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NOTES AND ADDITIONS 
 
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 By JOHN J. BABSON. 
 
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NOTES AND ADDITIONS 
 
 TO THE 
 
 HISTORY of GLOUCESTER. 
 
 SECOND SERIES. 
 
 By JOHN J. BABSON. 
 
 WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING INDEXES TO PARTS I AND II. 
 
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 1891. 
 
NOTES AND ADDITIONS TO THE HISTORY OF 
 GLOUCESTER. 
 
 SECOXD SERIES. 
 
 THE FIRST CHURCH. 
 
 REV. RICHARD BLYNMAN. 
 
 The "yearly maintenance" of Rev. Richard Blynman, the first pastor 
 of this church, was £40. The "History" notices his return to England 
 and leaves him at Bristol in 1671. It appears by a letter from him to 
 Rev. Increase Mather, at Boston (4 Mass. Hist. Coll., vin, 330), that he 
 he was living - in 1678. In 1871 the name was still borne by a few res- 
 idents of the city of Bristol. 
 
 REV. JOHN EMERSON. 
 
 The full date of birth of the children of Rev. John Emerson, not stated 
 in the History, is here given : Ruth, Aug. 26, 1660; Martha, Nov. 28, 
 1662; Mary, March 7, 1665; Elizabeth, Aug. 25, 1667, died April 6, 
 1683 ; John, May 14, 1670 ; Dorothy, July 6, 1675 ; and Samuel, Nov. 
 20, 1678, who died Dec. 5, 1687. Of the son John, one regrets to learn 
 that his conduct in the early part of his college career was not credit- 
 able ; but he received his degree in 1689, and, for aught I know to the 
 contrary* lived and died a respectable minister of the gospel (Sec. 4, 
 Mass. Hist. Coll., vin, 663). The Essex County Records contain the 
 following deposition, relating to John Emerson, jr., which I here insert, 
 as an interesting item in the family history of the second minister of 
 the town. 
 
 "The Deposition of Joseph Allen, Esq., of full age, testifieth and 
 saith, that he being present with Mr. John Emerson and his father at 
 Gloucester, Mr. Emerson, Jr., declared himself that he would go for 
 England, and was upon his removal when ye neighbors heard of it was 
 
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HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 very much troubled; insomuch that his father sent for him back again. 
 When they were together the young man, among other discourse, told 
 his father that he wanted wherewithal to live upon for a livelihood ; 
 whereupon his father gave him a parcell of land lying nigh ye meeting 
 house in Glosster and bounded it to him and gave him a deed at ye same 
 time, and further declared that as long as he did help him in ye work of 
 ye ministry lie would give him ten pounds a year out of his salary. 
 William Sargent Sen., testifieth ye same above written and further we 
 say not. 
 
 Joseph Allen. 
 William Sargant. 
 
 Sworn by both in Court at Ipswich, March 31, 1702." 
 
 The publication of the "Winthrop Papers" in 5 Mass. Hist. Coll., I, 
 437, brings to light the following letter from Rev. John Emerson, never 
 before published. Wayt Winthrop, to whom it was addressed, w T as 
 Wait Still, son of John Winthrop, governor of Connecticut. He was 
 of the council of Sir Edmund Andros, and after the overthrow of the 
 government of that oppressor in 1689, in which he heartily joined, he was 
 made commander of the militia. 
 
 These for the Honorable Wayt Winthrop, Esqr., in Boston. 
 
 Gr.osT. July 26, 1G90. 
 Honoured Sir, — May it please you to cast an aspect upon these few lines. They are 
 to acquaint your honour with the sad and deplorable state & condition of our towne of 
 Gloucester & also humbly to crave your helpe & succor in this our condition. Sir, the 
 case that we have to spread before you is, that, whereas there is forty seaven of our 
 souldiers under a presse, the case so stands with us that if they be not released I must 
 needs tell you, & it is nothing but truth that I tell you, that we must all be forced to 
 leave the towne, for we are not able to stay any longer after they are gone ; but must 
 of necessity be made a prey to the enemy. "We shall not have men left to keepe up a 
 watch, nor in any wise much lesse to withstand an enemy, which we are in, every day 
 *.<: night in expectation to breake in upon us, by reason that Ave are a front towne upon 
 the sea, & so good a harbor for shipping as I beleive there is not a better nor a bolder 
 in all New England, by the report of the ablest seamen. Those that are under presse 
 are above halfe of those that traine, as I am informed, &, besides, there will be noth- 
 ing neare enough left to get in hay & harvest, so that we must of necessity be forced to 
 kill our cattell, & our in great danger of being famished. Therefore my request to 
 your selfe is that you will be pleased to release all these men that are under this last 
 presse, there being already listed fiueteen volunteers for Canada, besides seaven that 
 are pressed to the Indian wares. Therefore if you please not to releive us in releasing 
 of these men, we must of necessity, as abovesayed, & the inhabitants due resolve upon 
 it. to leave the towne rather than to live in continual! hazzard & feare of their lives', & 
 to lie exposed to all other calamitys. So having given you a true account how the case 
 
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 stands with us, I leave it to farther consideration & discretion, hoping you will please 
 to grant my request in giving your assistance, &, Avith my service to you presented 
 humbly take leave & remaine, Sir, Your affectionate kinsman & servant, 
 
 Johx E:uei:son. 
 Sir, I have often thought it a matter of great concernment, & for not only our safety 
 but also the safety & good of the country, that there might be some battery or other 
 defence here fortifyed with some great guns, for the ablest seamen doe all concurr that 
 if this place be taken they will with ease stopp or take all shipps that either come in or 
 goe out. 
 
 This letter is dated fourteen days before the departure from Boston of 
 the fleet engaged in the unfortunate expedition under Sir William Phips 
 against Canada in 1690; and the "presse" from which Mr. Emerson so 
 earnestly pleads for release, was, without doubt, for soldiers for that ex- 
 pedition. Let us see how completely facts justify the worthy pastor's 
 intercession for his flock. In 1638 the town voted that every household- 
 er, and 3'oung man upwards of twenty-one years of age, that was born 
 in town, and county, should have six acres of land. According to the 
 record, every man who is known to have been then an inhabitant except- 
 ing two who were very poor, and one or two others who had just moved 
 into town, received a grant of land. The number, excluding the minis- 
 ter and his son, appears to have been just one hundred, of whom, in 
 1690, several were dead. We may therefore make a liberal allowance 
 for young men under twenty-one capable of bearing arms, and for so- 
 journers and others whose names hid not yet got into the records, and 
 still come to the conclusion that there could not have been in the town, 
 in 1690, as many as ninety men fit for military duty. Moreover, the 
 History shows (p. 214) that the number of persons assessed for a poll- 
 tax in 1693 was only seventy-eight. I know not that information can 
 anywhere be obtained concerning the number of Gloucester men that 
 actually joined this ill-fated expedition to Canada, but that it included 
 a very large proportion of the young and able-bodied men of the town 
 there can be no doubt. 
 
 REV. JOHN WHITE. 
 
 No records of this church previous to the ministry of Mr. White are 
 now in existence, but it seems that he must have possessed such, for he 
 begins his record of baptisms with those "baptised before 1703." His 
 first entry in the records is here given: — "The Reverend Mr. John 
 Emerson after more than fourty years spent in the ministry in this town 
 of Gloucester left this life for a better Dec. 2, 1700 being about the 75 
 year of his age. And after about ten years spent in trouble from the- 
 
4 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 different apprehentions concerning a minister unworthy mo, John 
 White (who am less than the least of all that in a probationary way 
 preached here), was pitched upon and chosen by church and Town to be 
 their spiritual pastor and guide, which solemn charge I had given me 
 the 21st of April 1703 By the reverened Mr. Gerrish, pastor of the 
 church at Wenham and the Rev. Mr. Wise gave the Eight Hand of 
 Fellowship." 
 
 The following were the male members of the church residing in town 
 in 1703: 
 
 Joseph Haskell, Deacon, James Parsons, Deacon, William Parsons, 
 sen., James Davis, sen., William Haskell, sen., Benjamin Haskell, 
 Timothy Day, Joseph Allen, James Say ward, Jeffrey Parsons, John 
 Hadley, Nathaniel Coit, Plumphrey Woodbury, Anthony Day, John 
 Bray, John Parsons, James Davis, jun., Thomas Day, sen., Samuel Day, 
 Morris Smith, Nathaniel Parsons. 
 
 Besides the above the following five male members were out of town : 
 Mr. John Emerson, Thomas Millet, Samuel Allen, Jacob Davis, Samuel 
 Webber. 
 
 Mr. White's daughter Mary, Avife of Deacon David Allen, died Au- 
 gust 29, 1765. 
 
 From the catalogue of the library of this "zealous, faithful and excel- 
 lent divine," consisting of about fifty different works, I select the follow- 
 ing of the value of four shillings and upwards : — Henry's Exposition, 
 5 vols., £6 6s 8d ; Heylin's Cosmography, £1 ; Burketton the New Tes- 
 tament, £1 5s Od ; Hildersham's Lectures, 14s ; Bishop Babington on the 
 five books of Moses, 10s 4d ; Perkins' Works, 18s; Willard's Body of 
 Divinity, 15s; Kendall on the Doctrine of the Reformed Churches, 4s; 
 Hooker's Ecclesiastical Polity, 4s; Hildersham's 108 Lectures, 12s; 
 Cambridge Concordance, 5s 6d ; Virgil in Usum Delphini, 4s ; Cole's 
 Dictionary, 6s. All the rest of his books did not amount in value to 
 the list here given. The first one mentioned is, of course, the celebrated 
 Exposition of the Old and New Testaments by Matthew Henry, an 
 English divine. It is called a work of a practical and devotional rather 
 than of a critical kind. 
 
 In the History, p. 231, it is stated that the town was presented at a 
 Quarterly-Session Court in Salem for neglect to provide a school accord- 
 ing to law. It seems that in 1711 it was again faulty in this particular 
 and had again been complained of at Court. On the last occasion the 
 minister intercedes for his people, in the letter here given. The "Com- 
 modious School house" mentioned in it is that described in the History 
 
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 p. 233, which cost twenty-four pounds fifteen shillings. "The present 
 Expedition" to which he alludes is the unfortunate attempt against Can- 
 ada. 
 
 Glouster, June 25, 1711. 
 May it please your Honours, 
 
 At this time I think it my duty to Intercede for our delinquent town. I have stired 
 up the Town some years past to set up & maintain a publick School as the Law directs. 
 They have complyed and have built a Commodious School house & for several years 
 past have had a Grammar School Master. And to my certain knowledge the Reason 
 Why we are now destitute is not for want of caring for & seeking after one, but rather 
 because at this juncture there is none to be had. The Selectmen desired me when I 
 went to the Association Meeting to enquire after a suitable person but none could be 
 found, & again when I went to Election, & there I enquired to no effect. Moreover 
 Capt. Allen one of our Selectmen took a Journey to Cambridge & applyed himself to 
 the President for direction & Assistance in this Matter. And the President told him 
 that their was none at leasure till after Commencement, but Mr. President promised to 
 supply our want then. Capt. Allen went down to Boston & enquired of Mr. Wadsworth 
 but after all this care & Travail we happen at this Crisis to be destitute. Xow may it 
 please your Honours seeing that the Town has a clue regard to learning and the Good 
 Laws of the Province for in March last the Town Yoated that they would have a Gram- 
 mar School Master for this present year & have taken care for his support, I would 
 humbly pray that your Honours would not rigourously axact upon us according to the 
 Letter of the Law, & I dare promise that your Honours' Indulgence shall not be abused 
 unto a negligence in this Matter. I will humbly offer some things to prevail with your 
 Honours. The present Expedition is a Heavy burden to us as well as to other Towns, 
 for many that go not themselves contribute for the encouragement of such as serve, 
 as also the Enemy make fearful depredations upon our poor fishermen at Cape Sables. 
 Now how discouraging it would lie, all Circumstances considered, for the Town at this 
 Time to be lined for a delinquency that cannot be prevented. I will leave to your Hon- 
 ours Consideration, Wishing your Honours may at this time & from time to time be 
 directed unto a prudent & f aithf ull Application & Administration of the Good Laws Ave 
 are under. 
 
 Your Honours Humble & 
 Obedient Servant, 
 Johx White. 
 
 For the Honourable Her Majcstys Justices assembled in general Sessions of the Peace 
 Att Salem. 
 
 REV. SAMUEL CHANDLER. 1 
 
 Ill 1752 Mr. Chandler bought a lot on Middle St. and erected on it a 
 gambrel-roofed house, still standing, which he owned and occupied till 
 his death. He married Anna Peeker of Haverhill, Sept. 12, 1738. Her 
 son Samuel married Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. Jonathan Parsons of 
 Newburyport, probably in 1781, and died in 1787, leaving an only son, 
 Samuel, born in 1782, who married Elizabeth Wyatt of Newport. He 
 
 1 See p. 327 of History. 
 
6 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 was a shipmaster and lived in Medford. He was lost at sea in 1827, 
 leaving a daughter Elizabeth who married Isaac A. Hatch of Bangor, 
 and died in 1857, aged thirty-two. 
 
 A sermon delivered by Mr. Chandler on Thanksgiving day, Nov. 29, 
 1759, was printed. His text was Isaiah ix : 6. — "His name shall be 
 called Wonderful." A specimen of the style of this sermon is given in 
 the following extract : 
 
 "Wonders are immersed in the deep. There is the ramble of Leviathan, the king over 
 all the children of pride, who makes the sea boil like a pot. There dwelt the fish that 
 arrested the fugitive prophet Jonah, confined him to a cabin until he was delivered up 
 to justice. This is the habitation of cod fish, an unimpaired source of Treasure, a rich 
 revenue, a wholesome repast, delicate diet; the reward of the dripping toils of the 
 fishermen, who live in the spray and labor on the verge of the ocean. The Almighty 
 monarch appoints the place of rendezvous for the scaly herds and finny tribes, parades 
 them on the banks; and moved by his guidance they come volunteers to the hook and 
 are drawn from their native element. His all-seeing eye penetrates the deep abyss. He 
 saw the fisli that swallowed the silver coin, sent Peter to the rock, and brought the will- 
 ing subject to the hook, who resigned himself with his prize to be a tribute for his mas- 
 ter. He feeds, leads and rules every inhabitant in the watery world." 
 
 Mr. Chandler kept a journal of which a few small annual volumes are 
 preserved. Mingled with much that is unimportant, they contain many 
 items that will be read with interest by all who take pleasure in getting 
 an occasional glimpse of the life of past generations, as it exhibited itself 
 on the spot on which we now dwell. From this journal I have been per- 
 mitted to make some extracts which will be here presented in print; 
 commencing with the first entry connecting Mr. Chandler with Glou- 
 cester. 
 
 Feb. 9, 1751. Dr. Parsons & Capt. Jacob Parsons came to desire 
 me to go to Gloucester to preach there. 
 
 Feb. 11. The committee from Cape Ann called again. 
 
 Feb. 21. I set out for Glocester ; Lodged at Mr. Wibirds with Mr. 
 Wear; sat out next day. 
 
 Feb. 22. and dined at Mr. Whipple's, Hampton ; -went over Alms- 
 bury ferry lodged at Mr. Jewetts at Rowley. 
 
 Feb. 23. I dined at Ipswich at Mr. Emerson Cogswell ; I set out for 
 Cape aim, mist my way after I got over the gt Bridge and went abt a 
 mile out of my way ; got down to the Harbour just before sunset ; called 
 at Capt. Jacob Parsons according to desire ; by Guess the first store I 
 called at to enquire at was his, went in drank a dram there of old mans 
 bar nes ; he went with me to Mr. Whites where I Lodge. 
 
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 Feb. 24. I preached at Glocester from Tsai. Iv. 1; afternoon from 
 John v. 40 ; in the evening came in Deacon Stacy and one Mr. Chapman 
 of Ipswich, a very talking old gentleman of near four score years, a 
 Zealot he says he is abt 9 years old ; drank tea at noon at Mr. Stevens ; 
 the} r dine. 
 
 Feb. 25. Mr. White and I walked up to Dea Aliens, home to din- 
 ner, then we walk down to the Harbour. Went first to Mr. Gibbs 
 (he at Boston) she (they say) was the most desirous of my coming. 
 Mr. White sd to her there was no need of the caution he gave her. 
 She sd she was not disappointed. She sd Mr. Say ward and others had 
 spoken of me often at their House. I sd I did not apprehend I was 
 under such disadvantages, if I had t'would have been a damp to me. 
 We drank tea there and then Avent to Capt. Seargeants, drank a glass 
 of wine and harne. 
 
 Feb. 26. Mr. White and I went to Dr. Plumers, dined there, kindly 
 entertained ; after Dinner Dea Allen and the Dr went with us into the 
 woods. I heard a spring bird sing. 
 
 Feb. 27. Snow in the morning, cleared up; after dinner Mr. White 
 and I went to Capt. Saunders and to Mr. Littlehales and to Deacon 
 Warners and then to see Mrs. Denning, sick ; I prayed there, then back 
 to the Deacons family meeting. I prayed and read a him, of Mr. Rede. 
 Eev. iii. 17. 
 
 Feb. 28. was church meeting; 1 went up the Hill while Mr. White 
 went to meeting; went to the Apostolic see & to the Burying place; 
 converse among the toombs ; home and read Mr. Durham upon Isai 1. 
 iii. ; received a letter from Mr. Rogers of Ipswich, requesting help for 
 the Sect. 
 
 March 1. after dinner Mr. White and I went to the harbour to Mr. 
 Wm, Stevens ; he says he believes there is a good prospect if I tarry that 
 the people will be united ; he seems cordial, we went to Capt. Elery's, 
 were very kindly entertained, drank tea there. Mr. Stevens read my pa- 
 pers of dismission in the evening. Dr. Parsons Dea Stacy and Mr. 
 Woodward, a comtee of the chh ehosen yesterday, came to my Lodging 
 at Mr. Whites to treat with me and invited me to tarry with them three 
 months ; informed me that twas the mind of the church to proceed to 
 settlement; I informed him of the situation of my affairs, the prospects 
 of usefulness elsewhere, in the school and at Berierch, and could not 
 engage so long a time, but in the case I engaged to supply them 3 Sab- 
 baths next to come, & then I must return to York and be absent one 
 
8 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 Sal >1 >;ith, and then I would return here and give them a further an- 
 swer. 
 
 March 2. We went to the Harbour to be shaved ; went into Nath'l. 
 Aliens, very kind ; his wife was Mr. Gee's daughter ; went to Mr. Win. 
 Stevens, none at home ; went to Mr. Jaquish, Schoolmaster, and home. 
 
 March 3. Very cold day; I preached from 2 Cor. iii. 18., had great 
 freedom and enlargement. Remarkable good attention ; at noon we 
 walked home; in the evening Capt. Gibs and Mr. Witham came up to 
 Mr. White's to see me ; spent the evening there. Mr. White says I 
 shall be the man if they are worthy of me. 
 
 March 4. Snow in the morning ; I tarried to dine at 11 o'clock ; got 
 to Ipswich at 2£ ; baited my horse at the Tavern ; stept over to Col. 
 Eveleigh's ; to oats 2d. to a pair of yarn Gloves 18d ; then set out for 
 Rowley ; a very stormy snowy day. Lodged at Mr. Chandlers. 
 
 March 5. Very stormy; I lay by at Mr. Chandlers. 
 
 March 6. alter dinner I set out with uncle Chandler for Andover ; 
 Col. Tenny and Mr. Chandler went with us to Fosters to break the way ; 
 I got to Father's. 
 
 March 7. I visited at Mr. Philips — parish meeting. 
 
 March 8. I set out for Cape aim, dinner at Mr. Woods, lodged at 
 Col. Eveleighs ; kindly entertained; very bad riding; the snow that 
 fell Monday and jCuesday abt 15 inches deep. 
 
 March 9. rainy, foggy ; exceedingly bad riding. I got down to 
 the Harbour abt 1 o'clock; dined at Capt. Nathl Aliens; then to my 
 Qtrs at Mr. Whites. 
 
 March 10. Stormy, rain, but pretty full meeting; I preached from 
 Gen. xxviii. 2, and Matthew xxiv. 30-31 ; was sent for at noon to see 
 Mrs. Perring ; she is dying; I prayed with her; drank a dish of tea at 
 deacon Warner's he says they agreed to be silent as to commendation 
 but the others sd oppose ; for that reason Mr. White was not at meet- 
 ing. I Lodged at Mr. John Stevens ; kindly entertained. 
 
 March 11. Clear & pleasant ; went to see the fort; dined at Capt. 
 Gibs ; She gave me a cambric Handkerchief and 2 fans for my two 
 daughters ; I visited at Mr. Win. Stevens, & went again to Mr. John 
 Stevens ; prayed with a little negro girl sick; and to Capt. Jacob Park- 
 ers ; and to Mr. Whites; Dr. Plumer and wife there. 
 
 March 12. We went over the cut to deacon Jno. Parsons ; he con- 
 fined with a cold. We dined at Dr. Williams; Mr. Parsons of Bylield 
 there; then went to Capt. Princes; his wife sick a bed; Mr. Parsons 
 
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 prayed there. We attend the funeral of Mrs. Perring. Mr. Wm. Ste- 
 vens spent the evening at Mr. White's. 
 
 March 13. Went down to be shaved; Avent to Capt. Elery's came 
 home and went down to Lect. at 3, at the Harbour. I was much as- 
 sisted ; found greater freedom than since I have been in town ; preached 
 from Eph. v. 2; after meeting went with Mr. White to Mr. Wood- 
 wards ; drank tea ; Even at Dea Stacys. 
 
 March 14. Went down to Mr. Sayers ; to Sam Parsons; afternoon 
 I preached Mr. Rogers Lect. was very much confused ; supd at Mr. 
 Rogers ; spent the evening at Mr. Wm. Aliens. 
 
 March 15. Very rainy S. E. storm; I was very dull; went over to 
 Deacon Stacys; he sick of Jaunders. 
 
 March 16. Went after Dinner to see Capt. Princes wife ; sick of 
 fever and jaund us ; prayed there ; went to barbers ; paid me 8 Dollars 
 for travailing expenses and 2 days of preaching, and they kept me and 
 my Horse, £4 per week for my Board 8d a day for my Horse ; he sent 
 my wife a Bilbo Handkerchief; then we called in at Mr. Aliens, sail- 
 maker. 
 
 March 17. I preached ; had great enlargement in prayer and preach- 
 ing, freedom ; Mr. White administered the Sacrament ; I partook ; at 
 noon went to Mr. Woodwards ; drank tea. 
 
 March 18. Went with Mr. White in the shaise to Capt. Grovers ; 
 drank tea at Saml Laightons and came home. 
 
 March 19. Went up in town, Mr. White and wife and I, to Capt. 
 Elery's and then to Madam Aliens ; there was one Mr. Davis and wife ; 
 he is under great trouble of soul ; I went to Dr. Plumers and came to 
 Mr. White and wife at Deacon Aliens; drank tea; then came home. 
 
 March 20. Went to Harbour to Mr. Stevens ; to Barbers ; to old 
 Mr. Stevens ; to Jas. Stevens ; he contind ; to Mrs. Perkins ; prayed 
 there ; she is blind. 
 
 March 21. Provincial Fast; Forenoon I prayed about an hour; 
 preached ; at noon I went to Mr. Jno Stevens, eat a piece of bread and 
 handful plumbs ; afternoon Mr. White prayed half an hour ; I preached 
 (from Heb. ii. 4.) . 
 
 March 22. Mr. John Stevens sent for me and Mr. White and Madam 
 to dine ; I went forenoon to Dr. Withams & Mrs. Gibs & to Mr. Ste- 
 vens ; there was Nathl Allen and wife and her sister Sally, Wm. Ste- 
 vens and wife, Mrs. Elery, Wm. Allen's wife, Lucy Allen, JNaby 
 White ; had first boild beef and pork, bacon, then roast pork and 
 
10 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 turkie ; then rise pudding and apple pie ; after dinner we went to see 
 the sorrowful bereaved Mrs. Wallis. 
 
 March 23. Mr. White went to Squam ; I tarried at home and stud- 
 ied ; Mrs. Norwood here. 
 
 March 24. I preached with much freedom ; drank tea at noon at 
 Capt. Gibs ; in the evening came in Capt. Grover and Dr. Plumer & 
 wife; very warm, pleasant. 
 
 March 25. I sat out for York, dined at Mr. Cogswell, at Ipswich ; 
 went to Mr. Parsons at By field, and Lodged at my Brothers at New- 
 bury ; in the morning I came from Mr. White's at 8 o'clock; called at. 
 Mr. Stevens ; he sent a Handkerchief to my wife ; called at Jno Ste- 
 vens and Mr. Woodward, and went to Deacon Parsons' (Win.) to 
 Breakfast ; he paid me 6 dollars ; Capt. Sargeant sent me a Pound of Tea 
 and a dollar in it. 
 
 April 11. I set out in the morning for Ipswich, dined at Mr. Rog- 
 ers and preached his Lect. visited Mr. Walley, very weak ; Lodged 
 with Mr. Foxcroft, mintr. of Boston, at Mr. Rogers. 
 
 April 12. I set out after dining with Mr. Crocker for Cape Ann ; 
 lodged at Mr. Jaquish, and drank tea at Deacon Win. Parsons; got to 
 my Lodgings abt sunset. 
 
 April 13. I went to the Harbour to Capt Gibs ; dined there ; to Mr. 
 Wm. Stevens and home. 
 
 April 14. I preached from Ps. cxliv. 15 ; afternoon Lam. iii. 24. 
 
 April 15. rainy Day; I w r as at Home all day, except that I went to 
 Deacon Stacy's. 
 
 April 16. I went with Mr. White and Madam to Capt. Corney's, 
 and then to the widow Saunders, the Aged, and to the young widows 
 ; Mr. Emerson Cogswell lodged with me. 
 
 April 17. I went to Ipswich, preached a Lect. for Mr. Walley, 
 Lodged there ; was at Col. Barry's in the evening. 
 
 April 18. I came down to Mr. Jaques', preached his Lect. and came 
 home over the ferry ; very windy this 2 days. 
 
 April 19. I went with Mr. White to Mr. Bradstreets at Squam ; 
 came home abt sunset; Mr. Wm. Stevens and wife and Mrs. Allen at 
 Mr. Whites ; cold raw weather. 
 
 April 20. very rainy ; High wind ; S E storm ; after dinner I went 
 to Mrs. Perkins' and to Capt. Giddings ; She gave me 3 oranges, he 
 6 Lemons. 
 
 April 21. I was very dead and dull ; preached ; dined on tea at Capt. 
 
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 Elery's ; in the evening came in Edward Preble, going to York ; wrote 
 a letter to my wife ; sent some oranges. 
 
 April 22. I went in the morning to Deacon Parsons ; to Eben Par- 
 sons ; dined at Deacon Parsons; spent the afternoon there, it being 
 rainy ; in the evening I went to Mr. Woodwards with Deacon Par- 
 sons to meet the comtee : informed them I would tarry the 3 months ; 
 Dn Parsons says he wd have me look upon the people with a view of 
 settling here ; all the comtee seem fond of my settling here ; got home 
 a quarter after 9. 
 
 April 23. I went to Dr. Withams, & to Mrs. Fedrics, & to Dn Warner's. 
 
 April 24. Studied and preached the Lect. 
 
 April 25. Mr. White and wife & I dined at Capt. Gibs, & went 
 to Mr. Ingersoll ; Mr. White and I drank tea at Capt. Sargeants ; I 
 went to Mr. Wm. Stevens. 
 
 April 26. I went to Capt. Princes, to Mr. Aliens and Mr. John 
 Stevens. Studied in the even, fair but cool. 
 
 April 27. Mr. White and I dined at Capt. Sargeants, after dinner 
 went to see Elwell, sick, 1 prayed. 
 
 April 28. Sacramt; I preached. Mr. White & family dined all of 
 us at Mr. Nathl Aliens ; Mrs. Sally Gee and I drank tea. 
 
 May 13. I visited with Mr. White at Capt. Grovers ; Mr. Hadley ; 
 I prayed, widow Brown long confind ; to Capt. Collins ; dined there ; 
 
 then to Smiths; drank tea there; then to Andrew Elwells ; 
 
 then to David Gardner's, Mr. White prayed; to Capt. Cerney's ; I 
 prayed at Capt. Grover's ; & Mr. White went along home. Thunder 
 in the evening. 
 
 May 14. Cold stormy weather. 
 
 May 15. I visited at Mr. Stevens; had my Hair cut; went to see 
 Mrs. Prince and Mrs. Fednix ; very warm. 
 
 May 1(3. very warm pleasant weather ; visited Dn Warners ; he went 
 with me to Capt. Grovers ; I prayed there. 
 
 May 17. I studied ; went an hour before dinner to see my Horse 
 in Deacon Parsons pasture, by Jno. Bennetts ; afternoon I studied and 
 visited at Mr. Nathl Aliens. 
 
 May 18. I studied, forenoon ; afternoon to the barbers ; to Mr. Al- 
 iens ; their youngest child abt 9 months old, died very suddenly this 
 morning. 
 
 May 19. Clear, warm, but came up a cold fog, wore my gt coat; 
 preached. 
 
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 May 20. Visited with Mr. White, Madam Allen and Thomas Allen 
 dined at home; after dinner went with Mr. White to Dn Whithams, to 
 Mr. Brumes, to Dr. Warners, to Capt. Elerys, Mr. Stevens (James), 
 then to the Funerall of Mr. Nathl Aliens child, abt 9 mos old ; he gave 
 rings to Bearers and Minst. 
 
 May 21. was chh meeting. On the 24 April, after Lect the chh 
 stopd & committee abt a chh meeting & appointed Wednesday for the 
 meeting : which meeting some were for delaying, but they voted to pro- 
 ceed to setele & voted that they would come to action May 21 ; — ac- 
 cordingly this day they met & voted by wright on sorting the votes ; 
 it appeared as they lay there were 26 votes for me and 7 blanks ; the 
 comtee came to me in the even and brought a coppy of the votes & in- 
 formed and desired me to tarry a few Sabbaths (as my time of engage- 
 ment was out) till they could have a parish meeting. 
 
 May 22. I went down to be shaved ; then went to Mr. Sargent over 
 the Hill, thick & foggy. 
 
 May 23. afternoon I visited Capt. Grover, he is up & better; then 
 to Capt. Collins to wedding; I made the last prayer; his son, James 
 Collins, gave me a dollar. 
 
 May 24. I studied till towards night, went to Capt. Gibs ; eat fresh 
 mackerel for supper. 
 
 May 25. Fresh S W wind. I studied. 
 
 May 26. I preached. I had much freedom in p, no want of expres- 
 sion. 
 
 May 27. I set out with Mr. White for Boston by water in a sloop, 
 Capt. Thos. Saunders, in the morning at 7 o'clock, very foggy till 12 ; 
 got up to Boston a little after 8 ; lodged at Dan Parkers. 
 
 May 28. Very warm — 29. Election, Mr. Webster preached. 
 
 May 30. Convention, Mr. Wigglesworth preached. 
 
 May 31. Set out in a scooner, Capt. El well, abt 3 afternoon, got 
 down abt 11, very blustering ; corpesant on the spindle; hard gale; 
 Thunder. 
 
 June 1. I went up to Dn Plumers, forenoon ; Mr. Lyman there and 
 wife ; afternoon at the Harbour. 
 
 June 2. I preachd forenoon ; Mr. Lyman preached for me in the 
 afternoon. 
 
 June 21. I set out at 7 o'clock for Gloucester, windy, passed Pis- 
 cataway ferry pretty well ; dined at Clarks at 1 o'clock; he gave, me 
 my dinner ; oat'd again at Newbury ferry ; Expense lp ; got to Ips- 
 
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 wich abt 8 ; lodged at Mr. Rogers ; met Mr. John Rogers in Hampton 
 Causey. 
 
 June 22. got to Gloucester to dinner, went to pasture with my 
 horse, to Du Plumers to Deacon Aliens & home, then to the Barbers, 
 to Mr. Stevens and home before sunset. 
 
 June 23. I preachd with great freedom. 
 
 June 24. Parish meeting to see if the parish would concur with the 
 church in the choice of a minister ; abt 8 o'clock the Moderator, by 
 Hubbard Haskell, sent up to me for my dismission from the pastoral 
 office in the chh at York ; I sent it ; after came up Deacon Stacy for the 
 Result of the Council; I sent that with my request for a dismission. 
 
 June 25. I went with Mr. White and Madam to pay a visit at Dr. 
 Plumers. Madam Moody there, abt 6 o'clock I received a line from Dn 
 Parsons and a chaise sent up for me to request I would come to the 
 comtee at His House at the Harbour ; the comtee chosen were Messrs 
 Win. Parsons, Eben Parsons, Juo Stevens, Nathl Ellery,Dan Witham, 
 Eben Collins, Sam Stevens Jr., Philn Warner, and John Cornery, they 
 gave me a coppy of the votes and informed me they voted by walking ; 
 those that were for me were desired to walk east, \vh were 59 or 60 ; 
 those opposd to walk west, which were 2 ; and 7 or 8 sat still ; and 
 there were 27 that were absent, that left their names subscribed to a 
 paper showing that they were for, and many others by word on mouth 
 
 we had much conference. I hinted some discouragement the great 
 
 of the Parish; the concourse of gentlemen, strangers, &c, &c, I thank 
 the parish for their respect to me and desird their prayers & took the 
 case under consideration ; they desired me to continue to supply them 
 & proposed to meet again next Monday to consult and prepare some- 
 thing by way of sallary & settlement ; came home at 9. 
 
 June 26. I preached Mr. Rogers Lect. 
 
 June 27. Went to wedding, Capt. Bennett to Mrs. Pattee Parsons. 
 J\lr. White married them ; the Bride gave me 2 Dollars ; we came home 
 abt 11 o'clock. 
 
 June 28. Pretty cool, I visited at the Harbour. 
 
 June 29. Pretty cool weather most of the month, studied. 
 
 June 30 . I preachd with much freedom and enlargement. 
 
 July 1. I went in the forenoon to Mr. Rogers; his youngest child 
 dangerously sick of a Fever ; I prayed there at his desire ; then went to 
 Win Aliens and home to dinner; there was a large Rattle Snake killed 
 to- day at the flat Rock with twelve Rattles ; 'twas laid across the wall by 
 
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 Mr. Whites, we went out and cut off the head and buried it ; afternoon 
 we rode in the chaise to Capt Sanders, he at Home; drank Punch and 
 tea there ; he was very courteous desired me to frequent his House, the 
 oftener the Better. 
 
 July 2. I kept this day in my study, in prayer, &c. 
 
 July 3. I was pretty Dull ; went to the Harbour to Capt Gibbs, Nathl 
 Sargents and Mr. Stevens ; attended Fam. meet Dn Stacy's. 
 
 July 4. Attended the funeral of Mr. Roger's child Mary, abt a year 
 old. Rain-showers after a long drouth. 
 
 July 5. Rainy cloudy day; visited at Deacon Warners; prayed at 
 Hubbard Harkins, he not at home ; went to Jno Stevens. 
 
 July 6. I was in a poor, dull, listless frame all day. 
 
 July 7. I preached ; after meeting I was called in to see 2 sick chil- 
 dren at Mrs Davis, one of them is under conviction, talks very admirably. 
 
 July 8. Mr. White and I visited the sick ; Hannah Rains deranged, 
 I prayed there ; met with the comtee in the even ; they made the propo- 
 sal to me of salliiry. 
 
 July 9. Mr. Sam Moody and Daniel Sewall dined here ; Mr. White 
 and I went over the water to see Hannah Gardner ; under conviction & 
 tempt ; I prayed there. 
 
 July 10. Mr. Moody, Dn Plumer and wife dined here. 
 
 July 11. Light shower; much thunder; I went and preached a pri- 
 vate Lect. at widow Brown's ; visited at Mr Hadleys ; she met with a fall 
 thro a Trap door; Prayed with Mrs. Rains on her death bed. 
 
 July 12. Rainy; visited Mrs Gibbes, sent to my wife a cambrick 
 handkerchief & ribband, to my daughters each a necklace & glass sleeve 
 buttons & half dozen oranges. 
 
 July 13. I dined at Capt. Sargeants, and Mr. White also ; after din- 
 ner I went to Mr. Jacques. 
 
 July 25. Went with Mr White to Eastern Point ; I went over to the 
 water; dined at Mr Hiddens, drank Tea at Mr Gutridge's. 
 
 July 26. Went to Dr. Pluinmer's ; dined at Home ; visited at the 
 Harbour. 
 
 July 27. Dined at Capt. Gibbs'. 
 
 July 28. Preached from Hebrews xi. 6; dined at Win. Stevens'. 
 
 July 29. I set out from Mr. White's at 7 o'clock in the morning, got 
 to York by daylight; cool, cloudy, dined at Mr. Carter's. 
 
 August 1. Set out with my wife and children for a visit ; set out from 
 York at 3 o'clock, got to Clark's at Greenland, lodged there. 
 
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 August 2. Dined at Mr. "Wears, Hampton ; got to Haverhill after 
 dark ; lodged in the Brick House. 
 
 August 3. I went to Rowley ; lodged at Mr Chandler's ; he gone to 
 Cape Ann ; I preached for him, he for me. 
 
 August 8. My wife and I set out for Cape Ann ; dined with Mr. 
 Chandler and wife at Jno. Tyler's ; lodged at Ipswich, Col'l. Everleigh's. 
 
 August 9. Breakfast at Mr. Cogswell's and dined at Mr Jaques ; 
 got to the Harbour about 4 o'clock ; drank Tea at Deacon Parsons'. 
 
 August 10. At home at Mr. White's ; my wife not well. 
 
 August 11. Preached; dined at Deacon Parsons; the congregation 
 broken up in a surprise by reason of a chimney on fire. 
 
 August 12. We visited at Dr. Plummer's and Wm. Allen's had his 
 horse and chaise to ride ; dined at home ; after dinner went to Mr. Col- 
 lin's to the Harbour ; drank Tea at Capt. Epes Sargeant's ; attended the 
 Funerall of Capt. Parsons' wife. 
 
 August 13. Visited at Mr. Allen's (Xathl.), at Dr. Withams, dined 
 at Capt. Gibbs' visited at Wm. Stevens, and met the committee at Dea- 
 con Parson's. 
 
 August 14. Dined at Mr. Woodward's ; drank Tea at Capt. Elery's 
 at Harbour, & went up to Capt. Elery's up in town. 
 
 August 15. A private fast at Squam ; Jedediah Davis crazy ; Mr. 
 Bradstreet began with prayer then I, then Mr. Rogers, then Mr. White ; 
 concluded with sin<i'in£. 
 
 Sept. 2. I was at home, Sol. Parsons visited me in the evening & 
 represented some discouragement. 
 
 Sept. 3. Parish meeting ; I gave in my answer ; sent back again for 
 amendment. 
 
 Sept. 4. I am very much indisposed ; have much of a Fever and 
 Ague; Mr. Hall dined here to-day, I walked with him, had another ague 
 fit as we was in the orchard at about 4, afternoon ; I went over to Dr. 
 Ray's for some medicine, very ill ; got home about sunset. 
 
 Sept. 8. Mr. White prayed and I preached ; after forenoon exercise 
 went to Deacon Parson's ; was soon seized with a violent fit of ague and 
 fever which held till towards night, when I rode home in the chaise ; 
 Dr. Witham tends me ; he came and gave me a vomit of epecacuania. 
 
 Sept. 9. Pretty comfortable ; altered my answer & wrote it again. 
 
 Sept. 10. Parish meeting, my answer accepted ; I had another vio- 
 lent fit of the ague. 
 
 Sept. 11. I am pretty comfortable ; can write a little, and eat a lit- 
 tle, am taking cortex peruvianus ; abt as much as will lay on a coppy 
 
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 penny, in red wine, every 3 hours ; Mrs. Woodward sent me some fresh 
 butter and some Rice & oat meal : had another fit, but more light ; Mr. 
 Rogers & Deacon Allen here. 
 
 Sept. 12. Mrs. Gibbs and Mrs. Witham came to see me, Mrs. Gibbs 
 gave me some oranges and sent me up a bottle of Sach, had no fit. 
 
 Sept. 13. Had no fit, but feel much better, & hope I am mending, 
 Mrs. Tappan here, Woodward and wife here; I slept well, Mr. Brad- 
 street here Mondaj' & Tuesday last. 
 
 Sept. 15. Went out to meeting, Mr. White began with prayer, I 
 preached, afternoon I prayed, Mr. White preached, I concluded with 
 prayer, pretty feeble and much tired. 
 
 Sept. 23. Went to the Harbour, dined at Capt. Gibbs'; chh meeting 
 to determine the time for the First advent, adj. to next Monday. 
 
 Sept. 24. Visited at the Harbour, dined at home. 
 
 Sept. 25. rode to the Harbour, at Capt. Corncy's, at Family meet- 
 ing at Mr. Woodward's. 
 
 Sept. 26. .Visited at Fresh Water Cove. 
 
 Sept. 27. Supd at Lieut. Collin's on Stewd Goose and Eoast Ducks. 
 
 Sept. 28. Dined at Capt, Gibbs'. 
 
 Sept. 29. I preached, had gt freedom and enlargement of heart. 
 
 Oct. 1. I visited at the Harbour, went to see the House. 
 
 Oct. 2. Set out for Andover, went by By field, dined at Mr. Parsons,' 
 cloudy, raw, damp weather, got to Andover at 6 o'clock. 
 
 Oct. 3. Family all well, had an ague & fever tit. 
 
 Oct. 4. I carried my wife behind me to Haverhill, Brother David 
 carried the child, dined at Brother Josiah's, lodged at Haverhill. 
 
 Oct. 5. I set out, not well, for I dont know where ; I dined at Mr. 
 Chandler's with Mr. Phillips, we went toByfield, I went then to Eowley 
 & Mr. Jewett went to Cape Ann ; had another fit of fever & ague, no 
 appetite, at family Prayers I fainted & fell down. 
 
 Oct. 6. I was feeble, but preached, one person cried out very much 
 in Distress; I had another fit about 5 o'clock, went to bed. 
 
 Oct. 7. set out east for York, necessity obliges me to travel, I am to 
 meet a vessel at York to move my furniture. 
 
 Oct. 24. I was just a going to mount my horse and the vessel came 
 in for my household goods, Mr. Pool from Cape Ann ; he is to have £30 
 O. T. paid by subscription. I tarried & saw my things aboard & set 
 out on my journey. 
 
 Oct. 25. Preached Haverhill, lodged there. 
 
 Oct. 26. Went down to Cape Aim. 
 
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 Oct. 27. Rainy; Mr. Fairweather preached for me in the afternoon, 
 I preached forenoon. 
 
 Oct. 28. I set out with Mr. Woodward for Boston, he bore my ex- 
 penses, I lodged at Mrs. Hnger's. 
 
 Oct. 29. Bought of Mr. Gushing Coat & Breeches ; fever and ague 
 again. 
 
 Oct. 30. I set out over Winenet Ferry at 4 o'clock, lodged at Pratt's 
 at Salem, half a dollar. 
 
 Oct. 31. Had a gt fit of Fever & ague at Mr. Tappan's, faint, 
 tarried 5 hours, got home at daylight; Nabby White married (Abigail, 
 daughter of Rev. John White, married Isaac Allen.) 
 
 Nov. 1. Rain and hail ; I lay still. 
 
 Nov. 2. Sat out with Lieut. Allen's Horse and Mr. Woodward's 
 Chaise, and Thd. Allen to drive, & Mr. William Stevens' horse & chaise 
 & Mr. Haskell's printice to drive, and went up to Haverhill for my 
 Family, Lodged at father Peeker's, my wife there & youngest child; 
 had another fit on the Road. * 
 
 Nov. 3. I preached at Mr. Chandler's, he for me, I went up to An- 
 dover in the evening, helped there. 
 
 Nov. 4. I set out for Haverhill, dined at Brother Josiah's, got to 
 Ipswich by daylight; Lodged at Coll Eveleigh's, and some at Mr. 
 Cogswell's ; another fit. 
 
 Nov. 5. Got to Cape Ann at 2 o'clock; dined at old Mr. Stevens'; 
 got to Housekeeping. 
 
 Nov. 6. Had another light fit; cloudy, overcast. 
 
 Nov. 7. Gen. Thanksgiving, very rainy day; I preached; in the 
 evening Mrs. Haskell sent us in several sorts of victuals, dressed. 
 
 Nov. 9. My cloathes came from Boston ; very stormy, N. E. Rain. 
 
 Nov. 10. I preached, sacrament afternoon, showed the necessity of 
 washing of regeneration in order to enter into glory ; Mr Jno Stevens and 
 Hubbard Haskell & wife & sister visited here. 
 
 Nov. 11. Rain} T ; stormy morn, pleasant afternoon. 
 
 Nov. 12. Pretty pleasant ; my Father came to Town and Bros Josiah, 
 David and Daniel ; had a fit; Brothers Jas. and Jere. Pecker. 
 
 Nov. 13. was the day of my Instalment ; Mr Bradstreet began with 
 Prayer, Mr Phillips preached from Luke xiv. 21, first clause, Mr White 
 gave the Charge, and Mr White the right Hand ; we supd at Deacon Win 
 Parsons'; it was a thick foggy morn, cleared off abt noon, very warm & 
 pleasant afternoon & evening. 
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 Nov. 14. Another fit ; my friends went Home ; cloudy, some rain ; 
 Training day ; Capt. Jas. Stevens' new company. 
 
 Nov. 15. I dined at Capt. Jno. Stevens'; in the afternoon went up to 
 Mr Whites & home, Mr. Woodward here. 
 
 Nov. 16. Had another fever fit, very ill. 
 
 Nov. 17. I preached ; afternoon, Mr. White preached ; Like precious 
 faith ; very pleasant weather ; I was sent for & prayed with Deacon Par- 
 sons' wife. 
 
 Nov. 19. Training day. I prayed with the company and dined at 
 Capt. Ellery's ; very warm pleasant weather for a fortnight. 
 
 Nov. 20. Cloudy, some rain ; I kept house. 
 
 Nov. 21 . We dined at Capt. Gibbs' & snpd at Mr Hubbard Haskell's, 
 cold, raw east wind. 
 
 Nov. 22. Was sent for to Deacon Parsons' again, prayed, she was 
 thot to be dying; fever and ague still hanging abt me. 
 
 Nov. 23. Sent a Dollar to the Baker's for Bread we have had ; visited 
 and prayed at Deacon Parsons' in the morn. 
 
 Nov. 24. Deacon^ Parsons' wife died abt 1 o'clock this morning ; I 
 preached, very cold, very high wind last night. 
 
 Nov. 25. Very cold, bought of Mr. Gibbs 7 yds of red Bays at 14d 
 per yard, and 4 yds red quality binding, of Mr Woodward 5 cords of 
 wood, of Mr. Haskell 4 cords of wood, had one cord and a half be- 
 fore. 
 
 Nov. 26. Visited. Mrs Shortwell washed here. 
 
 Nov. 27. pleasant weather; to 161b Beef at 19d. 
 
 Nov. 28. I attended the Funerall of Deacon Parsons' wife ; much 
 People : I returned and prayed at the house of mourning. 1 had a ring 
 and gloves. Bought a Barrel of Cyder £3 cask and all, and a Terce £6, 
 Mr. White sent me a Goose. 
 
 Nov. 29. Pretty cold ; I visited. 
 
 Nov. 30. Cloudy, cold, stormy ; John Babson sent us 2 qts of Wine, 
 a little white, small sugar; Bought 6 lbs Butter at4d, paid 24d. 
 
 Dec. 1. Very stormy last night, snow, ground covered, Mr White 
 preached, Gallio cared for none of those things, funeral, afternoon I 
 preached. 
 
 Dec. 2. Cloudy, some rain, snow yet on ground, wrote for Jas 
 Stevens his will. 
 
 Dec. 3. Fair, wind, S. W, sent for to Deacon Parsons', prayed, his 
 son Wm. sick of a fever. 
 
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 Dec. 4. Very cold, snow on ground, I went to Mr White's. 
 
 Dec. 5. Snow. We visited Jas. Babson. 
 
 Dec. 6. Rainy, I bought a Cheese of Capt. Sargeant at 4d per pound , 
 27 1-2 lbs. 
 
 Dec. 7. Mr White came and brought me a Dollar that was contribu- 
 ted and directed to me on Thanksgiving day, one also to Him. 
 
 Dec. 8. Very cold, I preached, Baptised Jonathan, son of Jonathan 
 Row, the first I have Baptised. 
 
 Dec. 9. Fr. Pecker came to see us, pretty cold, slippery. 
 
 Dec. 10. We visited, he and I to Mr White's, Wm. Allen's, drank 
 Tea at Capt. Gibbs' and supd at Wm. Stevens. 
 
 Dec. 11. Fr. Pecker and sister Bettie went home, rain in the 
 morn. 
 
 Dec. 12. We moved into the widow Allen's House, the comte, Mr 
 Woodward, cleared till the 9th of Aug., paid me 22£ & I gave him a 
 Note for £10 to Mrs. Tarbox. 
 
 Dec. 13. bought 2 bushels malt at 2s per bushel, warm pleasant 
 weather. 
 
 Dec. 14. to earthern ware 14s. 8d, I visited at the Cove, prayed at 
 Mr. Grover's. 
 
 Dec. 15. I preached, very cold. 
 
 Dec. 16. Exceedingly cold. 
 
 Dec. 17. Very cold, I visited. 
 
 Dec. 18. Very cold. 
 
 Dec. 19. Cold, but clear and pleasant, I went to Mr White's and to 
 the Harbour. 
 
 Dec. 20. I bought of Bnrnham a powdering Tub, 35d, bought of Saml 
 Pottle of Ipswich, a Pork, 190 at 22d, 18£ 3s, paid the money, paid Mr 
 White half a J)ollaf, rainy day, cut up and salted Pork. 
 
 Dec. 21. a gt thaw, rain, cleard up abt noon, very windy, cold, 
 Banked up the House in the morn, Capt. Jona Say ward came here. 
 
 Dec. 22. I preached, Mr. Rogers sick, no meeting there. 
 
 Dec. 23. I attended the Funerall of Capt. Saunders' child, very cold 
 snowy weather. 
 
 Dec. 24. Very stormy, cold, much snow; a vessel from Halifax cast 
 away on the back side of the Cape, Gallop's point, belonged to Roxbury, 
 abt 20 people aboard, some women and children, much froze some of 
 them, but all got safe to land. 
 
 Dec. 25. Very cold, some snow, in the evening I married Jacob El- 
 
20 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 well and Elizh. Stevens, at Capt. John Babson's received a Dollar for my 
 Fee, first couple I have married. 
 
 Dec. 26. Snowy, cleared up before night, bound a Book MSS. 
 
 Dec. 27. Very cold, I dined at Capt. Sargeant's as also Mr White 
 and wife, Capt. Elery and wife, very cold, snow pretty deep, good 
 sledding. 
 
 Dec. 28. Cold, cloudy. 
 
 Dec. 29. Before sunrise John Wotten call'd at the door, says his 
 child, abt 12 years old, is dying, I went there, found the child ill but not 
 dying, I prayed there and came home, very stormy, rain, thawy, after 
 meeting visited John Wotton's child again & prayed there, then went to 
 Benj. Boynton's, his wife sick, prayed there. 
 
 Dec. 30. Very cold, blustering, snow, wind N W, made a pair of 
 Breeches for Jno. 
 
 Dec. 31. Exceedingly cold, afternoon I visited at Wm. Stevens', 
 paid Mr. Jas. Stevens' wife41d for tea, sugar, rum, &c. 
 
 The following account is given of his settlement in Glocester : 
 
 Before I was sent for Mr. Sam I Moody had preached there several 
 months, first as an assistant to his Grandfather White, who was infirm 
 and unable to carry on the work of the ministry, afterwards as a proba- 
 tioner for settlement, with Mr. Barnard, Mr. Bird, and Mr. Derby, 
 and when they came to vote only Mr Moody and Mr Derby were set up, 
 one vote for Derby, the Rest for Mr Moody, except the most of the prin- 
 cipal men who were neuter and drew up a protest and sent to Mr Moody 
 by the comtee that presented him with a copy of the votes. The comtee 
 that came to York to treat with him were Deacon Jno Parsons and Capt. 
 Jacob Parsons ; the comtee came to me Feb. 9, 1751, and told me that 
 according to the instructions they had from the Parish they came to de- 
 sire me to preach with them three or four Sabbaths, till Mr Moody's en- 
 gagements were up. I told them I was engaged in the while & could not 
 leave it till about a Fortnight, when I had proposed to visit my Friends 
 at Andover, and would make it in my way to supply them 2 or 3 Sab- 
 baths ; before they went out of town Mr Moody gave a negative answer. 
 Feb. I lth they repeated their request to me and were earnest; I re- 
 newed my engagement to be with them the last Sabbath in this month, 
 and remain 2 or 3 Sabbaths. 
 
 Feb. 23. I arrived at Glocester to preach the 24th, being Sabbath day. 
 
 Feb. 28. was chh meeting, to receive Mr Moody's answer. 
 
 March 1. The comtee now chosen came to me. 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 2t 
 
 April 24. After the Lect the chh stopped and consulted abt a chh 
 meeting & appointed a day. 
 
 May 8. Wednesday was chh meeting, some were for delaying, and 
 after consultation they voted to proceed to a settlement and to come to a 
 vote of choice at the next meeting on adjournment. 
 
 May 21. Voted by writing, there were, they tell me, 26 votes forme 
 and 7 blanks, the comtee came to me in the evening, brought me a copy 
 of the votes, and desired me, that, as my time of engagement was near 
 out, I would tarry a few Sabbaths till they could have a Parish meeting. 
 
 June 24. was Parish meeting. 
 
 June 25. The Parish comtee came to me and informed me the parish 
 concurred with the chh in their choice. 
 
 July 1. The comtee met to draw up something of sallary & settle- 
 ment to present to the Parish for acceptance. 
 
 July 8. They met again at Deacon Win. Parson's, & sent a chaise 
 for me, they present me with some written proposals, which were to build 
 a convenient House and barn and privilege a garden as parsonage in a 
 convenient place, and give me £80 a year, one-half money, the other 
 half in specie at certain prices which they set. 
 
 August 1. Parish meeting, when they voted the sallary, different 
 from the comtee draught, to build a house & barn & find a garden, &c, 
 &c, and £80 Lawful money & the use of the Parsonage land and to 
 fence it & to pay the sallary quarterly ; adjourned to Aug. 15th for my 
 answer. 
 
 Aug. 15. The comtee met to inform me what was done at the last 
 meeting & gave me a copy of the votes, and Elder Parsons gave me a 
 copy of worth of the chh requiring the person elected to assent to the 
 Platform, &c. 
 
 Sept. 2. Soil Parsons visited me in the evening and represented some 
 disarrangements, as though a great number were disaffected, and some 
 that were very forward at first were grown cool, and I did not preach as 
 well as I used to &c. 
 
 Sept. 3. was parish meeting, I went before to Deacon Parsons' to 
 meet the comtee, informed them of what Mr Parsons' had said, they 
 seemd surprised and all with one accord s'd that they were otherwise 
 minded & that there seemd to unity & Harmony, except 4 or 5 that op- 
 pos'd, they could not tell for what reason, they none of them objected 
 anything against my person or preaching, but were for postponing the 
 settlement. I then gave my Answer to the comtee and they went to meet- 
 
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 ing. They excepted against the condition of my acceptance of their offer 
 as being too unlimited & sent a comtee to me, Jno. Stevens, Deacon Par- 
 sons & Sain Stevens to annul it. I explained and sent it again as it was, 
 they adjourned and sent to me by the standing 9 men comtee to desire 
 a plain categorich Answ. 
 
 Sept. 10. I attended and sent in my Answer, it was accepted without 
 great arguing. 
 
 Sept. 23. Chh meeting to determine the time of the Instalment. It 
 was insisted on that I sh engage to preach 6 Lects in a year & not insist 
 on a Colleague after Mr. White's Death, and assent to the vote of the 
 chh respecting the Platform. Voted to proceed to Instalment but did 
 not appoint the day ; adjourned. 
 
 Sept. 30. Chh meeting by adjournment ; Nymphas Stacy was sent to 
 me with a message the chh desired to speak with me & that I would 
 come to the meeting house ; I sent a message back that it was improper 
 for me to come to the chh meeting ; if they would send a comtee I would 
 meet them at Deacon Parson's, or if they saw fit to adjourn the meeting 
 for half an hour I would come to the meeting house ; abt half an hour 
 they sent a comtee Danl. Witham, Esq., James Parsons & Sollomon Par- 
 sons ; the 2 latter were the persons that wanted satisfaction & who have 
 always opposed ; the rest in general were well satisfied. The comtee 
 brought a memorandum of Questions for my Answers to them. 
 
 1st. Whether I would engage to preach 6 Lectures in a year. 
 
 2d. Whether I expected a Colleague after Mr. White's death or any 
 enlargement of Sallary. 
 
 3. Whether I adhered to the Platform, first — I said that it was out of 
 season to come Avith them queries and appeared to me to be trifling with 
 me ; then I asked if they thought my preaching Lectures would be for 
 the interest of Religion and conducive to the benefit of souls ; James Par- 
 sons said he was oldest & he would answer first ; he tho't it would ; then 
 I replied I have given you an answer to the first Questions in my An- 
 swer to your call, which I repeated and enlarged upon; and further I 
 added their insisting on those things bore very hard on me and was a 
 very great reflection ; and seemed to look with this face as though I were 
 of a mercenary spirit and was only seeking a support ; whereas by word 
 and practice, I had declared otherwise ; the difficulties I had formerly 
 met with in the work of the ministry, and the prospect of a Better sup- 
 port in some other calling, would have made me decline, but I delighted 
 in the work and was set for the defence of the Gospel, and aimed at the 
 
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 good of souls & the Interest of religion as I have declared in my An- 
 swer ; I followed the footsteps of Divine Providence ; I had but little in- 
 clination to the Place at first; I sought not them but theirs, &c, &c. 
 
 Then I told them I did not mention these things as tho' I was Back- 
 ward to answer directly to the Questions ; I was ready at first to have 
 answd the 3 Questions in 3 words. 
 
 Then I replied : 1st. You ask whether I will engage to preach 6 Lects 
 in a year?' Answs. Yes, more if Desired. 
 
 2d. Whether I expect a colleague after Mr. White's Death or more 
 sallary after his Death on account of it? Answer. No. 
 
 3d. Whether I adhere to the Platform? Answer. Yes, for the sub- 
 stance, so far as agreeable to the Scriptures. They desire I would ex- 
 plain what I meant by agreeable to Scriptures ; I sd so far as supported 
 by Scriptures. They desired I would Instance in any point wherein not 
 agreeable to it. I sd with respect to re-ordination, and a dismissed min- 
 ister not being a minister of Christ ; Hoped they did not wish for another 
 instance. I sd I have not engaged to preach on Sabbath days, to admin- 
 ister the sacraments, visit the sick, or catechise the children, and why 
 don't you insist upon a particular engagement to them as well as Lectures ? 
 I sd I look upon myself bound to all them & all parts of the ministerial 
 office by the solemn charge, &c. When they were going away they de- 
 sired I would write an answer to send in. I replied the chh had not 
 wrote to me ; when they wrote to me I should write to them ; but when 
 they sent messages by word of mouth I should send the Like to them ; 
 they sd they had wrote to me ; I sd no, twas only a memoranda for the 
 comtee. They went away seemingly well satisfied and I have heard no 
 more dissatisfaction or opposition. 
 
 The day of Installment was Nov. 13, 1751 ; Deacon Wm. Parsons 
 entertained the Councill at his own Charge. Mr. Wm. Stevens the 
 Schollars and Gentlemen at his own charge ; Mr John Stevens enter- 
 tained the councill in the morning with Plumb Cake. 
 
 January 1, 1752. After dinner I visited John Wotten's child and 
 prayed there ; then went toTarbox's, had some conversation on the state 
 of infants and the late revival of religion ; at 7 o'clock went to the family 
 meeting at Dr. Witham's ; he was at prayer ; I read Dr. Doddridge's 
 "Directions how to Begin, Spend and Close the Day." One Mr. Chaplain 
 of Ipswich providentially here by deacon Warner's request ; concluded 
 with prayer and home at nine. 
 
 Jan. 3. A very stormy day ; snow ; wind N E. ; in the morning sent 
 
24 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 for to pray with Saml Lane's child, sick ; Dr. Witham came in to see our 
 daughter Anna, not well ; in the evening visited and prayed again at 
 Sain'l Lane's. 
 
 Jan. 4. Was sent for to Benj. Boynton's ; his wife they thought was 
 dying ; I prayed there and came home ; very stormy. 
 
 Jan. 5. Exceedingly cold ; preached very short ; but few people ; after 
 meeting was sent for to James Stevens' ; he in great pain with the gout ; 
 fears 'tis struck to his stomach ; in pain of mind ; after praying with him 
 went to see Mrs. Boynton ; she speaks like a gracious suul ; prayed ; 
 then visited Saml Lane's child. 
 
 Jan. 6. After dinner at Dr. Witham's ; prayed again at Mr. Stevens' 
 and Mr. Boynton's. 
 
 Jan. 11. I studied ; went from the barber's to Jas. Stevens'; went 
 home and salted down beef; we have now a barrel of pork and a half 
 barrel of beef. 
 
 Jan. 12. A bitter cold day ; I preached from 2 Thess. ii. 13. 
 
 Jan. 18. The harbor is frozen from Ten Pound Island over to the point 
 where the watch house stands. It has been very severe and freezing 
 weather for about a month. 
 
 Jan. 19. Very cold ; wind at North ; I prayed in forenoon ; Mr. White 
 preached ; afternoon he prayed and I preached ; Belief of the Truth. In 
 the evening was sent for and prayed with Wotton's child. 
 
 Jan. 22. Exceedingly cold; I visited; Cleveland, of Chebacco, 
 preached at Hubbard Haskell's ; they did not consult me, but gave me 
 notice about an hour before ; Mr. White had given consent. 
 
 Feb. 2. Mr. White preached from Ps. lxxxiii. 19, doctrine, that a 
 time of sickness is a poor time to prepare for death. 
 
 Feb. 4. Very cold ; afternoon I attended the meeting for prayer at 
 deacon Parsons' ; but few present ; I was late ; Hubbard Haskell was 
 praying; after him elder Grover ; then Mr. Cleveland ; I concluded. 
 
 Feb. 6. I preached at Fresh Water Cove at Josiah Grover's ; pretty 
 full meeting. 
 
 Feb. 11. My wife and I dined at Capt. Gibbs' ; the small pox in Bos- 
 ton ; a number of the fishermen convicted of taking away sheep from 
 Isle Sable. 
 
 Feb. 12. In the evening I attended the private meeting Mr. White's ; 
 deacon Wm Parsons began with prayer; I concluded. 
 
 Feb. 18. I visited Mrs. Stevens, very low ; she says she has had 
 a hope that she could venture out of the world upon, but 'tis not so 
 
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 with her now ; she confessed herself pretty full of the insufficiency of 
 self. 
 
 Feb 19. Visited and prayed with Mrs. Stevens, growing worse ; she 
 says she has bundled up all her sins and carried them to the cross of 
 Christ. 
 
 Feb. 24. I visited; met with nothing remarkable; Mrs. Stevens 
 seems to be recovering. 
 
 Feb. 29. I was sent for to visit Andrew Elwell over the water; he 
 is very weak ; lamented his past neglegence ; is under some concern. 
 
 March 2. In the morning Capt. Sargent called at the door and in- 
 formed me that he had put a venture on board for me — 2 quintals offish ; 
 the freight I was welcome to ; he should charge the fish to me if it was 
 agreeable, and so I must take my chance. I told him, Sir, I am very 
 much obliged to you. He said he told the captain to bring it in Sherry 
 Brandy. 
 
 March 5. I preached at Andrew Elwell's the younger, at the great 
 house of Capt. Robinson, over the water ; as I came home I went in to see 
 Capt. Prince, sick of the gout. 
 
 March 6. In the morning deacon Stacy came in and informed me that 
 Mr. White was very ill and sent me word I must not expect his help on 
 the Sabbath; I went to see him; he is sick of a fever ; he was out on 
 Monday to see Mr. Allen's sick child ; Tuesday and Wednesday thought 
 he had a cold ; last night, about one o'clock, w^as taken with a shivering 
 and is much altered in his countenance. I asked him if he had near views 
 of eternity ; he said, I have. I asked him if the passage seemed gloomy ; 
 he said for two or three days past he had been in almost gross darkness ; 
 he had been humbly and earnestly seeking for the quickening and sanc- 
 tifying spirit, but could not say he had been answered. *I prayed with 
 him. In the afternoon attended the funeral of N. Allen's child, he gave 
 me a ring and me and my wife gloves ; visited Mr. White again ; he is a 
 little recovered. 
 
 March 7. Went up to see Mr. White ; he is better ; I prayed with him 
 again. 
 
 March 8. In the morning sent to Wm. Stevens' their negro child, 
 about sixteen months old in a convulsion. I preached all day. 
 
 March 9. Visited Mr. White and prayed; in the evening Deacon 
 Warner, prayed. 
 
 March 10. In the morning visited Capt. Grover, who h;is been out 
 almost all winter upon the coast, designed for Virginia, but blown off 
 
26 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 into the Gulf Stream, and got in a few clays ago, disappointed of the 
 voyage ; visited and prayed with Daniel Brown, sick ; visited Mr. White 
 and prayed there ; then went to see Capt. Prince and wife, both sick, 
 prayed there. 
 
 March 11. I wrote a will for Mr. Stevens, for which he gave me a 
 cane to the value of £5 ; visited and prayed with Mr. White. 
 
 March 12. At Capt. Sargents' ; paid him £14 14s. for "a chase and 
 2 quintals of fish at £4 4s. ; rectified his clock. 
 
 March 18. Very stormy. I visited old Mr. Stevens; he is sick. 
 
 March 20. Cold, snowy weather; visited and prayed with Mr. Ste- 
 vens, dangerously sick. 
 
 March 22. Sent for in the morning to Mr. Samuel Stevens; they 
 thought he was dying. 
 
 March 24. fair and warm; bought of Mr. Smith 8 lbs. lacking a qr 
 of hogs fat at 4d ; a peck of onions, 4d paid ; was pretty dull ; in the 
 evening visited James Parsons' wife, sick of a fever ; married James 
 Bishop and Deborah Sawyer. 
 
 March 26. General Fast ; I carried on the whole work ; Mr. White 
 is growing better, but not got about yet ; I preached ; pretty much not 
 well. 
 
 March 27. Rainy; I visited Mr. Stevens and prayed; Capt. Prince, 
 Benj. Gray's wife and prayed ; went home and studied in the evening; 
 Zebr. Lane and wife spent the evening here. 
 
 March 28. About daybreak was sent for to Nathl. Allen's ; his infant 
 child taken with fits ; prayed there ; visited and prayed with Mr. Stevens 
 twice ; Haskell sailed ; Wm. Chandler came here ; brought the news of 
 brother Daniel's death, who died yesterday. 
 
 March 30. * About sunrise I set out with Wm. Chandler for Andover ; 
 got to father's a little after 12 o'clock ; attended the funeral of my brother 
 Daniel ; all the brothers present but Benj. 
 
 April 1. 1 set out from Andover and got home about 8 o'clock. 
 
 April 2. Visited the sick ; Mr. Dolliver died last night ; visited and 
 prayed at Mr. Crosse's ; he is sick and in concern for his soul ; visited 
 and prayed with Mrs. Giddings' child ; visited and prayed with old Mr. 
 Stevens. 
 
 April 4. Visited the sick at Capt. Wheeler's; attended the funeral 
 of widow Giddings' child ; captain of an English ship sent us some Eng- 
 lish potatoes, walnuts and peas. 
 
 April 12. My wife not well; I went to meeting without breakfast; 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 27 
 
 preached and administered sacrament ; Mr. White preached in the after- 
 noon from Ezek. xxxvii. 14. 
 
 April 13. Visited the sick ; many ; was present at the death of Mary, 
 daughter of James Sawyer. 
 
 April 14. Visited at Mr. Collins'; he-is ill ; prayed there ; atSaml. 
 Ehvell's ; prayed there ; two more sick children at different places ; dined 
 at Capt. Sargent's ; Capt. Osborne there ; visited at old Mr. Stevens' ; 
 prayed there ; at Jas. Stevens' ; at Mrs. Matchett's ; at Capt Prince's ; 
 a sick child at John Stevens'; at Deacon Parsons' and home. 
 
 April 15. I attended Mr. Rogers' Lect ; Mr. Parsons of By field 
 preached ; attended the family meeting at Deacon Stacy's ; I made first 
 prayer. 
 
 April 17. We were alarmed in town by the small pox ; David Wal- 
 lis thought to have it, but not. 
 
 April 18. It has been very cold this week ; the ice has been near 
 two inches think in a hogshead of water behind Deacon Parsons' house. 
 
 April 27. We visited up in town and at the harbour; I attended the 
 funeral of Elder Parsons' wife ; Mr. White prayed. 
 
 April 30. Planted potatoes, corn and beans; Mr. White married 
 John Low and Sally Gee ; I and my wife at wedding. 
 
 May 6. I visited a child of Capt. Grover's under conviction. 
 
 May 13. Jera Peeker and Mrs. Cogswell came to see us; tarried 
 over night ; went to see the wax work with them. 
 
 May 16. Attended the funeral of widow Row and after, the funeral 
 of Capt. Elias El well. 
 
 May 18. I catechised the children at the school house in the harbour, 
 and visited some sick. 
 
 May 20. Attended the funeral of Thos. Bradford and his mother-in- 
 law — Denning, who both died in the same room, the same day, and 
 buried in a day. 
 
 May 25. The Committee came to see me to ask what sum I would 
 take to build for myself. 
 
 May 30. Sent for to Thos. Day ; found him dying ; sent for to Mrs. 
 Lee, found her nigh unto death. 
 
 June 6. Very fine weather ; I bought a Jersey girl for 5 3 r ears ; 
 gave £50 for her. 
 
 June 7. Mr. Smith of Marlborough preached here; Mr. Smith and 
 wife supped here ; I was sent for to Tom Somes' wife, sick ; married 
 Nathl Tarr & Eliza Fear. 
 
28 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 June 9. Attended the raising of Mr. Rogers' meeting house ; we 
 dined :vt Capt. Ellery's. 
 
 June 14. I preached forenoon ; Mr. Rogers, afternoon ; his people 
 attend here ; they are building a new meeting house. 
 
 June 18. Parish meeting to see about building a house. 
 
 June 22. Parish meeting on adjournment ; last Thursday they voted 
 to build a parsonage house, chose a committee to transact, and voted 
 £200 ; Deacon Parsons, William Stevens, and Samuel Stevens ; this 
 day they reconsidered the vote. 
 
 June 23. This evening Pat Severy was killed by a chair ; there were 
 four of them got into a chair, after 9 o'clock at night, rode about and 
 over the cut; the chair overset, killed her and broke another's collar 
 bone ; she got up and spoke, but soon sat down and died. 
 
 June 26. I attended the funeral ; received the return of my venture, 
 2 qts. of fish £9, a looking-glass which cost in Lisbon half a moidure 
 and 6 gallons of wine at about 36 shillings. 
 
 July 2. This day by appointment of the Government, was observed 
 as a day of fasting and prayer on account of the small-pox and fever 
 prevalent ; and in contribution to the poor of Boston ; Mr. White 
 preached in the forenoon, Hosea v. 15 ; I preached P. M., Ps. cxix. 155. 
 
 July 7. Parish meeting; voted me £150 to build a house, as a set- 
 tlement, in lieu of their building for me. 
 
 July 12. I exchanged with Mr. Jacques ; went over the ferry. 
 
 July 27. In quest of a houselot, and continued the pursuit with Capt. 
 Prince and John Babson. 
 
 July 30. Bought of Capt. Prince, 26 feet wide, 70 feet back, for 
 £13.68, or £100 old tener ; had the deed signed. 
 
 Aug. 1. Signed the deed and receive of John Babson for his house 
 lot — paid him £54, the day before yesterday. Doctor Plummer's wife 
 died. [The land here mentioned, as purchased by Mr? Chandler, was 
 situated on the south side of Middle street, about half-way between Cen- 
 tre and Short streets. He erected on it the gambrel-roof house still 
 standing there.] 
 
 Aug. 4. I bought 1000 boards at £15 ; attended the fast at Deacon 
 Parsons' ; Mr. Moody, of York, present. 
 
 Aug. 6. Rode up to Bennet's mill for studs; to Mr. White's pas- 
 ture for rocks ; (viewing) and over to Mr. Jacques. 
 
 Aug. 12. My father died in the morning; I had news of it in the 
 evenin":. 
 
Aug. 
 
 13. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 14. 
 
 ward. 
 
 
 Sept, 
 
 . 1. 
 
 sick. 
 
 
 Sept 
 
 . 19. 
 
 gent. 
 
 
 Oct. 
 
 2. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 6. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 8. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 11. 
 
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 Set out for Andover ; got there about 5 o'clock ; funeral, 
 we brethren were all together; it rained ; I set out home- 
 Went with my Family to sea with Mr. Babson ; all 
 Began to frame ; married David Warner and Abigail Sar- 
 
 Very Avindy ; cold ; a vessel cast away ; three men lost. 
 Jno. Babson's wife died in the evening about 10 o'clock. 
 Very stormy; Mr. White not at meeting. 
 Some rain ; five vessels cast awaj r , 10 persons lost, in the 
 storm, last Sabbath. 
 
 Oct. 12. My house was raised; fair, pleasant weather; about 60 or 
 70 people treated with toddy and flip and white bread and cheese in the 
 frame. 
 
 Oct. 17. Mr. Chandler and wife came to see us. 
 
 Oct. 18. We rode round the Cape ; saw some of the wrecks lately 
 cast away. 
 
 Oct. 24. 1 married Robert Walker and Elizabeth Elwell, widow ; 
 visited some sick. 
 
 Oct. 26. I was at wedding of Ebenezer Tarbox. 
 
 Oct. 28. Windy; was sent for to Joseph Corney's wife; dis- 
 tracted. 
 
 Nov. 1. Mr. Rogers, of Kittery, preached a Lect. for me, appointed 
 for his sake. But we hope better things of you. 
 
 Nov. 4. Bought of Deacon Parsons 8 bushels of corn ; visited Mrs. 
 Cook, in a consumption, and prayed. 
 
 Nov. 5. In the evening visited widow Elwell, at Robert Elwell's ; 
 complains of a hard heart ; prayed there. 
 
 Nov. 11. I Visited over the cut at Jno. Sargcnts', Capt. Honnors' 
 &c. ; bought at Mr. Honnors' 37 1-2 lbs. butter; went in the morn to 
 Zeb. Day's after Eliza, run away yesterday. 
 
 Nov. 12. At the house ; Training Day ; I was sent for to pray with 
 the company ; went to Capt. Ellery's afterwards till sunset ; then went 
 to Mr. White's, a meeting of the elders to prepare matter for a public 
 hearing of the chh ; about 8 o'clock set out for the Cape ; married Ste- 
 ven Butler and widow Eliza Gott ; got home at 10 1-2. 
 
 Nov. 23. I went to the Cape, in the evening married Jonathan An- 
 drews and widow Anna Tarr. 
 
30 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER. 
 
 Nov. 24. I was at Capt. Jacob Parsons' to supper ; he brought his 
 wife home ; very cold. (Capt. Jacob Parsons and Sarah Rust, of Ips- 
 wich, widow, intend marriage Oct. 31, 1752>) 
 
 Nov. 25. I went out on a journey ; lodged at Mr. Parsons' at By- 
 field. 
 
 Nov. 26. I preached at Byfield. In the evening Mr. Jewet and 
 Mr. Chandler, who changed to-day, met here ; we all supped together ; 
 I lodged there. 
 
 Dec. 3. Preached ; in the evening married Jacob Davis and Abigail 
 Williams. 
 
 Dec. 5. Snow last night ; I made sashes for the cellar windows. 
 
 Dec. 10. I preached ; very cold ; some wrecks came ashore. 
 
 Dec. 13. Set a lime-kiln ; very warm and pleasant. 
 
 Dec. 15. Burnt the lime-kiln. 
 
 Dec. 16. Very cold ; got the lime into the cellar. 
 
 Dec. 18. I visited and prayed with Sam'l Lane's wife, sick. 
 
 Dec. 22. Exceedingly cold; nobody of late at work at the house; 
 Capt. Haskell sailed. 
 
 Dec. 23. More moderate ; I made a fire first in the house, and set 
 some glass ; put on a lock and shut up the house. 
 
 Dec. 25. I set 80 squares of Glass, besides other employments, by 
 daylight. 
 
 Dec. 27. In the evening; went to Kettle Cove and married Geonre 
 Bishop and Deborah Had lock. 
 
 Dec. 28. Made some window shutters. 
 
 Jan. 2. 1753. Made 2 window frames for the garret. 
 
 Jan. 5. At N. Ellery's in the evening; bought their 4 gals, of rum. 
 
 Jan. 8. Married Josiah Cook and Hannah Emmons; my wife and I 
 dined at Cook's before the wedding, and supped after at Capt. Jno. 
 Stevens'. ' 
 
 Jan. 11. Went to the Cove ; married Benj. Herring and Experience 
 Annis. [godly sorrow swelled his heart and tears gushed into his eyes.] 
 When an awakened conscience comes to estimate the nature of its Guilt 
 there will be found but poor shelter in all these palliatives that can be 
 form'd by human subtlety or licentious wit. St. Peter was not more 
 different from himself, when trembling at the voice of a silly damsel 
 than the same St. Peter after was the glorious and invincible apostle be- 
 fore the council, in prison, and upon the cross, was from the cowardly 
 and infamous renegade in the high priest's palace. 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 31 
 
 J:m. in. I enclosed my study with rough boards ; very warm, snow 
 almost gone. 
 
 Jan. 16. Married Daniel Tarr and Mary Ingersoll. 
 
 Jan. 19. I made some clapboards in kitchen and t'other room ; spent 
 the evening at Capt. Ellery's. 
 
 Jan. 26. Cloudy, foggy ; Mr. White, Mr. Moody, and Dr. Plummer 
 spent the evening here. [Mr. Moody was the eminent teacher of Duin- 
 mer Academy for thirty years. He was a grandson of Mr. White.] 
 
 Jan 28. Mr. S. Moody preached for me, forenoon ; I preached, af- 
 ternoon. 
 
 Jan. 29. I dined at Tim. Rogers ; after dinner went to Sqnam with 
 Mr. Moody, Mr. Rogers and Dr. Plummer ; supped at Mr. Bradstreet's ; 
 girl ran away again. 
 
 Feb. 2. Went to the cape ; carried my wife ; dined at Mr. Baker's ; 
 preached at John Pool's. 
 
 Feb. 7. We plastered the chamber over the kitchen and the little 
 room below, and the kitchen overhead with West India Lime. 
 
 Feb. 9. I laid 3 harths ; blew up very cold ; in the evening visited 
 Elisha Brown, sick of the palsy. 
 
 Feb. 14. Dined at deacon Parsons'; he brought his new wife to 
 town. 
 
 Feb. 16. Very great storm, rain ; much damage done to vessels in 
 the harbour; one vessel lost at Sqnam, one boy drowned; the highest 
 tide that has been known for many years. 
 
 March 8. Warm ; constant malice and ingratitude will tire the larg- 
 est charity and cool the most generous resolutions. 
 
 March 15. Lect ; Mr. Rogers preached for us; in the evening mar- 
 ried Samuel Hodgkins and Abigail Say ward. 
 
 March 20. We moved to our new house. 
 
 March 22. Iwas at home ; rainy and stormy ; in the evening I mar- 
 ried William Somes and Elizabeth Davis. 
 
 March 27. I went up to Boston by water with Capt. Byles ; went 
 out at 9 o'clock, got up a little after sunset ; lodged at Mrs. Stevens'. 
 
 April 7. I had the return of a venture ; 2 qtts of fish to the West 
 Indies ; came in rum, 6 gallons, which went to Virginia and brought 4 
 bushels of wheat and 2 of corn. 
 
 April 14. Capt. Baker sailed in a Pink Stern Snow. 
 
 April 24. I bought of Mr. Woodward 15 bushels of corn ; made 
 garret stairs yesterday and to-day. 
 
32 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 May 4. I primed some sashes, 130 squares, and painted my desk 
 and bookcase ; made a window frame. 
 
 May 18. We all dined at Deacon Parsons'; we ought to go abroad 
 for business, and not make a business of going abroad. 
 
 June 1. Warm; I visited and prayed at four families, where I was 
 sent for, sick and in distress ; and at a house where a young man was 
 saved from drowning — Andrew Robinson. 
 
 June 4. We kept a family fast at Mr. N. Allen's, on account of his 
 wife, who is greatly tempted and discomposed ; his child died. 
 
 June 7. Mr. Jaques preached my Lect ; after Lect. sent for to Nathl. 
 Parsons, in consumption. 
 
 June 8. Visited and prayed at N. Aliens' & Nathl. Parsons. 
 
 June 12. Made the great door for my study ; visited Mrs. Allen. 
 
 June 14. Visited Mrs. Allen; attended her till she died, about two 
 o'clock. 
 
 June 15. I was very dull ; visited Nathl. Sargent, in a consump- 
 tion. 
 
 June 16. I had many discouragements and trials, inward, outward ; 
 dined with Mr. Smith and others at Capt. Gibbs. 
 
 June 17. I preached, forenoon ; Mr. Smith, afternoon ; contribution 
 began to be divided between Mr. White and me ; 1 2d. 
 
 June 18. I attended the funeral of Nathl. Allen's wife; Nathl. Par- 
 sons buried the same day. 
 
 July 3. I painted some of the cellar; visited and prayed with Nathl. 
 Sargent. 
 
 July 8. I preached all day; Mr. White baptised ; in the evening I 
 was sent for to Eliza Row ; found her under symptons of death, hardly 
 sensible; prayed with her; sent for to see Nathl. Sargent, very weak 
 and low ; nigh unto death ; prayed there with much freedom and enlarge- 
 ment. 
 
 July 9. This morn Eliza Row died, and about noon, Nathl. Sar- 
 gent died. I attended the funeral of an infant son of Barrett, 
 
 who died aboard a vessel in the harbour. 
 
 July 10. I attended the funeral of Eliz. Row; Mr. White prayed. 
 
 Jnly 17. I was sent for in the morning — Elisha Brown had hanged 
 himself in his own house with a line, having been under conviction lately, 
 after a vain and profane life ; he was taken with a lit of the palsy a few 
 months ago ; was awakened, thoughtful and tempted. 
 
 July 18. I put my horse into the chair and weiit to Fresh Water 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 33 
 
 Cove yesterday ; went on to the Point with Capt. William Stevens and 
 Mr. Smith. 
 
 July 22. Sacrament ; I preached forenoon ; Mr. White called out to 
 Capt. John Stevens'; his wife died about one o'clock ; afternoon Mr. S. 
 Moody preached. 
 
 July 23. I set out for Haverhill in a chair ; lodged at Father Peeker's. 
 July 24. I set out at 7 o'clock with sister Bette, arrived home about 
 4 afternoon ; visited the sick and attended the funeral of Capt. John 
 Stevens' wife. 
 
 July 25. I attended Mr. Rogers' Lect ; Mr. Moody preached, Rom. 
 v. 3, 4, 5 ; in the evening Mr. White and I went to the widow Brown's, 
 whose husband lately hanged himself; they had quitted the house by 
 reason of some noises and fears of spectres ; we persuaded them to re- 
 enter, and tarried there with them all there all night, without the least 
 molestation. 
 
 Aug. 5. I attended the funeral of widow Howard. 
 Aug. 7. Quarterly fast at Mr. Woodward's. 
 
 Aug. 7. Two men drowned in the harbour — Danl. Collins and Benj. 
 Biuk. 
 
 Aug. 25. Visited the sick at Mr. Boynton's ; four of them with fever. 
 Sept. 5. At Mr. Roger's Lect. ; he preached ; after Lect. attended 
 the funeral of Mrs. Boynton. 
 
 Sept. 7. I attended the funeral of Thos. Bray's child ; there were 
 three funerals, children, all in the burying ground at once. 
 . Sept. 24. I went up in town at 2 o'clock; Mr. Rogers, of Kittery, 
 preached a Lect. for me ; after Lect. I visited and prayed at four fam- 
 ilies ; visited the sick all over the Cut. 
 
 Sept. 24. Made a partition in ye arch in ye cellar. , 
 
 Oct. 29. I visited the sick at Fresh Water Cove; six persons sick 
 with a fever; at night, about 12 o'clock, the house of David Inirersoll 
 took fire and was burnt to the ground with most of the furniture ; it 
 was a calm time, and a wonderful Providence that it spread no further; 
 there was a great concourse of People. 
 
 Nov. 8. I attended the dying of Joseph Tarbox his wife. 
 Nov. 19. I finished my closet in the study ; hung the door. 
 Nov. 20. Visited the sick, and watched with Tim. Rogers, who has 
 the bilious colic. 
 
 Nov. 21. In the morning at home till 12 ; then went to see Patt Stacy, 
 at Mr. Stevens',, at the Cut; pray there, she has a pleuritic fever; then 
 3 
 
34 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 visited and prayed with Mollie Travis ; then visited and prayed at James 
 Sawyer's ; many sick there, and their daughter dead ; then visited and 
 prayed at Michael Webber's, his wife dangerously ill; then visited and 
 prayed at Mr. Webber's, many sick of a fever; then attended the fune- 
 ral (and prayed) of Andrew Parsons, his wife; then home; visited at 
 Henry Davis', two children sick of fever; then went in to see Mr. Rog- 
 ers, and home and to bed at 9. 
 
 Nov. 22. I preached the Lect. 1 John, i. 7 ; after Lect. went to the 
 cape ; married Daniel Williams and Hannah Clark ; married Ctesar and 
 Flora. 
 
 Nov. 29. Very windy at S W., cold ; in the evening I went to the 
 Cnpe and married John Hobson and widow Martha Pool. 
 
 Dec. 2. Mr. Rogers, of Kittery, preached for me, forenoon, from 
 Ps. lxxxix. 1G ; I preached afternoon ; In Mr. Rogers' sermon, he showed 
 how the Br is exalted in Christ ; righteousness ; — exalted above the con- 
 demning power of the Law ; above the power and dominion of sin, above 
 self, the devil, and the world. 
 
 Dec. 3. Mr. Rogers preached a dedication sermon at the new meet- 
 ing house up in town. 
 
 Dec. 16. I changed with Mr. Rogers, of Kittery. 
 
 Dec. 27. I was at wedding at Mr. Allen's ; Dr. Plummer married by 
 Mr. White. [Doctor Samuel Plummer to Elizabeth Gee, daughter of 
 Rev. Joshua Gee, of Boston, and sifter of Mr. Allen's wile, then recently 
 deceased.] 
 
 Jan. 21, 1754. Very warm ; at night the wind changed ; blowed ex- 
 ceedingly hard and exceedingly cold ; many vessels drove ashore in the 
 harbor ; the coldest night we have had this winter. 
 
 Jan. 22. Exceedingly cold and windy ; I went to Mr. White's and 
 Deacon Stacy's ; many perished with the cold. 
 
 Feb. 6. Very pleasant, I received a letter from my brother inform- 
 ing me that my mother was sick of a fever; I set out at 2 o'clock, got 
 to Haverhill at 9. 
 
 Feb. 7. Went to Andover ; found my mother sick, but the fever 
 abated. 
 
 Feb. 13. My mother died at 9 3-4 o'clock. 
 
 Feb. 16. I dined at Mr. Cogswell's and reached home at 7 o'clock, 
 Feb. 24. I preached all day ; in the evening married Joseph Smith 
 and Sarah Brown ; visited Saml. Ingcrsoll, sick of the palsy and sense- 
 less. 
 
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 Feb. 27. Snow storm and ruin ; attended the funeral of S. Tngersoll. 
 
 April 9. I set out with Deacon Warner for York; lodged at my 
 brother's at Newbury. 
 
 April 12. Dined at Mr. Rogers', Kittery ; went through Scotland; 
 lodged at Mr. Lyman's ; saw many oft he people of my former charge, 
 who expressed much gladness to see me. 
 
 April 15. Visited, and went to Sir Wm. Peppercll's ; Lodged at Mr. 
 Willi id's, Portsmouth. 
 
 April 18. Got to Ipswich to Lect. ; Mr. Foxcroft preached; got 
 home at 8 o'clock. 
 
 April 30. I went to Squam ; dined at Mr. Bradstreet's ; attended the 
 funeral of Zebulon Elwell. 
 
 May 2. I preached at Eastern Point, at John Gardner's ; dined at 
 Capt. Sargent's with Mr. White ; rode over in Capt. Sargent's chaise ; 
 my horse. 
 
 May 26. I preached all day; Mr. White at the Cape; Mr. Smith, 
 of Falmouth here, but would not preach. 
 
 June 7. Sent for to John Sargent's ; he was thought to be dying. 
 
 June 11. Was called in the morning to John Sargents ; prayed with 
 him ; he died soon after. 
 
 June 14. Went to Squam ; sold the girl to Denison for £40 O. T. 
 
 June 20. I drank tea at Capt. John Stevens' ; his new wife came on 
 Tuesday. [She was the widow of Col. John Gorham, of Barnstable.] 
 
 Aug. 24. General Training; the Field officers came down with the 
 troops; the five companies formed into one Battalion. 
 
 Oct. 29. Mr. Whitfield came here ; preached twice, Rev, i. 5, 6, 
 and went out of town. [This was the celebrated George Whitefield,. 
 then on his filth visit to America. By this entry only do we learn that 
 he ever preached in Gloucester.] 
 
 Nov. 1. I attended the funeral of John Goodridge. 
 
 Nov. 21. It being training day, I preached Deut. xiv, 21; a sort 
 of artillery sermon. 
 
 Nov. 29. Snowy day ; attended the funeral of David Sawyer. 
 
 Dec. 8. I preached all day; attended the funeral of Philip Babson's 
 wife. 
 
 Dec. 10. Mr. White preached at the School house, a quarterly Lect ; 
 we supped at Mr. N. Allen's ; he brought his wife home. [She was 
 Sarah, daughter of Epes Sargent, Esq., formerly of Gloucester, but 
 then of Salem.] 
 
36 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 Dec. 13. I made about thirty pound of candles; the wicks made 
 before ; finished by noon. 
 
 Dec. lb'. I attended the funeral of Constantine Jorlin. 
 
 Dec. 19. Married Aaron Davis and Patty Woodhouse, and Ezekiel 
 Woodward and Abigail Sanders. 
 
 Dec. 20. Very cold ; held the wedding at Mr. Woodward's. 
 
 Dec. 25. Preached at old Mr. Gardner's. 
 
 Jan. 4, 1755. Attended the funeral of John Gardner. 
 
 Jan. 16. Attend the sick, and Mrs. Cashmere at her death. 
 
 Jan. 30. I attended the funeral of widow Parsons ; had information 
 of a man that has attempted a felo-de-se. 
 
 Jan. 31. I was called out of bed in the morning to and see Mrs. 
 Fears' sick. 
 
 Feb. 1. Sent for to a dying woman in the morning. 
 
 Feb. 2. Preached : read the request of a number of brethren at the 
 cape for dismission, in order to incorporation. 
 
 Feb. 3. Attended the funeral of Wm. Fears' wife. 
 
 Feb. 13. I went to the Cape to the Fast. Mr. Bradstreet began 
 with prayer ; I preached ; Mr. White incorporated the church ; Mr. 
 Rogers prayed, and Mr. White concluded with prayer. I visited some 
 sick on my way home. 
 
 Feb. 28. Visited Mrs. Collins, dangerously sick; and he under gt 
 Tempt to Felo-de-se. 
 
 March 3. Attended the funeral of Mrs. Collins, and visited at Capt. 
 Ellery's in the evening. 
 
 March 11. Preached to the young people in the school; very at- 
 tentive and some wept. 
 
 March 12. Rose at 6 o'clock, soon after was desired to go to visit 
 two families, the news of the heads of them being lost at sea just come ; 
 I went to Capt. Joseph Parsons', who was one ; his widow, mother and 
 relatives all in tears ; conversed with them about an hour and prayed ; 
 then went to George Tappan's, the other, and prayed there : then re- 
 turned home and read Taylor's Experience, a very excellent work for 
 the discovery of a Pharisee : then went to see Mr. Baker, sick at his 
 daughter Babren's : prayed with him after much conversation : he is an 
 excellent Christian : then sent for to see Hannah Davis, sick of the 
 quinsy, and prayed : then attended the funeral of Everdeen's child, and 
 prayed with the mourners : In the evening called to pray with a sick 
 child at Mr. Rand's, and another at Dr. Rea's : prayed with each : then 
 
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 went to see Hannah Davis again, and Zeb. Lane's wife, who is infirm ; 
 then came home. 
 
 March 25. Very rainy day ; I visited 16 sick persons, mostly chil- 
 dren; prayed with 11 families. 
 
 April 3. Dined at deacon Stacy's; his John brought his wife home. 
 
 April 7. Visited Zaccheus Parsons ; he died. 
 
 April 23. Dined at Dr. Rea's ; an entertainment at the weaning of 
 a child ; wrote a letter to a deist ; planted cucumbers. 
 
 May 19. I visited and catechised at the school house. 
 
 May 21. Private Fast at Deacon Stacy's for his daughter distracted. 
 
 June 27. I went to see Mary Giddings who had murdered her infant 
 child. 
 
 June 30. Mary Giddings was buried. (She was daughter of Rob- 
 ert Giddings, and was born Oct. 25, 1731.) 
 
 July 3. General Fast upon the account of the second expedition 
 against the French encroachments and the Indian war. I preached 
 forenoon ; Mr. White afternoon. 
 
 July 9. I visited, and at night sat up with Deacon William Parsons. 
 
 July 10. Deacon Parsons died between six and seven in the morn- 
 ing. [He died at the age of flfty-five ; having been, for many years, 
 one of the most prominent citizens of the town. He owned and occu- 
 pied the house now standing oil the corner of Middle and Washington 
 streets.] 
 
 July 11. I studied upon a funeral sermon. 
 
 July 12. I studied and attended the funeral of Deacon Parsons. Eb. 
 Witham's horse killed by Thunder. 
 
 July 26. Cold N. E. storm ; a vessel cast away at the Cape ; man 
 lost ; another at Squam ; Mr. White on board. 
 
 Aug. 26. A general Provincial Fast on account of our armies and 
 expeditions ; General Bradstreet's defeat near Ohio, and general Shir- 
 ley's marching to Niagara, and general Johnson to Crown Point; after 
 the public exercises we met at Samuel Parsons' for private prayer. 
 
 Sept. 11. Mr. Swain, of Wen ham, preached my Lect. compel them 
 to come in that my house may be filled; the church is the house of 
 God. 
 
 Sept. 15. The companies met to enlist soldiers to go to Crown Point ; 
 20 in the two companies in this town. 
 
 Sept. 16. We had a chinch and parish meeting to see if they would 
 
38 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 consent to my going to Crown Point; voted their consent unani- 
 mously. 
 
 Sept. 22. I was preparing for the expedition. 
 
 Sept. 24. My sister Sarah came down ; we attended the private fast 
 at Hubbard Haskell's. 
 
 Sept. 26. I visited 24 families over the Cut. [Here follows a list 
 of ministers who preached for Mr. Chandler while he was absent: — 
 Messrs. Leavitt and Barnard, of Salem, Messrs. Wigglesworth and 
 Walley, of Ipswich, Mr. Champney, of Beverly, Mr. Swain, of Wen- 
 ham, and Messrs. Bradstreet and Rogers, of Gloucester. Mr. White 
 preached three Sabbaths and Thanksgiving. Mr. Chandler's Diary of 
 the expedition to Crown Point is in the New England Historical and Gen- 
 ealogical Register for Oct., 1863, which any who are anxious to see it may 
 find in the Sawyer Free Library. After his return, he resumed the record 
 of events at home.] 
 
 Dec. 19. There was a loud rumbling of an earthquake; no shaking 
 but a jarring like thunder. 
 
 Dec. 21. Sabbath ; Mr. White preached forenoon ; John xiv. 27 ; 
 afternoon 1 preached from Amos, iv. 12. [Mr. Chandler often preached 
 from this text; the words are : — "This will I do unto thee, O Israel ; 
 and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O 
 Israel."] 
 
 Dec. 24. N. Fast to humble ourselves under the tokens of God's 
 Displeasure in the Earthquake ; I began with prayer, Mr. Jaques 
 preached ; afternoon, Mr. Rogers prayed and preached; very cold, but 
 a full congregation. 
 
 Dec. 26. More moderate ; I dined at Capt. Sargents' ; went to see 
 some sick, bereaved and tempted. 
 
 Dec. 28. Sabbath and sacrament; I preached; in the evening rode 
 over the Cut with Mr. Nathl. Sargent to see Thomas Bray, sick of a 
 fever ; prayed with him and conversed ; he speaks as one experienced 
 in spirituals. 
 
 Jan. 1, 1756. This day by agreement the ministers of the town met 
 at Mr. Rogers' to keep a fast in his parish on acct of the Earthquake. 
 Mr. Rogers began with prayer; I preached Ezek. xxxiii. 5; afternoon 
 Mr. Cleveland prayed and Mr. Bradstreet preached Prov. i. 24-29 ; 
 very cold day. 
 
 Jan. 2. I was studying; took in three Relations from persons desir- 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 39 
 
 ing admission to the Lord's table and attend the funeral to the grave of 
 Mrs. Parsons, wife of Jera Parsons who died hopefully ; told me she 
 believed Christ died for her. She had been much enlightened of late 
 time, since the Gt Shock of the Earthquake which was Nov. 18 last. 
 
 Jan. 3. I studied all day ; dined at Capt. Gibbs'. 
 
 Jan. 4. Very cold; I preached; in the evening visited and prayed 
 with Mrs. Cook, under darkness and fear at the perilous hour. 
 
 Jan. 5. Cloudy ; damp air ; some rain ; I made this book ; studied in 
 the evening; rain at niirht and snow. 
 
 Jan. 6. I visited Elisha Corney, under the symptoms of death, and 
 attended the funeral of Daniel Tarr's child. 
 
 Jan. 13. Mr. Leighton's shop burnt down. 
 
 Jan. 20. I went to Manchester to the funeral of Mr. Cheever. [Rev. 
 Amos Cheever died Jan. 16, 1756.] 
 
 Jan. 22. Very cold ; I went to Mr. Jaques' Fast ; he prayed in the 
 morning, Mr. Rogers preached; afternoon, I prayed, Mr. Bradstreet 
 preached. 
 
 Jan. 29. Fast at the Cape; Mr. Rogers prayed, Mr. Bradstreej 
 preached ; afternoon, I prayed and preached ; supped at Ebeneezer 
 Pool's ; Mr. Cleveland sick of a fever. 
 
 Feb. 5. I studied all day ; visited in the evening. The many severe 
 trials we undergo are intended as warnings not to attach ourselves to 
 the floating phantoms of sublunary life. 
 
 Feb. 7. I was at home ; had company ; took two relations of persons 
 to be admitted to church fellowship. 
 
 Feb. 8. I preached all day ; tine, warm weather, like spring, this 
 fortnight or three weeks past. 
 
 Feb. 12. 1 was at home, forenoon ; afternoon, visited Mrs. Cradock. 
 very much distressed in soul. 
 
 Feb. 16. 'Tis like a May morning; birds singing. 
 
 Feb. 18. Visited at the Cove ; very warm, foggy ; the grass springs 
 in the mowing ground ; in some places some have gathered greens for 
 the pot. 
 
 March 16. Attended the funeral of the widow Martin. 
 
 March 17. In the afternoon, a number joined to pray with Mrs. 
 Cradock, under great temptation. 
 
 March 21. In the evening, preached to the negroes at the school house. 
 
 April 12. Col. Plaisted came to town to press the affair of my going 
 with him on the expedition ; we dined at Capt. Sargents'. 
 
40 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 April 21. I went to visit a poor a distressed woman, Mrs. Celey, 
 near 80 years of age, under hopeful convictions, despairing in herself. 
 
 April 22. Training day ; I prayed with the companies. 
 
 April 24. Church meeting to see if the church would concur to my 
 going in the expedition, at the repeated request of Col. Plaisted ; it 
 passed in the negative. 
 
 April 24. Public Fast; I preached and delivered an address to the 
 soldiers going on the Expedition; in sermon time, forenoon, there was 
 a gust of wind or whirlwind, which broke up the congregation; most 
 ran out, but 'twas soon over. It was thought at the time, by many, to 
 be an earthquake. 
 
 April 30. I visited Mrs. Collins, tempted : and Mrs. Paterson, be- 
 reaved of her mother, Mrs. Cradock, who has for some months been 
 in distwess of mind, and despairing, tempted, and assaulted; and last 
 Saturday about one o'clock, she hanged herself with a single strand of a 
 fishing line. I transcribed the address to the soldiers, at their desire. 
 
 May 2. I preached to the society of young men at Samuel Stearns' 
 at the Cut. 
 
 May 3. The soldiers marched : but first Avent into the meeting house ; 
 Mr. White prayed and I gave them a word of exhortation. 
 
 May 8. This Day was set apart by order of Govt throughout the 
 Provinces as a day of Humiliation, Prayer and Thanksgiving on account 
 of the Earthquake which was desolating in Lisbon, Portugal, but New 
 England was spared in a very great shock which shook off Chimney 
 Tops and wares from shelves. 
 
 May 11. Changed with Mr. Rogers ; after meeting drank tea at Capt. 
 Allen's ; in the evening prayed with Mrs. Cook. There was heard about 
 8 o'clock in the evening a low rumbling of an Earthquake. 
 
 May 19. The Hornet man-of-war was in here. 
 
 May 22. I studied : dined at home on a fresh salmon Capt. Sanders 
 sent me. 
 
 June 12. David Low and Spencer, of Capt. Wm. Stevens, and 
 Sip, of Capt. Allen, drowned off the Cape : the small boat overset. 
 
 June 14. Catechised the children, about 120. 
 
 June 24. I Avent down to Squam Avith my Avife ; dined at Capt. Davis' ; 
 he was married last night; I preached Mr. Bradstreet's Lect. 
 
 July 16. I dined at Mr. Allen's; visited B. Boynton's Avife, danger- 
 ously ill of a fever. 
 
 July 21. Attended the funeral of Benj. Boynton's Avife. 
 
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 July 22. A special Fast throughout the Provinces on account of the 
 Expedition and the War. Mr. White preached, forenoon; I preached 
 afternoon. 
 
 July 21. I visited Thomas Ayers in a very poor case. 
 
 Aug. 4. I went over the Cut; went into the water; found a plenty 
 of whotle-berries ; stopped at Mr. Rogers'; war proclaimed at Boston. 
 
 Aug. 5. I preached at widow Elwell's, Head of the Harbour. 
 
 Aug. 15. Attended the funeral of Thomas Ayers. 
 
 Aug. 23. Funeral of Patience Bennett : called up in the night to 
 Adam Hoppin. 
 
 Aug. 25. I dined at Dr. Ilea's, his brother died about 9 o'clock in 
 the evening. 
 
 Aug. 27. Attended the funeral of Aaron Ray. 
 
 Sept. 4. I was at home : ( ailed up at 10 o'clock to a dying person. 
 
 Sept. 4. Studied, and attended the funeral of Joseph Boynton's 
 wife. 
 
 Sept. 5. I preached : attended the funeral of James Paterson's wife. 
 [James Paterson and Abigail Cradock were married Dec. 26, 1749. 
 She was the daughter of the unhappy woman mentioned under April 
 30.] 
 
 Sept. 8. I went out to sea, kept my cabin. 
 
 Sept. 9. Very weak : visited the sick at Paterson's. 
 
 Sept. 12. I was very feeble : preached : afternoon, I found unwonted 
 freedom of mind and some fervor of soul : was strengthened beyond expec- 
 tation. 
 
 Sept. 19. Mr. Smith, of Marlborough, preached for me all day. 
 [Rev. Aaron Smith: husband of Martha, daughter of Joseph Allen, 
 Esq.] 
 
 Sept. 21. I attended the funeral of James Paterson, a child. 
 
 Oct. 2. Rainy day : attended two funerals in one house. 
 
 Oct. 11. Visited among the sick : 'tis pretty sickly among us. 
 
 Oct. 18. Catechised the children at James Sawyer's. 
 
 Oct. 19. In the evening I had much of a headache : went to bed : 
 was called up about 3 o'clock to go to Molly West, who was thought to 
 be dying: I went, and as I stood praying I fainted away: was sense- 
 less about one and a half minutes. 
 
 Oct. 19. I got out, afternoon, to see one Osmond, a youth, who was 
 hurt in the windmill ; a wonderful deliverance. 
 
 Oct. 31. I preached all day : attended the funeral of Molly West. 
 
42 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 Nov. 1. Very warm, foggy weather : the funeral of William Somes' 
 wife. 
 
 Nov. 2. Called out of bed in the morning to Joseph Dolliver : then 
 went over to Eastern Point to see Mr. Josiah Ingersoll, sick : visited 
 several families, came home. Ezekiel Woodward's house raised. [This 
 house is still standing on Middle street, and has been for many years 
 in possession of a branch of the Parsons family.] 
 
 Nov. 3. Mr. Allen, of Manchester, came here, related his grievances, 
 and advised about a council. 
 
 Nov. 10. I visited Joseph Dolliver, dangerously sick of a nervous 
 fever. 
 
 Nov. 13. Capt. Wm. Ellery in a snow privateer, came in yester- 
 day : Joseph Dolliver buried. 
 
 Nov. 16. Old Mr. Stevens died in the evening, 10 o'clock and 20 
 min. 
 
 Nov. 18. I preached the Lect : the anniversary period of the great 
 Earthquake : after Lect. attended the funeral of Mr. Samuel Stevens, 
 aged 91 years: he has lived with the wife of his youth 62 years and 
 about 10 months : he has for two or three years past been a child, almost 
 bereaved of all reason, but able to walk the house till a few days before 
 his death. [He was a merchant, — a grandson of William Stevens, one 
 of the first settlers, and a famous shipwright. His wife was Mary, 
 daughter of William Ellery. See JVotes and Additions, Vol. J, p. 78. 
 Mr. Stevens' residence was a large gambrel-roofed building on the 
 north side of Front street, about half-way between Center and Hancock 
 streets. It escaped destruction by the greatflre of 1814, — having been 
 moved, a few years before, toaplace at the Beach, where it still stands.] 
 
 Nov. 22. My cider came, 8 barrels of Mr. Osgood and 2 barrels of 
 Capt. Pecker. 
 
 Nov. 23. Capt. Collins and Capt. Somes sailed before noon for Bilboa. 
 
 Nov. 26. I attended the funeral of one Dennis Organ, a Roman, 
 who, in his sickness, said, if he grew worse, he would have them send 
 for me to come and pray with him. I went, but he was speechless. 
 
 Jan. 2, 1757. At 5 o'clock I was called up to visit Wm. Card ; found 
 him dying; left him alive at 7. 
 
 Jan. 13. I preached the Lect ; in the evening visited Jonathan's Row's 
 wife, dangerously ill. 
 
 Jan. 18. I attended the funeral of Jonathan Row's wife. 
 
 Jan. 20. Mr Payne brought his wife home. [Edward Payne, a mcr- 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 43 
 
 chant, sometime in business in Gloucester. This wife was Rebecca Ar- 
 mory of Boston.] 
 
 Feb. 13. I preached ; exceedingly cold day; afternoon, Mr. White 
 preached, Luke xiii. 27, extempore. 
 
 Feb. 16. A little afternoon was heard a pretty loud and long rum- 
 bling of an earthquake or thunder. 
 
 Feb. 18. I preached at Josiah Grover's ; Mr. Haskell walked with 
 me ; very thick, foggy weather for four or five days. 
 
 March 8. I was called up in the morning at about 4 o'clock to see 
 Madam Stevens, who they thought was dying : prayed there and tarried 
 till it was day all abroad ; then came home to my study, close at study ; 
 visited Madam Stevens again ; in the evening preached at Mr. Leighton's 
 family meeting. 
 
 March 13. In the evening married Ignatius Webber and Elizabeth 
 Stuart ; very stormy. 
 
 March 14. Training day ; I prayed with the company; the new com- 
 missions opened ; I dined at Mr. Payne's. 
 
 March 22. A very cold, stormy day ; Training to enlist 17 men out 
 of two companies ; I dined at Mr. Nathl. Ellery's with the officers ; I 
 prayed in the meeting-house before and after the exercise of the soldiers. 
 
 March 27. I preached; contribution for William Sargent; in the 
 morning visited old Mrs. Stevens, wasting away. 
 
 April 3. I preached ; snowed all day ; very stormy day. 
 
 April 4. The soldiers marched ; I visited Andrew Parsons' wife, dan- 
 gerously sick. 
 
 April 6. I attended the funeral of Andrew Parsons' wife. 
 
 April 8. Visited widow Botham ; very near her end. 
 
 April 10. After meeting visited widow Botham; she was dying; I 
 prayed with her ; she died soon after ; then I went to see widow Dolli- 
 ver, aged about — ; she is declining fast; then went and married David 
 Perigo and Abaoail Brook and came home ; then went and married 
 Nathl. Sargent and widow Judith Giddings. 
 
 April 13. I received the news of the death of my brother Benjamin, 
 who was taken at Oswego, was a carpenter, and died on his march to 
 Canada, about 30 miles from Quebec. 
 
 April 18. I was sick of a cold ; I made a spring in the wheel of 
 
 my watch to stop it when wound up. 
 
 April 20. I went in the morning to Josiah Grover's ; his wife had a 
 wen cut out by D. Plummer, from her side, which weighed 9 3-4 lbs. 
 
44 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 April 21. Provincial Fast; I preached all day ; Mr. White prayed 
 afternoon : just after meeting I was sent for to Capt. Winthrop Sar- 
 gent's ; his child dangerously sick ; I prayed with it and it died in a few 
 minutes; then went to Capt. Gibbs', at his desire went to carry the 
 news to Mrs. Sanders of the death of her husband, drowned at sea ; then 
 visited and prayed with old Mrs. Sanders at Capt. Gibbs'. 
 
 April 24. Preached at Squam ; after meeting was desired to go to 
 Capt. Fellows'; his wife lost her son, Saunders; came home, and went 
 and prayed with the society of negroes and gave them a word of exhor- 
 tation. 
 
 May 1. Very hard gale of wind ; it snowed about two hours and a 
 half; scarce ever faster ; the ground covered over an inch and continued 
 until next day noon ; very cold, it froze a tub of water over near a qt. 
 of an inch thick. 
 
 May 18. I went to the Cape to the funeral of Elder Grover's wife. 
 
 May 19. Capt. Babson arrived from Lisbon. 
 
 June 9. Mrs. Card very ill, and under concern, very great, about 
 her soul. 
 
 June 22. This day was set apart by consent in this Parish as a day 
 of fasting and prayer on account of the drought. Mr. White began with 
 prayer, I preached ; afternoon, Mr. Bradstreet prayed, Mr. Rogers 
 preached, Matt. 6 : Thy kingdom come. We supped at Mr. White's, 
 very hot. 
 
 June 23. I preached Mr. Bradstreet's Lect ; we had a very plentiful 
 shower of rain. 
 
 June 24. I visited on Eastern Point : Mr. Palfrey dangerously ill. 
 
 June 27. Went to Eastern Point to see Mr. Palfiey. 
 
 June 30. Provincial fast on account of the war and drouth ; I prayed 
 in the morning, Mr. White preached ; afternoon Mr. White prayed, I 
 preached. 
 
 July 2. I attended the funeral of Richard Palfrey. 
 
 July 7. About 2 1-4 o'clock there was an Earthquake, an ingemina- 
 ted concussion. 
 
 July 13. I preached Mr. Rogers' Lect; Capt. Allen's wife much af- 
 fected after meeting in conversation. 
 
 July 18. Catechised at Eben. Collins'; no. of children, 67. 
 
 July 27. This day was observed as a fast at Squam, relative to the 
 war — to the public affairs ; Mr. Bradstreet began with prayer, I preached ; 
 afternoon Mr. White prayed, Mr. Rogers preached. 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 45 
 
 Aug. 9. I visited ; very dry, great drouth. [Fort William and 
 Henry taken by the French and Indians.] 
 
 Aug. 13. I dined at Capt. Wm. Stevens; heard the news that the 
 Fort at Lake George was taken last Tuesday. 
 
 Aug. 15. We had alarm gnns filing and drums beating to send one 
 quarter part of militia to the frontier, invaded by French. 
 
 Aug. 18. I went to Manchester; fast there on account of the war 
 and drought. 
 
 Aug. 19. I went in the morning to enquire into the affair of the 
 apprition of Joseph Saunders ; I think it to be a chimera. 
 
 Aug. 24. I attended the fast at Mr. Rogers', he began with prayer; 
 Mr. Jaques preached; afternoon I prayed, Mr. Bradstreet preached. 
 
 Aug. 29. Catechised at James Sawyer's, about thirty children; vis- 
 ited at the Cove, dined at Mr. Coward's. 
 
 Aug. 30. I visited at the fort of Eastern Point ; dined at Joseph 
 Sayward's, spent the evening and supped at Mr. Thos. Sanders'. Mr. 
 Smith there. [Probably Rev. Thomas Smith of Falmouth, Me., father 
 of Mrs. Sanders.] 
 
 Aug. 31. I dined at Capt. Sanders'; Mr. White, Mr. Smith, &c. 
 
 Sept. 10. I visited deacon Jeremiah Parsons, sick of a fever. 
 
 Sept. 25. I preached; after meeting I was sent for to visit Peter 
 Savery's infant, dying. I prayed there; a little after I was in bed, 
 about ten o'clock, I was sent for to visit Deacon Jeremiah Parsons, dy- 
 ing ; he was sensible to the last, tho' broken in his speech ; much in the 
 dark, tho' his desires were enlarged after discoveries of the Love of 
 God ; he died about one o'clock : I came home after 2 o'clock. [Deacon 
 Jeremiah Parsons lived at the Farms. He was a grandson of Jeffrey, 
 the first settler of that name, and Avas about 60 years old when he died.] 
 
 Sept. 27. I attended the funeral of Deacon Jeremiah Parsons. 
 
 Sept. 28. I visited some sick at Fresh Water Cove : and visited the 
 neighborhood about Capt. Honnors'. 
 
 Oct. 2. Catechised at Capt. Coos', about 35 children. 
 
 Oct. 7. Sent for to Mr. Hidden, dangerously ill. 
 
 Oct. 9. I preached : inthe evening sent for to Mr. Hiddon's ; his 
 wife very dangerous, prayed there, and again with a child of Danl. Smith. 
 
 Oct. 17. I visited at Eastern Point: attended the funeral of Mrs. 
 Hidden. 
 
 Oct. 19. Fast, on account of the public affairs. 
 
 Oct. 26. I studied ; read Dr. Taylor on original sin ; his argument 
 and illustrations illusive. 
 
46 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 Oct. 29. I was sent for to Thos. Hogdon, his wife had a wen cut 
 out upon upper part of her left breast ; it had been cut twice before, but 
 now all taken out. 
 
 Nov. 1. In the evening preached at Constantine Joslin's. 
 
 Nov. 8. I visited in the Harbour ; my wife made sausages. 
 
 Nov. 17. Thanksgiving; preached Ps. xxx. 8. I was about three 
 hours in the exercise ; we had a plentiful table, in good order, in peace 
 and quietness. In the evening I married Jonathan Rowe and Alice 
 Hoole. 
 
 Nov. 30. Monthly Fast at the Cape ; Mr. Cleveland prayed, I 
 preached ; afternoon Mr. White prayed, Mr. Rogers preached ; very 
 pleasant for the season. 
 
 March 6, 1758. Capt. Somes and son shot by accident ; I visited and 
 prayed. 
 
 March 8. Afternoon at Capt. Somes', his son's leg cut off above the 
 knee. 
 
 March 11. Capt. Somes' son died yesterday, buried to-day. 
 
 March 16. Elder Groverand Madam Stevens married by Mr. White. 
 [A very uncommon matrimonial ceremony, each of the parties being up- 
 wards of eighty years of age.] 
 
 March 23. Afternoon, at Elder Grover's ; in the Harbour ; their chil- 
 dren together ; in the evening married Saml. Witham and Elizabeth 
 Higgins. TA daughter bv this marriage — Deborah, born, as she said, 
 Oct. 4, 1 7 (3(5, and baptized, according to the First Chinch Records, 
 Oct. 12, same year, died April 12, 1868 ; the only known centenarian 
 of Gloucester birth.] 
 
 March 30. I married Dr. Saml. Houghton and Mary Warner. 
 
 April 3. Some think they heard an Earthquake about eight o'clock 
 in the evening; the people very busy fitting out, the Embargo being 
 taken off the ti.-hery. 
 
 April 10. Capt. Babson arrived from Lisbon ; John has been with 
 him this voyage ; returned in good health. 
 
 April 13. Training day; I attended the funeral of David IngersoH's 
 wife ; married Abraham Sawyer and Mary Say ward at Mrs. Wheeler's 
 — good deal of company. 
 
 April 19. Monthly Fast at the Cape ; Mr. Cleveland began, Mr. 
 Bradstreet preached ; afternoon Mr. White prayed, Mr. Rogers preached. 
 
 April 23. The transports sailed for Halifax. 
 
 April 26. I attended the society for prayer — particular case Mr. 
 White's son in a consumption, and fear whether prepared for death. 
 
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 April 30. I preached ; after meeting sent for to Eastern Point ; vis- 
 ited and prayed at B. Averill's ; at Josiah IngersolPs. 
 
 Feb. 1, 1759. I went to bed at eleven; at 20 m. after two o'clock 
 was a shock of an earthquake ; at first a sudden jar, then abated a little 
 and there came in gradually to second pretty loud and pretty great 
 shock. 
 
 Feb. 10. I attended the funeral of Richard Grover. 
 
 Feb. 21. I went to Eastern Point to distribute the portions of the 
 charity to the poor. 
 
 March 2. Visited Mr. White ; he is very feeble ; low in spirits and 
 much broken. 
 
 March 8. Mr. Bailey preached the school Lect. in the school house. 
 [Jacob Bailey taught the grammar school in Gloucester about a year 
 and a half. He became an Episcopal minister, and in the Revolution 
 went to Annapolis, N. S., where he died July 26, 1808.] 
 
 March 9. I studied ; called out at night to Joseph McFedrix, in con- 
 vulsion fits ; I was there till 12. 
 
 March 11. Mr. White got to meeting, after six or seven weeks con- 
 finement. 
 
 March 15. I went over in the evening by water to Josiah Ingersol's ; 
 married David Pearce and Bethiah Ingersol. 
 
 March 17. I studied and visited ; prayed with several sick persons — 
 Joseph Fedrix, Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Perkins, all in a dangerous state. 
 
 March 48. Visited Joseph Fedrix, very nigh death, and Mrs. Per- 
 kins. Visited and prayed with Mrs. Rogers. 
 
 March 20. Joseph Fedrix died. 
 
 March 23. I attended the funeral of Mrs. Perkins. [She was a 
 daughter of Capt. Andrew Robinson, a famous man in the town in the 
 last century. Mrs. Perkins kept a tavern on Front Street many years, 
 and was blind in the latter part of her life.] 
 
 April 14. Association Fast at the Harbour; I began with prayer; 
 Mr. Jaques preached ; afternoon Mr. Bradstreet prayed, Mr. Smith of 
 Marlboro, preached ; we supped at Mr. Whittemore's. 
 
 May 1. I attended the funeral of Mrs. Rogers. [Wife of Timothy 
 Rogers , merchant, brother of Rev. John Rogers, minister of the Fourth 
 Parish.] 
 
 May 14. Married Capt. William Dolliver and Abigail Sanders. 
 
 May 20. I was not able to speak ; got Mr. Bailey, schoolmaster, to 
 change with Mr. Jaques ; he came and preached, prayed at the sacra- 
 ment and baptized. 
 
48 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 May 21. I was very much not well but visited about 18 persons sick 
 with the measles. 
 
 May 25. Planted potatoes behind the meeting house. 
 
 May 30. I dined at Mrs. Comerferd's ; Roast Goose at Home. 
 
 June 14. I was called up at 4 o'clock to go to Mr. Young's ; he is 
 near eternity. 
 
 Sept. 2. I preached Gen. vi. 3 ; I was enlarged in the exercise of the 
 day, spoke with freedom, but being feeble nature language bad ; I could 
 scarce hold up in the evening; visited Mary Pierce, whom I found in a 
 dying posture ; after, visited Capt. Babson, very dangerous, near death ; 
 I came borne and went to bed ill ; about 2 o'clock, they sent for me to 
 Capt. Babson; I sent word I was ill and unable, but by their repeated 
 opportunity, considering the distress of the family, I rose and went; 
 while I was attempting to pray with him I fainted away ; I came home 
 about 4, left him dying ; his wife very ill ; Molly Pierce and Capt. Bab- 
 son both died about 6 o'elock. 
 
 Sept. 24. I catechised at Edward Collins' ; 75 children. 
 
 Sept. 28. I attended the funeral of Win, Sawyer. 
 
 Oct. 12. Great rejoicing; illumination; firing of cannon here on 
 account of the reduction of Quebec. 
 
 Oct. 15. Catechised the children at Eastern Point; but very few 
 by reason of the rain ; Had a hog killed. 
 
 Nov. 6. I visited at Eastern Point, further end ; married Daniel Rog- 
 ers and Elizabeth Gorham. 
 
 Nov. 27. I attended the funeral of widow Hannah Babson and vis- 
 ited the sick. 
 
 Nov. 29. Annual Provinciall Thanksgiving; I preached Isai. ix. 6, 
 wonderful ; (printed). I was about an hour in sermon ; had some great 
 trials in the morning. 
 
 Dec. 5. Sent for to Eastern Point ; Eben Tarbox's wife in fits. 
 
 Dec. 8. I attended the funeral of Eben Tarbox's wife. 
 
 Dec. 9. I preached Hebrew ii. 11. Mr. White last at meeting. 
 
 Dec. 22. I attended a funeral — Michael Webber. 
 
 Dec. 26. Monthly Thanksgiving at Mr. Rogers'; he began with 
 prayer ; I preached ; Mr. White present. [Mr. Chandler's journal con- 
 tains no entry in the month of January, 1760. On the 16th of that 
 month Rev. John White, senior pastor of the First Church, died, in 
 the 83d year of his age, and the 58th year of his ministry.] 
 
 Feb. 3, 1760. I changed with Mr. Jaques ; he preached here, funer- 
 al sermon, 2 Kings ii. 12. 
 
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 Feb. 9. I set out upon an agreement to change with Mr. Wiggles- 
 worth (minister of Ipswich) a bearer to Mr. White; we appointed to 
 meet at Mr. Porter's, where I tarried to sunset and heard nothing from 
 him. I returned home. 
 
 April 11. I visited Jera. Parsons, dangerously sick of a fever. 
 
 April 13. I preached all day ; we had a contribution for the poor of 
 Boston reduced by the late wasting fire; collected about £280. 
 
 April 14. I visited and prayed in several families, and attended the 
 funeral of Jeremiah Parsons. 
 
 April 21. Visited Joseph Say ward's ; his daughter Bettie died. 
 
 April 23. Visited and attended the funeral ; prayed in several fam- 
 ilies, and at the family meeting in the evening at Mrs. White's. 
 
 April 29. Visited Nathl. Simes, dangerously sick. 
 
 Ma} r 7. I preached at Mr. Comerford's ; his wife dangerously sick 
 with consumption. 
 
 May 12. Visited sick, Mrs. Comer ford and Mrs. Hogdon, both dan- 
 gerously ill, consumption. 
 
 May 16. John [his son] went to Marblehead and shipped in the 
 Stork, Capt. Foster; attended the funeral of Mrs. Hogdon. This 
 morning James Sawyer fell into a kettle of pitch they were going to 
 graving ; supposed to be in a fit ; scalded and burnt so that he died in 
 about twenty hours. 
 
 May 18. I attended the funeral of James Sawyer. 
 
 May 19. I attended the funeral of Mrs. Comerford. 
 
 May 27. I catechised the children in the meeting house, about 100. 
 
 June 9. I attended the funeral of Robert Stewart. 
 
 June 16. Abraham Sawyer's house raised in the forenoon, Mr. Whit- 
 temore's house raised in the afternoon. 
 
 July 23. I took a sail with Col. Stevens, Mr. Witham, Wm. Somes, 
 Peter Severy, skipper ; we caught about 200 ground fish, mostly cod, 
 and near 300 mackerel ; went out about 5 in the morning, got in about 
 7 or 8 in the evening. 
 
 Oct. 3. I went up to Deacon Stacy's, to desire him to withdraw 
 from the sacrament. 
 
 Oct. 5. I preached and administered the sacrament ; a disturbance 
 by Deacon Stacy. 
 
 Oct. 9. The elders met; Deacon Stacy present, but own but little. 
 I preached ; Thanksgiving for the Reduction of Canada. 
 
 Oct. 18. Attended the funeral of Capt. Curney. 
 4 
 
50 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 Jan. 9, 1761. We were alarmed this week by the small-pox in the 
 Harbour ; a child of Pool's was supposed to have it ; the family moved 
 up to Boston Pest House. 
 
 Jan. 12. I preached a sermon the death of the King (George II). 
 
 Jan. 13. An exceedingly cold day; the harbour is froze all up be- 
 yond Mr. Woodward's point. 
 
 Jan. 24. Widow Ellery has the small-pox. 
 
 Jan. 26. I killed my three swines ; preparing to move. 
 
 Jan. 27. We moved upon account of small-pox at widow Ellery's 
 to Capt. Parsons', over the Cut. 
 
 Feb. 9. I was at home A. M. ; afternoon we moved home. 
 
 March 10. Parish Meeting; afternoon John came in, passenger in 
 Capt. Jacob Allen. He had been taken by the French, and been prest 
 on board the man-of-war ; was on board about six weeks and at last left 
 her and swam to shore. 
 
 March 11. At half an hour past two o'clock at night there was a 
 meat shock of an earthquake ; a very loud rumbling and much shaking, 
 till all got up ; I was sent for to Mrs. S. who had the women with her ; 
 much surprised ; I prayed there ; went to bed at 4 o'clock. 
 
 March 19. I went to Squam to see Mr. Bradstreet, very feeble, very 
 paralytic. 
 
 April 20. I married Samuel Sayward and Susannah Lord at Capt. 
 Foster's. 
 
 May 4. I attended the funeral of Deacon Stacy's wife. 
 
 May 26. I catechised the children aty the meeting house ; 30 males 
 at 2 o'clock, 28 females at 3. 
 
 May 30. I was called up soon after 4 o'clock to go to Capt. Ellery, 
 sick ; he died before I got there. 
 
 June 8. I went to Squam to see Mr. Bradstreet, who has convulsion 
 .fits ; he preached yesterday ; taken last night, we hope of his life. 
 
 June 11. I went to see Mr. Bradstreet; a little revived. 
 
 June 12. Studied and visited the sick; Evan Williams dangerous ; 
 supped at Joseph Sanders' on fresh mackerel. 
 
 June 13. Visited the sick; Evan Williams died. 
 
 June 20. I attended the funeral of Joseph dough's wife. 
 
 July 3. I went to Squam to see Mr. Bradstreet, who remains weak 
 and feeble in body and mind. 
 
 July 14. This day, by the appointment of our Church, was set 
 apart for humiliation, fasting and prayer, on account of the drought; 
 
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 I began with prayer, Mr. Rogers preached ; afternoon Mr. Cleveland 
 prayed, I preached ; after meeting I visited some sick at the head of the 
 Harbour. 
 
 July 20. This day was a Fast at Sqnam, partly on account of the 
 drought and partly on account of Bradstreet, who is in a feeble state 
 of health, but got out to meeting ; Mr. Eben. Cleveland began with prayer 
 Mr. Jaques preached ; afternoon, I prayed, Mr. John Cleveland (of 
 Chebacco Parish, Ipswich) preached. 
 
 July 21. I was called up at 12 o'clock to Mrs. Wheeler's; she was 
 dying ; I tarried till about two o'clock ; she died before daylight. 
 
 July 28. Fast at Mr. Jaques'. 
 
 July 31. Fast up in town, at Mr. Rogers'. 
 
 August 3. Afternoon I attended the funeral of Lydia, daughter of 
 Samuel Parsons, who died of a consumption ; very hopefully — gave 
 good evidence of her hope. 
 
 Aug. 4. I visited over the Cut ; several sick : then went round by 
 Varrell's to John Millets', and came along to Mr. Grover's ; prayed there 
 with some sick ; then preached at Wm. Moore's; his wife long confined 
 and near her end ; afterwards catechised the children at Mrs. Davis", 
 about 36 : came home pretty much wearied. 
 
 Aug. 6. I visited some sick, and married William Preston and Ab- 
 igail Sargent. 
 
 Aug. 18. 1 catechised the children at Capt. Coas ; 50, 32. 
 
 Aug. 28. I went to Sqnam to see Mrs. Merchant, dangerously ill of 
 consumption ; she is apprehensive of danger ; is earnest in desiring and 
 seeking. 
 
 Aug. 31. I visited the sick; Mr. Rand died in the evening. 
 
 Sept. 2. I attended the funeral of Saml. Lane's wife and of Thom- 
 as Rand ; both died of nervous fever. 
 
 Sept. 3. This day was observed as a day of public Prayer on account 
 of the drought and fire, and Thanksgiving for some rains. I preached fore- 
 noon and afternoon ; pretty full meeting. 
 
 Sept. 4. We had a plentiful rain ; an easterly storm. 
 
 Sept. 18. I catechised at Ebenezer Collins'; 69 children. 
 
 Sept. 27. I catechised at Elder John Parsons', about 19 or 20 chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Oct. 16. I attended the funeral of Win, Moore's wife. 
 
 Oct. 17. I attended the funeral of Daniel Grover. 
 
 Oct. 23. I was sent for over the Cut to visit the sick — Tappin's 
 
52 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 daughter, James Parsons, widow Joslin, all sick ; prayed at each house ; 
 at 12 o'clock at night the steeple of the Meeting-house fell by the wind. 
 
 Oct. 30. Fine, warm day ; I went to see Mr. Bradstreet, who is fee- 
 ble in body and mind ; his fits have enfeebled his faculties ; visited 
 Leoned Merchant, in a consumption ; visited Mrs. Davis, widow of James 
 Davis, very low, but in a composed frame of mind, resigned and patient. 
 
 Nov. 1. At night was an earthquake ; something loud and pretty 
 long; about half an hour after was another; not quite so loud, but 
 long. 
 
 Nov. 3. I went to Squam ; preached Mr. Bradstreet's Lect. ; Ezek- 
 iel Woodward in company ; I had much conversation with him on spirit- 
 ual things. 
 
 Nov. 18. I attended the funeral of James Parsons. 
 
 Dec. 5. In the night an exceedingly hard southerly wind, which did 
 much damage to the shipping ; a ship was drove ashore on the beach this 
 side of the Cut ; 3 or 4 schooners drove ashore. 
 
 Dec. 10. Married James Rowe and Elizabeth Sanders ; I visited the 
 sick ; in the evening about 9 o'clock was sent for to see Joseph Sanders ; 
 talked with him sometime, and prayed, after which he fell into a deliri- 
 um ; to a high degree distracted ; it took six men to keep him in bed ; 
 I came home about ten o'clock in the mornino-. 
 
 Dec. 13. Visited Joseph Sanders in the evening, and prayed with 
 him ; he is more composed. 
 
 Dec. 18. I was called up just after daybreak to see old Mrs. Sanders, 
 very ill. 
 
 Dec. 23. 1 was called up early to see Joseph Sanders ; found him 
 dying ; he died about 8 o'clock. I supped with Mr. Pierce, on venison, 
 at his lodgings at Mrs. Haskell's. [Mr. Pierce was teacher of the gram- 
 mar school; afterwards Rev. Thomas Pierce, of Scarborough, Me.] 
 
 Dec. 27. After meeting sent for over the Cut to see Sam'l. Parsons, 
 very weak and low and dangerous ; in the evening sent for to see Abra- 
 ham, an aged negro of Capt. Stevens, dangerously ill. 
 
 Dec. 29. Went to see Abraham — very ill with the dropsy. 
 
 Dec. 30. I attended the funeral of Samuel Parsons. 
 
 January 1, 1762. Very cold ; visited at Capt. Thomas Sanders'; had 
 much free conversation with him ; he is inclined to come to communion 
 and Baptism ; in the evening at Capt. Stevens', supped there ; Abraham 
 very ill. 
 
 Jan. 2. Exceedingly cold ; went again to Capt. Sanders': wrote his 
 
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 relation ; Discourse with two persons who are about to own the Cove- 
 nant. 
 
 Jan. 4. I was at home ; spent the evening at Capt. Rogers' ; I supped 
 there ; Mr. Isaac Smith from Boston. 
 
 Jan. 7. Very warm ; I finished my lire-place in ye study ; I dined at 
 Mr. Danl. Rogers'; Mr. Smith and Mr. Rogers there; visited some 
 sick; Mrs. Stanwood declining. 
 
 Jan. 8. I visited the sick ; Mrs. Messervey declining ; Mr. Mecom 
 very low. 
 
 Jan. 10. Pretty cold; snowy day; I preached; Isai. lxiii. 10. Sin 
 makes God our enemy, &c. ; afternoon Rom. v. 1 : We have power, &c, 
 and a mediator ; I had great freedom of mind ; delivered much extem- 
 pore ; in the evening visited Mrs. Messervey and at Capt. Stevens. 
 
 Jan. 11. I was at home ; busied about killing hogs ; cut up and salt- 
 ed pork. 
 
 Jan. 12. Visited the sick and poor at Eastern Point ; in the evening 
 I was at Deacon Woodward's. 
 
 Jan. 13. I visited in the Harbour, afternoon ; in the evening I was 
 at the Family meeting at Dr. Witham's. 
 
 Jan. 14. Afternoon I visited the sick at the Harbour — Mecom and 
 Messerve ; I supped at Capt. Win. Dolliver's. 
 
 Jan. 15. I was at home ; very warm weather; I visited in the even- 
 ing at Mr. Whittemore's. 
 
 Jan. 16. I dined at Capt. Sanders'; very warm spring-like weather. 
 
 Jan. 17. I preached Ps. c. 3 ; 1 went to bed not well ; called for in 
 the night but could not go to see Mr. Mecom, who died about 5 
 o'clock. 
 
 Jan. 18. In the morning sent for to Capt. Stevens ; Abram very ill ; 
 I prayed there and went to breakfast there ; then visited Mrs. Mecom, 
 her husband died last night ; prayed there ; then went to the Farms to 
 see Eben. Witham's wife, sick, prayed there ; then visited at Zeb. With- 
 am's ; his wife long confinement ; then visited Capt. Collin's wife, he in 
 captivity ; came home and dined at 3 o'clock, and went over the Cut to 
 see Hannah Parsons, sick, prayed there ; then went to widow Ruth Par- 
 sons', sick, prayed there, and then went to Capt. Parsons', spent the 
 evening and supped there and came home at nine o'clock. 
 
 Jan. 21. I attended the funeral of Eben. Mecom. 
 
 Jan. 24. I was at home in study, but not well ; bought about 6 lbs. 
 of beef of Russ, at 3d per pound. 
 
54 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 Jan. 24. I preached, Ps. xcvi. 9. ; after meeting I went to Capt. 
 Stevens', prayed at the funeral of Abraham. 
 
 Feb. 19. I attended the funeral of widow Andrews. 
 March 7. I preached : James i. 25 ; near the close of the sermon B. 
 Boynton was taken with a tit and died instantly. 
 
 March 10. Attended the funeral of Benj. Boynton ; the winter holds 
 very hard ; much snow and cold ; severe. 
 March 10. I visited Capt. Gibbs, very ill. 
 
 March 20. J dined at Capt. Winthrop Sargent's ; visited Capt. Gibbs, 
 dangerous. 
 
 March 21. I preached ; after meeting I was sent for to Capt. Gibbs : 
 found him dying; I attended him till he died, about 8 o'clock in the 
 evening. 
 
 March 23. I visited Mrs. Stauwood, dangerously sick, consumption ; 
 attended the funeral of Daniel Gibbs, Esq. ; I spent the evening at Mr. 
 Whittemore's with Mr. Livermore. 
 
 March 25. I visited over the Cut and dined at Deacon Parson's ; at- 
 tended the funeral of widow Stauwood. 
 
 March 31. I visited at Joseph Sargent's; dined at home; visited 
 Madam Gibbs; attended the- Family Meeting at Deacon Warner's; my 
 wife there ; we talked over the affair of having our friends come to see 
 us and make a friendly visit; appointed next Wednesday. 
 
 April 4. I preached ; after meeting attended the funeral of old Mrs. 
 El well, who lived to see grand-children of one of her grand-children. 
 
 April 11. I preached ; after meeting visited Capt. Williams, a stran- 
 ger, at Mrs. Brown's, who was dying. 
 
 May 3. I dined at Capt. Epes Sargent's; spent the afternoon in 
 prayer ; at Deacon Grover's a number on account of his daughter Thank- 
 ful, in distress, fear she has committed the unpardonable. 
 
 May 6. In the evening attended the singing school at Mr. Whitte- 
 more's. 
 
 May 7. Called up at 5 o'clock ; Mr. Dane's child died; visited at 
 Deacon Grover's ; his daughter remains still under fearful apprehen- 
 sions. 
 
 May 24. I visited Elder Parsons, very weak and low. 
 May 28. I visited over the Cut; Elder Parsons dangerous : after I 
 came home visited Anna Wheeler, very weak and declining. 
 
 May 31. Fine, warm pleasant morn; Mr. Bradstreet died at Dan- 
 vers. 
 
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 June 3. I attended the funeral of Mr. Bradstreet; the bearers were 
 Mr. Jewett, Mr. Walley, Mr. Moses Parsons, Mr. Eben Cleveland, Mr. 
 Rogers and myself; Mr. Jewett prayed ; I spoke at the grave. 
 
 June 4. I visited some sick, and dined with some ministers at Capt. 
 Stevens'. 
 
 June 5. I was not very well, but attended the death of Hannah, child 
 of Hubbard Haskell. 
 
 June 9. I visited the sick, Elder Parsons and John Parsons, both 
 very low, declining and dangerous ; widow Dunam and Joseph Brown's 
 wife, weak and low. 
 
 June 10. I visited the sick ; Saml. Randall very ill ; Abigail Robin- 
 son, in a consumption, and Anna Wheeler drawing near the close of 
 life. 
 
 June 11. Visited Anna Wheeler; she died about 12 o'clock; after- 
 noon I was sent for to Squam to see Mrs. Woodbury, sick of a con- 
 sumption. 
 
 July 1. I visited some sick ; Abigail Robinson dangerous ; and Saml. 
 Randall very ill. 
 
 July 4. After meeting I was called to go to see Thankful Grover, 
 under great exercise of mind ; I prayed with her. 
 
 July 7. I attended the funeral of Nehemiah Elwell and wife of Ben- 
 jamin Somes. 
 
 July 17. I attended the funeral of John Parsons. 
 
 Aug. 7. Capt. Newhall sailed for Lisbon ; John is with him ; I took 
 a sail with them ; tine, fresh, westerly wind ; they got round the point 
 just after dark. 
 
 Aug. 17. Catechised the children at Eb. Collins'; about 70. 
 
 Aug. 22. After meeting attended the funeral of Saml. Randall. 
 
 Sept. 6. I visited at the Farms ; dined at Jonathan Rowe's ; spent 
 the evening at Capt. Collins'; supped there. 
 
 Sept. 7. I visited at Eastern Point; catechised at Capt. Coas ; 38 
 children. 
 
 Sept. 24. I visited one Rolfe who came from sea ; dangerously sick ; 
 he died in the evening. 
 
 Sept. 28. I catechised at the widow Davis at the Cove; 34 chil- 
 dren. 
 
 Sept. 29. I studied ; began a sermon for thanksgiving ; visited Mrs. 
 Winter, sick. 
 
 Oct. 9. This Day appointed a Day of Thanksgiving for success in 
 
56 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 war ; particularly the repulse of the French in Germany by Prince 
 Ferdinand, and especially the reduction of the Havanah in the Island 
 of Cuba. 
 
 Oct. 17. I preached Rom. v. 9, latter clause; all by nature under 
 wrath, sure and sure. 
 
 Oct. 30. I was sent for to see Madame White, she is at Squam ; 
 very feeble and declining, under conflicts. 
 
 Nov. 23. I married Isaac Somes and Hannah Davis. 
 
 Nov. 29. I went over to Deacon Haskell's and attended the wed- 
 ding in the evening, of Mr. Thomas Pierce and Mrs. Anna Haskell ; I 
 began with prayer, Mr. Jaques married them, and Mr. John Cleveland 
 made the last prayer. I came home about 11 o'clock. 
 
 Dec. 9. Thanksgiving ; very warm day ; married William Moor and 
 Sarah Pulcifer. 
 
 Dec. 10. The weather so warm I sat in my study with the window 
 open all day. 
 
 Dec. 12. I preached ; attended the funeral of Mrs. Cane, of Kittery, 
 who came here to her sick son. 
 
 Jan. 27, 1763. I went to Squam on foot to attend the funeral of 
 Madam White ; it was very bad walking, deep snow ; we went down on 
 the ice from the Mills, and over the point of land ; I came home, supped 
 at Mr. John Rogers' by the way. 
 
 Jan. 31. I visited went over the upper cove on the ice, from Deacon 
 Grover's to Mr. Aairs, to see the sick, and then round by the head of 
 the harbor and home. 
 
 June 4. I was at home ; but attended the funeral of Mrs. Winter. 
 
 July 5. I preached all day ; Mr. Smith, of Falmouth, at meeting all 
 day, but could not be persuaded to help me. 
 
 July 7. 1 preached at the widow Ruth Parsons' ; it was very hot ; 
 I was almost overcome with the heat, preaching in a hot room. 
 
 July 10. I preached ; at 8 o'clock went to Danl. Elwell's and mar- 
 ried William Stevens and widow Dorcas Patch. 
 
 July 15. Attended the funeral of Mr. John Witt. 
 
 July 20. I took a sail with Elder Warner, Hubbard Haskell, Capt. 
 Foster &c., about the harbor; went on to Ten Pound Island and fried 
 some fish. 
 
 [During August and September, 1763, Mr. Chandler seems to have 
 been almost constantly occupied in visiting the sick. A nervous fever 
 prevailed at that time; of which several died, among whom was Capt. 
 
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 Hounors at Kettle Cove, on the 7th of Sept. ; on the 24th. he writes — "I 
 am full of business among the sick."] 
 
 Sept. 25. I was called up about sunrise to go to Mr. Collins' ; found 
 him in a dying posture, insensible ; returned home and set out for Man- 
 chester on a change with Mr. Tappan. 
 
 Sept. 26. I visited the sick ; William Stevens, dangerous. 
 
 Sept. 27. I attended the funeral of Ebenezer Collins ; William Ste- 
 vens died. 
 
 Sept. 29. I attended the funeral of .William Stevens Jim., son of 
 William Stevens, Esq., who died of a nervous fever after about eight 
 days illness, aged 26 years. 
 
 Oct. 3. I visited at Eastern Point and catechised at Capt. Coos', 42 
 children. 
 
 Nov. 19. I went to Chelsea to change with Mr. Cleveland. 
 
 Nov. 20. I preached at Chebacco at Mr. Cleveland's ; very good at- 
 tention given ; I came home and attended an evening sermon, Mr. 
 Cleveland preached in the Meeting House, Matthew xxii. 5. They made 
 light of it. 
 
 Dec. 12. I was at home ; made candles, 30 pounds. 
 
 Dec. 20. Exceedingly cold; 1 went to Eastern Point to see Mr. 
 Coas, sick, stupefied. 
 
 Dec. 23. I attended the funeral of Elder Ebenezer Parsons, aged 
 83. 
 
 Jan. 1, 1764. I preached Ps. lxvi. 7, 8, 9; the power and provi- 
 dence of God, governing and upholding all things and preserving life ; 
 aTternoon, our duty not to exalt ourselves but the Lord. 
 
 Jan. 3. I went to Eastern Point to see Mrs. Coas; he is dead ; his 
 daughter dangerous, in travil. 
 
 Jan. 4. I attended the funeral of Wm. Coas; very cold. 
 
 Jan. 5.- I was at home all day, excepting that I dined at Hubbard 
 Haskell's; his daughter and a kinsman have been to Chebaco where 
 there are remarkable commotions in many minds, and themselves have 
 been awakened and now comforted. 
 
 Jan. 6. At the desire of Wm. Haskell and family, I preached there 
 this evening ; a great throng of people : crowded ; I preached with much 
 freedom ; several persons under concern. 
 
 Jan. 6. Several little children came to see me under some awaken- 
 ing ; I discoursed and gave them counsel. 
 
 Jan. 9. Sarah Emmons came home from Chebacco under great con- 
 
58 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 victions, in great distress ; I discoursed for near an hour and prayed ; 
 she seems to be earnest in her desires for Christ ; all her complaint was 
 — she was not willing — it was all her own stubborn heart that would 
 not bow. 
 
 Jan. 10. She received the G. V. gradually, and was full of admira- 
 tion, adoring free grace, crying — "Lord, why was it that I was chosen?" 
 several more young persons under awakening ; expressing their concern 
 by tears, and some in words. 
 
 Jan. 11. Several young people came in the forenoon to see me; my 
 little son under concern ; I dined at Capt. Sanders' ; in the evening a 
 no. of young people were here, all discoursing about spiritual things ; 
 several have received light ; some under conviction. 
 
 Jan. 12. I was busy in my study till 2 o'clock ; Lect. ; I preached, 
 had much enlargement ; spoke with much freedom ; remarkable atten- 
 tion ; some bowing down ; the Lect. more full than usual ; after meet- 
 ing came in Peter Severy, aged 8 years, under convictions ; soon after 
 came in Hubd. Haskell, Jr., who has this day received light; rejoicing 
 with two others, who have received great light before. 
 
 Jan. 13. I was at home, except that I visited one family, bereaved; 
 busy in the study ; the latter part of the evening I was sent for to Mrs. 
 Cook's ; a number of young people had assembled ; were serious and 
 enquiring the way ; I spoke to them, by way of instruction ; they seemed 
 all attention ; they stood and seemed to drink in the words spoken ; sev- 
 eral under great concern. 
 
 Jan. 14. I was sent for to visit Capt. Newhall, sick; towards even- 
 ing several persons came in ; one old Christian ; I had very different 
 frames in my study, — sometimes very dead and dull, sometimes a re- 
 viving. 
 
 Jan. 15. I rose at break of day ; about \) o'clock news was brought 
 in that the small-pox was in the neighborhood ; Charles Glover has it; 
 several families moved to-day; I preached Christ the Saviour of the 
 world ; He saves from sin ; just as I came out of meeting I was called 
 to Joseph Jackson's ; prayed there; his child dangerously ill; I came 
 home ; I have taken in a family ; Hubbard Haskell has moved here on 
 account of the small-pox. I preached P. M., remarkable attention; 
 the people seemed to drink in the word; many seemed much affected; 
 Alice Messerve was brought into light last night as she was seeking 
 Christ in the cellar; very full and darning. After meeting sent for 
 again to Joseph Jackson's; his child dying. In the evening Mr. Has- 
 
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 kell's family and my own, and some others, under convictions, were to- 
 gether ; I discoursed near two hours with them, prayed and sang; 
 Betty Parsons under gt convictions, and Anna Haskell. 
 
 Jan. 16. I rose at daybreak ; soon sent for to go to Thomas San- 
 ders' ; their child dying ; I tarried there till after the death ; came home, 
 went to Eastern Point; Mrs. Smith, aged, weak and declining; in the 
 evening about twenty young persons came in ; I spoke to them near an 
 hour, sang and prayed ; several of them under great convictions; all of 
 them appear serious and concerned; afterward at 10 and 11 o'clock, our 
 young people under the roof seem to have a reviving, quite full ; I 
 sat up till 1 o'clock. 
 
 Jan. 17. I rose at daybreak ; spent the morning in fitting my chil- 
 dren to ijo to Chebacco ; I preached at Chebacco to a lanre congresa- 
 tion ; the House was crowded; marvellous appearance; many under 
 conviction in great distress ; some rejoicing ; some in agonies for others' 
 souls ; they generally held in till public service was over, and then be- 
 gan to cry out, till there was a general noise through the whole; we 
 continued there till near 8 o'clock; then we came home at about 11 
 o'clock. 
 
 Jan. 18. Was pretty much not well, but went out towards evening 
 to the funeral of Joseph Jackson's child ; in the evening in my study 
 till 12 o'clock. 
 
 Jan. 19. I was up at 7, in my study ; our Lect. was put by by rea- 
 son of the small pox; wind southerly made it hazardous, but people 
 coming, I preached at the school house. 
 
 Jan. 21. Martha Glover died of the small pox. 
 Jan. 22. The Parish Committee and Selectmen determined it was 
 not safe to meet at the meeting house as the wind now is, on account of 
 the small pox. I went up in town ; prayed in the forenoon ; Mr. Rog- 
 ers preached ; afternoon he prayed, T preached. 
 
 Jan. 24. Was a very heavy snow storm ; in the evening Mrs. Latter, 
 who is at present here in Mr. Haskell's family, was under great distress 
 of soul ; my two daughters under conviction still. 
 
 Jan. 26. Was a Lect., which I had notified last week, wherein I pre- 
 pared to give some account of the remarkable work of God's Grace, but 
 was then put by and had to-day ; I preached, John vi. 29. This is the 
 work of God ; there was not a great many ; the travelling very difficult on 
 account of the snow, and very cold ; in the evening I attended the Fam- 
 ily meeting at Deacon Woodwards' ; Thomas Allen made the first prayer ; 
 
60 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 Deacon Woodward read in Mr. Allen's "Almost a Christian ;" I closed 
 with prayer; there were several persons in great distress, crying out. 
 
 Jan. 27. Early in the morning came in Abigail Davis, under deep 
 conviction, in very great distress. Mr. Haskell's family moved here, 
 who have been here about a fortnight; in the evening came in Nabby 
 Davis ; seems to be easy, and pretends she does believe ; I am doubtful 
 of the case, fearing the evil one is preventing some. full joys, &c. ; I 
 went to Mrs. Latter, in deep distress. 
 
 Jan. 28. Early this morning came in Mrs. Latter; her distress con- 
 tinues. 
 
 Jan. 29. Very cold; I preached; in the evening came in Hannah 
 Perkins under convictions. 
 
 Jan. 30. Was at home most of the day; visited some of the con- 
 victs. 
 
 Jan. 31. Mr. Worcester preached here, John iii. 3 ; after meeting 
 several broke out with acclamations of joy; many under conviction, in 
 distress ; in the evening he preached at Mrs. Cook's ; many were awak- 
 ened ; some received light. [Mr. Worcester was probably Rev. Fran- 
 cis Worcester, of Hollis, N. H., who died in 1783, aged 85 years.] 
 
 Feb. 1. Mr. Worcester preached aLect. for Mr. Rogers ; afternoon, 
 attended the private meeting at Deacon Woodward's ; he preached to a 
 good crowd. 
 
 Feb. 5. The small-pox increasing; rive down sick, and some more 
 suspected. 
 
 Fel). 7. Almost all the Harbour are moving on account of the small- 
 pox; nothing but carting; all in motion, there are four sick of .the small- 
 pox at old Mr. Dolliver's, himself, John Warner, Jiimes Tyler and Ze- 
 bulon Witham, Jr. ; very bad ; and two at Tarbox's. 
 
 Feb. 9. I carried my wife over the Cut, she is uneasy on account of 
 the small-pox. 
 
 Fel). It). 1 moved some things over to my wife; Sammy and Alice 
 Messervey went over; the rest of ns tarry at home. 
 
 Feb. 12. There was a meeting in the Harbour on account of the 
 small-pox ; Mr. Dolliver's house is the hospital ; I was at home with my 
 two daughters; in the evening visited and prayed at Elder Warner's; 
 his son John supposed to be dying — small-pox. 
 
 Feb. 14. I went over the Cut to carry some Cyder to my wife. 
 
 Feb. 19. I was at home all day, with my two daughters ; no meet- 
 ing; I prayed and read. 
 
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 Feb. 23. I went to Chebacco Leet. ; Mr. Jewett began with prayer, 
 and preached ; I preached, Acts iv. 12, the power of conviction fell upon 
 many ; after the public worship many enlightened souls broke out with 
 cool convictions and praises ; the house seemed full of praise. 
 
 Feb. 26. I preached at Elder John Parsons' ; I had much freedom ; 
 many were affected and wept ; very good attention ; many eyes were full 
 of tears. 
 
 Feb. 29. I preached at the Cove, at Abraham Sawyer's ; there was 
 good attention ; much weeping ; a goodly number under conviction ; one 
 received light and comfort. 
 
 March 3. My wife moved here; several families moved. 
 
 March 4. I preached at Elder John Parsons' ; I was very dull, cold, 
 and forward in my performances all day ; several wept ; after meeting 
 several cried aloud ; I went and prayed with Mrs. Keliey, whose hus- 
 band was drowned at sea. 
 
 March 6. A very stormy day ; I went up in Town to Dr. Plummer's 
 to see Capt. Stevens ; he is very low with the asthma ; I fear it will be 
 fatal. 
 
 March 7. Clear and cold ; I preached at Deacon Grover's ; my heart 
 enlarged and warm ; some visible effects ; good attention ; last Monday 
 evening remarkable Aurora Borealis ; pillars of smoke and flashes of 
 light; the northern part of the hemisphere seemed almost of a blaze. 
 The people are moving home. 
 
 March 9. About seven o'clock I was sent for to Mrs. Cook's ; a num- 
 ber of young people had met there; I prayed with them and discoursed 
 with them about one hour; some were very much affected. 
 
 March 10. Several came in to see me, under conviction : two in great 
 distress. 
 
 March 11. I preached # at the Meeting House, after four Sabbaths de- 
 prived of it, on account of the small-pox, and one Sabbath before ; good 
 attention, but nothing remarkable. 
 
 March 15. This day was set apart for religious worship, humiliation, 
 prayer and thanksgiving relative to the infectious disorder that has lately 
 been among us ; I preached, forenoon ; afternoon, Mr. Rogers preached ; 
 in the evening, I went at the desire of several young people to Mr. H. 
 Haskell's ; expecting only a few 1 found the house full ; I preached, ex- 
 tempore ; John v. (3 — "Wilt thou be made whole?" by the impotent 
 folk is represented the natural state, of mankind, &c. ; several very 
 lively. 
 
62 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 March 18. Several persons came in the evening, under soul con- 
 cern. 
 
 March 20. I preached at Mr. Cook's ; I was much enlarged ; very good 
 attention ; the room crowded ; many seemed affected ; after the service 
 many cried out, and seemed very zealously calling upon others ; Josiah 
 Cook in great distress ; near about 250 people. 
 
 March 21. 1 attended the funeral of Joseph Everdeen, who died 
 suddenly in a boat, coming from Cape Cod ; in the evening preached at 
 Deacon Grover's ; several in great distress. 
 
 March 27. Called to Nathl. Allen's child ; was there till near 12. 
 March 2S. Called up a little after 5 o'clock to go to N. Allen's ; the 
 child was just breathing the last when I got there. 
 
 March 2d. In the evening preached at my own house ; near 300 peo- 
 ple ; a goodly number seemed much affected ; several very lively. 
 
 March 30. I took in 4 relations (relations of religious experience). 
 April 12. About half-past ten o'clock, I was called up by a passen- 
 ger who came with a packet directed tome from Boston, giving an ac- 
 count of the death of Nathl. Allen, aged about 20 years, who died of the 
 small-pox, being inoculated ; I went at 11 o'clock to his father's; called 
 them up and tarried there till near 12; very disconsolate; I slept but 
 little. 
 
 April 30. 1 went to see Mr. Jaques, who is seized with an apoplec- 
 tic fit. 
 
 May 1. 1 studied in the morning till 11 o'clock; then went to see 
 John Collins' sick children ; prayed there ; then went to see Mrs. Mill- 
 bery, she is better ; then went to Deacon Grover's, he is ill, prayed there ; 
 then went to the Quarterly Fast at Dr. Witham's ; several prayed and I 
 concluded. 
 
 May 4. Mr. Worcester preached at Mr. Sawyer's at Cove ; Come, 
 for all things are now ready. 
 
 May 11. I studied, forenoon; about 1 o'clock went to Lect. up in 
 town ; Mr. Aaron Smith preached Ps. cxix. 96, last part ; a very learned 
 
 discourse; all the perfection of the all human glory will have ah 
 
 end. [Kev. Aaron Smith, of Marlborough. See Notes and Additions, 
 Part I, 2.] 
 
 May 17. Mr. Aaron Smith preached my Lect. I went to see Mr. 
 Jaques who remains ill yet, with the palsy. 
 
 May 23. I was sent for about 8 o'clock to Capt. Foster's ; she was 
 in travail, dangerous. 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 63 
 
 May 28. I visited at Eastern Point; Newcomb dangerously ill with 
 a consumption. 
 
 May 29. I catechised in the Meeting House ; above a hundred chil- 
 dren. 
 
 June 19. I attended the funeral of Henry Newcomb. 
 
 July 10. Mr. Sanders' house raised. [See History, 243.] 
 
 July 14. I was sent for at 12 o'clock to see widow Somes, palsy, 
 senseless. 
 
 Sept. 24. 1 visited at Fresh Water Cove ; catechised at widow 
 Davis's about 45 children ; preached afterward at the same place ; after- 
 wards came home and went to Squam ; married Joseph York and Mar- 
 tha Griffin ; then came up to town about 9 o'clock, married Thomas 
 Hibbard and Mary Gaines ; came home about 11 o'clock. 
 
 Oct. 1. I went to Kettle Cove to see Mrs. Bishop, in a consumption ; 
 from there to see Mr. Jaques, sick with the palsy, very low ; visited some 
 families on my way home. 
 
 Oct. 20. I was at home, not well, spirits very low. 
 
 Oct. 23. I catechized at Elder Parsons' about 35 children ; preached 
 at widow Ruth Parsons' ; spent the evening at Capt. Epes Sargent's. 
 
 Nov. 2. I went to Byfield upon a change with Mr. Parsons. 
 
 Nov. 4. Preached there ; in the evening went up and lodged at Mr. 
 Chandler's, New Rowley. 
 
 Nov. 5. I set (nit homeward : dined at Mr. Rogers' at Ipswich : called 
 at Mr. Jaques' and got home about six o'clock : a great company crying 
 about the Pope. [This day was the anniversary of the discovery of the 
 preparations made in 1605 by certain Catholic conspirators, for destroy- 
 ing the king and parliament of England : usually called the Gunpowder 
 Plot. In 1665 Commissioners of Charles II. required the Massachu- 
 setts Colony to observe it as a day of Thanksgiving ; but the customary 
 commemoration of it in the latter days of our fathers' allegiance to the 
 mother country was by boys and young men, who carried about effigies 
 of Guy Fawkes and the Pope, and finally cast them into a bonfire ; sing- 
 ing as they went along certain verses which ended with ; — 
 
 "A stick and a stump 
 For Guy Fawkes' rump. 
 Hotlo, boys ! Huzza." 
 
 Nov. 21. I went over to Eastern Point to the funeral of Mr. Avery. 
 Dec. 1. I set out upon a change with Mr. Fessenden : I lodged at 
 Deacon Haskell's. 
 
64 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 Dec. 2. I preached and administered the sacrament : dined at Mr. 
 Jaqnes : lie remains very low with palsy : sits up a little ; I came home 
 in the evening - : married Joseph Hillier and Mary Elleiy. 
 
 Dec. 4. Visited in the Harbour : Mr. Foxcraft was here : we dined 
 at X. Allen's, Esq. ; Anna is ill. 
 
 Here end the extracts from Rev. Samuel Chandler's journal. In the 
 closing days of 1764 two of his children were sick, and his last record 
 for the year is — "busy about house, most of my time tending my family." 
 His daughter Anna died Feb. 19, 1765, of consumption. 
 
 1605, July 16. — Cham pl ain, a French explorer, on a voyage along 
 the coast of the territory now known as New England, landed at a cape 
 which he called Cap Aux Isles, afterwards named Cape Ann. In the 
 next year he again visited this cape and brought his vessel to anchor in 
 its principal harbor, which he named Le Beau Port, now Gloucester 
 harbor. On both visits he had intercourse with the natives, and, at Le 
 Beau Port, saw as many as two hundred under a chief called Quionha- 
 mence. He made a map of the harbor and its shores, a facsimile of 
 which was published in the Cape Ann Advertiser of May 3, 1878, ac- 
 companied by an account of his two visits, which then probably appeared 
 for the first time in the English language. Gosnold, in 1602, and Pring, 
 in 1603, may have seen this cape, but Champlain is the first European 
 known to have set foot on its shores. 
 
 1643. — The following is the letter of John Endicott to Governor Win- 
 throp, alluded to in History, page 188, about the misdemeanors of Grif- 
 fen's company of ship carpenters. 
 
 Dearest Sir : — I heard nothing further of Gloucester bnsines till the third day of this 
 •week at even, when I received a letter from Mr. Bliurnan, together with a complaint 
 of the towne against Griffen's companie for several misdemeanors. And at the foote 
 of the complaint a reference from yourselfe and 3 other magistrates to me, for the 
 redresse of them. I therefore despatched away a messenger betimes the next morn- 
 ing, with a letter to Mr. Griffen, that lie would send me such of his men whose oames 
 1 had underwritten his letter, to answer to the misdemeanors <>t' Sabbath-breaking, 
 swearing and drunkennes; And withall I sent a letter with instructions to Mr. Blinman, 
 with a warrant addressed to the constable : that if Mr. Griffin would not send his men, 
 that the constable should attach their persons and bring them before mee. If they 
 did resisl or refuse, not to strive with them nor t«> use any provoking terms, but to 
 take witness of their carriadge and to send mee an answer; which here I have sent you 
 inclosed. I would have proceeded against them according to your former directions 
 (to wit ) with force; hut I had rather, if you see good, try first another way. which is, 
 to -end a prohibition under your ami divers of the magistrates bands beside-, forbid- 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 65 
 
 ding Mr. Stephens and the rest of the ship-carpenters there, or anywhere within this 
 jurisdiction, upon some penaltie, not to worke a stroke of worke more upon Mr. Grif- 
 fen's ship till they have further order from the Governor, &c. I desire therefore to 
 heare from you what you would have done. In the mean tyine, I have written away 
 another letter to Mr. Griffen, wishing - him to counsell his men (if he can command them) 
 to submit to authoritie, seeing they stand out to their owne loss and disadvantage. What 
 his return will be you shall heare as soon as I can send it. 
 
 I pray you, good Sir, let me be excused from comeing to this court, for I am not tit- 
 ted for winter journeys, and for such bad wayes as we must passe. 
 
 I want much to hear of your sonnes iron and Steele. If the country Avill not In- en- 
 couraged by so useful a designe, toenlardge themselves for the advantage of it. I know 
 not what will. 
 
 The Lord our good God in mercy keepe yon and yours, to whose grace I commit you 
 and rest. 
 
 Yours trulie and unfeignedly, 
 
 Jo. Endicott. 
 Salem, 1. 10 mo. 1643. 
 
 1644. — William Stevens was chosen deputy to the General Court, 
 but upon some private differences between him and the church, the bee- 
 men made choice of Mr. Brown in his room. The court order that he 
 be sent home again and that the town he directed to send Mr. Stevens, 
 first chosen. If such complaints are made to the House as shall appear 
 to render him unfit for the service, the House will deal with him as an 
 offending member. 
 
 Aug. 27. John Stone of Gloucester is presented at court "for scanda- 
 lizing Mi'. Blinman, with charging him with a false interpretation of 
 Scripture, as also saying that if an angel from heaven should preach the 
 same he would not believe it, and that there were others of his mind ; 
 and also further, in a discourse with James Smith tending to the re- 
 proach of the doctrine delivered by Mr. Blinman :*' is fined fifty shillings 
 and fees of the court and witnesses. 
 
 1645. — Of a colony tax, £616. 14. 6, Gloucester pays £4. 17, lowest, 
 except Wenham, which pays £3. 10. 
 
 Abraham Robinson, one of the first settlers, died this year. Abigail, 
 widow of, Ezekiel, one of his descendants, went in old age to live with 
 her son Ezekiel, in Gardner, Me., where she died Nov. 20, 1820, aged 
 eighty. Daniel, of Gardner, her son, died May 18, 1866, aged ninety. 
 His nephew, Rev. T. B. Robinson, says that his uncle's life "was devoted 
 to study and extensive reading, and that he felt sure of his descent from 
 the pilgrims." 
 
 Sarah Robinson died September 26, 1819, aged seventy-nine. 
 
 1648. — At Court, 12th mo., the wife of Charles Glover for suspicion 
 c 
 
66 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER: 
 
 of adultery with Philip Udal, the court adjudging the presentment just, 
 adjudge her husband to pay 2s. 6d. fees at court. Same Court, Charles 
 Glover and his wife for fighting each with the other, confessed. The 
 sentence is that they sit each of them half an hour in the stocks at Glou- 
 cester, the next lecture day, or otherwise to pay £10 apiece 2s. 6d. fees 
 of court, and witnesses. Mr. Addes, 2 days, 4s; Mr. Stevens 4s; J. 
 Studley, I day, 2s. ; Wm. Sargent and James Fogg, 3 days each, 12s. 
 
 26th, 10 mo., Andrew Lister is licensed to keep a house of entertain- 
 ment to sell wine and strong water at Gloucester. 
 
 1649. — At a Quarterly Court, Christopher Avery is presented for 
 speaking scoffingly of Mr. Blynman about what he had formerly deliv- 
 ered in the way of his ministry. The constables making witness that he 
 had gone to live in Boston, he is ordered to answer at the next court 
 there. 
 
 W illiam Sargent was a settler of this period. The death of John, son 
 of the first John, is thus noticed in Mr. Chandler's journal. "June 7, 
 1754, sent for to John Sargent's, he was thought to be dying; 11th, I 
 was called in the morning to John Sargent's ; prayed with him ; he died 
 soon after, aged seventy-one." Francis, son of the first Samuel, died, 
 according to the 'Squam Church Records, July 6, 1778, aged eighty- 
 five. William, commonly called Pa Sargent, a great-great grandson of 
 this settler, died Nov. 1, 1865, aged, says the town record, with need- 
 less particularity, considering that it is not true, 97 years, 1 mo. and 21 
 days ; an exaggeration of about eight years. His father married Mary 
 Card Jan. 31, 1776, joined the American Army on Long Island in that 
 year, and was killed. 
 
 1663, 9th mo. — The clerk of the County Court is ordered to issue 
 out a warrant to the Selectmen of the town of Gloucester for the raising 
 of £10 of their several inhabitants for the use of Mr. Thomas Millett, in 
 consideration of his pains amongst them in the public ministry for one 
 quarter of a year. 
 
 Francis Norwood came to Gloucester about this time. His son Fran- 
 cis married for second wife Mrs. Esther Foster, of Charlestown, Sept. 
 12, 1726. Capt. William Norwood, son of the second Francis, died of 
 dropsy Feb. 1, 1781, for thirty-nine years a member of the Church at 
 Squam, "a steady and constant attendant on ye word preached and the 
 ordinances of the Gospel as long as his health would permit," writes his 
 reverend pastor in the records. Judith, his wife, died July 19, 1775, 
 aged 65. His son James died very suddenly, March 10, 1814, aged 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 67 
 
 59 . "out of doors and well the day before," says the record. Elizabeth, 
 wife of Jonathan Norwood, died Oct 20, 1775, aged 63. Jonathan and 
 Zaccheus, probably sons of Jonathan, Jr., were drowned b}- the upset- 
 ting of a boat off Folly Cove. A Stephen Norwood was lost on a voy- 
 age, to the Banks in 1753. A widow, Mary Norwood, died Dec. 9, 
 1811, aged 84. 
 
 From Mr. E. Pool's Ms., I learn that Joshua Norwood, Jr., born in 
 1707, by wife Sarah Goodrich, or Aldrich, had a son Solomon, who by 
 two wives, had seventeen children, and died in 1824, aged 84. His sons, 
 Joshua, Isaac and Stephen settled in Bine Hill, Me., where Isaac is said 
 to have died a hundred years old. A son Moses settled in Eastport, Me. 
 
 1664, May. — William Vinson sells to John Emerson his grist mill 
 and 3 1-2 acres of land the same being near Mr. Emerson's house, for 
 
 £5b. 
 
 1666, 4th mo. — Philip Stanwood is allowed as eldest sergeant of the 
 foot company at Gloucester. 
 
 May 23, in General Court on petition of the inhabitants of Gloucester 
 that the horse bridge by them erected over Chebacco River be by common 
 charge upheld. The Court judge it meet to refer the petition to the next 
 Court of that County to act as the law directs. 
 
 1668, 29th 8th mo. — General Court orders that no man shall hence- 
 forth kill any codfish, hake, haddock or pollock, to be dried for sale, in 
 the months of December or January, because of their spanning time ; 
 nor any mackerel to barrel up in the months of May or June, under pen- 
 alty of paying five shillings for each quintal of fish, and five shillings for 
 each barrel of mackerel ; nor shall any fisherman cast the herbage of the 
 fish they catch overboard at or near the ledge or grounds where they 
 take the fish, nor shall any of the boats' crew refuse or neglect to obey 
 the orders of the master of the vessel to which they belong for the times 
 and seasons of fishing, nor shall they take or drinke any more strong 
 liquors than the master thinks meet to permit them. The breach of all 
 these last being under the penalty of twenty shillings for the first offence, 
 40 shillings for the second, and for the third three months imprisonment. 
 1675, Oct. 13.— In a colony rate of £1553 5s. 4d. for war against 
 the Indians, forty-nine towns are assessed, of which Gloucester ranks 
 the fortieth in amount, £9 9s. to be paid in wheat at 6s., rye 4s. 6d., 
 barley and pease 4s., Indian corn 3s., 6d., oats 2s. ; money payment 
 to be abated one-fourth. 
 
 4th mo. Peter Duncan is complained of for selling liquor to the Indians. 
 
68 HISTOKY OF GLOUCESTER '. 
 
 ( )f an Irish Donation to the poor, distressed by the war with the In- 
 dians, Gloucester received 18 shillings for one family of six persons. 
 
 John Collins, an early settler, died March 25. His son John married 
 MeKitable Giles of Salem, 9th, 1st mo., 1659. A Daniel Collins was 
 drowned in the harbor Aug. 12, 1753. 
 
 Isaac Collins and Charles Collins, of Cape Ann, were prisoners in 
 Mill Prison, England, in 1781. The widow of Col. Daniel Collins died 
 in February, 1822. Abigail, widow of Capt. James Collins, died in 
 1829, aged eighty-seven. 
 
 167(5, March 29. — A committee report that at Cape Ann two garrisons 
 besides several fortifications have been made. 
 
 1677. — John Roberts first appears in town this year. The wife of 
 his oldest son Nathaniel was Mary Biles of Beverly. Patience, wife of 
 the second John, died Oct. 13, 1749, in her 69th year. Deacon John 
 Roberts, son of the latter, died Dec. 27, 1793, aged 79. His wife died 
 in 1787, aged about 72. A Samuel Roberts died on board of a man of 
 war in 1792. Widow Jerusha Roberts died Aug. 17, 1807, over 96. 
 
 1678. — [William Sargent, 2d, who came this year may have been the 
 William Sargent who, in 1679 had a grant of " half an acre of land to set 
 a house upon, on the left hand of the way that people goe to the head of 
 the Harbor, at the head of William Vinson's lot," for his widow in her 
 will of 24 Feb., 1724, gave to her son Epes " old part of dwelling house 
 &c." lying between said Epes and Peter Dolliver, and it is certain that 
 her grandson Epes lived on the Avay above mentioned, where the Cus- 
 tom House now stands, in a building which once stood there, and in its 
 present locality, on Pleasant street, is known as the Webster House.] 
 
 Mary, daughter of William Sargent, 2d, is said to have married a 
 Herrick of Beverly, but I think she married, first, Jonathan Stevens, 
 and, becoming a widow before 1710, then married Nathaniel Sargent, 
 and so is called Mary Sargent in her mother's will. Esther, wife of the 
 first Epes Sargent, was daughter of Thomas Maecarty of Roxbury. She 
 died July 1, 1743, aged 43. A genealogical record says that his son 
 Ignatius "died in a foreign land," that Benjamin "died abroad in man- 
 hood." Besides Paul Dudley and John, he had by second wife three 
 daughters who died young. His daughter Esther married Col. Thomas 
 Goldthwaite, and had a daughter Esther who married first, Timothy 
 Rogers of Gloucester, July 4, 1765, and second, Capt. Peter Dolliver in 
 1 770. Another daughter, Catherine, had two husbands, first Dr. Sylves- 
 ter Gardner of Boston, and next William Powell of Boston, and died Feb. 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 69 
 
 24, 1830, aged 83. Sarah, daughter of Col. Epes Sargent, and widow 
 of Nathaniel Allen, died in 1792. His son Paul Dudley died Sept. 15, 
 1828, aged 83, and his son John died in Barrington, N. S., Jan. 24, 
 1824, aged 74. 
 
 Epes, son of Col. Epes Sargent, died Jan. 7, 1779. He left an es- 
 tate o'" which the inventory amounted, in the currency of the time to 
 £14,572, consisting in part of vessel property, £5855, and 156 oz. plate 
 at 46s. 6d. per oz. Owing probably to the destruction of his business 
 by the war, his estate was rendered insolvent. 
 
 1679, June 13. — It is ordered by the General Court that all fisher- 
 men that are shipped upon a winter and spring voyage shall duly attend 
 the same according to custom or agreement with respect to time ; and all 
 fishermen that are shipped upon a fishing voyage for a whole summer shall 
 not presume to break off from said voyage, before the last of October, 
 without ye consent of ye owner, master and sharemen, upon the penalty 
 of paying all damages. 
 
 1680, May 19. — Gloucester is one of twenty-two towns that had neg- 
 lected to attend to an order for contribution to Harvard College. 
 
 1681, March. — William Haskell "is appointed leftenant for the 
 trained band in Gloster and James Davis, Sen'r, is appointed ensign." 
 
 The number of public houses for Gloucester is to be two, as estab- 
 lished by the General Court. 
 
 1683. — Samuel Dolliver, an early settler, died this year, and from the 
 settlement of his estate it appears that he had Joseph, Dorothy and Re- 
 becca, not named in the History, among his children. 
 
 Robert Elwell, an early settler, also died this year. Rev. S. Chand- 
 ler records in his journal, — "May 16, 1752, I attended the funeral of 
 Capt. Elias Elwell." "April 30, 1754, I attended the funeral of Zebulon 
 Elwell. " "July 7, 1762, I attended the funeral of Xehemiah Elwell." 
 Account of administration of his estate was presented Oct. 28, 1765, by 
 his widow, who had then become the wife of a Smith, probably Alexan- 
 der. 
 
 John, son of John Elwell, and Isaac, son of Zebulon Elwell, were 
 washed overboard and lost from a schooner commanded by Capt. Win. 
 Allen, coming from the Banks, in a gale of wind, in 1798. 
 
 Elias Elwell died May 22, 1834, aged eighty-eight. (Doubtful about 
 the age.) 
 
 Administration of the estate of Isaac Elwell, Jr., mariner, was granted 
 to his widow, Lydia, Aug. 3, 1778. 
 
70 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 Samuel Elwell, son of Paine, died June 2, 1824. 
 
 1684. — Samuel Hodgkins came to Gloucester about this time. It 
 appears that his son Samuel, in 1756, then seventy-two, took for second 
 wife Lydia Stan wood, who found in him a third husband. She died 
 April 13, 1789, aged eighty-four. 
 
 July 1, 1814, William Hodgkins was buried, lived on the point, above 
 80 years old. — , 8quam Church Records. 
 
 A Timothy Hodgkins died Oct. 15, 1830, aged 94, and Eunice, his 
 widow, died Aug. 8, 1841, aged 81. 
 
 John Pulcifer also appears in town this year. Old Mrs. Pnlcifer, his 
 widow, without doubt, died June 8, 1755, about 90 years old, says a 
 private record. She was Joan, daughter of Thomas Kent, and in com- 
 pany with a twin sister, Mercy, came into the world Feb. 21, 1664. 
 
 Thomas, second son of John, married Sarah Grover, Jan. (5, 1726. 
 She died May 26, 1728, and he next married Hannah Woodward Oct. 
 29, 1730. He died Sept 27, 1778, aged 85, she having died the day be- 
 fore, at about the same age. Ebenezer, next son, was living in 1760, but 
 I can trace him no farther. His son Edmund died in the Second Parish 
 in May, 1804, aged about 75. David, the next son of John, died in June, 
 17 91, upwards of 90 years of age. Of Jonathan, the youngest son, I 
 learn nothing after the birth of his son Samuel in 1734. 
 
 1685, Oct. 12. — Died John Kettle. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter 
 of William Allen, of Salem. She married Samuel Corning Nov. 13, 
 1688, and next year, was dismissed from the church in Gloucester and 
 admitted to that in Beverly. 
 
 1686, Feb. 16. — The town leave it to the Selectmen to agree with a 
 workman to build galleries in the eastern and western ends of the meeting 
 house. 
 
 1689. — Jeffrey Parsons, an early settler, died this year. Jonathan, 
 son of the second Jeffre}', was deceased in 1742. His son David died Nov. 
 28, 1808, at 82, by the records of the First Church, at 80 by my notes. 
 It was his son David, not Ebenezer, who was washed overboard from 
 a fishing vessel and drowned ; the latter was also lost at sea. The death 
 of Jeremiah, youngest son of the second Jeffrey, is found in the journal 
 of Rev. S. Chandler, who thus records it:" 1755, Sept. 25. A little 
 after I was in bed, about 10 o'clock, was sent for to visit Deacon Jer'a 
 Parsons, dying. He was sensible to the last, tho' broken in his speech ; 
 much in the dark, tho' his desires were enlarged after discoveries of the 
 Love of God. He died about 10 o'clock. I came home after 2 o'clock.'' 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 71 
 
 He was fifty-seven years old. His son Zacchens had deceased a few 
 months previously, and his son Jeremiah died of a fever at the age of 36, 
 and was buried April 14, 1760. March 4, 1756, Deacon John Parsons 
 was chosen a ruling elder of the First Church, and 23 Oct, 1764. Mr. 
 Chandler says, "I catechised at Elder Parsons." The date of his death 
 is not yet found. His son William, born in 1728, was probably the 
 William who married Sarah Rust, Jan. 5, 1755, and had a daughter Ju- 
 dith baptized in 1769, and removed to New Gloucester, Me., where Ju- 
 dith manied Nathaniel Eveleth, 2d, and died Dec. 16, 1862, aged 93. 
 Dec. 23, 1764, Samuel Parsons, son of the first Samuel, was dismissed 
 from the First Church to the Christian Brethren at New Gloucester. 
 His wife was Lydia Sawyer, sister of Deacon John Sawyer, who about 
 the same time took his dismission from the Second Church to the same 
 brethren. Samuel Parsons had sons Samuel and David, who probably 
 went with their father to the new town as their names are among the 
 subscribers to the meeting-house there in 1770. 
 
 The First Church Records have the death of Dorcas Parsons, 85, no 
 date; and the death of Martha Parsons, Jan. 11, 1819, aged 81. 
 
 Abigail, daughter of Stephen Parsons, married David Ring, and died 
 a widow July 24, 1817, aged 77. 
 
 And. Parsons, Cape Ann, was a prisoner in Mill Prison, England, in 
 1781. 
 
 1690. — George Giddings settled in town about this time. His son 
 John died Oct. 25, 1723, aged 25. Zebulon, another son, married Oct. 
 12, 1724, Deborah, daughter of Thomas Webster of Exeter, N. H., and 
 settled as a merchant in that town. His wife died in 1767, and he next 
 married, in 1773, Joanna Cottle of Newburyport, who died the same 
 year. He kept a tavern in Exeter, which he managed successfully many 
 years, was a colonel in the militia, and town clerk of Exeter from 1745 
 to 1783, being at the latter date, eighty years old. Lawrence Giddings, 
 who came after George, was his cousin, and son to Lieut. Samuel Gid- 
 dings of Chebacco. 
 
 1691. — Thomas Bray, an early settler, died this year. 
 
 Dr. Thomas Bray, son of Thomas Bray, the second, married Judith, 
 daughter of Nathaniel Sargent, Jan. 16, 1743. She died Aug. 36, 1811, 
 aged eighty-five. John, another son of the same, married Susanna 
 Woodbury, Dec. 19, 1716. One of his six children was Enoch, born 
 July 20* 1730, the same probably who died Dec. 9, 1814, aged eighty- 
 five. Nathaniel, third son of Thomas, the second, died Jan. 18, 1773, 
 
72 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 above seventy. Moses, next son of the same, married Mary Woodbury 
 of Beverly, Nov. 20, 1717. His widow died in Dec., 1778, aged eighty. 
 The widow of Moses, youngest son of the same Thomas, died in 1788, 
 over seventy years of age. Of his ten children one was a son, Aaron, 
 born in 1742, the same perhaps who died in 1759, "coming from Can- 
 ada." Another son, Edward, born in 1740, may have been the Edward 
 who died in the army, at Long Island, in 1776. 
 
 A Nathaniel Bray died at Halifax in 1778. 
 
 A Benjamin Bray, of Cape Ann, was a prisoner in Mill Prison, Ply- 
 mouth, Eng., in 1781, taken from Ship Beaver. 
 
 A William Bray died in Dec, 1830, aged seventy. 
 
 Anne Bray died in Jan., 1834, aged 81. 
 
 A widow Bray died Oct. 30, 1817, aged ninety-two. 
 
 Mrs. Lucy Bray, wife of Capt. Moses Bray, died in 1799, aged 62. 
 
 Capt. Isaac Bray died Jan. 16, 1830, aged eighty. His widow died 
 "soon after," aged seventy-six. 
 
 1692, Sept. 24. — On bonds for their appearance, Mary, wife of 
 Hugh Rowe, Phebe, wife of Timothy Day, and widow Rachel Vinson, 
 all of Gloucester, are released from [pswich prison, having been confined 
 there for witchcraft. 
 
 Oct. 30. Esther, wife of Samuel Elwell, Rebecca, wife of Richard 
 Dike, and Abigail, daughter of Hugh Rowe, all of Gloucester, were car- 
 ried to Ipswich for examination on a like charge. They were released 
 Nov. 7. 
 
 Nov. 25. Upon consideration of great damage and scandal that has 
 happened upon the accompt of pickled fish, although afterward dried 
 and hardly discoverable, to the great loss of many, and also an ill-repu- 
 tation on this Province and the fishery of it, it is ordered by the Gene- 
 ral Court that no person or persons whatsoever, after the publication 
 hereof, shall save or salt any sort offish (that is intended to be dried) 
 in caske or fatles in any other way than what hath formerly and hon- 
 estly been practiced for the making of dried fish on penalty ot forfeiting 
 all such fish so salted and pickled, whether it be green or dry. It is 
 also ordered that no person shall take, kill or haul ashore any mackerel 
 with any sort of nets or seines whatsoever, on penalty of forfeiting all 
 mackerel so taken, and all the nets and seines so employed, also that no 
 mackerel shall be caught, except for spending whilst fresh, before the 
 first of July annually. 
 
 1693, June 14. — The General Court, upon petition of the town of 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 73 
 
 Gloucester, complaining that the inhabitants of their town are over-rate 
 £170, upon examination it was found that they had under-valued their 
 land £30 and had omitted £40. Ordered that £100 be allowed them 
 by the Treasurer when they next shall be assessed in any general assess- 
 ment. 
 
 William Haskell, an early settler, died this year. His son Benjamin 
 married for second wife Emma Bond of Beverly, June 10, 1698. Pa- 
 tience, daughter of Benjamin, married John Roberts, not Hugh, as else- 
 where stated. Ebenezer, son of the first Joseph, died June 23, 1771, aged 
 81. His son, Deacon Stephen Haskell, died Aug. 31, 1809, aged 73. 
 Dorcas, daughter of the second Joseph, died Feb. 13, 1793, aged 80. 
 Daniel, probably son of the first Daniel, died in Oct., 1804, about 
 80. Deacon Zebulon Haskell, son of Jacob, died June 8, 1819, aged 84. 
 His widow Elizabeth died in 1825, about the same age. Jacob and Is- 
 rael, other sons of Jacob, settled in New Gloucester, Me. A Mary Has- 
 kell died in Nov., 1802, over 80. A Jonathan was lost at sea, on a fish- 
 ing voyage, in 1738. An Isaac was killed on board of a privateer in 
 April, 1778. 
 
 1694, March 19. — Joseph Gardner has a grant of half an acre of 
 upland ground upon the eastern side of the neck of land called Peter 
 Mud's neck. Tn bounding this grant mention is made of "the house then 
 erected to make earthen ware in." 
 
 John Lane came to Gloucester about this time. The second wife of 
 his son James, was Judith, widow of William Woodbury. James, 
 youngest son of this James,. aged 24, master of a fishing schooner be- 
 longing to Daniel Gibbs, Esq., was lost at Grand Bank in 1753. David, 
 son of the second John Lane, died Sept. 3, 1777, aged 56, and David, 
 son of this David, died May 31, 1825, aged 75. Rachel, widow of Jo- 
 siah Lane, died Oct. 3, 1774, aged 84; falling from her chair, she was 
 taken up dead. Gideon Lane, son of the first Joseph, married Mary 
 Babson in 1764, who died Jan. 8, 1779, aged 37 ; soon after his wife's 
 decease, he removed to Freeport, Me., where he died Oct. 6, 1813, 
 aged 73, leaving children in Freeport and a son Gideon in 'Squam, a 
 sea captain, who died there Nov. 28, 1821, aged 57. Benjamin Lane, 
 fifth son and ninth child of the first John, died in March, 1773, aged 
 72. His wife, Elizabeth, probably daughter of Samuel Griffin, died in 
 1779, aged 73. Of Job, youngest son of John, the date of death is 
 not yet found. Mary, his widow, died in 1795, very aged of course. 
 His son AndreAV died in 1791, at the age of 45 ; and his son Ebenezer 
 
74 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 is said to have removed to New Gloucester, Me. Mary, daughter of 
 John Lane, and widow of Joseph Thurston, died in 1792, aged 96. A 
 Joseph Lane died in Nov., 1828, aged 85. A Daniel Lane, of Glouces- 
 ter, was a prisoner in Mill prison, PI} mouth, Eng., in 1778, and es- 
 caped. The records of the 5th church have death of a Joseph Lane in 
 1776. 
 
 1696. — William Ellery, an early settler, died this year. The Colum- 
 bian Centinel of Boston, of June 5, 1800, has the death of Capt. Wil- 
 liam Ellery of Cape Ann, aged seventy. He was grandson of this settler. 
 Esther, widow of John Stevens Ellery, died Nov. 30, 1811, aged about 
 fifty-six. Among the effects of her husband, at his decease in 1797, 
 were 9968 gals, of brandy valued at $13,444. He left a clear estate of 
 about $16,000. 
 
 Abigail Ellery, daughter of Dependance, married Luke Ryerson, who 
 was on the committee of safety at New Gloucester in March, 1777. 
 
 1702. — The first persons bearing the name of Sanders appear in town 
 this year. {Hist. 241.) They were shipwrights, and were attracted 
 thither without doubt by the great activity with which the business of 
 ship-building began to be carried on about this time. Tradition reports 
 that the family came to Gloucester direct from England, under induce- 
 ments held out by one of its members on his return from a voyage to 
 this country. It apparently consisted of a widowed mother, Mary and 
 seven children, — John, Nathaniel, Thomas, Edward, Joseph, Mary and 
 Elizabeth, probably wife of Jonathan Springer. • Joseph died Nov. 18, 
 1712, and his mother was appointed administratrix of his estate July 30, 
 1716, but died before completing the trust, and his brother Thomas was 
 made administrator de bonis non. The whole amount received by him 
 was £89 12s, the larger part of which was recovered at law, which oc- 
 casioned the " expense at court to be very great," so that the six brothers 
 and sisters, his heirs, got only about £6 each. Of John, the first named 
 brother, I can say no more. Nathaniel had, besides five daughters, four 
 sons, — Nathaniel, born in 1705, died Sept. 27, 1717; John, March 18, 
 1707 ; Joseph, Oct. 17, 1708 ; and David, 1715. John I suppose to be 
 the same who married Mary Dolliver, Dec. 1, 1736, by whom a son 
 John was born August 7, 1737. Joseph was probably the same who 
 married Mary Stevens, Jan. 1, 1735, and had a son Nathaniel born June 
 29, 1736. I know not who, if not these two brothers, were the suffer- 
 ers by a disaster at sea mentioned in our records, though it is difficult 
 to reconcile the dates, unless there is an omission of double dating, ac- 
 
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 cording to the custom of the times. The record says : — "Joseph San- 
 ders and John Sanders went away in Feb., 1736, for Isle of Sable and 
 had not been heard of 26 of Aug. following ; supposed to have been run 
 down presently after they went out in a schooner belonging to Epes 
 Sargent, Esq." 
 
 The children of Thomas, son of the widow Mary, were Thomas, born 
 March 20, 1704; Abigail, June 29, 1705, married Peter Dolliver ; Jo- 
 seph, Feb. 21, 1707; Mary, March 10, 1701), married Daniel Gibbs ; John, 
 June 14, 1711 ; Lydia, March 24, 1714, married Daniel VVitham ; and 
 Elizabeth, April 10, 1707, who married Zebulon Witham, and died Nov. 
 27, 1767. The father left a clear estate of £3160; one of the largest 
 that had been accumulated in town to the date of his death, 1742. The 
 only mention of Edward Sanders, brother of Thomas, found in the 
 Gloucester Records, is ot date Dec. 20, 1717, when Joseph Heden, his 
 apprentice, died. An Edward Sanders, of Rowley, shipwright, made 
 his will 11 Dec, 1759, in which three daughters, all apparently married, 
 and four sons are named. 
 
 Of the eleven children of the second Thomas there were, besides the 
 three sons mentioned in the History, a daughter Judith who married 
 Winthrop Sargent and Abigail who married William Dolliver, a Rebecca 
 who married Capt. James Babson, and a Lydia who married James 
 Prentice. 
 
 Joseph, brother of the preceding, a sea-captain, had a wife Elizabeth, 
 and died of small-pox on his passage from Ireland to Boston, June 25, 
 1732, leaving an only child, Joseph, born Sept., 1730, who married Mar- 
 tha Henderson, Sept. 9, 1752. The sad end of the latter and that of 
 his only son, Thomas, are noticed in the History. This son, as soon as 
 he graduated from college, in 1772, at the age of nineteen, married his 
 relative, Judith, aged seventeen, daughter of Hon. Thomas Sanders. 
 They had many children, but I can account for only two of them, — 
 Lucy, who became the wife of Rev. Stephen Farley, of Atkinson, N.H., 
 and Joseph, of Philadelphia, both of whom were living in 1826. This 
 Thomas Sanders lived in a house which stood on or near the lot on which 
 the City Hall now stands. On the back side of the house was a well, at 
 the bottom of which his body was found, and into which he fell or threw 
 himself after committing the deed which closed his life. His mother 
 married David Ingersol for second husband, and his only sister, Mary, 
 married Eben Hough, a ship master in Gloucester in the last century, 
 who died about 1793. 
 
Ih HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER: 
 
 John, the other brother of the second Thomas, married Hannah, 
 daughter of Elder James Say ward, Jan. 23, 1735, and died after about 
 six years illness, Jan. 17, 1742. Besides two daughters, he had a son 
 John, born Oct. 24, 1735, who married Jemima Parsons, May 12, 1757. 
 He was a sea captain and died Oct. 24, 1807. She died at the age of 81. 
 The fruits of this marriage were seven sons and seven daughters. James, 
 one of the sons, married Susannah Sayward in 1786, and settled in 
 Dresden, Me., where he had a large family of children. Another son, 
 Capt. Joseph Sanders, died in Gloucester, April 4, 1841, aged 84, says 
 the record, but 78, according to my notes. He left a widow, Deborah 
 (Withara) Sanders, who became a centenarian, and is elsewhere men- 
 tioned in these notes. Abigail, one of the daughters, married John 
 Somes, and died Dec. 5, 1857, aged 87. With the exception of a few 
 in this line, there appear to be no descendants of Thomas Sanders, bear- 
 ing the name, now living in Gloucester. 
 
 Of the twelve children of Hon. Thomas Sanders, son of the second 
 Thomas, born Aug. 14, 1729, eight at least appear to have been living 
 when he died in 1774. Five of these were daughters, all of whom were 
 married, — Lucy to Paul Dudley Sargent ; Judith to Thomas Sanders, 
 the school master ; Harriet to Peter Dolliver ; Sarah to Thomas Augus- 
 tus Vernon, a merchant of St. Petersburg, Russia; and Mary to Eras- 
 mus Babbitt, a lawyer of Sturbridge, Mass. She had a daughter, who 
 was the mother of Charlotte Cushman, the distinguished actress. Of 
 rive sons of Mr. Sanders, two only lived to marry. Thomas born March 
 26, 1759, was sent to By tie Id Academy to be fitted for college, but left 
 on the death of his father, and entered the counting room of Mr. Derby, 
 of Salem, a distinguished East India merchant. He finally became a 
 merchant himself and carried on his business with such success, that, at 
 his death, June 5, 1844, he left a large fortune to his wife and children. 
 His wife, Elizabeth Elkins, to whom he was married in 1782, was an 
 authoress and a lady of admirable qualities of heart and mind. She 
 died Feb. 19, 1851, in her eighty-ninth year. Their oldest son, Charles, 
 was born May 2, 1783, graduated at Harvard College, and died April 
 7, 1864, leaving no children, but deserving special remembrance in this 
 sketch of his family for his liberal bequest to the cause of temperance 
 in the home of his ancestors. A clause of his will reads thus : — 
 
 "Believing, as I do that drunkenness is a crime, and likewise the origin of a hum' 
 portion of the crimes, vices and misery which exists among as, I am desirous to do all in 
 my power for its prevention and cure by establishing in Gloucester, the place of my 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 77 
 
 ancestors, and in Cambridge, my present place of residence, a permanent salary, to be 
 paid to sonic worthy man in each place, who has discretion and zeal for the cause, to 
 be constantly employed as a missionary in the cause of Temperance in reforming old 
 drunkards and preventing yonng drunkards, and abolishing as far as possible the use 
 of all intoxicating articles. I therefore give and bequeath to the town of Gloucester 
 the sum of $10,000, and to the city of Cambridge the like sum of .$10,000, to be held as 
 permanent funds, the interest of which shall be paid quarterly as salaries to those pre- 
 sons employed for the above named purpose in those places, so long as the vice of 
 drunkenness there exists." 
 
 Besides this sou, Mr. Thomas Sanders, of Salem, left a son George 
 T., a daughter Catherine, wife of Dudley L. Pickman ; a daughter 
 Mary Elizabeth, wife of Hon. Leverett Saltonstall ; and a daughter Car- 
 oline, wife of Nathaniel Saltonstall. 
 
 Joseph, youngest son of Hon. Thomas Sanders, born Nov. 29, 1772, 
 married, according to the Edgartown records, Eliza Allen, Nov. 18, 
 1801. She took for second husband, Oct. 10, 1806, Joseph Kenrick, 
 of Rochester. The house built by Mr. Sanders on Middle street in 
 1764, and still standing, together with four acres of land and orchard, 
 was sold after his death to John Beach for £1050. 
 
 Joseph, son of the second Thomas, born April 9, 1737, married 
 Anna Stevens, May 12, 1760, but their wedded life was of short dura- 
 tion. Mr. Chandler records in his journal, — Dec. 10, 1761, "In the 
 evening, about nine o'clock, was sent for to see Joseph Sanders ; talked 
 with him sometime and prayed ; after which he fell into a delirium ; to 
 a high degree distracted ; it took six men to keep him in bed. I came 
 home about ten o'clock in the morning;" and again Dec. 23, " I was 
 called up early to see Joseph Sanders; found him dying; he died about 
 8 o'clock." His widow married Dr. Samuel Plummer Nov. 19, 1763. 
 His only child, Joseph, became a shipmaster and died in Boston about 
 Jan. 7, 1830, aged 70, leaving a daughter Nancy Olive, wife of Wil- 
 liam Coffin ; his only child as far as I have knowledge. 
 
 Bradbury, third and youngest son of the second Thomas, born Aug. 
 23, 1742, became a ship master and merchant. He was a patriot of 
 the Revolution and took an active part in the repulse of Linzee in 1775. 
 The date of his death is not known, but it is certain that he was dead 
 in 1783. His wife was Anna, daughter of Capt. James Babson. His daugh- 
 ter Anna, married her cousin, Capt. Joseph Sanders; another, Abigail,, 
 married Capt. William Hutchings, and another, Mary, married Capt. 
 Daniel Rogers. He had a son Bradbury of whose career and end I have 
 no knowledge. He married Judith, daughter of Col. Joseph Foster* 
 
78 HISTOKY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 who, in company with Miss Clementina Beach, conducted n popular 
 boarding school for young ladies, in Dorchester, in the early part of 
 this century. Capt. Bradbury Sanders probably built and certainly occu- 
 pied the large gambrel-roofed house at Rose Bank, still standing, though 
 not on its original site. In the "chamber over the sitting room" there 
 were, at his death "calimancoes, green broadcloth, scarlet broadcloth, 
 shalloon, calico, handkerchiefs, gloves, cambric, sewing silk, pins, nee- 
 dles, &c.,' : all valued at £149, and indicating that here was kept a hun- 
 dred years ago one of the dry goods shops of the town. 
 
 Samuel Griffin. — {Hist. 239.) There can scarcely be a doubt that 
 he was of the family of Humphrey of Ipswich. The latter was born 
 about 1(505, of course in England, and came to Ipswich in 1639, when 
 the town refused to receive him "as an inhabitant to provide for him as 
 inhabitants formerly received, the town being full." He, however, be- 
 came a commoner, in 1641, by the purchase of a house and land. His 
 wife Joanna died July 19, 1657. He seems to have removed to Row- 
 ley, where he died about September, 1662, leaving a wife Elizabeth, 
 who married a Sherritt of Haverhill, and died in 1670. Besides two 
 daughters, he left sons, John, Nathaniel and Samuel. The first two of 
 the sons appear to have settled in Haverhill or its vicinity, but Samuel 
 was still an inhabitant of Ipswich in 1677, when he swore allegiance, 
 .and in 1684, when he had a wife Lydia, and a daughter Elizabeth who 
 •died in that year. It is a reasonable supposition that the death of this 
 Samuel followed not long afterwards, and that his widow Lydia was the 
 Lydia Griffin who became the second wife of Henry Witham of Anni- 
 squarn, Gloucester, Oct. 23, 1691, and that she brought to her new 
 'home a son Samuel, then a boy, who, Dec. 18, 1703, married Elizabeth, 
 daughter of Samuel York, who was settled in that part of the town. 
 She probably died before her husband, for he must have been the Sam- 
 uel Griffin who was intending marriage with Abigail Carter, July 26, 
 1755. All that we know further about him is that he had a son Sam- 
 uel baptized July 8, 1705 ; Samuel and Elizabeth Oct. 26, 1707 ; Ado- 
 niram, June 3, 1711 ; Daniel, July 3, 1715 ; and a daughter Lydia born 
 June 9, 1717. The date of his death is not known, but there is good 
 ground for believing that he died about 1764, when he must have been 
 upwards of eighty years of age. 
 
 Samuel, son of the preceding, married Margaret Burnham, of Ips- 
 wich, Oct. 28, 1729. He engaged in farming and in maritime business, 
 was a deacon of the third church, man}' years a selectman, and died 
 
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 about Jan. 1, 1794, eighty-six 3'ears old. His will presented for pro- 
 bate in February following, was "disallowed and disapproved" in conse- 
 quence of "erasements," and his son Thomas was appointed administrator 
 of his estate, of which an inventory was presented Jan. 2, 1797, show- 
 ing that all old age and "erasements" had left was $56.92. At the date 
 of his will, Nov. 10, 1785, his wife Margaret was still living, as were 
 also his sons Samuel, Thomas and Nathaniel, and three daughters. 
 
 Samuel, oldest son of the preceding, born April 5, 1732, was intend- 
 ing marriage with Elizabeth Burnham of Ipswich June 6, 1754. The 
 marriage soon followed, without doubt, and it proved a fruitful one, pro- 
 ducing, according to the church record of baptisms, as many as thirteen 
 children, among whom are found James, who died Aug. 12, 1828, aged 
 seventy-three; Peter, Samuel, Joel and David, and a blind daughter, 
 Margaret. The father himself became blind, and died June 8, 181 2> 
 aged eighty-one. Thomas, next son of Samuel second, born June 12, 
 1834, married Judith Robinson, by whom his children were born, but 
 he had a second wife, Lydia. His will shows that he died at sixty-one, 
 and that he left an only surviving son, John Robinson, and several 
 daughters. It provides that his deceased wife, Judith, son Thomas, 
 and daughters Lydia and Sally Davis, shall have tomb-stones. He left 
 an estate of $2200. 
 
 Nathaniel, the next son, born April 9, 1743, married Frances Babson 
 Dec. 19, 1765. Besides daughters he had sons Nathaniel, Dudley and 
 William, the first two of whom were, in 1785, put under guardianship 
 of their uncle Thomas, probably on account of the infirm mind of their 
 father, of whose death no record is found. The funeral of a widow, 
 Fanny Griffin, took place March 2, 1807. 
 
 Adoniram, son of the first Gloucester Samuel, married Hannah Goss, 
 Nov. 5, 1732, and had a son of the same name born June 25, 1735, who 
 married Susanna Pierce, Jan. 24, 1760. He also had a son John and 
 two daughters, of all of whom or of father or mother nothing more can 
 be told by me. 
 
 Daniel, the other son of the first Samuel, married Sarah Riggs, Jan. 
 24, 1735, and Rachel Harraden, April 28, 1741. By the first wife he 
 had a son Daniel, born Oct. 20, 1735, and a son Ambrose, who was 
 baptized Feb. 27, 1737. The town records give no children by the sec- 
 ond, but the 'Squam records show the baptism of two sons, Daniel and 
 Benjamin, and four daughters. Of the parents I know no more, unless 
 
80 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 they are the parties mentioned in the Probate record, which show that 
 administration of estate of Daniel Griffin, late of Haverhill, deceased, 
 was granted to his widow Rachel Feb. 16, 17(51 . Among- the charges 
 in the settlement of her account, was one for "bringing up three young 
 children since Feb. 7 last." 
 
 Ambrose, above mentioned, married Deborah Bntman in 1763. He 
 was lost at sea, with three others, on a voyage to the Banks in a violent 
 gale, in April, 1774. She probably was the widow Deborah Griffin, 
 an ao-ed woman, who died May 6, 1818. The records of the 'Squam 
 church have the baptisms of Ambrose, Jonathan, Deborah and Isaac, 
 their children but they omit John, who was born Oct. 18, 1771, went 
 at the age of about ten to Freeport, Me., with Aaron Lnfkin, who mar- 
 ried his mother's sister. He was a mariner till he was sixty years old, 
 and died Aug. 18, 1844, leaving issue in Freeport. 
 
 Descendants of this Samuel Griffin are numerous-, and there are many 
 of another Samuel, probably of the same stock, who married Mary 
 York, Jan. 1, 1736, and settled at Annisquam. His wife died Sept. 10, 
 1767, aged 50, and he appears to have taken for second wife Hannah 
 Dane, of Ipswich, who died Dec. 10, 1774, aged 45. He was a car- 
 penter by trade and died Jan. 15, 1781, of jaundice, after languishing 
 for some considerable time. The 'Squam church records say that " he 
 was a member of the church for many years, and was well esteemed. He 
 was firm and shaken in the doctrines of free grace in an exalted Divine 
 Redeemer and Saviour." His oldest son, Jonathan, born in 1737, mar- 
 ried Mary Riggs, and died before 1791. She died May 5, 1806. Their 
 son Joseph was drowned at sea on a voyage from Europe, but many 
 children survived. Oliver, next son of this Samuel, married Mary 
 Wise, March, 1763, who died 7 June, 1821, aged about 80. He died 
 in June, 1815, aged 76. He seems to have been a mariner most of his 
 life, and the sea offered a fatal employment to all of his sons. The old- 
 est, Oliver, was killed on board of a privateer in the revolutionary war. 
 Another Oliver perished at sea in the ship Winthrop & Mary, about 
 1800. Eliphalet died of West India fever at the Vineyard, Oct., 1813. 
 Capt. Gustavus Griffin, another son, died Feb. 11, 1807, just in from 
 sea; and Tristram, another, mate of a brig, died at sea in Feb., 1822. 
 Epes, another, two of whose sons, Epes and Oliver, perished at sea in 
 1827, died in Mobile in 1834. Josiah, third son of this Samuel, married 
 Rachel Lane in 1784, settled in Sandy Ray, and died about 1790. James, 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 81 
 
 the next son, married Judith Woodbury, Dec. 17, 1778, and died Jan. 
 7, 181G, aged 61. Andrew, the youngest, deacon of the 'Squam Church, 
 died Nov. 27, 1829, aged 71. 
 
 Benj. Averill. His ten children were James, born 1703 ; Benja- 
 min, 1706, died in 1723; Joseph, 1708; John, 1711; Jonathan, 1714; 
 Mary, 1717; David, 1720; Samuel, 1722; Abigail, 1724; and Rachel, 
 1728. Two of the sons married and had issue. James died before 15 
 April, 1740, when Josiah Haskell was paid £12 O. T. for keeping Ben- 
 jamin, his son, from the day of his father's death till that date. 
 
 James Godfrey, by his wife Hannah, had Mary, born in 1703; Abi- 
 gail, 1707, died 1726 ; Eunice, 1713 ; and Hannah, 1724. Eunice mar- 
 ried Isaac Somes, Dc^ 17, 1730, and died before 1744. Feb. 16,1756, 
 a Mrs. Godfrey fell down on the rock of the door and died about 12 
 hours after. 
 
 Benjamin Hoppin (Hist., 246). His son Benjamin married Mary 
 Day, and becoming a widower, married in 1745, at Attleborough, Phe- 
 be, widow of Aaron Davis. She was probably daughter of Timothy 
 Day, of Gloucester. Hannah Hoppin, sister of Benjamin, married 
 Joseph Day, jr., in 1731. The name has been transmitted to distin- 
 guished descendants in Rhode Island. 
 
 The following is the petition alluded to in the History, page 306. 
 
 To the Hon. Jos. Dudley, Esq., &c, &c, March 10, 1703. The humble address & pe- 
 tition of the Selectmen of Gloucester in behalf of said town of Gloucester. Humbly 
 sheweth that whereas we are a frontier town by sea and lay very much exposed to the clan- 
 ger of the inroads of any foreign enemy, our harbor being very bold and safe for any 
 enemy to come into and make au assault upon us, and we being but a small place and 
 very much scattered, and being very poor and not capable to make a defence for our 
 own safety and security, and there being a very convenient place of a small island or 
 neck of land out into our Harbor for the erecting or building a fort or fortification 
 upon, that may command our whole harbor which, if done, may be of great use and ser- 
 vice to the whole province, as 'well as a safety and security to ourselves, our harbour 
 laying so convenient that many vessels that are outward bound, as well as those that 
 are coming in, are forced to put in there for a shelter, our harbour being very seldom 
 free of vessels, and in the condition that we now are they are liable as well as our- 
 selves to be exposed to the assaults of an enemy, it being an easy matter for an enemy 
 to come into our haibour, and to take away any vi ssel or vessels as they lay at anchor, 
 and we are in no capacity to withstand or oppose them. We would therefore humbly 
 request and pray that this Honourable Court would please to consider our case and the 
 circumstances of it, and that they would please to grant that a fortification may be erec- 
 ted on said island or neck of land for her majesty's service at the province charge, it 
 being likely to be of such public benefit to the province as well as security to ourselves, 
 and that your honors would please to grant so many guns and so much ammunition as 
 in your wisdom you shall think meet and convenient for the supply of said fortifica- 
 tion, and so hoping & believing that your Honours will take into your serious consid- 
 
82 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 eration mir distressed case and will grant our petition in this matter, which if you 
 please to do we shall be encouraged to pray as in duty bound & subscribe ourselves 
 your honors' humble petitioners and humble servants, 
 
 T. Riggs, \V. Sargent, Saml Sargent, John Parsons. 
 
 1704, June 9. — A (\:\y of great excitement and not a little fright 
 on Cape Ann, without doubt. Upon report that several pirates lately 
 belonging to the brigantine Charles, John Queleh, commander, were 
 seen, double armed, in a lone house in the town, the governor ordered 
 a force to be sent in pursuit of them. Upon arriving at Gloucester it 
 was found that the men had been taken on board of a vessel called the 
 Lanimore Galley which was then sailing away to the eastward. An ex- 
 pedition was immediately organized by Major Stephen Sewall, who 
 with a fishing shallop, a pinnace and forty-two men started in pursuit 
 and succeeded in getting possession of the Galley and men at the Isles 
 of Shoals. Two of the pirates still remained on the Cape, but these 
 were soon secured, and one of them, with live others of the gang taken 
 by Major Sewall, was hung in Boston, June 30. See 5 Mass. Hist. 
 Coll., VI., 103 et seq., where much more about this affair may be found. 
 
 NEW SETTLERS. 
 
 John Burrill and wife Hannah have birth of a son John recorded 
 March 25, and two daughters in subsequent years. The name again 
 appears Jan. 11, 1737, when an Abraham Burrill married Mary Row, 
 by whom his son Abraham was born Sept. 7, the same year, but noth- 
 ing more can be said of any one of them. 
 
 Dan'l Gutridge, perhaps Goodridge, had hy his wife Mary a son 
 Daniel born this year, a daughter Hannah in 1707, and daughter Mary, 
 baptized in 1707. A John Goodridge and wife Hannah appear in 1710, 
 and, besides other children, had sons John and James, by whom the 
 name was probably perpetuated in town. The inventory of the estate 
 of a John Goodridge is found in the Probate Records Nov. 15, 1754. 
 A William Goodridge and Ruth Eveleth were married Oct. 25, 1733. 
 He, it is to be supposed, was the Captain Win. Goodridge who was in- 
 tending marriage with Sarah Bray, widow, Nov. 1, 1755. The town 
 records give him two children, to which number the records of the West 
 Parish church add ten more. A widow Ann Goodridge, widow of John 
 without doubt, died in 1759. A Benjamin Goodridge and Rebecca 
 Giddings were married Jan. 23, 1746, and had Elizabeth, 1748, who 
 died in 1752. 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 83 
 
 John Gilbert, housewright {Hid. 240), settled in town this year. 
 Humphrey Gilbert of Ipswich was a commoner in 1641. lie was horn 
 about 1616, and his age corresponds almost exactly with that of a Hum- 
 phrey, son of Raleigh Gilbert, and grandson of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, 
 the distinguished navigator, but the emigrant was not probably that son. 
 The Ipswich settler bought a house and land in that town Feb. 5, 1650, 
 and died Feb. 13, 1658, leaving a son John and four daughters. The 
 son, without doubt, was Deacon John Gilbert of Hamilton, who married 
 Elizabeth Kcilam Sept. 27, 1677, and died March 17, 1722. He had 
 a son John, born Jnly 14, 1678, who, it may be reasonably presumed, 
 was the John Gilbert, Jr., of Ipswich, who was intending marriage 
 with Martha Dodge of Beverly, Dec. 23, 1699, and the same John who, 
 with his wife Martha, settled in Gloucester in 1704. His children, born 
 before the removal, were Sarah, born in 1700, probably married George 
 Williams, a seaman ; John, 1701, and Abigail, 1703, died same year. 
 Those born here were Abigail, 1707, probably married Benjamin Trask 
 of Salem; Hannah, 1709; William 1712 ; Jonathan, 1713; Martha, 
 1717 ; and Elizabeth. The date of the father's death is not known, 
 but administration of his estate was granted to his son Jonathan, May 
 25, 1752. By this son alone, so far as I know, has the name been per- 
 petuated in town. He died May 9, 1800, aged 87. His wife died in 
 Jan., 1791, aged 76. 
 
 John Gilbert, merchant of Boston, March 2, 1716, conveys to Wal- 
 ter Newbury of Boston, "my Island in Gloucester, surrounded by the 
 sea in the harbor of Gloucester (20 acres more or less) with houses &c 
 bo't of exr's of Jonathan Springer." I know not if Kettle Island be 
 here meant, or if our John Gilbert was ever its owner, though it was 
 near his home. 
 
 1705. — The expenses of the town this }-ear include the following: 
 Edward Haraden for building a watch house on the neck of land called 
 Elwell's Neck near Hodgkins' Cove. Thomas Sawyer for repairs on the 
 watch house in the harbor and 4 1-2 cords of wood for same, £1 Is 2d. 
 Capt. Nathaniel Coit forgoing representative to the General Court 12 
 weeks and four days services at £1 per week. 
 
 Win. Woodbury [Hist. 256) who came from Beverly this year and 
 settled on the north side of the Cape, left an estate of £300 10s. His 
 widow, Judith, married Deacon James Lane in 1715, and died Aug. 
 29, 17 70, aged eighty-five. Judith, his "daughter and heiress," prob- 
 ably married William Norwood, and died Jnlj' 19, 1775. 
 
84 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 Caleb Woodbury, probably not a son of the preceding, is also found 
 on the north side of the Cape, Nov. 27, 1718, when he married Heph- 
 zibah, daughter of John Lane. She died Feb. 12, 1732, and he next 
 married Abial Morgan of Beverly, Sept. 14, same year. He appears 
 to have become a widower again soon, and to have married Anna, prob- 
 ably widow of John Thomas, Aug. 14, 1738. His children were Wil- 
 liam, born in 1721; Hannah, 1723; Rebecca, 1726 ; Caleb, 1728; An- 
 drew and Peter, 1730; Rachel, 1732; Anna, 1733; John, 1739, and 
 Walter, 1741. It appears that each of the sons married and had issue, 
 of whom descendants, bearing the name are still to be found around 
 the home of their ancestors. Caleb Woodbury, jr., married Lois Mer- 
 chant Nov. 22, 1748. They and their children, Caleb, jr., Lois, Lem- 
 uel, Walter, and Roger, having removed to Newbury, were warned out 
 of that town in 17G3. 
 
 An Andrew Woodbury, not apparently connected with either of the 
 preceding, appears as a settler at the harbor, Feb. 7, 1735, when he 
 married Lydia El well. Among his children were a son John, born May 
 3, 1744, who married Hannah lladley, Nov. 3, 1765, and, besides other 
 children, had a son John, born May 1, 1766, probably the Capt. John 
 Woodbury, who died Sept. 2, 1836, aged seventy. Capt. Andrew 
 Woodbury, who died Aug. 10, 1807, in his 61st year, was probably 
 another son of Andrew and Lydia. He left a wife Martha, who died 
 August 1, 1821, aged 75. 
 
 Thomas Wise and wife Elizabeth had a daughter Dorcas, born June 
 15, and a son John baptized Nov. 20, 1709. He was under church cen- 
 sure March 21, 1723, but was soon after restored, and, with his wife, 
 dismissed to the church in Attleboro. Others of this name appear in 
 later years. John 'Wise married Honor Tarr, Nov. 2, 1712, and had 
 Abigail, born in 1712, and William, 1715. The father was lost at sea 
 on a fishing voyage in 1717, and his widow married JohnWouson. A 
 Joseph Wise and Hepsibah Bridges were married Nov. 7, 1718, and had 
 Lucy, born in 1719; Hepsibah, 1721; Elizabeth, 1723; Joseph, 1725; 
 Joseph, again, 1728 ; and John, 1732. A Benjamin Wise married Pru- 
 dence, daughter of Samuel Gott, Oct. 16, 1721, and had a daughter 
 Mary, born Aug. 24, 1722. 
 
 1706.— John Mariner (Hist. 256). lie married Sarah, daughter of 
 James Sawyer, April 1, 1 708. She died Aug. 26, 1724, aged forty-one, 
 and he next married Mary Cobb, Feb. 16, 1725. His children were 
 Sarah, born in 1709; Elizabeth, 1712; John, 1716; Joseph, 1719; 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 85 
 
 Rachel, 1724; and Maiy, 1727. It docs not appear that cither of the 
 sons perpetuated the name in town. 
 
 John Coy {Hist. 256) came this year. The Probate records give 
 inventory of his estate, March 26, 1735, amounting to £783 10s. The 
 "old widow Coy*' who died at Kettle Cove, March 8, 17G3, was prob- 
 ably his wife. It is not known that he left a son. The records of the 
 Second church have the death of a widow Coy, July, 1793, aged about 
 eighty, and of a Mr. Coy, "of the Cove," August 8, 1820, aged about 
 seventy. He was probably the John Coy who married Molly Millet, 
 Nov. 28, 1773. 
 
 1707. — Peter Lurvey came this }'ear from Ipswich. His wife Love 
 died May 28, 1709, and he next married, April 29, 1710, Rachel El- 
 well, by whom he had Peter, 1711; Jacob, 1712; Benjamin, 1714; 
 Joseph, 1715; Eliezcr, 1717; William, 1719; and Job, 1721. The 
 father died Jan. 18, 1721, aged forty-four. Five of the above named 
 sons appear to have married in town, and also an Ebenezer, baptized 
 Aug. 11, 1717 ; but no Eliczer is found among the baptisms, though he 
 goes among the married sons. The name has been perpetuated in town 
 down to the present time. 
 
 Josiah Tainer {Hist. 256). He and his wife Rebekah sold land in 
 Marbk'head, Nov., 170(3, to his brother Elias, fisherman. His father 
 was Thomas Tainer. His children born in Gloucester were Rebekah, 
 1707; Job, 1708; and Deborah, 1711. 
 
 John Williams, perhaps son of the John who first appears this year, 
 married Jane Robinson April 4, 1720, and had John, born in 1721, died 
 soon; Evan, 1722; Mary, 1724, died 1727; John, 1726; Mary, 1728; 
 Abraham, 1733 ; and Elizabeth, 1735. By three of these sons the name 
 was perpetuated in town. Abraham was one of the sufferers by the 
 great disaster at sea which wrecked so many of our fishing fleet in 1766. 
 Abraham, a revolutionary pensioner, died in October, 1837, aged 79. 
 
 April 23. Anthony Day, an early settler, died this year. The age 
 both of himself and wife, as given in the history from the records, is, 
 without doubt, much exaggerated. He called himself 37 in 1663. The 
 wife of his son John was Abigail Leach. Timothy Day, son of the first 
 Timothy, died in the Second parish, Sept. 16, 1757, aged 77. He had 
 a brother Ebenezer who had probably been the husband of the "old widow 
 Ebenezer Day" who died in the same parish, April 1, 1771. A Stephen 
 Day was lost on a fishing voyage in 1736. An Isaac Day was a prisoner 
 in Mill Prison, England, in 1781. 
 
86 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 1708. — Samuel Stockbridge and Mary Villars were married Oet. 
 31, and had Samuel, born 1709; Benjamin, 1711, died soon; Mary, 
 1712; John, 1714; and Benjamin again, 1715. The oldest may have 
 been the Samuel who had a wife Ruth, by whom his son Benjamin was 
 born in 1734 and the hitter was probably the Benjamin who was intend- 
 ing marriage with Eunice Gott, Nov. 15, 1755. A Benjamin of Sandy 
 Bay married Elizabeth Dresser about 1778 and removed to Deer Isl- 
 and, Me. A Charles Stockbridge married Sarah Low, Nov. 27, 1739, 
 and had children, but lie was dead in 1749, when his widow married 
 Jonathan Hodgkins. 
 
 Peter Dolliver bought in 1708 land near Vinson's Cove on which 
 his descendants have continued to live to the present time. Perhaps he 
 was of Marblehead origin, for Joseph, sen., of that town, June 30, 
 1688, made his will, in which is mentioned a son Peter who also had a 
 son Peter. Peterof Gloucesterinay have been the Mr. Dolliver mentioned 
 in Mr. Chandler's journal, March 2, 1752, "Mr. Dolliver died last 
 night." lie also may have brouht to town a sonPeter, for a Peter Dolliver 
 and Abigail Sanders were married Jan. 25, 1722, and had William born 
 in 1724; Peter, 1727; Joseph, 1732; John, 1741 ; and Abigail, 1743. 
 The father died of small pox in February, 1764; William, his oldest 
 son, married Mary Merchant, Dec. 3, 1745, and Abigail Sanders May 
 14, 1759. A newspaper record says, "May, 1772, died in Gloucester, 
 Capt. Wm, Dolliver, at an advanced age," but this William was 
 then only forty-eight. His widow, Abigail, died in 1816. lie had 
 by his first wife a son "William, born in 1749, and by his second a son 
 William, born Feb. 5, 17(52. The latter was probably the Wm. Dolli- 
 ver, 3d, who married Sally, daughter of Col. Joseph Foster, Aug. 7, 
 1790, and died at his home on Middle street, March 22, 1828, aged 
 sixty-five. Peter, second son of Peter and Abigail Sanders married 
 first, Abigail Ingersol, and second, June 17, 1770, Esther Rogers, widow 
 of Capt. Timothy Rogers, and died Feb. 5, 1806. His son Peter, born 
 Oct. 8, 1753, married Harriet, daughter of Hon. Thomas Sanders. He 
 was a captain in Col. Sargent's regiment in the revolutionary war, af- 
 terwards an officer in the Boston Custom House, and died in that city, 
 leaving a son and three daughters. William, brother of the preceding, 
 born Feb. 13, 1759, married Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Foster, and 
 died Oct. 10, 1841. He also served in the revolutionary army and was 
 a sea captain many years. lie had a brother Joseph, concerning whom 
 I can add nothing. 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 87 
 
 Joseph born in 1732, third son of Peter and Abigail, probably died 
 in 1756, for Mr. Chandler records in his journal for that year, "Nov. 
 10, I visited Joseph Dolliver, dangerously sick of a nervous fever," and 
 "N T ov. 13, Joseph Dolliver buried/' 
 
 Paul Dolliver (Hist. 257) appears a little later than Peter and 
 might naturally be associated with him as a near relative, but I am in- 
 formed by John S. Webber, Esq., one of his descendants, that Paul 
 crime from the county of Cornwall, England, about 1710. His chil- 
 dren were Mary, born in 1713; Sarah, 1716; Anna, 1719; Sarah 
 again, 1723 ; and Paul, 1728. The latter married Rachel Barber, Feb. 
 27, 1749. The History tells of his death at sea of small pox, and it 
 seems that he must have died near his destined port, for Mr. "Webber 
 says he was buried on Milk Island. His wife died June 15, 1820, 
 a^ed 88. Besides two sons who died young, he had three daughters. 
 Anna, born in 1755, married first Capt. John Colson, who commanded 
 a privateer in the revolutionary war and perished at sea with all his 
 crew, and second, Capt. John Somes, first President of the Gloucester 
 Bank, and died without issue April 13, 1846, aged 91; Rachel, born 
 in 1758, married Abraham Sawyer in 1784, and died Sept. 26, 1843, 
 aged 85 ; and Mary, born in 1760, who married Aaron Parsons, a mer- 
 chant of the town, and died Oct. 11, 1816. Mrs. Rachel Stevens, 
 daughter of Mrs Sawyer, still lives at the great age of ninety-five. 
 
 1709. — John Bishop appears in town only at the baptism of his 
 daughter Sarah at the First chinch, Oct. 2, and of his daughter Pru- 
 dence, August 17, 1712, at the same. 
 
 1710, March. By vote of the town it was left to a committee to lay 
 out two acres of ground near the head of the harbor or cove whereon to 
 set up a house for a school dame to keep school in, to learn children to 
 read, knit and sew\ 
 
 Considerable excitement must have prevailed in town in the early 
 part of this year in consequence of the event mentioned in the History, 
 page 138. The letters there alluded to are here given, preceded by 
 the petition from Capt. Robinson which procured him the grant for ser- 
 vices of which some account is given on page 137. 
 
 To His Excellency, Joseph Dudley, Esq., Captain General and Governor in Chief of the 
 Province of the Massachusetts Bay, the Honorable Council and representatives to Gen- 
 eral Court Assembled : 
 The petition of Andrew Robinson, of Glocester, Sheweth : That your Petitioner 
 
 useing the Imployment of Fishing at and upon the Banks of Cape Sables, arid having a 
 
88 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 good large sloop, made his application to His Excellency and obtained of him a Commis- 
 sion to arm and equipp his said sloop in warlike manner for the better defence of him- 
 self and his neighbors against the insults of the French and the barbarous savages, 
 who frequently interrupt them in their fishing, and commit outrages upon them; 
 and with intent if a suitable opportunity presented, to make reprisal for the loss of las 
 vessell taken from him the year past, and to do other spoiles upon the enemy; and 
 may it please your Excellency and Honorables, upon the 2Cth day of July last, your 
 petitioner stood with his sloop into a certain bay named Margaret's Bay under French 
 colours, having nine men of his company, in hope and expectation of surprizing some 
 of the Indians. And it so happened there came off a cannoa with five Indians in her, 
 kept out of shot and drew off again and landed three of their company ; then the canoa 
 returned again with two only, .who came somewhat neere, so that we could talk to 
 gether, but would not be prevailed with to come on board, but were making towards 
 the shoar again; so we struck our french col >rs & fired on them and kild one and broke 
 the other's arm, and with a second shot kild him outright; both falling forward on 
 their faces in the canoa, which we recovered, and the dead bodys, being two lusty 
 men, one gun and four hatchetts; we scalped the said indians, and have returned the 
 scalps into the Secretary's office; And would well hope we are within the act of the 
 government made to encourage the prosecution of the indian enemy and rebels and 
 entitled to the premium thereby granted ; but if this honorable court should be of opin- 
 ion that we cannot have a claim thereto : 
 
 Your Petitioner humbly prays in behalf of himself and company, that such gratifica- 
 tion and allowance may be made them for their service, as to enable them to make fur- 
 ther enterprizes against the Indians, which they intend with God's blessing with a 
 greater number and force, if their past action be acceptable and in some measure sut- 
 ably rewarded by the honorably assembly. 
 
 And your Petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray, 
 
 Andrew Robixson. 
 
 Boston, 11th August, 1709. 
 
 ("Recommended as a good service" and granted £20, 12 pounds for 
 petitioner and 8£ to be divided among the crew. — 
 Mass. Archives, Vol. 31, page 57. 
 
 The cut or channel connecting Ipswich and Massachusetts Bays, hav- 
 ing been cleared about 1705, as mentioned in the History, p. 8, began 
 to be useful to the people again in the following year, when the own- 
 ers of twenty-eight sloops, belonging to the town, paid the annual charge 
 for the passage of their vessels through it. These vessels were em- 
 ployed in carrying wood, a business that seems not to have been of 
 long continuance, for, in 1710, the number so employed had become re- 
 duced to seventeen, and a few years later a violent storm again rendered 
 it impassable. The owners of the sloops who used the passage in 1710 
 were Elder James Sayward, Isaac Row, George Giddings, Elias El- 
 well, Nathaniel Sargent, Nathaniel Parsons, Nathan Millett, John Riggs, 
 John Sawyer, Joseph Allen, Lieut. James Davis, Ebenezer Davis, Ben- 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 89 
 
 jamin Avery, Joseph York, Lieut. John Davis, James Lane and Eze- 
 kiel Day. 
 
 Joseph Pride (Hist. 257) was a new settler this } 7 ear. Besides 
 Amy, born by his first wife Aug. 3, 1710, he had John, baptized Dec. 
 21, 1712, and Marah, born 1716, eight days before the death of the 
 mother. By his second wife Sarah, he had Joseph, born in 1722, died 
 soon ; Sarah, 1724, and Hannah, 172(3. 
 
 1711, May and June. — Eleven sloops are employed in carrying 516 
 cords what f wood to Mr. Stephen Minot, Boston, at 1.6 per cord. The 
 largest, belonging to Elder James Sayward, carries 27 1-2 cords; the 
 smallest, to John Babson, and carries 9 cords. 
 
 John Reading and wife Jane had Benjamin, born June 9, 1711, De- 
 liverance, April 23, 1716, and he died Nov. 17, 1716, aged about fif- 
 ty-six. His widow married Richard Babson. The son Benjamin mar- 
 ried Lydia Thorndike May 30, 1733, by whom he had two children, 
 Lydia and Benjamin, and died before April, 1736. His widow mar- 
 ried Isaac Somes, who was lost at sea in 1755, and she is said to have 
 died at an advanced age in consequence of a fall. 
 
 Benjamin Kinnicum and Margaret Jodine were married Feb. 8, and 
 had John born Nov. 23, died Nov. 29, 1711 ; Joseph, April 6, died July 
 14, 1717 ; Mary, 1720 ; Hannah, 1721 ; Ann, 1725 ; Sarah, 1727 ; and 
 Lydia, 1732. 
 
 William Hilton and Mary Tucker were married Nov. 20, and had 
 Mary, born 1712; Sarah, 1715, died 1721 ; William, 1717; and Eliza- 
 beth, 1720. The mother died May 10, 1762, aged eighty. William, 2d, 
 married Mary Wharf Sept. 22, 1741, Anna Penny, Oct. 27, 1761, and 
 was intending marriage with Reuel Lurvey April 4, 1767. The rec- 
 ords give him one child, Sarah, born Aug. 7, 1747. 
 
 William Mill bury and Susanna Row were married Aug. 19, and 
 had the following children : William, Susanna, Hannah, John, Mary, 
 Sarah, Martha, Elizabeth and Ann. It does not appear that either of 
 the sons married in town. 
 
 William Andrews, probably son of Ensign William A., of Che- 
 bacco, and brother to the wives of Samuel Gott and Joshua Nonvood, 
 came this year and settled near his sisters at the northeast end of the 
 cape. By wife Elizabeth, he had Mary, Jonathan and William born 
 here. The last named married Ruth Riggs who bore him several chil- 
 dren and died his widow July 22, 1779, aged fifty-five. 
 
90 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 Joseph WhistoD and wife Hannah appear this year and have the 
 following children rocorded : Hannah, born in 1712 ; Ahagail, 1714; 
 Joseph, baptized 1717 ; Mary, born in 1719 ; John, 1721 ; Sarah, bap- 
 tized 1723 ; Sarah, born 1724 ; Mary, 1727, died soon ; Rebecca, 1728 ; 
 Elizabeth, 1730 and Gyles, 1732. 
 
 John Pearce, not known to have belonged to the family of the first 
 John, by wife Mary had John, born Sept. 15, died Sept. 25, 1712. A 
 John Pierce and Ruth Hilton were married Aug. 12, 1717, and had 
 Mary, born 1718 ; Abigail, 1720 ; Lucy, 1722 ; and John, 1725. Perhaps 
 the latter was the John Pearce who, by his wife Rebecca, had daughter 
 Charity, born May 13, 1747. 
 
 William Parskee, by wife Mary, had Mary, born Sept. 25, and noth- 
 ing further can be told about him. 
 
 Thomas Bryant married Mary Joslyn Oct. 28, and had a son John 
 baptized Sept. 6, 1713, and a daughter Elizabeth, born Sept. 24, same 
 year. In 1719 he had a grant of half an acre of land on part of which 
 his house was standing. A William Bryant married Sarah Smallman, 
 April 2. 1724. 
 
 1713. The following document contains a particular account of the 
 capture by the Indians of three of our fishermen at Cape Sable, that year, 
 mentioned in the History, page 380. 
 
 June 22. The information of Mr. Richard Yorke, of Gloucester, 
 taken June 22, 1713, saith that on Tuesday, being the 2d day of this 
 instant June, being at Cape Sable in a sloop on a fishing voyage, and 
 being in a harbour called the Owl's Head, with my sloop, and Mr. John 
 Prince, of said Gloucester, lying by me with his sloop, there came down 
 to the water side, about three of the clock in the afternoon, two Indian 
 men dressed in French clothing, with a kind of a white flag on a stick, 
 and called to us and desired us to come on shore, and said they had 
 news to tell us and showed a paper which they said they had from Col. 
 Vetch, at Port Royal ; and we desired them to come on board our 
 vessel, and they said they had no canoe and could not come, and, 
 after some considerable discourse with them, one of my men and one 
 of Mr. Prince's went ashore to them in a canoe, as namely, James Da- 
 vis and Josiah Ingersoll, and they carried a gun with them in said ca- 
 noe, and when they came to the shore the said Indians came to them 
 and told the Indians that it was peace ; and the Indians said, so it was, or 
 to that purpose, and shook hands with the men and said — "Now Indians 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 91 
 
 and Englishmen all own brother," but then seeing the gun that was in 
 the bottom of the canoe they asked them why they brought a gun with 
 them, for, said they, "we have no guns," and would have had the 
 men throw their gun overboard. The men told them that they would 
 not hurt them with it. Said Indians desired them to go on board and 
 fetch them some rum and tobacco. The said men asked the Indians 
 to go on board with them, but they would not, except that one of them 
 would stay on shore, and then one of the Indians would go aboard ; but 
 neither of these men were willing to stay, so they came on board and 
 told us that the Indians desired to have some rum and tobacco, then 
 two other of our men went into the canoe to go on shore — namely Paul 
 Dolliver and John Sadler; and I gave them a small pound of tobacco 
 to carry and give them and bid them carry a bottle (of rum) with them, 
 which they did, and when they came to the shore, one of the English, 
 as, namely, John Sadler, went out of the canoe and came with the other 
 men on board, and as they came the Indians kept singing till he got on 
 board and when he was got on board, he said — "now all good friends," 
 and asked who was the skipper, and when they told him, said Indian 
 came and showed me a paper, but it was so much [worn] and dusted 
 that we could not read it so as to make sense of it, but supposed it 
 might be a pass, for the said Indian said he had it from Gov. Vetch, 
 and we found in it these words : — "be kind to the Indians ;" and after 
 said Indian had been on board a little while, the Englishman that was 
 left on shore called on board and bade us bring the canoe on shore, and 
 said the other Indian would come on board; then two of our men, as 
 namely, Paul Dolliver and James Davis went into the canoe to go on 
 shore, and when they came off the shore they saw two Indians with the 
 Englishmen and they asked them if they would go on board, and they 
 said "No," but bade them go and fetch the Indian on shore that was on 
 board, and they came on board again and told us that the Indians would 
 not come on board, but would have the Indian that was on board to 
 come on shore. Then James Davis and one Josiah Lane went to set 
 said Indian on shore and to bring off the Englishman, and as soon as 
 they came to the shore, the Indian went out of the canoe, and, as the 
 said Josiah Lane tells me, they went to set the canoe off, but the In- 
 dians laid hold of the painter to stop them, and the other two Indians 
 came and laid hold of the painter also, and they hauled the canoe up on 
 shore ; with that two of the Englishmen, as namely, James Davis and 
 
92 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 Josiah Lane, skipt out of the canoe into the water to swim on board, but 
 one of the Indians came into the water and caught said James Davis imme- 
 diately and brought him on shore, and the other two Indians went with 
 the canoe after Josiah Lane, and when they came up with him one of the 
 Indians took his hatchet and seemed as if he was going to strike at him, 
 but did not, but took hold of him and hauled him on shore, and when 
 they came on shore there were several more Indians that were come out 
 of the bushes with their guns, and when they had got the said three 
 Englishmen together they sett them down, as said Josiah Lane informed 
 me, and said they would carry them to Port Royal. 
 
 Stephen A} T ers or Ayer, married Martha Caldwell at Ipswich April 
 2, and had a son Stephen born in 1715. The father was master of a fish- 
 ing vessel and was lost at sea with all his crew in 1716. It does not 
 appear how, if at all, he was connected with Thomas who married Re- 
 becca Currey, June 17, 1724, and had Thomas, Rebecca, Giffoid, Wil- 
 ford, Ruth, Ann, Gilbert and Thomas, again. The first son Thomas 
 was lost in the expedition to Louisburg, in 1745, and the last Thomas 
 married Esther Witham in 1768, and settled in New Gloucester, Me., 
 where she died March 27, 1840, aged ninety-two. Gilbert Ayer prob- 
 ably married Mary Goodridge in 1762, and certainly had five daugh- 
 ters. He died before 1792, when his widow married William Parsons. 
 
 Isaac Randall and Experience Elwell were intending marriage in 
 Feb. 1713, and had Isaac born 13 June, died 28 Dec. same year; Dor- 
 cas, 1715; Experience, 1717; Isaac, 1720; Susanna, 1721; and Ja- 
 cob, 1723. The father died March 24, 1725, aged thirty-six, and his 
 widow married Isaiah Marsh. 
 
 Samuel Pearce {Hist. 266) by wife Mary had David born in 1713 ; 
 Jonathan, 1716, died in 1717; Hannah, 1718, died in infancy: Jona- 
 than, again, 1719; and Joseph, 1725. This settler probably brought 
 a son Samuel who was the Samuel, jr., who, by his wife Elizabeth, had 
 Elizabeth, born in 1739 and other children in subsequent years. 
 
 John Sadler and Sarah Scott, of Rowley, were intending marriage 
 April 11, 1713, and had a daughter Sarah born Oct. 1714. 
 
 John Stone and wife Ruth had David born Nov. 23. 
 
 The Probate Records have this year the name of an inhabitant not 
 elsewhere seen. June 26, account of administration of estate of John 
 Villum, late of Gloucester, deceased, was rendered. The items are : 
 Fish sold to Mr. Samuel Stevens, £60, one quarter part of a sloop sold 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 93 
 
 to Mr. Stevens, £50. Total, £133.4. Balance, £26, one quarter each 
 to his mother, sisters Mary and Elizabeth and brother William. 
 
 1716. Peter Duncan, an early settler, died this year. Before he 
 settled in Gloucester he had probably resided in Boston, where he had 
 the following children baptized : Martha, Nov. 10, 1655 ; Elizabeth, 
 Feb. 28, 1657 ; and Mary, Nov. 12, 1659. 
 
 Oct. 21. Being Sabbath day also, about the middle of the day, was 
 a time of great darkness for an hour or two. The air had been very 
 thick with smoke a week or fortnight together before, and on said 
 day, the wind coming northerly, the clouds being very thick, together 
 with the smoke, made it so dark for some time that people could not 
 see to read in the meeting house. 
 
 James Hardy and Abigail Row were married Dec. 18, 1716. He 
 had a son James born Dec. 3, 1718, and March 31, 1719, he had a 
 grant of a huuse lot. His will, made April 11, 1745, was proved July 
 25, 1748. His homestead, one small dwelling house and barn and five 
 acres of land, was valued at £105, and a small log-house and 25 poles 
 of land at £20. His widow was helped by the town several years, and, 
 in 1768, Lieut. John Row was paid for keeping her and for her funeral 
 expenses. No record of the marriage of the son James is found, but 
 the church records have the baptisms of four of his children : — Abigail 
 in 1741; James, 1743; John, 1746; and William, 1751. The latter 
 married Elizabeth Elwell in 1790, lived on Eastern Point and died there 
 Aug. 29, 1806, aged fifty-five. His wife was a daughter of Henry New- 
 comb and widow of Samuel Elwell who died at sea in the revolutionary 
 war. She died May 3, 1849, aged ninety-five. 
 
 Ichabod Young and Abigail Elwell were married April 19. He-was 
 drowned at sea in Get. 1723. His children were Samuel, born in 1717, 
 died soon; Abigail, 1718; Samuel, again, 1720, died 1721; and Icha- 
 bod, 1722. The next of the name appearing in town was William who 
 settled in 'Squam, where he married Sarah, daughter of Joseph York, 
 Nov. 24, 1725, and had William, Sarah, Abigail, Hannah, Ruth, Jo- 
 seph, and Abigail, again. A Joseph Young, from Salem, came about 
 1750, and had children baptized in the first parish, but appeared to have 
 died before 1760. 
 
 1717, May 18. — "There was an earthquake. About sun setting, 
 the earth, the rocks and the houses shook and trembled, and the sound 
 was as the noise of great thunder at some distance. It continued about 
 the space of a minute." 
 
94 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 Moses Prince, brother of the New England annalist, writes in his di- 
 ary that he visited Gloucester, and saw a carriage there of two wheels, 
 for two horses, which Capt. Robinson, who first gave the name of 
 schooner to a vessel, had built for his wife. 
 
 Nathaniel Rust and Miriam Andrews, of Chebacco, were married 
 Feb. 3, and had Gideon, born in 1719; Othniel, 1721; Miriam, 1723; 
 Enoch, 1724; Johanna, 1726 ; Keturah, 1727; Israel, 1728 ; Zebulon, 
 1730; Issachar, 1732; and Solomon, 1733. A Nathaniel Rust, per- 
 haps the father of these, married Mary Lufkin Nov. 15, 1737, and had 
 Mary, Hannah and Nathaniel. Samuel Rust (Hist. 273) died Feb. 7, 
 1782, of small-pox caught from the hat of a sailor, who landed from a 
 cartel from Halifax and stopped at his house at Little River. His 
 widow, Anna, died Jan. 9, 1804, aged about eighty-seven, and his son 
 Moses, died Oct. 10, 1827, aged -eighty-eight. A John Rust died Oct. 
 18, 1809, aged seventy-seven, and a widow Rust in 1831, aged eighty- 
 seven. 
 
 Thomas Cotton and Comfort Riggs were married July 28, and had 
 a daughter Sarah born in 1721 ; and Ruth in 1722. 
 
 Elisha Donham married Mary Babson April 16, and had Jonathan 
 born in 1717; Daniel, 1719; Elisha, 1721; and Solomon, 1723. 
 
 Daniel McAfee and Hannah Denning were married Feb. 20, and 
 had Daniel, born in 1719 ; and Samuel, 1728. An "old Mrs. McAfee" 
 died in the second parish Feb. 5, 1767. 
 
 1719. David Stockwell and Mercy Emmons were married Feb. 5, 1719 
 and had Mercy, born in 1721 ; David, baptized 1723 ; and Martha, 1725. 
 John Flin married Mary Hammons Oct. 20, and had a daughter 
 Mary born Dec. 9, who married Richard Tarr, Jan. 1740. The mother 
 probably became a widow before Jan. 26, 1721, when a Mary Flin mar- 
 ried William Nelson. 
 
 James Grant, of Dedham, and Mehitable Elwell were married Dec. 
 3, and had Nem, 1727; Mary, 1729; Nem, 1730; and Eliezer, 1733, 
 who married Mary Varrel and had a son Eliezer. 
 
 Benjamin Patee had a grant of land April 1, and married Patience 
 Collins Jan. 7, 1720. His children were, Abigail, born in 1722 ; Jer- 
 emiah, 1724; Sarah, 1726; Mary, 1728; Benjamin, 1730; Ezekiel, 
 1732; Patience, 1734; and Benjamin, 1736. 
 
 Peter Patee, of Haverhill, and Susanna Hadley were married Nov. 
 19, 1720. 
 
 John Wooten or Wotten and Sarah Brown were married Dec. 19, 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 95 
 
 and had Sarah born in 1720; John, 1722; Rachel, 1724; and Wil- 
 liam, 1727, died soon. 
 
 April 1. Peter Uran had a grant of land to build a house upon at 
 the head of the harbor. His wife Bethiah brought him a son Peter, 
 June 16, 1722, and died Feb. 19, 1723, aged forty-one. 
 
 Joseph Eaton and wife Hannah had Marsah born in 1719, and De- 
 sire, 1721. A Merchant Eaton died Nov. 16, 1724, aged twenty. 
 
 Josiah Sanford and Hannah Day, of Manchester, were married 
 Nov. 19, and had Robert born in 1720; Josiah, 1722; and Joseph 
 1724. (See Hist. 257.) 
 
 Joseph Winslow and Sarah Day were married Dec. 24, and had 
 Sarah bom in 1722; Martha, 1724; Sarah, 1728; Joseph, 1729; Jo- 
 seph, again, 1730; Mary, 1731; Abigail, 1733; and Hannah, 1736. 
 A Kenelm Winslow and Abigail Brown were married Feb. 1, 1746. 
 
 William Rollins and Hannah Millett were married Jan. 22, and had 
 Mary born in 1720 ; Ann, 1723 ; William, 1725 ; Hannah, 1727 ; Eliza- 
 beth, 1729; John, 1731; Joseph, 1733; James, 1736; and Nathan, 
 1738. Perhaps this family removed to Wenham, whence Nathan Rol- 
 lins, an idiot, was brought to Gloucester and supported by the town. 
 
 John Tyler married Sarah Eveleth Dec. 10, who died Feb. 20, 1721, 
 and he next married, Feb. 22, 1722, Abigail Haskell. Again becoming 
 a widower, he married widow Mary Ingersol Nov. 17, 1735. His 
 children were: — John, born in 1722; William, 1724; James, 1726; 
 Abigail, 1727; Isaac, 1729; Andrew, 1736; Sarah, 1738; and John, 
 1740. 
 
 Luke Morgan and wife Ruth settled in the second parish, and had 
 William, born in 1719 ; Hannah, 1721 ; Luke, 1724; Nathaniel, 1731 ; 
 and Ruth, 1735. A private record says that "old Luke Morgan" died 
 June 16, 1776; and that "Old Luke Morgan's wife" died April 
 16, 1772. His son William married Hannah Day, Feb. 5, 1746, 
 and, according to the records of the West Parish church, had many 
 children. He died in 1799, aged eighty. His widow died Oct. 11, 1821, 
 aged ninety-five. The Joel Morgan drowned in the harbor, June 19, 
 1774, was probably their son, born in 1752. Luke Morgan, jr., mar- 
 ried Martha Pulcifer, Dec. 1, 1747, and also had several children. 
 
 Jacob Burnham and his wife Maryappear in town and had a son Jacob 
 born July 17. The only other family of the name that was here before 
 1750, was that of Stephen, who married Mary Andrews Nov. 6, 1735. 
 Our records give him five children, but, according to the Burnham 
 
96 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 genealogy, it seems he had eight others. His son Stephen's intention 
 of marriage with Hannah Butler, of Ipswich, in 1759, is recorded in 
 our books. John Burnham had a daughter Mehitable baptized July, 
 1744. 
 
 Stephen Clay and wife Mary had a daughter Mary born in December, 
 1719, and Rachel, 1721, both ot whom died in infancy, and other chil- 
 dren, — Mary, Stephen, Jonas, John and Elizabeth. 
 
 Benjamin Rickner. All we know of him is, that he married Mary 
 Littlehale August 17, 1719, and had a daughter Mary born in 1720; a 
 son Benjamin in 1722; and William, 1731. A Samuel Rickner had 
 Benjamin baptized in 1762, and Samuel in 1763. 
 
 A John Coombs, with wife Susanna, appears in town July 18, when 
 his daughter Sarah was born, who was followed by Mary in 1721, and 
 Susanna in 1722. Anthony Coombs married Mercy Hodgkins, Oct. 
 21, 1722, and had daughters Hannah and Mercy. 
 
 Richard Langsford and Mary Row were married Dec. 17. May 18, 
 preceding, widow Hannah Sawyer was paid by the selectmen £2 "for the 
 cureing of Richard Langsford which was frozen at Sand} 7 Bay the winter 
 past." His children were Elizabeth, born in 1720 ; John, 1722 ; Mary, 
 1724; Sarah, 1726; Abigail, 1729; Thomas and Richard, 1731; and 
 Thomas, 1734. The oldest son, John, married Deborah Lane, January 
 9, 1744, and was probably father of John who died Dec. 12, 1827, aged 
 eighty-one. Richard Langsford, sen., died before May 21, 1739, when 
 Mary, his widow, was administratrix of his estate. She died May 7, 
 1774, aged eighty-three. 
 
 Jacob Carter and Abigail Phillips were married Jan. 8 ; the baptism 
 of a son Jacob in 1721, the birth of Jacob in 1722, of Abraham in 1729, 
 and of Judith in 1738, are recorded. Jacob Carter, jr., married Mar- 
 garet Low, of Ipswich (published Oct. 13, 1744), and had Joseph and 
 Benjamin, 1745; William, 1747; and Daniel 1749. Abraham's inten- 
 tion of marriage with widow Mary Kinsman, of Ipswich, July 4, 1750, 
 is on the records, but no children are given. John Carter, perhaps a 
 son of Jacob, sen., married Jane Day, Dec. 27, 1744, and has the births 
 of two daughters recorded, and the mother is supposed to have been the 
 widow Jane Carter, who died in January, 1814, aged ninety-three. 
 
 Jabez Baker {Hid. 333) brought to Gloucester a daughter Mary, 
 born in Salem, 1707, and a son Jabez born Sept. 2, 1711. The church 
 records have the death of Anna, wife of Elder Baker, March 2, 1768, 
 but the inventory of his estate, April 30, 1754, mentions wife Jane. 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 97 
 
 I suppose it was the son Jabez who married Anna Smith, of Beverly, May 
 18, 1732, and that she was the Anna Baker who died March 3, 1800, 
 aged eighty-seven. He was drowned at sea Sept. 3, 1753. His son Jo- 
 seph, who settled in 'Squam, married Mary, daughter of Jonathan Nor- 
 wood, and died, without issue, in 1821, aged seventy-four. She died in 
 June, 1832, aged eighty-two. 
 
 Josiah Grover, came this year, and Edmund about 1722, both from 
 Beverly (Hist. 273,334.) Josiah married Hannah Dolliver, July 1, 
 1719, and had Hannah, 1720; Richard, 1722; Sarah, 1724; Josiah, 
 1726; Hannah, again, 1728; William, 1730; Joseph, 1732; Sarah, 
 again, 1738 ; and Lydia, 1740. Each of the four sons married in town. 
 Joseph is said to have added in Haverhill nine more children to the 
 three that he carried from Gloucester, of whom were Nathaniel, who 
 settled in Wells, Vt., Timothy, in Sundown, N. H., and Edmund in 
 Northfield, where he died in 1852. Edmund Grover, of Sandy Bay, 
 brought a wife Mary, who died May 16, 1757, aged seventj'-eisht. Just 
 ten months afterwards he married Madam Stevens, the venerable widow 
 of Samuel Stevens, then in her eighty-second year, who survived the union 
 but a few months. Nehemiah, son of Edmund, sen., married Abigail 
 Harris in 1727, who died in 1795, aged about eighty. They had many 
 children, two of whom, Eliezer and Nehemiah, settled in Ohio. Ed- 
 mund Grover, jr., married Patience Witham in 1731, and had three 
 daughters. Ebenezer Grover married Margaret Jeffords, in 1736, and 
 had four sons and three daughters. Eliezer married Thankful Witham in 
 1736, and had eight children. She died May 8, 1786, aged eighty-three. 
 A John Grover married Experience Randall, Aug. 26, 1733, and had 
 daughters Experience and Rebecca. Notwithstanding the promise in 
 the last century of a numerous race of Grovers on Cape Ann, not more 
 than half a dozen men of the name are now living on it. 
 
 1718. — Jabez Hunter and Abigail Tucker were married March 24, 
 and had the following children : — William, born in 1718 ; John, 1721 ; 
 Abigail, 1723; Sarah, 1726; Rebecca, 1729; Mary, 1733; and John, 
 1738. The name was perpetuated in town by William. 
 
 Solomon Driver married Rachel Bishop, of Manchester, Nov. 17, and 
 had Rachel, born in 1719; Solomon, 1720; John, 1722; and, by wife 
 Sarah, Mary, in 1728. 
 
 William Nelson and Elizabeth Tompson were married March 21, and 
 she was drowned from a canoe in the harbor Nov. 3, following. He 
 next married Mary Flinn, Jan. 26, 1721, and had Elizabeth and James, 
 10 
 
98 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 born in 1722; Elizabeth, 1724; Annis, 1727; Agnes, 1729; and Wil- 
 liam, 1731. Perhaps he took for third wife, Deborah Carlisle, July 19, 
 1739. 
 
 Samuel Lee and Kuth Somes were married Feb. 13, and had Samuel 
 born in 1718, and Henry, 1720 ; and the father died June 8, 1721, aged 
 thirty-three. 
 
 John Choate married Miriam, daughter of John Pool, March 3, 1718, 
 and had a daughter Sarah, born April 24, 1719, soon after which he 
 probably returned to Ipswich, whence he came. The next of the name 
 in town was Josiah, who married Patience Roberts, Nov. 11, 1736. 
 Besides four daughters he had five sons — two Ephraims, Josiah, Thom- 
 as and William. He was a deacon of the second church, and died Aug. 
 26, 1798, aged 83. His wife survived till Oct. 23, 1813, when she 
 died at the great age of ninety-seven. 
 
 Thomas Pennill and Sarah Duren were married Jan. 30, and had 
 Sarah, born in 1718; Thomas, 1720; and Rachel, 1721; and he died 
 March 31, 1723, aged thirty-four. In 1710 he had a common right 
 derived from his grandfather, Robert Elwell. 
 
 James Poland and Elizabeth Dike, probably daughter of Richard, 
 were married Nov. 17, and had Joseph, born in 1724. Joseph and 
 James Poland were baptized at the second church, Oct. 22, 1727, and 
 James Poland, adult, at the same, Jan. 17, 1731. An "old Mrs. Po- 
 land" died Jan. 4, 1765, aged eighty. 
 
 Josiah Wood and Ruth Dennis, of Beverly, were married Jan. 31, 
 and had Jerusha, born Aug. 31, 1718. 
 
 Ebenezer Marchant, of Yarmouth, and Bethiah Millett were married 
 Dec. 24, and had Martha born Oct. 21, 1720. Of the same family 
 perhaps was Jabez (Hist. 273) who married Mary, widow of John 
 Babson, Jan. 12, 1721, and had Daniel, born in 1721; Mary, 1723; 
 Martha, 1725; Jabez, 1727; Lois, 1729; Samuel, 1731; John, 1733; 
 Eunice, 1735 ; and Lemuel, 1737. Jabez Marchant is supposed to have 
 died about 1773. His widow Mary died at the house of her son Daniel, 
 March 12, 1778, aged eighty. Three of the sons married in town, and 
 one at least, Daniel, perpetuated the name. A Jabez, perhaps son of 
 Daniel, born in 1749, went to New Gloucester, Me., where a Judith 
 Merchant died Aug. 22, 1856, aged ninety-three. 
 
 1720. Samuel Whittredge and Hannah Whiston, of Barnstable, 
 were married Jan. 10, and had Mary, born in 1724; Abigail, 1726; 
 Sarah, 1728 ; Susanna, 1730 ; and William, 1731 ; the father was drowned 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 99 
 
 at Sable Island, May 10, 1732, aged forty. His son William was 
 probably the William who died in 'Squam, March 24, 1808, aged 
 seventy-eight, and the latter may have been the father of William who 
 died in 1777, of small-pox, on his passage from Bilboa. 
 
 John Wonson married Honor Wise, daughter of Richard Tarr, and 
 widow of John Wise, Feb. 18, and had Elizabeth, born in 1720; John, 
 1722; Joseph, 1725; and Samuel, 1728. Not long after the birth of 
 this last child the mother must again have become a widow, for she 
 married Isaac Prince, Dec. 10, 1730. Samuel, the youngest son, mar- 
 ried Patience, daughter of Joshua Norwood, in 1750. He is thought 
 to have died when about seventy-eight years old. She survived him a 
 few years and died in the old tavern house in Sandy Bay, which was 
 built by her husband. Their son Samuel married Lydia Gott and 
 settled at Eastern Point, where he died in August, 1829, aged about 
 eighty, leavingsons Samuel, John, George and Charles ; the last of whom, 
 baptized at the Sandy Bay Church, Nov. 19, 1774, died March 16, 1870. 
 James White and wife Mary had James born in 1720; and William, 
 1722. 
 
 John White and wife Rebecca had John born in 1722; Joseph, 
 1724; Rebecca, 1726; Ruhana, 1728; and Abigail, 1730. 
 
 Robert Nason and Rebecca Day were married Dec. 25, and had 
 Martha baptized Oct. 8, 1721; Abigail, Mary and William, baptized 
 March 23, 1729; Robert, Sept. 26, 1731; and John, Aug. 26, 1733. 
 The father fell overboard from a fishing vessel and was drowned, March, 
 1734. 
 
 George Williams, a seaman, and Sarah Gilbert were married Aug. 
 18, and had George, born in 1720, died soon; Sarah, 1722; Joanna, 
 1724; Isaac, 1726; Mercy, 1729; Elizabeth, 1732; and Gilbert, 1735. 
 Thomas Williams and Hannah Andrews were married Nov. 13, 1722, 
 and had Hannah born in 1723 ; Thomas, 1726 ; Abigail, 1729 ; and Ann, 
 1734. 
 
 Evan Williams and Anna Davis were married Dec. 29, 1743, and 
 had Anna born in 1749, and other children in subsequent years. 
 
 1721. — William Fears married Naomi, probably daughter of John 
 Stanwood, July 24, and had William, born in 1721; John, 1723; 
 Naomi, 1726; and Elizabeth, 1729, who married Nathaniel Tarr, June 
 7, 1752. William Fears died about the beginning of 1775, at the house 
 of John Moore, the second husband of his daughter Naomi. His wife, 
 as we learn from the journal of Rev. S. Chandler, was buried Feb. 3, 
 
100 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 1755. His son Willmm married Anna, daughter, without doubt, of 
 John Bray, Nov. 27, 1746, and had, besides three daughters, sons 
 William, John, Humphrey and Thomas, the oldest of whom married 
 Patience, daughter of Job Row, and widow of Nathaniel Williams. 
 He was born Aug. 26, 1747, and was, I suppose, the William Fears 
 who, with two others, was washed overboard in a gale of wind coming 
 from the Banks in 1798. He left sons, one of whom, Robert, was 
 grandfather of Robert R., the first mayor of Gloucester. The widow 
 Patience Fears died Nov. 25, 1842, in her ninety-third year. 
 
 Nehemiah Adams, the first of the name in town, appears this year. 
 He married Abigail Riggs,Nov. 13, and had six children : — James, Ne- 
 hemiah, Thomas, Mary, Andrew and Hannah. By one of the sons, at 
 least, Nehemiah, who married Martha Riggs, March 16, 1748, the name 
 was perpetuated in town. 
 
 Thomas Jenkins and wife Mary had a son Matthew, born Jan. 10. 
 
 Robert Randall and Dorcas Babson were married Jan. 19, and had 
 Deborah, born in 1721; John, 1725; Mary, 1727; Josiah, 1730; and 
 Robert, born at Scituate, July, 1733. 
 
 John Walklate and Abigail Stanwood were married Dec. 28, and had 
 John, born in 1723; Abigail, 1725; and Elizabeth, 1727. The father 
 was deceased in 1732. 
 
 Robert Herring and wife Experience had Experience, born March 29, 
 died June 21 ; Ledia, born Oct. 31, 1722 ; Robert, 1725, drowned in a 
 tub of water, Sept., 1727 ; and Benjamin, 1727. The last named married 
 Experience Annis, Jan. 11, 1753, and had several children. 
 
 Thomas Penny and Miriam Elwell were married Feb. 5. No con- 
 nection is traced between him and the early settler of this name. This 
 Thomas had Mary, born July 6, 1722; Elizabeth, June 28, 1725; 
 Thomas, June 18, 1728; Abigail, baptized Nov. 27, 1726; Sarah, born 
 Aug. 28, 1733; and Miriam, baptized at the Second Church, Dec. 10, 
 1737. In 1772 he was a town pauper. Nov., 1773, his son-in-law, 
 John Avery, was paid for his funeral charges, and Feb. 23, 1774, 
 Jeremiah Robinson was paid for digging his grave. Thomas Penny, 
 jr., married widow Sarah Tucker, Sept. 4, 1749, and' had Thomas, 
 born Aug. 7, 1750; and Anna, Dec. 17, 1753. The son Thomas was, 
 without doubt, the person of the same name who died in New Glouces- 
 ter, Feb. 28, 1813, aged sixty-twoi. where also died, Feb. 3, 1842, Lucy 
 Penny, aged eighty-three. 
 
 1722, June. — The Indians at the eastward take ekrht or ten fishino- 
 
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EARLY RECORDS. 101 
 
 vessels. Capt. Robinson, fitted out at Canso in quest of them, takes 
 a canoe with seven Indians, six of whom he killed. 
 
 Thomas Saville (Hist. 284) married Mary Haraden, Jan. 24, and 
 had baptized at the First Church, Thomas, April 7, 1723; Hannah, 
 June 27, 1725 ; John, Jul}', 1726 ; John, again, July, 1727 ; and these 
 baptized at the Third Church : — Thomas, Oct. 3, 1731 ; Hannah, Dec. 
 16, 1733; Deminicus, April 24, 1735; Oliver, March 7, 1736; Eliza- 
 beth, Sept. 4, 1737 ; Oliver, again, Aug. 6, 1738 ; and Jesse, Dec. 21, 
 1740. His wife died June 4, 1776, aged seventy-five. His son, John, 
 married Susanna Haraden, May 30, 1751, and had tour daughters bap- 
 tized at the Third Church, the youngest of whom, Sarah, was probably 
 the Sarah Saville who died May 13, 1840, aged eighty-two. Jesse 
 married Martha Babson, in 1763, who died April 19, 1785, and he next 
 married, in 1786, Mrs. Hannah Dane, of Ipswich, who died May 3, 
 1827, aged eighty. 
 
 Richard Peters and wife Ruth had daughter Sarah, born Dec. 19. 
 
 Anthony Coombs and Mercy Hodgkins were married Oct. 21, 1722, 
 and had Hanna or Anna, born in 1724; and Mercy, 1726. 
 
 Thomas Holyman died Feb. 25, aged thirty-seven. William, son of 
 Thomas Holeman, by Jemima Elwell, was born Sept. 12, 1722. 
 
 Nathaniel Low, of Ipswich, and Abigail Riggs were married July 15. 
 He has five children recorded in the Gloucester Record, namely, — 
 Abigail, in 1723; Mary, 1724, died soon; Rachel, 1725; Nathaniel, 
 1732 ; and Dorothy, — . Besides these he had five more, — Lois, Eunice, 
 Elizabeth, John and Edward. His wife died Aug. 6, 1774, aged 
 seventy-two. See Hist. 261. 
 
 Daniel Gorden and Elizabeth Denning were married Nov. 7, 1722, 
 and had Daniel, 1724; Elizabeth, 1729; William, 1733; Moses, 1735; 
 and John, 1737. It appears that three of his sons married in town. 
 
 John Stanford and Abigail Butman were married Nov. 8, and had 
 Abigail, born in 1723; Mary, 1725; Rebecca, 1726; William, 1732; 
 Stevens, 1735 ; and, besides these, John and Samuel, baptized at the 
 Third Church in 1733. 
 
 Joseph Bond married Mary Kent, Dec. 31, 1722. Jan. 4, 1731, 
 commissioners vote to sell her land or that of her husband's adjoining her 
 brother Kent's land. A Lawrence Bond and Abigail Mains were married 
 July 23, 1733. A Joseph Bond is fonud in town in 1765, and a Samuel 
 in 1771. A widow Sarah Bond died May 3, 1789, aged about seventy- 
 six. 
 
102 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 John Mogriclge and Lydia Davis, probably daughter of Samuel, were 
 married Sept. 20, and had Lydia, born in 1722; and Samuel, 1728. 
 She probably became a widow and married Philip Stanwood Jan. 20, 
 1736, and perhaps again became a widow and married Samuel Hodgkins 
 in 1756, and died April 13, 1789, aged about eighty-five. The daugh- 
 ter Lydia married Richard True and is said to have died at ninety-seven. 
 She was probably the "Miss True" who died in Jan., 1807. 
 
 Benjamin Wheeler, perhaps son of Jethro (Hist. 246) by wife Me- 
 hj table had Benjamin, born 1722, Jonathan, 1726 ; Moses, 1728 ; David, 
 1731 ; Molly, 1732 ; Sarah, 1734 ; Simeon, 1735 ; another Simeon, 1736 ; 
 and Samuel, baptized Sept. 16, 1739. Descendants are numerous. 
 Benjamin Wheeler, jr., by his wife, Sarah Dane, of Ipswich, had eight 
 children, and died at Pigeon Cove, June 10, 1810, aged eighty-eight. 
 
 1723, June 3. — The commoners vote that the common land near the 
 meeting house, or Meeting House Green, so called, shall be in common 
 for the use of the town forever for a training field. They also vote that 
 one and a half or two acres near the second parish meeting house shall 
 be reserved for the same purpose. 
 
 Aug. 15. Mr. George Giddings, of Gloucester, was admitted into 
 the House of Representatives and informed that a sloop arrived there 
 yesterda}' in about six days from Canso, who brings an account that 
 Capt. John Watkins, of New England, was found dead (and as it was 
 supposed), slain by the Indians, and buried by the officers of the garri- 
 son at Canso with four other men and one woman. And that the said 
 Giddings' son was taken by a pirate ship of upwards of twenty guns, 
 and a large number of men, who would have taken him for a pilot along 
 that shore, but he not being willing, the pirate told him that he would 
 not force any man to go with him, and so they left the pirate ship. 
 
 William Coas {Hist. 285.) He married Feb., 1723, Mary, probably 
 daughter of Joseph Gardner, born Dec. 17, 1702. His five children 
 were: — Samuel, born in 1723; William, 1725; Mary, 1728; another 
 Mary, 1730; and Joanna, 1738. He died of apoplexy Jan. 2, 1764. 
 His wife must have attained a great age if she was the widow Mary Coas 
 for whose keeping to Jan. 25, 1795, and funeral charges, the town paid 
 Wm. Hardy, Feb. 4, same year. The son William married Susanna, 
 daughter of Deacon Jeremiah Parsons, Jan. 18, 1750, and had many 
 children, the oldest of whom was probably the Susanna Coas w r ho died 
 Feb. 14, 1829, aged seventy-nine. His son William died in April, 1833, 
 aged eighty. 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 103 
 
 Joseph Carlisle and Deborah El well were married Jan. 1. The rec- 
 ords show that they had eight children, of whom two only were sons, 
 Joseph, born in 1723, and Leonard in 1732. 
 
 William Carlisle married Mary Springer, March 17, 1728, and had, 
 besides two daughters, a son William, who was baptized in 1743. 
 
 Charles Glover {Hist. 285) married Hannah Butman Sept. 9, 1723, 
 and had Lucy, 1724; Hannah, 1726; Thomas, Sept. 6, and Charles, 
 Sept. 8, 1733, both of whom were baptized Sept. 18, same year. 
 
 Jonathan Trask {Hist. 282) came to Gloucester from Salem about 
 this time. His seven sons born here were: — Jonathan, born in 1723; 
 Moses, 1725; William, 1727; Israel, 1729; Israel, 1733; William, 
 1735 ; and Ebenezer, 1737. Perhaps the mother of these children was 
 the widow Trask who died in the second parish Jan. 4, 1779, over eighty 
 years of age. Four of the sons appear to have married. 
 
 Henry Evans and Sysill Martin were married July 12. A Hugh Ev- 
 ans married Elizabeth Knowlton, June 2, 1742, and, besides four daugh- 
 ters, had sous John, born in 1742; Robert, 1744; William, 1752; 
 James, 1756; and Samuel, 1758. 
 
 John Thomas and Anna Shaw were married Nov. 14, 1723, and had 
 Anna, born in 1725 ; William, 1728 ; Sarah, 1732 ; and Anna, baptized 
 at the 'Squam church, Aug. 3, 1735, after the death of her father. The 
 son William was probably the same who was intending marriage with 
 Lydia Haraden, Oct. 20, 1750, had two daughters, certainly, if not more, 
 and died Feb. 26, 1777, aged forty-nine. 
 
 Intention of marriage of Samuel Thomas and Sarah Elweli was pub- 
 lished Dec. 13, 1744, and the records have three children recorded to 
 them : — Sarah, born in 1745 ; Joshua, 1756 ; and Anna, 1757. 
 
 A John Thomas and Hannah Brown were married Aug. 22, 1745, and 
 had Hannah, born Dec. 17, 1746, and John, July 15, 1749, besides 
 several in subsequent years. John, jr., married Anna Row, and is said 
 to have been drowned coming from the Banks in the fall of 1789. 
 
 Benjamin Boynton and Martha Row were married Nov. 29, 1723, and, 
 besides three daughters, had sons, — Benjamin, Joseph, Stephen and 
 William, the two former of whom perpetuated the name in town. Rev. 
 S. Chandler records in his journal, March 7, 1762, "near the close of 
 the sermon, B. Boynton was taken with a fit, and died instantly." A 
 Lydia, widow of Benj. Boynton, died Jan. 2, 1819, aged seventy-two. 
 In 1748 Enoch Boynton and his wife Rachel, from Rowley, had a son 
 Enoch, born here, in the next year a son Elijah, and four daughters in 
 
104 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 subsequent years. The son Enoch died before 1793, when his widow 
 Abigail, with many children, had removed to Newbury. 
 
 A new family of Stevens appear in town this year, settled in the sec- 
 ond parish. Ebenezer married Mary Day, Feb. 5, 1723 (see Hist. 
 168) where probably he has wrong parentage. Otho Stevens and Abi- 
 gail Kent were married March 21, this year, and had Samuel, born in 
 1724; Otho, 1726; Archelaus, 1729; and Abigail, 1731. William 
 Stevens and Anna Lufkin were married June 2, 1725, and had Ebene- 
 zer, born in 1727 ; Nathaniel, 1729 ; James, 1730 ; Joseph, 1732 ; Anna, 
 1733; Susanna, 1736; Elizabeth, 1739; and Anna, 1740. Ebenezer, 
 jr., married Abigail Marshall, of Ipswich, Jan. 30, 1752, and died 
 Nov. 21, 1807, upwards of eighty. His widow died March 11, 1820, 
 aged ninetj'-three. 
 
 Dr. David Plummer {Hist. 276). His children by his first wife to 
 whom he was married Aug. 29, 1723, were Mary, born in 1723 ; Sam- 
 uel, 1725; Ann, 1728; Ruth, 1730; Sarah, 1732; and Elizabeth, 1734. 
 He married Anna, probably widow of Daniel Barber, Aug. 25, 1737, 
 and by her had Daniel, born May 24, 1738, who became a prominent 
 merchant of the town; and David, born Feb. 11, 1741, married Mary 
 Davis, of Newbury, May 17, 1763, and died Dec. 22, 1792. His widow 
 died in June, 1834, aged ninet}'. Samuel, Dr. Plummer's son by his 
 first wife, and principal physician of the town after his father's death, 
 married Mary Low, probably daughter of John Low, Dec. 13, 1748. 
 She gave birth to a daughter Sept. 24, 1749, and died Oct. 15, following. 
 He next married Hannah Moody, of York, by whom his son Samuel 
 was born July 23, 1752, and she died Aug. 1, next. He was married 
 to his third wife, Elizabeth Gee, Dec. 5, 1753, who brought him Eliza- 
 beth, 1754; Joshua, in 1756; David, in 1758; Joseph, in 1759; and 
 Sarah Gee, July 8, 1760. Child-bearing seems to have been fatal to 
 this wife, also, for Rev. S. Chandler records in his journal, on the 16th 
 of the same month, "1 attended the funeral of Dr. Plummer's wife." 
 He next married Anna, widow of Joseph Sanders, March 17, 1763, and 
 had Elizabeth, born in 1764; William Stevens, 1766; Anne, 1767; 
 and John, 1767. Dr. Samuel Plummer's residence was in Town Parish, 
 near the westerly side of the mill pond. 
 
 1724, Oct. 27. — Died, Hope Mason, aged seventeen. 
 
 Capt. James Friend, belonging to an English sloop, died at widow 
 Sarah Parsons' house, in Fishermen's field, Aug. 13, 1724, aged thirty- 
 eight. 
 
EAELY RECORDS. 105 
 
 William Shaw died March 23, aged twenty-four. 
 
 June 22. Three of our fishing vessels were taken by the Indians in 
 Fox Harbor, viz. : James Wallis, sen., James Wallis, jr., and John Lane. 
 They killed of our town, James Wallis, Thomas Finson, John Lane, 
 Richard Tarr and Joseph Wallis. 
 
 Feb. 11. Died, Peter Sargent, probably son of Wm. Sargent, 2d. 
 aged forty-one. A Boston newspaper of this year, has the following : 
 — "July 20, 1724. Advices from the eastward that about three weeks 
 since the Indians had taken eleven fishing vessels and forty-five men 
 belonging to the said vessels, twenty-two of whom were killed and 
 twenty-three taken captive. The Indians demand £30 for each vessel 
 and £30 for each captive. Vessels have gone in quest of them." Prob- 
 ably the pursuit was successful, as on March 25, 1725, Capt. Lovewell 
 arrived at Boston from Cape Ann with ten Indian scalps. 
 
 Joseph Allen, an early settler, died this year, Oct. 6. 
 
 Joseph, son of Joseph, second, married Martha Hubbard, of Boston, 
 Jan. 11, 1732, and died April 2, 1739 ; among the items of his large es- 
 tate were, negro man Boston, £150 and negro man London, £100. 
 
 Mrs. Mary, wife of Mr. Nathaniel Allen, died June 15, 1753, aged 
 twenty-eight. 
 
 Mrs. Sarah, widow of Capt. Jacob Allen, died in March, 1831, aged 
 seventy-nine. 
 
 William, son of William Allen, who removed to New Gloucester, 
 Me., died in March, 1826, aged seventy-five. 
 
 Philip Gullison and Mary Roberts were married March 5. Their 
 daughter Mary was born July 22, 1725, and the mother died on the 3 1st 
 of the same month, aged twenty-four. He next married Mary Smith, 
 Nov. 8, 1733, and had Elizabeth, 1735 ; Abigail, 1740, and perhaps, 
 baptized, Mary. 
 
 Richard Tandy and Rachel Allen were married March 17, and had 
 William, born Aug. 6, 1725; Rachel, April 21, 1727; Samuel, May 
 27, 1729 ; and Abel, baptized at the Second church, July 18, 1731. 
 
 William Burns and Jemima Elwell were married Dec. 24, and had 
 William, 1725 ; and Jemima and Keziah, 1727, the latter of whom died 
 in 1728. 
 
 James Phipps and wife Sarah had daughter Abigail, born Aug. 10, 
 1726. His son James was baptized at the First church, March 1, 1724. 
 
 William Jefford and wife Ann had daughter Mary, born in February. 
 
 William Wells and Abigail Somes were married March 13, 1724. 
 11 
 
106 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 A John Wells had a daughter Hannah baptized at the First church 
 March 11, 1722, and another Hannah, July 28, 1723. 
 
 John Brewer and wife Mary had a son John, born in 1724 ; daughter 
 Mary, in 1726 ; twins, Mary and David, 1727 ; and Elizabeth, 1731. 
 
 Thomas Chub and Ruth Stanwood were married Dec. 3. The town 
 and church records together show that they had sons, Thomas, William, 
 David and John, and a daughter Ruth. 
 
 John Butler and Phebe Lane were married Nov. 12, 1724, and had 
 a son John, born Aug. 13, 1725, the same probably who married Sarah 
 Thurston, March 12, 1746. Widow Phebe Butler died in the third parish 
 Jan. 26, 1781, aged eighty. Stephen Butler and Sarah Ingalls were 
 married Dec. 11, 1730, and a Stephen was married to widow Elizabeth 
 Gott, Dec. 12, 1752. 
 
 1725. — Joseph Herrick {Hist. 298). A widow Sarah Herrick died 
 Dec. 29, 1711, but no male of the name appears till Joseph goes on to 
 the town records, as the father, by his wife Mary, of Eunice, born Aug. 
 31, 1725. He died Jan. 12, 1777, not 1771, as the History states. 
 He may have brought to Gloucester the Benjamin who married Eunice 
 Haskell, Nov. 25, 1747, and had a daughter Lucy born in 1748, who 
 married a Woodbury, of Beverly, and died there 1846, nearly a hun- 
 dred years old. Joseph Herrick, jr., married Tryphosa Groves, April 26, 
 1750, and died March 16, 1801 ( ?), aged eighty-seven. His wife died in 
 Nov., 1813. The recordsgivehimbutonechild, John, bornNov. 17,1750. 
 Israel, son of Joseph, sen., born May 13, 1732, is supposed to be the 
 same who is found in Lewiston, Me., about 1774. Other Herricks who 
 came before 1751 were, Samuel, who married Keziah Haskell, Jan. 3, 
 1731, the same probably who married Prudence Haskell, Aug. 7, 1733, 
 by whom he had Benjamin, born in 1734; Hannah, 1735; Ebenezer 
 1740, who died Sept. 11, 1764, aged sixty three ; and Thomas, who mar- 
 ried Abigail Eveleth, Feb. 1, 1732, and had Thomas, born in 1733, 
 Abigail, 1734; and Sarah, 1736. Perhaps he became a widower and 
 married Mary Preston, of Beverly, August, 1742, by whom was born 
 Ruth in 1743; Mary, in 1745, died soon; and William and Mary in 
 1746, the former of whom died soon after birth. Thomas Herrick died 
 of cancer, March 21, 1787, aged about eighty. His wife died Feb. 8, 
 1780, aged over seventy. 
 
 Joseph Thurston (Hist. 337) and Mary, widow of Thomas Fenier, 
 were married March 9, 1725, and had Sarah, born in 1726; Joseph, 
 1729; Elizabeth, 1731; Daniel, 1735, married Anna Tarr and died in 
 
EAELY RECORDS. 107 
 
 1818 ; John, 1737, married Eunice Stockbridge, removed to Sedgwick, 
 Me., and died there in old age; Dorcas, 1740, married Thomas Roberts 
 or Robbins and died April 28, 1825, and William, 1742, who was lost 
 at sea before 1779. 
 
 George Dennison (Hist. 298). This settler is thought by descend- 
 ants to be the person of the same name, son of George, of Stonington, 
 born in 1699. He carried on considerable maritime business at Lob- 
 ster Cove and had his home on a retired spot in the adjoining woods 
 where descendants have lived to the present time. He left an estate of 
 £1532, consisting in part of land in North Yarmouth, Me. His funeral 
 charges were £225. His children were George, born in 1726; Abner, 
 1730; Isaac, 1732; David, 1734; Jonathan, 1737; Abigail, 1739; and 
 Susanna, 1741. The son George married Thomasine, daughter of Rev. 
 Benjamin Bradstreet, Feb. 2, 1749, and died May 10, 1779. The rec- 
 ords of the Third church inform us that, "for the last seven years of his 
 life, he was deprived of his reason, and was in a state of distraction, so 
 that he was confined in chains till he died ; he died suddenly without 
 any particular alteration ; he was found dead in the morning, though 
 well the night before." Besides two daughters, the records show that 
 he had a son Benjamin, who married Jenny Hale in 1774. Abner and 
 David married in town and removed with their families to Maine, where 
 Abner had a large tract of land on the east side of Mankeset river. 
 Isaac, son of George, sen., married Lucretia Edes, who bore him sev- 
 eral children, and died March 27, 1773, aged forty-six. Jonathan, the 
 youngest son, a sea captain, married Jemima Haskell, Jan. 10, 1768, 
 and perished by shipwreck, with five of his crew, at Scituate, Dec. 28, 
 1774. 
 
 Joseph Tarbox and Susanna Stevens were married Jan. 28, and had 
 Joseph, born in 1726; Susanna, 1729; Samuel, 1731; Abigail, 1734; 
 Experience, 1737; Abigail, 1740; and William, 1743. Ebenezer Tar- 
 box and wife Sarah also appear this year, and had Thomas, born Api il 
 16, who with Benjamin and Isaac were baptized Sept. 10, 1727. They 
 had in addition to these, Ebenezer, born in 1727; John, 1730; Sarah, 
 1732 ; and Rebecca, 1733. A Benjamin Tarbox came in 1739 and had, 
 by Avife Deborah, daughter Deborah, born in that year ; Benjamin, in 
 1743, died soon ; and Andrew in 1747. A Benjamin Tarbox and widow 
 Abigail Parsons were married July 9, 1744. A John Tarbox and wife 
 Dorothy had a son John born in Lynn, Jan. 28, 1729 ; and William, 
 born in Gloucester, Sept. 1, 1736 ; and a son Daniel baptized here July 
 
108 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 15, 1739. Samuel Tarbox, son of Joseph, married Deborah Sayward, 
 June 19, 1755. The town records give him no children, but we know 
 that he had a son Samuel who was living at a great age in New Glouces- 
 ter, Me., in 1843. 
 
 Jacob Randall and Abigail Stevens were married June 13, 1725, and 
 had Isaac, born in 1726; Samuel, 1727; Abigail, 1728; Ruth, 1731; 
 and Elizabeth, 1738. He probably became a widower and married for 
 a second wife, Deborah Low, Jan. 19, 1741, by whom he had a son Ja- 
 cob. 
 
 John Howard and Abigail Smith were married Feb. 13, 1725, and 
 had John born in 1727 ; Timothy, 1735 ; Jerusha, 1737 ; Joseph, 1740. 
 
 Gregory Savery, of Marblehead, and Mary Allen were married Oct. 
 6, and had the following children recorded in the Gloucester records : 
 Mary, born in 1726; Phebe, 1729; Martha, 1731; Peter, 1734; and 
 Daniel, 1742. Perhaps Martha is the Pat Severy whose untimely end 
 is recorded in Mr. Chandler's journal June 23, 1752. 
 
 John Curney, an early settler, died this year, May 3, aged eighty. 
 Perhaps it was his son Elisha, born in 1672, who was the subject of the 
 following notice in Rev. S. Chandler's journal, — "1756, Jan. 6, I visited 
 Elisha Curney under the symptoms of death." 
 
 1726. Daniel Fuller, of Ipswich, married Anna Dolliver, Aug. 15, 
 1726, had a daughter Ann born in 1727, and a son Daniel in 1730. A 
 Daniel, father or son, probably, was lost on a fishing voyage, with four 
 others, in 1755. A Daniel Fuller and Keturah Rust were married Nov. 
 5, 1751, and had Keturah, born in 1754. 
 
 James Birch married Sarah Warren, sojourner, Feb. 10, 1726, and 
 had a son James, born May 24, 1731, and a daughter Elizabeth bap- 
 tized at the First church, Dec. 7, 1735. 
 
 George Tappan and Hannah, probably daughter of John Gilbert, were 
 married Nov. 3, and had Elizabeth born in 1727 ; George, 1730; John, 
 1732; William, 1734; Martha, May 1, 1737; and Hannah, May 3, 
 1739. 
 
 John Couillard and wife Isabel had a daughter Mary, born Dec. 29, 
 1726, and a son John, Nov. 5, 1728. 
 
 Thomas Canneby, or Kenneby, married Lydia Riggs Nov. 7, 1726, 
 and had, besides three daughters, a son Samuel, born in 1730. The 
 father was lost at sea on a fishing voyage in 1738, and his widow mar- 
 ried Solomon Davis in 1747. 
 
 1727. — John Hews or Huse (Hist. 300) married Hannah Bray, Oct. 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 109 
 
 10, 1735. She died before Feb. 22, 1763, when the town paid twelve 
 shillings for a coffin for her. The aged widower next married, Oct. 10, 
 1763, Eunice Allen, who died Dec. 14, 1806, aged eighty, leaving a 
 son John, who was baptized Sept. 1, 1765, and was therefore about 
 eighty-four years old when he died, though he goes on the record, with 
 not unusual exaggeration, as ninety -five. 
 
 Joseph Killam and Sarah Dolliver were married Oct. 11. She died 
 July 26, 1729, aged 21, and he next married Dorothy Day, Dec. 17, 
 1730. He had the following children : — Sarah, born in 1729 ; Dorothy, 
 1731 ; Mercy, 1733 ; Hannah, 1735 ; Sarah, 1737 ; Joseph, 1739 ; Sol- 
 omon, 1741 ; Samuel, 1742 ; John, 1744 ; Dorothy, 1746 ; andEphraim, 
 1747. Joseph Killam died March 12, 1806, aged 100 years, 11 months 
 and 12 days, according to the record, which we may well believe was 
 not much exaggerated, considering that he died about seventy-eight and 
 one-half years after his first marriage. A Solomon Killam died at sea 
 in 1772. 
 
 Nathaniel Travis and Mary Page were married April 18, and had Jo- 
 anna baptized Nov. 28, 1736; and Elizabeth, June 4, 1738; perhaps 
 also a Mary, March 12, 1732, though her father is called Daniel. Na- 
 thaniel Travers was buried at the expense of the town in 1741. 
 
 James Demerrit and Mary Bryant were married March 7. A James 
 Demerrit and widow Sarah Elwell were married Jan. 25, 1744, and a 
 James Demerret, jr., and Susanna Allen, Dec. 3, 1765. 
 
 Daniel Barber married Anna, daughter of Jabez Baker, Sept. 29, 
 1727. He was a sea captain and died in the Island of Antigua, Nov. 8, 
 1735, in the thirtieth year of his age. He left three daughters, Anna, 
 Mary and Rachel and a son Daniel, the same, probably, who, Aug. 7, 
 1761, then of Exeter, N. H., was intending marriage with Anna Davis, 
 of Gloucester. 
 
 John Rigel and Mary Joslyn were married Dec. 25, 1727, and had 
 John, born in 1728 ; and Elizabeth, 1730. Daniel Riggs, alias Ridgell, 
 son of Mary Ridgell, was born Feb. 16, 1734. 
 
 Edward Emery and wife Sarah had daughter Mary born Aug. 18, 
 1727. 
 
 Isaiah Marsh and Experience, widow of Isaac Randall, were married 
 Feb. 8, and had Elizabeth, baptized Oct. 1, 1727 ; and Mary, July 13, 
 1729. 
 
 John Pollard and wife Mary had John, born in 1727 ; Isaac, 1730; 
 Elizabeth, 1731 ; and Barton, 1734. 
 
110 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER: 
 
 The first of a family of Varrells, from Ipswich, came this year, when, 
 Jan. 12, Richard Varrell married Mary Day, and had Mary born in 
 1729; Hepzibah, 1732; Richard, 1734; Mary, 1736; Susanna, 1738; 
 Dorothy, 1741 ; Abigail, 1744; and Jeremiah, 1747. Thomas Varrell, 
 married Susanna, perhaps daughter of John Dolliver, Dec. 11, 1728, 
 and had Thomas, born in 1730 ; Joseph, 1732 ; perhaps John, Feb. 25, 
 1736; Susanna, 1738; and William, 1743. A Thomas Varrell died 
 about 1768. 
 
 Samuel Varrel and Sarah Stevens were married May 7, 1731, and had 
 a son Samuel born April 20, 1734. 
 
 Daniel Gibbs, merchant, died March 21 {Hist. 291). In his will, 
 proved April 8, 1762, he gave to two half-sisters, Mary and Letitia Ar- 
 chibald, twenty shillings each, and to his wife the rest of his property. 
 Mrs. Gibbs died Jan. 27, 1769. By her will she gave most of her 
 property to Thomas Sanders, 3d, her nephew, and wished that he might 
 have a liberal education. She also made bequests to Mary Sanders (her 
 niece, sister of Thomas) and other relatives of the Sanders family, and 
 to Mary Edgar. To Rebecca Edgar and Letitia Edgar she gave a house 
 and land then occupied by them. She left an estate of £2269. Rev. 
 Jabcz Bailey, who for some time taught the grammar school, says in his 
 journal, April 20, 1758, "This evening had an interview with Esq. 
 Gibbs, who behaved toward me with a degree of complaisance I had al- 
 ways been unaccustomed to, though I must acknowledge I have had my 
 share of extraordinary caresses from several persons who have been in 
 exalted stations. I was pleased with this gentleman's aversion to rus- 
 ticity and profaneness." 
 
 March. A terrible storm at S. East. A brig was cast aw r ay on Nor- 
 man's Woe Rock. She belonged to Boston and was from the West Indies, 
 loaded with salt. Capt. John Parkman, master, aged 30, was drowned 
 and taken up the 28th. Five men were brought off the rock alive and 
 well. — Town Records. 
 
 A Boston newspaper of April 3, 1727, has the following account of 
 this disaster: "On the 26th hist., about 10 o'clock at Night, a Brigan- 
 tine from Anguilla, bound hither, struck upon a Rock called Norman's 
 Woe, near Cape Ann, and stove all to pieces. The master, whose name 
 was John Parkman, of this place, attempting to swing to the Rock by 
 the Fore-tack, fell short into the water and was drowned. The rest of 
 the men got off the Bowsprit on the Rock and were all taken to shore 
 the next day. The body of the said Capt. Parkman was also taken up 
 
EARLY RECORDS. Ill 
 
 the next clay and Buried at Cape Ann on Thursday last, the 30th instant, 
 aged 33 years. The vessel belonged to his father and others." 
 
 A gravestone in the old burying ground still marks the place of 
 burial of the ill-fated captain. It has the following inscription : 
 
 HERE LYES Y e BODY OF 
 
 MR. JOHN PARKMAN 
 
 SON TO MR. WILLIAM AND 
 
 MRS. ELIZ h PARKMAN OF BOSTON 
 
 AGED 33 YEARS 
 
 DEC d MARCH Y e 27, 1727. 
 
 Dec. 28. Of a State Tax of £1000 the proportion of Gloucester was 
 £12.7.8. 
 
 "We are informed that a few days ago two men travelling at Glouces- 
 ter, espied a child with a jug of milk, running and shrieking, and were 
 not at first sensible of the child's distress ; but, hastening to it, found a 
 large rattlesnake pursuing it and gaining ground of it. Their dog im- 
 mediately assaulted the snake, and the snake seized on the dog's ear ; 
 the men with all speed dispatched the snake, and by the time the}^ could 
 kill that, the dog died." 
 
 1728. — Thomas Goss and Patience, probably daughter of Benjamin 
 Haraden, were married March 17, 1728, and had Thomas, born May 19, 
 1731; Patience, baptized Oct. 27, 1733; and Betty, baptized Nov. 2, 
 1735. There is good reason for the belief that he died before or about 
 1740. His son Thomas married Mary Tarr in 1755 and settled in Sandy 
 Bay parish, where he had many children, with some of whom he re- 
 moved to Danville, Me., where he died Nov. 20, 1819, aged eighty-nine 
 years. His two sisters also lived to a great age : — Patience, who mar- 
 ried Thomas Chard, died Nov. 13, 1826, aged ninety-three, and Betty, 
 who married John Tarr, died in April, 1831, aged ninety-rive. His 
 son John, as I am informed by Dr. Lapham, of Augusta, Me., settled 
 in Danville, where, and in neighboring towns, numerous descendants 
 are still living. 
 
 Richard Goss, probably a near kinsman of the preceding, married 
 Elizabeth, daughter of the second Edward Haraden, Jan. 1, 1735. Per- 
 haps he came from Ipswich, where a Richard Goss had lately deceased, 
 Feb. 7, 1714. He settled in 'Squam parish, where he carried on mari- 
 time business to a considerable extent, and died in October, 1764, leav- 
 ing an estate of £1800, consisting of three schooners and various articles 
 
112 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER: 
 
 of merchandise, besides money and real estate. He left a son Richard, 
 born Apr. 23, 1737, and he had a daughter Molly, baptized Aug. 10, 
 1740. The son married Susanna Wheeler, of Ipswich, Jan. 6, 1766. 
 He was a sea captain, and died June 15, 1769. In his will he left to 
 his wife what the law allowed, and to his mother all the rest of his es- 
 tate, who, upon her marriage or decease might bequeath it to any of his 
 kindred of the name of Goss, except to the heirs of his uncle Thomas 
 Goss. He also left £13.6.8 to Rev. Thomas Goss, minister of Bolton, 
 upon the marriage or decease of his mother. Of her death I have not 
 learned the date. The records of the 'Squam church note that "Eliza- 
 beth, widow of Richard Goss, sen., was admitted to full communion 
 Aug. 15, 1773, M. 73," and the probate records show that her will, 
 made 23 Feb. 1784, was proved 8 April, 1788. She Avas probably a 
 lady of considerable prominence in her native village, for the traditions 
 of the place still preserve the name of Madam Goss. 
 
 Benj. Perkins and Mary, daughter of Capt. Andrew Robinson, were 
 married Feb. 12, and had Francis, born in 1728; Benjamin, 1734; 
 Mary, 1736 ; Elizabeth, 1740 ; and Judith, Sarah and Hannah. He was 
 a sea captain and died before his wife, who was buried March 23, 1759. 
 James Marsh and Sarah Riggs were married April 29, and had James, 
 born in 1728 ; David, 1730 ; Sarah, 1732 ; William, 1733 ; Sarah, 1736 ; 
 and Mary, 1737. 
 
 James Webster and Mary Curney were married Feb. 26, and had a 
 son James, born in July, 1729. 
 
 John Warner, of Ipswich, and Anna Woodward were married Nov. 
 16, and had Hannah, born July 9, 1729 ; and Abigail, July 14, 1731. 
 
 Richard Vaugn married Ann Day Dec. 12, and had Ann baptized 
 Aug. 30, 1729 ; Edward, born in 1730 ; Anne, 1732 ; Sarah, 1734 ; and 
 Dorothy, 1737. 
 
 Joseph Foster, of Ipswich, and Abigail Ring were married March 28. 
 The only other Foster that appears in the records before 1751 was 
 Thomas, who married Jane Fielding, and had Daniel in 1740; Judith, 
 1742 ; John Hardgrave, 1745 ; Thomas, 1748 ; and Simeon, 1751. 
 
 Joseph Heberd and wife Mary had daughter Mary born Feb. 21. 
 Perhaps he brought to Gloucester a son Jacob who married Rachel Ben- 
 net in 1747, and had Mary born in 1748; Jacob, 1750, died soon; 
 Rachel, 1752; Jacob, 1754; Joseph, 1756; Samuel, 1758; Moses, 
 1760; John, 1762; Peter, 1764; and Daniel, 1766. A widow Hib- 
 bert died in the second parish, March 26, 1778, aged eighty-seven. 
 Robert Stewart (Hist. 261) married Anna Hodgkins, Oct. 23, 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 113 
 
 1727, and had Anna, born April 26, 1730; Elizabeth, July 6, 1731; 
 Deborah, July 4, 1733 ; and Robert, Aug. 23, 1735. 
 
 Michael Kingsberry and Martha Hodgkins were married Feb. 29, 
 and had son Michael born Nov. 11, 1728. 
 
 Joseph Littlehale was married to Elizabeth Pierce Dec. 14, 1728, and to 
 widow Elizabeth Giddings, Aug. 8, 1748. He had the following chil- 
 dren baptized at the First church : Joseph and Elizabeth, 1730 ; Eliza- 
 beth, 1731; Mary, 1737; Abigail, 1738; Ann, 1741; Joseph, 1743; 
 Hannah, 1745; William, 1746; Sarah, 1748; Hannah, 1749; Lydia, 
 1750 ; Jemima and Keziah, 1752 ; Richard, 1753 ; Lydia, 1754 ; Eben- 
 ezer, 1756; and Joseph, 1758. Joseph Littlehale, jr., married Sarah 
 Broome, October 24, 1752, and had Sarah, baptized 1754, and Joseph, 
 1757. The name was also perpetuated by Richard. 
 
 1729. — William Knight of Manchester and Hannah York were mar- 
 ried March 18, 1729, and had son William baptized Jan. 2, 1732. 
 
 Jonathan Downing and Sarah Day were married Jan. 30, and had 
 daughter Sarah born Dec. 11, 1729. 
 
 David Downing's wife Susanna {Hist. 256) died Dec. 22, 1718, 
 aged thirty-nine. He married second Mary Josline, Dec. 14, 1722. 
 
 1730. — William Simerton and Anna Wilson were married Nov. 30, 
 and had James born Nov. 14, 1731. 
 
 James Brady married Jane Stevens, Dec. 7, 1730, had a daughter 
 Jane born July 12, 1732, and he. died March 14, same year. His widow 
 married John Carter, Nov. 6, 1733. 
 
 Joshua Kendall married Mary Tarr Sept. 22, 1730, and was intend- 
 ing marriage with widow Mary Davis, April 3, 1755. The records 
 give him the following children : — Mary, born in 1731 ; Joshua, 1733, 
 died May 22, 1748 ; Ann, 1735 ; Jonathan, 1738 ; Abigail, 1743 ; Lydia, 
 1745; and Joshua, 1748. This was a Sandy Bay family, and accord- 
 ing to the Rockport Directory, the name is still borne by one male 
 adult in that town. 
 
 Timothy Higgins and Elizabeth Hammonds were married Feb. 26, 
 and had a son Timothy baptized Oct. 8, 1732, who married Mary Mar- 
 tin, Feb. 3, 1757, had three children and was lost on a fishing voyage 
 to the Banks in the great gale of 1766. Timothy, sen., had a daughter, 
 Elizabeth, who married Samuel Witham, and was the mother ot Mrs. 
 Deborah Sanders, the only centenarian of Gloucester birth. 
 
 Edward Jumper and Abigail Wise were married Dec. 14. Their 
 children were Edward, born in 1731; Abigail, 1734; Abigail, 1738; 
 
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114 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER: 
 
 William ; Elizabeth ; Mary, 1749 ; and Joseph, 1753. The name was 
 perpetuated in town by the sons Edward and William. A Joseph Jum- 
 per died in 'Squain Parish, Oct., 1817, and a John Jumper in Jan., 
 1837, aged forty-nine. 
 
 Thomas Oakes and Jane Somes were married in December, and had 
 Thomas born in 1733 ; Emma, 1736 ; Patty, 1738 ; Robert, 1743 ; John, 
 Oct. 18, 1745, and the mother died six days after. He next married 
 Susanna Clark, March 20, 1746, and had son John, born Sept. 25, 
 1747, and died before Oct. 23, 1753, when his widow married Israel 
 Sheldon. 
 
 Isaac Annis married Experience Haraden Jan. 22, 1730, and settled 
 in 'Squam parish. His children were : — Experience, born in 1731 ; 
 Isaac, 1733; Deliverance, 1735 ; Sarah, 1738: Daniel, 1740; Mark, 
 1742; Esther, 1743; and Ebenezer, 1747, who died in Dec, 1819. 
 
 Samuel Fleming was drowned on the Banks in April. By his wife 
 Jenet he had a daughter Abigail born in 1725. Mary baptized in 1723, 
 daughter of a Fleming without name of baptism, was probably his 
 child. 
 
 Capt. John Prince is paid £2 for what he did to prevent the small- 
 pox coming into the town, for damage he received in his clothes, and 
 for helping bury Jacob Row ; James Broom paid £3.15 for same ; 
 Stephen Cleigh for same, and for removing Joseph Tarr's vessel. 
 
 Sadler's Run. Commoners reserve two or three acres of land lying 
 on the southerly side of the brook for public use for the accommo- 
 dation of the washing of sheep in said brook. 
 
 1731. — Jonathan Ingersol, Henry Haskell and others (to the number 
 of one hundred) of Gloucester, petition the General Court to grant them 
 a tract of land eight miles square, adjoining Falmouth, in Casco Bay 
 and Presumpscot River, for reasons mentioned. The petition was read, 
 and upon a motion made and seconded, the question was put whether it 
 be convenient that a number of towns be opened within the Province, 
 and it passed in the affirmative. 
 
 Rowland Battin married Abigail Curney, Feb., 1731, and died in 
 1734, leaving one daughter. Abraham Battin appears June 3, 1735, 
 when he married Ann Elwell. Besides four daughters, he had sons, — 
 Rowland, Abraham, Ebenezer, John and Joseph, three of whom cer- 
 tainly married and had issue. 
 
 Jacob Maeculloch and Mary Wilson were married Nov. 11, and had 
 Mary, baptized Dec. 14, 1735; and Joseph, July 16, 1738. 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 115 
 
 Moses Plats and Ruth Williams were married Dec. 2, 1731, and had 
 Sarah, born in 1735 ; Jonathan, 1737 ; and Ruth, 1739. 
 
 Andrew Grimes and Mary Davis were married July 10, 1731 ; and 
 had Mary born in 1731 ; Andrew, 1739 ; Hannah, 1741 ; Sarah, 1743 ; 
 and William, 1745. His two sons appear to have married in town. 
 
 Elias Cook and wife Sarah, probably from Marblehead, had a daugh- 
 ter Sarah born this year, and sons Francis, Benjamin, Samuel and Wil- 
 liam in subsequent years. Josiah Cook and his wife Mary appear in 
 town in 1749, when their daughter Mary was born ; the wife died in 
 1752, and he married widow Hannah Emmons in 1753, who died in 
 1764, and he took for third wife widow Jemima Parsons, Nov. 29, same 
 year. His other children were a son Josiah and four daughters, one of 
 whom said that her father was a nephew of Capt. James Cook, the dis- 
 tinguished navigator. A John Cook and Sarah Young were intending 
 marriage Oct. 29, 1750, and had a daughter Sarah born, Oct. 5, 1751. 
 
 Rufus Stacy {Hist. 286) married Martha Kingsbury Sept. 27, 1731, 
 and had Susanna, born in 1731 ; Rufus, 1734; Martha, 1737 ; and Eb- 
 enezer, 1739. 
 
 1732. — Richard Smith and wife Ruth had son Richard, born June 26. 
 
 Peter Heel and Miriam Haskell were married Oct. 18, and had son 
 Peter baptized Sept. 18, 1733. 
 
 James Macoy and Janet Fleming were married Dec. 19, and had Anna, 
 born Oct. 18, 1738; and James, baptized April 12, 1741. 
 
 William Moore and Lydia Parsons were married Jan. 20, and had 
 Lydia, born April 11, 1733 ; and Mary, April 26, 1734. 
 
 James Mattocks, or Maddox, and Lydia Hammond were married 
 Feb. 3, and had Lydia; James, born 1734; Lucy, baptized March 13, 
 1737 ; Thomas, May 20, 1739 ; and John, June, 1745. 
 
 Thomas Messervey and Elizabeth Foster were married Jan. 5, and 
 had Catey, born in 1732; John, 1737; Oben, 1739; Sarah, 1744; 
 Ephraim, 1747; and William, 1750. 
 
 Samuel Stevens, merchant, Nathaniel Ellerv, merchant, Elias Davis, 
 merchant, David Plummer, physician, Samuel Stevens, jr., mariner, 
 William Parsons, shoreman, Philemon Warner, blacksmith, and John 
 Prince, form a company for the erection of a windmill, and purchase a 
 piece of land 85 feet square of John Prince on which to set it. This 
 mill stood on or near the spot now occupied by the Collins school house, 
 but I know not that any living person ever saw it, though the spot was 
 always called Windmill Hill half a century ago. 
 
116 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER: 
 
 William Steele and wife Ann settled in the second parish and had 
 William, born in 1732; James, 1734; Jonathan, 1737; John, 1740; 
 Joseph, 1742 ; and Moses, 1748 ; William married Phebe Lord of Ips- 
 wich, had several children and died in Oct., 1799, aged about sixty- 
 nine. James, the next son of William, married Mary Littlehale Jan. 
 6, 1757. His oldest son, James, settled in the harbor parish, and died 
 April 13, 1831, aged seventy-three. Jonathan Steel married Elizabeth, 
 daughter of David Pearce, April 26, 1763. I know nothing of his de- 
 scendants except that he is said to have had a son David who went in 
 early life to live with his uncle Joseph Pearce in New Gloucester, Me. 
 
 James Edgerly, shipwright, son of Samuel, came from Durham, N. H., 
 and married Elinor, daughter of William Ellery and widow of James 
 Sawyer, Ang. 15. In 1747 he bought of Nathaniel Ellcy "a parcel of 
 land adjoining to Spring Cove, alias Vinson's or Ellery's Cove, so called, 
 including a barn and a house to be built over the cellar of the old 
 house which was his father Ellery's." This property he sold to William 
 Fuller in 1769 for £113.6.8. A James Edgerly's intention of marriage 
 with Rachel Stanwood was published Dec. 7, 1765. The issue of a cer- 
 tificate was forbidden by her the same day, but she afterwards relented 
 and they were married Dec. 22. 
 
 1733. —Solomon Howard and wife Esther had Anna, born Oct. 7, 
 1733; Esther, July 1, 1735; and Solomon, Feb. 28, 1737. The latter 
 married Sarah Grover, March 15, 1757. 
 
 Digery Preson and Hannah Goodrich were married this year, and had 
 son Joseph, born Nov. 3, 1734. 
 
 John Grover and Experience Randall were married August 26, 1733, 
 and had Experience, born in 1735 ; and Rebecca baptized in 1739. 
 
 Samuel Elliot. — Besides his two sons mentioned in \X\q History, page 
 299, he had Samuel and William and daughters Hannah and Martha. 
 His grandson James, who had been representative in Congress from 
 Vermont, died at Newfane, Vt., Nov. 10, 1839, aged about sixty-four. 
 
 John Curtis and Jane Brady were married Nov. 6, and had sons 
 William and James. He probably had a second wife, Hannah Inger- 
 Bol, by whom his son John was born Sept. 11, 1751. 
 
 John Matchet and Mary Ingersol were married Nov. 18, and had 
 Mary, born in 1734; Anne, 1736; Sarah, baptized June 10, 1739; and 
 John, Sept. 5, 1742. 
 
 Nathan Fletcher and Lucy El well were married June 11, 1733, and 
 had Lucy, born in 1735; Elizabeth, baptized in 1737; Nathan, 1739; 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 117 
 
 John, 1742; and James, 1744. A Nathan Fletcher and Lydia Cleve- 
 land intended marriage Oct. 19, 1765. John Fletcher married Patience 
 Wonson in 1769. A Nathaniel Fletcher died 26 March, 1786 ( ?). 
 
 Benj. Redding and Lydia Thorndike were married May 30, and had 
 Lydia, born July 15, 1733; and Benjamin, April 8, 1736, before which 
 date the father had died. 
 
 Philip Tewksberry and wife Hannah had daughter Hannah, born Sept. 
 19 ; son Samuel, 1735 ; and Ward, July 23, 1737. William and Mary, 
 previous children, were born in Marblehead. 
 
 Thomas Dresser. — The records give him nine children : — John, born 
 in 1733; Moses, 1735; Thomas, 1738; Job, 1740, died soon ; Sarah, 
 1741; Henry, 1743; Elizabeth, 1744; Abigail, 1746; Samuel, 1748; 
 and Richard without date ; in addition to whom it was said there was 
 another daughter, and sons Joseph and Aaron, both of whom settled in 
 or near New Gloucester, Me. 
 
 Robert Randall went to Carolina with Capt. Turner of Scituate, and 
 hath not, nor any of ye company, been heard of since May, 1733. 
 — Town Records. 
 
 Ebenezer Cass and Lydia Sargent were married Jan. 5, 1733, and 
 had Sarah, born in 1733 ; Amos, 1735 ; Samuel, 1740 ; Jonathan, 1744 ; 
 and Rachel, 1746. He died Jan. 30, 1779, aged seventy-seven. His 
 wife died Jan. 7, 1775, aged sixty-three. 
 
 1734. — Benj. Anderson married Hannah Wilson, Nov. 11, 1734. No 
 children are mentioned, but a Peter Anderson died here March 13, 
 1820, aged seventy-five. 
 
 Nicholas Kuetville or Quitvil and Hannah Stevens were intending 
 marriage Nov. 16. The following children are recorded to them : — 
 William, born in 1735 ; Rachel, 1737 ; Nathaniel, 1739 ; Hannah, 1741 ; 
 and Nicholas, 1748. Bcnoni alias Edward Kidvel, son of Jemina Has- 
 kell, was born Sept. 27, 1725, and was apprenticed to Ebenezer Par- 
 sous in 1731. An Edward Kuetville and Lydia Hooper of Manchester 
 were intending marriage Oct. 4, 1748. Perhaps the name has now be- 
 come Kittield. 
 
 Isaac Hall and Mary Joslyn were married Aug. 22, 1734, and had 
 John, born in 1734; and Constantine, 1736. 
 
 John Ball came in 1734 and appears to have settled in the second par- 
 ish. He married Judith Day, Nov. 7, and had a daughter Judith and 
 a son John. 
 
 Thomas Sewall and Mary Norton were married July 29, and had Ju- 
 
118 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 dith, baptized at the Third church, Dec. 10, 1738 ; and Thomas, April 
 19, 1741. 
 
 Isaac Hawes and Mary Sargent were married Nov. 11, and had son 
 Isaac, born Sept. 21, 1735. 
 
 William Peters and Abigail Littletield were married Oct. 31, and 
 had Sarah, born Aug. 21, 1735 ; and William, baptized Feb. 4, 1737. 
 
 Neal MacFederick and Jerusha Davis were married Nov. 14, and had 
 William, born in 1735. She died July 18, 1737, and he next married 
 Hannah Baker, May 28, 1739, and had by her Joseph, born in 1740 : 
 Daniel, 1742; John, 1744; Jabez,, 1746 ; Benjamin, 1748; Hannah, 
 1750; Henry, 1752; Samuel, 1753; James, 1755; and Rachel, 1757. 
 The son Jabez shortened the name to Federicks. He married Judith 
 Lufkin, April 1, 1770, and had nine children. He died Dec. 31, 1819, 
 aged sevent}'-three. She died in Oct., 1835, aged eighty-one. One 
 of his sons, James, died March 16, 1836, aged forty-four. Judith, daugh- 
 ter of Jabez, married Robert Huntress and died about four months after 
 the birth of her son Joseph Lufkin Fedricks, who was born Aug. 24, 
 1801. 
 
 June 5. The town petitions the General Court, praying for a grant 
 of some of the unappropriated land of the province for the use and sup- 
 port of a grammar school in said town. Read and referred, together 
 with other petitions of the same nature. 
 
 1735. — Samuel Middleton of Bradford and Sarah Davis were married 
 March 27, and had son William, born at Haverhill Aug. 27, 1736. 
 
 Felix Doyle and Mary Goodridge were married Dec. 25, 1735, and 
 had Felix, 1737; Daniel, 1739; Samuel, 1745; and Mary, 1747; be- 
 sides others who died in infancy. 
 
 Josiah Jewett and wife Mercy had Josiah, born Nov. 4, 1735 ; Da- 
 vid, baptized Aug. 7, 1737 ; and Mercy, baptized Nov. 11, 1739. 
 
 William Jackson and Rachel Murrell were married Jan. 30, and had 
 daughter Rachel born Nov. 2, 1735. 
 
 Benjamin Knights and Grace Tucker were married Nov. 26, and had 
 
 Benjamin, born in 1738; David, 1740; Sarah, 1742; and Job, 1746. 
 
 William Westway and Abigail Eveleth were married Jan. 7, 1735, 
 
 and had Abigail, born 1735 ; Susanna, 1737 ; William, 1739 ; and Mary, 
 
 1742. 
 
 John Winnery and Sarah Row were married Dec. 7, and had Sarah, 
 born in 1737 ; and Mary, baptized July 15, 1739. The latter married 
 David Parsons in 1758. 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 110 
 
 Eliakim Smith and Sarah Riggs were married Dec. 21, 1735, and had 
 Thomas, born in 1737; Eliakim, 1739; William, 1741; Sarah, 1743; 
 Hannah, 1746; James, 1748; and Ketnrah, 1750. 
 
 Abraham Battin and Ann Elwell were married June 3, 1735, and had 
 Mary, born in 1735 ; Rowland, 1738 ; Abraham, 1740 ; Ebenezer, 1742 ; 
 Ann, 1744; Elizabeth Travis, 1747; John, 1749; Bethial, 1751; and 
 Joseph, 1754. 
 
 1736. — Samuel Heyden or Hidden and Dorcas Robinson were mar- 
 ried Feb. 12, and had Molly, born July, 1736; Lydia ; Dorcas, 1740; 
 Robinson, 1743; Samuel, 1746; Joseph, 1749; Benjamin, 1751, and 
 Dorcas again, 1755. 
 
 Daniel Knights and wife Martha had Elizabeth, born in 1736 ; Mary, 
 1738; Martha, 1740; Samuel Peteshall, 1742; Daniel, 1744; Susan- 
 nah, 1746; William, 1748; and Samuel, born at Manchester, Aug. 15, 
 17—. 
 
 Benjamin Knight had a wife Martha, by whom a daughter Elizabeth 
 was born in 1736 ; Mary, 1738 ; and Martha, 1740. 
 
 Samuel Currier and wife Lydia had a son Samuel born Dec. 4th this 
 year, and a daughter Lydia in 1738. 
 
 Thomas Boffee married Margaret Denning Nov. 9, 1736. A Marga- 
 ret Boffee, probably his widow, married Zebedee Day, Feb. 19, 1743. 
 
 John Brock and Abigail, daughter of Eliezer Elwell, were married 
 March 25. They had a daughter Abigail and a son John. The latter, 
 born Nov. 4, 1740, married Martha Tucker Dec. 8, 1673, who became 
 a widow before Oct., 1771, and, in 1777, removed with her children, 
 Martha, William and Mary, to New Gloucester. 
 
 Benjamin Winter and Ruth, probably daughter of Samuel Parsons, 
 were married Oct. 28, and had Benjamin, born Sept. 10, 1737; and 
 Ruth, May 13, 1739. Thomas Winter, perhaps son of the preceding, 
 married Joanna Davis, May 20, 1762, and had a son Mark Davis, born 
 July 4, 1763. 
 
 1737, Feb. — Capt. Everet arrived at Cape Ann from Cadiz, but per- 
 haps not in a vessel belonging in Gloucester, for there is no evidence 
 that as early as this any of the people of the town had engaged in trade 
 with European ports. 
 
 " Feb. 5. A Blazing Star appeared, being a small Head at ye West 
 and a dim sharp stream at ye eastern end of ye blaze, which was short 
 and it was about half an hour lower than the Evening Star." — Town 
 Records. 
 
120 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER: 
 
 "On ye 6th, being Sabbath, just before night, we heard a pretty loud 
 earthquake." — Town Records. 
 
 "The blazing Star appeared from ye 5th till ye 20 of February inclu- 
 sively, growing dimmer and dimmer until it quite disappeared." — Town 
 Records. 
 
 Thomas Phipps and Lydia Mu ire 11 were married Dec. 19, and had 
 William, born in 1738 ; and Anna, 1741. 
 
 1738. — Nathaniel Bennet, Job Bennet, Jonathan Haskell, John 
 Burnham, and Thomas Canneby were supposed to have been lost this 
 year on a fishing voyage to Sable Island. 
 
 James Pearson (Hist. 322) had 1>} T his first wife, William, born in 
 1741, and Gibbs, baptized in 1744; and by his second wife, James, 
 born in 1752; Hannah, 1754; John, 1757; and Samuel, 1764. The 
 last named son married Susanna Somes Dec. 16, 1789, and was the 
 father of the late Capt. Samuel Pearson, the last male of the family who 
 bore the name in town. 
 
 John Stenchfield and wife Elizabeth had John born this year; Wil- 
 liam, 1741 ; Elizabeth, 1743 ; James, 1745 ; Thomas, 1748 ; and Roger, 
 1753 ( ?). The family removed to New Gloucester, Me., where James 
 died June 15, 1828, aged 83. 
 
 Paul Morgan married Ruth, daughter of Deacon James Lane, April 
 6, and settled on the north side of the Cape, where the name is still 
 borne by his descendants. His children were:— Ruth, born in 1739; 
 Mary, 1741; Judith, 1743; Paul, 1745; Henry 1749; John, 1752; 
 Joanna, 1755 ; and William, 1761. The son John died in captivity at 
 Halifax in 1777. Paul, the oldest son, married Anna Brown of Ips- 
 wich, and died in June, 1830, aged eighty-four. Ann, his wife, died 
 in March, 1832, aged eighty. He had a son Paul who was drowned off 
 Folly Point, Nov. 21, 1811 ; and a son Nathan F. who died in Rockport, 
 July 14, 1865, in his ninetieth year. 
 
 Josiah Bradbury, born in Salisbury, July 25, 1704, married Anna, 
 daughter of Samuel Stevens, March (5, 1738, and had a son Josiah born 
 Feb. 16, 1739 ; a daughter Anna in 1742 ; and Maria in 1744. In 1773 
 he was an innkeeper in Pownalborough, Me. One of his descendants, 
 Josiah, was a soldier in the war of the rebellion, and has children liv- 
 ing in the West. 
 
 1739. — John Kelsey and Hannah Foster were intending marriage July 
 14. Their son James was born May 9, 1739. 
 
 Charles Stockbridge and Sarah Low were married Nov. 27, and had 
 Sarah, born in 1741 ; Charles, 1742 ; and Sarah, again, 1744. 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 121 
 
 Daniel Stone by wife Miriam had Daniel born in 172!) ; and Stephen , 
 1741. 
 
 William Wilson and Elizabeth Staples were married Jan. 1, and had 
 a son Samuel born Sept. 2. 
 
 Richard True and Lydia Mogridge were married Dec. 13, 1739, and 
 had Richard, born in 1741; William, 1743; William, again, 1745; 
 Samuel, 1747 ; and Daniel, 1750. The mother is said to have died in 
 January, 1817, at ninety-seven. 
 
 Jan. 5. Benjamin Tarr, Samuel Davis, Edward Grover, and sundry 
 others of Sandy Bay petition the General Court to be allowed to receive 
 one-quarter part of their parish tax from the parish treasury, to enable 
 them to maintain preaching the three winter months. 
 
 1740, Nov. 17 and 18. — A violent snow storm ; a sloop from the east- 
 ward, with wood was cast away at Cape Ann and four men were drowned, 
 who attempted to go ashore in a canoe ; but a boy who remained on 
 board the vessel was happily preserved. A man also drove ashore upon 
 a piece of a vessel, but so bruised and spent that he could give no ac- 
 count of Jiimself or the vessel to which he belonged. A number of limes 
 and lemons also came ashore. 
 
 Jonathan Fellows (Hist. 323), who came about this time, was son of 
 Jonathan of Ipswich, and was born June 15, 1707. The wife whom 
 he brought to Gloucester was Elizabeth Sanders, daughter of Caleb 
 Norwood, and widow of John Sanders, to whom she was married in 
 Boston Dec. 3, 1729. She was married to Jonathan Fellows about 
 1735. He was then a widower, his first wife, Abigail Gaines, having 
 died ten days after the birth of her son Jonathan, Jan. 20, 1730. The 
 children by his second wife were Samuel, born in 1736; Gustavns, 
 1737, died Aug. 2, 1816; Cornelius, 1738, died at Guadaloupe, W. I., 
 in 1795 or 1798; Elizabeth, 1740; Nathaniel, 1743; Caleb, 1744, died 
 soon ; and Caleb and Abigail, 1746. I know not that airy of the sons 
 settled in town, but I can add that Gustavns and Cornelius married and 
 are said to have had thirteen children each. The inventory of the es- 
 tate of Capt. Fellows, taken Jan. 25, 1760, contains the following items : 
 — Homestead, £450; another dwelling house and land in ye woods, 
 £100; a shop, £250; plate, £20; negro boy, £28; negro girl, £28; 
 money at interest and cash, £233 6s. 8d. 
 
 John Eulin married Mary, daughter of John Parsley, deceased, Feb. 
 26, and besides three daughters, had sons John, born in 1741 ; William, 
 1745, died 1747 ; Jeremiah, 1752 : and Benjamin, 1754. The son John 
 
 13 
 
122 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER: 
 
 was probably the John Hewling, jr., who married Mary Clark, July 
 25, 1764, and Sarah Lee, March 25, 1770. He had a son Samuel born 
 Nov. 6, 1768, who, without doubt, was the Samuel Yewling who died 
 Jan. 27, 1860, aged according to the town records, with not unusual ex- 
 aggeration, ninety-seven. 
 
 Philip Bailey and Mary Saunders were married Dec. 23, 1740, and 
 had a son Philip who died in childhood. He became a widower and 
 married widow Mary Ingersoll, Jan. 21, 1744. He died before the 
 birth of his twins, Philip and Rachel, J;ln. 1, 1758. Besides these he 
 had three daughters and a son John. Nathan Bay ley, who came soon 
 after Philip, besides four daughters, had sous Nathaniel and Moses. 
 The wife of Nathaniel Bayley was Mary, probably daughter of William 
 Davis. See Hist. 348. 
 
 Henry Edgar, of Gloucester, formerly of Richmond, near Kennebec, 
 petitioned the General Court for a grant of some of the unappropriated 
 land of the Province, as a recompense for his great and uncommon suf- 
 fering by the Indians in 1722. 
 
 Henry Edgar, jr. and Mary Fleming of Tewksbury were intending 
 marriage Oct. 22, 1743, and were probably the parents of Henry who 
 was baptized at the First Church in 1745. He or another Henry, per- 
 haps the first, married Rebecca Collins Feb. 6, 1764, and had two daugh- 
 ters, — Rebecca, baptized in 1765, and Letitia, in 1767. The father 
 must have died before 6 Jan., 1768, for Mrs. Mary Gibbs, then making 
 her will, gave to Rebecca and Letitia Edgar, "heirs of Henry Edgar, 
 deceased," the house they then lived in. But there was a Henry who 
 married Sarah Byles about 1768 and was lost at sea before 1774, when 
 his widow married Richard Littlehale. He left a son Henry, born in 
 1771, who became a sea captain and died Sept. 28, 1817. 
 
 A William Edgar had a daughter Mary baptized 1 Oct. 1747, and 
 died before 1769. She is also mentioned in Mrs. Gibbs' will, and was, 
 without doubt, the Mary Edgar who married John Stevens Ellery, July 
 4, 1769, and died in 1770. 
 
 John Edgar, not thought to be connected with any of the foregoing, 
 died in August, 1813, in consequence of running a spike into his foot 
 while at work on a wreck. 
 
 1741. — The "Brief" referred to in the following letter from Rev. John 
 White was issued in behalf of the sufferers by the great fire by which, 
 in November, 1740, three hundred of the best buildings, with a vast 
 amount of other property, in Charleston, S. C, were consumed. The 
 British Parliament voted £20,000 for their relief. 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 123 
 
 Letter from Mr. White to the Governor and Council : 
 
 Glocesteh, June 20, 1741. 
 May it please your Excellency, and your Honours, I received your Brief. Read and 
 recommended it to our Congregation so far as I could in prudence and conscience. 
 Doubtless Charlestown is under distressing circumstances by reason of the late disas- 
 trous fire, and compassion is due to them, and those Towns as are able will do an ac- 
 ceptable service and well-pleasing unto God; who contribute to their relief. But I 
 humbly apprehend our Town in ye present impoverished condition are not under ob- 
 ligations to contribute to them. For almost our whole dependance under God is upon 
 our Navigation and Fishery and our other Navigation on our Fishery. And that has 
 so far failed by reason of the war with Spain, and ye fears of war with France ; as also 
 by reason of ye smallness of ye price offish, and ye clearness of salt, bread and craft, 
 that of above seventy Ashing vessels there are few if any above ten in that business. 
 Our people are scattered abroad in the world to get their bread. Many pressed ; many 
 serving as volunteers in his majesty's service. And the cry of many for necessaries is 
 very affecting. And we have had three contributions for ye relief of the poor the last 
 year in our congregation, and other families are very pressing for relief. I humbly ap- 
 prehend all are obliged in the first place to do justice, and nest to love mercy; and so 
 to walk humbly with God. I wish our People could do justice to me, to others, and 
 to all, which in their present poor condition they cannot. They express a willingness. 
 Our Parish owes me about two hundred pounds, and for the want of it I am obliged 
 (that I may do ye thing that is just, and make my creditors easy) to pay Interest for 
 about two hundred pounds, which is much to my prejudice and distress. 
 
 The difficulties I have labored under some years past are such, as to occasion at times 
 serious thoughts of trying some other place or some other business to support my 
 family. But I desire not to be rash but to wait upon God, who in some past tryals has 
 done for me above what 1 was able to ask or think. 
 
 I humbly ask your Excellency and your honours Pardon for my freedom. And trust 
 what I have written may excuse us with respect to the Brief. With my hearty good 
 wishes for your Excellency and your Honours, I am your humble, obedient servant, 
 
 Johx White. 
 
 P. S- I pray that my difficult and perplexed circumstances may Apologize and Ex- 
 cuse for my being concerned in the land Bank. When I first gave in my name, I 
 looked upon it as just and beneficial to the Public. But it in ye event proving hurtful, 
 I am sorry I was ever concerned iu it. J. W. 
 
 Mr. White mortgaged his real estate to the hind bank for seventy-five 
 
 pounds, and was not the only Gloucester sufferer by this wretched finan- 
 cial enterprise. About a dozen citizens of the town were engaged in it, 
 and sis late as 1764, assessments were made on eight of them, as fol- 
 lows :— John Millett, £8.3.0; Eliezer Parsons, £2.16.0; David Plum- 
 nier, £12.12.0; John Sargent, £2.16.0; David Stanwood, £5.12.0; 
 Rev. J. White, £4.4.0; Humphrey Woodbury, £*.8.0; Thomas York, 
 £5.12.0. 
 
 William Webb of Salem and Abigail Riggs were married March 23, 
 and had Abigail, born in 1742 ; William, 1744; Elizabeth, 1748 ; John, 
 1750: Lucy, 1756; and Oliver, 1758. A William Webb was intend- 
 ing marriage with Elizabeth Holland of Manchester, March 14, 1763. 
 
124 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER: 
 
 John McClinch and wife Elizabeth had daughter Esther born July 1. 
 A daughter Elizabeth is on the records as born in Ireland. 
 
 Ebenezer Bowman and Elizabeth Sanders were married Nov. 23, 
 1741. They had two Johns, Elizabeth and Ebenezer baptized at the 
 First Church. 
 
 Nathaniel Kinsman, probably from Ipswich, married Anna, daughter 
 of famous Capt. Andrew Robinson, Feb. 11, 1741, and had the follow- 
 ing children :— Anna, born in 1743; Nathaniel, 1745; Daniel, 1748 ; 
 Mary, 1751 ; Simeon, 1752; William, 1754; Benjamin, 1757; Joseph, 
 1759; Benjamin again, 17(50; Judith, 1762; Susanna, 1763, and died; 
 and John, 1766. The Salem Gazette, July 1797, says, "Died at Glouces- 
 ter that worthy servant of God and the church Deacon Nathaniel Kins- 
 man, after a short but painful illness, in the 83d year of his age.'' Mrs. 
 Kinsman died in advanced years very suddenly. Her husband left her 
 to go into his yard, and upon his return found her lying dead upon the 
 floor. Nathaniel, the eldest son, married Abigail Eveleth, May 17, 
 1770, and died in January, 1824, aged seventy-eight. 
 
 1742. — The following is the letter of Rev. John White, giving an 
 account of the great revival of religion in his parish this year, mentioned 
 in the History, 228. It ^vas addressed to Rev. Mr. Prince of Boston, 
 and was published in a weekly periodical conducted by him, called 
 The Christian History, giving an account of the propagation and re- 
 vival of religion in Great Britain, America, etc. 
 
 Glocester, March, 1744. 
 Reverend Sir : 
 
 Being moved to give some account of the work of God among us, take it as follows. 
 
 Glocester (formerly called Cape Ann) was small in its beginning, yet of late has 
 greatly increased. When I the subscriber was settled in the ministry here, more than 
 lorty-one years ago, there was but one congregation ; and about three score ami eight 
 members, and of these twenty-one males. And the materials of three churches have 
 heen dismissed from us, in order to be incorporated and settled in gospel order. To 
 the last which is now the fourth church in this town, were dismissed from us upwards 
 <>l four score males and females. And there now remain about four score males and an 
 hundred and eighty females. 
 
 I have not ordinarily fished for souls with a net, but with an angling rod. God the 
 Holy Spirit has been pleased in a more gentle a-nd undiscernable way to work faith in 
 • he hearts of our people, and they came in one after another, not in troops, or clusters ; 
 except at two seasons, one after the earthquake, and about two years ago. Our people. 
 by the earthquake were (as their neighbors) greatly affrighted; especially the more 
 rude, ignorant and wicked among us. But about a month after the last shocks, when 
 ,l "' 11, terrifying frights were over, it pleased God, by his spirit to work kindly in a way 
 ol coiiviction, ami I trust of conversion. And there was a great harvest of souls gath- 
 "■<1 m to Christ in a way of open profession, and if we may judge by their after con- 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 125 
 
 versation, most of them were sincere; which brought to mind what is written in 1 
 Kings xix : 11, 12. And he said go forth ami stand upon the mount before the Lord ; 
 and behold the Lord passed by, and a great strong wind rent the mountains, but the 
 Lord was not in the wind ; and alter the wind, an earthquake; but the Lord was not in 
 the earthquake. And after the earthquake a tire ; but the Lord was not in the fire. 
 And after the tire, a still, small voice. And this voice, this still small voice was heard 
 by many, and the powerful voice of the Holy Ghost was effectual for the saving con- 
 version of scores of souis, according to the judgment of rational charity. 
 
 Upon what I heard of God's marvellous works of grace at Northampton, and especial- 
 ly upon reading the surprising and affecting account thereof drawn up by their rever- 
 ened pastor, I had at times, sincere, fervent and sensible desires that the God of all 
 grace would visit us with the like plentiful effusions of his holy, promised spirit. And 
 was wont in public addresses to the prayer-hearing God, to ask the gift of gifts, the 
 Holy Spirit. Knowing that application work in the conviction and conversion of sin- 
 ners would be carried on among a gospelized people, more or less as the spirit from on 
 high should be in lesser or greater degrees poured down upon them. And I looked 
 upon it as a further ground of encouragement to wait upon God, that he had so re- 
 markably added to the promises under the old and new testament, his performance, as 
 in Hampshire County. And at length I moved the church to set apart a day of fasting 
 and prayer, to wait upon God for this blessing; viz. that the dews and showers of the 
 Holy Ghost might fall upon us. And God did speedily and plentifully answer our 
 prayers. Of this wonderful work of God I have given the public an account in an 
 epistle prefixed to a sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. Benj. Bradstreet on this joyful 
 occasion, to which I refer the reader." This epistle is inserted by the editor of the 
 Christian History and is as follows : 
 
 "There have been unhappy controversies carried on with too much of heat relating 
 to the good work in this and the neighboring Provinces and Colonies. Some ascrib- 
 ing the whole to the Devil. But how can we account for the reconciliation of persons 
 for a long time at enmity, the reformation of profligate wretches, their deep humilia- 
 tion, their illumination and sound conversion as the effect of Satan's operations? Sure- 
 ly 'tis a new work for Satan to wound and heal the conscience, to fill the souls of men 
 with love to God and Christ; and their mouths with praises to their faithful Creator 
 and dear Redeemer; and bring them to take inexpressible delight in the ways of God. 
 Others on the contrary ascribing all the work done among us to God. Some of which 
 are so new, strange, violent, that 'tis hard to conceive they are the effect of the Holy 
 Spirit's operations. I think we may allow some of them to be the natural effects of human 
 frailty. And if some be allowed to be the effects of an enraged devil, I think it no un- 
 reasonable concession. We in the first parish in Gloucester were so desirous of this 
 work, as to keep a day of fasting and prayer; to ask of God the blessing of blessings, 
 the gift of the Holy Ghost; and invited the rest of the pastors of the town with the 
 Rev. Mr. Nathaniel Rogers to assist in the work of the day. And it was not long after 
 that we found the good effects of waiting upon God. Can any think it possible that 
 when we go to our Heavenly Father and ask a fish that he will give a serpent? 'Tis 
 strange, if immediately upon our asking the saving impressions of the Holy Ghost, 
 God should take that opportunity to send, or permit the devil to come among us with 
 his undoing delusions. But the first most visible and powerful effusion of the spirit 
 was on the last Sabbath in January, 1742, and especially as I was preaching in the 
 afternoon and on the evening in two religious societies in the harbor; many were im- 
 pressed both with distress and with joy, above measure. And on Monday morning in 
 the school of Mr. Moses Parsons, a man disposed zealously to serve the best interests 
 of all he has to do with, and being hired by a number of gentlemen to train up their 
 
12(5 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER: 
 
 children in religious exercises and in singing as well as other useful knowledge; the 
 spirit of God came so powerfully upon the school so that they could not attend the ordi- 
 nary school exercises. But with their joyful master (with whom I left the care of my 
 flock while I went a journey, which I was necessitated to take) and a multitude of 
 spectators they prayed to and praised God by singing spiritual hymns. Ami in the 
 evening Mr. Parsons preached a lecture in the meeting-house; and in the close of the 
 exercise the spirit fell upon a great part of the congregation to the amazement of many ; 
 and people had such an appetite to the word preached, that Mr. Parsons called in the 
 help of the other ministers of the town ; and on Tuesday evening the Rev. Mr. Jacques 
 (a faithful and successful preacher) preached; and on Wednesday evening the Rev. 
 Mr. Bradstreet preached the sermon now put into your hands. Several of tin; hearers 
 desired a copy of it for the press. And several evening sermons were preached after 
 this. And the good fruits of the visit are very apparent, no less than twenty-one had 
 their experiences read the last Sabbath day." 
 
 Now I shall proceed to relate as briefly as I can the effects. As they were all amazed 
 saying in their hearts and one to another what meaneth thee? My eyes never saw 
 such transactions; my ears never heard such expressions; and then it was when the 
 Holy Spirit was poured down, Acts xi : 2. And suddenly there came a sound from 
 heaven as of a rushing wind, and it filled the house where they were sitting. And thus 
 it was with us. But the impression was at first principally on the one side of the meet- 
 ing-house. And there was passed down a spirit of prayer upon young and old, espec- 
 ially the younger sort. And children of five, six and seven years and upwards 
 would pray to admiration. And in our parish there has since been formed no less than 
 nine distinct societies of young and old, male and female, bond and free (for one there 
 is a society of negroes who in their meetings behave very seriously and decently. They 
 have been greatly impressed. One of them gave a very satisfying account of his ex- 
 periences, and was taken into church fellowship; most of them entered into covenant, 
 and were baptized themselves and also their issue) who meet several of them twice in 
 a week, to pray and sing, as well as to read hooks of piety, and the rest once a week. 
 And the younger say their catechism to the head of the meetings. And several ser- 
 mons have been preached unto them. But another effect is a spirit of grace. The work 
 of conscience has been carried on in uncommon manner. But as to the degree and 
 duration of terrors there has been a vast variety. Some have been impressed with 
 deep terrors, and have continued for several months under them. They have been 
 greatly distressed and near to distraction. They have had such discoveries of the 
 greatness of their guilt, and of God's anger, of the badness of their hearts, as to make 
 them cry out. They have had discoveries of their ignorance and unbelief, of their hard- 
 ness of heart and enmity against God. They have seen not only an utter inability to 
 believe, but an aversion to believe And when it was God's time to heal them and com- 
 fort their wounded hearts and spirits, their joys rose proportionately to their depres- 
 sion, and their lifting up was in proportion to their dejection. And many a time have 
 they been so full of spiritual joys as to sink and faint under the weight of them. Others 
 have been but a short time under a law work, and then there have succeeded joys, 
 under the sense that their sins are pardoned. But of this sort their religious impres- 
 sions, I fear, have too soon worn off. And many moved towards church fellowship 
 and joined to the church. But some are sadly apostatized and are become as vile, yea, 
 more vile, than before. We find that strong but, short terrors, succeeded with ravish- 
 ing joys, are no certain evidence of saving conversion. There has been an apparent 
 reformation. Discussions, though lawful and innocent, have been almost wholly laid 
 aside, ami the singing of Dr. Watts' hymns is the chief recreation of Christians when 
 they converse. There are no separations among us. Little has been said about new 
 
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 lights (which I look upon :is a term of reproach, as of old the term puritan was) and 
 as little about opposers; tlie mentioning of which is irritating, and tends to widen the 
 breach, and ferment divisions, contentions and separations. As to visions we had 
 enough of them, until such time as in a lecture sermon I declared ray sentiments con- 
 cerning them; and so far as I can understand, there has never been one since. Our 
 congregation has been disturbed and interrupted by outcries, but I labored to suppress 
 them. I would add, that as I believe there have been scores savingly wrought upon, 
 who were strangers before that happy day, so much as to the form of godliness, so some 
 professors who rested in the form, and were but legalists or self righteous have seen 
 that they built upon a sandy foundation, and were greatly distressed under conviction; 
 and by an earnest application unto Christ for wisdom and righteousness, have had a 
 further discovery of Jesus Christ, and have been encouraged to venture upon him for 
 the complete salvation of their souls; and have had their hearts rilled with joy in be- 
 lieving. So, also, there have been scores of persons who had truly closed with Christ 
 in times past; but have walked in darkness, by means of the withdrawal of the spirit, 
 the weaknesses of their graces, and prevailing of their corruptions, and have been for 
 a long time past as in a wilderness. These have been anointed as with fresh oil; their 
 hearts have been made glad, enlarged, quickened and comforted by renewed and con- 
 tinued supplies of grace, have been enabled with enlarged hearts to run the ways of 
 God's commandment. One thing more I see cause to add : that altho' properly speaking, 
 we have had but one itinerant preacher with us, yet several eminently able and zealous 
 servants of the Lord, settled ministers, have occasionally preached to our congrega- 
 tions; and have been greatly assisted in promoting the good work. God has blessed 
 their labours among us. And it is my hearty desire that the kingdom and interest of 
 our Lord may be promoted, and converts multiplied altho' by other hands. Thus I 
 have made an impartial relation of what God has done amongst us in the methods of 
 his grace. And to him be the glory, who is the author of grace, and not to the instru- 
 ments. Suppose a Paul may plant & an Apollo water, yet 'tis God that gives the in- 
 crease. To him, therefore, be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, 
 world without end. Amen. 
 
 Your most obliged humble servant. 
 
 John White. 
 
 1743.— John Dane {Hist. 324). The children of this settler were : 
 John, William, Daniel, Joseph, Abigail, Return, Lydia and Joshua. 
 Abigail Dane, his widow, died Aug. 24, 1804, aged seventy-nine. John, 
 the oldest son, died a bachelor, March 14, 1814, aged seventy. Wil- 
 liam married, Hannah, daughter of Col. Peter Coffin. She died Oct. 4, 
 
 1836, aged eighty-two, leaving no children. Joshua married Sarah . 
 
 She died Dec. 4, 1857. Lydia married Thomas Mason, and died May 
 27, 1791, aged thirty-two. 
 
 John Inghalls and Hannah Marshall were married April 18, and had 
 Joseph born in 1744; John, 1746; Hannah, 1748; Ruth, 1751 ; Sarah, 
 1753; and Nathaniel, Oct. 4, 1755. 
 
 1744, May. — Mr. Thomas Allen had leave "to remove the old school 
 house to any place adjoining his own land (as it now doth) between the 
 place where said school house now stands and within twenty feet of the 
 end of the lane that goeth from the Meeting House Green to his own 
 
12<S HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER: 
 
 house." In May, 1746, several persons in the Fourth parish had liber- 
 ty to fit uj) this old school house and improve it for a school ; but it is 
 very doubtful if it was ever again so improved, for, in March, 1749, 
 in answer to the prayer of Jemima Millet, it was given to her, with the 
 condition that it should be removed from the Meeting House Green. 
 The History (page 233) gives its dimensions and cost; showing that 
 it was not an imposing structure, even in the days of small things. 
 
 Ebenezer Cleaves (Hist. 324) from Beverly, and wife Anna, had 
 Ebenezer, born in 1747 ; Anne, 1748 ; Edmund, 1750 ; Nathaniel, 1752 ; 
 Willard, 1757 ; Mary, 1759 ; Samuel, L761 ; and Abraham, 1763. 
 
 John Botten, of Wenham, married Mary Andrews Oct. 2, and had a 
 daughter Mary, born Feb. 15, 1745. 
 
 rlames Milieus and Hannah Glover were married July 9, 1744, and 
 had Susanna, born in 1745; and James, 1747. 
 
 Samuel Morgan and wife Lydia had John, born April 25, 1744; and 
 the following children baptized at the Second Church : Jerusha, Nath- 
 aniel, William, Joel, Betty, Isaac, Hannah, Nathaniel and Mary. 
 
 William White and Rachel Omee were married Nov. 22, and had 
 Mary, born in 1745-; and Rachel, 1747 ; both of whom were baptized 
 at the Third Church. 
 
 Thomas Edes and Lucretia Day were intending marriage Oct. 13. 
 According to the records, they had Thomas, born in 1746 ; Joseph, 
 1747 ; James, 1749 ; Gideon Day, 1752 ; and Benjamin, 1754. Tradi- 
 tion relates that one of this family, probably the son Thomas, served 
 eight years in the revolutionary war, came home after he was discharged, 
 and was drowned in the same year, leaving a widow who lived to the 
 age of ninety-three. The son Joseph settled in Freeport, Me., about 
 1779, and is said to have been lost at sea in 1807. Gideon also settled 
 in Freeport whence several of his descendants removed to Guilpool. 
 Benjamin, youngest son of Thomas Edes, was lost at sea, on a voyage 
 to the Banks in 1774. 
 
 1745, July 24. — Nathan Millet, one of Capt. Byles' company at the 
 siege of Louisburg, died in the morning and was buried in the evening. 
 
 Robert Honnors and wife Naomi had son Robert baptized this year, 
 and daughter Mary, March 18, 1753. Capt. Robert Honnors died in 
 1763. His son Robert married Martha Gilbert, April 11, 1769. 
 
 Thomas, son of Rev. Richard Jaques, and Sarah Haskell were mar- 
 ried April it, and had Judith, born in 1746 ; Mary, 1751 ; Richard, 1761 ; 
 Theopolus, 1764; and Sarah April 1, 1766. 
 
 Richard Palfray of Boston and Sarah, daughter of Capt. Andrew 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 129 
 
 Robinson were married Oct. 17, 1745, and had Sarah, born in Boston; 
 Richard, baptized in Gloucester, Jan. 22, 1749 ; Susanna, born July 18, 
 1753 ; and Abigail, baptized Oct. 26, 1755. He was a sail maker, and 
 was buried July 7, 1757. His widow married William Elliot. 
 
 John Whiting of Haverhill and Rebecca Gardner were married Jan. 
 26, 1745, and he was married to widow Sarah Row, Nov. 16, 1752. 
 His children were Rebecca ; John, baptized in 1753 ; Sarah, born in 
 1754, Joseph, 1756 ; John again, baptized in 1758 ; and Sanders, 1761. 
 
 1746. — Sept. 22, Companies are raised in all the towns and marched 
 to Boston for fear of an invasion by a French fleet. Salem, Marble- 
 head and Cape Ann are in great distress, sending away their effects. 
 
 June 20. A petition of the Selectmen was presented to the General 
 Court showing that the battery raised for the defence of the harbor is 
 not complete and that ammunition as well as a parapet for four great 
 guns and pallisades to enclose the said battery are wanting. They pray 
 this court to give order that the fortifications be made useful. The 
 General Court refused to make a grant in answer to the petition or to 
 send a committee to view the works. 
 
 Thomas Worley, from North Carolina, and Mary Foster were mar- 
 ried Jan. 14, and had Thomas, born in 1748; Joshua, 1751; Joseph, 
 1752; Josiah, 1754; Mary, 1756; Esther, 1758; James, 1761; and 
 John, 1765. It is said that three ot these sons, Joseph, Josiah, and 
 James were lost at sea in the "Gloucester" privateer, in the revolution- 
 ary war. 
 
 Zaccheus Welcome, peruke maker, appears this year with wife Alice, 
 and is on the record as intending marriage with Susanna Mannaken of 
 Newburg, July 14, 1760. His children were Michael, born in 1746 ; 
 Zaccheus, 1749 ; Stephen, 1754, lost at sea on a fishing voyage in 1774 ; 
 Alice, 1759 ; and Sarah, 1771. The son Zaccheus married Agnes Penny, 
 Oct. 22, 1772. 
 
 John Hale (Hist. 324) had the following children : Samuel born in 
 1746 ; John, 1748 ; Benjamin, 1750 ; Ebenezer, 1752 ; Jane, 1754 ; and 
 Hannah, 1757. The name was perpetuated in Gloucester by Benjamin 
 only. He married Martha Woodbury in 1772, who died in 1777 ; and 
 he next married Lucy Tarr, Jan. 13, 1778, who died about 1822. He 
 died May 15, 1806, aged 56. His son Benjamin was the founder of 
 the First Baptist Church in Gloucester. See Hist. 508. He married 
 about 1804, Miss Judith White, with whom he became acquainted on a 
 voyage to Sligo, Ireland. She survived her husband many years, and 
 14 
 
130 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 died in Charlestown in May, 1853, aged about 72, leaving several chil- 
 dren. 
 
 1747. — June. A sloop belonging to Cape Ann, Mark Parsons, mas- 
 ter, bound from thence to Maryland was taken about a fortnight ago, 
 near the Cape, in five fathoms of water, by an armed boat, full-manned, 
 which came from a large ship, supposed to be the Don Pedro, then on 
 a cruise. Upon the boats coming towards the sloop, the master and 
 men quitted her and got ashore in the boat. 
 
 Stephen Greenleaf, of Newbury, and Mary Davis were married 
 Jan. 24, and have on our records, Stephen, born June 1, 1750; Thom- 
 asine, Oct. 30, 1752 ; Elias Davis, Jan. 13, 1754 ; and Ephraim Mower, 
 March 26, 1755. 
 
 Richard Holland and Sarah Cunningham were married Dec. 11, 
 
 1747, and had Michael born in 1748; Lydia, 1750; Richard, 1752; 
 Sarah, 1754; Mary, 1756, died 1757; Mary, 1758; and Elizabeth, 
 1760. Perhaps he had for second wife Abigail Gould of Ipswich. 
 
 James Phips and widow Abigail Goodwin were married in Novem- 
 ber, and had Mary, born in 1749 ; Sarah, 1751 ; and Rebecca, 1754. 
 
 1748. — John Powel, of Boston, and Martha Winslow intended mar- 
 riage June 11, 1748, and had daughter Sarah born Dec. 25, same 
 year. 
 
 Joseph Clough married Susanna Tarbox Feb. 4, 1748 ; Abigail Stacy 
 Sept. 4, 1760; and Martha Honnors Dec. 31, 1761. By his three 
 wives he had the following children : Susanna, born in 1748, died soon ; 
 Susanna, again, 1751 ; Anna, baptized in 1753 ; Mary, 1755 ; Abigail, 
 1759; Joseph, 1761; William, 1764; and Benjamin and John, twins, 
 1766. 
 
 Dr. Caleb Rea and widow Abigail Sargent were married Nov. 14, 
 
 1748, and had a daughter Abigail, born Aug. 23, 1749, and the mother 
 died Sept. 2, following. He next married Ruth Porter of Wenham, 
 and had Rutby, born April 9, 1752; Pierce Rogers, April 24, 1754; 
 and Mary, May 6, 1756. Aaron Rea died May 25, 1756, aged about 
 sixteen years, and Dr. Rea and his wife Ruth were dismissed from the 
 First Church to the church in Danvers, Aug. 14, 1757. 
 
 Joseph Everdean (Hist. p. 325) and Anna Broome were married 
 July 12, 1748. His children were Anna, born in 1749 ; Joseph, 1750 ; 
 Hannah, baptized 1753; William, baptized 1755; James, baptized 
 1758 ; James, again, 1760, and Hannah, again, baptized 1764. 
 
 April 5. Moses Ring shows that on the 12th May, 1746, he split 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 131 
 
 his gun ill an engagement with the Indian enemy under Capt. Thomas 
 Henderson, at Pleasant Point, in St. George's River, and prays the 
 General Court for an allowance. Ordered that a good Firelock be 
 delivered to him out of the Province store. 
 
 1749. — Thomas Rand and Sarah, his wife, had a son Thomas, born in 
 Charleston, March 23, 1747 ; Sarah, born in Gloucester, Nov. 11, 1749 ; 
 Hannah, in 1751; William, 1753; and Henry, baptized May 9, 1756. 
 Thomas Rand died Aug. 31, 17(32, and a Sarah Rand died in 1763. 
 Thomas Rand, jr., married Judith Row, May 24, 1770, and died Jan. 
 12, 1806, leaving children, one of whom, Mary, died unmarried Nov. 
 11, 1867, nearly ninety-three years. 
 
 Paul Hughes, sojourner, and Sarah Foster were married Nov. 30, 
 and had James, 1754. 
 
 John Noble and Hannah Foster were intendiag marriage Nov. 25. 
 They had Benjamin, born Dec. 6, 1750, and John, July 30, 1752 ; both 
 of whom married in town and perpetuated the name. 
 
 James Paterson and Abigail Cradock were married Dec. 26, and had 
 Abigail, born in 1752; James, baptized in 1753; Mary, 1754; and 
 William, May 30, 1756. 
 
 Henry Newcomb and Mary Coas were married Nov. 14, and had 
 Mary born in 1750; John, 1752; Elizabeth, 1754; Robert, 1757; 
 William, 1759 ; Joanna, 1762 ; and Anna, 1764, in which year, in June, 
 the father died of consumption. His widow died Dec. 16, 1817, aged 
 eighty-seven. The daughter Elizabeth married, first, Samuel Elwell, 
 and next William Hardy. 
 
 1750. — June 9. A petition of Jethro Wheeler, of Gloucester, to the 
 General Court, showing that his sloop in the month of February, 1744, 
 was impressed by the Committee of War into the service of the Prov- 
 ince ; that he advanced sundry sums of money for fitting her out and 
 has had no allowance for said sums, he prays the consideration of the 
 Court thereon. Referred to the next session. 
 
 Edward Gearing and Mary Dimmock were married June 22, 1750, 
 and had the following children baptized at the First Church : Edward 
 in 1751; Mary, 1752; Jabez, 1755; Mercy, 1756; Joseph, 1758; 
 Daniel, 1761 ; and Jabez, 1765. The son Edward married Molly Rowe, 
 April 14, 1771, and died in February, 1806. His widow died in April, 
 1836, aged eighty-six. 
 
 William Younger, sojourner, and Lucy Foster were married March 
 6, 1750, and William born in 1750; Thomasine, 1753; and Willard 
 and Levi, in 1756. 
 
132 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 James Bishop, of Ipswich, and Sarah Millet were married Dec. 13, 
 1750, and had Sarah born in 1753 and James, 1756. 
 
 William Newman and Anna Steward were married Nov. 29, and had 
 William, born in 1751 ; Elizabeth, 1753 ; Robert, 1755 ; and Deborah, 
 1757. 
 
 John Oakes and wife Jemima came from Marblehead and settled in 
 the Harbor parish. He had a son John, born Jan. 11,1759; and a 
 son William, April 6, 1769 ; and died Dec. 4, 1815, aged eighty. 
 
 William Manning, sojourner, and Elizabeth Stone were married Aug. 
 24, and had a daughter Betty, born Aug. 22, 1751 ; and a son William, 
 Aug. 11, 1754. 
 
 Samuel Leighton and Patience Grover were married Jan. 9, and had 
 Patience, born in 1751 ; Edmund Grover, L752 ; Patience, 1754 ; Sam- 
 uel, 1755; Judith, 1757; William, 1760; William, 1762; Daniel, 
 1764; and Patience, 1766. Edmund Grover Leighton made his will 
 in Philadelphia, July, 1791, and his widow Abigail sold, Aug. 11, 1796, 
 real estate in Gloucester bequeathed to her by her husband. 
 
 1751. — Of a Province Tax of £1000, the county of Essex pays 
 £187.15.2. The Town of Newbury pays £28.16.7 ; Salem, £26.5.2 ; 
 Ipswich, £22.9.7; Marblehead, £17.3.3; Gloucester, £13.1.7. 
 
 1752. — June 18. Jonathan Coates of Newbury and Sarah Becket 
 were married. He seems to have become a resident of Gloucester and 
 certainly had several children baptized at the First Church, one of whom, 
 Sarah, baptized July 17, 1757, was probably the subject of the follow- 
 ing notice copied into the Gloucester Neivs of July 3, 1850, from the 
 Boston Post — "100 years, 11 months, and 17 days was the age of Mrs. 
 Sarah Welch, who died in this city on Thursday at 107 Pleasant street. 
 Her maiden name was Coates and she was born in Gloucester." She 
 was not a centenarian. Her age was probably exaggerated three years 
 at least and possibly seven. 
 
 Aug. 24. Capt. John Prince was paid £2 for attending at the gate 
 near the Cut, in order to prevent the small-pox from spreading in the 
 town. Daniel Sargent was paid for attending at the Battery for the 
 same purpose. In the next year Deacon Isaac Parsons was paid for 
 putting up a fence and gate at the Cut to keep out the small-pox. 
 
 1754. — Feb. 27. Samuel Ingersol was buried; probably son of the 
 Hist Samuel and upwards of seventy. Capt. William Ingersol, of this 
 family, died of fever at sea, in 1763. He was probably son of Josiah, 
 born in 1719, and the same who married Anne Ellery, Nov. 23, 1749. 
 Solomon Ingersol, w r ho, I must think, was also son of the first Samuel, 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 133 
 
 died of apoplexy Feb. 19, 1777, aged seventy-eight. Mrs. Bethial, 
 wife of Josiah Ingersol, died Feb. 3, 1778, in her fifty-third year. 
 
 Dec. 16. Constantine Joslyn was buried. His age was about sixty- 
 three. His widow Agnes was one of the town's poor in 1775, then, of 
 course, very aged. Their son Henry, born Sept. 26, 1731, married 
 Rebecca Davis, April 29, 1751, and had a daughter Rebecca, but no 
 other child known to me. Dec. 13, 1769, in a deed not recorded, he sold 
 to the town for £70 his " dwelling-house standing at Fresh Water Cove." 
 He was then sick and had received supplies from the town which paid 
 in 1772 for digging his grave. An Abraham Joslyn died at the work- 
 house June 23, 1838, aged ninety. (See History, page 109). 
 
 1755. — January 11. James Day is licensed by the Court of Ipswich 
 as a retailer of spirituous liquors, tea, coffee, &c. 
 
 January 13. Died John Gardner, probably son of the first James, 
 and, if so, about seventy-seven years old. 
 
 September. Several fishing vessels returned to Cape Ann, having 
 been fired upon by a privateer, but as she was a dull sailer they escaped. 
 
 October. "Very hard thunder ; struck Josiah G rover's house and a 
 boy, and struck 'Squam meeting-house, and struck and split a vessel's 
 mast as she lay in the cove near Capt. Robinson's wharf." — Private 
 Records. 
 
 November. "Half-past four in the morning was the most shocking 
 earthquake as ever I knew. It shattered a great many chimneys in this 
 town and in other towns." — Private Records. 
 
 Nov. 22. "Between 8 and 9 o'clock at nite was a very great shock, 
 but not so great as the former, and many shocks have been heard sev- 
 eral times." — Private Records. 
 
 Daniel Fuller, master of Capt. Bennet's schooner, set out for a fall 
 fare and returned no more. Isaac Somes, Benj. Hadlock, Daniel Ring 
 and John Rutford were on board of her. These all lived in West Parish. 
 
 1756. — January 7. Wives of deacons of the Fifth Church are ex- 
 empted from contributions for supporting charges for communion table. 
 
 September 12. Widow Poland had a son Joseph baptized at the 
 Fourth Church. The father Joshua, was drowned, having had before 
 this date, two other sons, Joshua and John. 
 
 1757. — Capt. Elwell arrived at Cape Ann in fifteen days from Bar- 
 bad oes. 
 
 Neutral French. Feb. 21. The Selectmen are allowed expenses re- 
 lating to the French that came last from Nova Scotia. John Low what 
 
134 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER: 
 
 he advanced for the Neuter-French that came last from Nova Scotia to 
 this town by order of the government, which was allowed the town by 
 the province. March 10, 1759, Selectmen received a note from the 
 Province Treasurer for £6 being the rent of the French-Neuter House 
 in this town. 
 
 June 25. Moses Ring, of Gloucester, who is proprietor of a grist 
 mill in that town, much frequented by people of the neighboring towns, 
 who oftentimes stand in need of refreshment while there, but there be- 
 ing no house of public entertainment near, suffer great inconveniences 
 for want thereof, prays that the Court of Sessions may license him as 
 an inn-holder. Read and ordered that the petition be not granted. 
 
 The mill here mentioned stood on the spot now occupied by the grist 
 mill in Riverdale, and Ring's house is still standing on the Main road, 
 a short distance from the mill. With or without a license it was kept 
 as a tavern a hundred years ago. 
 
 1758. — March 16. General Court resolves that there be paid to 
 Thomas Riggs £2. 6s. 8d. in full of the half pay he was entitled to, on 
 his re-enlisting in the service in the last Crown Point Expedition. 
 April. A vessel arrives at Cape Ann from Lisbon. 
 May 20. Jacob Bailey, teacher of the grammar school, writes to a 
 friend at Hampton, N. H. : "My school continually increases and I have 
 already between 20 and 30 misses, who come to school dressed in sacks 
 and ruffles. They make a very pretty appearance. We conclude at 
 evening with singing one of Dr. Watts' hymns or else his Sapphic Ode, 
 and the house being built in such a maimer nothing can equal the mel- 
 ody, order and decency which attends it." 
 
 1759. — April 12. Arrived at Cape Ann, the schooner Industry, Jas. 
 Babson, master, in five weeks from Lisbon. 
 
 Aug. 18. The house of the widow Saunders was struck by light- 
 ning and received considerable damage. Several persons that were in 
 the house were knocked down and stunned for some time, but all of 
 them recovered. 
 
 1760. — Peter Emons and John Brown had their taxes abated, "having 
 been cast away and taken." James Tyler and Abraham Williams also 
 had theirs abated, "having been cast away." 
 
 1761. — Jan. 13. John Walhlate of Gloucester petitions General 
 Court, setting forth that in the year 1756 he was a soldier in the Pro- 
 vince service at Lake George, went out on a scout under Capt. Hodges 
 with about fifty men, who were attacked by 400 or 500 French and In- 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 135 
 
 dians. He was taken captive and was detained till Montreal was taken. 
 Allowed £10 for loss of time and sufferings. 
 
 Feb. 12. Ebenezer Collins is paid for his vessel going to Boston to 
 carry Samuel Pool's family. Others were paid for services about Pool's 
 family on account of small pox. 
 
 A leaf of an old account book has the following : "Memorandum of 
 the drouth in the year 1761 ; we had a great rain in May the 4th day, it 
 held from Monday morning till Saturday and we had no more of any 
 vally at all till August the 23d day it rained a great deal." 
 
 Sept. 18. Hannah, wife of John Hadley, jr., died, about 70 years 
 old. A John Hadley, her grandson probably, died June 11, 1809, aged 
 seventy. A Nabby Hadley died Nov. 12, 1823, aged seventy. 
 
 Samuel Davis died this year in prison, "among the French." 
 
 1762. — Feb. 15. Mr. David Plummer is paid 18s. 8d. for 6 pairs of 
 gloves for one of the poor of the town — (probably for the bearers at 
 the funeral). 
 
 April. Died, Mrs. Sarah Riggs, an aged woman. 
 
 April 17. John Rowe petitions General Court, setting forth that 
 his son Jabez Rowe, a minor, served on board his Majesty's ship Nep- 
 tune in the expedition against Canada in 1759, and on his return home 
 was taken sick, that he was a great expense for doctors and nurses, and 
 praying an allowance. Ordered that the sum of £o, exclusive of the 
 doctor's bill, be paid to Thos. Sanders, Esq., for the use of the petitioner 
 in full. 
 
 May 10. Died, the widow Hilton, aged eighty years. 
 
 May 13. Last Thursday night a small schooner belonging to Bev- 
 erly, and bound to Pownalborough, having a number of passengers on 
 board, in a squall of wind was cast away upon a ledge of rocks off Cape 
 Ann, when the master and five men were drowned. 
 
 1763. — March 21. Capt. Allen in a schooner from Martinico to Cape 
 Ann, was taken a short time after he left that place, by a Spanish pri- 
 vateer, but the men soon after rose upon the Spaniards and carried the 
 vessel into St. Kitts, and she is since arrived at Cape Ann. 
 
 June 2. A vessel arrived at Cape Ann fifty days from Lisbon. 
 
 1764. — Dec. 10. The overseers admit a family into the work house. 
 They agree to supply Mrs. Anna Elwell some wood, molasses and corn 
 to support her during the winter, provided she behave herself soberly 
 and well. 
 
 Dr. Noyes is paid twenty-seven shillings for journey from Andover 
 to see the sick of the small pox. 
 
136 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 Schooner Molly, owned by Daniel Rogers, was lost this year. 
 
 From a memorandum attached to an almanac, in the handwriting of 
 Rev. John Rogers, we get a glimpse of the commerce of the town this 
 year. From May, 17G4 to May, 1765, this minister sent twenty-one 
 adventures of rish in quantities of one to four quintals each, principally 
 to Bilbao and the West Indies. In the same year he records eleven 
 ventures to Virginia comprising W. I. rum, molasses, cash and a beaver 
 hat. In a previous year he made shipments to Lisbon, Cadiz, Bilbao 
 and Virginia, one to the latter being a pair of black silk stockings valued 
 at £7.10. He enjoyed unusual, facilities for these small business tran- 
 sactions, for his brother Daniel was one of the chief merchants of the 
 town, and many of his parishioners were mariners. 
 
 1765. — March 8. Died, widow Sarah Douce, aged eighty. 
 
 Dec. 19. Last week two fishing vessels arrived at Cape Ann from 
 the Grand Banks. They inform that great numbers of French ships 
 were fishing on the banks, w T ho were very insulting, and did consider- 
 able damage to many of our fishermen by running foul of their vessels, 
 etc. They also inform that on Tuesday se'en night they met with a very 
 violent gale of wind in which they had the misfortune to have two men 
 washed overboard from each of their vessels, among whom was the 
 skipper of one of them. On the fourth, at night, a fishing schooner be- 
 longing to Marblehead, from the banks of Newfoundland, ran ashore on 
 the Cape. As soon as she struck, the men, nine in number, took to 
 the boat. The surf running high, the boat overset and all perished. A 
 boy left on board was found dead next morning, forward of the wind- 
 lass. 
 
 A spire was built on the meeting house of the first parish this year, 
 the old spire having fallen "by the wind." Oct. 23, 1761, the town 
 paid £4 for a weather-cock for the new one. 
 
 1766. — March 15. A store with a sail-loft was consumed by fire, with 
 between twenty and thirty pieces of duck partly made up, and sundry 
 other articles that were therein. 
 
 Abraham Da} r , John Haskell and Asa Davis were lost at sea this year. 
 Timothy Higgins and James Gardner were among the lost in the great 
 disaster to the fishing fieet this year. 
 
 1776. — Jan. 28. The memorial of the selectmen of the town of 
 Gloucester humbly sheweth that the said town is subsisted chietly by the 
 seafaring business, and the chief of that business is the fishery. That 
 they had nineteen fishing schooners, some of the prime fishermen and 
 best of their vessels, which sailed for the fishing banks just before a 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 137 
 
 violent storm in March last, which lasted several days ; of which nine- 
 teen, seven with their crews are undoubtedly lost, never having been 
 heard of to this day. One of these fishing vessels was lost at the Isle 
 of Shoals, in the same storm ; and one of the said nineteen was cast 
 away at Liverpool, on Cape Sable shore, and it is judged that the 
 charges of getting off and repairing her render her as good as lost. 
 That several of those which have returned of the said nineteen were 
 much wrecked in the said storm, so as to need considerable repairs be- 
 fore they could proceed ; that one of their West Indian traders was lost 
 on the Isle of Nevis : That the fishery in said town has this year been 
 very unsuccessful and their trading stock is considerably diminished. 
 They, ye said Selectmen, humbly pray your excellency and your hon- 
 ours to grant them an abatement in the Province tax, or other such re- 
 lief as to your excellency and your honours in your great wisdom shall 
 seem meet, and your petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever pray. — 
 
 Daniel Witham 
 Samuel Griffin 
 Peter Coffin 
 John Low 
 Samuel Whittemore 
 
 Selectmen of Gloucester. 
 House of Representatives, March 3, 1767. 
 
 The facts set forth in the petition appearing to be true, resolved that 
 the prayer of the petition be granted, and that the sum of £50 be abated 
 the town of Gloucester out of their Province tax for 1766, in considera- 
 tion of their losses and sufferings in March, 1766. 
 
 Oct. 8. Capt. Philip Merrit arrived, fifty -two days from Lisbon. 
 
 1768.— Aug. 21. Capt. Cornelius Fellows and Mr. Thomas Marett 
 are appointed by the 'Squam Parish a Committee to go to Cambridge 
 to settle for the probation preaching of the Rev. Mr. John Wyeth on 
 the best terms they can ; he having sued for the same. 
 
 Nov. 19. A vessel is seen to beat to pieces on the rocks of Cape 
 Ann, supposed to be Capt. John Nickels from Sheepscot. He had a 
 number of women passengers on board. 
 
 Dec. 2. A vessel discovered on the rocks called Salvages. Some 
 people went off but could not board her, the sea was so rough. Went 
 off next morning and found three dead bodies of men and one boy on 
 the rocks. She was said in a Boston paper to be Capt. Maxwell, from 
 St. John's, N. S., to Boston, having near twenty passengers on board. 
 
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138 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 Dec. 21. Mr. Roland Cotton died, aged twenty, after a few weeks' 
 confinement of a fever and languishment consequent upon a fall he met 
 with some time before. He was a son of Rev. Josiah Cotton of San- 
 down. 
 
 Thirty persons were warned out of town in 1763, and to show that the 
 population was increasing by immigration at this time, it may be stated 
 that 16 were warned out in 1764, 17 in 1765 and 35 in 1766. 
 
 1769. — May 15. Jacob Parsons, of Gloucester, deputy sheriff, hav- 
 ing arrested one Merrill for debt, said Merrill was rescued from him by 
 the disorderly proceeding of one Sam'l Fellows, captain of one of his 
 Majesty's armed cutters. 
 
 Dec. 13. A sloop belonging to Haverhill, Bennet master, bound 
 from Cape Porpoise to Cape Ann, loaded with lumber, in attempting 
 to get into Annisquam harbor, struck upon the bar and stove in part of 
 her bottom. Mr. Redington and another person were drowned; the 
 master was saved. These were the o,nly persons on board. 
 
 1770. — January. Richard Silvester was appointed by the Commis- 
 sioners of Customs, land-waiter, gauger and weigher for the district of 
 Cape Ann, in room of Mr. Phillips. 
 
 Schooner Industry, owned by Capt. Wm. Ellery, was lost this year. 
 
 1771. — March 3. In a severe snow storm, a coasting sloop was cast 
 away at Cape Ann, and all the people perished. She belonged to and 
 was bound for Newbury port, from Deer Island, laden with wood, Stick- 
 ney, master. One of the bodies was found on the shore. 
 
 March 26. The poor, about twenty-five in number, are let out to 
 different persons. 
 
 April 22. In the Council of the Province a bill passed to be enacted 
 for building a light-house on Thatcher's Island, and on the 26th Capt. 
 Nathaniel Allen of Gloucester, Maj. Richard Reed of Marblehead and 
 Capt. Richard Derby of Salem, with such as the Hon. Board may join, 
 were appointed a committee to take the care of building a light-house 
 on Thatcher's Island, and report their proceedings to the General As- 
 sembly. A committee of this body was joined and reported June 22, 
 that the island contained eighty acres, and that the owners asked £500 
 for it. The committee were authorized to purchase it, to erect a light- 
 house or houses, and a convenient house for the keeper, and report to 
 the legislature. June 29, 1773, in the House, Capt. Derby and Mr. 
 Allen with such as the Honorable Council might join, were appointed a 
 committee to take care of the light-houses on Thatcher's Island and to 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 139 
 
 give directions respecting the lights and the island on which they stand, 
 until the further order of the Court. 
 
 Dec. 17. Died, Ann Haskell, of old age. 
 
 1772. — The sloop Abigail and cargo, belonging to Capt. John Smith, 
 was lost in the West Indies this year. 
 
 The following is the card of Richard Silvester, a custom house officer, 
 alluded to in the Hist. p. 386. He was warned out of town in accord- 
 ance with a law of that time. The card and accompanying letter ap- 
 peared in the Boston JSFeivs Letter of Oct. 15, 1772. 
 
 Cape Ann, Oct. 3, 1772. 
 
 Mr. Draper, Sir : — Having lately rec'd a complimentary Message from the Select- 
 men of the town of Gloucester, where I reside, I am desirous in a public Manner to 
 return them Thanks for the Favour, lest they should Think me ungrateful, & as some 
 of them & the promoters of it are often in Boston, I may be too late, & thought remiss 
 in acknowledging their Favour, therefore I desire you to publish the inclosed Card. 
 
 I am Sir, 
 
 Your most humble Sev't 
 
 Richard Silvester. 
 A CARD. 
 
 Richard Silvester, Officer of the Customs at Cape Ann, takes this Method (as he may 
 not have the Opportunity to see the Parties together), to return Thanks to the Select- 
 Men of the Town of Glocester, viz. Daniel Withaui, Esq., Justice of the Peace, Samuel 
 Whittemore, Peter Coffin, John Low & Samuel Griffin for their kind remembrance of 
 him, & doing him the Honor (on the 29th September 1772) to send a Constable to order 
 him & family to quit the Town, & to demand One Shilling Lawful-Money for each Head. 
 He thinks they have been asleep for some considerable Time, or otherwise the Motion 
 for the Compliment must have been in Debate upwards of Twenty Months, the said 
 Silvester having resided there that Time, without receiving any such like ceremonial 
 Message. He prays leave to acquaint those Worthies, that he cannot nor will not com- 
 ply with their Request, so long as his Duty requires his stay in Cape Ann. 
 
 As he believes them all to be his great Friends, takes the Liberty, in return of Friend- 
 ship, to advise them to make no more Blunders & the next Time they, have occasion to 
 write about his Children to call them by their proper Names — he don't know those men- 
 tioned in the Notice sent by their Officer.— Boston News-Letter, Oct 15, 1772. 
 
 Richard Silvester lived in Back street, in a gambrel-roof house still 
 standing, next to the house once occupied by the Rand family. 
 
 17 73"— Jan. 25. The Third church vote "that all public offences 
 which demand a public acknowledgment or satisfaction, said acknowl- 
 edgment or satisfaction shall be read in the presence of the congrega- 
 tion ; also that all persons who are called upon to make any public 
 acknowledgment or satisfaction for any public offence shall have the 
 liberty to stand up in the place where they are seated, and not appear 
 in the front alley, as has been the custom in this place, when their ac- 
 -knowledgment or satisfaction is read." 
 
140 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 Sept. 23. Adam Huffin and John Avery are paid 19s. 6d. for watch- 
 ing at Fort Point, and John McKean 12s. for watching at the Cut against 
 the small-pox at Marblehead. 
 
 Account of a fishing schooner's fares to the Grand Banks this year : 
 "Proceeds of first fare 250£ qtls., £133 9s. Od. ; Great General, £32 16s. 
 Jamaica Fish, 10s. 4d. per qtl. ; proceeds of second fare : 112 qtls. Ja- 
 maica Fish at 10s., 188 qtls. mercht.ble at 12s., £169; Great Gen- 
 eral, £39 Is. 4d." 
 
 1774. — Jan. 14. A sloop from St. Martin's, belonging to Cape Ann 
 and bound there, was cast away on the back of Cape Cod, in a snow 
 storm, and two or three of the hands perished. 
 
 Nov. 21. A brig from Newfoundland, Capt. Charles Acworth, was 
 cast away at Cape Ann. The captain and two men perished. Vessel 
 and cargo a total loss. 
 
 Dec. 28. Schooner Neptune, Jonathan Dennison, master, was cast 
 away at Scituate. Five men were drowned and two saved. Among 
 the former were the master and Stephen Lane, grandfather of the Glouc- 
 ester artist, Fitz H. Lane. 
 
 1775. — The following is the admonitory address of Rev. Samuel 
 Chandler, mentioned in the History, p. 329. It appeared in the Es- 
 sex Gazette of Feb. 14, 1775, and it was also printed in an appendix 
 to a pamphlet published by Rev. John Cleveland, of Chebacco Parish, 
 Ipswich, entitled "An attempt to nip in the bud the unscriptural doctrine 
 of Universal Salvation, and some other dangerous errors connected with 
 it which a certain stranger, who calls himself John Murray, has of late 
 been endeavoring to spread in the First Parish of Gloucester," etc., 
 etc. 
 
 "My Brethren and Friends, — I have much sorrow of heart considering the state of 
 affairs among us. I am far advanced in life, and labour under threatening maladies, 
 and know not how soon I may be taken from you, and from this world. As one draw- 
 ing near the eternal world I would give you caution — Take heed what you hear. The 
 seeds of heresy are sowing and sprouting up among us, and souls are in danger of be- 
 ing seduced into error. 
 
 "There is one who calls himself John Murray (it is not the Rev. Mr. John Murray 
 of Boothbay) who has declared the following to be his settled opinion. That the Avhole 
 human race, every one of Adam's posterity, have an interest in Christ, and are God's be- 
 loved ones. That the whole human race, every individual of mankind shall finally be 
 saved. That Judas shall sit upon a throne in the kingdom of heaven. That at death the 
 good go into happiness, and the bad into an intermediate state, a place of misery, to 
 abide there for a certain season, but shall finally be saved, which however dressed up 
 in soft terms and smooth expressions, is the very popish purgatory. 
 
 "The substance of these things, and many other errors he hath openly avowed and 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 141 
 
 fully declared to be his sentiments, at my house, in the hearing of many "witnesses. 
 These are nnscriptural tenets, and notwithstanding all his perverting of the holy 
 scriptures, and wresting and torturing the word of God, he was not able to produce 
 one plausible proof, nor one rational argument for the support of these pernicious 
 principles. They naturally lead to many other gross errors and popish absurdities — 
 and they are extremely dangerous to the souls of men. They encourage the wicked in 
 their wickedness ; for upon these principles a man may live and die in sin, and yet go 
 to heaven at last ; he may get drunk, and commit fornication and adultery, he may 
 cheat, and steal, and lie, and indulge all manner of carnal gratifications, and be saved 
 notwithstanding. 
 
 "But you may say you do not discover any of these errors in his preaching. Why, 
 others who have been accounted serious, discerning, judicious men, and whose judg- 
 ment would heretofore have had some weight in your minds, have discovered them in 
 his public discourses. 
 
 "But however he seems artfully to hide them, your minds are not prepared to re- 
 ceive them ; your affections must first be broke oft* from your ministers and your minds 
 filled with prejudice against them by their being reviled and vilified, and your affec- 
 tions set upon himself, and you brought to receive the words of his mouth with an 
 implicit faith; then, doubtless, these dangerous doctrines, and many others, will be 
 inculcated. 
 
 "My brethren and friends, I must caution you to take heed and beware of false 
 teachers. Beware lest ye be led away with errors and fall from your steadfastness. 
 Beware of false prophets, concerning whom our blessed Saviour hath warned us, that 
 if it were possible they shall deceive the very Elect. 
 
 Samuel Chandler." 
 
 1774. — The following is the covenant for mutual insurance of the 
 Grand Bankers, alluded to in the History, page 383 : 
 
 Whereas, for the better carrying on our fishing voyages and sustaining the losses 
 that may happen therein. We whose names are hereunto subscribed, have agreed to 
 make a common stock of our vessels, so that those persons that shall happen to lose 
 any vessel during the term hereafter agreed on, shall be reimbursed, and by the own- 
 ers of those vessels that shall not be lost, the whole of what such vessel shall be es- 
 timated at when put into the stock, except such a proportion as said vessel shall bear 
 towards the whole of said stock, for effecting whereof it is Covenanted and Agreed 
 and each of us whose names are hereunto subscribed, hereby separately and not 
 jointly covenant with each other, our heirs, and executors and Administrators, that we 
 will, to such persons of us as shall lose a vessel or vessels, that is put into said stock, 
 and named and estimated as beneath and employed in the above said voyages from the 
 twenty-fifth day of February, 1774, and none to sail on her voyage after the tenth day 
 of October, 1774, from hence to the fishing banks and back till safely moored in the 
 harbour of Glocester or Squam river. Such sums of money as shall be our propor- 
 tion of the sum such vessel is estimated at, as aforesaid, accounting the same accord- 
 ing as our estimated interest in said stock is, to the whole of said stock, within ninety 
 days, next after such loss is proved, or twenty days after four months shall have 
 passed after such a vessel sailing upon said voyage as above said, and not having re- 
 turned. And it's further Covenanted by said party separately as aforesaid, that noth- 
 ing shall be paid, unless such vessel shall be taken, totally lost or stranded, in which 
 latter case, we will pay our proportion of the charge that shall arise towards getting 
 off or saving such vessels or part thereof accounting the same as aforesaid, and accord- 
 
142 
 
 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 ing as the estimated value of such vessel shall be iu proportion to the real value thereof, 
 and if the owner of such vessel shall neglect to get her off or save what he can thereof, 
 then it shall be lawful for the residue of the subscribers by the committee to take care of 
 such vessel, and make the most of her they can for the benefit of the whole subscribers. 
 And it's further covenanted by the parties aforesaid, that after any vessel is arrived and 
 safe moored in the harbour of Glocester or Squam river, that no money shall be paid 
 for any vessel that may be stranded or lost or that may receive any damage in the har- 
 bour of Glocester or Squam river, and it's further Covenanted between the parties 
 that Dau'l Sargent, Esq., John Smith & Davd. Plummer be a Committee to adjust the 
 losses that may happen, and do all those acts that are necessary to be done for the 
 good of the whole and agreeable to those Covenants, and if any differences arise be- 
 twen the parties aforesaid relating to anything contained in these articles, Then the 
 matter of dispute shall be determined by arbitrators mutually chosen by them. In 
 witness of all which, each of the parties aforesaid have here to set down each of the 
 vessels that he hath put in stock as aforesaid, and the real and estimated value thereof ; 
 and hereunto set his hand and seal this Sixth day of April, Anno Domini One Thousand 
 Seven Hundred & Seventy-Four. 
 
 N. B. — It is further agreed that all losses shall be paid in Merchs. att ye Markett 
 Price. 
 
 Vessels' 
 
 Real 
 
 Estimated 
 
 Who put 
 
 Names. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Value. 
 
 them in. 
 
 Leopard 
 
 £300 
 
 £200 
 
 Isaac Smith. 
 
 Merril 
 
 300 
 
 200 
 
 " 
 
 Tamy 
 
 300 
 
 200 
 
 (i f< 
 
 Dolphin 
 
 300 
 
 200 
 
 11 CI 
 
 Olive Branch 
 
 300 
 
 200 
 
 (< 11 
 
 Drake 
 
 250 
 
 180 
 
 " 
 
 lUnity 
 
 220 
 
 160 
 
 " 
 
 Resolution 
 
 300 
 
 260 
 
 Epes Sargent. 
 
 Noble Pitt 
 
 300 
 
 200 
 
 u ii 
 
 King David 
 
 300 
 
 200 
 
 i, 
 
 Bonne Venture 
 
 300 
 
 200 
 
 " 
 
 \ Fair Lady 
 
 150 
 
 100 
 
 <i 
 
 Robiuhood 
 
 300 
 
 240 
 
 Daniel Roger. 
 
 George 
 
 300 
 
 240 
 
 u ii 
 
 Fame 
 
 280 
 
 200 
 
 i. 
 
 Two Brothers 
 
 200 
 
 100 
 
 ii it 
 
 Hanah 
 
 280 
 
 ' 200 
 
 ii ii 
 
 Judith 
 
 300 
 
 240 
 
 ii ti 
 
 Esther 
 
 300 
 
 259 
 
 ii it 
 
 iBoscawen 
 
 150 
 
 120 
 
 ic i< 
 
 4y e Rachel! 
 
 150 
 
 100 
 
 K ii 
 
 iy e Luckey 
 
 150 
 
 100 
 
 " 
 
 •ithe Boscawen 
 
 150 
 
 120 
 
 Joseph Allen. 
 
 iy e Rachel 
 
 150 
 
 100 
 
 ii <i 
 
 4y e Sukey 
 
 150 
 
 100 
 
 ii it 
 
 Schoo r John 
 
 350 
 
 280 
 
 Daniel Sargent. 
 
 |Scho r Mineroa 
 
 225 
 
 160 
 
 it ii 
 
 Schoo r Hawk 
 
 300 
 
 200 
 
 ii ii 
 
 Schoo r Two Bro's 
 
 300 
 
 200 
 
 ii <i 
 
 ithe Lyon 
 
 150 
 
 140 
 
 ii ii 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 
 
 143 
 
 Vessels' 
 
 Names. 
 
 ithe Sally 
 ^Friendship 
 Schoo* Frederic 
 
 Schoo r Luce 
 •itlie Lyon 
 Schoo r Dimon 
 Sch r Jollyroger 
 Schr Polly 
 Snsahana 
 Endeavor 
 lUnity 
 
 Sch r Gorham 
 Oliver Cromwell 
 Sch r Endeavor 
 Sch r Neptune 
 Sch r Industry 
 Sch r Britian 
 Scli r Dolphin 
 J the Friendship 
 i Sally 
 
 Sch r Victory 
 Sch r Glorioca 
 Sch r Hawk 
 
 Real 
 Value. 
 
 150 
 150 
 180 
 300 
 150 
 300 
 300 
 300 
 300 
 300 
 62 
 330 
 300 
 300 
 300 
 300 
 300 
 300 
 450 
 150 
 300 
 300 
 300 
 
 Estimated 
 Value. 
 
 140 
 130 
 140 
 200 
 140 
 200 
 200 
 200 
 200 
 250 
 50 
 200 
 200 
 240 
 250 
 250 
 250 
 250 
 140 
 140 
 200 
 200 
 200 
 
 Who put 
 them in. 
 
 Daniel Sargent. 
 
 John Smith. 
 John Stevens, Jr. 
 
 i« it si 
 
 Wm. Coas. 
 it << 
 
 David Plummer. 
 Eben Parsons. 
 
 John Low. 
 
 Benjamin Ellery. 
 Sam'l Griffin. 
 
 John Stevens. 
 
 ti ti 
 
 Solomon Gorham. 
 
 Benjamin Morgan and his son were lost at sea this year. 
 
 1775. — Jan. 27. At a meeting of the militia officers chosen by the 
 6th Regiment of the Comity of Essex, held at Gloucester, after the res- 
 ignation of Col. John Stevens, the following gentlemen were respect- 
 ively made choice of for field officers : 
 
 John Lee, Esq., Colonel ; Capt. Peter Coffin, 1st Lieut. Col. ; John 
 Low, Esq., 2d Lieut. Col. ; Mr. Samuel Whittemore, 1st Major; Dr. 
 Samuel Rogers, 2d Major. 
 
 1st Company — Daniel Warner, Capt. ; Benj. Somes, 1st Lt. ; Dan- 
 iel Smith, 2d Lt. ; Nathaniel Warner, Ensign. 
 
 2d Company — Andrew Marsters, Capt. ; Samuel Foster, 1st Lt. ; 
 Eleazer Craft, 2d Lt. ; Jonathan Brown, jr., Ensign. 
 
 3d Company — Jonathan Brown, Capt. ; Nathan Low, 1st Lt. ; John 
 Low, jr., 2d Lt. ; Wm. Bobbins, Ensign. 
 
 4th Company — Joseph Eveleth, Capt. ; Ephraim Choate, 1st Lt. ; 
 Jonathan Gillout, 2d Lt. ; John Roberts, jr., Ensign. 
 
 5th Company — Barnabas Dodge, Capt. ; Nathan Haraden, 1st Lt. ; 
 John Woodbury, 2d Lt. ; Joseph York, Ensign. 
 
 6th Company — Jacob Allen, Capt. ; Joseph Procter, 1st Lt. ; Solo- 
 mon Gorham, 2d Lt. ; Eben Parsons, Ensign. 
 
144 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER I 
 
 7th Company— John Rowe, Capt. ; Mark Pool, 1st Lt. ; Benj. Tarr, 
 2d Lt. ; Isaac Pool, Ensign. 
 
 April 26. Capt. Nathaniel Warner is allowed £24 10s for pay of the 
 minute men. 
 
 This day was kept by the First Parish as a day of fasting and prayer 
 in order to settle a minister. Ministers present : — Rev. J. Cleaveland 
 of Chebacco, who preached A. M. ; Rev. D:iniel Fuller of the Second 
 Church ; Rev. John Rogers of the Third who preached P. M. ; Rev. 
 Obadiah Parsons of the Fourth; and Rev. Ebenezer Cleaveland of the 
 Fifth. 
 
 Last Tuesday arrived here the ship Boston Packet, Capt. Lyde, from 
 London, in whom came as passenger our good friend and worthy pa- 
 triot, Josiah Quincy, Jr., Esq., far gone with a consumption, who was 
 immediately visited by one of the physicians of this place and other re- 
 spectable persons ; but as he appeared to be actually expiring no as- 
 sistance could be afforded him, and a few hours put an end to his 
 valuable life. Great care was taken by the selectmen to forward to his 
 friends the account of his death, but as through the perplexity of the 
 times no returns could be obtained from them, his remains were yester- 
 day with great respect interred in the public burying ground of this place. 
 June 17. Daniel Callahan, killed in the memorable battle of this day, 
 was an apprentice of Stephen Low, whose petition for wages and sun- 
 dries lost in that battle, was presented in the House of Representatives, 
 June 27, 1776, but not granted. 
 
 Benjamin Smith also killed in that battle, was an apprentice of Capt. 
 William Ellery of this town. He was born in England and had no re- 
 lations in this country. Capt. Ellery presented to the General Court 
 of Massachusetts a petition for compensation for the losses he sustained 
 by the death of his apprentice, amounting to £5.11.8, to which he made 
 oath June 15, 1776 ; but it does not appear that the claim was ever al- 
 lowed. 
 
 Alexander Parsons, severely wounded in the same battle, was struck 
 by a musket ball which broke his collar bone and lodged against his right 
 shoulder blade on the back. Three months afterwards it is said, the ball 
 was taken from under the shoulder blade on the opposite from which it 
 entered. He again joined the American army at Cambridge, but hav- 
 ing lost the use of his right arm he was chosen by the House of Rep- 
 resentatives Aug. 11, 1777, third lieutenant of a company of matrosses 
 stationed at Gloucester. He married Elizabeth Eveleth in 1769, and 
 had several daughters. 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 145 
 
 Josiah Brooks, also killed at Bunker Hill, received his death wound 
 while on the back of William Jumper, who had taken him up severely 
 wounded at the rail fence to carry him to a place of safety. 
 
 Lieut. John Burnham, also engaged in this battle, was not, as stated 
 in the History, a native of Gloucester. He was born in Chebacco (now 
 Essex) Dec. 10, 1749, and was a son of Samuel Burnham. He mar- 
 ried Abby Collins of this town, Jan. 31, 178G. He had returned to Che- 
 bacco in 17y<3, when he was dismissed from the church there to one 
 about to be formed in Deny, N. H., of which he became deacon in 
 1810. 
 
 In 1842, when in his ninety-third year, he dictated to his son George, 
 a full and interesting account of his services in the revolutionary war, a 
 copy of which is in my possession. 
 
 Major Burnham had six children, of whom three were sons: — Sam- 
 uel, a sea-captain and commander of a privateer in the war of 1812, 
 who was lost at sea; John, a merchant in Cincinnati and other places, 
 who died in Dumbarton ; and George, who married in Derry and died 
 Jan. 1, 1851. 
 
 Aug. 11. Upon report of a committee appointed by the General 
 Court to confer with General Washington with respect to supplying the 
 town of Gloucester with men and ammunition, the Committee of Sup- 
 plies were directed to deliver 300 lbs. of powder, 300 shot of nine 
 pounds, for a swivel gun of small size, and 100 lbs. of grape shot to 
 Capt. Jos. Foster for defence of said town ; and it was ordered that 
 the Honorable Council order the company raised by Capt. John Lane 
 (part of which is now at Cambridge) to march immediately to Glouc- 
 ester and there to remain for the defence of that town, to be under the 
 direction and command of the Committee of Correspondence of that 
 town. 
 
 In addition to Capt. Lane's company it appears by the following cor- 
 respondence that another smaller force was also sent at this anxious pe- 
 riod from the headquarters of the American army. 
 
 Headquarters, Aug. 16, 1775. 
 Sir — You are to proceed with the detachment of Riflemen under your command to 
 Cape Ann, where you are to endeavor, not only to protect the inhabitants from all at- 
 tempts of the enemy, but to do your utmost to distress and annoy any detachment 
 from the ministerial army that maybe sent from Boston to plunder or destroy that set- 
 tlement. Upon your march and during your residence at Cape Ann, as well as upon 
 your march back to camp, you will observe strict discipline, and on no account suffer 
 any under your command to pillage or maraud. Upon your arrival at Cape Ann you 
 16 
 
146 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER. 
 
 will dispatch a messenger to acquaint the general with the state you find things in 
 there, and you will frequently report to the General all extraordinary occurrences that 
 may happen. 
 
 I am, sir, your most obt, humble servant, Horatio Gates, 
 
 Adjt. General. 
 
 Maj. Robert Magaw. 
 
 [Maj. Robert Magaw to General Gates.] 
 
 Cape Ann, August 21, 1775. 
 Sir—1 wrote to you on the Nth Inst, that no alarms or appearances of immediate 
 danger had been in this place for some time past. Since the 9th inst., when Captain 
 Lindsey, commanding a sloop of war, threw a number of shot into the town, the in- 
 habitants have remained unmolested. On Saturday evening last a man-of-war ami a 
 tender appeared off this harbour; we expected an attack yesterday; they bore away 
 for the eastward, and disappeared. The inhabitants have nearly completed a small 
 fort to mount six nine pounders; their spirit seems equal to their abilities. We have 
 neither blankets nor shirts with us. Some of our men are sick, owing, I believe, to a 
 want of covering in the night. 
 
 I have the honour to be with great respect, your obedient, humble servant. 
 
 Robekt Magaw, 
 
 Major Rifle Bat. Con. Service. 
 General Gates. 
 
 24. Gloucester is abated one-quarter of its province tax for 1775. 
 
 Sept. 27. General Court appropriates £140 to Capt. Joseph Foster, 
 to pay Capt. John Lane, his two lieutenants, and forty-nine men, who 
 have not received advanced pay. 
 
 Capt. John Lane, who was of Buxton, Me., was soon appointed a 
 captain in the American army, and was succeeded in his command here 
 by Daniel Giddings. In a petition to the General Court in 177(5, he 
 represented that he had been in commission upwards of twenty years, 
 that last year he was stationed with a company at Cape Ann, and being 
 again appointed to the same service, prays he may rank according to his 
 services and commission. 
 
 Sept. A brig from Canada bound to Boston, with live stock and other 
 necessary articles for the ministerial troops, was taken by the people of 
 the town. 
 
 Oct. 3. General Court resolves that the Committee of Safety of the 
 Town of Gloucester deliver the master of brigantine Dolphine, his wear- 
 ing apparel and cabin furniture, and deliver the mate and foremost hands 
 any small property or adventure they may have on board the brigantine 
 to be apprised by three men, and delivered to General Washington for 
 him to improve her as an armed vessel in defence of the country. The 
 captain to be allowed out of the public treasury such sum as the court 
 may determine. 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 147 
 
 30. General Washington sends a letter to the House of Representa- 
 tives about affording some necessaries of defence at Cape Ann. 
 
 Nov. 4. General Court resolves that his Excellency the General di- 
 rect Major Mason to proceed to Concord, Worcester, Lancaster and 
 Leicester to view the cannon now in those towns, and such as he shall 
 judge fit for use and necessary for the defence of the town, the town of 
 Gloucester have' leave to remove to that place. Major Mason or Select- 
 men of Gloucester have liberty to procure on credit of the colony, from 
 any person or town, 2 bbls. of powder, said Gloucester to be accounta- 
 ble to General Court therefor. 
 
 10. Gloucester is allowed £20(3. 5s for billeting 75 men 11 weeks 
 from Aug. 16 to Nov. 1 at 5s a man per week. 
 
 Nov. 26. A sloop laden with fish and train oil, taken by privateers, 
 was brought into the harbor. 
 
 28. Capt. Manly brought into the harbor a brig laden with military 
 stores, valued at £30,000 sterling. 
 
 30. John Stevens, Chairman Committee of Safety and Correspond- 
 ence of Gloucester, petitions the General Court for cannon, ammunition, 
 more soldiers, a number of artillery men, with a field officer to command 
 the troops stationed there, and the militia men necessary for the further 
 defence of the harbor. 
 
 Dec. 2. Considering the importance of the harbor of Gloucester and 
 the exposedness of the same to the enemy, General Court resolves to 
 raise two companies of 50 men each to continue in service till April 1, 
 unless sooner discharged. 
 
 Dec. 19. A sloop laden with wood for the British troops in Boston 
 was brought in. 
 
 20. Four Quaker gentlemen from the South arrive in town to relieve 
 the poor. 
 
 21. General Court resolves to station 250 men at Gloucester. 
 
 30. For four companies at Gloucester the General Court chose Jo- 
 seph Foster, colonel. 
 
 1st Company — DanielAVarner,Capt. ; JohnLow, jr., 1st Lt., declined ; 
 Solomon Gorham, 2d Lt., appointed 1st. 
 
 2d Company — John Lane, Capt. ; Jabez Lane, IstLt. ; Moses Atkin- 
 son, 2d Lt. 
 
 1776. — Jan. 1. 3d Company — Bradbury Sanders, Capt. ; Isaac Somes, 
 IstLt., declined; John Chandler, 2d, appointed 1st, March 14. 
 
148 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 4th Company — Win. Pearson, Capt. ; Joseph Lane, 1st Lt. ; James 
 Hayes, 2d Lt. 
 
 Major Samuel Whitteraore was unanimously chosen commissary. 
 
 Feb. 20. Died Thomas Smith, Esq., merchant of Falmouth (Port- 
 land), son of Rev. Thomas Smith of that place, and brother of the wife 
 of Hon. Thomas Sanders, Esq., aged 40. A gentleman of unblemished 
 character. 
 
 Theophilus Lane, being out on the fishing ground in the spring of this 
 year, was taken by an English vessel and employed as a pilot to bring 
 her into the bay. He assured the captain that Gloucester was in the 
 hands of the British and thus induced the latter to run into this port. 
 Our people went off to her, and, being in sufficient number to overpower 
 the crew, took possession of the vessel. 
 
 March 16. Difficulty has arisen with regard to rank of officers at 
 Gloucester, whereupon the General Court vote that they shall be ranked 
 in the following manner : 
 
 Daniel Warner, First Captain ; Bradbury Sanders, Second Captain ; 
 William Pearson, Third Captain; Daniel Giddings, Fourth Captain. 
 
 April 16. General Court resolves that a beacon be erected at Cape 
 Ann on Governor's Hill, one at Marblehead, one at Boston, in the usual 
 place, and one on the Blue Hills in Milton. Selectmen and two com- 
 missioned officers nearest the beacons to have charge of them, and when 
 an enemy's fleet is discovered shall fire three alarm guns, set the bells 
 ringing and cause the beacons to be fired with all expedition. 
 
 June 7. On petition of Peter Coffin, Esq., and Mr. John Low, the 
 House of Representatives resolve to supply the Town of Gloucester with 
 four 24-pounders, four 9-pounders and four 6-pounders, properly stocked 
 with necessary apparatus for each cannon, 40 rounds of shot for each 
 cannon and ten barrels of gunpowder. A company of matrosses of 
 fifty men to be raised to manage the cannon stationed there, to be under 
 the command of Col. Foster, to be enlisted to serve until the last of 
 December. 
 
 June 26. In House of Representatives. The petition ot Selectmen 
 of Gloucester for payment of a muster roll of Capt. Daniel Warner 
 for the seivice of himself and 46 men, at that town, from Dec. 31, 1775, 
 to June 10, 1776, also of several accounts for supplying men stationed 
 there, was presented. 
 
 The following order and one of a little later date, emanating from 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 149 
 
 one pf the most distinguished revolutionary patriots of Gloucester, seem 
 to he worthy of preservation here. 
 
 Gloucester, March 24. 1776. 
 
 Sir — As our enemies' fleet is now lying in Broad Sound in Boston, and the wind fair 
 for them to come to this place if they are so minded. It is therefore necessary that 
 we stand on our guard and as your regiment is at so great a distance it will not be pru- 
 dent to wait till the enemy appears in sight before notice is given you. 
 
 I have taken the advice of the committee in this town and considered the difficulty 
 that would attend your sending your whole regiment to this town unless the enemy 
 were actually landed. 
 
 I have therefore thought it best that you send one company of seventy- five men, of- 
 ficers included, to my assistance, well armed and accoutred with one week's provisions 
 each, to morrow morning as soon as possible, which may prevent a general alarm, and 
 this will be your sufficient warrant for so doing. 
 
 I am your humble servant, 
 
 Joseph Foster. 
 
 To Col. Jonathan Cogswell. 
 
 Gloucester, May 9, 1776. 
 Lieut. Lane : 
 
 Sir — You are hereby ordered and requested forthwith to march with the party of five 
 men under your command whose names are as follows : Daniel Haraden, John Atkins, 
 Caleb Lane, Joseph Somes and Joseph Davis to 'Squam, where~you are to keep a watch 
 at the entrance of the harbor night and day, which watch is to be properly released at 
 your discretion, you are to give said watch orders to inform you if they discover any 
 vessels or boats that attempt to land on that shore, or that appear to be an enemy, af- 
 ter you have inquired into such information as you may receive from the watch, if you 
 judge it needful you are to fire three guns to alarm the inhabitants there and send one 
 of your party to me with an account of what occasioned the alarm, after which you are 
 to endeavor to prevent the enemy from landing. You are furthermore to visit the 
 watch at the Cape and Chebacco side under Corporals Brown and Emerton once a week 
 or of tener, and see if they keep a good watch agreeable to the orders they have received 
 from me, which you are to demand when you visit said watches and see if these men 
 attend their duty and make a return to me every Tuesday when you send for your al- 
 lowance of provisions. Fail not. 
 
 Joseph Foster. 
 
 N. B. You are to practice your party in ye manual exercise all opportunities. 
 
 The following is the letter of Rev. Eli Forbes, addressed to Winthrop 
 Sargent, Col. Foster and others, in reply to theirs to him, endeavoring 
 to dissuade him from accepting the call of the First Parish to become 
 its pastor, alluded to in the History, page 402. 
 
 Gloucester, April 8, 1776. 
 Gentlemen — I thank you for your kind and seasonable address of the 4th inst., and 
 assure you that I feel as sensibly as most of you can, for the public calamities of the 
 present day, and am deeply impressed with that part which falls with distinguishing 
 weight upon ye first parish of the town of Gloucester, and shall not intentionally or 
 understandingly do anything which may have a tendency to increase their burdens, but 
 
150 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 shall aim (as T have done since I have been among them) to alleviate. I have received 
 the votes of the church and parish which contain an invitation to me to settle with 
 them in the work of the ministry. When I shall receive their votes which may provide 
 for my support, I shall, I hope, discover the path of duty, which is always the path of 
 honor. I beg leave to observe, that I can't think that ye first parish in Gloucester is in 
 such a deplorable situation as forbids the settlement of the gospel among them, and it 
 lias been an observation founded in scripture and supported by facts that the gospel 
 always carries its own reward and a blessing along with it, and those places that have 
 neglected the settlement of ye gospel and its ordinances fella prey to every deceiver. 
 I am, gentlemen, with tender concern for the good of my country and the safety and 
 happiness of the first parish in Gloucester, 
 
 Yonr most obedient, humble servant, 
 
 Eli Fohbes. 
 
 1777. —Feb. 18. Died, Dr. Samuel Rogers {Hist. 414). His chil- 
 dren were Elizabeth, who married Charles Rogers ; a son who died in in- 
 fancy ; Mercy, who married John Gorham Rogers ; and Sarah, who 
 married Capt. Nathaniel Smith. 
 
 Sept. 18. The selectmen petition the General Court that the inhab- 
 itants of the town may be supplied with salt, and have leave to with- 
 draw. They also petition that the poor inhabitants thereof may be 
 supplied with corn. This was read and committed. 
 John Morgan died at Halifax this year in captivity. 
 Samuel Leach died of small-pox on his passage from Bilboa. 
 1778. — Died this year Joshua Avery, privateering, by means of a fall. 
 April. Isaac Haskell was killed on board of a privateer. 
 Sept. 18. Died Mrs. Mary, wife of Capt. John Somes. She was 
 Mary Smith, and was married to Capt. Somes Aug. 18, 1770. 
 
 Nov. 14. Died James Dike, son of Richard, an early settler, aged 
 eighty-six. He married Sarah Dolliver, Feb. 4, 1713, and a second wife, 
 Miriam Rust, in 1771. She died Dec. 10, 1778, aged nearly ninety 
 (see Hist. 81). 
 
 In this year died "old Hannah Stanwood." 
 
 1779. — Jan. 2. The Second Parish votes unanimously that they will 
 not have the small-pox brought into it by inoculation, but they also vote 
 that "if any persons suspected they had catched the small-pox or were 
 resolved to inoculate," they should remove to Benjamin Herrick's, Dan- 
 iel Herrick's, or widow John Haskell's house ; they themselves to pay 
 the charges. 
 
 Feb. 24. The Parish desires that the selectmen make use of their 
 power to have the houses and inhabitants of this town cleared from the 
 infectious distemper of the small-pox, and likewise to forbid any more 
 to be inoculated, unless the town give liberty to inoculate in hospitals. 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 151 
 
 Jan. 3. Died in the Second Parish, widow Trask, nearly eighty 
 years old ; probably widow of Jonathan. 
 
 July 22. Ruth Andrews, widow of William, died of small-pox, aged 
 fifty-five. 
 
 Dee. 31. The town votes to send an earnest memorial, already pre- 
 pared, to the General Court, praying for abatement of a very large tax 
 imposed upon it that year. It represents the taxable polls to have been 
 reduced from 1053 in 1775 to 696 in 1779; that at the commencement 
 of the war all the most active, wealthy inhabitants moved from the town 
 to places of greater security ; that there are but 858 acres of arable, 
 orcharding, and mowing land in the whole town, which do not produce 
 enough of the necessaries of life to support the people two months in 
 the twelve : that their privateering adventures had been very unsuccess- 
 ful ; that of 5000 tons in fishing schooners, merchant vessels and boats, 
 belonging in the town in 1775, the whole amount, improved or not, is 
 now only 2,040 tons — 690 tons having been lost since the last fall, and 
 that all their interest in merchant vessels consisted of one-half of a small 
 ship ; that the}' had a very numerous poor to support — upwards of 750 
 of that class that lived chiefly on charity ; in short that the town was veiy 
 poor, and that they believed that all the money in the town, collected 
 in one sum, would be insufficient to meet the tax set upon it. 
 
 Moses Bray and John Herrick died this year in captivity. 
 
 Ebenezer Pool, Caleb Pool, Mrs. Abigail Rowe, widow Elizabeth 
 Clark and some others died this year of small-pox, at Sandy Bay, and 
 were all buried near the seashore, west -of Whale Cove. 
 
 Of a state tax for £1000, county of Essex pays £56.6.5 ; Salem, 
 highest in the county, £20.4.5 ; Gloucester, seventh town in the county, 
 £8.6.6. 
 
 John Burns and William Webster supposed to be lost in a privateer 
 commanded by John Colson. 
 
 1780. — May 19. "About twelve o'clock, noon, came on an uncom- 
 mon darkness. Sometime previous to it the clouds arose about south- 
 west, remarkably black, which soon overspread the horizon. The dark- 
 ness increased to that degree that it was necessary to light a candle to 
 dine by. The darkness continued till near the sun's going down. The 
 moon fulled the 18th, yet was it so dark about nine P. M., that in a 
 room where were three large windows, not a glimpse of light could be 
 perceived ; no more than in a dark cellar." — Private Record. 
 
 The remarkable phenomenon by which this day was distinguished, 
 
152 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER: 
 
 o-ave it the name of f 'the Dark Day." An attempt to account for this 
 
 O •/ ft 
 
 extraordinary darkness ma}' be found in Mass. Hist. Soc. Collections, 1, 
 95. 
 
 1781. — Thomas Michel and Benjamin Smith died in Halifax in cap- 
 tivity. 
 
 Robert Wheelwright, of Cape Ann, is a prisoner in Mill Prison, Eng., 
 taken from ship Beaver. 
 
 1802. — Jan. 11. Thirty-two prisoners of other towns are landed 
 here sick from a cartel from Halifax, and taken care of by the selectmen, 
 whose charge against the commonwealth for sundries supplied to them 
 was £132.13.9. 
 
 Feb. 28. Died, Jerusha Woodbury, aged about seventy-three, widow 
 of Abel, who died on hoard a prison ship in 1778. 
 
 1803. — April 23. Died, at Gloucester Alms House, Humphrey Morse, 
 who came from Salisbury. 
 
 1804. — Sept. 18. In the storm of Tuesday night, the Sch. Si card of 
 Gloucester was lost near Cohasset Rocks, and all hands perished. 
 
 Nov. Died, William Murphy, aged seventj T -six. 
 
 Dec. 18. Died, Rev. Eli Forbes, D.D. A few additional particulars 
 relating to the marriage connections of this minister may be here given. 
 His first wife was Mary, not Lucy Parkman, as stated in the History. 
 His marriage to Mrs. Sanders, widow of Hon. Thomas Sanders, took 
 place Sept. 15, 1776, and was not pleasing to the numerous offspring 
 already blessing the home to which the bride brought her new husband ; 
 but the union, whether happy or otherwise, was terminated by her death 
 in June, 1780, when she was placed by the side of her first husband, in 
 the old burying ground. Mr. Forbes was married to his third wife, 
 Mrs. Sarah Parsons, Sept. 13, 1781. She had had two previous hus- 
 bands, Dr. Enoch Sawyer and Capt. Thomas Parsons, of Newbury. 
 She died, by one account, 19fh, and by another, 26th Sept., 1792, aged 
 fifty-three. The bereaved husband was married to his fourth wife, Mrs. 
 Lucy Baldwin, Nov. 13, 1793. She died March 13, 1804, aged sixty- 
 eight. An obituary notice in the Salem Gazette, of the 20th of March, 
 tells the sad story of her sickness and suffering, and mentions the vir- 
 tues which adorned her character. Her first husband was Jeduthnn 
 Baldwin of Brookfield, one of the first in that town to enlist in the Rev- 
 olutionary war. She left two children, both by her first husband, one 
 of whom, Elizabeth, or Betsey, as she is called in Dr. Forbes' will, mar- 
 ried Wheat Gilbert of Brookfield, and having been left a widow, came 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 153 
 
 to Gloucester to reside with her mother, and here married for second 
 husband the rich merchant, David Pearce. She died Dec. 6, 1823, 
 aged sixty-two, leaving an only child, Harriet Gilbert, who, as her liv- 
 ing daughter, Mrs. J. C. Calef, informs me, found a happy home in her 
 early years, first in that of Dr. Forbes, and next in that of Mr. Pearce. 
 She married Capt. John Haskell. 
 
 In a severe northeast gale, this year, a boat belonging to Caleb Nor- 
 wood, jr., drifted from her moorings at Lobster Cove, and upset near 
 Gee's Point. Joseph Parsons, Bennett Haskins and x\mbrose Thurston, 
 jr., were drowned. 
 
 The three largest tax payers in town this year were William Pearce, 
 taxed for $93,370 ; David Pearce, for $87,134, and Timothy Rogers, for 
 $34,(376. 
 
 1788. — Feb. 7. The delegates from the town to the convention for 
 ratifying the Federal constitution, having returned home, were invited 
 to a generous entertainment provided for them in the evening at Capt. 
 Somes' tavern, by the principal inhabitants of the town, as a testimony 
 of their approbation of the part they took in the important business on 
 which they had acted, and to give a social opportunity to reciprocate 
 congratulations on the decisions which had taken place. 
 
 September 11. Capt. Daniel Pearce presented to the Gloucester ar- 
 tillery a very elegant stand of colors, with the insignia of peace obtained 
 by the sword, being an Indian at full length enclosed in a laurel wreath, 
 ovate, crest, an arm with a drawn sword; motto: " Ense petit placidam 
 sub liherlate quietem;" on the reverse, two cannon with column, and 
 this motto : "Stat immeatum aut impela pron-edit." The company re- 
 ceived the flag at Mr. Pearce's house, where they partook of an ample and 
 generous refreshment at his invitation. 
 
 September. A new dwelling house, almost complete, belonging to 
 Mr. Daniel Knight, then absent at the Banks, was consumed by tire. 
 Through the charity and efforts of C. Pearce, another house was erected 
 on the same spot and given to the sufferer. 
 
 1790. — A state tax of £239 10s. 3d. was apportioned to the several 
 parishes of the town, as follows : First Parish, West Ward, £74 lis. 
 lid. ; East Ward, £65 lis. 6d. ; Second Parish, £23 Is. lid. ; Third 
 Parish, £24 15s. lOd. ; Fourth Parish, £23 14s. 6d. ; Fifth Parish, £25 
 14s. 7d. 
 
 Sept. 30. Madam Jaques, widow of Rev. Richard J.tcques, died, 
 aged eighty-eight years. 
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154 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 1792. A small boat, bound from Sandy Bay to Salem, was lost on 
 
 Milk Island bar this year, by which accident Daniel Young and Isaac- 
 Jacobs were drowned. 
 
 1795. — Dec. 20. Died, Solomon Gorham, aged forty-seven. He 
 was a son of Col. John Gorham, of Barnstable, and came to Glouces- 
 ter with his mother on her marriage to Col. John Stevens of this town. 
 He married here, Nov. 29, 1772, Sarah Giddings, who survived him. 
 The records give him one child, a daughter Judith, who married Sewall 
 Lancaster, son of Rev. Thomas Lancaster of Scarborough, Me., and 
 died here Dec. 20, 1864, aged eighty. 
 
 1797. — Sept. 23. A Cape Ann fishing boat with three men attempted 
 to go over Newbury bar just before low water, but was drifted into the 
 breakers when she rilled, and two of the men were drowned. The other, 
 after being in the water two hours, was taken up by a boat sent out by 
 persons who had witnessed the disaster. 
 
 Dee. 15. Ship Renown, Capt. Burns, from St. Johns, N. F., for 
 Boston, was wrecked on Milk Island. The crew got on shore, but the 
 captain was drowned while making an ineffectual attempt to secure some 
 of the property. 
 
 1798. — William Fears, John Elwell, son of John, and Isaac, son of 
 Zebulon Elwell, were washed overboard this year in a gale of wind, 
 from a schooner commanded by Capt. William Allen, coming from the 
 Banks. 
 
 1805. — Feb. died, about the first of this month, Capt. Benjamin 
 Somes, the same who kept the tavern on Front street for many years ; 
 April, widow Eunice Haskell, aged about eighty; Aug. 20, Daniel No- 
 ble, lost at sea; Sept. 14, Mary Ellery, aged seventy ; Nov., Enoch 
 Boynton, aged about seventy-eight. 
 
 1806.— Jan. lo, died, Naomi Gilbert, aged seventy-eight; 19, Mr. 
 Atkins, aged eighty ; April, Aaron Stanwood, drowned at sea ; May 5, 
 Mary Gardner, aged seventy-hve ; 2 (i, Joseph Griffin, fell overboard on 
 his passage from Europe and was drowned ; Nov. 9, Thomas Jeffs, aged 
 seventy-eight : 13. Joseph Millet, aged seventy-seven; 23, Daniel Par- 
 sons, aged seventy-three : Dee. 10. Elizabeth Andrews, aged ninety- 
 two. 
 
 1807. — Felt. 15, died, Mary Kowe, aged ninety-one: Feb., Samuel 
 Clark, jr., fell from the yardarm of a ship in the Gulf Stream and was 
 drowned, aged twenty: March 12, Elizabeth Gordon, aged seventy: 
 May 1, Susanna Elwell, aged eighty-four : 5, Mary Lane, aged eighty- 
 seven; July 21. Capt. Coas Gardner, aged about sixty-four. 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 155 
 
 1808. — March 17, died, Abigail Glover, aged seventy: Nov. 6, Sa- 
 rah Elwell, aged eighty-four; Joseph Juniper was drowned this year 
 
 by tailing out of a boat, two miles from Halibut Point, aged about 
 twenty-three. 
 
 1809. — Jan. 14, died, Mr. Grover, aged eighty ; Feb. 16, Eliza- 
 beth Parsons, aged eighty; Aug. HI, Deacon Stephen Haskell, aged 
 about seventy-three. 
 
 1810.— Jan. 10, the day of which tradition still tells as the "■ Cold 
 Friday," Rachel Pool of Sandy Bay, housekeeper for her aged grand- 
 father, Caleb Norwood, after she had built a tire in the morning, had 
 occasion to go out of doors a few moments, and upon her return was so 
 chilled that she went to the tire to warm herself, and immediately fell 
 forward into the flames. She soon got upon her feet again but her eyes 
 were so badly burned that she was ever afterwards blind. She was 
 about twenty years old. 
 
 1 March 9, died William Taylor, aged seventy-five; Aug. 24, Mary 
 Tarr, aged ninety-four; Mary Davis, aged eighty-live ; Oct. 19, Sarah 
 Wallace, aged eighty ; May 3, Joseph Haraden, deacon of the Third 
 church, was buried. 
 
 1811. — Sept. Died, Eldad Prindall. He and Keturah Smith were 
 married in 1768. She died July 31, 1825, aged seventy-six. He left 
 sons Eliakson and Daniel, both of whom had families in Gloucester. 
 Eliakson, born Aug. 23, 1769, died in Dedham woods, by suicide, Nov. 
 9, 1823. An Olive Prindall died in May, 1806. 
 
 Dec. 9. Died, widow Mary Woodbury, aged eighty-four. 
 
 1812. — Sept. Died, widow Ann Hough, aged eighty-five. Benja- 
 min Hough {Hist. 562) was her son. She also had a son Ebenezer 
 who came to Gloucester when quite young, and entered upon a seafaring- 
 life. He sailed upon a foreign voyage in command of a vessel, and was 
 never heard from after leaving home. This occurred, probably, about 
 1792, as his widow, was appointed administratrix of his estate July 1, 
 1798. He had three daughters, Anna Watts, Eliza Plummer and Mary 
 Sanders. The widow Ann Hough also had a daughter Hannah, who 
 married Capt. Wm. Reddin. He died at sea, of small-pox, about 1801, 
 leaving a son and daughter, still living. Another daughter of the 
 widow Ann, Betsey, married James Saw} r er in 1786. 
 
 Half a township of land, granted by the General Court for building 
 a harbor at Pigeon Cove, was sold at auction in Boston, this year, for 
 twenty cents an acre. 
 
 1813. — March 7. Died or was buried, Mrs. Mary, widow of Col. 
 
156 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 Peter Coffin, aged ninety-one. The only son of Col. Coffin's son Peter 
 that married, was Charles, who is said to have left a widow and two 
 sons in Baltimore, Md. 
 
 Oct. 31. Died in Freeport, Me., Zebulon Lnfkin, aged ninety-one. 
 He was a son of Benjamin Lnfkin of Gloucester, and here married, 
 July 22, 1745, Sarah Haskell, by whom he had seven sons and three 
 daughters. He removed to Freeport, probably about 1780, with four 
 sons, Aaron, Benjamin, Joseph and Samuel, all of whom died in Unit 
 town. Joseph was a shipmaster and acquired wealth. He was much 
 esteemed by his fellow townsmen, who elected him selectman, treasurer, 
 and representative. He died May 20, 1835, aged seventy-eight. 
 
 James Robinson and James Morgan, soldiers in the U. S. army, died 
 in Vermont, this year. 
 
 1814. — April 25. Arrived boat Ograbme, 31 days from Elizabeth 
 City, N. C. , and with Capt. Pew, Capt. Sargent and others, who left 
 their vessels on account of the embargo and came home in an open 
 boat, a distance of 1000 miles, hauling their way, fifty-six miles, across 
 capes and headlands. 
 
 June. A committee made a report to the town on the growth of in- 
 temperance, in which they recommended an enforcement of the license 
 laws, and the appointment of a committee of twenty-five citizens to give 
 notice and inform of all who should sell ardent spirit contrary to the 
 laws of the Commonwealth. 
 
 1815. — Jan. 7, Thomas Bennet, drowned at sea; James Babson, 
 drowned; March, Nathaniel Dodge, aged about seventy-eight ; April 
 13, Widow Davis, aged eighty-five; July, Miss Preston, aged ninety- 
 four; December, widow Sarah Haskell, about eighty-five. 
 
 1821. — May. Ebenezer Davis, a boy twelve years of age, was killed 
 in 'Squam woods with an axe by Gorham Parsons, a lad. Parsons, as 
 soon as he found he had fatally wounded the boy, carried him on his 
 shoulder out of the woods to Squam Hill. Two young girls were near 
 at the time, but becoming frightened they ran home. An inquest was 
 held, and a verdict was given that Parsons had accidentally killed the 
 boy, but on further examination of the body, next day, they found 
 wounds on the back, which convinced the jury that it was a wilful mur- 
 der. Parsons was tried for the crime at Newburyport, and acquitted, 
 lie was afterwards heard to say that he was tired of carrying the boy 
 on his back, and one night told a shipmate on board of a vessel in which 
 they were employed that he could not carry the boy any longer. The 
 next morning he was missing, as was also a small grindstone, from which 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 157 
 
 it was concluded that he had jumped overboard in the night with the 
 grindstone for a sinker. 
 
 Dec. 8. Died at Squam,Mrs. Elizabeth Day, daughter of Rev. Benj. 
 Bradstrect, aged eighty. 
 
 This year Samuel L. Clark, Henry Blatchford, jr., and Allen (loss 
 were lost with their boat on or near Cashes Ledge. 
 
 Collector John Dennis, for diligence, perseverance and punctuality, 
 in collecting and paying in the last year's large tax, $4855.16, within 
 the prescribed time, with the small abatement of $63.14, has the thanks 
 of the town, and the selectmen are authorized to present him a hat of 
 the value of seven dollars. 
 
 1823. — Oct. 14. John Langsford fell from a fishing boat on Jeffries' 
 Ledge, and was drowned. 
 
 21. Amos Phelps, jr., fell from a vessel, off Portsmouth lighthouse, 
 and was drowned. 
 
 Nov. 20. Died, Nabby Hadley, aged seventy. 
 
 Nov. Joshua Clark, jr. , and Daniel Donahew were drowned. They 
 were bound to the North Shore in a fishing boat, after wool, and were 
 upset near Halibut Point. 
 
 Dec. Capt. Henry White, a native of Litchfield, N. H., died, aged 
 eighty-three. He served several years in the Revolutionary war, and 
 was an officer. His wife was Esther Annis, of Lane's Cove. 
 
 1824. — Feb. 23. . Mary Foster died, aged ninety-nine years and five 
 months ; Oct., David Haskell died, aged about eighty. 
 
 Dec. 11. William Lambert, who had just come from Rowley to 
 Squam to keep school, died suddenly of apoplexy. 
 
 1825. — May 23, died, Betty Rowe, aged eighty-four; Dec. 11, 
 Ephraim Davis, aged eighty-five. 
 
 1833. — March, died, Mrs. Tammy, widow of Isaac El well, aged 
 ninety-two. April 1, Samuel Sargent, aged eighty-four; May 1, Mrs. 
 Lydia Hale, aged ninety ; in Boston, Charles Thacher, Esq., merchant, 
 a survivor of the wreck of ship Howard, on Eastern Point, in 1804 
 (a poor woman on the Point, who took him into her house on the night 
 of the shipwreck, received from him every year afterwards, during her 
 life, a barrel of flour in acknowledgment of her kindness to him). 
 June 17, Widow Mary Plummer, aged ninety. August, Mrs. Esther 
 Leighton, aged seventy-four; Dorcas El well, aged seventy-three ; 25, 
 Thomas Rowe, aged eighty-four. Sept., Mrs. Lucy Baily, aged sev- 
 enty-seven. 
 
 1834. — January, died, Anne Bray, aged eighty-one. March, Mrs. 
 
158 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER : 
 
 Elizabeth Day, aged eighty-five ; Mrs. Mary El well, aged seventy-eight. 
 June, Mrs. Mary Beach, aged eighty-four, widow of Capt. John Beach. 
 July, Capt. Isaac Collins, a revolutionary soldier, aged seventy-eight. 
 December, Mrs. Hannah Knight, aged eighty-nine. 
 
 1835. — January, died, Matthew Aiken, aged eighty ; Josiah Cur- 
 rier, aged eighty-six. February, Mrs. Jemima Allen, aged seventy- 
 six. March 11, Henry Davis, a revolutionary patriot, aged eighty-nine. 
 May, Robert Kowe, aged seventy six ; Mrs. Elizabeth Emerton, aged 
 eighty ; Job Tarr, a revolutionary patriot, aged seventy-nine ; Daniel 
 Herriek, aged eighty-four. June, Mrs. Rebecca Shaftoo, aged eighty- 
 five ; Adoniram Choate, aged seventy-three. July 8, Capt. John Burns, 
 Quincy, Illinois, aged sixty-nine. August, Mrs. Martha Webber, aged 
 seventy-four; Mrs. Abigail Sargent, aged eighty. September, Mrs. 
 Polly Butman, aged eighty. October, Mrs. Lucy Sargent, aged sev- 
 enty-seven. - December, Mrs. Lydia Haraden, aged seventy-four. 
 
 1736.— January, died, P^llis (or Elias) Cook, aged eighty-two. 
 March, Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens, aged seventy-two; Levi Sanborn, aged 
 about seventy ; Daniel Thurston, aged seventy-six. April, widow Abi- 
 gail Ellis, aged seventy-eight. June, Mrs. Sally Sargent, aged seventy- 
 two. August, Nehemiah Parsons, aged seventy-six ; Pliny H. Davison, 
 Aged seventy. September, Mrs. Betsey Saville, aged seventy-two ; 28th, 
 in Minot, Me., Mrs. Mary Prince, aged ninety-nine years, and eleven 
 months. Her husband, Capt. John Prince, was one of the earliest set- 
 tlers at New Gloucester, Me., where he died about 1813. She was 
 probably Mary, daughter of Jonathan Haskell, born December 20, 1730. 
 She had a daughter, Mary, born in the old town Aug. 20, 1758, and a 
 son John, born in the new, Jan. 20, 1761. October, Mrs. Sarah F. 
 Dolliver, aged seventy-four. November, Esther Cartel - , aged eighty- 
 one. December, widow Hannah Andrews, aged eighty-four. 
 1747 .—August 24, died, Daniel Smith, aged fifty-four. 
 1748. — May 4, died, Mrs. Mary, wife of Deacon John Low, aged 
 forty. The following is inscribed on her gravestone : "Favour is deceit- 
 ful and beauty vain, but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be 
 praised." 
 
 1748. — November 3, died, Samuel Gott {Hist. 239) who was, with- 
 out doubt, a grandson of Charles Gott who came to Salem in 1628 and 
 was a prominent citizen of that town and of Wenliain, to which place 
 he removed about 1653. He died there January 15, 1668, leaving a 
 son Charles, who died in AVenham February 11, 1708, about sixty years 
 old. In a deed of August 2, 1697, the latter gave land in Wenhani to 
 
TC\RLY RECORDS. 159 
 
 "loving konne Samuel Gott," but no record of the birth or baptism of 
 this son has been found. The Wenham records have the intention of 
 marriage of Samuel Gott of that town and Margaret Andrews of Ipswich, 
 June 26, 161)7. They had a son Samuel and a daughter Prudence, born 
 probably before their removal to Gloucester, and the following born 
 here : Daniel, born .March 2S, 1703 ; Stephen, April 2, 1705 : Margaret, 
 October, 20, 1706: Charles, August 15, 1709; Lydia, November 6, 
 1711, died December 20, 1717: William, April 17, 1715; Nathaniel, 
 November 2, 1717, died June 20, 1720 ; Lydia, January 28, 1719, died 
 ( >ctober 22, 1722, and the mother died eight days after. By his second 
 wife Samuel Gott had Joseph and Benjamin, born August 13, 1725; 
 and Bethany, September, 29, 1727. It appears by the town records 
 that live of the sons of Samuel Gott married and had children, but the 
 only one whose end is known is Joseph, who married Deliverance Pool, 
 and died April 30, 1755. She died September 3, 1800, aged seventy- 
 three. Their son Joshua died in the old homestead at Halibut Point, 
 March 22, 1846, in his ninety-second year. An Aimer Gott died De- 
 cember 12, 1809, aged about seventy. 
 
 1753. — Died, Hannah, wife of Job Stanwood, aged twenty-four. July 
 22, died, Mrs. Rachel, wife of Capt. John Stevens, aged forty-two. 
 
 1760. — October 21, Ebenezer Davis, son of Abraham Davis, fell 
 overboard out of a schooner belonging to Daniel Gibbs, Esq., and was 
 drowned. 
 
 1761. — June 1, died, Mrs. Jemima, wife of Deacon William Haskell, 
 in her seventy-seventh year. 
 
 1765. — The families of Joseph and John Stanwood, grandsons of the 
 first John, had removed to Newbury, from which town they were warned 
 out this year. 
 
 1769. — December 14. died, in the second parish, "old Mary Stan- 
 wood/* 
 
 1771. — Died, Ebenezer Haskell, of old age. 
 
 1772. — July 12, died, Mary, wife of Abraham Davis, in her sixtieth 
 year. 
 
 1773. — May 22, Ebenezer Tarbox died, aged seventy-three. An 
 Ebenezer, his son probably, died of small pox in 1764, aged about thir- 
 ty-six. 
 
 1778. — October 14, died, Mrs. Hannah, relict of James Davis, Est]., 
 aged sixty-three. 
 
 1793. — February 13, died, Dorcas Haskell, aged about eighty. 
 
 1802. — November, died, Mary Haskell, aged over eighty. 
 
160 HISTORY OF GLOUCESTER: 
 
 1^37. — Jan. n, died, Nathaniel Haskell, aged eighty-two*; Febru- 
 ary, Mrs. Susan Coas, aged seventy-eight; Mrs. Elizabeth Elwell,aged 
 seventy. March, Mrs. Elizabeth Dowsett, aged ninety-four; Mrs. Sa- 
 rah Brown, aged seventy-one. July, Mrs. Hadlock, aged ninety-two. 
 September, Widow Lucy Pool, aged eighty-seven. October, Judith 
 Millet, aged seventy-eight. 
 
 1838. — January, died, Jerusha Morgan, aged seventy-three; Cyrus 
 Stevens, aged sixty-nine. February, Mrs. Hannah Merchant, aged 
 eighty ; Feb. 20, Mrs. Susanna Withani, aged ninety-four. April, Mrs. 
 Rebecca Haskell, aged seventy-eight. June, Mrs. Sarah Davis, aged 
 about eighty-four; Mrs. Anna, widow of David Burnham, aged ninety- 
 six. September, Ruth Haskell, eighty-one. November, Lydia Has- 
 kell, aged eighty-three ; Nov. 24, Abigail Stevens, aged eighty-live. 
 December, Mrs. Mary Whittemore, aged seventy-six. 
 
 1839. — January, died, Capt. Jos. Smith, aged seventy ; Mr. Asa 
 Pea body, aged seventy-five. March, Mrs. Anne Ro we, aged eighty- 
 two. April, Mrs. Molly, widow of Edward Gerring, aged eighty-six. 
 May, Mrs. Sarah Parsons, aged eighty. August 1, Winthrop Sargent 
 a revolutionary pensioner, aged seventy-seven; Daniel Bray, aged sev- 
 enty-two. 
 
 1840. — March 4, died, in Rock port, Zebulon Witham, aged seventy- 
 four. April, Mrs. Tammy Allen, aged eighty-four; April 2, Fast 
 Day, Peter Stillman, jr. , about forty-live years old, accidentally shot 
 himself while gunning. June 3, Mrs. Lucy Sweet, aged eighty-three. 
 September 14, Mrs. Anna Chard, aged seventy-two. October 31, 
 Mrs. Ruth Herrick, aged eighty-nine. 
 
 1709. — July 19, Samuel Cane, or Card, died. 
 
 1711. — John Reading, by wife Jane, had son Benjamin, born June 9, 
 and a daughter Deliverance, April 23, 1716. He died Nov. 7, same 
 year, and his widow married Richard Babson, Oct. 14, 1718. 
 
 1712.— Feb. 25, Edmund Caton died at Stephen Rowe's. 
 
 1714. — Joseph Greley, by wife Elizabeth, had Andrew, born March 
 17, and Joseph, Oct. 8, 1715. 
 
 171G._Thomas Harris (241, 338,) had probably lived at Pigeon 
 Hill a few years when his son Benjamin, by wife Mary, was born June 
 6, 1716. This son died September 21, 1726, and his only other child 
 on record is a daughter Hannah, born October 26, 1720. Thomas Har- 
 ris, jr., his son, without doubt, married Sarah, daughter of Joshua 
 Norwood October 2, 1727, who bore him nine daughters and two sons, 
 neither of whom lived to perpetuate the name. Samuel Harris was 
 
EARLY RECORDS. 161 
 
 probably another son of Thomas's son. He married Elizabeth Sargent, 
 June 6, 1737. 
 
 Hugh Stone appears in town this year, and had Hannah, born August 
 
 4, 1716 ; Thomas and Dorothy, July 5, 1719 ; and Elizabeth, February 
 
 5, 1724. In December, 1746, the town paid John Roberts 23 shillings 
 for digging his grave. A Nath'l Stone died June 20, 1716, aged twenty- 
 two. 
 
 Thomas Finson and Mar)', daughter of John Lane, were married 
 December 6. His children were Mary, born July 23, 1718; Thomas, 
 July 16, 1720; Ambrose, baptized April 7, 1723; and Elizabeth, born 
 February 1, 1725. The marriage of the son Thomas is not found, but 
 it appears that he had a wife Sarah, and three children at least, Thomas 
 and Tammy baptized at the Fifth church, August 21, 1757, and Jerusha, 
 April 19, 1760. It is said that he removed with his family to Maine. 
 Ambrose Finson died Feb. 1, 1806, "upward of eighty." 
 
 1717. — The four children of Nathaniel Durin (Hist. 245) were 
 Nathaniel, born May 14, 1718; Hannah, September 28, 1720; Moses, 
 July 17, 1723 ; and Jonathan May 5, 1725. 
 
 1718. — November, Stephen Burns was drowned at the eastward. 
 Nov. 1, John Cotterill was drowned from a canoe in the harbor. 
 
 1720. — James Croxford, by wife Mary, had son William, born Au- 
 gust 27. 
 
 John Cummings and wife Sarah (Lufkin, perhaps,) appear this year, 
 and had Grace, born August 27, 1720, and Jemima, March 25, 1744. 
 
 James Condis had daughter Mary born this year. 
 
 1723. — Francis Bloyd and Jane Macphedris were married Nov. 7. 
 
 William, Nov. 7, 1725, and Mary, May 7, 1727, children of Francis 
 Blythe, were baptized at the second church. 
 
 1731. — April 13, John Goodridge, of Cape Ann, died in Weymouth, 
 Mass. 
 
 1738. — Jonathan Haskell was lost at sea on a fishing voyage. 
 
 1742. —October 23, died Mrs. Hannah, wife of Nathaniel Cist, aged 
 eighty-two. 
 
 1743. — About this time died, in Weymouth, Mass., William, son of 
 the first William Sargent of Gloucester, about eighty-five years old. He 
 removed thither with his wife Hannah and several children, and there 
 married a second and a third wife. By all of his wives he had fourteen 
 children, of whom were eight daughters that were married. 
 
 1745. — November 28, died Mary, wife of Solomon Davis, in the 44th 
 year of her age. 
 18 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 INDEX TO PART I. 
 
 Index to names and places contained in PART I, of Notes and Additions to the History 
 of Gloucester, by John J. Babson. 
 
 The families noticed in full by Mr. Babson are italicized in the index. The arrange- 
 ment is alphabetical only so far as the first two letters. 
 
 Abbott, 14. 
 
 Adams, 13, 19, 60, 61, 82. 
 
 Africa, 92. 
 
 Allen fam., 1-4. 
 
 Allen, 2, 3, 4, 7, 12, 15, 20, 36, 37, 39, 42, 
 
 46, 54, 55, 61, 62, 67, 73, 78, 79, 87, 91. 
 Albany, 50. 
 Aid rich, 93. 
 Alphington, 49. 
 Amory, 2. 
 America, 30, 47. 
 Amsterdam, 30. 
 Amesbury, 73, 75, 94. 
 Andrews fam., 4-5. 
 Andrews, 5, 16, 27, 31, 44, 49, 55, 69, 73, 
 
 80, 85. 
 Auuisquam, 32, 46, 54, 69, 89, 90. 
 Anclover, 35, 37. 
 Antigua, 53. 
 Annis, 63. 
 
 Androscoggin River, 90. 
 Arizona, 54. 
 Ashley, 5. 
 Ashby, 42. 
 Ashbury, 63. 
 Ashprington, 49. 
 Atwell, 22. 
 Atlantic, 27. 
 Attleborough, 36. 
 Augusta, 26. 
 Austin, 92. 
 Averill, 10, 40. 
 Avery, 27. 
 Ayres, 11, 45, 54, 88. 
 
 Baker, 3, 6, 35, 43, 53, 65, 88, 93. 
 
 Battle of the Wilderness, 3. 
 
 Barrett, 4. 
 
 Babson fam., 5-8. 
 
 Babson, 6, 7, 8, 12, 24, 32, 34,38, 45, 47, 
 
 69, 85, 86, 87, 94. 
 Babbitt, 7. 
 Batchelder, 46. 
 Batavia, 54. 
 Ballard, 56. 
 Bangor, 94. 
 Badger, 63. 
 Batting. 64. 
 Barnstable. 7'.» 
 Balston, 80. 
 Barber, 16, 81. 
 Barbadoes, 13, 77, 92. 
 Baltimore, 20, 92. 
 Bennet. 3, 4, 8, 26, 37, 38. 
 Bennett fam., 8-9. 
 Bennett, 8, 9, 15, 51, 74. 
 Beverly, 6, 7, 8, 11, 25, 34, 46, 60, 62, 80, 
 
 89, 90, 93. 
 Berkshire Co., 9. 
 Beach, 12, 67, 83. 
 Beaman, 19. 
 Becket, 43. 
 Beck, 53. 
 Belfast, 52. 
 Bear Skin Neck, 57. 
 Beal, 80. 
 Biscoe Is., 9. 
 Bilboa, 13. 
 Bishop, 22, 69. 
 Biddeford, 2s . 
 Biskey Is., 54. 
 Biles. 62. 
 
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164 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Biskie Is., 90. 
 
 Blake, 4. 
 
 Blue Hill, 93. 
 
 Blynman, 9, 45. 
 
 Blackwell, 74. 
 
 Boston, 2, 3, 14, 15, 20, 22, 25, 27, 29, 33, 
 39, 50, 52, 54, 55, 56, 59, 69, 71, 72, 73, 
 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 85, 8C, 88, 91, 92. 
 
 Bootman, 11, 33, 52, 87. 
 
 Boden, 14. 
 
 Bofee, 17. 
 
 Bond, 68, 93. 
 Bonner, 92. 
 
 Boyd, 18. 
 
 Boynton, 23, 47, 65, 69. 
 
 Boothbay, 49. 
 
 Boreman, 58. 
 
 Bowdoin, 50. 
 
 Boaman, 92. 
 
 Boxford, 64. 
 
 Bridge, 2. 
 
 Bray fam., 9-10. 
 
 Bray, 4, 36, 37, 52, 68, 70, 72, 74, 85, 90. 
 
 Bristol, 5, 6, 8, 12, 19, 49, 82. 
 
 Brooklin, 8. 
 
 Brookline, 79. 
 
 Brown fam., 10-11. 
 
 Brown, 7, 11, 12, 13, 15. 22, 24, 42, 48, 65, 
 
 71, 84, 85. 
 Bragg, 26. 
 Brooks, 31. 
 Bradstreet, 33, 70. 
 Bradford, 34. 
 Bricknell, 39. 
 Brewer, 39. 
 Bridgewater, 44, 46. 
 Brookfield, 45. 
 Brown University, 58. 
 Brentwood, 60. 
 Brunswick, 75. 
 lira (I bury, 78. 
 Bragg, 91. 
 Butman fain., 11. 
 Batman, 6, 11, 13, 34, 78, 91. 
 Burnham, 12, 18, 37, 55, 56, 61. 
 Bunker Hill, 14, 46, 51, 52, 57, 65. 
 Burt, 19. 
 Bullard, 92. 
 Burgoyne, 23. 
 Bunker, 45. 
 Butler, 74. 
 
 Bijles fam., 11. 
 
 Byles, 18, 27, 45. 62, 74. 
 
 Byfield, 35, 55, 56. 
 
 Canneby,21, 60. 
 
 Gary, 25. 
 
 Cape Porpoise, 26, 39. 
 
 Carlisle, 29, 94. 
 
 Cape Ann, 8, 13, 29, 30, 33, 34, 42, 47, 5G, 
 
 59, 68, 80, 89, 91. 
 Cambridge, 29, 50, 56, 72. 
 Carleton, 36. 
 Capesick, 39. 
 
 Casco Bay, 16, 25, 40, 46, 63, 70, 84. 
 Campbell, 49, 86. 
 Cape Sable, 55. 
 Caswell, 58. 
 Cashe's Ledge, 61. 
 Camden, 71. 
 California, 12, 74. 
 Cape Cod, 81. 
 Carolina. 82. 
 Cape Pond Brook, 8. 
 Carter, 8, 18. 
 Casey, 19, 91. 
 Canso, 15. 
 Card fam., 11-12. 
 Card, 12, 67, 75, 80, 81, 85, 91. 
 Carey, 91. 
 
 Chebacco Parish, 5. , 
 
 Chebacco, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33, 42, 44, 71. 
 Chickering, 33. 
 Charlestown, 8, 40, 72, 78, 93. 
 Charleston, 43. 
 Charles II, 47, 73, 76. 
 Chanuing, 19. 
 Champlin, 19. 
 Chelsea. 8, 41. 93. 
 Choate, 7. 37, 56. 
 Chandler, 2. 6, 14, 52, 57, 69, 78, 79, 92, 
 
 93. 
 Clark, 5, 9. 10. 35, 51, 64, 69, 74, 82, 90. 
 Clarke fam.. 12. 
 Clarke. 29. 
 Cleavelancl, 59. 
 Clongh, 82, 85, 
 Clowlin, 82. 
 Cleigh, 87. 
 Copley, 2, 79, 91. 
 Coit, 2, 32, 45, 61, 66, 77, 78, 84. 
 ( !onant, 6. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
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 Cook, 9, 14, 24, 83. 
 
 Collet, 12. 
 
 Coffin fam., 12-13. 
 
 Collins fam., 13-14. 
 
 Collins, 21, 24, 29, 37, 54, 60, 61, 64, 72, 73, 
 
 81. 
 Colman, 23, 56, 64. 
 Coe, 60. 
 Cotton, 61. 
 Corliss, 69. 
 Coas, 28, 71. 
 Cooper, 82. 
 Connolly, 86. 
 Conn, 38, 92. 
 Comrnins, 43. 
 Cogswell, 44, 51, 52. 
 Cornwall, 44, 92. 
 Coldam, 48. 
 Crowell, 17, 28. 
 Crown Point, 60. 
 ('ripple Cove, 70. 
 Cripple Cove Hill, 70. 
 Cross, 21. 
 Crosses, 34. 
 Cressy, 51. 
 Curtis, 5. 
 Cue, 6. 
 
 Curney fam., 14. 
 Curney, 65. 
 
 Cunningham, 16, 20, 87. 
 Cumey, 65. 
 Cummings, 36. 
 
 Davis fam., 14-17. 
 
 Davis, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 24, 29, 
 
 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 40, 42, 44, 45, 47, 
 
 48, 51, 55, 57, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 69, 70. 
 
 71, 72, 74, 75, 78, 80, 81, 83, 87, 88, 91. 
 Day fam., 17-18. 
 Day, 17, 18, 21, 30, 33, 36, 40, 41, 43, 44, 
 
 46, 51, 63, 65, 6Q, 73, 79, 84, 86, 87, 90. 
 Dana, 23. 
 
 Dartmouth, 23, 49. 
 Davison, 24. 
 Danville, 30. 
 Dane, 56. 
 Danvers, 66. 
 Denning fam., 18. 
 Denning, 17, 27, 83. 
 Dennen, 18. 
 Deunison, 36. 
 
 Denuey, 84. 
 
 Dedhani, 43. 
 
 Devon, 49. 
 
 Demerit, 62. 
 
 Despar, 72. 
 
 Diggs, 5. 
 
 Dixie, 34. 
 
 Dickinson, 64. 
 
 Dover, 9. 61. 90. 
 
 Dole, 12. 
 
 Donham, 13. 
 
 Dolliver, 16, 21, 28, 55, 69. 84. 
 
 Dorchester, 21, 45. 
 
 Downing, 23, 43. 
 
 Dodge, 34, 53, 60, 82. 
 
 Dover Neck, 45. 
 
 Dow, 79. 
 
 Dresser, 80. 
 
 Dublin, 9. 
 
 Dummer, 29. 
 
 Duncan, 14, 33, 94. 
 
 Durin, 93. 
 
 Dudley, 24. 
 
 Dutch, 38, 90. 
 
 Durham, 45, 79. 
 
 Dutua. 78. 
 
 Durgee, 50. 
 
 Dyer, 23. 
 
 Eastern Point, 1, 6, 22, 28, 40, 63, 66, 70, 
 
 79, 82, 93, 94. 
 East Sudbury, 2. 
 East Gloucester, 52. 
 Eastport, 93. 
 Edgar, 11, 20. 
 Edgerly, 18. 
 Elwell fam., 21-25. 
 Ehvell, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 17, 20, 22, 23, 24, 
 
 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 36, 45, 50,58, 59, 60, 
 
 62, 65, 75, 78, 82, 83, 91, 93. 
 Ellery Cove, 18. 
 Ellery fam., 18-21. 
 Ellery, 1, 19, 20, 21, 43, 55, 59, 60, 68, 78, 
 
 79, 83, 91, 92, 93. 
 Emerson, 6, 21, 42, 45, 56, 73. 
 Emons, 10. 
 Emmons, 44. 
 England, 9, 12, 23, 24, 25, 29, 44, 45, 49, 
 
 56, 77, 93, 94. 
 England, New, 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 17, 
 
 18, 21, 25, 28, 31, 34, 38, 39, 42, 43, 45, 
 
166 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 47, 49, 5(3, 59, GO, 62, 64, G5, G7, 70, 71, 
 
 74, 80, 82, 87, 90, 93. 
 Epes, 27. 
 Essex, 27, 43, 77. 
 Europe, 30, 45. 
 
 Eveleth or Eveleigh fam., 25-28. 
 Eveleth, 5, 8, 14, 18, 20, 261, 27, 29, 33, 35, 
 
 45, 53, 77, 93. 
 Exeter, 7, 23, 49, 53. 
 
 Falmouth, 5, 7, 36, 37, 39, 40, 46, 62, 63, 
 
 68, 75, 82, 86, 90, 91. 
 Farmer, 43. 
 Ferry, Hodgkins', 3. 
 Felt, 38, 80. 
 Fellows, 43, 49. 
 Fears, si. 
 Fitts, G. 
 Firison, 1G, 41. 
 Fisherman's Field, 52, 53. 
 Fitz William, 71. 
 Fitch, 77. 
 Florida, 24. 
 Flynn, 80. 
 Fox, 8. 
 
 Foster, 20, 46, 50, 68, 92, 93, 94. 
 Forbes, 43, 54. 
 Folly Cove, 61. 
 Fox Is., 81. 
 Fox Harbor, 85. 
 Fresh Water Cove, 4, 7, 18, 69. 
 Freeport, 25. 
 France, 30, 41, 67. 
 Frye, 35, 37. 
 Freez, 38. 
 
 Frenchman's Bay, 39. 
 French Wars, 59, 62. 
 Frese, 60. 
 Francis, 62. 
 Fuller, 4, 18, 33, 65. 
 Fleming, 94. 
 
 Gardner fam., 28-29. 
 
 Gardner, 10, 28, 29, 31, 50, 63, 83, 89, 94. 
 
 Gardiner, 21, 22, 63. 
 
 Gamage, 48, 82. 
 
 Gaines, 49. 
 
 Gatchel, 88. 
 
 Gearing, 23. 
 
 Georgetown, G5, 81. 
 
 Giddings fam., 29-30. 
 
 Giddings, 7, 11, 22, 23, 25, 2G, 27, 28, 30, 
 
 32, 33, 36, 58, 61, 71, 72,90. 
 
 Gilbert, 20. 
 
 Giles, 29. 
 
 Gloucester, 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 
 13, 14, 15, 1G, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 2.5, 
 26, 30, 31, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 
 44, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 53, 55, 56, 58, 59, 
 GO, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70,_ 71, 
 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82," 83, 
 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92. 93, 94. 
 
 Gloucester, New, 2, 3, 11, 30, 38, 45, 52, 
 55, 59, 63, G8, 69, 73, 75, 85, 86,90, 91, 93. 
 
 Gloucester, West, 25, 36, 44, 85. 
 
 Gloucester, East, 52. 
 
 Glosester, 77. 
 
 Glover, 17, 66, 77, 87. 
 
 Gorham, 79. 
 
 Goss, 74, 81. 
 
 Gowen, 60. 
 
 Gouge, 56. 
 
 Gooding, 49. 
 
 Gott, 5, 13, 41, 49, 52, 58. 
 
 Goose Cove, 8, 47, 48, 60, 82. 
 
 Godfrey, 35, 36, 66, 73. 
 
 Gosport, 24. 
 
 Gooch, 20. 
 
 Goodhue, 30, 35, 36, 37. 
 
 Goodrich, 3, 27, 48. 50, 51, 84. 
 
 Griggs, 34. 
 
 Great Barrington, 9. 
 
 Greeuleaf, 15, 62. 
 
 Graves, 35. 
 
 Greenoway, 45. 
 
 Grand Banks, 52, G4, 65, 72, 83, 86, 89, 91, 
 93, 94. 
 
 Grover, 34, 46, 49, 50, 57, 59, 78, 87, 88. 
 
 Groton, 23. 
 
 Griffin, 11, 33, 41, 42, Gl, 87, 90, 91. 
 
 Gunnison, 4. 
 
 Guy, 34. 
 
 Gutridge, 48. 
 
 Guadeloupe, G, 78. 
 
 Guinea, 92. 
 
 Haskell fam., 34-38. 
 
 Haskell, 2, 4, 8, 15, 18, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37, 
 38, 43. 44, 53, 51, 58, 59, GO, Gl, 66, 68, 
 
 84, 93,94. 
 Harvard, 6, 19, 20, 27, 29, 36, 50, 66, 87, 92. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 167 
 
 Haraden fam., 31-33. 
 
 Haraden, 11, 14, 15, 32, 33, 34, 41, 43, 47, 
 
 48, 53, 74, 88, 90, 91. 
 Harraden. 30, 72, 93. 
 Hamilton, 19, 49. 
 Hales, 30. 
 
 Hadley fam., 30-31. 
 Hadley, 31, 51. 
 Harbor Parish, 33, 56. 
 Harvey fam., 33-34. 
 Harvey, 34, 73, 83, 90. 
 Harpswell, 39. 
 Hartford, 39, 92. 
 Haynes, 52. 
 Harbor Swamp, 57. 
 Harriman, 57. 
 Haverhill, 59, 70. 
 Halifax, 63, 69. 
 Havana, 64. 
 Hardy, 65. 
 Harbor Beach. 68. 
 Hammond, 72. 
 Hammonds, 74. 
 Harris, 80, 89, 91. 
 Hayes, 83. 
 Hatch, 90. 
 Hendricks, 6. 
 Henry VI, 9. 
 Henry VII, 9. 
 Herrick, 27, 36, 37, 39. 
 Heans, 80. 
 Hilton, 62, 83. 
 Hill, 5, 21, 61, 87. 
 Higgins, 89. 
 Hillier, 78. 
 Hodgkins' Ferry, 3. 
 Hodgkins fam., 38-39. 
 Hodgkins, 3, 7, 34, 39, 47, 81, 84, 88. 
 Hook, 8. 
 Holland, 23. 
 Howard, 34, 57. 
 Houston, 88, 
 Holmes's Hole, 37. 
 Hooker, 92. 
 Hough fam., 39. 
 Hough, 69. 
 Hopkinton, 46. 
 Hobson, 52, 57. 
 Howe, 58. 
 
 Hubbard, 2, 35, 37, 38, 54, 68, 91. 
 Huse, 3. 
 
 Hughes, 4. 
 Hutchings, 22. 
 Humphreys, 88. 
 Hunt, 39, 60. 
 
 Illinois, 53, 88. 
 
 Indians, 81, 84, 85, 90. 
 
 Ingalls, 44, 66. 
 
 Ingersol fam., 39-40. 
 
 Ingersol, 22, 30, 40, 46, 65, 66, 67, 69, 71, 
 
 78. 
 Indian war, 11, 17, 18, 59. 
 India, 7, 15, 37,74. 
 Ipswich, 4, 14, 16, 17, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29, 
 
 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 
 
 49, 50, 52, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 
 
 66, 67, 72, 75, 90, 91. 
 Ipswich Bay, 91. 
 Ireland, 9. 
 Isle of Sable, 3. 
 
 Jackson, 7, 87. 
 James, 13, 47, 74. 
 Jabaque, 14. 
 Jacobs, 82. 
 Jamaica, 92. 
 Jeffrey, 93. 
 Jewett, 57. 
 Jones, 9. 
 Johnson, 37. 
 Joslyn, 22, 55, 86. 
 Judkin, 34. 
 
 Kent, 5. 
 
 Kettle, 42. 
 
 Kettle Cove, 1, 16, 17, 45, 46, 47, 59, 84. 
 
 Kelsey, 52. 
 
 Kezur, 57. 
 
 Kendall, 71, 80. 
 
 Keuduskeag, 63. 
 
 Kittery, 9, 39, 72, 82. 
 
 Kinnicum, 10, 20, 63. 
 
 Kimball, 32, 75. 
 
 Kinsman, 55. 
 
 Knight, 52, 91. 
 
 Knowlton, 53, 66. 
 
 Lambert, 9, 10, 11. 
 La Grange, 92. 
 Lane fam., 40-42. 
 
168 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Lane, 33, 41, 42, 52, 58, GO, 61, 62, 82, 86, 
 
 89, 90, 93. 
 Lanesville, 41. 
 
 Langs ford, 41, 65. 
 
 Langton, 84, 62. 
 
 Leach, 17, 21, 46, 82. 
 
 Leeds, 46. 
 
 Lechampton, 47. 
 
 Lee, 48, 50, 52, 72, 87, 91. 
 
 Littlehale, 4, 11. 
 
 Liverpool, 6, 71. 
 
 Lindsay, 7. 
 
 Little River, 10, 16, 26, 60, U 
 
 Lincoln, 11, 62. 
 
 Lisbon, 23. 
 
 Little Good Harbor, 21. 
 
 Little Neck, 38. 
 
 Lister, 46. 
 
 Little Good Harbor Beach, 51. 
 
 Littlefield, 63. 
 
 Lovi fam., 42-43. 
 
 'Low, 1, 4, 14, 15, 23, 24, 33, 43, 55, 56, 57, 
 
 61, 65, 74, 79, 88, 90. 
 London, 5, 30, 80. 
 Lovett, 6. 
 Long Cove, 10. 
 Lonisburg, 11, 27, 50. 
 Lowell, 23. 
 
 Lobster Cove, 31, 87, 90, 91. 
 Lord, 35, 71. 
 Lothrop, 39. 
 
 Lurvey, 12, 22, 34, 56, 64, 83. 
 Luther, 13. 
 Lufkin fam , 43-44. 
 Lufkiu, 30, 34, 36, 44, 58, 61, 64, 71, 86, 
 
 93. 
 Lynn, 47, 48, 56. 
 
 Mantua, 1. 
 
 Maine, 2, 8, 9, 14, 46,48, 63, 66, 78, 85, 86, 
 
 89, 93. 
 Malaga, 3. 
 Marlborough, 2. 
 Manchester, 4, 12, 36,* 45, 47, 48, 52, 53, 
 
 91. 
 Marblehead, 14,64,75, 80. 
 Matchet, 14, 17. 
 Mattock, 23. 
 Mains, 25. 
 
 Maryland, '.)2. 
 
 Maiden, 40. 
 Mackworth, 39. 
 Marcy, 36. 
 
 Massachusetts, 35, 56, 90. 
 Marshall, 31, 49, 57, 91. 
 Marazion, 44. 
 Manchester Neck, 47. 
 Marshfield, 55. 
 Martin, 62. 
 Marsh, 60, 65. 
 Mariner, 68. 
 Marble, 69. 
 Mansfield, 71. 
 Mackay, 73. 
 Marysville, 74. 
 Med ford, 14, 62. 
 Mead, 36. 
 
 Merritt, 75. 
 
 Mcsservey, 39. 
 
 Merchant, 41, 46; S3. 
 
 Mill River, 8, 11, 15, 77. 
 
 Milk Island, 81. 
 
 Marti nico, 93. 
 
 Miles, 43. 
 
 Minot, 45, 89, 91, 93. 
 
 Minorca, 49. 
 MUlberry, 51. 
 
 Milbery, 52. 
 
 Millbury, 65. 
 
 Millet fain., 44-47. 
 
 Millet, s, 10, 21, 25, 38, 45, 46, 47, 54, 60, 
 68, 82, 84. 
 
 Millett, 16, 26, 46. 
 
 Mihvard, 21. 
 
 Missouri, 92. 
 
 Mornington, 9 
 
 Monument, 9. 
 
 Moor, 28. 
 
 Morgan, 5, 40, 41, 49, 69, 75, 86. 
 
 Morehead, 69. 
 
 Mog ridge, 74. 
 
 M udle, 94. 
 
 Murray, 79. 
 
 Munjoy, 39. 
 
 Naskeag, 8. 
 Narraganset, 18. 
 Navy, U. S., 61. 
 Nafragansett Fort, 72. 
 
 New England, 1,5, 9, 10,11, 14, 17, 18, 
 21. 2."., 28, 31, 34, 38, 39, 42, 43, 45, 47, 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 169 
 
 49, 56, 59, 60, 62, 64, 65, 67, 70, 71, 74, 
 
 80, 87, 90. 
 Newbury, 1, 11, 12, 15, 16, 38, 53,61, 65, 
 
 67, 70, 74, 86. 
 New Gloucester, 2, 3, 8, 27, 30, 38, 45,52, 
 
 55, 59, 63, 68, 69, 73, 75, 85, 86, 90. 
 New York, 6, 19, 30, 54. 
 N/ewhall, 6. 
 
 Newburyport, 7, 8, 14, 33, 57, 66, 78. 
 Newman, 8, 69. 
 Newport, 19, 21. 
 Nelsou, 23. 
 Netherlands, 30. 
 New Loudon, 39. 
 Newmarket, 53. 
 New Castle, 59, 82. 
 New Orleans, 61, 66, 71. 
 Nichols, 75. 
 No well, 54. 
 Norway, 45. 
 Norwood fam., 47-49. 
 Norwood, 5, 11, 13, 33, 41, 48, 49, 54, 57, 
 
 58, 70, 77, 93. 
 Norton, 52. 
 Norwich, 17, 39. 
 Nova Scotia, 9. 
 North Yarmouth, 25, 40, 69, 70, 90, 91. 
 
 Oakes, 61, 64, 73. 
 Odell, 20, 67. 
 Onondaga, 2. 
 Orland, 66. 
 Osman's Dutch, 18. 
 Oyster river, 45. 
 
 Parsons fam., 49-56. 
 
 Parsons, 4, 7, 16, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 32, 35, 
 36, 37, 38, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 
 58, 66, 67, 69, 71, 78, 79, 80, 83, 88. 
 
 Palfrey, 14. 
 
 Palfray, 71. 
 
 Paine, 18. 
 
 Parran, 27. 
 
 Patee, 88. 
 
 Pascataqua river, 82. 
 
 Patch, 58, 78. 
 
 Parkman, 50. 
 
 Parker, 44, 68. 
 
 Parker's Is., 81. 
 
 Penn, 7. 
 
 Pearce, 17, 40, 56, 71, 78. 
 19 
 
 Perkins, 26, 27, 28, 29, 40. 
 
 Pejepscot, 30. 
 
 Penny, 34. 
 
 Perry, 75. 
 
 Penobscot, 41. 
 
 Penzance, 44. 
 
 Phipps, 11. 
 
 Phips, 62. 
 
 Pierce, 6, 12, 23, 37, 63, 67, 78. 
 
 Pigeon Cove, 7, 47, 48. 
 
 Pickworth, 12. 
 
 Pitts, 39. 
 
 Pigeon Hill, 48, 56. 
 
 Piscataqua river, 82. 
 
 Plummer, 3, 7, 12, 15, 67. 
 
 Plum Cove. 91. 
 
 Plum Cove Neck, 41. 
 
 Plymouth, 34. 
 
 Platts, 52. 
 
 Portland, 2, 4, 7, 12, 66, 68, 79, 86. 
 
 Portrait, 2, 91. 
 
 Poles, 12, 14, 17. 
 
 Point Levi, 13. 
 
 Point a Pitre, 6. 
 
 Portsmouth, 16, 20, 61, 79, 82. 
 
 Pope, 37. 
 
 Potter, 90 . 
 
 Pool fam., 56-59. 
 
 Pool, 48, 49, 57, 58, 59, 72, 80, 81, 82, 87, 
 
 88, 91, 93. 
 Port Mahon, 49. 
 Poland. 60. 
 Pole's Hill, 77. 
 Porter, 88. 
 Privateer, 4. 6, 7. 
 Prince, 23, 59, 70, 80, 93. 
 Princeton, 26. 
 Pride, 35. 
 Pressy, 75. 
 Procter, 59. 
 Presson, 66. 
 Preble, 70. 
 
 Pulcifer fam., 59-60. 
 Pulcifer. 60, 69. 
 Purpooduck, 84. 
 
 Quebec, 7, 13. 
 Quetville, 63. 
 Quakers, 79. 
 
 Randal, 7. 
 Ral, 31. 
 
170 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Kay, 36. 
 
 Rainsford Is., 55. 
 
 Randall, 75, 79. 
 
 Rawson, 77. 
 
 Reading, 7, 56, 73, 98. 
 
 Redwood, 19. 
 
 Redding, 55. 
 
 Readfleld, 63. 
 
 Rea, 66. 
 
 Redington, 64. 
 
 Rhode Is., 7, 81. 
 
 Eiggs fam., 60-62. 
 
 Riggs, 3, 4, 5, 13, 23, 26, 35, 36, 40, 41, 42, 
 
 43, 45, 54, 61, 62, 64, 68, 82, 83, 86. 
 Ring, 4, 9, 10, 14, 35, 37, 44, 54, 66, 68. 
 Richardson, 4, 60, 62. 
 Richmond, 92. 
 Ridgel, 12. 
 Riverdale, 23. 
 
 Rogers, 1, 19, 20, 40, 61, 73, 79, 94. 
 Bobins(>n fain., 63-64. 
 Robinson, 4, 5, 13, 22, 28, 29, 31, 40, 43, 
 
 54, 55, 64, 72, 74, 75, 84, 90, 91. 
 Rockport, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 22, 
 
 25, 34, 38, 89, 44, 49, 52, 64, 65, 80, 82, 
 
 85, 88, 89, 91. 
 Boberts fam., 62-63. 
 Roberts, 9, 11, 35, 41, 63,93. 
 Row, 11, 28, 40, 73, 81, 88. 
 Rochambeau, 19. 
 Rocky Neck, 21. 
 Howe fain., 64-65. 
 Rowe, 21, 22, 23, 51, 59, 65, 73, 84. 
 Rowley, 8, 48, 51, 52, 55, 57. 
 Roxbury, 60. 
 Roby, 86. 
 Robbins, 83. 
 Russel, 2, 77. 
 Rust, 4, 55, 66, 74, 90. 
 Rust's Is., 89. 
 Ryerson, 12. 
 
 Savage, 1, 8, 9, 11, 12, 17, 21, 25, 26, 83, 
 36, 39, 40, 43, 49, 56, 60, 62, 65, 67, 73, 
 80, 82, 90. 
 
 Sargent fam., 65-67. 
 
 Sargent, 2, 4, 11, 12, 17, 20, 26, 29, 32, 35, 
 40, 41, 47, 48, 53, 54, 57, 66, 69, 70, 71, 
 74, 77, 79, 80, 81, 88, 91, 93, 94. 
 
 Salem, 4, 6, 10, 11, 13, 21, 24, 27, 31, 33, 
 34, 36, 39, 43, 53, 73, 75, 76, 77, 83, 93. 
 
 Sawyer fam., 67-70. 
 
 Sawyer, 5, 9, 18, 21, 37, 38, 40, 46, 52, 54, 
 
 68, 69, 70, 71, 84, 85. 
 Sandy Bay, 5, 12, 15, 16, 31, 34, 42, 43, 
 
 49, 51, 52, 53, 56, 57, 59, 64, 65, 72, 80, 
 
 81, 88, 89. 
 Sanders, 7, 40, 65, 70, 71, 79, 88, 89. 
 Savery, 7. 
 Sampson, 29. 
 Saunders, 32, 56, 73, 82. 
 Salisbury, 35, 38, 60, 64, 68. 
 Sayward fam., 70-71. 
 Sayward, 38, 44, 59, 69, 71, 79, 81. 
 Saville, 42, 54. 
 Salt Is., 51. 
 Salt Is. Ledge, 51. 
 Sable, 59. 
 Scarborough, 37. 
 Scilly, 44. 
 Sedgwick, 60. 
 Seymour, 92. 
 Sheath, 5. 
 Shevel, 44. 
 Sheldon, 56. 
 Sheepscot, 59, 82, 87. 
 Shattuck, 73. 
 Shortwell, 84. 
 Singer, 85. 
 Skamp, 33. 
 Smith, 1, 2, 6, 9, 16, 21, 22, 23, 27, 29, 30, 
 
 62, 65, 68, 71, 73, 93, 94. 
 Smith's Cove, 93. 
 Small, 72. 
 Somes fam., 71-74. 
 Somes, 6, 8, 10, 15, 32, 33, 57, 72, 73, 74, 
 
 76, 86, 87, 90, 94. 
 South Sea, 30. 
 Spain, 13, 30. 
 Sparks, 19. 
 Springer, 73. 
 Springfield, 24. 
 Squam Bar, 51. 
 Squam Point, 31. 
 Squam, 2, 7, 8, 14, 40, 66, 81, 93. 
 Stevens fam., 75-80. 
 Stevens, 1,2, 7, 14, 20, 25, 26, 33, 34, 56, 
 
 4(), 44, 48, 55, 59, 66, 67, 69, 75, 76, 78, 
 
 79, 80, 86, 90. 
 Stanwood fam., 74-75. 
 Stanwood, 3, 9, 11, 12, 17, 24, 29, 36, 38, 
 
 46, 51, 61, 67, 72, 75, 78, 88, 89, 90. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 171 
 
 Story, 4, 49, 57. 
 
 Straitsmouth, C, 15. 
 
 St. Eustatius, 7. 
 
 St. Eustatia, 79. 
 
 Stockvvell, 10. 
 
 St. Louis, 19. 
 
 Stover, 23. 
 
 Stow, 26. 
 
 Stage Neck, 21. 
 
 Stark naught Harbor, 21. 
 
 Stacy, 29, 78. 
 
 St. Christopher, 29. 
 
 St. Domingo, 78. 
 
 Stonington, 90. 
 
 Stool Rock, 84. 
 
 Stratham, 36. 
 
 Stone, 36. 
 
 Steele, 37. 
 
 Stockbridge, 40. 
 
 St. Just, 44. 
 
 Stanford. 08. 
 
 Staples, 86. 
 
 Stewart, 86. 
 
 Sudbury, East, 2. 
 
 Surinam, 28, ."4, 94. 
 
 Sutton, 53. 
 
 Symonds, 42. 
 
 Tarr fam. , 80-82. 
 
 Tarr, 5, 16, 25, 48, 51, 57, 58, 59, 70, 71, 72, 
 
 81, 82, 85. 
 Tappan, 31. 
 Tarbox, 63, 71. 
 Taunton, 93. 
 Texas, 88. 
 Thames, 9. 
 Thomas, 13, 34, 85. 
 Thurston, 40, 43, 81. 
 Thatcher's Is., 58. 
 Thatcher's Is., 82. 
 Thompson, 91. 
 Tilbury Camp, 9. 
 Tibbot, 34. 
 Town Parish, 3, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 20, 47, 
 
 63. 
 Towsend, 8. 
 Tomlinson, 2:.'. 
 Town Neck, 46. 
 Todd, 52, 55. 
 Topsfiekl, 61. 
 Tor rev, 77. 
 
 Try nail Cove, 12, 34. 
 
 Trenton, 46. 
 
 Trask, ."7. 
 
 Truro, 73. 
 
 Turner, 82. 
 
 Tuthill, 37. 
 
 Tucker fam,, 82-83. 
 
 Tucker, 23, 33, 41, 60, 61, 83. 
 
 Tufts, 18, 14. 
 
 Tybbot, 12. 
 
 Tyler, 13, 27, 86, :.::. 
 
 Ulin, 23. 
 
 United States, 25, 92. 
 
 United States, see navy. 
 
 Vassal, 19. 
 Varrell, 47. 
 Very, 68. 
 Veren, 76. 
 Vernon, 19. 
 Vinson fam., 83-84. 
 Vinson, 17, l.s, 28, 50. 
 
 Wales, 1, :.. 
 
 Wallace, 85. 
 
 Wallis fam., 84-85. 
 
 Wallis, .->, 7, 11, 31, 68, 81, 85, 86, 87, 90. 
 
 Ward, 7, 13. 
 
 Wadiu, 10. 
 
 Washington, 19. 
 
 Watertown, 20, 92. 
 
 Watts, 56. 
 
 Wakleys, 60. 
 
 Wathen, 87. 
 
 Warner, 14, 20, 82, 45, 46, 5,",, 56, 59, 67, 
 
 75. 
 War, French and Indian, 16. 
 Walker fam., 84. 
 Walker, 35. 
 
 Walker's Creek, 43, 44. 
 West Indies, 8, 6, 7, 8, 23, 25, 29, 87, 45, 
 
 46, 53, 54, 63, 64, 92, 94. 
 Wenham, 6, 7, 12, 28, 30, 72. 
 Weeden, 10. 
 Westminster, 9. 
 . Weisenfels, 19. 
 West Gloucester, 25, 36, 44, 61, 85. 
 Webster, 29. 
 Webber fam., 85-86. 
 Webber, 29, 69, 85, 86. 
 
172 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 West Parish, 31, 66. 
 
 Wells, 32, 75, 92. 
 
 Westport, 60. 
 
 Wellman, 61. 
 
 Wentworth, 61. 
 
 West Virginia, 92. 
 
 Westway, 71. 
 
 White, 2, 3, 4, 20, 38, 54, 55, 58, 67, 78, 
 
 79, 91. 
 Wharf fam., 86-87. 
 Wharf, 4, 54, 60, 70, 87. 
 Whittridge, 15, 73. 
 Wheelwright, 16. 
 Whipple, 33. 
 Whittemore, 55. 
 Whirlpool, 57. 
 Wheeler, 60, 61, 69, 74. 
 Whitehaven, 92. 
 Wilderness, battle of, 3. 
 Wilson, 4, 54. 
 Witham fam., 87-89. 
 Witham, 5, 6, 12, 28, 30, 72, 88, 89, 91. 
 Wilmington, 6. 
 
 Williams, 7, 22, 63, 81, 82, 85, 87. 
 
 Window, 8. 
 
 Winslow, 17. 
 
 Wise, 27, 70, 80. 
 
 Winnery, 51, 52, 65. 
 
 Windham, 63. 
 
 Willis, 68. 
 
 Wonson, 80. 
 
 Woodward, 16, 35, 36, 74. 
 
 Woodbury fam., 89-90. 
 
 Woodbury, 40, 41, 48, 61, 71, 75, 85, 90. 
 
 Woodhouse, 45. 
 
 Wood, 60. 
 
 Yale, 92. 
 
 Yarmouth, North, 25, 40, 46, 69, 70, 90, 
 
 91. 
 Younglove, 50. 
 York fam., 90-91. 
 York, 12, 24, 30, 33, 34, 36, 41, 63, 70, 79, 
 
 87, 91. 
 Young, 91. 
 
INDEX TO PART II. 
 
 Airs, 56. 
 
 Acworth, 140. 
 
 Adams fam., 100. 
 
 Aclcles, 66. 
 
 Aiken, 158. 
 
 Aklrich, 67. 
 
 Allen fam., 105. 
 
 Allen, 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 
 16, 17, 19, 25, 26, 32, 34, 35, 40, 41, 42, 
 44, 50, 59, 60, 62, 64, 69, 70, 77, 88, 108, 
 109. 127, 135, 138, 142, 143, 154, 158, 160. 
 
 Almsbury, 6. 
 
 America, 35. 
 
 Ann, Cape, 6, 8, 10, 15, 16, 17, 29, 36, 39, 
 40, 44, 46, 64, 68, 71, 72, 82, 97, 105, 110, 
 111, 119, 121, 124, 129,130, 133,146,147, 
 152, 154, 161. 
 
 Annisqnam, 78, 80, 138. 
 
 Anclover, 8, 16, 17, 20, 26, 29, 34, 135. 
 
 Annapolis, 47. 
 
 Annis fam., 114. 
 
 Annis, 30, 100, 157. 
 
 Anniversary of Gunpowder Plot, 63. 
 
 Anguilla, 110. 
 
 Antigua, Island of, 109. 
 
 Andrews fam., 89. 
 
 Andrews, 29, 54, 89, 94, 95, 99, 128, 151, 
 154, 158, 159. 
 
 Anderson fam., 117. 
 
 Andros, 2. 
 
 Army, 86. 
 
 Army, Revolutionary, 86. 
 
 Archibald, 110. 
 
 Artillery, Gloucester, 153. 
 
 Atkins, 149, 154. 
 
 Atkinson, 147. 
 
 Atkinson, N. H., 75. 
 
 Attleborough, 81, 84. 
 
 Aurora borealis, 61. 
 
 Aux Isles, Cap, 64. 
 
 Augusta, Me., 111. 
 
 Averill fam., 81. 
 
 Averill, 47, 81. 
 
 Avery, 63, 66, 89, 100, 134, 150. 
 
 A V er If am. ,92. 
 
 Ayers * 
 
 Ayer, 41. 
 
 Bay, Ipswich, 88. 
 
 Bay, Sandy, 86, 96, 97, 99, 111, 121, 151, 
 
 154. 
 Bay, Massachusetts, 88. 
 Bay, Margaret's, 88. 
 Bailey fam., 122. 
 Bailey, 47, 134. 
 Bally, 110, 157. 
 Bayley, 122. 
 Barber fam., 109. 
 Barber, 87, 104. 
 Bangor, 6. 
 Baker fam., 96-97. 
 Baker, 31, 36, 109, 118. 
 Baptist, First, 129. 
 Battery, 132. 
 Barry, 10. 
 
 Baltimore, Md., 156. 
 Barrington, N. S., 69. 
 Baldwin, 152. 
 Barnstable, 35, 98, 154. 
 Battin fam., 114, 118-119. 
 Barbadoes, 133. 
 Ball fam., 117. 
 Battery, 132. 
 Bank, 87, 123. 
 Banks, 69, 80, 87, 100. 103, 113, 114, 128, 
 
 136, 153, 154. 
 Barnard, 20, 38. 
 Bar, Milk Island, 154. 
 
 (173) 
 
174 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Barrett, 32. 
 
 Babsou, 18, 19, 20, 28, 29, 35, 44, 46, 48, 
 73, 75, 77, 79, 89, 93, 94, 98, 100, 101, 
 134, 156, 160. 
 Babbitt, 76. 
 
 Beverly, 38, 70, 72, 83, 84,97, 98, 106, 135. 
 Beaver, 72. 
 Beach, 77, 78, 158. 
 Becket, 132. 
 Berierch, 7. 
 Bennet, 112, 120, 156. 
 Bennet Mills, 28. 
 Bennett, 11, 13, 41, 133. 
 Bilboa, 99, 136, 150. 
 Biles, 68. 
 
 Bishop fam., 87, 132. 
 Bishop, 26, 30, 63, 87, 97. 
 Bird, 20. 
 Bink, 33. 
 Birch fam., 108. 
 Blatchford, 157. 
 Blazing Star, 119. 
 
 Bine Hills, 148. 
 
 Bloyd, 161. 
 
 Blinman, 64, 65. 
 
 Blynman, 66. 
 
 flyman, 1. 
 
 Blythe fain., 161. 
 
 Botten fam., 128. 
 
 Boffee fam., 119. 
 
 Bond fam., 101. 
 
 Boston Custom House, 86. 
 
 Bond, 73. 
 
 Boothbay, 140. 
 
 Bowman fam., 124. 
 
 Bolton, 112. 
 
 Botham, 43. 
 
 Boynton fam., 103. 
 
 Boynton, 20, 24, 33, 40, 41, 54, 154. 
 
 Boston, 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 12, 17, 24, 28, 31, 34, 
 41, 43, 49, 53, 62, 66, 74, 75, 77, 82, 83, 
 86, 88, 89, 93, 105, 110, 121, 124, 128, 
 129, 130, 135, 137, 139, 145, 148, 149, 
 154, 155, 157. 
 
 Bryant fam., 90. 
 
 Bryant, 109. 
 
 Brady fam., 113. 
 
 Brady, 116. 
 Bray fam., 71. 
 
 Bray, 4, 33, 38, 71, 72, 82, 100, 108, 151, 
 157, 160. 
 
 Bradstreet, 10, 15, 16, 17, 31, 36, 37, 38, 
 39, 40, 44, 45, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52, 55, 107, 
 125, 126, 157. 
 Bradstreet's defeat, 37. 
 Brnmes, 12. 
 Brock fam., 119. 
 Brookfleld, 152. 
 British Parliament, 122. 
 Brewer fam., 105. 
 Bristol, 1. 
 Brown, 11, 14, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 54, 55, 
 
 65, 94, 95, 103, 120, 134, 143, 160. 
 Brown, Ensign, 143, 149. 
 Brook, 43. 
 Brooks, 145. 
 Broom, 114. 
 Broome, 113, 130. 
 Bradbxiry fam. , 120. 
 Bradbury, 77. 
 Brig, 80. 
 Bridges, 84. 
 
 Brief, 12, 21, 23. 
 
 Broad Sound, 149. 
 
 Bradford, 27, 118. 
 
 Bums fam., 105. 
 
 Burns, 151, 154, 158, 161. 
 
 Byles, 31, 122, 128. 
 
 Bunker Hill, 145. 
 
 Bntman, 80, 101, 103, 158. 
 
 Burnham fam., 78, 79, 95, 96, 145. 
 
 Burnham, 19, 120, 160. 
 
 Butler fam., 106. 
 
 Bntler, 29, 96. 
 
 Buxton, 146. 
 
 Burrill fam., 82. 
 
 Byfleld, 8, 10, 16, 27, 30, 63. 
 
 Byfield Academy, 76. 
 
 Cap Aux Isles, 64. 
 
 Catalogue of Rev. John White's Library, 4. 
 
 Canneby, > famj 108 
 
 Kenneby, ) 
 
 Canneby, 120. 
 
 Cape Cod, 40, 62, 140. 
 
 Carriages, early. 94. 
 
 Cashes Ledge, 157. 
 
 Calef, 153. 
 
 Carter fam., 78, 96. 
 
 Carter, 14, 113, 158. 
 
 Cane, 56. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 175 
 
 160. 
 
 Cane, 1 
 
 Card, J 
 
 Card, 42, 44, 66. 
 
 Callahan, 144. 
 
 Cape Porpoise, 138. 
 
 Caldwell, 92. 
 
 Canada, 43, 135, 140. 
 
 Cadiz, 119. 
 
 Cape Sable, 87, 90, 137. 
 
 Cape Sables, 5. 
 
 Cape Sables, Banks of, 87. 
 
 Carlisle fam., 103. 
 
 Carlisle, 98, 103. 
 
 Capture, 90. 
 
 Cashmere, 30. 
 
 Cass fam., 117. 
 
 Canso, 101, 102. 
 
 Canada, 2, 3, 4, 49, 72. 
 
 Cambridge, 77, 137, 144. 
 
 Carolina, 117. 
 
 Casco Bay, 114. 
 
 Cape Ann, 6, 8, 10, 15, 16, 17, 29, 36, 39, 
 40, 44, 46, 64, 68, 71, 72, 74, 82, 97, 105, 
 110, 111, 119, 120, 121, 124, 130, 133, 
 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 145, 146, 
 147, 152, 154, 161. 
 
 Celey, 40. 
 
 Centenarian, 113. 
 
 Cerney, 11. 
 
 Chub fam., 106. 
 
 Charles, Brigantine, 82. 
 
 Church, First, 87. 
 
 Church, Second, 85. 
 
 Cheever, 39. 
 
 Choate fain., 98. 
 
 Choate, 143, 158. 
 
 Chelsea, 57. 
 
 Charlestown, 66. 
 
 Charleston, S. C, 122, 123, 130, 131. 
 
 Chard, 111, 160. 
 
 Champlaiu, voyage of, 64. 
 
 Chaplain, 23. 
 
 Chapman, 7. 
 
 Champney, 38 
 
 Chebacco, 24, 51, 57, 59, 61, 71, 89, 94, 144, 
 145, 149. 
 
 Chebacco River, 67. 
 
 Chandler fam., 5. 
 
 Chandler, 6, 8, 15, 16, 17, 26, 28, 29, 30, 
 38, 48, 56, 63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 77, 86, 
 87, 99, 103, 104, 108, 140, 141, 147. 
 
 Cincinnati, 145. 
 
 Cist, 161. 
 
 City Hall, 75. 
 
 Clay fam., 96. 
 
 Cleaves fam., 128. 
 
 Clough, 50, 130. 
 
 Clark, 12, 14, 34, 114, 122, 151, 154, 157. 
 
 Cleaveland, 144. 
 
 Cleveland, 24, 38, 39, 46, 51, 55, 56, 57, 116, 
 
 140. 
 Cleigh, 114. 
 
 Cove, Lobster, 107, 153. 
 Connecticut, 2. 
 Cold Friday, 155. 
 Commonwealth, 156. 
 Committee, War, 131. 
 Cove, Fresh Water, 133. 
 Cohasset Rocks, 152. 
 Coas fam., 102. 
 Coas, 51, 55, 57, 131, 143, 160. 
 Colonies, 125. 
 Columbian Centinel, 74. 
 County, Hampshire, 125. 
 Coombs fam., 96, 101. 
 Cove, Hodgkins', 83. 
 Court, General, 83. 
 Cornwall, Eng., 87. 
 Congress, 116. 
 Coy fam., 85. 
 Cod, Cape, 40, 62, 140. 
 Cove, Vinson's, 86. 
 Condis, 161. 
 Concord, 147. 
 Coit, 4, 83. 
 Cotterill, 161. 
 
 Cogswell, 6, 10, 15, 17, 27, 34. 
 Cottle, 71. 
 Cook fam., 115. 
 
 Cook, 29, 30, 39, 40, 58, 60, 61, 62, 158. 
 Cotton fam., 94. 
 Cotton, 138. 
 Cornery, 13, 29. 
 Couillard fam., 108. 
 Coward, 45. 
 Coos, 45, 57. 
 Corning, 70. 
 Comerford, 48, 49. 
 Corneys, 10, 15, 89. 
 Cobb, 84. 
 Coates fam., 132. 
 Cogswell, 149. 
 
176 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Colson, 87, 151. 
 
 Coffin, 77, 127, 137, 139, 143, 148, 156. 
 
 Collins, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 27, 33,36, 40, 42, 
 
 44, 48, 51, 53, 55, 57, G2, 08,94, 122, 135, 
 
 145, 158. 
 Collins school house, 115. 
 Crown Point, 37, 38, 134. 
 Cr oxford fain., 161. 
 Crocker, 10. 
 Cradock, 39, 40, 41, 131. 
 Crosse, 26. 
 Custom House, 86. 
 Currey, 92. 
 Cuba Island, 56. 
 Cummings fam., 161. 
 Cunningham, 130. 
 Cushiuan, 76. 
 Cushing, 17. 
 Cut, 33, 38, 40, 41, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, GO, 
 
 132, 140. 
 Currier, 119, 158. 
 Curney, 49, 108, 112,114. 
 Curtis fam.. 116. 
 
 Day of Thanksgiving appointed for suc- 
 cess in war, 55, 56. 
 Dark day, 93, 151, 152. 
 Danvers, 54, 130. 
 Dane fam., 127. 
 Dane, 54, 80, 101, 102. 
 Danville, Me., 111. 
 Day fam., 81, 85, 89, 95. 
 Day, 4, 27, 29, 72, 81, 85, 89, 95, 96, 99, 
 104, 109, 'llO, 112, 117, 118, 119, 128, 133, 
 136, 157, 158. 
 Davison, 58. 
 
 Davis, 4, 9, 14, 15, 30, 31, 34, 36, 37, 40, 
 51, 52, 55, 56, 60, 63, 69, 79, 81, 88, 89, 
 90, 91, 92, 99, 102, 104, 108, 109, 113, 115, 
 118, 119, 121, 122, 130, 133, 135, 136, 155, 
 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161. 
 Dennison fam., 107. 
 Dennison, 140. 
 Denison, 35. 
 Derby, 20, 76, 138. 
 Demerrit fain., 109. 
 Demerret, 109. 
 Dedham, 94, 155. 
 Denning, 7, 27, 94, 101,119. 
 Dennis, 98, 157. 
 Deer Island, Me., 86, 138. 
 
 Derry, N. II., 145. 
 
 Dinner, 9. 
 
 Diary of Mr. Chandler, 38. 
 
 Dike fam., 150. 
 
 Dike, 72, 98. 
 
 Disaster, 74, 85. 
 
 Disaster at Sea, 85. 
 
 Dimmock, 131. 
 
 Don Pedro, 130. 
 
 Dodge, 83, 143, 156. 
 
 Dolliver fam., 86, 87. 
 
 Dolliver, 26, 42, 43, 47, 53, 60, 68, 69, 74, 
 
 75, 76, 86, 87, 91, 97, 108, 109, 110, 150, 
 
 158. 
 Dowsett, 160. 
 Douce, 136. 
 Doyle fam., 118. 
 Dorchester, 77. 
 Downing fam., 113. 
 Doddridge, 23. 
 Donham fam., 94. 
 Donham, 94. 
 Donahew, 157. 
 Driver fam., 97. 
 Dresser fam., 117. 
 Dresser, 86. 
 Dresden, Me., 76. 
 Drowned, SO. 
 Drouth, 135. 
 Draper, 139. 
 Duncan fain., 93. 
 Duncan, 67. 
 Duren, 98. 
 Durin fam., 161. 
 Dunbartou, 145. 
 Durham, 7. 
 Durham, N. H., 116. 
 Dudley, 69, 81, 87. 
 Dunham, 55. 
 
 Early carriages, 94. 
 
 Earthquake, 93, 119, 133. 
 
 Earthquake, May 8, 1753, in Lisbon, 40. 
 
 Earthquake, in New Eng., 38, 40, 43, 44. 
 
 Eaton fam., 95. 
 
 Eaton, 160. 
 
 East India, 76. 
 
 Eastport, 07. 
 
 Eastern Point, 14, 35, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 
 
 53, 55, 57, 59, 63, 93, 99, 157. 
 Edgar fam., 122. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 177 
 
 Edgar, 110. 
 Edgartowu, 77. 
 Edes fam., 128. 
 Edes, 107. 
 Edgerly fam., 116. 
 Elizabeth City, N. C, 156. 
 Elliot fam., 116. 
 Elliot, 129. 
 Ellis, 158. 
 Ellery fam., 74. 
 
 Ellery, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 20, 28, 29, 
 30,31,36,42, 43,50, 64, 115, 116, 122, 
 
 132, 138, 143, 144, 154. 
 Elkius, 76. 
 
 Ellery's Cove, 116. 
 
 Elwell, 11, 12, 20, 25, 27, 29, 35, 41, 54, 55, 
 56, 69, 70, 72, 84, 85, 88, 92, 93, 94, 100, 
 101, 103, 105, 109, 114, 116, 118, 119, 131. 
 
 133, 135, 154, 155, 157, 158, 160. 
 Elwell's Neck, 83. 
 
 Emerson fam., 1. 
 
 Emerson, 2, 3, 4, 67. 
 
 Emerson, letter from, 2. 
 
 Emery fam., 109. 
 
 Emmons, 30, 57, 94, 115, 134. 
 
 Emerton, 149, 158. 
 
 England, 1, 71, 72, 74, 78, 85, 87, 140. 
 
 England, Mill Prison, 152. 
 
 Englishmen, 90, 91, 92. 
 
 Endicott, 64, 65. 
 
 Endicott, Gov., Letter of, to Winthrop, 64. 
 
 Essex Gazette, 140. 
 
 Essex, 132, 143, 145, 151. 
 
 Eulin fam., 121. 
 
 Europe, 80, 154. 
 
 European ports, 119. 
 
 Everdean fam., 130. 
 
 Everett, 119. 
 
 Everdeen, 36, 62. 
 
 Eveleigh, 8, 15, 17. 
 
 Evans fam., 103. 
 
 Eveleth, 71, 82, 95, 106, 118, 124, 144. 
 
 Expedition, 82, 134. 
 
 Expenses, 83. 
 
 Exeter, 71. 
 
 Exeter, N. H., 109. 
 
 Fairweather, 17. 
 Farms, 53, 55. 
 Fawkes, 63. 
 
 Falmouth, 35, 45, 56, 114. 
 20 
 
 Falmouth (Portland), 148. 
 
 Farley, 75. 
 
 Federal Constitution, 153. 
 
 Fellows fam., 121. 
 
 Fellows, 44, 137, 138. 
 
 Fear, 27, 36. 
 
 Fears fam., 99-100. 
 
 Fears, 154. 
 
 Fessendeu, 63. 
 
 Fenier, 106. 
 
 Fedrics, 11. 
 
 Fedricks, 118. 
 
 Federicks, 118. 
 
 Feduix, 11. 47. 
 
 First Church, 87, 122, 124, 130, 132. 
 
 First Baptist, 129. 
 
 Finson fam., 161. 
 
 Finson, 105. 
 
 Fisherman's field, 104. 
 
 Fishing, 87. 
 
 Fielding, 112. 
 
 Fletcher fam., 116. 
 
 Flin fam., 94. 
 
 Flinn, 97. 
 
 Fleming fam., 114. 
 
 Fleming, 115, 122. 
 
 Fourth Parish, 128. 
 
 Forts taken, 45. 
 
 Fort Point, 140. 
 
 Fort Henry taken, 44. 
 
 Fox Harbor, 105. 
 
 Foxcraft, 64. 
 
 Foxcroft, 10, 35. 
 
 Forbes fam., 152. 
 
 Forbes, 149, 150, 153. 
 
 Foster fam., 112. 
 
 Foster, 8, 49, 50, 56, 62, 66, 77, 86, 115, 
 
 120, 129, 131, 143,145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 
 
 157. 
 Folly Point, 120. 
 Fogg, 66. 
 
 French, 88, 90, 129, 133, 134, 135. 
 Freeport, Me., 73, 80, 128, 156. 
 Fresh Water Cove, 16, 24, 32, 33, 45, 63, 
 
 133. 
 Friend, 104. 
 France, 123. 
 Fuller fam., 108. 
 Fuller, 116, 133, 144. 
 
 Gale of wind in 1766, 113. 
 
178 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Gale of wind in 179S, 69, 100. 
 
 Galleries in meeting house, 70. 
 
 Gazette, Salem, 124. 
 
 Gazette, Essex, 140. 
 
 Gaudaloupe, W. I., 121. 
 
 Gallop, 19. 
 
 Gates, 146. 
 
 Gainesr, 63, 121. 
 
 Gardner, 11, 14, 35, 36, 68, 73, 102, 129, 
 133, 136, 154. 
 
 General Court, 114, 118. 
 
 Germany, 56. 
 
 Gee, 104. 
 
 Gees, 8, 11, 27, 34. 
 
 Gee's Point, 153. 
 
 Gearing fam., 131. 
 
 Gerring, 160. 
 
 Gerrish, 4. 
 
 George, Lake, 134. 
 
 Gift of land to young men, 3. 
 
 Giles, 68. 
 
 Gibs, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 
 
 Gibbes, 14. 
 
 Gibbs, 7, 14, 15, 16, 18, 24, 32, 39, 44, 54, 
 73, 75, 110, 122, 159. 
 
 Giddings fam., 102. 
 
 Giddings, 10, 26, 37, 43, 71, 82, 88, 113, 
 146, 148, 154. 
 
 Gilbert fam., 83. 
 
 Gilbert, 99, 108, 128, 152, 153, 154. 
 
 Gillout, 143. 
 
 Glover fam., 103. 
 Glover, 58, 59, 65, 66, 128, 155. 
 Gloucester Alms House, 152. 
 Gloucester Artillery, 153. 
 Gloucester, 1, 2,3, 6, 12, 13, 35, 38, 43, 47, 
 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 90, 92, 93, 94 } 
 95, 96, 97, 100, 102, 103, 106, 107, 108^ 
 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 119, 151, 152. 
 153, 154, 155, 156, 159, 161. 
 Glocester, 6, 7, 20. 
 Glosster, 2, 3. 
 Gloster, 69. 
 Glouster, 5. 
 Gorden fam., 101. 
 Gordon, 154. 
 
 Gorham, 35, 48, 143, 147, 154. 
 Governor's Hill, 148. 
 Gould, 130. 
 Goss fam., Ill, 112. 
 Goss, 79, 157. 
 
 Goodridge fam., 82, 92. 
 
 Goodridge, 35, 82, 92, 118, 161. 
 
 Goodrich, 67, 116. 
 
 Gosnold, 64. 
 
 Goldwaithe, 68. 
 
 Goodwin, 130. 
 
 Gott fam., 158-159. 
 
 Gott, 29,84, 86, 89, 99, 106. 
 
 Godfrey fam., 81. 
 
 Godfrey, 81. 
 
 Graud Bank, 73. 
 
 Great Britain, 124. 
 
 Grand Banks, 136, 140. 
 
 Greenleaf fam., 130. 
 
 Greenland, 14. 
 
 Grant fam., 94. 
 
 Grant, 94. 
 
 Griffin fam., 73, 78, 79, 80. 
 
 Griffeu, 63, 64, 65, 137, 138, 143, 154. 
 
 Groves, 106. 
 
 Greley fam., 160. 
 
 Gray, 26. 
 
 Grimes fam., 115. 
 
 Grover fam., 97, 116. 
 
 Grover, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 24, 25, 27, 43, 44, 
 
 46, 47, 51, 54, 55, 56, 61, 62, 70, 116, 
 
 121, 132, 133, 155. 
 Gulf Stream, 26, 154. 
 Gullison fam., 105. 
 Gunpowder plot, anniversary of, 63. 
 Guilpool, 128. 
 Gutridge fam., 82. 
 Gutridge, 14. 
 
 Harvard College, 76. 
 
 Harbor, Fox, 105. 
 
 Hardy fam., 93. 
 
 Hardy, 102, 131. 
 
 Hauling fam., 122. 
 
 Harris fam., 160, 161. 
 
 Harris, 97. 
 
 Hale fam., 129. 
 
 Hale, 107, 157. 
 
 Halifax, 19, 46, 72, 94, 120, 150, 152. 
 
 Hatch, 6. 
 
 Hadley, 4, 11, 14, 84, 94, 135, 157. 
 
 Hadlock, 30, 133, 160. 
 
 Hardgrave, 112. 
 
 Harkins, 14. 
 
 Hampton, 6, 13, 15. 
 
 Hammons, 94. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 179 
 
 7 
 
 Hammond, 115. 
 
 Hammonds, 113. 
 
 Hampshire County, 125. 
 
 Haskins, 153. 
 
 Hall fam., 117. 
 
 Hall, 15. 
 
 Harbor frozen to the Ten Pound Is. in 
 
 1752, 24. 
 Hayes, 1-17. 
 Hamilton, 83. 
 Hampton, N. H., 134. 
 Haverhill, 15, 16, 17, 33, 34, 78, 80, 94, 
 
 97, 129, 138. 
 Harraden, 79, 83, 101, 103, 111, 114, 149, 
 
 155, 158. 
 Hawes fam., 117. 
 Halibut Point, 155, 157, 159. 
 Haverhill, 118. 
 Haskell fam., 73, 81. 
 Haskell, 4, 13, 17, 18, 24, 2G, 30, 38, 43, 
 
 52, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 69, 81, 
 
 95, 106, 107, 114, 115, 117, 120, 128, 136, 
 
 139, 150, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 
 
 159, 160, 161. 
 Henderson, 75, 131. 
 Heberd fam., 112. 
 Hedan, 75. 
 Hews 
 Huse 
 Heury, 4. 
 
 He " drn I fam., 119. 
 Hidden * 
 
 Herring, fam., 100. 
 
 Herring, 30. 
 
 Herrick fam., 106. 
 
 Herrick, 106, 150, 151, 158, 160. 
 
 Hilton fam., 89, 90. 
 
 Hilton, 90, 135. 
 
 Hibbard, 63. 
 
 Hibbert, 112. 
 
 Hills Mills, 148. 
 
 Hill, Governor's, 148. 
 
 Hillier, 64. 
 
 Higtjins fam., 113. 
 
 Higgius, 46, 136. 
 
 Hidden) famj 
 
 Hey den j 
 
 Hiddens, 14, 45. 
 
 Houghton, 46. 
 
 Hoppin fam., 81. 
 
 Hoppin, 41. 
 
 I fam., 108, 109. 
 
 119. 
 
 Honors fain., 128. 
 
 Ilonnors, 29, 45, 57, 130. 
 
 Honors, 81. 
 
 Holeman, 101. 
 
 Holyman fam\, 101. 
 
 Howard fam., 108-116. 
 
 Howard, 33. 
 
 Hollis, 60. 
 
 Hoole, 46. 
 
 Hooper, 117. 
 
 House Watch, 83. 
 
 Hough fam., 155. 
 
 Hough. 7">. 
 
 Holland fam., 130. 
 
 Holland, 123. 
 
 Honorable Court, 81. 
 
 Hodgkins' Cove, 83, 86, 96. 
 
 Hodgkins fam., 70. 
 
 Hodgkins, 31, 70, 86, 96, 101, 102, 112, 113 
 
 Hogdon, 46, 49. 
 
 Hodges, 134. 
 
 Hobson, 34. 
 
 Humphrey. 4. 
 
 Humphery, 78. 
 
 Hunter fam., 97. 
 
 Hughes, 131. 
 
 Hatchings, 77. 
 
 Huffin, 139. 
 
 Huger, 17. 
 
 Hubbard, 105. 
 
 Hul fam., 115. 
 
 Huntress. 118. 
 
 Inghalls fam., 127. 
 
 Ingalls, 106. 
 
 Ingersol, 47, 75, 86, 90, 95, 114, 116. 
 
 Ingersoll. 11, 31, 33, 34, 35, 42, 46, 47, 86, 
 90, 95, 122, 132, 133. 
 
 Indian, 153. 
 
 Indians, 88, 90, 91, 92, 100, 101, 102, 105, 
 122, 130, 135. 
 
 Indian War, 2, 68. 
 
 Intemperance, 156. 
 
 Ipswich, 2, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 23, 
 30, 35, 38, 49, 51, 63, 72, 78, 79, 80, 83, 
 85, 88, 92, 96, 98, 101, 102, 104, 108, 110, 
 111, 112, 115, 120, 121, 124, 130, 132, 133, 
 140, 159. 
 
 Irelaud, 75, 124. 
 
 Ireland, Sligo, 129. 
 
 Island. 83. 
 
180 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Island, Milk, 87. 
 Island, Thatcher's, 138. 
 Island, Deer, 86. 
 Island, Sable, 99, 120. 
 Isle of Sable, 24, 75, 82. 
 Isle Nevis, 137. 
 Isle of Shoals, 82, 136. 
 Island of Cap Anx, 64. 
 Isle of Cuba, 56. 
 Island, Ten Pound, 56. 
 Island of Antigua, 109. 
 Illinois, Quincy, 158. 
 
 Jaundice, 80. 
 
 Jacques fam., 128. 
 
 Jacques, 14, 28, 126, 153. 
 
 Jaques, 10, 15, 32, 38, 39, 45,47, 48, 51, 
 
 62, 63, 64. 
 Jacobs, 154. 
 Jacquish, 8, 10. 
 Jackson fam., 118. 
 Jackson, 58, 59. 
 Jenkins fam., 100. 
 Jefford fam., 105. 
 Jeffords, 97. 
 Jeffries' Ledge, 157. 
 Jeffs, 154. 
 Jewett fam., 118. 
 Jewett, 6, 16, 61. 
 Jewet, 30, 55. 
 Journal, 86. 
 Joslyn fam., 133. 
 Joslyn, 90, 109, 117 
 Josline, 89, 113. 
 Jorliu, 46. 
 Joseline, 89. 
 Jolslyn, 90. 
 Joslin, 36. 
 Jumper, 113, 114, 145, 155. 
 
 Kenneby} m 
 
 Canneby j 
 
 Kennebec, 12. 
 
 Kelsey fam., 120. 
 
 Kettle, 70. 
 
 Kettle Cove, 30, 57, 63, 85. 
 
 Kettle Island, 83. 
 
 Kellam, 83. 
 
 Kenrick, 77. 
 
 Kendall fam., 113. 
 
 Kelley, 61. 
 
 56 j 
 
 Kent, 70, 101, 104. 
 Killed on Privateer, 73. 
 Kidvel, 117. 
 King, 133. 
 Kitfield, 117. 
 
 Kittery, 29, 33, 34, 35, 56. 
 Kingsberry fam., 113. 
 Killam fam., 109. 
 Kingsbury, 115. 
 Killam, 83. 
 Kinsman fam., 124. 
 Kinsman, 96. 
 Kinnicum fam., 89, 124. 
 Knights fam., 118, 119. 
 Knight fam. , 113, 119. 
 Knight, 153, 158. 
 Knovdton, 103. 
 Kuetville > f 
 Quitvil j 
 
 117. 
 
 Larrimore Galley, 82. 
 
 Lake George, 134. 
 
 Lake George, Fort taken there, 45. 
 
 Langsford fam., 96. 
 
 Langsford, 157. 
 
 Laightons, 9. 
 
 Lambert, 157. 
 
 Lancaster, 147, 154. 
 
 Lapliam, 111. 
 
 Latter, 59, 60. 
 
 Lane fam., 73, 74, 80, 83, 84, 89, 91, 92. 
 
 Lane, 24, 26, 30, 37, 51, 83, 84, 89, 91, 92, 
 96, 105, 106, 120, 140, 145, 146, 147, 149, 
 154, 161. 
 
 Lane's Cove, 157. 
 
 Le Beau Port, 64. 
 
 Letter from Rev. John Emerson, 2. 
 Letter of Gov. Endicottto Gov. Winthrop, 
 
 64. 
 Leavitt, 38. 
 Lee fam., 98. 
 Lee, 27, 122, 143. 
 Ledge, 157. 
 Lewiston, 106. 
 Leicester, 147. 
 Leach, 85, 150. 
 Leighton fam., 132. 
 Leighton, 39, 43, 157. 
 Library, catalogue of Rev. John White's, 4. 
 Lightning, 134. 
 Liverpool, 137. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 181 
 
 Lisbon, 28, 40, 44, 46, 55, 134, 135, 136. 
 
 137. 
 Lister, 66. 
 Linzee, 77. 
 Livermore, 54. 
 Litchfield, N. H., 157. 
 Little River, 94. 
 Littlehale fain., 113. 
 Littlehale, 96, 116, 122. 
 Littlehales, 7. 
 Littlefield, 118. 
 Lindsey, 146. 
 Lost at Sea, 73, 89, 92. 
 Long Island, 72. 
 Lovewell, 105. 
 Louisburg, 92, 128. 
 Lobster Cove, 107, 153. 
 Lord, 50, 115. 
 London, 105, 144. 
 Low, 27, 86, 96, 101, 104, 108, 120, 133, 
 
 137, 139, 143, 144, 147, 148, 158. 
 Lurvey fam., 85, 89. 
 Lurvey, 89. 
 Lufkin fam., 156. 
 Lufkin, 80, 94, 104, 118, 161. 
 Lyde, 144. 
 Lyman, 12, 35. 
 
 March of Gen. Shirley in 1752 to Niagara, 
 
 37. 
 March of Gen. Johnson in 1752 to Crown 
 
 Point, 37. 
 Marblehead, 49, 85, 86, 108, 115, 117, 129, 
 
 132, 136, 138, 139, 140, 148. 
 Massachusetts, 144. 
 Massachusetts Colony, 63. 
 Massachusetts Bay, 87, 88. 
 Manchester, 39, 42,45, 57,95, 97, 113, 117, 
 
 119. 
 Maine, 71, 86, 92, 107, 146, 161. 
 Maine, New Gloucester, 92, 98, 105, 108, 
 
 116, 117, 119, 120, 158. 
 Maine, Scarborough, 154. 
 Maine, Lewiston, 106. 
 Maine, Minot, 158. 
 Maine, North Yarmouth, 107. 
 Maine, Freeport, 128, 156. 
 Maine, Augusta, 111. 
 Maine, Pownalborough, 120. 
 Maine, Sedgwick, 107. 
 Maine, Danville, 111. 
 
 I fam., 
 
 115. 
 
 Mains, 101. 
 
 Mankeset River, 107. 
 
 Marlboro, 47. 
 
 Marlborough, 27, 41, 62. 
 
 MacFederick fam., 118. 
 
 Macphedris, 161. 
 
 Macoy fam., 115. 
 
 Maccarty, 68. 
 
 Macculloch fam., 114. 
 
 Marsh fam., 109, 112. 
 
 Marsh, 92. 
 
 Mattocks 
 
 Maddox 
 
 Maratt, 133. 
 
 Mannaken, 129. 
 
 Martinico, 135. 
 
 Matchet fam., 116. 
 
 Matchetts, 27. 
 
 Manly, 147. 
 
 Marshall, 104, 127. 
 
 Marchant fam. , 98. 
 
 Martin, 39, 103, 113. 
 
 Manning fam., 132. 
 
 Maryland, 130. 
 
 Maryland, Baltimore, 156. 
 
 Margaret's Bay, 87, 88. 
 
 Mather, 1. 
 
 Mariner fam., 84. 
 
 Mason, 104, 127, 147. 
 
 Magan, 146. 
 
 Masters, 143. 
 
 Maxwell, 137. 
 
 McAfee fam., 94. 
 
 McCUnch fam., 124. 
 
 McFedrix, 47. 
 
 McKean, 140. 
 
 Menu of dinner in 1751, 9. 
 
 Merritt, 137. 
 
 Merrill, 138. 
 
 Messerve, 53, 58. 
 
 Messervey fam., 115. 
 
 Messervey, 53, 60. 
 
 Medford, 5. 
 
 Mecom, 53. 
 
 Merchant, 51, 52, 84, 86, 98, 160. 
 
 Mill Prison, Eng., 85, 152. 
 
 Mill Prison, 68, 71, 72, 74, 85. 
 
 Minot, 89. 
 
 Minot, Me., 158. 
 
 Middle street, 77, 86. 
 
 Middleton fam., 118. 
 
182 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Milbury fara., 89. 
 
 Michel. 152. 
 
 Milieus fam., 128. 
 
 Milton. 148. 
 
 Milk Island, 87, 154. 
 
 Milk Island Bar, 154. 
 
 Millett, 66, 95, 08. 
 
 Millet, 4, 51, 85, 88, 95, 12:;, 128, 132,154, 
 
 100. 
 Morgan fam., 84, 1)5, 120, 128. 
 Morgan, 84, 143, 150, 156, 160. 
 Mbgride fam., 102. 
 Mogride, 121. 
 Mogridge, 120. 
 Mobile, 80. 
 Montreal, 135. 
 Mower, 130. 
 Morse, 152. 
 Moore fam., 115. 
 Moore, 51, 99. 
 Moor, 56. 
 
 Moody, 13, 14, 20, 28, 31, 33, 104. 
 Murphy, 152. 
 Murray, 140. 
 Murrell, 118, 120. 
 
 Nason fam., 99. 
 
 Navigator, 83. 
 
 Newbury fam., 84. 
 
 Newbury, 10, 12, 35, 83, 84, 104, 129, 130, 
 
 132, 152, 159. 
 Newbury bar, 154. 
 New England, 2, 64, 94. 
 Newfane, Vt., 116. 
 Newburyport, 5, 71, 138, 156. 
 News Letter, Boston, 139. 
 New settlers, 82. 
 Newman, 132. 
 New comb fam., 131. 
 Newcomb , 63, 93. 
 Nelson fam., 97. 
 Nelson, 94. 
 Newfoundland, 136. 
 Neuter-French, 133, 134. 
 Nevis Isle, 137. 
 Newhall, 55, 58. 
 Newport, 5. 
 Neck, Elwell's, 83. 
 New Rowley, 63. 
 New Hampshire, 134, 145. 
 New Hampshire, Durham, 116. 
 
 New Hampshire, Exeter, 109. 
 
 New Hampshire, Sundown, 97. 
 
 New Hampshire, Litchfield, 157. 
 
 New Gloucester, Me., 71, 73, 74, 92, 98, 
 
 100, 105, 108, 116, 117, 119, 120, 158. 
 News, Gloucester, 132. 
 Niagara, Gen. Shirley's march, 37. 
 Nickles, 137. 
 
 North Yarmouth, Me., 107. 
 North Shore, 157. 
 North wood. 153. 
 Northfleld, 97. 
 Northampton, 125. 
 North Carolina, 129. 
 Nova Scotia, 134. 
 Noyes, 135. 
 Noble fam., 131. 
 Noble, 154. 
 
 Norman's Woe Rock, 110. 
 Norton, 117. 
 Norwood fam., 66, 67. 
 Norwood, 10, 83, 89, 97, 99, 121, 155, 160. 
 North Carolina, Elizabeth City, 156. 
 
 Oakes fam., 114, 132. 
 
 Ohio, 37, 97. 
 
 Omee, 128. 
 
 Order of General Court to fishermen, 69, 
 
 72. 
 Organ, 42. 
 Osmond, 41. 
 Oswego, 43. 
 Osborne, 27. 
 Osgood, 42. 
 Owl's Head, 90. 
 
 Parish, Sandy Bay, 111. 
 Paterson fam., 131. 
 Paterson, 40, 41. 
 Patee fam., 94. 
 Pattee, 94. 
 Payne, 42, 43. 
 Page, 109. 
 Parkskee fam., 90. 
 Patriot, 77. 
 Palfrey Tarn., 128. 
 Palfrey, 44. 
 Parsley, 121. 
 Parliament British, 122. 
 Patch, 56. 
 Parkers, 8, 12. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 183 
 
 Parkman, 110, 111, 152. 
 
 Parsons fam., 70, 144. 
 
 Parsons, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18, 
 20, 21, 22. 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 
 32, 34, 36, 37, 39, 43, 45, 49, 50, 51, 52, 
 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 61, 63, 70, 71, 76, 82, 
 87, 88, 92, 102, 104, 107, 108, 115. 117, 
 118, 119, 123, 125, 126, 130, 132, 138, 
 143, 144, 147, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 
 158, 160. 
 
 Parsons, Ensign, 143. 
 
 Petition, 81. 129. 
 
 Pensioner, Revolutionary, 85. 
 
 Peter Mud's Neck, 73. 
 
 Peters fam., 118. 
 
 Penny fam., 100. 
 
 Penny, 89, 129. 
 
 Pennill fam., 98. 
 
 Peabody, 160. 
 
 Pew, 156. 
 
 Peteshall, 119. 
 
 Peeker, 5, 17, 19, 27, 33, 42. 
 
 Perkins fam., 112. 
 
 Perkins, 9, 10, 47, 69. 
 
 Perished, SO, 87. 
 
 Perigo, 43. 
 
 Pepperell, 35. 
 
 Perring, 8, 9. 
 
 Peters fam., 101. 
 
 Pearce fam., 90,92. 
 
 Pearce, 47, 116, 147, 148, 153. 
 
 Phips > fam ^ 3Q 12Q> 
 
 Phipps J 
 
 Phips, 3. 
 
 Phillips fam., 96. 
 
 Phillips, 16, 17, 96, 138. 
 
 Philips, 8. 
 
 Phelps, 157. 
 
 Philadelphia, 75, 132. 
 
 Pearson fam., 120. 
 
 Piscataway, 12. 
 
 Pirates, 82. 
 
 Pickman, 77. 
 
 Pierce fam., 90. 
 
 Pierce, 48, 52, 56, 79,*90,*113. 
 
 Pigeon Cove, 102, 155. 
 
 Pigeon Hill, 160. 
 
 Plymouth, 72. 
 
 Plymouth, England, 74. 
 
 Plats fam., 114. 
 
 Pleasant Point, 130. 
 
 Plummer, 14, 15, 28, 31, 34, 43, 61, 77, 115, 
 
 123, 135, 142, 143, 155, 157. 
 Plumer, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14. 
 Plaisted, 39, 40. 
 Post, Boston, 132. 
 Porter, 49, 130. 
 Port Royal, 90, 92. 
 Pownalborough, 135. 
 Powualborough, Me., 120. 
 Porpoise Cape, 138. 
 Portsmouth, 35. 
 Portsmouth lighthouse, 157. 
 Powel fam., 130. 
 Powell, 68. 
 Portugal, 40. 
 Pottle, 19. 
 Portland, 148. 
 Pollard fam., 109. 
 Poland fam., 98, 133. 
 Pool, 16, 31, 34, 39, 50, 67, 98, 135, 144, 
 
 151, 155, 159, 160. 
 Port Le Beau, 64. 
 Pool, Ensign, 144. 
 Probate Records, 82, 85, 92. 
 Presumpscot River, 114. 
 Province, 114, 122, 125, 131, 134, 137. 
 Pring, 64. 
 Preble, 11. 
 Pride fam., 89. 
 Preson fam., 116. 
 Procter, 143. 
 Prentice, 75. 
 
 Prince, 90, 94, 114, 115, 124, 132. 
 Pulcifer, 56, 95. 
 
 Quebec, 43, 48. 
 Quelch, 82. 
 Quincy, 144. 
 Quincy, 111., 158. 
 
 Quitvil ) fam 
 Kuetville J 
 Quionhaurence, 64. 
 
 117. 
 
 Band fam., 131. 
 
 Rand, 36, 51, 139. 
 
 Rams, 14. 
 
 Eandall fam., 92, 100, 108. 
 
 Randall, 55, 97, 109, 116, 117. 
 
 Ray, 15, 41. 
 
 Records, Probate, 82. 
 
 Records, Wenham, 159. 
 
184 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 fara., 96. 
 
 Regiment, 6th, 143. 
 
 Regiment, Col. Sargent's, 86. 
 
 Rede, 7. 
 
 Reed, 138. 
 
 Beading fam., 89, 160. 
 
 Bedding fam., 116-117. 
 
 Reddin, 155. 
 
 Redington, 138. 
 
 Bea fam., 130. 
 
 Rea, 36, 37, 41. 
 
 Revolution, 77. 
 
 Revolutionary War, 80, 85, 86, 87,93, 129, 
 145, 148, 152, 157. 
 
 Rebellion, War of, 120. 
 
 Rhode Island, 81. 
 
 River, Cliebacco, 67. 
 
 River, St. Georges, 131. 
 
 River, Mankeset, 107. 
 
 Riverdale, 134. 
 
 Bicknor 
 
 Bickner 
 
 Richmond, 122. 
 
 Riggs, alias Ridgell, 109. 
 
 Riggs, 79, 80, 82, 88, 89, 94, 100, 101, 108, 
 112, 118, 123, 134, 135. 
 
 Bigel fam., 109. 
 
 Ridgell, 109. 
 
 Ring, 71, 112, 130, 134. 
 
 Robinson, 25, 32, 47, 55, 65, 79, 85, 87, 88, 
 94, 100, 101, 112, 119, 124, 128, 133, 156. 
 
 Robbins, Ensign, 143. 
 
 Bobbins, 107. 
 
 Rockport, 120, 160. 
 
 Rockport Directory, 113. 
 
 Rose Bank, 78. 
 
 Rocks, Cohasset, 152. 
 
 Rock, Norman's Woe, 110. 
 
 Rochester, 77. 
 
 Rolfe, 55. 
 
 Roxbury, 19, 68. 
 
 Royal, Port, 90, 92. 
 
 Bogers fam., 150. 
 
 Rogers, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 27, 28, 
 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 
 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 53, 55, 56, 59, 60, 61, 
 63, 68, 77, 86, 125, 136, 142, 143, 144, 153. 
 
 Bollins fam., 95. 
 
 Rollins, 95. 
 
 Boberts fam., 68. 
 
 Roberts, 73, 98, 105, 107, 161. 
 
 Roberts, Ensign, 143. 
 
 Rowly, 92. 
 
 Rowley, 6, 8, 15, 16, 75, 78, 92, 103, 157. 
 
 Row, 19, 27, 32, 42, 82, 88, 89, 93, 96, 100, 
 
 103, 114, 118, 131. 
 Rowe, 46, 52, 55, 72, 131, 135, 144, 151, 
 
 154, 157, 158, 160. 
 Bust fam., 94. 
 Rust, 30, 71, 108, 150. 
 Rnss, 52. 
 Rutford, 133. 
 Ryerson, 74. 
 
 Sayward, 4, 7, 19, 31, 45, 49, 50, 76, 88, 89, 
 
 108. 
 Savery fam., 108. 
 Savery, 45. 
 Sayers, 9. 
 Saville fam., 101. 
 Saville, 158. 
 Sanborn, 158. 
 Salisbury, 152. 
 Sandovvn, 138. 
 Sanday Bay, 80, 86, 96. 
 Sandy Bay, 86, 96, 97, 99, 113, 121, 151, 
 
 154, 155. 
 Sandy Bay Parish, 111. 
 Sawyer, 26, 27, 34, 35, 41,45,46,48,49,61, 
 
 62, 71, 83, 84, 87, 88, 96, 116, 152, 155. 
 Salem, 4, 5, 17, 35, 38, 76, 77, 83, 93, 96, 
 
 103, 124, 129, 132, 137, 138, 151, 154, 158. 
 Sable Island, 24, 90, 99, 120, 137. 
 Sable Cape, 90. 
 Sanford fam., 95. 
 Saltonstall, 77. 
 Sargent fam., 66,68, 161. 
 Sargent, 2, 13, 14, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 35, 38, 
 
 39, 41, 43, 51, 54, 63, 69, 71, 75, 76, 81, 
 
 82, 88, 105, 117, 123, 130, 132, 142, 143, 
 
 149, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161. 
 Sargeant, 10, 11, 14, 15, 20. 
 Sargent Regiment, 86. 
 Sadler fam., 92. 
 Sadler, 91. 
 Sadler's Run, 114. 
 
 Saunders, 7, 10, 12, 19, 44, 45, 122, 134. 
 Sanders fam., 74-78. 
 Sanders, 14, 36, 40, 44, 45, 47, 50, 52, 53, 
 
 57,59,63, 86, 104, 110, 113, 121, 124, 
 
 135, 147, 148, 152, 155. 
 School, First, 87. 
 Scotland, 35. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 185 
 
 Schooner, 94. 
 
 Scarborough, 52. 
 
 Scarborough, Me., 154. 
 
 Scott fain. , 92. 
 
 Scott, 92. 
 
 Scituate, 100, 107, 117, 140. 
 
 Sermon of Rev. Samuel Chandler on 
 
 Thanksgiving Day, 6. 
 Sedgwick, Me., 107. 
 Seargeants, 7. 
 Selectmen, 81. 
 Second Church, 85. 
 Second Parish, 85, 94, 95. 
 Settlers, New, 82. 
 Severy, 28, 49, 58, 108. 
 Seicall fam., 117. 
 Sewall, 14, 82. 
 Sewell, 82. 
 Ship Building, 74. 
 Shipwright, 75. 
 Shortwell, 18. 
 Sheldon, 114. 
 Sherritt, 78. 
 Shaw, 103, 105. 
 Sheepcot, 137. 
 Shaftoo, 158. 
 Shoals, Isles of, 82, 137. 
 Simerton fam., 113. 
 Simes, 49. 
 
 Sight of Aurora Borealis, 61. 
 Silvester, 138. 
 Sloops, 88, 89. 
 Sligo, Ireland, 129. 
 Smallman, 90. 
 
 Small-pox, 75, 87, 91, 94, 114, 151, 155. 
 Smith fam., 115. 
 Smith, 4, 11, 26, 27, 32, 33, 34, 35, 41, 45, 47, 
 
 53, 56, 59, 62, 65, 69, 97, 105, 108, 118, 
 
 139, 142, 143, 144, 148, 150, 152, 155, 158, 
 
 160. 
 Snake, 111. 
 Snowstorm, 121. 
 Smoke, 93. 
 Somes fam., 150. 
 Somes, 27, 31, 42, 46, 49, 55, 56, 63, 81, 
 
 87,89,98,105, 114, 120, 133, 149,153, 
 
 154. 
 Spain, 123. 
 Spaniards, 135. 
 Springer, 74, 83, 103. 
 Spring Cove, 116. 
 21 
 
 Squain Parish, 114. 
 
 Squam Church, 112. 
 
 Squain Woods, 156. 
 
 Squam Hill, 156. 
 
 Squam, 10, 15, 31, 35, 37, 40, 44, 50, 51, 52, 
 56, 63, 78, 79, 80, 81, 93, 97, 99, 103, 
 111, 133, 137, 142, 149, 157. 
 
 Star, evening, 119. 
 
 Star, blazing, 119. 
 
 Stickney, 138. 
 
 Stenchfield fam., 120. 
 
 Storm, terrible, 110. 
 
 Stanford fam., 101. 
 
 Stonington, 107. 
 
 Stearns, 40. 
 
 Sturbridge, Mass., 76. 
 
 Staples, 120, 121. 
 
 Still, 2. 
 
 Stillman, 160. 
 
 Steele fam., 115, 116. 
 
 Steel, 116. 
 
 Studley, 66. 
 
 St. John, 137. 
 
 St. John's, N. F., 154. 
 
 St. Martins, 140. 
 
 St. Georges River, 131. 
 
 St. Petersburg, Russia, 76. 
 
 St. Kutts, 135. 
 
 Stockbridge fam., 86, 120.. 
 
 Stockbridge, 107. 
 
 Stockwell fam., 94. 
 
 Stanwood, 53, 54, 67, 70,99, 100, 102, 106, 
 116, 123, 150, 154, 159. 
 
 Stewart, 49, 112. 
 
 Stuart, 43. 
 
 Steward, 132. 
 
 Stone fam., 92, 120, 121, 161. 
 
 Stone, 65, 132. 
 
 Stephens, 65. 
 
 Stacy fam., 115. 
 
 Stacy, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 22, 25, 27, 33, 34, 
 37, 49, 50, 130. 
 
 Stevins, 87, 92, 93, 143, 147. 
 
 Stevens fam., 104. 
 
 Stevens, 7, 8, 9, 10,11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 
 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 
 31, 33, 35, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 49, 52, 53, 
 54, 55, 56, 57, 61, 65, 66, 74, 75, 77, 87, 
 92, 93, 97, 107, 108, 110, 113, 115, 117, 
 120, 154, 158, 159, 160. 
 
 Sundown, N. II., 97. 
 
186 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Swain, 37, 38. 
 Sweet, 160. 
 Sylvester, 139. 
 
 Tandy fam., 105. 
 
 Tainer fam., 85. 
 
 Taylor, 155. 
 
 Tax, 151, 153. 
 
 Tax, Province, 132. 
 
 Tax collector's diligence rewarded. 157. 
 
 Tappan fam., 108. 
 
 Tappan, 1G, 17,36, 57. 
 
 Tappen, 51. 
 
 Tarr, 27, 29, 31, 39, 84, 94, 99. 105, 106, 
 
 111, 113, 114, 121, 159, 144, 155, 158. 
 Tarbox fam., 107.108. 
 Tarbox, 19. 23, 29, 33, 48, 60. 130. 159. 
 Taylor, 45. 
 Tenny, 8. 
 Temperance, 77. 
 Temperance Committee, 150. 
 
 Teioksherry fam., 117. 
 Tewksbury, 122. 
 Ten Pound Island, 24, 56. 
 Thunder, 133. 
 
 Thanksgiving sermon of Rev. Samuel 
 Chandler, 6. 
 
 Thanksgiving Day appointed for success 
 in War, 55. 
 
 Thomas fam.. 103. 
 
 Thomas, 84. 
 
 Thorndike, 89, 116. 
 
 Thacher, 157. 
 
 Thatcher's Island, 138. 
 
 Thurston fam., 106-107. 
 
 Thurston, 74, 106, 153, 158. 
 
 Third Church, 117. 
 
 Tompson, 97. 
 
 Town Parish, 104. 
 
 Travis fam., 109. 
 
 Travis, 34. 
 
 Trash fam., 103. 
 
 Trask, 83, 151. 
 True fam., 120, 121. 
 
 True, 102. 
 
 Training-field, 102. 
 
 Travers, 109. 
 
 Tucker, 8'), 97, 100, 118, 119. 
 Turner, 117. 
 Tyler fam., 95. 
 
 Tyler, 15, 60, 134. 
 
 United States Army, 156. 
 Udal, 66. 
 Uran fam., 95 
 
 Varrel fam., 110. 
 Varrel, 94. 
 Varrell, 51, 94. 
 Vaughn fam ,112. 
 Vetch. 90, 91. 
 Venson, 67, 68, 72. 
 Vernon, 76. 
 Vermont, 116, 156. 
 Vermont, Wells, 97. 
 Vermont, Newfane, 116. 
 Villars, 86. 
 Villum, 92, 93. 
 Vinson's Cove, 86, 116. 
 Vineyard. 80. 
 Virginia, 25, 31, 136. 
 Voyage of Cham plain, 64. 
 
 Wadsworth, 5. 
 Walker, 29. 
 Walklate fam., 100. 
 Walklate, 134. 
 Watts, 126, 134, 155. 
 Wallis, 10, 27, 105. 
 Wallace, 155. 
 Walley, 10, 38, 55. 
 Warren, 108. 
 War, at Boston, 41. 
 War. Committee of, 131. 
 War. Indian, 2, 68. 
 War. 1812, 145. 
 
 War. Revolutionary, 80, 86, 87, 93, 120, 
 129, 145, 152, 157. 
 
 Warner fam., 112. 
 
 Warner, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 25, 29, 35, 
 46, 54, 56, 60, 115, 143, 144, 147, 148. 
 
 Washington, Gen., 145, 146, 14s. 
 
 Watch-house, 83. 
 
 Watkins, 102. 
 
 Wear, 6. 
 
 Wears, 15. 
 
 Webb fam., 123. 
 
 Webber, 4. 34, 43. 48, 87, 158. 
 
 Webster fam., 112. 
 
 Webster, 12, 71, 151. 
 
 Welch, 132. 
 Welcome fun., 129. 
 
 Wenham, 4, 37, 38, 65, 95, 130, 158. 
 Wenham's records, 159. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 187 
 
 Wells fain., 105, 106. 
 
 Wells, Me., 97. 
 
 West, 41. 
 
 West India, 80. 
 
 West Indies, 110, 136, 139. 
 
 West Parish, 82, 95, 133. 
 
 Weymouth, Mass., 161. 
 
 Westway fam., 118. 
 
 Wharf, 89. 
 
 Whale Cove, 151. 
 
 Wheeler fam., 102. 
 
 Wheeler, 26, 46, 51, 54, 112, 131. 
 
 Wheelwright, 152. 
 
 Whipple, 6. 
 
 Winston fam , 90. 
 
 Winston, 98. 
 
 Whittemore, 47, 49, 53, 54, 137, 139, 143, 
 148, 160. 
 
 Whitams, 12. 
 
 Whitfield, 35. 
 
 Whiting fam., -129. 
 
 Whittrede fam., 98. 
 
 White fam., 99, 128. 
 
 White, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 
 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 
 28, 29. 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 
 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 56, 122, 123, 
 124, 127. 129, 157. 
 
 Wise fam., 80, 84. 
 
 Wise, 4, 84, 99, 113. 
 
 Williams fam., 83, 85, 99. 
 
 Williams, 8, 30, 34, 50, 54, 100, 114, 134. 
 
 William. Fort taken, 45. 
 
 Winthrop, 2, 6, 64, 80. 
 
 Wilson fam , 120, 121. 
 
 Wilson, 113, 114, 119. 
 
 Winslow fam., 95. 
 
 Winslow, 95, 130. 
 
 Witt, 56. 
 
 Wibirds, 6, 35. 
 
 Winter fam., 119. 
 
 Winter, 55, 56. 
 
 Winenet Ferry, 17. 
 
 Wigglesworth, 12, 38, 49. 
 
 Wind, Gale of, 100. 
 
 Wind-mill, 115. 
 
 Wind-mill Hill, 115. 
 
 Witham, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 22, 23, 24, 37, 
 
 46, 49, 53, 60, 62, 75, 76, 78, 92, 97, 113, 
 
 137, 139, 160. 
 Winnery fam., 118. 
 Woodbury fam., 73, 81, 83, 84. 
 Woodbury, 4, 71, 72, 81,84, 106, 123, 129, 
 
 143, 152, 155. 
 Wood fam., 98. 
 Woods, 8. 
 Woodhouse, 36. 
 Woodward, 7, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 
 
 31, 33, 36, 42, 50, 52, 53, 59, 60, 70, 112. 
 Wo at en 
 Wotten 
 Wotteu, 20, 23, 24. 
 Wonsen fam., 99. 
 Wonson, 84, 116. 
 Worcester, 60, 62, 147. 
 Worley fam., 129. 
 Wyatt, 5. 
 Wyeth, 137. 
 
 Yarmouth, 98. 
 Young fam., 93. 
 Young, 48, 115, 154. 
 Younger fam., 131. 
 York, Ensign, 143. 
 York, Me., 104. 
 Yorke, 90. 
 
 York. 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20, 28, 35, 63, 
 89, 93, 113, 123. 
 
 > fam., 
 
 94, 95. 
 

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