p ' % ^ << Cald w , •-■■•"\ Part Ope. CALDWELL Jobo CaWwsIl AND IPSWICH, MASS, 1654. Genealogical Records of their Descendants, I UML... I I in T»J, IIII1J1 Eight Generations, 1654-1900 This section, Part I. contains the First Four Generations PSWICH, MASS. THE IEW Y PUBLIC L i>- • " _>.. ' . ... -,■;,-,,; y -.'JEM. ' .■ Augustine Caldwell. Jobo C&IclwsII AND HIS WIFE IPSWICH, MASS, 1654. Genealogical Records of their Descendants, Eight Generations, 1654-1900 By Augustine Caldwell, Ipswich T Fifth Generation. Descendants in Maine By Mrs. Sumner Kimball, Lovell, Maine Also, Gleanings., Memorials, Biographical Sketches, of Caldwells included in the Records, and Families allied by Marriages. * * > O u » Augustine Caldwell, Ipswich, Mass 1904 1 1 1 I 353608 A*TOR, LENOX * TILffEN FOUNBAT R i i • 4 < . . • • • < J9r£faforg. " To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die," was an utterance of one of the poets of the yesterdays. To revive and perpetuate memories of the departed, was to him, doubtless, the blending of the Unseen with the Seen, the Past with the Present. Family history, unfolding the records of successive generations, adds peculiar interest to the Now and the Here. The following pages trace the families of Ipswich Caldwells for two hundred and fifty years. "The 31th of August, 1654," is the first recorded date that brings us into communion with John Caldwell, Ipswich, Mass. On that day he bought his home in this ancient town. Yes, his home that still shelters his descendants, reaches its Two Hundred and Fiftieth anniversary, August 31, 1904. The worthy man surely has "lived in hearts" of those who have succeeded him. The name, Caldwell, is a pleasant treasure; for there is a tradition yet told in England and Scotland, that a little company, centuries ago, discovered a Well of remarkable coldness. They pitched their tents, and later took up a continuous abode near it. They were ever after called the Cold-wells, or, as it has since evolved, — the Caldwells. The Patronymica Brittanica gives, — " Caldwell, the cold-well." A writer on the origin of surnames, suggests that Caldwell is a synonym of wisdom and authority; as the Scotch word, Cold-wold, was the Hazel-wood, or the divining rod, which hung for a long time in Bavarian Court rooms as the symbol of authority and justice. The baton of officers and the schoolmasters rods were of hazel, in old times. The Caldwells appear in the reign of William the Conqueror, 1066-83; tne 7 were prominent in Ayrshire, Scotland, 1349; they migrated from England, Scotland. Ireland, in the early days of New England story. Our pages are to perpetuate memories of the Ipswich Family only, and to follow the branches as they find new homes in wide spread America. Ipswich, Mass., January 23, 1904. The Home of John and Sarah Dillingham Caldwell, High Street, Ipswich, Mass. August 31, 1654. From a photograph by George H. Jones, 1873- OUR ANCESTOR :— OF ENGLISH BIRTH? John Caldwell and Sarah Dillingham, his wife, — our earliest New England ancestors : and the most natural query is, — Who were their ancestors ? Where did they abide ? Family tradition says that John Caldwell was of Scotch descent ; that he came from the north "of England. Mr. Josiah Caldwell, of Ipswich, a man of strong intellect and worth, wrote to Prof. Merritt Caldwell, of Dickinson College, Pa., in 1831, concerning the origin of the family. He called upon the aged Mary, daughter of John and Abigail (Hovey) Caldwell, 10 ascertain what she knew of the early history : "June 16. 1831. Mary Caldwell remarked that her father and her grandfather used to say, that our ancestor was of Scotch descent, and came from the north of Eng- land. This agrees with my father's [Thomas Caldwell,] remarks to me and others." We were told by Col. Luther Caldwell, [obt. 1903,] that letters dated at Nottingham, Eng., were among ancient Caldwell manuscripts, when he was a lad ; that Dilling- ham 2, son of John 1, was sent when a youth to this town in northern England, to visit the old home relatives, and learn the art of weaving. We have not been able to find these documents of genealogic interest, but in the summer of 1885, with the memory of Col. Caldwell's testimony as inspiration, we visited the Nottingham referred to ; and also Leicester, from whence came the Dillinghams, the ancestors of Sarah, the mother of us all. We will insert the letter sent over the sea to our Ipswich home, written while we tarried in the English town from which our early and worthy sire may possibly, have migrated two centuries and a half ago : — Nottingham, England, ") August 20, 1885. / * * On Friday I left London and came on the Midland trains to Leicester and Nottingham, towns associated with the traditions of our ancestors, John and Sarah (Dilling- ham) Caldwell. The Dillinghams migrated from Leicester or its neighborhood. Old Leicester is a busy, pretty place, with a very attractive Market Cross. I stayed one night $ OK ENGLISH BIRTH? family Arms, and the statuettes of Thomas and Alice Caldwell, and three sons, Lawrence, William and Florence Caldwell. They are each in the high-ruff costume of the Elizabethan days ; they are kneeling before an altar with hands clasped devotioually. Like all Arms borne by the Caldwells, the shield has a symbol of water, [Cold-well,] for a star-fish is one of the emblems ; and there are eight Maltese crosses surmounted by ahead in a helmet. Here Lieth ye body of Thomas Caldwell, who Dyed Ao Dm, 1554, Leavinge these: 3 of his Sonnes who be goode benefactors to ye Parish. And also ye body of Alice, ye wife of Thomas Caldwell, who died Ao Dm, 1579, wch Thos. gave a cow to ye chvrch and made a beginninge for others to follow. It is inscribed of the sons of Thomas and Alice, — William Caldwell hath given 50I Towards ye mayntenance of ye Schoolmaster, hee doinge his Dvty, & 40I for Stock to 8 hovse holders, iol to ye chvrch clarke and bridge. Florens Caldwell Hath given 5I a yeare for ever to ye mayntenance of ye school master, and 40s a yeare to ye Poore. (1612.) Lawrence Caldwell Hath given 5I a yeare forever to ye school master's wages. We will be glad that early men of our name, were in- terested in the intellectual development of the Parish. I asked the Parish Clerk if the funds were still available ? He answered, " Yes, and the name, Caldwell, is kept in fresh remembrance." There is in the church a curious effigy of Sir Mosely, the Knight, who succeeded to Caldwell Hall. The church is dedicated to Mary, and has a most delightful peal of five bells. Frederick Caldwell has duplicates of the old Parish Records of the Rolleston Caldwells : Thomas Caldwell, died 1554. His wife, Alice Caldwell, died 1579. Their Children: William, of Rolleston. Lawrence, estate in London. Florens, estate in London. William Caldwell 2, son of Thomas 1, and Alice his wife. Eight children : Ann, baptized 6 February, 1569. Alice, 20 January, 157 1 . Thomas, " i February, 1573. OF ENGLISH BIRTH ? 9 William, baptized 20 March, 1575. Richard, wife Ann, a daughter Jane, bap. Feb. 1612, dau. Margaret, bap. 1615. William, baptized 1 June, 1577. Lawrence, " 28 June, 1578. Isabel, " 20 Dec. 1579. Lawrence Caldwell, wife Alice. Five Children: Ann, baptized 14 January, 1609. John, " December, 161 1. . Lawrence, [or Froence ?] bap. 30 Nov. 1613. Thomas, baptized 21 Oct. 1616. William, " 1 Nov. 1618. William Caldwell 4, was Church Warden 1674, '77, '79. Lawrence Caldwell 4, was Church Warden 1687. Lawrence Caldwell 5, grandson of Lawrence 3 and Alice, had wife Mary, who survived him. "Mary Caldwell, widow, buried April 19, 1740." Lawrence and Mary were the last of our name to own Caldwell Hall. The estate was purchased of them by Sir Oswald Mosely. The chil- dren of Lawrence and Mary were eight in number : William, baptized May 3, 1690, died early. Thomas, " May 3, 1690. Lawrence, buried April 20, 1726. Sarah, baptized April 24, 1696. John, buried March 29, 1729. William, baptized Oct. 17, 1701, lived in Hathern ; was buried there, Nov. 4, 1777. Ann. baptized February 27, 1702. Charles, baptized March 26, 1706 ; buried May 19, 1731. There is a place near Rolleston which is a part of the Parish ; on the records it is spelled Ansley and Anslow. A Caldwell family lived there, an offshoot, probably, of Caldwell Hall. The church records give the names of the children as follows : John and Author Cauldwell, baptized 23 Oct. 1580. John buried 23 November, 1580. Aron and Sarah Cauldwell, baptized 21 January, 1581. Sarah, buried 3 April, 1587. Grace Cauldwell, baptized 26 May, 1582. IO OF ENGLISH BIRTH? Elisabeth Cauldwell. baptized 25 January, 1583. John Caldwell and Dorothy Caldwell, baptized 30 October, 1585. John buried 1 1 March, 1586. Margery Caldwell, baptized 11 December, 1586, buried 6 July, 1587. Last of all, I must tell you of the visit to Caldwell in Leicestershire. The name has recently been changed on county maps, and we had some difficulty in finding it. It is five miles from Melton Mowbry ; the Duke of Rutland is now its Lord. When we came in sight of its old Nor- man chapel, I knew in a wink that we had reached the little spot which has borne our family name ; for the old house of prayer is the very, very same which was long ago engraved, and its exact copy hangs upon our own Ipswich walls. It has recently been "restored" within; externally it is the old landmark which the long-ago Caldwells built. Caldwell in Leicestershire is only a few scattering cots, though, as we were in the church-yard a person of dignity rode by on horseback, and we judged, therefore, that it had its Hall. But, the quaint chapel was really to us fellowship with the far away Past. * * * September 20. 1889, two little daughters of Mr. Frederick and Mrs. Agnes Caldwell, — Frederica Agnes and Louise Elisabeth, — were accidentally drowned. The sympathy with Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell was so universal, that three thousand people assembled at Loughboro, at the hour of burial. Mr. Frederick Caldwell, died suddenly, of heart disease, at midnight, Tues- day, February 25, 1896. IK- was fifty-five years of age, and his long connection with the staple trade 1 if Loughborough, made his face a familiar one to the townspeople. All who knew him join in regretting his sudden departure. Flags were hoisted half- mast high, when the news of his death was known. His oldest son was lately iated with him in the business which provides work for three hundred and fifty people. — Local press. JDALDWELL- II CALDWELL. The name, Caldwell : — Scotch, Cold-wold, the Hazel- wood, or Divining Rod. The divining rod was for a long time hung in Bavarian Court rooms, a symbol of authority ; and from it was the baton of officers suggested and evolved. Schoolmasters rods in olden days were of hazel wood. Caldwell, as given in Lower, [PatronymicaBritanica,] signifies the Cold-well. Armorial bearings of the name are Wells, Fountains, Waves, Fishes, each suggestive of water. In Doomsday Book the name is spelled Caldeuuelle. The almost invariable spelling on the Ipswich Town Records for two hundred years was — Caldwell. The name has been common for centuries in England, Scotland, Ireland, France. In Scotland, the Caldwells of Caldwell, Ayrshire, were prominent as early as 1349. They furnished, at that date, a Chancellor to Scotland. Caldwells from Mount Arid, near Toulon, went into Scotland in the reign of Francis I. Caldwells migrated from England, Scotland, Ireland, to America, and established early homes in New England, New Jersey, and the South. It is pleasant to know that our John, of Ipswich, Mass., was the earliest of the name to establish a home on the rugged but beautiful New Eng- land shores. He left to his descendants the memories and traditions of a worthy, industrious life. The pages of this book are devoted to the records and history of this — Jtoljtt (EalforoBlI, and Saralj ©Ulingljam QlalbraBlI, Iji0 toifB, and their Descendants. JOHN CALDWELL. JOHN CALDWELL, IPSWICH, MASS. In 1645, when John Caldwell was nineteen years of age, his name occurs in the records cf the General Court of Massachusetts : " Oct. 1643. Rich'rd Collecot, Edward Fuller, John Cauldwell and Richard Smith, were appointed to fetch the Cattle from Providence." The cattle belonged to the Gortonists. Mr. Samuel Gorton was charged by General Court with being "a blas- phemous enemy of the true religion of o'r Lord Jesus Christ, and His holy ordinances; and also of all Civill authority among the people of God, and particularly in this jurisdiction." The cattle were taken to meet the ex- penses of the trial and imprisonment of Gorton and his disciples. Mr. Hubbard, of Ipswich, says: " About a week after the sentence was passed on them, they sent men to take away so many of their cattle as might defray their charges both of the Soldiers and of the Court. Many days being spent about them, the whole of the charges, taking in their maintenance in prison, was adjudged to amount to ^160. John Caldwell made Ipswich bis home. He is styled husbandman in legal papers; he was also familiar with weaving, as were two of his sons, Dillingham and Nath- aniel, and several later descendants. He married Sarah Dillingham, of Ipswich, an orphan, who was ten years younger than himself, and a woman of qualities that caused her to be graciously remembered by her descendants to tin- third generation, and her grave was visited at times by later generations who only knew her by the famil}- traditious. Gleanings of her life will be recorded on the following pages. Her name has never been forgotten. In [654, John Caldwell purchased a house, which be- came not only his own cherished home, but has sheltered families descended from him to the present day, 1654-1904, two hundred and fifty years, — a memorial of the worth}' man which his children of today delight to visit. This house had been previously owned by Richard Betts and Cornelius Waldo. Richard Betts and Joanna his wife, were early residents of Ipswich. He enclosed the ancient JOHN CALDWELL. 13 High street burying ground with its first fence, in 1646. After the sale of his home, he went to Newtown, L. I., where he died Nov. 18, 1713, aged one hundred years. Tradition says he dug his own grave and waited in quiet- ness the time to occupy it. Old-time people often prepared shroud and coffin in anticipation of the final need. Richard Betts sold the house to Cornelius Waldo. It was from him that Ralph Waldo Emerson inherited a part of his never-to-be-forgotten name. The wife of Cornelius was Hannah, daughter of John Cogswell, the merchant who recivedsuch unkindly welcome to the shores of New England. He was nearing the coast on the memorable 15th of August, 1635, when "a sudden dismal storm of wind and rain," such as had never been known before by white man or indian, swept land and ocean. Parson Avery perished that day, saying: "'Lord, I cannot challenge a preservation of life, but according to thy covenant, I chal- lenge heaven ;" which words, says Hubbard, "as soon as ever he had expressed, the next wave gave him a present dismission into his eternal rest." The easy verse of John G. Whittier has made the story of that storm familiar : There was wailing in the shallop, woman's wail and man's despair, A crash of breaking timbers on the rocks -so sharp and bare. And through it all the murmur of Father Avery's prayer. The ear of God was open to his servant's last request, As the strong wave swept him downward the sweet hymn upward pressed, And the soul of Father Avery went singing to its Rest. The Cogswells who escaped with their lives and a por- tion of their rich household goods, lived for a time in Ipswich, in a house opposite meeting house green ; later they settled at Chebacco, now Essex, and daughter Han- nah became Cornelius Waldo's wife. Though Waldopurchased the house of Richard Betts, he did not occupy it. His own Ipswich home was farther to the east ; and he shortly sold the Betts homestead to John Caldwell, and in 1657 ne chose Chelmsford for his residence. There he died in 1701. The original deeds of sale, printed here, were kindly loaned us in 1873, by Mrs. Eliza G. D. Powell, whose sisters now possess and occupy the ancient and honored homestead of John Caldwell, their ancestor. Mrs. Powell has passed into the home eternal. 14 JOHN CALDWELL. Recently it has been discovered by examination of Ips- wich deeds, that Richard Betts bonght the house of Gov'r Simon Bradstreet. If it be true that this is the homestead transferred by the Governor to Betts, a new interest will be added to the Mecca of Caldwell veneration ; for here Anne Bradstreet must have written poems which are now relics of the singularly historic Past, and memorials of the refined Poetess whose name awakens tender and sympa- thetic respect. Richard Betts' Deed of Sale. This present wrighting wittnesseth that Richard Betts of Ypsvvich and Joana his wife of Ipswich, in the count} 7 of Essex, for and yn consideration of thirty pounds by bill and otherwise in hand payd before the sealeing heerof, Have Granted, Bargayned. & Sould, and by these presents doe fully Grant, Bargayne, & Sell, vnto Cornelius Waldo of the same Towne and County, Marchent, all that his dwelling house situate and being in Ipswich, aforesayd, with all the yards, fences, and lands about it, haveing the house and land of Edward Browne toward the south east, the house and land late * Rofes [Daniel Rolfe ?] toward the nor west, abutting on the street toward the southwest, and on the land of Thomas Lovell toward the Noreast, To have & to hould and peacably injoye all the sayd house & land, yards & fences, and all other aptenances and privileges thereunto belonging, vnto the sayd Cornelius Waldo, his heires and assigns forever. Yn wittness where- of the sayd Richard Betts and Joanna his wife have here- vnto sett there hands and seales this 14th of Septem- ber, 1652. Richard Betts. Joana Betts. (E) Signed, sealed & delivered in presence of — Robert Lord. William Inglish. Cornelius Waldo's Deed of Sale. This present wrighting wittnesseth that Cornelius Waldo ol Ipswich, in the county of Essex, for and in considera- tion ot twenty-six pound, by a bill in hand payd before the ling heerof, have Granted, Bargayned and Sould, and by these presents doth fully Grant, Bargayne and sell, vnto Yohn Caldwell, of the same Towne and county, all JOHN CALDWELL. 15 that his house wh. the sd. Cornelius Waldo bought of Richard Betts, siiuat in Ypswich aforsd, with all the grounds aboutt it, with all the fences, yards, gardens, and all the aptenances and preveledges therevnto belong- ing, haueing the land of Edward Browne toward the south east, abutting on the street toward the south west, the house and land of Robert Collins Norwest, and the land of Thomas Louell toward the Noreast. To haue and to hould all the sayd house, ground, fences, yards, gardens, and all other the apetenances and priveledges and [commonage] there vnto belonging or any way pteayneing vnto the sayd Yohn Caldwell his heires and assigns forever. Yn wittnes wherof the said Cornelius Waldo hath heere vnto set his hand and seale the 3 1 th of August, 1654. Memorandom yt [comonage] was enterlined before the sealing and deliv'd. Signed, sealed, deliv'd in presence of vs — William Boynton. Cornelius Waldo. Robert Lord, jr. Acknowledged before me, Aug. 31th, 1654, Daniel Denison. Y Hannah Waldoe doe give my consent to my husband sale of the house within mentioned. Witness my hand thi* 31 of August, 1654 Hannah Waldo. Acknowledged before me, Aug. 31th, 1654, Daniel Denison. Col. Luther Caldwell, while he was Mayor of Elmira, N. Y., 1873, wrote of this ancient home of his ancestor : " The house on High street, is one of the oldest in Ips- wich; and, unless changed very much from what it was when I roamed in boyhood through its rooms and peered into its closets, will well repay a visit. It has descended from sire to son or daughter by the settlement of the Pro- bate, and not for filthy lucre." The estate has been kept in the line of Dillingham Caldwell 2, son of John, the ancestor. He purchased it of his mother, in her widowhood, and his elder brether, John 2, who by the will of his father, had right to redeem the homestead if he wished. The mother sold her interest to Dillingham in 1709 ; and his brother John did the same earlier, Sept. 17, 1694, yielding "for ye Payment of one [6 JOHN CALDWELL. Hundred pounds, all ye rights, titles or interest Apper- tayning or belonging there vnto." We have sometimes wondered why John 2 and Sarah ( Foster) his wife, willingly sold "the right of redemption" to the brother Dillingham. Recently we have been told of the site of the chosen and purchased home of John 2. (Feb. 1, 1689.) It was most beautifully located on the Town Hill top, corner of Brook and East streets, with a view of miles away to the south and west, and at the east reaching even to the Ba}^, — attractive and most wholesome to the eye and thought. One could hardly surrender such an outlook for a home on the rim of the street below. At the death of Dillingham Caldwell 2, in 1745, his son, Daniel 3 and Elisabeth (Burley,) his wife, occupied it. Daniel 3, died in 1759, and gave the estate to his son, Daniel 4, who married Hannah Burley. Daniel 4, died without children, and the homestead passed into the care of John 4, his brother, who married Sarah Harraden, of Gloucester. The last children of this family to abide in the home, were his daughters, Lucy and Mary Caldwell. Mary died 1861, and Lucy died 1868. The house is still possessed and occupied by later descend- ants of John 4 and Sarah (Harraden) Caldwell. We can trace some of the footsteps of John Caldwell the first, from the time he purchased his comfortable house on the High street, August 31, 1654, to the date of his de- parture, July, 1692, by searching the records of Ipswich, and family memoranda : Aug. 31. 1657, he bought of William Buckley and Sarah his wife, land that Buckley bought of Thomas Manning, "foure acres, be it more or less, within the common field, neare vnto Muddy River." He paid "seven pound" for these seres. [66o, he and eight others, had grants of "two acres a piece," on Scott's Hill. " Jan. 31, 1660. Granted liberty to fence and clear and break up a pasal of Land at Scots Hill, to have two acres a piece for six years, upon the conditions of other lands of the town, viz : to sow four bushels of good english hay seeds on every acre; to keep up the fence a year after, that the English grass may get head ; the hay seeds to be sown with the last crop ; and JOHN CALDWELL. 17 for performance hereof, to set their hands, and engage to perform conditions." (Signed :) Anthony Potter, Will : Norton, Edward Somes, (mark,) Thomas French, George Farrow, John Caldwell, Jeremiah Belcher, Ezekiel Woodward ( mark) Philip Call, 1664. His name is on the list of Commoners. He had assigned him four shares in Plum Island, Castle Neck, Hog Island. 1668. He built "a place to keep sheep in." He doubt- less needed this shelter for his sheep, and for other crea- tures, too ; for his neighbor, Robert Collins, at that date, prized "a calfe of John Caldwell, taken as a stray." 1669-70. "Wee whose names are Under Written doe owne that wee have Received of goodman Caldwell fouwr years Rent for the land was heyard of Richard Shatswell ; and wee doe fully acquit and Discharge : the sayd Cald- well: of the sayd Rents of fouwr years ; as w T itnis ouwr hands: this 7 March, 1669-70. (Signed,) Andrew peeters. John Brown. Witness: Joseph Fowler, 1673. Granted to John Caldwell all the Salt mars gras that grown vpon the Island called Bagwells island to him and his heirs forever. Lord's Day. April 12, 1674. John Caldwell and Sarah (Dillingham,) his wife, were admitted to full communion with the First Church. Ten others made the same con- fession of faith and assented to the covenant : Robert Day, Jr., Isaac Foster, Daniel Warner, Jr., Mr. Samuel Eppes, Thomas Jacobs and wife, Mr. Daniel Eppes, Abraham Foster, John Sheney and his w T ife. Doubtless this Sabbath Day was ever remembered. 1677. May 23. He was made freeman. 1679. He built a barn and shed ; mention is made of his cattle and sheep. 1683. He witnessed the will of John Dennison, sen'r. 1684. He was an appraiser of the estate of the above named Dennison. 1685. He was one of the appraisers of the estate of Mrs. Frances Dane. 18 JOHN CALDWELL. [685, April 23. Inventory of the estate of Mrs. Frances Dummer of Newbury, deceased, taken by Jo : Bagley, Jo : Caldwell, Sen'r. [Richard Dummer and Frances his wife, had been former residents of Ipswich, and friends of the Caldwell family.] In the list of old commoners who drew their thatch lots and marsh lots, John Caldwell is designated as having Lot 62, "six rods wide, and running to the Cove." 1691. John Caldwell, sen'r "appointed Searcher and Sealer and Viewer of Leather; he refusing yt office as not being capable threw business & otherwise." The "otherwise" was his failing strength, probably; for the next record is of his final effort and the departure. 1692, June 20. He signed his will in the presence of William Stewart and Simon Stacey. Two weeks later, July 7, ]692, he departed this life, aged sixty-eight years. 1692, Sept. 28, his will was proved. He had appointed as his executors, Sarah, his wife, and John, his eldest born. At John's desire, the widowed Sarah became the sole administrator. The appraisers of the estate were Simon Stacey and Nathaniel Knowlton The Inventory reads : Houses and lands at home and three acres of land Oxen, cows, horses, sheep, swine Implements of Industry, carts, plows Bedsteads, bedding and linen Wearing clothes, and searge Sheeps wool, lambs wool, homespun cloth Wooden ware, barrells, wheles for linen with all other wooden weare A loom and Tackling to it with pewter, brass, Ironware Earthern ware, fine glass, cubbord & tables Privilege of Bagwells Island from ye town 3 load of hay at home 4 acres of land common ground Flax and dung in yard Part of an old flag bottom boat and bridle Sarah Caldwell, Ex. The entire estate was valued at ,£221, 16s. 4d. ^109 00 00 40 48 19 18 00 5 8 00 8 4 00 3 6 6 15 8 5 3 1 5 2 5 6 1 16 2 13 JOHN CALDWELL. 19 The late Abraham Caldwell, of Ipswich, who died Feb. 4, 1894, aged ninety-four years, gave us a certified copy of the will, as well as many valuable facts and tra- ditions, narrated in the following pages. The will : In the name of God, Amen. I John Caldwell, Senior, of Ipswich, of Essex, being Sicke and weake of body, and having my perfect memory and understanding, doe make this as my last will and Teastament, as foloaith ; Im primis, I give my soul into the hands of my blessed Redeemer, my body to decent burial in the assured hope of a blessed resurrection. As lor my outward Estate that God of his goodness hath given me, I dispose as foloaith : Item, I give to my beloved Wile, Sarah Caldwell, the use and improvement of all my Estate during her widow- hood, and also to dispose of it, or any part of it, for her necessity : if she marry, then to have a third part as the law directs in that case, and this to be understood after my debts and funeral expenses are satisfied. Then my will is that after my wife's decease or widow- hood, that my son, John Caldwell, shall have a double part of my estate that remaineth, that is two parts out of eight; and that he shall have my dwelling house with all the appertenances and privileges thereto belonging, if he desire it, paying to his brothers and sisters what may be- long to them out of it as portions besides his eaight part. Then my will is that my daughter, Anna Caldwell, after John hath had out his parts, that she shall have a double part of what remaineth, that is, two parts out of six. Then my will is that my sons Dillingham Caldwell, William Caldwell, Nathaniel Caldwell, and my Daughters Sarah Ayres, Mary Caldwell, Elisabeth Caldwell, shall have an equal share of what remaineth : that is, all a like part, after all those parts are taken out that are made mention of before. And I doe appoint and constitute my beloved Wife and my son John Caldwell to be my Exeketrix and executor to this my last Will ; desiring them firstly to take care that all my lawful debts may be paid in the first place : And as a Confirmation of this my last Will, I here set my hand and Seale, this twentieth day of June, one thous- JOHN CALDWKLL. and six hundred and ninety-two, being the fourth, year of the Rains of our Sovorains, William and Mary, King and Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, ex. et. vo. John Caldwell. Signed and sealed in presence of us : William Stewart, Simon Stacy. It will be of interest to the descendants of John and Sarah Dillingham Caldwell to know where the last resting place is, for graves are sacred places. In the ancient High street burying ground, at Ipswich, at its northeast corner, near the tombs and the wall, may be seen a cluster of grave stones bearing the name of Caldwell. In the midst of these marbles of recent dates, is a slate stone inscribed, "Stephen Caldwell, died Jan'y 14th, 1754, aged 31." This ancient memorial is on a line with and only a few feet from the graves of our ancestors, — John and Sarah. No memorial stone was ever 'erected above their dust, but the graves are yet pointed out. Stephen's brother John Caldwell, could remember his great grandmother, Sarah; and, though but five years old at the time, he saw her burial ; and he carried his own grandchildren in later years to the spot, and told them ; and they in turn have told their grandchildren, and thus the graves have been kept in mind. SARAH DILLINGHAM CALDWELL- 21 SARAH DILLINGHAM CALDWELL- The story of Sarah, wife of John Caldwell i , is of tender interest. As we review it, we shall not wonder that tra- ditionary memories give her the gracious record of a loving and most thoughtful life. She was one of the earliest born babes of the earliest settlers of Ipswich. Her birth month was April, 1634, — five months before the town was incor- porated. She was the daughter of John and Sarah (Caly) Dillingham. Her father died in his early manhood, less than a year after she was born. The mother died two years later, 1636, leaving the babe in the care of two names, most worthy, Mr. Saltonstall and Mr. Appleton. Her last expressed wish was the entreaty, "in the bonds of christian love,',' that the tiny girl should be "religiously educated, if God gave her life." Printed pages tell us that the Dillinghams were respect- able yeomen of old England. John, the father of Sarah Caldwell, with his wife, Sarah (Caly,) came from Leices- tershire, in the year 1630. John's brother, Edward Dil- lingham, had estate in 1630, at Bitteswell, Co. Leicester ; and among the freeholders of that place is his name re- corded. Edward came to New England and was at Lynn. Later he settled at Sandwich. The Hon. John Dillingham, State Senator, was one of his descendants; also Edward Dillingham Bangs, Secretary of State. Caldwells only, represent John ; Sarah was his only child John Dillingham came to New England with John Winthrop, Jr. He has the prefix Mr. and was admitted freeman, May 19. 1631. At Boston, his name is No. 71 on the List of Members, and dead was soon written against it. 1631, May 3. John Dillingham is on the Jury, " Im- panelled to inquire concerning an accon of battry, cora- playned of by Thomas Dexter against Capt. Endicott." 1^33, Sept. 3. By consent of John Dillingham, Richard Wright, Thomas Dexter, the differences betwixt them are referred to Mr. Endicott and Mr. Nowell, and power is granted them by the Court to depose witnesses, heare and determine the said differences. 1634. November. He was in Ipswich, and for his home, six acres were granted him, "lying on the west end 22 SARAH DILLINGHAM CALDWELL. of the town, and on the south side of the great Swamp." These acres were near the early homes and families of Richard Saltonstall and Samuel Appleton, the two friends who were soon to be the widowed Sarah's advisors, and then to watch and direct the growth of the orphan babe whose name was eventually to be linked with the Cald- wells, and to become a cherished memory for continuous generations. 1634. Given and granted unto Mr. Jo : Dillingham, sixty acres of Meadow ground, more or less, lying on the Rocky Meadow, and laid out by Mr. William Clarke and John Shatswell, the appointed committee for yt. Also 30 acres of upland ground adjoining unto the same, to him, his heirs or assigns. 1634. Sold marsh lands to William Payne ; and thirteen years later, William had "ten acres granted adjoining the marsh he bought of Mr. Dillingham." In reading the Winthrop Letters, we discover two references to our ancestor, Mr. Dillingham. Edward Howes, dates a letter to John Winthrop, jr., at London, April 18, 1634 : — " Wa^bretahoy stira Agawom Sagamore : [Worthy Sir Agawam Sagamore :] I sent you per Mr. Dillingham so many of the bromoiklets [books] you writt for, as I could procure for the present. I am promised the rest this sommer, and then by the next following, they shall be conveyed to you." " To my very good friend, Mr. John Winthrop, at Agawom, these present in New England : As for your quoddling slips, I hope against Michaelmas next, I shall have some to send you, for now tis uoe sending them. I have made bold to put a few other bookes to fill vp spare room in the box : whereof one is the Contrie farm, which I suppose you have alreadie : if you have, be please then, l<> let Mr. Samford have myne, or whom else you please. If you have it not, be pleased to accept it as a pledge of my constant love and respects for you. Thus much con- cerning your box of bookes which you shall receive of Mr. Dillingham, directed tc you." 1634. John Dillingham had an adventure of ^304, 3s. 1 id. on board the ship Sea Flower, due at Boston, in November, 1634. Between then and March, 1635, Mr. Dillingham had passed into the eternities. Of the illness and departure, we find no record. SARAH DILLINGHAM CALDWELL- 23 The executor of his estate was Richard Saltonstall, Ksq. Faithfully he attended to the duties. March 7, 1635. The power formerly granted to Mr. Dudley, Mr. Endicott and Mr. Bradstreet, is granted to Increase Nowell and Thomas Mayhewe, to examine the accounts betweene Mr. Richard Saltonstall, Mr. Appleton, and Mr. Edward Dillingham. Sarah (Caly) Dillingham had for a friend and counsel- lor, (besides Nr. Saltonstall,) that most estimable man, Gov. Thomas Dudley, who then resided on the High street in Ipswich. His homestead was the second lot east of the burying ground, "upon which Mr. Dudley hath built an house." — 1635. She needed counsel but a brief time. July 14, 1636, she signed her will, and was very soon carried to burying ground on the hill, and laid beside her husband. Her will was kindly and carefully copied for these pages by the late David Pulsifer, Esq., — of Ipswich birth bui a resident of Boston. He stated to the compiler that it was the oldest Ipswich will on record : The Will of Sarah (Caly) Dillingham, mother of Sarah (Dillingham) Cald- well. July 14, 1636: — This is the last will and testament of mee, Sarah Dil- lingham, of Ipswich, widowe : ffor my soul I comend it into the hands of God in the mediacon of Jesus Christ : ffor my temporal estate : I give to my only child, Sarah Dillingham, my whole estate in lands and goods, (except such pticuler legacyes as hereafter are named) : And if my child dye before it shall be marryed or attaine to the age of one and twenty yeares, then my will is that the same shalbe devyded equally betweene my mother, Thomasine Caly, my brothers Abraham Caly and Jacob Caly, my bister Bull and my sister Base, the wyves of John Bull and John Base, and my sisters Rebecca Caly and Anne Caly, or such of them as shalbe lyving at the tyme of the death of said child ; all wch my mother, brethren and sisters are now living in England : Also, I give to Mr. Ward, Pastor of the Church at Ips- wich, ffive pounds : And to Richard Saltonstall, esqr, ten pounds ; and to Mrs. Saltonstall, his wife, a silver bowle : To Mr. Samuel Appleton ffyve pounds ; and to his wife a silver porringer : 24 SARAH DILLINGHAM CALDWELL. And of this, my will, I make executors the said Mr. Saltonstall and Mr. Appleton, committing the educacon and government of my said child, and the estate I leave her, vnto their faithfull ordering ; intreating them in the bonds of Christian Love, to see this my will fulfilled, my due debts paid, my body decently buyried, and my child religiously educated if God give it life: and that they will order the estate as they would doe their owne : In wytnes that this is my true will, made in pfect mem- ory, though my body be weake and sicke, I publish it after it had beene read vnto mee in the presence of those whose names are vnder wrytten, this xiiij day of July, 1636. Tho : Dudley, Sarah Dillingham. Robert Lord, Phillip Fowler's [mark] The will of Mr. John Dillingham was evidently not put upon record. From references in Court registers, Edward, his brother, was to receive a share of his estate. This occasioned difficulties that were not overcome tor ten years. Sept. 6, 1636. It was ordered that Mr. Dudley, Mr. Endeeot, and Mr. Bradstreet, or any two of them should examine the accounts betweene Mr. Rich'rd Saltonstall and Edward Dillingham, and report to the Court how they find the estate of John Dillingham and his wife deceased. Salem, ye 29th of x'th mo : 1636. Ric'r Saltonstoll, Esquire, and Samuel Apleton, both Executors of Sara Dillingham p. Thomas Weld their Atterny pi. & Elias Stilman deffendt. Jury finds for pis ^4, 10s damage, and 4s cost. 1637. To the right worshipfull the Governour, Deputie and Assistans : May it please your worships, — According to the power which was committed to Mr. Nowell and Mr. Mahue about my accompt with Mr. Dillingham, they have taken much paynes (which I thankfully acknowledge,) and have sett me in a fayer way to make a full end for my owne particuler. And by reason of Edward Dillingham's importunitie to have all things ended between him and Mrs. Dillingham deceased : that hee might (as it is meete) have that in his owne hand which is due to him by his brother's will : the commissioners have therefor appoynted a meeting at Meadfonl, uppon the third day of the next weeke to that ende : SARAH DILLINGHAM CALDWELL. 25 I have therefore made bould at this time, (as I thought it my dutie,) to acquaint your worships., that Mrs. Dil- lingham (in her life time,) did acquainte Mr. Dudley with her mind aboute many things betwixt herself and Edward Dillingham, (which will need his presence very much,) and did rely upon his direction and counsell : and entreat his help therein, (when as it should have been ended by arbitrators of their own chusing :) I am, therefore, bould to think that I am not troublesome to your worships, nor offensive in the least kind unto any, if I shall entreat that much : that Mr. Dudley may be desired to joyn with Mr. Nowell and Mr. Mayhew in this behalfe, and if he cannot be at leisure the 3d day of the next weeke, the soonest day may be appointed (in regard of Mr. Dillingham,) which will suite with his occasions. Your worships to bee com- manded. Richard Saltonstall. I645. The Report of Increase Nowell and Thomas Mayhew on the accounts of John Dillingham's estate. Note that William Childs, of Salem, oweth the estate of John Dillingham £3 of his wife's passage, unless he swear it hath been paid by Mr. Appleton or self. The following gleaning, concerning certain debts, con- tains a reference by Mr. Saltonstall to the child Sarah, then eleven years old : "I received 2 steers at £30; a brown heifer, ^16; a branded heifer, 17 lbs ; a whyte faced yearling, 9 lbs ; also a very poor cow and calf at 6lbs ; (so prized by Mr. Ap- pleton and not their worth soe much, as I conceive.) Sarah Dillingham hath received beside her part in cattle, j£3, 2S. 8d. of Mr. Appleton." 1645, Oct. 1. Upon ye petition of Rich'd Saltonstall, Esq , Mr. Hibbens is appointed with (Mr. Nowell) in ye steade of Mr. Mayhewe, to take Mr. Saltonstall accounts about ye estate of Jno: Dillingham, deceased. In anticipation of crossing the ocean, and stepping once more on English soil, Richard Saltonstall presented the following : 1645, Oct. 18. Whereas Rich'rd Saltonstall, Esq'r, (Executor to ye estate of Jno: Dillingham, deceased,) hath tend'rd his account, whereby it appeareth hee hath rec'd to ye value of £932. 12s. 2d. and yt by acc't is made paid ^924. 2s. id. it was granted this returne made by Mr. Nowell and Mr. Hibbens, (as commissioners in yt 26 SARAH DILLINGHAM CALDWELL. behalfe,) may be entered and remaine upon record as an ord'r of ys Cort, and (in regard of such occasions as during my absence in England may arise,) the will of John Dil- lingham, and ye will of Sara, his wife, with the inventory, to be kept by Mr. Nowell, wch is granted likewise. Whereas Rich'd Saltonstall, of Ipswich, Esq., (executor to the estate of John Dillingham, deceased,) hath tendred his accompt concerning the estate, unto us und'r written, being by ord'r of the Gen'rall Corte appointed commis- sion'rs to end and determine the same, wee the said com- missioners haveing pased and examined the account afore- said, do find that the sd Rich'd hath received of the estate of John Dillingham aforesaid to the value of nyne hun- dred thirty two pounds, twelve shillings, two pence, 932, 12, 2d. Also we find that the estate of John Dilling- ham aforesaid, doth owe, and is indebted unto Rich'rd Saltonstall, nyne hundred twenty foure pounds two shil- lings and a penny, 924, 2, 1. The said Rich'rd was alowed for his disbursement and adventure in the ship Sea flower upon a former commission granted by the Quarter Corte, the sume of six hundred and foure pounds, three shillings and eleven pence. The rest of the aforesaid sum of 924, 2, 1, is demanded for severall sumes layd out and paid by the said Rich'rd (as executor to the estate of the said John deceased,) wch remainder together with the aforesaid sume of 604, 3, 11, we find due to him the said Rich'rd, and do hereby order, that he is and shall be alowed the sume of 924, 2, 1, out of the est. of John Dillingham afore- said. Further we declare and signify to all or any whom it shall concern, that in convenient time, (as by ord'r of the Co'rte we are appointed,) it is o'r intent to servey the" severall sumes received by Edw'd Dillingham, as also by Sarah, ye daughter of John Dillingham, that the estate of the said John may be disposed and pporticned according to his will. Increase Nowell. William Hibbens. It is ordered by the Gen'rall Co'rte that this returne (concerning the estate and will of John Dillingham, de- ceased,) made by Mr. Nowell and Mr. Hibbens (as com- missioners in that behalfe,) may be entered by the Secre- tary and remaine upon record, and (in regard of such oc- casions as during the absence of the said Richard in Eng- land may arise,) that the will of John Dillingham, and the SARAH DII.UNGHAM CALDWELL. 27 will of Sarah, his wife, w'th the inventory, shall be kept by Mr. Nowell and Mr. Hibbens, that the said Rich'rd may be discharged therefor. A year later we find another and the last entry concern- ing the estate ; the "committee to heare and end ye differ- ence," doubtless added a period to all the affairs, and the tiresome story finished. John Dillingham had then been dead twelve years ; and his orphan daughter was twelve years old : 4 November, 1646. Upon Mr. Wardes pet ition about ye ten pouhds demanded by him, ye business is referred to Mr. Belliugham and Mr. Audit'r Gen'r who are a comittee to hear and end ye difference betweene Mr. Ward and Mr. Saltonstall executor of Mr. Dillingham. It would be interesting to the children of the several generations of Caldwells, if the childhood of our mother, Sarah (Dillingham) Caldwell, could be traced: In whose home was she sheltered ? Did she share the hearthstone and table of Saltonstall and Appleton, or did they select other homes and hearts to cheer and bless her. Doubtless she had the silent sympathy of all who knew of her orphan life ; a breath of benediction may have been given her by mothers who looked upon her and then turned to gaze gratefully upon their own prattling firesides. Sarah Dillingham grew from cradle to early woman- hood in Ipswich town ; and at nineteen years of age she became the wife of John Caldwell, who was ten years her senior. She was homeless no more forever. She may not have inherited the accumulations of her father, but as the years multiplied she was entrusted with treasures better than gold, — eight children gathered at her fireside ; and records and traditions picture them all as worthy people. When old age crept nearer, and the children had secured homes of their own ; when the husband had departed to the realm unseen, then her son Dillingham and his wife Mary (Hart,) cared for every need. She acknowledged their filial goodness, and gave them her interest in the High street homestead, that was, when all the years were counted, earth's choicest spot to her for sixty-seven years. And when fifty-five of these sixty-seven years were num- bered, she signed the following deed : 28 SARAH DILLINGHAM CALDWELL. To all christian people to whome this deed of sale shall come : Sarah Caldwell, of Ipswitch, in ye County of Essex wthin the province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Sendeth Greeting : Know ye yt the sd Sarah, widow and Relict of John Caldwell, Late of Ipswch afore sayd, deceased, haveing by her sayd Husbands Last will and Testamt proved & approved the twentieth day of June, 1692 : liberty Given her to dispose of any part of his estate for her necessity, and haveing for many years past had supply of her son, Dillingham Caldwell, for ye supply of her necessity, & dureing her naturall Life not knowing how or where to be better supplied and taken care of, he and his wife being at all time ready to supply her necessities ; yt he may be sattisfied & payd for his severall disbursements yt he hath hitherto deposited for yt end ; amounting to ye sum of about eighty five pounds : and given her vnder his hand to make up sd sum one hundred pounds in like species as formerly for her future supply of her necessities & support all which sd sum sd Sarah doth acknowledg her self fully sattisfied and contented with, and of any further payment then in hand received & bill taken for, doth hereby fully, freely, and absolutely exhonerate, acquitt and discharg her sd son, Dillingham Caldwell & his heirs, executors, Admintrs. & assigns for ever : By these presents ye sd Sarah hath Given, Granted, sold, Infeoffed & confirmed, and by these presents doth give, grant, bargain, sell, confirme, & deliver vnto said Dillingham Caldwell, and his heirs, executors, administrs & Assigns, & forever: a Dwelling house, barne, orchard and land on which sd buildings stand, Scituate, Lying, & being in the Township of Ipswich aforesd, which ye sd John Caldwell, her late Husband, dyed seized of. with all ye several benefits, profits, ways, easments, Liberties, privileges & Comon Right, yt belonged to her sayd Hus- baud : in ye Comons of Ipswich, with all the sd Home- stead containing one Acre more or Less as bound by ye Street at one end, the other end by Land of Lovels, for- merly ye one side bounded by Land of Rob't Lord, ye other side by Land formerly Joseph Brownes, with all ye fruit trees, Gardens, yards, well of water, and whatever comodities belong and appertayne therevnto, with all ye estate, Right, title, claim & demand of her ye sayd Sarah SARAH DIUINGHAM CAI,DWEI,I,. 29 in and to ye Granted pmisses : except dureing sd Sarah's natural life, yt the vse and Improvement of yt end of ye dwelliug house wherein she now keeps and lodges, wh her sd son is to keep in repair, & privilege in ye cellar, and so much of ye orchard yearly as will yeild her one barrel of Cydar, and make ye Cydar, & put it into ye cellar, and apples also for her own spending as formerly. To have and to hold all ye granted pmises with all and every the appertenants & priviledges vnto him ye said Dillingham Caldwell & his heirs, executors, Administrs, & assigns forever — except as above excepted, & yt only dureing ye naturall life of sd Sarah : and after her decease to enjoy ye whole as ye other, without any Lett, Suit, or deniall of her ye said Sarah, cr her assignes or any of ye heirs, ex- ecutors, Administ'rs or Assigns of her late Husband, John Caldwell, deceased : covenanting and promising to and with her sd son, that she hath full power and Good right to Convey ye same as afore said, and yt he and his heirs, &c, shall have & enjoy ye same as an absolute estate of Inheritance in Fee Simple, withine any condition or lim- itation whatsoever: to alter, change, de , or make void ye same : and by her defended in ye quiet and peace- able Improvement thereof : In testimony of wh sd Sarah hath sett to her hand & seal this 19th day of Jan'y, 1709. John Caldwell, son of sd Jno. Caldwell, deceased, hav- ing by his will ye Liberty of Redemption for himself and his heirs, Quit claims to his brother Dillingham & his heirs, &c. of ye granted pmisses, as witness his hand and seal. Sarah Caldwell, her mark : S. John Caldwell. Witnesses : Neh : Jewett. Nathaniel Hart. John Holland, Jr. (mark.) Essex, ss. In Ipswich, 24 Jan'y, 1709, Sarah Caldwell, widow, psonally appeard and acknowledged this instru- ment : to be her act and deed, and John Caldwell, her son, gave up his right of Redemption, &c. to his sd Bro : Dillingham Caldwell. Before me : Neh : Jewett, Jus. Pe. 30 CHILDREN OF THE FIRST FAMILY. CHILDREN OF THE FIRST FAMILY. Before entering upon the Genealogical Records of the family, we will glance at the lives of the eight children of John and Sarah (Dillingham) Caldwell, for, like their parents, they seem to be our ancestral tree. We can gath- er from records the history of each. Their baptismal names were : John, married Sarah Foster. Sarah, born April 2, 1Q5S, married Joseph Ayres. Anna, born Aug. 23, 1661, married John Roper. William, died February 19, 1695. Dillingham, born March 6, 1667 ; married (1) Mary Lord; (2) Mary Hart. Nathaniel, born Oct. 18, 1669, m. Abigail Wallingford Mary, born Feb. 26, 1671, married Jacob Foster. Elisabeth, born Oct. 15, 1675. We will trace the names, one by one, as they are found on the vital records of Ipswich : John was the first born. The earliest reference to him is his marriage with Sarah Foster. He was then thirty- three years old. This marriage allied him to one of the most worthy families of the town. The wedding was May-day, 1689. A few weeks earlier than this event, he bought a house which proved to be most pleasant to him and to two of his sons after him. It was originally the Knowlton house. February 1, I689. Nathaniel Knowlton, cordwayner,. sells John Caldwell, dwelling, barn, orchard, & half acre of land : ye Great St. South, Brook st. East, and North East land of John Staniford, Northwest formerly part of a houselot of Mr. Baker's. The land was originally a grant, perhaps, to John Baker ; reference is made to his ownership as early as 1638. May 30. 1670, John Baker, Sen'r, sells John Knowl- ton, Sen'r, "part of his houselot in Brook street;" and March 12, 1682, Thomas Knowlton, Sen'r, shoemaker, deeds to his nephew, Nathaniel Knowlton, shoemaker, "my dwelling house, which was some time his father's, an half acre of land," &c. Seven years later, John and CHILDREN OF THE FIRST FAMILY. 31 Sarah (Foster) Caldwell made it their home for life. It was beautifully located, on the Town Hill-top, with extensive outlooks, especially to the east and south. The house was taken down within the memory of Mr. Abram Caldwell, [died Feb. 4, 1894,] whose grandfather was born in it. He described it as two stories, with the old- time two-story porch in front. A cart road passed in front of it, from Brook st. along the hilltop, till it turned, a right angle, into North Main street. 1691, 2d. 91110. John Caldwell, Jr., and John Staniford take an inventory of the estate of William Searle, of Row- ley, deceased 7th, 9 mo. 1690. 1692. He is one to take an inventory of the estate of Simon Tuttle. 1697. His name appears in account with the estate of Thomas Abbott, of Andover. 1697-8. He is Field Driver and Hayward. 1700, Jan. 16. Seat No. 8, new Meeting-house. 1707-8. His name is in the list of commons. 1708-9. One of the signers to a petition to General Court. See Hutchinson, page 511. 1717. Appointed Surveyor. 1719-20. Sarah (Foster,) his wife, has the 4th seat assigned her in the Meeting-house. 1721. He calls himself "weak in body;" and Feb. 7, 1721-2, just two weeks after the dying day of his mother, he departed this life. Feb. 19, 1723. Estate valued at ,£303, 13s. 4d. Wear- ing apparel, £6, 18s. 6d. Books, 30s. Firearms, 20s. Two cows, a yearling calf, seventeen sheep, eight lambs, one swine. Also, the house and homestead ; all the buildings ; old and new common rights ; land on Manning's Neck, salt marsh on Bagwell's, and the six acre lot on Plum Island. His will, proved Feb. 28, 1721-2 : In the name of God, Amen. I, John Caldwell, of Ips- wich, in ye County of Essex, in New England, being weak of body but of a disposing mind, considering my family doe make this my last will and Testament, wherein I give my soul to God who gave it me, & my body to decent buryall att ye discretion of my friends, in hopes of a Joyfull Ressurrection ; and as touching of outward estate which God hath been pleased to give me, I give and disposeth as followeth : 32 CHILDREN OF THE FIRST FAMILY. Imprimis : I give to my well beloved wife, Sarah, the sole use and improvement of all my estate, both real and personal, after my debts and funeral charges are paid, so long as she shall remain a widow ; all but yt cellar next the street, which Jacob fitted up, the use and improvement of that I give him during his mother's life. Item : I give to my daughter, Martha Rindge, after mine and my wife's decease, six pounds out of my estate, with what I have already given her, as her sufficient portion. Item : I give to my daughter, Sarah Caldwell, after our decease as aforesaid, also six pounds, together with what she has already received, and what is now preparing for her. I give and bequeathe all the rest of my estate, both real and personal, which shall then remain after all the debts and duty be performed and discharged, to my three sons, viz. John. Jacob and William. The one half in equal proportions to Jacob and William, to them, also, in equal proportions ; and the other half to my son, John Caldwell, whom I make sole executor to doe, perform and execute this my will. I also empower him, my sd executor, in case my stock shall not be sufficient to pay my debts and legacies * * * right of wood land in Chebacco, to enable him to discharge ye same. Further, my will is, that whereas two of my sons, John and Jacob, have already received something in way of portion, my son John Caldwell, ^23, and my son Jacob £3, that this ^26 be accounted to them as much in pro- portion in division for time to come. And in testimony that this is my last will and testament removing all other former wills, I hereunto set my hand and seal this 23 day of November, 1721. Witnesses : John Caldwell. John Dennis. John Potter. Robert Lord. John, the eldest son, administered wisely and honestly. July io, 1724, he was slain by the Indians; a family grief that embalmed his memory, and transmitted it to the present day. Sarah Caldwell, the second child of the first family, CHILDREN OF THE FIRST FAMILY. 33 married Joseph Ay res. She was twenty-five years old when she entered her own home. She became the mother of five children ; but the sad story revealed by the records is, that death entered the home ; she early left them motherless. Her husband's father, Capt. John Ayres, removed to Brookfield with his family, and in 1675, became a victim of the Indian tomahawk. Joseph, the husband of Sarah, having married Hannah Dutch, went later to Brookfield and bought his father's homestead. Anna Caldwell, the third child, married, when thirty- two years old, John Roper of Ipswich. He was a man of considerable wealth, and was evidently regarded as a reliable townsman. The graves of Anna and John Roper are marked by head-stones : Here Lies Mrs. Anne Roper, wife of Mr. John Roper, Died Sept. ye 4, 1721, aged 60. William Caldwell, the fourth child, died when early manhood began to ripen, and the steady pursuit of life naturally occupied hands and thought. He is registered as "cooper;" and evidently, like many Ipswich boys, he had also a relish for the sea. One little glimpse of his boy-life, revealed by the Town Books, indicates that he was a reliable youth : " Agreed with John Caldwell for his son William to keep the flock on the north side of the river." He was at that date about fourteen years old. The flock consisted of the cows that were feasted on the way- side grass, in limited localities, watched by daj^, and driven to a certain stake at sunset. In 1694, "being bound to sea, and calling to mind ye 'uncertain estate of this transitory life," he made his will. It may be that health was frail and strength uncertain : In the name of God, Amen: this Eighteenth day of June, Annoq Domini, 1694, I William Caldwell, of Ips- wich, in county of Essex, in province of Massachusetts bay, cooper, being of good and perfect memory, thanks being to Almighty God, being bound to sea, and calling to mind ye uncertain estate of this transitory life, do make, constitute and ordain and declare this my last will & tes- tament, in manner and form following, hereby revoking and annulling all other and former wills and Testaments, 34 CHILDREN OF THE FIRST FAMILY. made by me, whether in word or in writing, and this be taken as my last will and testament and none other : — and first being sorry, from the bottom of my heart, for my sins past, and most humbly desiring forgive- ness for the same, I give and commit my soul unto Al- mighty God, my Saviour and redeemer, in whom,- and by ye merits of Jesus Christ, I trust assuredly to be saved. And now for ye settling of such goods and debts as it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, I do order, give, and dispose as follows : first — I will that all those debts and dutyes as I owe in right or conscience to any manner of person whatsoever shall well and truly be paid., or ordained to be paid, with- in convenient time after my decease by my executor here- after named. I give and bequeathe unto my two brothers, Dillingham and Nathaniel, ten shillings a piece in convenient time after my decease to be paid them. I give and bequeathe unto my four sisters, viz., Sarah Ayres, Anna Roper, Elisabeth and Mary, after my de- cease, ten shillings a piece. I give and bequeathe all ye residue of my estate unto my dear mother and brother John, equally to be divided between them. And I do hereby ordain and constitute my beloved brother John, sole executor. William Caldwell. Witnesses : John Staniford. Samuel Bridges. Margaret Staniford. In less than two years the death-door was reached, and, March 30, 1696, the will was proved. The first broken tie in the home circle of the children. The inventory interests us as it gives a glimpse of the "goods and debts" of a young man who was entering upon real life, two hundred years ago : Shop and tools £13 q q Apparel IO 1 e Cash H J 7 2 Due from debts jg ^56 8 5 CHILDREN OF THE FIRST FAMILY. 35 June 21, 1697, Cash rec'd since ^32 14 5 Debts to be paid 10 16 5 ^78 16 5 The will has an armorial seal, — a chevron between three cronells, or antique crowns. The same seal is found in the will of Obadiah Wood, 1694, and Mrs Rebekah Symonds, widow of Dep. Gov. Symonds, 1695. It is sup- posed to be the seal of John Staniford who witnessed each of these wills and evidently wrote them. Dillingham Caldwell, the fifth child, was a weaver ; and evidently perfected himself in the art ; for we find in family paper*, 1691, May 14, that an agreement was made between William Parsons, of Boston, and Dillingham Caldwell, that Parsons should teach Dillingham "the art of making sloas and harnesses used in weaving." Par- sons to receive therefor, ^5 ; and six weeks work "after the art was obtained." Dillingham was twenty-five years old when he was in Boston ; and he doubtless enjoyed the weeks of busier life "in town," and came home with broader thought and perception. He was the most influential of the first family of Ipswich Caldwells ; and his name has been kept in fresh remembrance by every generation. He tasted the cup of grief when he was thirty-two years of age; for "in the month of October, 1698, his wife, Mary (Lord) Caldwell, and her two children were laid in quiet graves. The old homestead on High street was a house of grief, surely. His second wife, Mary, was the daughter of Lieut. Thomas and Mary (Norton) Hart. 1683. Dillingham is one of A List of their names who have taken the oath of allegiance at Ipswich. 1692, Dec. 18, he affirms, legally, that John Staniford, of Ipswich, in the Massachusetts province, bought a p'cell of Land, at Winter Harbour, Mayn, of John Honewell, for fifteen Shillings. It seems probable from references, that Dillingham made an excursion to the Pine State. 1697. He enters two horses, — 1 dark coll'rd horse colt, and 1 Dun Mare, with a black list on her back. 1695-6-7, and 1704-5. He is Tythingman. 36 CHILDREN OF THE FIRST FAMILY. 1709-10. Constable. 1712, July 22. Received of Dillingham Caldwell, late Constable, in full of all notes, both of Town and Province, which was committed to him by ye Selectmen of Ipswich by Lists to collect and pay to myself. Received by me, Nath'll Knowlton, Late Treasurer. 1712-13. Surveyor. 17 16. Fence Viewer. 1717 to 1725. Selectman. 1719-20, 1739. Tythingman. 1699. He subscribes three shillings for the "bigger" Meeting-house bell. 1699, Jan. 3. He and his brother-in-law, John Roper, buy three acres of Common Field of Jeremiah Dow. 1700. He bought of Col. Francis Wainwright two and a halt acres of upland mowing, in westerly part of Com- mon Fields. 1704-5. Dillingham and Thomas Lull buy ten acres of woodland at Rowley, south side of Houndsley Hill. 1717-18. Dillingham buys Goodman Lull's share of the Rowley woodland. 171 1, May 19. He bought half lot on Jeffries Neck of Joseph ffiske ; Also, Lot 63, Jeffries Neck, of John Warner ; Also, Four acres at Muddy River Road, of Anthony and Elisabeth Louden. 1711, Oct. 23. Bo't Joseph Plummer's Lot on Jeffries Neck. 17 14, Feb. He bought an acre marsh lot of Nathaniel Wells. 1 7 1 4. Philip Fowler, had land "up ye Hill, adjoining Dilli'm Caldwell." 1 7 1 7 , Aug. 27. He bought four and a half acres of marsh in Ipswich, of John Adams, of Huntington, Co. Suffolk, Nassau Island, Province of New York. 1720-21, Fell. 4. Bought two thatch lots of the Town. 1723, Dec. 26. Samuel Hart, aged 78, John Dennison, aged 75, Jonathan Lummus, aged 75, affirmed that for sixty years there had been a highway to the Gutter "Lot, now possessed by Dillingham Caldwell, and "wee noe no other way to ye Lott." 1725. The following effort was made to organize a new Parish and Church in the South part of Ipswich : CHILDREN OF THE FIRST FAMILY. 37 1725, November ye 17th. It was then voted that Thom- as Berry, Esq., Samuel Wallis, Jr., Mr. Edw : Eveleth, Capt. Danie] Rindge, Serg't Dillingham Caldwell, Mr. Thomas Norton, Lieut. Nath'll Hart and Mr. John Baker, be and hereby are chosen a Com'te to consider of a peti- tion now presented by sundry Inhabitants, &c. It was an unsuccessful petition ; and the South Parish was not "set off" until after the death of Dillingham, when his family united with it, and his descendants to the third generation worshipped there. The effort of 1725 resulted, however, in Sunday sermons in winter time at Candle- wood, and elsewhere on the outskirts of Ipswich, and in 1747 the new Parish was established. 1729. Dillingham hired land of John Gaines ; rent, 19s. 173°. June 22, Nath'll Caldwell, weaver, Jacob Caldwell cordwainer, William Caldwell, joyner, sold Dillingham Caldwell their portion of "the Bagwell Island." 1731, Dec. 13. He gives an affirmation concerning "ye mark of horses and sheep yt goe upon ye Common." 1732,. Oct. Bought one-fourth acre Neck Land of John Hart, son of Thomas Hart, and nephew of Samuel Hart. 1732. Bought of the heirs of Francis Wainwright, four acres north Common Fields. 1735. Appointed guardian of Lidia Kimball. His will is dated Dec. 21, 1742 : In the name of God. Amen. I, Dillingham Caldwell, of Ipswich, in the County of Essex, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, weaver, being ad- vanced in age, but, through the goodness of God unto me, am all this time of good understanding and of perfect mind and memory : Do make and ordain this my last will and testament : Principally and first of all, I give my soul to God who gave it, Hoping through the meritt and mediateon of my Lord Saviour Jesus Christ to obtain the remission of all my sins, and to inheritt eternal life. My- body I commit to the Earth to be buried in Chris- tian like manner at the discretion of my exec'or, hereafter named. And touching such Temporal estate as it hath pleased God in his providence to bestow upon me, I give, bequeathe & dispose of ye same in ye following manner & form : Imp. my will is that all my just debts & funeral charge be paid out of my estate by Executor. ,g CHILDREN OF THE FIRST FAMILY. It: I give unto my well beloved wife for her use during the term she shall remain my widow, the improvement of the Easterly end of ray dwelling house, viz. The lower room and chamber ; and so much room in the garret as she shall have occasion to Improve : and Room convenient for her in ray great cellar. Also. I give unto my said wife, all my household goods, to entirely be at her disposal as she shall see cause, to my children and grand children. Also, I give to my wife yearly, and every year she shall remain a widow, ten bushells of Indian corn, two Bushels of Rie. two bushells of malt, one hundred pounds of Pork, eighty pounds of beef, one barrel cyder, a milch cow that shall be kept for her use winter and summer, and the calf such cow may bring, and four ews kept for her summer and winter, and ye lambs such ews may bring ; and six pounds flax a Year, and so many apples as she may want for her own use, and sufficient firewood for her use, brought to her door, cut and carried into her room, where we now dwell. Also two gallons of oyl. Item. I give unto my daughter, Sarah Hart, ye sum of eighty pounds, old tenor, to be paid in two years next ensuing my decease. Item. I give unto ye children of my daughter, Mary Lord, the sum of eighty pounds, old tenor, each one of them to have an equal part thereof, and to be paid in man- ner following : the first child to have its part within the space of two years from ye time I have sett for ye paying my daughter, Sarah Hart. The Second child shall be paid within two years from ye time I have sett for ye pay- ing ye first, betweeu every child's payment successively, until they are all paid ; and or either of said children shall decease before they come of age, the portion I have given such shall be equally divided among the surviving chil- dren of my deceased daughter Mary. The whole of my estate both Real, personal or moveable that is not before given in this my will, I give and be- queathe unto my Son Daniel Caldwell, and unto his heirs and assigns forever, to his and their sole proper use, bene- fit and behoof. Item. And my will is that my said Son Daniel shall yearly provide for ray wife, as aforesaid, and shall pay all ye legacys given in this my will at ye respective time of payment, as aforesaid. CHILDREN OF THE FIRST FAMILY. 39 And I do Hereby constitute and appoint my sd Son Daniel to be sole exector of this my Last Will and Testa- ment, and I do hereby revoke and make void all other will or exec'rs by me at any time before made or named. Ratifying, allowing and confirming this and no other to be my last will & testament. In witness where of I have sett my hand and seal this 21 Day of December, Annoqo Domino, 1742. Dillingham Caldwell. Witnesses : Samuel Lord. John Pinder. Samuel Wait. Mary (Hart) Caldwell's will: October 19, 1745. She survived Dillingham, her husband, three years : * * I give and bequeathe to my well beloved and only son Daniel, an adz, two augres, a guage, shaves, chisels, — which tools I had out of ye estate of my honored uncle, Samuel Hart, of Ipswich, deceased, and a small desk, or box : which considering the large portion my late husband, his father, gave him, of his estate, I think to be sufficient portion for him. I give to my well-beloved only surviving daughter, Sarah Caldwell, wife of Nathaniel Hart, ye 3d, of Ipswich, Currier, one moiety or half part of my estate, both real and personal, that is not already given away, by her and her heirs to be freel3' possessed and enjoyed. I give to my beloved grandchildren, Mary, Sarah, Elis- abeth, Jeremiah, Lydia, Ebenezer Lord, children of my dear deceased daughter, Mary Lord, wife of Jeremiah Lord, of Ipswich, carpenter, the other moiety or half part of my estate, both real and personal. * * my well beloved sons-in-law app. administrators, — Jeremiah Lord and Nathaniel Hart, 3d. Witnesses : Mary [ X ] Caldwell. John Dennison. Nathan Foster. Bethia Dennison. Nathaniel Caldwell was the sixth child and youngest boy, of the first family ; and his life was evidently quiet and retired. He was a weaver, and had a comfortable home, though his days were sprinkled with grief, for he followed seven of his ten children to the grave, 1702. He had a seat assigned him in the Meeting-house. 1707-8. His name is on the List of Commoners. 1713. He bought a house for ^34. 4" CHILDREN OF THE FIRST FAMILY. The house owned and occupied by Nathaniel Caldwell, 1 7 13-1768, was located on what is now the westerly half of the High street Burying-ground. He bought it of Samuel Smith, in 17 13. It was previously owned by George Smith, deceased, the father of Samuel ; and its westerly boundary was the homestead of Thomas Smith, another son of George. At the death of Nathaniel, the house was possessed by John Caldwell, his only surviving son : and at the death of John, it was purchased by Jeremiah Day, who cared for Martha Caldwell, the aged widow of John, as long as she lived. Joseph Smith of High street, who died May 16, 1881, in his 99th year, a grandson of Thomas Smith mentioned above, remembered John and Martha Caldwell, and their old home. John was called " Honesty John," by the town's people. The house was two-storj^, the 'half-house' style, that is, but one room and hall in length. It had a thatched roof. Mr. Smith could remember no later roof of that description. Nathaniel Caldwell's will : Item : My will is that my now wife Abigail shall have ye improvement of a convenient room in my dwelling house and cellar, during her natural life. Such a room as shee shall chose in my said dwelling house. Also, my will is that my exec'or here after named shall find and provide for my sd wife all necessaries for her maintenance and comfortable sustinance during her nat- ural life : firewood sufficient for her comfort : cut and carried into ye room she shall choose : Also, to provide for my wife one barrel of cider yearly, and every year, during her natural life, and to give her a decent burial] at her death. Item: I give unto my daughter Mary twenty-five pounds in Hills of credit, to be paid within ye space of two years next ensuing ye day of my decease, to be paid by my executor. Item : I give unto my daughter Hannah, twenty-five pounds in bills of credit, to be paid her within two years next after my decease, to be paid by my executor. Item : The whole of ye rest and residue of my estate, Real and personal and movable, I give and bequeathe unto my son, John Caldwell, and to his heirs and assigns forever. CHILDREN OF THE FIRST FAMILY. 41 And I do hereby constitue and appoint my sd Son John to be sole ex'r of this my last will and testament. Witnesses : Nathaniel Caldwell. Philip Fowler. John Wood. Jacob Caldwell. Mary Caldwell was the seventh child and third daugh- ter of the first family. At the age of 24, she married Jacob Foster, who was in later years styled Deacon. He had a relative in Ipswich who was also " Dea. Jacob Foster." Mary died in 1709. aged thirty-seven years. She left five small children. Her gravestone, in the High street Burying-ground, is the oldest memorial of any of the Caldwell family : Here lies buried Mary ye wife of Jacob Foster who Dyed April ye 2 1709, aged 37. Elisabeth Caldwell, the eighth child, and the youngest, outlived them all. She died in May, 1752, aged seventy- seven years. She left no footprints, and her path we can- not trace. Her birth, her specified seat in the Meeting- house, the records of the legacies left her by her father and brother William, and the date of her death, are all the fragments of a life of threescore and seventeen years : Born, October 15, 1675. Hind-most seat in the Meeting-house, 1702-3. Died May, 1752. 4- 1 GENEALOGY. THE FIRST GENERATION. ^•epieeirogicseir Reeordg. John and Sarah Dillingham Caldwell, Ipswich, 1654, and their Descendants. FIRST GENERATION. Note. When a numeral is prefixed, the name is to re-appear in the follow- ing generation. John Caldwell,, was born in England, in 1624 ; was in Boston, 1643 ; [see page 12 ;] a resident of Ipswich, 1654. He died July 7, 1692; his will was proved, Sept. 28, 1692. He married Sarah Dillingham, born in Ipswich, April, 1634, died in the home on Highstreet, still occupied by descendants, January 26, 1721-2. [See page 21. J Their children : 2 John, married Sarah Foster; died Feb. 7, 1721-2. 3 Sarah, born April 2, 1658, married Joseph Ayres. Anna, born August 23, 1661, married John Roper. [See page 33.] 4 William, died Feb. 19, 1695. [See page 33.] 5 Dillingham, born March 6, 1666; married (1) Mary Lord ; (2) Mary Hart ; he died May 3, 1745. 6 Nathaniel, born October 18, 1669, married Abigail Wallingford ; he died December 13, 1738. 7 Mary, born February 26, 1671, married Jacob Foster, died April 2, 1709. Elisabeth, born Oct. 15, 1675, died May, 1752. SECOND GENERATION. 2. John Caldwell, yeoman, son of John 1, and Sarah (Dillingham,) married Sarah Foster, daughter of Dea. Jacob and Martha (Kinsman) Foster, May 1, 1689. She died July 11. 1721-2. He died February 7, 1721-2. Their beautifully located home, on the hill-top, corner of Brook street, is referred to in the sketch, page 30. SECOND GENERATION. 43 Their seven children : 8 Martha, born August 28, 1690, married (1) Stephen Ayres ; (2) Daniel Rindge: (3) John Wood. 9 John, born August 19, 1663.; m. Elisabeth Lull. 10 Jacob, born Feb. 26, 1694-5; m - Rebekah Lull. 11 Sarah, born July 16, 1696-7 ; m. Abr. Knowlton. Abigail, born May 14, 1700, died Nov. 7, 1700. Anna, born Jan. 18, 1702, died Oct. 15, 1720, 8e. 18. 12 William, born Jan. 17, 1708 ; m. Lydia Lull. 3. Sarah Caldwell, dau. of John 1 and Sarah (Dilling- ham,) born April 2, 1658, married Joseph Ayres, son of Capt. John Ayres, June 9, 1684. Their children : Sarah, born August 5, 1685. Elisabeth, born Jan. 28, 1687, married Aaron Kim- ball, Feb. 5, 1716-17. Inscriptions : Here Lyes ye Body of Mr. Aaron Kimball, Dec'd Feb. ye 12, 1728-9, in ye 37th year of his age. Aaron, Son of Aaron and Elizabeth Kimball, died Nov. 1731, in the 14th Year of his age. John, born February 26, 1692-3. William, born September 13, 1696. Benjamin, born December 16, 1700. 4. William Caldwell, son of John 1, and Sarah (Dilling- ham,) lived, we judge, till he was thirty years old. He died in 1696. For a glimpse of his life, see page 33. 5. Dillingham Caldwell, son of John 1, and Sarah (Dil- lingham,) born March 6, 1666, died May 3, 1745, aged 79 years. [See page 35.] He married (1) Mary Lord; she died Oct. 21, 1698. Her two children : Mary, born Nov. 3, 1695, died Oct. 3, 1698. Daniel, born Aug. 30, died Oct. 23, 1698. The mother and her two children died the same sorrowful month, — October, 1698. He married (2) Mary Hart, daughter of Lieut. Thomas and Mary (Norton) Hart; she was born Aug. 25, 1665, and died Sept 19, 1748. Her six children : Mary, born June 9, died July 7, 1700. 13 Daniel, born Oct. 5, 1701, m. Elisabeth Burley. 14 Mary, born Sept. 28, 1703, m. Jeremiah Lord. Sarah, bap. July 8, 1705, died early. 44 SECOND GENERATION. 15 Sarah, bap. Sept. 3, 1707, m. Nathaniel Hart, 3d. John, bap. May 10, 1710, died early. 6. Nathaniel Caldwell, son of John 1, and Sarah (Dil- lingham) born Oct. 18, 1669. [See page 39.] He married Abigail Wallingford, Feb. 12, 1703, died Dee. 13, 1768. They had ten children, but no grandchildren, and the family became extinct : — Abigail, born November 8, 1705, died early. John, born Sept. 19, 1708, died Dec. 17, 1792, aged eighty-four years ; he married (1) Mercy Dun- nels, pub. Jan. 7, 1748 ; she died Feb. 23, 1783; he married (2) widow Martha Foster ; she died August 10, 1799. Abigail, born July 7, 1710, died early. Nathaniel, born Oct. 3, 1711, died Sept. 4, 1733, aged twenty-two years. Abigail, born June, 1713, died early. Sarah, born Feb. 27, 1715, died August 31, 1733, aged eighteen years. Mary, born May 26, 1717 ; unmarried. Anna, born August 23, 1719, died early. Martha, born June, 1721, died May, 1722. Hannah, born June, 1724 ; unmarried. 7. Mary Caldwell, daughter of John 1, and Sarah (Dil- lingham,) born Feb. 26, 1671 ; married JacoW Foster, son of Dea. Jacob and Abigail (Lord) Foster, grandson of Reginald Foster. The wedding day was March 5, 1696, she being 24 years old. She died at 37 years, leaving five small children. [See inscription, page 41.] The Reginald Foster House, it is thought, is now in possession of Daniel S. Burnham. The children of Mary (Caldwell) and Jacob : Jacob, born May 9, 1697. William, born May 11, 1699. Mary, born March 9, March 9, 1700-1, married Jacob Louden, 1721. Abigail, born September 27, 1703, married William Holland, 1724. Israel, born March 3, 1706-7. THIRD GENERATION. 45 THIRD GENERATION. 8. Martha Caldwell, daughter of John 2, and Sarah (Foster,) born Aug. 28, 1690, married (1) Stephen Ayres, Feb. 28, 1712 ; (2) Daniel Rindge ; he was killed by the Indians, 1724; (3) John Wood, pub. 11 Feb. 1726. Her children : Daniel Rindge, bap. Jan. 29, 1720; married Mary Kimball. Anna Rindge, bap. June 16, 1723, died April 15, 1730. 9. John Caldwell, son of John 2, and Sarah (Foster,) born August 19, 1692, and was slain by the Indians on the shore of Maine, July io, 1724, aged thirty-two years. He married, when twenty-three years of age, Elisabeth Lull, Nov. 5, 1715, the daughter of Thomas and Rebekah (Kim- ball) Lull She married (2) Edmund Heard, May 17, 1732, and died June 27, 1726, aged 74 years. John Caldwell was one of the ruddy boys who naturally took to the sea. It is said that six thousand of the New England boys of that old-time generation, preferred ocean to land. He owned his shallop, and "sailed to the east- ward." On the tenth of July, 1724, his boat was near Penobscot. Daniel Rindge was with him, the husband of his sister Martha. The shallop of Capt. Sylvanus Lake- man, of Ipswich, was in sight, — the Sylvanus whose wife was Mary Lull, sister of Elisabeth, the wife of Capt. John Caldwell. An Indian privateer suddenly came in sight, and opened guns upon Capt. John's boat ; and he and his crew were slain. Favoring winds carried Sylvanus back to Ipswich with the deathly tidings. At Penobscot was a captive, — Joseph Goodhue, of Ipswich. He was taken June 22, 1724. The scalps of the Caldwell crew were jeeringly rubbed in his face. Ipswich was stirred with the intelligence brought by Sylvanus Lakeman. Sixteen of her sons declared their readiness to pursue the enemy. Mr. John Wainwright applied to Lieut. Gov. Dummer, [Gov. Shute was in Eng- land,] and Sylvanus Lakeman was commissioned to sail with the sixteen noble men, to Maine. Dr. Jackson and twenty men were commissioned to sail from old Kittery. Niles finishes the painful historical story : 46 THIRD GENERATION. " Doct'r Jackson from Kittery, and Sylvanus Lakeman from Ipswich, gave them chase, and fired on them with their small arms. Although the enemy had two great guns and four pateraros, which did damage to their shrouds, yet the}'' pursued and drove them into Penobscot. And there being a great body of Indians to cover them, our men thought unadvisable to follow any further." The name of Sylvanus Lakeman has been held in grate- ful remembrance by the Caldwells. John, son of the slain man, and Abigail (Hovey,) his wife, gave the name of Sylvanus to one of tbeir boys; and the name has been repeated and most worthily borne by the successive gen- erations. The estate of John Caldwell was not settled by Probate, until 1738, when his son John attained to the age of 21 years, and administered, and the property was legally divided. The estimate of the property was ^550 ; it con- sisted of the "mansion house," stored with homely com- forts, marsh, woodland, mowing lots. March 22, 1717-18, Capt. John's father had given him a half acre in Brook street, "planted with apple trees," — street westerly ; south and east John Dennis' land ; north on widow of John Newman's land." We think he built his home in this apple orchard ; for, in 1738, the homestead is thus defined, in the settlement and division of the estate : To widow Elisabeth (Lull) Caldwell, alias Heard : — ' The Northerly end of the mansion house from the middle of the chimney, with one third of the cellar, and liberty to and from the well ; and a piece of land at the northerly end of the homestead, bounded two rods and three feet from the westerly corner of said homestead by the lane, from thence up the hill to Mr. Dennis' land, and said Dennis land two rods and three feet to corner, south part by John Dennis and John Spillar's land to the corner first mentioned." The inventory was rendered 1739: ' Essex, ss. Administration of all and singular, &c, of John Caldwell, Fisherman, deceased, intestate, granted to his son, John Caldwell, who gave bond with Philip Lord and Nath'l Day, as sureties, to exhibit an Inventory by the first Monday of January next, and to render acc't by April. 1739." THIRD GENERATION. 47 The personal estate was ,£85, 6, 6. The real estate con- sisted of mansion house and land, two acres at Muddy- River, old right in Long Lots, lot in Chebacco Woods, new right and old right in Jeffries Neck, ,£376 ; cash re- ceived of Widow Lull and John Dennis, and cash in hand, — made the entire amount, ^561, 13s. 2d. and ,£15, 2s. to be deducted for debts. The inventory of the "Personal estate" as "shown by the widow Elisabeth Caldwell, [alias Heard,]" is a curi- ous enumeration of old-time house-keeping conveniences : Bed and bolster colored chest Good pewter, old pewter white chest Glass ware, earthern ware Books Silver £5 bed, bolster, pillows Looking glass 3 pr cotton & linen sheets 5 pillow biers Nead cloth Seven tow sheets 9 linen Napkins & Table Cloth Fustian & Silk blankets 2 muslin neckcloths & fustian Jacket 2 towels and 3 blankets suit of curtains & vallens bedstead & bed cord oval table wooden ware box iron and heaters Trunk mortar & pestle baskets, scales, weights and measures Old gun, sword, iron gt chair, 6 black chairs 3 coverlids 7 white chairs Table, cradle meal chest, beetle mugs, andirons, slice & tongs underbed, bedsteads chests, 2 skillets warming pan pots, kettle, pot hooks brass skimmers bed, bolster, pillows under bed coverlet Iron back, frying pan bottles, stone jugs, ax valued at ^"85, 6s. 6d. The four children of John and Elisabeth (Lull :) 16 John, born July 11, 1717, married (1) Abigail Hovey ; (2) widow Ruth Wells. Thomas, born May 10, 1719, died May 11, 1725. 17 Aaron, April 18, 1721, m. (1) Esther Burnham, (2) Eliza Treadwell. 18 Stephen, born June 30, 1723. 10. Dea. Jacob Caldwell, son of John 2 and Sarah (Fos- ter,) born Feb. 26, 1694-5, died July 17, 1744, aged 49 yrs. When 23 years old he married Rebekah Lull, pub. Oct. 18, 1718. She was born Nov. 26, 1794, and was the daughter cf Thomas, Jr. and Rebekah (Kimball) Lull. She m. (2) 4S THIRD GENERATION. Samuel Goodhue, schoolmaster, and went to New Hamp- shire to live. Dea. Jacob Caldwell's home was on the hill-top on the westerly corner of Brook street, which had previously been in possession of the Knowltons, and sold by Nath'l Knowlton to John Caldwell, his father ; and evidently purchased of the heirs of his father's estate, by Dea. Jacob; from him it descended to his son Abraham, who was the last of the Caldwells to dwell under its pleasant roof. [See page 30.] Dea. Jacob Caldwell is traditionally remembered as a man of singular religious devotion, deeming it not merely the duty of his office, but a privilege to visit and pray with the sick and needy. A grandchild's testimony was : ' He was careful alike of the temporal and the spiritual wants." April 18, 1748, his sons Jacob and Abraham were em- powered to settle his estate. Oct. 24, 1748, his sons James and Jacob acknowledged that they had received from their brother Abraham, each, ^61, is. 7d. "their full part" of the estate ; and the next da}\ Abraham registers "uncle James Foster's receipt," the sum of ,£122, 3, 2, which is Samuel Caldwell's and John Caldwell's "full part of the estate of their honoured father, Dea. Jacob Caldwell." Still later we find a brotherly breath from Jacob and John, directed " To Mr. Abraham Caldwell, in Ipswich," and dated at — Cambridge, May 25, 1755. Loveing brother : thease Lines are with our Love to you, hopeing they will find you in as good helth as they leave us. We are in Good helth. We desire you will see cuzon Nathan Foster and ask him to come and settle with us, or send word when he is Ready that we may come and finish with htm: for we think itt is best for us to settle, and not to Leave it to generations to come. So Leaveing him we Return to you. We should be glad to see you here, or to hear from you : for we hardly heare from you three times a year. We ex- pect father and mother here today : brother Josiah came from there Lately, died January 19, 1797. William Caldwell was the third son of John and Sarah (Foster,) to marry into the Lull Family. Lydia, his wife, was the youngest daughter of Thomas Lull, hen'r; and the wives of his brothers, John and Jacob, were her neices, being the daughters of Thomas, jr., though she was much younger than either. Lydia's father was 77 years old when she was born, he having married (2) Elisabeth Smith, a young wife. William and Lydia Caldwell began domestic life in cer- tain rooms of the original Lull house on High street. The house was built about 1670, and demolished a few years since. A pen sketch of the ancient dwelling was made, which will be valued by descendants. An "Item" of Thomas Lull's will is : " I give to my Daughters Elisa- beth and Liddia Lulls, my Mansion house & barn, and all The Lull House, Ipswich, 1670. Later the Home of William and Lydia (Lull) Caldwell, and their descendants, for more than 150 years. See page 50. 8LIC LIBRARY THIRD GENERATION. 51 ye Land Adjoyneing and orchard with all and singular there unto in any maner of wise appertaining." William bought Elisabeth's portion of the house, the 21st of Nouember, Annoque Domini, 1733 ; and ever after "was safe and Indemnified in Quiet possession and Im- provement of that one Half of the Dwelling House & whomsted wh William & Elisabeth Herbertt Convey to ye sd Caldwell :" It is known of William that he was especially thought- ful of the mother Lull, and carefully attended to all that made the home a comfort. June 13 : 1757. William Caldwell, Nathan Foster, of Ipswich, Nath'l Foster, of Salem, sell Nath'l Cross of Ipswich, three quarters and a half a quarter of land in No. Common Fields. Anna (Foster) Fowler, widow of James, quit claims her right with full consent of Benj. Fowler her present husband. The mother Lull, at her death, said : "My Will is that my Son-in-Law, William Caldwell, or his wife Lydia, shood after my Decease, By for my Grand children Cald- well, a bible for each of them." And also "vnto my Daughter Lydia Caldwell, all my hovsehold Goods & Wareing apparill that I shall Leive." The Maine Branch of the Caldwells, which includes many gifted and familiar names, descends from William and Lydia (Lull,) their son John and Dolly Hoyt, his wife, settling at Hebron in that State. Children of William and Lydia (Lull) Caldwell : Hannah, bap. Aug. 16, 1730, died early. William, bap. Nov. 14, 1731 , d. March 22, 1732. 23 Elisabeth, bap. Sept. 23, 1733, m. Joseph Hovey. 24 Benjamin, bap. Nov. 16, 1735, m. Mary Safford. Anna, married Samuel Colman, Springfield, Vt. 25 Lydia, married Daniel Safford, 1758. Hannah, bap. Nov. 28, 1742, unmarried. 26 John, bap. March 4, 1746, married Dolly Hoyt, of Rowley. See the Maine Branch. Sarah, bap. August 14, 1748. 27 Thomas, bap. July 7, 1751 ; m. (1) Elisabeth Lake- man, (2) Mrs. Elisabeth Glover Greenwood, Daniel, and Ebenezer, twins, bap. March 24, 1754. Nathaniel, bap. Aug. 10, 1755, died at sea, unm. 5 2 THIRD GENERATION. 13. Daniel Caldwell, son of Dillingham 5 and Mary (Hart,) born Oct. 5, 1701, died April 18, 1759; married Elisabeth Burley, dau. of Cornet Andrew and Mary (Con- ant) Burley, and great-grandaughter of Roger Conant, the earl}' planter, born August 25, 1700, pub. Jan. 17, 1723, died Dee. 29, 1769. Daniel Caldwell was one who enjoyed life's comforts; his home was the original Caldwell house on High street ; in legal documents he is styled " Gentleman ;" he is also, as his father before him, designated as Sergeant, and as Ensign. From 1734 to 1752, his name occurs upon the Town Books : 1734, he was Hayward. 1 74 1, Hayward and Fence Viewer. 1742, Hayward and Field-driver. 1746, Surveyor. 1748, Surveyor. 1752, Fence Viewer. He worshipped at the South Parish Meeting-house, and subscribed ^72 towards building its first Sanctuary, 1747. His estate was valued at ^532, 14s. nd. Of his eight children but two survived him, — Daniel and John. Both these sons resided in the original Caldwell home, — Daniel first, and at his death the brother John. Children of Daniel and Elisabeth (Burley :) 28 Daniel, bap. Feb. 7, 1724-5, m. Hannah Burley. Elizabeth, bap. Dec. 22, 172S, died Feb. 13, 1729. Elisabeth, bap. April 19, 1730, died April 25, 1730. Andrew, died Sept. 25, 1738. Mary. bap. July 20, died Aug. S. 1735. Mary, bap. Sept. 26, died Oct. 21, 1736. 29 John, bap. Oct. 5, 1740, m. Sarah Haraden. Andrew, bap. July 1, 1744, died early. 14. Mary Caldwell, daughter of Dillingham 5 and Mary [Hart,] born Sept'r 28, 1703, married Jeremiah Lord, March, 1725. Their children : Mary Sarah Elisabeth, married John Potter Jeremiah Lydia, married Benjamin Kimball Ebenezer First Meeting-house, South Parish, Ipswich. Daniel Caldwell, (13) subscribed £72 towards its erection, 1747. See page 52. NEW •-. 'Uk it pu g| FOURTH GENERATION. 53 15. Sarah Caldwell, daughter of Dillingham and Mary (Hart,) bap. Sept. 3, 1707; married Nathaniel Hart, 3d, Aug. 13, 1737. She was evidently his second wife, as the Records affirm that " Abigail, ye wife of Nathaniel Hart ye third, died August 17, 1736, aged 31, with fower of her children, viz., Henry, Abigail, Lydia, William." The children of Sarah and Nath'l, were : Mary Sarah, born 1740, died January, 1805, the last of the name of Hart, in Ipswich ; or, "the only remaining branch of a large and respectable family." FOURTH GENERATION. 16. John Caldwell, son of John 9 and Elisabeth ( Lull,) was born July 11, 17 17, died Oct. 1761, aged 84 years. He married Abigail Hovey, daughter of Ebenezer and Elisabeth (Dennis) Hovey, bap. July 5, 1719. died Nov. 7, 1770 ; he married (2) widow Ruth (Andrews) Wells, pub. Oct. 5, 1775. She was the widow of Bemsley Wells, to whom she was married Dec. 13, 1759. John Caldwell, and Abigail his wife, were admitted to communion with the South Church, March 4, 1759, Rev. John Walley, Pastor. The years 1770-71, were grievous to him ; typhus fever prevailed, and his wife and four children. — John, Sylvanus, Abigail, Sarah, — died. John Caldwell lived for forty years on Turkey Shore, opposite the Hovey homestead, the birthplace of his wife Abigail. The last few years of his life his home was upon a Symonds or Baker farm on the Argilla road. May 21, 1882, the compiler walked along this road to this ancient farm then owned and occupied by Mr. Thomas Brown. He was told by Mr. Brown that it was the last home of the compiler's great-great-grandfather Caldwell ; the place where he died, and from whence his coffined body was borne the long miles on the shoulders of strong men to the High street Burying-ground. In conversation with Mr. Thomas Brown, he said to us : " The old Gov. Symonds' estate passed into the hands of the Sargents and Bakers ; and as they were blended with the Symonds by marriage, it really seems like Symonds' Farm today. '• The old Baker house, where your forefather lived, I 54 FOURTH GENERATION. can remember. It had a great front door filled with sharp pointed spikes, — points on the outside surface. This was defensive : and one night the Indians attempted to force it open, and their method of attack was to run and jump against it, and thus loose bolt or bar. Doing this they were pierced by the spikes. With an unearthly yell they departed. A gun was fired from within, and the bullet went through the door, and I remember the bullet hole. White oak bars were the door fastenings, and they held unbroken as long as the old mansion lasted. ' There was an Indian massacre at Steep Hill, the night of the attack on the old Baker house. ' The Indians who leaped forcefully against the door left their blood on the great stone step. ' The old door, with its spikes and bullet perforation, was put into the garret of the old home, and a new door supplanted it. When the house was demolished, the relic was stolen, to the great regret of everybody. ' My father, [Ephraim Brown, J bought this farm when John Caldwell died. A little later, his men were plowing, and suddenly an ox fell into a well in the field. Nobody knew the well was there. The other ox and a horse drew him out. "My father died at my sister's, Mrs. Khoda Brown Pot- ter ; and I bought the farm when he left it." May 22, 1882. We visited the ancient home on Turkey Shore, built by Daniel Hovey, 1667, and the birthplace of our great-great-grandmother, Abigail Hovey, wife of John Caldwell. It is now owned by Mr. Foss. He bought it of David Andrews, who inherited it from his father, William Andrews. The old house is now a ruin. The walls have an interlining of clay and mortar, about five inches thick. There were two beauforts, evidently for beauty, and the old-time dresser besides. In one room the board ceilings had groovings for special ornament. When Mr. Foss bought the house, there was an ancient chest in the attic, and an old reel was there today. David Andrews told Mr. Foss that in childhood he went to Candlewood for pitch pine sticks and knots. They were cut in strips, lighted, and hung in the fireplace as a substitute for candles. The household duties of the eve- ning were performed by the blaze of them. FOURTH GENERATION. 55 The children of John and Abigail (Hovey :) 30 Elisabeth, bap. Oct. 27, 1739, m. Daniel Rindge. 31 John, bap. Aug. 30, 1741, m. Abigail Hodgkins.- Abigail, bap. June 12, 1743, died July 7, 1747. 32 Ebenezer, born Sept. 21, 1745, m. (1) Lucy Rindge, (2) Mercy Dodge. 33 Thomas, bap. Oct. 1, 1747, m. (1) Lucy Henderson, (2) widow Mary (Ross) Sweet. 34 Stephen, bap. Sept. 10, 1749, m. Abigail Low. Abigail, bap. Sept. 1, 1751, died May 12, 177 1. Sarah, bap. Dec. 2, 1752, died July 5, 177 1 . Sylvanus, bap. May 10, 1756, died May 9, 1771. Lydia, [see Benjamin Caldwell, 46. J 35 Francis, bap. Sept. 1, 1760, m. Abigail Merrifield. Mary, bap. April 1, 1764, died March 2, 1835. 17. Aaron Caldwell, son of John 9 and Elisabeth (Lull) born April 18, 1721, died 1765. He was in the expedition to Lake George, included in the Roll-call of Nov. 22, 1756. He died 1765. He married (1) Esther Burnham, pub. Aug. 11, 1744; she died Oct. 15, 1749. (2) Eliza Tread- well, pub. June 3, 1750. Children of Aaron and Esther (Burnham:) — Esther, bap. May 26, 1745, married Abraham Caldwell, [38.] Aaron, bap. August 23, 1747. Judith, bap. Oct. 15, 1749, her mother's dying day. Children of Aaron and Eliza (Treadwell :) Elisabeth, bap. April 28, 1 75 1 . 36 Moses, born April 9, 1753, m. Elisabeth Sutton. 37 Stephen, bap. March 16, 1755, married Mary Whipple. Lived at Hamilton. Mary, bap. Nov. 3, 1757. 18. Stephen Caldwell, son of John 9 and Elisabeth (Lull,) born June 30, 1723, married Mary Pulcifer ; she married (2) Joseph Lord, 1755. Stephen was but a year old when the crushing intelli- gence was received that John Caldwell, his father, was slain and scalped by the Indians, at Maine. [See p. 45.] In 1739, when he was sixteen years of age, and the father's estate was settled by his elder brother John, he chose for his guardian, his uncle, Dea. Jacob Caldwell : — 56 FOURTH GENERATION. Essex, ss. Stephen Caldwell, a minor, son of John, late of Ipswich, in ye County of the aforesaid, Dec'd, person- ally appeared & made Choice of his uncle Jacob Caldwell to be his Guardian. John Appleton. 6 April, 1739. (Daniel Appleton, Reg.) If traditions of Dea. Jacob Caldwell are true, he could not have made a wiser choice. 1744. Received of Rebekah Caldwell, widow of Deacon Jacob Caldwell, in the County of Essex, Cordwainer, Dec'd, who was riiy Guardian, the sum of ^113, bills of credit of the old tenor. Stephen Caldwell. The slab of slate, in the old High street Burying-ground tells the rest of the story : — Here Lyes Buried ye Body of Mr. Stephen Caldwell who departed this life Jan'y 14, 1754, in ye 31st year of his age. [See page 20.] 19. Jacob Caldwell, cordwainer, son of Dea. Jacob 10 and Rebekah (Lull) bap. Nov. 29, 1 7 19. He went to Watertown, where he married Anna Hastings, Sept. 28, 1742. He was at Cambridge for a time, and eventually settled at Woburn precinct, now Watertown. [See Water- town-Burlington Branch of the Family.] 20. Abraham Caldwell, son of Dea. Jacob and Rebekah (Lull,) bap. Aug. 13, 1721, and died in 1777. He mar- ried Elisabeth Collins, pub. March 15, 1743. He lived in the ancient home on East street, which has been known for two hundred years as " The Cobbet House." The Rev. John and Mary Norton lived in it, until the call came for their transition to Boston. Then came the Rev. Thomas Cobbett, who lived and died in it. It is a home of interesting ministerial memories. Abraham Caldwell died intestate, and his son John, (remembered as the Schoolmaster, ) was appointed admin- istrator. From " An Inventory and Appraisement of the Estate of Mr. Abraham Caldwell, dec'd, taken April 21th, 1777," we note : The dwelling House & out Buildings, with the Land ujvuan onand ll A M3N 3H± // w D O X M H H W ffl CQ O O CO < o E- > FOURTH GENERATION. 57 under and adjoining, situate in said Ipswich, ,£66, 13s. 4d. An Acre and Quarter & 14 Rod Land in the Town Hill, £16. About an Acre of Thatch Bank, at a Place called Bag- well, in said Ipswich, £$. The entire estate was valued at ^277, 17, 6. Another sheet gives the boundary of the "Dwelling house and Barn," as — No. Westerly by Capt. Jeremiah Staniford, and all other parts by highway ; and the Thatch bank as bounded the S. E. by John Caldwell, and the rest by Creek. From the Inventory we copy a singular list of books. His grandchildren remembered that the library of the Rev. Thomas Cobbett was stored for several years in the garret , it may be that some of the volumes included in the inventory were obtained by purchase or gift from these treasures of the Puritan preacher : Pool's Annotations Flavel's Works Cambridge Concordance Miracles Henry's Annotations Cases of Conscience Clavis Billiorum Dr. Owen's Works Hebrew Grammar Greek Grammar Watt's Logick Detham's Pysica Secretary's Guide Mariner's Compass Prince's Chronology Fenning's Arithmetic Commentary on Revelations Ray's Physico Quarto Bible Large octavo Bible Smaller Bible Cole's Dictionary Stanhope's Dictionarj' Bailey's Dictionary Old Latin Dictionary Coles' English Dictionary Greek Lexicon Bailey's Ovid Virgil adusum Lily's Grammar Greek Grammar Young Man's Best Companion Dyches Spelling Book Rogers on the New Birth Bellamy's Essays Whitefield's Sermons Dr. Owen's Vindice Evangelan Large Catechism Gospel Sonnets Shepherd's Sound Believer Janeway's Best Friend Welles' Psalms Malls' History [?] Lily's Greek Grammar Greek and Latin Testament Prince's Psalms Erasmus Castatio 174 pamphlets Latin Testament 123 bound books Abraham Caldwell's family register is written with his own quill ; we copy as he recorded : 58 FOURTH GENERATION. Children of Abraham and Elisabeth (Collins:) 38 Abraham, was born the first day of February, be- tween 12 and 1 o'clock in the morning, 1744, O. S. 39 Jacob, was born the 17th December, on Wednesday, between 8 and 9 o'clock, p. m. old style, 1746. 40 John, was born on Wednesday Morning, between 12 and 1 o'clock, Nov. 30, 1748, O. S. 41 James, was born on Tuesday morning, about six o'clock, Oct. 9, 1750, O. S. Samuel, was born on Monday morning at o hour, 45 m. July 6, 1752, and died March 26, 1767, on Thursday, about five o'clock, p. m. N. S. 42 Stephen, born on Tuesday morning, about 9 o'clock August 20, 1754, N. S. 43 Rebekah, was born on Friday, about two o'clock in the afternoon, Dec. 3, 1756. 44 Isaac, born Thursday morning between 1 and 20'clk Jan. 18, 1759. Elisabeth, born on Friday, June 11, 1762, died May 15, 1767, 8 o'clock in the morning. 21. Samuel Caldwell, son of Dea. Jacob 10 and Rebekah (Lull,) bap April 6, 1729. In 1773, he was living at Sutton. We have not been able to trace him or his de- scendants later. When fifteen years of age he was "bound out," as the old-time expression was, to Thomas Burn- ham, 5th. The quaint document is dated July 2, 1744 : — This Indenture Witnesseth That Samuel Caldwell, sou of Dea. Jacob Caldwell, of Ipswich, in the County of Essex, Cordwainer, Hath put himself, and by these Pres- ents doth volunterily and of his own free will and Accord and with the consent of his father and mother, put and bind himself Apprentice to Thomas Burnham, ye 5th, of Ipswich, in the County of Essex, Joyner, to Larn his Art, Trade, or Mystery, and with him, after the manner of Apprentice to serve him from the day of the date hereof, for and during the term of five years and nine months from thence next ensuing, to be compleat and ended. During all which term the sd Apprentice his sd master faithfully shall serve, his Secrets Keep, and Lawfull Commands every where Gladly obey, he shall do no damage to his sd master, nor his, nor suffer it to be done of others Without FOURTH .GENERATION. 59 Letting or Giving Notice there of to his sd Master, he shall not waste the Goods of his said Master, nor send them unlawfully to Any. He shall not commit fornication, nor contract matrimony within the sd term. At Cards, Dice, or any other unlawful Game, he shall not absent himself by day or by Night from the service of his sd master without his leave, nor haunt Ale houses, Taverns, or play Houses ; but in all things behave himself as a faithfull apprentice ought to do towards his sd Master & all his, during the sd term. And the sd Thomas Eurnham doth for himself hereby covenant and promise to Teach & Instruct, or Cause the sd Apprentice to be taught & Instructed in the art, trade or calling of a Joyner, by the best way or means he may or can, if he, ye said apprentice be capable to Larn. And find and provide unto sd Apprentice Good & Sufficient meat, drink, washing, Lodging, and to cause him to be taught to write and Cypher during the said term : and at the Expiration thereof to Give unto ye sd Apprentice, Two sets of Apparel — one whereof to be new for all partes of His Body, suitable for such an Apprentice. Alsoe for what may be needful for him in Sickness as well as in health. In Testimony whereof the parties to These Presents have hereunto Interchangeably set their Hands and Seals the Second day of July, in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord, George the Second, King of Gt. Britain, &c. A. D. 1744. Thomas Burnham, 5th Signed, Sealed, &c. Jacob Caldwell. Abraham Caldwell. 22. John Caldwell, cordwainer, son of Dea. Jacob 10 and Rebekah (Lull.) was bap. Dec. 19, 1731, was living at Cambridge, in 1773. John Caldwell, of Cambridge, private in Capt. Samuel Thatcher's Co., and Col. Gardner's Reg't, marched at the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; in service one day. His name is included in the List, dated at Cambridge, Sept. 27, 1776, of men who were drafted to go to Horse Neck, New York ; he hired Jonathan Hunt to go as his substitute. The following Caldwells were married in Cambridge, 60 FOURTH GENERATION. but we do not know tbeir ancestry or their relationships ; perhaps they are of the family of John 22 : Samuel Caldwell, wife Eunice, had Samuel, born Jan. 13, 1800. Olive Caldwell, married R. Lucas, 1804. Joseph Caldwell m. Candace Pollard, Dec. 1, 1808. Mary Caldwell m. Benjamin Bell, 1814. James Caldwell m. Lucy Bryant 1814 ; children, — James, born March 23, 1816. Timothy, born July 19, 1819. John, born Octobor 1, 1820. Lucy E. born July 3, 1823. Emeline Colby, born Feb. 27, 1828. Catherine, born Nov. 18, 1831. Ann Caldwell married Samuel Rice, 1817. Eunice Caldwell married Oliver Frost, 1818. Asa Caldwell, from Londonderry, married Jane Robinson, 1818. 23. Elisabeth Caldwell, daughter of William 12 and Lydia (Lull,) bap. Sept. 23, 1733, m. Joseph Hovey, and lived at New Salem. Their children : Anna, married William Caldwell, (45.) Joseph. Elisabeth. 24. Benjamin Caldwell, son of William 12 and Lydia (Lull,) bap. Nov. 16, 1735, married Mary Safford, pub. July 1, 1758. She died May 19, 1796. Benjamin Caldwell was a Revolutionary soldier : pri- vate, Capt. Robert Dodge's company, Col. Samuel John- son's regiment, Gen. Warren's brigade ; marched Aug. 15, 1777 ; discharged Dec. 14, 1777 ; service four months. Travel allowed from Peekskill to Ipswich. Company raised from Third [Essex Co.] Reg't, for service in North- ern department. Certified at Ipswich. Children of Benjamin and Mary (Safford :) 45 William, bap. Oct. 26, 1760, m. Anna Hovey. 46 Benjamin, m. ( 1) Margaret Wood Rindge ; (2) Lydia Caldwell. 47 Ebenezer, bap. Dec. 6, 1767, wife Sarah ; lived at Salem. FOURTH GENERATION. 6l 48 Nathan, m. Rebekah Safford, lived at Springfield, Vt., had one child. 49 Lydia, bap. Sept. 16, 1769, m. Ebenezer Lord. 50 Nathaniel, bap. May 24, 1778, m. Mary Newman. Mary, second wife of Ebenezer Lord, (49.) Hannah, died unmarried. 25. Lydia Caldwell, daughter of William 12 and Lydia (Lull,) married Daniel Safford, pub. April 21, 1758. Re- moved from Ipswich to Springfield, Vt. Lydia died, 1800. Daniel removed to Essex, N. Y., where he died ; and his tombstone has the date, " June 24, 18 18, aged 84 years." He served in the Revolutionary army. His name appears as private on the Muster and Pay Rolls of Capt. John Dodge's Co. Col. Pickering's Reg. Enlisted Dec. 16, 1776; discharged March 15, 1777; time of service 3 mos. 17 days; travel, 340 miles. His name appears again on a receipt dated at Spring- field, Mass, for mileage money home, signed by himself and other soldiers ; received of Capt. Dodge, Mch 16, 1777. It is known traditionally that he lived for a time in Salem; and Sally his daughter, [afterwards Mrs. Joel French,] saw Gen. Washington ride through that historic city. The children of Daniel and Lydia (Caldwell :) Dea. Daniel, married Sally Whitney, at Springfield, Feb. 20, 1806 ; she died April 14, 1855, ^ 74- He died April 16, 1867, aged 84. Thomas ; he had seven sons and daughters, viz : Ebenezer, m. Sarah Cross ; Daniel, m. Helen Stone ; Stukely, m. Safford and settled at the West ; Lydia, unm.; Ruth, m. John Smith ; Fanny, m. Anson VanOrum ; Sarah Ann, m. Morey VanOrum. Sally, m. Joel French ; he was born in Billerica, Jan. 29, 17S0, m. at Springfield, March 6, 1806 ; Sally, his wife, was born July 22, 1780; he died at Lewis, N. Y. Aug. 5, 1868, she died in the same town, March 16, 1849. Elisabeth, m. Whitney. Thandful, m. Burroughs. The Safford, French and Whitney families settled in corners of the three towns of Essex, Lewis and Westport, but near Woodham's Mills post office, in the town of Westport. We have additional lines of descent from Lydia fS 2 FOURTH GENERATION. (Caldwell) and Daniel Safford, which we gladly include in this section : Dea. Daniel Safford son of Daniel and Lydia (Caldwell,) married Sally Whitney, and had a son Lemuel, born July 29, 1807, died May 4, 1898, married Ruth P. Mather; she died December 4, 1887, aged 72 years. Lemuel had a son, Daniel Henry, who married Abby Stafford of Essex, N. Y., daughter of Harris Stafford, and had a son Lemuel W. Safford, L. L. B., Cornell Univ. 1886; School Commissioner, 2d Dist. Daniel Henry had a daughter, Nellie, who m. Fred Stone; resides at Albany. Another daughter, Celia, mar- ried Albert Walker, son of Abel Page and Abby Baldwin Walker, of Essex. Thomas Safford, son of Daniel and Lydia (Caldwell,) had a son Ebenezer who married Sarah Cross, and had : — Elvira, m. Peter Nichols, of Lewis, N. Y.; Herbert, lives at Maiden; Edgar M . lives at Essex; Jane A. married George Phinney. Joel and Sally (Safford) French had a daughter Thank- ful Safford, born at Lewis, March 27, 181 1, died August 7, 1842 ; she married Lucius Whitney, born at Springfield, Feb. 29, 1804, died at Essex, July 14, 1884. They had a daughter : — Sally Maria, born at Essex, Feb 28, 1836, married April 12, 1864, Henry Dow Sherman, born April 9, 1838, at Westport, resides at Essex. They had a daughter, Nellie Maria, born May 22, 1865, married Philip Abel Walker. Also another daughter, Cora Sherman, born at Essex, Aug. 15, 1869, married Nov. 15, 1887, Henry Harmon Noble, born at Essex, May 9, 1861. and had : John Harmon, born Sept. 6, 1888. Laura Anne, born Oct. 25, 1889. Katherine Reeth, born Oct. 2, 1892. Joel French served in the War of 1S12, in U. S. service, as a private in Capt. Rolfe's Co., Lt. Col. Ransom Noble's 37th Reg't, N. Y. S. M.. Aug. 1-5, 1813, Murray's Raid at Plattsburgh, N. Y.; and in Capt. Jonathan Merrian, Jr's Co., same Reg't, Sept. 2-14, 18 14, battle of Plattsburgh. His grandson, Hon. B. F. Payne, has the flintlock musket he carried. Henry Dow Sherman is son of Capt. Titus G. and Porthenia (Sheldon) Sherman, and grandson of Humphrey FOURTH GENERATION. 63 and Anne (Reynolds) Sherman, who was in the U. S. ser- vice as private in Capt. Levi Trowbridge's Co., Lt. Col. Henry Bloom's First Reg't, N. Y. Detached Militia, Sept. 7, Dec. 17, 1813. Enlisted at Hector, Seneca Co. N. Y. Discharged at Fort Niagara. 26. John Caldwell, the eighth child of Wiliiam 12 and Lydia (Lull), baptized March 4, 1746, married by the Rev. Joseph Dana, D. D., May 31, 1770, to Dolly Hoyt, of Rowley. Lived first at Haverhill ; then removed to Hebron, Oxford Co. Maine. The descendants of John and Dolly Hoyt Caldwell are fully given in another section of these Records, devoted especially to them, and edited by Mrs. Sumner Kimball, Lovell, Maine. Children of John and Dolly (Hoyt :) John, married Sarah Merrill, lived at Oxford, Me. Philip, b. at Haverhill, Dec. 2, 1773, d. at Paris, Me William, b. 1775, m. Nancy Woodward, d. at Paris. Polly, m. Rev. Dan Perry, died at Oxford, 1828. Dolly, m. Rev. Joseph Ricker, died at Oxford, 1802. 27. Thomas Caldwell, son of William and Lydia (Lull) Caldwell, bap. July 7, 1751, died May 25, 1824, aged 73 years. He married (1) Elisabeth Lakeman ; she died April 17, 1786, aged 39 years. He m. (2) Elisabeth (Glover) Greenwood, of Boston ; she died in Boston, Nov. 25, 1825. Thomas Caldwell marched in Capt. Daniel Rogers Co., at the alarm of 19 April, 1775, — service four days. Children of Thomas : 51 Thomas, married Mary Boardman, died 1802. 52 Josiah, m. (1) Sarah Odell, (2) Lucy Lord; he died Aug. 19, 1864, aged 83 years. David, died in Ipswich, 1784. 53 Elisabeth, born Dec. 6, 1784, married Ezra Palmer, of Boston, 1807. 53 Susan, born June 6, 1789, 2d wife of Ezra Palmer. 54 Mary, married Simeon Palmer, of Boston, 1812. 55 Lucy Townsend, [adopted,] m. Amos Dunnels. 28. Daniel Caldwell, son of Daniel 13 and Elisabeth (Burley,) baptized Feb. 7, 1724-5, died Dec. 1798. He m. Hannah Burley, April 12, 1799; she was the daughter of 64 FOURTH GENERATION. Andrew and Hannah Bnrley, bap. Sept. 27, 1746, died Jan. 24, 1770. No children. Daniel Caldwell married his cousin, Hannah Burley, the neice of his mother, Elisabeth (Burley.) There is a pretty family tradition concerning this marriage : Daniel's aunt, Hannah (Burnham,) wife of Andrew Burley, Rep- resentative and Justice, was "spending the day," at his mother's with her infant. Hannah. At evening when she went to her home on Brook street, Daniel accompanied her, and carried the baby. Aunt Hannah playfully told him that for his reward he might w r ait for the little one to grow up, and then claim her for his own. Surely, when a bachelor of forty-five years, he married the Hannah Burley whom he carried in her infancy in his arms. There is a gold ring yet preserved, worn by Daniel at a cousin's burial. He was a bearer, and was presented with a white scarf, and a ring inscribed 'Abigail Walley, aged 23, 1747." Another funeral ring has skull and bones. Feb. 15, 175S. This certifies that I, the Subscriber, received of Daniel Caldwell, jr., ,£15 old tenor, in the year 1755, for which I did half a turn in the Province service same year for said Caldwell. As witness my hand. Mark Fiske. 29. John Caldwell, blacksmith and anchor maker, son of Daniel 13 and Elisabeth (Burley,) bap. Oct. 5, 1740, died Feb. 20, 1825, married Sarah Haraden, pub. Dec. 17, 1762, dan. of David Haraden of Gloucester. Children : Sarah, born March 12, 1765, died Oct. 13, 183S. Elisabeth, born Aug. 27, 1766, died Nov. 1770. 5 r > John, born May 20, 1768, married Susannah Rob- inson, died May, 1820. 57 Daniel, born June 5, 1770, married Eunice Lord, died Nov. 1804. 58 Elisabeth, born Aug. 17, 1772, married John Grow, died Jan. 6, 1838. Hannah, born Oct. 18, 1774, died Jan. 21, rSn. Mary, born July 25, 1776, died Jan. 26, 1861. Susannah, born Aug. 11, 1 7 7 S , died March, 1844. Lucy, born Nov. 1782, died April, 1S68. John Caldwell was an anchor maker especially, but did other work in the line of the blacksmith. Until the death of his brother Daniel, he lived on Green street, in the FOURTH GENERATION. 65 t house known at the present date, [1904,] as belonging to the children of the late Mrs. Lucretia Perkins. Histori- cally it is called the Stanwood house, and a picture of it is in the Genealogy of the Ipswich Stanwoods. Daniel and Hannah [Burley] leaving no children, John succeeded to the estate of his brother, and removed to the home on High street, — the home of his grandfather, Dil- lingham Caldwell, and his great-grandfather, John Cald- well. The estate was very much as when Dillingham left it., "over the hill to the brook." He was several times drafted during the Revolution, but with a family of nine little children, all at home, he deemed it his duty to send a substitute, and gave cheer- fully of his estate to those who could go in his name. He reduced his property thereby. A great-grandaughter sent us the following tradition, which ma}' be read with interest by his descendants in the years to come : — John Caldwell went from his home on High street, to the lower part of the town to deliver potatoes that had been ordered of him. The woman who was to receive them disputed the quantity, in the presence of a neighbor, de- claring with positiveness that more were needed. John deliberately and quietly measured them. There was the full complement and a peck over. The woman then claimed the surplus peck : "No," answered John, with undisturbed voice ; "they would have been yours had you trusted me. Now, I give them to this neighbor. It may be that Mr. Caldwell of that far-away day had seen the picture of the Coat of Arms of an ancient English Caldwell family. Its motto, — " Dare to be Wise" had, perhaps, impressed and inspired him ; for the little incident, given above, by his descendant, indicates a quiet wisdom and self-possession. The great-grandaughter, (Mrs. Powell,) who told the story, penned also in later days a pretty poetic version of the Caldwell Arms and its motto and bearings. The preservation of the verses in these pages will be pleasant : Ml FOURTH GENERATION. 3u tyt BantB of (JTaltiraBlL ELIZA GROW DODGE POWELL. Symbols of the Coat of Arms: Three Cold Wells; Crest, Cross and Crown and Mailed Hand. Motto: Dare to be Wise. ' The Truth," so says an ancient saw, " Lies hidden in a Well;" And we may find and freely draw, And buy, but never sell. But when the Well is multiplied Into a sacred Trine, There is a gracious thought implied, That it is Truth divine. Since royalty we predicate Of Truth whence Wisdom springs, A royal Truth we indicate By Crown of earthly kings. If for a king right gallantly A man will suffer loss, So for the Truth as valiantly We should lift up the Cross. When falsity stalks proudly forth To overflow the land, Royal, divine and suffering Truth Demands the war-clad hand. Who dares to sink the bucket down And bring this Truth to light, May wear this crest of Cross and Crown And armored hand of might. Bradstreet was the first New England poetess, and many of her poems were composed in this ancient house. Gov. Bradstreet sold the homestead to Richard Betts ; Richard Betts sold to Cornelius and Hannah (Cagswell ) Waldo, ancestors of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Aug. 31, 1654, Mr. Waldo sold the house to John Caldwell, who had recently married Sarah Dillingham. The house is now occupied by Mrs. Clara M. Jones, whose mother was a Caldwell., and a direct descendant of the original John and Sarah (Dillingham) Caldwell. Nearly a century after the arrival of John Caldwell at Ipswich, other families of the name came from England and the north of Ireland ; one settled in central Massa- chusetts, another in New Hampshire, and others in New Jersey and the South. At the exercises in the Chapel this forenoon, Augustine Caldwell presided and spoke from the query, " Why are we here ?" Dr. S. Cushman Caldwell, of Pelham Heights, N. Y., read a Paper on the " Characteristics of the Men of the Caldwell family." Miss Lydia A. Caldwell, Librarian of the local Public Library, read a Paper written by J. J. Caldwell, M. D., of Summit, N. J., on " The Caldwells as Soldiers," and " Glances at families," not included in the Ipswich lines. Following the literary exercises the assemblage visited the old, old homestead, where a reception was held. Later, other Caldwell homes, and points of historic in- terest about the town were inspected. The Exercises at the Caldwell Commemoration will be printed in suitable form foi preservation with the Genealogy, ft will be mailed as Part V. 352Qi Part Two CALDWELL Jor>0 Caldwell AND IPSWICH, MASS, 1654. Genealogical Records of their Descendants, Eight Generations, 1654- 1900. This section, Part Two, contains the Fifth and Sixth Generations. Pages 67-118. PSWICH, MASS. 1 J FIFTH GENERATION. 67 FIFTH GENERATION. 30. Elisabeth Caldwell, daughter of John 16 and Abigail (Hovey,) bap. October 27, 1739, married Daniel Rindge, eldest son of Sam'l and Mary (Appletou) Rindge. Their children : Daniel, bap. Feb. 23, 1766, died early. Elisabeth, bap. Sept. 20, 1767, married Abraham Seward, Dec. 30, 1794, died April, 1824, aged 57. Children: Huldah. m. Benj. Kimball; Daniel, died early ; John, died early ; Lydia Caldwell, m. Jason Wilkins, of Salem; Mary, m. Wilcombe, Londonderry; Elisabeth, m. Elisha Glover, lived at Ipswich. Samuel, bap. Jan. 14, 1770, d. at So. Carolina, unm. John, bap. July 12, 1771, died Oct. 18, 1801. Lucy, bap. Feb. 12, 1775, died aged 8 years. 31. John Caldwell, son of John 16 and Abigail (Hovey) bap. Aug. 30, 1741, died of fever, July 26, 1771, married Abigail Hodgkins, born 1740, dau. of Daniel and Abigail ( Heard ) Hodgkins, and graudaughter of Edmund Heard ; pub. Jan. 19, 1763. Abigail married (2) Samuel Hender- son ; Rev. Daniel Fitz recorded, July 13, 1828, "Mrs. Abigail Henderson was admitted to the church ; aged 88 years." She died Dec. 17, 1833, aged 93 years. The next Sabbath morning, her pastor preached a commemorative sermon, announcing as his subject : " The sustaining pow- er of the burden of years." John Caldwell and Abigail lived in Brook St. renting rooms in the house built by his grandfather, John 9, slain by the Indians, 1724 [See page 45.] Their children : 59 John, born Nov. 28, 1765, m. Mary Gilman. 60 Daniel, born Nov. 14, 1769 ; three times married. Abigail, born Sept. 25, 177 1 , married her cousin, Capt. Samuel Caldwell, [62,] died Aug. 16, 1852. She was born three months after her father's death ; and her bereaved mother, in later years, told her that she bathed her baby- face many times with the bitter tears of early widowhood. 68 FIFTH GENERATION. 32. Capt. Ebenezer Caldwell, son of John 16 and Abi- gail (Hovey,) born Sept. 21, 1745, died Dec. 16, 1821, aged 76 years. His name, when thirty years of age, is found in the list of soldiers: Private, Capt. Thomas Mighill, Row- ley, Co. Minute men ; marched on Alarm of April 19, 1775; service five days. Also, Capt. Thomas Mighill Co. Lieut. Col. Loammi Baldwin's [38] Reg't, [late Gerrish ;] returned Sept. 26, 1775. As a citizen he was much engaged in Town interests throughout his entire manhood ; and for more than twenty successive years was a member of the School Committee. One painful chapter of his life, was the wreck of his brig, Sally, of which, we think, he was the sole owner. We will give the story in the words of his daughter Han- nah, who was, at the time, a child of ten years : In 1804, father fitted out the brig, Sally. Twelve strong and estimable men of Ipswich, made up the crew. Benjamin Pinder was Captain. The brig crossed Ipswich bar, and, it is surmised, was struck by a hurricane, — was wrecked and sunk ; none on board were ever heard from. One of the men was Robert Stone, grandfather of Robert Stone of the Shatswell house, High street. We recall also the names of Daniel Caldwell and Asa Lord. A pall fell upon the entirt town. The men were all attendants at the First Church, and the Rev. Levi Frisbie appointed a memorial service. It called together a throng. In the midst of his sermon, Mr. Frisbie was so overcome, that he was obliged to pause. A hush, even of breath, so covered the assembly, that its sorrowful impress never faded from memories. Now and again the wrecked brig was spoken of until that generation had passed away. The daughter, Hannah, [Mrs. William Clark,] also gave the following memory of Capt. Caldwell's Thanks- giving dinners, — a picture, surely, of an old-time festival : At our home, we never assembled at the tables with less than twenty, and the children's table besides. We had two courses and dessert : First, a boiled dish, with every possible vegetable ; Next, four roast chickens, aud a huge chicken pie, four roast geese, and a turkey. The dessert was, — Plum puddings and Indian puddings, followed by dishes of apples and cider. Then the chil- FIFTH GENERATION. 69 Emerson House, 1648. The Home of Capt. Ebenezer Caldwell. 1789-1821. dren adjourned to the kitchen and parched corn and made molasses candy. The earlv married home of Capt. Caldwell was on the farm known to us as Col. John Heard's. In April, 1789, he took possession of the Emerson house, on Turkey Shore, built 1748, by the earliest New England ancestor of Ralph Waldo Emerson. This pleasantly located house had pleasant associations and memories ; in its ''front room," was his marriage with Lucy Rindge, his first wife, who, three years later, passed into the Beyond. The County records give the history of this home of his choice and contentment : i. 1648. Built by Thomas Emerson, ii. Sold to Daniel Rindge. iii. Uzael Wardwell, became its owner, iv. William Howard bought it. v. Left to William, Samuel and John Howard, vi. Samuel Howard bought it. He died 1766. vii. Samuel left it to Stephen Howard, viii. Stephen sold it to Samuel Rindge ; removed to Connecticut. ■JO l-IFTH GENERATION. Capt. Ebenezer Caldwell married (i) Lucy, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Appleton) Rindge, Dec. i, 1768. She died in 1772, leaving two sons, the oldest bearing the name of her husband, the youngest the name of her father. The Appleton ancestry of Lucy Rindge is as follaws : 1. Samuel Appleton, born 1586, married Judith Everards ; died 1670. 2. John Appleton, born 1622, married Priscilla, dau. Rev. Jose Glover; died 1699. 3. Samuel Appleton, m. Mary Woodbridge ; d. 1693. 4. John Appleton married Mary Allen ; died 1750. 5. Mary Appleton, b. 1724, m. Samuel Rindge, d. 1746. The children of Capt. Ebenezer and Lucy (Rindge :) 61 Ebenezer, bap. Jan. 14, 1770; m. Rebekah Dodge. 62 Samuel, born Aug. 21, 1772, m. (1) Elisabeth Perkins; (2) Abigail Caldwell, his cousin. He married (2,) Mercy Dodge, daughter of [Sheriff] William and Mercy (Smith) Dodge, Dec. 9, 1773. She united with the South Church, Feb. 19. 1804, died May 28, 1837, aged 84 years. She was a descendant of Richard Smith, who came from Shropshire, Co. Norfolk, Eng., and was in Ipswich, 1648 ; 2. Richard and Hannah (Cheney) Smith, married November, 1660 ; 3. John and Mercy (Adams) Smith, m. Dec. 4, 1702 ; 4. John and Hannah (Treadwell) Smith; John was estimated the richest man of Ipswich ; 5. Mercy (Smith) Dodge, wife of the Sheriff. The ten children of Capt. Ebenezer and Mercy [Dodge :] 63 William, bap. Sept. 11, 1774, m. [1] Abigail Smith ; [2] Susannah Treadwell. 64 Mercy, bap. Dec. 21, 1777, married Moses Davis. 65 Lucy, bap. Oct. 17, 1779, m. [1] Stephen Caldwell ; [2] Caleb Randall ; [3] Samuel Smith. Daniel, bap. Nov. 1782, died Dec. 17, 1799, aged sixteen years. He was under the pupilage of the Grammar School Master, preparing for ex- amination at Harvard. His sister said of him, years later: " He was the intellect of the family." 66 Eunice, bap. May 1, 1785, married Nathan Davis. 67 Sylvanus, bap. April 8, 1787, m. Hannah Staniford. 68 Joanna, bap. May 31, 1789, m. Dea. Isaac Stanwood. 69 Sarah, bap. Dec. 30, 1792, m. Jacob Stanwood; and FIFTH GENERATION. 71 lived at Augusta, Maine ; died Aug. 18, 1854. She was the mother of Mrs Hon. J. G. Blaine. 70 Hannah, born Nov. 30, 1794, married William Clark. 71 Eben, born March 12, 1798, married Clarissa Smith, of Manchester. Another glance at the Rev. Jose Glover-family, whose name is blended with the ancestry of Lucy Rindge Cald- well, will make the history more complete: Priscilla (Glover) Appleton was a daughter of the Rev. Jose Glover, Rector of Sutton in Surrey. He made a contract June 7, 1638, with Stephen Day, Cambridge, Eng., to come to New England with wife, children, servant, in the John, of London, at the expense of Mr. Glover ; his de- sign being to set up a Printing Press. Mr. Glover died on the passage, and found an ocean grave. Mrs. Glover, his widow, married [2] Henry Dunster, the first President of Harvard College. The children of Rev. and Mrs. Glover, were : — Capt. Roger, slain in the civil war, Edinburgh ; John, H. C. 1650 ; Eng. 1654 ; M. D., at Aberdeen ; Elisabeth, married Adam Winthrop ; Sarah, married Deane Winthrop ; Priscilla, married John Appleton of Ipswich ; and as above stated they were gr. gr. grandparents of Lucy Rindge Caldwell. 33. Thomas Caldwell, son of John 16 and Abigail (Hovey,) bap. Oct. 1, 1747; married [1] Lucy Henderson, Jan. 26, 1773 ; she died Sept. 18, 1788. He married [2] Widow Mary (Ross) Sweet, February 14, 1793; she died September 19, 1833. Thomas Caldwell was a Revolutionary Soldier ; a pri- vate in Capt. Thomas Burnham's Co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, three days. Also, Capt. Abraham Dodge's Co. Col. Moses Little's reg't., the 17th. Company return dated Oct. 9, 1775 ; en- listed August 1, 1775, age 26. Order for bounty coat, Dec. 21, 1775. Also, Capt. Dodge's Co., Col. Moses Little's 12th reg't. Enlisted January 1, 1776. Thomas Caldwell, private, Capt. Joseph HodgkinsCo., Colo. Timothy Bigelow T 's reg't ; Muster Roll for January to September, 1777, dated VanSchaick's Island, and sworn 72 FIFTH GENERATION. to in Camp near Half Moon ; Enlisted May 19, 1777 ; 8 months; reported lame in camp. Thomas Caldwell and Mary (Ross) his wife, sold to James Smith, July 11, 1796, one half the dwelling house in Brook St.; which house, we think, in later years has been known as the home of the Sherburne family, and of Samuel Henderson, and his son Jeremiah Henderson. The eleven children of Thomas Caldwell : John, seaman, died in Holland, unmarried. Lucy, died April 3, 1822, aged 43 years, unm. 72 Sarah, married Benjamin Pindar. Deborah, married David Hart, Newburyport, Dec. 10, 1805. 73 Ruth, married John Page, Newburyport ; born Sept. 15, 17S6, married May 3, 1809. Abigail, bap. March 14, 1799, m. Boden. 74 Thomas, married Elisabeth Sweet. 75 Francis, married Lydia Hove}'. Joseph, drowned October, 1838, aged 40 years. Elisabeth, married Levi Young, Jan. 18, 1830. 76 Daniel, born Feb. 23, 1794, m. Mary Ann Lord. 34. Stephen Caldwell, son of John 16 and Abigail (Hovey,) bap. Sept. 10, 1749, married Abigail Low, pub. May 28, 1774, died 1836, aged 86 years. He removed from Ipswich to Hampton Falls, N. H., and later to Augusta, Maine. The children of Stephen and Abigail : Sttphen, bap. May 18, 1777, drowned at sea, 1804 ; married his cousin, Lucy Caldwell, f 65. ] Bemsley, bap. May 18, 1777; he left no sons. Daniel, born at Hampton Falls, married Abigail Batchelder of that town, lived at Augusta, Me. No children. Ruhamah, born at Hamp:on Falls. 77 John, born at Hampton Falls Feb. 26, 1782, mar- ried Eunice Stanwood, of Ipswich. The parents of Mrs. Cowdes, of the Ipswich Female Seminary. Abigail, married Lyon. Ruth. 78 Francis, physician, born Oct. 31, 1789, practiced his profession at Anson, 111. 79 Joseph, physician, died at Huron, Ohio. Mary. FIFTH GENERATION. 73 35. Francis Caldwell, son of John 16 and Abigail (Hovey,) bap. Sept. i, 1760, died Nov. 21, 1830. He mar- ried June 1, 1793, Abigail, daughter of Dea. Francis and Hannah (Lakeraan) Merrifield. She was baptized Sept. 18, 1768 ; died Feb. 19. 1845, aged 77 years. No children. Francis Caldwell was a Revolutionary Soldier. Private Capt. David Low's Co. volunteers, 3d Essex Co. Reg't. Enlisted Sept. 30, 1777. Marched Oct. 2, 1777. Dis- charged at Cambridge, Nov. 7, 1777. Service 40 days in a Reg't commanded by Maj. Charles Smith, under Gen. Gates, — northern dep't and in guarding Gen. Burgoyne's army, Prospect Hill. Abigail (Merrifield) Caldwell is well remembered by the compiler. When he was nine years old he attended, with his father, her burial service, at the old Emerson house on Turkey Shore, where the last few weeks of her life were passed. She was very amiable and gracious to children ; and it was their delight to carry her, in return, baskets of food from their mothers tables, which, doubtless, were acceptable in the feebleness of old age. She united with the South Church August 25, 1799. Eleven that day made "profession of religion,'' — names familiar then, but forgotten now. We will recount them, and give also the later married name : Abigail, wife of Francis Caldwell ; Tristram and Joanna (Baker) Brown; Chrissie Baker, married Josiah Brown; Eunice Brown ; Fanny Brown, tharried in Londonderry, N. H.; Sarah Caldwell, dau. of Ebenezer, 32, married Jacob Stanwood, moved to Augusta; Eunice Kimball, married Nathaniel Lord, Esq., Register of Probate; Martha Fellows, married [1] John Willett, [2] Jeremiah Kimball, a lady whose mind was the repository of spirit- ual songs, and especially a lover of the hymns of Newton ; Mercy Lakeman, married William Foster Wade, one of the Deacons of the Church and County Treasurer ; Abraham Hodgkins Stanwood. We find a glimpse of Abigail (Merrifield) Caldwell's father, written by Mrs. Harriet (Baker) Noyes, whose constant pen gives many glimpses of Ipswich people and their households. To those who are interested in names braided with Caldwells it will seem almost like a leaf of family history : " By the kindness of Rufus Choate of Essex, an old 74 FIFTH GENERATION. Bible has been loaned to the Ipswich Historical Society. The Bible was printed in Edinburgh, 1755. This time stained relic was carried in his knapsack when Francis Merrifield, of Ipswich, a Minute Man, Capt. Nathaniel Wade's Co. marched to Bunker Hill. After the battle his Company was withdrawn to Cambridge ; and he wrote on the inside of one of the covers : " 1775. Cambridge, June 17th. A batel fought on bunkers hill, on Saterday in the afternoon, which lasted an hour and a quarter, two men were wounded, and a wonderful deliverance, the number of my gun, one hun- dred eighty three, 183, the seventeenth Rigement, 17." He drew his pen through the words, wonderfid deliverance, and this erasure may be explained by the entry on the blank side of the New Testament title page : "Cambridge, Jun. 17, 1775. I Desire to Bless God for his kind aperince in delivring me and sparing my Life in ihe Late batel fought on Bunkers hill. I desire to devote this spared Life to his Glory and honour. as witness my hand, Francis Merrifield." Mr. Choate has appended the following data : Francis Merrifield was born in Ipswich, Nov. 2, 1735 ; a son of Thomas and Mercy Merrifield. He was remarbably cheerful and possessed much wit, although a man of great modesty and few words. He was five feet and six inches in height, robust and enjoyed unbroken health to the end of his life. He served during one campaign at Ticonderoga in the French and Indian war. It is thought he served through the entire war of the Revolution. His comrades in arms testified that throughout his army life, he never failed to kindly rebuke an oath when uttered in his presence ; and the Christian graces shone in his character. He was Dea- con in the South Church, Ipswich. In December, 1759, Francis Merrifield married Hannah Lakeman. He had 13 children ; four survived him. At his death, April 21, 1814, this Bible passed into the family of his daughter Elisabeth, wife of Col. Thomas Wade. At the death of Col. Wade, 1827, it passed into the hands of his son William, by whom it was presented to his nephew, Rufus Choate, March 20, 1872. There is a family tradition that Hannah Lakeman was the housemaid in the home of the Rev. John Walley, the FIFTH GENERATION. 75 first Pastor of the South Church; and that Mr. Walley gave her the Bible. Dea. Merrifield lived in the old house recently owned and occupied by the late John Gallagher." 36. Moses Caldwell, son of Aaron 17 and Eliza (Tread- well,) born April 9, 1753, died March 4, 1838, aged 84 yrs. Married Elisabeth Sutton, called the daughter of Judge Sutton ; she was born Sept. 27, 1759, died Dec. 8, 1824. They were published Nov. 5, 1785. Their home was in Brook street, — a substantial two story house, on the site of the Burroughs bouse, and adjoining the homestead of Arthur W. Dow, artist. Moses Caldwell has a Revolutionary history : 1775. Moses Caldwell, Ipswich, private Capt. Thomas Mighill Co., Lieut. Col. Baldwin 38th Reg't, Sept. 1775. Oct. 27, 1775, private Capt. Thomas Mighill Co., Col. Gerrish Reg't. Order for bounty coat, Winter Hill. 1777-8. Private Capt. John Dodge's Co., Col. Jacob Gerrish's Reg't of Guards. Enlisted Nov. 11, 1777; ser- vice to April 3, 1778, 4 mos. 23 days; at Charlestown and Cambridge. Also muster roll, Winter Hill, Feb. 1778, detatched to guard Burgoyne's Army. 1779. Capt. Lord's Co.; age 26, statue 6 feet, 1 in.; complexion light ; delivered to Lieut. William Story ; also in Capt. Bowman's Co. 15th Reg't; enlisted July n, 1777 ; return dated at Boxford, Dec. 8. 1779 ; discharged, April 17, 1780,- — nine months. 1780. Enlisted for 6 mos.; age 27 ; 6 ft. 1 in.; complex- ion ruddy. Arrived at Springfield, July 21, 1780, marched to Camp same day, under command of Capt. Isaac Pope. Also, name on pay roll for six months men, raised by Ipswich for service in Continental Army, 1780. Marched July 10, 1780, discharged Jan. 12, 1781 ; 6 mos. 14 days. [At Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780.] The children of Moses and Elisabeth (Sutton :) Elisabeth, born Sept. 20, 1786, married David Pulsifer of Salem, 1840, died Dec. 2, 1842. Moses, born Dec. 24, 1788, died Nov. 9, 1829. Aaron, twin, born Nov. 9, 1790, died at N. Orleans. Samuel, twin, born Nov. 9, 1790. Richard Sutton, born March, 1794. 80 Stephen, b. May 6, 1797, m. Mary Lunt of Newbury. Thomas, born March 8, died April 19. 1800. y6 FIFTH GENERATION. 37. Stephen Caldwell, son of Aaron 17, and Eliza (Treadwell,) bap. March 16, 1755, married Mercy Whipple 17S6. lived at Hamilton ; one daughter : Betsey, died unmarried. Stephen Caldwell was a Revolutionary Soldier, — Capt. Nath'l Wade's Co., enlisted Dec. 8, 1775, for year 1776. Capt. Nath'l Wade's Co., Col. Moses Little's Reg., 12th, receipt for wages and travel, dated Ipswich, Feb. 24, 1777. Brig-of-war, commanded by Capt. Jonathan Haraden, engaged Oct. 6, 1777 ; service not given. 38. Abraham Caldwell, son of Abraham 20 and Elisa- beth (Collins,) born Feb. 1, 1744, married Esther Caldwell, his cousin, daughter of Aaron 17, Dec. 31, 1770. She was born May 26, 1745, died Dec. 2, 1825. He united with the South Church, Oct. 18, 1767. A strangely suffering story is told of him : One morning in Revolutionary days, he and an acquaintance named Lowater, sailed down the Ipswich river to the Bay, to catch fish. An English vessel unexpectedly appeared, and they were pursued and captured. Lowater, to his own surprise, was returned to his boat, and speedily sailed to spread the exciting intelligence. Caldwell was im- pressed into the English service, and never again heard from. It was known to Lowater that several mariners were sick of the small pox. It was thought by his family that Mr. Caldwell sickened and died of this contagion. Abraham Caldwell left a widow, Esther, and a son and daughter : 81 Abraham, married Elisabeth Woodbury. Esther, bap. June 29, 1775. She was unm. and lived in the family of Dea. Caleb Lord. 39. Jacob Caldwell, cordwainer, son of Abraham 20 and Elisabeth (Collins,) born at Ipswich, Dec. 17, 1746, lived at Salem, his homestead being on St. Peter street. He was twice married. His second wife was widow Elisabeth Mclntyre, married March 21, 1792. Mention is made of a son, (Jacob 82,) who was a seaman. Jacob, cordwainer, was dead 1799. His son Jacob was appointed adm'r, Dec. 2, 1799. Ht conveyed the estate on St. Peter street, Salem, to his stepmother, the widow Elisabeth, Dec. 13, 1800. The sureties lor Jacob, the adm'r, were John FIFTH GENERATION. 77 Caldwell, 3d, Ipswich, and Abraham Caldwell, Beverly. The widow Elisabeth's estate, administration was grant- ed to George Wheatland, Esq., July 5, 1836, "she having within twelve years past deceased intestate." Stephen Caldwell 42, — brother of Jacob, cordwainer, — owned one half the St. Peter street estate. Daniel Millett married Stephen's daughter Elisabeth, and bought Jacob's I rights. He was a tailor, — Millett & Ward, Essex street, — resided on St. Peter street. The only child of Jacob 39, by his first wife : 82 Jacob, born , m. Mary Brown, of Salem. 40. John Caldwell, son of Abraham 20 and Elisabeth (Collins,) born Wednesday, Nov. 36, 1748, O. S. and died Sept. 22, 1815, aged 67 years. He married Eunice Smith. No children. Her second husband was Dea. Mark Has- kell ; she died Feb. 16, 1847, aged 91 years. John Caldwell was usually designated " Schoolmaster John." Like his father, [Abraham 20,] he was not only fond of books, but of the mental development which comes through investigation. With a keen relish for mathe- matics he devoted much time to that branch of culture, and opened winter schools, in which special attention and instruction were given to navigation. [Among his pupils in this branch were the elder sons of Capt. Ebenezer Caldwell 32.] His married home was the ancient Proctor house ; the mansion at the Stone Bridge owned and occupied by the children of Capt. Samuel Newell Baker. It is a house of historic interest, as John Proctor, highly esteemed by his Ipswich friends, had a sou who went to Salem, and was a victim of that deadly jear, — 1692, — at that place. He was accused of witchcraft. It was rumored in Ipswich, his native home, that he had been condemned to the gallows. Ipswich people had known him too long and too well to believe in such obscession. Thirty-two of his old neigh- bors immediately petitioned for his reprieve. The paper was slighted. The good man perished on Gallows Hill. Schoolmaster John, by his own diligent study, calculated an almanac, when twenty-nine years old. He was not only " Master John," but "Merchant John." Legal documents call him " John Caldwell, trader." He had a successful store in the block yet standing on the -s FIFTH GENERATION. south side of the Stone Bridge, now owned and occupied by Mr. Mark Newman. Mr. Abraham Caldwell, his nephew, had the book of school finances, 1778-81. His classes met in the house of Abner Harris, on High street. He credits Abner "with the use of your chamber for keeping school, £2, 10s." Later he had the School in his own Proctor mansion, and advertizes : — " A school will be opened by the Subscriber at his House as soon as a Sufficient Number shall find themselves disposed to attend, for Reading, Writing and Arithmetick ; where may be taught besides Common Arithmetick, sev- eral other branches in the Mathematicks : As the Extrac- tion and Use of the Square and Cube Roots, Interest, simple and compound, Guaging of Casks and other Ves- sels, by Arithmetic, Mensuration of Superficies and Solids ; Plain Geometry ; Measuring of Land, commonly called Surveying; Navigation performed in several ways, viz. : by Construction, Computation, by the Traverse Tables, and by Gunter's Scale, — all which will be done on moder- ate Terms, and Payment made easy to the Learner. John Caldwell, 4th. He has a Revolutionary history : John Caldwell, Ipswich, private, Capt. Nath'l Wade's Co., Colo. Moses Little's reg't, enlisted June 15, 1775, ser- vice h weeks, 5 days; marched to Cambridge. Age 26 yrs. Also, Capt. Wade's Co. enlisted Dec. 20, 1775. Payroll dated at Long Island, 1776. Also, Capt. Wade's same Company, rec'p't for rations, Long Island, April 30, r 776. Also, Capt. Wade's Co., Col. Little's reg't, wages and travel, dated, Ipswich, Feb. 4, 1777. 1775. In the list of firearms borrowed for the use of -..Idiers i 11 Capt. Abraham Dodge's Co., John Caldw r ell loaned a gun to Stephen Colman. 41. James Caldwell, son of Abraham 20 and Elisabeth 1 Collins,) born Tuesday, Oct. 9, 1750, O. S. We cannot trace his history. We find his name only as a Revolutionary Soldier. At Sutton, whither he w^ent trom Ipswich, he is recorded as, — Private, Capt. Bartholomew Woodbury's Co., Colonel Learned's Reg : return for billeting • Company marched FIFTH GENERATION. 79 from Sutton, Douglas, Northbridge, Dec. 9, 1775. Capt. Woodbury's Co., Col. Job Cushing's Reg't., [Worcester Co.,] enlisted Aug 13, 1777, discharged Nov. 29, service 3 mcs. 27 days. James Caldwell, private Capt. Abijah Burbank's Co., Col. Jacob Davis' Reg., marched to Camp July 30, 1780, discharged Aug. 7, service 11 1-2 days ; alarm at Rhode Island. James Caldwell, account dated Ipswich, Jan. 18, 1782, of bounty advanced by the Town of Ipswich, to said Caldwell and others, for enlisting into the Continental Army for three years. 42. Stephen Caldwell, son of Abraham 20 and Elisa- beth (Collins,) born Tuesday, Aug. 20, 1754, N. S. His first wife was Eunice ; he m. [2,] Mary Mclntyre. The children : 83 Elisabeth, born Sept. 27, 1779, m. Daniel Millett, tailor, Essex St. Salem. Eunice, bap. at Ipswich, Dec. 18, 1785. Stephen, bap. at Ipswich, Feb. 24, 1788; clergyman, graduated at Dartmouth. Anne, bap. at Ipswich, March 28, 1790. Ebenezer Bowditch, born at Salem, March 14, 1792, died at Bath, Georgia, Aug. 4, 1819, aged 27. Graduated at Dartmouth ; studied Divinity at Andover, class 1817 ; ordained at Waynesboro', Georgia ; married Hannah Mugford, dau. of William Mugford, of Salem, Nov. 5, 1817. Stephen Caldwell was a tailor, and resided in Salem a part of his life. He owned conjointly with Jacob, his brother, real est. on St. Peter St. He was a Rev. soldier : — Stephen Caldw r ell, Salem, Capt. Abner Cranson's Co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's reg't. Receipts for wages for Aug. and Sept. 1775, dated Prospect Hill; Oct. 6, he was at Prospect Hill ; receipt for bounty coat dated Camp, Pros- pect Hill, Nov. 2, 1775. Private in Capt. Aaron Haynes' Co., Col. Asa Whit- comb's reg't ; muster roll dated in Camp, Ticonderoga, Dec. 1, 1776; enlisted Jan. 1, 1776 ; rtported sick in Gen. Hospital. Corporal in Capt. Joseph Hillers Co., Col. Jonathan Titcomb's reg't ; arrived at destination May 6, 1777 ; dis- So FIFTH GENERATION. charged July 6, 1777 ; service 2 mos. 6dys at Rhode Is- land. Roll dated at Providence. 43. Rebekah Caldwell, daughter of Abraham 20 and Elisabeth (Collins.) She lived 28 years, and then de- parted, February, 1784. Her brother wrote a memory of her latest days : * About a fortnight before her death, God was pleased to shine upon her soul and open a door of hope, which in- creased until her death. She was wholly resigned to the will of God. Her soul seemed to be wrapped in prayer. She was often heard to say, " Sweet Jesus, receive my spirit." A few hours before her death, I asked her if she was willing to die? She said, "Yes, I long to be with Jesus." A few moments before she died she reached out her hand to my wife and said, " Sister, I am going. I am going, sister !" Then she reached her hand to me and said, " Brother, I am going. I am going, brother !" She made no struggle ; nor was she any more put out at dying than though she had been going to sleep. 44. Isaac Caldwell, son of Abraham 20 and Elisabeth ( Collins, ) born Jan. 18, 1759. He evidently lived in Ips- wich and Salem. We do not know of his manhood ; but in his youth,— 17 to 20 years, — he was a soldier of the Revolution : Isaac Caldwell, Ipswich, private, Capt. Nath'l Wade's Co., return dated June 5, 1775, marched to Cambridge. Capt. Wade's Co., Colo. Little's reg't, 12th, muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775, enlisted May 10, service 11 weeks. Also, order for bounty coat, or its equivalent in money, dated Dec. 21, 1775. Enlisted Dec. 21, 1775. Same company, pay abstract for February, March, 1776, dated at Long Island ; receipt for rations, April 30, 1776. Receipt for equipments, Camp, July 26, 1776. Wages and travel allowance. Ipswich, Feb. 24, 1777. Next, his name is registered at Salem : Private, Capt. Joseph Hiller's Co., Col. Jonathan Titcomb's reg't, arrived at destination, May 6, 1777 ; discharged July 6, 1777 ; ser- vice 2 mos. 3 days— at Rhode Island. Roll dated at Providence. FIFTH GENERATION. 8l 45. William Caldwell, son of Benjamin 24 and Mary (Safford,) bap. Oct. 26, 1760 ; married his cousin, Anna Hovey; lived at Ludlow, Vt., died, 1828. Children: Sally, married Moore. Asa. 46. Benjamin Caldwell, son of Benjamin 24 and Mary (Safford.) He is registered as yeoman. He removed to Derry, N. H. about 1790. He was twice married, [1] Margaret Wood Rindge, dau. of Daniel and Mary (Kim- ball) Rindge, born July 4, 1755, married Nov. 18, 1787, died Dec. 24, 178S, aged 33 years, 5 months 20 days; one daughter, Margaret. He married [2] Lydia Caldwell, daughter of John 16 and Abigail (Hovey,) Dec. 31, 1789; she died in Derry, Feb. 12, 1835, aged 77. Her departure was a few weeks prior to the death of her sister, Mary Caldwell, at Ipswich, [March 2, 1835, aged 72.] The gravestone of Mary, in the South Burying-ground, at Ipswich, bears the names of the two sisters, " In death not long divided." The children of Benjamin : Margaret, unm. died in Derry. 84 Abel, clergyman, born at Ipswich, Nov. 21, 1794, Dartmouth Col. 1817. William. Ebenezer. Ephraim. 47. Ebenezer Caldwell, son of Benjamin 24 and Mary (Safford,) bap. at Ipswich, Dec. 6, 1767, died at Salem, Oct. 1823, aged 56 years. He married Sarah , born at Marblehead, Oct. 28, 1765, died at Salem, July 27, 1857, aged 92 years. Walter Price Bartlett desired that the body oi his friend, Mr. Caldwell, might be laid in his tomb, in the Charter st. burial ground, Salem. It was the tomb of his ancestors, built in 1650. Mrs. Caldwell gave her consent. Her own grave, 34 years after, was made in the Howard st. ground. The portrait of Mrs. Sarah Caldwell, painted by Mr. Tuttle, of Salem, in 1S25, when she was sixty years of age, is, we think, in possession of the Ladies Missionary Society of the Tabernacle Church, Salem. A memorial of her, gleaned from the weekly press of 1857, says : 82 FIFTH GENERATION. Mrs. Caldwell came from Marblehead to Salem, in her youth, to reside with a married sister. At eighteen years of age she joyfully united with the Tabernacle church, and from that hour to extreme age, her days were fragrant with a childlike affection and zeal for the Christ who re- deemed her, and the church of her love and choice. She was present at the ordination services of the first missionaries, in the Tabernacle, and met personally Mrs. Ann Hazeltine Judson, and Mrs. Harriet Newell. When the women of the Parish assembled from time to time to aid the foreign work, she was elected the First Treasurer of their benevolence. Soon after her profession of faith, she married Ebenezer Caldwell, also a member of the Tabernacle church. He was a native of Ipswich but a resident of Salem from his boyhood. They tested for a time pioneer life at Sullivan, Maine, and at Springfield, Vt. At Springfield their house was the home for Missionaries who then visited scattered settlements of New England. Many refreshing stories could they tell of those "holy men of old." It was like the echo of the earnest voices. At Sullivan, Me., they were instrumental in gathering and organizing the Congregational church. It was organ- ized in their own house by the Rev. Jotham Sewall. So tenderly did that man of grace administer the first Sacra- ment, that every one present wept. Mrs. Caldwell re- membered the baptism of the hour even in extreme age. The health of Mr. Caldwell obliged them to return to Salem. He died October, 1S23, aged 56 years. Rev. Dr. Elias Cornelius preached his funeral sermon and walked with the mourners to the tomb. Mrs. Caldwell died July 27, 1857, aged 92 years. The burial service was in the Tabernacle Chapel. The Rev. Dr. Samuel M. Worcester spoke gracious words. A pleasant memory of Mrs. Sarah Caldwell appeared in print, a few years after her death : At the Ladies Missionary Meeting of the Tabernacle church, the Pastor's wife, Mrs. DeWitt S. Clark, presented 011 behalf of Miss Margaret Henderson, the original Mite- box of the first Female Missionary Society of that church. The precious relic, dating from the year 1S10, came from the First Treasurer of the Society, the saintly Mrs. FIFTH GENERATION. 79 Sarah Caldwell, (who united with the Tabernacle church in 1787,) through one to whom she gave it years ago. The maker of the box was her husband, Mr. Ebenezer Caldwell. The time-honored depository through which so many saints have laid up treasures in heaven, resumed its duties very naturally; indeed, one could almost hear in the gladsome echo of the dropped coins, its own joy in this renewed interest in its income ; while in the faces of its investors one could read entire security in their shares of the heaven-registered bonds. [Miss Margaret Henderson, previously alluded to, was a grandaughter of Abigail Henderson, (page 67.) She was a member of the Tabernacle church, and a warm friend of Sarah Caldwell. She died very suddenly, May 21, 1886, aged 77 years, — "respected in life, and many assembled at the last service of love and memories."] 48. Nathan Caldwell, son of Benjamin 24 and Mary (Safford,) married Rebekah Safford, pub. Dec. 8, 1787. He went with the Caldwell and Safford friends to Spring- field, Vermont. His children : Benjamin. Mary. Lydia. Nathan. 49. Lydia Caldwell, daughter of Benjamin 24 and Mary (Safford,) bap. Sept. 16, 1769; pub. with Ebenezer Lord, Sept. 3, 1797. Mary Caldwell, dau. of Benjamin 24, was the 2d wife of Ebenezer Lord, married April 23, 1809, died Feb. 1847, aged 70 years. The children of Ebenezer Lord : Jeremiah, m. [1] Sarah Baker ; [2] Elisabeth Harris ; [3] Hannah Dennis. Henry. Aunis, m. John Shatswell, 1827, died 1872. Mary, m. Edward Lord. Lydia, m. John Dudley Cross, March, 1834. Richard Henry. Martha, m. Capt. Richard Lakeman, 1834. Alfred. Ezra, m. Lydia A. Lakeman. 80 . FIFTH GENERATION. Luther, m. [ij Mary Seward ; [2] Elisabeth Seward ; [3J Sarah Archer. Sarah. Susan Caroline. Of Edward Lord, the husband of Mary (Lord,) the 4th child of Ebenezer, we find the following obituary : The death of Mr. Edward Lord occurred on Saturday morning, April 30, 1898. The town loses one of its oldest and best citizens. He was born in Ipswich, Oct. 5, 1814, and was the son of Capt. John and Hannah (Smith) Lord. He spent his long, useful and upright life, in the home of his birtb, under the sheltering shadows of the High street hills. Mary, the wife of Mr. Lord, preceeded him to the Unseen, eighteen years ago. Three children were born to Edward and Mary Lord : Mary Jane, John Edward, Martha. The only son, John Edward, died two years ago. The two daughters are still in the old home, and have cared tenderly for their father. In early life Mr Lord was a shoemaker ; while still a young man he engaged in teaming hay to Boston, where he became well known. When years increased, he cultiv- ated the lands left him by his father. He belonged to the old State Militia ; in politics he was Republican ; in character upright and honest ; in disposi- tion kindly and charitable ; fond of his home nor seeking pleasure elsewhere. The interment was May 3rd. 50. Nathaniel Caldwell, son of Benjamin 24 and Mary (Safford,) born May 24, 1778, married Mary Newman, born April 10, 1789, married Feb. 1810. She was the daughter of Elisha and Anna (Riudge) Newman, who were mar- ried in 1786; Elisha died Jan. 27, 1S26 ; Anna (Rindge) died Sept. 27, 181 r, aged 64 year.-,. Nathaniel Caldwell died April 23, 1838, aged 60 years ; and Mary (Newman,) his wife, died July 29, 1836, aged 47 years. Their children : A daughter, unnamed, born and died, Nov. 1810. Nathaniel, born Nov. 5, 181 1, married Susan Cald- well Dodge, dau. of Charles and Eliza Grow Dodge; he died March 5, 1896, aged 84 years, 4 months ; one child, died early. Joseph Newman, born Aug. 25, 1813 ; married FIFTH GENERATION. 8l Jeanette Home, dau. of Thomas and Jessie Home, Sept. 10, 1865; died Jan. 21, 1891, aged 77 years. Mary Ann, born July 29, 1815, died May 27, 1881, aged 65 years ; married John Brown ; he died Oct. 16, 1839, aged 28. Their only child, Sylvester, born Feb. 6, 1836. Harriet Frances, born March 13, 1818, died Feb. 14, 1893, married Thomas Gould Pickard, March 7, 1841 ; he was born Jan. 29, 1820, died Feb. 3, 1842, aged 22 years. One child, John Thomas, born Dec. 24, 1841, died June 5, 1842. Ebenezer, born May 17, 1820, died early. Daniel Rindge, born Feb. 12, 1822, died Dec. 1903 ; in his early life he was a member of the militia company, Washington Blues ; at his interment, Dec. ii, six of this company were present; two other survivors live in other towns. Catharine Rindge, born Jan. 22, 1825. Joanna, born Sept. 9, 1827. 131 John Murray, married Sarah Baker. 51. Thomas Caldwell, son of Thomas 27 and Elisabeth (Lakeman,) married Mary Boardman, pub. Aug. 23, 1800; he died at Newburyport, 1802. Widow Mary (Boardman) married [2] Daniel Ross. He was the son of Benjamin and Susan (Lakeman) Ross. Benjamin was in the Battle. of Bunker Hill. He heard the alarm, but was too late to join the march ; but he followed hard after them, went into battle and took his place in the ranks. Mary, was the daughter of Capt. Daniel Boardman, and Capt. Boardtnan's second wife was Bethiah Burnham. Thomas Caldwell and Mary (Boardman) had one child : 85 Mary, married John Ross, Nobleboro', Maine. 52. Josiah Caldwell, son of Thomas 27 and Elisabeth (Lakeman.) He died August 19, 1864 aged 83 years. He married [1] Sarah Odell, of Salem ; [2] Lucy Lord, of Ipswich, April 21, 182 1; she died Feb. 4, 1870, aged 72 yrs nmos. His children : Sarah, died in infancy, 1813. 134 Margaret Anne, his daughter by adoption, [dau. of Daniel and Mary Anne (Lord) Caldwell,] mar- 82 FIFTH GENERATION. ried Luther P. Whipple. Josiah Caldwell was regarded as one of the most intellec- tual and reliable of tbe Ipswich gentlemen of his day. He served as Representative to General Court ; Selectman, &c. He was First Church S. S. Supt. 1822-25, and l8 36- Simeon Palmer of Boston, in 1884, wrote of him : — He was a natural Teacher, and was Principal of Gram- mar Schools. Having a voice of remarkable compass and power, and a relish for travel, he successfully taught music in the states of Georgia, North and South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. We re- gret that he kept no journal of his movements. He was fond of reminiscences, and of his father, — who was my grandfather, — he told me that the man who stood next him in battle was killed; and with an Ipswich com- pany he witnessed Burgoyne's surrender. His daughter, Mrs. Whipple wrote : In addition to what has already been told, I would say that he was one of the strongest friends of the Anti- Slavery cause. His house was always open to the many lecturers who came to Ipswich. I well remember Walker, with the hand branded S. S. (Slave Stealer,) for his efforts in freeing slaves ; and Torrey, who died a martyr to the cause in a southern prison, spending nights at his hospit- able Ipswich home. When the Temperance cause was agitated with much ardor, and the old Total Absiinence Society was formed in Ipswich, he was elected President. He was extremely fond of singing ; and possessed a powerful and rich bass voice. In early life he taught singing in Carlisle, Pa., and Beaufort, S. C. While teach- ing in Little Compton, R. I. he composed an Ode on Peace which was sung by the Handel Society, in the Rev. Dr. Shepard's church, at the Celebration of Peace, at that town, March 16, 18 15 : ODE ON PEACE. By Josiah Caldwell. Halt, halt ye legions, sheathe your swords, Blood grows precious, shed no more! Oh, cease and heal your wounds ! The plunging corpse with half-closed eyes, Xo more must stain the unconscious seas, Nor welter on the ground. FIFTH GENERATION. 87 I/O ! beams of mercy shine around ; The favored Guest of Heaven is come ; Yes, lovely, cheering Peace. Peace ! Peace ! the leaping sailors sing, With shouts that make old Neptune ring, And almost reach the skies. Then forth Columbia's thunder pours; From line to line the cannon roars, And spreads the blazing joy ; Was ever Peace more timely given ! Wake songs of joy, ascend to Heaven, Let thanks our tongues employ. May Peace, and Love, and Joy benign Irradiate every other clime, And bless the distant Isles ; May heralds fly from pole to pole, Enlightening every humble soul With rays of Peace divine. Now to our God let thanks arise ; In deep distress he heard our cries, His mercy reached our land ; Peace came to heal the bleeding wound, Dispensing blessings wide around With an unsparing hand. 53. Elisabeth Caldwell, daughter of Thomas 27 and Elisabeth (Lakeman,) born Dec. 6, 1784, married Ezra Palmer, of Boston, Oct'r 13, 1807, died Feb. 28, 1822. Their children : Ezra, 1808- 187S. Physician, unmarried. Elisabeth Caldwell, 1810-1852, married George W. Light, 1S35. William Albert, 1812-1813. Susan Mary, 1815-1849, m. Thomas D. Demond. Edward Dow Griffin, born April 7, 1818 ; Brown University, 1839 ; Doctor of Medicine, H. U. Medical School, 1842 ; married Cecilia Louisa Gale, 1847; died, i860. Caroline, born 1820. Ezra Palmer married [2] Susan Caldwell, sister of Elisa- beth 53, and daughter of Thomas 27. She was born June 88 FIFTH GENERATION. 16, 1789, married Dec. 6, 1S22, died April 5, 1S52. The children of Ezra and Susan : Mary Sawdey, 1S23-1846, m. Samuel Foster, 1845. Martha Ann, born 1825. Ahnira Glover, 1827-1830. Louisa Caldwell, 1830-1852. 54. Mary Caldwell, daughter of Thomas 27 and Elisa- beth (Lakeman,) married Simeon Palmer of Boston, pub. Jan. 11, 1812. Their children : Simeon. Horatio, died dearly. Horatio A. Mary E. Thomas Caldwell. Emeline, married Rev. Henry Martyn Dexter, D. D. of The Congregationalist. Sophia B. Frances Ellen. 55. Lucy Tcwnsend Caldwell, adopted by Thomas 27 and Elisabeth (Lakeman,) married Amos Dunnels, Nov. 12, 1818. Lived first in Ipswich; removed to Boston. The children : Thomas Caldwell, married Mary J. Falconer. Horatio Palmer, married Eliza Ann Baker, dau. of Capt. Samuel N. Baker, of Ipswich. Amos A. married Cordelia W. Baker. Lucy E. m. [ij Lemuel F. Cutter; [2] Anthony C. North. Edward H. George William. Ezra Palmer. 56. John Caldwell, son of John 29 and Sarah (Hara- den,) born May 20, 1768, died May n, 1820, in Burrills- ville, R. I.; married Susanna Robinson, born Dec. 24, 176S, died at Bolton, Feb. 26,1814. The children were born at Concord, Marlborough, Lancaster, Boston; the family also lived at Burrillsville, R. I. The children of John and Susanna : FIFTH GENERATION. 89 John, born in Concord Oct. 13, 1788, married Sarah Whittles, of Dunstable, N. H. 86 James, born in Marlborough, May 3, 1791, married Mary Kimball. 87 Mary, born Sept. 2, 1792, m. J. C. Hardenburgh. 88 Eunice, born Sept. 29, 1794, m. Daniel Ross. 89 Daniel, b. Nov. 10, 1796, m. Abigail Wallis Goodwin Susanna, born Jan. 17, 1799, married Theodore Bigelow, of Boston. Sally, born July 12, 1801, died Aug. 3, 1818, at Burrillsville, R. I. William, born Oct. 6, 1803, died early. Lydia, born at Lancaster, April 3, 1S06, d. e. Jeremiah, b. Jane 21, 1808, m. Temperance , died at Providence, R. I. Adaline, born in Boston March 11, and died Sept. 22, 1811. 57. Daniel Caldwell, son of John 29 and Sarah (Hara- den,) born June 5, 1770; married Eunice Lord, Sept. 28, 1797. He was one of the twelve Ipswich seamen who per- ished in the brig Sally, wrecktd on Ipswich Bar, Nov. 1804. [See page 68.] Daniel Caldwell left two sons : Daniel, died at 20 years; a member of the Denison Light Infantry, and buried with military honor ; his name was remembered many years. 90 David Haraden, m. Emeline Choate. 58. Elisabeth Caldwell, dau. of John 29 and Sarah (Haraden,) born Aug. 17, 1772, married John Grow of Marblehead ; died Jan. 5, 1838. Their dau: 91 Eliza, married Charles Dodge, Ipswich. 90 SIXTH GENERATION. SIXTH GENERATION. 59. John Caldwell, son of John 31 and Abigail (Hodg- kins,) born Nov. 28, 1765, married Mary Gilman, of Ports- mouth, N. H., born Sept. 30, 1765 ; lived at Salem, Mass. Their children : 92 Mary Ann, born Aug. 25, 1792 ; m. [1] Daniel Wal- den; [2] Joseph Walden. 93 Clarissa, born Aug. 20, 1794 ; m. Stephen Badger. Abigail, died early. 94 John, born Dec. 5, 1798, m. Susan Massey. 95 Daniel, born May 4, t8oo, m. Sophronia Hall. 60. Daniel Caldwell, son of John 31 and Abigail Hodg- kins Caldwell, born Nov. 14, 1769, married [1] Abigail Carroll, Nov. 5, 1791 ; she was born March 25, 1772, died in Salem, July 28, 1814, aged 43. [2] Mary Cloutman, at Cambridge, Jan. 1, 1815; she died Feb. 20, 1823, aged 54. [3] Elisabeth Hunt, Aug. 17, 1823, died Nov. 7, 1855. Lived at Salem. The children: John, born July 19, 1792, died at Mount Desert, Dec. 5, 1822. Abigail, born March 55, 1795, married John Grey; both received the Morman theories as truth, migrated to Utah, and there died. Edward, born April 20, 1797, married Mary Rust, died at New York. Esther, born Nov. 30, 1799, died Sept. 10, 1800. 96 Daniel, b. Aug 31, 1804, m. Elisabeth Nutting. Sarah, born Aug. 31, 1804, died April 5, 1870. Esther, "born Jan. 10, 1807, tn. Allen, Salem. Abby, m. Lucius J. Nutting, Mason Village, N. H. in later years of widowhood Mrs. Nutting lived at Manchester. The Rev. Dr. Bentley, of Salem, left upon record : Sept. 10, 1S00. Esther, daughter of Daniel and Abigail Cald- well, dies of Fever, aged nine months ; mother a Carroll ; he from Ipswich. They have three children, two boys. Live near Beverly Bridge. SIXTH GENERATION. 91 61. Capt. Ebenezer Caldwell, son of Ebenezer 32 and Lucy (Rindge,) bap. January 14, 1770, married Rebekah Dodge, dau. of Sheriff William and Mercy (Smith) Dodge, and the sister of his step-mother, Mercy Dodge. They were published April 18, 1795. He died in Newburyport harbor, on board his vessel ; and the same day, at Ips- wich, died his new-born babe. 62. Capt. Samuel Caldwell, son of Ebenezer 32 and Lucy (Rindge,) born Aug. 21, 1772, died Oct. 5, 1803, aged 31 years. He married [rj Elisabeth Perkins, Dec. 15, 1796; she died March 2, 1798; one dau. d. March 1, 1798. Elisabeth was the daughter of Nathaniel Perkins ; and she had a brother Nathaniel, and a sister Susan who mar- ried Samuel'Lord. The brother Nathaniel followed the sea ; in one of his voyages, while in port, at England, he married Charlotte Jeffers ; and the father and son lived in a house on Green street, Ipswich, by the river shore. The second wife of the father, Nathaniel Perkins, sen'r, was the widow Hovey. Capt. Sam'l m. [2] Abigail Caldwell, his cousin, dau. of John 31 and Abigail ( Hodgkius ;) she was born Sept. 25, 1771, married Nov. 21, 1799; died Aug. 16, 1852, aged 80 years. Their three children : Elisabeth, bom Dec. 2, 1800, died May 6, 1820. 98 Samuel, twin, born Sept. 9, 1802, m. Mary Jones. Lucy Rindge. twin, b. Sept. 9, 1802, d. Oct. 16, 1803. Capt. Samuel Caldwell was, from choice, a mariner, being Master of a boat that sailed to the West Indies, the coast of Virginia, and sometimes to Maine harbors. His last voyage was to Virginia. While in the harbor he ac- cidentally slipped and fell, breaking his leg. No surgeon was within twenty miles of the wharf where his boat was moored ; and with native resolution he sent for a horse, and rede upon his back the long distance to the Doctor's office, where the surgical operations were performed. He returned to his boat the same way ; and she sailed on her return trip. His sister Hannah, [Mrs. Clark,] wrote in later years to his grandson : " I remember your grandfather's last return. The boat came up the river to the wharf nearly at the foot of Green street, and directly opposite our home on Turkey Shore. A sailor crossed the river and told us of the accident ; and y2 SIXTH GENERATION. mother went at onee to the river-bank, and I, a little child, followed. We saw him lifted by his men and carefully lowered to a dory that waited to receive him. It was a sad sight. The sailors then rowed up to Heard's wharf, and he was carried to his home near by. He failed rapidly of consumption; in a few weeks he was once more carried forth, — to the burying ground beside the Green." Another memory of Capt. Samuel Caldwell was sent us by Mrs. Mary (Woodbury) Mahon, the widow of Thomas Mahon, when she was 88 years old. She was of Ipswich, but at the date of her letter was with Mrs. John Choate, her daughter, at Fitchburg : "Your grandfather was noted for his strength; and when my father was hurt by a fall from the high beam of the barn, he came from his home, which was near by, [on Turkey Shore,] and lifted, one at a time, two barrels of cider, and carried each into the cellar. He was shipmaster and died young of consumption." Of Mrs. Abigail Caldwell we find the following Church Records : "Sept. 23, 1804. Abigail Caldwell, widow of Samuel Caldwell, owned the Covenant, and her tw r o children were baptized, — Elisabeth and Samuel." The owning the covenant, was called in earlier days, the "half-way." Persons who owned, or assented, did not receive Sacraments, but were allowed to bring their chil- dren to the altar for baptism. " Jan. 27, 1828. Mrs. Abigail Caldwell and Miss Anstice Fellows were admitted to full communion." January 15, 1838, Mrs. Abigail Caldwell took possession of a pew in the new South Meeting-house ; the last instal- ment was paid Dec. 17, 1840. The entire amount, $138.00. The home of Capt. Samuel Caldwell in which his latest months were spent, and which was possessed by his widow and in later years by his son, and is still the home of his grandaughters, has an interesting history. It originally stood on the site of the notable Heard Mansion, South Main street. It was purchased and removed, when Col. John Heard built the present Mansion, by Capt. Ebenezer Caldwell, who sold one half of it to Stephen Caldwell, the husband of his daughter Lucy ; and one half to his son Samuel, April 20, 1803. Caldwell House, Poplar St, Ipswich. From a photograph by J. Warren Ilorton, May, 1904. Occupied in 1802 by Stephen Caldwell and Lucy (65) his wife ; also by Capt. Samuel Caldwell (62) and Abigail, his wife. See pp. 92-3. In later years the home of Samuel Caldwell, Jr., [98] and Mary Jones, his wife; pp. 120-21. PUBLIC SIXTH GENERATION. 93 The original owner was Dr. John Calef, who was in Ipswich as early as 1748 ; Mrs. Calef was the daughter of Dea John Staniford. The Dr. was an army surgeon in 1755, and several later years. In 1774, in bitter spirit, he was obliged to flee Ipswich, — a royalist ; his real estate was confiscated. His house was eventually the home of Col. John Heard, and, more than a century ago, was re- moved by Ebenezer Caldwell to Poplar St. where it yet is a Caldwell home. On the 100th anniversary of the wedding of Samuel and Abigail, — Nov. 21, 1899, — the grandchildren visited the graves; and on Oct. 5, 1903, the 100th anniversary of Samuel's dying day, his great-grandson, [Robson Dilling- ham Caldwell,] left flowers upon the same places of rest, in memory of the long ago departed. 63. Capt. William Caldwell, son of Ebenezer 32 and Mercy (Dodge,) bap. Sept. n, 1774; married [1] Abigail Smith ; [2] Susanna Treadwell, April 30, 1S09. His first wile, Abigail, was the daughter of Samuel Smith, Harvard College, 1751 ; and grandaughter of Capt. John and Han- nah (Treadwell) Smith; — descendants of Richard and Hannah (Cheney) Smith. Susanna (Treadwell) had one daughter, who died May 13, 1810. The children of Capt. William and Abigail, were: 99 Eliza, married Sewall Foster, of Rowley. 100 William, born in Portland, May 6, 1800, married Eliza Goss. Charles, died Nov. 13, 1804. Lois, died at Portland. iot Harriet, married Stephen Stanwood, Ipswich. Capt. William Caldwell was a young man of clear intel- lect and rare mercantile ability. At 32 years of age a most lifelike portrait of him was painted at Amsterdam. It proved a solace to his father who hung it upon the wall of his home on Turkey Shore, where it remained till that home was broken. He died at thirty-five years of age. He sailed for the West Indies ; and on his return, he was overtaken by a storm a few hours after leaving port. The vessel sank and all on board perished but a lad he had brought from Amsterdam on a previous voyage, and a sailor ; the two were cast upon the shore by the waves. 94 SIXTH GENERATION. His latest home was at Portland, Maine ; and in the Con- gress St. Cemetery may be seen the graves of Abigail (Smith,) his first wife, and one of her little ones : In Memory of Mrs. Abigail, wife of Capt. William Caldwell, Obt. May 26, 1806, Aet. 29. Sweet be thy slumbers gentle shade And hushed those sighs which heave my breast; Although in dust thy body's laid, Thy soul shall find Eternal Rest. The little grave at her side has this memorial : In Memory of Charles, Son of William and Abigail Caldwell, died Nov. 13, 1804, aged 3 months. Early in life my God has called me home, To sound His praise and bow before His throne. This Cemetery is hallowed ground, for it is the last resting place of the Rev. Dr. Payson, whose Memoir was read, years ago, by many thousands of devoted people. 64. Mercy Caldwell, daughter of Ebenezer 32 and Mercy (Dodge,) bap. Dec. 21, 1777, married Moses Davis, Oct. 21, 1797, died May 31, i860. Lived at Portland, Me. The children : Mercy. John, died early. John ; his children, Anna, m. and lives at Glouces- ter ; Augusta, died in youth; Frank, m. and lives at Lynn ; John, m. lives at Gloucester. Daniel. Harriet. Louisa, married Bailey. Sarah. Stephen. George. 65. Lucy Caldwell, daughter of Kbenezer 32 and Mercy (Dodge,) bap. Oct. 17, 1779, died Aug. 2, 1830, aged 51 years. She was three times married : [1] Stephen Caldwell, her cousin, son of Stephen 34 and SIXTH GENERATION. 95 Abigail (Lowe.) He was drowned, March 24, 1803. [2] Caleb Randall, Nov. 17, 1805, and lived at Portland. [3] Samuel Smith, of Ipswich, proprietor of the historic Inn, commonly known as Swasey's, at which Washington was entertained, when he passed through Ipswich, 1789; and in later years the home of Mary Lyon and many of tht students of the Ipswich Female Seminary. [This house of many memories is now, 1903, the home of Dr. Tucker.] Samuel Smith died July 13, 1850. His first wife, Miss Choate, was sister of Rufus Choate's father. By her three marriages, Lucy (Caldwell) had seven children, viz : First marriage : 102 Lucy, born Dec. 25, 1803, married Isaac Day, April 24, 1845 ; died at Brookline, at the resi- dence of her step-daughter, Martha Day James, Jan. 18, 1884, aged 80 years 24 days. Isaac Day born Jan. 6, 1800, died June 27, 1877. Second marriage : Stephen, drowned in Ipswich river, w T hile "in swimming," near the home of his grandfather, (Ebenezer 32,) aged nine years. 103 Mercy Davis, m. Daniel Cogswell, merchant. Third marriage : 104 Isaac Stevens, lived at St. Louis. 105 Elisabeth Caldwell, married Alfred Kimball. 106 Samuel Adams, lived at Boston. 107 Mary Ann, married and lived at St. Louis. 66. Eunice Caldwell, dau. of Ebenezer 32 and Mercy (Dodge,) bap. May 1, 1785, married Nathan Davis, of Portland, Maine, April 12, 1803. She united with the South Church at Ipswich, Dec. 29, 1799. Many years after the marriage of Eunice, her sister Hannah, [Mrs. Clark,] told her memory of the leave-taking, after the wedding, 1803, for the then far-away and almost unknown Portland. The journey could only be taken by boat, and the vessel was moored at a wharf opposite the home of her father. When all w T as in readiness for the departure, a little dory carried the bride of 19 years across the river. She w T as accompanied to the river brink by the entire family. So great and tedious did the distance and journey to Portland 96 SIXTH GENERATION. appear, the separation was more like a funeral than a bri- dal journey. " It seemed for life," said the sister. So it proved. In the Congress St. Cemetery, at Portland, two little marbles complete the brief history of Eunice Cald- well Davis and her one little babe : Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Eunice Davis, wife of Mr. Nathan Davis, who died Sept. 18, 1805, aged 21. While Friendship weeps and mourns her loss, Memory with her tears embalms her virtuous life. Stephen Davis son of Mr. Nathan and Mrs. Eunice Davis, was born Aug't 2, 1804, and died Aug't 1, 1805. Happy the babe who privileged by fate To shorter labor and a lighter weight, Received but yesterday the gift of breath, Ordered tomorrow to remove to death. 67. Capt. Sylvanus Caldwell, son of Ebenezer 32 and Mercy ( Dodge,) bap. by Rev. Joseph Dana, D. D., April 8, 1787, died Aug. 26, 1864. He married Hannah, dau. of Jeremiah and Mary (Fowler) Staniford, Nov. 15, 1808. She was born May 16, 1788, died January 20, 1864. The Hon. James G. Blaine contributed the following just and appreciative tribute to the Kennebec Journal : Died in Ipswich, Mass., Aug. 26, 1864, Capt. Sylvanus Caldwell, in the 78th year of his age. In the community where he was born, where he reared his family, and where he has ended his well-spent life, the tribute to the memory of Capt. Caldwell is one of universal and profound respect. In this State, [Maine,] and especially in the valley of the Kennebec, he has been well known for nearly half a cen- tury from continued business connections, in which his engagtments were always performed with the utmost punctuality and honor. Capt. Caldwell was a fine specimen of the best type of New England character. He was honest, brave, self- SIXTH GENERATION. 97 reliant, modest and generous. To these traits and gifts of nature was super-added the grace of an earnest religious faith, manifesting itself in a life of personal purity and in daily deeds of charity and good will. He was a man of great industry, having no time to idle, and yet so fond of society and of friends that he was never too busy for their enjoyment. His house was the abode of hospitality ; a wide circle of relatives and acquaintances will recall many a pleasant hour passed beneath his roof. He was a cheerful giver; though a man of moderate means his habits of punctuality and economy enabled him to contribute liberally to all worthy objects. What he gave he had a right to give. Every dollar was his own — hon- estly earned without wrong to any man. His death, though sudden, was not unprepared for, and probably not unexpected. He was a sheaf fully ripe. His work in this world was fully done. She who had shared his joys and sorrows for more than fifty years preceded him but a few months. Together they reared a large family, all of whom are comfortably and honorably located ; and together they have gone to their reward. Among the surviving children of Capt. Caldwell, are our fellow townsmen, William Caldwell, Esq., and Syl- vanus Caldwell, Esq. — Atigusla, 28 Aug. 1864. The twelve children of Capt. Sylvanus and Hannah (Staniford) Caldwell : 108 Eunice, born Jan. 21, 1809, married Hon. Samuel Wade, Alton, 111. 109 Hon. William, born Jan. 17, 1811, married Abigail, dau. Rev. Daniel Stone, Augusta, Maine, no Sylvanus, born Sept. 7, 1812, married Hannah Rice Buckminster, of Saco, lived at Augusta, Me. hi Mary Staniford, born Nov. 26, 1814, married Ebenezer Marsh, M. D., Alton, 111. ri2 Caroline, born Oct. 3, 1816, married Jeremiah Prehcott, Supt. Boston and Maine R. R. Harriet, born Sept. 24, 1S18, died March 6, 1870, aged 51 years. Charles Augustus, born March 17, d. Sept. 15, 1821. 113 Charles Augustus, born Jan. 7, 1823, m. Anne Marsh, Alton, 111. 114 Emeline, born September 17, 1826, married Nath'l yS SIXTH GENERATION. Rogers Farley, a descendant of Gen. Michael Farley, of Revolutionary fame. Hannah Stauiford, born Nov. 3, 1827, died Feb. 24, 1881, aged 54 years. Sarah Perkins, born June 7, died Aug. 27, 1831. Sarah Perkins, born Dec. 5, 1832. 68. Joanna Caldwell, daughter of Ebenezer 32 and Mercy (Dodge,) born April 6, 1789, married Dea. Isaac Stanwood, June 12, i8]o. Her birthplace was the ancient Emerson house, on Turkey Shore, which was purchased by Ebenezer, her father, and the family took up their resi- dence in it, Feb. 23, 1789. Six weeks later Joanna was born. The birthday of her husband, Dea. Isaac Stanwood was Sept. 21, 1783. He was the son of Capt. Isaac and Eunice (Hodgkins) Stanwood. His father was of the Minute-men of Ipswich, and marched to Mystic with Capt. Nath'l Wade's company, at the alarm of April 19, 1775. Dea. Stanwood was of a family of ten children. His sister, Eunice (Stanwood) Caldwell, was the mother of Mrs. Eunice C. Cowles, of the renowned Ipswich Female Seminary; and his sister, Hannah (Stanwood) Dodge was the mother of Gail Hamilton. He was a builder and housewright by trade, and about T813, he built the house on Green street, — his home for the remainder of his days. Among the memories of the Green street residence, is one given in the Stanwood Genealogy. When Dea. Isaac was "shingling his roof, Daniel C, his two year old son, climbed to the ridgepole in search of his father. His rescue was due to the Deacon's calmness and presence of mind." A most living portrait of Dea. Isaac is in the Stanwood History. The tombstones bear the records : Dea. Isaac Stanwood Born Sept. 21, 1783 Died Oct. 8, 1867 JEt 84 yrs. Joanna Caldwell wife of Dea. Isaac Stanwood Born April 6, 1789, Died April 12, 1872 JEt. 83 yrs SIXTH GENERATION. 99 The children of Joanna (Caldwell) and Dea. Isaac Stanwood : 115 Daniel Caldwell, born March 31, 1811, married Mary Augusta Webster, lived at Augusta, Me. Isaac Augustus, died April 25, 1840, aged 23. 116 Joanna, married Rev. Francis V. Tenney, 1851. 117 Clementine, married Isaac Flichtner, M. D. 1846. Adaline, died March 22, 1830. 69. Sally Caldwell, daughter of Ebenezer 32 and Mercy (Dodge,) bap. Dec. 30, 1792, died Aug. 18, 1854. She married Jacob Stanwood, Nov. 9, 1812. Lived at Augusta, Maine. Jacob Stanwood was the son of Capt. Isaac and Eunice (Hodgkins) Stanwood, and brothtr of Isaac (68.) He was twice married. His first wife was Susan Lord, married Oct. 23, 1808. She died Nov. n, 1S11. In 1822, he removed from Ipswich to Augusta. He was a wool merchant, and at first was in partnership with Benjamin Davis. Judge Emmons was his second partner. Mr. Stanwood died suddenly of heart failure while transacting business in the Freemen's Bank. The children of the household numbered ten. By the first marriage, — Susan (Lord :) John Joseph, born April r, 1809; changed his name in 1S31 to John Lord Stanwood. Jacob, born Dec 7, 18 10, lived at Boston. The second marriage, — -Sally (Caldwell :) Susan Lord, born at Ipswich, Sept. 15, 1813 ; died at Augusta, Dec. 28, 1889. Caroline, born Oct. 19, 1815, married and lived in Kentucky. Nathan Davis, born Oct. 18, 1817 ; one daughter. Sarah. Eben Caldwell, born Aug. 27, 1822, at Augusta ; merchant at Boston ; father of Col. Henry Stanwood of Brooklyn, born 1845, and enlisted 1862, in 44th Reg. Mass. Vol's, served till Reg't was discharged. Abby L. [Mrs. Marble of San Francisco.] ii8 Harriet, married the Hon. James G. Blaine. 119 Emily, married Daniel S. Stinson, Augusta. 352608 ICO SIXTH GENERATION, 70. Hannah Caldwell, dau. of Ebenezer 32 and Mercy (Dodge,) married William Clark, oi Boston, Aug. 8, 1848. Their home was for several years in Lynn ; then the man- sion on the corner of Green and County Sts. Ipswich, was erected by them, and continued to be their residence till the decease of Mr. Clark; the closing years of Mrs. Clark's life were passed in the family of her esteemed brother, Capt. Eben Caldwell, at Ipswich. April 26, 1882, was the day of her burial. The Rev'd Edwin B. Palmer of the First Church, read Scripture se- lections; Rev. T. Frank Waters, of the South Church, in prayer referred to her multiplied years, her benevolences, and the patience manifest in her sufferings. She was borne to the grave by her nephews : Albert Henry Caldwell, Harry Robinson, Nath'l Rogers Farley, and John Davis. One of her neices wrote the evening following the burial, "Dear old Aunt Hannah! a life strong and of positive characteristics. Not soon to be forgotten. With her de- parture another family gate closes, and we in turn become the old people." The graves in the burial lot of her father, in the South Cemetery, are indicated by the marbles, one of which is inscribed with a fragmtnt of a hymn Mrs. Clark often re- peated in her latest days : Hannah Caldwell Clark, born Nov. 30, 1794, died April 24, 1882. Give me, O Lord, to find in Thee, My everlasting rest. William R. Clark, born in New Boston, N. H. March 31, 1797, died in Ipswich, May 31, 1875. The Ipswich Chronicle recorded the departure of Mrs. Clark, as follows : — April 24, 1882, was the dying day of one whose life was a strong link between this generation and the last. Few are left who so emphatically gave us an idea of the intel- lectual and physical strength of the people of the Past. Mrs. Clark had an ancestry which combined the highest SIXTH GENERATION. IOI type of early New England society. On her father's side there were five generations before her, of strong, practical, common sense men and women, including by marriage the Fosters, Hoveys. Lulls, and others, all in that early day the strength of the Town. On her mother's side she had • the culture, wealth, position of the Rogers, Appletons and Smiths, who from the settlement of Ipswich made up the gentlefolk of their several generations. Her grandfather was the famous Sheriff William Dodge, whose very name brings up traditions uncounted ; and in many characteris- tics Mrs. Clark was not unlike him. Mrs. Clark was one of twelve children. Her reminis- cences of the family were of deepest interest, and to her of tender and mellowed thought. Thanksgiving days brought them all together ; the old Caldwell mansion on Turkey Shore was jubilant with voices, the last echo of which is silenced They were people of presence and force ; hardly remembered now, for several died in their prime ; several drifted to the settlements of Maine ; but the names of Capt. Sylvanus Caldwell, Capt. Eben Caldwell, Mrs. Clark, will be known to this generation, as those who left the stamp of their strong personalities upon it. Mrs. Clark had executive ability that led naturally to a business life. She was successful. Her judgment, her perception of that which was sure, resulted in prosperity. Her latest weeks were painfully wearisome ; but the strong grasp of nature finally yielded, — and one more old family has finished its history. 71. Capt. Eben Caldwell, sou of Ebanezer 32 and Mercy (Dodge,) was born March 12, 1798; married Clarissa Smith, of Manchester, July 13, 1825. He died April 17, 1864, aged 66 years. Mrs. Caldwell was born Sept. 14, 1801, died December 31, 1884. Capt. Eben Caldwell was a man of very marked presence and magnetic individuality ; and in the interim of his ocean voyages prominent in home influence, wise sugges- tions and helps in Parish and Town affairs. A fresh interest has been given to his name [1903] by recent allusions and facts in the Boston Transcript, con- cerning the Enoch Train Line of Packets, with which he was associated. We learn from these statements that he was Master of the Washington Irving, the Plymouth Rock 102 SIXTH GENERATION. and the Dorchester. Capt. Caldwell's vivid rehearsal of the total wreck of the Dorchester has been re-printed in the Transcript, and re-read by many who recall the writer in his strong, manful words and bearing. This account was first printed April 4, 1845, in the Kennebec Journal ; re-produced in Caldwell Records, 1873 ; and for the third time in the Transcript, 1903 ; and will be found in the Appendix of this Genealogy. The Transcript also alludes to Capt. Richard Trask, of Manchester, who was Commander of the Enoch Train Co. (in the Russia trade,) of the ship St. Petersburg, the larg- est merchant ship built in Massachusetts at the date of 1S39 ; 860 tons. Capt. Trask was the brother-in-law of Mrs. Caldwell ; he died in 1846, aged 59 years, — at his Manchester home. — Of Mrs. Caldwell we quote a page from a letter re- ceived shortly after her departure : New Year. 1885. You will at once recall Mrs. Clarissa Caldwell, as you read her name upon this page. She died at 12 o'clock, midnight, — or, as her son Henry expressed it, "Mother begins her New Year in Heaven." Her burial was on Saturday, Jan. 3, from the mansion. Her two sons, Henry and Eben, and her grandsons, were the Bearers. It stirred the tears in every eye as they quietly and tenderly carried her forth from the home of her strong affection. " She was a lady of remarkable presence, with singular native and queenly dignity. Her sister, Mrs. Trask, still lives, more than ninety years of age. Mrs. Porter, wife of Dr. Porter, went before her to the Eternal. " Her departure freshens our memories of Capt. Eben Caldwell, her husband, — as we recall him, it seems as if he inbreathed character and strength from the very billows that carried him. — H. h. l." The children: 120 Albert Henry, b. June 12, 1826, m. Prances A. Hallett Abby Hooper, b. Dec. 6, 1827, d. July 31, 1855. 121 Clara A. b. March 1$, 1829, m. Rev. R. T. Robinson Eben, died at the age of three years. 122 Ellen, b. Dec. 18, 1S32, m. S. Brainard Pratt. 123 Eben, b. June 9, 1836, m. Octavia Greene Hallett. Mary Thurston, born Jan. 27, 1840. SIXTH GENERATION. 103 72. Sarah Caldwell, daughter of Thomas 33 and Lucy (Henderson,) born in 1778; married Benjamin Pindar, Feb. 12, 1801. Capt. Pindar was commander of the brig Sally, wrecked on Ipswich Bar, 1804. [See page 68.] Mrs. Pindar lived 71 years, and departed this life Feb. 25, 1847. They had one son : 124 John, bap. Jan. 8, 1804. 73. Ruth Caldwell, daughter of Thomas 33 and Lucy (Henderson,) born Sept. 15, 1786, married John Page of Newburyport, where they resided, May 3, 1809 ; died May 9, 1865, aged 77 years. John Page was the son of David and Elisabeth (Eastman) Page, of Gilmanton, N. H. He was born April 25, 1786, died July 10. 1866. His brothers and sisters were David, Samuel, Susan, Mrs. Betsey White Ruth Fifield, Lydia Sanborn. Children of Ruth (Caldwell) and John : John, b. Feb. 3, 1810, died in Texas, Mch. 22, 1841. 125 Thomas Caldwell, twin, born May 27, 1812, mar- ried Amelia A. Kelsey, lived at Newburyport, died at Porto Cabello, S. A. Feb. 15, 1853. David Hart, twin, born May 27, 1812, died at Newburyport, July 3, 1853. William, born April 20, 1814, lived at Newburyport, married Dolly Downer. Samuel, born Oct. 12, 1816, died Sept. 27, 1818. Mary Elisabeth, born Jan. 12, 1819, married Thomas A. Carew. Sarah Deborah, born May 12, 1S21. Samuel, born Nov. 29, 1823. married Susan A. VanWinkle ; she died April 25, 1874. Abigail Smith, born May 23, 1826. Hannah Boden, born June 11, 1828; married Dean F. Battles. 74. Thomas Caldwell, son of Thomas 33 and Lucy (Henderson,) married Elisabeth Sweet, Nov. 18, 1805. The children : Elisabeth, married Hiram West, Nov. 9, 1836 ; 126 Lucy, married Samuel Hunt, 1833. Mary, mirried William Wallis Rust. Children : Hannah Jane ; Maria. IC4 SIXTH GENERATION. 75. Francis Caldwell, son of Thomas 33, and Lucy (Henderson,) born Sept. 12, 1788, died Jan. 9, 1863, aged 74 years 4 months. He married Lydia Hovey, Jan. 16, 1812. She was born Aug. 26, 1785, died Oct. 9, 1867, aged 82 years, 1 month, 4 days. Their children: 127 Joseph A. born Aug. 2, 1814, m. C}'nthia Hovey. John, born March 10, 1816, died Oct. 24, 1837, aged 22 years. See obt. below. 128 Tyler, born Jan. 1, 1819, m. Mrs. Frances Prime. 129 George Washington, twin, born March 24, 1821. Daniel A. twin, born March 4, 1821, died Dec. 19, 1845, aged 24 years. 130 Joel, born Aug. 11, 1824, married Margaret Kimball died Jan. 10, 1883. Elisabeth Boardman, born May 7, died Oct. 1, 1827. 131 Lydia Ann, born April 22, 1831, d. Sept. 9, 1902. Turning the leaves of a Scrap-book, we noted the fol- lowing memorial of the second son of Francis and Lydia : John Caldwell, aged 22 years, died of typhus fever, on Saturday, Oct. 22, 1837. The death of this young man is truly an afflictive circumstance. He was in the bloom of earliest manhood and enjoying an enviable reputation. His character for sobriety and industry furnish an example worthy of imitation. During his apprenticeship his fidelity to his master was so great, that the last eighteen months of his minority were given him. His loss to the family and to the circle of friends will be deeply felt. 76. Daniel Caldwell, son of Thomas 33 and Mary (Ross,) born Feb 23, 1794, died Dec. 17, 1883. He mar- ried Mary Ann Lord of Ipswich ; she was born Feb. 13, 1805, died Nov. 27, 1869. The children : 132 Daniel A. born 1824. John Warner, born Aug. 5, 1S26, died Oct. 23, 1S28. Lucy Sarah, born Nov. 11, 1828. 133 John Lord, born July 9, 1831, m. Sarah Davis. 134 Margaret A. b. May 26, 1833, m. Luther P. Whipple. Ellen Maria, born Oct. 5, 1835, died early. 135 Josiah, born Dec. 21, 1837. Susan Elisabeth, born Sept. 25, 1840. Charles Thomas, b. March 26, 1843, d. Oct. 4, 1844. Kate Haley, born Nov. 28, 1844. SIXTH GENERATION. IO5 77. Capt. John Caldwell, son of Stephen 34 and Abigail (Low.) He was born at Hampton Falls, N. H. Feb. 26, 1782, married Eunice Stanwood, dau. of Capt. Isaac and Eunice (Hodgkins) Stanwood, of Ipswich, Jan. 30, 1810. He was drowned in August, 1835. The newspapers of that date give the following account of his unexpected departure : Lost overboard from sloop Traveller, Capt. John Cald- well, of Ipswich, aged 54 years. The boat was from Ips- wich, bound for Augusta; when four miles from Gardiner, the main boom struck him and precipitated him into the water. The boat was hurriedly lowered, but he sank be- fore it reached him. The body was afterward recovered, and conveyed to the burial lot on the farm of his father at Augusta. Mrs. Eunice (Stanwood,) after an earnest and pleas- antly busy life, died in the home of her renowned daugh- ter, Mrs. Cowles, Feb. 1, 1865, aged 76 years. Children : 136 Eunice, born Feb. 4, 1811, died Sept. 10, 1903; m. Rev. John Phelps Cowles, Professor of He- brew, Oberlin Col. Ohio, and both were widely known as Principals of Ipswich Female Sem- inary, 1844- 1876. 137 John Stanwood, married [1] Mary E. Stimpson ; [2] Sophia Rice ; lived at Belfast, Maine. 138 Augustine, married Maria Bunker, lived at Salem. Stephen, died early. Abigail, died early. 139 Mary Abby, married Oliver Rice, Meriden, Ct., August 27, 1846. Stephen, died at Avoca, 111., Jan. 30, 1900. The Avoca, 111. press, pays the following tribute to the life and merits of Stephen Caldwell : " Gieat souls are portions of eternity." Avoca sustains an unexpected and serious loss in the sudden death of their old and esteemed citizen, Mr. Stephen Caldwell. Few knew he was seriously ill until the end came. Funeral services were solemnized at the Rockhold, Wednesday evening, at eight o'clock. After the singing by Messrs. Gardner, Spaulding, Meitzen and Maxwell, of " Beyond the Smiling and the Weeping." a prayer and the reading of Scripture, — Rev. Mr. Williams and Rev. Mr. 106 SIXTH GENERATION. Fraser each paid a beautiful tribute to Mr. Caldwell's strength of character and grandeur of life. Mr. Caldwell came to Avoca in 1875, to take charge of his grain elevator, and continued in that business for sev- eral years ; but later gave his entire attention to his farms. When the Avoca Bank was reorganized, he was elected President; he found the duties too arduous and resigned. At his death he was seventy-two years old. His sisters and other relatives nor his multitude of friends were for- gotten in his last hours ; he said : " Give my dearest love to my relatives ;" and again, " My kindest regards to eve- ry one who knew me." Any eulogy could but fall short of that honor which his friends would bestow upon his memory. The Rev. Mr. Williams said at the service : " I beg the honor to place one little flower of gratitude upon the bier of our dear good friend. I have known Mr. Caldwell for nearly two years. Had I known him twenty years I am sure that I should simply have been under ten- fold more obligation to him ; and I cannot express my obligation to him even now. I am in debt to him because he was my friend. I am in debt to him because he was the friend of every good man and every good work. In common with every man 1 owe him a debt of grati- tude, because he was a man of the finest sensibilities and the most delicate sense of honor. He was not depressed by honorable defeat, but he was deeply hurt by crafty injustice and by shiftless lapses in meeting obligations. He never spoke of his benefactions, though they were many and extensive. His devotion to his aged sister in the east was beautiful ; and her sweet devotion to him was evident to all who knew anything of their relations. He was a man of honor ; a citizen of pure New England stock ; a friend who was unostentatious, and a creature of God upon whom we can look and say, " Behold a man." Rev. Mr. Fraser said : It was my privilege to talk with him less than two hours before his departure. The smile that was upon that face I shall never forget. It was the sweetest smile I have ever seen. He said whether he should be here for a long or a short time, ''all was well." I was talking with one of his most intimate friends today and he paid him one of the highest compliments that SIXTH GENERATION. 107 could be paid to any man. He said, " Although he was a man of strong dislikes, he never did any harm or wished any harm to befal even an enemy." That is a high trib- ute to be paid to any man. His last words to me were, " My kindest regards to every body, my kindest regards to everybody." Those words show the spirit of the man. 78. Francis Caldwell, M. D., son of Stephen 34 and Abigail (Low,) born Dec. 31, 1789. His home was at Anson, Maine, where he practiced professionally many years. He married [1] Betsey Frost; [2] Rachel Frost. He had ten children. Betsey was the mother of : Mary H. born Feb. 25, 1822. Betsey F. born Oct. 12, 1823. Charles F. born April 25, 1826. William H. born Feb. 27, 1827. Abby A. born Feb. 2, 1832, died July 8, 1833. Children of Rachel : George, born December 13, 1835. Abigail F. born May 28, 1837. Augusta, born Feb. 10, 1840. John, born Nov. 4, 1843. Joseph, born May 29, 1S45. 79. Joseph Caldwell, M. D., son of Stephen 34 and Abigail (Low,) was born at Hampton Falls, N. H., 1792, and died in Huron, Ohio, June 13, 1866, aged 74 years. He married Margaret Belcher Stoyell, Dee. 26, 1822, and six children were, added to his household. She died Oct. 25, 1863. From newspaper references to him at the time of his death, we gather an outline of his years : Dr. Joseph Caldweil was a native of Hampton Falls, N. H. His parents, in his boyhood removed to Augusta, Maine, where he was educated and commenced the study of medicine. In the early part of his life he was a Schoolmaster, and some of his pupils occupied high positions. He dwelt in Georgia lor a time, and travelled much in the Southern States. In the year 1831, he went to Ohio, and sojourned awhile in Massilon ; from thence he went to Florence, and prac- ticed with success. A wider field opened in Huron and he I08 SIXTH GENERATION. resolved to settle there. At Huron and the surrounding country his skill and success in his profession, together with his amiable and philanthropic disposition, secured him a strong hold and an exalted place in the thought of those who became acquainted with him. He had a character of remarkable beauty ; a mind clear and richly stored with the fruits of thought, by which he took rank among his fellows of the Medical profession ; he was well and constantfy read in home and foreign Med- cal literature. As a historian, mathematician and belles lettrcs scholar, he had few superiors. He had an inborn nobility of manhood acting itself out by night and by day to the calls of suffering humanity. The children of Dr. Joseph and Margaret B. (Stoyell,) Joseph, born Jan. n, 1824, died Aug. 13, 1825. Caroline, born July 31, 1826, married John Butman Feb. 18, 1844; her dau. Mary Isabel married R. J. Tappan. Joseph Xavier, born Jan. 12, 1829, married Lucy E. Stevens, Nov. 13, [867 ; dau. Carrie Louise. Stephen Francis, b. Aug. 25, 1832, d. Aug. 23, 1834. John Stoyell, twin, bom Aug. 26, 1836, married S. Emily Turner, of Huron, Dec. 15, 1870; a son, Hiram Reuben. Hiram Reuben, twin, born Aug. 26, 1836, resides at Los Angeles, Calif. 80. Stephen Caldwell, son of Moses 36 and Elisabeih (Sutton,) born May 6, 1797, married Mary Lunt, of New- bury, born March 30, 1794; she died April 17, 1835. He died at Newburyport, his home, January, 1882. It was written of him : Dea. Stephen Caldwell, who died at Newburyport, aged 85 years, was a native of Ipswich, and was born in an ancient house which stood upon the site of the dwelling of the late Mr. Burroughs, on Spring St. He was for a long series of years the Keeper of the Alms House, in New- buryport. In the performance of the duties of that office, his uniform kindness won the respect of those who were committed to his thoughtfulness and care. No higher praise can be bestowed on him than to say, " He was the Friend of the Poor." His strict integrity gained the con- fidence of the entire community. Formany years he was SIXTH GENERATION. IO9 Deacon of the Baptist Church, and he will be greatly missed by the Parish. The children of Stephen and Mary (Lunt,) were nine : 140 Samuel Lunt, born Nov. 13, 1820, married Mary Lenard Richards. He was President of Vassar College. Mary Elisabeth, twin, born Sept. 19, 1822; married [1] William F. Couch; [2] James Piper. 141 Stephen Augustus, twin, born Sept. 19, 1822, married Frances C. A. Dodge, of Ipswich, May 29, 1845, resided in Philadelphia ; he died Oct. 1891. William Sutton, born Nov. 29, 1824, married Rosalie Delaitre Pierce, of Bangor, Me.; lived at Portland, Oregon ; he died 1882. Sarah Lunt, born March 14, 1827, married William Henry Spiller, of Newburyport, Nov. 28, 1853. She died March 10, 1901. Richard Sutton, b. Dec. 24, 1828, d. March 17, 1869. Harriet Ann, b. June 18, 1831 d. August 11, 1855. George Boardman, born May 29, died Sept. 1833. Ann Judson, born Sept. 16, 1834, died early. 81. Dea. Abraham Caldwell, son of Abraham 38 and Esther (Caldwell,) born at Ipswich Sept 28, 1773, died in Beverly, Feb 20, 1843 ; married Elisabeth Woodbury ; she was born in Beverly, March 8, 1773, died Sept. 19, 1842. He was a Deacon of a church in North Beverly ; and by trade a weaver ; at his death he was 69 years of age. The children of Abraham and Elisabeth (Woodbury :) 142 Abraham, born March 22, 1800; married [1] Eunice Rhoades ; [2] Mrs. Eliza (Reet,) widow of Rev. Byrem Lawrence of Aurora, Ind. Mr Caldwell died Feb. 4, 1894. 143 Isaac, born June 24, 1802, married Mary A. Hill. Esther, born March 5, 1805, died at Ipswich, Nov. 25, 1852, aged 47 years. John, born Sept. 7, 1809, d. at Ipswich Feb. 18, 1876 144 Elisabeth, born Feb. 20, 181 1 ; m. Win. K. Bailey. 145 Jacob, b. Nov. 18, 1813, married Sarah Graves. Fanny Woodbury, born April 17, 1817, married Isaiah Dixon, of Boston. I io SIXTH GENERATION. 82. Jacob Caldwell, mariner, son of Jacob 39, married Mary Brown, of Salem ; she was born Aug. 29, 1776, mar- ried Jan. 11, 1798. She died Nov. 24, 1823. He sailed from Salem in brig Hector, and was wrecked and lost in one of two storms, on the 2d or 7th of April, 1807. Jacob and Mary (Brown) had four children : Jacob, born Feb. 18, 1799, died at Sierra Leone, West coast of Africa, Dec. 24, 1842. He m. [ij Esther Hudson, July 23, 1820; [2] Elisabeth Walker, April 2, 1835. John, born Dec. 24, 2S00, died at sea, Aug. 29, 1838. 146 Mary, born March. 1, 1804, married Daniel Millett. 146 Hannah, born Oct. 24, 1805, married Daniel Millett 83. Elisabeth Caldwell, daughter of Stephen 42 and Eunice, born Sept. 1779, died Feb. n, 1S37, married Dan- iel Millett of Salem, tailor, Essex street. He was the son of Joseph and Elisabeth (Bullock) Millett; and the said Joseph was a Revolutionary soldier ; his services under Washington's personal direction are recounted in the Salem Gazette, Aug. 18, 1797, the time of his death. Daniel Millett was born May 15, 1785, and died July 26, 1853. He descended from Thomas and Mary (Greenway) Millett, who were parishioners of Saint Saviour's Church, Southwark, near London ; came to America in ship Elis- abeth, 1635, and Thomas died at Brookfield, 1675. The children of Elisabeth (Caldwell) and Daniel Millett : Elisabeth, born 1809, died early. 147 Rev. Stephen Caldwell, born May 20, 18 10, married Sarah F. Appleton. 148 Elisabeth, born Oct. 2, 1812, m. Capt. John Barry. Anna Maria, lived at Boston. 149 Rev. Daniel Caldwell, born Sept. 15, 1817, married Lucy Maria Holbrook. Eben Caldwell, died 1820. Eben Caldwell, born Nov. 1, 1822. ("State Bank, Boston.] 84. Rev. Abel Caldwell, son of Benjamin 46 and Lydia (Caldwell,) dau. of John 16. He was a favorite nephew and cousin at Ipswich, to which town he frequently re- turned in his youth, after his parents had removed to Derry, N. H. He was born at Ipswich, Nov. 21, 1794; SIXTH GENERATION. Ill died at Black Creek, N. Y. Aug. i, 1861, aged 66 years. Dartmouth College, Class of 1817. Andover Theological Seminary, 1821. Ordained as an Evangeiist, at Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1822. In the service of the Home Missionary Society, New York, 1821-23. Pastor at Westford, N. Y., 1823-27. Supply at the Churches, — Volney, Hunt's Hollow, and Black Creek, in the state of New York, from 1827 to 1841 ; and later returned to Hunt's Hollow. From 1851, his home was at Black Creek, and he was Colporteur in New York and Canada. He married in July, 1825, Miranda Chapin ; and after her decease be was again married. We are told that he left children and grand children. In the diary of Eunice Jones of Ipswich, we find a note concerning a service of Abel, in the earliest year of his pulpit life : " Sept. 25, 1821. At the five o'clock meeting (at Dr. Dana's,) the Rev. Abel Caldwell preached,— Heb. 10: 31. He has recently been licensed for his work. He gave to each hearer his portion, without the least fear.'' 85. Mary Caldwell, daughter of Thomas 51 and Mary (Boardman,) married John Ross of Nobleboro, Maine. Josiah Caldwell Ross, one of her descendan.s, died in 1896, and the following tribute is dated at Chester, Pa.: — School Director Josiah Caldwell Ross, died at his home, 347 Kerlin street, Chester, Pa. He was born Oct. 31, 1828, at Nobleboro, Lincoln Co. Maine. In Sept. 1854, he married Julia B. Haines, also of Lincoln Co. They had two children : Lewis H. Ross, married, lives in Brooklyn, N. Y. Charles E. Ross, lives at Chester, Pa. For 25 years Mr. Ross has held the position of Foreman of the Joiner Shop at the Shipyard. As the Foreman and thorough mechanic, his ability stamped him as a master hand. He had perfect command of the details of his business, and the unlimited confidence of the head of the establishment. He was President of the Industrial Building and Loan Association ; Treasurer of the Chester Investment Co.; 112 SIXTH GENERATION. Director of the Union Building Asso.; Director of the People's Building Asso.; A Member of Chester Lodge, No. 236, F. and A. M.; Chester Royal Arch Chapter, No. 238; Chester Commandery, No. 66, Knights Templar. For iS years a Member of the School Board, and Treas- urer, 1894-96. Member of Trinity M. E.Chh., and for 19 years a Trustee, and 15 years its Treasurer. 86. James Caldwell, son of John 56 and Susannah (Robinson) born in Marlboro' May 3, 1791, died in Ips- wich, Nov. 10, 1874. He married Mary Kimball. She was the daughter of Abraham Kimball, grandaughter of Richard Sutton, sister of Richard Sutton Rust, D. D., L. L. D. She was born May 4, 1792, died Feb. 8, 1873, aged 81 years. The children : 150 Col. Luther, born Sept. 17, 1822, married [1] Almi- ra Flint ; [2] Maria Newhall, of Lynn. Mary Elisabeth, died July 5, 1843, aged 17 } r ears. Susan, born Jan. 4, 1824, died Jan. 5, 1895, aged 71. She married James P. Jewett. 87.- Mary Caldwell daughter of John 56 and Susanna (Robinson) born Sept. 2, 1792, married J. C. Hardenburgh of Providence, R. I. Sept. 25, 1819. The children : Nancy, born Sept. 24, 1820, m. Horatio L. Holmes. John Caldwell, born May 15, 1822. Fayette, born Aug. 3, 1824, m. Anna Clarke, of Providence. Children : Anna C; John C. m. Anna Wood, of Boston ; Amy Gertrude, m. W. C. Trofford, of Westford ; Carlton. Charles, twin, born May 31, 1826, m. Abby Wing, of Sandwich, [2] m. at Arizona. Augustus, twin, born May 31, 1826. Wellington, born Aug, 14, 1828, m. Abby Clarke. Frank, born Dec. 22, 1830, m. [1] Anna Marshall ; [2] Emma Emery. Mary, born Feb. 16, 1833, died Dec. 28, 1869. Henry Warren, born May 4, 1836, married Rebecca Smith, Ohio. 88. Eunice Caldwell, daughter of John 56, and Susanna (Robinson.) She was born Sept. 29, 1794, died June, 1873. SIXTH GENERATION. 113 She married Daniel Ross. He was born Feb. 4, 1781. Their children : George C. born June i, 1816. Levi S. born Sept. 24, 1817. Abby, born Oct. 17, 1821. Sarah, twin, " " Charles, born Sept. 6, 1822. 151 Warren, born June 24, 1825, m. Mercy Wheelock, lived at Mendon. Augustus, born Aug. 28, 1827. Harriet, born Feb. 14, 1830. 89. Daniel Caldwell, son of John 56 and Susanna (Robinson,) born at Bolton Nov. 10, 1796, died at Brom- field, 111. May, 1866 ; married Abigail Wallace Goodwin, born at Charlestown, 1801. Children: 152 Rev; William Edward, born June 6, 1825. Alabie Elisabeth, born 1828. Martha Ann. Francis Rhoades. 90. Capt. David Haraden Caldwell, son of Daniel 57 and Eunice (Lord,) born Oct. 9, 1804, died Jan. 18, 1867, aged 63 years, 3 months; married EmelineChoate of Essex Oct. 2i, 1826. Children : Emeline, married J. S. Eveleth, Oct. 20, 1847 ; died 1872. Lucy Maty, died early. Daniel, died at Danvers New Mills, July, 183S ; aged 8 years, 7 months. A family Scrap-book gives the following review of Mr. Caldwell's life and employments : Capt. David H. Caldwell was born in Ipswich, Oct. 9, 1S04, of an honored and industrial ancestry. He worked at farming till he was twenty-one years of age. He then learned the trade of blacksmith, in which he was alike skilful and reliable. He was employed in the Iron Work department of the Plum Island Salt Works. Subsequently he removed to Danvers, and had a res- ponsible position in managing the Nail Works at the Iron Factory. About 1845, he bought the fine tract of land at Ryall 114 SIXTH GENERATION. Side, Beverly, [now a part of Danvers,] where he erected the cottage and barn which has since been his home. He became a member of the Board of Selectmen, and took an intelligent interest in all public affairs. He was a man of mark and leaves a pleasant memory and a valu- able record. There were private funeral services at his home ; and his remains were carried to Ipswich. Public services were held there in the First Church, and his grave is made in the old High street Burying-ground, where seven genera- tions of the Caldwells sleep. An Ipswich paper, of a later date, says: — Mrs. Emeline Caldwell widow of David H. Caldwell, gives $600, to the Burley Education Fund, the income to be expended on the poor children of the North District of Ipswich. Her husband was born and lived in the ancient Caldwell House on High street. He was prominent in his day, and Capt. of the Military Company. He went to Danvers in 1845, and bought a farm for his home. 9.1. Eliza Grow, dau. of Elisabeth (Caldwell) 58 and John Grow, married Charles Dodge of Ipswich. Mr. Dodge died Aug. 25, 1833. aged 40 years. Mrs. Dodge died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Jones, Brooklyn, N. Y. Sabbath, April 21, 1875, aged 72 years. Rev. Mr. Burrill's memorial of Mr. Dodge, and brief printed records of two of the children, and Mrs. Powell's Poem, addressed to her mother, Mrs. Dodge, will follow the family register on the next pages. Children of Charles and Eliza (Grow) Dodge : 153 Charles Frederic, married Georgiana Adamson. 154 Eliza Grow, m. Abram Powell, Brooklyn, N. Y. Edward Paul, died in California. Theophilus, died in California. Harriet L. R. lives in New York, and has been con- nected with the American Missionary Associa- for fort>^ years. 155 Lucy Sarah, m. Jacob Freystadt, d. Aug. 7, 1849. 156 Charlotte Mar)-, married William Jones. Susan Caldwell, born 1832, m. Nath'l Caldwell, of Ipswich, died Aug. 18, 1861. Infant dau. born Jan. 7, died Aug. 3, 1861. SIXTH GENERATION. 115 Mr. Charles Dodge died in Ipswich, Aug. 25, 1833, aged 40 years. He was one of leading members of the Methodist Church, and his departure was greatly regretted. Rev. J. T. Burrill was, at that date, the Pastor ; and from a full and grieved heart he sent to the Zion's Herald : " He is gone ! earth beholds his face no more. His voice is no longer heard in the House of Prayer. His pious counsel no more diffuses light and comfort through the domestic and social circles of life. Death has placed his seal upon those lips where dwelt the law of kindness; and frozen upon his countenance that smile of benevolence which beamed on all around him. He has fallen in the midst of usefulness, lamented by all who knew him. He has breathed for us his last prayer, and his disencumbered spirit has taken its homeward flight to the realm prepared for the followers of the Lamb. It is seldom that Death has removed one whose contin- uance on earth appeared more desirable. He was the guide, the support, the consolation of his family ; before him they spread sorrows and joys, and mingled all their cares. The dissolution of their ties must be too hard for nature to bear ; but we trust they have grace to support them, and to look forward to the re-union in the Para- dise of God. The Methodist Church, of Ipswich, has lost one of its brightest ornaments. He was her tried friend. But while we feel the ties of Christian friendship to be broken, we mourn not as those without hope, but rejoice in the belief that he has exchanged his honorable station in the Church on earth for the glorious seat in the Church in Heaven. The suffrages of all who knew him have placed him there. The truth, grace and loveliness of religion shone round him with a peculiar radiance. He took a deep and living interest in the promotion of the Redeemer's Kingdom. Many have become the subjects of that kingdom through his diligent instrumentality. His words in the Class and social meetings were listened to with attention, beeause_he lived well. Untiring zeal, unwavering integrity, were among his distinguishing traits, and are now our precious inherit- ance. They make no part of the spoils of death. They are ours. Dr. Dwight says : " It is safer to depend on the Il6 SIXTH GENERATION. tenor of one's life as the evidence of the true state of our character, than upon death-bed declarations." Such evi- dence is ours. He taught us how to live, and, O too high The price of knowledge, taught us how to die!" The vigor of his mind remained unimpaired through his distressing illness. When he saw his end approaching, the plans of life were at once dismissed, and his soul was fixed on Christ. Who that heard him speak in that hour could help saying, Let me die the death of the righteous. The day of his departure was the Sabbath. Nature was clad in robes of richest dye, but he took his leave of all, smiled on death, and soared away. Let us not mourn his exit, but Hail with joy his Heavenward flight, And trace his progress to the realm of Day. Of the son of Mr. Dodge it was written : Theophilus Dodge, son of the late Charles Dodge, of Ipswich, died at Oakland, California, Nov. 6, i»8o. For several years he was a resident of Sonora, Calif, and was prominent among the stirring men of the early days and history of the town. He was there engaged with his brother in a very large business and trade in cattle and butchering. Later, Theophilus devoted himself to mining matters. He was genial and kind ; the old pioneers liked him. He had no enemies. It is stated on page 114 that Edward P. son of Charles Dodge, died in California. He died in New York, aged twenty years. Of Susan, daughter of Charles Dodge, it was written : Died at Ipswich, Aug. 18, 1861, Susan Dodge, wife of Nathaniel Caldwell, youngest daughter of Charles Dodge, (long and favorably known to the pioneers of Methodism in Ipswich,) aged 29 years. She experienced religion while residing in Brooklyn. During a protracted illness, (consumption,) she would say with calmness, " I should like to live ; but if heavenly Father sees fit to take me, He knows best ; I have no doubt of my acceptance ; all will be well with me." A few days before her departure, in bidding a sister farewell, she spoke of her father and others of the family who had preceded her to the other shore, and repeated the beautiful stanza : Friends fondly cherished have passed on before, Waiting they watch us approaching the shore, Ringing with raptur Heaven's high dome, Joyfully, joyfully welcome me Home. SIXTH GENERATION. 117 To my widowed Mother, Mrs. Charles Dodge, On the Fiftieth Anniversary of her Wedding. By Mrs. Eliza G. D. Powell. Light of heart, and lithe of limb, Drinking from Love's gilded brim, Where the pleasant water's drip, Heart to heart and lip to lip, What was there to turn aside? What was there that could divide, Fifty Years Ago ? Youth's sharp prism glancing through, Brought the iris tints to view ; Gave all points the golden hue, — Green and orange, gold and blue ; How couldst thou at all discern How the tide of life would turn Fifty Years Ago ? From a fissured rock it burst ; Drop by drop it oozed at first, Till it ran a river deep, Thou couldst neither swim nor leap ! He was on the other side, But it could not hearts divide, — Hearts that still could love. Feeling all thy weight of care, In the earliest despair, Came he not to soothe and bless In thy widow'd loneliness ; In the unbroken sympathy Of true souls affinity Still thy own above. Through the journey rough and long, Here a requiem, there a song ; Here a cloud, and there a ray, Promise of a better day ; When thy thoughts have upward flown On a ladder earthward thrown, Came he not, thy love, thy own, Of Fifty Years Ago ? Time and space to souls are naught Into Love's sweet union brought ; Years in their unceasing flow And the ever-present Now ; Into valleys sink the hills, Oceans into little rills, Over which the soul expands Firmly clasping yet the hands Of Fifty years Ago. US SIXTH GENERATION. When the river narrow grows, When the gilded hill-top shows, And the heavenly chimes so clear Strike upon the listening ear, Lingers one of aspect mild, (One I knew when but a child,) For the consummation sweet Unto joy celestial, mete ; O, the calm, the pure delight, When friends shall again unite Of Fifty Years Ago! Mother, heavy grow the years, And the shadow grim appears ; But the shadows we create By our own imperfect state, Standing backward to the sun See how long the shadows run. But if with an eagles glance, We toward the sun advance, Then no shadow can be seen ; Nothing comes our Lord between ; Gentle be thy life's decline, Firmly may thy soul recline On thy Lord, whose rod and strength Brings the trusting heart at length To the mansion not of hands, 'Mong the heavenly hills that stands. Where distil celestial dews ! When the limbs their rigor lose, And their pliancy regain, Freed forevermore from pain ; And the grateful atmosphere Radiant, amber-like and clear, Youthful vigor shall restore, When earth's pilgrimage is o'er ; Then in joy again to know Loved of Fifty Years Ago. SEVENTH GENERATION. 119 SEVENTH GENERATION. 92. Mary Ann Caldwell, dau of John 59 and Mary (Gilman,) born August 25, 1792, died Aug. 8, 1852 ; mar- ried [1] Daniel Walden, Nov. 12, 1813; [2]- Josoph Wal- den, 1829. Lived at Salem. Children : Daniel, born Aug. 30, 1814. Lydia, born Sept. 22, 1816. William, born Oct. 29, 1830. Mary Ann, born May, 1832. Stephen, born 1834. Joseph, twin, born 1836, died 1851. Harriet, twin, born 1836. 93. Clarissa Caldwell, daughter of John 59 and Mary (Gilman,) born Aug. 20, 1794, married Stephtn Badger, Nov. 12. 1815 ; lived at Salem ; later, at Exeter, N. H. Children : Abigail, born Sept. 22, 1816, died May 26, 1835. Mary, born June 13, 1819, died Nov. 13, 1868. Stephen, born Jan. 18, 1821. Elisabeth, born March 19, 1822. Susan, born May 2, 1824. John, born November 22, 1826. George, born December 14, 1828. Clara, born June 21, 1831. Harriet N. born Aug. 31, 1.833, died Jan. 26, 1834. Franklin, born June 19, 1835. Abby, born July 12, 1837, died Sept. 22, 1864. Harriet, born July 12, 1S40. 94. John Caldwell, son of John 59 and Mary (Gilman,) born Dec. 5, 1798, married Susan Massey, Feb. 1823, died Feb. 24, 1849. Lived at Lynn. Children : John, born January 29, 1826. Daniel, born July 2, 1829, died April, 1833. Susan, born February 11, 1834. Sarah, born April 1, 183S. 95. Daniel Caldwell, son of John 59 andMary (Gilman) born May 4, 1S00 ; he married Sophronia Hall, March 10, 120 SEVENTH GENERATION. 1822 ; lived at Baltimore, Maryland. Five children : Sophronia. Gustavus. Julia. Gilman. Alonzo. 96. Daniel Caldwell, son of Daniel 60 and Abigail (Cloutman,) born Aug. 31, 1804; m. Elisabeth Nutting. Four children, — the names of three : Sarah. William. Webster. 98. Samuel Caldwell, son of Capt. Samuel 62, born Sept. 9, 1802, died Dec. 12, 1864 ; married Mary, the only daughter of Amos and Elisabeth (Smith) Jones, Jan. 24, 1824. Rev. Dr. Dana per- formed the marriage cer- emony, and prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Fitz, — his first attendance at a wedding after his call to the South Church, at Ipswich. He was a shoemaker, one of the last in the town to measure the foot and make the "custom shoe." He learned his trade at the workshop and shoe store of Joseph Waiie, at the corner of the Stone Bridge and Mar- ket Square. George W. Caldwell (129) remembered that he went to Waite's when a lad to order a pair of shoes and have his foot measured. Eight men were at the benches, viz., Samuel Caldwell, James Caldwell, Hovey, David Dow, Aaron Kimball, Moses Graves, Daniel Dog- gett, and one from Haverhill, Mr. George. These were the work-people associated with Samuel in his earlier days. After his marriage he built for himself a small shop, on the William Jones homestead, South Main St., — this old Caldwell House, Poplar St, Ipswich. From a photograph by J. Warren Horton, May, 1904. Occupied in 1802 by Stephen Caldwell and Lucy (65) his wife ; also by Capt. Samuel Caldwell (62) and Abigail, his wife. See pp. 92-3. In later years the home of Samuel Caldwell, Jr., [98] and Mary Jones, his wife; pp. 120-21. SEVENTH GENERATION. 12 1 home, built in 1728, once sheltered George Whitefield, the Evangelist, who was entertained by the said William, one of his converts and devoted follower of the inspired man. Samuel Caldwell's new little shop speedily became the winter evening resort of a most interesting and intelligent company. They assembled for converse and discussion for years. Some of Ipswich's most common-sense men talked of the Town, the State, and the National conditions. When old age and death came to its owner, and closed its doors, simple and small as the workshop was, there was a con- scious vacancy. Samuel Caldwell died Monday evening, at seven o'clock, Dec. 12, 1864, aged 62 years and three months. Rev. Dr. Fitz, of the South Church spake kindly of him at his burial. The bearers were his near neighbors and friends : Nathaniel Millett, Jabez Mann. Abraham Caldwell, Wm. Wade, Ebenezer Cogswell, James Peatfield. Mary (Jones,) wife of Samuel, died Thursday morning, at eight o'clock, Nov. 21, 1878. The burial was on Sat- urday ; and ihe Rev. Edwin B. Palmer, of First Church, read selections from Scripture and breathed the prayer of comfort and benediction, and she was laid by her hus- band's side. "Until the day break." She was 72 years old, lacking two weeks. She had been a member of the South Church more than fifty years. The record reads : "Oct. 15, 1826, Mary Crafts, Mary Dodge, Susanna Lake- man, and Mrs. Mary J. Caldwell, were received into full communion. The three last were baptized." The children of Samuel and Mary (Jones) Caldwell : Amos Jones, born Sept. 2, 1S27; died Oct. 9, 1829. Lucy Mary, born Dec. 31, 1829. Elisabeth Smith, born Oct. 9, 1832 ; forseveral terms an attendant at the Seminary, then taught in the following Schools : at Essex, public school ; at Salem, private school, previously established and taught by Martha Brown ; at Ipswich, first at the Cogswell school on Payne street; later at ihe Payne school on High street ; also at the Argilla district. Augustine, born Jan. 23 1836, m. Mira Eldredge, of Orleans ; one son, Robson Dillingham, born Nov K, 1868. SEVENTH GENERATION. 12 1 home, built in 1728, once sheltered George Whitefield, the Evangelist, who was entertained by the said William, one of his converts and devoted follower of the inspired man. Samuel Caldwell's new little shop speedily became the winter evening resort of a most interesting and intelligent company. They assembled for converse and discussion for years. Some of Ipswich's most common-sense men talked of the Town, the State, and the National conditions. When old age and death came to its owner, and closed its doors, simple and small as the workshop was, there was a con- scious vacancy. Samuel Caldwell died Monday evening, at seven o'clock, Dec. 12, 1864, aged 62 years and three months. Rev. Dr. Fitz, of the South Church spake kindly of him at his burial. The bearers were his near neighbors and friends : Nathaniel Millett, Jabez Mann, Abraham Caldwell, Wm. Wade, Ebenezer Cogswell, James Peatfield. Mary (Jones,) wife of Samuel, died Thursday morning, at eight o'clock, Nov. 21, 1878. The burial was on Sat- urday ; and ihe Rev. Edwin B. Palmer, of First Church, read selections from Scripture and breathed the prayer of comfort and benediction, and she was laid by her hus- band's side. " Until the day break." She was 72 years old, lacking two weeks. She had been a member of the South Church more than fifty years. The record reads : "Oct. 15, 1826, Mary Crafts, Mary Dodge, Susanna Lake- man, and Mrs. Mary J. Caldwell, were received into full communion. The three last were baptized." The children of Samuel and Mary (Jones) Caldwell : Amos Jones, born Sept. 2, 1S27; died Oct. 9, 1829. Lucy Mary, born Dec. 31, 1829. Elisabeth Smith, born Oct. 9, 1832 ; forseveral terms an attendant at the Seminary, then taught in the following Schools : at Essex, public school; at Salem, private school, previously established and taught by Martha Brown ; at Ipswich, first at the Cogswell school on Payne street ; later at the Payne school on High street ; also at the Argilla district. Augustine, born Jan. 23 1836, m. Mira Eldredge, of Orleans ; one son, Robson Dillingham, born Nov 5, 1868. 12. SEVENTH GENERATION. Abby, born Nov. 8, 1837, died Sept. 8, 1838. Lydia Ann, born May 10, 1844; graduated at the High School, Class of i860; Ipswich Female Seminary, Class of 1864; Teacher at Cogswell Primary, 1864-68. March 1, 1868, at the request of Mr. Augustine Heard, the Founder, she became the Fi r st Librarian of the Ips- wich Public Library, and ^ has held the position to present date, 1904, 36 yrs. The Twenty Fifth Anni- versary of Ipswich Public Library. assuming the duties of Librarian, (March 1, 1893,) was made unexpectedly but pleasantly memorable by a most generous token from the Ladies of Ipswich and others who frequent the attractive town in summer days. Augustine, the 4th child of Samuel and Mary (Jones,) born Jan. 23, 1836; married Mira Eldredge, of Orleans, April 12, 1866, at Lafayette St. church, Salem, by Rev. Lo- ranus Crowell, pastor, assisted by Rev. Mr. Sweetser, then of Peabody. One son, Robson Dillingham, born Nov. 5, 1868, now living at Salem. Augustine united with the South Cong'l church, Ips- wich, Nov. 3, 1850 ; Aug. 12, 1851-58, compositor at the Observer office, Salem ; 1859-61, Normal School, Bridge- water; 1861-4, teaching and study; March, 1864, joined X. E. Conf. M. E. Church; iS66, Friday, March 30, ad- mitted to full connection with the Conference and ordained Deacon, at Chicopee, by Bishop Simpson ; 1868, March 29, elected Elder, and ordained by Bishop Ames, at Saratoga St. church, Boston; 1873-84, Faith Home, 124 Wellington street, Worcester; 1884.. in Brittany and England; 18S5- 93, supply Congregational Church, Coventryville, N. y. and the Presbyterian Church, Afton, N. Y. 1S95-1904 Lydia A. Caldwell, Librarian from the opening of the Public Library, Ipswich, March 1, 186S, to present date, 1904, thirty-six years. iARV Mira Eldredge Caldwell. SEVENTH GENERATION. 1 23 at Eliot, York Co. Maine. Mira Eldredge Caldwell was the daughter of Capt. Kelley and Alraira (Dcane) Eldredge. She was born at Orleans, Nov. 18, 1836, died at Worcester, July 28, 1894. Graduated at the Normal School, Salem, 1862. A lady of marked religious devotion, and a frequent public Bible Teacher, — one not easily forgotten by those associated with her in church and parish life. It has been said that Al- mira (Doane) Eldredge, mother of Mira Caldwell, descend- ed from Dea. Doane, of the Plymouth puritans. Correction, p. 120. Samuel Caldwell and Mary Jones married Jan. 24, 1826. 99. Eliza Caldwell, daughter of Capt. William 63 and Abigail (Smith,) married Sewall Foster, of Rowley, April 12, 1820. She united with the South Church at* Ipswich, when twenty years of age. Died at Rowley, April 1, 1833. The children : Eliza, died 1872. 157 William Caldwell. 100, William Caldwell, son of Capt. William 63 and Abigail (Smith,) born at Portland, Me., May 6, 1800, m. Eliza Goss, daughter of Dr. James Goss, of Sandy Bay, March 14, 1824; lived at Rockport ; and died at the age of eighty years. The local print said of him at his death : " William Caldwell, the venerable and respected citizen of Rockport, died on Thursday morning of old age — eighty years. He was born May 6, 1800, at Portland, Me.; spent his boyhood in Ipswich ; came at twenty-one years to Rockport, where he has ever since resided. He was the Representative to the Legislature in 1866-7, and has been for some years the oldest member of the Masonic Lodge in town. Five children survive him." His children were : William, born Oct. 24, 1824 ; died Aug. 27. 1825. 158 William, born Nov. 8, 1825, m. Elisabeth Tarr. James Goss. b. Oct. n, 1827, m. Hannah Kimball. 159 George W. b. Aug. 24, 1830, m. Mary J. Rowe. 160 Lucius Page, b. March 20, 1834.. m. Hannah Croley. 161 Sylvester Goss, b. Sept. 19, 1835, m. Ada Putnam. Eliza, born Jan. 28, 1841. Teacher in Pub. Schools. 101. Harriet Caldwell, daughter of Capt. William 63 and Abigail (Smith,) married Stephen Stanwood, June 2, I2 4 SEVENTH GENERATION. [832. She died Aug. 28, 1845 ; greatly loved and buried with many, many tears. He died Oct. 17, 1868, aged 52 years, 5 months. Stephen Stanwood was the son of Ensign John and Lydia (Dodge) Stanwood, born May 15, bap. May 30, 1802. He married ( 1) Harriet Caldwell, above named ; (2) Erne- line S. Frothingham, 1852 ; she died Jan. 1853. His father was a soldier of the Revolution in Capt. Nathaniel Wade's Company; marched to Mystic on the memorable April 19, 1775. Later was in service at Rhode Island. For many years Stephen carried on the trade of Leather Dresser, in Ipswich. He was sincere in his religious life, active in church work. He with his wife, Harriet, sang in the choir of First Church. He was a member of Ipswich Light Infantry ; in politics a Whig. See Genealogy, by Ethel Stanwood. The children of Harriet (Caldwell) and Stephen : A daughter, died early. Henry Lyman, died Sept. 18, 1836, aged 1 year. Eliza Harriet, born 1836. For fourteen years in charge of the Latin Dep't in Elmira College ; one year at Smith College, same Dep't ; since 1882, Secretary of the Bureau of Exchange, Woman's Board of Missions, Congregational House, Boston. Lydia, born 1838, died May 7, 1848, aged 10 years. William Henry, born 1840, died early. 102. Lucy Caldwell, daughter of Stephen and Lucy Caldwell 65 [her parents were cousins,] was born Dec. 25, 1803, married Capt. Isaac Day. April 24, 1845, resided at Ipswich, died at Brookline, at the home of her step-daugh- ter, Mrs. Martha Day James, Friday, Jan. 18, 18S4, aged 80 years 24 days. Burial at Ipswich. She had the mother-care of several little ones, some not relatives, who were early left orphans ; and was sensibly broad in her thought and kindness. Many children who were not of her household, learned to call her Aunt Lucy. She was a member of the South Church, and reliable in her efforts in the various ladies departments of good works. She had a very strong individuality, and yet seemed to make one in the families allied to her by relationship. In counsel and ready help she was never a disappointment. SEVENTH GENERATION. 125 103. Mercy Davis Randall, daughter of Lucy (Cald- well) 65 and Caleb Randall, married Daniel Cogswell, of Ipswich, merchant. She was born 180S and died Aug. 14, 1849, aged 41 years. Mr. Cogswell, an esteemed and suc- cessful man, died March 21, 1863, aged 72 years. The children of Daniel and Mercy : Mary, died May 2, 1842, aged eight years. William, married Mary Ellen Baker, March 30, 1850; she died Dec. 29, 1864, aged 27 yrs. 8 mo. He was a soldier in the Civil War ; died Oct. 1873, aged 37 yrs. 2 months. Daniel Albert, died Feb. 24, 1862, aged 23 years, 7 days. Lizzie Farnham, only child of Dan'l A. and Olive Cogswell, died July 10, i860, aged 16 months. George, died May 22, 1841, aged 10 months. Lucy, married George B. Roberts, at Boston, June 15, 1864, — by the Rev. Daniel Fitz, D. D., of the South Church, Ipswich. Alice, born Jan. 5, 1845, married, at Cambridge, Judson M. Bemis, of St. Louis, Nov. 21, 1886. Charles Howard, died Sept. 19, 1848. Mr. Daniel Cogswell married [1] Sally Cogswell, of Essex, she died May 8, 1825, aged 32 years. [2] Eunice Smith, she died, to the great grief of her friends, Sept. 8, 1829, aged 26 years ; she left one daughter, Eunice S. who died of fever, when sixteen years of age, — and a briliantly beautiful girl. Mr. Cogswell's 3d wife, Mercy, was a choice spirit ; and ''to be spiritually minded is life." Her burial service was so largely attended, that the South Church was filled, — and all were mourners. 104. Isaac Stevens Smith, son of Lucy (Caldwell) 65 and Samuel Smith, of the Swasey Inn; he lived at Saint Louis, Mo. and there married Annie Frazier. Children : George William. Anna Elisabeth 105. Elisabeth Caldwell Smith, daughter of Lucy (Caldwell) 65 and Samuel Smith, married Alfred Kimball, 12 SEVENTH GENERATION. Dec. 5, 1843. He was Town Clerk of Ipswich many years and Ass't Clerk at Probate Office, Salem, and County Courts. Elisabeth was born Jan. 26, 1820 ; died on her 75th birthday, 1895. She was named for Elisabeth, dau. of Capt. Samuel Caldwell [62] and Abigail his wife. This daughter died May 6, 1820, aged 19 years,— a girl of con- stant good cheer and brightness. Alfred Kimball died most unexpectedly, some thirty years before his wife,— Aug. 4, 1864, aged 47 years. The children : Henry, died Dec. 15, 1865, aged 21 years. George Alfred, at Buenos Ayres, S. A. Mary Baldwin, married John Downs, June 29, 1869, died at Gloucester, April 15, 1885, aged 34 yrs. William Choate. Arthnr Smith, Prof, of Music, Oberlin Col. Ohio. Jesse Warren, at Buenos Ayres, S. A. Frederic, lives at Ipswich. The Ipswich Chronicle had the following column of worthy commemoration : Mrs. Elisabeth Caldwell Kimball, widow of Alfred Kimball, whose death occurred at noon on Saturday, [Jan. 26, 1895,] was born in Ipswich on the 26th day of January, 1820, and was called home on her 75th birthday. Her maiden name was Elisabeth Caldwell Smith. She belonged to one of our earliest and best known families, her father, Mr. Samuel Smith, having been a prominent man of his generation. At the time of Mrs. Kimball's birth, her father, Mr. Smith, kept the Inn, where, in 1789, George Washington had lunched on his journey through Ipswich. Mrs. Kimball's mother was Lucy Caldwell, the daughter of Capt. Ebenezer Caldwell of Turkey Shore, and a grandaughttr of the famous Sheriff, William Dodge ; so that on both paternal and maternal sides, Mrs. Kimbail came of the worthy old New England stock. Before her marriage, Mrs. Kimball was a Teacher ; and as this was before the days of Primary Schools and Kin- dergartens, she taught what is now remembered as the " Dame School," for the ABC children. Afterwards she had charge of the mixed (public) school, composed of older children, and would now be denominated the Gram- mar vSchool. In 1X43, .-die married Mr. Alfred Kimball, also of Ips- SEVENTH GENERATION. 127 wich, who for many years was the faithful and efficient Town Clerk, and whose death, in the strength of his man- hood, was universally regretted. Six children were born to them, four of whom are yet alive ; the oldest, Henry, a bright, active, clear-headed young man, and the only daughter, Mrs. Downs, died several years ago. Fred A. the youngest child, has been privileged to minister to his mother, in the old home, and to attend to business affairs daily in Boston. Mrs. Kimball also had two brothers, Isaac S. of St. Louis and S. Adams, of Boston. Her sisters were Lucy Caldwell Day, Mercy Randall Cogswell, Mary A. Smith Minor, also Mrs. Abigail Sargent, her father's daughter, and a cousin of the notable lawyer, Rufus Choate. Mrs. Kimball was a woman of culture, broad and liberal in her views of life ; an earnest, straight forward, consis- tent woman such as the last generation so often produced. Kindly and sympathetic as a neighbor ; faithful and stead- fast as a friend ; devoted to her family, loyal to the church, she filled every relation in life with rare completeness. She has been gradually failing for a year, until on Sat- urday, the 26th, the frail cable which had kept her moored to earth was loosed, and she went peacefully out into the great Ocean of God's Infinity. * * The funeral of the late Mrs. Elisabeth Kimball was held at her residence Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 29. Rev. T. F. Waters, to whom Mrs. Kimball had been like a mother, and who in turn had regarded her with an almost filial affection, conducted the simple, solemn service in a very impressive manner. Passages of Holy Writ were read, followed by a poem, in tones trembling with feeling ; and the offering up of an earnest, soulful petition for solace and blessing, and thanksgiving for the example of the life peacefully ended, made a service of tender sorrow. The interment was at the South Cemetery. The funeral cortege wound silently across the Green to the sunny slope of the river bank, where, nearly opposite the windows of her dearly loved home, the mother was laid to rest. 106. Samuel Adams Smith, son of Lucy (Caldwell) 65 and Samuel Smith, married Anna Manning, of Boston; they resided in Boston : — 128 SEVENTH GENERATION. The children of S. Adams and Anna (Manning) Smith : Daniel Cogswell Ella Frances Charles Samuel H. Lucy Jennie Anna Frank Davis roj. Mary Ann Smith, daughter of Lucy (Caldwell) 65 and Samuel Smith, married (1) Mr. Eaidwin, of St. Louis. (2) Andrew J. Minor, of the same city. Children: Frank Davis Eaidwin Alfred Kimball Minor Mary Geneva Minor Obed Minor The following brief outling of Mr. Minor's life, is taken from a St. Louis weekly : Andrew Jackson Minor, who for thirty-three years has held various positions at the St. Louis Post Office, died at four o'clock yesterday afternoon at his residence, No. 2624 Olive street, of consumption. He had been in feeble health for two years, but w r as in the discharge of his duties until within a few days of his departure. Mr. Minor was a brother of Gen. James L. Minor, of Jefferson City, formerly Secretary of State, and his wife, long since deceased, was a sister of Isaac S. Smythe, for- merly of the firm of Smythe & Gore, but more recently of the firm of Sell.-, & Co. Deceased was born at Fredericksburg, Va. in 1815, and was appointed a Cadet, at West Point by Gen. Andrew Jackson, who was a warm friend of his father. During>is graduating year he left West Point in conse- quence of his father's death, and after returning home and settling the estate, he took the position of Civil Engineer on the Chtsepeake and Ohio Canal. About 1840 he came West, and settled near Hermann, in Missouri, farming and practicing Law. By the high wa- ter of [844, his farm was entirely destroyed and he came to St. Louis where he took a situation as Clerk in the Cir- cuit Court, associated with Charles D. Drake. During this SEVENTH GENERATION. 129 time he was also the dramatic critic for the Reveille, and wrote much for the press in general on dramatic matters. In 1848 he entered the Post Office, John M. Wimer, P. M. and had charge of the Paper Room for seventeen years. Under Gen. Fullerton he was transferred to the Business Office, where his face has been familiar to the public for fifteen years. He was reputed one of the finest classical scholars in St. Louis; genial in his disposition, a fine conversationalist, and had a rich fund of anecdotes which he introduced with effect in social converse. He leaves two children, a son and daughter, both grown. Funeral from the residence of Isaac S. Smythe, No. 3518 Lindell Avenue. 108. Eunice Caldwell, daughter of Capt. Sylvanus 67 and Hannah (Staniford) born Jan. 21, 1809, married Samuel Wade, Nov. 10, 1831. She died at Alton, 111. May 13, 1890. Samuel Wade was born April 18, 1806, died Jan. 2, 1885. Their chosen home, (as Mrs. Cowles relates in the following memorial,) was the far-away Alton, 111., where their children were born, and their lives blended with the newly established homes and interests. The separation from the old New England homesteads, though it left a vacancy and a lonesomeuess in loving hearts and lives, proved to be a step of practical wisdom ; a decision which evolved no regrets. The children were : 162 Edward Pierson, born Feb. n, 1833., married Mary Elisabeth Allen. Augusta Olivia, b. Feb. 5, 1835, d. July 23, 1836. 163 Albert, born in Ipswich, May 15, 1837, married Dec. 13. 1865. 164 Harriet Augusta, born March 12, 1839, married Noah Cushuian Hatheway. John Richards born Aug. 22, died Dec. 31, 1841. Charles, born Dec. 1, 1843, died June 12, 18S6. 165 Eunice Louisa, born Nov. 17, 1850, married Albert Hollenbeck Drury. Mrs. Eunice Caldwell Cowles, the renowned Principal of the Ipswich Female Seminary, wrote the following Mem- orial, when the tidings of Mr. Wade's departure reached the Ipswich homes and hearts: — I-O SEVENTH GENERATION. Hon. Samuel Wade. By Mrs. Cowles, Ipswich. April, 1806— January, 1885. Born in Ipswich, nearly fourscore years ago, limited in his education to the privileges afforded by the common schools, Mr. Wade bore within him the vitality and will, without which elaborate culture is of small account. Learning of his father, as Jesus did of Joseph, the trade of a house builder and a worker in woods, his fortune was in his own skilful hands. Tall and erect as a young pine, and as unswerving in high principle, no liquid poison was ever allowed to defile his clean mouth and healthy frame. In early manhood he chose the Lord as his portion, and joined the Commonwealth of His people. He made another wise choice, which doubled his power and consummated his happiness : from the comely maidens of Ipswich, he made his own, one, second to none in modesty, loveliness and the genius for making a house a home. On their marriage more than fifty-four years ago, they went at once, in the good old way, to the new house which his own hands had reared. Soon after, the Rev. Artemas Bullard came to Ipswich, seeking for recruits to go and take possession of the new and growing State of Illinois, in the name of the Lord, and make it a garden for Him. His young servant heard the call, and felt constrained to answer : " Here, Lord, am I. Send me." The stakes up-rooted at Ipswich, he planted at Alton, then a new and flourishing settlement near the confluence of the Missouri with the Mississippi. Thither, when he had built a second nest for her, his young and charming wife gladly followed him. Most tenderly w r e bade her adieu, sorrowing most of all that we should, as we sup- posed, see her face no more. Many times blessed was the re-union that crowned her long and tiresome journey. In the Christian home which they there re-established, the Word of God has been daily studied and pondered, and the voice of prayer and praise ever ascending. In- dustrious, clear-eyed and thrifty, pulling always one way and together, they could hardly fail to win success and prosperity. If he did not long carry his carpenter's tools, it was not because he was ashamed of them; but because larger interests demanded his time and attention. In the SEVENTH GENERATION. 131 prosperity which followed him, he never forgot for a day that he went to Illinois to serve the Lord and honor his Redeemer. In and through the years which have been long in the land which the Lord their God hath given them, he has been first among the foremost in whatever concerns the best interests of the church, the city and the state of his adoption. The Lord, on whose side he and his have im- movably stood, has made good to them His promise, — " Them that honor Me, I will honor." His name, honor- able and honored, is fragrant and precious far beyond the confines of the city which has grown up around him. His hospitalities have been large and ungrudging ; his charities wide and numberless ; his tithes free, unstinted. The tabernacle of clay, which for fourscore years has served him faithfully, he has left to a lowly bed in Alton ; he himself, the tenant of that earthly house, wonderfully enlarged and enriched by communion with God in His Word and at His throne of grace, has gone without one sign of decrepitude to his Father's house on high. He loved dearly to sing " Glory to God," below ; he loves no less to join in the praises above. For him we have no tears, no regrets, no fears. He has been and is still an illustration of what a man, who sets himself in his youth to serve God and do good, can make of himself and his opportunities. The Rev. George C. Adams, once his Pastor, wrote knowingly and livingly of Samuel Wade, as follows : * * He was a remarkable man, a self-made man, ener- getic, self-reliant. Accustomed to allow no obstacles to stand in the way of any undertaking which he was per- suaded was right, he succeeded where other men would have failed. He was born at Ipswich, Mass., in 1S06, married in 1830 to one who survives him, whose faith and beautiful chris- tian life have been a constant blessing to him and to a multitude of others ; removed to Alton in 1831, where he had a large share in building up the city, and great in- fluence in shaping its character. He was a member of the first Board of Trustees of the town ; a member of the first City Council ; and was four times elected Mayor of the city. Since 1876, he has been President of the Alton National Bank. His whole business 1-2 SEVENTH GENERATION. career has been marked by promptness, energy and strict integrity. He carried christian principle into all his affairs. When the writer was Pastor of the Alton church, a prayer meeting was one evening devoted to naming the causes for thanksgiving which each one had. Mr. Wade arose, and after mentioning the fact that it was his birth- day, said : "I was thinking that one of the things for which I have reason to thank God is that He has always enabled me to pay one hundred cents on the dollar." It was characteristic of his life. He believed it was his duty to lean upon God, and that such divine grace as was need- ful would always be given in the management of the affairs of his Bank as in the conduct of the Prayer-meeting. When he came to Alton there was hardly a Congrega- tional Church in the State of Illinois ; the Princeton Church came from Massachusetts in the same year ; and that in Jacksonville was organized two years later. Although Mr. Wade was a firm Congregationalist, he was a christian first, and united with the Presbyterian Church in Alton, in 1S40, where he was an influential member for 30 years. In 1870, in common with many others, he felt the time had come for the organization of a Congregational Church and entered into the movement with all his heart. The church in its beginning had three or four men who were both willing and able to give large amounts, and its future seemed assured. Within three years Mr. Wade was leit almost alone in the ability to do what had been planned. He never faltered. His faith was strong. No matter how great the demand, he was ready to give. He insisted that the business affairs of the Church should be managed with the same promptness and accuracy as those of a first-class bank. The meeting house, the addition made to it some years ago, the organ, the parsonage, all speak of his love and his generosity. These were but a small part of his interest and influence. Blessed is the church whose wealthiest men are in the Bible vSchool and the Prayer Meeting. Mr. Wade never missed a session of either when it was possible for him to attend. He was studious and thoughtful. His talks and prayers were fresh and full of vigor. He had a fine library, selected with care,— and he used it. The influence of such a man can never be estimated. He SEVENTH GENERATION. 1 33 was a tower of strength. He loved and stood by his Pas- tor. No matter what mistakes that Pastor might make, he was sure of a warm friend and a good counselor in Mr. Wade. He is gone, but his works live after him ; and the Church is one of the best testimonials to his christian character and perseverance. This love and perseverance kept up to the very last. He might have retired from actual business life, but preferred to toil on, in order that he might give more to the Master's work ; and he went home from actual service. The following tribute to Mrs. Eunice Caldwell Wade, is not only an expression of tenderness and worth, but it gives glimpses of interesting points in her long, long life of thoughtful kindnesses and love : Funeral of Mrs. Eunice Caldwell Wade, To-day was laid to rest in our city cemetery, one whose residenee in Alton dates back to the year 1832, and ante- dating the civic incorporation of this community by a period of more than five years. Mrs. Wade was born in Ipswich, Mass., Jan. 21, 1809. Her parents were of a community "distinguished for good morals and steady habits." She was the eldest of four- teen children, of whom ten attained to adult years, and of these there survive her, Mrs. N. Rogers Farley and Miss Sarah P. Caldwell of Ipswich ; Mrs. Jeremiah Prescott, of Arlington, Mass., and Charles A. Caldwell and Mrs. Mary S. Marsh, of this city. At an early age, sharing with her mother the responsi- bilities and cares of so large a family, life at once became to her a reality ; and when three years before her marriage, Miss Grant became the Principal of the Ipswich Female Seminary and Mary Lyon her Ass't, she was at an age to fully appreciate her opportunities. Married in November, 1830, she followed her husband to Alton, 1832, and coming from an atmosphtre of ex- ceptional intelligence and thrift, she was prepared to lay the foundation of a well ordered family in her own home. In the Ipswich school the reading and study of the Scrip- tures was a large element in the curriculum, and the words of the Preceptress are fully applicable to her: 134 SEVENTH GENERATION. " What a fountain of consolation the Bible affords ! This precious Book has been to me of late above all price. How pure its doctrines; how elevated its precepts; how rich its promises ; how much more valuable and satisfying than pleasure, wealth, or honor. If I do not love the Bible, I know not what 1 love." Four of Mrs. Wade's children survive her, and reside in Alton : Messrs Edward P. and Albert Wade ; Mrs. Harriet A. Hatheway and Mrs. Eunice L. Drury. Coming here from her eastern home with her honored husband, soon after their marriage, and settling in what was then almost a wilderness, the young couple established a home which developed into the ideal dwelling place of happy married life. The years went by and children gathered about the hearthstone. The husband became a successful business man, a leading banker, a pillar in the church, and was repeatedly called to be the Chief Executive of the young municipality, of which he helped to lay the foundation. All his labors were ably supplemented by the wife who was in the truest sense a help-meet for him ; and whose devotion as a wife and mother consecrated the home with all the blessings of unclouded domestic felicity. The children grew up and founded homes of their own, and grandchildren renewed the youth of their grandparents in the beautiful old homestead. Together husband and wife walked the pathway of life for over fifty years ; and when he was called to the other shore, the sons and daughters shielded the mother from the storms of life, or helped her brave its sorrows and be- reavements. The old home was still the centre from which radiated sweet influences to the homes of children clustered about it. The mother was the queen whom all delighted to honor. Now she, too, has joined loved ones gone before. A great company gathered this morning to pay their tribute of love and reverence to her memory. Old friends o! a lifetime were there, tearful and sorrowing, yet not mourning for her whose death was but transition. The services were conducted by Rev. C. C. Warner, the Pastor of the Congregational Church of which Mrs. Wade was one of the original members ; and whose work she had ever been foremost in furthering aud sustaining. After reading Scriptural selections, which had peculiar fitness to the life and character of the departed, the speaker dwelt in SEVENTH GENERATION. 135 tender and gentle terms upon the Christian faith and hope which had ever been the guiding star of the loved wife and mother, and her stay and comfort when about to cross the dark river. He compared her last hours to the parting of Jacob and his children, when the Patriarch was about to be gathered to his fathers ; the fitness of the comparison was recognized by all present. His references to her home-life and gentle ministrations, her charity, benevolence, her usefulness in the chuich and community, were all apt and touching, recalling and un- folding the sweetness and devotion of the life which had so long been a blessing to all within its influence. Two solos were sung by Mrs. C. C. Warner, " There is a Blessed Home," and " Forever with the Lord," with organ accompaniment by Mrs. F. L. Taylor. At the close of Mr. Warner's address, prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Jameson. The Pall Bearers were : Messrs. A. L. Daniels, H. M. Carr, Sylvanus Caldwell Farley, A. P. Caldwell, E. M. Caldwell, C. A. Caldwell, Jr. After the last rites at tbe Cemetery by the officiating clergymen, and the closing hymn, Good Night, they laid to rest the loving mother, the tender wife, the steadfast friend, by the side of the companion of over half a century. The gentle zephyrs of the opening Spring stirred the leaves and verdure above her ; the soft May sunshine gave its benediction over the new-made grave that answered the auestion : Is Life worth the Living ? The floral memorials were exquisite in beauty ; and the clusters of roses which each child and grandchild added to the tributes on the mound spoke eloquently of the love that reaches beyond the confines of mortal life. %vl MlBntortam. MRS. EUNICE CALDWELL WADE. No tears ! but the ripest of harvest, Most amber of wheat, Lay close by the brow of this woman With story complete Of life transparent to bottom, No dregs in its wine; 136 SEVENTH GENERATION. A "golden bowl that is broken," Of rarest design. She was not old, with heart so young ; Her prayer, an Angelus that swung Through joy, as well as crushing pain, In chamber of her level brain. Her hope, clear-cut as cameo line ; Her faith, as fast as mountain pine ; In every stress of her estate She seemed the empress of her fate. No wail — but the whitest of roses That ever were blown ; No sighs — but the fairest of lilies That ever were grown ; No dirge — but the sweetest of music That ever was sung ; No moan — but the deepest of joy-bells ■That ever were rung — For her, not old, because so fair In fleeces of her whitening hair; Her heart as fragrant as the rose — As pure as lily's silver blows, Harmonious as swinging chimes With mellow peal at even times, Because of soul in still accord With will of her beloved Lord. No gloom — but the beauty of gladness Unblemished by fears ; No woe — but a wealth of rejoicing . Untarnished by tears ; No pain — but a passion of rapture Like lark's, on the wing; No pall — but sweep of the ermine Just dropped by The King — For her, who knew His noiseless tread 'Mid footfalls soft around her bed, And greeted Him with matchless smile In fine unconsciousness of guile. This is unusual !" she said, SEVENTH GENERATION. 137 But felt the crown upon her head ; Her ear already tuned to notes Which never flutter human throats. She knew her shallop sailed to sea Upon the swell — Eternity ; She knew earth's sun about to set, But said "Good night," without regret; And then, her last and calm " Good-byes," Morn's glory shining in her eyes, Which kindled with the glad surprise Of Immortality's sunrise. So bring the most glowing of blossoms To garnish her grave in the grass ; With never a tumult of weeping To sadden the scene as you pass. She lives ! the Grand Mother you've known her, And waits — as so often before — To call the "new names" of her children, And open Jerusalem's door For you who would follow her going, And crowd on her luminous track ; But she sees with a clarified vision, And waves you most tenderly back Till your "fullness of time" has been measured, Your "sands of mortality" run, In a world now edge of Elysium, Because Paradiso's begun. Emily Gilmore Aeden. Godfrey, 111. May 16, 1S90. ! r SEVENTH GENERATION. 109. William Caldwell, son of Capt. Sylvanus 67 and Hannah (Staniford,) born Jan. 17, i8ii, married Abigail, daughter of Rev. Daniel Stone, of Augusta ; he died March 8, 1S85. Abigail, his wife, born Nov. 28, 1813, died Dec. 20, 1885. They were married Dee. 25, 1836. One daughter : Lydia, born June 7, 1852, married Lendall Titcomb, March 5, 1879. Children : Miriam, born Dec. 19, 1879. William Caldwell, born July 24, 1882. vSamuel, born Feb, 26, 1885. Lucy Williams, born April 26, 1892. From the review of William Caldwell's life, in the weekly press, we gather the following : Sabbath morniug, March 8, 1885, at quarter past six, died William Caldwell, of Augusta. He was born in Ipswich, Mass., Jan. 18, 181 1, and at his death was 74 yrs. i month and 16 days old. He was the son of Capt. Sylva- nus Caldwell, and belonged to one of the old New England Puritan families. He came to Augusta, June 20, 1825, and had been a resident nearly sixty years. He received his business education in the store of the late Benjamin Davis, and was for many years his partner in mercantile business. In December, 184 1, he received an appointment as Clerk in the State Treasurer's office, and he has served in that office from that date to March 1, 1885, with the single exception of a portion of the year, 1856, remaining through every change of administration. In 1869, he was elected State Treasurer, and held the office during the constitutional limit; serving as Treasurer and Clerk forty-three years. He was a Director of the Granite National Bank from its foundation. He married, Dec. 25, 1836, Abigail Stone, daughter of the Rev. Daniel Stone, who survives him. He leaves one daughter, Mrs. Lendall Titcomb. Of the Caldwell family, one brother, a prominent busi- ness man of Alton, 111., five sisters, two living in the West and three in Massachusetts, survive him. His brother, Sylvanus Caldwell, who followed him to Augusta from SEVENTH GENERATION. 139 Ipswich, in 1827, died Oct. 22, 1876. No man certainly in this community, and few, if any, in the State, will be more missed than William Caldwell. For forty-three years he has been at his post of duty at the State House, as regularly as the rising and the setting of the sun. He has served as the trusted Deputy of Sanford Kingsbury, James White, Moses McDonald, Samuel Cony, Woodbury Davis, J. A. Sanborn, Isaac Reed, Benj. D. Peck, Nathan Dane, N. G. Hichborn, Silas C. Hatch, E. H. Banks, Charles A. White, S. A. Holbrook and E. C. Burleigh. He has known personally every man who served in the Executive Council and in both branches of the Legislature since December, 1841, making many thousands, and has been known by all men. He has in these years built up a character that has added to the dignity of the State, and become a part of its history. William Caldwell was a sturdy New Englander, exact, precise, honest, upright. He performed every relation of life with a faithfulness rarely equalled, and he won and enjoyed the esteem of all men. It has been for many years a saying, that if William Caldwell should prove unfaith- ful, no man could be trusted. His life was full of simplic- ity, his pleasures many, his unbending integrity the ad- miration of all. Ey the practice of frugal habits he acquired a handsome competency. To any cause in which he was interested he gave freely and liberally, and his private charities were many. He was a great reader of history and biography ; was fond of a happy witticism. He had a genial smile, a sunny disposition, a warm heart. While he was a man of the most sturdy integrity, of independence of thought, of un- flinching determination, he had a childlike frankness and simplicity of character. He was for more than forty years a member of the South Congregational Church. He left his house for the last time, Feb. 28th, and on Wednesday took his bed. His sickness was not painful, and his death was as quiet and gentle as the blowing out of a candle. 140 SEVENTH GENERATION. no. Sylvanus Caldwell, son of Capt. Sylvanus 67 and Hannah (Staniford,) born Sept. 7, 1812, married Hannah Rice Buekminster, dau. of Daniel Buckminster of Saco ; lived at Augusta, Maine, died Oct. 22, 1876. in. Mary Staniford Caldwell, daughter of Capt. Syl- vanus 67 and Hannah (Staniford,) born Nov. 26, 1814; married Ebenezer Marsh, M. D., of Alton, 111., in 1839. He died January 1, 1877. One daughter : Mary Fanny, married H. Martyn Carr, Esq., of Alton ; one son, Lewis Marsh Carr. -" A Memorial," in a Baptist periodical, says : In the early hours of the New Year, [1877,] Dr. Eben'r Marsh, senior Deacon of the First Baptist Church, of Alton, 111., was called home. He completed his 70th year, Sept. 16, 1876. Dr. Marsh was a native of Sturbridge, Mass. His boyhood was spent upon his father's farm, and in school, until his thirteenth year; then he entered upon a three years' course in Dudley Academy. Having com- pleted this, he became a clerk in Boston, where he re- mained six years. His conversion occurred while in the Academy, or short- ly after leaving it, and he united with the Congregational Church, — his parents were of that persuasion. Rev. Mr. Pengelly's Tract on Baptism, led him to iden- tify himself with the Eaptists, while in Boston. He was baptized by the Rev. Howard Malcom, D. D., who was his Pastor. Leaving Boston in the winter of 1828-9, Dr. Marsh made his way by stage and river to St. Clair County, 111., and in that first winter here was a teacher in the Rock Spring Seminary, under J. M. Peck, D. D., since merged in Shurtleff College. In 1832, he made Alton, 111., his home, having married Anna Cox, of Cincinnati, who, like himself, had taken up the cross in withdrawing from the Congregationalism, then powerful in Cincinnati, and uniting with a humble little Baptist Church. She became the mother of one son, Prof. Eben'r Marsh, Jr., of Upper Alton, and a daughter, Anne Marsh, the wife of Charles Augustus Caldwell, Cashier of Alton National Bank. Three years later this wife and mother of loveliness and intelligence was taken from him and her little ones. SEVENTH GENERATION. 141 In 1839, Dr. Marsh married Miss Mary S. Caldwell, of Ipswich, Mass., his present estimable widow, by whom he had one daughter, Mary Fanny, wife of H. M. Carr, Esq., of Alton. He engaged successfully in the drug business until T840. Meanwhile, the Alton Marine Fire Insurance Co. was or- ganized. Dr. Marsh was its Secretary. In 1837, the In- surance Company developed into a banking business, carried on under the insurance charter, until in 1853, when it became a Bank, known as the Alton Bank, and in 1865 it was re-organized as the Alton National Bank. Through all these changes, Dr. Marsh held the office of President until the time of his death. The punctuality, sincerity and diligence of his business life was seen in his religious character. Always in his place; ever maintaining the family altar; reverent of God's Word, and familiar with it; rarely opposing his Pastor or brethren if he differed from them ; always con- cerned for the honor of the Church ; giving the heartiest help to every Pastor, visiting him in sickness, not easy until his salary was met ; so he lived, a steady, believing soul, sound in doctrine, gentle in spirit, wise in counsel, decided in action. Perhaps no better tribute can be paid to his judgment and integrity than to record the fact, — " During the troub- lous days of wild-cat currency, when Banks were suspend- ing hourly, the Alton Bank was the only one in Illinois, and one of the very few in the Country, that continued payment andconduted business without loss to depositors or stockholders." Dr. Marsh took a great interest in education, having given out of a moderate fortune $10,000 to Shurtleff Col. A long time he was President of the Board of Trustees, of which he was a member twenty-five years. He was a man of habitual generosity, his ordinary con- tribution in late years to missions and church expenses amounting to seven thousand dollars annually. The ex- act amount cannot be known ; he was carefully silent on this subject. If he left no great bequest at death, it is because he gave it while he lived, and lelt in his devoted wife a servant of God, who shared in the spirit and walked in his steps. Dr. Marsh loved his home, his wife, his sisters, his 1-4- SEVENTH GENERATION. children and relatives ; and his table at Thanksgiving, surrounded by three generations, was a most happy sight. He had a passion for flowers, and gathered into his garden and greenhouse curious and beautiful plants. He had also a similar fondness for music. Death came upon him deliberately. Stubborn disease showed itself in the early Fall ; yet he continued steadily at work in his office, as President of the Bank, until Oct- ober. He broke down as a strong constitution does, yet with no painful resistance. The uneven battle was over at last. His life passed away while the living greeted the New Year of Time. This stanza, sung at his funeral, expresses the spirit of his life : Lord it belongs not to my care Whether I die or live ; To love and serve Thee is my share, And this Thy grace must give. 112. Caroline Caldwell, daughter of Capt. Sylvanus 67 and Hannah (Staniford,) born Oct. 3, t8i6, married Jeremiah Prescott, Supt. of the Boston and Maine R. R. He died Aug. 17, 1894. She died July 30, 1898. Their daughter : Caroline Woodbury Prescott, married Edwin Mills. Children: Prescott Caldwell, m. Lorena B. Adams ; Harriet Caldwell ; Edwin Hatheway. The Ipswich Chronicle, under the title of "No more Train Orders," recalls and outlines the activities of Mr. Prescott's career, and his wide circle of friendship : Jeremiah Prescott, formerly Superintendent of the East- ern Railroad, [now the Eastern Division of the Boston and Maine,] died at his residence in Arlington, Aug. 17, 1894. The complete history, of the Massachusetts Railroads ould hardly be written without giving prominence to the name ol Jeremiah Prescott. He was bom in Hampton Falls, N. H., and the record of his life is full and interesting: : In the days long before railroads became the means of transportation, and when Portsmouth, N. H., transacted a large amount of business with Boston, Mr. Prescott was the chosen and confidential expressman between the two When the Eastern Railroad was completed to SEVENTH GENERATION. 143 Portsmouth, Mr. Prescott was among the first to be selected for Conductor, to which position he was appointed in 1844. He was next appointed Master of Transportation for the road in Boston, which position he held until September, 1854, when he was appointed Superintendent,- — the third from the charter of the Road, Stephen A. Chase being the first, and John Kinsman, of Salem, the second. The office of Superintendent he held to Aug. 31, 1874, three days short of twenty years ; a longer term by one year than that of any other Superintendent, John B. Wins- low, late of the Boston and Lowell R. R., being the next in length of service. In 1875, shortly after the completion of the Hoosac tunnel, he was appointed General Manager by the State, one of the most popular appointments ever made, and heartily coincided in by all the railroad men of New Eng- land. During his four years' service in this capacity, he conducted the affars of the road and tunnel to the entire satisfaction of the Siate, the public, and the connecting railroads. The announcement of the death of Jeremiah Pres- cott, of Arlington, recalls vividly to the minds of the older citizens of Ipswich, the days of the old stage route, when Mr. Prescott was one of the favorite stage drivers from Ipswich to Boston. He is also connected with memories of the old Tavern, — not the modern Hotel, — when " Prescott & Wiggin" held sway within the old hostelry ; and there are yet many among us who have very pleasant recollec- . tions of the kindly gentleman. Mrs. Prescott, (Miss Caroline Caldwell,) is the daughter of one of our best families ; and still has many friends and relatives in Ipswich. 113. Charles Augustus Caldwell, son of Capt. Sylva- nus 67 and Hannah (Staniford,) born Jan. 7, 1823, married Anne Marsh, daughter of Dr. Ebenezer Marsh. She was born 1836; married 1857. He died Oct. n, 1890. The children of Charles A. and Anne (Marsh :) Hannah Staniford, born T858, married Richard Henry Flagg, 1878. Children : Charles Henry, born 1S79 ; Samuel Barry, born 1882. Emma Harriet, born 1859. Augustus Prescott, born 1861 ; m. Susan Forsyth, 144 SEVENTH GENERATION. Barrie, Ont. Canada, 1894. Children, Mary Marsh, b. 1893 ; Nelson Forsyth, b. Oct. n, 1899 Charles Albert, born 1863, married Elisabeth Hyde Forbes, 1891. She died Aug. 27, 1902. Chil- dren : Albert, d. e. Elisabeth R. b. 1894 ; Charles Alexander, b. 1895, d. April 20, 1900. Ebenezer Marsh, born 1866, m. Lillian M. Blair, Nov. 1, 1901 ; dau. Harriet Blair, b. Oct. 27, 1902 Elmira Cox, born 1868, died 1890. Mary Staniford, born 1871, died 1897. Sylvanus Farley, born 1873, died 1873. Martyn Roger, born 1875, residence Denver, Col. Bailey, born 1877, died 1878. The Alton, 111., Weekly Telegraph, of Oct. 16, 1890, contained the following memorial of Charles Augustus Caldwell, who died the nthinst. : At 5.30 o'clock, a. m. Saturday, an honored citizen and eminent business man, entered into rest, after a long and painful sickness. * Mr. Caldwell struggled manfully to overcome it, but it was evident to his most intimate associates that he was very ill. His last visit to the Bank was on the 19th day of June ; since which time his suffer- ings have been Of the most intense character. Mr. Caldwell was born in Ipswich, Mass., Jan. 7, 1823. At the age of fourteen years he went to Augusta, Maine, where he spent several years. In September, 1850, he came to Alton, to engage in business in the Marine and Fire Insurance Co., an institution conducted by Dr. E. Marsh. Mr. Caldwell took a leading position at once in the management of the affairs of this Company, and when it was succeeded by the Alton Bank, in 1854, he became Cashier with Dr. Marsh as President. The Bank at once took rank as one of the most substantial and best conducted institutions in the country. In the financial panic of 1857, three years after its organization, it stood the storm that burst on the country, and emerged from it in excellent condition ; something that very few institutions of the kind did. Again in the winter of 1860-61, when so many Banks sus- pended or failed, the Alton Bank, under Mr. Caldwell's administration, passed unscathed, and was able to mate- rially assist the State's depleted treasury in arming troops SEVENTH GENERATION. 145 for the defense of the Nation. On the death of Dr. Marsh, the late Hon. Samuel Wade became President, and continued in that office until his death, in 1885, when Mr. Caldwell succeeded to the Presi- dency, and Mr. E. P. Wade became Cashier. Mr. Caldwell was President of the Bank at the time of his death. The Bank is, in a large degree, indebted to his sound financial judgment and his sterling honesty, for the position it holds, not only in the community, but in the country. The Alton Bank, [organized as a National Bank in 1863,] is a memorial to Mr. Caldwell's excellent business principles. This can be justly said without taking one iota from the high praise due his associates, past and present, in the Bank, who have ever found in him a wise counsellor and safe leader. To Alton business men, Mr. Caldwell has ever been a friend, and much of the prosperity in business circles is due to the kindly hand extended when disaster was about to overtake, or had fallen upon the community. His name wherever known, is the synonym of honesty and sound business principles. To his family his death comes with crushing effect. Only a few weeks ago death entered the home and carried away a loved one; now the head of the household is laid low. To the large family he has raised in our midst, the loss of such a father is beyond words to express. Kind, generous, thoughtful of every interest in the household, desirous of making his wife and children as happy as pos- sible, no effort was spared, no sacrifice was too great, and his chiefest joy was in having his family around him in the homestead, happy in each other's love. He was as much interested in the little details that go to make up happiness, as many men are in what seems to be more im- portant ; realizing that it is the small things that usually render heavier tasks of easy performance. Mr. Caldwell was elected Mayor of Alton in 1873. He worthily and ably filled the position. He was elected without giving his consent to become a candidate, but a majority of the votes were cast for him, and as in every other position, he accepted the trust and performed the duties to the best of his high abilities. Mr. Caldwell was married in this city, in 1857, to Miss , 4 (, SEVENTH GENERATION. Anna Marsh, daughter of the late Dr. E. Marsh, (Presi- dent of the Alton Bank until his death.) The fruit of this union was ten children, seven of whom still survive, — four sons and three daughters. The loving wife, also surviv- ing, and children have tenderly watched and ministered to the wants ol the sick one, and hoped during the long, weary days and nights for the best. While their eyes are filled with tears and their hearts riven with sorrow, the sympathy and affection ot a large circle of relatives, friends and acquaintances will be most freely extended, with the kindly hope that consolation and comfort in large measure will be given from the Hand on which they have leaned all their lives. THE BURIAI,. At ten o'clock, Tuesday morning, the spacious rooms and halls, as well as the grounds of the Caldwell residence, were filled with sympathizing friends, gathered to show their respect to the memory of Charles A. Caldwell. After invocation by Pastor Abbott, Scripture selections, beginning with words from the oldest known book in hu- man language, [Job,] were read by Dr. Abbott, who in a short address, founded on Job 23 : 6. encouraged mourning ones to steadfastly feel that God in his great power is not pleading against us in long continued affliction, but is rather putting strength in us. His words of comfort to the bereaved ones he also supplemented with an appeal to gathered friends, to both those who had known the de- parted all his forty years of life in Alton, and to those who had learned to respect him in later years. In referring to similar services only seven weeks pre- vious, less one day, when from the same rooms was carried by loving hands to their last resting place the body of a daughter and sister, he remarked : "They were lovely and pleasant in their lives and in their death they were not divided." After the address, prayer was offered by Dr. Gibson, following which the members of the Baptist choir, who also sang at Miss Myra's funeral, sang: "How firm a founda- tion." The family and friends then formed in procession and followed the remains of the loved and honored one to the grave, to which was committed "dust to dust," and one more mound was raised to be remembered and visited. At the grave the choir sang, " Jesus, lover of my soul ;" SEVENTH GENERATION. 147 and after a few words by Dr. Abbott, they also sang, — " Asleep in Jesus," and " The Christian's Good Night." The grave was rilled and covered with floral tokens. Among those in attendance from abroad were, — Mrs. Jeremiah Prescott, Arlington, Mass.; Mrs. Nath'l Rogers Farley, Ipswich, Mass.; sisters of Mr. Caldwell. Mr. Isaac Stephens Smythe, Ex-Gov. E. O. Stanwood, Mr. W. ESchweppe, from St. Louis. The bearers were : E. P. Wade, A. Wade, A. P. Caldwell, E. M. Caldwell Sylvanus Caldwell Farley, H. M. Carr. 114. Emeline Caldwell, daughter of Capt. Sylvanus 67, and Hannah (Stamford,) born Sept. 17, 1826, married Nathaniel Rogers Farley, of Ipswich. He died May 19, 1897. Their childten : Emeline Caldwell. Lucy Rogers. Nathaniel Rogers, died, aged 17 years. George. 166 Sylvanus Caldwell, m. Harriet Wade Hatheway. Ipswich, May 24, 1897. Mr. Nathaniel Rogers Farley passed away shortly before midnight, on Saturday, May the 19th.' In his death, Ipswich loses one of her best men and most prominent citizens. For the past five years he has patiently suffered ; at last the peace of the Infinite has come upon him, in the land where "there shall be no more pain." Mr. Farley was one of our universally respected citizens ; the embodiment of integrity and fidelity to every trust ; benign in manner, even in temperament, with an almost perfect self-poise which created about him, wherever he moved, an air of serenity and quiet that inspired confi- dence at once. He was singularly unostentatious; a simple, devoted Christian, living out in each day the principles of Right and Truth in which he firmly believed ; one to whom can be applied the words of St. James : "Unspotted from the world." 148 SEVENTH GENERATION. Mr. Farley was the son of Nathaniel Rogers Farley, and was born in Rowley, September, 1814. The family was of Ipswich stock, Mr. Farley, senior, having moved to Rowley for business reasons. At the age of fourteen, he returned to Ipswich, with his parents, and here the young manhood, the middle age, the declining years of this good man have been passed. In his early life he carried on the shoe business with his father, on the spot now occupied by the L. H. Daniels vShoe Factory, and lived in the Farley House, on Market street. Later he received the appointment of Ticket Agent at the depot, under the old Eastern regime. This posi- tion he held more than twenty years. Mr. Farley has been many times honored by his fellow townsmen who have chosen him to offices of public trust : In 1S44, he was elected to the Board of Selectmen, serv- ing for five consecutive years ; In 1853-4, he was again chosen Selectman ; In 1S57-S, he served the town as an efficient Treasurer ; 1S76 to 1888, a period of eleven years, he was Chairman of the Selectmen. In every office he was noted for quiet, unswerving fidelity to the trust committed to him. Early in life Mr. Farley united with the First Church, and has been a most interested and helpful member. For sixteen years he has held the office of Deacon ; and he was Chorister for a long period. He leaves the precious legacy of a good name untarn- ished bv dishonor. 115. Daniel Caldwell Stanwood, son of Joanna (Cald- well) 68 and Dea. Isaac Stanwood, born March 31, 181 1, died Jan. 11, 1863. Lived at Augusta, Me. Married Mary Augusta Webster, 1S36, the daughter of Peter Eaton Webster, of Salem. Children: George Webster, born Nov. 1837, died 1840. Isaac Avgustus, born Dec. 7, 1.S39. Edward, born Sept. 16, 1841. Mary Webster, born July 31, 1843, married William B. Topliffe, Chicago, June 12, 1873. Daniel Webster, born May 2, 1845, died 1853. Horace Calef, born February 26, 1848. Alice Reed, born SEVENTH GENERATION. 149 Arthur Grimes, born Oct. 5, 1849. Frederic, born Oct. 10, 1851. Margaret Elisabeth, born March 3, 1853, married June 26, 1883, Charles Clarke Willoughby, Cambridge. Thaddeus Perkins, born Feb. 6, 1857. From the Stanwood Genealogy we glean : At the age of fourteen years he went to Augusta, Me., making the journey, as was then usual, in a sailing vessel from the Ipswich river to the Kennebec. He entered the bookstore of A. P. Brinsmore, as a clerk, and made his home at the house of his uncle, Jacob Stanwood. In a few years he purchased an interest in the store ; later he be- came the sole proprietor. In the early Fifties he organ- ized the Cushnoe Manufacturing Co., which built a Paper Mill, at Vassalboro. He was Chorister of the Congregational Church ; Leader of the Augusta Glee Club; a Freemason, and Master of Bethlehem Lodge, and an officer in several of the higher organizations of Free Masonry; first Capt. of the Augusta State Guards ; Major in the first Reg. of State Militia ; the first City Clerk of Augusta. A beautiful memorial window has been placed in the Church, at Augusta, by his children. His death, Jan. ir, 1863, was sudden; the grief was universal. Rev. Alex'r McKenzie, then of Augusta, called him ''the sweet singer," and added, " I have never seen bitterer tears shed at a funeral." 116. Joanna Stanwood, daughter of Joanna (Caldwell) 68 and Dea. Isaac Stanwood. She was born Jan. 17, 1819, married Dec. 4, 1854, Rev. Francis Vergnies Tenney, son of Samuel and Deborah Tenney. Mr. Tenney was born in Newburyport, April 19, 1819. He studied at Phillips Academy, Andover ; and was grad- uated at Amherst College, 1841 ; Andover Theological Sem. 1844; ordained at So. Braintree, Aug. 7, 1845. He was in later years the supply at Byfield, Manchester, Saugus and Philipston. He married [1] Oct. S, 1846, Jane Robinson Hutchings ; [2] Nov. 17, 1852, Almira Dodge Webber; [3] Joanna Sianwood. He died on his birthday, April 19, 1885, aged 150 SEVENTH GENERATION. 66 years. At the time of his departure it was written of him: "He was a man of most gentle spirit, agreeable manners, and gentlemanly deportment. He could never have had an enemy nor lost a friend. In Christly char- acter he was humble, diligent, faithful ; at Sacrament and on Conference occasions, highly acceptable and impressive ; as a Pastor unsurpassed in thoughtful kindness. He has left a memory without a stain." Of Mrs. Joanna Tenney it was said : "She was a woman of intelligence beyond the average ; of judgement keen yet lenient ; of character unblemished ; of life, conscientious, faithful, true to womanly instincts ; a genuine gentlewoman. Dignified in her bearing she yet possessed a gracious manner which won many friends." 117. Clementine Stanwood, daughter of Joanna (Cald- well) 68 and Dea. Isaac Stanwood, born Dec. 27, 1820, married June 10, 1846, Isaac Flichtner, M. D. He was graduated at the Medical School of Bowdoin College, 1837; settled in Union, Maine. Dr. Flichtner m. [1] Chloe Matilda Mowry ; she died 1843. He married [2] Clementine Stanwood ; one child, — George Fred- erick Flichtner. George Frederick Flichtner was born May n, 1847 ; Amherst College, 1867 ; Rector of St. Paul's, Englewood, N. J. He married [1] Julia Edwards Appleton, June 19, 1S72 ; [2] Harriet Appleton Thayer, June 7. 1888. Children of Frederick : Frederick Appleton, born April 30, 1873 ; Amherst College, 1894. Ellen Appleton Smith, born June 21, 1875. Stanwood Edwards, born Aug. 23, 1879. Anna Appleton, born April 8, 1891. Of Dr. Flictner's ancestry we have the following MS : "Zacharias Flichtner was a native of Germany. His name was also spelled Fliedner, as shown by his diploma, of which I have a fac simile, dated Gotha, April 29, 1743. The record of his marriage, after his coming to America, has another change in spelling : ' Zacheus Flitner to Lucy Colburn, Nov. 5, 1765," by SEVENTH GENERATION. 151 James Howard, Esq., Magistrate of Augusta, Maine. Lucy Colburn was the daughter of Jeremiah and Sarah Colburn. Her father, Jeremiah, was a descendant in the fourth geueraiion from Edward Colborne, who came in the Defense, July 6, 1635, aged 17 years; settled first in Ips- wich, then in Dracut, where he died, Feb. 17, 1700. Ezra 2, son of Edward 1, married Hannah, daughter of Samuel Varnum, of Dracut ; Ezra 3, son of Ezra 2,married Lucy, dau. of Philip Nelson, of Rowley, Harvard College, 1654. Jeremiah 4, son of Ezra 3, settled on the east bank of the Kennebec, where he purchased 800 acres. Reuben 5, his son, married Elisabeth Lewis, and he built the home- stead still standing. [1889.] Zacharias 1 (or Zacheus,) arrived in Boston, 1764; was persuaded to go to the Kennebec region, where he settled in Gardinerstown, opposite Gardiner. He was the first settled Physician in that section of Maine. During the Revolutionary war, he served as Surgeon for several years. In 1779, he was Surgeon in Col. McColb's regiment of militia, Gen. Lovell's brigade. He died in 1804 and was buried in the old graveyard near Maj. Colburn's. Children : William, m. 1790, Jan. 6, Mrs. Dorothy ( Harford) Oliver, daughter of William and Elisabeth Harford, of Kittery, Maine. Benjamin, born Feb. 16, 1768, died Oct. 24, 1838, m. Mary Clark, of Lee, N. H , b. Nov. 13, 1774, d. Oct. 2,1, 1868. Hannah, married William Hanover; children, Wil- liam Flitner ; Hannah, m. Arnold Goodspeed ; Hiram ; Samuel ; James Madison. Lucy, married Daniel Kelly, three children. Francis. Joseph. Benjamin 2, son of Zacharias 1, m. Mary Clark. Children : Zacharias, born 1802, died 1808. Elisabeth, unmarried. Benjamin. Mary, married Weston Goodspeed ; children, Theo- dore W. m. Hannah Snow, of Mattapoisett, Ms. Isaac R. m. Lizzie Woodcock ; LeRoy W. m. Georgiana Goodwin, Chelsea, Mass.; Benja- ^e I ,: SEVENTH GENERATION. I niin W. died 1889, unm. Isaac, m. [1] Chloe M. Mowry, Union, N. H., born Jan. 11, 1822, died Oct. 31, 1843; their dau. Georgiana Amelia, born April 1, 1843. m. [2] Clementine Stanwood, Ipswich, Mass., June 10, 1846; their son, George Frederick, born May 11, 1847. Eli. William, m. Nancy Richardson ; son Frank, born Oct. 8, 1847, m. Mary Beaman, N. Y. City. Lucy, born 1815, died 1818. A paragraph, dated at Union, N. H., Sept. 25, 1875, gives the kindly expression which every one who knew Dr. Flichtner will confirm : " Dr. Isaac Flichtner, — a gentleman of high moral cul- ture and eminent in the profession which he chose, having graduated at Bowdoin College and received the degree of M. D. in the year 1837, entering immediately upon the practice of his profession in Union, N. H., where he con- tinued the same for fifteen years, attending to the arduous labors of his profession with that energy of a true man, where he was especially kind to young men, and the many befriended by him will ever cherish his memory. He had the good of the community at heart, and in turn received their confidence. He was endowed with brilliant qualities of mind, and with that buoyancy of spirit which was peculiarly free from aught that was ungentle or unkind. He impressed virtue on those around him by the bright example of his own life. The qualities that endeared him to a wide circle of friends, were his purity of character, his unsullied honor, his rare unselfishness, together with the gentle disposition of manners which seemed to flow from a heart full of inno- cent simplicity, and that Christian charity that thinketh no evil." Rev. George Frederick Flichtner, sou of Dr. Isaac and Clementine Flichtner, and grandson of Mrs. Joanna (Caldwell) Stanwood, is Rector of St. Paul's Church, Fnglewood, N. J. The Church Standard of Jan. 5, 1901, j^ives the following pleasant outline of his career : — Thirty-five years ago, last All Saints' Day, the first Rector of St. Paul's, Englewood, N. J., assumed charge of SEVENTH GENERATION. -53 the newly organized Parish of forty souls, then worship- ping without a church building. The close of the century finds the present Rector, the Rev. G. F. Flichtner, minis- tering to a congregation of many more than a thousand souls, with a communicants' list of half that number. It also bears witness to one of the most beautiful stone churcl edifices to be found in the Diocese of Newark. The present Rector, Rev. George Frederick Flichtner, entered upon his duties January i, 1888. He is a graduate of Amherst College, 1867, and an alumnus of the Union Theological Seminary. He was ordained Deacon in 1870, by Bishop Eastburn, and Priest by Bishop Horatio Potter, on the first Sunday in the year 1872. Mr. Flichtner was an Assistant Minister of Ascension Parish, New York, for four years, during the rectorship of the Rev. John Cotton Smith ; and was also, for twelve years, Rector of St. Barnabas' Church, Newark. He re- duced the debt of $30,000, to less than $10,000. In 1881, while Rector of St. Barnabas', he also served as Secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions. In 1883, he was appointed Secretary of the Board of Do- mestic Missions, which position he held for two years, and resigned it when the consolidation of the two branches of the Society was effected. He was Editor-in-chief of The Churchman , for two years. In the spring of 1S82, as Commissary appointed by the House of Bishops, Mr. Flichtner accompanied the late Bishop Elliott to the Valley of Mexico on an important mission. 1 18. Harriet Stanwood, daughter of Sarah (Caldwell) 69 and Jacob Stanwood, born in Augusta, 1827, died in the city of her birth, July 15, 1903, aged 76 years. She mar- ried in 185 1 the Hon. James G. Blaine. He became Speak- er of the National House of Representatives; Senator from Maine ; Secretary of State ; and [1884,] Candidate of Republican Party for President of the United States. He died Jan. 27, 1893. The children : Stanwood, died early. 167 Walker, born May 8, 1855. 168 Emmons, born Aug. 1857, m. Anita H. McCormick. 169 Alice Stanwood, born March 18, 1861, married 154 SEVENTH GENERATION. Col. John Joseph Coppinger. 170 Margaret Isabella, m. Walter John Damrosch. James Gillespie. Harriet Stanvvood. From the newspapers of Augusta, we gather the follow- ing estimates of her mental and social abilities : As a girl, Mrs. Blaine was a noted bookworm; and she read Shakespeare's works with avidity when ten years old. She was given a liberal and thorough education; com- pleting her studies at the noted Seminary at Ipswich, the childhood home of her father and mother; and to this institution, in later years, she sent her daughters. After her Ipswich school she taught, with her sister Caroline, in an Academy in Kentucky. Her work there was of a high order ; and she associated with men and women of high educational ability, of marked intellectuality, and high moral principles. It was during the time that she taught at this Kentucky institution, that she met her future hus- band, — James G. Blaine. In the long public career of her husband, Mrs. Blaine was a great helpmate. She possessed such power of mind, that she saw quickly, and with sympathy, the points of the momentous questions of the day that demanded her husband's interpretation. Mr. Blaine ever turned to his wife for suggestion, advice and support. He found in his wife a wise counsellor and a lady in all ways, ready to second his onerous efforts. The care of her husband's voluminous correspondence was a work of love to her. She was careful to sort and file these multipled epistles, and saw that their existence was not overlooked. Mrs. Blaine met the social duties of her high position with infinite taste and wisdom. She had read and traveled much ; she was a keen observer of life. Her sense of pub- lic and private duty was noble and high. It may be truly said that Mrs Blaine never saw the dividing line between duty and policy. Duty alone was her guide. To be ac- counted a friend by her was to know a wonderful woman, endowed with a briliant mind and a readiness of kindly spirit and action. SEVENTH GENERATION. 155 119. Emily Stanwood, daughter of Sarah (Caldwell) 69 and Jacob Stanwood ; she married Daniel S. Stinson, of Augusta, who enlisted in the Civil War, Lieut, and Q. M. 13th Maine Vols. He was killed in battle, 1862. The sons of Daniel S. and Emily, were — Harry, James, George, and Walter D. Further references to these sons will be given below. Walter D. was Postmaster of Augusta ; and at his death, Nov. 25, 1901, aged 44 years, the Kennebec Journal pub- lished the following tribute, with a portrait : After an illness of five weeks, Walter D. Stinson, one of Augusta's leading citizens, breathed his last at his home on Sewall street, at 6.45 o'clock, Monday evening. He was born in Auburn, Dec. 21, 1857. At an early age his family moved to Augusta, and he has always regarded this city as his home. His father died in the army in 1862, being at the time Lieutenant and Quartermaster on the Staff of the Colonel commanding the 13th Maine Reg. of Vol. His older broth- er, Harry, was an officer in the 5th Maine, and lost his life in the service of his Country. Another brother also died in the Civil War. His brother James died at an early age. His brother George was for many years connected with the publishing business of the late E. C. Allen, with head- quarters at Portland, and died several years ago. A.s a boy, Walter D. Stinson attended the public schools of Augusta. He was proficient in his studies and popular with his playmates and teachers. After leaving school, he took a business course in the Dirigo Business College ; and later became the bookeeper in the harness manufac- turing establishment of Coller & Hamilton. In 1876, he went to New York and the South. From 1877 to 188 r, he was employed by the American Express Company as a Special Messenger. When the Hon. Joseph H. Manley became Postmaster in 1S81-, Mr. Stinson was appointed Money Order Clerk in the Postoffice, serving in that capacity until early in 1886, when he was superseded by an appointee of Postmaster Fowler. He then became advertizing manager of the Vickery & Hill Company ; a position he occupied with great credit to himself and with eminent satisfaction to the firm, until 156 SEVENTH GENERATION. [889 ; when, Mr. Manley having again become Postmaster, he received the appointment of Assistant. In 1892 Mr. Manley resigned, and Mr. Stinson was ap- pointed Postmaster by President Harrison. He served until Feb. 1, 1894, and retired from the service, being suc- ceeded by Postmaster Lynch. Later, he became associated with W. H. Gannett, the publisher, as advertising manager. In four years after his retirement from the office of Post- master he was again appointed to the position by Presi- dent McKinley, taking control of local postal affairs on the first day of February, 1898. All his life Mr. Stinson took great interest in the Public Schools of Augusta, and especially the school of the Vil- lage district. Many of the measures that have been adop- ted, looking to the improvement of the system, were in- augurated by him. It was not surprising that in April last, he was chosen a member of the School Board. He was active in the Masonic Order, being a member of Bethlehem Lodge, Cushnoc Chapter, Trinity Commandery. In his domestic life, Mr. Stinson was supremely happy. He married Susan Owen of Augusta, the youngest daugh- ter of Howard Owen, Oct. 4. 18S6. The bereaved widow, two daughters, Emily and Mary, are left to mourn the loss of the indulgent, devoted husband and father. 120. Albert Henry Caldwell, son of Capt. Eben 71 and Clarissa (Smith) Caldwell, born June 12, 1S26, died June, 1893; married Frances Augusta Hallett, of Augusta, Me., Sept. 20, 1852 ; she died Aug. 21, 1887. He united with the South Church, Ipswich, Jan 7, 1849. He was Mate of his father's vessels ; later, retired and lived at Maiden. Children : 171 Arthur Hallett, b. Aug. 29, 1855, m. Carrie Elison. 172 Abby Frances, b. July 8, 1858, m. Horatio Bates. 173 Eben, b. April 4, i860, m. Kate V. Laughlin. 12 r. Clara Ann Caldwell, daughter of Capt. Eben 71 and Clarissa (Smith) Caldwell, born March 18, 1829, died Dec. 2.5, 1S68 ; married Rev. Reuben T. Robinson, Pastor ol First Congregational Church, Winchester, Oct. 20, 1852. She united with the South Church, Ipswich, Nov. 5, 1848, and this relation was transferred by letter to the Winches- SEVENTH GENERATION. 157 ter Church, March 6, 1853. Mr. Robinson was ordained the week following his marriage, Oct. 27, 1852. The ser- mon preached on the occasion was by the Rev. Edward N. Kirk, D. D., of Park street, Boston. Mr. Robinson died Aug. 24, 1S71. Children : 174 Henry Caldwell, born Aug. 5, 1853, m. Emma Long Albert Gardner, born Feb. 21, 1855, married Helen Lamson, Nov. 1882. 175 Edward Abbott, born Nov. 4, 1856, married Ida Loring Pratt. Ellen, born April 1858, died Sept. 19, 1874. Caroline Frances, born June 19, i860, married Charles A. Spaulding, June 4, 1890. 176 Mary Lamson, born March 20, 1862, married George Lyman Richards. Clara Agnes, born Oct. 7, 1864. d. e. 177 Sarah Octavia, b. Sept. 1, 1866, m. George Murray. Eben Caldwell, born and died July, 1868. Mrs. Clara Caldwell Robinson repeated, in her latest moments, The Children s Prayer, and her last words were, Good Morning. The Last Prayer. Ellen Caldwell Pratt. " Now I lay me," — slowly, faintly Came the prayer from lips grown white, While the murmur of the river Sounded through the silent night, " Down to sleep,'' — the sleep was dreamless That was stealing o'er her now ; Fainter grew the fluttering pulses ; Death damps gathered on her brow. "I pray the Lord," — the dear Lord standing All unseen beside her bed, Knew Himself the pangs of dying ; Had himself slept with the dead ! " My soul to keep," — dear soul, He keeps it Safely in His pierced hand ; Keeps it from all sin forever, — Keeps it for His blood-washed band. I58 SEVENTH GENERATION. ' If I should die," — e'en now she standeth On the river's misty shore ; Only this one crossing over, And she tasteth Death no more. 'Before I wake," — that bliss of waking Never mortal lips have told ; Songs of angels, palms of glory, Harps and crowns of purest gold ! " I pray the Lord," — the dear Lord pitying Drew still closer to her side; " Fear thou not, dear soui," He whispered, " Fear not, I myself have died." "My soul to take," — He took it, held it, Bore it all the shadowy way ; Bore it through the swelling river Into realms of cloudless day. So we leave her in His keeping, Till for us the Lord shall come, Then we too shall say Good Morning, In the blessed, deathless home. — Life and Light. 'S>* 122. Ellen Caldwell, daughter of Capt. Eben 71 and' Clarissa (Smith) Caldwell, born Dec. 18, 1832; married S. Brainard Pratt, Jan. 16, 1866. Mrs. Pratt is now, 1903, one of the Vice Presidents of the Woman's Board of Mis- sions of the Congregational Church. She was for years its efficient Recording Secretary. S. Brainard Pratt died in 1903. The Congregationalist published a tribute, with a portrait, to his most worthy life and church relations. We glean from the page : S. Brainard Pratt died at his home in Buckland. His son-in-law, the Rev. E. A. Robinson, [see page 157,] is the Pastor of the Church. His church relations were with Berkeley Temple, which he served with unwearying fidelity, in various capacities, for a long period of years, giving generously to it both his time and his money. He was Deacon, Sunday School SEVENTH GENERATION. 159 Superintendent, Treasurer, member of the various boards of administration ; and, like his friend, the late B. S. Snow, was considered one of the pillars of the Church. He was one of the Directors in the Cong'l Association, and was active in the Superintendent's Union and the Congregational Club. His literary tastes and capacities were more than ordin- ary. Comparatively early in life he took great delight in collecting rare copies of Bibles and Biblical MSS. Three years ago he generously gave this valuable collection to the Congregational Library, where it occupies a conspic- uous place in an ante-room, and is inspected daily by visitors. A genial, cheery, industrious man was Brainard Pratt. He made a large place in the hearts of his friends, and kept it to the last. 123. Eben Caldwell, son of Capt. Eben 71 and Clarissa (Smith) Caldwell, born in Salem, June 9, 1836, married Octavia Greene Hallett, Dec. 31, 1861. She was born in Augusta, Maine, March 30, 1833. Reside in New York. Children : Infant, born in New York, Aug. 12, died Sept. 2, 1866. Watson Hallett, born in Maiden June 17, 1870, m. Ora Jewell, born in Brooklyn, N. Y. May 4. 1873. 124. John Pinder, son of Sarah (Caldwell) 72 and Capt. Benjamin Pinder, bap. Jan. 8, 1804. [Capt. Benj. was lost in the wreck of the brig Sally, 1804, see page 68.] John Pinder was for more than forty years Turnkey in the Jail at Ipswich. The report of the Grand Jury, after an official visit to the prison, in the summer of 1873 : "The Turnkey, Mr John Pinder, who has the general oversight of the Prison, has been on duty forty years. He has been and he is a most faithful and efficient officer." John Pinder was twice married. His first wife, Mary Spiller, was mother of his six children. He married [2] Sarah Tuttle. Children of John and Mary (Spiller :) John, married Hannah, dau. of William and Han- nah Wade of Ipswich. Sarah, married John T. Sherburne. IbO SEVENTH GENERATION. Mary. Joanna. Daniel, married Mary E. Hale. Caroline Fitz. John T. Sherburne, the husband of Sarah, died March 10, 1900. The following brief outline of his life is from the Ipswich Chronicle : Mr. John Tiney Sherburne, died on Saturday morning, March 10, 1900. He was born in Shapleigh, Me., Dec. 5, 1826. He came to Ipswich in 1848, and has been a res- pected citizen of the town for fifty-two years. In 1861, he enlisted in the 23d Reg., M. V. M., and served until the regiment was mustered out. He took part in the battles of Roanoke Island, Newburn, South West Creek, Whitehall, Goldsboro. Until very recently he was a member of Gen. James Appleton post, though for many months he has been unable to meet with his comrades. He was twice married. His first wife was Sarah, dau. of John Pinder. They had two daughters, — Mrs. Annie Conant, and Mrs. Mary Reed. Mrs. Reed died fivt years ago, leaving two young sons. To these boys Mr. Sher- burne has been a most devoted grandfather. He married [2] Jane L. Cross, who survives him. In early life he united with the Methodist Church, and his seat was never vacant as long as had strength to go. His sickness lasted a year, and was borne with soldier's fortitude. 125. Thomas Caldwell Page, son of Ruth (Caldwell) 73 and John Page, Newburyport, born May 27, 1812, died at Porte Cabello, S. A. Feb. 15, 1853; married Amelia Ann Kelsey, of Clinton, May 22, 1836 ; she was born Oct. 7, [813, died June 16, 1890. Children: 178 Samuel Kelsey, born Jan. 23, 1836. Marietta, born Oct. 27, 1838, died Feb. 12, 1839. Annie Wright, b. March 10, 1842, d. Jan. 26, 1853. 126. Lucy Caldwell, dau. of Thomas 74 and Elisabeth (Sweet,) married Samuel Hunt, pub. Aug. 3, 1833. The Children : Mary Elisabth, m. David Spiller. Abby. Theodosia, married Frederick Wilcomb. SEVENTH GENERATION. l6l 127. Joseph A. Caldwell, son of Francis 75 and Lydia (Hovey,) born Aug. 2, 1814, m. Cynthia Hovey, June 17, 1841, died May 26, 1882, aged 67 years. She died Dec. 10, 1878, aged 66 years, 5 months ; one son : John, b. May 12, 1843, d. Nov. 11, 1891. 128. Tyler Caldwell, son of Francis 75 and Lydia (Hovey,) b. Jan. r, 1819, married Mrs. Frances A. Prime, of Shapleigh, Maine. Two children : Francis, (resides at Providence.) Mary Stanton, m. Thorndyke, of Colorado. The Ipswich Chronicle said : Tyler Caldwell was stricken with paralysis, and was ill but four days. He was born Jan. 1, 1819; and was the third son of the late Francis Caldwell. Three of his five brothers died more suddenly than he, — they died instantly. In i860, Tyler married Mrs. Prime, a widow, with one daughter, now Mrs. Daniel Wells. Mrs. Caldwell died in August, 1876, leaving a son and daughter, Francis Cald- well, of Providence, and Mrs. Mary Caldwell Thorndyke, of Loveland, Colorado. He was a man of thrift and industry, and amassed a comfortable property ; respected in the town and well- beloved in the neighborhood where he lived. 129. George Washington Caldwell, twin son of Francis 75 and Lydia (Hovey) was born March 24, 1821, died Jan. 9, 1896. A man of great retirement and extreme shrinking from society and publicity, but a most enter- taining conversationalist, with a thorough knowledge of family history and locality. He greatly aided in the com- pilation ot the records of this book. The Chronicle printed the following tribute : Ipswich, Jan. 10, 1896. The eastern part of the town was startled yesterday afternoon, when the tidings spread that George Washington Caldwell, of East street, dropped dead. This sudden release is in keeping with the wish of Mr. Caldwell, and with the whole tenor of his life. He was a genuinely notable character ; tall, strong, and in his young days of handsome face and fine physique. Fond of reading and keeping himself well posted in all matters going on in the world, he yet kept himself aloof / 162 SEVENTH GENERATION. from it. Quiet, generous, reserved even to taciturnity, he singled out a few friends to whom he was greatly attached. Excessively retiring he has lived for years, hermit-like, alone. His tastes were simple and neat, dress never wor- ried him. He rarely walked up town, or went from home, except to sail "down river." And yet no better or kinder hearted man could be found. He had a pleasant habit of treasuring family traditions, and when last we saw him, he told a simple story of the childhood of John Caldwell 16, page 53 : The said John was left fatherless when a little boy, his father having been slain and scalped by Indians. The little lad was "bound out," as it was called, to a Mr. Cross, who had a farm below the Neck. John was sent to the centre of the town, afoot, of an errand. As he was returning, and crossing the Neck, a heavy thunder-storm overtook him. He immediately took shelter under a great tree. In a few moments, with boy-impulse, he ran to an- other tree. He had scarcely reached the second tree be- fore a lightning-bolt struck the first tree, and it was com- pletely shattered. The escape of the child so impressed him, he referred to it even when grandchildren gathered about him ; and so the story has reached unto this day. 130. Joel Caldwell, son of Francis 75 and Lydia (Hovey,) was born August, 1824; married Margaret, dau. of Robert and Margaret (Smith) Kimball. He died Jan. 10, 1853. aged 58 years, 5 months. The story of his de- parture is given in piint as follows : Death with swift and sudden stroke has removed another well-known form from our midst. Joel Caldwell died in- stantly at the Woolen Mill, on Wednesday, at four o'clock. For many years he worked at blacksmithing, in the shop where Webster Smith is now located, and built up an extensive business. When the art of Daguerreotyping was introduced, Mr. Caldwell became interested and carried it on successfully foi several years. Latterly he has been employed at the Woolen Mill as Night Watchman. Whatever he did, he did well. Quiet, unassuming in manner; diligent, faithful, honest; a good citizen, an SEVENTH GENERATION. 163 honorable man. His life was spent in his native Ipswich, where his integrity was recognized and appreciated. At the death of Margaret, widow of Joel Caldwell, Mrs. Noyes gathered the following interesting facts for the press : " The house in which Mrs. Margaret Caldwell was born will be remembered only by our oldest inhabitants. It stood on the site now occupied by our Boston and Maine Station. It was removed to make room for the tracks of the old Eastern R. R. It belonged to early Ipswich fam- ilies, both Smith and Kimball, — honorable names in Ips- wich to this day. Mrs. Caldwell inherited from these an- cestors an active and energetic spirit, a thrift and indus- try, a neatness and orderliness, that characterized her whole life." 130. Lydia Annie Caldwell, 'died in the home of Mrs. Margaret Caldwell, above mentioned. For 27 years she worked at dressmaking with Mrs. Elisabeth G. Brown, of East street; but for the past few years has been tenderly cared for in the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Joel Cald- well. For fifty years a member of the Methodist Church. — Ipswich Chronicle. 131. John Murray Caldwell. Nathaniel 50 and Mary (Newman.) He was born May 29, 1843, and died, by lightning flash. July 7, 1902, aged 57 years. Married Sarah Baker Hills, 1872. She was born Jan. 26, 1850. Two children: Lizzie Baker, b. April 12, 1874, m. John R. Morris, born 187 1, m. 1898 Clarence Chester, b. 1876, June 18, m. Anna D. Grant, June 18, 1898; she was b. April 6, 1877. Obi. " John Murray Caldwell is dead, killed by light- ning," was the message that sped from lip to lip, on Sat- urday afternoon, July 7, 1900. The universal comment was, " A good man is gone !" Mr. Caldwell, in company with his son Chester, and Arthur Grant, was at his land in the Common Fields, getting his hay ready to leave over Sunday. Clouds, ragged in appearance, were in the sky, but not apparently near. While the sun was shining, there came a flash, and a deafening report, and, — Mr. Caldwell's life had been wrenched from him. His death is a loss to the town. In 1863, he enlisted in X 64 seventh generation. Co. G, 8th Reg., and served honorably until the close of the War. He was a member of Gen. James Appieton Post G. A. R. and also of Chebacco Tribe, I. O. R. M. He was one of our most energetic Surveyors ; and a member of the Board of Engineers. Funeral services were held at his home, on Tuesday, July 10. It was a notably large assembly, — estimated at two hundred fifty people, largely the men of Ipswich. The stores in the town were closed, and business suspend- ed. Flags were floated at half-staff, and the Engine House of the old Neptune Company, of which Mr. Caldwell was so long a member, was decorated with mourning emblems. The Orders represented at the burial, were, — Chebacco Tribe I. O. R. M., 65 men; Gen. James Appieton Post, 30 men ; Town Officials, Fire Department, Board of Engineers, 60 men. At the close of the service, these men and many more, filed past the casket, for the last look at him who, for the first time, gave back no cheery word. When all had taken a last look at the face of their friend and comrade, the long cortege moved to Highland Cemetery where, on the summit of the hill, he was laid to rest with services of singing and devotion of the G. A. R. and the Order. And when all was ended, — Without sound of music, Leaving him that slept, Silently down from the great hill's crown, The long procession swept." 132. Daniel A. Caldwell, son of Daniel 76 and Mary Anne (Lord) born 1824, died Feb. 27, 1900. He was twice married and left four children. At the age of sixteen he went to Lynn, and in 1850 went into business as Contractor and Builder, with J. W. Tewkesbury, under the firm name of Tewkesbury & Caldwell. From then till 1861, this firm did the largest business of the kind in Lynn, — building the finest resi- dences in that locality, and many churches, factories and hotels. The first contract given out by the city of Lynn was with this firm for the High School. In [861, his health failing from overwork, Mr. Caldwell went into the Coal business. Two ytars later, selling out and going to Dauphin Co. Pa., he took charge of two coal SEVENTH GENERATION. 165 mines. He was in this region at the time of the reign of the Molly Maguires, and he received the same threatening letters from them that preceded the murder of other Super- intendents. Returning to Lynn, he went into the Shoe business, under the firm name of Caldwell & Spinney ; and for 25 years did a large and successful business. He retired in 1893, and removed from Lynn to Bradford, where he resided at 2 Euclid Ave. till his death. He served as a Bank Director in Lynn ; and was Coun- cilman and Alderman in the City Government. He was estimated highly because of his integrity and judgement. He was twice married and had four children : Frederick, Lynn. Mrs. John Nelson, Lynn. Philip Caldwell, Bradford. Helen Caldwell, Bradford. 133. John Lord Caldwell, son of Daniel 76 and Mary Ann (Lord,) born July 9, 1831, married [1] Sarah Davis, born Oct. 8, 1842, m. Nov. 27, 1861, she died July, 1863 ; married [2] Emma Beard, Nov. 21, 1866. Children : 179 John Davis, born July 4, 1863, m. Susan M. Cook 180 Emma Beard, b. Oct. 17, 1869, m. Herbert L. Draper 134. Margaret Ann Caldwell, daughter of Daniel 76 and Mary Ann (Lord,) born May 26, 1833 ; m. Luther P. Whipple, Aug. 20, 1862. She was the adopted daughter of Jobiah Caldwell 52 and Lucy (Lord,) his wife, [the sis- ter of Mary Ann (Lord.) ] She was a scholar of great readiness and excellence ; a graduate of the Ipswich Female Seminary, (Prof, and Mrs. Cowles.) After her marriage she resided in Lynn, and was elected a Member of the School Committee. Later her home was estab- lished at Maiden, where she died in 1902. Children: Joseph Caldwell, A. B. Brown University; born Jan. 15, 1863. Helen M. born March, 1865. « 135. Josiah Caldwell, sou of Daniel 76 and Mary A. (Lord,) born Dec. 21, 1837, at Ipswich; died at London, Eng. July 22, 1894, aged 58 years. In early manhood, he l66 SEVENTH GENERATION. married Anita Smith, whose home was in Cuba, but her summer residence was at Bristol, R. I. Mr. Caldwell's career was one of singular energy and determination, — successes and reverses : He was first a coal merchant at Lynn ; and invested in the coal mines of Pennsylvania ; Later, in Cuba, Boston, New York, he was engaged in many Railroad adventures. His latest home was in England, first upon the Marquis of Abergavenny's estate, at Tunbridge ; and afterwards at his own homestead at " Forest Hills," where he died. One ot his sons manages the family plantation at Cuba. He left seven sons and daughters. We have now reached in the story of our great family, names that cannot be forgotten while the century rolls, — Eunice (Caldwell,) and her scholarly husband, Rev. and Prof. John Phelps Cowles : 136. Eunice Caldwell, daughter of Capt. John 77 and Eunice (Stanwood) Caldwell, born Feb. 4, 1811, died Sept. 10, 1903 ; married the Rev. and Prof. John Phelps Cowles ; and they were Principals of the widely famed Ipswich Female Seminary, 1844-1876. He was born Jan. 20, 1806, died Tuesday March 11, 1890. Their children : 181 Mary Phelps, born August 5, 1839, m. [1] Adino Brackett Hall, M. D.; [2] the Hon. John Cummings, of Woburn. 182 John Phelps, Jr.. born Jan. 23, 1844, m. Miss Sigourney Trask, was at Pekin, China. Roxana. Teacher at Vassar. 1.S3 Henry Augustine, student at Oberlin Col.; enlisted in the 150th reg. Ohio Vols. 1864 ; soon died. [84 Susan Abby Rice, born April 24, 1848, m. (by the Rev. Mr. Parker,) Daniel Fuller Appleton, Dec. 17, 1889 ; resides at New York city. At the departure of Mrs. Cowles, Sept. 10, 1903, the public press contained multiplied Memorials of the life of such singularly abounding usefulness that it is beyond estimate. From these kindly and appreciative tributes, we select two,— from the pen of the Rev. J. W. Atwood, Columbus, Ohio, formerly Rector of the Church of the SEVENTH GENERATION. [67 Mrs. Eunice (Caldwell) Cowles. Ascension, Ipswich ; and the contribution of an Ipswich correspondent of The Boston Globe : Boston Globe, Sept. ir, 1903. Ipswich, Sept. 10, 1903. Mrs. Eunice Caldwell Cowles, widow of Prof. John Phelps Cowles, died at her residence on Green street today. She was born in this town Feb. 4, 181 1, her parents being Capt. John and Eunice (Stanwood) Caldwell. She was graduated from the Ipswich Female Seminary, in 1829; the Institution at that time being under the supervision of Miss Grant and Mary Lyon, — whose names are familiar to ev«ry scholar. While a pupil her remarkable talents were recognized by her teachers, and, soon after her graduation, she was installed as Teacher in the Ipswich Seminary. When the Wheaton Female Seminary, at Norton, was founded in 1834, Miss Caldwell became the Principal, and filled the position with marked ability. She resigned as Principal at Wheaton, to accept an im- portant position under Mary Lyon at Mount Holyoke. While serving as Teacher there, Miss Caldwell made the acquaintance of Rev. John Phelps Cowles, of Colebrook, Conn., at the time Professor of Hebrew in Oberlin College. They were married Oct. 16, 1838, and went to Oberlin, where he continued with the College until 1844. In 1844, Prof. Cowles tendered his resignation, and with his wife came to this town and re-opened the Ipswich l6S SEVENTH GENERATION. Female Seminary. They were joint Principals. Their worth and work is attested by hundreds of graduates who now reside in every section of the United States. The Seminary was continued under the direction of Prof, and Mrs. Cowles until 1876. Then it was closed, — advanc- ing years compelling them to retire from active educational work. Mrs. Cowles was loved by all who knew her. This re- gard was manifested by her pupils, many coming every year, long distances, to pay tribute ; and during the past summer the number was greater than ever before; nearly every State in the union being represented in the callers. Mrs. Cowles became a member of First Church, when she was thirteen years old, and for nearly eighty years was an ardent worker. She was one of the original members of the Sunday School, and actively interested in its work. A devoted friend of Foreign Missions, she was for years both President and leading spirit of the Society formed to aid and enlarge its influence and labors. From the Boston Transcript. A Pioneer Woman. By the Rev, J. W. Atwood, Columbus, Ohio, formerly of the Church of the Ascension, Ipswich. On Thursday, Sept. 10, 1903, Mrs. John Phelps Cowles died in the old historic town where she was born in the early days of the last century ; one who was a pioneer in the higher education of women and who was acotemporary of both Mrs. Emma Willard and Miss Mary Lyon. The lifetime of Eunice Caldwell Cowles, who was born in 181 1, covered the whole period of the development of education for girls, from its feeble and imperfect beginnings in the first Female Seminaries, as they were called, to the noble Colleges and higher institutions of learning of to-day. The Ipswich Seminary, of which she and her husband were the heads for so many years, was the first school in the land to give a diploma to a woman. In her young womanhood she had helped to found and establish on a firm foundation the Wheatou Seminary at Norton. Later she went with Mary Lyon, who, like herself, had been connected with the Ipswich School, to found the famous Mount Holyoke Seminary, the oldest of our Colleges for women. Eunice Caldwell came on her father's and mother's side SEVENTH GENERATION. 169 of the best New England blood. The Caldwells and the Stanwoods had been associated with the history of Ipswich from early times. The little town, which retains its dis- tinctive character as an old New England village better than almost any other town in Massachusetts, with its venerable trees and houses, and its historic Common, where the first church of Ipswich has stood since 1634, has been noted for the families of distinction and refinement and of intelligence that have been connected with its past history. Miss Caldwell married Rev. John P. Cowles, a man of unusual scholarship, of rare intelligence, a progressive thinker, alert and deeply interested in all questions of the day. During the long years in which they guarded the interests ot the Ipswich Seminary, they impressed their personalities upon a large number of young women, many of whom remember them with deep devotion. Among the distinguished women whe were connected with the School as teachers or pupils, and who have now passed away, leaving their impression upon American education, litera- ture and life, one recalls Helen Hunt Jackson, Lucy Ear- corn, G3il Hamilton, Mrs. James G. Blaine. When old age had come upon them in 1876, Mr. and Mrs. Cowles reluctantly gave up the School, and the famous Seminary ceased to exist ; but the simple house on a quiet street of the town never ceased to be a center of intellectual life. Here Mr. Cowles, blind for many years, with the bright eotnpanionsaip of his wife, eagerly reading all the new books and discussing all the problems of the age/ graciously welcomed a large circle of men and women, and the modest little parlor echoed with wit and learning and bright conversation which a famous French salon of an earlier age might have envied. Death sundered the happy relationship in 1889, and though Mrs. Cowles still continued to live in Ipswich for the larger part of the year, yet the spirit of the house had departed. None the less, this woman, who had entered upon the tenth decade of her life, continued almost until the very last to retain her keen interest and sympathy in all things human and divine. The wonderful eyes, so brilliant and burning, lost little of "their keeness, the shrewd common sense, the .wit and sarcasm, had not lost their point. She saw the frailties of men and women while she was !~0 SEVENTH GENERATION. ever cognizant of all that was noble and inspiring. Her mind was a masterful one, and with all her gentle courtesy- she was unbending in her will and opinions. Year after year the writer of these words, from distant cities, made his pilgrimage to sit once more by the old hearth-stone and grasp the kindly hand. She never failed to recall all that concerned him and his interests, as she never failed in warm sympathy for all she knew and loved. On a fair July morning of the present year, her visitor again saw her,— for the last time ; and marked the ravages of time on the frail form. The vision of her mind was somewhat dimmed, for she had entered upon her 93d year. The quick repartee, the keen insight into the meaning of things, the wide outlook upon life, had gone ; but not her immediate and kindly recognition of her visitor, and her affection for him and all that belonged to him. A few weeks have passed by, and this long and serene and strong life has come to an end. It is difficult to com- prehend all the history that is bounded by the horizon of her life. Born in the administration of President Madison, belore the War of 181 2 had begun, four years before Waterloo was fought, when most of the founders of this Republic were still living, and American literature was unknown, she saw the development of the wonderful cen- tury of science, of discovery, of progress in religious and civil liberty, of philanthropy, of education. Her contemporaries had long since departed, but her enthusiasm, her faith and interest in the coming generation and in all progressive thought, did not cease with the growing years. She mingled the austerity of the Puritan with the more catholic charity of the present age. * * With a strong, reasoning, religious faith, she yet loved this world and thought it a good place in which to live. With her life ended, has passed away almost the last survivor of the old Ipswich residents who gave character and distinction in the middle of the last century to the town, in the simple and dignified quiet of their lives. * * Miss Dyer, of the Congregationalist, wrote of Prof. Cowles at the date of his death, March 11, 1890: "A unique and remarkable earthly career came to an end in Ipswich, March n, in the death of Mr. Cowles. He SEVENTH GENERATION. 171 was born in Colebrook, Ct., 21 Jan. 1806, and graduated from Yale College in 1826, in the same class with the late Judge Julius Rockwell. While in College Mr. Cowles gained a reputation as an eminent classical scholar; and as a linguist he was almost without a peer among men of his age, being the master of no less than 30 languages, including Arabic and Sanscrit. He studied theology three years with the famous Dr. Porter, of Yale, and was ordained over the Church at Princeton, Mass. his only pastorate. At the endof eighteen months, he accepted the chair of Old Testament literature in Oberlin College, remaining three years. While at Oberlin he married the gifted Eunice Stanwood Caldwell, and in 1840 they took charge of the Academy in Elyria, Ohio. They removed to Ipswich, after a service of four years, to assume the Principalship of the Seminary, once the school of Mary Lyon and Miss Grant. It soon became one of the most noted halls in New England. Here for thirty-two years, Mr. and Mrs. Cowles taught, leaving the impress of their rare personalities upon thousandsof young women, who never have ceased to love and honor them." Another pen adds yet more : " It was as a classical student, especially in ancient Greek and Hebrew, that Mr. Cowles obtained eminence as a scholar of rare ability. He was a thorough linguist, perfectly familiar with the Arabic, Italian, Spanish and French tongue, being remarkably fluent inreading, writing or speaking these languages. He also possessed a true mathematical mind, and manifested a deep interest in geometrical problems. He was a frequent and valued contributor to the Prince- ton Review and Christian Spectator, as well as other magazines ; his papers being distinguished for their logical reasoning and briliancy of thought. It is said that he was the author of more than one hundred pamphlets and books of a theological character. Mr. Cowles was the possessor of a remarkable collection of ancient classics and theological works, believed to be one of the most valuable private libraries, as well as the largest outside of any University in New England." [72 SEVENTH GENERATION. 137. John Stanwood Caldwell, son of Capt. John 77 and Eunice (Stanwood) Caldwell; he married [1] Mary E. Simpson, of Belfast, Maine; she died Feb. 8, 1855. Two of her five children survived her : Annie E. m. Rev. Irving B. Mower, June 21, 1881. Abby M. He m. [2] Sophia Rice, of Meriden, Ct., born August 23, 1823, married Oct. 18, 1858, died Jan. 26, 1896. Children : Mary Rice, m. Amos Clement. John Stanwood, died early. Of Mr. Caldwell it is written : In 1837 he came to Belfast and engaged in the Book and Stationery business, in which he continued till his death. He occupied the store on Main street; and it is said he is the last man of the business firms of fifty years ago. He was our City Treas- urer, 1854-7. A devoted member of the Cong'l Church, which he joined in 1847. Mr. Amos Clements, the hus- band of his daughter, was his partner in business. Of Mrs. Caldwell it is written : Sophia Rice Caldwell, widow of John Stanwood Caldwell, of Belfast, entered into rest Sabbath morning, Jan. 26. 1896. She was born in Meriden, Ct. August 23, 1823, and was the daughter of Ezekiel and Bethia Rice. She enjoyed the training of the best type of the New England home, surrounded by in- fluences that gave beauty and strength of character. In 1858, she was united in marriage to Mr. Caldwell. Four years before his home had been left desolate by the death of his former wife. The four little ones needed a mother's kindly ministries, and no one could have brought to a place, making such varied demands, larger qualifica- tions of mind and heart. She became to her husband a veritable helpmate. In the home, order, thrift, courtesy, intelligence were cultivated. Pre-eminently she was just and lair, and her salutary influence extended beyond the limits of home. In her husband's business she was a silent partner, and contributed not a little to his success. She possessed a dignity and poise of manner, a vigor and discernment of mind, an evenness and kindness of disposi- tion that gave her large power for good. Her Christian faith sustained her in life, and did not fail when the shad- ows lengthened. Quietly and peacefully the Father dis- missed her from the scenes of earth. SEVENTH GENERATION. 173 138. Augustine Caldwell, son of Capt. John 77 and Eunice (Stanwood) Caldwell. He went to Salem in his early years, and is remembered as handsome, bright and cheery. He married Maria Bunker, of Barnstead, N. H. He met with an accidental death, at Salem, and his coffin was borne to the ancient High street Burying-ground at Ipswich. The marble that marks his grave is inscribed : " In affectionate remembrance of Augustine Caldwell, son of Capt. John and Mrs. Eunice Caldwell, who died suddenly at Salem, Oct. 14, 1842, aged 28 years. Be ye also ready." He lefi one son : John Augustine, married Augusta Lowe, lives in Spencer, Clay Co., Iowa. Was a Soldier in the Civil War, 1861-65. 139. Mary Abby Caldwell, daughter of Capt. John 77 and Eunice (Stanwood) Caldwell, married Oliver Rice, of Meriden, Ct. Aug. 27, 1846 ; he was the brother of Mrs. Sophia Rice Caldwell, (137.) Mr. Rice died in 1886. The Meriden Republican said of him and of Mrs. Rice : Mr. Rice left in this community among whom he lived his lifetime, a noble record of truth, manliness and gen- tleness. He was born in 1820, at the old homestead of his fathers, and has lived his 66 years of active farming life at the old home. He served the town as Selectman, Assessor, and as a member of the Board of Relief. His duties were performed with energy and common sense. He was a member of the Corner Church, and kindliness and peace- fulness shone in his face to rare degree. Mrs. Rice, his wife, was a daughter of Capt. John Cald- well, of Ipswich, Mass., and a sister of Mrs. Cowles, whose fame as the Preceptress of the Ipswich Female Seminary is far-spread. Two sons and two daughters survive Mr. Rice, and will treasure his memory. 140. Stephen Lunt Caldwell, D. D., L. L. D., son of Stephen 80 and Mary (Lunt) Caldwell, was born at New- buryport, Nov. 13, 1820, and died at Providence, R. I., Sept. 26, 1889. He married Mary Eenord Richards, Sept. 17, 1846; she was born June 23, 1816, died Jan. 18, 1890; she was the daughter of Capt. Alex'r and Sybil (Smith) Richards, and grandaughter of Dr. Josiah Smith, born in i;4 SEVENTH GENERATION. Ipswich, 1749. Rev. Dr. Samuel Lunt Caldwell, gr. Waterville Col. 1839; D. D., 1838 ; ordained at Bangor, Me., Aug. 26, 1846; Pastor of First Baptist Church, Providence, R. I., 1858; Prof. Church History, Theological Sem. Newton, 1873 ; President Vassar College, 1878-85. His children : William Emery, born Jan. 2, 1851, m. Meta J. B. Lemon, 1888 ; one dau. Helen Rosamond Marie, born July, 1889. Samuel Lenord, M. D., born July 6, 1853 ; lives at Colorado Springs, Col. 141. Stephen Augustus Caldwell, twin son of Stephen 80 and Mary (Lunt,) of Newburyport, born Sept. 19, 1822; resided at Philadelphia ; married Frances C. A. Dodge, of Ipswich, May 29, 1S45. He died at his residence, 1694 Walnut street, Philadelphia, very suddenly, Oct. 16, 1890, aged 68 years. From the newspaper memorials we glean : He came to Philadelphia, 1841, and was engaged at the warehouse of David S. Brown. In 1848, he was identified with the dry goods firm of Tredick, Stokes & Co. that became afterwards Caldwell, Stokes & Co., and was loca- ted on Chestnut street above Third. He soon became Diiectorof the Fidelity Insurance Trust and Safe Deposit Co.; then its Vice President, and in March, 1875, was chosen its President. He was Director of the First Na- tional Bank, the first one chartered in the United States under the National Banking Act. He was Director of the Philadelphia & Reading R. R. 142. Abraham Caldwell, son of Dea. Abraham 81 and Elisabeth ( Woodbury, ) born in Beverly, March 22, 1800, died at Ipswich, Feb. 4, 1894. He married [:] Eunice Rhoades, April 14, 1824 ; [2] at Saugus Centre, Jan. 14, 1863, Mrs. Eliza Roots Lawrence. Mrs. Eunice Caldwell was born at Saugus, Aug. 11, 1795, died at Ipswich, Jan. 3 1862, aged 66 years. Mrs. Eliza Caldwell died March 28, 1S78. The children of Abraham and Eunice: John, born Sept. 14, 1827, died April 2, i860; mar- ried Janet R. Semple. John and Janet joined the South church, 1854; m. Sept. 26, 1855. One dau. died at five years. SEVENTH GENERATION. 1 75 Sarah Elisabeth, born 1830, died May 5, 1842, aged 12 years, 6 months. Her tombstone reads: — She was amiable, affectionate and lovely in life, and greatly endeared herself to her parents and friends who deeply deplore her loss. 185 Emeline, born June 22, 1836, married Conrad Heuser Brooks. The Independent, March 20, 1S91, rehearses the following interview with Mr. Caldwell : Learning that Mr. Abraham Caldwell completes his 91st year on Sunday next, our reporter called at his residence. * ** Mr. Caldwell is the oldest citizen of Ipswich. He was born in Beverly March 22, 1800, and remained in that town until 1824. when became to Ipswich, and on the eve- ning of his arrival married Miss Eunice Rhoades. He purchased what was then the " Rust shop," a large old- time grocery ; this he transfigured into his dwelling house. Here he lived until 1862, and, in a shop adjoining his home, successfully engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes. In 1862, he removed to his present .residence on High street. The following sketch of the interesting life of Mrs. Eliza (Roots) Caldwell, is from the pen of Mrs. Cowles : Mrs. Caldwell was a lady of mind and character. In her youth she enjoyed the privilege of attending the Sau- gus Academy, while it was in charge of the Rev. Joseph Emerson and his distinguished associate, Miss Grant. There she learned how to study and carry forward her education by herself, to find God's will in His Word, and to live for the well-being of her fellow creatures. She taught several years in Saugus and Maiden, striving to sow in the minds of the scholars, the seeds of virtue and religion as well as of truth and knowledge. At the age of 15, Miss Roots joined the Baptist church in Lynn; and at that time counted it no hardship to walk on the Sabbath, in company with her sisters, from her father's house, three and a half miles, to her chosen meeting. She, with two or three of her companions, established the first Sabbath School in Saugus, which thev took turns in superintending. In 1835, under the auspices of the Baptist Education Society, Miss Roots went to Southwestern Indiana, and 1 76 SEVENTH GENERATION. taught school in Lawrenceburg, Rising Sun, and Aurora. In Aurora she was married to the Rev. Byrem Lawrence, of that town; and they removed to Wilmington, and took charge of the Dearborn County Seminary, where the care of the Female Department devolved upon her. Here her life was full of congenial employment. She also found opportunity to labor for the colored peo- ple who came to Wilmington from the Kentucky side of the Ohio river. A soul set in ebony was no less precious to her than one set in ivory ; and in the Sabbaih School, her class of the dark-skinned children enlisted her enthusiasm as much as a corresponding class of whites. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence were interrupted in their pleasant labors by the cholera, which laid him low in the grave ; and left her to minister, in her Saugushome, to her parents in their declining years. After the death of her mother and the re-marriage of her father, she accepted the invitation of Mr. Caldwell and came to Ipswich to share his pleasant home. Here for sixteen years she has been a pattern to all. Having walked with God sixty years, she knew death cOuld not divide them. When her Bible, fifty times read through, was placed before her, she said in an ecstacy of pleasure, " My precious Bible !" * * Her re- mains, beautiful in death, were taken to Saugus, where they were laid beside those of her family. 143. Isaac Caldwell, son of Dea. Abraham 81 and Elis- abeth (Woodbury,) of Beverly, married Mary Ann Hill, of Beverly, Oct. 18, 1827. She was born Aug. 31, 1808, and died 1S62. Children : 186 Augustus, born 1828, m. Mary E. Sands. 187 Mary Ann, born 1830, m. John Wm. Raymond. 188 Martha, born 1833, m. Wm. Orvin Wood, Danvers. 189 Edward Jackson, b. 1836, m. Mary N. Mallett. 190 Angeline, born 1839, m. Joseph Francis Wallis. Julia, born 1841, died 1852. Esther, born 1844. 191 Jacob, born 1847, m - Emeline Bell. 144. Eiisabath Caldwell, daughter of Dea. Abraham 8r and Elisabeth (Woodbury,) born in Beverly, Feb. 20, 181 1, married [by the Rev. Mr. Oliphant,] June 4, 1829, to William K. Bailey; he was born in Rowley, Nov. 17, 1806 SEVENTH GENERATION. 177 died at Ipswich, June 3, i860. She died at Georgetown, Jan. 27, 1894, one week previous to the departure of her brother Abraham at Ipswich. Two children : Elisabeth Ann, born at Beverly, Sept. 5, 1837. John William, born at Beverly, May 28, 1840 ; resides at Georgetown. £>' 145. Jacob Caldwell, son of Dea. Abraham 81 and Elisabeth (Woodbury,) born at Beverly, Nov. 18, 1813 ; lived at Ipswich, an employee in the shoe shop of his brother Abraham ; he married Sarah Graves, of Ipswich; he died Feb. 7, 1846, aged 32 years. Mrs. Cald.well married [2] Isaac Newhall, a wealthy shoe dealer of Lynn ; and her daughter, Maria Newhall, married Col. Luther Caldwell 150, son of James 86. Child of Jacob Caldwell and Sarah (Graves :) Elisabeth, died Jan. 23, 1846, aged 1 year 7 mos. 146. Mary Caldwell, daughter of Jacob 82 and Mary (Brown) of Salem, born March 1, 1804, married Daniel Millett, June 26, 1822 ; died Aug. 29, 1826. Daniel lived on Derby street, Salem, and was nephew of Daniel Millett, tailor, of the firm Millett & Ward, Essex street, Salem. Hannah Caldwell, sister of Mary, was the second wife of Daniel Millett. She was born Oct. 24, 1805, married April 29, 1827. He died 1868. Children: Mary, m. Alfred Ward, of Peabody, died 1869. Joseph Henry, m. Anna M. Jelly. [Jacob Caldwell 82 had four children, [see page no,] Mary, Hannah, Jacob, John ; and we have learned since the printing of page no, that the two sons had seven children, — Jacob had four ; John had three. We should like further information of their descendants and homes. J 147. Rev. Stephen Caldwell Millett, son of Elisabeth (Caldwell) 83 and Daniel Millett, of Salem, born May 20, 1810, died May 28, 1867, married Sarah, dau. of Gen. James Appleton, of Portland, Me., afterwards of Ipswich. Graduate of Amherst Col.; ordained by Bp. Griswold. Died 1867, at Beloit, Wis. Children: James Appleton. Rev. John Henry Hobart, d. Dec. 25, 1872. Heiir y-itvvv^ I jS SEVENTH GENERATION. Stephen Caldwell, died at Columbia, S. C. Feb. 24, 1874, aged 33 years. Frank. Daniel. Sarah Appleton. Elisabeth. Charles Osgood. The Port Royal, S. C. Commercial, said of Stephen, Jr., when the intelligence of his death was received : The death of Stephen Caldwell Millett is an irreparable loss. Upon him has been centred the hopes of thousands on these islands. For eight years they have regarded his labors as something in which all had a vital interest. In 1866, he revived the project of the railroad in Port Royal to Augusta ; and the people were incredulous and impatient with him. He imparted his faith and energy to them; and his call for timid and reluctant capital had its desired response. He never faltered. His courage mounted with the occasion. He has departed in early manhood. His monument, we hope, will be erected in a populous city, whose people will name him as its Founder. His obituary will be upon the lips of a prosperous people, in a country regenerated by the railroad which his efforts made possible 148. Elisabeth Millett, daughter of Elisabeth (Cald- well) 83 and Daniel Millett, born at Salem, Oct. 2, 1812, married Capt. John Barry, Sept. 8, 1836, died March 23, 1847. Children: Elisabeth. John Ingersoll, died 1872. Arthur, died early. 149. Rev. Daniel Caldwell Millett, D. D., son of Elisa- beth (Caldwell) 83 and Daniel Millett; born at Salem, Sept. 15, 1817, graduate of the General Theol. Sem. New York city, 1844; ordained by Bishop DeLancy ; received the degree, D. D., 1869. He married Lucy Maria Holbrook Aug. 24, 1847. Their children : Dora, born Oct. 30, 1848. Rachel Adelaide, born Sept. 17, 1850. Ellen Derby, born Dec. 19, 1855. George Herbert, born Dec. 1, 1857. SEVENTH GENERATION. 179 The following mortuary record of Dr. Millett is from a Salem paper: Rev. Daniel Caldwell Millett, D. D., died at his home in Holmesburg, Pa., March 1. He was born in Salem Sept. 15, 1817, and was a member of the Fourth Class of the old English High School, that entered the institution in September, 1830. Among his classmates, [living at his death,] are Benj. Franklin Fabens, James Manning and David Moore, all of Salem. After leaving the High School he studied Theology, entered the Episcopal ministry, and became Rector of Emmanuel Church, in Holmesburg, in 1864, where he continued until Aug. 25, 1894, when he resigned on account of old age. He was then made Rector Emeritus. 150. Hon. and Col. Luther Caldwell, son of James 86 and Mary (Kimball,) born at Ipswich, Sept. 17, 1822; married [1] Almira Flint, dau of Jeremiah Flint, of Sud- bury, born Jan. 27, 1829, m. Jan. 27,1846; died while travelling with her husband, at Swansea, Wales, Feb. 3, 1888, aged 59 years. He m. [2] Sarah Maria Newhall, of Lynn, dau. of Isaac and Sarah (Graves) Newhall. The wedding was at the home of the Rev. Richard Sutton Rust, D. D., at Cincinnati; and Dr. Rust was assisted in the ceremony by the Rev. O. A. Brown, of New York ; and Bishop Walden pronounced the Episcopal benediction. Col. Caldwell's homes in his earlier and later manhood, have been at Elmira, N. Y., and Washington, D. C, with a summer home at Lynn, Mass. His children: Susan Velina, born Oct. 22, 1846, married Henry Cushing, Aurora, 111. Luther Sutton, born Feb. 8, 1848. Louis Dillingham, born April 22, 1850; married Eliza J. Sigison. Mira Elisabeth. Col. Caldwell died at Washington, Jan. 17, 1903, and the remains were interred in the family lot, on the beauti- ful hillside, of the High street graveyard, at Ipswich. The clergymen who conducted the funeral services at the M. E. Church, Ipswich, were,— Rev. Rosco Green, of Lynn, Rev, Dr. V. A. Cooper, of Boston, Rev. Dr. Bates, [father of Gov. Bates,] of East Boston, Rev. Mr. Bonner, Ipswich. ISO SEVENTH GENERATION. Col. Caldwell was a man of wide reputation ; perhaps it could be called national, as his name was familiar not only in political and military lines, but in his strong advocacy of temperance reforms in the States and in England, whith- er lit went as an advocate and speaker. His public life has been outlined : Deputy Clerk of New York Assembly, 1857-59-60. Clerk of New York Assembly, 1867. Alderman, 1871-2. Mayor of Elmira, N. Y. 1873-4. Editor and Proprietor of the Elmira Daily Adv. 1864-70. Charter Member G. A. R. Post Six, New York State. Excise Commissioner, 1867. Officer in N. Y. Vol. 17th Reg. Civil War. Member of the Convention that named Abraham Lincoln for President, i860. Secretary of Convention and called Roll of States which named Gen. Grant for President, 1868. Chief of Bond Division, P. O. Department, President Harrison, 1889-93. His latest literary effort was a memorial or biography of Anne Bradstreete, America's earliest poetess, who lived the first eight years of her New England life on High St. Ipswich. He never lost his interest in his native town and ac- quaintances ; in 1869-70, he erected the " Caldwell Block," in Market Sq. the busy business centre. 151. Warren Ross, son of Eunice (Caldwell) 88 and Daniel Ross ; was born June 24, 1825, married Mercy Wheelock, of Mendon, Dec. 25, 185 1 ; she was b. Sept. 1, 1S33, and died Dec. 20, 1879, aged 46 years, 3m. 19 days. The home was at Mendon. Of Mrs. Mercy Ross, one who was well acquainted with her life and influence wrote : Her departure casts a gloom over Mendon. She was one of the most useful members of our community ; always ready to lend a helping hand ; genial in her deportment, and kind words for all. She was a most efficient member of the Methodist Society ; and the Ladies Aid Circle will pause to reverence her vacant chair, while deeds of charity and goodness will bless the memory of Mrs. Mercy Ross. The children of Warren and Mercy Ross : SEVENTH GENERATION. l8l Mira B. born November 21, 1853. Irving F. born June 3, 1855. Clifton N. born August 22, 1857. Carrie G. born Dec. 22, 1862. Fannie B. born Sept. 5, 1870. 152. Rev. William Edward Caldwell, son of Daniel 89 and Abigail W. (Goodwin,) born at Charlestown, June 6, 1825; married [1] Jennie S. Whiting, of Holliston, born Oct. 6, 1834 ; married June 22, 1855. She died at Lodi, Mich. Jan. 3, 1867. [2] Matilda B. Beach, of Springfield, Illinois, born Feb. 28, 1839; m - April 15, 1868. Children: George Goodwin, born at Peoria, 111. June 13, 1858. Alice Paine, born at Wellfleet, Feb. 28, 1864. Fanny Tobey, born at Chicago, 111. Dec. 16, 1865. Jennie Eliza, born at Lodi, Mich. Feb. 3, 1869. Minnie Baldwin, b. at Somerset, Mich. July 2, 1873. 153. Charles Frederic Dodge, son of Charles and Eliza (Grow) Dodge 91; and grandson of Elisabeth (Caldwell) Grow 58 ; m. Georgiana Adamson, of Dublin, Ireland, dau. of an Episcopal clergyman, and a relative of the Bronte sisters. Four children : Emily Harriet. Eliza Grow, married Charles Powell. Isabella Ame. Theophilus Charles. 154. Eliza Grow Dodge, daughter of Charles and Eliza (Grow) Dodge 91, and grandaughter of Elisabeth (Cald- Well) Grow 58; married Abraham Powell, of Brooklyn. The marriage service was on the Sabbath, May 30, 1852 ; Rev. Mr. DeCharms, of Philadelphia, officiated. Their home in later years has been at Hempstead, L. I. Her departure was on July 2, 1880; she left pleasant memories. The easy use of her pen in prose and verse, made her name familiar. She aided much in the compilation of these Family Records. Mr. and Mrs. Powell had one son: Theophilus Dodge, Lawyer, Tacoma, Washington. Three children : Kenneth, Katherine, Lois Elisabeth. From Owens Co. N. Y. Sentinel : Mrs. E. G. D. Powell, 1 $ 2 SEVENTH GENERATION. who for a number of years has been a resident of our vil- lage, and quite a number of whose poetical productions have appeared in the Sentinel, died on Friday, July 2, 1880 in the 62d year of her age. She was born at Ipswich, June 2,1819, Mr. Charles Dodge, a carriage and harness maker, of that town, being her father. He was a devout and zealous Methodist, and she naturally became a member of that Church. When twenty years of age she removed to New York, and soon after joined the New Jerusalem Chh. She was given an excellent education, attending the Seminary, in her native place. One of her teachers was the Hon. Benj. F. Butler, who while studying Law at Lowell, also taught school at Ipswich. While in New York she was engaged on Fowler & Wells Phrenological Journal. In May, 1852, she married Mr. Abram Powell, who was then a Brooklyn Ferry Master. In 1865, they removed to this village, where they have since resided. Mrs. Powell was an accomplished writer of prose and verse ; and has written much for publication. 155. Lucy Sarah Dodge, daughter of Charles and Eliza Grow Dodge 91, and grandaughter of Elisabeth ( Caldwell) Grow 58, married Jacob Freystadt, of Berlin, Germany ; one daughter : Lucy Emma, married Thomas E. Conden, a de- scendant of the renowned opposer of unjust taxation, — the Rev. John Wise, of Checacco, now Essex. Two daughters : Harriet Dodge. Mabel Howard. 156. Charlotte Mary Dodge, dau. of Charles and Eliza Grow Dodge 91 ; m. William Jones, Jr., at Brooklyn, June 10, 1852. They have two daughters : Clara M. m. Holland Anthony, architect, New York. Blanche H. m. Geo. D. Wiides, Ipswich, Lawyer; reside at Cambridge ; two dau. Blanche and Marjorie. Mr>. lones resides in the ancient Caldwell House, High Street, Ipswich, the Caldwell Home for Two Hundred and Fifty Years. 1654,— August 31,-1904. EIGHTH GENERATION. 183 EIGHTH GENERATION. 157. William Caldwell Foster, son of Eliza (Caldwell) 99 and Sewall Foster, of Rowley. He married and estab- lished his home and business in Rowley. Several children : Mary E. Foster, his daughter, is a Missionary of the A. B. F. M., at Turkey. In August, 1892, she was mar- ried [by the Rev. Dr. John Pike,] to the Rev. Manassah G. Papazian. He had been the Pastor of the First Church, Rowley. Immediately after the marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Papazian sailed for their Missionary home, at Aintab. 158 William Caldwell, son of William 100 and Eliza (Goss,) born at Rockport, Nov. 8, 1825, married Elisabeth Tarr. Children: Charles Henry, born Sept. 4, i860. William Edward, born Dec. 4, 1863. Fred Stanwood, b. March 16, 1867, d. Sept. 22, 1872. Mary Treat, born Jan. 28, 1870. 159. George W. Caldwell, son of William 100 and Eliza (Goss,) born August 24, 1830; married [1] Mary J. Rowe of Rockport, April, T854 ; she died 1867. [2] Martha J. Fields, Madison, Ct., Jan. 1871. His daughter : Annie Eliza, born Nov. 10, 1854, d. Nov. 8, 1868. 160. Lucius Paige Caldwell, son of William 100 and Eliza (Goss,) born March 20, 1834. Was Clerk of First National Bank, Chicago, 25 yrs. Married Hannah Croley of Rockport, Nov. 13, 1862 ; he died, 1894. His son: Edgar Paige, born Dec. 21, 1867; resides at Austin, Cook Co., 111. 161. Sylvester Goss Caldwell, son of William 100 and Eliza (Goss,) born Sept. 19, 1835, married Ada Putnam, Newburyport, July, 1857. Children: Marian Eliza, born Jan. 4, died Dec. 1862. Edward Everett, born Jan. 5, 1865. Emerie Josephine, b. July 21, 1866, d. Nov. 9, 1867. Helen, born Aug. 10, 1868. 1S4 EIGHTH GENERATION. 162. Edward Pierson Wade, son of Eunice (Caldwell) 108 and the Hon. Samuel Wade, Alton, 111., born Feb. n, 1833, married Mary Elisabeth Allen, Dec. 16, 1857. She was born Nov. 27, 1837. Their children: Mary Eunice, born Oct. 3, 1861; m. Dr. Jay Leslie Oldham, April 23, 1896; their son Edward Wade born in New York city, Aug. 8, 1899. Hannah Wallace, b. Feb. 4, 1870 ; m. John Duncan, June 12, 1895. Children : Gilbert Wade, born Nov. 23, 1896; Elisabeth Allen, born Jan. 5, 1899; John, born Oct. 28, 1901 ; Edward Wade, born June 10, 1903. 163. Albert Wade, second son of Eunice (Caldwell) 108 and Hon. Samuel Wade, of Alion, 111., born at Ipswich, May 15, 1837, married Mary Sweetser, Dec. 13, 1865. She was the only child of Henry C. and Ann H. Sweetstr, born at Alton, March 31, 1883. Children : Anna Mary, born Sept. 7, died Oct. 11, 1866. Henry Sweetser, born June 15, 1868, died at Aiken,. S. C. March 17, 1884. Samuel, born Sept. 11, 1873, m. Ellen Mary Taylor, June 22, 1896 ; Children : Mary Elisabeth, born Sept. 7, 1897 ; Henry Sweetser, b. May 25, 1902. Caroline Endicott, born April 23, 1877 ; m. George D. Duncan. Jan. 9, 1901. Children : Infant, b. June, 1902 ; Albert Wade, b. Nov. 28, 1903. 164. Harriet Augusta Wade, dau. of Eunice (Caldwell) 108 and Hon. Samuel Wade, born March 12, 1839, mar- ried Noah Cushman Hatheway, Jan. 20, 1864. He was born Sept. 19, 1836; died Aug. 25, 1884. Children: Harriet Wade, born July 27, 1S66, married Sylvanus Caldwell Farley, [166,] son of Nath'l Rogers Farley and Emeline (Caldwell,) his wife. [114] Norah Dell, married James Elmer Whitney ; their daughter, Eunice Hatheway, b. Oct. 4, 1895. Eunice Caldwell, b. Aug. 16, 1870; d. Sept. 10, 1873 Louisa Wade, born Oct. 5, 1872. Salome Cushman, born Aug. 28, 1876, m. John Blair Edwards, June 20, 1900 ; their dau. Louise Hatheway, born at St. Louis, Oct. 17, 1902. EIGHTH GENERATION. 185 165. Eunice Louisa Wade, daughter of Eunice (Cald- well,) 108 and Hon. Samuel Wade, born Nov. 17, 1850, married Albert Hollenbeck Drury, Dec. 4, 1872. He was born at Highgate, Vt. July 12, 1841, died Oct. 28, 1887. Their children : Alice Wade, born Jan. 5, 1877, m. Henry Harold Hewett. He was born Jan. 9, 1877. Emily Grace, born Sept. 27, 1880. 166. Sylvanus Caldwell Farley, son of Emeline (Cald- well) 114 and Nathaniel Rogers Farley ; grandson of Capt. Sylvanus Caldwell 67, born at Ipswich, Aug. 21, 1862, resides at Alton, 111.; m. Harriet Wade Hatheway, dau. of Noah C. and Harriet (Wade) Hatheway, and grandaugh- ter of Hon. Samuel and Eunice (Caldwell) Wade, Oct. 18, 1892. Children : Nath'l Rogers, born April 25, 1896. Harriet Louise, born Dec. 25, 1900; died October 23, 1901. 167. Walker and Emmons Blaine: Walker Blaine, son of the Hon. James G. and Harriet (Stanwood) Blaine, 118, grandson of Sarah (Caldwell) 69 and Jacob Stanwood; born in Augusta, May 8, 1855, and named for Robert Walker ; A. B. [Yale,] 1876; LL.D. Columbia, 1878 ; Third Ass't Sec. of State, under Garfield ; Ass't Counsel for U. S. before Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims ; Solicitor of the Dep't of State, March 14 1889. until his death, Jan. 15, 1890, aged 35 years. Emmons Blaine, brother of Walker, born Aug. 1857, named for Hon. William Emmons ; A. B. [Harvard,] 1878; Law School, 1879-80; connected with the B. & O. and other Railways. Married at Richfield Springs, Sept. 26, 1889, to Anita H. daughter of Cyrus H. McCormick. He died June 18, 1892. Memorial Organ in the Presbyterian Church, Richfield Springs, 1896. He had one son : Emmons, born 1890. 169. Alice Stanwood Blaine, oldest daughter of Hon. James G. and Harriet (Stanwood) Blaine 118, grandaugh- ter of Sarah (Caldwell) 69 and Jacob Stanwood; born at Augusta, March 18, i86t ; married at Washington, Feb. 6, 1883, John Joseph Coppinger, Col. 18th Infantry, U. S. A. 186 EIGHTH GENERATION. and, later, Brigadier Gen. She died Feb. 2, 1891. Two children : Blaine, born Nov. 6, 1883. Conner. Augusta, Me. Feb. 2, 1891. The death ot Mrs. Alice Stanwood Coppinger, news of which was received in Au- gusta this morning, carried widespread sorrow in our city, and every one had words of sympathy for Mr. Blaine and the remaining members of the family, in this their double affliction. [See death of Walker, 167.] Mrs. Coppinger w T as a woman of rare qualities of mind, of a generous nature, thoroughly democratic in her ideas, and her whole life was devoted to othtrs. She was always ministering to the comfort of the poor and the sick. There is hardly a poor person in Augusta, where most of her life had been spent, who has not received charity from her and who does not mourn her loss. She never thought of self. She was a member of the Catholic Church in Augusta, having been confirmed shortly after her marriage, in sym- pathy w T ith her husband's faith. She was a constant at- tendant at services. A mass will be held for the deceased by direction of Father Doherty. 170. Margaret Isabella Blaine, dau. of the Hon. James G. and Harriet (Stanwood) Blaine 1 18, grandaughter of Sarah (Caldwell) 69 and Jacob Stanwood; married at Washington, May 17, 1890, Waiter John Damrosch, Musi- cal Director of the Oratorio So. and Leader of the Sympho- ny So. New York. Three children : Alice Blaine. Margaret. A daughter born 1899. 171. Arthur Hallett Caldwell, son of Albert Henry 120 and Frances Augusta (Hallett, ) born Aug. 29, 1855, mar- ried Carrie Ellison, Feb. 20, 1S89. Children : Francis. William Sharswood Ellison, b. June, 1S92. 172. Abby Frances Caldwell, daughter of Albert Henry j 20 and Frances Augusta (Hallett,) born July 8, 1858 ; married Horatio Bates, June, 1892. Children : Margery, and Alan Caldwell. EIGHTH GENERATION. 187 173. Eben Caldwell, son of Albert Henry, 120, and Frances Augusta (Hallett,) born April 4, i860; m. Kate V. Laughlin, June 15, 1887. Children : Harold VanYorx, born Dec. 11, 1888. William Furber, born Aug. 1892. 174. Henry Caldwell Robinson, son of Clara A. (Cald- well) 121 and Rev. R. T. Robinson, born Aug. 4, 1853; married Emma Long, Feb. 4, T885. Son Harold, born March 10, 1889. 175. Rtv. Edward Abbott Robinson, son of Clara A. (Caldwell) 121 and Rev. R. T.Robinson; married Ida Loring Pratt, June 2, 1885. [See page 158.] Children: Margaret, born Sept. 28, 1887. Willis Brainard, born April 18, 1889. Albert Lincoln, born May 17, 1891. Services of Ordination of Rev. Edward A. Robinson, as Pastor of the Evangelical Congregational Church, at Hingham, occurred July 11, 1883, in the Meeting-house, at two p. m.: The Result of the Council was read by the Scribe, Rev. F. P. Chapin, North Weymouth. Opening Prayer, Rev. Harlan Page, Beechwood. Scripture Reading, Rev. Charles D. Seymour, Winchester. Sermon, Rev. William Burnett Wright, Boston. Text: 2_Cor. vi, 2. " Now is the accepted time." Ordaining Prayer, Rev. A. H. Tyler, North Weymouth. Charge to the Pastor, Rev. Lucien H. Frary, Weymouth. Right Hand of Fellowship, Rev. George F. Stanton, Weymouth. Address to the People, Rev. Edw. C. Wood, West Medford Closing Prayer, Rev. W. B. Wright. Benediction, by the new Pastor. [Singing by Boston Berkeley St. Quartette.] Later, Mr. Robinson accepted a call and transferred his labors to the Church at Buckland. 176. Mary Lamson Robinson, daughter of Clara A. (Caldwell) 121 and Rev. R. T. Robinson, born May 20, 1858, married George Lyman Richards, M. D. Dec. 6, 1888. Lyman Gilder, born March 3, 1893. Daughter, born June 20, 1899. l88 EIGHTH GENERATION. 177. Sarah Octavia Robinson, daughter of Clara A. (Caldwell) 121 and Rev. R. T. Robinson, born Sept. 1, 1S66 ; married George H. Murray, June 5, 1889, at the residence of S. Brainard Pratt, Jamaica Plain. Children : Robinson, born Dec. 31, 1890. Mary Caldwell, born March 3, 1893. Rachel, born Oct. 28, 1896. Clara, born May 3, died May 4, 1899. 178. Samuel Kelsey Page, son of Thomas Caldwell Page [125,] and grandson of Ruth (Caldwell) Page, [73,] b. at Newburyport, Jan. 23, 1837 ; married at New Haven, Conn, to Mary J. Mallory, Jan. 1, 1862. She was born at New Milford, Ct. Feb. 15, 1841. Children: Clifford Irving, born March 19, 1863, d. July 9, 1873 Annie Wright, born July 17, 1865, married William H. Monson. Mary, born Sept. 23, died Sept. 25, 1867. Thomas Caldwell, b. Sept. 22, 1868, d. Feb. 16, 1869 Ernest Mallory, b. Aug. 1872, d. May 4, 1875. The children of Annie Wright (Page) and William H. Monson, of New Haven, married Oct. 23, 1889: Marjorie Fuller, born Sept. 3, 1S90. Ruth Caldwell, born Dec. 19, 1894. Mary Pag.e, born May 26, 1897. 179. John Davis Caldwell, son of John L. Caldwell 133 and Sarah (Davis,) born July 4, 1863, married Siisan M. Cook, Oct. 23, 1890; resides at Chicago. Childrtn : Louis Goldsborough, born Sept. 25, 1891. Margaret, born Jan. 18, 1894. 180. Emma Beard Caldwell, daughter of John Lord Caldwell 133 and Emma (Beard,) born Oct. 17, 1869, mar- ried Herbert Lyman Draper, Aug. 4, 1897. Their son: Nelson Caldwell, b. Feb. 22, 1899. 181. Mary Phelps Cowles, daughter of Eunice (Cald- well), 136, and Rev. John Phelps Cowles ; born Aug. 5, 1839 ; married [by Rev. Mr. Field,] Adino Brackett Hall, M. I)., Nov. 21, 1864. She married [2] the Hon. John Cummings, of Woburn, Sept. 1 , 1S81. EIGHTH GENERATION. - 189 — Dr. Hall was born at Northfield, N. H., Oct. 17, 1819, died in Boston, April 21, 1880. He practiced medicine in Kingston and Natick, 1846-1854 ; at Boston, 1854-1880. Of the Hon. John Cummings we gather from the public press a few reminiscences: Oct. 19, 1897, it is said of him, "Unusual honors were bestowed upon him, the occasion being his 85th birthday. His residence at Woburn was the scene of a gathering such as the community never be- fore witnessed. The venerable Bank President, whose active life has been marked by noble acts and deeds, was visited by men of note who have been associated with him in various financial enterprises." He was born at Woburn, Oct. 19, 1812 ; a descendant of David Cummings who settled in Woburn, 1755. He was for 53 years actively and successfully engaged in leather making; 29 years President of Shawmut National Bank, Boston ; Vice Pres. Boston Charitable Mechanic Asso.; Director or President of — Boston Board of Trade ; Perkins Inst, for the Blind ; Mass. School for Feeble Minded ; Boston and Albany R. R.; Eastern R. R.; Woburn Pub. Lib.; Society of Natural History ; Amherst Agricultural College ; Director of National Bank, Woburn ; Treasurer 17 years of Mass. Inst. Technology ; For years on the School Board of Woburn ; 1876, elected to Senate, carrying every town in Dist. These and yet more positions of trust committed to him, will strengthen the memories of his name and his life. 182. John Phelps Cowles, Jr., son of Eunice (Caldwell) 136 and Rev. J. P. Cowles, born Jan. 23, 1844. Like his father he was a most easy and notable linguist. In 1869 he was sent to Foo Chow, China, by the tea house of Heard & Co., [Capt. Augustine Heard founded the Ipswich Pub. Library,] and he spent more than twenty years in the Celestial Kingdom. He was also Professor of Language in the Chinese Uni- versity, and had for his American Associate on the Faculty W. C. Harington, late head of the weather bureau. He became an attache of the Spanish Legation in Pekin, iyo EIGHTH GENERATION. serving several years as interpreter. In 1SS0 he was appointed, by President Hayes, Vice Consul and Interpreter in Foo Chow, and held the place till the close of Pres. Cleveland's first administration. He was. married at Fow Chow, 1885. The cards of invi- tation that floated across the ocean to his friends^ in America, read : " Dr. Corey requests your presence at the marriage of Sigourney Trask to John Phelps Cowles, Jr., Tuesday, January 6th, 1885, 6 o'clock, p. m., at her residence, Hos- pital for Women and Children, Foo Chow, China." Miss Trask, who became Mrs. Cowles, was at the head of the Hospital built by the Woman's Foreign Miss. So. She capably filled the position eight years. When Mr. and Mrs. Cowles returned to America, they established themselves at Westfield ; and in 1892 he left for Columbia, to take position of Civil Engineer for the Imperial R. R. Co. of the United States of Columbia. He went to Panama and other places, and looked over the location of the proposed Nicaragua Canal. In May, he was at Granada, near Lake Nicaragua. At that place and date his communications suddenly ceased ; and the State Department, at Washington, informed his anxious family that the investigation of the Consuls at Granada, Wasaya and Managna, proved that in one of the frequent insurrections of Granada, his intelligent and useful career ended. His widow and two little ones were still at Westfield. The children bore the names of his honored mother and of his brother who died in the Civil War : Eunice Caldwell. Henry. 183. Henry Augustine Cowles, son of Eunice (Cald- well) 136 and Rev. J. P. Cowles, died July 14, 1864, at Washington, D. C, aged 18 years, 2 mos. 15 d. The funeral service was at First Church, Ipswich, July 23. He was a student of Oberliu College; and enlisted in the 150th Reg. Uhio Vols. Too slender and frail to en- dure the exposures and discomforts of army service, he died less than sixty days after the enlistment. The College testimonial was : EIGHTH GENERATION. 191 Whereas our Heavenly Father has taken one of the most esteemed members of the Phi Kappa Pi, Henry Augustine Cowles, a ripe scholar, a sincere christian, who died in the Service of his Country, near Washington, Therefore it is Resolved: That we deeply mourn our loss of one of our members, , who gave great promise of future usefulness, and who had endeared himself to us by his scholarly at- tainments, genial disposition and genuine piety. Resolved : That as a Society we have lost a faithful and energetic member, whose name though it disappears from the list of our active members, is enrolled, we are assured, in the Book of Life. Signed by the Committee of the Phi Kappa Pi. Within the Door. Written by his Father. One sunbeam less on earth, in heaven one more ; Still brighter there than here, and sweeter far; One child of mine safe home within the door; Since then methinks I see it stand ajar. An angel now he walks the crystal floor ; In skies unclouded shines a new-born star. My darkened footsteps miss thy filial hand, My spirit nevermore to hear thy voice, Yet would not call thee if it had the choice From Jesus' presence to this desert land. He cannot bear His chosen not to be In mansions near Him and His glory see. Amen, Lord Jesus. So be it with mine and me. 184. Roxana. and Susan Abby Rice Cowles, daugh- ters of Eunice (Caldwell) 136 and Rev. J. P. Cowles : Roxana, Teacher Miss Porter's School, Farmington, Ct. Principal of Female Seminary, Ansonia, Ct. Teacher at Vassar College, 17 years. Susan Abby Rice Cowles, born April 24, 1848, married Daniel Fuller Appleton, of New York city, Dec. 17, 1889. Mr. Appleton died at his residence, East 36th St. Feb. 5, 1904. He was born in Marblehead, 1826, his parents being Gen. James and Sarah (Fuller) Appleton. His first New England ancestor was Samuel Appleton, who came from England in 1635, and settled in Ipswich. His great home- stead farm is still the family possession, and was the de- 192 EIGHTH GENERATION. lightful summer home of Daniel Fuller Applelon. Gen. James Appleton removed from Marblehead to Port- land, Maine, in 1833, and his son, Daniel F. was educated in the public schools, and at the age of 21, went to New York. He soon secured a clerkship in the city with Royal E. Robbins, then an importer of watches. Later, Daniel F. was admitted to a partnership in the business, and the firm of Robbins & Appleton has contin- uously done business in the jewelry district since 1857. In that year the firm became practical owners of a small watch works in Waltham, from which grew the present American Waltham Watch Company which has been con- ducted by them ever since. 185. Emeline Caldwell, daughter of Abraham 142 and Eunice (Rhoades,) born June 22, 1836; married Conrad Heuser Brooks, Sept. 25, 1859. He was born in Nieder- weisel Hesse Darmsdadt, Germany, Dec. 1, 1834, died at Ipswich, Aug. 25, 1865. Conrad H. united with the South Church, Ipswich, Nov. 7, 1857. Mrs. Brooks united with the same, Nov. 3, 1850. Their Children : John Caldwell, b. March 31, 1861, d. June 14, 1862. Conrad Heuser, born April 24, 1863, married Alma Maria Atwood. Conrad Heuser Brooks, the second son of Conrad H. and Emeline (Caldwell) Brooks, born April 24, 1863, married Alma Maria Atwood, born at Charlesville, Nova Scotia, Nov. 30, 1861. Their children : Edward Caldwell, born April 7, 1884. Conrad Heuser, born Dec. 16, 1885. Walter Roland, born Sept. 7, 1890. Dorothy Atwood, born May 29, 1892. Grace Emeline, born Sept. 16, 1896. Bernice Evangeline, born May 29, 1900. 186. Augustus Caldwell, son of Isaac 143 and Mary Ann (Hill,) of Beverly ; m. Mary E. Sands. Children : Marietta, born 1850 ; Lizzie Woobury, b. 1851 ; Frederic Arthur, born 1853 ; Charles Edward, born 1832, died 1856; Adelaide, b. 1857 ; Walter Augustus, b. 1859; Maria, born 1863; died 1864; Annie Judith, born 1872. EIGHTH GENERATION. 193 187. Mary Ann Caldwell, daughter of Isaac 143 and Mary Ann (Hill,) married John William Raymond. — Children : Augustus, born 1854, died early. Jennie F. born 1857, died 1861. Jesse Fremont, born 1859. John William, born 1865. James G. born 1868, died 1870. Daisy, born at Gordon, Florida, 1871. 188. Martha Caldwell, daughter of Isaac 143 and Mary Ann (Hill,) married William Orrin Wood, of Danvers. Children : Charles William, born i860. Clarence Orrin, born 1864. 189. Edward Jackson Caldwell, son of Isaac 143 and Mary Ann (Hill,) born 1836, married Mary V. Mallett. Children : Charles Edward, born 1861. Mary A. died early. 190. Angeline Caldwell, daughter of Isaac 143 and Mary Ann (Hill,) born 1839; married Joseph Francis Wallis. Their Children : Edward F. born i860. Everett Caldwell, born 1861. Clara Esther, born 1864 ; died 1865. Lawrence Cheever, born 1866, died 1868. Fred Hill, born 1870. 191. Jacob Caldwell, son of Isaac 143 and Mary Ann (Hill,) born 1847 ; married Emeline Bell; she died 1873. One child : Edgar Jacob, born 1872. 194 EIGHTH GENERATION. — The following pages will be a return to the Fourth Generation, [page 63] and to the names of John 26 and Dolly (Hoyt) Caldwell, who were married at Ipswich, by the Rev. Joseph Dana, May 31, 1770 ; and after a brief residence in Haverhill, removed to Hebron. Oxford Co., Maine. The descendants include names of worth, stability, and favored influence. The genealogical and biographical notes are gathered and edited by Mrs. Sumner Kimball, of Caldwell descent, and greatly interested in family history. Also, the pages will include the " Watertown-Eurlington Caldwells," a re-print of Mr. George Cunningham's notes and records. This branch descends from Jacob Caldwell, 19, and Anna (Hastings) Caldwell, [page 56.] CAI.DWEI.I,. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH. 195 (21 ' Genealogical Records of George Cunningham, Esq., Lunenberg, Mrs. Corson, Haverhill, Mrs. Caldwell, East Alton, 111. Jacob Caldwell 19, of Ipswich birth, [see page 49, J was the first of the name to establish a home in the town now known as Burlington ; in early days a precinct of Woburn. He was of the Fourth Generation, and was the son of Dea. Jacob 10, and Rebekah (Lull) Caldwell. See pages 47-9. The Caldwell ancestral line is: — 1. John and Sarah Dillingham Caldwell, page 42 ; 2. John and Sarah Foster Caldwell, page 42 ; 3. Dea. Jacob and Rebekah Lull Caldwell, page 47. The ancestry of Jacob's mother, Rebekah (Lull,) is easily traced in Ipswich Records. She was the daughter of Thomas and Rebekah (Kimball) Lull, and was born Nov. 26, 1694 ; and she was the sister of Elisabeth Lull who married John Caldwell 9, a brother of Dea. Jacob, her husband. And Jacob's grandmother, Rebekah Kimball, was the daughter of John and Mary (Jordan) Kimball; and John Kimball was the son of Richard Kimball, who was in Ipswich in 1637. Mary Jordan was the daughter of Francis Jordan. The birth of Jacob Caldwell, of Burlington, son of Dea. Jacob and Rebekah, of Ipswich, is not recorded ; but his baptism was Nov. 29, 17 19. It was an Ipswich custom for several generations, to carry babes to the meeting-house to be christened on the Sabbath-day following their birth. When he was twenty-three years old, we find him in Watertown, and Sept. 28, 1742, he married [1] Anna Hastings. She was a native of Watertown, and was born Dec. 22, 1718. She was the daughter of Nath'l and Marv Hastings. Thomas Hastings at twenty-nine years of age, embarked at Ipswich, England, April 10, 1634, in the Elisabeth, Wil- liam Andrews. Master ; and after reaching New England he settled at Watertown ; and in 1651 he married Margaret Cheney. Thomas and Margaret had a son Nathaniel who married Mary Nevinson ; and their son John was the 196 CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH father of Anna Hastings who married Jacob Caldwell. And Jacob was evidently wise in his choice, for Anna's name has been held in the freshness of memories and traditions for a century a half. The young couple had two homes, — the earliest at Cambridge, and later at Burlington. The late Jeremiah Fiske, of Temple, N. H., whose mother was Mary Caldwell Fiske, daughter of Jacob Caldwell, wrote his memory of the Burlington homesttad: " Grandfather Jacob Caldwell died near the close of the Revolutionary War, aged 64 years. He was a landowner, and had a large dairy. Much of his estate was sold at the close of the war. His house had a brick wall between the outside and inside boards. The bricks were w r ell-laid in mortar. This was for warmth, it w 7 as said, and to pre- vent the Indians from shooting through. Grandfather was frequently called upon to give advice; and his family greatly lamented him whtn he died." Jacob had a large family ; by his two marriages there were seventeen children. Anna, his first wife, was the mother of nine; and Miss Perry, the second wife, was the mother of eight. We give below the names of Anna's nine, and also the four sons of the second wife : FOURTH GENERATION. Jacob Caldwell, 19, son of Dea. Jacob 10 and Rebekah (Lull,) married [1] Anna Hastings, of Watertown ; [2] Perry. Children of Jacob and Anna ( Hastings : ) 2 John, married , lived at Burlington. Rebekah, born Oct. 16, 1744, married Mr. Hunt. Anna, born Dec. 2, 1746. unmarried. 3 Jacob, born Nov. 4, 1748, m. Patience Sanderson. 4 Sarah, born Nov. 19, 1750, in. [1] Noah Price ; [2J Greene. 5 Enoch, born Jan. 20, 1753, m. [1] Ruth Chase; 2d marriage not known; lived at Haverhill. 6 Lucy, J ni. Justin Kent, lived at Haverhill, Mass , and at Portland, Maine. 7 Mary, born in Cambridge, April, 1755, married Josiah Fiske. An infant, died early. The children of Jacob and his second wife were eight ; we have the names of four: CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH. 197 Joseph, farmer, lived in Marblehead. Joshua, lived in Marblehead. Thomas, shoemaker, lived at Manchester, N. H. Benjamin, lived at Burlington. FIFTH GENERATION. 2. John Caldwell, son of Jacob 19 and Anna (Hastings) married , lived at Burlington. Children: 8 John, wife Ruth, settled at Burlington. 9 Stephen, born Feb. 28, 1785, married Catherine Goldthwaite Powell, of Boston, settled at Hallowell, Maine, 1816. James, lived at Charlestown. Hastings, lived at Charlestown. Mrs. Baldwin, lived at Hillsboro, N. H. Mrs. Taggart, lived at Hillsboro, N. H. Mrs. Butters, lived at Woburn. Mrs. Noyes, lived at Lexington. The following names are grandchildren of John 2, but the name of the father is not given : — Timothy Caldwell, married Harriet Croswell ; John Caldwell, married Susan Grace, and had one son James ; Lucy Caldwell, married Joseph Crosswell ; Sarah, Annie, Kate, unmarried grand- daughters. 3. Jacob Caldwell, son of Jacob 19, and Anna (Hast- ings,) born at Watertown, now Weston, Nov. 4, 1748; settled in Lunenberg, 1777 ; was the first Caldwell to make his home in that town. He was married by the Rev. Zabiel Adams, June 5, 1777, to Patience Sanderson. She was the daughter of Abraham and Patience (Smith) San- derson, and was baptized May 12, 1745. She was a de- scendant of Edward and Mary (Eggleston) Sanderson, who came from England, 1635, and settled at Hampton. The line of descent is as follows : 1. Edward and Mary Eggleston Sanderson; 2. Jonathan and Abia Bartlett Sanderson ; 3. Samuel and Mercy Gale Sanderson; 4. Abraham and Patience Smith Sanderson; 5. Patience Sanderson and Jacob Caldwell. As above stated, Jacob Caldwell went to Lunenberg in 1777; and he was Collector in 1784; Constable, 1784, 1796; admitted to full communion, and Patience, his wife, I9-S CALDVVKLT.. THE BURUNGTON BRANCH. June 21, 1778. He died Sept. 8, 1823, aged 75 years. She died Sept. 4, 1822, aged 76 years. Their children : 10 Jacob, bap. June 28, 1778, m. [1] Sarah Pierce; [2] Mrs. Mary Harrington. Anna, bap. Jan. 7, 1781, died aged 2 years, n John, bap. June 9, 1782, married Mary Green. 12 Lucy, bap. Sept. 5, 1784, married Timothy Snow. 13 Enoch, born Dec. 22, 1788, married Betsey Carter. 4. Sarah Caldwell, daughter of Jacob 19 and Anna (Hastings,) born Nov. 19, 1750. She married Noah Price, who died in his early manhood, leaving one daughter; she married a second husband, Greene. The daughter of Sarah and Noah Price : 14 Sarah, born in Boston, Oct. 16, 1777, died Oct. 25, 1857 ; married Ebenezer LeBosquet. She was adopted into the family of her uncle, Enoch Caldwell, when her father died. 5. Enoch Caldwell, son of Jacob 19 and Anna (Hast- ings,) born at Woburn, Jan. 20, 1753, m. [1] Ruth Chase ; [2] . Of his children, bj' both marriages, we gather the following list : William, was Postmaster at Cambridge. 15 Nathan, born 1794, married Louisa Ayer; lived at Haverhill. 16 Jacob, married Mary Whittier. James A. George Enoch John Charles B. Mrs. Catherine Childs; her daughter married Stephen B. Chandler. Mrs. Elisabeth Thatcher. Mrs. Lydia Doak. Mrs. Nancy Rice. Mrs. Mary A. Bell. Louisa J. 6. Lucy Caldwell, daughter of Jacob 19 and Anna (Hastings) married Justin Kent, of Haverhill. They removed to Portland, Maine. Children: CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH. 199 17 Justin, married Ruth Prince ; he died at North Yarmouth, Maine. Lucy, died at Portland. 18 Charles, born 1796, m. Elisabeth Prince. 19 Harriet, married Jacob Card. 7. Mary Caldwell, daughter of Jacob 19 and Anna (Hastings,) born in Cambridge, April, 1755; married Josiah Fiske, born in Pepperell, 1755. They lived first at Hollis, N. H., and then settled at Temple, in the same state. Mary died Dec. 1834, in her 80th year. Josiah died 1832, aged 77 years. Of their ten children, seven lived to maturity : josiah, born at Hollis, Nov. 1781, married Betsey Kimball, 1802 ; was drowned in Medford, July, 1817, aged 35 years. Betsey, his wife, died in New Ipswich, N. H. June 21, 1866, aged 8oyrs. Jeremiah, born Aug. 17, 1790, married Sarah Heald, Oct. 5, 1815. She died March 23, 1855. His sec- ond marriage was with Elmira Monroe, March 23, 1863. His son, Prof. M. H. Fiske was for several years Principal of the Manning School, at Ipswich. His portrait is included in Pictorial Ipswich, published by M. V. B. Perley. Artemas, born Sept. 11, 1792 ; m. Miss Jones, 1819, died 1829. David, born Jan. 12, 1797, m. Milly Sheldon, 1822. Seth Hastings, born Sept. 20, 1800, m. Lydia Pitman Mary, born Oct. 12, 1782, m. Wm. Patterson, 1810 ; died January, 1854. Sally, born Feb. 1783, married Earl Boynton., March, 1809, died 1863. Prof. M. H. Fiske, son of Jeremiah and Sarah (Heald,) married Henrietta Breed, born in Peterboro, N. H. Sept. 27, 1837. The Silver Wedding was observed at the home in Temple, June 20, 1S90. Mrs. Fiske died Jan. 28, 1901. A kindly and thoughtful pen gave the following estimate of a life that will long be held in tender remembrance : In Memoriam. Born in Peterboro, N. H. Sept. 27, 1837, Henrietta Breed. Died in Temple, N. H., Jan. 28, 1901, Henrietta Breed Fisk, wife of Prof. M. H. Fiske. The above data mark the duration of a life of rare beauty 200 CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH and usefulness. Mis. Fisk's childhood was spent in her native town, and, through the effort and self denial of a widowed mother, she was given a thorough musical and academic education. When quite young she became a devoted Christian, and publicly professed her love for the Saviour by uniting with the Church. The subsequent years have given evidence of the sincerity of her profession. The years of her young womanhood were spent largely in teaching, and she was very successful ; the influence of her refined and elevated life was felt by all her pupils. She was married June 20, T865, and she has been a lov- ing wife, a faithful friend, a wise counsellor. Interesting herself in all the domestic relations of life, she made hers a model home ; she presided with the grace and dignity of a queen, and her bereft husband realizes how some of the best literary efforts of his life were made possible through her kind criticism, her wise suggestions, and her ability to express thought in beautiful language. Four children were given them, two of whom died in infancy, and the remaining two, — Henr)^, aged 8, and Etta 5 years, — children of much promise, died of malignant scarlet fever at Ipswich, while Prof. Fisk resided there as Principal of Manning School. Both were buried in one grave ; in that grave, too, the bright hopes of this life were buried; and yet the sublime faith of the mother enabled her to pierce the dark cloud. She took np the burdens of life with full confidence in the wisdom and love of her Heavenly Father. With her sorrow buried in her heart she gave the remaining years of her life to the service of others in the spirit of consecration and sweet submission born only of great sorrow. In the Church of which she has been so long an exem- plary member, her presence will be greatly missed. In the weekly prayer meeting, her words of Christian comfort and helpfulness, and her gifted prayers, will long be cherished. In the Sunday School where she has been a faithful co- worker with her husband, and in the class where she has been an able and interesting teacher, there is a breach that is painfully evident. In the Ladies Circle, of which she was President twenty years, the grace with which she presided, the skill with which she led its members to engage in useful works of CALDWELL- THE BURLINGTON BRANCH. 201 charity, showed her ability as a leader, and the confidence placed in her by the members. In the church choir and beside the coffin, her sweet voice was heard in song ; many aching hearts have been soothed and comforted as they have listened. Wherever the duties of life called her, she manifested the beautiful Christian spirit which is the crowning glory of life. Were one to ask, What was the source of these various gifts in such marked degree? the reply would be : She drank deeply at the fount of God's Love, and the great problems of her life were solved in communion with her Maker. For her to live was Christ ; to die, gain. SIXTH GENERATION. 8. John Caldwell, son of John i of Burlington, and grandson of Jacob 19 and Anna (Hastings,) married Ruth . Their children : John. Jepthah, lived at Woburn. Isaac, died at Burlington. Ruth. Martha. Almira. Matilda. Royal. 9/ Stephen Caldwell, son of John Caldwell of Burling- ton, and grandson of Jacob 19, and Anna (Hastings,) of Ipswich and Watertown; born Feb. 28, 1783; married Catherine Goldthwaite Powell, daughter of Francis and Mary (Goldthwaite) Archibald, of Boston, and born in that city, Dec. 12, 1785, a few weeks after the lamented death of her father, — as will be seen by the biographical memories that follow. She was legally adopted in infancy by Madame Powell, her aunt, the wife of Mr. William Pow 7 ell, merchant, and a resident of Beacon street, Boston, and she became Catherine Powell, with all the pleasant- ness and advantage of wealth and society. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Caldwell went to Hallowell, Me., in 1816. The name and marriages of their children, of whom ten lived more than seventy years : — 202 CALDWKLL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH. 20 Sophia, m. Capt. Charles R. Floyd, U. S. A. who was of a distinguished family in Georgia. They had two children who died early. 21 Elisabeth Jane, m. Judge Henry Carter, of Haver- hill. She was born Nov. 12, 1806. 22 William Powell, born Sept. 10, 1808; m'. Thankful Pearee. Killed at Battle of Vicksburg. Humphrey Primate, born Jan. 31, 1813, m. Eliza [Bright?] Left no children. 23 Richard Bright, born Feb. 23. 1S14, m. Elisabeth Gould. John Alexander, born July 2, 1815; and married at the far West. Left two sons. Thomas Goldthwaite, born Oct. 26, 18 16, in. Lucy A. Kent; died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. W T illiam Honeyman, East Alton, 111., April, 1899, aged 84 years. [See Thomas G. and Lucy A. (Kent,) 38, in following pages.] 24 Caroline Wildes, m. Richard Robinson. 25 George Webster, of Waldoboro, Me., married Zoe Ann Clapp. The story of Catherine G. (Powell,) wife of Stephen Caldwell 9, and her family, is not only interesting but historic; and from MSS received, we gather facts found on this page, and in connection with her children's names as they appear in the next generation. One writer says : Catherine Goldthwaite Archibald (Powell,) wife of Stephen Caldwell, Hallowell, Maine, was the daughter of Francis Archibald and Mary (Goldthwaite,) of Boston, and the adopted daughter of Mrs. William Powell. Francis Archibald was the son of Francis Archibald ; and was one of the boys of the Boston Massacre, King's vStreet. 1770. Mary (Goldthwaite) Archibald, was the daughter of Col. Thomas Goldthwaite, Secretary of War of the Pro- vince of Massachusetts Bay, 1761-63. Paymaster of the Crown Point Expedition under Sir Jeffrey Amherst, 1760, Commandant and Truck Master of Fort Pownall, 1763-75. Col. Goldthwaite was Colonel of the 2nd Reg't, Lincoln Co. Militia, 1769-75 ; Judge of the Superior Court, Lincoln Co., (Court of Common Pleas,) for years prior to the Revolution. He owned with Sir Francis Bernard, Gov- CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH. 203 ernor of the Province, many hundred acres of land, at the mouth of the Penobscot River,-site of Fort Pownall, now known as Fort Point— now the towns of Stockton Springs Frankfort, Prospect, Maine. He died Aug. 31,1799^ Walthamston, England, a suburb of London. Francis Archibald was Clerk of Fort Point, up to the Revolutionary War, and he and Col. Goldthwaite were at Castine when Sir George Callier with the British fleet des troyed the American fleet, in i 7 79--known as the " Sieze ofBagaduce." ^ Francis Archibald died at Castine, Oct. 1785; and his daughter Catherine Goldthwaire Archibald, [her name was changed to Powell, j was born shortly after his death Debember i2. Catherine's mother became insane at her birth, and the babe was carried to Boston and legally adop ted by her aunt, Madame Powell, who married [1] Dr Sylvester Gardiner; [2] William Powell. Dr. Gardiner owned a large part of the Kennebec Pur- chase; and forhim was the city of Gardiner, Me., named Mr. William Powell was a wealthy merchant of Boston Catherine, the adopted daughter, lived in Boston, on Bea con street, and was there educated and blended with society life, till her marriage with Stephen Caldwell The resi deuces of the family of Stephen Caldwell, were Hallowell Gardiner, Boston. There is a portrait of Madame Powell' said to be very accurate. Stephen Caldwell was very handsome, gentle in manner and speech ; and his wife always referred to him tenderly and reverentially. Mrs. Stephen Caldwell in her old age :—" Her property which, at her death, gave her eight children $22 000 ap.ece, came from England, from Aunt Primate, of whom she was the only living heir. She was very charitable — giving kindly to Orphan Asylums and Institutions. Ev'-n a hand-organ-man wept when he was told that she was dead. * * She played the piano, when she was more than eighty years old ; she dressed becomingly and beau- tifully, and she was utterly unbowed with age. 10. Jacob Caldwell, son of Jacob 3, and Patience (San- derson,) was born at Lunenberg, and baptized June 28 1778. He married [1] Sarah Pierce, Jan. 30, 1800, the Rev. Zabiel Adams officiating. They had five children He married [2] Mrs. Mary Harrington, and they had one son, James. 204 CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH The children of the two marriages : 26 Nancy, b. August 23, 1800, m. Dea. John Howard. Frances, b. Nov. 1, 1801, d. Nov. 12, 1865, unm. 27 Rev. Jacob, b. July 26, 1805, Harvard Univ. 1828. 28 Jonathan Pierce, born March 13, 1810; m. Almira Bodertha. James, b. May 2, 1813, d. March 5, 1814. 29 James, born April ;6, 1820, lived at Northfield, Vt. Jacob Caldwell held various offices in Eunenberg, viz.: Constable, 1817, 1819; Collector, 1809, 1817 ; Selectman, 1814, 15, 19, 20, 22, 26, 27 ; Treasurer, 1825, 26, 27. Sarah Pierce, wife of Jacob Caldwell, was the only daugh- ter of Jonathan and Sarah (Chaplin) Pierce; and her an- cestry has been traced from 1587 : John Pierce, of England, had son Anthony, born 1587 ; the said son Anthony, with his wife Elisabeth, came from Norwich, Co. Norfolk, in 1634, an d settled in Watertown, where he died, August 19, 1661. Elisabeth, died March 12, 1667. Their son, Daniel Pierce, was born in England, 1609, died in Watertown, May 9, 1678. His wife's name was Anne. They had son, — Ephraim Pierce, born in Watertown, Jan. 1, 1640. His wife was Elisabeth. They had son, — Ephraim Pierce, born inGroton, Oct. 15, 1673, his wife was Mary. Their oldest son was, — Jonathan Pierce, born in Groton, March 12, 2700, and died at Lunenberg, Oct. 4, 1781 ; he married at Groton, Oct. 30, 1721, Esther Shedd ; she was born at Groton, March 24, 1703, died at Lunenberg, June 28. 1768, dau. of Samuel and Elisabeth Shedd. Their oldest child was, — Jonathan Pierce, born Oct. 27, 1747, and died Nov. 20, 1827. He married Jan. 5, 1769, Sarah Chaplin; she was born Jan. 9, 1747, and died Dec. 14, 1814; and Sarah their filth child and only daughter, married Jacob Caldwell. Sarah Pierce Caldwell died Dec. 4, 18 14, aged 32 years, and her mother, Sarah Chaplin Pierce, died the same day. Jacob Caldwell's second wife was Mary Houghton Har- rington, of Worcester. She was born in Worcester, July 23, 1 7 7 S , and was the daughter of Levi and Emma (Rich- CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH 2O5 ardson) Houghton, and widow of Elijah Harrington. Jacob Caldwell died April 19, 1843, aged 65 years. Mary, his widow, died March 5, 1864, aged 86 years. 11. John Caldwell, son of Jacob 3 and Patience (San- derson,) bap. June 9, 1782; married Mary Greene ; she was born April 9, 1785, and died Sept 14, 1843. He died Oct 21, 1871. They were married in 1801, the bride being in her 17th year; and removed to Ashburnham in 1810. They had ten children : 30 John, born Dec. 20, 1802, died Jan. 10, 1859. He married [1] Abigail G. Fuller; [2] Abigail C. Garland. Oliver Green, born Jan. 7, 1805, lived in Leominster, m [1] Mary U. Ellis, Oct. 28, 1828 ; she d. 1833. He m. [2] Martha Lincoln, March 13, 1835. Three children ; a daughter married William Lawrence, of Concord, Mass. 31 Lucy, b. Sept. 15, 1806, m. John Adams, 3d. 32 Mary, born June 5, 1808, m. Samuel Woods, son of Prof. Woods, of the Theological Sem. Andover. 33 Elisabeth, twin, born March 15, 1810, married Elbridge Stimson. Sarah, twin, born March 15, 1810, died Feb. 23, 1871, m. Sylvester Wheeler, Aug. 2, 1840; two daughters, Sarah E. and Ellen who d. at 15 yrs. Dorothy H. born April 30, 1812, m. [1] Joseph Miller ; [2] John Lawrence, of Concord. Harriet P. b. April 4, 1817, m. George R. Mansfield, Oct. 4, 1837, Rutland, Vt.; one daughter, Harriet F. born 1841. Frances, born Jan. 1, 1820, m. Alfred T. Pack- ard, Jan. 29, 1840, died Jan. 14, 1843, at Ashburnham. Nancy, b. Jan. 10, 1822, d. July 10, 1848, Ashburnham 12. Lucy Caldwell., daughter of Jacob 3, and Patience (Sanderson,) born Sept. 5, 1784, married Sept. 5, 1802. He was the son of Silas and Anna (Farwell) Snow, born in Lunenberg, Nov. 6, 1779. He was Capt. of the Militia ; Selectman, 1829-30. He died April 20, 1853, aged 73 yrs. Lucy, his wife, died Jan. 15. 1818, aged 33 yrs. Children : CALDWKLL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH. 34 John, born Jan. 13, 1803, m. Hannah Marshall. Jacob, born Sept. 30, 1S04, m. Nancy Chamberlain, of Westboro, Oct. 7, 1827 ; d. July 21, 1829. 35 Anna Farvvell, b. Nov. 20 1806, m. Turner Jones, April 8, 1830. An infant died March, 1812. Timothy, born Jan 24, 1817, m. Elisabeth Emery, Feb. 4, 1841, dau. of George and Nancy Emery. Lived at Westfield. 13. Capt. Enoch Caldwell, the fifth and youngest child of Jacob 3 and Patience (Sanderson,) was baptized June 28, 177S ; married by Rev. Timothy Flint, May 13, 1814, to Betsey Carter. She was born in Lunenberg, Sept. 14, 1796, the dau. of Phineas and Eunice (Peabody) Carter, grandaughter of Thomas and Betsey (Sawyer) Carter. Capt. Enoch Caldwell removed to Fitchburg, 1829, and died there July 18, 1873, aged 84 years, 6m. 24 d. He was, Captain, 1816; Deacon in the Church ; Representative from Fitchburg, 1S34-5. Their children : 36 Thomas C. born in Lunenberg, Feb. 25, 1815 ; married Charlotte E. Marshall. Enoch P. born in Lunenberg, March 24, 1817, d. in Fitchburg, Feb. 23, 1828, aged 1: years. Elisabeth E. born in Fitchburg, Dec. 19, 1819 ; married June 13, 1843, Horace R. Rice; two children, died in infancy. Augustus L. b. Jan. 19, 1821, d. April 18, 1S25. 37 Mary J. born Jan. 15, 1825, m. Henry Jewett. Charles Augustus., b. Dec. 29, 1S26, d. Feb i, 1S29. Enoch Augustus, born Nov. 6, 1830. George Frederick, b. Feb. 20, 1834, U. S. Navy. Charles Harrison, born May 25, 1840; enlisted, Civil War, Co. A. 53d Reg. 14. vSarah Price, daughter of Sarah (Caldwell ) 4, and Noah Price, born in Boston, October 16, 1777 ; died Oct. 25, 1857 ; m. Ebenezer LeBosquet, son of John LeBosquet, who married the half sister of Gov. Brooks. In her child- hood, Sarah Price was adopted into the family of her uncle Enoch Caldwell. Children of Noah and Sarah : CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH. 207 15. Nathan Caldwell, son of Enoch Caldwell 5, born, 1794, died March 27, 1873 ; married Louise Ayer, dau. of Maj. John Ayer. His father, Enoch, was born in Woburn. Nathan lived in Haverhill ; was shoe manufacturer, [Pierce & Caldwell. J He lived near Lake Kenoza. Children of Nathan and Louise : James Ayer. Charles Brigham. Matilda. John Ayer. Mary Anne. Jane. Henry Clay. Emeline, married Flanders. 16. Jacob Caldwell, son of Enoch Caldwell 5, and grandson of Jacob 19 and Anna (Hastings,) married Mary Whittier, sister, we are told, of John Greenleaf Whittier. Two children : Mary. Louis Henri. 17. Justin Kent, son of Lucy (Caldwell) 6 and Justin Kent, grandson of Jacob and Anna (Hastings,) Caldwell, lived at Haverhill, and later at Portland; married Ruth Prince ; died at North Yarmouth, Maine. Two children : Elisabeth, born 1820; married Orrin Richardson. Justina, unmarried. 18. Charles Kent, son of Lucy (Caldwell,) 6 and Justin Kent, grandson of Jacob and Anna Hastings Caldwell ; was born in Haverhill, 1796, married Elisabeth Prince, of Cumberland, born 1797. Nine children : Harriet Eliza, born 1820. 38 Lucy A. born 1822, married Thomas G. Caldwell. Charles Justin, born 1824. Julia, died early. James, died early. Sophia, born 1830, died 1887. Francis A. born 1832. William L. born 1835. Eliza L. born 1838. 20S CALDWELL- THE BURLINGTON BRANCH 19. Harriet Kent, daughter of Lucy (Caldwell) 6 and Justin Kent, of Haverhill, married Jacob Card. They had seven children, and all died of consumption, in youthful years ; and their graves, side by side with the mother's, are in a Cemetery at Portland, Me. Mr. Card died in California. The children : Harriet Lucilla, Sarah, Lucy Eveline, George, Maria Edward, Abby. SEVENTH GENERATION. 20. Sophia Caldwell, eldest daughter and child of Stephen Caldwell 9 and Catherine Goldthwaite (Powell,) married Col. Charles R. Floyd, U. S. A., who was of a distinguished family in Georgia. He was a nephew of Gen. Floyd, U. S. A. Sophia's early home was with her aunt, Madame Powell, Beacon St. Boston, by whom she was adopted. At her marriage, she went to the Georgia home of Col. Floyd ; and three children were one by one added to the household gladness. Returning to Boston to visit the Beacon St. home and hearts, a most rapid consumption seized her, and no skill could save the gentle, btautiful life. The Powell mansion was shrouded with mourning. She is yet remem- bered as "the beautiful, the accomplished, the beloved Sophia." A most attractive portrait of Mrs. Floyd, several times copied, is now in possession of Mrs. John Corson, of Haverhill. The copies have been sent to ancestral names in England, and to the South. Chester Harding was the artist, who painted the portrait so often admired; and he said to Elisabeth Jane Caldwell, [Mrs. Judge Carter,] " It is the only portrait in which I have succeeded in getting the perfect smile." When Mrs. Floyd was a child, she went to England with Madame Powell ; and she had the honor of singing before the Queen ; and Victoria was so delighted with the voice aud the song, that she caught the little Sophia in her arms and kissed her. 21. Elisabeth Jane Caldwell, daughter of Stephen Cald- well 9 and Catherine Goldthwaite (Powell,) of Hallowell, was born Nov. 15, 1806; married Judge Henry Carter, of Haverhill, June, 1836. She died at Bradford, (now Hav- CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH 20Q erhill, Feb. 1883. Judge Henry Carter was the son of John and Amelia (Hamlin) Carter, and was born at Brighton, Maine, Sept. 20, 1814, and died at Bradford, (now Haver- hill,) Mass., Jan. 24, 1898. The lives of both Mrs. Carter and the Judge, — as will be seen by the sketch following ther family register, — were bathed in frequent sunbeams of pleasantness and real worth. They had six children born in Bridgton, Maine : John, born March, 1837, served in the Civil War. Maj. Eugene, born 1838, gr. at West Point, died at 38 years. He was on Gen. McDonnels staff. 39 Katherine Sophia, born Oct. 11, 1840, m. John Cor- son, of Haverhill, June 13, 1871. Walter, born 1842, served in the Civil War ; was Serg'tMaj. in Mass. 22d. Amelia, born Feb. 1844. 40 Capt. Robert G. born Oct. 29, 1846, gr. at West Point; U. S. N.; served through the Civil War. One who knew and loved Mrs Judge Carter, wrote of her after she passed through the gates of the Eternal : " Like her sister Sophia, [Mrs. Floyd, 20,] Elisabeth Jane was of the heart and the home of Madame Powell. She remained in the Boston home till the hour of Madame's departure, then went to her mother at Gardiner. Like her mother she was utterly void of selfishness. Judge Carter said : " She was the most unselfish person I ever saw." Love so predominated, that she won people even at an introduction to them. She was full of charity and tolerance. She used the choicest of words, and voice and manner attracted and won. On her gravestone is inscribed, " Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these, ye did it unto Me." Judge Carter graduated at West Point, but instead of entering the army, he studied Law; admittedto the Bar. Cadet U. S. Military Academy, 1832, resigned, 1834. Ed, Portland Adv. 1847-57. Practicing Attorney, 1857-58. Judge Municipal Court, 1868-98. Able men said he was fitted for the Supreme Bench. He was almost unequalled in judgment. He was in both branches of the Legislature, — Represen- tative and Senator, for successive years in Maine and Massachusetts. At the time of Mr. Lincoln's nomination, 2IO CALDWKLL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH. at the great National Convention, he was one of the delegates. He was intimately associated with the Hon. James G. Blaine, who was frequently at the Judge's home, and re- garded by the family as a pleasant visitor. Judge Carter was a fascinating conversationalist, and full of anecdotes. He was often called "Abe Lincoln," as he was possessed of strikingly similar characteristics. 22. William Powell Caldwell, son of Stephen 9, and Catherine G. (Powell,) born Sept. 10, 1808; married Thankful Pearce, of Readfield, Maine. He was killed in a gunboat on the Mississippi by the explosion of a shell. Four children : Lewis, killed in battle at Gettysburg. Kate, died of quick consumption. Charles. George. 23. Richard Bright Caldwell, son of Stephen Caldwell 9 and Catherine G. (Powell,) born Feb. 23, 1814, married Elisabeth Gould ; lived at Gardiner, Maine. Four chil- dren, who settled at Boston and vicinity : Richard. Louise, a hospital nurse. Charles, lived at Lynn. George. 24. Caroline Wildes Caldwell, daughter of Stephen Caldwell 9 and Catherine G. (Powell,) married Richard Robinson of Portland. Mrs. Robinson was "genial, hos- pitable, lovable ; and lived to be more than threescore and ten." They had four children: Caroline, m. Edward Barbour, of Chicago. Richard, Bowdoiu Col.; lives at Chicago; noted for unusual Musical ability. Herbert, Civil Engineer ; m. Lizzie Adams. Arthur, like his brother Richard, of marked Musical gifts. 25. George Webster Caldwell, son of Stephen Caldwell 9, and Catherine G. (Powell,) of Hallowell, lived at Wal- cioboro, Maine. He served two terms in the Maine Legis- CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH. 211 lature • chairman of the Selectmen of Waldoboro ; Church Collector for several years. He married June i, r852, Zoe Ann Clapp, daughter of Nathaniel and Sally (Flint) Clapp, of Damariscotta. She was born Sept. 20, 1828, died Sept. 20, 1891. They had two daughters, — Alice, born July, 1853. Mary, born Jan. 1855, married Fred A. Hovey ; one son, Dudley Hovey. January 2, 1903. [Memorial.] George Webster Cald- well, our well-known and much esteemed citizen, was taken suddenly, and as it proved, fatally ill late last Thursday afternoon, and did not regain consciousness before he passed away, Saturday evening, at 9 o'clock. Mr. Caldwell was born in Hallowell ; educated in the public schools and at Lincoln Academy. He learned the hardware business with Mr. Brooks, of Augusta. In 1850 he came to Waldoboro and engaged in the same business in company with Col. Sproul, until they were burned out in the great fire. Later he was in company with Samuel Morse; and later still with Avery T. Webb. He also engaged in ship building with W. F. Storer, Hon. Isaac Reed, A. R. Reed and others. Mr. Caldwell has held the office of Selectman, Assessor, and other offices ; and was Representative in the Legisla- ture thirty-five years ago. He has been a supporter, and until recently a regular attendant of the Congregational Church. A man of strict integrity and uprightness, his name was a synonym for honesty, a current phrase being : "As honest as George Caldwell." In 185 1, Mr. Caldwell was joined in marriage with Miss Zoe A. Clapp, of Damariscotta, who passed away in 1891. He is survived by two daughters, Miss Alice, who has cared for him with filial solicitude since the death of her mother, and Mrs. Fred A. Hove}'. He leaves a grandson, Dudley Hovey, and several nephews and neices ; among them Robert Caiter, U. S. A., whose visit to Waldoboro many of our citizens will remember. The funeral service, at his residence, was attended by the Reverends J. J. Bulfinch and W. C. Curtis. — The Loral Press. 212 CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH 26. Nancy Caldwell, daughter of Jacob Caldwell 10, and Sarah (Pierce,) born at Lunenberg, Ang. 23, 1800, married by Rev. David Damon, Nov. 23, 1820, to John Howard. He was born in Lunenberg, Aug. 17, 179 s - He was a Deacon of the Church ; in 1S59 was Representative to the General Court. He died Oct. 1S80, very suddely, and, seemingly, while in perfect health. Ten children: Luther Grant, born July 19, 1822. Frances Ann, b. Oct. 11, 1824; m. Geo. O. Henry of Charlestown, N. H., lived at Bellows Falls. John Augustus, b. Aug. 31, 1827, lived at Boston. Sarah Pierce, twin, born Feb. 6, 1830. Susannah Taylor, twin, born Feb. 6, 1830. Jacob Caldwell, born May 12, 1833, died March 26, 1862, aged 29. George Albert, b. Dec. 19, 1835; enlisted in Co. B, 53d Reg. died at Baton Rouge, La., June 24, 1S63, aged 28 years. James Henry, born Aug. 6, 1838. William, born March 20, 1841. Edward, born June 13, 1844, d. Aug. 17, 1S64, ae 20. 27. Rev. Jacob Caldw r ell, son of Jacob Caldwell 10, and Sarah (Pierce.) He was born July 26, 1806 ; gr. at Har- vard University, 1828 ; was for several years a successful teacher; studied Divinity. He married at Stow, Mass., Mary Ann Patch ; she died at Framingham, April 14, 1836 aged 25 years. He m. (_ 2J Miss Sarah Hastings, of Ma- rietta, Georgia. Another sketch of the Rev. Jacob Caldwell has been furnished, gleaned, we think, from the Hist, of Hampton: Dec. 27, 1841. Rev. Jacob Caldweil was ordained over the societies of Kensington and Hampton Falls. Rev. Andrew S. Peabody, of Portsmouth, preached the ordina- tion sermon. Mr. Caldwell was born in Lunenberg ; gr. at Harvard, 182S ; studied theology at Cambridge Divinity School ; and had, previous to coming to Hampton, preach- ed in Calais and Standish, Maine. He had one son, who is now Prof. George C. Caldwell, of Cornell University, New York; and who is one of the most noted chemists in the States. Mr. Caldwell's preaching was of the practical and earn- CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH 213 est kind which encouraged the people to advanced thought without fear of results, trusting that the Truth was always safe. During the agitation which attended Rev. Theodore Parker's first preaching in Boston, Mr. Caldwell in the spirit of Christian tolerance, said he would welcome Mr. Parker to his pulpit. Gradually the society was led and grew into the liberal faith. He was lhe prime mover in the organization of the Ladies Library, during his residence in Hampton Falls. He died in Lunenberg, 1888. Rev. Jacob and Mary A. (Patch, ) had one son : 41 Prof. George C, Caldwell, of Cornell Univ. 28. Jonathan Pierce Caldwell, son of Jacob Caldwell 10 and Sarah (Pierce,) born at Lunenberg, March 13, 1S10, married at Boston, Almira Bodtrtha. He died at Lunen- berg, Oct. 2, 1841, aged 31 years. Two children: Edward, m. Josephine Carr ; lived at Groton. Charles B. m. Ellen Lower, lived at Moulton, Iowa. They had five children. 29. James Caldwell, son of Jacob Caldwell 10 and Mary (Harrington,) his second wife. James was born April 16, 1820, and lived at Northfield, Vt. In 1844 he married Ann R. Pierce, dau. of Benj. and Hannah Dins- moor Pierce, and grandaughter of Jonathan and Sarah Chaplin Pierce. (See Jacob 10, pp. 203-4.) Four children : Chester Pierce, born 1846, died 1848. Charles Sumner, born July 4, 1848. James, Jr. Martha. 30. John Caldwell, son of John 11 and Mary (Green,) grandson of Jacob 3 and Patience (Sanderson,) born Dec. 20, 1802 ; died Jan. 10, 1859. He m. [1] Abigail G. Fuller, Sept. 26, 1826, born in Lunenberg, June 29, 1805, dau. of John, Jr., and Eunice (Wetherbee) Fuller; she died in Fitchburg, July 16, 1835. He married [2] Abigail C. Garland, of Pittsfield, N. H., born July 27, 1806, married April 7, 1838. There were seven children by the two marriages: — 214 CALDWKLL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH. The children of John and Abigail G. (Fuller) : John A. born May 16, 1829, d. Oct. 8, 1S39. Abigail C. born July 23, 1831, d. June 21, 1844. 42 Charles Edmund, born July 9, 1833, married Melissa Samantha Morgan. Sarah Elisabeth, b. June 30, 1835, d. Mch 19 1867. married George H. Newman. The children ot John and Abigail C. (Garland:) Mary A. born Sept. 6. 1839, d. Dec. 24, 1841. George, b. Dec. 18, 1S41 ; m. Sarah E. Cummings. 31. Lucy Caldwell, daughter of John Caldwell 11 and Mary (Green,) grandaughter of Jacob 3 and Patience (Sanderson,) born Sept. 15, 1806 ; married John Adams 3d, Sept. 22, 1826 ; died in Ashburnham, May 18, 1845. The children : — Lucy Ann. George. Mary Jane. Ellen, died at 14 years. Harriet. Elisabeth. 32. Mary Caldwell, daughter of John Caldwell n and Mary (Green,) grandaughter of Jacob 3 and Patience (Sanderson,) born June 5, 1S08 ; married Samuel Wood, son of Prof. Leonard Wood of the Andover Theological Seminary, Sept. 5, 1839. Their children : Leonard, born July 5, 1840; Physician, at Maiden; married Mary E. Thompson. Frederick, born Jan 23, 1848. died Sept 3, 1S49. Mary Caldwell Wood died Aug. iS, 1S73, at Maiden. The Congregationalist said : Mrs. Woods was born in Ashburnham, June 5. 1808, of Christian parentage, and in her infancy was consecrated in baptism and faithfully instructed in the great truths of the Holy Scriptures. Her bodily weakness and infirmities growing out of that insidious, incurable disease, consumption, with which for a long period of years she was afflicted, seemed to be sanctified to her, ministering by the blessing of God most manifestly to the health of her soul and to the great in- CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH. 215 crease and fruitfulness of her spiritual life. She was an earnest, faithful christian ; conscientious, devout, patient, dutiful and spiritually minded, having her affections set on things above. In her appointed sphere she steadfastly and faithfully served her Divine Lord, developing a character remarkable for its mellow, chastened tone, its universally devout, heavenly spirit, and its fruitfulness in all the Christian graces; in a word, for its beautiful symmetry, rather than for the singular prominence of any particular virtue; the constant, even tenor of a good life. Her peaceful end, full of comfort and of hope, was but the befitting termination of a life of sweet serenity and trust in God, so beautifully portrayed in that favorite Psalm of hers, — the 23d, — which had been as the light of Heaven to her during her pilgrimage, and for which she called for her consolation as she was nearing the entrance of the valley. Her consistent life is the most precious memorial she could have left as a legacy to bereaved friends. It was said, " But few in the quiet village where she passed the last years, knew what a life of singular sweetness and beauty has faded from their midst." On the afternoon of August 20, all of her that could die, was laid in a lovely spot beside her departed ones, in Ashburnham cemetery, to slumber till the Resurrection. Then she will come forth, — not in that faded form we laid in the grave, but in the resplendant beauty of transforma- tion which shall clothe her with a body like unto Christ's glorious body. 33. Klisabeth Caldwell, daughter of John Caldwell n, and Mary (Green,) born March 15, 1810, married Elbridge Stimson, June 5, 1833 ; lived at Ashburnham. Children : Charles T. Albert. In Ashburnham, Nov'r 15, 187S, Elisabeth Caldwell Stimson, wife of Elbridge Stimson, aged 68 years 8 months During her long and useful life in this town, all who knew her will bear witness to the excellence of her character, manifested in the true wife, the affectionate mother, the exemplary Christian, the esteemed neighbor. Professing her faith in Christ in 18^2, she maintained throughout her 2l6 CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH christian course, serenity of spirit and purpose. That which was hidden under the quiet, unassuming manner, became more prominently revealed in a life of patient sub- mission to the Will of God. Her devotion to her husband, her love for her son and his family, who were with her during her last hours, will ever be remembered. Suddenly stricken under great physical weakness, she leaned upon the Strong Arm, and passed to her rest. 34. John Snow, son of Lucy (Caldwell) 12 and Capt. Timothy Snow, born Jan. 13, 1803, married July 21, 1827, Hannah Marshall ; she was born in Lunenberg, Oct. 14 1814, daughter of John and Abigail (Bicknell) Marshall. They lived in Townsend, where he died, leaving two children : Charles, of Westfield. Elbridge, of Boston. 35. Anna Farwell Snow, daughter of Lucy (Caldwell) 12 and Capt. Timothy Snow, born Nov. 20, 1806; m. at Marlboro, April 8, 1830, Turner Jones ; he was born in Lunenberg, Sept. 7, 1803, theson of John and Mary Turner Jones. Their home was at Townsend. Children : Lucy A. born May 27, 1835. Henry Boardman, born Jan. 15, 1838. Charlotte Elisabeth, born Aug. 31, 1841. Martha Augusta, " " Mary Turner, b. Sept. 6, 1843, m. Elbridge Bruce. 36. Thomas Caldwell, son of Capt. Enoch 13 and Bet- sey (Carter,) born in Lunenberg, Feb. 25, 1815. He m. in Fitchburg, June 25, 1838, Charlotte, dau. of Jonas Mar- shall. Children : William Marshall, b. Sept. 1839, d. Jan. 27, 1840. William Marshall, b. Jan. 2, 1841 ; enlisted in Co. A. 53d Reg; re-enlisted in Co. F. 57th Reg.; killed in Battle of Wilderness, May 6, 1864. Charlotte E. born March 5, 1843. Abbie, boni 1847, died 1848. Eliot L. born Sept. 14, 185 1. Emily M. born April 8, 1854. Louisa W. born April 13, 1856. CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH 217 37. Mary J. Caldwell, dau. Capt. Enoch 13 and Betsey (Carter) born Jan. 15, 1825, m. June 25, 1846, Henry Jew- e.tt, and lived at East Lexington. Children : Henry Caldwell. Edward Thomas. Eliza Caldwell. Arthur Henry. Jennie Frances. 38. Lucy A. Kent, dau. of Charles Kent 18 and Elisa- beth (Prince,) and grandaughter of Eucy (Caldwell) 6 and Justin Kent, born 1822, married Thomas Goldthwaite Caldwell, son of Stephen 9 and Catherine Goldthwaite (Powell.) The children: Edward, died early. Elisabeth A. born 1847, m. Wm. B. Hunneman. Arthur, died early. Charles Goldthwaite. EIGHTH GENERATION. 39. Katherine Sophia Carter, daughter of Elisabeth Jane (Caldwell) 21 and Judge Henry Carter, and grand- daughter of Stephen Caldwell 9 and Catherine Goldthwaite (Powell,) born at Bridgton, Maine, Oct. n, 1840, m. John Corson, at Bradford, Mass., June 13, 1871. Mrs. Corson devoted her life, before marriage, to music; was a teacher at the South, also at Gorham Academy, Maine ; had private classes, and taught by chart in public schools ; was a salaried quartette singer, and a teacher of singing schools, and lectured on the Voice. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Corson : Henry Carter, born June 25, 1872, in Bradford; Harvard College, 1895 ; died 1896, aged 24 yrs. Charles Emerson, b. Aug. 15, 1879, in Haverhill; Harvard College. Henry Carter Corson, the eldest of the two sons, took honors at Harvard Col. in Greek, (of which he was a most successful teacher,) Physics, Latin and History. In Sep- tember after his graduation, he was elected Sub-Master of the High School, Willimantie, Ct. He died, 1896, after five days' illness. There was great grief wherever he was known. Greatly beloved for his social qualities and rare 2l8 CALDWKLL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH. christian character ; always courteous to all of whatever station, helpful to the aged, the unprepossessing and the disagreeable. No death in Haverhill ever startled the community more, or quickened greater sympathy. Boston Cambridge, Willimantic, sent letters of sympathy and pro- fusions of flowers lor his grave. Charles Emerson Corson, the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Carter, for two years received the Nichols Scholar- ship at Harvard College ; member of Harvard Varsity Glee Club ; Appleton Chapel choir ; Christ's Church choir. In 1899, he and the son of Ex-Senator Bruce, were the two of the eight Directors elected by his class of more than 500, of the Randal Club Dining Rooms, — a tribute not only to his good sense but to his business abilities. 40. Capt. Robert G. Carter, son of Elisabeth Jane (Caldwell) 21 and Judge Htnry Carter, grandson of Ste- phen Caldwell 9 and Catherine Goldthwaite (Powell,) born at Bridgton, Maine, Oct. 29, 1846; U. S. N., retired. Home at Washington, D. C. He married Mary Maria Smith, born April 18, 1847, at Gill, Mass., married at Ashuelot, N. H., Sept. 4, 1870. She was the daughter of David Dexter Smith and Mary (Roberts,) and resided at Lowell. The children : Mellie Richardson, born June 21, 1871, at Fort Richardson, Texas ; educated at the public schools of Newton ; Post School at West Point ; Amherst, Mass.; High School Washington. Bessie Richardson, born Nov. 14, 1872, at Fort Richardson, Texas ; school recoid the same as Mellie; married E. C.Campbell, March, 1894; resides at Washington. Robert Dexter, born Aug. 10, 1876, at Newton ville, Mass.; school, at Amherst ; Business High School at Washington ; Illustrative Artist by profession ; Clerk, O. M. Dept. Manilla, P. I. at Gen. Lawton's Hd Qrs. 1st Div. 8th A. C. He married Jan. 16, 1899, Helen Flint Wright, Washington, D. C. Xatilie Powell, born May 30, 1S66, at Amherst, Ms. CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH. 219 41. Prof. George C. Caldwell, son of Rev. Jacob 27 and Mary A. (Patch,) born in Framingham, Aug. 14, 1834; gr. at Lawrence Scientific School ; pursued his studies in Germany; Prof, of Chemistry in Cornell Univ. Ithaca, New York. He married at Yellow Springs, Ohio, August 25, 1861, Rebecca E. Wilmarth. They have two children : Frank Cary, born 1869. Grace Wilmarth, born 1871. 42. Charles Edmund Caldwell, son of John Caldwell 30 and Abigail G. (Fuller,) grandson of John 11 and Mary (Green) Caldwell, born July 9, 1833, at Ashbur'nham ; died at Melrose, Fla., Dec. 31, 1903. He married Melissa Samantha Morgan, Sept. 28, 1856 ; she was born in Putney, Vt., July 30, 1834. Mrs. Caldwell was a descendant of Miles Morgan, one of the earliest settlers [1656] of Spring- field, and associated with Gov. Pynchon in the develop- ment of the early town. The Springfield Daily Republican recorded the sudden departure of Mr. Caldwell, in its issue of Jan. 1, 1904 : — The death of Charles Edmund Caldwell, formerly a Springfield resident and the father of Winford N. Caldwell of this city, President of the American Writing Paper Co., occurred yesterday, [Dec. 31,] at Melrose, Fla. According to the dispatch received by President Caldwell, he died suddenly at his winter home. Mr. Caldwell was born in Ashburnham, July 9, 1833. After 1856 he was a resident of Springfield, an Engineer on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford R. R. He afterward retired to the orange farm at Melrose, Fla. where he has resided about 15 years. The son, and only child, of Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell : Winford Newman, born at Springfield, July 26, 1857; married Fannie Louise Houston, May 22, 1883 ; she was born in Springfield, July 9, 1863. Mr. Winford N. Caldwell is one of busy Springfield's leading and energetic citizens. His native wisdom and integrity give him the esteem and rtspect of the city. His business career is briefly given on the following page : — 220 CAI.DWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH Winford N. Caldwell, the son of Charles Edmund and Melissa S. (Morgan) Caldwell, 42, was born, [as will be seen by the previous page,] at Springfield, July 26, 1857 ; he married Fannie Louise Houston, May 22, 1883. She was born in Springfield, July 9, 1863. Their children: Ruth Houston, born at Springfield, July 2, 1889. Charles Morgan, born at Springfield, Aug. i, 1894. Winford N. Caldwell was educated at the Grammar and High Schools of Springfield. Began his business career at the Springfield Institution for Savings, May, 1873 ; Book keeper in office of Riverside Paper Co., Holyoke, Mass., July, 1882 ; Afterwards became the Treasurer of the Company ; In 1899, there was a consolidation, by purchase, of about 80 per cent of the Writing Paper Mills, then in existence, and Mr. Caldwell was made — The General Manager of this Company ; and he is now the — President as well as General Manager of the Co. It is known as the " American Writing Paper Company," Holyoke, Mass., and as its various Divisions may have a historic interest in the years to come, we weave the list into these pages of Caldwell records and associations: — See page 221 : — WINFORD N. CALDWELL, President and General Manager of the American Writing Paper Company Holyoke, Mass. CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH 221 Mmnxiaxt Briiing JPapn: Qtompang. HOLYOKE, MASS. Winford N. Caldwell, President and General Manager. Divisions : i Agawam Paper Co. 2 Albion Paper Co. 3 Beebe & Holbrook Co. 4 Chester Paper Co. 5 Crocker Mfg Co. 6 G. R. Dickinson P'r Co. 7 G. K. Baird Paper Co. 8 Geo. C- Gill Paper Co. 9 Harding Paper Co. io Holyoke Paper Co. ii Hurlburt Paper Mfg Co. 12 Linden Paper Co. 13 Mt Tom Paper Co. 14 Nonotuck Paper Co. 15 Norman Paper Co. 16 Oakland Paper Co. 17 Parsons Paper Co. 18 Platner & Porter Mfg Co. 19 Riverside Paper Mfg Co. 20 Shattuck & Babcock, Co. 21 Syms & Dudley Pa'r Co. 22 Wauregan Paper Co. 23 Windsor Paper Co. Mittineague, Mass. Holyoke, Mass. Holyoke, Mass. Huntington, Mass. Holyoke, Mass. Holyoke, Mass. Lee, Mass. Holyoke, Mass. Franklin, Ohio. Holyoke, Mass. South Lee, Mass. Holyoke, Mass. Holyoke, Mass. Holyoke, Mass. Holyoke, Mass. Manchester, Ct. Holyoke, Mass. Unionville, Ct. Holyoke, Mass. De Pere, Wis. Watervliet, Mich. Holyoke, Mass. Windsor Locks, Ct Mills >9 Mills 222 CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH We now return to John Caldwell 8 [page 201 J and Ruth (Gleason,) his wife ; and the following pages, col- lected and furnished kindly and carefully by Mr. John A. Caldwell of Boston, and his sister, Mrs. Georgianna L,. (Caldwell) Kyes, of Ipswich, will prove a valuable addi- tion to the Burlington Branch of our great Family : John Caldwell, grandson of Jacob 19 and Anna (Hast- ings) Caldwell, [see pages 49 and 195,] and son of John Caldwell of Burlington, [p. 197, Fifth Gen.] born at Bur- lington, 1771, died 1853, aged 82 years; married Ruth Gleason, born at Bedford, Sept. 24. 1772, died Nov. 1, 1859, aged 87 years. Mrs. George J. Munroe, of Woburn, has in her possession a sampler worked by Ruth Gleason, in the 16th year of her age. The children of John and Ruth (Gleason) Caldwell: John, born 1793, m. Catherine Smith, or Shmidt. Isaac, born 1797, died 1856, unm. Samuel, married Eliza Ann Sawyer. Jeptha, born 1804, married Maria Kittridge. Ruth, married Joshua Rich. Martha, born 1813, married Jacob Munroe. Almira, born 1818, married Samuel C. Skelton. Matilda, married Bartholomew Raymond. Royal, married and had one son. Jonas, died when a young man, unm. John Caldwell, son of John and Ruth (Gleason) Cald- well, born 1793, died 1872 ; married Catherine Smith of Boston, born 1802, died 1852. She was buried at Mount Auburn., beside her mother. They settled at Charlestown, High St., very near the monument. A few } ears after Mrs. Caldwell's death, Mr. Caldwell built a new house at Burlington and moved his family there He in. [2] Mrs. Bosworth, of Woburn ; a widow with two daughters. Children of John and Catherine : George Anderson, born 1824, m Frances Lakeman. Eliza Hammond born 1827, m. Wm. Luninius Lord. John Gleason, born 1833 m. Abbie Lord Harriet Ann, born 1887, m Charles M. Allen. Moses, unmarried. William H. unmarried. Kat^ Smith, born 1839. William Francis, born 1844, m. Nellie A 'lams. CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH. 223 George Anderson Caldwell, son of John and Catherine (Smith) Caldwell, born 1824, died 1887; married Frances Lakeman, of Brighton, and settled at Charlestown. — He was one of the original members of the Charlestown City Guards, and during the Civil War served in the Eleventh Reg. Co. I, of Charlestown. Of their thirteen children six lived to maturity : — George. William. Elisabeth. Edward. Caroline. Fred. Eliza Hammond Caldwell, daughter of John and Cath- erine (Smith) Caldwell., born 1827, died 1774; married William Lummus Lord, of Ipswich ; they settled at Charlestown, afterward lived at Ipswich. Their only child : Kate Lizzie, born April 16, 1855, died Sept. 14, 1889, married Walter E. Lord, settled at Ipswich. John Gleason Caldwell, son of John and Catherine (Smith) Caldwell, born Feb. 13, 1833, died Oct. 12, 1881 ; married Abbie Lord, daughter of Josiah and Elisabeth (Kimball) Lord, of Ipswich, born May 8, 1835, died Oct. 8, 1903. Three children were born to them : Georgianna Lord, born Jan. 14, 1855, married Frank W. Kyes, D. D. S. Edward Raymond, born April 16, i860, married Annetta Adams. John Anderson, born Jan. 29, 1870, married Mary E. Holbrook. John Gleason Caldwell spent three years of his early life at Barbadoes and Trjnidad, W. I., in the employ of his uncle, Jacob Hittinger, pioneer ice merchant. He was a soldier in the Civil War, served in the 23d Reg. Co. B. of Marblehead, having enlisted in June, 1861. The following tribute to Mrs. Caldwell appeared in print, the morning after her departure : Ipswich, Oct. 9, 1903. Mrs. Abby Lord Caldwell passed away yesterday at noon, at the age of 68 yrs. and 5 months. Although Mrs. Caldwell had been ill several months, and her friends knew only too well that she was slipping away CALUWKLL. THK BURLINGTON" BRANCff. from them, the end came very suddenly and unexpectedly. Before medical aid could reach her, she had ''fallen on sleep." Mrs. Caldwell has suffered intensely, but all the pain and weariness have been borne with the sweet patience and brave cheerfulness, which have been prominent traits in her beautiful life. Prompted by that mother love which puts self always last, she has tried to hide her sufferings,, that the children who idolized her might be spared as much as possible. In all relations in life, she was a true and noble woman ; quiet and gentle of disposition ; and with an inate refine- ment that made her especially charming. While her first thought was for her home and its dear ones, she always had a ready sympathy for all who needed help by word or deed. Her nature was responsive to all that is good ; a woman of rare virtue whose worth is "far above rubies." Mrs. Caldwell was born in Ipswich, May 8, 1835, and nearly all her life her home has been in the quiet neighbor- hood on High street. She was the daughter of the late Josiah Lord. She became the wife of John G. Caldwell, whose death, resulting from an accident, occurred in Oct. 1881. Three children were born to them, the older son dying a few years after his father passed away. Two chil- dren, Mrs. F. W. Kyes and John A. Caldwell are still living. Mrs. Caldwell spent the summer with these chil- dren at Sunapee, but failed very rapidly after her return to Ipswich. Georgianna L. Caldwell, dan. of John G and Abbie (Lord) Caldwell, married Frank Winslow Kyes, D. U. S. of Peterboro, N. H. They now reside at Ipswich, on High street, at the home once owned by her father. Edward R. Caldwell, son of John G. and Abbie (Lord) Caldwell, married Annetta Adnms.of Auburn, Me. July 10, [888. Mrs. Caldwell died at Brownstown, Jamaica, March 27, 1893, (very suddenly, of heart failure ) while there for Mr. Caldwell's health. Mr. Caldwell died at his old home, at Ipswich. Sept. 15, 1895. The death ot his wife was a great shock to him, from which he never recovered. So calm, so fearless was his waiting for the messenger, that his last good-bye, seemed as if he were starting on a pleasant journey ; and to his last conscious CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH moment, he was eager to see his friends, several of whom came from a long distance for a last word with him whom everybody loved. John Anderson Caldwell, son of John Gleason and Abbie (Lord) Caldwell, born Jan. 29, 1S70, married, at Ipswich, Mary Elisabeth Holbrook, who was born in Burke Co. Georgia, present town of Keysville Mr. Caldwell was admitted to the firm of Armstrong, Schirmer & Co., Bank- ers and Brokers, Boston, Sept. 1, 1902 ; he resides at Winchester. The children: John Edward, born Sept. 20, 1896. Wellington Lord, born Sept. 8, 1898. Ruth, born Sept. 1, 1899. Curtis Holbrook, born June 2, 1901. Richard Kyes, born Dec. 6, 1903. William F. Caldwell, son of John and Catherine (Smith) Caldwell, born May 30, 1844, married Nellie Adams of Cambridge, lived for a few years at Charlestown, then settled at Lexington. Samuel Caldwell, son of John and Ruth (Gleason) Caldwell, married Eliza Ann Sawyer. Their children: Adrianna Eliza, born August ir, 1827. Samuel Gleason, born May 9, 1829. Julia Ann Frances, born April 8, 1833. Royal Augustus, born Sept. 20, 1836. Julia Ann, born April 20, 1840. Eliza Frances, born Oct. 1842. Caroline Matilda, born Sept. 20, 1846. Eliza Frances Caldwell, dau. of Samuel and Eliza Ann (Sawyer,) Caldwell, m. George E. Fowle. Their children: Carrie Augusta, born May 31, 1866. Julia Sawyer, born Sept. 9, 1868. Willard Kingsley, born May 1, 1870. Parker Caldwell, born Aug. 24, 1873. Lylie Perham, born Aug. 6, 1876. Fred Warren, born July 17, 1878. John, born June 26, 1880. 224 CALDWELL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH Caroline M. Caldwell, dau. of Samuel and Eliza Ann (Sawyer) Caldwell, married William H. Pound. Their children: William Herbert, born Feb. 2, 1872. George Edward, born Aug 31, 1873. Frederick Horace, born Feb. 4, 1877. Arthur Wellesley, born Sept. 4, 1880. Grace Whitcomb, born May 5, 1885. Samuel Caldwell, son of Samuel and Eliza Ann (Saw- yer) Caldwell, married Sarah F. Dearborn. Children : Susan Frances, born July 8, 1855. Angie Isabel, born Jan. 10, 1857. Charles Samuel, born 27, 1858. Frederick Herbert, born Sept. 8, i860. Annie, born 1864. Edward Herbert, born Oct. 4, 1867. Jeptha Caldwell, son of John and Ruth (Gleason) Cald- well, born 1804, died 1881, married Maria Kittredge, dau. of Dr. Francis Kittredge, of Woburn ; they settled at Woburn. There were several children, — three only lived to maturity : Maria F. born Dec. 1841, m. Mr. Kimball; lives in Lynn ; one son, lives in New York. Charles H. born May, 1848. m. and has 2 dau'rs. Mary E. born Feb. 1851, died Sept. 1881. Ruth Caldwell, dau. of John and Ruth (Gleason) Cald- well, married Joshua Rich and lived in Maiden. Children : Hannah Knowles, m. Levi F. Stevens. Julia, twin, m. Elisha Littlefield. Jerome, twin, m. Emily Spofford. Jonas Caldwell, unmarried. Hannah Knowles Rich, dau. of Joshua and Ruth (Cald- well) Rich, married Levi F. Stevens, of Truro, Mass.; they lived at Somerville. Children : Herbert Franklin. Julia. Emma. CALDWELL- THE BURLINGTON BRANCH. 225 Herbert Franklin Stevens, son of Hannah Knowles (Rich) and Levi Franklin Stevens, m. Jennie Lathrop, of Charlestown ; they live at Passaic, N. J. Children : Marjorie. Bessie Worthen. Herbert Chester. Julia Stevens, daughter of Hannah Knowles (Rich) and Levi Franklin Stevens, married Walter Sanborn, of Somerville ; they have two sons : Herbert Stevens Sanborn. Arthur Howard Sanborn. Emma Stevens, daughter of Hannah Knowles ( Rich) and Levi Franklin Stevens, married Arthur W. Glines, of Somerville. Jerome Rich, son of Ruth (Caldwell) and Joshua Rich, married Emily Spofford, of Bakersfield, Vt. Their son : Jonas Gaylord Rich, lives in Minneapolis, Minn. Martha Caldwell, daughter of John and Ruth (Gleason) Caldwell, born in Burlington, March 28, 1813 ; married Jacob Munroe, of Burlington, May 31, 1836. In 1867, they sold their Burlington property, and removed to their new residence on Academy Hill, Woburn. Died in Woburn, June 25, 1892. Their children : George Jacob, m. Sarah Maria Nichols. John Ishmael, m. Ada Wright Trull. George Jacob Munroe, son of Martha (Caldwell) and Jacob Munroe, born in Burlington, March 28, 1837. — Married Sarah Maria Nichols, of Woburn, Dec. 29, 1869. Died Nov. 23, 1891. Seven Children born in Woburn : Edith Marion, born Nov. 9, 1870. Florence Lydia, born Aug. 29, 1872 ; A. B , Wellesley, 1893. Martha Ada, born December 7, 1874; Wellesley, '92-'94. George Chalmers, born July 18. 1877. Bertha Nichols, born May 25, 1S80 ; Smith College, 1898-1900 ; married, April 6, 1903, Dr. Arthur Linwood Parker, of Concord, N. H. CALDWKLL. THE BURLINGTON BRANCH. Harold Knapp, born July 10, 1884; M. I. T. '06. Ralph Milton, born Sept. 6, 1886. John Ishmael Munroe, son of Martha (Caldwell) and Jacob Munroe, born in Burlington, May 14, 1839; married Ada Wrigot Trull, of Woburn, June 13, 1867 ; died Oct. 3, 1898. Two children : John Trull, born in Woburn, May 13, 1868 ; died Aug. 22, 1868. Elisabeth Trull, born in Woburn, Jan 19, 1870; died May 10, 1886. Ahnira Caldwell, daughter of John and Ruth (Gleason) Caldwell, born Sept. 15, 1818, died Sept. 3, 1887 ; married Samuel C. Skelton, July 3, 1838 ; lived on Academy Hill, Woburn. Of their four children, two lived to maturity : Melina, born Jan. 22, 1846, m. James Skinner. Samuel, born March 10, 1850 ; unm. Melina Skelton, dau. of Samuel C. and Almira (Cald- well) Skelton, married James Skinner, a successful leather manufacturer of Woburn, Nov. 4, 1869. Their children : Mabel Lauraine, b. Aug. 15, 1870, m. C. G. Lund. James Lambton, b. May 26, 1873, d. Aug. 15, 1896. Annie Almira, born Nov. 15, 1877. Maud Melina, born March 4, 1880. Mabel Lauraine Skinner, dau. of James and Melina (Skelton) Skinner, married Charles G. Lund, of Woburn, Nov. 4, 1891 ; they reside at Montvale Ave. Woburn. Their children : Charles G. born Sept. 1, 1892. Kleanor, born Aug. 19, 1895. Matilda Caldwell, daughter of John and Ruth (G'eason) Caldwell, married Bartholomew Raymond; one son : Edward Everett, m. Maria Centre ; he d. at 23 yrs. Royal Caldwell, son of John and Ruth (Gleason) Cald- well, married and had one son : — Calvin. CALDWKI.L. THE BUKMNGTON BRANCH Of Edward Raymond Caldwell, son of John G. and Abbie (Lord) Caldwell, we find the following memorial in the Chronicle of Ipswich, Sept. 20, 1895 : [Extracts :] Mr. Caldwell was born in Ipswich on the 18th of April, i860. His father died 14 years ago, and his widowed mother was regarded with tender solicitude. Mr. Caldwell was educated in our public schools, and was an apt and promising pupil. On leaving school he entered the employ of E. F. Brown; and after acquiring a practical knowledge of the drug business, went to Glouces- ter, where he was employed several years. He then went to Brockton, where the last 12 years of his life were spent. * * Mr. Caldwell returned from the West Indies [whith- er he went in search of health,] but he failed rapidly. Last autumn he went to California, in the hope of prolong- ing life, but lived only ten weeks after his return. * * The funeral service was on Thursday afternoon, from his home on High street, and was attended by a mul- titude who filled the house and overflowed upon the side- walk. The abundance of the floral offerings, testified not only to the great number of friends, but also to the fra- grant memories of the deceased. Delegations were present from the Brockton Lodge, F. and A. M.; fiom John T. Heard Lodge, Ipswich; and from Syracuse Lodge, K. of P. The beautiful Masonic ritual was read by the Brockton delegates, as the long cortege stood upon the hillside of the ancient graveyard, with the soit September sun glancing lovingly upon the casket of the gentle sleeper. No sound broke the stillness but the solemn voice of the reader, and the occasional lallino: of the early Autumn leaf * * Jfc ; 226 CAl^DWEL,!,. ERRATA. Corrections. — Additions. Page 156. (120) Albert Henry Caldwell, d. June 20, 1893. Frances Augusta, his wife, d. Aug. 22, 1887. Page 186. (171) Children of Arthur Hallett Caldwell: Francis Sweetser, b. Feb. 20, 1890. William Sharswood Ellison, b. May 11, 1802 Page 186. (172) Children of Abby Frances (Caldwell) and Horatio Bates : Marjory, b. June 16, 1896. Caldwell Clement, born Dec. 15, 1898. died March 21, 1901. Page 187. (173) Eben Caldwell, born April 4, 1861, m. Kate V. Laughlin. Children: Harold San Yorx, born Dec. n, 1888. Kenneth Furber, b. Aug. 10, 1892. Page 187. (174) Henry Caldwell Robinson, his son, — Harold Long, born March 30, 1889. CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 227 ©afdtoerf. 0if©rd, fflairas. John and Dolly Hoyt Caldwell, Fourth Generation. By Mrs. Sumner Kimball, Lovell, Maine. John Caldwell, 1746-1813, Oxford, Maine, a descendant, fourth generation, of John and Sarah Dillingham Cald- well, 1654, was born, as were his parents and grandparents, at Ipswich, Mass. He was the son of William and Lydia Lull Caldwell, (page 50,) who, at their marriage, rented rooms in the Lull House on High street ; and later pur- chased this house for their permanent home ; and here John, their seventh child, was born, March, 1746. On the fourth day of that month, the new-born babe was carried to the Meeting-house, and was christened John, by the Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, a minister of "sweet peace, true greatness and prevailing prayer," [see his tombstone.] At the age of 24 years John Caldwell married Dolly Hoyt, of Rowley. The wedding was in Ipswich, May 31, 177 1, and the officiating clergyman was the Rev. Joseph Dana, D. D., of the South Church, a man, like Mr. Rogers, greatly endeared and long remembered by his Parish. The newly married pair lived a little while in Ipswich, then moved to Salem; later they chose Haverhill for a home. Finally, they were induced to move to Hebron, — now called Oxford, — Maine, and it became the permanent and apparently the much loved home of the family; and the centre from which scores of families have scattered, and have been recognized for their intellectual and spirit- ual worth. The following pages will include more than a hundred families whose worthy origin can be traced to the pleasant homestead at Oxford. The three generations that preceded John and Dolly Hoyt Caldwell, in Ipswich, were: First Generation : John and Sarah Dillingham Caldwell, page 42. Second Generation: John and Sarah Foster Caldwell, page 42. 228. CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. Third Generation : William and Lydia Lull Caldwell, page 50. And the story of the Fourth, — John and Dolly Hoyt Cald- well, and their multiplied children, will occupy the follow- ing pages. The children of John Caldwell I, ( 1st of the Oxford line,) and Dolly Hoyt, his wife, were five in number ; and we give them with such dates and references as we are able to glean from records and traditions: (the numerals prefixed to the names of the children, indicating that they will ap- pear in the next generation with more complete history.) 2 John, born 1772, married Sarah Merrill, of Gray, died at Andover, Me., July 9, 1854, aged 82 yrs. 6 mos. 3 Philip, born Dec. 2, 1773, m. Susan Perkins, 1798. 4 William, born Oct. 1, 1775, m. Nancy Woodward. 5 Polly, born at Oxford, July 15, 1782, m. Rev. Dan Perry. Dolly, m. Rev. Joseph Ricker, d. at Oxford, 1802. Of the old homestead at Oxford, to which our earliest ancestor came, we have the following historic story, from the pen of Mrs. Ellen (Caldwell) Thompson, of Keyser, West Virginia, dated June 20, 1899. It will be read with a living interest, as it gives glimpses of all the occupants of the old home from its earliest possession to present date. Reminiscences of the Old Homestead, at Oxford. Mrs. Ellen C. Thompson. To the living members of the Caldwell family, born and reared in the old home, there is a special interest in the new edition of the Genealogical Records. My great-grandfather and his wife, John and Dolly Hoyt Caldwell, were the first of the Ipswich Caldwells to become residents of Maine. They settled upon land for which he probably received a patent from the State, and which was then included in the town of Hebron, and so remained until years after their death ; it was then included in the new town of Oxford. My great uncles, John and Philip, settled on farms near their parents. The farm of John was no doubt a part of CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 229 the original tract taken up by his father ; and in my girl- hood it became again, by purchase, a part of the original homestead, and has so remained. To us who were asso- ciated with and shared the sports of his grandchildren, it will always be the "Uncle John Farm." My greatgrand- father's youngest son, William, who was my grandfather, remained at home, carrying on the farm "at the halves." At the death of his parents the farm became his. John Caldwell, Senior, was a cabinet maker; there are today children of the fifth generation who regard the tall chest of drawers in their father's house, as a monument of antiquity. It is also a monument to the skill and faith- fulness of their great-great-grandfather ; for though a cen- tury and more has passed since he constructed the chest, it is as strong and substantial as when new. My great aunts, Polly and Dolly, married clergymen. Of Dolly I find only this record : " Married Rev. Joseph Ricker ; died at Oxford, about 1802." That was ninety- seven years ago ; but I have an indistinct recollection of a grave by her parents side, at the head of which was a dilapidated headstone sacred to her memory. Her parents followed her in a few years, my great-grand father's death occurring Dec. x6, 1813, at the age of 67 ; and Dolly, his wife departed Dec. 19, 1S15, aged 74 years. The house which my ancestor built was after the style of his time, the frame being of hewn timbers, and larger than those in use for the same purpose at this day. It had a huge chimney in the center which, with its big open fire- places, warmed the two "front rooms," and the commodi- ous kitchen in the rear. It had five windows in each gable, two of them being of the ordinary size with upper and lower sashes, and the other three of half the size, with stationary sash ; one of them being in the middle over the other windows, and the other two out at either side, light- ing a little "cuddy" under the eaves. My grandparents, William and Nancj 7 Woodward Cald- well, here reared their family of three sons and a daughter. Tht education which they received was attained through much sacrifice and many struggles, but they were fitted as few others have been for usefulness. It was in this same old heme that my parents, Leonard and Hannah Farrington Caldwell, trained their children 230 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. and spent the greater part of their lives. About the time of their marriage, an extension was built to the old house. The two families were thus more comfortably accommo- dated To us, as children, even the old garret had many charms. In the "blue chamber" we would sometimes dis- play with pride the penciled autograph of Frank Pierce, a fellow-student and room mate at College of our uncle Zenas Caldwell, who taught the district school, boarded with our grandparents, and afterwards became the Presi- dent of the United States. We looked forward with eager anticipation to the annual visits of our uncle Merritt and aunt Rosamond; and our cousins who were about the same age as some of us. They came from Carlisle, Pa., and to us it was like a journey from foreign lands. They came to us from New Glouces- ter, the early home of Mrs. Caldwell, in a carryall with two horses. Their leave-taking was always sad ; such was the feebleness of my invalid grandmother, that there was the ever-present feeling that the meeting and parting would be the last. Grandmother was always frail, yet she outlived her husband and all her children but one. Grand- father died in 1862, at the age of 87 years. We have none but pleasant recollections of him. He lived in peace with God and man. Sterling integrity and sound judgment won for him the respect of all men. He lived to see one great-grandson, who was the third Leonard in the family. It was in the old home that the first great sorrow of their wedded lives came to my parents : Zenas Melville, whom I was too young to remember, died in 1839. In 1855, Emily Clark, the first born, died of consumption, aged 21. It was from this home that our eldest brother, Leonard Augustus, went to Minnesota to make for himself a home ; he married his cousin, Francena Cummings ; [his portrait and record is given on another leaf;] but after a year or two of successful endeavor and happy wedlock, he went to fill a soldier's grave in Memphis, Tenn. My youngest brother, W'illiam Farrington Caldwell, bears up the name of his ancestors, — William for his pa- ternal and Farrington for his maternal grandfather. He was born April 28, 1840. In 1 86 r . he married Mehitable Winship. of Otisfield, Maine. He took her to his father's home, as his lather and grandfather had taken their brides CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 231 before him. By the death of our father, in the fall of 1863, he was left with the responsibility of managing the large farm. With this inheritance there devolved upon him the care of our aged grandmother, our mother and younger sister Annie. There was bequeathed to him, also, the duty of sustaining the family altar, where several genera- tions of our family had, in their turn, bowed in prayer. Diffident in the extreme, and under-estimating his abilities, yet he took up his daily cross and conscientiously carried out the wishes of our dying father. Soon after our father's death, our grandmother was invi- ted to spend her remaining days with her daughter, Mrs. Nancy Clark, of Portland, Maine. From this home, after a year or two of suffering and triumph, her remains were brought to the old homestead and buried beside those of her husband, where repose the children, parents, grand- parents and great-grandparents. William was one of the great-grandchildren of John and Dolly Hoyt Caldwell, who took an interest in replacing the worn out headstones at their graves, in time to save the dates of departure. Our mother made frequent visits to her friends, but to her there was no place so attractive as the home of her son and his family, and her home, as well. A few years before our father's death, a new house had been built, from which, surrounded with comforts and the kind ministrations of son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren, she was taken, with almost the suddenness of translation, to her eternal home, aged 72 years. She was the last one of the name to be buried in our old graveyard. Of William's children, the two who have died are resting in a new and attractive enclosure, dignified by the name of Cemetery. Emily Agnes, the eldest child, a beautiful girl of fourteen, who was named for her aunt Emily, was the first to be buried in the new ground. A few years later, Guy Harold, aged five years, was laid by her side. In early life William was passionately fond of music ; and, had the opportunity been given, he would have ex- celled in this art. Circumstances and not choice seemed to decide his vocation ; but in later life his love and prac- tice of both music and painting, have proved a fund of pleasure for himself and his friends. The family, like 232 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. their ancestors, are Methodists ; and make themselves useful in the Church and Sunday School. What my brother William is to the Church as a christian, he is to town as a citizen ; his uprightness and honesty coupled with sound judgment, have led his fellow citizens to elect him to offices of trust and responsibility. The children are an honor to their parents. Prof. Adelbert F. Caldwell, the eldest son, is a popular and successful educator. The daughters, Minnie and Annie, are successful teachers; and Beatrice, the youngest, is a fine scholar, and an ambi- tious scholar. William Leonard, the youngest son, will no doubt remain at home to be the comfort of his parents and a blessing to the community. For some of the facts pertaining to the early history of our Maine ancestors, I am indebted to the Rev. John B. Pingree, now of Dundee, 111. He is now 86 years of age. His grandmother was Ruth Hoyt, sister of Dolly Hoyt Caldwell. At the age of seven years, he went to live with my grandparents and remained with them eight years. In a recent letter, referring to my grandmother, he wrote : — ' I am indebted to Mother Caldwell, under God, for all I have in character; and I venerate her memory more and more as the years go by." Referring to a visit at the home of my brother, several years since, he writes : " Oh, how much I did enjoy gofng over the old farm where my child feet had trotted so often, and especially where I had received such wonderful answers to prayer, — as at the big stone heap, in the ten acre lot, now all grown up to wood." So great a change has been wrought at the old farm by modern improvements and enlargements, that he was forced to add : " But I did miss the old house, the old barns and the corn house !" Keyser, W. Va., June 20, 1899. FIFTH GENERATION. 2. John Caldwell, son of John 1 and Dolly ( Hoyt, ) born about 1772, died at Andover, July 9, 1854, aged 82 years, 6 mos.; married Sarah Merrill, of Gray; she died at An- dover, June 8, 1867, aged 89 years, 4 months. He lived upon a farm in Hebron, adjoining his brother William, until [849. About that time his youngest son, Frederick, CALDWKLL. MAINE BRANCH. 233 came to him, and soon after he sold the estate to his neph- ew, Leonard Caldwell ; and John, and Frederick his son, went to Andover, where the remainder of his life was passed. John and Sarah (Merrill,) his wife, a most es- timable lady, lie buried in the Cemetery at Farmer's Hill, Andover. The children of John and Sarah (Merrill,) born at Hebron, now Oxford : 6 Melinda, born May 24, i8or, died at Anson, May 19, 1878, m. Thaddeus Greenwood. 7 Dolly, b. 1802 ; m. Luther Carman, died Nov. 1886 8 Aretas, b. Dec. 24, 1805, m. Augusta Maria Bearce, d. at West Paris, May 18, 1885. 9 Richard, b. March 21, 1806 ; m. at Paris, Betsey Caldwell, [see Betsey 19,] d. at Fryeburg, July 17, 1887. 10 Sophronia, born Dec. 15, 1809, m. [1] Wee- man, [2] Benj. Hutchings; d. at Chesterville, April 7, 1897. Solomon, b. Feb. 8, 1812, m. Vileria Wood ; d. at N. Waterford, Jan. 8, 1852, aged 39. See below. 11 William Harrison, b. March 21, 1814, m. Elisabeth McAllister; d. at Rumford Point, Feb. 14, 1895. 12 Sarah Jane, b. May 13, 1815, m. Preston Edwards, at Otisfield ; d. at Keene, N. H., Jan. 25, 1897. 13 Frederick, b. May 15, 1819 ; m. Harriet K. East- man ; d. Farmer's Hill, Andover, Oct. 26, 1903. Solomon Caldwell, son of John 2, was born Feb. 28, 18 13, married Vilera Wood ; died at North Waterford, Jan. 8, 1852, aged 39 years, 11 months. His wife died July 25, 1896, aged 77 years, 5 mos. He was the owner of a saw and stave mill, at Waterford ; and was regarded as a worthy, honest man. He left two daughters : Loella R. Caldwell, born June, 1844, died April 13, 1879, aged 34 years ; Flora Caldwell, born Jan. 1846, died Jan. 31, 1870, aged 24 years ; — they were both teachers, and won many friends. This entire family now lie side by side in the North Waterford Cemetery. 234 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 3. Philip Caldwell, son of John 1 and Dolly (Hoyt,) born at Hebron, Dec. 2, 1773; married Susan Perkins, March 12, 1798, died in South Paris, June 24, 1832. Susan Perkins was born at Middleborough, Mass., July 20, 1781, died May 15, 1861. Their homestead was a farm at South Paris. The children : 14 Wesley, born in Paris, Feb. 9, 1799; m. Margaret Ford Cushman. 15^ Lovina, born May 17, 1S01, m. Isaac Cummiugs, of Grey, died July 28,1885, at Canaan, Ct. 15^ Polly, born March 17, 1803, married John True. 16 John, born June 3, 1805, married [1] Maria Scribner [2] Catherine Foss. Susan, born June 9, died Sept. 9, 1807 17 Asbury, Methodist minister, born April 27, 1809, m. Olive E. Merrill, Kennebunk Port, died at Kennebunk, Dec. 1, 1841. 18 Isaiah, born March 18, 181 1, m. Lydia Ann Nelson. Maria P. born March 5, 1813, d. June 24, 1856. 19 Betsey, b. April 3, 1815, m. Richard Caldwell 9. 20 Caroline Perkins, b. Nov. 29. 1817, m. [1] Emmons Nelson, [2] Milton Abbott Straw. 21 Seth Cushman, born Jan. 22, 1822, married Eliza A. Cummins. Rev. Franklin P. (twin,) born Aprils, 1826, d. 1871. East Maine Conf. M. E. Church. Rebecca, (twin,) b. April 8, d. April 9, 1826. Angeline, b. Sept. 16, 1827, d. Sept. 16, 1831. 4. William Caldwell, son of John 1 and Dolly (Hoyt,) born Oct. 1, 1775; married Nancy Woodward ; she was born at No. Yarmouth, Jan. 27, 1781. married May 2, 1799; a lady of singular devotion to all that is Divine ; whose memory is held with rare reverence and love. A Memoir of Mrs. Caldwell has been printed and widely read ; it can be no surprise to those who have perused it, that a mother of such entire consecration, such utter self-surrender tc the Christ-life and labors, should have sons like the Zenas and Merritt whose names appear in the following family register : CALDWEI^. MAINS BRANCH. 235 The children of William 4 and Nancy (Woodward :) 22 Zenas, born in Hebron, March 31, 1800, died Dec. 21, 1826. Principal of Kents Hill Seminary, 1825. 23 Leonard, born Jan. 30, 1803; married Hannah Farrington, May 29, 1831. 24 Merritt , born Nov. 9, 1806, m. Rosamond R. Cush- man, Jan. 29, 1833 ; died at Portland, June 6, 1848. Principal of Kents Hill Seminary, 1828; Professor of Metaphysics and Political Economy Dickinson College, 1834. 24a Nancy, married Eliphalet Clark, M. D., Oct. 9, 1827; she was born April 25, 1809. Of William 4 and Nancy (Woodward) Caldwell, much has been written ; their children, too, have had many memorials, in volumes and folios : Of William 4, the husband and father beloved, the Rev. N. Hobart wrote : " A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor than silver and gold. In the community where he had resided from his youth, the name of Father Caldwell is revered. His life in uprightness and honor, is acknowledged to have been a remarkable and an unusual success. He was a venerable and a most worthy man ; and as he deserved, he shared largely the confidence and the esteem of his acquaintance. " Nearly seventy years since, Father Caldwell embraced religion and united with the Methodist Church. This relation was worthily sustained. He was steadfast and firm, leading a most quiet and peaceful life in godliness and honesty. Humbleness of mind and tenderness of spirit were prominent traits of his character." The same pen wrote of Mrs. Nancy (Woodward) Cald- well, — whose portrait included in these pages will be a most pleasant and desired treasure : " She embraced religion and united with the Methodist Church in her youth. For ardent piety her life has been remarkable. For more than fifty years she has borne open, unequivocal testimony to the great truth that the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth from all sin." The Rev. Gershom F. Cox, brother of the unforgotten missionary, Mellville B. Cox, wrote a memory of Mrs. Nancy Caldwell : 236 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. " With the mother of the Rev. Zenas and Prof. Merritt Caldwell, I was well acquainted ; and our acquaintance covered many years. The world would have called her beautiful and queenly. * * " Her way was the way of holiness. She gave me a his- tory of her spending a night in prayer. It was on this wise: vShe had been to the Camp Meeting; had labored hard in exhortation and prayer; but as ever she fell upon her knees in prayer, the temptation assailed her that the refreshing assurance that all was well would not be grant- ed her, and she would have to struggle all night in prayer. " All night it is !" she said. " But what will your friends say? What will wisdom say ?" But she had opened her mouth to the Lord and could not go back. The livelong- night she struggled against the temptation. When the day broke, like Jacob she found an answer to her prayer. From that hour onward she had no more struggle." We are not surprised that Mr. Cox added: " I have seen many saints but I think she stood at the head of her class among women." Mrs. Dr. Clark wrote of her mother : " Dear mother died away from her old home. * * She was remarkable for her Living Faith; her unwavering trust in the promises ; her controlling influence over others, that enabled her to turn many to righteousness." 5. Polly Caldwell, daughter of John 1 and Dolly Hoyt Caldwell, born at Oxford, July 15, 1782; married the Rev. Dan Perry, June 25, 1809. He was born at Rehoboth, Mass., Aug. 5, 1779; died at Oxford, Dec. 16, 1864 He was a Methodist minister ; commenced preaching in 1802 ; was stationed in various places by his Conference until 1809. He then settled at Oxford upon a farm given to Mrs. Perry by her father. In 1834 he again joined the M. E. Conference ; preached on various circuits until 1848. He then returned to Ox- ford and there passed the rest of his life, — and husband and wife are buried in the Cemetery of the town. Their children, born at Oxford : 25 John Jasiel, b. Aug. 2, 181 1, m. Sarah Allen. 26 Mary Caldwell, b. May 14, 1814, m. Emery Edes. MRS. NANCY (WOODWARD) CALDWELL. CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 237 Electa Elisabeth, born Aug. 22, 1816, died Dec 8, 1857, at Portland ; buried at East Oxford ; a most competent and independent woman. Lucy Izetta, born March 11, 1821 ; became the 2d wife of Obadiah Gould Cook. 27 Rev. Trueman Somerfield, clergyman of the Con- gregational Church, born Dec. 20,1826; Bow- doin College ; twice married. 28 Christiana S. born Sept. 24, 1829 ; married Obadiah Gould Cook, Dec. 26, 1854. SIXTH GENERATION. 6. Melinda Caldwell, daughter of John Caldwell 2 and Sarah (Merrill,) born at Hebron, May 24, 1801 ; died at Anson, May 18, 1898 ; married Nov. 4, i8f8, Thadeus Greenwood, born Jan. 14, 1793, died March 31, 1864. At the date of their marriage they made their home at Bethel; from thence they moved to Guilford, were they remained till 1828; they then chose Farmington for their resting place, and remained sixteen years ; in 1844 Industry be- came their abiding place for the remainder of life. Mr. Greenwood was a successful farmer, and accumula- ted a large property. Mrs. Greenwood was a truly wise and estimable helpmate. Her amiable and winsome dispos- ition gained for her everywhere a large cirele of acquain- tances. After the death of Mr. Greenwood, she passed her years of widowhood with her son Charles, and daughter — Mrs. Oscar Merry; and at her death her grave was made at Farmington Hill, beside her husband. Children of Melinda (Caldwell) and Thaddeus Greenwood : Albion Oriville, born June 26, 1820, died Oct. 26, 1843, in Georgia. Sarah Jane, born Oct. 8, 1822, died Feb. 16, 1849, at Industry. Melinda, born March 27, 1825, died March 10, 1828, at Guilford. 29 Hannibal, born at Guilford, June 23, 1827, died at Industry, Feb. 23, 1898. Melinda, born at Farmington, May 29, 1S29, died at Industry, May 1, 1849. Mary Ann, born at Farmington, Feb. 13, 1832, died at Industry, Aug. 11, 1847. 238 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 30 George Henry, born at Farmington, Oct. 18, 1834, died at Norridgewock, June 14, 1897. 31 Charles Mason, born at Farmington, March 14, 1837 died at Anson, Dec. 23.. 1899. 32 Caroline Augusta, b. at Farmington, Jan. 14, 1838. 33 Ellen Marion, b. at Farmington, Dec. 1, 1842. Martha Louisa, born at Industry, Jan. 23, 1845 ; died at Industry, Aug. 31, 1879. 7. Dolly Caldwell, daughter of John 2 and Sarah (Merrill,) born in Hebron, 1802; married Capt. Luther Carman ; died in Massachusetts, Nov. 1886, to which State she went after the death of her husband, and lived with her daughter. She was estimable in character; of more than ordinary industry, and always self-sacrificing. Capt. Luther Carman was born at Hebron, Sept. 1795. and died at Brighton, Nov. 1874. The children : An infant girl, d. e. Luther Milton, d. e. Francis Marion, d. e. Albion, d. e. 34 Amanda Malvina. Adelaide Veloski, m. Wilder Reede, of Auburn ; he died in Massachusetts, whither they moved. Thaddeus Sebeski, m. Helen M. Wing, of North Wayne. Several children. 35 Luther Stanhope, born Feb. 14, 1836, at Oxford. 36 Edward Preble, twin, b. Nov. 30, 1842. William Welch, twin, " died early. William Wallace, machinist, lives at Portland. Helen Marr, unmarried. Of Capt. Carman it was printed : Capt. Luther Carman, of Brighton, was born in Hebron, Sept. 1795. He was a direct descendant on his father's side, of the celebrated Scottish clan of Carmans. On his mother's side he was of Spanish descent. Capt. Carman was a man of great versatility and wonderful ingenuity. He was at various times respectively, — farmer, carpenter, cabinet maker, painter, iron founder and machinist, inven- tor of machines, teacher of music, organ manufacturer In 1S47 he moved from Oxford, where he had resided 15 years, to Harrison, and engaged in iron manufacture ; and CAI«DWEI,I,. MAINB BRANCH. 239 two years later he came to this place, and made it his home the remainder of his life. The leading pursuit of his life was that of Iron Founder and Machinist ; which business he carried on many years. As a proof of his surprising ingenuity, he, — without any assistance or knowledge of the art, save what he had "picked up," — constructed two church organs, each con- taining 400 pipes, built at odd jobs, of excellent tone as well as elaborate finish ; likewise a hand organ, of a capac- ity of twenty-four tunes ; was inventor and builder of shingle and threshing machines, a patent press, rotary steam engine, &c. As manufacturer of elegant cabinet work he had few superiors. Music was his delight, and he was once a teacher of singing and thorough bass. At Oxford he was Captain of the Independent Light Infantry. His remains were interred at Auburn. 8. Aretas Caldwell, son of John 2 and Sarah (Merrill) Caldwell, born at Hebron, Dec. 24, 1805, died at West Paris. May 18, 1895 ; married at Norway, Oct. 19, 1834. Augusta Maria Bearce, born at Bristol Aug. ir, 1814, died at Greenwood, Jan. 4. 1872. The children : the first seven were born at Oxford ; the last three at Greenwood : — Zarline Maria, born Dec. 31, 1836, m. at Boston Nov. 5, 1862, David Dexter Fisk; he d. May 13, 1896. 37 Sarah Merrill, born Aug. 14, 1838. 38 Charles Aretas, born July n, 1840. 39 George William Harrison, born April 22, 1842. Florence Elisabeth, born March 2, 1844 [see 39 ] Lucy Greely, born April 2, 1846, died Jan. 9, i860. (Poetical tribute, by Henry Young, — see following page.) Mary Ella, born Oct. 7, 1848, m. [1] Mr. Curtis ; [2] Mr Curtis; [3] A. R. Bucknam, West Paris. Her son S. Clarence Curtis, m. Olive Gerry, South Paris, live at Melrose. Julia Amelia, born Dec. 11, 1851. Samuel Jenkins, born Nov. 28, 1853. married Carrie Towne. of Norway ; live at East Saugus, Mass. Clarence Walter, b. Oct. 13, 1855, d. Jan. 31, 1891. 240 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. Lucy Q. Caldwell. Daughter of Aretas and A. Maria Caldwell. Died Jan. 9, i860. BY HENRY YOUNG. Dearest Lucy, unencumbered Has thy gentle spirit fled ; Must thy name so soon be numbered With the cold and silent dead ! Yes, we feel that we're bereaved Of our darling in her youth ; And, oh, how our hearts were grieved, When we heard the sad, sad truth ! Ever pleasant, ever loving, As a flower in its bloom, Was our sweet and darling Lucy, Ere we laid her in the tomb. Like a lily, all perfuming, By her sweet and winning way, — Like a rosebud in its blooming, She was snatched from us away. In the sick room of the others. She has all attention been; Father, mother, sisters, brothers. Have her love and kindness seen. Loved by every one who knew her, She has gone into the grave ; For his victim Death has seized her, And no human hand could save. Now Hallelujah she is singing In a happy, holy strain; And the heavenly sphere is winning, Free from every care and pain. Dearest Lucy, how we loved thee, — How we love thee, even now; Hard it is in meek submission To our Father's will to bow. But we bow in humble calmness, For our loss to her is gain ; Jesus called the child so harmless, Evermore with Him to reign. CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 241 And we hope ere long to meet her On the holy, happy shore; Oh ! the bliss when we shall greet her, Never to be parted more. 9. Richard Caldwell, son of John 2 andSarah (Merrill) Caldwell, born March 21, 1806, at Hebron, died July 17, 1887, at Fryeburg ; married, at Paris, by Rev. Mr. Pratt, Betsey Caldwell, born at South Paris, April 3, 1815 ; died at Rumford, 1840; she was the dau. of Philip 3, and Susan (Perkins) Caldwell, of South Paris. [See Betsey 19. J He married [2] Jan. 15, 1841, by Rev. E. S. Hopkins, Phebe Abbott Hutchins, born March 4, 1815, at Rumford, died April 16, 1865, at Lovell. She was the daughter of Hezekiah and Sally (Elliott) Hutchins, of Rumford. He married [3] March 22, 1868, by Rev. Joseph Smith, at Lovell, Mrs. Lydia (Ames) Webb, of Chatham, N. H., born Dec. 14, 1814, died Aug. 30, 1875, at Lovell ; she was the daughter of Stephen and Lydia (Head) Ames. He married [4] at South Chatham, N. H. by Ithiel E. Clay, Nov. 22, 1876, Mrs. Rebecca (Wyman) Bryant, born Feb. 7, 1819, died Oct. 13, 1S96, at Fryeburg. She was the daughter of Reuben and Sally (Walker) Wyman, of South Chatham. After his first marriage, Richard Caldwell went to Magalloway, to clear, for himself, a farm. There is yet the " Caldwell Landing" at this place. In 1836, he moved to Mechanic Falls, buying a large farm. At that date there was but one other house and home where the village now is. Four years later he moved to Rumford. In the spring of 1848, he chose Andover for his home, remaining until 1859, when he moved to Lovell. In 1875 he sold his Lovell estate and went to his daughter's home, at Bridgton. A little later he purchased a farm in Bridgton and remained upon it a number of years. Again he moved to West Fryeburg, and there passed the remainder of his days. He was from choice a farmer, and fully equal to all the suggestions and improvements of the life, never getting behind his neighbors in labors or successes. Of a jovial disposition, ready to listen or to tell a good sfory, — many of his witticisms are yet referred to by his large circle of friends. He held town offices, and was a leading member 242 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. of the Methodist Church. In his family he was kind, pleasant and good. His children loved him and greatly mourned his departure. The children: 40 Maria Elisabeth, born at Magalloway, Dec. 24, 1834 died at Lovell, Oct. 1, 1869. 41 Richard Oriville, b. at Mechanic Falls, July 17, 1837 42 George Edwin, b. at Rumford, April 14, 1840. 43 Lucy Adelphia, born Nov. 30, 1844, d. at Bridglon, May 17, 1876. Mary Cordelia, born at Rumford, March 7, 1847, m. her cousin, C. M. Greenwood; died at Anson, Sept. 22, 1875. 44 Martha Izanna, born at Andover, July 15, 1850. jo. Sophronia Caldwell, daughter of John 2 and Sarah ( Merrill, )born Dec. 15, 1809, at Oxford, died at Chester- ville, April 7, 1896; m. [1] Weeman ; m. [2] Benj. Hutchins, born at Minot, May 1 1, 1808, died at Chester- ville, Aug. 18, 1903. He was the son of Benj. and Nancy (Ryder) Hutchins, of Minot. His father was a soldier of the Revolution, and died soon after, leaving his son Ben- jamin, who was then but three years old. Though so early fatherless, he grew up to be a wise, prudent, success- ful man. Sophronia and Benjamin lived first at Poland ; then for many years at Dixfield. Their children : Richard Weeman. 45 John Aretas, born ai Oxford July 31, 1834. Lucinda Ellenette, in. Libbey ; they reside at Portland ; 4 children : James, Nettie, d. e. Hosea, Fred d. e. 46 Angelia Sophronia, born at Poland, Nov. 14, 1839. Benjamin Decatur, m. Emma Simpson, of Portland ; they live at Boston. Children, Arthur, Walter. Addie Electa, m. Latham; they live at Farm- ington ; children : George, Maude. Francelia Augusta, m. Mr. Babb ; reside at Deerfield. 47 Zerline Zolyetta, b. at Dixfield, Feb. 20, 1854. George Aubery, m. Mrs. Clara Sales, of Peru ; they re>ide at Waxahachie, Texas. CALDWKI.L. MAINE BRANCH. 243 11 William Harrison Caldwell, son of John 2 and Sarah (Merrill,) born in Hebron, now East Oxford, March 21, 1814; died at Rumford Point, Feb. 14, 1895; married at Canton, by Rev. George K. Shaw, June 10, 1844, Elis- abeth McCollister, born April 3, 1815, at Canton; died at Rumford, March 23, 1866, dau. of Thomas and Marjorie (Cobb) McCollister. He married [2] at Rumford, by Rev. John Elliott, Sept. 16, 1866. Mrs. Melinda S. ( Elliott) Moody, b. Nov. 28, 1828 dau. of David and Polly (Silver) Elliott, at Bethel. She married a third husband, — William Reed, of Bethel, a soldier in the Civil War. William Harrison Caldwell was a prosperous farmer, owning a lar^e estate in Rumford, then transferring his home in 1873. to Rumford Point. Children, b. at Rumford : Thomas Albion, born June 27, 1847. 48 William Henry, b. April 18, 1849. Lizzie Vilera, b. May 17, 1852, married in Gray, by Eben'r Bean, May 9, 1893. to Jedediah Libbey, b. Jan. 16, 1834, at Gray. 49 Frank Pierce, b. Sept. 25, 1853. Thomas Albion Caldwell, the eldest son of William Harrison Caldwell 11, has a career of peculiar interest : In the spring ot 1877, he went to Texas; and with ten men, drove 1700 head of cattle to Colorado, — a distance of 1400 miles. He bought a farm at Colorado Springs ; sold it the fol- lowing year and went to NewMexico. Here he purchased teams and hauled lumber to Tombstone, Arizona. In 1883 he again sold and returned to Rumford. In 1884. he went to Washington, and settled at Farmer, and cultivates his lands. 12. Sarah Jane Caldwell, daughter of John 2 and Sarah (Merrill) born at Hebron, May 13, 1815 ; died Jan. 25, 1897, at Keene, N. H.; married in Otisfield, Oct. 13, 1833, Preston Edwards, born July 1, 1809 He was the son of Jonathan and Sally Edwards, and died at Keene, N. H., Sept. 28, 1SS7. Preston Edwards was a farmer; he lived in his earlier manhood at Otisfield ; then he moved to An- dover and resided there fifteen years; his last years were passed at Keene, N H. Mrs. Edwards, after her husband's decease, went to 244 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. Woonsoeket, R. I . , and through her years of widowhood her home was in that city and also with her son, Jonathan B. Edwards, at Andover. She lived to be 82 years old, retaining her mental and physical faculties to the end. With her husband she lies buried at Keene ; and the lov- ing eulogy of her son was: " She was a good, self-sacrific- ing mother, and we miss her." Children of Sarah Jane (Caldwell) and Preston Edwards : 50 Solomon Caldwell, born Dec. 24, 1834, at Otisfield; d. June 9, 1884, at Keene. Melinda jane, born Oct 26. 1836, at Otisfield, died Oct 12. 1852, at Andover. 51 Rhoda Moore, b. April 9. 1844, at Otisfield. 52 Jonathan Baker, b. Aug. 22, 1847, at Andover. 53 William Llewellyn, b. Jan. 27, 1851, at Andover. Albion Vivaldo, born Sept 28. 1852. at Andover; m. at Keene, by Rev. F. L. Flood, Dec. 22, 1873, Ellen Frances Smith, born at Keene, Apr. 22, 1850; shed. Jan. 25, 1899. He m. [2] at Denver, Col. Oct. 16, 1901, Mary Bowles, of Sioux City, No. Dakota. Reside at Portland, Oregon. Benj. Franklin, born May 28, 1856. d. Apr. 24, 1857. Alcina Frances, b. June 30, 1859, d. Feb. 10, i860. Lucia May, b. Aug. 2, 1862, at Andover ; m. at Boston, by Rev. S. K. Howe, Aug. 2, 1896, A. L Lawrence, born Sept. 21, 1869, at So. Paris son of George T. and Joanna P. (Field) Law- rence, of Bethel. They reside at Medford. 13. Frederick Caldwtll, son of John 2 and Sarah (Merrill,) born May 15, 1819, in Oxford ; married at Nor- way, Nov. 26. 1840, Harriet Kilgore Eastman, born Oct. 5, 18 19; daughter of Joseph K. and Mary (Kilgore) East- man. He was a farmer and a Nursery Stock Salesman for twelve years, in Maine and New Brunswick. He resided 185965, at Lovell ; but most of his years were spent at Farmer's Hill, Andover, where he died Oct. 26, 1903. His children : Harriet Melissa, born April 26, 1842, at Andover, m. Porter Kimball, Oct. 6, 1859. He was born Aug. 1, 1S31, d. July 3, 1872. He was of the 8th CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 245 generation from Richard Kimball, Ipswich, Mass., 1634. ne child, Charles P. born at Lovell, May 3, 1867. [See below.] John Frederick, b. April 3, 1844, at Andover; m. Nov. 28, 1866, Viola Juliet Merrill, b. Dec. 16, 1844, at Roxbury, dau. of Solomon M. and Charlotte (Mitchell) Merrill. An active mem- ber of the Oxford North Agricultural Society, and one of the Trustees for 13 years, also its Treasurer. Charles Henry, born March 21, 1850, at Oxford ; he lives at Chicago, and has two children, Blanche and Amy. Edwin Eugene, born Dec. 20, 1853, at Andover ; m. June 25, 1876, Lizzie Elvira Merrill, b. Mch 8, 1857, dau. Rufus B. and Hannah (Billington) Merrill. He has held Town and Society offices, and, with his brother John, a prime mover in the Annual Oxford North Agricultural Society. His wife was a School Teacher in Andover and Byron. Their children : Bert Elmer, b. Aug. 16 1879 ; Ralph Edwin, b. March 15, 1895. Albert Webster, b. Nov. 3, 1854, d. March 16, 1866. Sydney Irving b. March 27, 1859. He resided at ihe West; he was ill and returned to Andover, where he died. Two children : Herbert, Amy. Of Charles P. Kimball, son of Harriet Melissa (Caldwell) and Porier Kimball, grandson of Frederick Caldwell 13, we gatherthe following : Charles P. Kimball, born May 3, 1867, in Lovell ; mar- ried Nov. 6, 1889, in Andover, Helen Adams Berry, born July 4 1869, in Andover, daughter of Daniel G. and Re- becca (Noble) Berry. His father died when he was but five years of age. At that time he with his mother went to Andover, where most of his life has been spent. He received his education in the Grammar and High Schools of Andover ; one year in Somerville, Mass., and Rumford Academy, Rumford Center, Me. He was employed as a sawyer and dowel turner four years. Since 1893 he has been Agent of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, 120 Broadway, New York. Was a delegate to the Republican County Convention, 1897 ; 246 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. and is one of the Republican Town Committee, Andover. He was appointed Postmaster at Andover, April 14, 1897. In connection with this office, he keeps a choice stock of groceries, and a general line of stationery, &c; is also Agent for the Rumford Falls Steam Laundry. He is a Mason, and a Charter Member of the I. O. of Red Men., at Rumford Falls. Mrs. Kimball was educated in the Grammar and High Schools of Andover, and Rumford Academy. Before mar- riage she was a Teacher ; had taught with success in thirteen terms of school. She is now Postoffice Assistant. 14. Wesley Caldwell, son of Philip Caldwell 3 and Susan (Perkins) born in Paris, Feb. 9. 1799. died in Sher- man, Jan. 3, 1864 ; married Margaret Ford Cnshman, born at Sumner. June 26, 1804, died at Sherman, Aug. 29, 1891. She was the daughter of Levi and Margaret ( Ford) Cush- man, of Sumner. Wesley Caldwell and Margaret were among the pioneers of the town of Lincoln. From there they migrated with eight children to Aroostook County, April 10, 11, 1841, and settled at Sherman, which was then called No. Three, and afterwards known as Golden Ridge Plantation, — so named because of the rich soil of the land on which he was the first settler. The eight children alluded to above, were: Levi H., Sarah F., John W., Hiram P., Francis M., Leonard H., Maria L. One of these children [John W.] writes the following memory : — On the first day of May, 1842, Father, Levi and the writer, made our packs and started for the western part of Sherman, where were the only settlers then in the town, and following a line of marked trees, travelled seven miles through an unbroken lorest ; part of the time wading through waters and snows. Each of us carried a heavy load, consisting of provisions, bedding and tools. We reached our destination before dark, weary and sore from the effects of the hard day. We prepared a bough camp, ate a hearty supper, fell asleep, and rested as sweetly as on a bed of down. As soon as the bark would peel in June, we collected enough to cover our first dwelling. We dug deep holes and set posts in them ; we pinned the ribs on horizontally ; CALDWEL.I,. MAINS BRANCH. 247 then covered the walls and roof with spruce bark. We built a rock chimney, with two fireplaces, very large and high, and their roominess allowed us to pile great maples, birch, and back-logs, which in winter would burn all night and keep the house warm. We lashed out a path on the line of spotted trees, and, on " Independence Day," July 4, 1842, the family moved in. All the children who were old enough walked the seven miles ; mother and the two youngest of the family, rode horseback, reaching the new home at four o'clock in the afternoon. We were all happy in being once more together ; and, at that homestead we passed the happiest years we ever knew. A healthier group of boys never made up a family circle in the wilds of Maine. When the Civil War broke out, six of the seven brothers became Volunteers, and served through the War. It resulted in the death of four of them, and in the permanent disability of the surviving two ; but not one ever regretted his enlistment. No. While the boys were in the war, Father died, and the large old-fashioned double house was burned, — the house and home where all the families, husbands, wives, children were wont to assemble on many occasions for a social domestic re-union. When the survivors of the war re- turned, all was changed. Mother, who had devoted a large portion of her time to scraping lint, and rolling bandages for the wounded soldiers, had grown prematurely old ; the greeting she gave the boys who returned was the mingled joy and sadness never forgotten. Levi, the oldest brother, did not go to the war; but was First Selectman during those years, and gave most of his time to Town business, and caring for the families of those gone to the war. It is often remarked that he thus did his full share in aiding to suppress the Rebellion. The " Six Brothers," of the war, are included in the following Family Record, the childrenof Wesley Caldwtll 14 and Margaret (Cushman :) 54 Levi Cushman, born at Lincoln, Sept. 26, 1826, m. Temperance Mirick. 55 Sarah Forbes, b. at Lincoln, March 17, 182S, died at Sherman, Dec. 22, 1865, twice married. 24& CALDWEI.I,. MAINS BRANCH. 56 John Wesley, born at Lincoln, Nov. 6, 1829, married Mary Perry. 57 Hiram Perkins, b. at Lincoln, March 26, 1832, m. Sarah J. Webber, died at Covington, Ky., Aug. 26, 1863. Philip, born Dec. 5, 1834, died Aug. 12, 1864, at Washington, D. C, buried at Arlington, North Cemetery, No. of grave, 7696. First member Co. I, 14th Maine Reg.; discharged and re- enlisted Co. E, 29th Maine Reg. Unmarried. 58 Francis Marion, born at Lincoln, Jan. 7, 1837. 59 Leonard Hathaway, born at Lincoln March 12, 1839, died at Mattawamkeag, May 31, 1886, married Flora A. Sleeper. 60 Lucy Maria, born at Lincoln, March 18, 1841, married John W. Kellogg. ' Asbury, born at Sherman, March 6, 1843, killed near Petersburg, Va. June 18, 1864 ; grave unknown. Member of Co. B, Maine Vols. [See below.] Serena, died early. Mary Susan, born at Sherman, Jan. 24, 1847, died Sept. 29, 1870 ; married Sept. 2, 1866, to Hiram George Sleeper, of Sherman. Mary Susan (Caldwell) had one son, Henry Beecher Sleeper, born Aug. 1, 1868; he married Inez C. Barker, April 16, 1894 Mrs. Inez C. Sleeper, was the daughter of Rodney Clinton and Eliza (Gove) Barker, and born at Island Falls, Nov. 25, 1873, and married at Sherman Mills A daughter, Lora Gove Sleeper, was born Jan. 26, 1902. — Asbury Caldwell, the ninth child in the foregoing Family Record, was a brave Volunteer, of the Civil War; the blood chills to read the brief story of his burial : He was shot in the battle before Petersburg. His brother. John Wesley Caldwell, was in the fight. He sought and found the body of Asbury. He entered a rebel house at night, and with the light of candles obtained a mantel, and inscribed the name of his soldier brother upon it, and placed it at the head of the hastily made grave. The rebels soon destryed it. He also engraved the name in a Syca- more, close by. While at work upon the mantel, the bul- lets of the enemy were freely sprinkled upon the house, and the work had to be completed in the security of the cellar. CALDWEI,I,. MAINE BRANCH. 249 This family of Wesley Caldwell 14, was represented in the Civil War, in the 8th, the 14th and the 29th Maine Reg'ts ; and in the 9th N. H. Reg. An uncle was in the 9th Maine; and cousins were in twenty different regiments of the Union Army. The Six Brothers included in the family record of the preceding pages, (Wesley 14,) will not be forgotten ; and a recent paragraph in a newspaper, elicited the following response from John W. Caldwell, "one of them," and the rehearsal of the patriotic names and lives: Six Brothers in the War. To the Editor of the Express: In your issue of the 2ist inst. I see an article headed, "One of Six Brothers who Fought in the Civil War." The reporter says: " It is doubtful if there is a parallel in this State, or possibly in the Country, of six brothers being in the Union armies at the same time." In my father's family, [Wesley Caldwell,] of Sherman, Aroostook county, Maine, there were six brothers who en- listed for the war, and all were in the army at the same time: — John W. and Asbury in Co. B, Eighth Maine ; Philip in Co. I, Fourteenth Maine, also in the Twenty- ninth Maine; Hiram P. Francis M. Leonard H. were in Co. A. Ninth N. H., and all enlisted the same day. The six were volunteers for three years or during the war ; and three of them, — Hiram, Philip, Asbury, — never returned, while Leonard came back with a bullet in his lungs which caused his death later. John and Francis still survive and still live in the same town of Sherman, which has been their home since April 1841. John W. recently celebrated his Golden Wedding with his wife, six children, grandchildren and great-grand- children, and a host of relatives and friends around him, including two brothers and one sister, with their families. Sherman Mills, Nov 25, fpoj. One of Them. The venerable mother alluded to, in a previous page, as growing "prematurely old," and welcoming her boys with "mingled joy and sadness," was most graciously spared to cheer with love and benediction, and gathered her friends around her on her 86th birthday; and the following mel- ody was penned for the hour: — 250 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. Her Eighty-Sixth Birthday. Mrs. Margaret C. Caldwell, of Sherman Mills, celebra- ted her 86th birthday by inviting her descendants to a Birthday Party. The occasion was a very happy one. — She has four children living, twenty-two grandchildren, twenty-three great-grandchildren. She, with her husband, the late Wesley Caldwell, moved from Lincoln to Sherman in 1841. They had eleven chil- dren. Six of her sons enlisted in the Army during the War of the Rebellion ; and tour of them laid down their lives for their Country At the Birthday gathering, the following lines by Rev. I. C. Bumpus, were read : With hearts aglow in Christian love, And sympathy like that above. We gather here as friends to-day, To greet a pilgrim on her way. Fourscore-and-six eventful years, Pregnant with blessings, hopes and fears, A loving Hand has kindly given A boon so rare, a gift from Heaven. 'Twas long ago, and far from here, When parents' hearts were filled with cheer As in their arms an infant rare, A daughter, sweet and pure and fair, Came nestling as from Heaven above — A precious gift, for God is Love. Full well they kept their pledges made, That special care, with Heaven's aid, Should mark the childhood and the youth Of one they loved in deed and truth. The days of wooing came at length, When lads and lasses, fresh with strength And nimble feet, on village green Tripped oft to music quaint, I ween. One bashful swain at length came near, As though there was a host to fear, And pledged his heart and hand and life, If Margaret would become his wife. She sacrificed her title, Miss, And sealed her pledge with many a kiss; While Parson grave, through future life, Pronounced them one — husband and wife. He •' Called them well r CAI,DWEM.. MAINE BRANCH. 25 1 Years fled apace, And in their home they asked for grace To live for God, and Him alone, And through their life His life has shown. Their home was cheered with children rare, With sons and daughters hale and fair ; A goodly throng, — eleven in all, — Both small and large, short and tall ; A noisy group full well we know, Yet never vicious, never low. But hark ! The noise of war is heard, And manly hearts are being stirred. The cry comes echoing o'er the land, Our feeble armies must be manned. Six loyal sons of Margaret true, Resolved at once ; they bid adieu To home and loved ones ever dear, And joined the ranks without a fear Of Rebel's shot or treason's spite, Because they battled for the RIGHT. But two survive ! The cruel strife Has martyred four! And into Life They beckon her who gave them birth, As waiting here with saintly worth, She waits the summons from the King To join the choir above, and sing Redemption's song, with loved ones there In that bright world so pure and fair. And now may angels guard your way From earthly night to endless day ; And soothe your journey to the tomb Which Christ has robbed of all its gloom ; And may he greet your wondering eyes With many a glad and blest surprise, As husband, children kindred, all Shall gather there at His last call, When time and earth shall be no more. And Christ shall reign forevermore. 15a. Lcvina Caldwell, daughter of Philip 3 and Susan (Perkins,) born May 17, 1S01, married Isaac Cummins, at Paris, May 7, 1819. They lived six years in Grey, and then removed to Mechanic Falls, a new settlement, they being the second familv to build a home there. The busi- ness at that date was lumbering only. All the incidents and privations of pioneer life were shared by them ; and doubly hard for Mrs. Lovina, as her 252 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. husbands health failed because of the hardships and ex- posures of his army days in the war of 1812. The wife, however, was possessed of great native energy, and a most unbounded trust and confidence in the Divine. Whatever the emergencies, her faith failed not; and she was the comfort of her husband's days of feebleness. She became a widow in 1856, and at that time the ill health of her fourth son, Albert Webster, (61,) induced her to remove, with him to Glenco, Minn., and again she was subject to the inconveniences of frontier days, — life in entirely new lands. She never regretfed the sacrifice, and the results justified her wisdom in going. She made the new home homelike, and the abode became the resort of religions teachers and preachers After five years were passed, and she was in her sixties, the fearful Indian attack and Massacre occured. [1862.] In these days of terror, she was literally the tower of courage to others. She kept her wits about her, and never allowed a doubt of the eventual safety of the households. When the hour came that flight was a speedy necessity, she calmly filled a basket with the food from her larder, which proved to be the only nourishment the hasty travel- lers had during the day and night. After three weeks in Minneapolis, when it was evident that her western home would still be open to assault, she returned to Maine. When her son Philip came home from the war, she went to Canaan, Ct., and in a home near to him, she passed the latest days ; and on July 28, 1885, in her 88th year, the eventful earthly career ended ; the home-making woman had entered the eternal. Children of Lovina (Caldwell) 15 and Isaac Cummings : 61 Will contain the records of these children and grand children — Seventh Gen. Andrew Sargent, born Dec. 9, 1820, at Grey, died Oct. 21, 1840. Philip Caldwell, born April 2, 1822, at Grey, died July 3, 1898, at Canaan, Ct. Mary Susan, born July 20, 1823, at Grey, died Nov. 16, 1892, at Paris. Isa:ic Watts, born May 18, 1825, at Grey. Lovina Kilburn, born July 7, 1827, at Minot; died March 8, 1829, at Poland. CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 253 Albert Webster, born April 27, 1829, at Poland. Lovina Ann, born June 22, 1832, died Oct. 19. 1898, at Canaan. Francis Asbury, born Jan. 23, 1834, at Minot. Joseph Freeman, born Dec. 1, 1835, at Minot, died June 28, 1884, at Paris. Francina Maria, born Nov. 1, 1838, at Minot. Anna Augusta, born Sept. 17, 1847, at Oxford ; died Sept. 24, 1856. 156. Polly Caldwell, dau. of Philip 3 and Susan (Per- kins,) born March 18, 1803, died July 21, 1883, married April 18, 1831, John True, of Poland, born May 31, 1808, died May 26, 1877; a wealthy farmer, who resided at Me- chanic Falls. Children : 62 Sarah Maria, b Sept. 24, 1833, d. April 10, [875. Mary Adeline, b Sept. 17, 1834, d. Aug. 4, 1867. 63 John Augustine, b March 19, 1836, d. May 4, 1877. Samuel Henry b. Feb. 17, 1838, d. Apr. 18, 1842. Addison Emery, b. Mays, 1841, d. April 12, 1897. See 63. 16 John Caldwell, son of Philip 3 and Susan (Perkins) born June 3, [805, married [1] Maria Scribner, Jan. 3, 1829; she was born Jan. 8, 1810, died April 21, 1844, at South Paris. He m. [2] July 21, 1848, Catherine Foss, born Nov. 16, 1811. John died Dec. 27, 1861, at So. Paris. Children of John Caldwell : Hannah Augusta, b. Aug. 12, 1830, d. Mch 2, 1832. 64 John Asbury, b. January 1, 1833, d. Nov. 2, 1898, at Florida. Susan Avesta, b. Jan 11, 1835, d. Nov. 17, 1856. Samuel Philip, b. Aug. 3, 1836, d. Sept. 23, 1836. 65 Charles David, b. Jan. 1, 1838, d. June 22, 1864. Harriet Ianthe, b. Mch 7, 1840. d. Dec. 22, 1868 ; m. E. K. Scribner, b. Dec. 12, 1842, d. May 19, 1869, .Left two children, May and Charles. Samuel Scribner, b. Mch 12, 1842, d. Feb. 18, 1890. Elmer Valentine, b. July 16, 1849, d. at San Fran- cisco, April 28, 1874. Augustus, born Dec. 16, 1851, died at South Paris, Aug. 13, 1853 Mary Ann, born April 7. 1865. 254 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. Tragedy is a word rarely blended with Caldwell-story ; but in the dying of Elmer Valentine, son of John 16 and Susan Perkins Caldwell, [see preceeding page,] another word perhaps could not be used. When 24 years old, Elmer went to San Francisco. He was the driver of a horse car in that city. April 13, 1874, was to be his Wed- ding Day. But on the night of April 8, while he was soundly sleeping, a young creature at his boarding house, deliriously intoxicated, pointed a pistol at the sleeper's pillow, and— the life instantly ended. It was a fearful shock, not only to his bride, but to everybody. His Wed- ding Day was the funeral day. The casket was borne to the church where the bridal vows would have been made. Rev. Dr. Stone, who had been requested to officiate at the wedding, conducted the funeral service. 17. Rev. Asbury Caldwell, of the Methodist Church, son of Philp 3 and Susan (Perkins,) born at Paris, April 27, 1809 ; m. July 10, 1836, Olive E. Merrill, of Kenne- bunkport. He died Dec. 1, 1841, leaving two infant sons. At the age of fourteen years he became an earnest chris- tian ; and his conviction was that the life-work was to be the Ministry. He entered Maine Wesleyan Seminary, graduating 1830. He was the preacher by appointments of the Methodist Conference at Newfield, Fryeburg, Win- throp, Augusta, Wiscasset, Rockland. In addition to pulpit labors he gave twenty-one temper- ance lectures within a few months of his death. During the eleven years of his pulpit life, he delivered more than five hundred addresses on temperance and slavery, and was a constant contributor to periodicals. Mrs. Olive E. Caldwell was a lady of broad, intelligent views, highly cultivated mind and heart. She survived Mr. Caldwell twent>-one years. Their two sons have been prominent in the Christian interests and Churches : 66 Rev. Asbury, Jr , born Feb. 2, 1838 ; died January 29, 1862. 67 Rev. John Merrill, born Aug. 29, 1839. iS. Isaiah Caldwell, son of Philip 3 and Susan Per- kins,) married at Paris, by his brother, the Rev. Asbury Caldwell, to Lydia Ann Nelson. He was born March 18, 1S1 i, at Paris ; died at Poland, June 19, 1839. Mrs. Lydia Ann, his wife, born 1814, died 1885, aged 71 years. She CALDWEI.,1.. MAINE BRANCH. 255 was the daughter of Nathan Nelson ; and her mother's maiden name was Bridgman. Isaiah Caldwell was a grocer. His children : Isaiah Alonzo, born July 2, 1836, died at Oxford, March, 1894 ; was iri the Civil War ; m. Melinda Lane; dau. of Simeon and Charlotte (Merrill) Lane ; she d. 1862. He m. [2] Eunice Scribner, who now lives at Oxford. 68 Charles Baker, born July 12, 1838 19 Betsey Caldwell, daughter of Philip 3 and Susan (Perkins,) born April 3, 1815, married Richard Caldwell 9, son of John 2, and Sarah (Merrill ;) she died at Rumford, 1840. She left three children : Maria, Richard, George. [See Richard Caldwell 9.] 20. Caroline Perkins Caldwell, dau. of Philip 3 and Susan (Perkins,) born Nov. 29, 1817, m. at Poland Nov. 30, 1837, Emmons Nelson, born Oct. 5, 1816, died at Oxford, May, 1862, son of Nathan Nelson. She m. [2] at Chelsea, Mass., Nov. 24, 1864, Milton Abbott Straw. Children : 69 Emmons Melville, b. Dec. 9, 1839, d. Aug. 23, 1866. 70 Carolina Augusta, born Feb. 5, 1842. Susan Maria, born Aug. 23, 1848, d. Nov. 27, 1870. m. Andrew J. Gilley, March, 1866. Their son Edward Milton, born Nov. 27, 1868. 21. Seth Cushman Caldwell, son of Philip 5 and Susan (Perkins,) born at Paris, Jan. 22, 1822; married at New Bedford, Mass., Eliza Ann Cummings, Nov. 26, 1846, — the Rev. Charles Henry Titus officiating. He was one of a family of fifteen children. At nine years of age he became a christian, and ever maintained a consistent life and character. He went to New Bedford in the Spring of 1842. He carried with him a transfer of church membership, and immediately united with the Elm street M. E. Church. In May 1843, he with several of the Elm St. members, united with a Mission Chapel in the northern part of the city. This mission grew to a large church, called the Pleasant street M. E. Church. He was one of the Trustees, a Class Leader, and a life-long member. He had a' class CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. in the Sunday School nearly sixty years. He served as Superintendent of a Sunday School two years at Mount Pleasant. He was deeply interested in the young peo- ple, and loved by his class ol young men. He rarely was absent from a service in the church, though his health was frail several years. In i86i he was anxious to enlist as a soldier of the army, but the Physician could not accept him, be- cause of rheumatism that affected the heart. "Then," said he, " I will help my Seth Cushman Caldwell. Country every other way I can !" and he did. He was highly regarded as a business man and citizen, throughout the city ; and he left, at death, a modest legacy to the Church he ardently loved. Mrs. Caldwell still survives him and an adopted son and daughter. They adopted three children : Willie Herbert Caldwell, born in New Bedford, died July 3, 1858. 71 Henry Arthur (Thing) Caldwell, born Oct. 17, 1858 married Rebecca Jane Cribber. 72 Josephine Jane (Hazzard) Caldwell, b. Oct. iS, 1861 Mr. Caldwell's last sickness was brief. A sudden cold developed pneumonia ; he died Dec. 10, 1902, after an ill- ness of three days. The burial service was, by request, at the Pleasant St. Church, Dec. 15. The Pastor invited four former Pastors to assist at the funeral ; and they each brought loving testimony of their knowledge of his warm hearted excellent christian character and helpfulness. The service closed with a brief tribute in verse, written by the adopted son, Henry A. Caldwell, on the way from Indianapolis, Ind., to the father's funeral. As the min- ister read them, he said: " The verses are true and CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. express the sentiment of all who knew our Brother Caldwell : %n Ulkmoriam. Here lies at rest a man who knew not wealth or fame, But, blazoned on his record clear, is his untarnished name ; He knew not wealth, but in his heart was wealth of love untold; He knew not fame, yet battles won whose stery ne'er was told. His charity was boundless, as the ocean rolling wide ; His patience and humility as constant as its tide. They loved him most who knew him best ; his friends were friends indeed ; Forever was his ear inclined to listen to their need. And tribute we would pay to him, who now lies silent here ; A tribute to his sterling worth would place upon his bier. He never claimed reward in life for kindly deed or word, But ever gave the credit to his Master and his Lord. Religion he exemplified by daily word and deed ; He was faithful in his duty of sowing Christian seed. And now farewell, Beloved, ever peaceful be thy rest, We know that you have found your place reserved among the blest. It has been further said of Mr. Caldwell : He was early left fatherless, and obliged to obtain for himself an edu- cation and livelihood. He was really successful, owing doubtless to motherly advice and early training. Of the everyday busy life, another adds : He resided in New Bedford from 1842 to his departure. He was engaged in teaming for thirty years ; afterwards in concreting two years ; Superintendent of Streets two years. And add to these real-life dutiesa constant interest and activity in Church and all religious claims and ex- pectations, one can easily imagine that the voice of wel- come was, " Well done, faithful and good son." 256 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. The married life of Seth Cushman Caldwell proved most helpful to his interests and welfare, and he found a sym- pathy with his own common-sense views. With wisdom and discretion and the peculiar perception of the wisest and best course to take, the blended lives pursued the plain and clear path, — a walk that led ever to "the better farther on." A relative adds to our records a glance of Mrs. Caldwell's early days and intellectual developments : Seth Cushman Caldwell married at New Bedford, Eliza Ann Cummings. She was born at East Freetown, Mass., Jan. 31, 1822; was the daughter of Sylvester and Hannah Macomber (Fuller) Cummings. Sylvester the father was born at East Freetown, May 2, 1798. Hannah, the mother was born at Kingston, Dec. 16, 1797 ; married Sept. 14. 1820. Sylvester moved from East Freetowu, 1825, to Fair Haven. His wife died at Fair Haven, May 26, 1853; and he died at New Bedford, Jan. 15, 1869. He was a farmer, but he gave his daughter, Eliza Ann, all the advantages of education the town afforded; and at the age of sixteen she was prepared to teach, and enjoyed this professional work two years. Then her mother's feebleness, and her own frailness, and the fact that she was the oldest of ten chil- dren led her to remain in her home. 22. Zenas Caldwell, son of William 4 and Nancy ( Woodward, ) born at Hebron, March 31, 1800. and died at the age of twenty-six years, Dec. 21, 1826. His name and memory have given a real hallowedness, to the entire family. His mother and his brother Merritt, each lived in the sanctifying atmosphere of lives entirely consecrated to the Divine, and their very names are precious. At seventeen years of age, Zenas taught school ; In 182 1. he entered Bowdoin College ; Prof Calvin E. Stowe, in later jears Professor at the wide- ly known Andover Theological Seminary, and the hus- band of the gifted Harriet (Beecher) Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, was a classmate of Zenas at the Colhge. And yet another most widely known name : — CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 257 Franklin Pierce, President of the United States, was not only a classmate but his room mate. Nathaniel Hawthorne was of the Class suceeding. He was graduated in 1824, and immediately took charge of the Academy at Hallowell. In 1825, when Kent's Hill Seminary was established, he became its First Principal. One more year and the story of his hrief but most interesting twenty-six years of life ended; and, as Prof. Vail wrote, "a pall of mourning spread over the Methodist churches of Maine." A few months later and the Prof, wrote " Life in Earnest : or, Memoirs of the Rev. Zenas Caldwell;" and it was pub- lished by Carlton & Phillips, New York. The Rev. G. F. Cox, a warm friend of Prof. Merritt Caldwell, brother of Zenas, wrote us the following memory in 1873 : " It was in 1824 that I met Zenas. He was then Princi- pal of the Hallowell Academy, an Institutional that period of some reputation. He was young and of fine culture ; very prepostssing in manners; fine head and of beautiful countenance ; setmingly absorbed in the deepest and tru- est sense in religion. He impressed me deeply with the idea that he was a man of ardent piety. His reputation grew rapidly, and he was made Principal of Maine Wes- leyan Seminary. His influence was like the rising star on the heart of Methodism in the State of Maine. His early death was deeply lamented." His brother Merritt succeeded him as Principal of tbe< Wesleyan Seminary at Kent's Hill. 23. Leonard Caldwell, son of William 4 and Nancy (Woodward,) born Jan. 30, 1803, married Hannah Far- ringtou, May 29, 1831, died Nov. 10, 1863. Mrs. Caldwell died June 6, 1880. It was written of Leonard Caldwell, at the date of his departure : " Much might be said in truth of his strict integrity as a business man ; of his firm adherence to the principles of right and justice, however unpopular they might be ; of his zeal in the cause of God; and of his joy when death and his future inheritance with the sanctified drew nigh." Another said: "Leonard filled well his place ; was a useful man, commanding the respect and confidence of the community." Another said : " He possessed the full assurance of 258 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. Faith and that Perfect Love that casts out fear." The Rev. George Roscoe Wilkins sent the following memorial of Hannah (Farrington) Caldwell to the widely read Zwn's Herald: Died in Oxford, Maine, June 6, 1880, Mrs. Hannah Caldwell, widow of Leonard Caldwell, aged 72 years. Her religious experience commenced in early youth, and she ever adorned her profession with a well-ordered life and godly conversation. She was a noble Christian, true to the Master in all the relations of life. She was a kind neighbor, a discreet and sympathetic friend, a faithful and liberal member of the Church, a helpful, affectionate wife, a wise and loving mother. Fitted to adorn any society, the sphere in which her true worth of character revealed itself most clearly was the home circle. She was married at the age of twenty-one years to Leonard Caldwell. It was a union of hearts as well as of hand, — the blending of two lives in holy wed- lock. The fruits of this union were six children, three of whom survive the sainted mother. The wife of the Rev. James O. Thompson, of the Providence Conference, [1880] is among this number. Since her husband's death Mrs. Caldwell has resided with her son William, on the home-farm, the days of her widow- hood smoothed and comforted by the tender care and lov- ing devotion of a loyal son, his wife and children. The whole family seemed to delight in honoring grandmother. She was an invalid for years, and often confined to her room ; but it was a pleasure to visit that sick-room. The visitor caught glimpses of spiritual life deep and broad enough to absorb the entire being. Her last sickness was brief ; the summons came unex- pectedly, but found her ready. The last day of her stay here gives us a glimpse into that happy home-life : Gath- ering her grandchildren around her, they read the Scrip- tures, then sang a hymn. Later in the day her son read her favorite Psalm, — the 103d. Quietly she passed away, leaving her loved ones with the comforting hope, that — "separated here for a short time we shall meet her agafn." The children of Leonard and Hannah (Farrington:) CALDWKI.L. MAINE BRANCH. 259 Kmily Clark, died at 21 years, 1855. 73 Leonard Augustus, married May 24, i860, Francina Maria Cummings ; one son, Leonard A. 74 Ellen Cornelia, born June 9, 1834 ; m. by the Rev. Abel Pottle, Rev. James O. Thompson, of the M. E- Chh.; now, [1900,] Editor and Publisher. Zenas Melville, died 1839. 75 William Farrington, b. April 28, 1840; m. Mehitable D. Winship, Feb. 8, 1862. 76 Annie Elisabeth, born Feb. 21, 1848, m. July 4, 1867, George Richard Clark, M. D. 24. Prof. Merritt Caldwell, son of William 4 and Nancy (Woodward,) born Nov. 9, 1806; married Rosamond R. Cushman. Jan. 29, 1833; died at Portland, June 6, 1848. Children of Prof. Merritt: Rosamund U. m. Rev. H. B. Ridgaway, D. D., for many years Pies, of Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, 111. 77 Samuel Cushman ; Dickinson Col. 1858; in early life a Lawyer ; in later years a Journalist ; editorial staff N. Y. Tribune. Anna C. died 1849, aged 9 years. Prof. Merritt Caldwell lies buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Portland ; and the epitaph is the condensed story of his life : " A true scholar, an earnest philanthropist, an hum- ble christian ; he lived to do good, and died triumphant." Dr. McClintock gives the outline of his career: "He was prepared for College at home, under the tuition of his brother, the Rev. Zenas Caldwell. He entered the Sopho- more Class at Bowdoin, 1825 ; grad. 1828. The same year he was appointed Principal of Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kent's Hill, and held the position five years. In 1833 he married Rosamond Cushman, of New Gloucester, Me. In 1834, was called to the Professorship of Metaphysics and Political Economy in Dickinson College, Pa., and there the remainder of life was spent." In 1846, he was delegate to the World's Temperance Convention, London, Eng. In 1847, delegate to the Con- vention for the formation of the Evangelical Alliance, London. In 1848, with failing strength, he went to his native Maine ; and June 6th, he passed to the Unseen ; his last hours being filled with rapturous anticipation. 260 CALDWELL. MAINS BRANCH. He was a contributor to the Quarterly Review ; author of a Manual of Elocution; and a book that awakened dis- cussion in the Church was entitled : " The Philosophy of Christian Perfection." Mrs. Rosamond Caldwell died at the age of 76 years, at the home of Rev. Dr. Ridgaway, Evanston, 111. She was the daughter of Samuel Cushman, of New Gloucester, a gentleman of wealth and social distinction, and a leading influential citizen of that town. He was blest with a large talented family, to all of whom he gave a broad education. One of his daughters married Rev. C. P. Bragdon, a dis- tinguished divine in the M. E. Church ; another married Rev. S. M. Vail, D. D., a Professor of Theology and dis- tinguished author and writer; and for five years U. S. Consul at Bavaria. Mrs. Caldwell was a lady of refinement and culture, possessed of brilliant conversational pow r ers, which ren- dered her presence a benediction, in the social circles in which she moved. She was married to Prof. Caldwell in early life ; and in his arduous labors as a popular educator, it is no disparagement to his memory to say that he was greatly aided by his devoted wife. She was an extensive reader, — intensely and actively interested in all the educa- tional, charitable and benevolent enterprises of the Church as well as in all the great moral reforms of the day. — Obt. Another pen says : — During the life of her distinguished husband, she made his home an earthly Paradise ; and during the many years she resided with her children, — Dr. and Mrs. Ridgaway, — her presence with them was a benediction. She is lovingly remembered in Baltimore by many friends in the charges served by Dr. Ridgaway. Mrs. Caldwell retained to the last her mental equilibrium, and gave to her sorrowing children a clear assurance of her perfeet rest in Jesus. Her remains are laid beside those of her husband in Portland, Maine. A few weeks after the death of Prof. Caldwell, the fol- lowing poetical version of his dying utterances was con- tributed to the Herald and Journal : He said to his wife : " When I am gone you will not, I am sure, lie down upon your pillow and weep. You will not mourn for me when God has been so good to me. CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 26l And when you visit the spot where 1 lie, do not choose a sad and mournful time ; do not go in the shade of the eve- ning or in the dark night. These are no times to visit the grave of the Christian. Go in the morning, in the bright sunshine, when the birds are singing." Dearest, when I have passed To the bright Home of love, Hymning the spirit's praise To Him who reigns above, Weep not with bitter tears, — Mourn not for me, beloved ; Remember in thy grief How good has been our God. Remember 'twas His love That freed me from earth's care ; And in thine hour of woe, To Him direct thy prayer; He will sustain and bless The heart He touches now; He'll soothe away thy tears, The shadow from thy brow. And when they lay me down In the green earth to rest, Of all the haunts I know, That will be loved the best. But come not there in gloom, When daylight fades away ; Such hour is meet for those Whose brightest hopes decay. Come not at twilight hours To see the Christian's grave, Come when the sunlight falls On flowers that o'er it wave ; Come when the hymn of birds Is wafted o'er the sod, — Let bright things speak of him Who resteth with his God. Baltimore, Md. Oria. 2\a. Nancy Caldwell, dau. of William 4 and Nancy (Woolward,) born April 25, 1809; m. Eliphalet Clark, M. D., Oct. 9, 1827. Her first home was Wilton and later Portland was the city of their choice and benedictions. Dr. Eliphalet Clark was the son of Richard Clark ; born in Strong, Maine, May 12, 1801. His father was a pioneer settler of the Sandy River Valley. Dr. Clark received an 262 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. Academical education at Farmington ; read Medicine with Dr. J. L. Blake, of Phillips, and also with Dr. Thomas Little, an eminent Surgeon. Received the degree of M. D. from the Medical School of Bowdoin College. His first home was Wilton. While practicing profes- sionally there, he married Nancy Caldwell, Oct. 8, 1827. In 1830, he removed to Portland, where he had a large practice both as surgeon and physician. On the night of May 12, 1883, his 82nd birthday, he was seized with illness, and died in holy triumph, June 8. A fine portrait of Dr. Clark, and a memorial from the pen of the Rev. George Webber, was published in the Ladies Repository ; and, in Jan. 1884, a memorial of ten pages and portrait was in the Methodist Quarterly Review. The services at the burial of Mrs. Nancy (Caldwell) Clark, Nov. 27, 1887, are also in print,— in folio. They were conducted by Rev. Dr. N. T. Whitaker, pastor of Chestnut St. M. E. Church. Portland, and Rev. Roscoe Sanderson, of the Clark Memorial Church, Woodford's. Dr. Whitaker said, " Dr. and Mrs. Clark came to Portland more than fifty years ago, and at once united with the Chestnut street church, Feb. 7, 1831. * * Mrs. Caldwell was loved and honored by all ; loved most by those who knew her best. * * Chestnut street Church was always proud of her presence and influence, always receiving good from her. Dr. and Mrs. Clark were both a power and a source of financial and spiritual strength." Rev. Roscoe Sanderson said : ' Her neighbors can- give testimony that the}' ever felt when coming into her pres- ence that they were with an elect lady, — a true daughter of God, — true of heart and pure of soul." 25. Hon. John Jaziel Perry, son of Polly (Caldwell) 5 and the Rev. Dan Perry, born Aug. 2, 181 1, died May 1, 1877, at Portland. Wife, Sarah Allen, died at Portland. He was a member of the 34th and 36th Congress ; and in his own town life was a pillar of the Church and a substan- tial citizen. Two children : Edwin A. journalist; on the staff of the Lewiston Journal ; later, Boston Herald. Mary Constantia, died many years ago. CALDWKLL. MAINE BRANCH. 263 26 Mary Caldwell Perry, dau. of Polly (Caldwell) 5, and the Rev. Dan Perry, born May 14, 1814, died April 3, 1896 ; m. Emery Edes, of Edes Falls. Children : Robert, died 1889. Floronee, died early. 27. Rev. Truman Somerfield Perry, son of Polly (Caldwell) 5 and the Rev. Dan Perry, born at Oxford, Dee 20, 1826, m. at Bridgton, by Rev. Joseph P. Fessen- dtn. March 12, 1854, to Elisabeth Greene Hale. She was born in Bridgton, Oct. 28, 1826 ; died at Limerick, Dec. 21, 1889. — the dau. of Jeremiah and Rebecca (Stone) Hale, of Bridgton. He m. [2] Julia Buxton Rideout, born at Cumberland, Jun 11, 1846; dau. of Nicholas and Mary (Steele) Rideout. Truman was fitted for College at No. Bridgton Academy, and is an alnmnus of Bowdoin, Class 1850. Received the degree A. B. from the same Institution, 1867. Owing to weakness of the eyes, he was deprived of study and reading for several years ; his ordination, therefore, for the ministry, was deferred till 1873. Since then he has preached at Denmark and Sweden, four years; Cumber- land, twelve years ; Dimerick, seven years ; Orange Park, Fla. four years ; Waterford, — began labors, May 1, 1898. He served on various School Boards ; and from 1861 to 1869 was Clerk in the United States Senate, Washington. He is a contributor to the Portland Transcript, Christian Mirror, Congregationalist, Advance, Independent and the magazines. In the Civil War he was Washington Corres- pondent for the Portland press. Mr. and Mrs. Perry have two adopted children. 28. Christiana S. Perry, dau. of Polly (Caldwell) 5 and the Rev. Dan Perry, born Sept. 24, 1829; m. Obadiah Gould Cook, Dec. 26, 1854; died at Portland, March 11, 1861. Mr. Cook was born at Casco, Jan 2, 1815, and died at Harrison, Feb. 3, 1894. Three children : Mary Electa, born Jan 5, 1856, m. George Hazen, Oxford. Two children, — Bertha, Annie. Christiana S. b. Feb. 1, 1861, resides at Harrison. 78 Hon. Charles Sumner, b. Nov. 18, 1858, m. Annie Jefferds Reed. Prominent among the founders of the Republican Party 264 CALDWELL. MAINS BRANCH. in the State of Maine, and among the men who were iden- tified with the Anti-Slavery and Free Soil movements that preceded, by a number of years, the formal organization of such Party, was Obadiah G. Cook, Esq., a lawyer by pro- fession, who came to Portland from Casco in 1854. Mr. Cook was born Jan. 12, 1815, in Casco, of Quaker parents. His father was Ephraim Cook, and his mother, Mary (Gould) Cook, who came, respectively, from Dover and Rochester, N. H., to Windham, thence to Casco. His early ancestors were from England. His father was a farmer by occupation. Mr. Cook received his early educational training in the public schools of Casco, and later attended the Friend's School at Providence, R. I., and the Academy at Liming- ton, Maine. He was a law student in the office of Aaron Hoiden, Esq., of Casco, and was admitted to the Bar of Cumberland County, in 1848. Prior to this, he was, for a number of years, a School Teacher in his native county. — He commenced the practice of his profession in Casco, and in 1854, was appointed Clerk in the office of Register of Probate at Portland. Mr. Cook became early identified with the Anti-Slavery movement, and was a member of the Free Soil Party. In September, 1854. he was a member of the Free Soil Con- vention hoiden at Portland. At the same time and place the Convention of the Morrill party and of the Whig Party mtt in session, and a committee from each of these conven- tions was chosen to act as a joint committee of conference, with a view to nominate a ticket which would receive the support of the combined parties. Mr. Cook was a member of this committee ; and at the joint convention, held in the afternoon, in Lancaster Hall, was nominated for Clerk of Courts upon this ticket, and elected at the ensuingelection He was re-elected in 1857, and served in this capacity until 1861, filling the office most honorably and efficiently, Mr. Cook was an active and energetic man, of strong convictions and fixed principles. As such he bore an in- terested and prominent part of the heated political contro- versies and struggles that preceded and finally resulted in the organization of the Great Republican Party. He took pride in the achievments of this party, and ever honored its principles with his earnest and steadfast support. He was an ardent admirer of the leaders of the party, with CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 265 many of whom in Maine, like Fessenden and Blaine, he enjoyed a warm personal friendship. He was one of the first supporters of Hon. Thomas B. Reed, for Congress, whose subsequent career he followed with interest and satisfaction. His active interest in the party, which he helped to organize, continued until his death. In 1861, upon the death of his wife, he removed to the town of Harrison, Maine, where he continued the practice of his profession, and also engaged in various business en- terprises. Mr. Cook was never an aspirant for political preferment, but served in local affairs as one of the Munic- ipal officers of his town during the Rebellion period; for >ears upon the School Committee ; also a member of the Town and County Republican Committees. His death occurred February 3, 1894. He was married December 26, 1854, to Christiana S. Perry, the sister of Hon. John J. Perry, one of the organ- izers of the Republican Party, and a Member of Congress during the sessions of 1855-6, and 1859-60. His wife died March n, 1861 ; and Jan. 15, 1863 he m. L,ucy 1. Perry, who now [1899] survives him. SEVENTH GENERATION. 29. Hannibal Greenwood, son of Melinda (Caldwell) 6 and Thaddeus Greenwood, born at Guilford, Maine, June 22, 1827, died at Industry, Feb. 23, 1878 ; m. by Rev. J. Fairbanks, Jan. 1, 1865, Eleanor S. Fish, born at Industry March 14, 1847. He was deaf and dumb, — the result of sickness in infancy. He was sent to school and acquired an education ; was very intelligent, and most industrious as a farmer. At the birth of his children, his first anxious query was, " Can they hear ?" The children : Ada M. b. Dec. 19, 1865, at Industry, m. John P. Dagget, Oct. 6, 1883 ; four children, and but one survives, Muriel P. b. at New Vineyard, March 14, 1898. Burtis S. born July 4, 1867. Albion O. born Oct. 5, 1869, at Industry ; married Nov. 25, 1893, at New Vineyard, Flora Lewis; their dau. Nellie, born Oct. 21, 1895. Melinda, born Oct. 21, 1871. Hannibal L. born Oct 31, 1877. 266 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 30. George Henry Greenwood, son of Melinda (Cald- well) 6 and Thaddeus Greenwood, born at Farmington, Oct. 18, 1834, died at Norridgewock, June 14, 1897 ; m. at Industry, by Rev. Simeon Pierce, Jan. 15, 1861, Cyrena Walker. She was born in Embden May 3, 1844; dau. of Solomon and Margaret Ann (Berry) Walker, of Embden. He was a farmer, and by his social demeanor gained many friends. As husband and father he was greatly missed at his final departure. He was Juiyman and Road Commis- sioner. The children born at Norridgewock : — Ernest Fred, born Aug. 17, 1866. Cora Whitten, b. June 16, 1868, d June 18, 1898. Jennie Hale, b. Aug. 25, 1872 ; m. at Norridgewock by Rev. J. Jones, June 16, 1892, to Charles Lyman Thompson, son of Abel and Sarah (Churchill) Thompson, of New Northland. Their children : Minerva Hazel ; George Evans; Melvina Greene. 31. Charles Mason Greenwood, son of Melinda (Cald- well) 6, and Thaddeus Greenwood, born at Farminglon, March 14, 1837 ! died Dec. 22, 1879, at Anson. Married by Rev. Aaron H. Wit^am, May 12, 1871, at her home in Lovell, Mary Cordelia Caldwell, born March 7, 1847, at Rumford ; died Sept. 22, 1875, at Anson. She was the daughter of Richard and Phebe Abbott (Hutchins) Cald- well, of Lovell. She was educated at the High School at Lovell and at Fryeburg Academy. She became a success- ful teacher and held a ready pen for literary work. Charles M. Greenwood, was a fine scholar and teacher; and active in all town interests. He was a Selectman, and Supervisor for several years at Industry ; and later he farmed very extensively at Anson. Death came to the Anson home and wife and only child were taken ; Charles then went to Spring Hill, Iowa, — but health failed and he came again to his old home to die. His grave is at Farmington Hiil. His only child : Charles Lee, born August 4, 1874, died September 12, 1876. CALDWEL.I,. MAINS BRANCH. 267 32. Caroline Augusta Greenwood, dau. of Melinda (Caldwell) 6 and Thaddeus Greenwood, born at Farming- ton, Jan. 14, 1839; m. at Industry, by Rev. I. S. Pierce, Jan. 1, 1861, to Wm. Oscar Merry. He was born at Anson Jan. 1, 1840, son of William Bartlett and Caroline Augusta (West) Merry. Their first home was at Anson ; 1886 they moved to Madison. Their children : 79 Charles Edwin, born June 2, 1862, married Sadie Robinson Olivtr. Nellie Louise, b. Dec. 15, 1864, d. May 13, 1879. Peter West, b. June 26, 1870 ; Susie B. Koilkenuy, June I, 190 1. Caroline Marie, born Aug. 9, 1876. 33. Ellen Marion Greenwood, dau. of Melinda (Cald- well) 6 and Thaddeus Greenwood; born at Farmington, Dec. 1, 1842, m. Jan. 1, 1863, at Industry, by Rev. M. Foster, to Peter West Merry. He was born Oct. 29, 1841, at Anson, died Sept. 26, 1884, at Industry. He was the son of William Bartlett and Augusta (West) Merry. He was a ready scholar, a natural teacher, and at the early age of 18 years, he had charge of a public school. He was also a successful farmer. His widow resides at Farming- ton. The children : William Bartlett, born Jan. 24, 1864, m. at Farm- ington, by Rev. Chas. Jennings, Oct. 25, 1890, Lizzie Louise Grey, b. Oct. 9, 1872, at New Vine- yard, dau. of Alvin Smith and Elisabeth (Young) Grey. Their dau. Annis Louise b. Oct. 14, 1891 80 Ida Belle, born Feb. 9, 1866, m. Charles Fremont Oliver. Cora Annie, b. Sept. 6, 1870, d. July 8, 1878. Carl Roy, b. June 15, 1873, d. Jaly 13, 1876. Aslie Ray, b. Nov. 27, 1876, d. June 1, 1883. Ellen Marion, born Oct. 1880; graduated at Normal School, 1896 ; Farmington High School. 34. Amanda Malvina Carmen, dau. of Dolly (Caldwell) 7 and Luther Carmen ; m. Charles F. Ingalls, of Auburn, where they resided. Their children: Charles Luther. Edward Mason. 268 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 35. Luther Stanhope Carmen, son of Luther and Dolly (Caldwell) Carmen, 7, born at Oxford, Feb. 14, 1836; m. at Lovell by Rev. Joseph Smith, May 6, i860, to Rebecca B.Bacon. She was born at Gorham, June 16, 1829, died at Bridgton, April 27, 1897 ; dau. of Marshall and Emma (Libby) Bacon. The father of Rebecca was the Proprietor of Hotel Cumberland, at Bridgton, for 23 years. At his death two daughters assumed the charge of this Public House, and after 15 years, are still in possession and care of it. The Hotel has always had successful patronage. Luther S. Carmen is a machinist, inheriting from his father an ingenuity that makes his work most proficient and desirable. Mrs. Rebecca Carmen was active in every good cause ; and of a social and amiable demeanor that caused her to be mourned and regretted when the hour came to exchange the life here for the life beyond. Mr. Carmen married [2] Mary Elisabeth Reed, Aug. 28, 1902, at Portland. She was the dau. of Sheldon and Betsey Davis (Blanchard) Reed, of Madison; born Aug. 24, 1857. 36. Edward Preble Carmen, son of Luther and Dolly (Caldwell) Carmen 7. He was born at Oxford, Nov. 30, 1842 ; m. at North Bridgton, bv Rev. L. W. Harris, Sept. 27, 1865, to Abby Bowden. She was born at Orland ; and died at Auburn, May, 1872. She was the dau. of Selden Bowden He m. [2] at Bridgton Centre, by Rev. O. W. Rodgers, Oct. 12, 1879, Mrs. Mary C. (Cross) Webb. She was born in Brighton, April 12, 1844 ; dau. of William and Annie W. (Cranmore) Cross. Mr. E. P. Carmen is a skilful machinist ; has been Supt. in different mechanical places of business. His home is now at Bridgton, where he has held various town offices, — Selectman, Overseer of Poor, &c. His daughter, — Ava Blanche, married Dec. 15, 1890, Charles McLel- lan Borsley, of Portland. He died July 20, 1897. In school-days she attended the Northfield (Moody) Training School, and the High School at Cape Elisabeth. 37. Sarah Merrill Caldwell, dau. of Aretas Caldwell 8, and Augusta Maria (Bearse;) born Aug. 14, 1838, m. at Waterford, Oct. 9, 1859, to John Buzzell Merrill, born at CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 269 Parsonfield, Feb. 10, 1831, died at Quincy, Mass\, Aug. 5, 1894; the son of Joseph and Hannah Merrill of Parsonfield. John Merrill was Proprietor of Hotel at Wiscasset ; and later removed to Woodstock, where he was of the Board of Selectmen, for several years. His last home was Quincy. He left a widow and two daughters. A year later one of the daughters and her husband died ; and Mrs. Merrill went to Riverside, Calif, where she now resides and has a large orange grove. Children of Sarah M. (Caldwell:) Herbert, born April 15, died June 29, 1862. Cora Josephine, b. June 15, 1863, m. Joseph F. L. Clifford. Boston, Dec. 10, 1885, he d. Feb. 8, 1896 ; she d. March 17, 1896. They left two children.. Walter Woodbridge, born Feb. 16, 1889 ; Joseph Wilbur, born Jan. 14, 1893, is at California. Estelle Maria, born April 14, 1871, m. at West Paris Oct. 19, 1892, Herbert Everett Andrews. Reside at Riverside, Cal. Their sou, Earl Herbert, born June 25, 1894. 38. Charles Aretas Caldwell, son of Aretas Caldwell 8, and Augusta Maria (Bearce,) born at East Oxford, July n 1840; m. at Boston, Aug. 6, 1862, by the Rev. Daniel C. Eddy, to Sarah Loring Cragin. She was born in Groton, Dec. 7, 1844, died at Athol, July 1, 1881 ; the dau. of Isaiah L. and Sarah (Loring) Cragin, of Groton. Charles A. Caldwell went with his parents to Green- wood, in 1849 ; remained at their home till he was 14 years old ; he then went to Boston, and was successful in finding employment. He enlisted in the Civil War, and continued in the army till March, 1863. He engaged next with the firm of Page, Fifield & Co. Later with D. D. Fiske & Co., becoming one of the firm. After the Boston fire of 1872, he resided at Athol awhile. He went to Indian Territory, the Cherokee Outlet, and for seven years was upon a catfle ranch ; then, with 2000 cattle, he went to the Muskogee Creek Nation, on the Arkansas river, and was on a cattle ranch three years. Two children : Carrie Augusta, born at Boston, Feb. 16, 1864, m John Wm. Smith,*Verona, Lawrence Co. Mo. 270 CALDWELL. MAINS BRANCH. Charles Aretas, born at Boston January 29, died April 30, 1866. Carrie Augusta, [Mrs. John Wm. Smith,] was educated at a boarding school at Pittsfield, Mass. In 1885, she went to Caldwell, Kansas ; and in 1887 was married and went to Cherokee Outlet ; her home was upon a ranch ; and when, in 1890, the cattle-men were obliged to leave the Outlet, they went to Missouri, and finally settled at Muskogee Creek. They have four children : Elsie Caldwell, born Aug. 26, 1888. Ada Elisabeth, born May 12, 1890. Charles William, born March 13, 1893. Ida Thelma, born March 24, 1897. 39. George William Harrison, son of Aretas Caldwell 8 and Augusta Maria (Bearce,) born April 22, 1842, at Oxford ; married Nov. 22, 1869, Jane Chloe Stevens, born at Greenwood,' Aug. 3, 1845, died July 18, 1871, dau. of Noah Otis Stevens who died at Norway, Oct. 31, 1869, aged 63 years, and his wife died at Norway, June 22, 1889 aged 80 years. George W. H. Caldwell married [2] at Boston, Sept. 22, 1881, Harriet Augusta Martin. She was born at Rumford, Aug. 26, 1851, dau. of William Goodwin Martin and Louisa Shaw ( Knight.) Mr. Martin was born in Rumford, Oct. 16, 1813, died at Braintree, Mass., Aug. 5, 1S92. Mrs. Knight born at Rumford, March 22, 1813, died at Brain- tree, Aug 15, 1892. They were m. at Rumford Jan. 1, 1842 George W. H. Caldwell is a teamster, living at Brain- tree, and had one son, — Lionel C. born Nov. 23, 1870; died Dec. 3, 1875. Also, — Florence Elisabeth Caldwell, sister of the above Geo. W. H. Caldwell, and daughter of Aretas Caldwell 8, born March 2, 1844, at Oxford, m. June 6, 1866, William A. Webb; he died Feb. 1, 1870 She m [2] at Arlington, Vt. Nov. 9, 1871, Arnold R. Webb; he was b. at Arling- ton, April 1, 1841 ; son of Reuben and Rhoda Webb, of Sunderland, Vt. Arnold R. Webb, father of William, was in numerous battles, Civil War, — Five Forks, Cedar Creek Lacy's Springs, Waynesboro, Appomatox, and others. CALDWELL. MAINS BRANCH. 2"] I 40. Maria Elisabeth Caldwell, daughter of Richard Caldwell 9 and Betsey (Caldwell,) born at Magalloway, Dec. 24, 1834; died at Lovell, Oct. i, 1869; married at Brattleboro, Vt. Oct. 21, 1853, David Benson, born Dec. 8, 1830, at Brookline, Vt., died at Fryeburg, Nov. 2, 1891. He was the son of Daniel and Huldah (Joy) Benson, of Brookline. Mr. Benson bought a farm in Lovell, in 1868, near to the home of Richard Caldwell, and removed thither to the joy of both households ; but in a little more than a year, Mrs. Benson departed this life, — not only a grief but a disap- pointment, as much joy had been anticipated for the years that were to come. The second marriage of Mr. Benson was Oct. 19, 187 1, by Rev. David B. Sewall, to Lucia Anna Stearns, born Nov. 26, 1840, at Lovell, dau. of Levi and Judith Bemis (Swain) Stearns. Previous to her marriage she was a teacher. In 1875, he purchased a farm -at Fryeburg, and it was his home till his death, 1891. His body was borne to the cemetery at Lovell No 4. Children : Alice Medora, born Dec. 21, 1855, at Sherburne, Vt. Ada Estelle, b. at Andover, Aug. 22, 1857, d. at Brookline, Vt. Aug. 11, 1859. See memorial in verse. Ida May, b. at Brookline, Vt. May 7, 1862; a Teacher 81 Martha Cora, b. at Brookline, May 9, 1865, m. Seth Warren Johnson. Anna Elisabeth, born at Brookline, March 11, 1868, died at Fryeburg, Nov. 28, 1899. See mem- orial in verse. Walter Elliott, born at Lovell, Jan. 1, 1875, m. at Fryeburg, by Rev. N. Stone, Aug. 6, 1902, Eunice, dau. Frank Barker. Angela Ayers, born July 12, 1876, at Fryeburg ; died Aug. 15, 1895 ; buried at Lovell. On the death of Adda E. Benson. August ii, 1859. By Mary C. Caldwell. Weep not, sister ! Adda's gone From a world of sorrow ; You will see her once again, — Maybe ere the morrow. 272 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. She left her parents weeping, On that sad and dreary morn ; And tears they will unbidden start, For we know that Adda is gone. Yet still her name, her precious name, Your lonely bosom fills, Ivike an echo that hath lost itself Among the distant hills. She has left this world of sin, Where all is dark as even; She is now mid angel bands, Praising God in Heaven. She has gone to Heaven before us, But she turns and waves her hand, Pointing to the glories o'er us, In that happy spirit-land. Sister, raise your eyes on high, Through the clouds of night ; You will see your Adda there Robed in spotless white. And what is that upon her head That looks so bright and fair? It is a crown that Christ gave her, And gently placed it there. We would not call her from our God Back to this world so dim ! But, sister dearest, we will trust Our Adda there with Him. Annie Elisabeth, dau. of David and Maria Elisa- beth (Caldwell) Benson, died Nov. 28, 1899. The community was saddened by the death of Annie Elisabeth Benson, at her home, Nov. 28, aged 31 years. Miss Benson was of a sunny, cheerful disposition, and has borne her sickness with much patience. For several years she has worked in a shoe shop in Haverhill, with her sister, but gave np last spring, and went to a hospital for treat- ment of her lungs. Not receiving the desired benefit, she came home, seven weeks ago, and has gradually failed. The funeral was at her home, Dec. 1, Rev. C. S. Young, of Lovell, officiating. Burial at Lovell No 4. Among the flowers, the most beautiful were 31 pinks and a basket of CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 273 flowers from her sisters. Besides her step-mother she leaves three sisters, one brother. Not Changed but Glorified. Lines sent to Ida May Benson after the death of her sister, Annie Elisabeth. We beholding the glory of the Lord are changed into the same image from glory to glory, ii Cor. iii, 18. Not changed but glorified ! Oh, beauteous language for those who weep, Mourning the loss of some dear face departed, fallen asleep. Hushed into silence, never more to comfort the hearts of men ; Gone, like the sunshine of another country, beyond our ken. Oh, dearest dead ! we saw the white soul shining behind the face, Bright with the beauty and celestial glory of an immortal grace ; What wonder we stumble, faint and weeping, and sick with fears, Since thou hast left us all alone with sorrow and blind with tears? Can it be possible no words shall welcomeour coming feet? How will it look, that face that we have cherished, when next we meet ? Will it be changed, so glorified and saintly that we shall know it not? Will there be nothing that will say, " I love thee, and I have not forgot ?" Oh, faithless heart ! the same loving face, transfigured, shall meet thee there, Less sad, less wistful, in immortal beauty divinely fair ; The mortal veil, washed pure with many weepings, is rent away, And the great soul that sat within its prison hath found the day. In the cltar morning of that other country, in Paradise, With the same face that we have loved and cherished she shall arise ; Let us be patient, we who mourn, with weeping, some vanished face, The Lord has taken but to add more beauty and a diviner grace. And we shall find once more, beyond earth's sorrows, beyond these skies, 274 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. In the fair city of the sure foundation, those heavenly eyes With the same welcome shining through their sweetness that met us here ; Eyes from whose beauty God has banished weeping, and wiped away the tear. Think of us, dearest one, while o'er life's waters, we seek the land, Missing thy voice, thy touch, and the true helping of thy pure hand, Till, through the storm and tempest, safely anchored fast on the other side, We find thy dear face looking through death's shadows, not changed but glorified! They shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I made up my jewels. — Mai. iii, 17. 41. Richard Orville Caldwell, son of Richard 9 and Betsey (Caldwell,) born at Mechanic Falls, July 17, 1873. He m. [~i] Frances M. Morse, of Andover. pub. at Lovell, June 5, 1862, married at Andover. He m. [2] at Weare, N. H. by Rev. Mr Whittemore, April 15, 1872, Helen Awrinda Mudgett. She was born Aug. 5, 1848, the dau. of Moses and Awrinda (Boynton) Mudgett. She died at Indianola, Iowa, May 12, 1901. Richard O. Caldwell, in company with his cousin, Joel Hutchens, had a Dry Goods and Grocery store at Industry. He then became travelling salesman of Cutter & Walker, Lowell, Mass; George S. Smith, Lewiston, Maine, nine years,— jewelry and optical goods While in these em- ployments he travelled often at the West; and as he was pleased with the country, he went, after his second mar- riage to Spring Hill, Iowa, and settled upon a farm, until, ten years later, his wife died. He then moved to Indianola, and is now at Chanute, Kansas. He is a member of the Masonic Order. His children : George Otis, born at Spring Hill, Iowa, Aug. 26, 1874, died at Indianola, Oct. i, 1S92. Sarah May, born at Spring Hill, Dec. 16, 1875. m at Indianola, by Rev. Joseph Sopher. Feb. 5, 1902, James Melvin Carpenter. He was born Jnlv 12, ibyi son of Norman A and Mary M. (Parker) Carpenter. Their infant child, Oscar B. born Oct. 30, died Dec. 2, 1902. Charles Orville, born at Spring Hill, Oct. 10, 1877 ; died Oct. 8, 1878. CALDWELL,. MAINE BRANCH. 275 Edward Lee, born at Spring Hill, Jan. 5, 1879, m. by Rev. Joseph Sopher, Jan.. 19, 1899, Clara E. Douglas, born Oct. 1, 1880, dau. of Jerry and Sarah (Angel) Douglas. She died May 1, 1901. Their home was at Indianola. Frederick, b. Feb. 1, 1881. d. aged 10 weeks. Ada Awrinda, b. at Spring Hill, Dec. 14, 1883, m. at Indianola. Feb. 5, 1902, Albert Carter Booker. He was son of James L. and Rebecca Jane (Wil- liams) Booker, of Norborne, Mo. b. Jan. 26 1872 Mary Ethelin, b. Oct. 14, 1887, d. July 26, 1902. 42. George Edwin Caldwell, son of Richard Caldwell 9 and Betsey Caldwell, born at Rumford, April'14, 1846, m. Emma L. Wing, of North Wayne, March, 1866. She was the dau. of Llewellyn Wing. He m. [2] at Jacksontown, New Brunswick, Nov. 22, 1876, Melissa Isabelle McBride — by Rev. William Dobson. She was the dau. of James and Jane (Lindsey) McBride. A singular and pleasant co-incidence was, that, unknown to the parties, the wedding was the same year, month, day and hour of the marriage of his father and Mrs. Bryant. — See Richard Caldwell 9. George E. Caldwell has an interesting War Record : He enlisted at Lovell, in the 12th Maine Vols. Co. E, Oct. 14, 1861 ; he was mustered in at Portland, under the following officers : Maj. Gen. B. F. Butler, Col. Geo. F. Shepley, Maj. David R. Hastings, Capt. Enoch Knight, Lieut. Horace Eastman. Arriving at Ship Island, Jan. 12, 1862. they participated in the capture of New Orleans, .Manehac Pass, Baton Rouge. This Reg. performed an important part in cover- ing Navy movements under Farragut. Returning to Baton Rouge, they formed an expedition up Grand Lake, at Irish Bend, meeting with a heavy loss, at Port Hudson, in three important assaults, laying under fire 41 days and nights at the fight at Donaldson ; then sailed to Fortress Monroe ; sent to City Point under Gen. Butler, on James River, joining Gen. Sheriden's forces, crossed the James River, and the Weldon Railroad, three days and nights hard marching and fighting, many taken prisoners. Also the Reg. was in the battles of Winchester, Cedar Creek and Fisher's Hill. 276 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. He re-enlisted in 1S64 ; was mustered out Dec. 15, 1865. Soon after his marriage, he moved to Watertown, and was engaged in a flour mill. Returning to Maine, he can- vassed ior Fruit Trees for J. W. & F. M. Caldwell, Sherman Mills, and for F. P. Sharp. He now resides at Fort Fairfield, Me. Children of Geo. Edwin Caldwell : 82 Ida Belle, born at Watertown, April 4, 1869, mar- ried Frank Otto Osborne. 83 Nellie Marion, b. at Sherman Mills, Nov. 14, 1872. Stella Maria, adopted dau. born Dec. 25, 1891. 43 Lucy Adelpha Caldwell, daughter of Richard 9 and Phebe A. (Hutchins) Caldwell, born at Rumford, Nov. 30, 1844; died at Bridgton, May 17, 1876; married at Lovell, by Rev. H. D. Hutchins, June 27, 1862, Alvin Knight Paris Storer. He was born March 18, 1840, at Lovell ; died in the Civil War, a prisoner. He was a blacksmith ; enlisted in the army, at Bridgton, 1863, aged 24 years. He was a private in the 1st Battery, Maine Vols. He was taken prisoner at Richmond, and died at the never-forgotten Libby Prison, April 11, 1865. He was released, but was too feeble to march. Mr. G. E. Caldwell gives the following memory of the last day : The death of Alvin K. P. Storer, was near the railway station. He was to be exchanged with others at Golds- boro, N. C. The rebels with their prisoners arrived first, and stopped a half-mile outside the R. R. station, and awaited the arrival of the Yankee train. It was during the waiting hour, aboard the rebel car, that he died. He was carried forth, and his grave was dug beneath an oak. He was there left alone to sleep till the Morning when no grave shall be forgotten. Mrs. Storer married [2] Thomas W. Kneeland. She m. [3] at Manchester, N. H. Charles Augustus Hamblin, born at Lovell, July 22, 1851, died April 29, 1873, at Lovell. They had been married but three mouths when the scourge of our New England — consumption — seized him. Ah ! life is brief though love be long ; The altar and the bier, The burial hymn, the bridal song Were both in one short year. Mrs. SUMNER KIMBALL, Lovell, Maine, who gathered the Genealogical and Biographical Records of the Oxford, Maine, Branch, of the Caldwells. pp. 227-317. CALDWKI.L. MAliMU BKAriCU. 277 She married [4] Frank Rich, of New Hampshire, May, 1875, and she died May 17, 1876. She was a good scholar in youthful days, and engagtd herself as Teacher. Arriving at the district where her new life was to begin, she noticed props instead of hinges on the doors ; and she at once resigned. It was not her ideal of real life. She was lively, kind and hopeful ; and in mul- tiplied sorrows and cares was thoughtful and patient. Her children : Walter Irving Storer, born April 28, 1863. Orien Victor Ernest Storer, born April 9, 1864. 44. Martha Izanna Caldwell, daughter of Richard Caldwell 9 and Phebe A. (Hutchins,) born at Andover, July 15, 1850 ; married at Chatham, N. H. by Rev. Ithiel E. Clay, May 11, 1875, Lorenzo Parker Stanton. He was born at Lovell, Aug. 19, 1850; died at Lovell, June 29, 1888 He was the son of Silas Durgan Stanton and Sarah Douglas (Parker) his wife. Mr. Stanton joined the Kezar Valley Lodge, No. 66, I O. O. F. at Lovell No. 4 ; later the Mt. Pleasant En- campment, No. 14, I. O. O. F. at Bridgton. Mr. and Mrs. Stanton settled in Bridgton soon alter marriage, and both joined the Eudora Rebekah Lodge, No. 24, I. O. O. F. and also the M. E. Church. In 1886 they returned to Lovell, to their farm, and here the last two years of Mr. Stanton were passed. Kind and thought- ful through lite, his last plans were for the wife he was to leave. The interment was in the cemetery at Lovell No. 4. Mrs. Stanton m. [2] at Center Lovell, by Rev. Charles L. Baker, Dec. 23, 1896, Sumner Kimball. He was born at Lovell, Sept. 3, 1846, son of Elbridge Gerry and Ruth (Charles) Kimball. He was formerly married to Carrie E. Walker, and lias one daughter, Ruth Katherine Kim- ball, born Aug. 23, 1S89. He has held several town offices and is Teacher and Farmer. Resides on the Lovell homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Stanton had one son : — Lester, born at Lovell, April 15, 1S80, died April 19. 278 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 45. John Aretas Hutchitis, son of Sophronia (Caldwell) 10 and Benjamin Hutchins, born in Oxford, July 31, 1834 ; m. at Dixfield, May 3, 1857, Diantha Babb, b. in Mexico, Nov. 26, 1837, dau. of Moses Gould and Louisa (Jones) Babb, of Mexico. Mr. Hutchins resided in Dixfield, East Wilton, Win- throp, and in 1884, moved to Welaka, Fla. which has been his permanent abode. He is a man of public spirit and interest ; is Chairman of Board of Aldermen, Elder of First Christian Church ; and, as carpenter and farmer, he is not burdened with idle hours. Three children were added to the home, and the three were transferred, and the father and mother have said, " God gave and He took away ;" and they have added the breath of inspiration, " Blessed be the name of the Lord." The children : Sophionia Louisa, born at Dixfield, Sept. 14, 1858, died at Winthrop, Oct. 12, 1871. Ellenette Augusta, born at Dixfield, Nov. 12, i860, died at Carthage, April 4, 1863. Marietta, born at Winthrop, Oct. 6, 1866, died at Winthrop, July 4, 1871. 46. Angelia Sophronia Hutchins, dau. of Sophronia (Caldwell) 10 and Benj Hutchins, born at Poland, Nov. 14, 1839, m. at Canton, by Rev. Elbridge Harlow, May 27, i860, to John Ellis • Thompson, farmer, who resided at Hartford. He was born in Harttoid, 1835, son of Jona- than and Phebe Persis (Ellis) Thompson. Children : Phebe Persis, b. at Hartford, Mch 17, 1863, d. 1865. Charles Wallace, born Nov. 4, 1866 ; attended High School at Canton. Caroll Williams, born April 4, 1869, married at Chesterville, Nov. 18, 1895, Mary Bartlett, dau. of Rev. Howard and Sarah (Oldham) Bartlett. William Damon, born April 11, 1872, m. at East Dixfield, May 30, 1897, Elhi Campbell, dau. of Nelson and Pauline (Wake) Campbell. Reside at Dixfield. Flora May, bom April 25 1877. 47. Zerline Zoryetta, dau. of Sopronia (Caldwell) 10 and Benj. Hutchins. born at Dixfield, Feb. 20, 1854, m at North Chesterville, by Rev Justus Webster, July 2 1878, CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 279 Nathan Nason Hutchins, born at Minot, July 28, 1831, son of William and Bathsheba (Pulsifer) Hutchins. Children born at Chesterville : — William Benj. Guy, b. April 28, 1884. Marney Maude, b. Oct. 26, 1887. 48. William Henry Caldwell, son of William Harrison Caldwell n, and Elisabeth (McAllister,) born at Rumford April 19, 1849 ; married at Cambridgeport, by Rev. Henry Hinckley, Nov. 27, 1873, Charlotte Elisabeth Parks, born Oct. 4, 1852, at Jamaica Plains, dau. of James Henry and Margaret Rounttte (Smart) Parks. They resided in Mass. at the time of their marriage, and then removed to Rum- ford, Me., to the farm on Ellis River, where the father of Mr. Caldwell had lived many years. Their Silver Wed- ding day proved a pleasant occasion, and revealed the re- gard and kindly thought that the townspeople had for them. The Rumford Falls Times, gave the story : — " Sunday, Nov. 27, 1898, was the 25th anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Caldwell. To celebrate the event they issued invitations to a Silver Wedding, Monday evening, Nov. 28. On account of the heavy snow storm, it was postponed until Thursday eve- ning, when a large company enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell. The evening passed all too quickly, with social chat, music, vocal and instrumental, and recitations by children. The oldest person present was Mrs. William Reed, Mr. Caldwell's stepmother, 70 years of age. Refreshments, consisting of cake, confec- tionary, coffee, &c, were served. Many and valuable presents were received from Mr. and Mrs. James Parks, of Cambridgeport, Mass., parents of Mrs. Caldwell ; and they were well remembered in various towns of Maine, New Hampshire, Mass'tts ; and a Poem was written for the occasion by Lucretia Howe. Mr. Caldwell has been a member of the Brass Band ten years. The children born in North Rumford : — 85 Edna Estelle, born Sept. 30, 1875. Bertha May, born July 9, 1884; gr. of Rumford High School and the Ladies Seminary at West- brook. A successful teacher, with artistic and musical skill. 280 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 49. Frank Pierce Caldwell, son of William Harrison Caldwell 11 and Elisabeth (McAllister,) born Sept. 25, 1853, at Rumford ; married July 11, 1888, Alice Estelle McLench. She was b. Feb. 24, 1859, at Polk Co. Oregon, dau. of Benj. Franklin and Mary Almira (Gray) McLench. Mr. McLench was born in Fayette, Me., and went to Ore- gon in 1850, by the way of the Isthmus of Panama. Mrs. McL. was born in Townsend, Vt. and, in 1851, went to Oregon as a Pioneer School Teacher, under the auspices of the Board of Education. In that distant land they met, and in 1852 were married ; and for more than forty years lived on the same farm, Polk Co. Oregon. Frank Pierce Caldwell in young life left home, and in the Spring of 1876 went to California ; and in the Autumn of 1877 was in Oregon ; and worked at Washington and Idaho as house and bridge carpenter. He was two years at Portland, Oregon, contracting and building. In 1888 he married one well suited to make home happy, — Miss Alice E. McLench. A few months were spent in the city of Salem, Oregon, and they then settled upon a farm in Lincoln, Polk Co., Oregon. Their children : Harrison Frank, b. Sept. 15, 1889. Estella Melinda, b. Sept. 25, 1892, d. June 17, 1901. 50. Selomon Caldwell Edwards, son of Sarah Jane (Caldwell) 12 and Preston Edwards born in Otisfield, Dec. 24, 1834, died June 9, 1884, at Keene, N. H ; m. at Andover, Frances Ellen McAllister ; she soon died. He m. [2] Abby Frances Bartlett. He m. [3] Anna Torbigan, of Providence, R. I.; she was born Feb. 12, i860. His death was occasioned by the breaking of a chain in a mill, and the fall of a heavy weight. He lived but a few hours. Mrs. Edwards has since married Dwight Bush, of Vt. Selomon Edwards left one son : Ernest V. Edwards, bom Feb. 2, 1883. 51. Rhoda Moore Edwards, dau. of Sarah Jane (Cald- well) 12 and Preston Edwards, born at Otistield, April 9, 1841 ; m. at Lawrence, Mass., by Rev. George S. Weaver, Nov. 2, 1S67. Sylvanns Andrews Mor>e, horn Dec. 8, 1840, at Sullivan, X. II., son <>l Jd ne-, an Ksther Nash Morse, CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 28l of Keene, N. H. Mr. S. A. Morse resides in Keene, and has been a member of the City Council for several terms ; for four years on the Board of Assessors. He is a carpen- ter and builder of marked ability. Children : 86 James Preston, born Dec. 6, 1870. Nellie Jane, born June 30, 1872. Thomas, born Jan. 14, 1876. 52. Jonathan Baker Edwards, son of Sarah Jane (Cald- well) 12 and Preston Edwards, born at Andover, Aug. 22, 1847 > m at Winchester, N. H. by Rev. Elijah Harmon, Aug. 1, 1872, Lucie Bennett Sumner. She was born at West Swansea. N. H., dau. of William A. and Mary Ann (Worcester) Sumner. He is agent for the Sterling Oil Co., Keene, N. H. 53. William Llewellyn Edwards, son of Sarah Jane (Caldwell) 12 and Preston Edwards, born at Andover, Jan. 27, 1851 ; married at Keene, N. H. by Rev. J. A. Leach, July 1, 1873, Victoria Isabella Burgess; she was born Nov. 17, 1852, at Ashburnham, Mass., dau. of Luther and. Elvira Jane (Goodfellow) Burgess. The children: Ona Isabelle, born Nov. 7, 1874 ; gr. at Keene High School. Teacher in Pub. Sch. of Keene ; m. Sept. 5, 1900, Frank Sawyer, of Manchester, clerk in bank ; he was son of B. F. Sawyer and Cynthia B. his wife, b. Nov. 22, 1874. Llewellyn Augustus, b. Apr. 8, 1883, d. Apr. 1, 1885 54. Levi Cushman Caldwell, son of Wesley Caldwell 14 and Margaret Ford (Cushman.) born at Lincoln, Sept. 26, 1826, married at Mount Chase, Penobscot Co. Nov. 30, 1857, Temperance Eldredge Myrick. She was born at Lincoln, March 16, 1829, died at Sherman Mills, May 8, 1898 ; dau. of Ezra and Elisabeth Eldredge (Nee) Myrick, Mount Chase. Mr. Caldwell was — Trial Justice 28 years; Selectman, 9 years; Auditor of Accounts, 28 years ; Census Enumerator, 1880 ; Deacon in the Congregational Church ; Steward in the M. E. Church at Sherman Mills. No children. 282 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 55. Sarah Forbes Caldwell, dau. of Wesley and Mar- garet Ford (Cushman) Caldwell 14, born at Lincoln, Pen- obscot Co., March 17, 1828, died Dec. 22, 1865, at Sher- man ; married, 1846, to George Davidson. He was born in Fryeburg, Feb. 8, 1821, died at Sherman, July 6, i860; son of George and Losanie (Freese) Davidson. George, the father, was born in Scotland, Jan. 11, 1787, died in Fryeburg, Oct. 20, 1827. Losanie, the mother, was born in Scotland, died in Sherman, Aug. 20, 1866. George Davidson, Jr., was a prosperous farmer and mill-owner. Mrs. Sarah F. (Caldwell) Davidson m. [2] Morgan L. Gerry. He built the first saw-mill in Sherman, 1842. The children of George Davidson and Sarah F.. his wife, 87 Warren G. born Feb. 7, 1847 Ruel Lambeit, born March 9, 1850, resides at Cripple Creek, Colorado. 88 Luella M. born June 6, 1853. 56. John Wesley Caldwell, son of Wesley Caldwell 14 and Margaret Ford (Cushman,) born at Lincoln, Nov. 6, 1829 ; married at Sherman, by Rev. Edwin Parker, Oct. 12 1853, Mary Teressa Perry. She was born at Wilton, June 27, 1837, and was the daughter of Moses and Mary (Wood) Perry. John Wesley Caldwell has been elected to various offices of trust in the town ; and is prominent in the Lodges, &c. Charter member of Asbury Caldwell Post No. 51, Depart- ment of Maine, G. A. R.; Past Post Commander; Past Master Golden Sheaf Grange ; Marshall of MoLoneus Lodge, F. A. M., Sherman. In the Civil War, he was one of the Six Sons of Wesley and Margaret Cushman Caldwell, who volunteered for three years ; four of whom became fatal victims. He enlisted Aug. 28, 1862, in the 8th Maine Vols. Inf. Co. B. Served three years ; mustered out at Richmond, Va., June 18, 1865, by General Order of War Dep't. He was in the expedition to Florida, when Jacksonville was taken ; also in the Department of the South at Hilton Head and Beaufort, S. C, until April, 1864; then to Vir- ginia, and was with the army of the James, at the taking ot City Point and Bermuda Hundreds ; at Weir Bottoms Church, Drury's Bluff, Cold Harbor, Chapin's Farm, CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 283 second battle of Fair Oaks, Spring Hill : all the fighting around Richmond, Petersburg and capture of the same ; also the pursuit and capture of Gen Lee and his army at Appomatox, Va., April, 1865. At the return to Richmond he was mustered out as before stated, and then came the return to the home at Sherman Mills. Since the War he has held the offices of Postmaster, Trial Justice and Jus- tice of the Peace. Children of John Wesley Caldwell and Mary T. (Perry :) 89 Grace, b. Sept. 23, 1855, m. Dr. F. C. Harris. 90 Ida Marion, b. Feb. 24, 1S58, m. Lewis E. Jackman. Erntst Perry, b. Jan. 27, i860, d. March 20, 1S64. Isa Alma, b. Aug. 6, 1861, d. at Colorado, Oct. 7, 1883. [See 94. Obt.~\ 91 Pearl John, twin, b. April 16, 1866. 92 Mira Furman, twin, b. April 16, 1866, m. Dr. William T. Merrill. 93 William Sleeper, b. May 17, 1872, m. Nora Emily Record. 94 Gemma Lucasta. b. April 10, 1S74, m. G. A. Sleeper, D. D. S. 95 Gertrude Teressa, b. Aug. 5, 1S77. The Golden Wedding of John Wesley and Mary T. (Perry) Caldwell, will ever be a gracious family mem- ory. We repeat the story of the Reporter's pen, — d^ted Oct. 12, 1903, the golden day : On Monday evening, Oct. 12, from 7 till 10.30 o'clock, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Caldwell was thronged with guests, who were present to extend greetings and congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell, upon the fact of their having reached the 50th milestone on the journey of their wedded life. ! The guests as they arrived were received by Miss Belle Harris, grandaughter of the bride and groom ; and after extending the usual compliments and congratulations, the time until 8.30 o'clock, was occupied in social conversation and the examination of a large and varied assortment of presents, displayed on a table in the dining room. The company then became interested in the following program : — Remarks by Rev. Frederic Parker ; Soprano Solo, Mi^sEmmaLane; Original Poem, Mrs. A. H. Spooner ; Baritone Solo, Dr. George A. Sleeper; Original Poem, by Rev. I. C. Bumpus. 284 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. Following these exercises, wedding cake and fruits were served, after which the guests took their departure, all agreeing that the occasion had been a very pleasant one, and wishing Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell many happy returns of the day, — and which, judging from their youthful ap- pearance, is quite likely to be the case. The Address of Rev. Frederic Parker : Worthy and honored friends, our hosts : In behalf of the relatives and friends assembled here, I give you congratu- lations. Yours is a privilege granted to but few, and we rejoice at our privilege which is to witness your triumph and share in it. Fifty Years ago this evening, you stood at the altar and vowed to cherish each other till death should remove the privilege ; and because those vows have been faithfully kept, this gathering is made possible. In the endeavor recorded to realize the good, the true, the eternal in life, those years have not been fruitless. The credit bestowed upon you by the rearing of nine worthy children, is witness to that fact. It must have been a great source of joy and gratification to you, during the passing years, to witness the growth in goodness, the increasing aversion to evil, which their lives have mani- fested ; not perfect, you say, but aiming at perfection, which is the promise of realization. The joy which you have felt for the part permitted you to take in the achieve- ment of this result, has been its own sufficient recompense for the privations thereby necessitated. You are grateful lor the blessings granted. Grace, Ida, Ernest, Isa, Pearl, Mir.i, Will, Gemma, Gertrude, all these you have watched over and prayed over, until your watching and your pray- ing has received a generous reward. We resj ectfully sympathize with a vietoiy, which, even if the circumstances by which it was won could be known, would yet be too sacred for our t-haring. But the years of your united pilgrimage have not been productive of unmixed joy. As I look over this company, I find but six of the faces belonging to the nine names that I have read. The other three have passed from our sight and now lin- ger only in memory. They are not forgotten, but aie given Up to the great Father who judged them worthy of a higher, a heavenly work. Ernest was the first to go ; known but slightly to any, CAI«DWfiI«I.. MAINE BRANCH. 285 and not at all to those of us of a younger age ; but you knew him, and though he was but nine weeks old, and 43 years have passed since then, you remember him as tho' he had left you but yesterday. Isa was next called, and twenty years ago from the plains of Colorado, she answered the summons and passed on to the other shore. We all knew Isa, and to us it seemed hard that one so young, — but 22 years, — should have to go while separated from you who loved her most. But we knew, too, that youth and a strange land could make no difference to the God who had called her in love. The departure of Gemma was so recent that the voice cannot yet be hushed to pronounce the words of sorrow that our hearts would prompt. How we who had played with her in childhood, sung with her in our youth, talked and striven for Christian perfection together with her in our young manhood and womanhood, clung to the hope that she might be spared to us yet a little longer ! How you cherished the hope with a mighty prayer for the aver- sion of the calamity, if it were possible. But God gently said. Come! and on Aug. 27, 1902, but little more than a year ago, at the age of 28 years, she went peacefully home. Ah, yes ! these are sorrows which you have had to bear ; but because you knew the way of God, and were not dis- posed to murmur at his decrees, you have come out of them better than you were before. You have not known the despair of those without a hope in Christ, and thus you have been better prepared to re- ceive the blessings which God has sent you in excess of the afflictions, and share them with your many friends. The names of this host no one might presume to mention in their entirety; but their presence here in large num- bers, is proof of their existence. Some few of those nearest of kin may be mentioned as having a special right to share in your triumph tonight. On the Caldwell side, two brothers, Levi and Francis, and one sister, Maria, [Mrs. Kellogg.] On the Perry side, one sister, Novida, my own mother, and a step-mother, Martha, have been with you from the beginning of your wedded life. It is not often that a mother, even a step- mother, is privileged to attend the Gulden Wedding of her daughter. These all have been nearest you, and have shared in your joys and yonr sorrows. It is fitting that 286 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. they be given the seats of honor nearest you. Other rela- tives near and numerous, still others more remote, have come to make merry with you. The experience is no new one, whether on the part of the relatives or the friends, of coming in to enjoy your hospit- ality ; surely your house will long be famous for its great record in this respect. We have come to-night to see you once more, and to give expression to our hearty good-will. We knew before we came, whether we were Jew or Gentile, Barbarian or Scythian, bond or free, we should receive a royal welcome. We are hoping that for many years to come, similar opportunities may be given. We cannot, indeed, again attend your Golden Wedding, but if you celebrate your Diamond Anniversary, (and such as you do not quickly grow old, so that 25 years is no long time for you, J be assured we shall be here. May each succeeding year be better than the last ; and may the blessing of God attend yon in the performance of every duty. We, on our part, while extending our con- gratulations, would also give assurance of our love. The Poem by Rev. I. C. Bumpus : 'Twas a wonderful thought, a stupendous plan, When God, our Creator, said : " Let us make man." In our image we'll make him, and give him the care Of the world and its creatures, their blessings to share. 'Twas another great thought when a rib from his side. Was severed and changed to a beautiful bride, And brought to the man who, in his great need, Was waiting for something, — a help-meet indeed. So the man was delighted, and said with great glee, You have come from our Maker a blessing for me ; Let us love and obey Him, be faithful and true, And He will surprise us with what He will do. So the voice from the Garden, both tender and sweet, Was heard, and they hastened their Muker to grett ; And there, 'neath the trees, they twain were made one, By the Word of Jehovah, the adorable Son And so it has been from them until now : The betrothal, the wedding, the true marriage vow, Have filled up the years, some joyful, some sad, Some lovely, some charming, some fearfully bad. CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 287 'Tis well that a union so sacred as this, Where Mary and John have shared in its bliss, Should number the years, two score and a half, With song and thanksgiving, a smile and a laugh. In Fifty full years with light and with shade, The renewal of pledges was sacredly made ; While blest with their children of rare grace and mien, They trace the kind Hand so abundantly seen, In the care and protection mid the carnage of war, For the soldier sees triumph, both order and law. Four generations all here, all honored and true, With neighbors and friends in a grand review, Can see by the years of a true married life, What God will do for a husband and wife, Who, in spite of the testing of life's rugged way, Have been true to their pledges to this hallowed day. And now with great gladness we bid them God-speed, Their wants are supplied, they live above need, For God, our Redeemer, has cared for them well. And of His goodness and mercy they are happy to tell ; And may the kind Master who listens and hears, Still give them, yes, many, most delightful glad years. The "Golden Wedding," by Mrs. A. H. Spooner : 'Tis half a century since you wed ; Just Fifty sacred years have fled, Since on that blest October day Heaven's miracle of Love was wrought, Which made two hearts as one for aye, While angels listened, rapt in wonder, To earth's response, " Whom God hath joined, Let not man put asunder." Oh, beautiful ! oh, blessed scene ! Though Fifty Years have slipped between That blest event and this to-night, We see the bridegroom and the bride, As they, with joy, their vows do plight ; We see the friends through smiles and tears Wishing the choicest gifts from Heaven May crown the coming years. To- light we greet the same sweet bride, And faithful bridegroom at her side, Just as they stood in 'fifty-three, When, in the rosy morn of life, Kv love caressed, from sorrows, free, 288 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. And, like the friends of former years, With deepest love and fervent prayers, We bring our gilts with smiles and tears. The same, yet not the same, for now Love sheds a halo on each brow ; Instead of groom and happy bride, — Oh ! transformation blest, we see A father, mother, side by side, Who look about with love and pride ; In generations three, they see Their forms and features multiplied. O blest re-union ! sacred hour ! Love enters here, supreme its power. We look about on faces dear ; Some cherished, sacred ones we miss, Love whispers they are here ; And so our longing hearts are filled with joy ; For this is your Golden Wedding Day, And the gold holds no alloy. 57. Hiram Perkins Caldwell, son of Wesley 14 and Margaret Ford (Cushman,) born at Lincoln, Penobscot Co., March 26, 1832, died at Covington, Ky., Aug. 20, 1863 ; married Sarah Jane Webber, dau. of Geo. Washing- ton and Susan Mudgett (Morrison) Webber, of Sherman Mills ; she was born at Linneus, Feb. 27, 1837, married March 26, 1854. Hiram Perkins Caldwell enlisted in the 9th New Hamp- shire Infantry, Co. A, Aug. 6, 1862. Was in the battle of Antietam. Wrote a letter home, while lying flat in a corn field, through and over which the enemies were shooting. Soon after he was sent to the Hospital, sick of dysentery. On partial recovery he went forth to Vicksburg, and was in battle there ; from thence he went up the river to Cov- ington, Ky., where he died, and lies buried in Linden Grove Cemetery. He was a noble man, true and good. His sons went to Colorado, 1882-3, to the Gunnison Valley, soon after the Indians left ; and George Wesley was County Supt. of Schools, and later County Assessor, [Mesa County.] Children of Hiram and Sarah : 96 Franklin Perkins, b. at Golden Ridge, Feb. 1, 1S55. George Wesley, born at ditto, March 17, 185S. 97 Truman Summerfield, b. " Jan. 31, i860 Evelyn J. b. Nov. 24, 1861, d. Dec. 15, 1864. CA^DWEI.I.. MAINE BRANCH. 289 58. Francis Marion Caldwell, son of Wesley 14 and Margaret Ford (Cushman) Caldwell. He was born at Lincoln, Jan. 7, 1837. He m. [1] Louisa Weller, born at Bloomingdale, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1834, dau. of Samuel and Annis (Comstock) Weller, and n:. at Plattsburg, N. Y., June 24, 1866 ; she died at Sherman, March 25, 1875. He m. [2] Flavilla Eveline Sleeper, dau. of Daniel P. and Mahala Weymouth (Ames) Sleeper. She was born at Sherman, Jan. 24, 1845, m. Oct. 20, 1875. Francis Marion Caldwell entered the U. S. Service in the Civil War, July 3, 1862, as Corporal. He was in the battle at South Mountain, Md., Antietam, and Fredericks- burg. He was then sent to Hospital Douglas, Washing- ton, D. C, and was continued there six months. Was then detached and did guard and provost duty two years at Philadelphia, Pa., Hartford. Fairhaven, Bridgeport, Ct. Also Escort to Recruits going to the front from Conscript Camp, Fairhaven, Ct. When detached he was advanced to Sergeant. He came from Fredericksburg Battle with fourteen bullet holes through his clothing, but his body escaped ; ht w T as not mutilated or scratched. The children of Francis Marion Caldwell : Dwight Moody, b. July 27, 1877, m. Oct. 5, 1901, Lula Agnes Patterson, dau. of Orlando P. and Ruba Ann (Twitchell) Patterson. Children: Delmont Patterson, b. July 9, 1902. Margaret Lacosta, b. Nov. 29, 1903. Lucasta Mary, b. June 13, 1879, d. Mch 12, 1896. Levi Cushman, b. July 16, 1881, d. July 12, 1884. Isa Durfer, b. Sept. 9, 1883, m. John C. Joy, Aug. 20, 1902 ; had son Paul Melvin, b. Apr. 4, 1903. Annie Elisabeth, b. March 17, 1885. 59. Leonard Hatheway Caldwell, son of Wesley 14 and Marg, ret Ford (Cus-hman) Caldwell, born at Lincoln, March 12, 1S39, died at Mattanarkeg, May 31. 18S6, m. at Sherman, Sept. 27, ib63, Flora Ann Sleeper, b. at Webster N. H. July 20, 1842. She was the dau. of Jonathan J. and Betsey Davis (Sweet) Sleeper, of Sherman. At the beginning of the Civil War, j86i, Leonard was at the Exeter Academy. He tnlisted from there Sept. 1861, Co. A. 9th N. H. as Fir>,t Sergt. He was in the battles of Antietam, South Mountain, and Fredericksburg. 29O CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. He received a rebel bullet in his left lung; he returned home, — but died from the effects of the wound after a few years. He was a merchant ; and was chosen as Representative to Gen. Court ; Postmaster for ten years at Sherman Mills; Town Clerk ; Supervisor of Schools ; Selectman ; Deacon of the Church ; Supt. of the S. S. 15 years. Children . 98 Myrtilla Evelyn, b. at Sherman, Mch 21, 1865. Annie Lydia, b. Aug 6, 1866, d. May 19, 1S68. 99 Henry Ware, b. Jan. 4, 1S69. 60. Lucy Maria (sometimes written Maria L.) Caldwell, dau. of Wesley 14 and Margaret Ford (Cushman) born March 18, 1S41, at Lincoln ; m. at Sherman, Feb. 21, 1864, Dea. John Wm. Kellogg. He was b. at Gorham, May 13, 1832. The children : Ernest L. b. at Island Falls, Dec. 10, 1864. 100 Elisabeth Forbes, b. April 3, 1866. Perry Adams, b. Feb. 17, 1868, d. July 1, 1S69. 101 Wesley Caldwell, b. Sept. 30, 1869. Mary Louisa, b. at Sherman, July 28, 1871, died May 30, 1880. Margaret Hilles, b. Jan. 10, 1873, d. May 25, 1874. John William, b. Sept. 22, 1874, d. May 30, 1880. 61. The record of Six of the Children, and the grand- children of Lovina (Caldwell) 15 and Isaac Cummings, is included in this section, (61,) viz: Philip Caldwell, Mary Susan, Isaac Watts, Albert Webster, Francis Asbury, Francina Maria, [73-] Philip Caldwell Cummings, son of Isaac and Lovina (Caldwell) Cummings 15, born at Gray, Me., April 3, 1822; m. Emeline Amanda Millard, March 11, 1S56. He died at Canaan Ct. July 3, 1898. Two children : Sherwood Caldwell, b. at Cornwall, Ct. July 12, 1S5S Mary Lovina, b. at Canaan, Feb. 16, 1861, died Aug. 19, 18S9. Philip C. Cummings enlisted as a soldier of the Civil War, July, 1861 ; muslered in Oct. 2, 1861. His commis- siou as First Lieut, dated Dec. 5, iS6r. Sherwood Caldwell Cummings, son of Philip, born at CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 291 Cornwall, Ct., m. by Rev. Charles M. Selleck and Rev. Howard S. Clapp, to Fannie J. Cousins, in Norwalk. Their children : Elsie Bradford, b. at Canaan, Dee. 21, 1884. Marion Church, born at Meriden, April 26, 1886. Marjorie Lee, born at Norwalk, May 8, 1889. Mary Susan Cummings, dan. of Lovina (Caldwell) 15 and Isaac Cummings, born at Gray, July 20, 1S29, m. Feb. 24, 1S45, at Paris, to Charles M. Blake. He died Oct. 1, 1847. A child, named for the father, born Dec. 4, 1847, died Sept. 5, 1849. Mrs. Blake m. [2,] Whitmore W. Bowker, Dec. 2, 1S58. Two children : Delphinas Francis, born Dec. 3, 1859, m. Mrs. Eva A. Rounds, — residence, Portland. Charles Whitmore, b. July 19, 186 1, m. Margaret Stanley, Nov. 3, 1891. Their son Muriel Stan- ley, b. March 9, 1899, at Paris. Whitmore W. Bowker died June 15, 1S68 ; Mary S. Cum- mings, his widows died Nov. 17, 1892. Isaac Watts Cummings, son of Lovina (Caldwell) 15 and Isaac Cummings, born at Gray, May 18, 1825, mar- ried Eliza McClary, Stratford, N. H., June ro, 1851. She died in Glencoe, Minn. May 27, 1857. He m. [2] Mary S. Buck, at Glencoe, Oct. 20, 1877 ; she died Jan. 1898. He went to Glencoe, Minn., as an early settler. At the time of the massacre by the Indians, he took his family, (including his mother who was with him.) in an ox wagon, and fled for safety to Minneapolis. His crops and cattle were utterly destroyed. Several settlers did not escape, and were slain. Their bodies were gath- ered and interred at Glencoe. The children of Isaac Watts Cummings : Andrew Flower, born May 4, 1S53, m. Margaret Cameron, June 6, 1876, resides at Cass Lake, Minn. Grad. Stevens* Seminary, Glencoe: a Teacher in early manhood ; now a farmer. Six children : Isaac William, b. Mch 8, 1S77, m. Ethel Oppelt ; Alexander M. b. May 5, 1SS3 ; James Melville, b. Nov. 25, 18S6 ; Andrew Francis, b. Aug. 27, 1889; Catherine Mary, b. April 10. 1891 ; Eliza, b. and d. 1894. 292 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. Mary Augusta, born Oct. i. 1855; grad. Stevens' Sem.; was a Teacher ; m. David Minmo, Sept. 23, 1897. Josephine Gilbert, born Sept. 17, 1858 ; grad. Ste- vens' Seminary ; m. James Keenan, Jan. 25, 188S. Their children: Melville L. b. Feb. i. 1890 ; Kstella M. b. Nov. 26, 1898. William B. born Feb. 29, i860, died early. Melville Augustus, b. Apr 14, 1863, at Minneapolis, Minn., m. at Chicago, Jessie May Cronk, Sept. 12, 1894 ; she was b. Dec. 21, 1868, at Aurora, 111. He was a grad. Stevens Sem.; resides at Hector, Minn. Children : Walter Eugene, b. Sept. 8, 1S96 ; Janette Marion, b. Oct. 5, 1898 ; George Isaac, born at Hector, Minn., Dec. 1, 1899, d. Sept. 20, 1900. Anne Estelle, b Nov. 30, 1865, grad. Stevens Sem.; m. at Glencoe, Eugene Marion Phillips, Aug. 22, 1888. He is a gr. of Hamlin University, Class of '95, and is a Teacher. Their child, Guybest M. born Aug. 21, 1896. Rev. Albert Webster Cummings, son of Lovina (Cald- well) 15 and Isaac Cummings, born at Minot, April 27, 1826, m. at Poland, Estha Jordan, March, 1855. She died August of the same year. He went to Glencoe, McLeod Co., Minn., 1S57, and m. Emma Elisabeth Dean, at Forest City, July 8, i860. He was received into the West Wisconsin M. E. Conf. Oct. 10, i860 ; continuing his labors fourteen years, he was in 1874 superannuated. In 1876 he entered the Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, took the three years course, and became a practicing Physician. His daughter, — Estella C. born at Mindora, Wis., Jan. 6, 1862, m. Leroy Bishop, merchant, Sept. 7, 1885 ; their children : Edwin R. b. July 6, 1887, d. Apr. 19, 1899; Albert R. b. July 6, 1887 ; Loa May, b. March 22., 1890. Francis Asbury Cummings, son of Lovina (Caldwell) 15 and Isaac Cummings, born Jan. 23, 1S34, at Minot, Me. He was married, by the Rev. Mr. Hill, to Mary Adelia Lamphere, Oct, 17, 1857, at Glencoe, Minn. They had no children, but, since the Civil War, April iS, 1870, they CALDWKI.L. MAINE BRANCH. 293 adopted the daughter of a dying comrade. Alice Twiss Cutnmings has proved to be a grace and blessing to their home, and is now one of the Librarians at Hartford, Ct. Mr. Cummings enlisted in Co. I, nth Reg't, Conn. Vol. July, 1861. Was mustered in, Oct. 3, 1861, and was in the following battles : Newbern, N. C. Frederick City, South Mountain, Antietem. He was wounded through the shoulder at Antietem ; and was discharged from Vol. service to accept a commission in fhe Regulars, but failed to secure it because of disability. He is now Senior Vice Commander of Robert O. Tyler Post 50 Department of Conn. G. A. R. He purchased the lot 011 which his Regimental Monument was at Antietem, and presented it to the Organization. They have since vottd to have it deeded to the U. S. in order to have it cared for by the Gen. Government. He was elected Pres. of the Association, in 1895, served one year, and now is one of the Executive Committee. He is a dealtr in Hay, Grain and Flour. He has been prospered in business ; and holds membership in the First Presbyterian Church. p-rancina Maria Cummings, daughter of Lovina (Cald- well) 15 and Isaac Cummings, married Leonard Augustus Caldwell, son of Leonard Caldwell 23, a Soldier in the Civil War [See 73.] 62. Sarah Maria True, dau. of Polly (Caldwell) 15^ and John True, born Sept. 24, 1833 ; died April 10, 1875 ; married Richmond Davis, Nov. 17, 1851. Children: Ella E. born Oct. 29, 1852. Augustine, b. March 4, 1855, d. July 28, 1881. Charles H. born Jan. 9, i860. Sumner P. born Jan. 25, 1863. John True, born Feb. 23, 1867. Jerold B. born May 19, 1873. 63. John Augustine True, and his younger brother, Addison Emery True,— sons of Polly (Caldwell) 15* and John True. John was born March 19, 1836, died May 4, 1877 ; m. Sarah Morse Small, May 18, 186S. They lived at Mechanic Flails. Children : Clinton Augustine, b. Sept. 20, 1S69, d. June 21 1S7S Samuel, b. June 25, 1871, d. July 2, 1878. 294 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. Addison Emery True, son of John and Polly (Caldwell) 15^, born May 5, 1841, died April 12, 1897, married Mrs. Sarah Moore Small, May 30, 1878. Mr. True was an ex- tensive farmer ; at one time, with his father, possessing three farms. Upon his estate he laid out streets and built houses; and, while cultivating his lands, he also supplied markets with sheep and cattle. One child by adoption : Alice May, born June 10, 1882. 64. John Asbury Caldwell, son of John 16 and Maria (Scribner) Caldwell, born at Paris, Jan. 1, 1833, died at Seffera, Fla., Nov. 2, 1898 ; married at Dracut, Mass., May 25, 1850, Hannah M. Pressey, born May 6, 1833, in Sutton, N. H. Children: Maria A. born at Lowell, March 30, 1851 ; died at Ridgeway, Pa., Sept. 12, 1868. Ella M. born at Lowell, April 22, 1854 ; died Sept. 19, 1857. Herbert F. born at Kane, Pa. May 8, 1868. Blanche P. born at Erie, Pa. Oct. 21, 1872 ; m. Nov. 24, 1897, Lee Gerritt ; a son, Herbert P. born Sept. 1, 1899, at Erie. William P. born at Erie, Pa. Jan. n, 1876. 65. Charles David Caldwell, son of John :6 and Maria (Scribner) Caldweli, b. Jan. 1, 1838, died June 22, 1S64 ; m. Catherine E. Murphy, April 26, 1859. Children : Helen Maria, b. Feb. 8, i860; m. [1] Henry Har- rison, of Worcester, 1882 ; [2] Maturin B. Magoon, 1893. A son, died early. 66. Rev. Asbury Caldwell, Jr., son of Rev. Asbury 17 and Olive E. (Merrill) Caldwell. He was born in Wis- casset, Feb. 1, 1838, and died in Portland, Jan. 29, 1862. Dr. Torsey, President of Maine Wes-leyan Seminary, said : 'Of the thousands who have been under my instruc- tion since I have occupied my position, Asbury Caldwell was by far the most brilliant and accurate scholar." It was told of him also, that in fifreeu months from the time he commenced the study of languages, he was quali- fied to enter any college in the country. He was suddenly CALDWKLI*. MAINE BRANCH. 295 prostrated by violent hemorrhage of the lungs, and quick- ly passed Beyond. Rev. H. B. Ridgeway wrote : " He was the most heroic young man I ever saw. His death was calm, peaceful, triumphant. With visions of heavenly joy he passed away." He sleeps beside his father and mother in a beautiful Cemetery in Portland. 67. Rev. John Merrill Caldwell, sou of Rev. Asbury 17 and Olive E. (Merrill) Caldwell, born Aug. 29, 1839 > in - Krnina H. Hill, of Kennebunk, July 10, 1865, the only dau. of Capt. Abram and Susan Colman Hill. The Ministerial career of Rev. J. M. Caldwell :— In the Maine Methodist Conference : at Kennebunk, 1862- 1865 ; Hallowell, 1866. Failing health compelled a trans- fer to the West, and he then supplied the Main street M. E. Church, Dubuque, Iowa, 1866-67. Chosen Principal of Rock River Seminary and Collegiate Institue, Mount Morris, 111., 1867-69 ; stationed at Princeton, 111., 1869-71 ; at Rocklord, 1871-73; Joliet, 1873-75; Ada St. Church, Chicago, 1875-78 ; Wester Ave. Church, Chicago, 1878-81. Presiding Elder, Joliet Dist. 1S85. Oakland M. E. Chh. Chicago, 1890 ; South Park Ave. Church, Chicago, 1895 ; Park Ave. Chh. Chicago, 1897. Presiding Elder, Chicago Western Dist. Retired from pulpit and public life, 1903. 1890, the degree of D. D., conferred by Mt. Union Col.; the same year, accompanied by his only son, [Rev. Asbury Caldwell,] he journeyed through Europe, Egypt and Pal- estine, five months. While in ministerial labors in Maine, he was Chaplain of the State Legislature. His children : 102 Susan Olive, born July 6, 1867, married John Ira Merrill, of Kennebunk. 103 Asbury, b. Oct. 12, 1869, m. [1] Fanny Brown ; [2] Mrs. Edith Fisher. 104 Mavolta, b. Oct. 21, 1871 ; m [ r J Dr - Abram S. Pease; [2] J. W. Southell, Esq. Anna, b. Sept. 17, 1872, d. Dec. 21, 1872. Emma, b. Oct. 18, 1S73, died Jan. 16, 1874. Floreoce, b. Feb. 18, 1876, d. April 6, 1879. Calla Marie, born Aug. 28, 1881 ; graduate of Lewis Institute, Chicago. 296 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 68. Charles Baker Caldwell, son of Isaiah :8 and Lydia Ann (Nelson) Caldwell, born July 12, 1838, married Feb. 21, 1864, Abby Ann Lane. She was the dau. of Simeon and Charlotte (Merrill) Lane. Charles B. was a soldier of the Civil War. He resides in Stoneham, Mass., a gro- cer in that town. His children : Effie M. b. Sept. 25, 1865, m. Fred Ira Bumpus, July 11, 1S85. He was b. Jan. 24, 1861. Their children : Ira E. b. Nov. 10, 1887 ; Nina A. b. May 8, d. Aug. 5, 1890 Ernest A. b. Oct. 15, 1868 ; Brakeman on the R. R. his home is at Stoneham. 69. Emmons Melville Nelson, son of Emmons and Caroline (Caldwell) Nelson 20, born Dec. 9, 1839, died Aug. 22, 1866. Married, at Boston, Oct. 1, 1863, Ellen Buzzel Reed, born at Charleston, Maine, Dec. 13, 1835, died at Lewiston, June 8, 1897 ; dau. of John and Hannah (Cowan) Reed. John Reed was b. April 8, 1801 ; m. Mch 17, 1825, lived at Glenborn until 1871 ; he then went to Jersey City, N. J. ; returned to Lewiston ; d. Feb 29, 1877 Emmons M. Nelson attended school at Chelsea. After Hs death, his widow lived at Lewiston. The dau. of Emmons and Ellen Nelson : 105 Nettie Mellenna, born Jan. 7, 1865, at Boston. 70. Caroline Augusta Nelson, dau. of Emmons and Caroline P. (Caldwell) Nelson 20; born at Rumford, Feb. 5, 1842 ; m. at Oxford, March 18, 1862, James Libby Holden. He was born at Otisfitld, June 12, 1830; son of Henry and Abigail (Ray) Holden, of Wrentham. James L. Holden for a score of years has been a manufacturer of baskets of all sizes and styles. The children : ic6 Florence Maria, b. in Otisfield, Oct. 6, 1865. 107 Walter Emmons, b. at Oxford, Nov. 17, 1867. 71. Henry Arthur (Thing) Caldwell, adopted son of Seth Cushman and Eliza A. (Cummings) Caldwell 21: born at Gardner, Oct. 17, 1858; m. by Rev. John Merrill Caldwell, Nov. 8, 1877, to Rebecca Jane Cribben, of Chi- cago. Twelve }ears he was Foreman in Cloak Dep't of Marshall Field, Chicago. Afterwards Manager of Dry Goods Dep't at South Bend, Ind. Children : CALDWELL- MAINE BRANCH. 297 Mabel Cushman, born May 22, 1878. William Arthur, born Nov. 30, 1S81. Robert Cribben, born July 2, 1889. Mildred Cummings, born Sept. 16, 1891. 72. Josephine Jane (Hazzard) Caldwell, adopted dau. of Seth Cushman and Eliza A. (Cummings) Caldwell 21, born at Westport, Mass., Oct 18, 1861 ; married Nov. 4, 1885, Chester Strowbridge Hart, of Taunton, Mass. Their son : — John Caldwell Hart, born Aug. 31, 1886. 73. Leonard Augustus Caldwell, son of Leonard 23 and Hannah (Farring- ton) Caldwell, of Oxford. He was a graduate of Kents Hili Seminary, and a Ttacher in Maine and Minnesota, whither he went in the Autumn of 1857. In 1858, he became owner of farm lands, and devoted himself to their cultivation. May 21, i85o, he was mairitd, by Rev. Henry Kliot, to Francina Maria Cummings, dau. of Isaac Leonard Augustus Caldwell. and Lovina (Caldwell) Cummings, [15 They hid one son : — 108 Leonard Augustus, born April 16, 1861. The year 1861, was an era in his career ; and proved to be "the beginning of the end :" — He enlisted as Sergeant in Co. B, 4th Reg. Minn. Vol., Sept. 11, 1861. During the following winter he was sta- tioned at Fort Reidgley ; and in early Spring, 1862, trans- ferred to the South. During the winter the measles pre- vailed at the Fort, and he was hardly recovered when the order came for the transfer. He had arranged for the comfort of his wife and baby- boy ; but the Indian Massacre of Aug. 17, 1862, gave a deep and suffering anxiety to those who were at home or 298 .CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. absent ; and the frequent and necessary changes of locali- ties, made it impossible for wife and husband to hear or know of each other's welfare. The mutual anxiety can hardly be imagined. The soldier, though weak from disease and burdened with mental heaviness, kept on duty, serving under Gen. Grant at Farmington, Hamburg, Corinth, Clear Creek, Jacinto, Moscow, White Station, Memphis, Young Point, Helena, Miliken's Bend, and was on the way to Vicksberg when his strength utterly failed. On May 11, 1863, he was carried to Memphis, and died June :6, 1863. His latest days and hours were strong in the desire that the successes of Government might establish a strength and power that could never be diminished. 74. Ellen Cornelia Caldwell, daughter of Leonard 23 and Hannah (Farrington) Caldwell; born at Oxford, Jan. 11, 1836; married the Rev. James Orwin Thompson. He was born June 9, 1834, the son of James Clements Thompson and Esther Chalmers ( Famham, ) his wife,— residents of Waldo. Rev. James O. Thompson and Ellen Cornelia Caldwell, were married by the Rev. Abel Pottle, Aug. 14, 1863. A brief outline of Mr. Thompson's career will reveal a varied and useful life : James O. Thompson's occupation is that of Editor, Printer, and Publisher. He is a superannuated Minister of the New England Southern Conference of the M. E. Church. He joined the Maine Conference of that Church, April, 1S66. He was stationed at South Eliot, Richmond, Woodford's Corner, and Monmouth, in the Maine Conf.; was transferred to the Providence, [now the New England Southern.] in 187 r. He filled the stations at West Dennis, Vineyard Haven, Nantasket, Hingham, Plymouth, Little Comptou, and Edgartown, in that Conference, and took a superannuated relation' In' 18S3. He removed to Keyser, W. Va., in Sept. 1883, and has since published the Mountain Echo, a Republican paper. He was mustered into the United States service, as 2d Lieut of Co. I, 17th Maine Vol. Inf. Aug. 18, 1S62, and served until March, 1864, having in the mean time been promoted to 1st Lieut. Co I, ami Capt. Co. K. He re- ceived two sunstrokes which totally unfitted him for fur- CALDWELL- MAINE BRANCH. 299 ther service. While in the service he took part in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, [in which he was ordered, in the midst of the fight, to take command of the color company, whose commanding officer had been killed,] Locust Grove, Mine Run, and two or three engagements of lesser note. Mrs. Ellen C. (Caldwell) Thompson's life has been a revealing of what a consecrated and devout life may be. She has been heard to remark, that "if she had been born a few years later, she would have had the opportunity for acquiing a college education " She made, however, the best use of the opportunities she did enjoy, and thus fitted herself for the duties of maturer life. She attended the District School in summer and winter, until she was fourteen or fifieen years of age. Whatever may have been the shortcomings of those old time schools, they certainly afforded to t arnest and studious pupils an opportunity to lay the foundations of a good English edu- cation. She also attended several terms at Hebron Acad- emy, then as now a fountain sending out streams of good over the country. For one term only she had the privil- ege of being a student at Kent's Hill, — the Maine Wes- leyan Seminary. At the age of fifteen years she taught successfully her first summer school ; and continued to teach several years. Just before the beginning of the Civil War, she became engaged to the Rev. James O. Thompson, an old school- mate. In 1862, duty called him to the battle fields. With a heroism equal to her sense of the righteousness of the cause, she buckled on his sword, and with a fervent God bless you, bade him Good-bye. A year later, while he was at home on sick-leav^, they were married. After a few days he returned to the Army. He graduated in the Class of '66 from the Biblical Insti- tute, Concord, N. H. and joined the Maine Conference. S on .' fter arriving at their first appointment, (South Eliot,) Mrs. Thompson was attacked by disease, which culminated in nervous prostration from which she suffered fifteen years ; yet she kept up her interest in Church work. She was espe:ially interested in the Woman's Foreign Mis- siona y S< ciety. and in several pastorates organized auxil- iaries. Early in the history of the Society, she became a Life Member. In 1883, Mr. Thompson's health, which had been pre- ;,(>'.) CALDWELL- MAINE BRANCH. carious from the effect of the sun-strokes received during his military life, became so much impaired that he took the superannuated relation, and located at Keyser, W. Va. In this new home, Mrs, Thompson perceived a diversified field for her efforts. She found a W. C. T. U., in which she immediately took an active interest. Failing to see results from her efforts in connection with the Union, she began to question if there might not be found a cause for the lack of success ? Inquiry led to the knowledge that no Temperance work had been done among the colored people. The spirit of caste which dominated society and churches, had debarred them from the privilege of hearing temperance lectures, or uniting with others in temperance work. Impressed with their need, she began to work with them and for them, especially in connection with their Sunday School. Nearly fifteen years she has been Superintendent, organist, teacher, chorister and conductor of Bible Readings. For the last two years Mr. Thompson has been laboring with her in this Sabbath work, when he has not been absent supplying pulpits. Mrs. Thompson has also had charge of her husband's business, in his absence, for weeks at a time, editing the paper with great acceptability. Ten jears ago Mr. and Mrs. Thompson built for them- selves a commodious and pleasant home in Keyser. It is a home of marked hospitality, and they share its comforts with those who need. 75. William Farrington Caldwell, son of Leonard 23 and Hannah (Farrington) Caldwell, born at Oxford, April 28, 1840, m. Mehitable D. Winship, born in Otisfield, Feb. 23, 1840, married at Oxford, Feb. 8, 1862. Their children : Emily Agnes, born June 30, 1864 ! d. Jan. 10, 187S. Adtlbert Farrington, b. May 18, 1867. [See below.] Minnie Belle, b. Oct. 18, 1S68 ; m. Rev. Arthur A. Callaghan, June 29, 1904. Annie Clark, born July 19, 1871. William Leonard, born Dec. 24, 1874. Guy Harold, b. Nov. 24, 1880, d. Feb. 27, 1SS5. Cornelia Beatrice, b. March 30, 1884. Prof. Adelbert Farrington Caldwell, [see above,] recog- nized in the literary world, has a pleasant and advancing CA^DWEM,. MAINE BRANCH. 301 record : He — Prepared for College at Hebron Academy, Hebron, Me.; Graduated from Colby College, 1S91 ; Received the degree of M. A., 1894; Member of Graduate School of Harvard University, 1904. Professor of History and English Literature, Maine Wes- leyan Seminary and College, 1891-98 ; Professor of English Literature, Illinois Wesleyan Univ- ersity, Bloomington, III., 1898-1904 ; Published The Barefoot Time, a collection of poems, 1903. Accepted the chair of English Lit. DePauvv Univ. 1904. 76. Annie Elisabeth Caldwell, dau. of Leonard 23 and Hannah E. ( Farrington) Caldwell, of Oxford ; born Feb. 2r, 1848, married by the Rev. James O. Thompson, at Richmond, July 4, 1867, t > George Richard Clark, M. I)., of Portland. Dr. Clark was born at Strong, Maine ; sou of Adam Clark. He died Nov. r, 1S69. Mrs. Dr. Clark, as will be seen below, becoming inter- ested in the study of medicine, graduated from the Medi- cal Dept. of the University of Michigan, July 1, 1886 ; one year also in Woman's Medical College, Philadelphia. She was married by the Rev. Richard Turnbull, at Detroit, Mich , Nov. 18, 1886, to Dr. George Benson Kelso. He was born at North Bruce, Ont., son of Thompson Kelso, — residence at Bloomington, 111. Their daughter : Helen Cameron Kelso, born Dec. 16, 1889 ; died September 1, 1890. Mrs. Annie E. Kelso was the youngest of the family ; and, like her brothers and sisters, attended the District School winters and summers ; and in the spring and au- tumn was a stident at Hebron Academy. At the age of ten, she began the study of Latin ; her eldest brother, Leonard Augustus Caldwell, being her instructor. She began the study of music, also, at an early age. At sixteen years she entered the Maine Wesleyan Sem- inary, at Kent's Hill, intending to complete the course of study ; owing to the failure of health, she reluctantly re- linquished the plan. At the age of niiuteen, she was happily married to Dr. C. E. Clark, of Portland, aid in two years she passed thiough the sorrow of tl e death ol the devoted husband. 302 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. Her love of study induced her to enter the Boston Con- servatory of Music. She then spent two years in Europe, where she became so familiar with the German language she could write and speak it like a native. In Germany and Italy the received instruction in vocal culture, her sweet voice drawing from her Italian teacher, the admir- ing expression, Una bclla voce! After her return from Europe, she was prostrated by illness; for three years, she was an almost helpless in- valid. While in this condition she obtained medical books and read up her own case, which she diagnosed more ac- curately than it had been done by physicians. Her love of Medical Science became a passion, and she prepared herself for the practice of medicine. The disci- pline of sorrow fitted her the better to sympathize with the diseased and suffering. After graduating she was united in marriage with a fellow student, whose standing as a physician was of a high order. The Home Sanitarium, which they established in Bloomington, 111., is a genuine home to each one who is so fortunate as to become an inmate. Here are the appliances for modern treatment, medical and surgical, of all chronic diseases. 77. Samuel Cushman Caldwell, only son of Prof. Merritt Caldwell 24, and Rosamond R. (Cushman,) was born in Carlisle, Penn., in a wing of one of the buildings of Dickenson College, which was occupied by his parents as a residence. On his mother's side he is descended from the P-ilgiims, as on his father's from the Puritans. His earliest American maternal ancestor was Robert Cushman, business manager of the Mayflower expedition, whose only son, Thomas, married Mary, daughter of Isaac Allerton, both of whom were passengers on the Mayflower on its first landing at Plymouth Rock. Thomas Cushman was the confidential friend of Gov. Bradford, and on the death of Elder Brewster succeeded him as Ruling Elder of the Ph mouth Church. A \ear before the death of Prof. Merritt Caldwell, his son was sent to the family homestead, in Oxford, where he remained working on the farm w th his uncle Leonard and his cousins, until he went to Maine Wesleyan Semin- ary, — the scene of the early labors of his father and his uncle Zenas, — 10 prepare for College. lie entered, in 1854. the College where he was born, Samuel Cushman Caldwell, D. C. L. On the Editorial Staff of the New-York Tribune since September i, 1872. CALDWei^. MAINE BRANCH. 303 and was graduated in 1858. Was an instructor in Greek and Latin in Rock River Seminary, Mount Morris, 111., for a year, and then studied Law in Portland. Here he came into close contact with a fellow student who was to become famous, — Thomas Brackett Reed, who, in those early days, showed all the elements of character which constitute a leader. Caldwell was admitted to practice at the bar in Portland in 1861 ; and in New York, 1863. ^He was Ass't Editor of the Methodist, New York city, 1866-69 ; on tne Editorial Staff of New York World, under Manton Marble, 1-869-72 ; and has been on Editorial Staff of New York Tribune since Sept. 1, 1872. Last year the Tribune association decided to publish a new agricultural paper, TIic Tiibune banner, and he was appointed Agri- cultural Editor. Having built up a suburban home, he was chosen the first President of the village of Pelham, Westchester Co. N. Y., and was re-elected twice. He received the degree of Doctor of Civil Law, from Dickenson College, 1899 ; and is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He married March 20, 1883, Charrie Forshee, daughter of Barnard and Eliza Forshee, of Monroe, Orange Co., N. Y., and her French Huguenot and Dutch ancestry, go back to as early an American date as that of her husband. 78. Hon. Charles Sumner Cook, son of Christiana Survive (Perry) and Obadiah Gould Cook, 28, grandson of Polly (Caldwell) 5 and Rev. Dan Perry; born Nov. 18, 1858, married Oct. 23, 1889, Annie Jefferds Reed, dan. of Hon. Isaac and Lvdia Emery ( Macdonald ) Reed, of Waldoboro. Two children : L.\dia Macdonald. Robinson. One ( i the prominent Lawers of the State of Maine, and a member of the Governor's Council, elected January, 1899, is Hon. C. S. Cook. He resides in Portland, in which city he was born, Nov. 15. 1858 His lather, the late Obadiah G. Cook, was a lawyer of 1 i o h standing. [See 28.] His mother was Christiana S. (Perry) Cook, a dau of Rev. Din Perry, a Methodist clergxmin, who eaily settled and preached in Oxford Co. 304 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. and the sister of the late Hon. John J. Perry, of Portland, who was a member of the 34th and 36th Congress. Mr. Perry was one of the founders of the Republican Party. He served as a member of both the State Senate and House of Representatives ; and was active and prominent in the early history of the party, and especially in the sup- port of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin and other anti-slavery leaders. Charles Sumner Cook was fitted for College in the Com- mon Schools of Harrison, to which town his father removed in 1861, and in the Nichols Latin School, Lewiston, and graduated from Bates College, with honors, in 1881. He became Principal of the Waldoboro High School, 1882 ; and afterwards commenced the study of Law in his father's office in Harrison. In the winter of 1884, he entered the law office of Symonds & Libby, Portland. This firm was composed of Hon. Joseph W. Symonds, ex-Judge of the Supreme Court of Maine, and Hon. Charles F. Libby ; and under their direction he continued his legal studies, being admitted to the Cumberland Bar in October, 1886. Since that time he has been in the active practice of his profession in Portland In 1891, he formed a business association with Hon. J. W. Symonds which continued until the formation, with David W. Snow, in April, 1892, of the firm of Symonds, Snow & Cook. This firm has always enjoyed a large business, embracing important railroad and corporation matters, and has a wide reputation as one of the leading law firms of the State. Charles L. Hutchinson is now [1899] an additional member of this firm. Mr. Cook has been more than ordinarily successful as a Lawyer, and from his associations and ability has had the handling of larger and more important cases than usually fall to the lot of young men of his profession. In politics Mr. Cook has always been a Republican, and an active and influential member of the Party. He was President of the Young Men's Republican Club in 1891 ; and Vas Chairman of the Cumberland County Republican Convention, 1892. At the opening of the session of the Legislature, Jan. 4, 1899, he was elected member of the Executive Council, (Hon. Llewellyn Powers, Governor,) from the Second Councillor Distiict. CALDWEM,. MAINS BRANCH. 305 Mr. Cook is a member of Ancient Landmark Lodge F & A. M.; the Cumberland Club ; and the Portland Athletic Club ; and is President of Prince's Express Company, doing business between Portland, Boston, New York. 79. Charles Edwin Merry, son of William Oscar Merry and Caroline Augusta (Greenwood) 32; grandson of Mtlinda (Caldwell) 6 and Thaddeus Greenwood ; born at Anson, June 2, 1862, married at Anson, by Rev. T. G. Mitchell. April 18, 1885, Sadie Robinson Oliver, of Indus- try. The children : Fannie Viola, born Jul)- 15, 1886. Eugene Raymond, born Dec. 30, 1887. Roy Lee, born April 1, 1890. Carrie Louise, born May 14, 1891. Geneveive Asline, born July 10, 1894, at Madison. Chester Edwin, b. April 17, 1897, at Fort Fairfield. 80. Ida Belle Merry, dau. of Peter West Merry and Ellen Marion (Greenwood) 33; grandaughter of Thad- deus and Melinda (Caldwell) Greenwood 6; born Feb. 9, 1866; died June 17, 1898; married at Stark, Aug. 23, 1884 Charles Fremont Oliver. He was born Dec. 8, 1862, at New Sharon, son of Eli and Diantha Hannah (Nichols) Oliver. He was a successful Teacher in Public Schools ; Supervisor of Schools ; Selectman. The children : Alma Marion, born July 12, 1886. Frank Herbert, born June 18, 1888. Elsie May, born Dec. 8, 1890. 3°6 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. EIGHTH GENERATION. Sr. Martha Cora Benson, daughter of Maria E. (Cald- well) 40 and David Benson, born at Brookline, Vt., May 9, 1865 ; married at Conway, N. H., by Rev. J. H. Roberts, June 27, 18S9, Seth Warren Johnson, — he was born at Fryeburg, Feb. 8, 1868. son of Joseph Henry and Sarah Groves (Bemis) Johnson, of Fryeburg. Mr. Johnson was a pupil at Fryeburg Academy ; took the Commercial Course at Haverhill, 1892. Since their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have lived at Fryeburg, Me., and Bradford, Ms., their present home. The children : Gladys Alice, b. at Fryeburg, Jan. 27, d May 4, 1891 Rupert Earle, b. at Haverhill, Nov. 25, 1892. Doris Elisabeth, born at Haverhill, Aug. 29, 1896; died May 20, 1900. The following is probably from the pen of a Lovell correspondent : — Dorris E. the liftle daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Johnson, died at their home in Haverhill, Mass., May 20, 1900, aged 3 years, 9 months. The funeral took place here, at the home of Mrs J.'s mother, Mrs. L. A. Benson, Wednesday, at one o'clock. The flowers were many and beautiful. The little white casket contained one of the most beautiful forms ever laid to rest. Here she was beautiful in both life and death. Rev. E. Doughty officia- ted, and the bearers were Arthur Hall, Eber Johnson, Leslie McKeen and Orrie Stanley. The burial was at No. 4 Lovell. 82. Ida Belle Caldwell, dau. of George Edwin Cald- well 42 and Emma L. (Wing,) born at Watertown, Mass., April 4, 1869; married at Fort Fairfield, by Rev. G. B. Nicholson, Nov. 24, 1S97, Frank Otto Osborne, born Dec. 9, 1862, at Lewiston, son of Ephraim Noble and Elisabeth Hannah (Libby) Osborne. Mrs. Ida B. Osborne was for a number of years Organist at the M. E. Church; and was also Book-keeper in the office of Mr. Phesenden. Mr. and Mrs. Osborne reside at Fort Fairfield, where he is a merchant. Their son, — Donald Caldwell, b. Oct. 10, 1S98, at Fort Fairfield. CALDWE^I,. MAINE BRANCH. 307 83. Nellie Marion Caldwell, dau. of George Edwin 42 and Emma L. (Wing) Caldwell; born at Sherman Mills, Nov. 14, 1872 ; married at Portland, by Rev. E. M. Cous- ins, June 28, 1893, Charles Russell Sturtevant, born at Fayette Corner, Nov. 12, 1867, — the son of Josiah Hough- ton and Helen Elisabeth (Ormsby) Sturtevant. Mr. Sturtevant was a student at Kent's Hill ; and also took a course in architecture at the Spenceriau Business College, Washington, D. C. He spent a year and a half in California ; and then returned and settled on the Stur- tevant homestead, where his father and grandfather had lived before him. Mrs. Sturtevant attended the Lowell Grammar School at Roxbury Highlands for four years ; the West Somerville High School for two years ; and afterwards studied music at Kent's Hill Seminary. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sturtevant : — Marion, b. June 30, 1895, at Livermore Falls. 84. Walter Irving Storer, son of Lucy Adelpha (Cald- well) 43 and Alvin K. P. Storer, born April 28, 1863, at Lovell ; m. at Lovell, by Rev. Wm. Saubrook, Jan. 14, 1890, Laura Isabelle Seaman, born Aug. 24; 1873, at Cape Speare, N. B., dau. of Alexander and Sarah Elisabeth (Allen) Seaman. They have resided in the two Maine towns, Sweden and Bridgton. Mr. Storer is farmer and teamster. The children : Beryl Adelphia, b. at Bridgton, Dec. 28, 1891. Carl Alexander, b. at Sweden, Feb. 16, 1893. 85. Ednah Estelle Caldwell, dau. of Wm. Caldwell 4S and Charlotte (Parks) born at North Rumford, Sept. 30, 1875 ; m. at Roxbury, by Rev. Silas M. Locke, July 15, 1893, to Edw. Hazen Virgin ; he was born Jan. 7, 1870, at Rumford Point, son of Hazen Gale and Eliza Addie (Holt) Virgin, of Mexico, Me. Mr. Virgin has a livery and feed stable, and his home is in Dixfield. Their daughter: Thalia Maretta, born Jan. 2, 1900. 86. James Preston Morse, son of Sylvanus and Rhoda (Edwards) Morse 51 ; and grandson of Sarah Jane (Cald- well)Edwards 12, born Dec. 6, 1870, at Keene, N. H.; m. at Keene, Oct. 2, 1897, by Rev. Charles B. Elder, Faith 308 CALDWELL. MAINK BRANCH. Cassindana Woodburn, born Jan. 7, 1871, at Jaffrey, N. H. dau. of George and Emily Fiske (Baldwin) Woodburn. Mr. Morse has held official positions in Keene. He served in the N. H. State Militia, from Aug. 1893 to Feb. 1S98, — the last two years as Corporal. Their son : Hazel Woodburn, born Aug. 7, 1898. 87 a. Guy Albert Caldwell, son of John Frederick, [page 245 ; ] and grandson of Frederick 13, [page 244,] born April 12, 1879, at Andover, m. at Mexico, at the home of the bride, May 13, 1903, Nellie Mae, eldest dau. of Dep. Sheriff, F. A. Perkins. Mr. Caldwell is a gradu- ate from Hebron ; also Shaw's Business College, Portland. His wife holds graduate honor from Andover High School. They reside at East Andover. 87. Warren G. Davidson, son of Sarah F. (Caldwell) 55 and George Davidson, born at Sherman, Feb. 7, 1847, m. at Sherman, Oct. 4, 1877, Martha S. Robinson, born Jan. 24, 1866. She was the dau. of Asa S. and Elvira Jane (Colburn) Robinson. Asa S. was born in Sumner, Aug. 8, 1817, and died at Buckfield, Dec. 19, 1873. Mrs. Robinson, his wife, was born in Sumner, March 14, 1833, died at Buckfield, March 8, 1872. Asa and Elvira Robin- son were married in Patten, Penobscot Co. Sept. 30, 1855. The occupation of Warren G. Davidson is mining and milling, at Lake City, Colorado. Five children : Mary E. b. at St. Stephens, N. B. Nov. 16, 1S80. Fred R. b. at St. Stephens, Nov. 9, 1882. Gilbert W. b. at Grand Junction, Colorado, Nov. 25, 1885, d. July 19, r886. Pearl E. b. at White Water, Colorado, May 13, 1888 Luella K. b. at Henson, Hinsdale Co. Colorado, Nov. 27, 1895. 88. Luella M. Davidson, dau. of George and Sarah (Caldwell) Davidson 52, born in Sherman, June 6, 1853, married Christopher C. Bradbury, Feb. 7, 1870. He was born in Limerick, July 1, 1846. Children : Christopher C. born Sept. 2, 1871. William W. born July 11, 1873. Ethel M. born Feb. 8, 1876. Ida Eleanor Bradbury, b. April 25, 1S84, m. June 3, 1903, Brace E. Burpee. Frederick R. born March 19, 1890. CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 309 89. Mary Grace Caldwell, daughter of John Wesley 56 and Mary T. (Perry) Caldwell ; born at Sherman, Sept. 23, 1855, married by Rev. T. E. Brastow, to Dr. Freeman Cramm Harris. He was b. at No. Bridgton, Jan. 18, 1850 ; son of Rev. Leonard W. and Caroline (French) Harris. Dr. Harris was a student at the North Bridgton Acade- my ; and a Student of Medicine with Dr. Charles Hutch- inson, of Gray ; and at the Harvard Medical School ; graduated from the Bowdoin Medical School, 1871. Practiced medicine in Gray, South Windham and Sher- man ; in 1874, moved to Colebrook, N. H., and in 1889, received a certificate from the Board of Pharmacy of N. H. as a skilled Pharmacist. He returned to Sherman, 1S94. For more than 20 years he was the U. S. Examining Surgeon for Pensions ; and he has held positions on the Board of Health, Board of Education, &c, in Colebrook and Sherman ; and Town Clerk in Sherman. He is a member of the White Mountain Medical Society. The children of Dr. and Mrs. Harris : Caroline French, born at Sherman, May 9, 1874, died Oct 6, 1874. Leonard Woodbury, born at Colebrook, N. H. Oct. 13, 1875, m. Jan. 19, 1895, Charlotte Ann Jackman, born in Sherman, Nov. 12, 1876 ; their son, Joseph Freeman, b Nov. 14, 1896. Margaret Caldwell, b. at Colebrook, May 18, 1878 ; m. Sept. 23, 1896, Walter Sleeper, b. in Sherman Nov. 21, 1S74. Children: Richard Harris, born Sept. 19, 1897 ; Lewis Maxwell, b. July 11, 1903 Mary Esther, born at Colebrook, Nov. 29, 1879 ; Teacher in Public Schools ; m. Daniel B. Curtis June 5, 1903. Bell Curry, b. at Colebrook, July 21, 1884. 90. Ida Marion Caldwell, dau. John Wesley 56 and Mary Teressa (Perry) Caldwell, born at Sherman, Feb. 24, 1S59, m. by Rev. J. C. Bumpus, Oct. 28, i8S5 ; Lewis Edward Jackman. He was born at Sherman, April 2, i860; son of Edward Augustus and Rebecca Barrows (Gerry) Jackman. Lewis Edward Jackman has held the office of Town Clerk and Town Tieasurer, at Sherman Mills, seventeen years. Their son, — Pearl Raymond, born Aug. 19, 1887. 310 CA^DWE^I,. MAINE BRANCH. 91. Pearl John Caldwell, son of John Wesley 56 and Mary Teressa (Perry) Caldwell, born at Sherman, Apr. 16, 1866, m. at Oldfown, June 16, 1896, to Agnes R. Hansom. Coal Dealer and Mason. 92. Mira Firman Caldwell, dau. of John Wesley 56 and Mary Teressa (Perry) Caldwell, born April 16, 1867 ; m. by Rev. I. O. Bumpus, Sept. 24, 1891, Dr. William Truman Merrill. He was born June 26, 1861, at Deer Isle, — the son of Rev. Wm. A. and Martha M. Merrill. Dr. Merrill fitted for College at Phillips Exeter Acade- my ; graduated from Dartmouth College, Classical Dept. 1887. Principal of Berwick High School, 1888-89 ; studied Medicine at both Dartmouth and Bowdoin Medical Schools — grad. June, 1890. Practiced medicine at Lawrence, Mass.; and in 1891, moved to Patten, Maine. Was a mem- ber of the U. S. Board of Examining Surgeons; Supt. of Schools. In 1897, he settled at Skowhegan, where he now resides ; and in 1899 was again elected Supt. of Schools. The children : Lucille, b. at Patten, Jan. 4, 1885. Chauncey Dean, b. at Skowhegan, June 3, 1898. 93. William Sleeper Caldwell, son of John Wesley 56 and Mary Teressa (Perry) Caldwell, born at Sherman Mills, May 17, 1872 ; he m. Sept. 19, 1894, Nora Emily Record. She was the dau. of Carroll C. and Adelaide (Webber) Record, and was born at Sherman, May 21, 1872 William Sleeper Caldwell is a merchant ; resides at Sherman ; has held the office of 1st, 2nd, 3rd Selectman. His daughter, — Dorothy Record, born March 14, 1901. 94. Gemma Lucasta Caldwell, dau. of John Wesley 56 and Mary Teressa (Perry) Caldwell ; born at Sherman, April 10, 1874; m. George Atherton Sleeper, D.D. S., born June 15, 1871, at Sherman. He was the son of Charles Appleton and Ella M. (Jackman) Sleeper. Dr. Sleeper grad. from the Sherman High School, 1892 ; entered Boston Dental College, Sept. 1892, grad. 1895. Commenced practice at Jacksonville, Fla. and continued there two years. He returned to Maine, and opened an office at Island Falls, Aroostook Co. where he still remains CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. 31 1 in successful practice and in active interests of Church and Town. Mrs. Dr. Sleeper died Aug. 27, 1902 ; and the burial was at the Cemetery in her early home. Her grave was made by the side of her sister, — Isa Alma. The published trib- utes to the sisters we subjoin : — Mrs. Gemma Caldwell Sleeper, was called to the higher life, Wednesday morning, Aug. 27, 1902. Although her illness had been a protracted one, the disease was not thought to be fatal until two weeks before the end, when it took a sudden turn for the worse. A specialist was summoned from Portland, and a consultation of physicians held ; but they were not able to arrest the advance of the disease. Her death is a sad blow to the community and especially to those who had counted her as a dear friend during her residence here. She was valued not alone for her sunny, cheerful disposition and happy Christian life, but for her wonderfully sweet voice as well. Both she and her hus- band, Dr. George A. Sleeper, had sung in the choir at the Congregational Church, [of which Church they were both members] since their coming here six years ago. It is seldom that a country church is so favored with music in its worship as this one has been. The attendants at the Church often spoke during her illness of how much they missed her voice in the services, and how glad they would be when she recovered and resumed her accustomed place. Now thai her voice is stilled on this shore to join the choir angelic among the redeemed, her friends bow in submission to that Divine will that doeth all things well ; and will treasure in the heart sweet memories of her whose voice never tired of singing God's praises. A short service was held at her late home on Sherman street, conducted by her pastor, Rev. F. S. Dolliff ; her body was then taken to Sherman Mills, where funeral ser- vices were held in the beautiful little Church, where her voice had been raised so often in worship. The service was conducted in a tender and impressive manner, by the pastor of her youth, Rev. I. C. Bumpus. Miss Isa Alma Caldwell: Died, — at the residence of her uncle, M. J. Merriam, near Grand Junction, Colorado, on Sunday morning, Oct. 7, 1883, Miss Isa A. Caldwell, aged 22 yrs 2m. id The funeral services were Ik Id on Monday afternoon, at the M. E. Church South, and were largely attended. Revs. Amesbury, Day and Weaver were present, and assisted in the sad and solemn exercises. Miss Caldweil was born at Sherman Mills, Maine, and came with her uncle's family to Grand Valley, a year ago. 312 CALDWELL. MAINK BRANCH. She was engaged to be married to Mr. C. E. Dufur, and the wedding was announced for the 12th inst. During the last winter she was a Teacher in the Public School of this city, and was also a Teacher in the M. E. Sunday School here. Her peculiar fitness and accomplish- ments as a Teacher will be sadly missed by those who have shared her instruction as pupils, and her assistance and co-operation as Teachers and Superintendent. Pos- sessed, in an eminent degree, of those intellectual and social qualities which make one loved and valued in so- ciety, she was a favorite alike of our young people and those of maturer years; and her untimely death in the midst of the hopes and prospects and promises of youth, is a striking illustration of that startling mutability in whose presence we must all stand appalled and uncertain. A few days more and her young life was to be joined heart and hand with his, whose promised bride she was. On the eve of the nuptials, Death claimed her. The muf- fled tones of funeral bells took the place of merry wedding chimes. The wedding garments became cerements ; the summoned guests joined in the sad processionthat followed her remains to the grave. A TRIBUTE.— W. E. Faber. Dead ! and the murmuring river Flows by, while a sorrowful cry From hearts that are shrouded in anguish Goes up to a pitying sky. Dead ! and the sun in its shining, Looks down, as it ever has done ; But something is diming its brightness — What shadow is over the sun ? Alas ! in her innocent beauty, Her youth and her sweetness and grace, Enrobed in the samite of Silence, Lies one, on whose beautiful face No longer Life's bloom we discover ; The roses and lilies of Youth, From kindred, from friend, or from lover, Have fled ; and the sorrowful truth Comes home to each, that Death's shadow Hangs over us all ; though our feet May be walking the green-bosomed valley, Or stand where the wide waters meet. The voice that was pleasant is silent ; Its music of laughter has fled ; The eyes that were smiling are hidden ; The face, is the face of the dead. CA^DWEM.. MAINE BRANCH. 313 Our earth is a beautiful mother! She gathers us all to her breast ; The young and the old she is calling Evermore to her silence and rest. But the earth is only the gateway Through which we must pass on our way To the mansions where Love is immortal, And Life the Perpetual Day ! 96. Franklin Perkins Caldwell, son of Hiram Perkins Caldwell 57 and Sarah Jane (Webber, ) born at Golden Ridge, Feb. 14, 1855, married Maude Catherine, dau. of Elijah Beuj. and Mary Amanda (Eaton) Showers, May 20, 1882. Her parents reside at Fremont, Wis. She was born Oct. 24, 1861. Franklin P. Caldwell resides at Dal- las Divide, Colorado ; occupation, Farmer and Dairy- man. The children : Earnest Trueman, torn at Greenwood, Clark Co.> Wis. Jan. 2, 1884. Ethel Maude, b. at Greenwood, Mch 27, 1886. Clifford Franklin, born at Highmore, Garfield Co., Colorado, Nov. 30, 1888. Bert Webber, b. at Highmore, Feb. 6, 1891. Verne Nelson, b. at Highmore, June 19, 1893. Hugh Leonard born at Mesa, Mesa Co. Colorado, Dec. 5, 1895. Frederic Louis, born at Dallas Divide, San Miguel Co. Colorado, Dec. 24, 1901. 97. George Wesley Caldwell, and his brother, — Trueman Summerfield Caldwell. George Wesley Caldwell, son of Hiram Perkins Caldwell 57 and Sarah Jane (Webber,) born at Sherman, March 14, 1858; married March 1, 1882, Maria Lorana Russell. She was born at Etna, June 3, 1862, dau. of Josiah S. and Lorana Catherine (Olivet) Russell. At Colorado, George W. was Supt. of Schools, Assessor, justice of Peace, Councilman ; his present residence is at Sherman Mills. His children : Mina Lorana, born at Grand Junction, Colorado, May 12, 1883. Earl Russell, b. at Sherman, April 13, 1S85. 314 CALDWELL. MAINE BRANCH. Calla Sarah, b. at Dubuque, Colo. Jan. 15, 1887. Roy Truman, b. at Froita, Colo. Jan. 5, 1889. Jennie Alice, b. at Dubuque, Colo. Aug. 27, died Oct. 10, 1891. Josephine Susan, b. at Vega, Colo. Oct. 21, 1894. Georgiana Alice, b. at Grand Junction, Colo., July 30, 1897. While this page was in type the following message was received : "I have to report the death of Mrs. Maria Russell Caldwell, who died at Grand Junction, Colorado, July 30, 1904. She was the wife of George W. Caldwell, my nephew, whose record you will include in the book." Truman Summerfield Caldwell, son of Hiram Perkins Caldwell 57, born Jan. 31, i860, at Sherman, married Jeanette Annis Coburn, March 21, 1884. She was the dau. of William Bridgman and Olive (Lombard) Coburn, born at Lincoln, Penobscot Co. Jan. 2, 1865. Children : Philip Merle, born Feb. 22, 1895. Malcolm Bridgman, born May 20, 1889. 98. Myrtilla Evtlyn Caldwell, dau. of Leonard Hatha- way Caldwell 59 and Flora Ann (Sleeper,) born at Sher- man, March 21, 1865, married Will Lee Lampkin, March 12, 1885, at Jacksonville, Fla. He was the son of George Francis and Adelaide Victoria (McCormick) Lampkin, of Jacksonville; born at Brunswick, Me., March 12, 1861. He is a commercial traveller, and the homt is at Jackson- ville. The children : Bertha Estelle, born Dec. 20, 1886. Mabelle Caldwell, born Sept. 10, 1888. Lena May, b. Aug. 21, 1889. Robert Mitchell, b. June 28, 1892. 99. Henry Ware Caldwell, son of Leonard Hatheway Caldwell 59 and Flora Ann (Sletptr ) b. at Sherman Mills Jan. 4, 1869; married Evelina Stowe Carr, at Sherman Mills, Dec. 11, 1890. She was the dau. of Geo. Frederick and M^ria Evelena (Stowe) Carr, and was born at Satilla, July 11, 1869. Their children: Silas Stowe, born at Jacksonville, Fla. Mch. 15, 1892, died the next day. Leonard Hatheway, b. at Jacksonville, Jan. 29, 1894 Marion Gela, b. at Jacksonville, Mch 5, 1897. CALDWBLL. MAINE BRANCH. 3 15 Ralph Dillingham, b. at Atlanta, Ga. Nov. 23, 1898. Helen Maria, b. at Sherman, Dec. 16, 1900. Flora Beauford, b. at Sherman, Feb. 20, 1904. Henry Ware Caldwell's childhood was passed in Sherman, and he attended the Public Schools until his parents mi- grated to Florida, November, 1881. He entered the Duval High School at Jacksonville, the following December, and graduated as Salutatorian, at tbe age of fifteen years. The following year die spent in the Real Estate Office of Griffin and Clarkson, and as shipping clerk in a wholesale Flour House. In Oct. 1885, he accepted the position of Ass't Cashier and Book-keeper in the Retail Grocery House of Jones & Bowen, which place he left three years later to accept a similar situation, at increased salary, in the Wholesale and Retail Furniture House of Cleaveland & Son ; he remained with this firm five years, — as General Manager the last three years. He purchased a Wholesale Coffee and Tea business in Dec. 1892, which he sold three years later, and removed to Atlanta, Ga., w 7 here he had been offered the General Managership of the Atlanta Loan and Investment Co., which position he held till 1904 ; when he purchased a beautiful farm at Sherman Mills, Maine. He united with the Presbyterian Church of East Jack- sonville, at the age of eighteen years. Two years later he took his letter to the Union Congregational Church of Jacksonville. He was elected Deacon when twenty-one years old, and also Clerk of the Church, Supt. of the S. S. and Pres't of Society of Christian Endeavor. 100. Elisabeth Forbes Kellogg, dau. of Lucy Maria (Caldwell) 60 and John William Kellogg ; born at Island Falls, April 3, 1866, m. at Sherman Mills, Dec. 7, 1889, to Walter Thomas Doton Spooner; he is the son of Henry Clay and Mercy Ann (Beath) Spooner, born Dec. 8, 1858, at Levant ; is a resident of Sherman Mills, and a member of the School Board. Children: Wallace Kellogg, born Feb. 1, 1894. John Clay, born May 16, 1895. 101. Wesley Caldwell Kellogg, son of John William and Lucy Maria (Caldwell) Kellogg 60, born at Island Falls, Sept 30, 1869, married at Sherman, Genieva Ingalls 3l6 CALDWELL. MAINS BRANCH. Nov. 24, 1897. Children : Frederick Ernest, born at Stacyville, June 20, 1899. L,ucy Mary, born June 15, 1902. 102. Susan Olive Caldwel}, dau. of Rev. John Merrill Caldwell 67 and Emma H. (Hill,) born July 6, 1867, m. John Ira Merrill, of Kennebunk, Nov. 24, 1887. Children: Engene Caldwell, born Nov. 6, 1888. Eva Maria, born Aug. 6, 1890. Asbury Theodore, born July 22, 1892. Harold Ira, born July 4, 1895. 103. Rev. Asbury Caldwell, son of Rev. J. M. Caldwell 67 and Emma H. (Hill,) born Oct. 13, 1868, m. Fanny Brown, dau. of Harvey H. Brown, Chicago. He was edu- cated at Chicago, and the North Western University ; entered the Methodist ministry as a member of the South West Kansas Conference, at Ulyses, Kansas, March, 1889. In October, 1890, was transferred to Rock River Conf. and stationed at Joliet, 111.; in 1891, was stationed at Oregon, 111 ; in 1S93, went to Florida, and supplitd churches at Sandford and Palm Beach. Went abroad in 1898-99. 104. Mavolta Caldwell, dau. of Rev. John Merrill 67 and Emma H. (Hill) Caldwell, born Oct. 21, 1870; educated at Chicago and Cook Co. Normal School ; Teacher in Chicago ; married Abram S. Pease, M. D. son of Rev. A. Pease, June 28, 1894. Their son, — John Merrill Caldwell, b. Nov. 2, 1896. 105. Nettie Mellena Nelson, dau. of Emmons Melville Nelson 68 and Ellen B. (Reed,) born at Boston, Jan. 7, 1865 ; m. at Lewiston, April 3, 1886, to Daniel Wells Prescott. He was born in Hartland, now Skowhegan, March 7, 1864, the son of Augustus Prescott, of Hartland. Mrs. Nettie Prescott, after her father's death, lived ten years with relatives, at Kenduskeag. She was then mar- ried at Lewiston ; and Auburn became her home. The children : Gertrude Mellena, born June 6, 1890. Frank Augustus Hale, born May 25, 1895. CAL,DVVEL,I,. MAINS BRANCH. 317 106. Florence Maria Holden, grandaughter of Caroline Perkins (Caldwell) 70 and Emmons Nelson; and dau. of James L- and Caroline A. (Nelson) Holden, born at Otis- field, Oct. 6, 1865 ; married at Norway, Jan. 23, 1886, Fred E. McAllister, born at Norway, April 14, 1866, son of David and Sarah J. (Hayes) McAllister. Mrs. Sarah J. McAllister is the dau. of Edmond and Pauline Hayes, and was born April 30, 1825. Child of Fred and Florence : — Caroline Augusta, b. Nov. 20, d. Nov. 27, 1897. 107. Walter Emmons Holden, grandson of Caroline Perkins (Caldwell) 70 and Emmons Nelson ; and son of James and Caroline A. (Nelson) Holden ; born at Oxford, Nov. 17, 1867, married Dec. io, 1887, Emma Wood, born March 11, 1869, dau. of Davis Barton and Harriet Augusta (Tubbs) Wood. They live at Oxford. Their son— Otho B. born Sept. 15, 1892. 108. Leonard Augustus Caldwell, son of Leonard Augustus Caldwell 72 and Francina Maria (Cummings,) born April 16, 1861; married at Canaan, Ct., Sarah Eliza- beth, daughter of Harmon and Julia (Dunning) Schamer- horu, Aug. 24, 1887. Children : Alfred Clark, born July 8, 1888. Leonard Augustus, born July 14, 1890. Minnie Francina, born April 18, 1892. Old homes at Old Ipswich 352fi08 Caldwell CorprpernoratioQ. The First Caldwell Home, High St. Ipswich, Mass. |634. Gucpist 3f, J?»f - ©ofdtDGrf ©ommemeratioFi. 1654.— august 3 1 »— 1904. ipswich, mass. Exercises at the Chapel of the First Church, Meeting-house Green, on the 250th Anniversary of the purchase of the earliest Caldwell Homestead at Ipswich, by 3oIjn ant) 5>aral; EMUingljam (EaltmiHl. Order of Exercises at the Chapel : — Why are we Here? Augustine Caldwell. Intellectual and Moral Traits of the Caldwell Family. Dr. S. Cushman Caldwell, New York. The Caldwells as Soldiers. A Glance at other Caldwell Families. Dr. J. J. Caldwell, Summit, N. J.; the manuscript read by L,ydia A. Caldwell, Librarian of Ipswich Public Library. Brief Addresses from : — Col. Nathaniel Shatswell, Washington, D. C. Winford N. Caldwell, President and General Manager of the Holyoke Writing Paper Co., Springfield, Mass. John H. Cogswell, Ipswich, allied to Waldo family. Printed as a pleasant memorial of a pleasant day. The Commemoration Proposed. Wednesday, August 31, 1904, is the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of a noticeable event: — the purchase by John Caldwell, Ipswich, and Sarah Dillingham, his wife, of a pleasant and most comfortable home, — the home that has descended to their children, and their children's children, to the present hour. It is the earliest recorded act of their worthy lives. The homestead was bought of Dea. Cornelius Waldo and Hannah Cogswell, his wife; ancestors of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Because of the interesting fact that this house of our first New England father and mother is still the Caldwell House and Home, it is proposed to have simple commemorative exercises at Ipswich, Wednesday Morning, August 31, 1934, at ten o'clock, at the Chapel of the First Church, on Meeting-house Green. An hour will be devoted to brief addresses; then the assembly will walk to the ancient homestead on High St., and its doors of welcome will be kindly opened. From this earliest of the Caldwell homes, the visitors will pass to the ancient Graveyard, and to the spot where John and Sarah (Dillingham) and their chil- dren were carried for burial; and where — Grave has been made in grave till the sod Is the dust of good men gone to God. ■Caldwells have been buried in that sacred corner of the yard even to our day. This Commemoration is entirely informal and voluntary. A few are pleased to note the anniversary as of historic family interest; and it is hoped that de- scendants of John and Sarah, wherever they may abide, at Ipswich or elsewhere, will come voluntarily to the Chapel, and join in the walk to the first Caldwell House and Home in New England. — 1654-1904. From the Boston Globe, Thursday, Sept. r, 1904. GATHERING IN ANCIENT MANSION. Ipswich, Aug. 31,1904. A largely attended Reunion of members of the Ipswich Caldwell Family was held in the First Church Chapel to-day in commemoration of the pur- chase by John and Sarah ( Dillingham) Caldwell of the homestead on High St. which has been occupied by the family for seven consecutive generations. The house, which has been kept in good repair, was built by Gov. Bradstreet, in 1633. Simon Bradstreet, who was Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony for ten years, came to this country in 1630; his wife was Anne Dudley, daughter of Gov. Thomas Dudley, Chief Executive of the Colony for several years. Mrs. Bradstreet was the first New England poetess, and many of her poems were com- posed in this ancient house. Gov. Bradstreet sold his honse to Richard Eetts ; and Richard sold it to Dea. Cornelius and Hannah (Cogswell) Waldo, ancestors of Ralph Waldo Emerson. In 1654, Mr. Waldo sold the house to John Caldwell, who had recently married Sarah Dillingham. The house is now occupied by Mrs. Clara M. Jones, whose mother was a Caldwell and a direct descendant of the original John and Sarah Caldwell. One century after the arrival of John Caldwell, other Caldwells came from England and the North of Ireland to this country, one family settling in central Massachusetts, another in New Hampshire, others in New Jersey, South Carolina and Georgia. At the extrcists in the Chapel this forenoon, Augustine Caldwell, of Eliot, Maine, presided, and spoke words of welcome. Dr. S. Cushman Caldwell, of Pelham Heights, N. Y., read a Paper on " The Characteristics and Morals of the Men of the Caldwell Family." Miss Lydia A. Cald- well, the Librarian of the Ipswich Public Libray, read a Paper, written and sent to the assembly by Dr. J. J. Caldwell, of Summit, N. J., on the Caldwells of the Revo- lution, who resided in New Jersey and the South. Immediately following this were brief addresses from 4 CALDWELL COMMKNORATION". Col. Nathaniel Shatswell, of Washington, D. C, whose grandmother was of the Caldwell family ; Winford N. Caldwell, President and General Manager of the Holyoke Writing Paper Co., Springfield, Mass.; then Dea. John H. Cogswell, who really represented the name of Waldo, spoke in behalf of others who, though not of the family, were ready to welcome them to the good old town. Following the literary exercises at the Chapel, the assemblage visited the old Homestead on High St., where a reception was held. Later the ancient Burying-ground and points of family and historic interest about the town were inspected. Among the members of the family who are remembered by the older people of northeastern Massachusetts, are Mrs. Eunice (Caldwell) Cowles, for many years Principal of the Ipswich Female Seminary; Col. Luther Caldwell, Mayor of Elmira, N. Y., and later of Lynn and Washing- ton ; Capt. Sylvanus and Capt. Eben Caldwell ; also Samuel, of the South part of the town ; Joel, Joseph and George W. of East St. and its neighborhood. Of the Oxford, Maine, branch of the family, Prof. Merritt Cald- well, of Dickinson, Penn. College, and Zenas Caldwell, the first Principal of the Methodist school at Kent's Hill, Maine, are the most widely known. From a letter, written since the Commemoration : "I want to tell you how much I enjoyed the days in Ipswich ; they are days to look back to, as long as I live. How much better I love the family name and respect the people who bear it. What men and women we met there ! How simple and solidly good ! It is an epoch in my life. I think I shall never visit a town again without inquiring for a Caldwell." CALDWELL, COMMEMORATION. (&xnzww af tl;c (Eljapel WHY ARE WE HERE? Augustine Caldwell. Why are we here ? a question that has a historical as well as an interesting answer. We are assembled to com- memorate the purchase of the house and the establishment of the home, Two Hundred and Fifty Years ago, of John and Sarah Dillingham Caldwell, on the High street of our beautiful Ipswich ; beautiful then and beautiful to-day ; and more than beautiful to us, for we have the treasures of multiplied memories. August 31, 1654, is the date recorded in the deed ; the' purchase was made of Dea. Cornelius Waldo ; and the transaction was acknowledged before that notable man, — the warrior, the commander of hosts, the George Wash- ington of that early day, — Maj. Gen. Daniel Denison. His very autograph makes the deed of priceless value. By- and-by when we go, as our program suggests, to the old Caldwell graves, we will also pause a moment at the General's tomb. We will remember him as associated with the legal transactions of the day and the homestead deed — the transaction we commemorate. The name and signature, too, of Cornelius Waldo, can not but interest us. He is the early and the sensible man from whom Ralph Waldo Emerson derived a portion of his name, — he was an ancestor of the famed philosopher. We have with us at this hour a representative of Cornelius Waldo. Dea John H. Cogswell is connected with the ancient Waldo's, for Dea. Cornelius married Hannah Cogswell, daughter of the Cogswell ancestor from whom directly descends Dea. Cogswell, now present with us, and whose voice we shall hear as these exercises proceed. [And, as we are alluding to autographs, let me say, that I have a far simile of the signature of John Caldwell, writ- ten in 1660 ; and if character is revealed, as some affirm, by the quill, then our early father was a man of easy in- 6 CALDWEH COMMEMORATION. telligence ; an intellect that qualified him for a pltasant life even in the wilderness days of his early manhood. He had no cause to be ashamed of his pen. "J We can trace the old homestead to yet earlier dates than we have spoken : Waldo bought it of Richard Betts. I do not know who he was. He did not live long among us. He moved to Newtown, L,. I. He was evidently an orig- inal character, as many of those early creatures were, for he made his own coffin and dug his own grave. Personally I have never traced the homestead farther back than the ownership of Richard Betts ; but it is now discovered that Richard bought it of Gov. Bradstreet. It is the roof that sheltered the earliest poetess of New Eng- land, — Anne Bradstreet. It is a pleasant attraction to-day to know that we shall cross the very threshold and enter the very home of , —not only a Colonial Governor, — but of one of the early and most intellectual daughters of that far-away time; and the one whose very name awakens a singular sympathy, because of her lonesome days, and homesick glances across the wide ocean, until, as she ex- presses it, she found it was the will Divine that she should sacrifice the old loved English home and most endearing associations, for life. I think it was 1643 when she leit the Caldwell home- stead ; and when the hour came for Gov. Bradstreet to build anew in Andover, his later house was very like our Ipswich home, — and both yet abide. John Caldwell was in New England when he was nine- teen years old, — 1643. At twenty-eight years he mairied Sarah Dillingham. We can trace the history of his bride from her biith to her death. Her father and mother, John and Sarah (Caly) Dillingham, were in Ipswich earlier than 1633. They were refined people. Their intimate frends wire John Winthrop, Richard Saltonstall, Samuel Appkton, and Thomas Dudley, a wise advisor. John Dillingham built a house. We know its very neighbor- hood, almost its very site. It was on Market street, not lar from our B. & M. station ; or, as it is expressed on record, at the west end of the town and the south side of the swamp. Many of us, as boys, were familiar with ' the swamp," with its flagroots and gingers. Central street CAL,D\vm,L, COMMEMORATION. crosses it now The Dillingham home was very near if not exactly on the site of the ancient Guilford house, long since demolished ; and I wonder ii that old Guilford house was not his veritable home and the birthplace of our mother Sarah ? The nearest neighbors were the Sal- tonstalls and the Appletons ; and most endeared neigh- bors they were. Our mother Sarah was born while yet the new settle- ment had the name of Agawam, — her birthday was in April, 1634, four months before the incorporation as Ips- wich. She lived eighty-eight long years, — 1634-1722. And now as we tell her sad and yet most pleasant story, you will ask, maybe, "How do you know it? washer memoir written ?" Not with a quill., surely; but in the hearts of the children whom she loved, even to the third generation: remembered and revered ; and these memories have been our family traditions. A man of much wisdom and an intelligent idea of true history and biography, was at the Maine Historical one day ; and he asked a most reliable historian, — " What do you do with tiaditions?" '' No real historian ever disputes them," was his res- ponse ; "if records prove them he is glad ; if they do not, he slates the tradition, and makes no comment." We have pleasing traditions of our first mother, — Sarah Dillingham. Who remembered her? Were I to ask the Ipstvich people in this large assembly, if they remembered Capt. Sylvanus Caldwell and Capt. Eben Caldwell, they would instantly respond, " Indeed, we can answer, Yes." People of such strong personalities are not easily forgotten. But does it seem possible that John Caldwell, [the grandfather of the two gentlemen whom we have mentioned,] had a most distinct memory of our earliest mother? of her face, the refinement of her manners and voice ? We glance at the far-back Two Hundred and Fifty Years ; and how can it be possible that a child who saw and loved her, actually lived to talk with people whom we have known ? Yes, this grandfather John, was in his sixth year when our Sarah Dillingham died. She loved him much, for his father was slain by the Indian tomahawk ; therefore he 8 CALDWELL COMMEMORATION. was often in the great-grandmother's home. And he was carried to her burial — his first attendance at a funeral ; and he was full of wonder at the coffin, the gathering of the people. And his amazement was increased as she was borne across the orchard to the open grave. It seems as if the custom was for sons to bury the parents, for the uncles of the little lad covered the coffin and laid the sod gently on the new grave. It is not strange that the tiny boy was perplexed ; and in old age he sometimes carried his many grandchildren to her grave, and to her home, and repeated his memories and the traditions of her. Were he alive now, he would be the family historian. My Caldwell grandparents were own cousins, hence he was the grand- father of both. One day when my grandmother was ten years old, he took her by the hand, led her to the old home on High street, which was our first mother's home for the sixty-seven years of her married life ; he pointed to the easterly window, where she oftenest sat in the great old chair of rest; and he told her, too, of the love that everybody had for her. Then he carried the child to the graveyard and told her the very soil where she rests beside her husband. One beautiful word he said of this loving grandmother-heart, — and this word was remembered also by another grand- daughter, [Mrs. Hannah Caldwell Clark,] " She had a native refinement noticeable to all ; it was not simply re- finement, but the kindly refinement that won the love of her entire descendants." The orphanage of Sarah Dillingham was peculiarly touching : Her father died the year she was born, [1634.] Her mother died when she was two years old. She was not left a penniless babe. The estate was largely sufficient for all the needs of her helpless >ears. Tradition has come down through all the generations that her homes of love and blessing were with [first] the Richard Saltonstall household until ten or twelve years of age ; then at the Samuel Appleton fireside until her marriage. It was most fortunate for her; her father's and mother's wisest and dearest associates in lone Ipswich, gathered her into horn s of blessing. Thus she became to us all, even in this re- mote generation, the mother peipetually endeared. The Appleton home, on the hill-top west of the R. R. CALDWELL COMMEMORATION. 9 station, and hardly a stone's throw from Sarah's birth- place, (both homes gone now,) became in 1687, the most historic of all Ipswich homes. In one of its front rooms gathered Capt. John Appleton, who was like a brother to our mother Sarah, and six other noble men, and they pro- tested against the Andros taxation. .Though a century before the Revolution [1687,] yet it was, not only the first rebellion in New England against the motherland's un- justness and unholiness, but it was literally a foregleam of that Declaration of Independance which we revere as we do our Bible. And let us be gratified that it all occurred in our first mother's girlhood home. And may I not give the names of the resisting noble men : — Capt John Appleton, Major Samuel Appleton, the Rev. John Wise, Capt. William Goodhue, Lient. John Andrews Ensign Thomas French, Qr. Master Rob't Kinsman. We are not surprised that the gentle mother Sarah had a pleasant group of children. Her daughters married well : Mary Caldwell married a grandson of Reginald Foster, one of the strongest citizens and most substantial in wealth and brain. We have noted on record three houses that Reginald built. Anna Caldwell married a Roper, who had wealth ; and Sarah Caldwell married into the Ayres family, and, like her grandmother Dillingham, whose name she bore, she died too soon ; little children were motherless. Her sons, also, were wise in matrimonial choices : John married Sarah, a daughter of Reginald Foster. She left a memory of excellent common sense. Dike her mother-in- law her name has ever been familiar. Dillingham Caldwell married into the families of Lord and Hart, — both strong names ; and his own reputation was so firmly established he has never been forgotten. His name has been as familiar as if we had known him personally. Of Nathaniel Caldwell, the youngest son, we know least of all. He had a home on what is now the westerly half of the High street Burying-ground. We have known peo- ple who remembered his house and the grandchildren who lived in it. They were a quiet, retired family, not blend- IO CALDWELL COMMEMORATION. ing with society. The last one was called " Honesty John," because of his excessive exactness. His old home was the last Ipswich roof that was thatched with straw. It became a curiosity. To return to thchome of 1654; — the home of the John and the Sarah whose names we will filially revere : We find that the seven generations who have gathered con- tentedly arouud its old firesides, have been : 1. John and Sarah (Dillingham) Caldwell. 2. Dillingham and [1] Mary (Lord) Caldwell ; [2] Mary (Hart) Caldwell. 3. Daniel and Elisabeth (Burley) Caldwell. 4. Daniel and Hannah (Burley) Caldwell ; and John, his brother, and Sarah (Haraden) Caldwell. 5-7. Descendants of John and Sarah (Haraden,) — whose grandchildren will this day open the kindly doors, and we shall be permitted to cross the time-worn threshold. The wooden latches, with strings and bobbins, which we remember sixty years ago ; the old-time loom, a curiosity and mystery to child-eyes, are exchanged for modern con- veniences ; but the modern comforts will never efface from memories the value we place upon worthy ancestors. CALDWELL COMMEMORATION. II INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL TRAITS OF THE MEN OF THE CALDWELL FAMILY. Dr. S. Cushman Caldwell, of New York. Several months ago Samuel Hamilton, of Washington, called on me to talk about the Caldwell family. He is a member of the Southern branch, his great-grandfather having been the brother of John C. Calhoun's mother. We had a long conversation, of which I took no special note at the time, not knowing that I was to have the pleas- ure of meeting so many of our family at this time or ever. The one thing I remembered most distinctly was the state- ment that Mr. Hamilton had seen in the Congressional Library, a copy of The Caldwell Annals, in which was the coat of arms borne by the family in France, the crest of which was a Roebuck with a star on his forehead. When I learned that this meeting was to be held, I thought I would like to have some further information on this point, and wrote to Mr. Hamilton early in June. My letter followed him across the continent and back, and I received a full and courteous reply late in July. Mr. Hamilton writes : " Some years ago I wrote our Minister in Paris to rind out the origin, if possible, of -the part of our coat of arms represented by a Roebuck with a star on its forehead. A clerk was sent to search the records in the Heraldry Office, and complaining that he was unable to find any such record, an old priest told him that it was made long prior to any heraldry office of which France could boast. He said it could be found among the old documtnts at the Cathedral of Cologne. It was found there, and a copy was sent to me. This copy was destroyed by fire some years since, or I would send it to you at the family reunion at Ipswich. I can, however, give you the substance of it : — In the year 496, Cloy is, the first King of Fiance, while fighting the battle of Tolbiac was about being defeated by a German tribe ; and he called upon his chieftains to break 12 CALDWELL COMMEMORATION. the ranks of the enemy, saying he would make a leader of the one who accomplished it. The man who did this bore a Roebuck on his shield as the insignia of his rank ; and King Clovis, then and there, placed a star on its forehead, making the bearer of it a " Leader." No other family can be found in France or elsewhere having the Roebuck and Star as a crest or coat of arms." Mr. Hamilton adds that John C. Calhoun prepared a history of the Caldvvells, a copy of which he once saw, and that Mrs. Milligan, once living in Seven Oaks, N. Y., has full records of the Caldwell family in England, Scot- laud and Ireland. Unfortunately there is no such town, village or post office ; and Seven Oaks is probably the name of an estate hard to find. As matters of history, these traditions and facts are interesting, and may serve as guides to some younger man desirous of preparing a complete history of the Caldwells from the earliest days. But to us, on this anniversary day, and on this historic spot, they are of secondary importance. I, for one, am fully satisfied to date my lineage from the 3'oung man, who, two hundred and fifty years ago to-day, settled with his bride in this beautiful town. What care we for the armoured Knight, prancing steed or flashing blade. John is a good enough starting point for any one of us. As I know him he would have refused a title from King or Emperor, as his leader, Cromwell, renounced Knighthood. The place where we find him on that Au- gust day, the men surrounding him, his chosen comrades, the condition of England during the yeais he knew it, — for Cromwell had been ruler only one year when John led his bride to yonder house, — all tell us ivhat he was, and who he was. He had been a rebel against the only constituted authority in his native land, a recusant against the estab- lished church. He would have received with biting scorn the sycophantic interpretation of a passage from St. Paul, making him say that any existing form of human govern- ment, and any set of men for the time being administering the government are ordained by the Ruler of the Universe and held sacred by him from human attack. The Men of Massichusetts Bay in 1654, were not out of harmony with the Revolution which had ended in the execution of the CALDWELL COMMEMORATION. 13 King only the previous year, — O yes, I know our ances- tor, John. All my studies of Puritan history and Puritan character in England and America, have enabled me to know him ; and a careful and loving study of the children* he has left has taught me to single him out from others of the sombre group, and to see the man himself ; for in some families there are moral and intellectual traits that are clearly manifest generation after generation, and this is peculiarly true of the Ipswich Caldwells. I have known four generations of our family. I have studied with care all that is known of the generations pre- eeeding these; and I have constructed in my mind a type of the family. As we are only a little family group here, I don't mind telling you what this composite Caldwell is : He is a constant student, whether within college walls, in the woikshop, in the com ting room or on the farm ; never satisfied with half knowledge on any subject ; an earnest and profound thinker ; logical in his methods of thought even if unlearned in the schools ; true to himself; honest in his thinking, and rejecting no conclusion reached by him, even if it compels a revision of former beliefs. But, he will accept of no dictation ; his social views, his politi- cal faith, his ecclesiastical creed are his own, — not absorbed from another or from others. He does not believe in any divine inspiration of council, assembly, synod or confer- ence that can bind his conscience, and he takes their ut- terances for just what he thinks they are worth. He knows that laws must be observed, and that court decisions are binding, but they are not necessarily to be respected. Opinionated he may be considered ; stubborn. These are not words to shy at. Opinionated as were the thousands in all ages who marched to the cannon's mouth, or met the bayonet's charge. Stubborn as those other thousands who maintained their faith in the dungeon and at the stake. He is honest not. because honesty is the best policy, nor because the Bible commends it, but because every instinct of his nature demands it of him. In (act I think he doesn't know how to be otherwise. Scoundrelism is .in acquired habit which he has not acquired. His moral convictions being the result of his own think- ing, he holds them firmly. He is not given to euphemisms. To his vision right and wrong are as far apart as Heaven and Hell ; as clearly distinct as white and black. There 14 CALDWELI. COMMEMORATION. are no mixed shades ; no diminutives, no superlatives. He who holds what belongs to another is a thief ; he who states or implies as true what he does not know to be true is a liar ; he who professes what he does not practice is a hypocrite. These are hard words, but they are words a Caldwell thinks if he does not utter them. It was not a Caldwell who first spoke of the murderer or thief at the bar of Justice as "the defendant." In all the generations he has been a quiet, rather unde- monstrative man, strongly inclined to give so much time to his own affairs, and the performance of his recognised duties, that he has little to devote to other people's busi- ness unasked ; thus he has been respected in his own com- munity, but has so far neglected the social gatherings before the village bar and around the grocery store, as to miss the popularity that leads ultimately to high political honors. I have great respect for the men who legislate honestly and wisely for the State and the Nation ; and I know that some men have been called to high office ; but, knowing the preliminary training a man must usually give himself, — what he must say, and do, and be before becom- ing an available candidate, not to speak of the period of incubation before the candidate becomes a full fledged something or other elect, I am well pleased to believe that few Ipswich Caldwells have ever been politicians. My earlier memories of William Caldwell,* of Oxford, Maine, my grandfather, was when he was already an old man : older, perhaps, to my youthful eyes than he really was. I saw him nearly every day for four years ; we worked side by side on the farm, his comparative feeble- ness and my immaturity making us fitting comrades with the hoe, the rake and the scythe. To a child old age is "dark and unlovely." I am glad to say that in those early days this, with me, was reversed ; old age became lovely ; the wrinkled face a thing of beauty. Childhood is easily and ineffacibly impressed ; and its impressions are mostly correct. I love the memory of William Caldwell, as I have preserved it more than fifty years ; and I am glad to lay this humble flower upon the sweet and gentle old man's grave. Of his youngest son, Prof. Merritt Caldwell, unhappily * Son of John and Dolly Hoyt Caldwell, and grandson of William and Lydia Lull Caldwell, High street, Ipswich, Mass. CALDWELt COMMEMORATION. I ^> I can speak little as I could wish to speak, from personal recollection. Before I had reached an age to appreciate, or even see, the man as he really was, his life was ended ; a life so filled with intellectual activities, and so crowned with rich and beneficent results, that it cannot justly be called a short one. Concerning him much was published shortly after his death. These appreciative words were written by those who knew and loved him well, and would leave little for me to say now but for a careful reticence which was proper, no doubt, at the time, but which would certainly not be proper in me on this occasion; for it is not unusual for scholarship and piety to go hand in hand. We may not single out the possessor of the happy union, as typical of family. In a character-study something not greater than this but other than this is required. Dr. John McClintock closes his tribute with the words : " His latest work, The Philosophy of Christia?i Perfection , has given rise to much discussion, but none have questioned its abilit}' or earnestness." The history of that little book began several years before its publication. Sixty-three years ago, points of theological belief took more complete pos- session of many men's souls, than is very generally the case now ; and what in these days might pass as mere matters of opinion, were technically held as essential articles of faith. In 1841, a controversy arose in the periodical publica- tions of the M. E. Church on the Nature of Temptation. I shall not even attempt to explain the points at issue ; they are foreign to my present purpose. After the first paper on the subject by Dr. John P. Durbiu, Prof. Caldwell stood alone in the defence of opinions, upon the correct- ness of which depended the soundness of his faith in the doctrine of Christian Perfection, or perfect holiness, as it was and is frequently named. He stood alone, I said. Yes. And when rhe editor of the Methodist Ouaiterly Review decided to bring the discussion to a close, he de- manded that Prof. Caldwell shorten his reply to his critics to such an extent as to weaken its force, and leave the Church to believe that he was unable to answer. It was then he wrote this private memorandum: " This letter of Dr. Peck furnishes abundant evidence that he did not wish to insert any further article from me l6 CALDWELL COMMEMORATION. on this subject, and that he consented to do it only because I thought justice had not been done me.. * : until I finally resolved to prepare such a paper as the Dr. would admit. This has driven me to entertain the idea suggested by brother Vail, and by several others, of giving the subject of Temptation a more full discussion hereafter." This was the inception of the little book which soon appeared, and was met with hostile criticism not always temperate or mild, by the entire official press of the church, every copy of which he knew would enter some Methodist home. That the author entered upon this martyrdom not in the spirit of controversy, is evident from an extract from a private letter to the editor of the Methodist Quar- terly, who, by the way, had himself recently published a book on Christian Perfection, designed for use as a theol- ogical text book : " I must say after all I have read and studied of your views and those of Stevens, that I have either altogether mistaken you, and have no conception of what you mean, or, adopting your views, I have to give up all my long cherished hopes of ever attaining that state of christian experience which we talk of ; and, by men deeply versed in divine things, I have heard the fear expressed that such would be the result of the adoption of these views on many who should receive them." He knew how his work would be received. He caused to be bound in with all other papers relating to this mat- ter, a notice of his work from the Princeton Review ( Pres- byterian,) in which the writer says: "This view differs ■from the theory presented by Wesley, Dr. Peck, and, as we understand ihem, the great body of Methodist writers. * * The work is written in a remarkably candid christian spirit." Among the wise and pithy epigrams of President Lin- coln is : " Firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right." Us, not our neighbors ; notour community; not our state or nation ; not the whole world. The right as God gives us to see the right, is the Caldwells right. It is good to believe that there still are men — " True to truth and brave for truth, As some at Augsburg were." And I bow my head in solemn thanks as I realize that such a man was my father. The fact that he preserved every document bearing in CALDWELI, COMMEMORATION. I - ( anj' way upon this controversy ; that he laboriously copiec for preservation long letters which he wrote toothers that he prepared copious notes explaining letters and pas sages in documents which might be obscure to a later gen- eration, and that having had all bound securely, he be- queathed them with other manuscripts and books to his only son, — all convince me that I have not overstepped m> filial duty in bringing up this old matter on this occasion. Indeed, I shall never feel that I have done my duty until a full and elaborate history of the controversy is given, for the most part in my father's words to the Church of his love. Documents were not so carefully prepared by him for permanent preservation, with the thought that they should pass into oblivion. I knew his brother Leonard better, for I was old enough to be more observant. His desire for a liberal education was thwarted by failing health, and he was content to pass his life on the old farm, each day doing, and doing well, the duty that lay nearest to him. He toiled from early morn till night. He knew nothing of holidays ; but fifty- two dajs in the year were holy days, free from unnecessary labor and worldly thoughts. One seeing only the surface might have summed him up : " Not slothful in business, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord," and would have told the merest fraction of the truth. In everything that goes to make up a well rounded manhood, in clearness of judg- ment based upon profound thought, in power to weigh great questions and arrive at correct conclusions, in devo- tion to truth and right, he was in no degree inferior to his college bred brother. The education he craved might have given him larger pleasure in life ; it could hardly have made him a greater or more useful man ; for rural sec- tions have their need of such as he. Leonard Caldwell was a progressive farmer, when the word was hardly known. Past methods, past theories were not good enough for him, on the farm or off the farm. Almost as early as the Washingtonians he set himself against the drinking habit ; worked against it by example •and by speech ; and he became a Justice of the Peace, in order to enforce such meagre liquor laws as then existed. Total abstainers were not numerous in his neighborhood or town ; and I have been told that for several years, 1 8 CALDWELL COMMEMORATION. Leonard Caldwell was the most unpopular man in Oxford. He hated slavery with a bitter hatred, but his special abomination was a northern apologist of slavery. The enactment of the Fugitive Slave Law well nigh crushed him with shame for his country. Oh ! the sadness of his voice as he read at family prayers: " When the wicked beareth rule the people mourn." He was one of the early Abolitionists, and ran for the Legislature on the Free Soil ticket when I think he could have counted on his fingers his supporters at the polls. What cared he for popularity ? I have often wondered how he felt a few years later when he found himself in an enormous majority on both ques- tions — rum and slavery ; not more sure of the correctness of his position you may be very sure. A Caldwell doesn't need bracing up by numbers. I would rather have been he on that day, than the best of the latter day saints who were swept in on the flood tide ! His son, Leonard Augustus, I can hardly speak of with dry eyes. For a few years on the farm and a few months at the Academy, he was my dearest friend. Several years later I saw him in his frontier home. I have never loved boy or man as well. I have never known one more worthy of love and respect. " Never," said Betsy Trotwood to her nephew, "never be mean ; never be false in anything ; never be cruel." Such an admonition could never have been given to my cousin, — as well a caution against theft or murder. I never knew a boy of sweeter nature, of a higher sense of justice or of a loftier moral and physical courage. He was a worthy son of his father ; I can speak no higher praise. If he had died otherwise than he did, we should have said he died too soon; but the time when one's Country calls for the sacrifice is the time to offer it. I will not talk the usual platitudes about the nation hold- ing hitn in grateful memory. Perhaps ! What matters it ? Leonard Augustus simply did what he thought his duty. The reward was in the doing it. We are not a warlike family as far as I can discover ; we have no fondness for glitter and tinsel, or lust for slaughter ; but when the Country has needed defenders' Caldwells have not been lacking. I find them in the War for Independence, the War of 1S12, and the War for the Union ; but it must be a high motive that calls them to slaughter. CALDWELL COMMEMORATION. ig I will not speak of the living. They are all right and will remain so. And of their children we may be confi- dent. We can foresee clearly what sort of men will gather here on future anniversaries. As a tree is "known by its fruits, just as surely, if we know the tree, do we know what fruit to expect. The grape vine cannot produce thorns, or the fig tree thistles ; and the virtues of the fathers shall be repeated in their sons for more than the third and fourth generations. No ! we need fear nothing for the future of our family. Two hundred and fifty years have given it an unalterable stamp of character. The children will maintain it. Noblesse oblige- W. W. Caldwell, the poet, of Newburyport, though not a descendant of John Caldwell, Ipswich, 1654, sends by letter a breath of interest in the Commemoration. He is a greatgrandchild of Alexander and Margaret Caldwell who came across the ocean in 1766, and settled in Litchfield., N. H. He writes : " Sometime I hope to go over and see the old family house in Ipswich. "We should all be proud of our Caldwell name. Did you ever know one who was not honest, capable, an honor to the community in which he lived ? "I shall enjoy reading the reports of the gathering ; Hoping it will be a success,— I am yours sincerely, William W. Caldwell. >0 CAI.DWKLL COMMEMORATION, THE CALDWELLS AS SOLDIERS. A Glance at Other Families. Written for the Commemoration by J. J. Caldwell, M. D. Summit, N. J. Read by Lydia A. Caldwell, Librarian, Public Library, Ipswich. About the year 1400, three noted brothers, John, Alex- ander and Oliver, — distinguished for bravery and for a knowledge of the sea, — were employed by the merchants of Lisbon, Spain, to capture the pirates who were annoy- ing and destroying their shipping on the Mediteranean. These three brothers captured and destroyed them ; and received $20,000 each from Francis First, of France. These brothers lived at Mount Arid, near the boundary of France and Italy, at Toulon. Here the religious perse- cution of the Catholics against Albigenses, Waldenses and Huguenots, forced them to migrate across the country to Sol way Frith, Scotland, within the dominion of James 1st. They purchased a large tract of land, and sent to Toulon for their families. On their land was a notably Cold-well ; and from it originated the name. They were known as, John, Alexander, Oliver, of Colu-wkli., They were obliged to get the King's approval of their land purchase ; and before granting this, he required them to sign a pledge to furnish one son each, with twenty able- bodied men for service in defence of the crown. Here the family lived and accumulated property and strength, and intermarried with the most powerful families and land-owners. They became connected with the Royal Family. Queen Elisabeth was their staunch friend. Some of the Caldwells now possess, as heir-looms, presents from her, with their own Coat of Arms. They also were connected with Oliver Cromwell, whose mother was Anne Caldwell, of Solway Frith. Oliver Crom- well, with his kinsmen, — Joseph, John, Andrew 7 and David Caldwell [the direct ancestor of the writer,] moved to the north of Ireland, of which he was Governor or Lord ; .and was afterward piomoted to the Protectorate of England. These Caldwells remained true to the administration of Cromwell; and after the restoration of Charles II, they CALDWELL COMMEMORATION. 2 1 and their families migrated to America, landing and set- tling at Philadelphia, or some point in Pennsylvgnia ; and from thence to other parts of the newly settled country, — Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ken- tucky ; their descendants are in every State of the Union. The Coat of Arms : three ships, twenty men, a well with a man drawing water, a light on a hill,— represents inci- dents in the acquisition of their property, the requirements • of their king, their name; the light on the hill illustrates the constant v\ atch they kept to warn their families of the approach of the persecutors of themselves, the Huguenots, Albigenses. Waldenses, Piedmontes, Covenanters, and the followers of John Knox, the Scotch Reformer. [Of the Delaware Caldwells, Dr. Caldwell gathers facts of interest from the Courier Journal, editor Prentice: — ] John Caldwell and his brothers landed at Newcastle, Delaware, Dec. 10, 1727. They were John, Alexander, Andrew and Joseph, — the latter married Miss Sippel, hence Dr. J. J. Caldwell's father's name was John Sippel Caldwell, a great-grandson of Capt. Joseph Caldwell who commanded a Company known as the " Blue Hen's Chick- ens ;" a company consisting of ninety privates, of which John Patten was First Lieut, and George McCall was Second Lieut. The Rev. James Caldwell, a brother of Capt. Joseph was the Chaplain of the Revolutionary soldiers of New Jersey, and known as the Rebel High Priest, and famous in the history of Revolutionary soldiers, of whom so much has been written by the press of New York and N. Jersey, and Bret Hart in his poem, "' Give them Watts, boys !" Rev. D. A. Denton, Parkersburg, W. Va., visited Eliza- beth, N. J. and tells this story : Elizabeth occupies historic ground. It has memorials of the fierce and bloody struggles with Great Britain for In- dependence. The oldest Presbyterian Church in the city occupies the site of the Chuich of which the patriotic and eloquent James Caldwtll was the Pastor during the Revo- lution ; and he and his w'fe \ve r e killed. The wife was killed by a shot fired through a window where she was sitting with her children, by a British soldier. The body of the dead mother and the children were scarcely removed from the house, when it was set on fire, and, with the 22 CALDWELL COMMEMORATION. Church and other buildings of the village burned. The honored husband and preacher was murdered some months later at Elizabethport, by Morgan, a drunken soldier, who was tried, condemned, executed for the crime. In the outside walls of the Church now standing, two brown stone slabs are inscribed, one to the memory of Rev. James Caldwell, and the other to the memory of his wife. Suitable mention is made of their noble qualities, and sadly unfortunate but honorable deaths. As to his brother, Jonathan Caldwell, of Haslett and Hall's regiment, he is described in the following ballad by Dr. J. J. Caldwell, late Surgeon U. S. A., and read at the unveiling of the Battle Monument in Spartanburg, S. C, as a memorial of the commemoration of the battle of Cowpens, in 1S96 : The Blue Hen's Chickens. Dr. J. J. Caldwell. You have heard of the Blue Hen's Chickens, Of the brave old Delaware line ; The tale of their deeds is a record Of courage almost Divine ; — A record of storms and battles, And marches in fasting and pain ; But they suffered in resolute silence, — They never weie known to complain. Captain Jonathan Caldwell, Of Haslett's regiment, Was fond of the brave game chickens, And carried them where he went ; He said that his Blue Hen's Chickens Were his own and his men's delight, For they never showed the white feather, They fought for the love of fight. And thus the Delaware soldiers The Blue Hen's Chickens were named ; And through the war for our freedom For daring deeds were famed ; And in the long years of struggle, Which won for the cause of Right, They never shrunk from the battle, They gloried in the fight. For their Country's Independence, For the Rights of Man they fought: CALDWELI* COMMEMORATION. 23 And they held that their children's freedom By their blood was cheaply bought. So they bore the fatigue and hunger, And happy esteemed their lot, When they fought the tyrants minions And gave them steel and shot. In the fatal fight of Long Island Their glorious chivalry first, On the darkness of lost battle, Like 'a blazing meteor burst. And in every battle and skirmish, Their dauntless valor won, Near New York city, the praises Of the noble Washington. They followed him through the Jerseys, Did all his struggles share ; In the triumph of Trenton and Princeton The Blue Hen's Chickens were there. In Germantown's desperate battle Their valor was seen to shine ; And their blood was poured like water On the field of Brandywine. And then, when far to the southward, Rolled the tide of War's alarms, They aided their Southern brethren With their courage and skill in arms. When triumph left our banners On Camden's fatal field, They nobly performed their duty, And were the last to yield. With Morgan, too, at the Cowpens, Inspired by their valor warm, They drove proud Tarleton's legion Like stubble before the storm. And at Eutaw they charged the foemen With the weapon they loved to wield, And, with Maryland and Virginia, They chased them from the field. At the closing scene at Yorktown, When to ^reat Washington Cornwallis his arms suirendered, And our liberties were won, — The State of the Blue Hen's Chickens Was represented there, And her sons, in their last hard battle With the bravest could compare. 24 CALDWELL COMMEMORATION. And still in every conflict In the glorious days gone by, On the rolls of famous valor Their names are written high. And while true History's pages, Shall faithful records give, The names of Haslett and Kirkwood, And Patten and Vaughn shall live. Then honor to Captain Caldwell, Who inspired his gallant men With the valorous example Of the brood of his "famous hen." And glory to brave old Delaware ! Her very name inspires, — And her sons still honor the title Won by iheir valiant sires. Though her star be the very smallest In a constellation so vast, It shines 'mid its larger brethren With a lustre unsurpassed. And whenever the starry banner Its folds shall in danger wave, The Blue Hen's Chickeus shall use their spurs With the bravest of the brave. Jonathan Caldwell was Captain of a Company of Revo- lutionary soldiers under Col. Haslett ; His brother Joseph Caldwell was Captain under Col. Halls ; And their troops were called The Blue Hen's Chickens. A Voice from Afar. The following telegram from far-away Alton, Illinois, was received one hour tno late to he read in the Chapel : The Alton Caldwells Greet the gathering at Ipswich to-day. — E. M. Caldwell. The echoes of Alton voices will awaken responses, as the telegram in print reaches scores of pleasant Caldwell homes, — at Ipswich and elsewhere. NEW PUBLIC. LIBI The Birthplace of John Caldwell, son of William and Lydia .Lull Caldwell. Born in Ipswich, 1746. Married Dolly Hoyt, and settled at Oxford, Maine.