
 Reg. 
 
 Enlisted men, James Peters, Douglas, Worcester Co., 
 
 * (Or Crarey.) 
 
Seborne 321 
 
 16 years, 5 ft. 5 in., dark brown hair, enl. Ap. 15, 1780, 
 for time during war; Capt. Holden's Co., Lt. Col. Smith's 
 6th Mass. Reg., West Point, Jan. 29, 1781, drummer. 
 
 James Peters, drummer, 6th Reg., Lt. Col.'s Co., ser- 
 vice for July, 1780, for Aug. and Sept., 1780, Lt. Col. 
 Whitney's Co., 6th Reg., clothing, Oct. 16, 1780 (makes 
 his mark). 
 
 Receipt for clothing, Aug. i, 1780 (his mark). Service, 
 May 13, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780. 1781, Jan. to Dec, for 
 wages, etc., Capt. Abel Holden's Co., Lt. Col. Calvin 
 Smith's Reg. 1782, Jan. to Dec, Capt. Mason Wottle's 
 Co., Lt. Col. Calvin Smith's Reg. On command, March; 
 sick, Sept. and Oct., 1782. 
 
 Service, Oct., Nov., Dec, 1780. Boston, 1781, June 22, 
 also Dec, 1781. 1784, Feb. i, arrears of pay, etc. James 
 Peters, Worcester, 6th Reg., entitled to 200 acres of land, 
 or $20 in money by resolve of court, March 5, 1801. 
 
 Same. Boston, Feb. 18, 1804, a certificate of service 
 for gratuity of $20. 
 
 (State Papers, New Hampshire, Hammond. Vol. xiv., 
 Rev. Rolls.) " Three years' men enlisted from 4th militia 
 Reg., 1777. Town from, Henicor James Peters. Capt. 
 Elijah Clarges. 
 
 Capt. Elijah Clarges' Co. Three years' men. Roll — 
 James Peters, Jr. Bounty 20. Travel money from their 
 home to Charlestown, N. H., at 2d. per mile — 10. (Hen- 
 niker men.) 
 
 2d Reg. commanded by Col. Geo. Reid, for years 1777, 
 1778, and 1779. 6th co. James Peters, private. Amt. 
 of depreciation — 12.70. 
 
 1147 V. James, * child of James, and 
 
 (Rhoda Taylor ?), bom in Rumford (now Concord), N. H., 
 
 (1763-64), died in Swanzey, N. H., Oct. 6, 
 
 * Probably the drummer referred to in military service above. 
 
32 2 New Hampshire 
 
 1825; md. in , 
 
 Susannah Coombs, dau. Coombs, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in Alstead, N. H., 
 Aug. 4, 1853, aged 100 years, 8 months, and had seven 
 children. 
 
 VI. Children of James, and Susannah Coombs: 
 
 1148 (1). Jephthah, born in Douglas, Mass., Dec. 14, 
 1784. 
 
 1149 (2). Reuben, bom in Gloucester, R. I., Aug. 2, 
 1786 (md., ch.). 
 
 1150 (3). James, bom in Gloucester, R.. I., Jan. 2, 1788. 
 
 1151 (4). Thankful, born in Adams, Mass., July 4, 1790, 
 died in 
 
 1152 (5). John, born in Adams, Mass., Sept. 18, 1792. 
 
 1153 (6). Jesse, bom in Adams, Mass., June 15, 1794 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 1154 (7). Barnabas Coombs, bom in Adams, Mass., Feb. 
 I, 1798 (md., ch.). 
 
 1148 VI. Jephthah, first child of James, and Susannah 
 Coombs, bom in Douglas, Mass., Dec. 14, 1784, died in 
 
 1149 VI. Reuben, second child of James and Susannah 
 Coombs, born in Gloucester, R. I., Aug. 2, 1786, died in 
 
 ; md. in 
 
 , dau. , 
 
Seborne 323 
 
 and , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had 
 seven children. 
 
 VII. Children of Reuben, and 
 
 1155 (1). Reuben, born in North Adams, Mass., May 17, 
 1810 (md., ch.), 
 
 1156 (2). Mary Emehne, bom in 
 
 , Jan. 31, 1813, 
 
 1157 (3). Barnabas Coombs, bom in Williamstown, 
 Mass., Sept. 19, 1817 (md., ch.). 
 
 1158 (4). EHza Ann, bom in 
 
 , Oct. 18, 1819, died in 
 
 1159 (5). Judith Brown, bom in 
 , Nov. 7, 1 82 1, died in 
 
 1160 (6). Persis Abigail, bom in 
 , Sept. 10, 1825, died in 
 
 1161 (7). Lucy Juliette, bom in 
 , Sept. 21, 1830, died in 
 
 1155 VII. Reuben, first child of Reuben, and 
 
 , bom in North Adams, Mass., 
 
324 New Hampshire 
 
 May 17, 1810, died in Mercer Co., Mo., March 14, 1870; 
 md. in , Sylvia 
 
 Edson, dau. David Edson, and Polly Balding, his wife, 
 bom in Wilmington, Vt. , ,1813, died in 
 
 , and had six 
 children. 
 
 VIII. Children of Reuben, and Sylvia Edson: 
 
 1162 (1). James, bom in 
 
 1163 (2). Mary, born in 
 
 1164 (3). William Earle, born between North and South 
 Adams, Mass., July 2, 1838 (md., ch.). 
 
 1165 (4). Ann Maria, bom in 
 
 1166 (5). Sarah Jane, born in 
 
 1167 (6). Mary Esther, born in 
 
 1163 VIII. James, first child of Reuben, and Sylvia 
 Edson, bom in , 
 
 died in 
 
 1164 VIII. WiUiam Earle, third child of Reuben, and 
 Sylvia Edson, bom between North and South Adams, 
 
Seborne 325 
 
 Mass., July 2, 1838, died in 
 
 ; md. in , May 
 
 12, 1872, Mary Almst Smith, dau. Josiah Smith, and Eliza- 
 beth , his wife, born in Franklin Co., Ohio, 
 June I, 1846, died in 
 
 , and had four children. 
 
 IX. Children of William Earle, and Mary Smith: 
 
 1168 (1). Earle, born in Pleasanton, Iowa, Feb. 22, 1873. 
 
 1169 (2). Leota, bom in Pleasanton, Iowa, March 29, 
 1876. 
 
 1170 (3). Essie, bom in Lindley Springs, Mo., May 19, 
 1878, 
 
 1171 (4). Zora, born in Lindley Springs, Mo., July 10, 
 1881, 
 
 1157 VII. Barnabas Coombs, third child of Reuben, 
 and , bom in Williamstown, 
 
 Mass., Sept. 19, 181 7, died in Wetmore, Nemaha Co., 
 Kansas, Feb. 4, 1887 ; md. in , 
 
 May 9, 1850, Harriet E Smith of Hornby 
 
 Forks, N. Y., dau. Smith and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 
 , and had children (several). 
 
 VIII. Children of Barnabas Coombs, and Harriet Smith: 
 1173 (1). 
 
o 
 
 26 New Hampshire 
 
 1150 VI. James, third child of James, and Susannah 
 Coombs, bom in Gloucester, R. I., Jan. 2, 1788, died in 
 
 1153 VI. John, fifth child of James, and Susannah 
 Coombs, bom in Adams, Mass., Sept. 18, 1792, died in 
 
 ; md. in 
 
 1153 VI. Jesse, sixth child of James, and Susannah 
 Coombs, bom in Adams, Mass., June 15, 1794, died in 
 Mohawk, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1865; md. in 
 
 , March , 181 5, Celinda Larrabee, 
 
 dau. Larrabee, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in , Dec- 
 
 II, 1799, died in Mohawk, N. Y., Ap. 28, 1859, and had 
 four children. 
 
 VII. Children of Jesse, and Celinda Larrabee: 
 
 1173 (1). Clarissa, born in Westford,* N. H., Dec. 20, 
 1819, died in Mohawk, N. Y., March 5, 1891 ; was md. 
 in , March 14, 1836, to 
 T J Thayer, son 
 
 Thayer, and , his 
 
 wife, born in 
 
 , died in Thurburn, Oneida Co., N. Y., Jan. i, 
 1857, and had three children. 
 
 1174 (2). Susan, born in Westford,* N. H., Aug. 16, 
 1827, died in Mohawk, N. Y., Aug. 2, i860; was md. 
 in , July 6, 1845, to 
 C T West, son 
 
 West, and , his 
 
 wife, bom in Fairfield, N. Y., July 30, 1809, died in 
 Mohawk, N. Y., June 23, 1863, and had three sons. 
 *OrWestport? 
 
Seborne 327 
 
 1175 (3). Janette, born in Westford,* N. H., Oct. 11, 
 1830, died in Herkimer, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1890; was 
 md. in , Feb. 17, 
 1849, to George F White, son 
 
 White and . his 
 
 wife, born in Herkimer, N. Y., , died at 
 
 the Soldiers' Home, Bath, N. Y., , and 
 
 had two children. 
 
 1176 (4). James W , born in Westford,* 
 N. H., Dec. 13, 1832 (md., ch.). 
 
 1176 VII. James W , fourth child of 
 Jesse, and Celinda Larrabee, bom in Westford,* N. H., 
 Dec. 13, 1832, died in 
 
 ; md. in » 
 
 Aug. 17, 185 1, Rosan Haines, dau. James Haines, and 
 
 Catherine Caster, his wife, born in Little Falls, N. Y., 
 
 Sept. 4, 1832, died in > 
 and had five children. 
 
 VIII. Children of James W , and Rosan 
 
 Haines: 
 
 1177 (1). Horatio, born in • » 
 June 23, 1852. 
 
 1178 (2). Viola, bom in 
 Sept. 18, 1853, died in 
 
 1179 (3). Delia, bom in 
 Nov. 18, 1855, died in 
 
 1180 (4). Linda, born in 
 March 23, 1859, died in 
 
 * Or Westport ? 
 
328 New Hampshire 
 
 1181 (5). Libbie, bomin 
 4, 1861, died in 
 
 About 1843 James removed to Mohawk, N. Y. 
 
 1154 VI. Barnabas Coombs, seventh child of James, 
 and Susannah Coombs, bom in Adams, Mass., Feb. i, 
 1798, died in ; 
 
 md. in Winchester, N. H., Aug. 26, 1819, Rebecca P 
 Willard, dau. Amos Willard, and Olive 
 , his wife, bom in Winchester, N. H., May i, 1802, 
 died in , and 
 
 had four children. 
 
 VII. Children of Barnabas Coombs, and Rebecca Willard: 
 1183 (1). Francis R. , bom in Rutland, 
 
 Mass., Aug. 16, 1821 (md., ch.). 
 
 1183 (2). John Q , born in Swanzey, 
 N. H., Aug. 2,* 1 82 1, died in Swanzey, Oct. i, 1830. 
 
 1184 (3). Lauren W , bom in Swanzey, 
 N. H., Aug. 22, 1828 (md., ch.). 
 
 1185 (4). Mary A , born in Swanzey, 
 N. H., May 14, 1836, died in 
 
 ; was md. in Walpole, N. H., 
 Oct. 2, 1855, to Orrin P Gleason, son 
 
 Gleason, and 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had children. 
 
 1182 VII. Francis R , first child of Barnabas 
 
 Coombs, and Rebecca Willard, bom in Rutland, Mass., 
 Aug. 16, 1 82 1, died in 
 ; md. in 
 , Lucy M Severance, dau. Ebenezer 
 
 ♦The record says 1821. Will some one correct it ? 
 
Seborne 329 
 
 Severance, and Sarah , his wife, bom in Al- 
 
 stead, N. H., Sept, 17, 1820, died in 
 
 , and had one daughter. 
 
 VIII. Children of Francis R , and Lucy 
 
 Severance: 
 
 1186 (1). Emma F , born in Alstead, 
 
 N. H., Jan. 7, 1847, died in Winchester, N. H., June 5, 
 1880; was md. in Keene, N. H., June 20, 1866, to 
 
 Woodward, son Woodward, 
 
 and , his wife, born in 
 
 , died 
 in and 
 
 had one child. 
 
 1184 VII. Lauren W , third child of Bar- 
 
 nabas Coombs, and Rebecca Willard, bom in Swanzey, 
 N. H., Aug. 22, 1828, died in Mohawk, N. Y., Dec. 3, 
 1882 ; md. in 
 
 VIII. Children of Lauren W ' , and 
 
 1187 (1). A son, , bom 
 in 
 
 1188 (2). A daughter, 
 
 1141 V. William, second child of James, and Ehzabeth 
 Famham, bom in Concord, N. H., Dec. 7, 1740. died in 
 Henniker, N. H., July 5, 1775 ; md. in Hopkinton, N. H., 
 Oct. 15, 1766, by the Revd. James Soales, to Sarah Jewell, 
 dau. Jewell, and , 
 
 his wife, bom in 
 
330 New Hampshire 
 
 (1736 ?), died in Henniker, N. H., Jan. 22, 1812, 
 and had four children.* 
 
 VI. Children of William, and Sarah Jewell: 
 
 1189 (1). Sibbons, bom in 
 
 , died prior to 1772, aged 6. 
 
 1190 (2). Joseph, bom in 
 1768, 
 
 1191 (3). Mary, bom in 
 1770, died in 
 
 1192 (4). Jacob, bom in 
 Aug. 17, 1772 (md., ch.). 
 
 William removed from Hopkinton, N. H., to Henniker, 
 N. H., and settled in the eastern part of the town, upon 
 the farm now known as the Jacob Peters farm. He and 
 his family passed the first night in town under a rock, 
 near which he built his cabin. He was a prominent man 
 in the town. He often assisted the committee of pro- 
 prietors in laying out roads and in other improvements. 
 
 1767, July 18, he was voted to be one of the survers (sur- 
 veyors ?) by four of the proprietors. 1768, Nov. 10, he 
 was one of the incorporators of the town. In 1775, July 
 5, he was killed by the falling of a tree while at work for, 
 and with, Lieut. Samuel Wadsworth, upon the farm now 
 owned and occupied by Franklin Goss, and a little east 
 of his present residence. 
 
 1190 VI. Joseph, second child of William, and Sarah 
 Jewell, bom in , 
 
 1768, died in ; 
 
 * Gravestones in old Henniker graveyard: "Mr William Peters who 
 was instantly by the Fall of a Tree Killd July 5, 1775 aged 35 years." 
 " Mrs. Sarah Carr formerly wife of Mr. William Peters who died Janu- 
 ary 226. 1812, aged 75 years and 6 months." 
 
Seborne 331 
 
 md. in , Nov. 29, 1791, 
 
 Sarah Peters, dau. Peters, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had children 
 
 1193 VI. Jacob, fourth child of William, and Sarah 
 Jewell, bom in Henniker, N. H., Aug. 17, 1772, died in 
 (Canaan, N. H.?), Sept. 19, 1845 ; md. in Henniker, Dec. 
 3, 1793, Sarah Wood Eager, dau. Joseph Eager, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in Marlborough, 
 N. H., died in Henniker, July 26, 1814, and 
 
 had six children. 
 
 VII. Children of Jacob, and Sarah Eager: 
 
 1193 (1). William, bom in Henniker, N. H., Sept. 10, 
 1794 (md., ch.). 
 
 1194 (2). John, bom in Henniker, N. H., Sept. 29, 1796 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 1195 (3). Hannah, born in Henniker, N. H., June 7, 
 1799, died in Henniker, Nov. 28, 1825. Unmd. 
 
 1196 (4). Elizabeth, bom in Henniker, N. H., Dec. 2, 
 1 80 1, died in Henniker, 
 
 ; was md. in 
 
 , to Descomb, 
 
 son 
 
 1197 (5). Moses Sawyer, born in Henniker, N. H., June 
 10, 1804 (md., no ch.?). 
 
 1198 (6). Lois, born in Henniker, N. H., Feb. 14, 1809, 
 died in ; 
 was md. in , Dec. 24, 
 1829, to Henry F Murtough of Brad- 
 ford. Vt. 
 
332 New Hampshire 
 
 Jacob md. (2) in , Sept. 
 
 7, 181 5, Anna Cochran, dau. Cochran, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in Bradford, 
 N. H., , died in Henniker, Sept. 19, 1865, 
 
 and had five children. 
 
 Children of Jacob, and Anna Cochran: 
 1199 (7). Joseph Colby, born in Henniker, N, H., June 
 I, 1816 (md.). 
 
 1300 (8). Sarah W , born in Henniker, 
 N. H., Feb. 28, 1818, died in Henniker, Dec. 4, 1877; 
 was md. in Henniker, June 6, 1844, to Joseph B 
 
 Colby, son Eliphalet Colby, and Lydia W 
 , his wife, born in Henniker, Feb. 25, 1819, 
 died in Henniker, July 19, i860, and had chil- 
 
 dren. Sarah was md. (2) in 
 
 , July 14, 1864, to C G 
 
 McAlpine, son Daniel McAlpine, and Abigail Gould, his 
 wife, bom in Hopkinton, N. H., 
 , died in 
 . No children. 
 
 1301 (9). Mary C . bom in Henniker, 
 N. H., Nov. 21, 1819. 
 
 1303 (10). Jacob, bom in Henniker, N. H., Oct. 9, 1821 
 
 (md., ch.). 
 1303 (11). Fanny, bom in Henniker, N. H., 
 
 1827, died Ap. 13, 1831. 
 
 Jacob resided on the homestead in Henniker, N. H. ; 
 later he removed, with his sons Joseph and Jacob, to 
 Canaan, N. H., and probably died there. 
 
 1193 VII. William, first child of Jacob, and Sarah 
 Wood Eager, bom in Henniker, N. H., Sept. 10, 1794, 
 died in Salisbury, N. H., Dec. 18, 1881 ; md. in 
 
Seborne 333 
 
 , Jan. 23, 1822, Fanny Hadley, dau. 
 Obadiah Hadley, and Hannah , his wife, 
 
 bom in , 1799, 
 
 died in Canaan, N. H., March 5, 1866, and had five chil- 
 dren. 
 
 VIII. Children of William, and Fanny Hadley: 
 
 1304 (1). John, bom in Bradford, N. H., Dec. 2, 1822 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 1305 (2). Obadiah, born in Bradford, N. H., Ap. 4, 
 1825 (md., ch.). 
 
 1206 (3). Hannah, born in Bradford, N. H., 
 , 1827, died in 
 
 1307 (4). Sarah, born in Bradford, N. H., 
 , 1828, died in 
 
 1308 (5). Druzilla, born in Bradford, N. H., 
 , 1832, died in 
 
 1304 Vni. John, first child of WilHam, and Fanny 
 Hadley, bom in Bradford, N. H., Dec. 2, 1822, died in 
 
 ; md. in 
 
 , Jan. 16, 1842, Hannah Toplin, 
 
 dau. Richard Toplin and Polly , his wife, 
 
 bom in Orange, Vt., Jan. 13, 1828, died in Canaan, N. H., 
 
 July 29, 1856, and had one daughter. 
 
 IX. Children of John, and Hannah Toplin: 
 
 1309 (1). Druzilla, born in Canaan, N. H., Sept. 20, 
 1S51, died March 10, 1858. 
 
334 New Hampshire 
 
 John md. (2) in , Ap. 14, 
 
 1857, Rosannah Hadley, dau. Silas Hadley, and Sally 
 
 , his wife, bom in Canaan, N. H., Nov. 15, 
 1828, died in , 
 
 and had children. 
 
 1205 VIII. Obadiah, second child of William, and 
 Fanny Hadley, born in Bradford, N. H., Ap. 4, 1825, 
 died in ; md. 
 
 in Newport, N. H., , Lydia Hind, dau. 
 
 Hind, and , his 
 
 wife, born in ^ 
 
 died in , Ap. 9, 1862, and 
 
 had children. (?) Obadiah md. (2), in 
 
 , July 26, 1865, Harriet E 
 Hutchinson, dau. Solomon Hutchinson, and Catherine 
 P , his wife, bom in East Wilton, N. H., 
 
 May 5, 1829, died in 
 
 , and had five children. 
 
 IX. Children of Obadiah, and Harriet Hutchinson: 
 1:210 (1). Emma L , born in 
 
 , March 5, 1868, 
 
 1311 (2). Sarah E , born in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 , to J 
 R Hutchinson, son 
 
 1313 (3). Fannie, bom in 
 

 JOHN PETERS 
 
 HENNIKER, N.H. 
 
Seborne 335 
 
 1213 (4). William H , bom in 
 
 1214 (5). Josie, born in 
 
 Obadiah was a machinist, and at one time resided in 
 Nashua, N. H. 
 
 1194 VII. John, second child of Jacob, and Sarah 
 Eager, bom in Henniker, N. H., Sept. 29, 1796, died in 
 Henniker, Ap. 4, 1876; md. in Henniker, Feb. 17, 1825, 
 Eliza Foster, dau. Zebulon Foster, and Polly , 
 
 his wife, bom in Essex, Mass., June 30, 1799, died in Hen- 
 niker, Jan. 18, 1853,* aged 54, and had three children. 
 
 VIII. Children of John, and Eliza Foster: 
 
 1215 (1). John Foster, born in Henniker, N. H., Feb. 14, 
 1826 (md., ch.). 
 
 1216 (2). Eliza, bom in Henniker, Aug. 14, 1827, died 
 in Henniker, 1902; was md. in Henniker, Ap. 23, 1857, 
 to Levi Colby Newton, son Solomon Newton, and Sarah 
 Colby, his wife, born in Henniker, March 23, 1826, 
 living in Henniker, 1902, and had three children. 
 
 1217 (3). Walter H , bom in Henniker, 
 N. H., March 2, 1831, died in Henniker, Ap. 13, 1846, 
 aged 14.1 
 
 John md. (2) in , Nov. 5, 
 
 1855, Mary Sawyer of Warner, N. H., dau. 
 Sawyer, and , his wife, bora 
 
 in , Jan. 2, 1799, died in 
 
 * Gravestone in Henniker churchyard. 
 
 t Gravestone in Henniker churchyard. Mistake somewhere, will 
 some one correct it? 
 
336 New Hampshire 
 
 Henniker, N. H., Dec. i, 1899, aged 100 years and 11 
 months. 
 
 1 818, John was a member of the first rifle company in 
 the state. He was a cabinet-maker. 
 
 1315 VIII. John Foster, first child of John, and EHza 
 Foster, bom in Henniker, N. H., Feb. 14, 1826, living in 
 Concord, N. H., 1902 ; md. in , 
 
 Nov. 3, 1857, Harriet Jane Worthington Heath, dau. 
 Robert Heath, and Hannah Nelson, his wife, bom in Bris- 
 tol, N, H., Aug. 20, 1833, living 1902, and had two chil- 
 dren. 
 
 IX. Children of John Foster, and Harriet Heath: 
 
 1318 (1). Everett Foster, bom in Concord, N. H., 
 March 12, 1863, died in Concord, July 28, 1863. 
 
 1319 (2). Arthur Webster, born in Concord, N. H., Oct. 
 29, 1867, ^isd i^ Concord, Oct. 14, 1872. 
 
 John Foster resided in Concord, N. H. He was for 
 many years engaged as express messenger on the railroad 
 between Concord and Boston, and as express messenger 
 for the American Express Co. between Claremont and 
 Concord, N. H. 
 
 1197 VII. Moses Sawyer, fifth child of Jacob, and 
 Sarah Eager, bom in Henniker, N. H., Jime 10, 1804, died 
 in ; md. in 
 
 Henniker, Nov. 8, 1827, Lois M Phillips 
 
 dau. Ebenezer Phillips, and Hannah Eager, his wife, bom 
 in Henniker, March i, 1804, died in Groton, N. H,, Sept. 
 17, 1884, aged 80 years and 6 months, and had 
 children (?). 
 
 Moses Sawyer lived in Henniker, but removed to Dor- 
 chester, N. H., in 1835, "to Bristol, N, H., in 1866, and in 
 1882 to Groton, N. H. In 1886 he was living in Hebron, 
 N. H. 
 
Seborne 337 
 
 1199 VII. Joseph Colby, seventh child of Jacob, and 
 first child of Anna Cochran, his second wife, bom in Hen- 
 niker, N. H., June i, 1816, died in (Canaan ?), 
 
 ; md. in 
 , Sarah W E 
 
 Phillips, dau. Ebenezer Phillips, and Hannah , 
 
 his wife, bom in , Sept. 24, 
 
 1817, died in , 
 
 and had children (?). 
 
 VIII. Children of Joseph Colby, and Sarah Phillips *: 
 
 Joseph Colby commanded the cavalry belonging to the 
 40th New Hampshire Regiment over fifty years ago. 
 
 1203 VII. Jacob, tenth child of Jacob, and fourth child 
 of Anna Cochran, his second wife, bom in Henniker, N. H., 
 Oct. 9, 182 1, died in 
 ; md. in 
 , Hannah , dau. 
 
 and , his wife, born in 
 
 Grafton, N. H., 
 
 VIII. Children of Jacob, and Hannah : 
 
 1230 (1). 
 
 1221 (2). 
 
 1222 (3). 
 
 1223 (4). Jacob, born in Henniker, N. H., Sept. 22, 1864. 
 
 * There was a Joseph C Peters, who md. Adeline Bailey, dau. 
 
 Levi Bailey, and Betsey , his wife, born Ap. 3, 1828. 
 
 Probably this Joseph is a son of Joseph, and Sarah Phillips, or is this a 
 second marriage of this same Joseph ? 
 
338 New Hampshire 
 
 Joseph,* child of and 
 
 , his wife, bom in Hopkin- 
 ton, N. H., Dec. , 1774, died in 
 
 , Feb. 25, 1829; md. in Hopkinton, Oct. 16, 
 1800, by the Revd. Ethan Smith, to EHzabeth Gould, 
 dau. Gould, and , 
 
 his wife, bom in , Jan. 13, 
 
 1777, died in , Aug. 12, 
 
 1857, and had eight children. 
 
 Children of Joseph, and Elizabeth Gould: 
 
 1224 (1). Hannah, bom in Goshen, N. H., Feb. 15, 1801, 
 died in , June , 
 1874; was md. in Oct. 
 3, 1839, to Franklin Fisk, son Joseph Fisk, and Eliza- 
 beth , his wife, bom in 
 
 , Oct. 16, 1804, died in 
 
 , and had two children. 
 
 1225 (2). Nathan, bom in Goshen, N. H., Jan. 21, 1803 
 (md., ch.)? 
 
 1226 (3). Tabitha G , bom in Goshen, 
 N. H., Ap. 8, 1807, died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 , Nov. 24, 1 83 1, to Edmund Chadwick, son 
 David Chadwick, and Betsey , his wife, 
 
 bom in Sutton, N. H., Oct. 9, 1799, died in 
 
 , Jan. 13, 1876, and had three 
 children. 
 
 1227 (4). Elizabeth, bom in Sutton, N.H., 
 1809, died in 
 
 ; was md. in 
 
 , to Joshua Tenney, son 
 Tenney, and , his wife, 
 
 born in , 
 
 died in 
 and had three children. 
 
 * Unplaced. 
 
Seborne 339 
 
 1328 (5). William, born in Sutton, N. H., June 2, 181 1 
 
 (md.). 
 ^^1229 (6). Henry Harrison, born in Sutton, N. H., Dec. 
 
 I, 1813 (md., ch.)- 
 1230 (7). Rhoda, born in Sutton, N. H., June* 
 
 181 5, died in 
 
 1231 (8). Cordelia, bom in Sutton, N. H., Ap. 4, 1821, 
 died in , Aug. 13, 1844. 
 
 Joseph removed, about the time of his marriage, to 
 Goshen, N. H., where his three oldest children were bom. 
 1808, he removed to Sutton, N. H., where he was engaged 
 in the clothing business until 1826. He is remembered as 
 an intelligent, honorable man. 
 
 1225 Nathan, second child of Joseph, and Elizabeth 
 Gould, bom in Goshen, N. H., Jan. 21, 1803, died in 
 (Southampton, N. H.?), 
 
 ; md. in , Sept. 
 
 24, 1843, Dorothy Jewell, dau. Jacob Jewell, and Mary 
 
 , his wife, bom in , 
 
 March 8, 1796, died in , 
 
 and had children. 
 
 1228 William, fifth child of Joseph, and Elizabeth 
 Gould, bom in Sutton, N. H., Jime 2, 181 1, died in 
 
 , May , 185 1, md. in 
 
 , Lydia Beals, dau. 
 
 Beals and , 
 
 his wife, bom in , 
 
 died in , and 
 
 had children. 
 
340 New Hampshire 
 
 1329 Henry Harrison, sixth child of Joseph and EHza- 
 beth Gould, bom in Sutton, N. H., Dec. i, 1813, died in 
 
 ; md. (abt. 
 1844), in Groton, Mass., Olive J 
 
 Butler, dau. Nehemiah Butler, and Olive Davis, his wife, 
 born in , Ap. 29, 1814, died 
 
 in , and had 
 
 two children. 
 
 Children of Henry Harrison, and Olive Butler: 
 1333 (1). Horace L born in 
 
 Sept. , 1845 (md.). 
 
 1333 (2). William H born in 
 
 1333 Horace L , first child of Henry Har- 
 
 rison, and Olive Butler, bom in , 
 
 Sept. , 1845, died in 
 
 ; md. in , 
 
 Oct. 12, 1875, Clara F Spofford, dau. 
 
 Spofford, and 
 
 John,* (child of James, and Sally 
 
 ?), bom in , 
 
 March 1755 (1756 ?), died in , 
 
 March , 181 7; md. in , 
 
 Jan. 23, 1785, Hannah Usher of Dracut, Mass., dau. Rob- 
 ert Usher, and Sarah Steams, his wife, bom in Merrimack, 
 N. H., Feb. 7, 1759, died in 
 
 , and had two children. 
 
 Children of John, and Hannah Usher: 
 1334 (1). Sally, born in Salisbury, N. H., June 
 
 1785, died in Salisbury, Dec. , 1843; was md. 
 
 * Unplaced. 
 
Seborne 341 
 
 in Salisbury, , 1805, to her cousin, 
 
 Joseph Farnham, son John Farnham and Sally 
 
 , his wife, born in Salisbury, , 
 
 1778, died in Salisbury, Aug. , 1839, and had 
 
 thirteen children. 
 1235 (2). John, born in Salisbury, N. H., June 27, 1778 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 John md. (2), in 
 
 , Mrs. Betsey Stanley of Hopkinton, N. H,, dau. 
 Stephen Hoyt and Abigail , his wife, bom 
 
 in Hopkinton, , died in 
 
 1335 John, second child of John and Hannah Usher, 
 bom in Salisbury, N. H., June 27, 1787, died in Danbury, 
 N. H., Feb. 16, 1871 ; md. in 
 
 March 23, 181 2, Sarah Peasley of Sutton, N. H., dau. 
 Abraham Peasley and Martha , his wife, 
 
 bom in Sutton, Sept. 21, 1791, died in Danbury, Sept. i, 
 1869, and had nine children. 
 
 Children of John and Sarah Peasley: 
 
 1236 (1). Luther, born in Salisbury, N. H., Sept. , 
 1812, died Sept. 28, 1812. 
 
 1237 (2). John, born in Salisbury, N. H., Dec. 25, 1813 
 (md., ch.). 
 
 1238 (3). Susan, born in Salisbury, N. H., Dec. 26, 1815, 
 died in 
 
 Unmd. 
 
 1239 (4). Hannah Usher, born in Salisbury, March 20, 
 1818, died in 
 
 . Unmd. 
 
 1240 (5). Nancy E , born in Danbury, 
 N. H., Ap. 24, 1820, died in Tarna City, Iowa, Feb, 24, 
 1886; was md. in Salisbury, N. H., Dec. , 1850, 
 
342 New Hampshire 
 
 to Joseph Sanborn, son Joseph Sanborn, and EHzabeth 
 
 , his wife, born in Sanborntown, N. H., 
 
 Nov. 29, 1806, died in Tama City, Tama Co., Iowa, 
 
 June 20, 1885, and had one daughter. 
 
 1241 (6). WiUiam D , bom in Danbury, 
 
 N. H., Oct. 10, 1822, died in Danbury, Sept. 20, 1832. 
 
 1343 (7). Jane D , bom in Danbury, N- 
 
 H., Aug. 30, 1825, died in 
 
 . Unmd. 
 
 1243 (8). Mary Ann, bom in Danbury, N. H., July 19, 
 1829, died in Alexandria, N. H., May 23, 1863; was 
 md. in , Dec. 31, 185 1, 
 to James G Tenney, son Moses Tenney, 
 and Shisah , his wife, bom in Hill, 
 N. H., Oct. , 1822, diedin^ 
 
 , and had four children. 
 
 1244 (9). Ruth, bom in Danbury, N. H., Jan. 15, 1832. 
 died in . ; 
 was md. in , March 28, 
 1849, to Sanford G Kendall, son Wil- 
 liam Kendall, and Durexea , his wife, 
 bom in Rockingham, Vt., June 15, 1829, died in 
 
 , and had five 
 children. 
 
 1237 John, second child of John, and Sarah Peasley, 
 his wife, bom in Salisbury, N. H., Dec. 25, 1813, died in 
 Danbury, N. H., Nov. 7, 1892 ; md. in 
 
 , Dec. 25, 1838, Laura Williams, dau. Oliver 
 Williams, and Jemima Barney, his wife, bom in Grafton, 
 N. H., Ap. , 1806, died in Danbury, N. H., July 
 
 13, 1844, and had one daughter. 
 
 Children of John, and Laura Williams: 
 
 1245 (1). Hannah Jemima, born in Danbury, N. H., 
 Feb. , 1844, died in Danbury, March, 1844. 
 
 John md. (2) in Manchester, N. H., Feb. , 1845, 
 
Seborne 343 
 
 Eleanor C Whitney, dau. Isaac Whitney 
 
 and Abigail Edson, his wife, bom in Brookline, Vt., 
 
 , 1814, died in Danbury, N. H., Dec. 30, 1861, 
 and had three children. 
 
 Children of John and Eleanor Whitney: 
 
 1246 (2). Abbie Eleanor, bom in Manchester, N. H,, 
 Dec. , 1845, died in Danbury, N. H., May > 
 
 1847. 
 
 1247 (3). George W , bom in Danbury, 
 N. H., Oct. 26, 1850, died in 
 
 . Unmd. 
 
 1248 (4). Daniel W , born in Danbury, 
 N. H., Nov. 2, 1851 (md., ch.). 
 
 John md. (3) in , Ap. 15, 
 
 1863, Mrs. Mary A Titus of Hill, N. H., 
 
 dau. Page and 
 
 his wife, bom in , 
 
 , died in 
 , and had five children. 
 
 Children of John, and Mary Page Titus: 
 
 1249 (5). Albert E , bom in Danbury, 
 N. H., Jan. 29, 1864. 
 
 1250 (6). Willis E , bom in Danbury, 
 N. H., March 7, 1866, died in Danbury, Nov. 15, 1881. 
 
 1251 (7). Frederick C , bom in Danbury, 
 N. H., Jan. 3, 1868. 
 
 1252 (8). Edith, born in Hill, N. H., May 22, 1873, died 
 in 
 
 1253 (9). Laura E , bora in HUl, N. H., 
 
 May 13, 1876, 
 
 ; was md. in Boscawen, N. H., Oct. 21, 1897, 
 to Henry Jones of Concord, N. H., son 
 
344 New Hampshire 
 
 Jones, and , his wife, 
 
 born in , 
 
 and had children. 
 
 1348 Daniel W , fourth child of John, 
 
 and third child of Eleanor Whitney, his second wife, bom 
 in Danbury, N. H., Nov. 2, 1851, 
 
 ; md. in , 
 
 Oct. 4, 1882, Mrs. Celanda Tucker, dau. Hiram Pierce, and 
 Hannah , his wife, bom in Grafton, N. H., 
 
 , 1851, 
 . No children. 
 1249 Albert E , fifth child of John, and 
 
 first child of his third wife, Mary Page Titus, bom in Dan- 
 bury, N. H., Jan. 29, 1864, 
 
 1251 Frederick C , seventh child of John, 
 
 and third child of his third wife, Mary Page Titus, bom 
 in Danbury, N. H., Jan. 3, il 
 
 dau. 
 
 WilHam,* 
 
 
 child of 
 
 
 and 
 
 
 , bom 
 , died in 
 
 in 
 
 
 , Oct. 
 
 17, 1790; md. in 
 , Hannah 
 and 
 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 
 , died 
 
 in 
 
 
 
 , and had 
 
 
 children. 
 
 
 
 * Unplaced. 
 
 
Seborne 345 
 
 Children of William, and Hannah : 
 1354 (1). Ruth, born in 
 
 July 9, 1758 (bap. July 16, 1758), died in 
 
 1255 (2). Sarah, born in Hopkinton, N. H., July 30, 
 1760 (bap. Aug. 10, 1760), died in 
 
 1256 (3). Abigail, bom in Hopkinton, N. H., Jan. i, 
 1763 (bap. Jan. , 1763), 
 
 1257 (4). William, bom in Hopkinton, N. H., Aug. 27, 
 1765 (bap. Oct. 6, 1765). 
 
 1258 (5). Mary, born in Hopkinton, N. H. (bap. in Hop- 
 kinton, Oct. 4, 1767). 
 
 1259 (6). Elizabeth, bap. in Hopkinton, N. H., Oct. 15, 
 1768, 
 
 1729, Feb. 25, the first meeting of settlers to locate at 
 Contoocook, N. H., was held in Andover, Mass. 1732, 
 the second meeting was held in Newbury, Mass. 1733, 
 William was one of the settlers. 1734 (spring), he was 
 living in Contoocook (now Boscawen), N. H. 1734, he 
 was one of the first grantees of Contoocook. 1743, Nov, 
 29, he was a soldier at Contoocook, N. H. 1747-48, Jan. 
 2, he was a petitioner for a grist-mill at Contoocook, 
 
 A muster roll of the company (near Manchester, N, H,) 
 
346 New Hampshire 
 
 in His Majesty's service, under command of John Goffe, 
 Capt., employed in scouting on the frontiers of the Prov- 
 ince of New Hampshire, Anno Domini, 1748. William 
 Peters, Sergt. Time of discharge, Oct. 3, 18 weeks, 3 
 days service, whole wages, 13-16-5. 
 
 1752, July 13, his name appears on the proprietors' 
 grant of Henniker. 1753, July 18, the proprietors went 
 to Portsmouth and drew their lots. His lot was 
 numbered No. 76. 1753, July 18, the petitioners of 
 Henniker, being mostly from Londonderry, etc., met in 
 Portsmouth, N. H. Hopkinton, or No. 5, as it was called, 
 was settled mostly from Hopkinton, Mass. 
 
 This William is unplaced, but the mention of Andover 
 is most significant. He was probably the William who, 
 in Haverhill, Mass., Sept. 16, 1742, married Ruth Standley. 
 In that case Hannah would be a second wife. This would 
 account for the names of Elizabeth, Ruth, and Mary. A 
 William was in garrison with Sebome in Jonathan East- 
 man's house in the West Parish, Concord, N. H., and was 
 probably Sebome's son, or brother of Sebome of the next 
 generation. 
 
 1138 IV. Ohadiah, (probably youngest) child of Se- 
 bome, and Mary (?) , bom in 
 
 (1725 ?), died at Pennacook, N. H., Aug. 
 II, 1746, being killed by the Indians. Was probably 
 unmarried. 
 
 1744-45, he was in the expedition against Louisburg, 
 in a company commanded by Capt. Eastman. 
 
 1746, Aug. II, Monday, he, with others, set out from 
 Rumford (now Concord), for Hopkinton, N. H. He at 
 the time was a member of Capt. Melville's Co. of Mas- 
 sachusetts, enrolled in the Rumford company under 
 command of Capt. Nathaniel Abbott ; his name is thus 
 mentioned on the muster roll, and his death is so re- 
 corded. His father and family lived near Eastman's fort. 
 
Seborne 347 
 
 to which the party were going when they were attacked 
 by the Indians. They, knowing that there were Indians 
 in the vicinity, were using all due care; two were on 
 horses, the others on foot, all armed, but, not at all ex- 
 pecting an attack, they marched on leisurely. 
 
 Obadiah was one of those on foot, and had gone some 
 distance beyond the others, into a hollow about one and 
 one half miles from Concord; here he set down his gun 
 and awaited the approach of the others. The Indians, 
 thinking themselves discovered, rose from their hiding- 
 place, fired, and killed him, shooting him through the 
 head. At this moment the rest of the party, with Jona- 
 than Bradley at their head, came over the hill, and, 
 seeing the fate of their comrade and their own danger, 
 Bradley cried out, " Fire, and follow on !" and then rushed 
 down upon them. But the savages were too strong for 
 them, being twelve to one. Samuel Bradley was shot 
 down in the road. To Jonathan Bradley they offered 
 quarter, having known him, but he refused, his heroic 
 spirit thirsting to avenge his comrades. They then de- 
 spatched him with their tomahawks; two others, John 
 Bean and John Lufkin, were fired upon, ran four or five 
 rods, fell, and expired. The rest were captured and 
 carried to Canada as prisoners. 
 
 The following is a report of one of the company who 
 escaped: "Daniel Oilman says that Lieut. Bradley, with 
 six men, was going about two and a half miles from Rum- 
 ford to a garrison, on August 11, 1746, when they had 
 gone about one and one half miles they were shot upon 
 by about thirty or forty Indians if not more, as it was 
 supposed, and killed down dead Lieut. John Bradley, 
 Samuel Bradley, John Lufkin, John Bean, and Obadiah 
 Peters. These were killed dead on the spot, and the most 
 of them were stripped, two of whom were stabbed, cut 
 and disfigured, it was supposed that there was an Indian 
 
348 New Hampshire 
 
 killed when they had the fight for the said Oilman who 
 made his escape, saith that he was about sixty rods be- 
 fore those men, when they were shot upon, and he says 
 the Indians shot three guns first, and as he thought that 
 the party had shot at a deer, he ran back up a hill about 
 forty rods, so that he could see over upon the other hill 
 where the Indians lie and shot upon the men, and. when 
 he came upon the hill so as to see over upon the other 
 hill he heard Lieut. Jonathan Bradley speak and say, 
 ' Lord have mercy upon us, fight ! ' In a moment his gun 
 went off and there was more of the party also who fired, 
 then the Indians rose up and shot a volley and ran out 
 on to the path making all sorts of howling and yelling, 
 and he did not stay long to see it, he said it was supposed 
 that John Lufkin was upon the front and Obadiah Peters 
 in the rear, and they were shot down the first shot, and 
 they were in the path about twelve or fourteen rods apart, 
 and Samuel Bradley was about twelve feet from Oba- 
 diah Peters." This account is attested to as a true copy 
 by the clerk of the county. The General Assembly passed, 
 November 19, 1747, the following resolution: "Voted 
 that there be paid out of the money in the public treasury 
 ;;^75 to those that were killed, heirs or legal representa- 
 tives." The heirs of Obadiah Peters received £"] los. 
 The initials of those massacred were inscribed on a large 
 tree standing near the spot, which remained for a number 
 of years, until some person cut it down. In 1836, August 
 22, a monument was erected at the place of the massacre, 
 and bears the following inscription : 
 
 " This monument is in memory of Samuel 
 
 Bradley Jonathan Bradley Obadiah 
 
 Peters John Bean and John Lufkin 
 
 who were massacred Aug. 11, 1746, by the In- 
 dians. Erected 1837 by Richard Bradley, son of the 
 Hon. John Bradley, and grandson of Samuel Bradley." 
 
ANDREW 
 
 8 III. Andrew, first child of John, and Mary Edwards, 
 bom in Ipswich, Mass., Dec. i, 1682, died in 
 
 ; md. in 
 (pub. in Ipswich, Oct. 30, 
 1708), to Mary Beare, dau. Beare, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had children. 
 
 IV. Children of Andreiv, and Mary Beare: 
 
 1260 (1). John, bom in Ipswich, Mass., Dec. 9, 1709. 
 1361 (2). Mary, born in 
 
 , bap., Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 21, 
 1 712, died in 
 
 1263 (3). (Probably) Ruth (?), born in 
 
 , died in 
 
 ; was md. in Ips- 
 wich, Mass., July 28, 1731, to Holle Marshall, son 
 Marshall, and , 
 
 his wife, born in 
 , died in 
 
 , and had children. (Both of Ipswich, 
 
 intentions pub. Ap. 29, 1731.) 
 1263 (4). Andrew (?). 
 
 Church Records, Portsmouth, N. H.: "Andrew Peters 
 owned the Covenant in ye church at Ipswich, his daughter 
 
 349 
 
350 New Hampshire 
 
 Mary was baptised Sept. 21, 1712." 1713, July 15, he was 
 a petitioner at Bloody Point, N. H. (near Dover). 
 
 A list of men's names that marched under the command 
 of Capt. John Oilman to Winnipissiocky Pond : " Entered 
 the 6th day of May, 1723, ended the i8th day inst. being 
 in all thirteen days. Andrew Peters i8s. 7d." (Adju- 
 tant Generals report, vol. i., p. 42, State House, Concord, 
 N. H.). Capt. John Oilman was from Exeter, N. H. 
 
 John (perhaps John, first child of Andrew, and 
 Mary Beare ?), bom in 
 , died in 
 ; int. mar. in Kittery, Me., Nov. 8, 1740, with Han- 
 nah Johnson, dau. Johnson, and 
 , his wife, bom in 
 , died in 
 , and had children. 
 
 Children of John, and Hannah Johnson: 
 
 1364 (1). Mary, born in Kittery, Me., Nov. 21, 1742, 
 died in 
 
 1265 (2). Andrew, born in Kittery, Me., Aug. 30, 1744, 
 
 1266 (3). Elizabeth, bom in Kittery, Me., July 21, 1746, 
 died in 
 
 1267 (4). Simon, bom in Kittery, Me., Sept. 29, 1749, 
 
 1268 (5). Elinor, born in Kittery, Me., July 25, 1752, 
 died in 
 
 Tax list, Kittery, 1 756-1 770, John Peters, 
 
Andrew 351 
 
 1265 Andrew, second child of John, and Hannah John- 
 son, bom in Kittery, Me., Aug. 30, 1744, died in 
 
 ; md. in Kittery, Nov. 
 
 3, 1776 (int. ent. Sept. 24, 1774,) Hannah Oliver, dau. 
 
 Oliver, and , 
 
 his wife, bom in , 
 
 died in , and 
 had children. 
 
 Children of Andrew, and Hannah Oliver: 
 
 1269 (1). John, bom in Kittery, Me., June 29, 1777. 
 
 1270 (2). Hannah, bom in Kittery, Me., July 17, 1779, 
 died in 
 
 1271 (3). Simon, born in Kittery, Me., Nov. 24, 1781. 
 
 1269 John, first child of Andrew, and Hannah Oliver, 
 bom in Kittery, Me., June 29, 1777, died in 
 
 ; md. in Kittery, Ap. 8, 1797, 
 Anna Billings, dau. Billings, and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had children. 
 
 1271 Simon, fourth child of John, and Hannah Johnson, 
 bom in Kittery, Me., Sept. 29, 1749, died in 
 
 ; md. in 
 , dau. 
 and , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 , and had chil- 
 
 dren. 
 
 Children of Simon, and 
 (Prob.) Simon, bom in Berwick, Me., Feb. , 1784. 
 
 Simon Peters, private, Capt. Amos Cogswell's Co., Col. 
 
352 
 
 New Hampshire 
 
 James Wesson's, Reg., 1777, Jan. 25, 1778. 
 
 Residence Holden. 
 
 Simon Peters, private. Col. Wesson's Reg., enl. during 
 war. Certified Feb. 14, 1781 {Mass. Archives). 
 
 Simon, bom in Berwick, Me., Feb. , 1784 
 
 died in ; md 
 
 in Bath, Me., July 25, 18 16, Reliance Edgecomb, dau 
 
 Edgecomb, and 
 his wife, bom in 
 
 died in , and 
 
 had children. 
 
 Chi 
 1373 (1 
 
 1273 (2 
 
 wick, 
 1374 (3 
 
 . Benjamin E 
 Me., Nov. 2, 1819 
 Sarah E 
 
 1375 (4 
 
 1376 (5 
 
 1377 (6 
 
 1378 (7 
 
 1373 Ben 
 
 dren of Simon, and Reliance Edgecomb: 
 
 Susanna H , born in 
 
 , Nov. 3, 181 7, died in 
 
 , born in Bruns- 
 
 Mary H 
 John A 
 Lydia E 
 
 James C 
 amin E 
 
 , born in 
 Jan. 19, 1822, died in 
 
 , bom in 
 July 23, 1825. Unmd. 
 
 , born in 
 Oct. 12, 1828. 
 
 , born in 
 Nov. 20, 1830, died in 
 
 Unmd. 
 , born in 
 May I, 1832. 
 
 , second child of 
 Simon, and Reliance Edgecomb, bom in Brunswick, Me., 
 Nov. 2, 1 81 9, died in 
 
 ; md. in , 
 
 dau. and 
 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
Andrew 353 
 
 , died in 
 , and had children. 
 
 Children of Benjamin E , and 
 
 George H , born in Bath, Me., 
 
 July 14, 1854. 
 
 The New Hampshire section entitled Andrew is ex- 
 tremely short and fragmentary. That the first Andrew 
 therein is the son of John, oldest son of our earliest ances- 
 tor Andrew there can be no doubt. But beyond this, and 
 a few glimpses of him later, all is darkness. The name of 
 John would naturally go down in this line, but there is a 
 confusion of Johns. In the Gloucester, Mass., records is 
 the marriage of John Peters, sojourner, to Mary Sweet of 
 Ipswich, Jan. 5, 1770. This is probably a descendant of 
 our Andrew and, presumably, the John whose record is 
 as follows : 
 
 1. John Peters, private, Capt. Nathaniel Wade, Col. 
 John Barker, date Ap. 17, 1775, Co. of Volunteers, 3d 
 Essex County Reg. Took the place of Benjamin Averill. 
 Lexington Alarm Roll, John Peters, Ap. 19, 1775, Capt. 
 Wade's Co. marched from Ipswich to Mystic, 21 days. 
 Ap. 20, ordered to Salem, Ap. 21, to Ipswich, then to 
 Cambridge. Remained in service to May 10, 1775. 
 
 John Peters, private, Capt. Wade, Col. Little, from Ips- 
 wich, age 30 ; rep. enlisted May 10, 1775. In service, June 
 5, 1775, company of Provincials marched to Cambridge. 
 1775, Dec. 21, dated in camp, Capt. Wade, Col. Little, 
 bounty coat due for 8 months service. 1776, March 
 
 22, Prospect Hill, pay for arms, clothing, etc. John Peters, 
 Capt. Wade, Col. Little, enHsted May 10, 1775, service 11 
 months, 5 days. From Ipswich. Mary Peters, receipt 
 dated Ipswich, Feb. 24, 1777, for wages and travel allow- 
 ance. Capt. Wade, Col. M. Little {Mass. Archives). 
 
354 New Hampshire 
 
 It seems possible that the first John was son of the 
 second : 
 
 2. Pay roll, Col. Thos. Stickney's Reg. com'd by Lt. 
 Col. Henry Gerrish, raised in town of Concord & Towns 
 adjacent which Co. marched July 5, 1777, for the relief 
 of the garrison at Ticonderoga on the Alarm, & marched 
 seventy miles when we had the news of the evacuation of 
 the fort. John Peters, private. Entry July 5. Dis- 
 charge July 12. Time in service 8 days. Rate per mo. 
 ;^4-io. Amt. wages 1-4. Travel amt. at 2d per mile 
 and home at 2d £2-']-^. 
 
 Capt. Peter Kimball's Co. in Col. Thos. Stickney's 
 Reg. in Gen. Stark's Brigade, raised out the 13th Reg. 
 N. H. Militia, July 20, 1777, which Co. joined the North- 
 em Continental Army at Bennington and Stillwater. John 
 Peters, private. Time discharge, Sept. 20. Time ser- 
 vice, 2 mos. I day. Rate ;j^4-io. Amt. wages ;^9-3. 
 Travel to Charlestown, No. 4, at 2d per mile 60-15. 
 Travel home from Stillwater and Bennington at 2d per 
 mile i3o.;^i-i-8. Amt . wages & travel ;£ i o- 1 9-8 . Wages 
 rec. ;^4-io. Balance due £6-()~?>. 
 
 Pay roll, Capt. Joshua Abbot's Co., Col. Henry Ger- 
 rish 's Reg. N. H. Volunteers, which Co. marched from 
 Concord and towns adjacent, Sept. 1777, and joined the 
 Northern Continental Army at Saratoga. John Peters. 
 Entry Sept. 28, 1777, discharge, Oct. 26, 1777. Time in 
 service, 29 days. Rate ;^4-io. Amt. wages, ;^4-7-o. 
 Travel to Bennington, 128 miles at 3d per mile, ;^i-i2. 
 Travel home from Saratoga, 155 miles, at 2d, ;^i-5-io, 
 {State Papers, New Hampshire — Hammond, vol. xiv. ; 
 Revolutionary Rolls, I.) 
 
 In the Miscellaneous Papers in the department of the 
 secretary of state, Concord, N. H., vol. i. : "Aug. 18, 
 1778, John Peters of Concord, bill for £/\.-6-6 for nursing 
 Timothy Johnson, in the state service in July, 1777, son- 
 
Andrew 355 
 
 in-law of John Peters." Johnson was in Capt. Peter Kim- 
 ball's Co. Col. Stickney's Reg., in Stark's Brigade, 
 marched to Bennington, was taken sick, and was cared 
 for by John Peters who was in the same company. The 
 paper is addressed "To The Hon'ble the Council and the 
 House of Representatives of the State of New Hamp- 
 shire convened at Exeter, Aug. 18, 1778." Thus it is 
 evident that the second John is considerably older than 
 the first John, who was bom in 1745. 
 
 3. Massachusetts Archives. 1777, John Peters, prize- 
 master of the officers and crew of the ship Essex, priva- 
 teer. Capt. John Cathcart ; age 32 (consequently bom in 
 1745), 5 ft. 6 in. From Boston. 
 
 4. 1780, Aug. 2, John Peters, seaman, of the ship Pil- 
 grim. Capt. Joseph Robinson. Age 26, 5 ft. 6 in., dark. 
 From the Kennebec. 1779, May 24 to Aug. 31, service 
 3 months, 8 days. John Peters, seaman, brigantine 
 Active. Capt. Allen Hallett, Esq. (sic). 
 
 5. John Peters, who served in Capt. Bumham's Co., 
 Col. Michael Jackson's regiment, and who engaged for 
 the war, was reported deserted Feb. 27, 1778, and Sep. 
 25, 1780 ; was from Sturbridge, Mass., and is in one place 
 called a Frenchman. We therefore need not concern our- 
 selves about him. 
 
 6. John Peters, from Hampshire Co., Mass. 1779, age 
 17. 5 ft. 8^ in., complexion Indian, residence Southwick, 
 Mass., under Ens. E. White. Served only to Jan. i, 
 1780. Men enlisted for Continental army for 9 months, 
 Springfield, Mass. Oct. 19, 1779, enlisted for town of 
 Southwick. 
 
 7. 1778, Ap. 25, to Dec. 31, 1779, John Peters, private 
 
356 New Hampshire 
 
 in Capt. Hunt's Co., Col. Vose. Roll dated Providence, 
 R. I., May 6, 1779, John Peters, private, Capt. Hunt's 
 
 Co., Col. Vose's Reg., March and April, 1770; enl. Dec. 
 2, 1776, for war. He is mentioned, in camp, on or before 
 Aug. 15, 1777; as receiving a gratuity. Providence, Feb. 
 13, 1779; also Aug. 15, 1777, and Dec. 9, 1778. He is 
 on the depreciation roll, Sept. 21, 1787. 
 
 8. John Peters, private, Capt. Amasa Soper, Col. Mar- 
 shall. Enlisted Dec. 28, 1776, dis. Feb. 10, 1777; 
 marched to Bennington. 
 
 9. John Peters, private, Col. Marshall, Jan. i, 1777, to 
 Jan. I, 1778. Residence Dighton (Mass.). Reported 
 dead on or before Aug. 15, 1777. Reported dead Jan. i, 
 
 1778. 
 
 10. 3d Reg. com'd by Col. Alexander Scammell, 1777, 
 1778, 1779, 7th Co., John Peters, private. Amt deprecia- 
 tion, 114.80. 
 
 Return of the men 3d N. H. Reg. who are For Ware the 
 Companies they belong to. And the Towns they come 
 from. Camp Danbury, Dec. 8, 1779. John Peter Peters, 
 Adkinson, (N. H.) Capt. McGregor's Co. 
 
 11. Pay roll Capt. Robert Pike's Co. in Lt. Col. Joseph 
 Senter's Reg. raised by the state of New Hampshire, and 
 marched to the state of Rhode Island 1777. John Peters. 
 Entry July 8, Discharge Jan. 6, 1778. Time in service, 6 
 mos. Rate per mo. ;^2. Amt. wages, ;^i 2-0-0. Bounty 
 £6. Travel from Exeter to Providence, 255-102, 7, 5. 
 Travel from Warwick home, at 2d per mile, 112, 18, 8. 
 Whole amt. of wages, bounty and travel ;^20-3-8. 
 Bounty and travel money rec. of the State 7-5. Balance 
 due ;^ 1 2- 1 8-8. 
 
BEAMSLEY 
 
 CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND ANNE BEAMSLEY 
 
 Records, Boston, Mass. Births. 
 
 1632, 12th mo. 13th day, Anne, of William, and Anne 
 Beamsley. 
 
 1635, 2d mo. loth day, Grace, of William, and Anne 
 Beamsley. 
 
 1637, loth mo. 9th day, Mercie,* son of William, and 
 Anne Beamsley. 
 
 1640, loth mo. 13th day, Samuel, son of William, and 
 Anne Beamsley. 
 
 1640, loth mo. 13th day, Habakkuk, son of William, 
 and Anne Beamsley. 
 
 1643, loth mo. , Hannah, dau, of William, and 
 
 Anne Beamsley. f 
 
 1645, , Abigail , dau . of William , 
 
 and Anne Beamsley. 
 
 Admissions. First Church, Boston. 
 1635, 6th mo. 2d day, William Beamsley, laborer. 
 
 Baptisms. First Church, Boston. 
 
 1635, Grace, ye daughter of or Brother Willyam 
 Beamsley, 20th of 7th mo. 
 
 * Error corrected in the baptisms. The old spelling of the name 
 Mercy as "Marcy," and the old writing of the "e" like an open "o," 
 have repeatedly caused it to be written Mary. 
 
 t She md. in Ipswich, Mass., Oct. 16, 1661, Cornet Abraham Per- 
 kins, of that town. 
 
 357 
 
358 Beamsley 
 
 1637, loth of loth mo. Mercie, ye daughter of or 
 Brother Willyam Beamsley. 
 
 1640, 7th of 12th mo. Samuel and Habakkuk, ye 
 sonnes of or Brother Willyam Beamsley, being about 
 fourteen dayes old. 
 
 1643, 17th day of loth mo. Hannah, ye daughter of or 
 Brother Willyam Beamsley. 
 
 1645, 8th day of 12th mo. Abigail, being about two 
 dayes old. 
 
 There was evidently a son William as later baptisms 
 read: 
 
 1659, Sept. 5, Mary of William, and Mary Beamsley, 
 died 15th of ist mo. 1662. 
 
 1 66 1, Nov. 22, Hannah, dau. of William, and Mary 
 Beamsley, died March 1663. 
 
 1663, May 15th, (bom) Sarah, 
 
 1665, April 25, (bom) Mary, 
 
 Ensigne William Beamsley (Senior) deceased Sept. 29, 
 1658-9. 1638. William Beamsley was admitted freeman . 
 
 William Beamsley md. (2) Martha , who 
 
 survived him. 
 
 In the Suffolk Deeds (5 volumes), there is frequent 
 mention of William Beamsley and in 1 643 , 1 6-1 2 , of George 
 Beamsley " his lot, near Cedar Swamp and Muddy river." 
 
 A house is bought by William Wenboume of Christo- 
 pher Lawson, next to the lott of William Beamsley. 
 
 1652, Aug. 17, mention of upland of William Beamsley. 
 
 1652, Feb. 2, Boundary of William Beamsley. 
 
 1652-12-11 Boundary of William Beamslie. 
 
 1651-Oct. Boundary of William Beamsley. 
 
 Sale to William Beamesley by Mary Hawkins of Boston, 
 land 100 feet towards the street, boimded east with the 
 street, north with William Phillips, south with William 
 Beamsley and "part of William Philhps' land and part of 
 my owne westward." > 
 
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 1656, April, mention of William Beamsley's land. 
 
 1650-6-5. Said William Phillips sold to William 
 Beamsley land in Boston "in the Mill field being 238 feet 
 in length, or thereabouts, and in breadth at the South 
 East front fower score foote, and at the Reare Sixty 
 foote more or lesse as it is now staked out being bounded 
 with the lands of Mrs Mary Haukins wch I purchased of 
 hir as aboue exprest South East, the land of Richard 
 Bennet South West and my owne land North West and 
 North." 
 
 William Beamsley sells for ;^3o land to Henry Shin. 
 
 There are several other allusions to William Beamsley 
 and to Martha Beamsley. In 1657 he is called a Yeo- 
 man. The word "laborer" as applied to him in the 
 church admissions is probably used in a religious sense, 
 as he was a large owner of real estate in Boston, and it 
 was only persons of some consideration who had military 
 titles conferred on them. 
 
 Will No. ig6, in the Probate Court, Pemberton Square, 
 
 Boston. 
 
 In the Name of God Amen I William Beamsley being 
 sicke in Body, but of a perfect memory praised be God, 
 doe make and Ordajne this my Last Will and Testa- 
 ment, in manner and forme as followeth, first I committ 
 my body, unto the earth and bequeath my spirit to God, 
 that gave it, first [illegible] all I make my wife full 
 executrix and Administratrix of all my houses, Lands, 
 Orchards goods and Chattells whatsoeuer, that she shall 
 enjoye and possesse the same, unto her owne proper use, 
 as long as she shall Liue, Provided she shall Let Mercy, 
 haue that Chamber, wherein she now lyes for her owne, 
 and that there shall be with all conveniency made therein 
 
360 Beamsley 
 
 A Chimney, and she to enjoye it dureing her widdow- 
 hoode, And I desire that my wife, may take the care and 
 charge of her, and see that she wants neither meate 
 drinke nor Cloathing dureing the tyme of her widdow- 
 hoode, And further my will is that after my wifes decease, 
 my whole Estate shall be then prized, and set to sale, The 
 whole Estate that is then left, to be equally distributed 
 amongst all my Children, Namely Anne Woodward, 
 Grace Graves, Mercy Wilbome, Hannah Beamsley, Ed- 
 ward Bushnell, EHzabeth Page, Mary Robison, And in 
 case any of these dye unpossessed, then it shall Retume 
 to the next heyre, And my desire is that these three 
 Bretheren Thomas Clarke, Richard Gridley, and Alex- 
 ander Adams, see this my will be fulfilled, according to 
 their best Endeavour, in wittness whereof I haue sett to 
 my hand and scale this fourteenth of September, 1658. 
 
 William Beamsley r --^^ ^ 
 Sealed in the p'nts of vs » j ^^^^ \ 
 
 Thomas Clarke 
 
 Alex. Adames 
 John fferniside 
 
 The m'k R G of 
 
 Richard Gridley 
 Before ye [illegible] & Recorded 28,8, 1658 
 
 Thomas Clarke Alexander Adams Richard Gridley 
 deposed this paper to be ye last will & testament of Wm 
 Beamsly yt they saw him signe & scale ye same & [illegi- 
 ble] it to be his last will & yt then he was of a disposing 
 minde to their best knowledge. 
 
 Edw. Rawson, Recorder. 
 
MY NATIVE LAND, GOOD-NIGHT* 
 
 The boat swings from the pebbled shore, 
 
 And proudly drives her prow ; 
 The crested waves roll up before, 
 Yon dark gray land I see no more, 
 
 How sweet thou seemest now! 
 Thou dark gray land, my native land, 
 
 Thou land of rock and pine, 
 I 'm speeding from thy golden sand. 
 But can I wave a farewell hand 
 
 To such a shore as thine? 
 
 I 've gazed upon the golden cloud 
 
 Which shades thine emerald sod; 
 Thy hills which freedom's share hath ploughed 
 Which nurse a race that have not bowed 
 
 The knee to aught but God. 
 Thy mountain floods, which proudly fling 
 
 Their waters to the fall. 
 The birds which cut with rushing wing 
 The sky that greets the coming spring, — 
 
 And thought thy glories small. 
 
 But now ye 've shrunk to yon blue line 
 
 Between the sky and sea, 
 I feel, sweet home, that thou art mine, 
 I feel my bosom cling to thine, 
 
 That I am part of thee. 
 I see thee blended with the wave 
 
 As children see the earth 
 Close up a sainted mother's grave; 
 They weep for her they cannot save, 
 
 And feel her holy worth. 
 
 * See page 163, (492 VI.). 
 361 
 
362 My Native Land, Good-Night 
 
 Thou mountain land, thou land of rock, 
 
 I 'm proud to call thee free ; 
 Thy sons are of the pilgrim stock, 
 And served like those who stood the shock 
 
 At old Thermopylae. 
 The laurel wreaths their fathers won 
 
 The children wear them still ! 
 Proud deeds these iron men have done, 
 They fought and won at Bennington, 
 
 And bled at Bunker Hill. 
 
 There 's grandeur in the lightning stroke, 
 
 That rives thy mountain ash ; 
 There 's glory in thy giant oak, 
 And rainbow beauty in the smoke 
 
 Where crystal waters dash. 
 There 's music in thy winter's blast 
 
 That sweeps the hollow glen ; 
 Less sturdy sons would shrink aghast 
 From piercing winds like those thou hast 
 
 To nurse thine iron men. 
 
 And thou hast gems — aye, living pearls, 
 
 And flowers of Eden hue; 
 Thy loveliest are thy bright-eyed girls, 
 Of airy forms and elfin curls, 
 
 And smiles like Hermon's dew. 
 They 've hearts like those they 're born to wed, 
 
 Too proud to nurse a slave ; 
 They'd scorn to share a monarch's bed, 
 And sooner lay their angel head 
 
 Deep in their humble grave. 
 
 And I have left thee, home, alone, 
 
 A pilgrim from thy shore ; 
 The wind goes by with hollow moan, 
 I hear it sigh a warning tone, 
 
 "You see your home no more!" 
 
My Native Land, Good-Night 363 
 
 I'm cast upon the world's wide sea, 
 
 Tom like an ocean weed; 
 I 'm cast away, far, far from thee, 
 I feel a thing I cannot be, 
 
 A bruised and broken reed. 
 
 Farewell, my native land, farewell! 
 
 That wave has hid thee now ; 
 My heart is bowed as with a spell, 
 That rending pang! would I could tell 
 
 What ails my throbbing brow ! 
 One look upon that fading streak 
 
 Which bounds yon eastern sky. 
 One tear to cool my burning cheek. 
 And then a word I cannot speak, — 
 
 My native land, good-bye! 
 
 Their bark is out upon the sea. 
 
 She leaps across the tide, — 
 The flashing waves dash joyously 
 
 Their spray upon her side ; 
 As if a bird, before the breeze 
 
 She spreads her snowy wings, 
 And, breaking through the crested seas, 
 
 How beautiful she springs! 
 
 The deep blue sky above her path 
 
 So cloudless, and the air 
 That pure and spicy fragrance hath 
 
 Which Ceylon's breezes bear; 
 And though she seems a shadowless 
 
 And phantom thing in sport. 
 Her freight, I ween, is happiness. 
 
 And heaven her far-off port. 
 
 Mild, tearful eyes are gazing now 
 Upon that fleeting ship. 
 
364 My Native Land, Good-Night 
 
 And here, perhaps, an ashy brow. 
 
 And there a trembUng lip. 
 Are tokens of the agony, — 
 
 The pangs it costs to sever 
 The mother from her first-born child, 
 
 To say farewell for ever. 
 
 And they who sail yon fading bark 
 
 Have turned a yearning eye 
 To that far land which seems a line 
 
 Between the sea and sky. 
 And as that land blends with the sea. 
 
 Like clouds in sunset light, 
 A soft, low voice breathes in the wind : 
 
 " My native land, good-night! " 
 
 And they who stood upon the shore, 
 
 And bend them o'er the sea 
 To catch the last faint shadow of 
 
 The shrouds' dim tracery, — 
 I ween, if one could hear the sigh. 
 
 Could catch the mother's tone. 
 He'd hear it say: "Good-night, good-night, 
 
 My beautiful, my own." 
 
 That ship is gone — lost to the eye, — 
 
 But still a freshing breeze 
 Is e'er awake and drives her on 
 
 Through smooth and pleasant seas. 
 Right onward then she will dash on 
 
 Though tempests shake the air, 
 For hearts that fear not Ocean's wrath 
 
 I ween will aye be there. 
 
 That sea is Life ; that bark is but 
 
 The hopes of wedded love ; 
 The wind which fills its sweUing sails 
 
 I trust is from above; 
 
My Native Land, Good-Night 365 
 
 And ever may its progress be 
 
 Through summer seas right on, 
 Till blended with eternity's 
 
 Broad ocean horizon. 
 
 Hugh Peters. 
 
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN PETERS, LIEUT.-COL. 
 OF THE QUEEN'S LOYAL RANGERS, IN CANADA, 
 DRAWN BY HIMSELF IN A LETTER TO A FRIEND 
 IN LONDON * 
 
 At the time of the breaking out of the revolution which ended in 
 the formation and establishment of the American Republic, certain 
 resident colonists, to the number of more than twenty thousand, 
 remained true to the royal cause. These gallant patriots are known 
 to history by the name of United Empire Loyalists ; in consequence of 
 the stand taken by them, they were proscribed by their fellow-colo- 
 nists, and compelled to fly from their homes and seek protection 
 under the British flag. Most of them fought valiantly on the royal 
 side during the struggle, and, after its close, the various State Legis- 
 latures adopted severe and highly penal enactments in order to pre- 
 vent the return of "The Tories," as the United Empire Loyalists were 
 called, to their homes in the new Republic. More than ten thousand 
 of them eventually settled in Canada, and their energy contributed 
 not a little to the prosperity of the country. Others found their way 
 to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, others to Great Britain, and a 
 few to the West Indies. Conspicuous among these gallant men who 
 stood fast allies of the royal cause, was Lieut. -Col. John Peters, an 
 officer in the Queen's Loyal Rangers. A few years after the close of 
 the war he went to England, where he remained until his death, in the 
 year 1786; he wrote a narrative giving an account of his life during 
 the course of the rebellion. 
 
 The original manuscript of this narrative is in the possession of Mr. 
 S. P. Bell of New York City, and the contents, we understand, have 
 never before appeared in print. Through the kindness of a corre- 
 spondent, Mr. Samuel James McCormick of New Rochelle, West- 
 chester Co., N. Y., we are enabled to lay a copy of this narrative 
 before our readers. It will be noticed that the writer reflects somewhat 
 severely upon the conduct of certain high officials whose names are 
 familiar to persons acquainted with the history of Canada. These 
 reflections may perhaps be to some extent colored by the writer's 
 prejudices; at the same time the narrative is written in a spirit of 
 evident fairness, and freedom from deliberate bias. Similar charges, 
 moreover, have been made by other writers, and it is by no means 
 probable that they are wholly groundless. The narrative contains 
 some little information that is new, and upon the whole it is not with- 
 out value as a contribution to Canadian history. 
 
 Sir, I do not mean to take any pride from family, as 
 
 * The Story of a United Empire Loyalist. (Copy of a newspaper 
 cutting obtained from Nova Scotia.) 
 
 366 
 
Autobiography of John Peters 367 
 
 you will conceive, nor to boast of my exploits, but to 
 relate my story in simplicity. 
 
 I was bom in Hebron, in Connecticut, in the year 
 1740. My father was a wealthy farmer, and colonel of 
 the militia. He descended by his father from William 
 Peters, a brother of Hugh Peters, Oliver Cromwell's 
 chaplain, and of an ancient family in Cornwall, Old Eng- 
 land, and by his mother from Major General Thomas 
 Harrison, the Regicide. 
 
 My mother was a descendant of John Phelps, a con- 
 siderable man in Cromwell's Party. I had a liberal 
 education at Yale College, in Connecticut, and received 
 the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1759; ini76i, I married 
 Ann, daughter of Robert Bamett, a merchant at Windsor, 
 in Connecticut; she was bom in the year 1740, and is 
 now the mother of eight sons and one daughter. 
 
 In 1763 I. settled in Piermont, in the province of New 
 Hampshire, on the east bank of the Connecticut river, 
 where I had a Tract of land, and had built a house, a 
 saw-mill and barn. I was, by Governor Wentworth, 
 appointed Captain Commandant of the Militia, and 
 Deputy Surveyor of the King's woods. In 1770 I re- 
 moved to Mooretown, on the west side of the Connecticut 
 river, where I had a large parcel of land, and I built an 
 house, bam, saw and grist mills, and carried on hus- 
 bandry. Being now in the province of New York, I was 
 appointed by Governor Tryon to be Colonel of the Militia, 
 Justice of the Peace, Judge of Probates, Registrar of the 
 County, Clerk of the Court, and Judge of the Court of 
 common pleas. Here I was in easy circumstances, and 
 as independent as my mind ever wished. In 1774 the 
 spirit of discord and rebellion so far prevailed as to occa- 
 sion me much trouble, a congress was forming through 
 the Colonies. The counties of Cumberland and Gloucester, 
 (since called Vermont) desired me to attend the congress 
 
368 Autobiography of John Peters 
 
 to meet at Philadelphia in 1774 which appointment I 
 accepted of, and passing through Hebron on my way to 
 Philadelphia, I was mobbed with my Uncles the Rev. 
 Samuel Peters, Mr. Jonathan and Mr. Bemslee Peters, by 
 Governor Trumbull's Liberty Boys, because we were ac- 
 cused of Loyalty. I was liberated after suffering much 
 ill language from the mob. The Rev. Samuel Peters 
 suffered more than I did. He and I agreed in opinion 
 that the teachers, bankrupts, dissenting teachers, and 
 smugglers meant to have a serious rebellion and a civil 
 and religious separation from the mother country. My 
 Uncle advised me to meet the congress, to find out 
 what their aim was. I did so, and being certainly con- 
 vinced that nothing short of independence would satisfy 
 them, I refused to take the oath of secrecy in Congress, 
 and wrote to my uncle who had been forced to fly to 
 England, telling him what to expect, and I. returned to 
 my family at Verdmont * ; but on my way home I was 
 seized by three mobs, ill treated and dismissed at Weath- 
 ersfield, Hartford, and vSpringfield. In April, 1775, I 
 arrived in Mooretown, when another mob seized me and 
 threatened to execute me as an enemy to Congress. 
 
 Then they carried me to the committee. Deacon 
 Bailey being president (but since a rebel general) who 
 ordered me the same evening to gaol, and discharged 
 me the same evening at 12 o'clock because they had 
 not found proof of my corresponding with General 
 Carleton, on pretense of which I had been committed to 
 prison. 
 
 Soon after another mob seized me, and insisted that I 
 should sign their Covenant, which was to oppose the King 
 and British army with my life and property, which Cove- 
 
 * Evidently this is a spelling taken from his uncle the Rev. Samuel 
 Peters, who insisted that it was correct and that Vermont meant a 
 mountain of maggots. 
 
Autobiography of John Peters 369 
 
 nant I did not sign and begged time for consideration, 
 under bonds, which was granted. 
 
 In the meantime news arrived that the British troop had 
 marched out of Boston and were murdering the inhabi- 
 tants, both yoimg and old. Whereupon the committee 
 required me to give orders to the mihtia to be ready at 
 an hour's notice to march against the royaHsts. I gave 
 them orders. This gained me much favor for a few days 
 with the mob. However, as the report of the massacre 
 near Boston by the King's troops diminished away, the 
 mob renewed their attack upon me, searched my house 
 for letters of secret correspondence with General Carleton, 
 with whom in fact I never had corresponded. 
 
 They took all papers found in my house, insulted me, 
 and required me to sign deeds of some lands I had bought, 
 confined me to the limits of the town, and threatened me 
 with death if I transgressed their Orders. The mob 
 again and again visited me, and ate and drank, and finally 
 plundered me of most of my moveable effects. Added 
 to this my Father, Col. Peters of Hebron, wrote against 
 me, and urged on the mob, assigning for reason "that 
 his Uncle, Peters, the clergyman, who had taught him 
 bad principles, was driven out of the coimtry, and that 
 he would soon become a friend to America if severity was 
 used." 
 
 By January, 1776, vexation had hurt my health, and 
 the madness of the people daily growing worse, I thought 
 of a mode to make my escape to Canada, and I applied to 
 the rebel Col. Beadle, who had been my old and steady 
 friend, and was going against Canada. He consented to 
 take me along with him as a companion, and obtained 
 the consent of the Committee. 
 
 March, 1776, we left Mooretown and Col. Beadle used 
 me kindly and honourably, and never requested me to 
 bear arms, which he had agreed to before we left home. 
 
370 Autobiography of John Peters 
 
 We arrived at the Cedars, when I prevailed upon Col. 
 Beadle not to burn the town which he was ordered to do. 
 
 I sent off to Captain (now Lieut. Col.) Foster of the 
 8th Regiment at Catarague, all the proper information in 
 my power and his answer was "he would attack the 
 Cedars a certain day" and advised me to keep out of 
 the way. I applied to Col. Beadle to be sent to Montreal 
 to procure provisions for the rebels; whilst I was there, 
 Captain Foster took the rebel fort at the Cedars; but I 
 had got Col. Beadle away. 
 
 Having received news of Capt. Foster's success, and 
 that a rebel party was going to attack him, I sent him 
 information which enabled him to form an ambuscade 
 whereby he took and killed near 150 rebels; the Indians 
 were enraged with the rebels because some of their 
 friends had been killed in the skirmish, and they killed 
 several captives and to stop their outrage Capt. Foster 
 gave them eight yoke of oxen and several cows. At 
 Montreal I met Dr. Franklin and the other Commissioners 
 from Congress, also Gen. Wooster and Col. Arnold, and 
 we dined together, when Arnold said: "Nothing but 
 independence would settle these matters, and he wished to 
 God it was now done." 
 
 Dr. Franklin and Gen. Wooster wrote a letter to Col. 
 Gazzen to let him know that Col. De Haws was going 
 around the mountains with 700 men to attack Capt. Fos- 
 ter, and Col. Arnold with the main Body, was to meet 
 Foster at Lachine with four field pieces. I obtained that 
 information and sent it over the mountains by Mr. Fer- 
 guson (clerk to Mr. Doby of Montreal) to Capt. Foster, by 
 which means he escaped over the river. 
 
 Arnold on his return to Montreal found Dr. Franklin 
 and Wooster had gone toward Albany, and he gave 
 private order to plunder and bum the city of Montreal. 
 I discovered this by Mr. Wheatly of Norwich, in Con- 
 
Autobiography of John Peters 371 
 
 necticut, who, with Arnold, was to share the profit ; and 
 Mr. Wheatly offered me part if I would join with him. I 
 thanked Mr. Wheatly for his friendship, desired a few 
 hours to consider of it, and went and informed the in- 
 habitants of the design and they set a watch over the 
 city till Arnold left the town. 
 
 I went next to Sorel, where Gen. Sullivan commanded. 
 He took me a prisoner on suspicion that I had given 
 Capt. Foster and the Indians of Conisidoga information 
 of their intentions, and sent me to St. Johns ; the rebels 
 burnt Chamblie and St. Johns on their way to Isle-la- 
 Motte where we rested six days, and where I was set at 
 liberty because they had no proof against me, except 
 what arose from a letter that Deacon Bailey wrote to 
 Gen. Sullivan, "to take care of Col. Peters, who was an 
 enemy to America and would escape to Gen. Carleton 
 the first opportunity." 
 
 Gen. Sullivan and army set off for Crown Point, and I 
 had retired to the woods on the Isle la Motte and returning 
 in the evening of June 28th to the deserted camp, where 
 I foimd a canoe, which Dr. Skinner (who had also es- 
 caped) and I seized and paddled off in to St. Johns, 
 nearly forty miles, where we met General Frazer on the 
 29th of June. The General received me kindly and con- 
 ducted me to General Carleton at Chamblie, who being 
 satisfied with my conduct, gave me a pass to Montreal, 
 where on my arrival the inhabitants treated me with 
 much friendship and thanks for the assistance given in 
 preserving their town and property. 
 
 August 14, I met with Mr. Peter Le vines, the present 
 Chief -Justice of Canada, to whom I was known many 
 years before. Mr. Levine showed me every kind of atten- 
 tion that friendship and generosity could dictate, and 
 carried me to Chamblie, and introduced me to General 
 Carleton as a person he knew might be depended upon. 
 
372 Autobiography of John Peters 
 
 October, 1776, I went as a volunteer with General 
 Carleton on Lake Champlain as one of the pilots to General 
 Frazer in the van of the army. After the defeat of the 
 rebel fleet and army, on the third of November, the 
 royal army returned from Crown Point to St. Johns. 
 
 March, 1777. Two deserters from the rebel country ar- 
 rived at Montreal and informed me that my property 
 had been seized, confiscated, and myself outlawed, and 
 that Mrs. Peters and the children had been turned out of 
 my house in the month of January, 1777 ; that she and 
 her children had been sent off in a sleigh with one bed, 
 by Deacon Bailey, to Ticonderoga, one hundred and forty 
 miles through the woods, snow-storms and bad roads; 
 that Mrs. Peters, a small and delicate woman, had been 
 compelled to travel with her young children in her arms, 
 in deep snow and rain, and were almost dead when they 
 arrived at Ticonderoga, where the rebel general Wayne 
 received them with humanity and used them kindly, till 
 April, when he sent her and her children thirty miles on 
 their way to Canada, and left them with three weeks' pro- 
 visions in a deserted house near fifty miles from any in- 
 habitants between them and Canada ; here she stayed 
 eighteen days with her children only (the oldest being 
 fourteen years), her servant having been detained by 
 Deacon Bailey (for which General Wayne said he ought 
 to be damned). At length a British boat discovered and 
 carried them to a vessel and thence to St. Johns, where 
 they all arrived on the 4th May, 1777, well, but naked 
 and dirty. 
 
 May 6th, 1777, I met my wife and children at St. Johns 
 (having been advised of their arrival there) with clothing 
 and other necessaries, and carried them to Montreal. In 
 May, 1777, I was ordered by Sir Guy Carleton to raise a 
 regiment of which I was to be the Lt. -Colonel Command- 
 ant. 
 
Autobiography of John Peters 373 
 
 June 14th, I was ordered by General Burgoyne to join 
 his Army with what men I had raised, and he gave my 
 regiment the name of the Queen's Loyal Rangers. 
 
 July 23rd, 1777, my corps, for the first time, was mus- 
 tered at Skeensborough by Alexander Campbell, Deputy 
 Commissary of Musters. I had mustered 262 men only, 
 but I had raised in all 643, though, as my situation was 
 generally in the advance party, my men were killed off 
 not quite so fast as I enlisted them, but prevented them 
 being mustered as regularly as they should have been. I 
 was in every skirmish which happened between the army 
 under Gen. Burgoyne and the rebels that campaign, 
 except at Hublenston. 
 
 August 1 6th, 1777, I commanded the Loyalists at 
 Bennington, when I had 291 men of my regiment with 
 me, and I lost above half of them in that engagement. 
 The action commenced about nine o'clock in the morning 
 and continued imtil near four o'clock in the afternoon, 
 when we retired in much confusion. 
 
 A little before the Royalists gave way the rebels pushed 
 with a strong party on the front of the Loyalists which I. 
 commanded ; as they were coming up I observed a man 
 fire at me, which I returned. He loaded again as he 
 came up, and discharged again at me, crying out : " Peters, 
 you damned Tory, I have got you!" He rushed on with 
 his bayonet which entered just below my left breast, but 
 was turned by the bone. By this time I was loaded and 
 I saw that it was a rebel captain, Jeremiah Post by name, 
 an old playmate and school-fellow, and a cousin of my 
 wife. Though his bayonet was in my body I felt regret 
 to destroy him. 
 
 We retreated from Bennington to the reinforcement 
 that was coming up, which was soon attacked and 
 obUged to retreat to the bridge at the mills in Cambridge, 
 which I broke up after the troops had retreated over it. 
 
374 Autobiography of John Peters 
 
 And the same evening we retreated towards the camp 
 which we reached the next day. General Frazer received 
 me very kindly, and as I was wotmded in the breast and 
 was also lame with a hurt I had received in a skirmish the 
 day before the action by a ball grazing my foot, and was 
 much fatigued, and for some time had been harassed 
 with fever and ague, he generously gave me up his bed 
 for the night, and he laid himself in his cloak on a bench. 
 I received his and Gen. Burgoyne's approbation for my 
 conduct in this action. The report of the defeat of the 
 royal troops at Bennington reaching Montreal, Gen. 
 McLean, Col. of the 84th Regiment, went to Mrs. Peters 
 and told her that news had come from Gen. Burgoyne's 
 camp, and she must expect to hear of many being killed 
 and wounded, but if Col. Peters or her son were among 
 them she must hold up with good courage and not de- 
 spond, as he would see to care being taken of her and her 
 family, that they should never want. 
 
 After some conversation in like manner. Gen. McLean 
 thought proper to let her know that there was a report 
 that Col. Peters and his son were both wounded and since 
 dead. Mrs. Peters said: "My calamities are very great, 
 but thank God, they died doing their duty to their King 
 and Coimtry. I have six sons left, who, as soon as they 
 shall be able to bear arms, I will send against the rebels, 
 while I and my daughter will mourn for the dead and 
 pray for the living." 
 
 September 7th, the rebels made an attack upon the Brit- 
 ish army marching from Saratoga towards Albany. They 
 were repulsed with great loss of killed, and the royal army 
 suffered much. The royal army kept their ground at Still- 
 water till September 19, when the rebels attacked our ranks 
 in the morning and the attack continued till dark. 
 
 The royal army having suffered much and Gen. Frazer 
 being mortally wounded, we retreated to Saratoga. 
 
Autobiography of John Peters 375 
 
 Sept. 27th, we burnt some of our tents, and the 28th 
 did the same. Here we remained until October 8th, 
 hoping every day the Royal army would attempt to 
 force their way to Fort George. Cessation of hostilities 
 took place and treaties went on between the Royal army 
 and rebel commanders. 
 
 On the 14th of October, in the morning, when it was 
 expected the capitulation was nearly concluded, as I was 
 in great anxiety and distress of mind, knowing how im- 
 possible it was that any capitulation could provide for 
 my security, I met Gen. Phillipps, who asked me why I 
 remained there, as I had told him before that no articles 
 would protect me. 
 
 I answered that whatever might be the event I would 
 not go without orders in writing, for that no one should 
 be able to say that I had deserted them in the hour of 
 distress. He said he would get me orders. In the after- 
 noon he met me again, and seemed surprised at seeing 
 me still there. 
 
 I reminded him of what he had said, on which he 
 carried me with him to the general's tent, and he brought 
 me out a written permission to take as many of my 
 officers and men as I thought could not be protected 
 and were willing to go. I accordingly got together as 
 many as I could meet with in that condition who chose to 
 make the attempt. 
 
 While I was preparing for our departure a person who 
 had left the rebel colonies for having counterfeited their 
 paper money came to me and begged to be of the party. 
 I did not much like his company, but I saw the poor 
 creature in such a trembling situation from the certainty 
 of being hanged that I could not but consent. As soon 
 as it was dark enough we set out, being thirty-five in 
 number, and each carrying two days' provisions. I 
 ordered Lieut. Holiburt, of my regiment to lead, as he 
 
376 Autobiography of John Peters 
 
 knew the woods in the dark better than I did. I followed 
 next, and ordered all of the rest to follow in single file, 
 and in perfect silence, my son and Major Wright in the 
 rear. We steered at first south westward. We had 
 not got far when the money maker began to be vefry 
 troublesome with his fears. I ordered him placed be- 
 tween Major Wright and my son, and ordered the major 
 if he made any noise to put his bayonet into him, and 
 leave him dead; notwithstanding this he was very 
 troublesome. When we had travelled two or three miles 
 from the Royal camp we were challenged by a party of 
 rebels. I replied: "From Gen. Gates and we were in 
 pursuit of some Tories who have fled from Burgoyne's 
 camp." The rebels demanded the countersign and who 
 commanded. The answer was: "Col. Peters with 1800 
 men, and they might fire as soon as they pleased," was the 
 coimtersign. The darkness and the surprise caused the 
 rebels to take prudent care of themselves for that night, 
 but next day they pursued us with about 100 men whom 
 we saw at a distance from a hill, but whether they saw 
 us or not I cannot say. When we thought we could do 
 it safely we turned more north westerly and then north- 
 erly. On the i6th, at the beginning of the night, we 
 found ourselves on the western bank of the Hudson 
 river. The moon was just risen, and close under us on 
 the same side, at the mouth of a brook, was a man in a 
 canoe, going to fish. We called to him, and by the fear 
 of our firearms obliged him to come to us ; but as three 
 only could go at once in the canoe, and one was obliged 
 always to come back to fetch two more, and as we 
 were obliged to paddle for fear of being heard, in case 
 any scouts of the rebels were at hand, it was midnight 
 before we all got over. 
 
 Tedious as this was it was much better than the noise 
 we should have made, and the time we should have con- 
 
Autobiography of John Peters 377 
 
 sumed in felling and making a raft of trees to pass over 
 upon. Whilst this was transacting, such of us as first 
 went over detained the man, which we told him was only 
 to prevent his discovering us. He seemed surprised at 
 this, having taken us for rebels, and informed us that he 
 and his father were sincere Loyalists and on his mentioning 
 his name one of our party recognised him. After we had 
 all got over he carried us to his father's who received us 
 very kindly, and offered us all he had, some bear's flesh, 
 some dried moose and some Indian corn, and informed us 
 that there were two parties lying on the two ways we 
 were expected to pass and that perhaps in the morning 
 they might visit his house, as they frequently did ; there- 
 fore it would be necessary for us to be away very early, 
 but that he would accompany and lead us directly over 
 the mountain, so as to avoid these two parties, and go 
 between them. 
 
 He accordingly called us very early in the morning, 
 and though the mountain seemed impracticable yet he 
 led us over and clear of the two parties and then took 
 leave of us. The 17th, in the woods, we heard the firing 
 of cannon at Saratoga which I knew to be in consequence 
 of the surrender of the British army to the rebels. It 
 went to my heart to hear it, though I knew it was to be 
 the case. We then kept northerly so as to avoid any 
 path. On the i8th we thought we were sufficiently 
 north, and stood east in order to strike Lake George, but 
 to our surprise we suddenly came in sight of houses, 
 which obHged us to stand west again and then northerly, 
 and we stood on so until we were quite out of danger. 
 Then we stood east, and on the 19th of October, near 
 sunset, when we were almost famished, we struck Lake 
 George, where Major Irwin, of the 47th, commanded. He 
 received us very imcivilly till I produced my written 
 order. He then treated us with great kindness and 
 
378 Autobiography of John Peters 
 
 humanity, giving us food and ordered boats to carry us to 
 Diamond Island, about five miles, where Major Aubery 
 of the 47th commanded and had done good service. He 
 treated us with all possible goodness, and as I was in a 
 fever and ague, with which I had been troubled for some 
 time before I had quitted the camp, and much fatigued, 
 he was so good as to make me sleep in his bed while he 
 went somewhere else for the night. Next day he gave 
 us boats which carried us across the lake, from whence 
 we marched to Ticonderoga, where we remained under 
 the command of General Powel, till the fort was evacu- 
 ated, when we returned to Montreal, and soon after to 
 Quebec, where Gen. Carleton received me with appro- 
 bation, but could not pay m.e till he had official ac- 
 counts from Gen. Burgoyne. Hitherto I had received 
 no pay from the King for my services. Gen. Carleton 
 had put me on the subsistence list at t,o£ per muster, 
 and had behaved with great attention and humanity to 
 my family. 
 
 In 1778, Gen. Haldimand took the command in Canada, 
 to whom I was introduced by Gen. Carleton. His Ex- 
 cellency ordered me to command a party of 200 white 
 men and 100 Indians, and to march to Cobos, on Con- 
 necticut river, and destroy the settlement there. Having 
 arrived at Lake Champlain, on my way to Cobos, Gen. 
 Haldimand 's letter overtook me, which gave leave to all 
 my party to return that chose to do so, but permitted 
 me to pay a visit to Onion river. He also directed me to 
 leave my orders. We all went on by water one day and 
 landed at the river La Mile, and marched up by that 
 river when some got discouraged and returned with all 
 the Indians and all the white men except thirty-four 
 with whom I had proceeded to the head of Onion river; 
 and following it down we destroyed the Block house and 
 all the buildings on it, for about thirty miles, as I was 
 
Autobiography of John Peters 379 
 
 ordered, after which I returned with my thirty-four men 
 to St. Johns, on the 23rd of August, 1778. 
 
 In 1779, I again requested General Haldimand to pay 
 me for my services under Gen. Burgoyne in 1777. His 
 Excellency said that matter had been transacted before 
 he took command, and he could do nothing in it till he 
 should have official returns, but he continued me on the 
 subsistence list where Gen. Carleton had placed me. I 
 wrote to the Rev. Mr. Peters in London, who applied to 
 Lord George Germaine in my behalf, and his lordship 
 wrote to Gen. Haldimand to settle my accoimts and 
 others in a like situation. Gen. Haldimand seemed to 
 be offended, and accused me of complaining home against 
 him, which in truth I had not done, or thought of, nor 
 hitherto had any reason. He appointed a board of 
 officers to examine my claims, but ordered the com- 
 missioners not to allow pay for any men that were killed 
 or taken in the year 1777, or bat or forage, or for any 
 money advanced by me or my officers to the men in the 
 campaign of 1777 who had not returned to Canada. 
 
 The commissioners obeyed his orders, although I pro- 
 duced Gen. Burgoyne's orders, given out at Battlehill, 
 August 26th, 1777, that all the provincial troops should 
 be paid the same as the British troops. By this injustice 
 I lost what was due me on British pay from the first of 
 August to the 24th of December, 1783, when we were 
 disbanded. 
 
 November 12th, 1781, Gen. Haldimand draughted the 
 provincial corps and out of them formed corps which he 
 named "Loyal Rangers," and appointed Edward Jessop 
 to be major of it, and at the same time gave out in 
 general orders that he appointed "Lieutenant-Colonel 
 John Peters, of the Queen's Loyal Rangers, as captain 
 of Invalids." This cruel, degrading change was worked 
 while I was at Skeensborough, where I had been sent by 
 
380 Autobiography of John Peters 
 
 Gen. Haldimand with a flag and rebel prisoners with a 
 view to gain inteUigence from the southern army, which I 
 performed and reported to him. On my return to Quebec 
 I complained to the general of the hard measures he had 
 dealt out to me by degrading me below those who had 
 been under my command in 1777, nor did I understand 
 why I was invalided. Mr. Mathews, secretary to Gen. 
 Haldimand, gave me for answer that I had a wife and 
 eight children and I might starve if I refused captain's 
 pay, beside I should not be allowed rations if I refused. 
 My subsistence money being stopped I was obliged to 
 accept the pay of a captain till December 24th, 1783, or 
 perish with my family. 
 
 1784, Gen. Haldimand owning land at the bay of 
 Chaleurs urged the Loyalists to settle on it, or at Catara- 
 qui, and threatened to withhold provisions from them in 
 case of a refusal. Some of the Loyalists, however, wanted 
 to settle near Maisqui Bay in Canada, where they built 
 some houses and cleared some land, but Gen. Haldimand 
 sent Lieut. Buckley of the 29th to burn their houses and 
 to bring off the settlers. The Loyalists then petitioned 
 the governor for leave to settle in Cape Breton, and not 
 at the Bay of Chaleur.* The governor having heard that 
 I had drawn up the petition sent for me and told me that 
 I was the supposed author of it, and in a passion treated 
 me with great indignity. I told him that no man but 
 the commander-in-chief should treat me so ; he added : 
 "I will allow the Loyalists nothing, they shall settle on 
 those lands I have allotted for them, or I will send them 
 back to the rebels." His threatening terrified some, and 
 they settled on such lands as he chose, but I and my 
 family left Canada, October 17th, with many others to 
 get rid of such a petty tyrant, and we arrived at Cape 
 
 * No attempt has been made to alter the spelling of proper names. 
 They are printed exactly as found. 
 
Autobiography of John Peters 381 
 
 Breton. Here I left my wife and children in a fisher- 
 man's home, under the protection of Peter, the Indian 
 king of Cape Breton (who had more honour than two 
 Swiss governors), and I went to Halifax. 
 
 August, 1785, Sir Charles Douglas, who knew me in 
 Canada, generously brought me with him to England. 
 I first borrowed loo;^ for my family in Halifax, and drew 
 on a friend in London for it. 
 
 On my arrival in London I applied to the Lords of the 
 treasury for subsistence, and they gave me temporary 
 support of loo;^ per annum, notwithstanding Gen. Haldi- 
 mand refusing a certificate of my loyalty and services 
 though they had been so conspicuous for ten years past. 
 
 One thing I omitted respecting my sons, who had 
 served his Majesty against the American rebellion. My 
 son John, the oldest ensign in the Queen's Loyal Rangers, 
 was neglected by Gen. Haldimand when he drafted the 
 provincial corps in Canada, and a son of Major Jessop's, 
 quite a boy, who had never done any service, was ap- 
 pointed a lieutenant over my son and all the ensigns who 
 had served during the whole of the war. 
 
 Andrew, my second son, was a midshipman during the 
 war on the Lakes, under Commodore Chambers, and has 
 no subsistence. Samuel, my third son, has been a volun- 
 teer ever since 1779, and all the reward given me and my 
 sons by Gen. Haldimand is, he returned me to the war 
 office in these remarkable words " as captain of Invalids," 
 and my son John as ensign in the Loyal Rangers, under the 
 command of Major Edward Jessop, whom as Lieutenant- 
 Colonel, I had commanded in 1777, and afterwards, till 
 he was put over me in this astonishing manner. I cannot 
 say I look back with regret at the part I took, from 
 motives of loyalty and from a foresight of the horror 
 and miseries of independence, though I never imagined 
 they would be so great as they now are, yet I thought 
 
382 Autobiography of John Peters 
 
 the part I took right, and I certainly think so still, from 
 love to my cotintry as well as duty to my sovereign and 
 notwithstanding my sufferings and services, and scanda- 
 lous treatment by Gen. Haldimand, I would do it again 
 if there was occasion. It is true I see persons who were 
 notorious on the rebel side who are now here, and taken 
 notice of and advanced, while I am neglected and de- 
 prived even of what is justly due me ; but with the con- 
 sciousness of having done right I can look with disdain 
 at the triimiph of successful villains. 
 
 Should you desire any further information, I shall 
 willingly attend to your commands, either viva voce vel 
 scriptis. 
 
 I have the honour to be, sir, your faithful friend and 
 
 obliged servant, 
 
 J. Peters. 
 Duke's Row, No. 3. 
 
 Pimlico, Jime 5th, 1786. 
 
 I have also had an occasion to overlook the original 
 from which this was printed and find it to be compar- 
 ably the same ; headed that it was written by Col. John 
 Peters by request. It was to have been used by Dr. 
 Peters in his application for Col. John Peters' relief to the 
 British government. 
 
 I have since ascertained that this clipping was from the 
 Toronto Gazette. 
 
 Col. Peters' anxiety and distress of mind and desire to 
 get away from Burgoyne's army at the time of its capitu- 
 lation arose from the fact that he had not as yet received 
 his commission from the British government, although he 
 was recognized by the government and his men had been 
 mustered into the service of the King, just previous to 
 that in July, but his commission was deferred as the 
 office which he would be commissioned to depended on 
 the nimiber of men which he should have mustered into 
 
Autobiography of John Peters 383 
 
 service, and the commission which he was fighting under, 
 was his acknowledgment by the British government, and 
 his orders from Gen. Governor Tryon of New York under 
 his old commission of colonel of militia, and the general 
 governor's proclamation to raise troops for the British 
 government, as will be partially seen from the following 
 abstracts from Hadden's Journal: 
 
 " Though the provincials and Canadians with Burgoyne, 
 like the volunteers in our late Civil war, received but 
 slender praise from the regulars, yet there were some 
 able officers among them, like the brothers Jessup, Lieut. 
 Col. John Peters, and Captain Justin Sherwood. 
 
 ' ' Of irregular troops there were two provincial battalions 
 commanded respectively by Lieut. Col. John Peters of 
 Hampshire grants, and Lieut. Col. Ebenezer Jessup, of 
 New York. The number of companies in each battalion 
 is unknown, but there were not sufficient to constitute 
 a regiment, and Peters' corps was sent on the expedition 
 to Bennington in the hope of swelling its ranks by the 
 accession of recruits in the neighborhood. Burgoyne in 
 writing to Lord George Germaine from Skeensborough, 
 July II, 1777, when everything had gone well with him 
 says: 'Mr. Peters and Mr. Jessup who came over to 
 Canada, last autumn and proposed to raise battalions, 
 one from the neighborhood of Albany, the other from 
 Charlotte County, are confi.dent of success as the army 
 advance. Their battalions are now embryo, but very 
 promising! they have fought and with spirit. Sir Guy 
 Carleton has given me blank commissions for the officers, 
 to fill up occasionally, and the agreement with them is, 
 that the Commissions are not to be so effective till two 
 thirds of the battalions are raised.' 
 
 " Peters' battalion at the battle of Bennington occupied 
 a prominent position in the fight and at one time bore the 
 brunt of the battle at the side of a stream and the Amen- 
 
384 Autobiography of John Peters 
 
 cans pressed tip the hill in their rear where they had the 
 whole field of action in their view. In that battle the 
 British loss was 934; of that number Peters' battalion 
 alone lost 157. 
 
 "The Loyalist corps that served under Burgoyne seem 
 to have led a precarious existence after their return to 
 Canada, as we find a warrant antedated July 19, 1779, 
 issued by order of Gen. Haldimand for payment of 
 ;^i634. 85. lod. sterling, being the allowance made for 
 the present relief of several corps of Loyalists belonging 
 to Gen. Burgoyne 's army and sundry other persons 
 who have taken refuge in this province from the rebel- 
 lious colonies between 25th June and 24th August, 1779, 
 inclusive. 
 
 "The subsistence returns for Royalists commanded 
 by Capt. Mc Alpine from which the above warrant was 
 issued show the money was for the following parties as 
 the returns denominated : 
 
 "Capt. McAlpin's 78 
 
 Mr. Jessup 98 
 
 Mr. Peters 61 
 
 Part of Capt. Leak's 30 
 
 Part of Mr. Adams' 34 
 
 Those not attached to parties 36 
 
 John Peters received ;^30. 
 
 "Later on, in 1779, Gen. Haldimand determined to re- 
 organize these Loyalist corps, if possible, as shown by his 
 letter to Lord George Germaine dated Quebec, November 
 I, 1779, and which is as follows: 
 
 " My lord, I have the honor to present to your Lordship 
 that several Gentlemen amongst whom are Capt. McAlpin, 
 Mr. Leake, Messrs Peters and Jessup, having in conse- 
 quence of Governor Tryon's Proclamation raised corps, 
 with whom they joined Gen. Burgoyne 's army, but having 
 
Autobiography of John Peters 385 
 
 been by his misfortune dispersed, they took refuge in 
 this province with part of their men and made appHcation 
 to me to have their corps re-estabHshed and put upon the 
 same footing with the provincial corps that has joined 
 the southern army, but the difficulty that I foimd 
 in procuring men for the royal emigrants and Sir John 
 Johnson's corps, and fearing that raising others might 
 interfere with their success, I from time to time put 
 them off. Finding these regiments have not been bene- 
 fited by my design and seeing that the trial may be made 
 without much expense to our government, these gentle- 
 men with a number of other refugee Loyalists being indis- 
 pensably supported at the public expense and that such 
 corps once raised would be useful particularly as they will 
 he recruited upon the frontiers of Hampshire, and give 
 an influence towards Vermont and that neighborhood, I 
 have thought it expedient to make the attempt and shall 
 begin with two battalions. I shall not give the officers 
 commissions until their men are raised, and in proportion 
 to their success I shall enlarge the plan, trusting to obtain 
 the King's approbation of what I do for the best, and 
 that I shall be enabled to fulfill the expectations of those 
 gentlemen by putting them upon the same footing with 
 the other provincials serving with the army. As soon as 
 the winter sets in I shall permit them to send out people 
 and to employ their friends upon the frontiers in raising 
 men and shall give them every assistance in my power to 
 effect their purpose. I shall at the same time set about 
 raising some companies of Canadians and shall need arms 
 for the purpose." 
 
 Gen. Burgoyne's private instructions to Lt.-Col. Baume 
 were as follows : 
 
 "The object of your expedition is to try the affections 
 
 of the country, to disconcert the councils of the enemy, to 
 
 mount Reidesils Dragoons, to complete Peters' corps, and 
 as 
 
386 Autobiography of John Peters 
 
 obtain large supplies of cattle, horses, and carriages. You 
 will send in cattle from Arlington with a proper detach- 
 ment from Peters' corps. Also as you will return with 
 the regiment of dragoons mounted, you must always have 
 a detachment of Capt. Frazer's or Peters' corps in front 
 of the regiment of dragoons, in order to prevent your 
 falling in with ambuscade when you are marching through 
 the woods." 
 
 I * will insert here a short sketch of Col. John Peters' 
 emigration to Cape Breton, 
 
 "As soon as it was known that a lieutenant-colonel 
 governor was to be sent to Cape Breton and that grants 
 of land would be issued the same as in the other provinces, 
 heretofore denied, many persons directed their attention 
 there. One of the first was Abraham Cuyler Esq. formerly 
 mayor of Albany, then residing in London, who laid be- 
 fore the King a memorial dated February 21, 1784, in 
 which he stated that he himself and many other persons, 
 who had been deprived of their property on occasion of 
 their loyalty, had moved to Canada in 1782, and were 
 desirous of obtaining grants of lands at Cape Breton with 
 the intention of settling there. This memorial having 
 been favorably received, a number of persons styling 
 themselves the Associated Loyalists, sailed in their vessels 
 for Cape Breton under the charge of Col. Peters, Capt. 
 Jonathan Jones, and Mr. Robertson, late oflEicers in the 
 corps of Royal Rangers, and associates of Mr. Cuyler, 
 where they arrived about October 25. About one hun- 
 dred and forty persons came out in the vessel furnished 
 with clothing and provisions by the British government. 
 Some settled near St. Peters, others at Baddeck, and the 
 rest at Louisberg." 
 
 * This pronoun appears to refer to Mr. McCormick. 
 
THE REVD. CHARLES RUSSELL TREAT 
 
 RECTOR OF ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH, NEW YORK 
 
 1899 
 
PETERS TRAITS 
 
 " The more one studies histories, and races, and families, 
 the more one must be convinced of the marked and 
 permanent influence of blood despite all the crossings by 
 intermarriages. Every genealogist has noted and mar- 
 velled at the continuance, from generation to generation, 
 of some particular type of character visible in the earliest 
 ancestor. ... To read aright the lessons of human 
 history, to reach wise and safe generalizations, one must 
 not forget the law of descent and the power there is in 
 blood of race." The present compiler finds these words 
 among the papers of the earlier one, and they form an 
 excellent introduction to the next pages. So distinct 
 and unvaried are the Peters characteristics that it is 
 more than safe to testify to the appearance and traits of 
 our earlier ancestors. 
 
 As were, and are, their descendants, in Massachusetts, 
 in Connecticut, in Maine, so undoubtedly was Andrew 
 Peeters and his sons. Fair, even to excess, with blue 
 eyes and brown or light hair, with regular features, and 
 the long, straight Peters nose. Hands and feet, usually 
 small, always shapely, the former with long fingers, the 
 latter narrow. The details vary to a certain extent, but 
 the likeness is there, and becomes not only evident, but 
 pronoimced, after they have reached the age of forty, even 
 in cases where there had seemed to be no resemblance at 
 all. In stature probably our ancestors exceeded most of 
 the Peters men of the present day, and were probably 
 of larger mould and heavier build. This one point, 
 the frame and height, is the only instance in which 
 
 387 
 
388 Peters Traits 
 
 the Peters of the three States named have been found 
 to vary. Testimony from Hebron, Connecticut, and 
 from Andover, Massachusetts, shows the Peters men 
 of present and earHer days to have been tall, many or 
 most of them of six feet in height, and in this respect 
 only, different from their cousins of Boston, and of 
 Maine, who are noticeable for their small bones and 
 medium stature. But tall or short the one true stamp is 
 the bullet head: This is the Peters hall-mark, and is 
 found everywhere accompanied — whatever the other 
 traits — by a sound and practical mind, a great sense of 
 humor, and real wit. The most striking resemblance 
 existed between the late Revd. Charles Russell Treat,* 
 and the sons of Edward Dyer Peters, Senior, of Boston : 
 to reach a common ancestor it was necessary to return to 
 Andrew Peeters, born in 1635, yet Mr. Treat might easily 
 pass — and actually did, even to an immediate member 
 of the family, — for one of his Massachusetts relatives 
 already mentioned.! 
 
 "The Peters of our branch have large blue eyes, fair 
 complexion, light brown hair; it is not natural to them 
 to be bald or grey young. My father looked as you see 
 the picture when he died at sixty-eight J ; a large man 
 of six feet, — walking around the farm with hands clasped 
 behind, which gave him a slight stoop forward ; shoulders 
 too narrow for a man of his height. I think the old 
 Andrew must have been fair, as I know .grandfather § 
 
 * Son of Abigail Thompson (490 VI.) and Selah Burr Treat. 
 
 t A singular case is the remarkable likeness existing between 
 the members of the family just mentioned and Mr. William Henry- 
 Peters of Norfolk, Va, So far as is known there is no relation- 
 ship, Mr. W. H. Peters' grandfather being a native of Denmark, but 
 so many of the Peters traits appear, even to the handwriting, and 
 peculiar ways of forming letters, that there is little doubt a tie of blood 
 exists, however remote it may be. 
 
 t John of Andover (213 V,)- 
 
 § Sergeant Andrew (207 IV.). 
 
1898 
 
 1899 
 
Peters Traits 389 
 
 was, fair and blue-eyed, as also Lazy John's * other 
 children, and all of Uncle Joe's f children who succeeded 
 him on the old place. I was the only dark-skinned 
 Peters I ever saw." | 
 
 "The members of the Peters branch that I have 
 known § were fair with regular features, cared little for 
 display, honest in their dealings with others, systematic, 
 took good care of their belongings. My Aunt Mary, the 
 Governor's sister, || was very systematic. Dinner at 
 twelve, noon, whatever might occur ; the clock was 
 always wound at that time. A place for everything and 
 everything in its place." [How often have I heard my 
 father speak those words!] "You could go in the dark 
 and get what you went for in the pantry. A day for 
 each household work. She made no show in dress, but 
 always found time to read notwithstanding her many 
 household duties, and frequent calls. A strong and re- 
 tentive memory was a marked trait of the Peters. The 
 Governor ^ had a pleasant address, was good company, 
 had much ready wit and humor, but could make very 
 cutting remarks if occasion required. Aunt Mary had 
 much the same traits in a less degree. It was them- 
 selves, not what they possessed, that drew people to 
 them, but they were set in opinion ; when once they had 
 made their mind it was hard to change them. Those 
 I knew in the past were good men and women. I think 
 
 * This is the usual and disrespectful appellation we apply to Old 
 John of Andover (17 III.) ; the descendants who know him best 
 being strongly impressed with the idea that he never did more than 
 sit by the fire, live to a great age, and give away most of his property. 
 
 t Joseph of Andover (210 IV.). 
 
 t Mrs. Grozelier, of North Andover, Sarah Peters, daughter of John 
 (244 VI.). 
 
 § Mrs. Annis Welles, of Hebron, Conn., great-granddaughter of 
 Capt. Bemslee, of Hebron (467 IV.). 
 
 II Mary Martha (554 V.). 
 
 T! John Samuel (553 V.). 
 
390 Peters Traits 
 
 Uncle John * was six feet in height, he was well-pro- 
 portioned. He had a very large head with a bright 
 blue eye. Aunt Mary had blue eyes too. I never saw 
 their brother f but once, but as I remember him they 
 looked much alike. I think I told you when here about 
 Judge Peters of Colchester | starting to go to his farm. 
 He had on an old coat, rubber shoe on one foot, an old 
 boot or shoe on the other. A man gave him a tract and 
 asked him if he could read. His reply was ' I can get 
 some one to read for me.' His son's wife said he did not 
 go out with the old coat again. He had a basket and 
 hoe at the time." [This is deliciously Peters, both as to 
 the garb, and the joke on himself. A Peters will enjoy 
 a joke on himself more than anything else, will tell of it 
 as long as he lives, and will never, never let the other 
 persons concerned know of it. A Peters has a real 
 talent for holding his tongue.] "As a rule the Peters 
 family were a law-abiding people. There were three 
 lawyers out of four sons in one family." [This was the 
 Otis blood.] " The Governor was fond of story-telling " 
 [every Peters is] ; " he told them in a very pleasant way, 
 but he could be stern. I have mentioned him more be- 
 cause I knew him better. I was in the habit of coming 
 here from childhood. I heard father tell about Judge John 
 Thompson Peters § buying a prayer-book ; it had a plain 
 binding; some one remarked on his selection. His reply 
 was, ' I bought it for use.' " 
 
 A member of the family writes of John Peters of Blue 
 Hilli: "Grandfather Peters was a very jovial man, full 
 of jokes, and also very kind and benevolent to the poor, 
 so I have heard my mother ^ say, and a very kind man 
 in his family. Mother said she lived there two years 
 
 * John Samuel (553 V.). t Bemslee, Jr. (555 V.). 
 
 J Samuel Andrew (486 v.). § (484 V.). || (206 IV.). 
 
 Tf Phebe Billings, wife of Daniel (275 V.). 
 
Peters Traits 391 
 
 before she was married and a year after, and grandfather 
 treated her always like an own child. He was a church- 
 going man and, I judge, of a good disposition from his 
 many kind deeds. I * am quite sure he had blue eyes 
 and light hair. Grandmother had very black eyes and 
 dark complexion." 
 
 "If wrote to a cousin of mine in Lowell, Mass. I think 
 she was ninety-three years old last summer, and her 
 daughter writes in reply: 'Your letter to mother was 
 received. I read it to her, and asked her if she remem- 
 bered Mr. John Peters. ' ' ' [He has been dead nearly eighty- 
 two years.] " ' Of course I do,' she said, ' and his wife too. 
 He was a man of medium height, with brown hair, blue 
 eyes, and fair complexion, a fine-looking man and a man 
 who was much respected for his good judgment and in- 
 tegrity. He was a courteous gentleman.' " 
 
 "I I was aware that Grandmother Peters § had mar- 
 ried a Gushing. You must remember Uncle Gushing, her 
 son ; father || was as much attached to him as to any 
 of his own brothers. I remember Grandmother Peters 
 very well. She had a stroke of paralysis some years be- 
 fore she died, which affected her speech and locomotion. 
 She was said to be the handsomest woman in the coimty, 
 and Grandfather was fond of her, always took her to the 
 table and prepared her food for her. She had sharp 
 black eyes, and was a woman who would weigh probably 
 175 pounds. Edward Dyer Peters ^ and Aunt Dodge ** 
 resembled her, so did Uncle Daniel tt ; the other members 
 
 * Caroline Maria, Mrs. Sewall Snowman (325 VI.). 
 
 t Augusta Maria (291 VI.). 
 
 t Charles (354 V.) 
 
 § Mary Dyer Gushing, wife of John of Blue Hill (206 IV.). 
 
 U Andrew of Ellsworth (271 V.). 
 
 •[(272 V.). 
 
 ** Sally, wife of Reuben Dodge (269 V.). 
 
 ff Husband of Phebe Billings (275 V.). 
 
392 Peters Traits 
 
 of the family resembled Grandfather. I used to enjoy 
 going with father and mother. I can run my mind back 
 to those days and enjoy thinking of the good times I 
 used to have there. The first thing to do after we ar- 
 rived in the winter trips was for Father and Grandfather 
 to take a little brandy with some nice white loaf sugar, 
 and father would have a little in his tumbler for me to 
 take out with a spoon and drink it. After the brandy 
 began to take a little effect the next thing in order was 
 to go and see his big hogs, then to go to the bam to see 
 the cattle and the hay-mows, and in the evening Pearl 
 Peters * would parch com. Grandfather was full of fun, 
 and a great joker, always in good spirits, cheerful, and 
 wide-awake. I remember a sleigh he had painted red, 
 with the initials of his name J. P. on the back of it. No 
 Buffalo skins in those days, they used heavy bed-quilts." 
 
 From Medfield, Mass., Miss Sewall f writes of an old 
 Bible containing three locks of light brown hair as fresh 
 as if cut yesterday, though the owners were bom in 1783, 
 1760, and 1752, respectively. 
 
 A little more of Governor Peters. "Miss Mary Peters, 
 told me I of Uncle John when he was Governor. At that 
 time stage-coach and mail-wagon were the only public 
 conveyances. He was in Hartford, and was coming 
 home (to Hebron) by stage. A colored woman asked for a 
 passage too. ' I cannot take you, I have got to take the 
 Governor,' said the driver. 'Let me see the Governor,' 
 said the woman. 'Get right in, Liddie, get in,' said the 
 Governor. She knew very well she had only to see him. 
 Her husband was Henry Peters, one of the Revd. Samuel 
 Peters' slaves." (So they were of those the Governor 
 used to call his " colored cousins.") 
 
 * Pearl Spofford (282 VI.). 
 
 t Daughter of the Revd. Charles Sewall, and Amy Peters (109 VI.). 
 
 X Mrs. Annis Welles, of Hebron. 
 
Peters Traits 393 
 
 A letter from Governor Peters, dated Hebron, Dec. 16, 
 1844, and written to Edward Dyer Peters of Boston, is 
 worth quoting. 
 
 " My Dear Sir : I reed, a letter from Mr. Ellicott dated 
 Hartford, Ct., Nov. i8th, requesting information on the 
 subject of the Heraldry of our family. I have sought 
 assiduously, but found nothing, — except what I found in 
 the history of Hugh Peters, by Saml. Peters, L.L.D., and 
 what was no more than Mr. ElHcott had obtained before, 
 — to wit Sans Dieu Rien, I have no expectation of making 
 interesting discoveries on the subject, as relates to an- 
 tiquity, — but from my own observation, give the coat of \ 
 Arms of that limb of the family that descended from 
 John Peters, who settled in Hebron in 1717, and whose 
 progeny has scattered in all directions, — most indifferent 
 to the varying Costumes of the day, and frivolous fashions 
 that chase each other in ridiculous haste, down the current 
 of time to the Ocean of oblivion, — they have embraced 
 all creeds, all religions, all tenets, in politics, and take 
 great latitude in adopting or rejecting the customs and 
 manners of this or that our lower world — but have 
 aboimded in the grace of obstinacy, and an abiding con- 
 fidence in their own taste and judgment and a Repub- 
 lican determination to serve God, — their Coimtry, — and 
 themselves, in the way and manner that comports with 
 their consciences, their Patriotism, — and their sense of 
 personal convenience; say then, the coat of arms of 
 the family, worn and gloried in is, in plain English, — 
 a slouched hat, tattered coat, and patched pants, — In 
 short they care little for any antiquity or their pedigree 
 anterior to 1620." 
 
DIVERS FAMILIES 
 
 To avoid confusion it is desirable to place families 
 which are not of our blood. Chief among these, from 
 their proximity, are the Peters of Salem, who must have 
 transplanted themselves to Essex Coimty about the same 
 time as did Andrew Peeters of Ipswich. Apparently 
 they were never numerous and now seem to have disap- 
 peared altogether, at any rate in the vicinity of their 
 old home. Only a small number can be noted and few 
 of these can be definitely placed. 
 
 SALEM 
 
 I. Gilbert Peters, bom in 
 (abt. 1645), died in (before 
 
 Aug. 13, 1697); md. in Salem, Mass., Sept. 14, 1669, 
 Elizabeth Hellyard (Hilliard), dau. Edward Hilliard, and 
 
 , his wife, 
 bom in , died in 
 
 and had five (or more) children. 
 
 //. Children of Gilbert, and Elizabeth Hilliard: 
 
 2 (1). Richard, born in Salem, 12-11 (Jan.), 1670-71. 
 
 3 (2). William, born in Salem, June 19, 1673. 
 
 4 (3). John, born in Salem, March 14, 1676. 
 
 1668, Gilbert "Pettes," signed a petition against im- 
 posts in Salem. 
 
 1689, Gilbert Peters, mariner. 1689, Sept. 17, he com- 
 manded the ketch Diligence. 1691, Aug. 26, he was cap- 
 tured in it by a French frigate. 
 
 394 
 
Salem 395 
 
 This Gilbert Peters was probably from Exeter, in 
 Devonshire, and very likely one of the original Peter, 
 Petre, or Peters family. There is mention, in 1543. ^^ 
 the neighborhood of Exeter, of fishermen (his own or his 
 descendants' occupation) bearing the same names as 
 these foimd in Salem. 
 
 2 II. Richard, first child of Gilbert, and Elizabeth 
 HilHard, bom in Salem, Mass., 12-11 (Jan.), 1670- 
 7 1 , died in ; 
 
 md, in Salem, Bethia , widow 
 
 of Joseph Allen (after Nov. 13, 1684, and before Dec. 5, 
 1684), dati. 
 and had children. 
 
 III. Children of Richard, and Bethia: 
 
 5 (1). Bethia, born in Salem, 
 
 , bap. Sept. , 1686, died 
 
 ; was md. in Salem, May 
 10, 1 71 1, to George Daland, son Benjamin Daland, and 
 Katherine , his wife, bom in Beverly, 
 
 Mass., Feb. 16, 1690-91, died 
 
 , and had seven children. 
 
 6 (2). William, born in Salem, Jan. 11, 1687 (prob. died 
 
 , 1712). 
 
 7 (3). Richard, born in Salem, June 5, 1690, bap. June 
 8, 1690 (prob. died 1715)- 
 
 8 (4). A child (prob. Benjamin), bom in Salem, March 
 
 , 1691. 
 
 9 (5). Ebenezer, born in Salem, Jan. 3, 1694-95, bap. 
 Ap. , 1695. 
 
 10 (6). Mary, born , bap. in Salem, Sept. 
 12, 1697, died in 
 
 ; was md. in Salem, Nov. 14, 171 7, to Joseph 
 Cloutman, son Cloutman, and 
 
 , his wife. 
 
 6 II. WilHam, second child of Richard, and Bethia 
 
39^ Divers Families 
 
 , bom in Salem, Mass., Jan. ii, 
 1687, died ,1712 (prob. and prob. immd.). 
 
 Will probated in Salem. Fisherman, "son of Richard 
 Peters." 
 
 7 II. Richard, third child of Richard, and Bethia 
 
 , bom in Salem, Mass., June 
 5, 1690, bap. June 8, 1690; died in 
 
 . Will probated in Salem, Nov. 12, 17 15, now in 
 existence in Salem. Prob. unmd. Estate left to Benja- 
 min Peters, and to Mary Peters. 
 
 8 II. Benjamin, fourth child of Richard, and Bethia 
 
 , bom in Salem, Mass., 
 March , 1691, died in 
 
 ; md. in Salem, Nov. 14, 17 16, Susan- 
 nah Yoimg, dau. Yoimg, and 
 , his wife, bom in 
 
 (IV. ?) Esther, child of Benjamin, and Mary , 
 
 his wife, bom in , was 
 
 md. in , Feb. 5, 1765, to 
 
 James Bickford, of Salem, son of Benjamin Bickford and 
 Mary , his wife, bom in 
 
 , died in 
 (previous to 1771). 
 Esther Peters md. (2) Joseph Cook, Feb. 7, 1771, son 
 of Joseph Cook and Eimice , bom in 
 
 (IV. ?) Samuel, child of Benjamin, and 
 
 Mary , bom in 
 
 , died in ; 
 
 md. Hannah Neal (widow), (int. mar. Salem, Sept. 7, 
 1765), dau. of Benjamin Bickford and Mary 
 
 , his wife, born (bap. in 
 
Salem 397 
 
 Tabernacle Church, Salem, March 15, 1749), died in 
 
 , and had three 
 sons. 
 
 (V.) Children of Samuel, and Hannah Bickford Neal: 
 John, born in 
 
 settled in Nantucket. 
 James, 
 Andrew, born 
 
 , adopted by a Boston gentleman. 
 
 (V. ?) James, child of Benjamin, and Han- 
 
 nah Bickford Neal, bom in Salem, Mass. i773, 
 
 died in Stonington, Conn., Aug., 1825 (aged 52), 
 
 ; md. in Stonington, , 1795, Han- 
 
 nah Ash, dau. of Thomas Ash and Joanna , his 
 
 wife, bom in , 
 
 died in March 4, 
 
 1 84 1, and had children. 
 
 Children of James, and Hannah Ash: 
 (1). Sarah, born in Stonington, Conn., , 
 
 1797, died in Jersey City, N. J., , 1889; 
 
 was md. in , to Capt. 
 
 Luther Fuller of Hampton, Conn., son of 
 
 , born in 
 , died in 
 
 , and had two 
 children. 
 (2). Nancy, born in Stonington, Conn., , 
 
 1800, died in Jersey City, N. J., , 1888; 
 
 was md. in , to Capt. 
 
 Charles Holmes, son of 
 
 , born in 
 , died in 
 
 , and had 5 (?) children. 
 (3). Mary, born in Stonington, Conn., Oct. 10, 1807, died 
 in Westerly, R. I., Oct. 15, 1883; was md. in 
 
 , May 10, 1826, to Austin 
 
398 Divers Families 
 
 Eldredge Avery, son of Samuel Avery and Lucy 
 
 , his wife, born in Poquonock, Conn., June 6, 
 1804, died in Westerly, R. I., Oct. 19, 1883, and had 
 seven children. 
 
 (4). James, born in Stonington, Conn., 
 
 , 1810, was lost at sea, , 1829. 
 
 (5). Eliza, born in Stonington, Conn., ,1812, was 
 
 md., Nov. 2, 1827, to Capt. John H Cutler, son of 
 
 Benjamin Cutler and , 
 
 born in , 
 
 died in Stonington, April 14, 1861, and had eight 
 children, four of whom died in infancy. 
 
 (6). Hannah, born in Stonington, Conn., Dec. 11, 1814, 
 died in ; 
 
 was md., June 22, 1833, to Capt. George Elliott, son of 
 George Elliott and Elizabeth , his wife, 
 
 bom in London, Eng., Dec. 2, 1810, died in Hartford, 
 Conn., Jan. 22, 1862, and had ten children. 
 
 Benjamin, child of 
 
 , his wife, bom in , died in 
 
 ; md. in 
 Salem, Nov. 22, 17 16, Elizabeth Cloutman, dau. of 
 
 , bom 
 
 Records of Marriages, Salem, Mass. 
 
 1 7 16, Nov. 22, Benjamin Peters and Elizabeth Clout- 
 man. 
 
 171 7, Nov, 14, Mary Peters and Joseph Cloutman. 
 1740, April 2, Samuel Peters and Mary Page. 
 
 1740, June 18, William Peters, of Salem, md. in Water- 
 town to Elizabeth Smith, of Cambridge, by James Mann, 
 Jus. Peace. 
 
 1^44, April 10, Mary Peters and Amos Rite, both of 
 Salem. 
 
Salem 399 
 
 1745, March 6, Mary Peters and Benjamin Whittemore, 
 both of Salem. 
 
 1752, Nov. 16, Benjamin Peters and Sarah West, both 
 of Salem. 
 
 1754, Sept. 17, Susannah Peters and Charles Sander- 
 ford, both of Salem. 
 
 1756, Jan. I, Bethia Peters of Salem, md. in Marblehead 
 to William Dodd, of Marblehead. 
 
 1 76 1, Oct. 21, Benjamin Peters, Jr., and Charity 
 Tucker, both of Salem. 
 
 1765, Feb. 5, Esther Peters and James Bickford, both 
 of Salem. 
 
 1776, July 4, Benjamin Peters, Jr., and Elizabeth John- 
 son. 
 
 1777, Sept. 17, John Peters and EHzabeth Skerry. 
 1780, Dec. 23, EUzabeth Peters and John Gavett. He 
 
 commanded the private armed brig Flying Fish. (Essex 
 Hist. Coll., 111-126.) 
 
 1782, June 17, EUzabeth Peters and John Billinghurst, 
 both of Salem. 
 
 1786, * Oct. 8, Benjamin Peters, Jr., of Salem, and 
 Hannah Shillaber, of Dan vers. 
 
 1792, Jan. 21, George Peters and widow Elizabeth 
 Gavett. 
 
 1793, June , Samuel Peters of Salem and Hannah 
 Deland of Dan vers. 
 
 1796, June II, Jonathan Peters and widow Elizabeth 
 Trask, both of Salem. 
 
 1800, Sept. 16, Capt. John Peters and widow Mary 
 Norman, both of Salem. 
 
 1807, Oct. 20, Peter Peters and Catherine Poor. 
 
 18 1 2, Jan. 5, Susan Peters and Capt. Philip Pinal, f 
 both of Salem. 
 
 * In the intentions of marriage he is called " Benjamin Peters, ye 3d 
 of Salem." t Or Pinet ? 
 
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 1818, Oct. 19, Elizabeth Peters and John Young. 
 1823, March 15, Nancy Peters and Nathaniel Pitman. 
 1835, Sept. 6, James Peters and Frances Underwood. 
 
 Intentions of Marriage. 
 
 1765, Sept. 7, Samuel Peters and the widow Hannah 
 Neal, both of Salem. 
 
 1782, Sept. 14, Mary Peters, of Salem, and Jonathan 
 Roberts of Boston. 
 
 1793, Feb. 22, Jonathan Peters and widow Elizabeth 
 Wyman. 
 
 18 16, Sept. 21, John Peters of Salem and Olive Bather- 
 ick of Durham. 
 
 1829, May 23, Susan Ann Peters and Joseph Francis. 
 
 Deaths in Salem. 
 
 1793, Dec. 6, George Peters. 
 
 1794, Aug. 26, " Benjamin Peters, his son and a colored 
 man drowned below Beverly bar." 
 
 Henry Peters, grandson of above, drowned at Beverly 
 bar. (Probably same as above.) 
 
 1804, Dec, Mrs. Peters widdow. 
 
 1808, Dec. 16, Mary N. , 6 years, daughter of 
 
 Capt. John Peters. Mary the wife was an Archer.* She 
 md. (i), aged 22, 1784, Elisha Gimnison, by whom she 
 had one child. He died in 1789. She md. (2), in 1795, a 
 Norman, who died in 1797; she md. (3), in 1800, John 
 Peters, by whom she had one child. " He of the ancient 
 family of Peters, Bridge street." f {Essex Hist. Coll., 
 vol. 18.) 
 
 181 1, March, a child of Capt. Samuel Peters, 
 
 181 1, May, Capt. Samuel Peters. 
 
 18 1 6, May 12, Mrs. Mary Peters, wife Capt. John 
 Peters, aged 55 years. 
 
 * Dau. Jonathan Archer and Bethia , born Feb. 
 
 8, 1761, died in Salem, May 12, 1816. 
 t This was his second marriage. 
 
Salem 401 
 
 1820, May, Benjamin, son of Capt. John Peters. 
 
 1829, Sept. 24, Mary O., dau. Benjamin Peters. 
 
 1830, July 10, Mr. Simeon Peters. ' , 
 
 183 1, March 20, Mrs. Hannah Peters, 
 
 1832, Jan. 8, Mr. Benjamin Peters. 
 
 This Benjamin Peters — if there can be any certainty of 
 individuality among so many Benjamins — was son of 
 Benjamin, was bom 1801, died 1832, and came to Salem, 
 where he was a tanner, from Lynn. 
 
 In 1778 there is a Benjamin Peters in a company of 
 volunteers from Salem for the Rhode Island expedition, 
 under the command of Capt. Samuel Flagg. 
 
 Later in the same year he appears to be the bearer of a 
 letter signed " B., & R. Ropes, " wherein he is referred to 
 as "Mr. Peters." 
 
 1776, Capt. Samuel King's Co., Col. Josiah Whitney's 
 Reg. Service at Hull, Aug. i, 1776, to Nov. i, 1776. 
 Benjamin Peters, private. 
 
 1778, Capt. Nathaniel Gage's Co., Col. Jacob Gerrish's 
 Reg., Benjamin Peters, private, Feb. 3, 1778, to Ap. 3, 
 1778. Service, guards to Gen. Burgoyne's troops at 
 Winter Hill. 
 
 Service, June i, 1776, to Aug. i, 1776. Dec. 19, 1777, 
 to Feb. 3, 1778. 
 
 181 5, Oct. 15, John Peters, son of Capt. John Peters, 
 aged 20, was lost at sea. He left in the Albatross from 
 the Falkland Islands with oil,iAug. 30, lat. N. 34°, long. 50°. 
 Washed overboard with the captain; four saved, seven 
 lost. The father from the Peters family of Essex. His 
 second wife an Archer, first a Skerry. He lives on the 
 Skerry estate, Bridge street." (Essex Hist. Coll., vol. 19.) 
 
 Baptisms in Salem. 
 
 1787, Nov., Hetty, dau. of Benjamin. 
 
 1794, Jane, child of Benjamin. 
 26 
 
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 SALEM PROBATE. 
 
 1782, John Peters, seaman in the privateer Junius 
 Brutus of twenty guns and one hundred and ten men, in 
 which he owned one share. 1782, Feb. 19, "A ship ar- 
 rives taken by the Junius Brutus.'' Essex Hist. Coll. 
 
 1805, EHzabeth Peters, only dau. of Elizabeth, wife of 
 John Camick. 
 
 1809, Andrew, Beverley, mariner, dies of consumption, 
 leaving all to Benjamin Frost of Beverley. 
 
 1809, Elizabeth Peters, wddow, wife of John Peters. 
 
 1 81 2, Capt, Samuel Peters, mariner, wife HannaK (In 
 1808, for excessive drinking, idleness and waste of estate 
 a guardian was appointed for him. This guardian was 
 discharged in 1809.) 
 
 Benjamin , child of Samuel, and Hannah 
 
 , bom in , Aug. 21, 1800, 
 
 died in , 
 
 Jan. 18, 1832, md. Nancy Osborne of Danvers (now Pea- 
 body), Mass., Oct. 22, 1826, dau. Amos Osborne and 
 Anna , bom in Danvers, Sept. 24, 1802, died 
 
 in S. Danvers, Jan. 19, 1850, and had two children. 
 
 (1). Mary Osborne, born in Salem, Jan. 3, 1828, died in 
 Salem, Sept. 24, 1829. 
 
 (2). Mary Osborne, born in Salem, Feb. 17, 1830, died in 
 
 ; md. 
 July 22, 1858, Edwin Ruthvin Litch, son of John Litch 
 and Bethia , born in Granville, N. S., Aug. 10, 
 
 1829, died in Exeter, N. H., May 7, 1875. Three 
 children. 
 
 Manchester, Mass., Town Records. 
 1711-12, Ruth, the daughter of Richard Peters, and 
 Ruth, his wife, was bom on the 19 day of february. 
 
Salem 403 
 
 1 7 13, William, son of Richard Peters, and Ruth, his 
 wife, bom Oct. 21. 
 
 1 715, Liddiah, dau. of Richard Peters, and Ruth, his 
 wife, bom Aug. 21; died . md. Dec. 14, 1732, 
 
 to Roger Hill, in Manchester. 
 
 1 7 18, Recerd Peters, ye sun of Recerd peters, and of 
 Rueth his wief, bom at Manchester Juen 8. 
 
 1720, Mark peters son Recerd Peters and of Ruth his 
 wife bom at Manchester, fowerth Sept. 
 
 1722, Dec. 19, Sarah, bom in Gloucester, Mass., to 
 Richard Peters, and Ruth his wife. 
 
 Ruth Peters of 2d church, Gloucester, bap. Ap. 14, 1728. 
 
 Gloucester Town Record. 
 
 1734, Oct. 31, Md. by the Revd. Mr. John White, 
 William Peters and Abigail Littlefield. (William was 
 probably born in Manchester, Oct. 31, 17 13.) 
 
 1735, Aug. 21, (Bom) Sarah, dau. William Peters, and 
 Abigail. Bap. in ist church, Sept. 14, 1735. 
 
 1736-37. William, son of William, and Abigail Peters, 
 bap. ist church, Feb. 4, 1736-37. 
 
 Early Records of Manchester, Mass. 
 17 1 7, Febwari, Recerd Peters on tax list for 00-08-06. 
 171 7, July, Recerd petters 00-13-00. 
 
 17 1 7, Heads in family Recherd Peters — 5. 
 
 1 7 18, Recherd peters one of five "chowerds and feld 
 drivers." 
 
 1720, Recerd peters one of three "Constabals or feld 
 drivers." 
 
 1729-30, Ricard Peters one of three "cho wards." 
 
 Long Island. — ^This family descends from Dr. Charles 
 Peters, who came to this country early in the i8th century, 
 and who was living in Hempstead, Long Island, in 1720. 
 
404 Divers Families 
 
 At the present da}'-, many interesting old family grave- 
 stones may be found there. The family has been well 
 known in New York City and in New York State, espe- 
 cially in Dutchess Coimty. Some branches settled in 
 Nova Scotia (1793) and in St. John's, N. B. The princi- 
 pal Christian names are Charles, William, James, Rich- 
 ard, Abel, Valentine. A history of this family, entitled A 
 Peters Lineage, compiled by Mrs. Martha Bockee Flint, 
 can be purchased of Alfred Peters, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
 Price, $2.00. 
 
 Philadelphia. — This family descends from the Revd. 
 Richard Peters ( 1 704-1 776), who came to this coimtry from 
 England and was settled in Philadelphia as assistant- 
 rector of Christ Church in 1735. Later he was rector of 
 Christ Church and of St. Peter's in Philadelphia. 1 737 he 
 was Proprietary Secretary in charge of the Land Office. 
 1762 to 1775 he was Provincial Secretary and clerk of the 
 Cotmcil. Mrs. N. P. Black, of Atlanta, Ga., is compiling 
 a history of this family. See Dorr's History of Christ 
 Church, and Sharpless' Genealogy. 
 
 Virginia. — It is almost impossible to place this fam- 
 ily or these families. A William Peters first appears in 
 this State in 1635. (See Virginia Magazine, VIII., p. 
 60.) 
 
 1645, Aug. 15, Simon Peter has land granted to him 
 in Virginia, and in 1652 he has fifty acres more for the 
 transportation of Alice Springwell. Vol. II., p. I2g, 
 quotes the will of Nathaniel Bacon, March 5, 1691, in 
 which he leaves to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Peters, 
 "if she live to the age of 21, or be married, a negro girl 
 named Moll, now about 10 years of age and living on 
 the Plantation belonging to the said Peters." There is 
 mention of Peters as an old family in Mead's Old Churches 
 of Virginia, in Surry Co., about Cabin Point chiirch, and 
 this family is said to have been a leading one in the 
 
Divers Families 405 
 
 eastern part of the State in Colonial times. There was 
 a General Thomas Peters in Revolutionary days. In 
 Virginia genealogies there is mention of Martha Custis 
 Peters in Leesburg, 1855; of Major Peters of Naletown; 
 of Col. John Peters of Farquhar Co., who removed to 
 Kentucky, probably prior to the 19th century, and whose 
 grandson Belvard John Peters was judge of the Kentucky 
 Court of Appeals, and Chief Justice of that State from 
 1874 to 1876. 
 
 Bethlehem, Pa., and Philadelphia. — See Bartow 
 Genealogy for Peters said to descend from George, 1795, 
 a merchant and a Moravian. 
 
 'Delaware and Pennsylvania. — See Sharpless 
 Genealogy. 
 
 Kentucky. — See McDonald Genealogy. A family said 
 to have settled there from Wales about the middle of the 
 1 8th century. 
 
 Maryland. — There is a family which writes its name 
 Peter, and which has been well known in Washington and 
 in Georgetown. Mr. William Henry Peters of Norfolk, 
 Va., already mentioned on account of his remarkable like- 
 ness to some of the Boston members of the Peters of New 
 England, is the son of a Danish sea-captain who settled 
 in Newburyport, Mass., either late in the i8th century 
 or early in the 19th. 
 
 Thomas Peters of Plymouth, Mass., early in 1700 was 
 probably ancestor of the family settled in Plympton, 
 Mass., one of whose descendants undoubtedly was sergeant 
 Amos Peters, a Revolutionary soldier, who died at Mount 
 Airy, N. J., aged 90, Jan. 14, 1849. Some of this family 
 removed to Berwick, Maine. There are colored Peters 
 in Hanover, Mass., and many of their descendants in 
 Warren, Maine, a whole school district being composed 
 of them. It was usual in former times for slaves to take 
 their master's family name. One man testified that, 
 
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 whereas his name was Francis, his brother was Peters, 
 having, since he belonged to the Revd. Andrew Peters of 
 Middleton, assumed that name. 
 
 There are isolated Peters who may be of great interest 
 to us. Who was Arthur of Wethersfield, Conn., who died 
 immarried in 1690, and left his estate to Ephraim Good- 
 rich of the same town? 
 
 Who was Dr. John Peters, residing in Wobum, Mass., 
 and who in April, 17 19, had a suit against Samuel Moul- 
 ton, for his services as a physician? He says he comes 
 from Rhode Island and is going to Boston. There is 
 also a mention of his being in Windsor, Conn. 
 
 Who is Capt. Peter, aged 40, in 1657, a Dutchman, 
 trading to the Eastward, in Oct., 1656? 
 
 Who is John Petts, or Pettis, or Pittis, of Ipswich, 
 Mass., in 1642, later of Hatfield, Mass., where he is killed 
 by the Indians in 1675? 
 
 Who is John Peters of Gravesend, Long Island, in 
 1652 (or 1642)? 
 
 Who is Ann Peters of the ist church in Boston, 1632? 
 
 Who is David Senior, in Capt. Joseph Robertson's Co., 
 Dec. to Feb. 18, 1 710-17 11, at Annapolis Royal? 
 
 David, Jr., is killed there Jan. (or June 10), 171 1. 
 
 1 71 1, "Major Paul Mascarene's Co of New England 
 troops, during its being at Annapolis Royal in Her 
 Majesties' Service from the loth of October, 17 10, to 
 the loth of October, 171 1 : James Petties, Dec to Mar. 3." 
 
 Who is Jonathan Peters "Centinel," and Ebenr Petter, 
 of Springfield, 1722? 
 
 And Josiah, John, Elisha, and Thomas "Peter," in 
 Capt. Richard Bourne's Co, in 1725? Samuel Peters in 
 Capt. Richard Kimball's Co. 1725? 
 
 Capt. Peters in Falmouth in 1725? 
 
 Josiah and Ephraim in the expedition to the West 
 Indies in 1740? 
 
Divers Families 407 
 
 John and Sarah of Newport, Rhode Island, in 17 13? 
 
 And the Peters of Richmond, N. H., formerly from 
 Ciimberland, R. I., late in 1700, and giving freely of their 
 men to Col. Doolittle's regiment at the battle of Bunker 
 Hill? The names of Richard, Ebenezer, Israel, and 
 Ephraim do not appear to belong to us, but may be of 
 the Salem family. 
 
 Among the early settlers of Londonderry, N. H., is to 
 be found a John Peters, whose widow was Lydia Peters, 
 apparently living in Andover, Mass., in 1777, when,-«he 
 receives a letter from her brother, Jonathan Stevens ? 
 (See Miss Bailey's History of Andover.) 
 
 Mrs. Betsey Peters, who married Isaac Cousens of 
 Brooklin, Maine, was daughter of Maurice Peters, and 
 sister of James who married in Ellsworth, Maine, in 1861, 
 Mrs. Mary Beal ; they are not of the Peters of New 
 England. (See page 122.) 
 
 It is possible that this Maurice descends from Maurice 
 Peters who, with wife and child, was among the Loyalists 
 mustered in Digby, Nova Scotia, in 1784, and who may 
 be of the Long Island family. 
 
MILITARY SERVICE 
 
 Absalom, Conn., 242-243, 244 
 Adam, Mass., 78-79 
 Alexander Abercrombie, Mass., 71 
 Andrew, Mass., 9-13, 31 ^ 
 Andrew, Mass., 82, 83 
 Andrew, Mass., 104 
 Andrew, Conn., 307 
 Andrew, Conn., 312 
 Andrew, N. H., 350 
 Andrew Washington, Mass., 88 
 Augustus Connate, Me., 122 
 Benjamin, Mass., 54 
 Benjamin, Mass., 75 
 Benjamin Franklin, Conn., 265 
 Charles Edward, Conn., 199 
 Charles Tilden, Me., 123 
 Comfort, N. H., 319 
 Daniel, Conn., 276 
 Daniel Porter, Me., 125 
 David, Conn., 270 
 De Witt Clinton, Conn., 249 
 Edmond Fanning, Conn., 204 
 Edward McClure, Me., 144 
 Edward Pay son. Conn., 251 
 George Pierce, Conn., 250 
 
 James, N. H., 317 
 
 James, N. H., 318 
 
 James, N. H., 320 
 
 James, Jr., N. H., 320-321 3 
 
 Jethro, Mass., 90 
 
 John, Conn., 159 
 
 John, N. H., 353 
 
 John, N. H., 354 
 
 John, N. H., 355 
 
 lohn, N. H., 355 
 
 John, N. H., 355 
 
 John, N. H., 355 
 
 [ohn, N. H., 355 
 
 John, N. H., 356 
 
 John, N. H., 356 
 
 John Andrew, Conn., 165 
 
 John Henry, Conn., 295 
 
 John Samuel, Conn., 180 
 
 Joseph, Conn., 299 
 
 Joseph, Conn., 310 
 
 Joseph Phelps, Conn., 268 
 
 Mary, N. H., 353 4 
 
 Moses, Mass., 67 
 
 Nathan, Mass., 99, 100 
 
 Obadiah, N. H., 346 
 
 ^ Names of those only who served in the regular army, or of those 
 who were in militia companies in time of war, and were, or were likely 
 to be, called upon for active service, are included in this list. The 
 name of John Hamilton, who died while trying to save others from 
 drowning, should, however, be mentioned here (p. 116). Divisions are 
 appended in which the names of individuals are to be found. 
 
 ^ "Having in mind the new demand for critical accuracy imposed 
 by the growing interest in American genealogy and biography, and 
 especially in the patriotic societies like the Society of Colonial Wars, 
 I have spared no pains to make my book absolutely correct. I have 
 tested the lists of names, the dates, and other matter, from Hull's 
 accounts, and am confident that they are entirely accurate. / have 
 realized the hnportance of absolute accuracy here, since any one who can 
 trace descent from one of these who are credited ivith mitilary service, has 
 an indisputable claim to membership in the above nam.ed society." 
 (Italics compiler's.) — Soldiers in King Philip's War, by George Madi- 
 son Bodge, A.B., Member of the New England Historic-Genealogical 
 Society, and Chaplain of the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Wars. 
 
 3 James Petei's, Jr. , December 17, 1777, enl. for 3 yrs. Was at Battle 
 of Monmouth. N. J., and joined the army under Washington. 
 
 4 She probably was the Mary Peters who died in Ipswich, Mass., aged 
 90, in 1830. 
 
Military Service 409 
 
 Robert Crary, Mass., loi « 
 Samuel, Conn., i6i ' 
 Samuel, Conn., 309 ^ 
 Simon, N. H., 351-352 
 William (?), Mass., 64-65 
 
 William Francis, Conn., 198 
 William, Conn., 276 
 William, Conn., 278 
 William, N. H., 345-346 
 William Thompson, Conn., 166 
 
 UNPLACED. 
 
 Andrew* 1774; belonged either to a R. I. or Mass. Reg. 
 
 Andrew,^ Stamford, Conn., Capt. Hiunphrey's Co., Ap. 10, 17 78. 
 
 Andrew* private, July 5 to Aug. 14, 18 13. 
 
 Andrew* 3d reg. Conn. Line, Capt. Betts's Co. of Norwalk, — 4th Reg. 
 paid Feb. 8, 1781 to Dec. 31, 1781. 
 
 ./IWO.S, private, Plympton, Mass. Capt. Brigham Co. Col., Cotton's 
 Reg. May 4, 1775. Service 3 mos. 5 days. Service 8 mos. 
 
 Asahel, Brookfield, Mass. 3rd precinct June 30, 1778. Service 10^ 
 mos. 
 
 Benjamin (In service before), enl. Aug. 5, 1757, Col. Lyman, Capt. 
 Waterbury, 6th Co. 
 
 Benjamin, Nov. 18, 1757, to May 14, 1758. Col. Haviland, in com- 
 mand. At Fort Edward, Capt. Ferris. 
 
 Benjamin, Col. Archibald Crary's Reg. Rhode Island. Continental 
 troops. 
 
 Cons, Crew of the Continental Frigate Federacy lying at New London, 
 below Norwich, launched 1778. Capt. Seth Harding. (living in 
 1818, pensioner.) 
 
 Daniel, private, Capt. Oliver Capron, Col. Ephraim Doolittle's Reg., 
 Oct. 6, 1775. From Richmond. N. H. 
 
 Ditto, Capt. Oliver Capron, Col. Doolittle's 24th Reg., dated Rich- 
 mond (N. H.), Nov. 26, 1775. Order for bounty coat or equivalent in 
 money for the 8 mos. service in 1775. Makes his mark. 
 
 Same, enl. June 16, 1775. Service, i mo. 20 days. 
 
 Daniel, seaman. Sept. 4. 1777. 
 
 Daniel, seaman, Brigantine Freedom, Mar. 15, 1778. Capt. John 
 Clouston. 
 
 David, A Muster Roll of Capt. John Robertson's Companj^ of New 
 England Troops at Annapolis Royal in Her Majesties' Service from 
 the loth of Oct. 17 10, to the loth of Oct. 171 1. David Peters Sen. 
 Time of Death or Desertion, Dec. Feb. 18. Days in service 132. 
 
 David Peters Jr. Kill'd June 10, Daj'^s in service, 244. 
 
 Ebenezer, A Roll of Capt. William Humphrey's Co. in the Northern 
 Army in the Continental Service as mustered and paid by Samuel 
 Ashley, Esq., Muster Master and paymaster of said Co. Ebenezer 
 Peters, advance wages and bount}^ 9-18. Billeting, 3-4. 
 
 Frederick, July. 1778. Private, in Col. Armand's Legion, Inde- 
 pendent Corps taken into Service by resolve, June 25, 1778. 
 
 George, (officers of Preston and Norwich, Conn.), 1755, Aug. 19 to 
 Dec. 12, Capt. Billings' Co. 
 
 1 Col. 7th Reg., 1827-1830. 
 
 2 Capt., 1809. 
 
 3 Samuel, Jan. to Ap. i, 1781, Light Infantry under the Marquis de 
 La Fayette, marched to the southward. 
 
 4 Undoubtedly belonging to the Peters of New England and members 
 of the Connecticut line. 
 
 s Sup. 3 1 1-3 12, Andrew 47S (v). 
 
4IO Military Service 
 
 Henry, A list of men's names signed to an order for advance pay, etc, 
 Boston, June 3, 1776. Payable to Capt. Swan. 
 
 Same, advance pay, blanket money, etc, Jxuie 8, 1776. Residence 
 Wilmington, (Mass.). Same, Aug. i to Nov. i, 1776. ist Art. Co. 
 
 Same, matross, Capt. James Swan's Co., Col. Thos. Craft's Reg., Nov. 
 I, 1776, to Dec. I, 1776. ist. Art. Co. ist Art. Co. Dec. i, 1776, to 
 Feb. I, 1777. Feb. i, 1777, to May 8, 1777. Capt. Philip Maiette. 
 Col. Craft, service 3 mos. 7 days. Same, Dec. 1, 1777, to Jan. i, 1778 
 (spelled Petors) Nov. 4, 1777, to Oct. 1777. Reported absent, sick. 
 
 Henry, matross, roll of Capt. Jotham Drury, Col. John Crane, Dec. 
 1777. 
 
 Same, Oct. 13, 1777. (Spelled Peeters.) Term of enlistment 3 
 years. ListofmenfromSuffolkCo., Boston, May 25, 1777. Col. Crane. 
 
 Same, Residence Boston, Ap. 5, 1777, to Mar. 6, 1778. Reported 
 deserted Mar. 6, 1778. Same. Boston, Sept. 21, 1778. Reported 
 deserted. 
 
 Israel, private, Capt. Capron, Col. Doolittle, dated Aug. i, 1775. 
 Enl. May 16, 1775. Service 2 mos. 21 days. Residence, Richmond, 
 N. H. Same, camp at Cambridge, Jtme 24, 1775. Same, boimty coat 
 Nov. 26, 1775. Makes his mark. Reported discharged Sept. 16, 1775. 
 
 Capt. Howlet's Co. Pay Roll of Co. record out of Col. Ashley's Reg. of 
 Militia which marched from Keene, N. H. to re-enforce the Continental 
 Army at Ticonderoga, May, 1777, engaged May 7 — Israel Peters, 
 Time of discharge June 24, Time in service i mo. 18 days. Rate per 
 month £4-ios. Am't wages 7-4-0. Miles travel, at 2<i per mile, 120, 
 ;^i. Am't wages and travel 8-4-0. 
 
 Jonathan, private, pay accounts Capt. Luther Bailey, Col. Bailey, 
 service from Jan. i, to Dec. 31, 1780. Residence Hanover. (Possibly 
 he was a colored man.) 
 
 Jonathan, Stonington (Conn.), Feb. 16, 1777. Hyde's Co. enl. for 
 war. (Prob. same) Capt. Wolcott's Co. 1777-1781. Paid Jan. i, 1781, 
 to Dec. I, 1781. 
 
 Jabez, 1756, Ap. 16 to Nov. 11, 4th Reg. ist. Co. 
 
 James, 1776, quartermaster, 2d Reg. Light Horse, Major William 
 Hillhouse, New London. 
 
 James, lieut. 3d Reg. New London, June 1, to June 15, 18 13. July 
 15, to 28, 1817. 
 
 John, Atkinson, N. H. 1777, 1778, 1779. 
 
 John, iT](>, Dec. 3, enl. for war; private in 7th Co. Capt. Henry 
 Tiebout. N. Y. 
 
 Same, ist Reg. New York Line, 4th (Col's) Co. Oct. 31, for war, 
 Corpl. Oct. 24, 1777. Serg^. Jan. 4, 1780. 
 
 John, Milford, Conn. 6th Reg. Pond's Co., enl. Ap. 25, 1777, for war; 
 deserted Sept. 19, 1777. 
 
 John F., Hartford, ist Cav., Oct. 23, 1862. Sergt. Feb. i, 1864. 
 Dis. June 2, '65. 
 
 John S., Middletown, Conn. 31st Reg., Jan. 30, '64, dis. June 22, 
 
 '65. 
 
 John W., Norwich, Conn. Private, Co. D., 14th R. I. Reg. Sept. 
 22, '63, dis. Aug. 29, '64. 
 
 Joseph, 8th Reg. 6th Co. 1775. Same, 1776, Capt. Wells' Co., 12th 
 Reg. marched to West Chester, deserted. 
 
 Joseph, May 24, 1777, Capt. Cliffs Co.; enl. for war, died time un- 
 known, {prob. same) 3rd Reg., Plainfield Co., May 24, 1777. 
 
 Joseph, 2d Reg. 1 777-1 781. 
 
 Joseph, 4th Reg., Stonington, Conn, (near R. L) Feb. 16, 1777. 
 
Military Service 411 
 
 Joseph, 7th Reg., July 26, to Dec. 18, 1775. 
 
 Peter, 1776, Col. John Topham's Co. Reed pay £,20-1 :^-g. 
 
 Peter, private, 1812. New London, Mar. 30, 1814. 37th Inf., dis. 
 May 10, 1815. Col. Stephen-Tilden . (Pensioner, living in 1818). 
 
 Peter, shipped for 6 mos. on board ship Trumbull, enl. Jan. 3, 1776, 
 left ship, July 4, 1776. 
 
 Phihp, ist N. H. Reg., enlisted during the War, 1776. Muster and 
 pay roll of Capt. Farwell's Co., Col. John Stark's Reg. Same, private 
 May 21, aged 23, residence Alstead, N. H. Bounty, ;£2o. 
 
 Philip, men mustered from Suffolk Co., Capt. Tuckerman, Brig. Gen. 
 Putnam, return made by Nathl. Barber. Boston, Feb. 16, 1777. 
 
 Richard, Cumberland, R. I., 1775. 
 
 5aw«e/, ensign, 8th Co. Capt. Leonard Bleecker, Nov. 21, 1776. N.Y. 
 
 Sam-uel, ist Co. 3d. Reg., private. 
 
 Samuel, paid from Jan. i, 1781, to Dec. 31, Capt. Riley's Co., of 
 Wethersfield, Conn. 
 
 Simon, Mar. 16, 1777, enl. for 3 yrs., dis. Ap. i, 1780, 3d Reg. ist Co. 
 N. Y. private. 
 
 Solomon, Jan. i, to Dec. 31, 1781. Capt. Wolcott's Co. (Officers 
 from Windsor, Windham and Pomfret, Conn.) 
 
 Solomon or Thomas, Sanford's Co., May 9, 1777, for 3 yrs. Dis. 
 Sept. 19, 1779. (Conn. Line, 1777 to 1781.) 
 
 Wilham, Norwich (Conn.), 6th Reg., Aug. 23, 1861, dis. Jtily 5, 1863. 
 
 William, private, Muster and Pay roll, Capt. Enos Parker, Col. 
 Benj. Simonds; enl. Aug. 14, 1777, dis. Aug. 19, 1777. Detachment 
 from Berkshire Co. Reg. to re-enforce army at Bennington. Same, 
 Officers Mass. Militia, 2d lieut., 13th Co., 2d Berkshire Reg. Commis- 
 sion Oct. 8, 1779. 
 
 Same, Lieut., Capt. Ezra Whipple, Col. Benj. Simonds, enl. Oct. 19, 
 1780, Berkshire Co. Reg. Marched by order of Gen. Fellows on alarm 
 at Castleton. — Lieut., Capt. Ezra Whipple, Col. Benj. Simonds., enl. 
 Oct. 27, 1780, dis. Oct. 29, 1780, Marched on alarm of Oct. 27, to re- 
 enforce Gen. Allen at the northward. (It is probable that this William 
 is the son of Andrew, ancestor of the Ohio branch. See 478 V, p. 311.) 
 
 William, private, Capt. Nathan Peters' Co., Col. Timothy Danielson's 
 Reg. enl. Ap. 26, 1775, service 3 mos. 13 days to Aug. i, 1775. Resi- 
 dence Stiifield, (Conn.) Same, private, Capt. Peters' Co., Col. Daniel- 
 son's Reg. Residence Glastonbury (Conn.), Oct. 6, 1775, Company 
 returns. Same, Botmty Coat, Capt. Peters' Co., Col. Danielson's Reg., 
 dated Roxbury, Nov. 20, 1875, in camp. Same, loth Co., 2d reg. Gen. 
 Spencer, raised Ap.-May, 1775. Troops were at Bunker Hill siege of 
 Boston. Arnold's Quebec expedition. All company officers, from 
 Suffield, Conn. Capt. Oliver Hanchett's Co. Same enl. in Capt. Ely's 
 Co. Nov. 25, 1776, for war, from Branford, Conn. Taken prisoner 
 Sept. 20, 1777. (This William is undoubtedly a member of the Lost 
 Tribes.) 
 
 William,'^ private, Lexington Alarm roll, Capt. Lebbeus Ball, Marched 
 from Granville, company of Minute men, Ap. 20, to May 18, 1775, one 
 month. 
 
 William,'^ private. Muster and pay roll, Capt. John Morgan's Co. 
 Col. Ruggles Woodbridge's Reg., enl. Sept. 18, 1777, service 2 mos. n 
 days. Reported furloughed. 
 
 William,^ enl. Aug. 24, 1777, dis. Nov. 29, 1777. Service in Northern 
 Dept. 
 
 Zachariah, ensign, Capt. Hill's Co., Ap. to Mar., 1778. 
 
 ^ Undoubtedly of Peters of New England, Connecticut line. 
 
ALLIED FAMILIES^ 
 
 Abbott, 52 
 Adams, 109 
 Alden, 130 
 Allen, 35 
 Allen, 64 
 Allen, 69 
 Allen, 250 
 Ally, 121 
 Ally, 124 
 Anderson, 205 
 Anderson, 312 
 Andruss, 255 
 Aslebe, 41 
 Atherton, 90 
 Atkinson, 253 
 Austin, 150 
 Austin, 255 
 Averill, 121 
 Avery, 251 
 
 B 
 
 Bacon, 77 
 Bacon, 249 
 Bagley, 203 
 Bailey, loi 
 Bailey, 192 
 Bailey, 237 
 Bailey, 337 
 Bailey, (note) 337 
 Baker, 78 
 Baker, 80 
 Baker, 197 
 Baldwin, 157 
 Baldwin, 289 
 Barkuloo, 129 
 Bamet, 186 
 Barney, 342 
 Barry, 117 
 Bartlett, 132 
 Bates, 73 
 Bates, loi 
 
 Beach, 251 
 Beals, 339 
 
 Beamsley (Wilbourn), 
 Beare, 349 
 Beebe, 158 
 Belding, 324 
 Bennett, 117 
 Bennett, 233 
 Benson, 245 
 Bentley, 297 
 Bettis, 70 
 Bidwell, 134 
 Billings, 123 
 Billings, 125 
 Billings, 126 
 Billings, 351 
 Birdseye, 258 
 Black, 130 
 Blakely, 86 
 Blanc, 263 
 Blanchard, 76 
 Bliss, 190 
 Bliss, 221 
 Boarman, 105 
 Bond, 174 
 Booth, 255 
 Booth, 293 
 Bowker, 80 
 Bown, 215 
 Bowne, 128 
 Bradley, 146 
 Brewer, 35 
 Brewer, 271 
 Brigham, 91 
 Brooke, 142 
 Brooks, 118 
 Brown, 54 
 Brown, 94 
 Brown, 115 
 Brown, 126 
 Brown, 221 
 Browne, 148 
 
 ^ Names of all families in any way related to Peters descendants are 
 included. A widow is indexed under her maiden name, followed by 
 her former husband's in parentheses. Family names have been left 
 as found, even where spellings conflict. A second mention of one 
 name on the same page when referring to a different individual, causes 
 the name to be repeated in the index. 
 
 412 
 
Allied Families 
 
 413 
 
 Buckland, 138 
 Buell, 154 
 Bull, 137 
 Bull, 148 
 Bullen, 67 
 Bunker, 121 
 Burbank, 238 
 Burchard, 307 
 Burnham, 169 
 Burr, 150 
 Burrill, 317 
 Butler, 170 
 Butler, 340 
 Butman, 130 
 
 Calhoun, 247 
 Calhoun, 247 
 
 (Cameron), 139 
 
 Campbell, 97 
 
 Canfield, 98 
 
 Card, 232 
 
 Carleton, 102 
 
 Carleton, 118 
 
 Carlton, no 
 
 Carney (Isbestos), 104 
 
 Carpenter, 288 
 
 Carrier, 154 
 
 Case, 154 
 
 Case, 158 
 
 Case, 267 
 
 Case, 287 
 
 Caster, 327 
 
 Catlin (Stuart, Dane), 283 
 
 Chadbourn, 75 
 
 Chadwick, 51 
 
 Chadwick, 338 
 
 Chamberlain, 268 
 
 Chambers, 248 
 
 Chandler, 35 
 
 Chapin, 287 
 
 Chapman, 29 
 
 Chapwell, 304 
 
 Chenery, 63 
 
 Cheneverd, 148 
 
 Cheney, 77 
 
 Z^hester, 174 
 
 Chickering, 53 
 
 Childs, 80 
 
 Chittenden, 253 
 
 Chute, 135 
 
 (Clap), 65 
 
 Clark, 71 
 Clark, 72 
 Clark, 77 
 Clark, 107 
 
 Clark, 124 
 
 Clark, 134 
 
 Clark, 172 
 
 Clark, 302 
 
 Clement, 201 
 
 Clemens, 298 
 
 Clendenning, 246 
 
 Clifford, 271 
 
 Clift, 251 
 
 Cobb, 130 
 
 Cobb, 185 
 
 Cochran, 332 
 
 Coggill, 253 
 
 Coggins, 116 
 
 Coggins, 130 
 
 Colby, 332 
 
 Colby, 335 
 
 Cole, 169 
 
 Cole, 286 
 
 Cole, 287 
 
 Coleman, 122 
 
 Communy, 265 
 
 Compton, 283 
 
 Cone, 168 
 
 Connor, 234 
 
 Cook, 69 
 
 Cook, 244 
 
 Coombs, 322 
 
 Cooper, 274 
 
 Corey, 237 
 
 Cossit, 209 
 
 Cotton, 121 
 
 Cousins (Morton), 122 
 
 Covell, 244 
 
 Cowell, 87 
 
 Cowles, 144 
 
 Cradus (or Crowdus), 214 
 
 Crane, 286 
 
 Crary, 98 
 
 Crocker, 122 
 
 Crockett, 72 
 
 Crowninshield, 234 
 
 Cruse, 134 
 
 Cummings, 146 
 
 Cunningham, 115 
 
 Curtis, 299 
 
 Cushing, 146 
 
 Cushman, 135 
 
 Dadley, 234 
 Damrell, 200 
 Dart, 285 
 Davenport, 81 
 Davies, 194 
 Davis, 106 
 
414 
 
 Allied Families 
 
 Davis, 270 
 Davis, 271 
 Davis, 275 
 Davis, 340 
 Day, 120 
 Day, 267 
 Descomb, 331 
 Devereux, 79 
 Dexter, 127 
 Dexter, 139 
 Dillon, 226 
 Dix, 72 
 
 (Dix), 126 
 
 Dobson, 210 
 Dodge, 69 
 Dodge, 113 
 Dodge, 131 
 Dolliver, 108 
 Drury, 134 
 Dunham, 132 
 Dunn, 131 
 Dunton, 64 
 Duryea, 129 
 Van Dusen, 150 
 Dutton, 116 
 Dyar, 94 
 
 Dyer (Gushing), 112 
 Dyer, 131 
 
 E 
 
 Eagar, 331 
 Eagar, 336 
 Eaker, 284 
 Eddy, 84 
 Edgar, 255 
 Edgecomb, 35: 
 Edson, 324 
 Edson, 343 
 Edwards, 31 
 Ellicott, 137 
 Ellis, 77 
 Ellis, 79 
 Emery, 109 
 Emmons, 10 1 
 Erskine, 117 
 Ewan, 88 
 
 Fairbank, 279 
 Fairbanks, 89 
 Famham, 33 
 Famham, 124 
 Famham, 125 
 Famham (Caulkins), 162 
 Famham, 316 
 
 Famham, 317 
 Famham, 341 
 Farrington, 106 
 Farwell, 107 
 Faulkner, 102 
 Faulkner, 103 
 Fay, 238 
 Ferguson, 184 
 Ferris, 262 
 Fessenden, 96 
 Fickett, 233 
 Fifield, 316 
 Fisher, 77 
 Fisher, 78 
 Fisk, 241 
 Fisk, 338 
 Fitch, 248 
 Flint, 115 
 Fobes, 237 
 Forbes, 77 
 Forester (?), 127 
 Forman, 142 
 Foster, 52 
 Foster, 109 
 Foster, 131 
 Foster, 335 
 Fowle, 119 
 Fowler, 15 
 Fowler, 121 
 Freethy, 125 
 Frie, 41 
 Friend, 120 
 Fro thin gham, 103 
 Frye, 108 
 
 Gale, 236 
 Gallt, 285 
 Gardner, 72 
 Gardner, 109 
 Gates, 217 
 Gates, 308 
 Gibbs, 309 
 Gibson, 218 
 Gibson, 279 
 Gilbert, 257 
 Gillette, 184 
 Gilmore, 73 
 Gilmore, 130 
 Gleason, 96 
 Gleason, 328 
 Goodwin, 68 
 Gookin, 64 
 Goud, 104 
 Gould, 93 
 Gould, 138 
 
Allied Families 
 
 415 
 
 Gould, 332 
 Gould, 338 
 Gowdy, 176 
 Granniss, 132 
 Grant, 204 
 Graves, 168 
 Graves, 168 
 Graves, 271 
 Gray, 122 
 Gray, 126 
 Green, 312 
 Greene, 80 
 Grey, no 
 Grimn, 96 
 Griffing, 185 
 Griswold, 297 
 Grozelier, 107 
 
 H 
 
 Hadley, 333 
 
 Hadley, 334 
 
 Hagaman, 245 
 
 Haggens, 128 
 
 Haines, 327 
 
 Hale, 108 
 
 Haliburton, 128 
 
 Hall, 87 
 
 Hamden (or Hemden ?), 32 
 
 Hamilton, 128 
 
 Hanna, 172 
 
 Hanna, 287 
 
 Hapgood, 96 
 
 Harding, 79 
 
 Hardon, 150 
 
 Hargrave (Horton), 122 
 
 Harney, 195 
 
 Harris, 80 
 
 Hartshorn, 67 
 
 Hasbrouck, 75 
 
 Haskell, 134 
 
 Hastings, 69 
 
 Hastings, 92 
 
 Hatch, 250 
 
 Hatch, 253 
 
 Hathaway, 132 
 
 Haven, 128 
 
 Hawkes, 74 
 
 Hazzard, 87 
 
 Heard, 71 
 
 Heard, 71 
 
 Heath, 336 
 
 Heiser, 142 
 
 Henderson, 246 
 
 Henderson, 303 
 
 Heme, 168 
 
 Heme, 168 
 
 Herrick, 316 
 
 He wins, 79 
 
 Hicks, 235 
 
 Hill, 210 
 
 Hill, 285 
 
 Hinckley, 121 
 
 Hinckley, 122 
 
 Hind, 334 
 
 Hitchcock, 250 
 
 Hodgkins, 236 
 
 Hodgsdon, 198 
 
 Holman, 93 
 
 Holmes, 224 
 
 Holt, 117 
 
 Holt, 174 
 
 Hooper, 270 
 
 Hopkins, 80 
 
 Van Horn, 129 
 
 Horton, 69 
 
 Horton, 177 
 
 Hosford, 157 
 
 House, 157 
 
 Howard, 190 
 
 Howe, 93 
 
 Howland, 108 
 
 Howlett, 107 
 
 Hoyt (Stanley), 341 
 
 Hubbard, 167 
 
 Huckins, 132 
 
 Huey, 285 
 
 Huguenin, 129 
 
 Hungerford, 296 
 
 Hunter, 137 
 
 Hurlburt (Longley), 175 
 
 Hurlburt, 268 
 
 Hutchinson, 53 
 
 Hutchinson, 334 
 
 Hutchinson, 334 
 
 Ingalls, 35 
 Ingalls, 103 
 Ireland, 88 
 
 Jarvis, 257 
 Jarvis, 261 
 Jellerson, 129 
 Jenkens, 311 
 Jenkins, 202 
 Jewell, 329 
 Jewell, 339 
 Jewett, 276 
 Johnson, 116 
 Johnson, 197 
 
4i6 
 
 Allied Families 
 
 Johnson, 197 
 Johnson, 350 
 Jones, 130 
 Jones, 184 
 Jones, 200 
 Jones, 343 
 Jordan, 116 
 Jordan, 129 
 Joslyn, 277 
 Joslyn, 280 
 Judd, 304 
 
 K 
 
 Keith, 68 
 Kelley, 291 
 Kellogg, 169 
 Kelso, 134 
 Kendall, 342 
 Keyes, 119 
 Kimball, 103 
 Kimball, 112 
 Kimball, 124 
 Kitchell, 144 
 Kline, 175 
 Kneeland, 294 
 Knowlson, 246 
 
 Labatut, 263 
 Lamb, 83 
 Landais, 70 
 Langdon, 127 
 Larrabee, 326 
 Lavillebonne, 264 
 Lawrence, 246 
 Leavitt, 201 
 L^crivain, 107 
 Lee, 150 
 Lee, 223 
 Leland, 97 
 LeMonnier, 264 
 Leonard, 294 
 Lewis, 131 
 De Lilly, 263 
 Lind, 245 
 Linn ell, 203 
 Locke, 236 
 Logue, 211 
 Loomis, 169 
 Loomis, 269 
 Loomis, 269 
 Lovering, 55 
 Lovett, 81 
 Lovett, 245 
 Lucas, 269 
 
 Lymebumer, 119 
 Lyon, 80 
 
 M 
 Magoon, 203 
 Manley, 10 1 
 Mann, 154 
 Manning, 128 
 Manning, 305 
 Manzer, 184 
 Marache, 87 
 Marks, 153 
 Marriner, 112 
 Marshall, 349 
 Martel, 229 
 Martel, 231 
 Mar tell, 207 
 Martin, 272 
 Mason, 242 
 Maxey, 175 
 Maynadier, 148 
 Maynard, 90 
 Maynard, 94 
 Maynard, 98 
 McAlpine, 332 
 McCall, no 
 McClellan, 245 
 McClure, 137 
 McCollom, 99 
 McCoUumn, 282 
 McComb, 255 
 McCurdy, 247 
 McEntire, 182 
 McKenzie, 120 
 McKnight, 183 
 McNab, 216 
 McNally, 104 
 McSween, 214 
 Mead, 171 
 Means, 130 
 Mears, 203 
 Meech, 99 
 Meloney, 204 
 Mercein, 142 
 
 Mereau (or Merean ?), 122 
 Merill (French), no 
 Merrill, 279 
 Merrill, 294 
 Merritt, 290 
 Miller, 131 
 Miller, 300 
 Missant, 229 
 Mitchell, 235 
 Mitchell, 279 
 Mollegen, 266 
 Moore, 89 
 Moore, 197 
 
Allied Families 
 
 417 
 
 Moreau, 304 
 Morgan, 148 
 Morgan, 205 
 Morgan, 283 
 Morris (Salter), 70 
 Morse (Dunton), 78 
 Morse, 81 
 Mostelle, 224 
 Moviltrop, 293 
 Mowry, 297 
 Mowry, 297 
 Muggah, 205 
 Muggah, 206 
 Muggah, 208 
 Muggah, 215 
 MulUng, 220 
 Murphy, 248 
 Murtough, 331 
 
 N 
 
 Nash, 255 
 Nauman, 238 
 Nelson, 192 
 Nelson, 336 
 Newton, 335 
 Nickels, 131 
 Nisbet, 219 
 Norton, 117 
 Norton, 118 
 
 Oliver, 351 
 
 Ord, 256 
 
 Ormond, ^13 
 
 Ormsby, 199 
 
 Osgood, 23, 24, 26, 152, 153 
 
 Osgood, 37 
 
 Osgood, 53 
 
 Osgood, 102 
 
 Osgood, 117 
 
 Osgood, 121 
 
 Otis, 175 
 
 Overmann, 244 
 
 Owen, 257 
 
 Owen, 261 
 
 Owen, 306 
 
 Page (Titus), 343 
 Paine, 69 
 Parker, 54 
 Parker, 118 
 Parlee, 125 
 Parmerly, 159 
 
 Parr, 247 
 
 Partridge, 121 
 
 Patrick, 234 
 
 Patten, 97 
 
 Patten, 116 
 
 Payne, 221 
 
 Peabody (Stevens), 102 
 
 Pearl, 112 
 
 Pease, 178 
 
 Peasley, 341 
 
 Penniman, 66 
 
 Penniman, 81 
 
 Pepalow, 64 
 
 Perkins, 42 
 
 Perkins, 49 
 
 Perkins, 61 
 
 Perkins, 131 
 
 Perry, 135 
 
 Perry, 241 
 
 Peters, 122 
 
 Petty, 247 
 
 Phelps, 96 
 
 Phelps, 157 
 
 Phelps, 159 
 
 Phelps, 276 
 
 Phelps, 277 
 
 Phelps, 278 
 
 Phillips, 336 
 
 Phillips, 337 
 
 Phipps, 83 
 
 Pierce (Tucker), 344 
 
 Plimpton, 77 
 
 Plympton, 83 
 
 Pollard, 84 
 
 Pond, 113 
 
 Porter (Ross), 137 
 
 Porter (Gurley), 242 
 
 Potter, 80 
 
 Preston, 256 
 
 Price, 80 
 
 Pritchard, 311 
 
 Purington, 237 
 
 Purkitt, 233 
 
 Quincy, 149 
 
 Randal, 280 
 Rawson, 68 
 Rawson, 312 
 Raymond, 219 
 Reed, 150 
 Reeve, 271 
 Reeves, 88 
 
 Q 
 
 R 
 
4i8 
 
 Allied Families 
 
 Remington, 69 
 Reynolds, 198 
 Rhodes, 273 
 Rice, 80 
 Rice, 149 
 Rich, 132 
 Richards, 149 
 Richardson, 53 
 Richardson, 195 
 Richardson, 214 
 Richardson, 272 
 Rix, 316 
 Robbins, 196 
 Roberts, 132 
 Roberts, 167 
 Robertson, 224 
 Robinson, 51 
 Robinson, 245 
 Rogers, 68 
 Rogers, 188 
 Rogers, 241 
 Rogers, 283 
 Rollins, 86 
 Rollins, 127 
 Root, 270 
 Root, 279 
 Root, 279 
 Root, 279 
 Ross, 216 
 Rowe, 192 
 Ruggles, 88 
 Russ, 37 
 Russell, 87 
 Russell, 107 
 
 Sady, 32 
 Sanborn, 342 
 Sanders, 10 1 
 Sanderson, 72 
 Sargent, 130 
 Sawyer, 115 
 Sawyer, 335 
 Scaif, 172 
 Seagar, 193 
 Severance, 328 
 Sewall, 79 
 Seymour, 257 
 Sharpe, 139 
 Sheldon, 289 
 Sheldon, 292 
 Sheppard, 222 
 Sherman, 183 
 Shipman, 99 
 Shipman, 177 
 Sibbons, 33 
 
 Sibley, 92 
 Silver, 105 
 Simmons, 126 
 Skinner, 128 
 Slack, 203 
 Slocomb, 55 
 Smith, 174 
 Smith, 190 
 Smith, 193 
 Smith, 284 
 Smith, 325 
 Smith, 325 
 Snellgrove, 171 
 Snelling, 119 
 Snowman, 124 
 Southard, 73 
 South worth, 100 
 Spencer, 206 
 Spencer, 221 
 Spencer, 223 
 Spofford, 112 
 Spofford, 340 
 Spooner, 319 
 Stackpole, 125 
 Stagg, 275 
 Standley, 346 
 Steams, 54 
 Steams, 340 
 Stephens, 120 
 Stevens, 92 
 Stevens, 107 
 Stevens, 108 
 Stoutenborough, 246 
 Stoutenbo rough, 249 
 Strickland, 280 
 Strong, 305 
 Stubblefield, 270 
 Styles, 206 
 Sutherland, 215 
 Sutton, 157 
 Symonds, 241 
 
 Taft, 311 
 Tappan, 198 
 Tarleton, 201 
 Taylor, 245 
 Taylor, 247 
 Taylor, 318 
 Tebbetts, 119 
 Tenney, 328 
 Tennev, 342 
 Thach'er, 68 
 Thaxter, 145 
 Thaxter, 146 
 Thayer, 326 
 
Allied Families 
 
 419 
 
 Thomas, 262 
 Thompson, 65 
 Thom.pson, 108 
 Thompson, 162 
 Thorndike, 113 
 Thurber, 244 
 Tibbetts, 132 
 Toplin, 333 
 Town, 165 
 Townsend, 176 
 Trask. 55 
 Trask, 71 
 Trask, 84 
 Treat, 162 
 True worthy, 193 
 Trumbull, 161 
 Trumbull, 276 
 Tucker, 55 
 Tucker, 133 
 TuUer, 277 
 Tuller, 278 
 Tyler, 85 
 
 U 
 
 Upton, 113 
 Usher, 340 
 
 Valentine, 183 
 Vankirk, 105 
 Viles, 74 
 Vose, 133 
 
 W 
 
 Van Wagner, 75 
 Walker, no 
 Walker, 28 s 
 Walker, 288 
 Walker, 315 
 Ward, 251 
 Warden, 192 
 Ware, 81 
 Warrin, 248 
 Washburn, 200 
 Watson, 187 
 Webster, 124 
 Weeks, 232 
 Welles, 177 
 Welles, 309 
 Wells, 171 
 
 West, 307 
 West, 326 
 Westcott, 118 
 Westcott, 119 
 Westcott, 119 
 Wheeler, 241 
 Whitcomb, 91 
 White, 189 
 White, 196 
 White, 327 
 Whiting, 92 
 Whiting, 135 
 Whitman, 71 
 Whitman, 145 
 Whitney, 149 
 Whitney, 303 
 Whitney, 343 
 Wilbourn, 2 
 Wilboum, 29 
 Wilkeson, 242 
 Willard, 328 
 Williams, 87 
 Williams, 145 
 Williams, 162 
 Williams, 278 
 Williams, 301 
 Williams, 342 
 Willson, 285 
 Wilson, 109 
 Winegar, 293 
 Win ship, 233 
 Winter, 176 
 Wiston, 86 
 Wiswell, 130 
 Wood, 116 
 Wood, 116 
 Wood, 116 
 Wood, 120 
 Wood, 132 
 Woodman, 131 
 Woods, 248 
 Woodward, 128 
 Woodward, 329 
 Wright, 32 
 Wright, III 
 Wyles, 173 
 
 Yeats, 294 
 York, 138 
 Yotmg, 202 
 Young, 308 
 
INDEX 
 
 Abbott, Charlotte, 43 
 
 Elizabeth, 51 
 
 George, 19, 20, 27, 45 
 
 Hannah, 20 
 
 John, 19, 23, 25 
 
 Nehemiah, 45 
 
 Sarah, 20 
 
 William, 19 
 Adams, Henry, 109 
 
 Mehitabel, 109, no 
 Albee, Captain John, 82 
 Alden, Lydia, 130 
 Allen, Andrew, 35, 36 
 
 Anna W., 69 
 
 Colonel Ethan, 250 
 
 Hannah, 30, 35 
 
 Hezekiah, 64 
 
 John, 20, 21, 30, 35, 36 
 
 Joseph, 395 
 
 Martha, 21, 35, 36, 154 
 
 Mary, 64 
 Ally, Mary Ann, 121 
 
 Sally, 124 
 Anderson, Mary, 205, 207-211, 
 213 
 
 , 312 
 
 Andruss, Isaac Mix, 255 
 
 Margaretta Artimesia, 255 
 Appleton, Captain, 14 
 Archer, Jonathan, 400 
 
 Mary, 400 
 Arnold, General, 99 
 Ash, Hannah, 397 
 
 Thomas, 397 
 Aslebe, John, 20, 23-25 
 
 Mary, 41 
 Aslet (Aslebe), John, 19 
 Atherton, Humphrey, 4 
 
 . , 90 
 
 Atkinson, Anne, 253 
 Austin, Lydia Isabella, 255 
 
 Mary Elizabeth, 150, 151 
 
 Thomas, 150 
 Averill, Abigail, 121 
 
 Avery, Austin Eldredge, 398 
 Nancy Denison, 251 
 Samuel, 398 
 
 B 
 
 Bacon, Adele, 249 
 
 Hannah, 77 
 Bagley, Charlotte M., 204 
 Bailey, Adeline, 337 
 
 Caroline Robinson, 237 
 
 Colonel, 82 
 
 Edward A., 237 
 
 General, 243 
 
 John W., loi 
 
 Levi, 337 
 
 Myron, 192 
 
 William, loi 
 Baker, Amasa, 78 
 
 Mary, 80 
 
 Col. Samuel R., 197 
 
 William, 15 
 Baldwin, Benjamin, 157 
 
 Benjamin, Jr., 157 
 
 Ellen, 2 89 
 Ballard, William, 19 
 Barker, Benjamin, 43, 51 
 
 Ebenezer, 17, 44, 48 
 
 John, 19 
 
 Richard, 26, 27 
 Barkuloo, Ann, 129 
 Barnard, Elizabeth, 19 
 
 Rev. , 27 
 
 Robert, 42, 44 
 
 Thomas, 19, 30, 31 
 Bamet, Ann, 186, 188, 189, 204, 
 221, 233, 239, 367 
 
 Robert, 186, 367 
 Barney, Jemima, 342 
 Barry, Hannah, 117 
 Bartlett, Mary, 132 
 Bates, Abner L., 73 
 
 Martha, 10 1 
 
 Mary Elizabeth, 73 
 Batherick, Olive, 400 
 Beach, Electa, 251 
 
 420 
 
Index 
 
 421 
 
 Beal, Mary, 407 
 Beals, Lydia, 339 
 Beamen, Samuel, 156 
 Beamsley, Abigail, 357, 358 
 
 Anne, 357 
 
 Anne Woodward, 360 
 
 Edward Bushnell, 360 
 
 Elizabeth Page, 360 
 
 George, 358 
 
 Grace, 357 
 
 Grace Graves, 360 
 
 Habakkuk, 357, 358 
 
 Hannah, 42, 357, 358 
 
 Hannah Beamsley, 360 
 
 Martha, 3-5, 359 
 
 Mary, 358 
 
 Mary Robison, 360 
 
 Mercy, I, 2, 7, 31-35, 37, 41. 
 42, 357-360 
 
 Samuel, 357, 358 
 
 Sarah, 358 
 
 William, i, 2, 7, 357-360 
 Beare, Mary, 349, 350 
 Beebe, Abigail, 158 
 
 Ebenezer, 158 
 
 Ruel, 158 
 Belcher, Governor, 13 
 
 Jeremiah, 29 
 
 Colonel William, 180 
 Belding, Polly, 324 
 Bell. S. P.. 366 
 Bellingham, Richard, 2 
 Bennett, Frank B., 117 
 
 Rev. Stephen, 233 
 
 William, 117 
 Benson, James, 245 
 
 Joseph Wesley, 245 
 Bentley. A. W., 297 
 Bettis, William Johnson, 70 
 Bickford, Benjamin, 396 
 
 James, 396. 399 
 Bidwell, Elizabeth, 134 
 Bigelow, Colonel Timothy, 82 
 Bigsbee, Daniel, 24 
 Billings, Abigail, 125 
 
 Anna, 351 
 
 Benjamin, 123 
 
 Nathan, 125 
 
 Permilla, 126 
 
 Phebe, 123-126, 390, 391 
 Billinghurst, John, 399 
 Birdseye, Eunice, 258 
 
 Mary, 258, 261 
 
 WiUiam, 258 
 Black, George Nixon, 130 
 
 Colonel John, 130 
 
 N. P., 404 
 
 Blakely, George, 86 
 Blanc, Evarist Louis, 263 
 Blanchard, Jacob, 76 
 
 Samuel, 19, 37, 38, 48, 153 
 Blaney, Aaron, 99 
 Bliss, Ellis, 190, 221 
 
 Lydia, 190-192, 196, 197, 
 200, 221 
 
 Tamar, 221 
 
 Boarman, , 105 
 
 Bodge, George M., 9, 10 
 Bond, Eli, 174 
 
 Thomas Newton, 174 
 Booth, Daniel, 293 
 
 Mary Ann, 255, 256 
 
 Walter S., 293 
 
 William A., 255 
 Bowker, John Pearson, 80 
 
 John Pearson, Jr., 80 
 Bown, Charles R., 215 
 Bowne, Gilbert W., 128 
 
 Samuel, 128 
 Bradford, Samuel, 61 
 Bradley, Charles, 146 
 
 Emily Cummings, 144, 146, 
 
 147 
 Bradstreet, Ann, 19 
 Colonel, 189 
 Dudley, 19, 20, 23-25, 28, 29, 
 
 44 
 
 Simon, 20 
 Brewer, Fletcher, 271 
 
 Hannah, 35 
 
 Jacob F., 271 
 Brigham, Hannah L., 91, 92 
 
 Jedediah, 91 
 
 Lydia, 91 
 Brooke, Helen, 142 
 Brooks, Calvin, 118 
 
 Jennie, 118 
 Brown, Aphia, 115 
 
 Augusta J., 94 
 
 Catherine W., 94 
 
 Edward, 126 
 
 Ezra, 221 
 
 Jeremiah, 54 
 
 Martha, 54 
 
 Ruth, 54 
 
 Salome, 126 
 
 Simeon, 94 
 
 Thomas, 155 
 Browne, Causten, 148 
 
 Henry Rossiter Worthington, 
 148 
 Buckland, Sophia, 138 
 Buell, Timothy, 154 
 
 Timothy, Jr., 154, 160 
 
422 
 
 Index 
 
 Bull, Buckland Watson, 137, 148 
 
 Captain, 156 
 
 Cora Lucre tia, 148 
 
 Ebenezer Watson, 138 
 BuUard, Captain, 67 
 
 Colonel Seth, 79 
 BuUen, Bela, 67 
 
 Elizabeth, 67, 68 
 Bunker, David Wellington, 121 
 
 John Edward, 121 
 Burbank, Susan Janet, 238 
 Burchard, Deborah, 307-309 
 Burgoyne, General, 187 
 Bumap, Joseph, 44 
 Bumham, James, 9 
 
 Joseph, 169 
 
 Lydia, 169-171 
 
 Thomas, 9 
 Burr, Isaac Tucker, 150 
 
 Isaac Tucker, Jr., 150 
 Burrill, Ebenezer, 317 
 Butler, David, 170 
 
 Nehemiah, 340 
 
 Olive J., 340 
 Butman, Charles, 130 
 
 Charles O., 130 
 
 Caldwell, Rev. Augustine, 6 
 Calhoun, Elizabeth, 247 
 
 Captain Richard, 247 
 
 Susan Mary, 247 
 Cameron, Eva, 139 
 Campbell, Alexander F., 97 
 
 Mary F., 97 
 Canfield, Joel, 98 
 
 Samuel, 98 
 Card, Abigail L., 232, 233 
 Carleton, Clara, 118 
 
 John, 24, 102 
 
 Phebe, 102, 103, 153 
 Carlton, Benjamin, no 
 
 Joanna, no 
 
 Phebe, 23, 26 
 Carney, Mark, 104 
 
 Nancy, 104, 105 
 Carnick, John, 402 
 Carpenter, Anna, 288 
 Carr, Dabney, 140 
 
 Sarah, 330 
 Carrier, Martha Allen, 21, 35, 36, 
 154 
 
 Thomas, 35, 154 
 Carson, Kit, 249 
 Case, Amos, 243 
 
 Azubah, 267 
 
 Mary Elizabeth, 287, 288 
 
 Moses, 154 
 
 Moses, Jr., 154 
 
 Seth, 287 
 
 Zenas, 158 
 
 Zia, 267 
 Caster, Catherine, 327 
 Catlin, Annie, 283 
 
 Charles, 283 
 Catdkins, Elizabeth Farnham, 
 163, 164 
 
 Frances Mainwaring, 100 
 Chadbourn, Asenath, 75 
 
 George, 75 
 
 William Hobbs, 75 
 Chad wick, David, 338 
 
 Edmund, 338 
 
 Mary, 51 
 Chamberlain, John, 268 
 
 Phineas, 268 
 Chambers, Margaret, 248 
 Chandler, Annis, 30, 35 
 
 Bridget, 19 
 
 David, 35 
 
 Elizabeth, 35 
 
 Ephraim, 35 
 
 Hannah, 19, 20, 35 
 
 Henry, 43, 45 
 
 John, 19, 20, 23-25, 43' 45 
 
 Mary, 29, 35 
 
 Thomas, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 35 
 
 Thomas, Jr., 20, 35 
 
 Timothy, 35 
 
 William, 19—22, 24, 25 
 
 William, Jr., 19, 20 
 Chapin, Paulina, 287 
 Chapman, Colonel, 161 
 
 David, 29 
 
 Edward, 29 
 
 Elizabeth, 163 
 
 Hannah, 29 
 
 John, 29 
 
 Mary, 29 
 
 Michael, 29 
 
 Nathaniel, 29 
 Chapwell, Jonathan, 304 
 
 Ruth, 304-306 
 Chenery, Benjamin, 63 
 
 Captain Ephraim, 67 
 
 Hannah, 63, 65, 7=;, 77, 81, 
 89 
 Cheneverd. Margaret Julia, 148 
 Cheney, Zillah, 77 
 Chester, David, 174 
 
 Sophie M., 174-176 
 Chickering, Hannah, 53, 54 
 
 Samuel, 53 
 
Index 
 
 423 
 
 Childs, Mehitable, 80 
 Chittenden, Horace Hatch, 253 
 
 Lucius Eugene, 253 
 Choate, John, 57, 61 
 Chubb, Captain, 28 
 Chute, Andrew, 135 
 
 Martha Elizabeth, 135, 136 
 Clap, Mary, 63 
 
 Thomas, 63 
 Clark, Asa, 77 
 
 Benjamin, 71 
 
 Catherine, 71 
 
 Charlotte Ann, 134 
 
 David, 124 
 
 Captain Eleazer, loi 
 
 Harriet Louisa (Peters), 
 
 71 
 
 Hobart, 107 
 
 Jacob, 72 
 
 Jonathan, 172 
 
 John, 72 
 
 John H., 107 
 
 Mary Jane, 124 
 
 Maude, 302 
 
 Seth Daniel, 172 
 
 Thomas, 4, 5 
 
 William, 71, 77, 134 
 Clarke, S. Almira, 299 
 
 Thomas, 7 
 Clemens, Mary, 17 
 
 Rev. Robert, 17 
 Clement, Job M., 201 
 demons, Abel, 298 
 
 Lucy, 298 
 Clendenning, Margaret, 246 
 Clifford, Myra D., 271, 274 
 
 Rufus, 271 
 Clift, WilHam, 251 
 
 Rev. William, 251 
 Clinton, Sir Henry, 282 
 Cloutman, . 395 
 
 Elizabeth. 398 
 
 Joseph, 395 
 Cobb, Benjamin, 185 
 
 Mary, 130 
 
 Mary Ella, 185 
 Cochran, Anna, 332, 337 
 Coggill, George, 253 
 
 Julia, 253 
 Coggins, Elizabeth, 115 
 
 Lydia, 130 
 
 Mary, 116 
 Colby, Eliphalet, 332 
 
 Joseph B., 332 
 
 Sarah, 335 
 Cole, Abner, 169 
 
 Andrew, 169 
 
 Catherine, 286, 287 
 Martha, 287 
 Coleman, Sophia, 122 
 Communy, Addle, 265 
 Compton, Sibyl, 283 
 Cone, Caroline, 168, 169, 171, 
 172 
 Zachariah, 168 
 Connor, John, 234 
 Cook, Arthur, 244 
 
 Elmira, 69 
 
 Joseph, 396 
 Coolidge, Captain, 78 
 Coombs, Susannah, 319, 322, 326, 
 
 32S 
 Cooper, James, 274 
 
 Rhoda, 274 
 Corey, James, 237 
 
 Susan Tucker, 237-239 
 Cossit, Catherine Julia, 209, 210 
 Cotton, Sarah Ann, 121 
 
 Theophilus, 30 
 Cousens, Ellen, 122 
 
 Isaac, 122, 407 
 Covell, Abbey, 244, 247, 248 
 
 Silas, 244, 245 
 Cowell, Edward Joseph, 87 
 
 John Van Hyst, 87 
 Cowles, Cornelia Halsey, 144 
 
 Henry, 144 
 Cradus (or Crowdus), Ann, 214 
 Crane, Catherine, 286 
 Crary, Lois, 98, 100 
 Crocker, Abby Mereau, 122 
 
 Timothy, 122 
 Crockett, Charles, 72 
 
 Mary Elizabeth (Peters), 72 
 
 Sallie, 72 
 
 Woodbury Langdon, 72 
 Cromwell, Oliver, 367 
 Crowninshield, Abraham Watson, 
 
 234 
 Cruse, Isaac, 134 
 
 Mary Wilson, 134, 135 
 Cummings, Sarah Ellen, 146 
 Cunningham, John, 115 
 
 Sally, 115 
 Curtis, Augustus, 299 
 
 Lucina, 299, 300 
 Cushing, Anna Quincy, 146 
 
 Benjamin, 146 
 
 Mary Dyer, 112, 391 
 
 Nathaniel, 112 
 Cushman, Albert W., 135 
 
 Mary Frances, 135 
 Cutler, Benjamin, 398 
 
 Captain John H., 398 
 
424 
 
 Index 
 
 D 
 
 Dadley, George, 234 
 
 Samuel Cox, 234 
 Daland, Benjamin, 395 
 
 George, 395 
 Damrell, Etta J ., 200 
 Dane, Deliverance, 17 
 
 Rev. Francis, 19, 20, 35 
 
 Francis, Jr., 19 
 
 Hannah, 19 
 
 Joanna, 19 
 
 Mathias, 283 
 Dart, Esther, 285 
 Davenport, Samuel Daniels, 8i 
 Davies, Charlotte E., 194 
 
 Joseph, 194 
 Davis, Elizabeth Farrington, 106, 
 107 
 
 George, 270, 271 
 
 George W., 271 
 
 J.W., 275 
 
 Jefferson, 298 
 
 Olive, 340 
 Day, Lydia, 267, 269 
 
 Noah, 267 
 
 Sarah, 120 
 Deane, Nathaniel, 17 
 Deland, Hannah, 399 
 De Lilly, Jean Philippe, 263, 264 
 
 Marianne Ang61ique, 263, 264 
 
 Descomb, , 331 
 
 Devereux, Abigail, 79 
 Dexter, , 127 
 
 Louisa, 139 
 Dillon, Elizabeth, 226-228 
 Dix, Ann, 72 
 
 Susan, 126 
 Dobson, W. M., 210 
 Dodd, William, 399 
 Dodge, Edward W., 69 
 
 Elvira, 131 
 
 Henry, 69 
 
 Jonah, 113 
 
 Reuben, 113, 391 
 Dolliver, Hannah, 108 
 Drury, William E., 134 
 
 William H., 134 
 Dunham, Laura Ann, 132 
 Dunn, Alexander, 131 
 Dun ton, Benjamin, 78 
 
 Gershom, 64 
 
 Margaret Morse, 78, 80 
 
 Samuel, 64 
 Duryea, Cornelius Rapalyea, 129 
 
 Harmanus Barkuloo, 129 
 Dustin, Hannah, 24 
 
 Dutton, Samuel, 116 
 
 Samuel, Jr., ri6 
 Dyar, Ellen Maria, 94 
 
 Mary Jane, 94 
 
 Smith, 94 
 Dyer, Elisha, 131 
 
 James, 112 
 
 Mary, 112, 115, 116, 123, 127, 
 129, 137 
 
 Phebe, 131 
 
 Eager, Hannah, 336 
 
 Joseph, 331 
 
 Sarah Wood, 331, 332, 335, 
 336 
 Eaker, Josiah, 284 
 Eastman, Jonathan, 314, 315, 346 
 Eddy, Mary Frances, 84 
 Edgar, Louise, 255 
 Edgecomb, Reliance, 352 
 Edson, Abigail, 343 
 
 David, 324 
 
 Sylvia, 324 
 Edwards, Andrew, 32 
 
 John, 31, 32 
 
 Mary, 31, 32, 349 
 Ellicott, John A., 137 
 
 Joseph Porter, 137 
 
 Joseph Porter, 393 
 Elliott, George, 398 
 
 Captain George, 398 
 Ellis, Eleazar, 77 
 
 Jesse, 79 
 
 Mary, 79 
 
 Nathan, 77, 114 
 
 Sarah (Peters), 77 
 Emery, Sarah, 109 
 Emmons, Daniel Ormistead, 10 1 
 Erskine, Levi, 117 
 
 Mary Augusta, 117, 118 
 Ewan, Ann, 88 
 
 F 
 
 Fairbank, Abigail, 279 
 Fairbanks, Rachel, 89, 98 
 Famham, Elizabeth, 33, 163, 315- 
 
 319. 329 
 John, 124, 341 
 John, Jr., 317 
 Joseph, 341 
 Captain John, 163 
 Leroy, 125 
 Martha Ann (Peters), 125 
 
Index 
 
 425 
 
 Famham (Continued) 
 
 Mary, 30, 31 
 
 Otis, 124 
 
 Thomas, ^^ 
 Farrington^ Ruth, 106 
 Farwell, Ehzabeth, 107 
 Faulkner, Daniel, 102 
 
 Francis, 44 
 
 Paul, 42, 43 
 Fay, Calista, 238, 239 
 Ferguson, John, 184 
 
 William, 184 
 Ferris, Joshua Beal, 262 
 Fessenden, Louisa, 96 
 Fickett, Addie, 233 
 Fifield, Benjamin, 315, 316 
 Fisher, Abigail. 77, 78 
 Fisk, Amos, 241 
 
 Franklin, 3 38 
 
 Joseph, 338 
 
 Josiah, 241 
 Fitch, Anne Eliza, 248 
 Flint, Daniel, 115 
 
 Joseph Warren, 115 
 
 Martha Bock6e, 404 
 Fobes, George C, 237 
 Forbes, James, 77 
 Forester, Martha, 127 
 Forman, Gabriella Brooke, 142 
 
 Thomas Marsh Bryan, 142 
 Foster, Andrew, 24 
 
 Captain Asa, 51 
 
 Asa, Jr., 50-52 
 
 Daniel, 109 
 
 Daniel, Jr., 50 
 
 Eliza, 335. 336 
 
 Ephraim, 27, 43-48 
 
 Rhoda, 131 
 
 William, 47 
 
 Zebulon, 335 
 Fowle, Abigail, 65 
 
 Harriet Hunt, 119 
 Fowler, Enoch M., 121 
 
 Moses, 12 1 
 
 Philip, 14, 15 
 Fox, Sarah Ives, 34 
 Francis, Joseph, 400 
 Freethy, John, 125 
 French, Molly Merrill, no 
 
 Thomas, 5 
 
 , no 
 
 Frie, James, 19, 20, 56 
 
 John, 19, 20, 43-48 
 
 Jonathan, 56 
 
 Phebe, 17, 20, 25, 41, 48, 50, 
 51, 56, 63, 102, III 
 
 Samuel, 20, 23, 25, 26, 41 
 
 Friend, Alice Marion, 120 
 
 John Willard, 120 
 Frothingham, Nathaniel, 103 
 Frye, Eunice, 17 
 
 John, 17, 108 
 
 Phebe, 17 
 
 Susanna, 108, 109 
 Fuller, Andrevv", 61 
 
 Luther, 397 
 
 Gale, R. W., 236 
 Gallt, Joseph, 285 
 
 Robert S., 285 
 Gardner, Eliza Ann, 72, 74 
 
 Elizabeth P., 109 
 
 William, 72 
 Gates, Elias, 217 
 
 George, 308 
 
 Mary, 217-219 
 
 Nehemiah, 308 
 Gavett, John, 399 
 Gibbs, Mathew, 309 
 Gibson, Eliza, 218 
 
 James H., 218 
 
 Martha, 279 
 Gilbert, Abigail, 257, 258 
 
 Samuel, 257, 258 
 Gillette, Gilbert, 184 
 
 John, 184 
 Gilmore, Catherine, 73 
 
 John, 73 
 
 John F., 73 
 
 Lucy, 130 
 Gleason, Benjamin Whitney, 96 
 
 Charles Whitney, 96 
 
 Orrin P., 328 
 Goodwin, Orrin G., 68 
 Gookin, Daniel, 64 
 
 Margaret, 64 
 
 Richard, 64 
 Gore, Lt.-Gov., 257 
 Goss, Franklin, 330 
 Goud, Susanna, 104 
 Gould, Abigail, 332 
 
 Anna, 93 
 
 Elizabeth, 338-340 
 
 Jane Almira, 138, 139 
 
 John, 93 
 
 Maria, 93, 95 
 
 William R., 138 
 Gowdy, Charles, 176 
 
 Willis, 176 
 Granniss, George Benjamin, 132 
 
 Robert Andrews, 132 
 
426 
 
 Index 
 
 Grant, Catherine, 204, 214, 215 
 
 General U. S., 204 
 Graves, John, 168 
 
 , 261 
 
 Roxanna, 271, 272 
 
 Samuel, 6, 7, 168 
 
 Stephen, 271 
 
 William, 168 
 Gray, Clara, 126 
 
 Matilda, 122 
 
 Green, , 312 
 
 Greene, Catharine, 80 
 Grey, David, no 
 
 Henry Peters, no 
 Griffin, Rhesa, 96 
 Griffing, Frederick M., 185 
 
 Rev. H. L., 185 
 Griswold, Hannah Lucretia, 297 
 Grozelier, Leopold, 107 
 
 Louis, 107 
 Gunnison, Elisha, 400 
 Gurley, Rev. John, 242 
 
 Mary (Porter), 242 
 
 H 
 
 Hadley, Fanny, 333, 334 
 
 Obadiah, 333, 334 
 
 Rosannah, 334 
 
 Silas, 334 
 Hagaman, Cynthia, 245 
 Haggens, Edmund, 128 
 
 Mary, 128 
 Haines, James, 327 
 
 Rosan, 327 
 Hale, Harriet, 108 
 Haliburton, Andrew, 128 
 
 James Pierrepont, 128 
 
 Susan Hamilton (Peters), 12) 
 Hall, Martha, 87 
 
 Oliver, 87 
 Hamden, Mary, 32 
 Hamilton, Susan, 128 
 Hanna, George, 172 
 
 James Scott, 287 
 
 Margaret Jane, 172 
 
 Mary Whipple, 287 
 Hapgood, Asa, 96 
 
 Lucy Woods, 96, 97 
 
 Phebe, 96 
 Harding, Mary, 79 
 Hardon, Anna Frances, 150 
 Hargrave, Mary A., 122 
 
 Thomas, 122 
 Harmon, John, 10 
 Harney, William H. 195 
 Harris, John, 80 
 
 Harris, Joseph, 80 
 Harrison, Gen. Thomas, 188 
 
 Major-General Thomas, 367 
 Hart, Goodm., 14 
 Hartshorn, Elizabeth, 67 
 Hasbrouck, Margaret, 75 
 Haskell, Martha K., 134 
 Hastings, Charles C. P., 69 
 
 Elbridge Gerry, 92 
 
 Helen Augusta (Peters), 69 
 
 Phebe, 92 
 
 Rozel, 92 
 Hatch, Harriet Hinckley, 250- 
 
 253. 255 
 
 Mary Yates, 253 
 
 Reuben, 250 
 Hathaway, Hon. Joshua Warren, 
 132 
 
 Mary Ann, 132 
 Haven, George Wallis, 128 
 
 John, 128 
 Hawkes, John, 74 
 
 Sarah Johanna, 74 
 Hazeltine. Deliverance, 17 
 Hazzard, Samuel Parker, 87 
 
 Stephen, 87 
 Heard, Elizabeth, 71 
 
 Jacob, 71 
 
 Richard, 71 
 
 Samuel, 71 
 
 Thomas, 71 
 Heath, Harriet Jane Worthington, 
 336 
 
 Robert, 336 
 Heiser, Helen Russell, 142 
 
 Henry Anthon, 142 
 Hellyard (Hilliard), Elizabeth, 
 
 394, 395 
 Henchman, Bridget, 20 
 Henderson, Caroline, 246 
 
 Mary, 303 
 Heme, Anne, 168 
 Herrick, Annah, 316 
 
 George, 21,22 
 Hewins, Jacob, 79 
 
 James, 79 
 Hicks, Susan Caroline, 235 
 
 William, 235 
 Hill, Douglas, 210 
 
 Mary E., 285, 288-292 
 
 Roger, 403 
 Hilliard, Edward, 394 
 Hinckley, Benjamin F., 122 
 
 Ebenezer. 115 
 
 Eugene F., 122 
 
 Phebe P., 121 
 Hind, Lydia, 334 
 
Index 
 
 427 
 
 Hitchcock, Lorraine Allen, 250 
 
 Samuel, 250 
 Hodgkins, Sophia, 236 
 Hodgsdon, Lucinda E., 198, 199 
 Holman, Abigail, 93, 94 
 
 Abraham, 93 
 
 Azulah, 93 
 Holmes, Captain Charles, 397 
 
 Maria J., 224-226 
 Holt, Henry, 24 
 
 Jeremiah T., 117 
 
 Joel, 174 
 
 Oliver, 19 
 
 Robert Douglas, 174 
 
 Samuel, 19, 30, 35, 36 
 
 Thomas N. B., 117 
 Hooper, John, 17 
 
 Thomas, 19 
 
 William Munger, 270 
 Hopkins, Jeremiah, 80 
 
 Marvel, 66 
 
 Samuel, 80 
 Horton, Ezekiel, 177 
 
 Frank P., 69 
 
 Hosea, 122 
 
 Joel, 181 
 
 John, 69 
 
 Mary A. (Hargrave), 122 
 
 , 261 
 
 Hosford, Abigail, 157 
 
 Joseph, 157 
 
 Joseph, Jr., 157 
 House, John, 157 
 
 John, Jr., 157 
 Howard, Keziah, 190, 200, 203 
 Howe, Colonel, 79 
 
 Lydia, 93 
 
 Sarah, 93 
 
 Solomon, 93 
 Howland, Henry, 108 
 
 James Henry, 108 
 Howlett, John, 107 
 Hoyt, John, 37, 38, 40 
 
 Stephen, 341 
 Hubbard, Elizabeth, 167 
 
 Richard, 5-7, 14, 15 
 Hubbert, Richard, 5-7 
 Huckins, Aravesta, 132 
 
 John, 132 
 Huey, Joseph, 285 
 Huguenin, Daniel, 129 
 
 Margaret, 129 
 Hull, John, 9 
 Hunter, Nancy, 137 
 
 Simcoe, Lt.-Gov., 257 
 Hungerford, Ansel, 296 
 
 Welthy, 296 
 
 Hurlburt, Elizabeth, 175 
 James Harvey, 268 
 Jared, 175 
 Rev. David, 268 
 Sarah Churchill, 175 
 
 Hutchinson, Harriet E., 334 
 
 J. R-, 334 
 Josiah, 53 
 Solomon, 334 
 
 I 
 
 Ingalls, Daniel, 51 
 
 Faith, 35 
 
 Henry, 19 
 
 Henry, Jr., 19 
 
 John, 19 
 
 Mehitabel, 103 
 
 Samuel, 19 
 Ireland, Fielding, 88 
 
 Hannah More (Peters), 88 
 
 James, 88 
 Isbestos, Nancy Carney, 104 
 
 William, 104 
 
 Jackson, General, 182 
 
 Jarvis, Mary Martha Marvin, 261 
 
 Patty, 261, 263 
 
 Samuel, 257, 261 
 
 Rev. William, 182 
 
 William, 257 
 Jefferson, Thomas, 71 
 Jellerson, Elizabeth, 129 
 
 Jenkens, , 311 
 
 Jenkins, Velma Louise, 202, 203 
 Jewell, Dorothy, 339 
 
 Jacob, 339 
 
 Sarah, 329-331 
 
 Jewett, , M.D., 276 
 
 Johnson, Alice, 31 
 
 Elizabeth, 399 
 
 Hannah, 197, 199, 350, 351 
 
 Haswell Wood, 116 
 
 Captain Haynes, 197 
 
 John, Jr., 51 
 
 Mary, 19, 197, 198 
 
 Susannah, 32 
 
 Thomas, 16, 19, 24, 42 
 
 Thomas, Jr., 19 
 
 Timothy, 354 
 
 William, 116 
 Jones, Henry, 343 
 
 John Winthrop, 130 
 
 Sarah, 184, 185 
 
 Susan M., 200 
 
 Theodore, 130 
 
428 
 
 Index 
 
 Jordan, Melatiah, 129 
 
 Nancy, 116 
 
 Sally, 129, 131, 132, 134 13s 
 Joslyn, Elias P., 280 
 
 Isaac, 277 
 Judd, Philip, 304 
 
 Keith, Chloe, 68, 69 
 
 Lyman, 68 
 Kelley, Lizzie, 291 
 Kellogg, Jerusha, 169 
 Kelso, Mary Elizabeth, 134 
 Kendall, Sanford G., 342 
 
 William, 342 
 Keyes, Sarepta, 119 
 Kimball, Daniel, 103 
 
 Hannah, 103, 104, io6, 108, 
 
 391 
 
 Seldon, 124 
 
 Seth, 112 
 Kitchell, Henrietta, 144 
 Kline, John P., 175 
 Kneeland, Helen M., 294-296 
 Knowlson, Alexander Masterton, 
 246 
 
 Richard, 246 
 Knowlton, Deacon, 14 
 
 Labatut, Fanny, 263 
 Lamb, Henry, 83 
 
 Jabesh, 83 
 
 Sally, 83 
 Landais, Franfois Henri de, 70 
 
 Louis, 70 
 Lane, Captain, 37 
 Langdon, Charlotte, 127, 129 
 
 John, 127 
 
 Martha Forester, 127 
 Larrabee, Celinda, 326, 327 
 Lavillebonne, Aspasie, 264 
 
 Jourdan, 264 
 Lawrence, Amos, 245 
 
 Chester Berkely, 246 
 
 Effingham Nicoll, 246 
 
 William, 245 
 Leavitt, Charles A., 201 
 L^crivain, Anne, 107 
 Lee, Charles, 223 
 
 Frances Howey, 150 
 
 James, 150 
 
 Major-General, 300 
 Leland, Eleazar, 97 
 
 Zilpah H., 97 
 
 Lemoine, Captain, 100 
 Le Monnier, Marie F^licie, 264- 
 266 
 Dr. Y. R., 265 
 
 Leonard, Cordelia Amelia, 294 
 Lewis, Birdsey, 131 
 
 Thompson, 131 
 Lind, Henrietta Adelaide, 244, 245 
 Linnell, Alice Isabel, 203 
 
 Joshua, 203 
 Litch, Edwin Ruthvin, 402 
 
 John, 402 
 Littlefield, Abigail, 403 
 Locke, Abel, 236 
 
 Henry, 236 
 Logue, Mary Ann, 21 1-2 13 
 Longfellow, E., 243 
 Longley, Sarah Churchill, 175 
 Longstreet, General, 298 
 Loomis, George Franklin, 269 
 
 Joel, 169 
 
 Josiah, 269 
 
 Roger, 169 
 
 Warren, 269 
 Lord, Robert, 5 
 Lovejoy, Captain Henry, 314, 317 
 
 William, 24, 45 
 Lovell, Thomas, 5, 6 
 Lovering, Ruth A., 55 
 Lovett, Beulah, 81, 83, 89 
 
 John, 245 
 
 Mary Lucretia, 245 
 
 Phinehas, 81 
 Lucas, Ira, 269 
 
 Matilda, 269, 270, 274, 275 
 Lymeburner, Nancy, 119 
 Lyon, Elisha, 80 
 
 Judah L., 80 
 
 M 
 
 McAlpine, C. G., 332 
 
 Daniel, 332 
 McCall, James A., no 
 
 William Alexander, no 
 McClellan, Nancy, 245 
 McClure, Lucretia, 137-139, 145, 
 148, 149 
 
 Thomas, 137 
 McCoUom, Duncan, 99, 282 
 McCollumn, Catherine, 282, 284, 
 293, 297, 298 
 
 Daniel, 282 
 McComb, John, 255 
 
 Matilda, 254, 255 
 McCormick, Samuel James, 366, 
 386 .... 
 
Index 
 
 429 
 
 McCurdy, Elizabeth, 247 
 McEntyre, Christya, 182, 183 
 
 Daniel, 183 
 McKenzie, Grace, 120 
 McKnight, John, 183 
 McNab, Mary, 216, 217 
 
 Robert, 216 
 McNally, Thomas, 104 
 McSween, Bessie Amelia, 214 
 
 Ronald, 214 
 Magoon, Charles W., 204 
 
 Elvira, 203 
 Manley, Emma J., loi 
 Mann, John, 154 
 
 Nathaniel, 154, 260 
 Captain Sabin, 79 
 Manning, Dean, 305 
 Sarah Ann, 128 
 Manzer, Clarinda Peters, 184 
 John, 184 
 Manly, 184 
 Marache, Hannah, 87 
 Marks, Joseph, 153, 156 
 
 Mary, 153-156, i77. 257, 
 304, 307 
 Marriner, Mary, 112 
 Marshall, Holle, 349 
 Martel, Jane, 229, 231 
 Martell, Esther, 207, 208 
 Martin, John, 51 
 Rupert, 272 
 Samuel, 19 
 William, 272 
 Mason, John W., 242 
 Maxey, WilUam P., 175 
 
 Zenas, 175 
 Maynard, Ephraim, 90 
 Eunice, 90 
 Hannah, 98 
 Lydia, 90, 91, 96 
 Mary Susan, 94 
 Simeon, 98 
 Maynardier, Katharine E., 148 
 Mead, Eliza, 171 
 General, 204 
 Means, Frederick S., 130 
 
 Matthew, 130 
 Mears, Emily A., 203 
 Meech, Joshua, 99 
 Meloney, John, 204 
 Mercein, Rosalie, 142 
 Mereau, Lois, 122 
 Merrill, Calvin, 294 
 Frank, 279 
 Lucy Eliza, 294 
 Molly, no 
 Wadsworth, 279 
 
 Merritt, Susan, 290, 291 
 Mighill, Margaret Wilson, 34 
 Miles, Noah, 243 
 Miller, John, 300 
 
 Nathaniel Jones, 131 
 Nathaniel Jones, Jr., 131 
 Ruth Lovett, 300-303 
 Missant, Rachel, 229, 230 
 
 Mitchell, , 235 
 
 Mary A., 279, 280 
 William, 279 
 Mollegen, Lillian Catherine, 266 
 Moore, Abigail, 89 
 James, 89 
 Josiah, 89 
 Thomas H., 197 
 Moreau, Abigail, 304, 306 
 Morgan, Alanson, 283 
 Edward, 205 
 Gertrude Cheneverd, 148 
 WiUiam Henry, 148 
 Morris, Charles, 70 
 
 Sarah, 70, 71 
 Morse, Beulah, 81 
 Captain, 78 
 Margaret, 78 
 Samuel, 78 
 Morton, Ellen (Cousens), 122 
 
 Robert, 122 
 Moseley, Abner, 181 
 Mostelle, Theodore, 224 
 Moultrop, Mary Ann, 293 
 
 Solomon, 293 
 Mowry, John S., 297 
 Samuel, 297 
 Stephen Jared, 297 
 Muggah, Annie, 208, 209 
 
 Elizah, 215-217, 219, 220 
 Captain John, 205 
 Captain William, 206 
 Mulling, Augusta Josephine, 220 
 Murphy, Kathleen, 248 
 Murry, Elizabeth (Phelps), 159 
 Murtough, Henry F., 331 
 
 N 
 
 Nash, Charles H., 255 
 
 John R., 255 
 Nauman, William H., 238 
 Neal, Hannah, 396, 397, 400 
 Nelson, Hannah, 336 
 
 Margaret, 192, 193, 195 
 Newton, Levi Colby, 335 
 
 Solomon, 335 
 Nickels, Jeremiah O., 131 
 
 Reuben, 131 
 
430 
 
 Index 
 
 Nisbet, Jane S., 219 
 Norman, Mary, 399 
 
 , 400 
 
 Norton, Frank Warren, 117 
 
 Stephen, 118 
 
 William, 5, 15 
 
 O 
 
 Oliver, Hannah, 351 
 Ord, Mary Elizabeth, 256 
 Ormond, Bridget, 213 
 Ormsby, Etta C, 199 
 
 Mary, 199 
 
 Rufus F., 199 
 Osborne, Amos, 402 
 
 Nancy, 402 
 Osgood, Abby, 121 
 
 Captain Christopher, 23-26, 
 
 152, 153 
 
 Deborah, 37 
 
 Elizabeth (Betsey), 117 
 
 Hannah, 53, 102 
 
 Hooker, 19 
 
 John, 17, 23, 24, 27 
 
 Joseph, 44-46, 121 
 
 Mary, 17 
 
 Stephen, 16, 44, 45 
 
 Thomas, 24 
 Otis, Amos T., 175 
 
 A. Thatcher, 175 
 Overmann, Christian Frederick, 
 244 
 
 Henry John, 244 
 Owen, Amos, 306 
 
 Dorothy, 306 
 
 Elizabeth, 258 
 
 Hannah, 257, 258. 261 
 
 L., 114 
 
 Silas, 257, 258 
 
 Page, 
 
 343 
 
 Mary, 398 
 Paine, Naomi, 69 
 Parker, Jacob, 54 
 
 Mary, 118 
 Parlee, William, 125 
 Parmerly, Ira, 159 
 Parr, Captain Andrew H., 247 
 
 Parthenia Calhovm, 247 
 Partridge, Ellison L., 121 
 
 Washington Irving, 121 
 Paterson, Brigadier-General, 320 
 Patrick, Elizabeth P., 234, 235 
 Patten, Julia, 97 
 
 Polly, 116 
 
 Payne, Orilla, 221, 222, 230- 
 
 232 
 Peabody, Francis, 6t 
 
 Sarah, 102 
 Pearl, Abigail, 112 
 Pearse, Will jam, 5 
 Pease, Samuel, 178 
 Peasley, Abraham, 341 
 
 Sarah, 341, 342 
 Peirce, George, 243 
 Penniman, Eleanor, 66, 67 
 
 Elijah, 81 
 Josiah, 81 
 
 Lovett, 81 
 Pennock, Samuel, 155 
 Pepalow, John, 64 
 Perkins, Abraham, 42, 357 
 
 Beamsley, 42 
 
 Phebe, 61 
 
 Phebe Peters, 42, 49, 50 
 
 Sally, 131 
 
 Timothy, 42, 49, 61 
 Perry, Joseph, 241 
 
 Maria, 135 
 
 Silas, 241 
 Peter, Captain, 406 
 
 Elisha, 406 
 
 John, 406 
 
 Josiah, 406 
 
 Thomas, 406 
 Peters, Abbey Louisa, 244 
 
 Abbie Eleanor, 343 
 
 Abbie M., 220 
 
 Abby, 80 
 
 Abel, 404 
 
 Abigail, 65, 66, 162, 168, 284, 
 345. 403 
 
 Abigail Orrel, 174, 175 
 
 Abigail S., 279 
 
 Abigail Thompson, 163, 173 
 
 Absalom, 268 
 
 Absalom, General, 158, 241- 
 244, 250, 254 
 
 Absalom Oliver, 311, 313 
 
 Ada L., 290 
 
 Ada Mary, 217 
 
 Adam, 63-65, 77-80 
 
 Adolphus, 91, 96 
 
 Adrian, 128 
 
 Albert, 213 
 
 Albert E., 343, 344 
 
 Albert H., 94 
 
 Albert Jarvis, 262 
 
 Albert Kimble, 104 
 
 Albert Richard, 105 
 
 Alberta Louise, 256 
 
 Alexander, 66-68 
 
Index 
 
 431 
 
 Peters (Continued) 
 
 Alexander Abercrombie , 66, 
 
 69-71 
 Alexander Hamilton, 127- 
 
 129 
 Alfred, 404 
 Alfred Langdon, 127 
 Alice, 140 
 Alice Lillian, 144 
 Alice Manning, 238 
 Alice McClure, 150 
 Alice Richmond, 142 
 Alma Maria, 119 
 Almira Parker, ri6 
 Alonzo T., 225 
 Alvah Henry, 198-200 
 Amanda, 230, 263 
 Amasa, 306 
 Amey, 139 
 Amos, 405 
 
 Amy, 77, 78, 79, 81, 392 
 Andrew. 305-307, 311-315, 
 
 349-351. 353. 387. 388, 
 
 390, 391, 394, 397. 402 
 Andrew (Colonel), 41, 63-65, 
 
 81-83, 89 
 Andrew (Peters), i-io, 14- 
 
 16, 19-35. 37. 41, 49. 50. 
 56, 57,61-65,81-83,89, 
 99, 102-X06, 108, 113, 
 129, 131, 132, 134, 135, 
 140, 144. 155. 156, 158, 
 159, 164, 206 
 
 Reverend Andrew, 10, 14, 41, 
 49. 50. 56, 57,61,62,406 
 
 Andrew Barnet, 186, 189- 
 192, 196, 197, 200, 201— 
 203, 221, 240, 
 
 Andrew Bliss, 190, 200 
 
 Andrew C, 167 
 
 Andrew H., 202, 203 
 
 Andrew James, 137, 149 
 
 Andrew James, Jr., 149 
 
 Andrew Otis, 165, 167 
 
 Andrew Vincent, 105 
 
 Andrew Washington, 88 
 
 Ann, 204, 206, 406 
 
 Ann Barnet, 187, 189 
 
 Ann Christina, 234 
 
 Ann Eliza, 192 
 
 Ann Maria, 130, 324 
 
 Ann Mary, 215 
 
 Ann Webb, 10 r 
 
 Anna, 190, 221 
 
 Anna Elizabeth, 92 
 
 Anna L., 69 
 
 Anna S., 280 
 
 Anne, 211 
 
 Annie, 223 
 
 Annie Charlotte, 133 
 
 Annie Maria, 225 
 
 Annis, 177, 183 
 
 Anson, 115 
 
 Anthony, 231 
 
 Aphia, 113 
 
 Aphia Brown, 116 
 
 Ariel, 103 
 
 Arthur, 121, 292, 406 
 
 Arthur Gardner, 73 
 
 Arthur Mulling, 220 
 
 Arthur N., 194 
 
 Arthur Silver, 106 
 
 Arthur Webster, 336 
 
 Arthur W., 201-203 
 
 Augusta Blanche, 220 
 
 Augusta Maria, 117, 391 
 
 Augustus, 83, 84, 122 
 
 Augustus Connate, 117, 121, 
 
 122 
 Austin, 150, 211, 212, 227, 
 
 228 
 Azubah, 267, 311 
 Barnabas Coombs, 322, 323, 
 
 325, 328, 329 
 Barnet, 221, 222, 234, 236 
 Beamsley, 41, 42, 49, 11 1 
 Belvard John, 405 
 Bemslee, 155, 156, 160, 177- 
 
 183, 268, 368, 389, 390 
 Bemsley, 61 
 Benjamin, 51-55, 63, 65, 75, 
 
 76, 98, 181, 395-402 
 Benjamin, Jr., 399 
 Benjamin E., 352, 353 
 Benjamin Franklin, 263-266 
 Benjamin Franklin, Jr., 265, 
 
 266 
 Bennory, 224 
 Bertha Borodell, 253 
 Bertha Louise, 95 
 Bessie, 230, 280 
 Bessie Amelia, 214 
 Bessie Otis, 172 
 Bethia, 311, 395, 396. 399 
 Betsey, 407 
 Betsey E., 122 
 Betsey Purkitt, 234 
 Betsey S., loi 
 Beulah, 288 
 Beulah Lovett, 83 
 Birdie, 291 
 Blanche, 220 
 Branch Eldrich, 217 
 Bryan Forman, 142 
 
432 
 
 Index 
 
 Peters (Continued) 
 Caesar, 260, 261 
 Captain, 407 
 Caroline, 130, 169, 210 
 Caroline A., 272, 274 
 Caroline Cora, 245 
 Caroline Maria, 124, 125, 391 
 Caroline Phinney, 235, 236 
 Caroline Robison, 237 
 Carrie A., 230 
 Carrie Eliza, 72 
 Carrie Louise, 203 
 Carrie Otis, 173 
 Carrie Whitney, 303 
 Catherine, 184, 205 
 Catharine B., 283 
 Catherine Covell, 246 
 Catherine E., 285 
 Catherine Eliza, 293 
 Catherine Isabel, 215 
 Chancey, 291 
 Dr. Charles, 403 
 Charles, 129, 131, 132, 135, 
 
 223, 229, 230, 391, 392, 
 
 404 
 Charles Adams, 84, 85 
 Charles Albert, 73, 74 
 Charles B., 289 
 Charles Blanchard, 118 
 Charles Bradley, 146, 147 
 Charles C, 211, 212 
 Charles Edward, 197-199 
 Charles Franklin, 200 
 Charles Henry N., 199 
 Charles Herbert, 220 
 Charles Ives, 72, 74 
 Charles Joseph, 72-74, 194 
 Charles McNab, 216 
 Charles Morris, 70 
 Charles Muggah, 217, 219 
 Charles R., 227 
 Charles Rolla, 245, 248 
 Charles Rolla, Jr., 248 
 Charles S., 165 
 Charles Thomas, 238, 239 
 Charles Tilden, 117, 122, 123 
 Charles W., 165, 167, 168 
 Charles William, 88 
 Charles Willis, 287, 288 
 Charlotte, 107, 113, 127 
 Charlotte Abigail, 70, 71 
 Charlotte Eliza, 217 
 Charlotte R., 125 
 Cicely Frances, 105 
 Clara Augusta, 117 
 Clara Emma, 201 
 Clara Howard, 131 
 
 Clarence Henry, 120 
 Clarence N., 207, 208 
 Clarinda, 177, 179, 180, 183, 
 
 184 
 Clarissa, 106, 326 
 Clarissa (Clara) Elizabeth, 
 
 117 
 Clinton Noyes, 239 
 Comfort, 319, 320 
 Cora Maria, 94 
 Cordelia, 339 
 Corinne, 263 
 Cornelia Appleby, 129 
 Cornelia Eliza, 216 
 Cornelia R., 273 
 Courtney Chester, 176, 177 
 Daniel, 81, 83, 88, 89, 103, 
 
 108, 113, 123-126, 270, 
 
 .275. 276, 390, 391 
 Daniel C, 190, 196 
 Daniel Kimball, 109 
 Daniel McEntyre, 183 
 Daniel Phelps, 276, 278, 279 
 Daniel Porter, 123, 125 
 Daniel W., 343, 344 
 David, 267, 269, 270, 274, 
 
 275 
 David, Jr., 406 
 David, Sr.. 406 
 David McGregore Rogers, 189 
 David William, 275 
 Deborah, 88, 306, 307 
 Delia, 297, 327 
 Desdemona (Destimony), 178 
 Dewight, 292 
 De Witt C. 286, 292 
 De Witt Clinton, 245, 248, 
 
 249 
 Dewitt I., 291 
 Dolly P., 312 
 Dora, 148 
 Dorothy, 150, 303 
 Druzilla, 333 
 Dudley JBridges, 123 
 D wight, 289 
 Dyer, 113 
 Earle, 325 
 Ebenezer, 395, 407 
 Eber, 282-284, 293, 297-299 
 Eber Hanna, 287 
 Eber Samuel, 283, 284, 287, 
 
 293, 294, 296 
 Eber Seth, 287 
 Edgar, 230 
 Edith, 291, 292, 343 
 Edmond, 206 
 Edmond C, 225 
 
Index 
 
 433 
 
 Peters (Continued) 
 
 Edmond Fanning, i86, 191, 
 
 203, 204, 234, 237-239 
 Edmond Frank, 203 
 Edmond Howard, 218 
 Edmond Lothaire, 237, 239 
 Edmond W., 207 
 Edmund, 128 
 Edmund Randolph, 220 
 Edward Augustus, 121 
 (Edward) Dyer, 113, 137- 
 
 139, 145. 147. 149- 388, 
 
 391.393 
 Edward Dyer, 145-147 
 Edward Dyer, Jr., 137-139 
 Edward Gould, 138, 139 
 Edward James, 131,134,135 
 Edward McClure, 140, 144, 
 
 146 
 Edward McClure, Jr., 144 
 Edward Pay son, 251 
 Edward Southard, 73 
 Edwin H., 222, 230, 231 
 Edwin R., 93 
 Effie, 92 
 Eleanor, 68 
 Eleanor Bradley, 144 
 Elinor, 350 
 
 Eliza, 54, 76, 99, 268, 335, 398 
 Eliza Ann, 323 
 Eliza Jane, 269, 270, 275 
 Eliza Margaret, 216 
 Elizabeth, i, 32, 33, 53, 140, 
 
 168, 172, 223, 229, 232, 
 
 247, 257, 258, 315, 331, 
 
 33^' 345. 35°. 399. 400, 
 
 402, 404 
 Elizabeth Augusta, 120 
 Elizabeth Clark, 134 
 Elizabeth Glean, 255 
 Elizabeth Lovering, 121 
 Elizabeth Pritchard, 197 
 Elizabeth R., 210 
 Elizabeth Winslow, 145 
 Ella E., 290 
 Ella Mary, 122 
 Ellen, 210, 213 
 Ellen (Eleanor) Bradley, 146 
 Ellen Louise, 237 
 Ellen R., 174 
 Ellinor May, 230 
 Elmer, 292 
 Eloisa Paine, 127 
 Emily, 107, 169, 223 
 Emily J., 124 
 Emily Louise, 249 
 Emily Ruth, 250 
 
 Emily S., 210 
 Emma Clare, 292 
 Emma Eliza, 74 ' 
 
 Emma F., 329 
 Emma L., 334 
 Emma Mary, 209 
 Emma Pearl, 288 
 Emma S., 290 
 Ephraim, 91, 406, 407 
 Ephraim Dyer, 123 
 Essie, 325 
 Esther, 396, 399 
 Ethel Florence, 199 
 Eugene, 86, 87 
 Eva B., 227 
 Eva May, 202 
 Eve, 63-65 
 Everett Foster, 336 
 Fannie, 334 
 Fannie Roberts, 133 
 Fanny, 332 
 Finis, 63-65 
 Florence, 132, 165 
 Florence E., 167, 195 
 Floretta, 291 
 
 Franc Noble Monnell, 294 
 Frances, 140 
 Frances Louisa, 108 
 Frances Margaretta, 251 
 Frances Marion, 245 
 Francis, 123 
 
 Francis Alonzo, 137, 149-151 
 Francis E., 213 
 Francis R., 328, 329 
 Frank, 291 
 Frank Arthur, 202 
 Frank H., 225, 226, 289 
 Frank Henderson, 246 
 Frank M., 194 
 Frank Reed, 150 
 Franklin, 245 
 Franklin Armstrong, 244 
 Frazier Forman, 143 
 Fred Henry, 194 
 Frederick C, 343, 344 
 Frederick Dennison, 253 
 Frederick H., 280 
 Frederick S., 207, 208 
 Frederick Watson, 146, 147 
 Freeman S., 91 
 Gabriella Brooke Forman, 142 
 Galen H., 225, 226 
 Garret Eber, 293, 294 
 Genevra Mary, 300 
 George, 89-92, 96, 168, 171, 
 172, 211, 212, 229, 399, 
 ;;: 400, 405 
 
434 
 
 Index 
 
 Peters (Continued) 
 
 George Absalom, 251, 253, 
 254, 255 
 
 George Chase, 237, 238 
 
 George Covell, 244, 246 
 
 George Edward, 209 
 
 George Edwin, 72, 74 
 
 George G., 227, 228 
 
 George Gorham, 145 
 
 George H., 176, 177, 353 
 
 George Has well, 137, 145 
 
 George James, 220 
 
 George Lemuel, 119 
 
 George Lewis, 91, 92 
 
 George Llewellyn, 301, 302 
 
 George M., 195 
 
 George Muggah, 215, 219 
 
 George Otis, 172 
 
 George Pierce, 241, 250 
 
 George Quincy, 149 
 
 George Robert, 192 
 
 George Stevens, 130, 134 
 
 George W., 343 
 
 Gertrude, 293 
 
 Gertrude Cheneverd, 148 
 
 Gertrude L., 97 
 
 Gilbert, 394, 395 
 
 Governor John Samuel, 259, 
 389, 390, 392, 393 
 
 Grace, 247 
 
 Hamilton Lovett, 245 
 
 Hannah, 50-52, 53, 57, 61, 
 62, 76, 77, 82, 89, 99, 
 103, 108, III, 179, 180, 
 190, 257-259, 282, 316, 
 
 33^, 333, 33^< 35i. 398, 
 
 401 
 Hannah Breck, 86 
 Hannah Delvena, 257 
 Hannah Elizabeth, 52 
 Hannah Frothingham, 115, 
 
 116, 120 
 Hannah Jemima, 342 
 Hannah Kimball, 107 
 Hannah Maria, 92 
 Hannah More, 88 
 Hannah Phipps, 84 
 Hannah Usher, 341 
 Harold, 149 
 Harriet, 104, 127 
 Harriet Adaline, 251 
 Harriet Angelique, 263 
 Harriet Augusta, 262 
 Harriet Louisa, 71 
 Harriet Smith, 70 
 Harriet Upton, 130 
 Harry Kneeland, 294, 295 
 
 Hattie Louise, 296 
 Helen, 142, 206, 295 
 Helen Augusta, 69 
 Helen Frances, 131, 245 
 Helen Margaret, 193 
 Helen Maria, 73 
 Helen R., 290 
 Henrietta Erminie Albertina, 
 
 261 
 Henry, 207, 213, 223, 400 
 Henry Adams, no 
 Henry Burbank, 238, 239 
 Henry Cogell, 247 
 Henry Edmond, 217, 218 
 Henry Franklin, 117, 120 
 Henry Harrison, 339, 340 
 Henry Hunter, 137, 144-147 
 Henry Hunter, Jr., 146 
 Henry Moore, 186, 221, 222, 
 
 230, 232 
 Henry Nelson, 193, 194 
 Henry Pierce, 211, 212 
 Herbert, 210 
 Herbert E., 225 
 Hetty, 401 
 Hiram, 104 
 Horace Hatch, 251 
 Horace L., 340 
 Horatio, 327 
 Horatio Nelson, 217 
 Hubert, 140 
 Hugh, 86, 87, 163, 170, 171, 
 
 188, 256, 300, 302. 365, 
 
 367 
 Hugh Albert, 262 
 Hugh Cowardine, 301, 302 
 Hugh D., 279-281 
 Hugh Eber, 294, 296 
 Hugh Florien, 165, 166 
 Huldah, 291 
 
 Ida, 126 / 
 
 Ida Augusta, 121 
 Ida Belle, 185 
 Ida L., 278, 279 
 Ida S., 290 
 
 Ignatius Kemble, 106 
 Ira, 269, 274, 275 
 Irene, 91 
 Irene Abigail, 95 
 Irene Freeman, 93 
 Isaac Alexander, 72, 74 
 Isaac Cruse, 134 
 Isabel, 140, 142 
 Isabel Sutherland, 209 
 Israel, 407 
 Ithiel Town, 165 
 Jacob, 76, 330-332, 335-337 
 
Index 
 
 435 
 
 Peters (Conlinued) 
 
 James, 112, 115, ;o6, 210- 
 212, 309, 314-322, 324, 
 326, 328, 329, 340, 397, 
 398, 400, 404, 407 
 
 James A., 211 
 
 James C, 352 
 
 James Hugh, 251. 255, 256 
 
 James Hull, 293, 296 
 
 James Lee, 150 
 
 James Milton, 285, 2 88, 289 
 
 James Robert, 216 
 
 James Samuel Rogers, 189 
 
 James Scott, 288 
 
 James W., 327, 32S 
 
 James Whitelaw, 241 
 
 Jane, 138, 139, 229, 401 
 
 Jane S., 172 
 
 Janette, 327 
 
 Jared H., 193 
 
 Jeannettc, 183, 1S4 
 
 Jennie E., 219 
 
 Jephthah, 322 
 
 Jeremy, no, in 
 
 Jervis T., 279 
 
 Jesse, 322, 326, 327 
 
 Jessie Louise, 296 
 
 Jessie Townsend, 176 
 
 Jethro, 63-65, 89, 90, 98 
 
 Joan St. Michael Forman, 
 
 143 
 
 Joanna Sutherland, 129 
 
 Joel N., 223, 226-228 
 
 Joel S., 227, 228 
 
 John, I, 2, 16, 23, 24, 26, 29, 
 31-34, 37. 38. 41. 48, 49. 
 6i, 75, 83, 102, 103, 106, 
 107, no, 112-116, 123, 
 127, i29,|i37, 153, 186, 
 188-191, 206, 209-212, 
 214, 257, 268, 269, 304, 
 307. 311. 3^2^ 322. 326, 
 33^' 333-33(>- 340-344, 
 349-351, 353-356, 369. 
 388-394, 397. 399-402, 
 406, 407 
 
 Colonel John, 154. 156-160, 
 161, 178, 186-189, 204, 
 221, 233, 239, 241, 243, 
 267, 268. 276, 311, 366- 
 386, 405 
 
 John, Jr., 113, 127-129 138 
 
 John A., 352 
 
 John Alva, 296 
 
 John Andrew, 130, 132, 133, 
 
 165 
 John Andrew, Jr., 135 
 
 John Clinton, 249 
 
 Dr. John, 406 
 
 John Eddy, 84, 85 
 
 John F., 227, 228 
 
 John Foster, 335, 336 
 
 John G., 93, 95 
 
 John Gerard, 294, 296 
 
 John Grant, 215-217 
 
 John Hamilton, 116 
 
 John Hathaway, 132 
 
 John Henry, 293-296 
 
 John Howe, 91, 96, 97 
 
 John Hugh, 108, 162, 163 
 
 John Lovett, 84 
 
 John Melville, 97 
 
 John Miller, 300, 303 
 
 John Moore, 232, 233 
 
 John Parris, 120 
 
 John Peter, 356 
 
 John Punnett, 140-143 
 
 John Punnett Forman, 142 
 
 JohnQ., 328 
 
 John Robert, 204, 213 
 
 John Rogers, 241, 244-248 
 
 John Rogers, Jr., 244, 247 
 
 John Samuel, 178, 180-182, 
 
 183-185, 393 
 John Thompson, 162-164, 
 
 173-176, 282, 283, 298, 
 
 299. 390 
 John Thompson, Jr., 174, 
 
 176, 177 
 John W., 278-2S0 
 Johnson Hill, 285, 288 
 Jonathan, 155, 156, 162, 163, 
 168-173, 304, 305. 368, 
 399,400, 406 
 Joseph, 42, 52, 63, 65, 66-69, 
 82, 89, 100, 103, 109, 
 no, 154, 156, 187, 231, 
 232, 239, 240. 267, 270, 
 282, 291, 299, 300, 304— 
 310, 330, 338-340, 389 
 Joseph Augustus, 300-302 
 Joseph Chrysostom, 105 
 Joseph Colby, 332, 337 
 Joseph E., 227 
 Joseph Edward, 202, 203 
 Joseph Eli, 275 
 Joseph Frank, 118 
 Joseph Franklin, 273 
 Joseph Henry, no 
 Joseph Howard, 190, 200, 
 
 201 
 Joseph Huey, 288 
 Joseph L., 284, 286, 287 
 Joseph Le Monnier, 265 
 
436 
 
 Index 
 
 Peters (Continued) 
 
 Joseph Parris, ii6, 119 
 Joseph Phelps, 158, 267- 
 
 269 
 Joseph Priestly, 169, 172 
 Joseph Samuel, 217, 218 
 Joseph Thompson, 66, 70-72, 
 
 74 
 Joseph Westcott, 120 
 Josephine, 292 
 Josiah, 406 
 Josie, 335 
 Josie Clark, 175 
 Judith Brown, 323 
 Julia, 90, 140, 297 
 Julia Ann, 124 
 Julia Augusta, 96 
 Kate F., 207 
 Kathleen Murphy, 248 
 Kiah Bailey, 104 
 Laura, 169, 170, 196, 234 
 Laura E., 343 
 Lauren W., 328, 329 
 Lemuel, 113, 11 6-1 2 2 
 Lemuel Edward Dyer, 116, 
 
 118, 119 
 Lemuel Ward, 119 
 Leota, 325 
 Lewis, 280 
 
 Lewis Augustus, 84, 85 
 Lewis I., 225, 226 
 Libbie, 328 
 Liddiah, 403 
 Lillian Mary, 85 
 Lillian May, 199 
 Linda, 327 
 Lizette P., 290 
 Loda, 292 
 Lois, 331 
 Louisa, 106 
 Louise, 230 
 Louise Edgar, 256 
 Lou May, 199 
 Lovett, 81, 83, 85, 87, 88 
 Lowell, 289 
 Lowell Mason, 69 
 Lucien Haynes, 150, 151 
 Lucretia, 137, 139, 269 
 Lucretia Matilda, 275 
 Lucretia McClure Forman, 
 
 143 
 Lucy Gleason, 97 
 Lucy Juliette, 323 
 Lucy Malinda, 293 
 Lucy Woods, 96 
 Luther, 91-95, 341 
 Luther Holnian, 93, 94 
 
 Lydia, 52, 55, 157, 222, 241, 
 
 267, 270, 276, 305, 407 
 Lydia Ann, 200 
 Lydia Bliss, 192 
 Lydia Brigham, 91 
 Lydia E., 352 
 Lydia M., 271 
 Lydia P., 312 
 Lydia Phelps, 279 
 Major, 405 
 Malcolm, 255 
 Manley, 283, 297, 29S 
 Manley B., 285, 289 
 Margaret, 31, 78, 129, 154, 
 
 156, 158, 305 
 Margaret A., 227 
 Margaret Charlotte, 205 
 Margaret Elizabeth, 250 
 Margaret Flora, 193 
 Margaret J., 195 
 Margaret McGregore Rogers, 
 
 189 
 
 Margaret Russ, 34, 37-41 
 
 Maria Langdon, 115 
 
 Maria Louise, 131 
 
 Mariah Dickman, 175 
 
 Marie Amire, 265 
 
 Marie F^licie, 265 
 
 Marie Louise, 284 
 
 Marie Rogers, 246 
 
 Marietta M., 277 
 
 Marinda, 169 
 
 Marion, 140 
 
 Marion Frances, 74 
 
 Mark, 403 
 
 Marmion, 278-280 
 
 Martha, 224, 297 
 
 Martha Ann. 125, 271 
 
 Martha Custis, 405 
 
 Martha Nellie, 198, 200 
 
 Mary (Mercy), 1,3, 19, 31 
 
 Mary, i, 3, 17, 20, 29, 34, 
 35. 51. 53. 63-65, 66, 
 79, 80, 128, 154, 156, 
 
 157, 183, 204-206, 238, 
 242, 304, 305, 309, 315, 
 316, 318, 319, 324, 330, 
 
 345. 349. 350. 353. 392, 
 
 395-402 
 Mary A., 328 
 Mary Alice, 134, 272 
 Mary Ann, 196, 201, 216, 231, 
 
 239, 285, 342 
 Mary Ann Bamet, 188 
 Mary Ann Waite, 233 
 Mary Anne, 137, 148 
 Mary Armstrong, 294 
 
Index 
 
 437 
 
 Peters (Continued) 
 
 Mary Augusta, 95 
 Mary C, 332 
 Mary Cone, 169 
 Mary Crawford, 218 
 Mary E., 289 
 Mary Edith, 74 
 Mary Elizabeth, 70, 72, 128, 
 130, 209, 210, 236, 251, 
 261, 262 
 Mary Ellen, 201 
 Mary Emeline, 323 
 Mary Emma, 203 
 Mai-y Esther, 324 
 Mary Frances, 117 
 Mary Griswold, 297 
 Mary H., 352 
 Mary Harriet, 105 
 Mary J., 195 
 Mary Jane, 197, 271 
 Mary Lizzie, 73 
 Mary Lorrain, 244 
 Mary Louise, 235 
 Mary Lovett, 86 
 Mary Martha, 178, 389, 390 
 Mary Matilda, 232, 255 
 Mary N., 400 
 Mary O., 401 
 Mary Osborne, 402 
 Mary Otis, 163 
 Mary Plympton, 83, 87 
 Mary Rachel, 292 
 Mary Rogers, 246 
 Mary Sophie, 175 
 Mary Tennessee, no 
 Mary Teresa Hicks, 235 
 Mary Warrin, 248 
 Matilda Mary, 217 
 Mattie, 288 
 Maude Julia, 97 
 Maurice, 148, 407 
 
 May Frances, 125 
 
 McClure, 146, 147 
 
 Mehitabcl, 103, 109 
 
 Mclinda, 283 
 
 Mercein, 142 
 
 Mercy (Marcy). i, 3, 7, 15. 
 20, 28, 30. 31. 35. 
 36, 154, 156, 158, 160, 
 161 
 
 Mildred, 144 
 
 Milo Robert, 193, 195, 196 
 
 Minnie B., 290 
 
 Minnie J., 195 
 
 Minnie K., 69 
 
 Minnie S., 201 
 
 Mira Matilda, 124 
 
 Molly, 112 
 
 Moses, 65-67 
 
 Moses Pillsbury, 123, 126 
 
 Moses Sawyer, 331, 336 
 
 Myra, 242 
 
 Myrthe Elizabeth, 263 
 
 Myrthe Marie, 265 
 
 Nancy, 104, 239, 397, 400 
 
 Nancy B., 221 
 
 Nancy E., 341 
 
 Nancy Nelson, 193 
 
 Naomah. 55 
 
 Naomi, 53 
 
 Nathan, 63-65, 98-101, 338, 
 
 339 
 Nathaniel, 43. io4. io7 
 Nellie, 289 
 Nellie Chester, 175 
 Nellie M., 280 
 Nellie May, 195 
 Nettie Bell, 95 
 Nora Ellen, 123 ^ 
 "Norman. 282, 284-292 
 N Norman L, 286, 290, 291 
 Obadiah, 316, 333-33S. 346- 
 
 348 
 Olive, 78 
 Oliver, 78, 80 
 Ollie, 230 
 Onslow, 83, 85-87 
 Onslow Blake, 93, 94 
 Orelia Jane, 232 
 Orilla, 229, 231 
 Orlando, 229 
 Orrriond, 221-224, 226, 228 
 
 229 
 Otis. 170 
 Otis Sewall, 126 
 Otis Thompson, 169 
 Patience, 231 
 Patty, 54 
 Pauline, 148 
 Pauline Marie, 247 
 Peace, 90, 98 
 Pearl Lawrence, 118 
 Pearl Spofford, 116 -118, 
 
 392 
 Persis Abigail, 323 
 Peter, 90, 399 
 Peter Edward, 205, 215-217, 
 
 219, 220 
 Phebe, 41, 42. 49. 102, 112, 
 
 154, 156, 157, 241, 308 
 Phebe Ann, 124, 132 
 Phebe Billings, 123 
 Polly, 98 
 Prudence BuUen, 67 
 
438 
 
 Index 
 
 Peters (Continued) 
 Putnam, 107 
 Rachel, 81, 89, 305 
 R. Chastina, 193 
 Rebecca, 80 
 Rebecca Frances, 109 
 Rebecca Wyles, 174 
 Reuben, 322-325 
 Rev. Richard, 404 
 Rhoda, 339 
 Richard, 394-396, 402-404, 
 
 407 
 Richard Alexander, 220 
 Richard Burke, 216, 220 
 Richard Dudley, 148 
 Richard Dudley, Jr., 149 
 Robert, 206-208 
 Robert A., 207 
 Robert Crary, 99-101 
 Robert Howard, 301, 302 
 Rodney Ira, 272, 274 
 Roxana Myra, 275 
 Royal, 66, 68 
 Rufus Bailey, 123, 124 
 Rufus S., 272, 274 
 
 Ruth, 303, 304, 317, 342, 343. 
 
 349, 402, 403 
 Ruth McClure, 150 
 Sabin Pond, 123 
 Salem To wne, 116 1 
 Sally, 98, 113, 129, 130. 340, 
 
 391 
 Sally Carney, 104 
 Sally Clarkson, 140 
 Sally Hannah, 262 
 Samuel, i, 2, 17, 19, 23, 25, 
 
 29-31. 37. 41-49. 51-56, 
 61, 63, 78, 102, III, 112, 
 155, 156, 158, 159, 161, 
 186, 190, 192, 193, 195, 
 204-215, 268, 307-309. 
 396-400, 402, 406 
 
 Rev. Samuel, 69, 155, 156, 
 160, 178, 179, 191, 257— 
 260, 261, 368, 392 
 
 Samuel Andrew, 162, 168, 
 173-176, 258, 390 
 
 Samuel Andrew, Jr., 173 
 
 Samuel E., 223-226 
 
 Samuel Eber, 277, 278 
 
 Samuel G., 207, 208 
 
 Samuel I., 227, 228 
 
 Samuel Jarvis, 262-266 
 
 Samuel Joseph, 215, 217- 
 219 
 
 Samuel R., 211, 212 
 
 Samuel W., 225 
 
 Sarah, 77, 80, loi, 102, 107, 
 no, 130, 309, 317, 331, 
 
 333, 345. 389. 397. 403, 
 
 407 
 Sarah Adelaide, 74 
 Sarah Ann, 275 
 Sarah BuUen, 68 
 Sarah Byles, 234 
 Sarah Cushman (Kate), 174 
 Sarah E., 185, 334, 352 
 Sarah Elizabeth, 68, 131 
 Sarah Ellen, 214 
 Sarah Flavilla, 121 
 Sarah Jane, no, 124, 324 
 Sarah Maria, 196 
 Sarah P., 311 
 Sarah Phipps, 87 
 Sarah Popelia, 158, 159 
 Sarah W., 332 
 Seaborn, 314, 315 
 Seaverns, 314 
 Seberance, 314, 315 
 Seberence (Sibbons?), 29 
 
 33 
 Sebom, 315, 316 
 Seborne, 314, 315, 346 
 Sewall Everett, 126 
 Seward, 289 
 Sibbons, 314, 330 
 Sibyl, 81 
 Silvia, 81 
 Siineon, 53, 401 
 Simeon Andrew, 311, 313 
 Simeon Blanchard, 118 
 Simeon Parker, 117 
 Simon. 350-352, 404 
 Solon, 295 
 Sophia, 236 
 Sophie Louise, 202 
 Sophronia Jane, 272 
 Stephen William, 271-273 
 Susan, 326, 341, 399 
 Susan Ann, 400 
 Susan Augusta, 197 
 Susan Clara, 125 
 Susan Elizabeth, 107, 108 
 Susan Hamilton, 128 
 Susan Paulina, 287 
 Susan Tucker, 237 
 Susan Tyler, 86 
 Susanna, 109, 157 
 Svisanna H., 352 
 Susannah, 307, 399 
 Tabitha G., 338 
 Taphenes, 63-65 
 Thankful, 322 
 Theodore B., 227, 228 
 
Index 
 
 439 
 
 Peters (Continued) 
 
 Theodore C, 286, 291 
 Theodore Curtis, 299-303 
 Theodore Lewis, 255, 256 
 Thomas, 129, 404, 405 
 Thomas Andrew, 213 
 Thomas Hugh, 123 
 Thomas McClure, 137, 139, 
 
 140, 142, 144, 146 
 Thomas McClure, Jr., 140, 
 
 144 
 Thomas McClure Forman, 
 
 142 
 Timothy, 54, 55 
 Valentine, 404 
 Viola, 327 
 Wallace A., 225 
 Walter, 292 
 Walter H., 335 
 Walter Hicks, 235 
 Warren Sibley, 93, 94 
 Warrin Hugh, 248 
 Whitman Spurgeon, 214 
 Willard, 106 
 William, i, 19, 23, 24, 29, 34, 
 
 37-41,49. 6i, 63-65, 75- 
 
 81, 83, 89, 90, 104, 105, 
 
 109, 112, 152-154, 156, 
 
 158, 159, 184, 186, 190, 
 
 192, 197-199, 206, 211, 
 
 212, 231, 234-236, 242, 
 
 254, 255, 263, 276-278, 
 
 282, 304-306, 311, 312, 
 
 314. 316-318, 329-334, 
 
 339, 344-346, 367, 394, 
 395, 398, 403, 404 
 
 William A., 272, 274 
 
 William Absalom, 273 
 
 William Bamet, 236 
 
 William Barnet Tryon, 186, 
 
 233-237 
 William Birdseye, 258, 261- 
 
 263 
 William Bonaventure , 105, 
 
 106 
 William Bourne, 131, 135, 
 
 136 
 William Chute, 135, 136 
 William Cowper, 137, 147, 
 
 148 
 William Curtis, 84, 85 
 William D., 342 
 William E, 284. 286 
 William Earle, 324, 325 
 William Edward, 216, 219 
 William Ernest, 195, 196 
 William Francis, 197, 198 
 
 William George, 217, 218 
 William Grant, 209 
 William H., 335, 340 
 William Henry, 88, 232, 233, 
 
 388,405 
 William Hugh, 175, 269-272, 
 
 274, 277 
 William J., 106 
 William Le Monnier, 265 
 William Morgan, 148 
 (William) Morris Austin, 150, 
 
 151 
 William N., 227 
 William Richmond, 139, 142 
 William Richmond, Jr., 142 
 WiUiam S., 98 
 William Sherman, 185 
 William Theodore, 249 
 William Thompson, 163-167 
 William Thompson, Jr., 165, 
 
 166 
 William W., 223, 226 
 William Ward, 117, 122 
 William Wentworth, 222, 
 
 232, 233 
 William York, 138, 139 
 William York, Jr., 139 
 Willis E., 343 
 Wry (William), i 
 Zia, 267 
 Zora, 325 
 
 Fetter, Ebenr., 406 
 
 Petties, James, 406 
 
 Petts (Pettis. Pittis), John. 406 
 
 Petty, Addison Louis, 247 
 Asbury Lewis, 247 
 
 Phelps, , 261 
 
 Betsey, 96 
 Elizabeth, 159 
 Ichabod, 276 
 John, 188, 367 
 Jonathan, 159, i6r 
 Joseph, 157, 160, 161 
 Julia Ann, 96 
 
 Lydia, 157, 158, 160, 161, 186, 
 267, 276-278, 311, 372, 
 
 374 
 
 Rhoda, 277, 278 
 
 Samuel, 96 
 Phillips, Ebenezer, 336, 337 
 
 Lois M., 336 
 
 Sarah W. E., 337 
 Phipps, Hannah, 83 
 Pierce. Hiram. 344 
 Pil<e, Rev. John, 37 
 Pinal (Pinet ?) . Captain Philip. 399 
 Pitman. Nathaniel, 400 
 
440 
 
 Index 
 
 Pitt, William, 259 
 Plimpton, Olive, 77 
 Plympton, John, 77 
 
 Mary, 83, 85, 87, 88 
 
 Silvanus, 83 
 Polk, General, 265 
 Pollard, Andrew, 84 
 
 Lucy, 84 
 Poloquonnonquet, Peter, 243 
 Pond, Eli, 113 
 
 Sabin, 113 
 Poor, Catherine, 399 
 
 Daniel, 19 
 
 Peter, 54, 104 
 Porter, Elijah, 61 
 
 Mary, 242 
 
 Mary S., 137 
 
 Pelatiah, 242 
 Potter, Eunice, 17 
 
 Lewis, 184 
 
 Mary, 80 
 Prentiss, Rev. Thomas, 64 
 Presson, John, 19 
 Preston, Colonel Albert William, 
 256 
 
 Alberta Louise, 256 
 Price, Abigail, 80 
 
 Edward, 80 
 
 Pritchard, , 311 
 
 Punderson, Ebenezer, 155 
 Purington, John F., 237 
 Purkitt, Mary, 233, 235-237 
 Putnam, General Israel, 106 
 
 Jonathan, 22 
 Putten, William, 243 
 
 Q 
 
 Quiller, Joseph, 5 
 Quincy, George, 149 
 Priscilla Rice, 149 
 
 R 
 
 Randal, Amanda, 280 
 Ralphe, John, 243 
 Rawson, , 312 
 
 Chloe, 68 
 
 Edw., 5, 7 
 Raymond, Ann, 219 
 Read, Colonel Joseph, 82 
 
 Captain Thaddeus, 67 
 Reed, Elvira, 150 
 Reeve, Edmund, 271 
 
 Thomas, 271 
 
 Reeves, James Eyre, 88 
 
 Mark, 88 
 Remington, Henry W., 69 
 
 Jefferson, 69 
 Reynolds, Eliza, 198 
 Rhodes, Absalom, 273 
 
 Mary J., 273 
 Rice, Frances, 149 
 
 Susan, 80 
 Rich, Charlotte, 132 
 Richards, Catherine, 149 
 Richardson, Abigail, 53 
 
 Charlotte, 214 
 
 Ellen F., 195, 196 
 
 Jonathan, 53 
 
 Orlena, 272 
 
 Samuel, 272 
 
 Solomon, 53 
 Richmond, Alice Clarissa, 139, 
 142, 144, 146 
 
 Rev. William, 140 
 Rikert, Julia A., 185 
 Rite, Amos, 398 
 Rix, James, 316 
 
 Nathaniel, 316 
 Robbins, Benjamin F., 196 
 Roberts, Alice, 167, 168 
 
 Hon. Amos M., 132 
 
 Fanny Elizabeth, 132 
 
 Jonathan, 400 
 Robertson, Sarah, 224 
 Robinson, Anne, 245 
 
 Dane, 51 
 
 Joseph, 19 
 
 Mary, 51, 53 
 
 Phebe, 19 
 Rogers, , 188 
 
 Colonel James, 188 
 
 Lucretia, 68 
 
 Mary, 241, 244, 250, 254 
 
 Nathaniel, 241 
 
 William, 283 
 Rollins, Daniel, 86 
 
 Captain George, 127 
 
 John F., 86 
 
 John T., 127 
 
 Mary, 86 
 Root, Charles, 270 
 
 Elmer, 279 
 
 Frederick, 279 
 Ross, Alexander C, 216 
 
 John H., 137 
 
 Mary S. (Porter), 137 
 
 Sarah, 8 
 Rowe, Dolly, 192 
 Rowlee, Captain Abijah, 161 
 Rudd, Captain, 161 
 
Index 
 
 441 
 
 Ruggles, Eliza E., 88 
 Rush, Dr. Benjamin, 181 
 Russ, John, 37 
 
 (Russe), Margaret, 34, 37, 38, 
 
 153 
 Russel, James, 19 
 Mary, 19, 87 
 Moses B., 107 
 Mr., 32 
 Robert, 19 
 
 Sady, John, 32 
 
 Samuel, 32 
 Salter, Dr. Malachi, 70 
 
 Sarah Morris, 70, 71 
 Saltonstall, Major, ;^;^ 
 Sanborn, Joseph, 342 
 Sanderford, Charles, 399 
 Sanders, John, loi 
 
 John Nelson, 10 1 
 Sanderson, Rebecca, 72 
 Sargent, Catharine, 130 
 Sawyer, Mary, 335 
 
 Priscilla, 115 
 Scaif, Jane, 172 
 Seagar, Paul H., 193 
 Severance, Ebenezer, 329 
 
 Lucy M., 328, 329 
 Sewal, Stephen, 22 
 Sewall, Rev. Charles C, 79, 392 
 
 Judge, 28 
 
 Samuel, 79 
 Seymour, Martha, 257 
 Sharpe, Amey Dexter, 139 
 
 Lucien, 139 
 Shatswell, Richard, 5, 6, 14 
 Sheldon, Elizabeth, 292 
 
 Sarah M., 289 
 Sheppard, Elizabeth, 222, 223, 
 
 226, 228, 229 
 Sherman, Hugh, 183 
 
 William, 183 
 Shillaber, Hannah, 399 
 Shipman, Annis, 177, 180, 182 
 
 Ansel, 99 
 
 Dr. Samuel, 177 
 Shippen, Dr., 18 r 
 Shute, Aaron, 314 
 Sibbons, Elizabeth, 33 
 Sibley, Hannah, 92 
 
 Lydia E., 92 
 
 Lyman, 92 
 Silver, Cicely, 105 
 Simmons, Charles, 126 
 
 Skerry, Elizabeth, 399 
 Skinner, Ann, 128 
 Slack, Abner, 203 
 
 Mary Ann, 203 
 Slocomb, James, 55 
 
 Nathan, 55 
 Smith, Abbie, 284, 2S6, 287 
 
 Edwin, 174 
 
 Eleazer, 190 
 
 Elizabeth, 398 
 
 Rev. Frank W., 193 
 
 Governor, 164 
 
 Harriet E., 325 
 
 Colonel John, 67 
 
 Josiah, 325 
 
 Mary Alma, 325 
 
 Reuben F., 174 
 
 Truman, 295 
 Snellgrove, Rosamond, 171 
 Snelling, Charlotte Gardiner, 119 
 
 Washington Gardiner, 119 
 Snowman, Alexander, 124 
 
 Sewall Perkins, 124 
 Southard, Helen Maria, 73 
 
 Helen Mary, 73, 74 
 
 Zibeon, 73 
 Southworth, Martin, 100 
 
 Rosalinda, 100, 10 1 
 Spencer, George, 223 
 
 Nathaniel, 221, 223 
 
 Theopolis, 206 
 Spofford, Amos, 112 
 
 Clara F., 340 
 
 Daniel, 112 
 Spooner, Bigford, 319 
 
 Comfort, 319, 320 
 
 Rhoda, 319 
 Stackpole, Walter, 125 
 Stagg, Elizabeth, 275 
 
 Joseph, 275 
 Standley, Ruth, 346 
 Stanley, Betsey, 341 
 Stark, General, 354, 355 
 Steams, Elizabeth, 54, 55 
 
 Lydia, 54 
 
 Sarah, 340 
 
 Timothy, 54 
 Stephens, Rev. John, 120 
 Stevens, Abiel, 107 
 
 Abiel, Jr., 107 
 
 Ann Maria, 92 
 
 Benjamin, 19 
 
 Elizabeth, 19 
 
 Ephraim, 19 
 
 Horace N., 108 
 
 James, 102 
 
 Jonathan, 407 
 
442 
 
 Index 
 
 Stevens (Continued) 
 
 Joseph, 27 
 
 "Maria, 92 
 
 Moses, 92 
 
 Nathaniel, 108 
 
 Sarah Peabody, 109 
 Stewart, Joseph, 243 
 Story, Daniel, 243 
 Stoutenborough, Catharine Ma- 
 tilda, 246 
 
 Emily, 249 
 
 William, 246 
 Strickland, Jennie, 2-80, 281 
 Strong, Deborah, 282, 305, 306 
 
 Eleazer, Jr., 305 
 Stuart, Elijah. 283 
 Stubblefield, William, 270 
 Sweet, Mary, 353 
 Styles, Eliza, 206 
 Sullivan, General, 161 
 Sutherland, George R., 215 
 Sutton, David, 157 
 
 Phebe, 157 
 
 Seth, 157 
 Symonds, Rebecca, 241 
 
 Samuel, 7 
 
 Taft, Sarah, 31 1-3 13 
 Tappan, Mary J. P., 198 
 Tarleton, Andrew J., 201 
 Taylor, General, 264 
 
 James Truman, 245 
 
 Jonathan, 318 
 
 Nicholas Brink, 245 
 
 Rhoda, 318, 319, 321 
 
 Sara Eliza, 247 
 Tebbets, Rev. Arthur, 119 
 
 Benjamin P., 119 
 Tenney, James G., 342 
 
 Joshua, 338 
 
 Moses, 342 
 Thacher, Theodosia, 68 
 Thaxter, Anna, 146 
 
 Edward, 145 
 
 Susan Barker, 145, 146 
 
 Susan Joy, 145 
 Thayer, Jechonias, 138 
 
 T. J., 326 
 Thomas, Captain William, 262 
 Thompson, Abigail, 65, 66, 69, 
 162, 163, 168, 173, 388 
 
 John, 162 
 
 Jonathan, 65 
 
 Stephen, 108 
 
 Susanna, 108 
 
 Thorndike, Sarah, 113 
 Thurber, Rebecca, 244 
 Tibbetts, Sarah, 132 
 Titus, Mary A., 343, 344 
 Toplin, Hannah, ^^;^ 
 
 Richard, 333 
 Town, Etha L., 165-167 
 
 Ithiel, 165 
 Townsend, Rev. Jonathan, 64 
 
 Mary E., 176, 177 
 
 Thomas A., 176 
 Trask, Abigail, 71, 72, 74 
 
 Elizabeth, 399 
 
 Minnie Augusta, 84, 85 
 
 Joseph, 71 
 
 Sarah, 55 
 Treat, Selah, 163 
 
 Selah Burr, 163 
 
 Rev. Selah Burr, 388 
 Trowbridge, Hannah, 42 
 Trueworthy, James B., 193 
 Trumbull, Asaph, 161 
 
 Hannah, 161 
 
 Colonel John, 159 
 
 Mary, 276 
 Try on. Governor, 187 
 Tucker, Abigail Vose, 133 
 
 Celanda, 344 
 
 Charity, 399 
 
 Peter, 55 
 Tuller, Abel, 277, 278 
 
 Abigail, 278, 279 
 
 Susan, 277 
 Tuttle, Simon, 5, 6, 9, 14 
 Tyler, Brigadier-General, 309 
 
 General, 99, 161 
 
 Hannah, 85 
 
 Hannah Parkman, 85, 8^ 
 
 John Eugene, 85 
 
 Colonel Nathan, 67 
 Tyng, Jonathan, 37 
 
 U 
 
 Underwood, Frances, 400 
 Upton, Abraham, 113 
 
 Elias, 113 
 
 Samuel, 114 
 Usher, Hannah, 340, 341 
 
 Robert, 340 
 
 V 
 
 Valentine, Frederick, 183 
 
 Lucretia, 183, 184 
 Van Dusen, Frances, 150 
 Van Horn, Clarissa, 129 
 
Index 
 
 443 
 
 Vankirk, Joseph, 105 
 Van Wagner, Maria, 75 
 Viles, Frances Ann, 74 
 
 James, 74 
 
 Mary Ella, 74 
 Vose, George, 133 
 
 Prescott H., 133 
 
 W 
 
 Wainwright, Francis, 9 
 Walker, Maria, no 
 
 Russell G., 285 
 
 Theresa, 288 
 
 William, 315 
 Ward, Alber' S., 251 
 
 General, 90 
 
 William, 251 
 Warden, Andrew, 192 
 Ware, Esther, 81 
 Warrin, John, 248 
 
 Mary Watkinson, 248 
 Washburn, Clarissa Culver, 200, 
 
 201 
 Watson, Daniel, 187 
 
 Isabella, 187 
 
 William, 187 
 Webster, Peter, 124 
 Weeks, Joseph, 232 
 Welles, Annis, 389, 392 
 
 Edmund, 309 
 
 Prudence, 177 
 
 Sarah, 309 
 
 Thomas, 177 
 
 Thomas, Jr., 177, 261 
 Wells, Almira, 171, 172 
 
 Colonel, 99 
 
 Roswell, 171 
 Wentworth, Governor, 187 
 West, C. T., 326 
 
 Hopkins, 307 
 
 Moses, 307 
 
 Sarah, 399 
 Westcott, Archibald, 119 
 
 Joseph, 118, 119 
 
 Maria D., 118, 119 
 
 Nancy, 119 
 
 Sarah M., 119 
 Wheeler, Mary, 241 
 Wheelock, Abigail, 17 
 
 Colonel Ephraim, 78 
 
 Rev. Dr., 243 
 Whitcomb, Anna, 91 
 
 Lydia, 91 
 
 Moses, 91 
 White, Anna. 189 
 
 George F., 327 
 
 Sarah, 196 
 
 Thomas, 8 
 Whiting, Artemus, 92 
 
 Merrick, 92 
 
 Nabby, 92 
 
 Sarah, 135 
 Whitman, Ehzabeth Winslow, 145 
 
 Nathan Brooks, 71 
 
 Nathan Brooks, Jr., 71 
 Whitney, Eleanor C, 343, 344 
 
 Eli Martin, 149 
 
 Isaac, 343 
 
 James Frothingham, 303 
 
 Mary Eskildson, 303 
 
 Mary Richards, 149 
 Whittemore, Abigail, 34 
 
 Benjamin, 399 
 Whittingham, John, 15 
 Wilborne, Mary, 2-5 
 
 Michael, 2 
 Wilboum, Anne, i 
 
 Mary, 29 
 
 Michael, i, 2, 3 
 Wilkeson, John, 242 
 
 Samuel, 242 
 
 Wilkins, Rev. , 57 
 
 Willard, Amos, 328 
 
 Rebecca P., 328, 329 
 Williams, Anna, 163 
 
 Deborah, 87 
 
 Laura, 342 
 . Melancie Anna, 145 
 
 Oliver, 342 
 
 Phebe Jane, 301, 302 
 
 Samuel, 145 
 
 William, 278 
 Willson, Peter, 285 
 Wilson, Isaac, 109 
 
 James, 34, 37- 4o, 4i> iS5 
 
 John, 45, 46 
 
 John, Jr., 50 
 
 Joseph, 23, 45 
 
 Margaret, 34, 41 
 
 Sarah Chandler, 17 
 
 Thomas, 34, 41 
 Winegar, Garret, 293 
 
 Harriet, 293, 294, 296 
 Winship, Mary Ann Waite Peters, 
 233 
 
 Seth, 233 
 Winter, Alpheus, 176 
 
 Mahlon A., 176 
 Wistar, Dr., 181 
 Wiston, Henry B., 86 
 Wiswell, Amo, 130 
 
 Andrew Peters, 134 
 
 John, 130 
 
444 
 
 Index 
 
 Wood, Betsey, 1 16-122 
 
 Daniel, 132 
 
 Frank P., 132 
 
 John, 116 
 
 Johnson, 1 16, 120 
 
 Molly, 116 
 
 Robert Haskell, 116 
 
 Captain Samuel, 90 
 
 Sarah Peters, 120^ 
 Woodbridge, Benjamin, 25 
 Woodman, '—, 26 
 
 Mary, 131 
 Woods, Isaiah C, 248 
 
 Robert Joy, 248 
 Woodward, , 329 
 
 Anne, 128 
 
 Ezekiel, 6 
 Wright, Abigail, 33 
 
 Dorothy, 33 
 
 (Rite) Elizabeth, 19, 29, 33 
 
 Hannah, iii 
 
 John, 43 
 
 Joseph, S3> III 
 
 Sarah, ^^ 
 
 Walter, 15, 16, 19, 20, 24, 30, 
 
 32, 33, 36 
 Walter, Jr., 30 
 
 VVdlLCl, Jl., 30 
 
 Wyles, David, 173 
 
 Orrel, 173, 174 
 Wyman, Elizabeth, 40 
 
 Yeats, Robert Thomas, 294 
 
 Robert Thomas, Jr., 294 
 York, Eunice, 138 
 Young, , 396 
 
 Huldah, 308, 309 
 
 John, 400 
 
 Sarah J., 202 
 
 Susannah, 396 
 
 
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